Chapter 1376: I got the little golden man!!!

"The local reporters are really too impolite!"

Naoki Nagayama, who had come to the venue and sat down, couldn't help but complain to Tomokazu Miura next to him.

On the red carpet, the reporters who got the scandal news had put all their effort into questioning him, almost creating opportunities for him to rekindle an old flame with someone~

"Hahaha..."

Tomokazu Miura laughed.

"Media reporters, well... they're just like that!"

"..."

Naoki Nagayama stopped talking. Tomokazu Miura would be besieged by reporters, but he wouldn't be like that in Japan... The Japanese reporters had already realized Naoki Nagayama's status as a top predator in the Japanese entertainment industry's ecosystem and absolutely didn't dare to disturb him!

Sigh... it's just a pity that it's not convenient to make people shave their heads abroad!

In the chat that happened from time to time, time passed second by second~

Because more and more artists chose to walk over due to the big traffic jam, the people in the venue gradually filled most of the seats from being sparse before.

At this time, he saw his old acquaintance Harrison looking at Naoki Nagayama and the others, and walked over in a few steps to greet them:

"Naoki, my friend... today's traffic in Los Angeles is just terrible!"

"I had to walk for half an hour to reach the venue!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed:

"Fortunately, we left relatively early, so the delay wasn't long, and we didn't have to walk~"

"What?!" Harrison patted Naoki Nagayama's shoulder hard after hearing this. "Then you are really too lucky!"

"Haha, this Oscar will definitely leave a deep impression!"

"Yeah..."

The two chatted for a while before Harrison went to his seat... He was in the third row; *Indiana Jones* didn't get nominated...

As more and more people walked the red carpet, the popularity of the venue became fuller, and finally at 18:00, the Oscar awards ceremony finally began!

The host for two consecutive sessions, Chevy Chase, walked onto the stage and announced the start of the Oscars to the guests:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 60th Oscar awards ceremony..."

"This year's Oscars have gathered excellent filmmakers from all over the world... There are so many people that even the traffic in Los Angeles has been blocked!"

Chevy teased the big traffic jam tonight on stage, making the members present burst into laughter, especially some stars who were forced to walk, who shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"This year is a big year for movies, with excellent films from all over the world emerging one after another..."

Chase looked at John Lone and his group sitting in the front row.

"For example, *The Last Emperor*, which is full of Eastern cultural charm!"

Then he looked in the direction of Nicolas Cage and Cher:

"Or the moving *Moonstruck*?"

Then, he looked at Naoki Nagayama, who had shown his face quite a bit today:

"Or *Jurassic Park*, which is an eye-opener?!"

This made Naoki Nagayama frown and also caused discussions among others at the scene, before Chase patted his mouth:

"Ah... no, no, it's *Departures*, which is full of Japanese cultural foundation!!! Haha, who would have thought that two consecutive films by the same director would be such masterpieces!"

"*Jurassic Park* is not among the nominations for this year, but I believe it will definitely be in the next session!"

Chase was a comedy star, so he improvised a joke to include Naoki Nagayama, making everyone at the scene applaud with laughter.

Under the camera lens, Naoki Nagayama could only put his slight embarrassment into his heart and wave to signal~

The following speeches were still full of jokes and humor, making the laughter in the venue never stop.

This year's Oscars were due to the Hollywood Writers Guild strike, so the script for the awards ceremony wasn't finished, and the production side could only invite many comedy actors to the stage to tell temporary jokes...

And the truly important awards ceremony was also continuously presented during this period!

"This year's Oscar for Best Visual Effects!"

Award presenter Sean Connery teased while tearing open the envelope.

"If it were *Jurassic Park*, I wouldn't be surprised at all... However, the winner of this year's Oscar for Best Visual Effects is *Innerspace*!!!"

"..."

The special effects team of *Innerspace* quickly walked onto the stage, and Dennis Muren, as the main special effects artist, took the trophy from Sean Connery... but the smile on his face was a bit stiff...

"Thank you to the Oscar committee... thank you to the judges who voted for *Innerspace*..."

The acceptance speech was also just a few sentences before they hurried down~

Down in the audience, Naoki Nagayama covered his face. He felt that this year's Oscars and *Jurassic Park* were just not meant to be... Could this be a case of "killing with kindness"?!

