Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 766 - 555 Oscars_2

Currently, Golden Shell Investment Company in Hong Kong Island manages total assets of approximately 2.4 billion US Dollars. It is expected to double after the listings of JD.com and Ali.

Last year, Golden Shell Investment Company's total revenue was about 100 million US Dollars. After discussing with several executives of the company, Link used this profit along with a loan of 180 million US Dollars to buy a 10.7% stake in Meituan.

Currently, in the Huaxia region, group-buying websites are flooding the market. Meituan, Ele.me, Baidu, Nuomi, Dianping, and other online shopping platforms are engaged in a protracted "thousand-group war", with at least 2000 group-buying websites currently mired in internal strife.

Affected by competition, last year Meituan's market value had dropped to around 2.2 billion US Dollars. At the end of last year with support from Ali, its current market value is assessed at 2.5 billion US Dollars, which presents a good opportunity to invest.

After finishing this work, the rest of Link's time was spent accompanying Chris Liu and Shu Chang as well as the two little ones. Around the Spring Festival, he brought Chris Liu to meet several business and official figures, attended New Year's receptions, regional investment promotion discussions, effectively giving Chris a public identity.

After a lively New Year's celebration, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Link left Capital City by plane, first flying to Dahai City to discuss work with Yang Dami, had a date with Annie and Lilith Zhao, then flew to Tokyo to visit Kokoro Sasaki, who was not yet a year old, vacationed on Mount Fuji with Nozomi Sasaki-chan and Yui-chan, and did some absurd things.

Having flown around Asia, Link returned to the United States at the beginning of February.

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In early February, the 86th Academy Awards nominees were announced, setting up 24 regular awards, 2 honorary awards, and 5 scientific and technical awards.

Lionsgate Films had 6 movies nominated for the Oscars, receiving 21 nominations:

including 6 nominations for "Dallas Buyers Club", 3 for "August: Osage County", 5 for "The Wolf of Wall Street", 1 for "Rust and Bone", 5 for "Her", and 1 for "The Hunger Games 2".

Although 21 nominations seem abundant, leading the industry, it is fewer than Lionsgate had anticipated. Notably, well-performed films such as "Now You See Me" and "The Expendables 2" did not receive any nominations, including for technical awards.

The public relations department was originally prepared to secure a Best Actor nomination but was still unsuccessful; "Rust and Bone" only received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

"The Hunger Games 2" only obtained a nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, which is less than major franchise films like "The Lord of the Rings", "Twilight", and "Harry Potter".

The company's internal summary analysis indicates that, to a large extent, the Oscar jury's votes were influenced by negative public opinion following the Golden Globes, leading to what should have been votes for Lionsgate Films going to other films.

In response, Link and Ivanka's opinion is to focus more financial resources on increasing public relations efforts during the second round of voting, to secure more awards, while also highlighting the problems of the first round and protesting the unfair treatment Lionsgate Films received.

If you suffer injustice and say nothing, you will face even more oppression.

On February 23rd, the 86th Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres of The Ellen Show, with live television coverage by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and live broadcasts via television and the internet to over 225 countries and regions worldwide.

Link was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to attend the ceremony as a presenter.

At first attending such a world-renowned large-scale awards ceremony, he felt excitement and novelty when seeing big stars.

Yet, having worked in Hollywood for four to five years and attended four Oscars, he only felt it was mundane.

Hollywood seems vast but is actually small; the faces you see every day in newspapers and at award ceremonies are mostly acquaintances. For instance, among this year's presenters are Anne Hathaway, Samuel L. Jackson, Naomi Watts, Harrison Ford, Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Watson, Zac Efron, Kevin Spacey, and so on.

Some of these individuals have been present at several ceremonies, others are invited for the first time, but basically, they're all acquaintances; seeing them makes little difference from seeing neighbors on the street.

Moreover, each public appearance brings extra work as he needs to continuously deal with people coming to greet him. He can't be too proud or too frivolous, nor can he talk too much or say nothing at all. When approached by actresses, he must maintain a proper distance and know how to deflect when discussing formal work matters.

In short, dealing with this crowd is not an easy task.

Link speculated this probably is why big shots choose to live reclusively, facing fewer people and thus less trouble.

Link was responsible for presenting the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.

This year, the award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to John Ridley for "12 Years a Slave" and the award for Best Original Screenplay went to Spike Jonze for "Her".

These two awards were presented by Link and the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz.

After completing the task, Link returned to the "Rust and Bone" seating area in the award ceremony hall and continued to watch the second half of the ceremony.

Let it go let it go

Can't hold it back anymore

Let it go let it go

Turn my back and slam the door

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight

As soon as he sat down, Selena and Demi Lovato took the stage to perform the theme song of "Frozen."

The song, after being chosen as the theme for the Disney movie "Frozen," became a global hit once again, and Selena was also invited to perform at this year's Oscars.

After the performance, the award ceremony continued.

In the end, "Dallas Buyers Club" won three awards, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Matthew McConaughey became the Oscar Best Actor for his outstanding performance in the film.

"August: Osage County" received awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

Meryl Streep held up the Academy Award-winning Actress trophy once again after 30 years, with a lengthy three-minute standing ovation erupting in the venue.

Julia Roberts also received the Best Supporting Actress award for this film, which was her first Oscar nomination since "Erin Brockovich" in 2001, and her first win for Best Supporting Actress.

"Her" won Best Original Screenplay.

"The Wolf of Wall Street" had zero wins out of 5 nominations; "Rust and Bone" and "The Hunger Games 2" also did not receive any awards.

21 nominations, 6 wins, also less than expected.

Additionally, Link, Selena, and Demi Lovato jointly won Best Original Song.

The biggest winner of this year's Oscars was "Gravity," distributed by Warner Bros, with seven out of ten nominations: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Original Score.

"12 Years a Slave" and "Dallas" tied for second place, each winning Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Compared to the previous two Oscars, this year's distribution of awards did not cause much controversy afterwards, as the list of winners highly matched the media's predictions before the ceremony, with an overlap of up to 82%.

The only controversial news was that Lionsgate Films' movies once again won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, marking the third consecutive year, including 2012 and 2013, for Lionsgate Films to win Best Actress.

Reporters interviewed Link after the award ceremony, asking if Lionsgate Films' movies will again aim for Best Actress next year.

Link said yes.

After the news was reported, many media outlets mocked the Best Actress award for being "contracted" by Lionsgate Films' movies, and some netizens joked that the Hollywood jury was helping Link court women.

Despite the controversies, the performances of Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in "August" were clearly powerful, demonstrating their award-winning capabilities, leaving many critics speechless and forced to accept the reality.