Chapter 744

"I believe that when Tolkien finished the novel, he didn't expect that the film adaptation would be released decades later, and that it would sweep the world and set off a new craze. This is the truth. I really, really like 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. The beautiful scenes make me feel like I'm really in the middle of the story. Of course, it's all thanks to Adriaan. He's so talented and … so popular with women. I'm really, really jealous. " When the glib-tongued Billy Crystal said the last sentence, the crowd burst into laughter.

Facing the camera, Adriaan shrugged, then covered his forehead with an embarrassed expression.

This kind of thing happened every year at the Oscars. The host would always make fun of famous people or events to liven up the atmosphere. Since Adriaan was attending the award ceremony as a director and producer, he could only accept this kind of treatment. It seemed that the photos of him being surrounded by the Miracle Girls had spread like wildfire on the Internet.

Of course, he had to have a sense of propriety when making fun of others. If he went too far, even if he just laughed it off at the time, he would definitely remember it in his heart. Then, in the future, he would definitely seek revenge. Therefore, the Film School liked to invite Billy Chrystal to be the host. In addition to being witty and humorous, he was also very good at controlling the situation. Even if he was ridiculed, most people would just laugh it off.

"He's right." Sophie leaned over and whispered, "Look at the seating arrangement."

"This is arranged by the organizer, it has nothing to do with me." Adriaan quickly put on an innocent look.

"Do you think we'll believe you?" Blanchett said from the other side.

As usual, the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" and the crew of "La Vie En Rose" sat next to each other. Blanchett and Liv didn't need to be mentioned. Gwyneth couldn't attend the ceremony because she was pregnant, so Sophie was arranged to sit next to him. Then, Monica sat in front of him. So, just like last year, Adriaan was once again surrounded by four women.

Under such circumstances, coupled with being surrounded by them outside the theater, it would be unreasonable not to make fun of him. Moreover, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" had been winning since the beginning. Although they were all technical awards, such as best sound and best makeup, they basically won as long as they were nominated. For example, now, "The Lord of the Rings" had won the Best Editing Award, and one of the winners was … Peter Jackson!

"Thank you to the academy, thank you to my family, thank you to my friends, thank you to the crew, thank you to the local government of New Zealand, and thank you to Mr. Adrian Kewell. I love The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I wanted to adapt it to the big screen a long time ago, but I didn't expect Adrian to beat me to it. Of course, I wasn't convinced, but at the same time, I was very curious, especially when he chose New Zealand, my hometown, as the location. So, I thought of a way to join the crew. Thank you, thank you for letting me participate in this magical journey, thank you for making my dream come true, thank you! "Peter Jackson said emotionally as he held up the little golden man on the stage. Thank you, thank you for letting me participate in this magical journey, thank you for making my dream come true, thank you! "Peter Jackson said emotionally as he held up the little golden man on the stage.

After he finished his speech, the audience applauded enthusiastically. Everyone was clapping, and Adriaan was no exception. He even got up to give Jackson a hug after he came down from the stage.

Adriaan always had a lot of things to do, so he didn't personally supervise the post-production in the studio for long. Usually, he would leave it to someone else. Jackson had been the editor for a long time during the post-production of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Although some of the edits did not meet his requirements and were corrected, many of them were done well. Therefore, Jackson's name was put on the list for the Best Editing Award. Although the quality of the Best Editing Award was not as good as the Best Director Award, it was still a little golden man. It was more or less a compensation.

I'm a good person. Adriaan said to himself as a matter of course. This was not the first time he said this. He was really shameless. Of course, a good person would not care about this. He was busy preparing for the Academy Awards ceremony every year.

"This … this place … doesn't seem to be allowed here." Natalie, who was led to the rooftop, said hesitantly. A gust of wind blew, making her shiver. The night wind at the end of February was still a little cold.

"It's too easy for me to get this." Adriaan raised the key in his hand and shook it, then pulled her into his arms. "We have to move faster. The Best Supporting Actress Award is about to be presented."

"Wait … wait, Eide, this place is a little …" Natalie pushed him away subconsciously. "It's a little too empty here, and … it's a little cold."

The rooftop of the Kodak Theater was indeed very big, but so what? The bigger the area, the more exciting it was.

