Sure enough, the award for Best Original Screenplay was given to "Milk".
Seeing Gen Urobuchi's regretful look, Nanaya patted his shoulder hard.
"It's okay. Next year will be our time."
Old Xu let out a long sigh: "Don't comfort me, of course I know the rules of the game."
From the first day he entered Hollywood, Kyon has been following Nanaya.
Under the influence of Nanaya, he certainly knew that the probability of him winning the prize was very slim.
Even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt a little disappointed when the award was announced.
Finally, the 81st Academy Awards ended successfully with applause.
"Slumdog Millionaire" won the two most important awards, Best Picture and Best Director, as well as numerous smaller awards.
"Milk" fell a level short, only winning the Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay awards.
As for the award battle between "Inferno" and "The Dark Knight" that had been promoted before the Oscars, it completely became a bystander in this awards ceremony.
This is also a trick that the Oscars have always used, using popular movies to serve as runners-up for award-winning movies.
However, this trick is obviously not as effective as it was a few years ago.
Although this year's ratings are higher than last year, they are only on par with previous years.
The scene that the production team had envisioned of thousands of people flocking to watch the Oscars did not occur.
No one likes to be fooled. Once everyone realizes your little tricks, Oscar, they will naturally not want to be fooled anymore.
Even though the Academy Awards ceremony is over, Oscar night is only halfway through.
As a regular event of the Oscars every year, many guests attending the Oscars left the Kodak Theater and rushed to the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.
Everyone who comes here has only one purpose: to attend the "Oscar Night" party hosted by Vanity Fair.
This party was obviously much more lively than the award ceremony.
After all, in order to maintain its status, the Oscars ceremony needs a high entry threshold.
But the threshold for this party called "Oscar Night" is very low. Not only can the guests bring their own people, but the party organizers also sell tickets to the public under various names.
Of course, all the crew members of "Purgatory's Flames", including Nanaya, had official invitation letters, so they naturally didn't need to buy any tickets.
Another person who received the same treatment was Ryan.
Since he was not a member of the Inferno crew, Ryan was not invited to the Oscars ceremony.
But there were no such restrictions for subsequent parties, and Nanaya specially asked Bali to prepare a formal invitation for Ryan.
After all, the ticket price is too low.
Because Ryan didn't have to attend the award ceremony, he arrived at the party much earlier than Nanaya and the others.
Nanaya and the members of "Purgatory Flame" drove to the Hilton Hotel.
As soon as he entered the banquet hall, Ryan came over.
Seeing the appearance of this blonde beauty, the crew members of "Purgatory's Flames" all showed knowing smiles on their faces.
"Well, let's go over there, Senior."
This is Ori with a teasing smile on his face.
"Brother-in-law, come on! I'll give you a gift if you can capture my sister."
This is Lily, who is just short of laughing out loud.
"For the sake of winning the award tonight, I agree. But only for today."
This is Shion, whose inner thoughts cannot be seen.
"Shion, we can actually..."
Before Nanaya could finish his words, Ryan was the only one left.
"…I went to eat. Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Nanaya shook his head helplessly. He could only pull Ryan, who was left behind, to a remote corner.
Don't get the wrong idea, Nanaya just doesn't want it to be too noisy while eating, so he just wants to find a relatively quiet seat.
"When did you arrive?"
Nanaya found an empty table and sat down, then asked Ryan casually.
"Just five minutes earlier than you."
Ryan sat opposite Nanaya naturally.
Nanaya waved to the waiter and ordered a Thai pumpkin coconut soup and a bowl of rice with meat soup.
Because of Oscar's reputation, many Asian filmmakers come to attend the awards ceremony every year.
For these guests, party organizers will specially prepare a variety of East Asian delicacies.
But even so, only a few people order rice directly.
So Ryan looked at Nanaya strangely: "You actually came here to eat?"
Nanaya smiled and replied: "This thing will fill my stomach. I've been hungry all night."
