The Los Angeles Music Center has four halls, held in Dorothy Chandler Hall, with 3,197 seats.

The splendid, bright and atmospheric foreigner with a big nose was guided to his seat. He was one of the few oriental faces in the audience and attracted countless attention. Seeing that Liu Zhigu was a little nervous, Chen Qi smiled and said: "Relax, you are a bureau-level official."

Cadres, they are just actors in the American literary and artistic circles, so don’t be afraid.”

"I, a bureau-level cadre, can't do anything in the United States. The United States doesn't even have a Ministry of Culture!"

"Why not? The CIA is the largest cultural and propaganda department in the United States. It persecutes the left, exports "Doctor Zhivago" to the world, prevents the publication of "Spartacus", monitors Hemingway, and interferes with Neruda's winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

…”

"Shh!"

Liu Zhigu interrupted instinctively, but then realized that the foreigner did not understand, and said: "The general direction now is Sino-US friendship, which is not like before, but what you said makes sense. The United States claims to give artists the greatest freedom, but in fact they also have choices.

Sexual.”

He looked at Chen Qi and had the same doubt as everyone else: after being in contact with this person for a long time, you will find that he has a very strong and inexplicable self-confidence in his heart. He has no confidence in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States, which is completely different from that of ordinary Chinese people.

The kind of looking up and admiring.

"..."

Gong Xue held a small handbag, sat on a chair, looked around, and asked: "Chen Chou, do you recognize them?"

"I know a few of them. Look at that guy. That guy is Stallone; that guy is Mel Gibson, and that big guy is Schwarzenegger."

"Wow, does he do weightlifting?"

"I'm a bodybuilder, and my arms are thicker than my legs."

Chen Qi was also looking for stars, but unfortunately it was too early. Some well-known stars had just become famous and had not even made their debuts, such as Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder, whom he had a crush on.

After a while, the awards ceremony officially began.

The lighting and sound effects of this stage are much better than those of the Hong Kong Film Awards. The two curtains are separated to the left and right, the lights change, golden shines, and a symphony orchestra is revealed first, and then starts playing.

One short melody after another is the music of nominated films, and "Life is Beautiful" is also among them.

After the performance, several elderly filmmakers appeared and spoke to the audience. Gong Xue could understand part of it, Liu Zhigu naturally understood English for foreign work, and so did Chen Qi. Li Wenhua and Yan Shunkai were confused.

Chen Qi didn't know a few of the old men, but he did recognize the next one.

"Whoosh!"

Amidst the applause, a woman in her 50s appeared on the stage, holding an "Oscar Youth Award" trophy. This award is specially awarded to child actors. The trophy is very small.

Her name is Shirley Temple.

The child star with the most box office appeal during the Great Depression in the United States, and probably the most famous child star in film history, won an Oscar at the age of 7. Later, when she grew up, the audience could not accept her adult image, and she slowly faded out of the film industry and entered politics.

.

I came to China in 1977 and now serves in the Reagan administration.

So she is in an official capacity.

He said a lot of expectations and messages about the healthy growth of teenagers.

"ha!"

Chen Qi couldn't help but feel happy as he listened.

"Why are you laughing?" Gong Xue asked.

"No, it's not the same as I imagined."

He waved his hand, saying that he had been deeply influenced by later generations and had formed a stereotype about the entertainment of the Oscars. But from the current point of view, the 1980s was really not that, at least not this year, and it was also the main theme!

And he looked at his watch and saw that it was 20 minutes into the show and no awards had been given out. All the talk was done.

Li Wenhua and Yan Shunkai were drowsy. Finally, Shirley Temple went down and finally presented the first award, Best Supporting Actor!

Five nominees.

There was no big screen at the scene, but the camera would cut to the person involved for the audience in front of the TV to see. Li Wenhua and Yan Shunkai were a little more energetic, but they didn’t understand anyway, so they just clapped along.

If someone claps, they will clap; if someone stops, they will stop.

"Jack Nicholson's "Mother and Daughter"!"

"John Lithgow's "Mother and Daughter"!"

"Sam Shepard, Space Heroes!"

"Mother and Daughter" is indeed a big hit, accounting for two of them. Finally, the award presenter announced: "The winner is, Jack Nicholson!"

"Whoosh!"

Chen Qi also clapped his hands. It’s not easy. It’s rare that he is a star he knows. This old man is in his 40s and has very bald hair. He is a powerful actor by Hollywood standards and has countless classics. In 2013, he announced his retirement from filming.

Jack Nicholson is famous for his personality, but he is actually honest and even a little shy on stage now, and his speeches are also serious.

Chen Qi immediately took out a pen and paper from his pocket.

"What are you doing?"

"I changed my speech. The one I wrote before was a bit off-topic. I thought they would be very entertaining."

"Is this already very entertaining?" Gong Xue was confused.

The two have different standards for entertainment. Chen Qi's standard is like when his eldest cousin falls down on stage and Will Smith slaps his mouth.

Several small awards followed. He was very interested in the Science and Technology Award. This award is given to those who have innovative inventions in technology. Any technology is acceptable, as long as it is related to movies.

There was a comrade named Yan Zhongfang at Shanghai Film Studio who invented the lightning lamp and won the 1996 Academy Award for Science and Technology.

The lightning lamp can create the effect of thunder and lightning with just one lamp.

Unconsciously, more than an hour later, "Fanny and Alexander" had already won two awards for best costume and art direction.

Chen Qi and his entourage were actually a little uncomfortable sitting at the bottom. Although they were finalists, they were also bystanders. They could not resonate with those American jokes, nor could they sympathize with the winners and losers.

Everything feels like an outsider.

Things are different in the Internet age. For example, Leonardo lost the Oscar five times and finally won it once. Many people in the country were happy.

"Are you hungry?"

Gong Xue also seemed to feel bored, and whispered: "I brought a few pieces of chocolate, can I give you one?"

"How am I going to eat? It's not good to be photographed."

"You eat it secretly."

"so?"

Chen Qi leaned over and wanted to lie on her lap. Gong Xue was so frightened that he hid and tugged on his cheongsam. He regained his energy and took a few glances: "Hey, hey, I find you look good with your legs like this."

, I will also wear it at home from now on.”

"Ahem! You two, pay attention!" Liu Zhigu's balls ached.

At this moment, the host suddenly said: "I would like to invite Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek to award us the Best Original Screenplay and the Best Adapted Screenplay!"

Gong Xue heard a word from the script and immediately sat upright: "It's your turn, stop making trouble!"

I saw a man and a woman holding arms and walking onto the stage. All the women were wearing evening gowns, and the men were wearing suits and white shirts, and they had to wear bow ties. There was a very old-school sense of ceremony.

Mel Gibson needs no introduction.
Chapter completed!