Yeah, who let the whole of Hollywood be occupied by a film like *Jurassic Park* that didn't participate in the judging during this Oscar awards season!

Everyone was talking about the dinosaurs of the Jurassic era, making other nominated films lose their luster...

However, the subsequent awards process recovered a bit.

"Oscar for Best Supporting Actress... the winner is *Moonstruck* - Olympia Dukakis!"

"Oscar for Best Art Direction..."

The awards ceremony, interspersed with breaks and performances, continued in a joyful atmosphere.

Best Cinematography, Best Animation, Best Documentary Short Subject... from the small awards at the beginning to important awards like Best Actor and Actress, one award after another was presented!

And in this process, *The Last Emperor* included cinematography, editing, costume, music... almost just after going down, they went back up to continue receiving awards!

Tomokazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi next to Naoki Nagayama both showed nervous expressions...

"Naoki-san, it looks like *The Last Emperor* is going to kill it!"

They had already given up hope for *Departures* to win an award!

"Don't worry!"

Naoki Nagayama said in a low voice.

"The most important big awards haven't arrived yet!"

Just at this moment, award presenter Audrey Hepburn, who was nearly fifty, took the microphone and said:

"Oscar for Best Original Screenplay... the winner is *Departures*... Naoki Nagayama!"

For a moment, the spotlight shone on Naoki Nagayama, and the surrounding guests immediately applauded!

Naoki Nagayama straightened his suit hem and stood up, shook hands with Tomokazu Miura, and then walked toward the main stage...

"I hope I didn't misread the name..."

Audrey Hepburn said with a smile, then handed the trophy to Naoki Nagayama~

"Not at all..."

And Naoki Nagayama also bowed to thank her, then stood in front of the podium holding the trophy...

Looking at the 40-second countdown for the speech starting on the big screen in the distance and the countless eyes in the venue, a surge of excitement welled up in his heart!

He looked at the trophy up and down:

"Ha~ *Jurassic Park* didn't compete, I thought I wouldn't get a trophy today! Fortunately, fortunately..."

"..."

The venue paused for a moment, and then laughter and applause slowly rose. Westerners like this kind of self-deprecating humor... Before, some hosts made jokes with *Jurassic Park*, but they didn't expect the person himself to start joking too~

"Thank you very much to the Oscars..."

Naoki Nagayama thanked the organizers and others, and then with an impulse in his heart, he said:

"I didn't prepare too much of an acceptance speech, let's stop here for this acceptance speech... there's still some more, let's save it for later!"

"!!!"

Seeing Naoki Nagayama walk off the podium, everyone in the venue finally reacted... This guy meant that he would win an award later?!

That's why he said something about saving the acceptance speech for later?!

Now it's already Best Original Screenplay, which is an important award, and what's left are all the most heavyweight big awards!

This guy is too arrogant!!!

"!!!"

Surprised by the style of this Japanese director Naoki Nagayama, the venue instantly became noisy... discussions and even boos came out...

However, some Westerners liked this arrogant posture, applauding one after another, and some young people even whistled...

The Oscar venue suddenly became lively!

"Quiet... quiet..."

Host Chase had to suppress the noise at the scene.

"Next, we invite James Garner... to present the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film..."

Best Foreign Language Film... don't look at this award being placed in the last few, actually, its weight isn't too heavy, because it's an award outside of mainstream films...

General films will have English translations, all belonging to mainstream films. Naoki Nagayama's previous *Hachi: A Dog's Tale*, because the language was different, won this award!

And this time, *Departures* was specifically made into an English version~

After Naoki Nagayama returned to his seat, he heard Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura saying very excitedly:

"Naoki-san... how dare you be so... young and vigorous (arrogant) in your acceptance speech?!"

As a defeated nation in World War II, Japan had adopted a humble attitude toward Western culture for many years. Even when resisting, there was a feeling of being fierce in appearance but weak in reality. At this time, they felt Naoki Nagayama didn't look like a Japanese person...

"Haha, if you're not young and vigorous, how can you be called a young person!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed.

"Miura-san, Momoe-san, I'm only twenty-six!"

Momoe Yamaguchi took a look at the thirty-six-year-old Tomokazu Miura, and for a moment, the image of the first time she saw him appeared in her mind... At that time, Tomokazu Miura was also young and vigorous...

When facing reporters' questions, he was both straightforward and dared to speak...

