Simon was wrapped around Sandra and kissed for a while, and the two left backstage. Arriving at the passage on the side of the hall, Simon stopped and asked Sandra again: "Is it really wiped clean?"
Sandra glanced at Simon with a dissatisfied tone: "Of course, do you think I really want to be scratched by Jenny?"
Simon always felt that Sandra's eyes were a bit evil, so he wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand again before walking out of the passage.
The award ceremony was already halfway through before I knew it, and the award for Best Soundtrack was being awarded on stage.
When Simon returned to his seat and sat down, Janet smiled brightly and was about to say something to him when she blinked her eyes as she looked over, then a small hand came over and pinched his waist without hesitation.
Simon took a breath, noticed Sandra's gloating expression on the other side, and sighed in his heart.
The most poisonous woman's heart.
After all, he was still plotted against.
After Janet pinched her, she glared at Sandra through Simon with annoyance, then took out a tissue and a small mirror from her handbag and threw it over.
Simon picked up the small mirror and looked at it. There was a lipstick mark on his chin that was obviously left on purpose. It wasn't big, but someone like Janet sitting next to him could tell it at a glance.
Just as she wiped off the lipstick mark without leaving a trace, Sandra came over again as if nothing had happened: "Simon, Douglas has won the leading actor."
On the stage, Mary Matlin, the last Oscar's best actress, pronounced the name of Michael Douglas in a jerky tone. This middle-aged actor from a Hollywood movie family won the title of insider trading tycoon Gordon in last year's "Wall Street". ·Gekko won the Best Actor award for his role.
Simon actually knew why Sandra reminded him specifically, but he still pretended to be angry and responded softly: "Huh?"
Sandra didn't care at all about Simon's pretentiousness, as if she had completely forgotten what had just happened, and analyzed seriously: ""Wall Street" only had Douglas nominated for Best Actor, the same as "Run Lola Run" .”
Simon continued to maintain the state of 'I'm still angry' and just nodded slightly: "Yeah."
Seeing Simon like this, Sandra glanced around and confirmed that none of the live broadcast cameras were pointing this way, so she leaned over and leaned over. Simon was startled when he realized that Sandra was about to kiss him in public like this. He quickly raised his hand to stop her and said, "Stop, or I'll ask Jenny to sit over."
After hearing Simon's 'threat', Sandra stopped.
Simon was actually just saying that in this situation, he really didn't dare to change places with Janet.
This is the Oscars ceremony.
According to Janet's little temper, she has a crazy temperament that doesn't care about anything.
In case of a fight.
Tsk!
However, after noticing the 'interaction' between Simon and Sandra, Janet did not let him go. She stretched out her little hand and pinched Simon's waist again. Fortunately, the force was much lighter this time.
After both women fell silent, Simon turned his attention to the stage and couldn't help but think of what Sandra had just said. Michael Douglas can win the Best Actor. In addition to his impeccable performance in "Wall Street", the Douglas family's deep connections in Hollywood cannot be underestimated.
As for "Run Lola Run", after the previous nominations were announced, Simon didn't take it too seriously. Orion and Warner were disappointed after seeing the nomination results, and they didn't spend too much public relations resources. Everyone Everyone believed that this nomination was a slap in the face of Simon from Oscar.
I was slightly distracted thinking about this, and the award ceremony was coming to an end before I knew it.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Best Editing Award was even ranked after the Best Director. When Bernardo Bertolucci, who won the Best Director statuette for "The Last Emperor", left the stage and hosted Chevy Chase introduced guests Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah to the stage, who were responsible for presenting the Best Editing award.
Feeling that both Janet and Sandra were thinking about it unconsciously, Simon also sat up slightly.
On the stage, Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, made a few jokes and then got down to business: "They are the most creative and indispensable in a film crew. When a movie is finished shooting, they need to select the right shots from tens of thousands of feet of film and assemble it into a perfect movie through their own miraculous hands."
