Chapter 191 Shen Wancheng's Publicity and Promotion Plan (3)
Chapter 191 Shen Wancheng's Publicity and Promotion Plan (3)
Li Shaojie stood up, adjusted his suit jacket, casually turned the watch on his wrist, and then strode onto the stage.
After Li Shaojie went on stage, he first shook hands and hugged the award presenters in a normal and polite manner, and then accepted the Oscar statuette from them.
Then only Li Shaojie remained on the stage.
Li Shaojie walked up to the microphone stand but did not immediately give an acceptance speech.
Instead, he stretched out the hand holding the Oscar statuette, revealing a diamond watch under the sleeve of his suit jacket. Under the lights, the diamond's reflection was even more dazzling than the Oscar statuette.
Li Shaojie put his legs at ease and arrogantly looked down at his watch.
This action perfectly connects to the scene just shown in the clip introducing Li Shaojie's award-winning role.
It seems as if the characters from the movie clip have stepped onto the stage.
Li Shaojie remained frozen in his watch-checking posture for a few seconds.
The scene was silent for a few seconds before bursting into enthusiastic applause.
There's footage of him winning an award, and everyone knows that Li Shaojie is playing a movie role.
This performance perfectly demonstrates that he truly deserves the Best Supporting Actor award.
Li Shaojie not only proved his abilities but also gave the Oscar judging panel a silent compliment.
After posing for photos, Li Shaojie finally began his acceptance speech into the microphone.
"Li Shaojie earned five minutes in dozens of movies, which is equivalent to Liu Fugui's five minutes in 'Crazy Rich Man'."
Li Shoujie pointed to his watch and said, "I'm really looking forward to these five minutes on the Oscars stage. I'm sure it will be the next step towards my life's goal."
Li Shaojie then subtly praised the prestige of the Oscars.
"Thank you to the Oscar judges for this award, and thank you to the audience for their support. I am especially grateful to the director of 'Crazy Rich Asians' for giving me the opportunity to play Liu Fugui."
Li Shaojie glanced at the Oscar statuette again and said.
"I never imagined that I would not only be able to crack walnuts with gold bars in a movie, but also have a golden statue cracking them today."
"In the movie, Liu Fugui has a line that says, 'Please add lots of sugar to my coffee.' I think the significance of a supporting character in a movie is like adding a little sugar to coffee. Even if it's just a supporting character, it's still an existence that cannot be ignored."
"I also want to thank..."
After Li Shaojie finished his acceptance speech, the audience erupted in enthusiastic applause.
In front of the television in Shen Wancheng's residence.
As soon as Li Shaojie stepped down from the stage, Liang Muchao immediately shared his thoughts.
"I never knew Li Shaojie was such a good actor."
Shen Yao asked him, "Did you understand? You just said he was faking it?"
Liang Muchao snorted, "Do you think I can't tell? This Li Shaojie probably uses all his brainpower to think about how to flatter people. I've never seen him so good at talking before."
After saying that, Liang Muchao added, "But that watch on his wrist is really nice. I suspect Li Shaojie is just showing off..."
As Liang Muchao spoke, he belatedly realized that the purpose of his last visit with Shen Wancheng and the others to find Li Shaojie was that Shen Wancheng wanted Li Shaojie to endorse her watches.
Liang Muchao looked at Shen Wancheng and asked, "Sister-in-law, is the watch Li Shaojie is wearing made by your company?"
Shen Wancheng nodded with a smile.
Liang Muchao looked at the TV again, wanting to see Li Shaojie's watch again, but it was already time for the next award, and not only was the watch not on camera, but Li Shaojie himself was no longer in the frame.
Liang Muchao recalled Li Shaojie's performance on stage.
He exclaimed, "As expected, ten million Hong Kong dollars is not so easy to obtain; they were even showing off their endorsements while accepting the award."
Shen Wancheng said, "If that's all there is to it, I don't think ten million is worth it."
Liang Muchao and Shen Yao both stared at Shen Wancheng and asked, "Anything else?"
Shen Wancheng didn't say anything, "You'll find out tomorrow."
Gu Jinxing then turned to Shen Wancheng and asked, "Did you design Li Shaojie's performance and speech when he accepted the award?"
Shen Wancheng raised an eyebrow and nodded.
Gu Jinxing laughed and said, "It's a pity you don't run an entertainment company."
Shen Wancheng said, "Entertainment companies deal with people, and there are too many variables. Besides, you want to praise my marketing skills, right? Then you should say I should open a marketing consulting company."
"A consulting firm?"
Gu Jinxing had never heard of this kind of company and was somewhat puzzled.
Shen Wancheng realized that at this time, there was no global information age yet. Even successful businessmen like Gu Jinxing had not realized the importance of information, so they could not imagine that consulting information could lead to the establishment of a company and profitability.
Shen Wancheng yawned and said perfunctorily, "This is an idea I came up with casually a few days ago. I'll tell you about it when I have time later."
As she spoke, Shen Wancheng stood up, stretched, and yawned repeatedly, saying, "That's enough for today, I'm so sleepy."
Gu Jinxing glanced at the time; it was already midnight.
Okay, good night.
Shen Wancheng had already asked Gu Jinxing if he wanted to sleep here. Although Gu Jinxing was happy that Shen Wancheng had asked him, he still said he wouldn't stay overnight. This was Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao's place, and it wouldn't be appropriate for Shen Yao to stay here alone.
As soon as Gu Jinxing refused, Shen Wancheng understood his concerns. Instead of trying to persuade him, she felt that Gu Jinxing had a very good sense of boundaries.
So when they said it was time to call it a day, Gu Jinxing and Liang Muchao left.
The awards ceremony wasn't over yet, not even the most important part of the Oscars, the awarding of Best Actor and Best Actress, but even Shen Yao, the only one who knew a little about the entertainment industry, wasn't interested.
After Shen Wancheng went to sleep, Shen Yao also went to sleep.
The next morning, Shen Yao got up at 6 a.m. as usual and went for a run with Ke La.
Shen Yao thought about Li Shaojie winning the award last night, and that today's newspapers and magazines would definitely be full of reports about Li Shaojie.
As a semi-fan of Li Shaojie, Shen Yao felt she should buy a newspaper to keep track of public opinion.
Although most of the articles would probably be praising Li Shaojie in various ways, Shen Yao thought that if any newspapers or weekly magazines wanted to publish negative articles, she could just remember their names and never read them again.
Shen Yao has taken action to avoid potential pitfalls, but she doesn't yet know the term "pitfall avoidance."
But when Shen Yao arrived at the newsstand, she was greatly surprised.
Today, all the newspapers and magazines are still reporting on Li Shaojie, but the headline is a photo of Li Shaojie looking very anxious, with a small circle protruding next to him, inside which is a close-up of the starry sky watch he is wearing.
The news reports were entirely about watches, with even Li Shaojie winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and his brilliant acceptance speech becoming secondary content.
Shen Yao was truly shocked. She had actually guessed long ago that no one had noticed Li Shaojie's watch, because she and Liang Muchao hadn't known her sister's plans beforehand last night and had also noticed the watch.
But in any case, it shouldn't have stolen the limelight from the award and become the headline news.
So, what exactly happened last night?
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