Above the aqua blue sky, there is not a single cloud in sight, the sky is clear with tall palm trees, the golden sunlight is sprinkled in large swades, outlining the undulating city horizon, bright and jumping colors surging in the moist and lazy air, and the whole world is dyed with a delicious cream color. Involuntarily, the mood became cheerful.

With the hour hand just past three o'clock and a long, long time before nightfall, California afternoons are always immersive, even in the middle of February, and even more so today, when the Oscars kick off and ignite the city's enthusiasm and madness, countless fans and tourists flock to the City of Angels to join the party.

Promotional posters for Best Picture nominees can be seen on the streets, official Oscar posters can be seen hanging high in street bars, and even on buses and taxis, the images of the golden man can be captured everywhere, everywhere and everywhere.

Crowds of people are heading in the direction of the Kodak Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, and even though traffic restrictions have been enforced in the six nearby blocks, the long queues of cars are still stretching radioactively in different directions, like the pulse of the city, surging and beating violently, and truly feeling the frenzy of awards season.

By this time, Hollywood Avenue in the east-west direction had been completely blocked, and the dazzling red carpet was spread out, and the bustling press and staff filled all the gaps on both sides;

As far as the eye can see, at least 1,500 spectators crowd the spaces on both sides of the street, making it an unprecedented level of noise and crowds, and not only that, but the surging crowds continue to stretch in both directions in the north and south, and the crowds seem to have no end in sight.

More than 500 journalists, more than 3,000 spectators, more than half the city's vehicles, the whole of Hollywood has been mobilized, and the "Christmas" belonging to Los Angeles has finally arrived!

Tonight, the 84th Oscars are about to debut.

After more than four months of awards, tonight will usher in the finale, an awards season full of chaos and turmoil, but also an awards season full of confusion and topics, or an awards season full of suspense and challenges.

Needless to say, this is a small year, even in the past ten years, it is still an extremely rare small year.

Among the nine Best Picture nominees, only the North American box office of "Help" exceeded 100 million, and this only work also lost important nominations such as Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing, and almost announced that it would not be able to win the final award in advance.

The remaining eight nominated works all grossed less than $80 million at the North American box office, and none of them were able to cross the bottom line of 40 million, and the lowest box office figure was "Tree of Life", which was only $13 million.

In terms of horizontal comparison, in last year's awards season, five of the ten nominated works exceeded 100 million at the North American box office - two of them reached the 290 million level, and two others reached the 90 million level at the North American box office. The overall market feedback and audience response are obviously much higher, and the topicality and attention should not be underestimated.

This year is the coldest, calmest and most low-key year in the box office market since "Crash" defeated "Brokeback Mountain" to win the best picture in 2005.

Lacking a real blockbuster, lacking a real topic, and lacking real resonance, the entire awards season presents a clear style of high and low.

However, if it was 2005, the showdown of "Crash", "Brokeback Mountain", "Good Night, Good Luck", "Munich Massacre" and "Capote", the depth and breadth of the five works were also generally affirmed, especially the turbulent waves created by "Brokeback Mountain" in that year, which caused countless discussions.

At the very least, the artistry of the Oscar nominees has also become a hallmark.

But this year, even this logo has been criticized, and the average level of the nominated works is obviously slightly lower than the work structure, thematic depth, artistic discussion and story level.

Therefore, the entire awards season presents a melee pattern of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending, not that there are too many excellent works, but that the level of works is too close, and the victory and rise of any work cannot be said to be an accident:

The four works "Hugo", "Midnight in Paris", "The Posterity" and "The Artist" constitute the first group, "Moneyball", "The Tree of Life" and "Help" are the second group, waiting for an upset, and finally "War Horse" and "Very Loud, Very Close" escort group 3.

Compared with the star-studded and star-studded Grammys not long ago, the Oscars are indeed not interesting, but in fact, on the contrary, the weakness of the work has made the artist strong.