Ryan smiled bitterly and shook her head. She ordered a steak that was fresh out of the oven.
"I remember that when you attended banquets like this before, you always chose the most expensive dishes possible."
Nanaya smiled without explaining, he pointed around.
After Ryan looked around, his expression became even weirder.
"I always feel that..."
Nanaya poured the broth into the bowl and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ryan shook his head and sighed, "It's really eye-opening. Those actresses who were so glamorous on the red carpet just now are actually starving ghosts reincarnated."
"normal."
Nanaya took two big mouthfuls of rice and then answered, "We are all hungry."
The taste of the rice in broth was much better than Nanaya had imagined, and it was cooked in a completely oriental way.
Generally speaking, foreign delicacies will make some changes to cater to the tastes of local people.
The so-called "authentic" food is only authentic in its place of origin.
If the restaurant does not make changes based on local tastes, it will be faced with a situation where there are no customers after the first round of customers who try out the new dishes have left.
But after Nanaya thought about it carefully, he found that it was normal.
There is no problem of wide acceptance of things at this kind of high-end party.
After all, people who come to such parties and order local specialties are either there to try new things or are locals who are familiar with the dishes.
No matter what kind of guests they are, it will never go wrong to make the dishes as authentic as possible.
Not only the coconut soup and bibimbap at Nanaya's place, but Ryan's steak is also served with standard British sauce.
"But this shouldn't be the reason why everyone is eating so voraciously, right?" Ryan asked in a low voice.
No matter how much they miss their hometown food, these female stars would not abandon their demeanor.
"It has nothing to do with taste, I'm just hungry."
Nanaya swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's good for someone like me who only ate a piece of bread at noon. Many of those female stars have been dieting for several days."
It is not easy to look as glamorous as possible in front of the camera.
In order to show their best side at the award ceremony, many female stars have been relying on nutrient solution and meal replacement powder for several days.
After all, Europeans and Americans generally have larger frames, so if they want to "go against nature", they have to make sacrifices.
Of course this is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that these female stars today can't even drink water.
As for the reason, in addition to the fact that I can't go to the bathroom, the more important reason is that I am afraid of getting edema on my body.
Now that the award ceremony has finally ended, I naturally let go and started eating to my heart's content.
Nanaya even noticed that most of the female celebrities who attended the award ceremony changed their clothes.
Although it is still beautiful, its gorgeousness has been reduced a lot.
More importantly, with Nanaya's experience in dressing, he knew that these clothes were very simple to wear.
[It seems that she deliberately chose clothes that are convenient for use in the toilet...]
Nanaya drank the pure coconut soup and silently gave a thumbs up to these witty actresses in his heart.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
Ryan wasn't quite convinced.
"You can go ask your sister." Nanaya smiled slightly, "She has been hungry for two days."
Although Lily is naturally beautiful, she still worked very hard to get to where she is today.
Why did Lily, who always stuck to Nanaya, obey and leave today?
It was simply because the girl was almost starving, and Nanaya, her brother-in-law, had become far less important than eating.
But Lily's condition is relatively mild.
There were many actresses in the banquet hall who had been hungry for four or five days.
"What you said is too scary." Ryan stuck out his tongue. "You scare me so much that I am even more afraid to be an actor."
"No, I think you're totally fine."
Nanaya looked at Ryan's figure and explained, "Your waist is too thin. I guess the designer will make you fatter."
Ryan lowered his head subconsciously, as if he was going to look at his waist.
But all she saw were two white things.
"Forget it, it's not like I haven't tried before."
Nanaya seemed to understand something, but now he could only pretend that he understood nothing.
"You will probably go back to New Zealand after the awards ceremony, right?" Ryan changed the subject.
"Yeah, have you completed the handover with Bali?"
Ryan nodded: "Well, I will take over the position of your assistant again later."
