Jim Carrey walked off the stage excitedly with his Best Actor Award. However, the Best Actress Award was even more awkward, because the Best Actress Award was won by Nicoletta Braschi, the female lead of "Life is Beautiful."
The problem was that the whole crew of Life is Beautiful was absent, so Nicoletta became the second actress to lose her prize money in the second Golden Dragon Awards.
And this time, the prize money was 30 million US dollars. It was said that after Nicoletta Braschi found out about it, she quit the entertainment industry and became an old lady.
As for the actress who replaced her and received the 30 million yuan prize, she was the second most popular actress. She was someone no one would have thought of.
When Madonna read out the name of the person, everyone was shocked.
Madonna's mouth formed an O shape when she saw the name. She exclaimed, "Oh my God! Is the world of young people now?"
"Congratulations to Scarlett Johansson for winning the second most popular actress award. She got a total score of 8.4 and won a prize of 30 million dollars!"
"Scarlett Johansson???" Many of the guests were dumbfounded when they heard the name because they had never heard of it before.
It wasn't until a lithe elf-like girl excitedly rushed onto the podium that those dumbfounded people realized that the winner was a 10-year-old girl who played Hao Min in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
The guests had almost forgotten about the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Although it was the third-highest grossing movie of the year, it had never appeared in any of the previous nominations. Who would have thought that it would suddenly appear on the podium for Best Actress?
"I don't remember that such a young actress won an Oscar!" a guest exclaimed in a low voice.
"Yes. Although Dumbo Hill won the award at the age of six, it was a special award, not an Academy Award! The Golden Dragon Awards are much more generous than the Oscars, "another guest answered.
"But Scarlett Johansson didn't win the Best Actress Award. She just got the prize money! This doesn't mean that the Golden Dragon Award is very generous, "one of the guests said, unconvinced.
"Alright, but she's definitely the youngest billionaire who made a fortune with her own efforts!" Another guest interjected, and the others shut their mouths.
That's right. A new 12-year-old multimillionaire was born.
"I really didn't expect this … I'm so excited … I love you …" Scarlett Johansson was a little incoherent when she gave her acceptance speech. Well, after all, she was still a child, so everyone thought she was very cute.
On the other hand, little Harry was very depressed. He enviously looked at the tens of millions of dollars behind Scarlett Johansson. If the money was his, he could buy all the game cartridges.
Well, this child still didn't know that if he really got the bonus, the money would be taken away by his parents. He still wouldn't have the right to control the bonus.
After Scarlett Johansson received the prize money, the award ceremony finally entered the final climax. The next two awards were the Best Director Award and the Best Film Award, which were worth 50 million dollars.
In fact, there was no suspense about the Best Director Award. Since Spielberg appeared here, it naturally meant that the Best Director Award was his. Otherwise, with Spielberg's status, he wouldn't appear so rashly.
After all, Spielberg's status was very high, and he didn't lack money. He hadn't participated in the Oscars for a long time, so he didn't care much about the Golden Dragon Awards.
If he knew that the 50 million dollars belonged to him, it would be a different story.
Of course, Spielberg deserved the award. The shooting of "Saving Private Ryan" was indeed first-class. This was a reflection of the director's skills.
And Spielberg was probably the calmest of all the people on stage to receive the award. He elegantly gave his acceptance speech, praising the Golden Dragon Awards as an award that belonged to all the movie audiences and lovers in the world. After thanking all the audience for their support, he took the 50 million dollars and left the stage.
After Spielberg, it was the Best Film Award, which was the most talked about this year. At the same time, it was also the award that the media speculated about the most before the ceremony.
After all, there were still many movies that were qualified to compete for the Best Film Award this year. "Saving Private Ryan", "The Lord of the Rings", and even "Harry Potter", "Clash of the Heavens and Earth" were all qualified to compete for the Best Film Award.
Among them, the most popular movies were "Saving Private Ryan", "The Lord of the Rings", and "Harry Potter". After all, the Best Film Award was decided based on the audience's preferences, and the best reflection of the audience's preferences was the box office.
And these were the top three box office hits of 1998.
Of course, the most important thing was that the Best Film Award had a huge prize of 100 million dollars.
The executives of DreamWorks and Paramount, who were behind "Saving Private Ryan", were even more nervous.
DreamWorks was fine, as they only made Spielberg's movies, and had never lost money.
But Paramount was different. Although their 1998 annual report hadn't been published yet, the executives knew that Paramount had lost a lot of money in 1998, almost 80 million dollars.
If this loss was finally announced in the annual report, it would be obvious how much Paramount's share price would fall.
Therefore, Paramount needed this prize very much. With the bonus of 100 million US dollars, Paramount's annual report would look much better.
Don't ask why the income of 1999 could be included in the 1998 annual report, because the prize was for a movie made in 1998. The prize should naturally be included in the 1998 annual report!
As for whether the 100 million dollars should be distributed to the crew, Paramount didn't even think about it. This was the Best Film Award, and it had nothing to do with any actor. This was the company's reward!
Therefore, under the expectant gaze of the audience, Madonna and Brother Long took out the letter from the envelope together. They glanced at the name on the letter, and their faces changed immediately. They helplessly glanced at the crew of "Saving Private Ryan". The crew felt a chill in their hearts. It seemed that this prize had nothing to do with them.
As expected, Madonna and Brother Long read in both Chinese and English at the same time, "Let's congratulate 'The Truman's World' for winning the Best Film Award of the second Golden Dragon Awards!"
"It's over!" The executive of Paramount knelt down in despair.
"Praise God!" Next to the executive, another person jumped up and cheered, which made the executive of Paramount very angry. When he was about to curse, he suddenly remembered that the person who jumped up seemed to be his colleague, who was also from Paramount!
"Why are you so happy?" the executive of Paramount asked stupidly.
"'The Truman's World' won the award. It's our movie!" the executive said confusedly.
He almost forgot that 'The Truman's World' was also Paramount's.
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