Simon saw the two women on his left and right saying something with a smile that made his back cool. He raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender. "Beg for mercy," he said, "let's change the topic and be positive."
Janet and Sandra cast a white eye at him at the same time. Just as they were about to continue, the staff began to remind the guests to sit down. Then the two girls calmed down.
At six o'clock, the award ceremony officially began.
After the opening song and dance and the Academy President Robert Wise's 60th anniversary speech, Chevy Chase, the host of this year's awards ceremony, stepped on the stage.
Chevy Chase is one of the most famous comedy stars in Hollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in "Saturday night live", Chevy Chase became famous with "animal house" which was the third place at the box office in 1978.
However, maybe it's still because of the writers' strike. Chevy Chase's performance on the stage is poor. The five minute talk show style prologue is basically a straightforward introduction to the various nominated films of this term, occasionally mixed with a few cold jokes that are obviously not too funny.
Simon prefers Billy Crystal to Chevy Chase, who tends to be cool and humorous. But in my memory, it will be a few years before Billy Cristo starts hosting the Oscars.
Although the award ceremony basically has nothing to do with Simon, feeling the hot atmosphere of the scene and occasionally chatting with two women around him, Simon didn't feel bored.
It took more than half an hour for Simon and Sandra to leave their seats and enter the backstage as the award for best photography approached.
Simon didn't attend the rehearsal ahead of time, just got a warm-up line. Under the guidance of the staff, Simon and Sandra took the envelope containing the award results and stood at the exit of the stage to start the backcourt.
Looking at the winner of the best animated short film on stage, Sandra reached for Simon's arm, raised the envelope and said, "you should have been one of the nominees. It's really unfair."
Simon laughed and said, "I really like this unfair world. Sandy, only people at the bottom of the pyramid will pursue or fantasize about fairness."
"Are you really not angry at all?"
"I find that I rarely have anger, or a lot of other emotions," Simon said, shaking his head. "It could be lack of emotion or something."
Sandra was stunned and asked, "well, do you love Janet?"
Simon said without hesitation, "love."
"Do you love me?"
"No love."
"But I love you."
"Thank you."
"Asshole," Sandra said, pinching Simon's arm. "I won't let you go."
They whispered. The winner on the stage finished his speech. After the music, Chevy Chase's voice sounded again: "Hollywood has always been a place full of miracles. In the past year, miracles seem to happen more frequently than ever. Some people have done a lot of work in person, such as directing, screenwriting, photography, lighting and so on. They have completed a very excellent film. Some people have won the annual box office champion for their first film, and some people have become the youngest millionaire in the world after they have finished the film. What seems most miraculous is that the creator of these miracles is actually one person. Welcome Simon westero and Sandra Bullock. "
Amid the applause, Simon and Sandra went to the stage together and stood in front of the microphone.
When the applause fell, Simon looked at the dense crowd in the auditorium. After waiting for a moment, he found that Sandra had not begun to speak her lines. He quickly raised his hand and patted her gently on her back.Feeling Simon's action, Sandra regained her mind, stabilized her mood, and said: "photographers are always the first group of people we know after we joined the cast. For actors, maybe we want them to make themselves more beautiful, but in fact, they can do more. Even if you just run for more than an hour, they can pass the no show There are several ways to show your running perfectly on the big screen. "
In the light laughter under the stage, Simon continued: "an excellent film always has an excellent photographer, who has made an indelible contribution to establishing the artistic style of a film. Well, the best photo nominees for this year's Oscars are:
"Alan davio, the sun empire."
"Vittorio storaro, the last emperor."
"Michael Bauhaus, radio news."
"Philip ruslot, years of glory."
"Haskell Wexler, front of wrath."
After introducing the five nominees alternately, Sandra handed Simon the envelope. Simon opened the envelope with a smile, took out the result, looked at it, and announced to the microphone, "the winner is Vittorio stolaro, the last emperor."
No suspense.
Vittorio stolaro came on stage amid applause and took the golden man from Simon. The Oscars left a short speech for the technical awards. After a simple speech, Simon and Sandra soon accompanied Vittorio stolaro backstage.
Vittorio stolaro was welcomed by the staff to install the nameplate and take photos for the little golden man, and Simon and Sandra were free.
Because of the initial small mistake, Sandra's mood was still a little tense. Simon didn't rush back to the hall. He took her to a sofa backstage and asked for a bottle of water from the staff. After opening it, he handed it to Sandra and asked, "how do you feel?"
After a few drinks, Sandra worried and said, "Simon, did I screw up?"
"Of course not. You're just a little slow," Simon said, shaking his head with a smile. "What's more, even if you mess up, as long as you're a big star all the time, you'll have to continue to be invited as an awarding guest after the Oscars."
"I thought it would be a very easy thing, you know, I've been on stage in New York," Sandra recalled. "But I've never seen so many people in front of me."
Simon didn't pay attention to the number of audience, but according to the memory just now, there are at least 2000 people in the whole holy citizen auditorium. Coupled with the fiery atmosphere of the whole award ceremony, it's not so strange that Sandra would feel nervous when she first stepped on this stage.
After a few more drinks, Sandra finally relaxed, glanced at the man beside her and asked, "aren't you a little nervous?"
Simon wondered, "why am I nervous?"
Sandra couldn't help pounding him: "well, you're a guy with no emotion."
Simon laughed and continued to chat with Sandra for a while before he said, "well, if you have no problem, let's go back and stay here. Jennie will think I'm having an affair with you."
Sandra nodded subconsciously, caught a joke word in Simon's words, turned her eyes, looked around, and suddenly came over.
Simon felt the woman's cool lip kiss on the corner of his mouth, immediately thought of the last experience, even busy way: "don't bite."