"Well, now it's time for them to get their awards," Daryl Hannah continued: "The nominees for Best Editing are:"
"Gabriel Cristiani, The Last Emperor."
"Richard Marx, Broadcast News."
"Michael Kahn, Empire of the Sun."
"Peter Berg, Fatal Attraction."
"Simon Westeros, Run Lola Run."
After introducing the nominations, Daryl Hannah, who had long platinum hair, slowly tore open the envelope, took out the card with the winning results and took a look at it. Immediately, many people at the scene noticed the obvious expression of surprise on her face. , Daryl Hannah even raised his head and looked directly at Simon.
Noticing Daryl Hannah's pause, Kevin Costner, who was very curious, also looked at the winning results with an equally surprised expression.
The male and female guests reacted like this, coupled with Daryl Hannah's small movement of looking at Simon, everyone at the scene realized something. After a brief moment of surprise, Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah looked at each other and read the result out loud with a smile: "The winner is, Simon Westeros, "Run Lola Run."
Many guests at the scene who thought that this young man was destined to be just a running companion were quite surprised when they heard this result. It was not until applause from around the hall gathered that the core group of people directly below the stage thought of starting to applaud.
Amidst the increasingly warm applause, Simon stood up from his seat, and Janet and Sandra also stood up and hugged him respectively.
Simon and Janet hugged and turned to Sandra. He was originally worried that Sandra would take the opportunity to leave a lipstick mark on his face again, but Sandra just leaned into his ear and whispered congratulations before letting go. arms.
Quickly walking onto the stage, Simon took the statuette from Kevin Costner, shook hands with the two guests respectively, and then turned to the podium.
Putting the statuette next to the microphone, Simon waited for the applause from the audience to subside, then turned his head slightly to look at the statuette in front of him, and said with a smile: "Although it feels a little weird, it's really a surprise."
Even if we only talk about movies, Simon is much more famous than an editor whether he is a director, screenwriter, scorer or producer, but at this time, he was on the Oscar list as an editor. tower.
After hearing Simon's slightly teasing words, accompanied by a burst of laughter, the audience applauded again.
Simon waited for a moment and then continued: "Now that I think about it, the past year or so has been like a dream. Fortunately, the result is not bad. Along the way, too many people have helped me. Here, I want to Thank you to Bob, Brian and David who are the executive producers of "Run Lola Run", my agent Jonathan, my girlfriend Jenny, my good friend Sandra, Katherine, Ron, Keanu, etc. ,thank you all."
Unlike some important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director, the Oscars stipulate that the speech time for technical awards is only half a minute. Although Simon knew that no one would urge him to leave the stage even if he ran out of time, and even ABC, which was responsible for the live broadcast, probably wanted him to stay on stage for a while, Simon did not delay deliberately and left the stage quickly after giving a brief speech.
As soon as they arrived backstage, Janet and Sandra, who had slipped over from their seats, came up to them. After hugging Simon again, Pat Kingsley and Neil Bennett each held a mobile phone. The phone appeared in front of him.
Pat Kingsley motioned for Simon to follow the staff to install the nameplate for the statuette, and said at the same time: "Simon, Mike Medowa just called. He congratulated you and hoped that you could attend Orion at the Hilton Hotel. party. A similar call came from Terry Semel. Jonathan had already left the house, and he asked on the phone where you were going and that he would come over."
As Pat Kingsley said this, the mobile phone in her hand rang again. When Kingsley walked aside to answer the phone, Neil Bennett handed over the phone in his hand and whispered: "Ms. Bigelow is on the line."
Neither Simon nor Janet liked the bulky mobile phones of this era, so they only had one for Neil Bennett and Ken Dixon, the two bodyguards. Neil Bennett was responsible for driving them tonight. The two came over and stayed backstage.
Taking the mobile phone from Neil Bennett, Simon asked in a low voice: "Catherine?"
"Well," he responded quickly, paused, and then said, "I just saw you winning the award on TV, so I wanted to congratulate you."
