Chapter 125: Shining Golden Globe, Two Wins in One

The Golden Globe Awards are a film and television awards ceremony in North America, held in the form of a formal banquet. The organizer is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and it has been held annually since 1944. The final results of the Golden Globe Awards are determined by the votes of 96 journalists.

Before 2003, the Golden Globe Awards banquet was held a few days before the day the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted for the Academy Awards.

After 2003, the Golden Globe Awards were fixed to be held in mid-January each year to distinguish them from the Academy Awards ceremony held in late February.

This year's Golden Globe Awards are held on January 16 at the Hilton International Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, North America, and are broadcast live by NBC.

There is no live broadcast or rebroadcast of this in the country, as there was no such precedent before, but this year is different; Wei Jin has already been nominated for three major awards, and it is highly probable that he will not miss out on Best Foreign Language Film.

As early as after the nominations were announced, the domestic Movie Channel had contacted NBC, but the latter's asking price was too steep, and the broadcast rights were not secured.

Since it cannot be seen on television, it can only be watched via live stream on the internet. As a shareholder of Sina, Wei Jin still has quite a bit of prestige; Sina specifically opened a Golden Globe Awards section, and it actually attracted many Huaxia fans to come in. They clicked on it and saw—what on earth is this?

Dongshanshu, at Jing Tian's home.

"Uncle Lu, there are no activities arranged for this afternoon, right? Mm, that's good, I want to watch Brother Wei Jin win an award."

Putting down the phone, Jing Tian picked up her laptop and curled up on the sofa, with a pile of spicy strips placed beside her.

"Beauty's Rival in Palace" has been airing for two weeks. CCTV placed the drama in the prime theater of Channel 1 this time. As expected of the ratings hegemon among domestic television stations, the premiere ratings reached a terrifying 8.1. After airing for more than ten days, the peak ratings even broke 10 directly, and it is very likely that it has locked in the title of this year's drama king.

The cast of actors in the drama also benefited greatly. The female lead, Fan Bingbing, goes without saying; her national popularity was already extremely high, and this drama further elevated her national popularity among the Four Dan Double Bing, second only to Zhao Yanzi. She already feels some regret for her previous actions and is thinking about how to repair the relationship when Wei Jin returns.

Yang Xue also saw her popularity soar significantly. Playing three roles, all of which were villains, everyone cannot help but think of Jiang Yuyan in "Proud Twins" when they see her; she can be called a professional villain. Although there is a lot of abuse online, this just happened to improve her national popularity, and she has finally become a little famous.

But if we talk about the biggest boost, it has to be Jing Tian. Although her role in the drama did not have a particularly large amount of screen time, the character setting was very good. Jing Tian in her ancient costume was both beautiful and cool, attracting quite a bit of attention.

Coupled with her previous English single and MV, it directly sent her soaring, ushering in a small peak in her career, and her image was finally known by the general audience, no longer limited to fan groups. In layman's terms, her national popularity has increased.

Therefore, Jing Tian has also participated in many commercial activities recently, but she had cleared her schedule for today many days in advance, and calling was just to confirm it again.

At this moment, Jing Tian is holding spicy strips in one hand and constantly refreshing the computer page with the other, looking forward to seeing Wei Jin soon.

After refreshing the page several times, she saw several stars walking the red carpet; the awards ceremony is about to begin.

Wei Jin and Ceng Li walked the red carpet together and entered to find their table.

Ceng Li came to Los Angeles two days ago. Although she did not have a nomination, she wanted to be on the scene to witness her man's glorious moment.

The scene of the Golden Globe Awards is just a few people sitting around a table, eating and drinking; the atmosphere is relatively casual and not as serious as other awards ceremonies.

Before the awards ceremony officially began, it was the social segment. Many people came over to greet Wei Jin, many of whom he did not recognize, which made him somewhat surprised.

What Wei Jin does not know is that there is a popular saying in Hollywood: everyone has a "popular" period, which is when your previous film is a hit, everyone wants to get you. If two of your films are successful in a row, you are "red-hot," and if three films are all big hits, then you become a "big boss, what do you want? Just say it."

Wei Jin is currently in this state. If he had not been tied to cooperating with Summit Entertainment, there is no telling how many film companies would want to pamper him. In fact, many independent film companies have already sent him invitations.

Summit Entertainment is not worried at all; after all, Wei Jin is the major shareholder. Unless he lost his mind, how could he possibly go work for others?

However, even so, for this Oscar campaign, Summit Entertainment spent a significant price to provide support for Wei Jin. Being able to produce an Oscar Director is a huge boost to the company's influence.

In addition, Wei Jin also saw the director from Japan. "Letters from Iwo Jima" was also shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director; the two sides are competitors.

"Wei, it's a pleasure to see you here."

The person who came was Leon. When "Blood Diamond" had its preview screening earlier, Wei Jin was invited once.

"Hello, Leon, the chances are quite good this time, I'm rooting for you."