Nowhere like he is now, so lukewarm! Tsk tsk tsk, really getting old...

The awards ceremony on stage was still continuing. After a performance in the middle, the most important awards began to be revealed!

This time it was Best Actress...

Award presenter Paul Newman was opening the envelope on the podium, saying with a smile:

"This year's Oscar for Best Actress... the winner is... *Moonstruck*... Cher!!"

As one of the hot candidate films for this year's Oscars, the romance film *Moonstruck* was originally a film where the heroine took the lead!

Plus Cher was a star in music, film, and television, possessing huge influence in Europe and America. At this time, Cher winning the award also seemed like a matter of course!

The venue suddenly erupted with warm applause and cheers...

Looking at Cher, who was charming on stage, Momoe Yamaguchi on the side revealed a trace of envy in her eyes... Once upon a time, she was also a triple-threat diva in Japan!

After the Best Actress award was presented, only the final big award remained!

Chase sighed on stage:

"The final moment has finally arrived!"

"This year's Oscar for Best Picture... the nominated films are *The Last Emperor*, *Broadcast News*, *Moonstruck*, *Departures*, *Fatal Attraction*..."

"Who can win the final big award? Let's invite award presenter Eddie Murphy!!"

As a black star, Eddie Murphy walked onto the podium, looked around excitedly, and then said:

"I know everyone has been waiting for a long time... Next, let me... wait, let me tear open this letter first!"

After he opened the letter, he said to the pairs of eyes in the venue:

"It really is him!"

"This year's Oscar for Best Picture... the winner is... *Departures*... Naoki Nagayama!!!"

With a "Whoosh," the gazes of the guests in the venue instantly surged toward Naoki Nagayama's seat, and at the same time, the spotlight also gathered on him!

Everyone was deeply impressed by this proud and confident young man, but they didn't expect that he could really win the Oscar for Best Picture!

Originally thought he would be calm and not excited by such honor, but at this moment, Naoki Nagayama only felt a surge of intoxication!

The ease when writing the script, the sensation when inviting Momoe Yamaguchi to come back, the fun when filming, the honor after release... and the lobbying with people from all walks of life in Hollywood during this period, as well as the transaction with the producers of *The Last Emperor*...

All of this contributed to an important result!

Oscar for Best Picture!!!

"Let's invite Naoki Nagayama!"

Chase reminded with the microphone.

And Naoki Nagayama also reacted, directly saying to Tomokazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi:

"Miura-san, Momoe-san, let's go, let's go receive the award together!!!"

"Eh?!" Momoe Yamaguchi was surprised. "One person going to receive the award is enough..."

"It doesn't matter!"

Naoki Nagayama pulled Tomokazu Miura to stand up.

"You are the male and female leads! You completed this film with me together!"

"At this moment of glory, I will not enjoy it alone!!!"

"Let's go!"

Under his insistence, Tomokazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi were also pulled onto the stage and walked toward the podium!

Eddie Murphy was a bit surprised, but looking at the three of them coming up together, he still handed the little golden man to Naoki Nagayama, and then gave the medal and flowers to the other two...

The three of them held the trophy and medal above their heads. At this time, thunderous applause erupted in the venue again!

The final acceptance speech was naturally given by Naoki Nagayama!

"I said before that the acceptance speech would be saved for later, now is the time..."

He held the little golden man in one hand, shook it at the camera, and said with a smile:

"Akina, Father, Mother, and all my good friends watching the live broadcast at home... I got the little golden man!!!"

"This little golden man is quite heavy... wait until I go home and show it to you!"

"..."

With a "Boom," the entire venue was shocked by such an acceptance speech... This was a global live broadcast occasion! This young man actually talked about family matters!!

Even Tomokazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi next to him had expressions of shock...

At this time, Akina, who was in the Mountain Cherry Courtyard, was shocked by her husband's acceptance speech and covered her mouth!

"Naoki-san, he..."

Akina's face flushed with excitement.

"How could he say such things on such an occasion!! Too impulsive!!"

Although she said that, her heart was full of joy... even the regret of not going to the Oscars together disappeared instantly!

"Hahaha, Naoki is still a child!! Being a bit impulsive is normal!"

And Nanako Nagayama, who was also watching the live broadcast on the other side, was all smiles, full of pride... making Chieko Nakamori, who was watching together, a bit jealous... ===== CHAPTER 1377 =====