Chapter 244: Xu Can Goes on a Rampage at the Oscars! The Youngest Best Director in History!

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live to over 200 countries and regions around the world.

Although other countries may not necessarily tune in...

In Hua Xia, thanks to the earlier promotion of "Druggist," the news that Xu Can was about to win an award at the Oscars had already spread across the internet.

Many of Xu Can's fans, as well as netizens interested in the Oscars, crawled out of bed in the middle of the night to watch.

Many netizens watched the livestream through Xu Can's streaming platform,

Relatively speaking, Xu Can's platform offered the highest definition and least buffering livestream across the entire web,

The Oscars ceremony brought them another wave of loyal paying subscribers.

Xu Yuling naturally sat in front of her computer right on time, waiting for her big brother to go up on stage and accept the award.

This time she was no longer alone; the Xu Can fan group, which originally had only a few dozen members, had now expanded to over a dozen groups, with a scale of tens of thousands of people.

Every group was excitedly discussing this year's Oscars and how many awards Xu Can would take home.

"He's definitely sweeping all 14 nominations, breaking the records of 'Lord of the Rings 3' and 'Titanic'!"

"'Slumdog Millionaire' is also very strong, there's still suspense this time!"

"At least the technical and music category awards are definitely in the bag."

"I reckon the Oscar judges are still pretty traditional, 'La La Land' really might not win."

"There must be some shady dealings!"

Hua Xia netizens argued endlessly about Xu Can's award prospects, with optimistic and pessimistic attitudes each taking up half.

Xu Yuling herself couldn't be sure either, and could only anxiously stare at the screen waiting for the awards to be announced.

When the countdown ended and the Banjiangwan Society officially began,

Dressed in a diamond gown, sparkling from head to toe, Taylor Swift took the microphone and made her entrance from outside the Kodak Theatre, presenting a thoughtfully designed opening number.

"Wow! Mei Mei is so beautiful!"

"Truly worthy of being Xu Can's partner."

"Absolutely stunning!"

Mei Mei's opening performance made netizens exclaim in amazement,

Xu Yuling was equally thrilled; influenced by Xu Can, she had also become a fan of Mei Mei's music.

Thinking that Mei Mei might be Xu Can's girlfriend, Xu Yuling couldn't help but get excited!

Wouldn't that mean she'd have a chance to meet her in person?

Compared to meeting Xu Can, she was even more looking forward to meeting Mei Mei.

"I- stay-out-too-late! got-nothing-in-my-brain"

At the Oscars opening, Mei Mei brought her latest single!

"Shake It Off"!

Those media outlets that had previously smeared her acting and accused her of insulting the performance—Mei Mei had noted them all down in her little book!

Now on the Oscars stage, Mei Mei essentially used her singing to deliver a powerful counterattack to them!

On set or at home, Mei Mei usually showed her girlish side,

But Taylor Swift on stage was so dazzling that even Xu Can and Emma couldn't look away.

"Is that really her up there?" Stone Sister murmured.

"'Cause fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake"

"Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate"

"But I'll just shake, shake, shake, shake, shake..."

Taylor Swift was radiant on stage, singing and dancing, delivering an outstanding live performance.

The moving melody and the simple, upbeat lyrics likewise ignited the atmosphere throughout the venue.

Even many Hollywood superstars—Little Li Zi, Schwarzenegger, and others—couldn't help but sway along to the music,

The entire Oscars venue turned into a massive disco.

When the song ended, Mei Mei took a glamorous bow, and thunderous applause erupted throughout the venue!

"Welcome to Hollywood's Kodak Theatre!"