Wei Jin was not angry because the two sides did not reach a cooperation before; this is normal, as films and actors are a two-way choice.

His words were not just polite; Leon's starring roles in "Blood Diamond" and "The Departed" were both nominated for Best Actor in a Drama. If he is not allowed to win an award this time, he will probably go crazy.

"Of course, I am also very confident about this, unless the judges are blind."

Leon has always had an obsession with awards, otherwise he would not have turned himself from a handsome young man into a middle-aged uncle for this.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Leon returned to his seat.

Soon the host began to take the stage, performed a stand-up routine, and then simply announced the start of the awards.

The television awards were presented first, but the host spoke very quickly, and Ceng Li could not keep up, appearing somewhat nervous.

"Li Jie, relax, it's the television awards now, we still have at least an hour."

Ceng Li felt a bit funny hearing this; she was worrying about nothing.

In the country, at a certain villa. Liu Yifei pressed the F5 key until sparks flew.

"Why hasn't the awards ceremony started yet? I don't recognize any of these people."

Shu Chang fanned the flames from the side: "Has it already been awarded? Did Director Wei not win an award?"

"Impossible, 'Room' won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Globe judges won't be so lacking in appreciation."

Liu Yifei seemed full of confidence in Wei Jin, refuting her best friend's jinx.

"That's not necessarily true, how can we guess the preferences of foreigners?"

Shu Chang recently felt that her best friend was acting strange, thinking of provoking her: "Or is it that someone is just so optimistic about Director Wei Jin?"

"That goes without saying, Brother Wei Jin is the best."

Liu Yifei answered without hesitation: "Yo yo, it's just the three of us here, and you're still calling him Brother Wei Jin, Xixi, you wouldn't happen to be..."

"Changchang, watch me tear your mouth apart..."

"Blehh, come on then, am I afraid of you..."

Yao Beina was also watching the two young girls bickering from the side. She was also somewhat concerned about whether her boss could win an award.

At this time, the North American film awards had already begun to be presented. For these awards, Wei Jin and the public relations team paid a great price.

With three nominations, the public relations team suggested that he focus on one or two, and in the end, Wei Jin decided to focus on two.

Best Screenplay was awarded to Peter Morgan for "The Queen." Originally, Wei Jin had a great chance to win, but he gave it up.

Best Foreign Language Film was awarded to "Room" without any surprise. During this time, North America has been discussing this film heatedly, and the judges are not stupid. Wei Jin did not feel surprised by this; he was more concerned about another award.

The awards continued with Best Actress, which went to Helen Mirren for "The Queen."

Wei Jin felt somewhat uncomfortable about this. Foreign language films cannot participate in the competition for the Golden Globe Best Film category, otherwise, with Li Jie's performance in "Room," she would have won this award one way or another. Fortunately, the Academy Awards do not have this problem.

Best Actor went to Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland."

The world where Leon is injured has been achieved. It's really too miserable; he has already been a runner-up several times, right?

Best Drama Film went to "Babel," making a good start for the upcoming Academy Awards.

The main event had arrived; the final nomination for Wei Jin, Best Director, was about to be presented.

Previously, Li An had taken home Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Wei Jin also wanted to replicate this achievement.

In the original timeline, The Departed had won this award, and Wei Jin did not know why a remake could win Best Director; Infernal Affairs had not received such treatment back then.

However, with Wei Jin competing this time, it was not yet known who would emerge victorious.

Soon, the presenter revealed the final suspense: "Wei Jin, Room."

After embracing Ceng Li, Wei Jin walked to the stage with a light step to deliver his acceptance speech.

With this, the 64th Golden Globe Awards came to a close, and Wei Jin had taken home the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director awards.

Less than two hours later, the domestic news headlines were out.

"Room shines at the Golden Globe Awards, winning two, Wei Jin becomes the biggest winner."

"Following Li An, Chinese director Wei Jin sweeps the Golden Globes again."

"First Li An, now Wei Jin, Hollywood opens its doors to the Chinese."

"24-year-old Chinese director, crowned a god at the North American Golden Globes."

All sorts of news headlines appeared on portal websites, countless media outlets reposted and elaborated, and countless netizens placed Wei Jin on a pedestal.

It was no wonder the domestic public opinion was in a frenzy; Wei Jin, this Beijing Film Academy director with impeccable credentials, truly represented the people of Huaxia.

Even the North American media used "biggest winner of the Golden Globe Awards" to describe Room.

The next day, The Hollywood Reporter even placed a photo of Wei Jin holding the trophy in the very center of its front page.

Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director had been taken by an Easterner; this was absolutely the best gimmick and would certainly increase sales, as the editors knew very well.

Wei Jin did not take the glory of the Golden Globe Awards to heart; the Oscar was his goal. First update of the day, I implore all book friends to reward me with subscriptions, follow-up readings, and collections. Please flip to the last page for the follow-up reading, thank you everyone! (End of this chapter)