In mid-February 2006, Zhou Shaoming returned to Los Angeles with Christina after traveling for more than a month! At this time, it was only half a month before the Oscar ceremony!

After getting off the plane, Zhou Shaoming got into the car with Benjamin's help!

After carrying the luggage into the car, Zhou Shaoming asked Benjamin: "Ben, is everything going well in the company while I'm out..."

Benjamin hesitated for a moment, then he said truthfully to Zhou Shaoming: "Zhou, you'd better go to the company!"

Listening to Benjamin's words, it seemed as if something had happened. Zhou Shaoming narrowed his eyes and asked, "What happened?" He had only been out for less than a month, what could happen to the company?

"It's related to the movie Iron Man." Benjamin took a deep breath. Originally, when Zhou Shaoming came back, Benjamin didn't want to talk about it. If Zhou Shaoming didn't ask, Benjamin wouldn't take the initiative to talk about it!

In addition, since Iron Man was released last year, both box office performance and reputation have been unprecedentedly good!

In this unprecedented and rare situation, Iron Man comics, Iron Man games, and toys are all selling well in the market! After Iron Man became the biggest winner at the Golden Globe Awards, Zhou Shaoming couldn't think of anything the company could do now

What could go wrong!

Zhou Shaoming, who had just returned to Los Angeles, hurried to the office after hearing Benjamin's words!

Zhou Shaoming entered the office and said to Benjamin: "Call George here."

Benjamin's departure made Kristina beside Zhou Shaoming a little worried, and said: "Zhou, don't worry, wait until George comes and ask for details."

The frowning Zhou Shaoming made Kristina a little worried when she just returned to China!

George's steps quickly reached Zhou Shaoming's ears! Zhou Shaoming's eyes lit up. After hearing the knock on the door, George quickly entered the office!

Zhou Shaoming took a deep breath. Unable to sit still, Zhou Shaoming stood up and asked George, who had just come in: "How could things become like this?"

George frowned and said to Zhou Shaoming: "We didn't expect things to turn out like this. It seems that this year's Oscar jury is very interested in Ang Lee's work!"

"How is this possible?" Zhou Shaoming took a deep breath and asked George: "Do you know what happened?"

When Zhou Shaoming returned to Los Angeles, Benjamin still couldn't hold back and told Zhou Shaoming everything!

As the 78th Oscars approaches, the competition for Oscar-nominated films has reached the final round! In the fierce competition in the previous rounds!

Many films that were popular in the North American market last year have failed in the competition for the awards!

The top players in Star Wars were eliminated first, followed closely by Harry Potter 4, King Kong, Magic Kingdom, and Batman 2. Even Zhou Shaoming's Iron Man could not escape the disaster, and was eventually eliminated in the first two rounds!

Among the four awards of Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress, all the above-mentioned films were rejected by this year’s Oscar judges!

When the rounds of nominations appeared in people's sight, everyone was surprised. What on earth is going on?

This year's Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture Iron Man and Best Director Smith Weekly also failed on this fierce Oscar stage. What on earth did the Oscar judges want to do?

The 78th Oscar battle, after being questioned last year, the situation this year seems to be even more chaotic!

In the Hollywood North American film market where blockbusters are lucky, it seems that not many blockbusters can be among the important awards!

Although blockbusters such as Iron Man, King Kong, Harry Potter 4, War of the Worlds, and Magic Kingdom have lost their nominations in the awards after several rounds of elimination,

As for the minor awards, there will still be nominations for Best Sound Effects and Best Visuals in the future. When Zhou Shaoming received such nominations, he even sneered!

It seems that after critics in the United States continued to advocate last year that Hollywood movies should focus on the concept of low cost and high profit, this year's Oscar judges seem to be implementing this concept!

It’s not hard to tell from the list of awards! Not one of the blockbusters that appeared in the North American film market last year was on the list!

Iron Man created a box office myth that is obvious to all in terms of box office performance, but it failed to create a miracle at the Oscars!

When Zhou Shaoming won the Best Director at this year's Golden Globe Awards, Iron Man also won the two Best Picture Awards by virtue of its advantages!

At that time, Zhou Shaoming was very motivated, and the Golden Globe Award was the benchmark for the Oscars. Because of this, during the Oscar nomination process, Zhou Shaoming had no plans to stay in the United States!

However, now that I think about it, even if I stay, I can’t seem to change the rules of the game at this year’s Oscars!

Brokeback Mountain, which once became a hit movie with Iron Man at the Golden Globe Awards, was filmed by director Ang Lee, after losing to Iron Man at the Golden Globe Awards!

Once again, he is on the road to Oscar competition, but this time, judging from the nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, it seems that Director Ang Lee has no stumbling blocks!

The Chinese director is about to stand on the Oscar podium! Zhou Shaoming watched George give him the Oscar nomination list!

Although this list will have to go through a round of soul competition before it can be finally established, from the current situation and George's words, Zhou Shaoming is very clear about his current situation!

"These old guys!" Zhou Shaoming got angry when he looked at the Oscar nomination list in his hand. "Luck is also a kind of strength. I am destined to miss the Oscar this year."

Iron Man continues to create miracles at the box office. Even Zhou Shaoming was shocked at first. This movie is so successful at the box office. It is not only due to the good promotion of the film, but also a part of luck.

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As the person involved, Zhou Shaoming knew this very well!

Even at the Golden Globe Awards, Zhou Shaoming thought so. With the excellent results and shocking scenes of the movie Iron Man, it is enough to influence most audiences in the United States!