Nanaya asked quietly, "What happened when you returned to England? If it's inconvenient, don't tell me."
When the holiday came, Ryan was supposed to go on vacation to the island with Nanaya and Lily.
As a result, he had to go back to the UK directly because of a phone call, which led to a rather "frustrating" vacation for Nanaya.
If it weren't for Nanaya's little willpower, Lily would have already...
Cough cough.
Nanaya really wanted to know why Ryan left in such a hurry, but he never found the chance.
Of course, if it involves things like British diplomatic secrets, Nanaya guarantees that he will not have any interest.
Ryan swallowed the last piece of steak and answered Nanaya's questions while wiping her mouth with a napkin.
"It's not a big deal, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has finally made a decision."
Ryan said easily: "They wanted me to be the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I refused."
"Rejected?"
Nanaya's mouth is so big that two eggs can be stuffed into it.
"yes."
Ryan's fork slid gently on the plate. "Don't think I can't see. They only let me take this job because of Lily. When did I, Ryan, become someone who needs to rely on my sister to get in through the back door!"
Nanaya had nothing to say. He felt sorry that Ryan gave up the position.
With Ryan's ability, there would be no problem in taking on the position of diplomatic spokesperson, and this is also a rare opportunity.
I don't know if it was a communication problem between the two sides, but there were some disagreements between Ryan and the British Foreign Office.
Despite this, Nanaya still felt a little happy in his heart.
After Ryan left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he unexpectedly returned to her.
This was something Nanaya had never expected.
"So." Ryan held her chin with one hand and said to Nanaya with a smile: "For an employee as loyal as me, shouldn't you make me a regular employee, Boss Nanaya?"
Because it was unknown when Ryan would return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ryan's position in the crew had always been a temporary assistant.
But the salary Nanaya offered Ryan was much higher than that of a formal assistant. It had nothing to do with their close relationship, but mainly because Ryan's ability was completely worth the price.
So Ryan's statement about becoming a regular employee was just a joke between her and Nanaya.
But there was something slightly wrong with Ryan's posture when he spoke.
Maybe it was because the weight on his chest was too heavy, but Ryan pushed the finished steak plate forward and leaned his breasts against the table.
At the same time, Ryan leaned forward slightly, trying to get closer to Nanaya.
Nanaya felt his throat was a little dry. He wanted to take a sip of his drink but found that the cup in front of him was empty.
"I'll get a glass of water."
Nanaya stood up awkwardly and left the table.
Ryan tilted his head curiously: "This guy...can't he be called a waiter? And didn't I finish my drink?"
Picking up the cocktail glass in front of him, Ryan took a sip.
"Well...it's wine. No wonder Nanaya didn't want to come."
Ryan shrugged his shoulders and muttered to himself.
"Hello, are you Miss Ryan Wettin?"
A somewhat overbearing voice suddenly sounded.
Ryan turned his head and saw a slightly greasy face.
"I'm James Murdoch," said the younger Murdoch. "Can I keep Miss Wettin company for a few minutes?"
"No, I already have an appointment."
Ryan refused directly, and she didn't give little Murdoch any good face at all.
Ryan has seen too many men who come up to chat with her because she is pretty.
Murdoch Jr. hurriedly explained: "Ms. Ryan, I am the president of 20th Century Fox."
"so what?"
Ryan was even less interested because her "boyfriend" was a major shareholder of an entertainment group company.
This identity did not interest her at all.
"that..."
Little Murdoch's face turned slightly red. He had never seen a woman who ignored him as soon as they met.
You have to know that when we first met that woman, Washimine Shion, she also treated me as a junior.
The woman started to make all kinds of sarcastic remarks about him only after the two of them had completely fallen out.
But when he thought about his plan, Murdoch Jr. could only try his best to calm down his anger.
"It's like this, Miss Wettin." Little Murdoch smiled and explained at a rapid speed, "I have a movie that has just been approved, and I hope you can play the leading role in it."