"Thank you," Simon said with a smile on his lips, "How are you doing lately?"
"You know, I'm preparing for the movie and helping you and Jenny watch the decoration of the house. It's very busy."
There was a hint of weariness in Catherine's tone. She was a woman who lived a very regular life. She was used to going to bed early and getting up early. It was almost midnight in New York. If she hadn't been waiting for the result of Simon's only nomination, she would have gone to bed long ago. .
Simon listened to the woman's voice at this time and said, "How about you go back to Los Angeles tomorrow?"
"No," Catherine refused immediately, with a bit of panic in her tone. After a moment, she added: "In the future, I, anyway, you must never think of messing around like that night again."
Simon nodded immediately: "Yes, I promise."
"You little bastard," Catherine muttered with obvious disbelief, "You must be very busy over there, right? I'll hang up now. Goodbye."
"Good night, go to bed early."
Simon hung up the line, handed the mobile phone to Neil at any time, took the statuette that the staff had nailed on the nameplate, and then came down to the media area surrounded by everyone.
After being interviewed by the media, the awards ceremony at the front desk officially came to an end. "The Last Emperor" won the Best Picture Award without any suspense.
Although it is already early morning on the East Coast, it is still nine o'clock in the evening on the West Coast, when many people's nightlife begins.
In the 1980s, there were no Vanity Fair parties. After the award ceremony, everyone usually went to the after-party specially organized by the major film companies. Since they had made an appointment in advance, Simon and others rushed to the Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills to attend the party hosted by Warner.
More than twenty minutes later, as soon as Simon got off the car in the parking lot of the Sunset Tower Hotel, Jonathan Friedman greeted him.
Congratulations warmly again, Jonathan greeted Janet and others again, and then whispered to Simon: "What a coincidence, Simon, Steve Ross is here tonight, and he just wanted to chat with you. chat."
Steve Ross is the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., and Simon has always been very interested in this Warner boss with a mafia background.
Steve Ross made his fortune by operating funeral companies and parking lots in New York in his early years. Anyone who pays a little attention to certain information basically knows that parking, funeral, engineering, garbage disposal and other industries in a metropolitan city like New York are usually covered by Penetrated by underground forces.
In "Once Upon a Time in America", Noodles and a few people opened a funeral company. This is definitely not a coincidence or intentional reflection, it is the reality. Because it is difficult for the IRS to assess in detail how much money a funeral company can earn from hosting a funeral. You can say ten thousand dollars, or one million dollars. As for where the extra $990,000 comes from, as long as If you pay taxes honestly, everyone will understand it tacitly, and the same is true for parking lots.
Speaking of which, some of the movie's actionable attributes are actually stronger.
Simon and his group entered the grand ballroom of the Sunset Tower Hotel and were greeted by Terry Semel, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures. Semel was accompanied by Mel Gibson, who had just attended the awards ceremony.
"Simon, congratulations." After congratulating Simon again, Semel said to him warmly: "Mr. Ross just left for something and will be back soon. He hopes to chat with you. In addition, this It’s Mel, let’s get to know each other formally.”
Simon stretched out his hand to Mel Gibson and said, "Hello, Mr. Gibson."
"Simon, just call me Mel." Mel Gibson shook hands with Simon, then gently shook Janet's arm with Simon, and complimented: "You are so beautiful tonight, Miss Johnston. .”
"Thanks, Mel. You can also call me Jenny. I love Mad Max."
"Oh, then you can talk to George later. He is also here. We are preparing to shoot the fourth sequel."
It’s not surprising that Simon sensed the natural familiarity Janet showed when chatting with Mel Gibson. The reason is simple, Janet and Gibson are both from Australia.
The Australian gang in Hollywood has always been a very cohesive group. In the original time and space, Mel Gibson's career plummeted due to scandals such as domestic violence, alcoholism and racial discrimination, but now, he is definitely the leader of the Australian gang.