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, David Fincher, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Kenneth Branagh, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Gary Oldman, Ryan Gosling, Jennifer Lawrence...... Each of these names has its own halo and is full of countless topic focuses.

And, Lance Hall.

More than 3,000 spectators arrived in the hope of standing on the red carpet and seeing the big-name artists on the stage, and more than 500 reporters attended the feast, setting a new record for the number of reporters covering the Oscars – the highest in previous years was just 400, and by 3 p.m., Hollywood Boulevard, where the Kodak Theatre is located, was already flooded.

Standing in the midst of the surging crowd, Hope Baez's thin body was almost completely swallowed up, and every breath in and out was full of scorching air, and it felt like his lungs were already burning, but fortunately, the five hundred people standing around, all of them, were their own people, orderly, orderly, and untidy.

Still, navigating through the crowds of people was extremely difficult, from the front row to the back and back to the front row, and forty-five minutes passed. Hope's cheeks were flushed and hot, as if he had just come out of the sauna.

"It's all confirmed?" William Taylor handed over the bottle of mineral water in his hand, and Hope poured two large sips hard, then nodded in affirmation, and a big smile appeared on his face, "Well, no problem! What about Graham? Hasn't he come back yet? That big banner, didn't we confirm it before we left? As long as Taryn and Timsey support them in time." ”

"Just now the staff of the presiding committee came out and said that our banners are a little too big and may cause danger, so they are deliberating. William explained simply.

"What!" Hope widened, "how could it be too big? We had repeated so many emails over and over again, and we had confirmed to them over and over again, that they were all according to the size regulations, how could it be!"

William grabbed Hope just in time, "Chanel and Tessa also followed Graham. We had anticipated this before, all the communication emails were printed out, and the backup solution was ready, so rest assured, it will be fine. Seeing that Hope was still full of anxiety, William smiled dumbly, "Trust me, they can solve it." If it doesn't work, even if you add one, it still won't work. ”

Having said that, Hope stomped his foot in annoyance, "The organization of the academy is simply terrible, we started communicating so long in advance, and all aspects were considered, just their own business. ”

Taking a deep breath, taking another deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, Hope approached the iron railing, poked his head out, and looked left and right, "Anyway, leave those things to Graham." If we continue to spread the word, we must not be crowded or chaotic, and we must maintain order at the scene. Otherwise, those media will stir up trouble again and pour all the dirty water on the young master, a bunch of crazy people!"

Three weeks ago, the "hypegate" broke out, and the Internet was full of curses and ridicule, and those hideous and ugly faces really pushed Lan Li to a desperate situation, but for William, Hope, Graham and others, anger, disappointment, sadness, pain, countless emotions were surging.

They are eager to be able to tell their hearts to Lan Li: even if the world is on the other side of Lan Li, they still firmly believe in and support Lan Li, because they really understand the album "Don Quixote", and they really understand Lan Li's dream pursuit. This thorny road, they will accompany Lan Li all the way to the end.

Turning grief and anger into strength, they are united like never before. Not only the fans, but also the fans, the friends who met at Lincoln Center at the beginning, through the Facebook activity group, all gathered together to work together and give advice.

The Oscars, this is the stage they chose!

On this star-studded night, Don Quixote will truly take to the stage of history for the first time, to show their passion and adoration to the Blue Rites, but also to the world to show their support and steadfastness, in their way, in the way of Don Quixote, to declare their existence with dignity:

Not everyone believes the nonsense of Entertainment Weekly, not everyone is easily treacherous, and not everyone blindly follows the trend like grass on the wall. In the online age of fast food culture, there is still a group of people who have beliefs, they have beliefs, they have pursuits, and in the same way, they have dreams, although this is a very small group of people, they are real and tenacious.

Each of them is Don Quixote.

It's a night of the Blue Rites, and Don Quixote will be a loyal audience for this grand show!

"Now, the only question is," William clenched his fists and smiled widely, "when exactly will Lan Li show up?"