"It's okay. It won't be cold after a little exercise." Adriaan chuckled. He had already picked up the hem of her dress with one hand and was exploring along her thigh. "Besides, it's not like we haven't played in similar places before. Do you remember the Harvard library? Oh, and the Statue of Liberty. You trembled with excitement every time. "

Natalie's breathing suddenly became rapid. She turned her head to the side so that he could not see the resentment and helplessness in her eyes. However, even if Adrian saw it, he wouldn't care. The reason why he chose her to be his Oscar girl tonight, and on this empty rooftop, was to continue to provoke her, and … to prevent her from weakening her hatred for him. He didn't need her obedience — or rather, he needed another level of obedience.

"Maybe … Maybe we should change places …" Natalie leaned back and barely put her hand on Adriaan's chest.

"No, just here." Adriaan kissed her neck and lifted her buttocks, almost taking her out. "Be obedient, Nada."

This sentence caused her body to tremble.

"In order to prevent scratching your back, I need to lift you up, so it's better to clamp your legs around my waist." Adriaan whispered in Natalie's ear. "If you don't mind that when the Best Supporting Actress is presented, the nominees and presenters will disappear, we can take our time."

At this time, what else could Natalie say? Not to mention that Zhang Zian's fingers had gone deep into her body and kept fiddling. The moist feeling clearly told her that her body had betrayed her will. Therefore, she could only follow his instructions and clamped her legs around Adrian's waist, then wrapped her arms around his neck, adjusted her posture, and sat in his arms in midair.

Adriaan then began to provoke her. No matter how reluctant Natalie was, she could not help but make a few instinctive sounds of pleasure under his attack. If that was all, it would have been fine. Adriaan did not intend to let her go. He immediately asked while moving, "Guess, Nada, how likely is it that you will get the Best Supporting Actress Award later?"

Because of the good reputation of "Julie and Julia", Natalie was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award without any suspense. This was the third time she had been nominated. Such an achievement was quite good for her age. In addition, her opponents this time were not very strong. Many people also thought that she was very likely to get the first Oscar in her life. However, Adriaan did not ask this to know her opinion.

"I … I don't know …" Natalie gasped as his waist moved up and down. There was a confused and resistant look on her face. Obviously, she still guessed what he wanted to say in this situation.

"You can guess!" Adriaan laughed. "Nicole won the Best Supporting Actress Award first before I gave her the throne of the Best Actress Award. You make me so fascinated and loved by me. Moreover, 'Keep Going' is aiming at next year's Oscars. You can guess if I will let you win the Best Supporting Actress Award first."

Natalie's body suddenly spasmed. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. The expression on her face was painful and happy. Adriaan took a deep breath and then swayed more violently. What a ridiculous idea. Did she not need the support of others if she wanted to get these honors without his support? For the Oscars, especially the acting award, it was quite good if acting accounted for 50% of the decisive factors.

Of course, then again, Natalie had to think so. Adriaan knew what she was thinking. It was nothing more than that if she did not insist, she would become one of the women who flattered him.

Oh, my dear Nada, what should I say to you? Thinking of this, Adriaan swayed even more violently. The girl wrapped around him could not help but moan loudly.

When Adriaan came backstage, a responsible assistant greeted him with relief. "Thank God. If I couldn't find you, I would have to ask them to postpone the Best Supporting Actress Award."

"Sorry, I left for a while and didn't participate in the rehearsal before, so I'm a little late, Edmund," Adriaan said politely.

"It's okay. Hurry up and get ready. Billy's joke should be over." The assistant called Edmund waved his hand and asked another person to inform the dispatcher. In fact, even if Adriaan stood him up and did not come as a guest presenter, he would not care.

After all, Adriaan's status was there, and judging by his satisfied look, it was obvious what he had been doing. He was a famous playboy, so it was important for the award ceremony to continue smoothly.

"Okay, let's invite a very important guest to the stage. It's not easy to invite him." Following Billy Crystal's words, Adriaan took the envelope handed to him by the assistant next to him and strode to the stage.

Applause immediately rang out. It should be noted that this was the first time Adriaan had been a guest presenter at the Oscars. It was not that the Film School was deliberately slow, but that he had risen so fast. Six or seven years ago, although Adriaan was famous and the youngest Oscar winner for Best Director, he was still a young and up-and-coming director. Although AC Media was developing well, it was also a new media company. There were many people qualified to be a guest presenter, so it was not a big deal to put him in the back row.

However, no one expected that the more time passed, the less chances they had. The nominees for the Acting Award were either close to him or were nominated by him. He himself was often nominated for the Best Director Award, and the films he produced were also often nominated for the Best Film Award. In the past few years, the Film School had been under a certain amount of pressure because they had been constantly awarding the Best Actress Award to the miracle girls. If he were to be the guest presenter and award the Oscar to someone close to him, or even to himself and his movie, the public opinion would be very lively after the award ceremony.

