Chapter 500

The joke about Leonardo being an Oscar runner-up for many years is known to everyone.

However, he won the Oscar for Best Actor last year, which could be considered fulfilling a dream.

Not having a nominated work this time didn't really matter.

"Next, the nominations for Best Actor."

"*A Man*."

"*My King*."

"*Parasite*."

"..."

Five works, four of which were European, and one from South Korea.

Soon, clips of the five leads were shown on the big screen.

The acting was truly explosive!

"So, the winner is..."

Leonardo tore open the envelope with a smile.

"*Parasite*, Song Kang-ho!"

"Wow!"

In the audience, amazing applause and cheers erupted!

But it was also within expectations!

*Parasite*, a film exposing the current state of society.

Within a week of its release, it quickly broke South Korea's annual box office record.

Within half a month of its release, it broke the South Korean film history box office record.

Although it wasn't released in China, it still achieved a high score of 8.7 on Douban.

It could be called a double explosion of word-of-mouth and box office!

The director and actors of *Parasite* stood up one after another, extremely excited.

They quickly arrived on stage to give their acceptance speeches.

"This movie is really good."

"I've watched it a full five times."

Liu Weiqiang laughed.

The subject matter, the filming techniques, the plot, and the actors' performances were all definitely top-tier.

It's not surprising that it won.

"Indeed."

Qin Mu nodded.

Although South Korea is talked about in certain aspects.

But in the film industry, it has indeed developed quite well.

Five minutes later, they excitedly took their trophies and left the stage.

"Next, the Best Sound Award!"

Leonardo said again.

One hour later.

The list of winners for the main competition category was nearing its end.

Among them, *The Wild Goose Lake* was nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Visuals, but unfortunately.

It was just a runner-up for both and didn't win!

However, this still made Director Diao extremely happy.

Being nominated twice.

Was already a very high honor!

"Next, we will present."

"The Best Adapted Screenplay Award."

"The nominees are..."

The award presenter on stage was Robert Downey Jr.

He was in a dark suit, wearing a deerstalker hat.

He wasn't at all as serious as 'Iron Man', but rather looked exactly like his character in 'Sherlock Holmes'.

"*The Captain*."

"*Son of Saul*."

"*Sicario*."

"*Carol*."

As soon as these words were spoken.

Qin Mu could clearly hear Liu Weiqiang's breathing quicken beside him.

Zhang Hanyu and the others were no exception, all of them widening their eyes, listening to the results with nervous expressions.

It's here!

The first nomination for *The Captain* is here!

A total of four movies.

One from China, two from the US, one from Hungary.

Apart from *Son of Saul* which was adapted from a comic story, the other three were all adapted from true stories.

"The winner is..."

Robert Downey Jr. deliberately drew out the tone.

At this moment, Liu Weiqiang's heart was in his throat!

Say it already!

"*Sicario*!"

Clap clap clap!

Applause erupted instantly.

But Liu Weiqiang looked as if he had lost his soul, his whole body slumping weakly against the back of his chair.

Sigh.

As expected.

"It's okay, Liu Dao."

"Being nominated is already quite good!"

Yuan Quan comforted him.

"Exactly, nominated this time, win next time!"

Du Jiang also chimed in.

"Yeah."

"It's good enough to have a nomination."

Liu Weiqiang forced a smile.

"Liu Dao, don't be discouraged, there's more to come."

"Maybe we can win."

Qin Mu said softly.

"I hope so."

Liu Weiqiang shook his head, and Zhang Yimou beside him also gave a bitter smile.

The hope was slim.

Generally, getting one nomination is considered lucky.

Besides, the artistic value of this movie really isn't considered high.

The competitors that follow are all too strong, the possibility of being nominated isn't high.

Let alone winning an award.