He has passed all the way at the Golden Globe Awards, but he has never been able to get rid of the movie directed by Ang Lee!

This makes Zhou Shaoming a little worried. After all, last year's critics all gave awards to North American films in the future. They should pay more attention to low-cost films and high-profit films! Movies like this

This is the kind of good movie the market needs!

Compared with those stunt movies that only use a lot of money to accumulate, this is what all Hollywood directors should learn from!

Chinese directors have begun to appear in the Oscars last year. This trend seems very unusual. This year, Ang Lee has withstood the test with his movies and finally became the final candidate for the Golden Globe nomination.

One of the movies! And the awards candidates are all grand prizes!

At that time, Zhou Shaoming was a little worried. After all, the box office performance of the Chinese film market was not the same as before. At the same time that Hollywood blockbusters began to enter the Chinese film market intensively!

These people who set the rules of the game will also consider the emotions of the Chinese audience a little bit! After all, the Chinese audience has seen so many Hollywood blockbusters at one time. In addition to being dazzled, they are enjoying unprecedented

Along with the visual feast, a psychological gap increases day by day!

"Oscar old guys, I think the biggest winner of this year's Oscars may be the director from China." George looked at Zhou Shaoming, who had stood up angrily, and asked: "What are you going to do? Zhou."

When Zhou Shaoming heard what George said, even George had already seen the situation clearly. This situation could no longer be changed by anyone. When Zhou Shaoming went out in person and could not get in touch, George did not tell him about the matter.

Zhou Shaoming!

Zhou Shaoming breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, sat down slowly, and said to George: "When the movie Iron Man won a big win at the Golden Globe Awards, I thought it would not appear at this year's Oscars.

Any questions, but didn’t expect that so many things happened in the short time I left?”

Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company has already entered the right track. Even if Zhou Shaoming is not here, Zhou Shaoming believes that with George, Benjamin and others here, the company will not have any problems!

Iron Man had just won the Golden Globe Award, and the box office reputation was so outstanding. With the Oscars to be held in March, Zhou Shaoming was full of confidence, and he lent Benjamin and George the promotion of Iron Man! Zhou Shaoming left with peace of mind at that time!

But I never thought that when I returned to Los Angeles, things would happen to such an extent!

The rules of the Oscars are not decided by one person, let alone which movie can influence the existence of the Oscars!

Even Hollywood blockbusters like Morpheus, Harry Potter 4, War of the Worlds, King Kong, etc. are only eligible to compete for minor awards in this year's Oscars!

Zhou Shaoming was deep in thought, couldn't help but take out a cigar, slowly lit it and said to George: "Quit from this Oscar!"

George looked stupid and said calmly: "You said you want to withdraw from the Oscars?"

Zhou Shaoming nodded!

George said with a wry smile: "How can you quit at this time!"

Zhou Shaoming said coldly: "How did the movie Star Wars Battlefront withdraw from the Oscars? What should we do?"

George said with some surprise: "Star Wars was eliminated!"

"Don't we have to go through the final round of elimination? Think of a way, I don't want the movie Iron Man to appear in this Oscar nomination!" Zhou Shaoming has made up his mind! For this Oscar,

The movie Iron Man can no longer compete for the grand prize, so instead of competing for the minor prize, it is better to just give up!

George took a deep breath. He now understood Zhou Shaoming's mood, but at this juncture, if Iron Man was eliminated from the final nomination, what would the outside world think? "Zhou, have you thought clearly?"

Zhou Shaoming narrowed his eyes and said, "This is my final decision!"

George hesitated for a moment, then stood up slowly, "Okay, I understand what you mean." With that, George left the office!

"Ben, please go out, Christina and I have something to say!" Zhou Shaoming ordered Benjamin!

After Benjamin also left the office!

Christina held her arm around Zhou Shaoming, who was trembling a little. She knew that at this moment Zhou Shaoming was so angry that his whole body was shaking! "Zhou, forget it, you are still so young, you have plenty of opportunities."

Zhou Shaoming looked a little frustrated and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that the Iron Man movie would stop at the Oscars at the end. I may not be able to fulfill our promise so quickly!"

Promise? Kristina was stunned for a moment. Looking at Zhou Shaoming's expression, it turned out that Zhou Shaoming was angry about this matter! "No, Zhou, don't care what I think! If you can't realize your wish, you won't win the Oscar again."

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If so, even if you take time out of the day to accompany me, I won’t be happy.”

When he was in Paris, Zhou Shaoming began to have the idea of ​​​​retiring to the second line. With the movie Iron Man, Zhou Shaoming has reached the peak of his life. Zhou Shaoming, who is also feeling tired, wants to win consecutive awards at the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars this year.

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After winning the Best Director award on stage, he slowly began to withdraw from people’s sight!

Let other directors in the company start to use their talents! In this way, Zhou Shaoming will have a lot of time to accompany Kristina!

However, although the wish is good, the reality always brings some regrets. Zhou Shaoming never expected that after Iron Man was recognized at the Golden Globe Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, which is the Oscar trend vane, would actually have a big deviation this year!

Zhou Shaoming gradually understood why the Golden Globe Award was given to the movie Iron Man this year! It turned out to be to achieve balance!

Director Ang Lee should have been the winner of this year's Golden Globes and Oscars. Unexpectedly, the emergence of Iron Man changed things!

Looking at Zhou Shaoming's somewhat guilty eyes, Christina encouraged Zhou Shaoming and said, "Don't be discouraged. I believe that with your talent, it's only a matter of time before you get on the Oscar podium again. This time it's just bad luck!"
To be continued...