It was even more impossible for other awards. With the growth of Adriaan's power, it was impossible for a media mogul, a famous director, and a producer to award the Best Makeup and Best Marketing Award. He was not James Cameron.

"I'm really flattered." Adriaan did not show the slightest bit of pretentiousness and went straight to the point. "In an outstanding movie, there are one or more outstanding supporting characters. Sometimes, the brilliance of the supporting characters even surpasses that of the main character …"

Because of various concerns, the Film School had been delayed until now. However, it was not good to delay it any longer. As one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, Adriaan had not even been a guest presenter at the Oscars. It was too much. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that Gwyneth could not attend the Oscars this year for some reason and could not be the guest presenter, the organizers made adjustments and finally invited Adriaan to be the guest presenter for this year's Best Supporting Actress Award. Although there were still people close to him among the nominees …

"Now, let's take a look at these five lucky ladies." As Adriaan spoke, the image on the big screen next to him began to change. The five nominees and their movies were shown one after another. Patricia Klassen of "April Fragments", Marcia Guy Haden of "Mystic River", Sori Andaslu of "Home of Dust", Natalie Portman of "Julie and Julia", and … Naomi Watts of "Cold Mountain"!

Yes, besides Natalie, Naomi was also on the list of nominees for the Best Supporting Actress Award because of her role in Cold Mountain. After Adriaan hired Anthony Minghella to direct and produce The English Patient, the English old man had been working with the film companies under AC Media. The Talented Ripley was also distributed by Miramax. It was through Adriaan that he managed to invite Gwyneth and Blanchett to join the film, and gave Adriaan an idea for new roles to play with them.

Therefore, it was reasonable for Adriaan to invest in Cold Mountain and recommend Nicole and Naomi to act in the film together. Although he had interfered with the film as the producer and told Minghella to give up some unnecessary scenes in order to make the content more compact, the film was still a bit disappointing after it was released.

First of all, Minghella was a famous film director, so he didn't like anyone interfering with his work, even if that person had discovered him. Second of all, Adriaan didn't have the time to supervise Cold Mountain like he did the English Patient. Therefore, even though there were some changes, the overall pace of the film was still slow and the plot was broken. Therefore, the box office was still terrible even though it had a good reputation.

However, Adriaan didn't care about it. Since he had invested in Universal even though he knew this might happen, he wouldn't care about the loss. Besides, Universal should invest in some loss-making films. Many people were jealous of the profits they made in the past few years, so they should restrain their losses as long as it was within their control.

Anyway, as long as Naomi could get a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award, she would make a profit. Together with the nomination for the Best Leading Actress in Chicago, she was getting more and more experienced. Even though she had turned down the invitation from 21 Gram because of Adriaan, it didn't matter if she didn't get the nomination for the Best Leading Actress this year.

Unfortunately, without Adriaan's support, Nicole didn't get another nomination for the Best Leading Actress. Of course, Minghella didn't get the nomination for the Best Director either, and Cold Mountain didn't get the nomination for the Best Leading Actress either. That was not all. Because of Adriaan's arrangement, Natalie couldn't play a role in Cold Mountain. Therefore, after Kirsten and Amanda had a competition in bed, Adriaan finally gave the role to Amanda.

Despite her young age and the fact that she was playing the role of a widow, she did a pretty good job. Both Mincola and the critics gave her good reviews. As mentioned earlier, Adriaan had plenty of opportunities, and his arrangement was very reasonable.

Alright, let's get back to the scene. The screen next to them had already shown the faces of the five candidates. Some were nervous, some were expectant, some looked calm, and there was also … Hmm, her face was slightly red, and she looked absent-minded. From Adrian's point of view, he could see that she had a confused look on her face instead of looking at the screen.

That was for sure. Earlier on the rooftop, Natalie had been cramping up the climax while holding Roland in his arms. It was exactly the same as when they made love in certain dangerous situations. Her excited and seductive look made her look extremely seductive. If it weren't for the lack of time, Adriaan would have liked to have another round of lovemaking after that.

"Alright, let's see which lady will be able to lift this little golden statue." Despite all the thoughts in his mind, he maintained his demeanor. After the list was announced, he opened the envelope in his hand.

"Wow, an unexpected person." Adriaan exclaimed exaggeratedly after seeing the name. "Marcia Guy Haden!"

It was neither Natalie nor Naomi, but Marcia Guy Haden from Mystic River. The background music started, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.