Chinese Entertainment 2017: Starting from the Top Writers

Chapter 445: Set a small goal, the flowers have fallen
Amidst warm applause, He Bing hugged his crewmates and walked up the stairs to the center of the stage.

"Teacher He Bing, congratulations."

Lin Li handed the trophy to He Bing with a smile.

"Thank you, Teacher Nanxun. Thank you."

He Bing bent down and took the trophy with both hands, unable to hide his surprise on his face.

The competition for Best Actor and Best Actress at this year's Magnolia Awards was extremely fierce.

Zhang Jiayi and Wu Xiubo competed three times, but Wu Xiubo did not come to the award ceremony.

He Bing, who has always been a low-key actor, was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Romance in Courtyard and White Deer Plain respectively.

Although he missed out on the Best Supporting Actor award, he successfully won the Best Actor award. It seems like there is light at the end of the tunnel.

At least that's what it seems.

After all, as can be seen from the absence of Jin Dong, Wu Xiubo and Hu Ge, everyone knows the final outcome of many awards.

If they allow you to come and receive a prize, they will generally not let you go back empty-handed, and vice versa.

"Teacher He Bing, please give your speech."

Lin Li gestured with his hand.

"Thank you, Teacher Nanxun."

He Bing bowed again to express his gratitude, then turned to face the audience.

After taking a deep breath, He Bing slowly raised the microphone in his hand facing the huge audience below the stage.

"First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Nan Xun who is standing next to me. When I was greeting him just now, I told him that I was a fan of his. I don't know if he believed me or not. I have watched the movie A River of Sorrow several times. Since I have children at home, I took the time to watch it when it was released. It was great and very touching."

“So later when it was released on the video website, I watched it again several times.”

"I met the young and handsome teacher Nan Xun today and I was thinking, it would be great if I could win an award today and have him present it to me."

"Hey~, I didn't expect that I could actually make it happen, hahaha."

"Thank you again, Teacher Nanxun."

He Bing turned and looked at Lin Lidao.

Lin Li kept smiling and clapped his hands gently in response.

The director turned the camera over, and eardrum-killing screams came from the audience again.

"Actually, I'm under a lot of pressure. I'm nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. It's too stressful. What if I don't win one?"

He Bing and Lin Li nodded and looked at the audience and joked.

"I would like to thank the organizing committee for giving me this award, and I would also like to thank all the staff of the Love in the Courtyard crew. Thank you!"

Then he shouted to Zhang Jiayi who was sitting in the audience: "Without Bai Jiaxuan, there would be no Lu Zilin, and without Lu Zilin, there would be no Bai Jiaxuan."

This time, Zhang Jiayi, Qin Hailu, Lei Jiayin, Zhai Tianlin and Li Wei from the White Deer Plain crew all came, so it can be said that they were all gathered together.

He Bing finished his speech and stepped off the stage amid warm applause. Seeing this, Lin Li also raised his foot to walk off the stage, but the sharp-eyed Cao Kefan stepped forward and blocked his way.

"Teacher Nanxun, wait a moment, wait a moment."

"Please come this way. We have a few words to talk to Teacher Nanxun."

Lin Li sighed imperceptibly, knowing that he would not be let off so easily.

Cao Kefan and the female host led Lin Li to the center of the stage. Upon seeing this, the audience immediately burst into warm cheers.

"It's rare for Teacher Nanxun to come here, so don't be anxious."

"Speaking of which, this is also the second time that Teacher Nanxun has come to visit our Baiyulan."

Cao Kefan looked at Lin Li and said with a smile.

"Yes, I was also fortunate enough to be invited to participate last year."

Lin Li nodded in confirmation.

"So Mr. Nanxun and our Baiyulan are old friends. As far as I know, the drama "Dear, Beloved" produced by Nanxun Culture will be broadcast on our Shanghai Satellite TV in the summer. At the same time, this work is also the first satellite work of Nanxun Culture. I wonder what expectations Mr. Nanxun has for the broadcast of this work?"

Cao Kefan smiled and asked the question that Lin Li expected.

"Um……"

Lin Li held the microphone in front of him and tilted his head as if pondering.

Below the stage, all the entertainers in the circle showed curious expressions, wanting to see how Teacher Nan Xun would answer this question.

Wang Churan, however, remained very calm. Based on her understanding of Lin Li, she believed that Lin Li would give an answer that would attract everyone's attention.

Sure enough, after a moment of hesitation, Lin Li raised his head in front of the camera, looked around the audience and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Since this is Nanxun Culture's first TV series to be broadcast on satellite TV, we should naturally think positively."

"Let's set a small goal and get the ratings above 2."

"Wow!"

Following Lin Li's calm voice, the whole audience was in an uproar.

What does it mean to have a viewership rating of over 2? Since 18, no drama has been able to reach this level. Lin Li's seemingly casual words are quite significant.

But inexplicably, those who had calmed down and looked at Lin Li, who was calm on the stage, actually felt that what he said might very likely come true.

After all, Lin Li has set too many records so far.

With this in mind, someone started a burst of applause from the audience, and then the applause grew louder until everyone was clapping their hands vigorously.

As expected, Wang Churan looked at Lin Li on the stage with a brighter smile, and his two white jade-like hands kept clapping in front of him.

"Teacher Nanxun has high expectations!"

"I also sincerely hope that what Teacher Nanxun said will come true."

Cao Kefan was briefly surprised but quickly came to his senses and said with emotion, "What about me?"

Lin Li smiled and nodded at him, then signaled to the audience with his eyes.

There was an immediate burst of laughter from the audience, and everyone could see that Lin Li really couldn't wait to get off the stage.

"Teacher Nanxun, please don't be anxious. I still have a few words to talk to you."

Cao Kefan said to Lin Li with a smile.

"Please say."

Lin Li had no choice but to keep smiling.

"It's like this, Mr. Nanxun. We know that you are working with Shanghai Film Group. The filming of Blossoming Flowers, which is also a Mao Dun Literature Prize winner, is in full swing. Someone also photographed you visiting the crew yesterday."

"And we see that your female companion today is Miss Wang Churan, who plays Miss Wang in Fan Hua, so I would like to ask Teacher Nan Xun about the progress of our play Fan Hua, and what do you think of this work?"

While Cao Kefan was speaking, he did not forget to mention Wang Churan's name, and the director was very sensible and turned the camera over.

Seeing this, Wang Churan, who was watching the performance on the stage, immediately smiled gracefully to the camera. When her bright and beautiful face appeared on the big screen, there were bursts of exclamations from the audience.

This kind of face-to-face shot is very challenging for one's appearance. Obviously, Wang Churan's superior face can withstand the camera.

Under the gazes of many people, she had curved eyebrows and a faint smile. The elegance flowing between her slender eyebrows was like the growth of spring and summer, with flowers blooming all over the mountains.

so beautiful!
Calm and generous!

Whether on site or in the live broadcast barrage, many people exclaimed at the same time.

Lin Li glanced at Wang Churan in the audience, and was relieved to see that she handled the situation appropriately. He then turned to look at Cao Kefan.

Facing Cao Kefan's curious gaze, Lin Li first shook his head helplessly, then turned to face the audience and slowly raised the microphone in his hand.

"To be honest, when I had dinner with Director Wang yesterday, I mentioned this to him several times, asking him to speed up the process, but everyone knows how slow he is."

"Sister Yili and Chu Ran in the audience can both testify for me. They were both there yesterday."

Lin Li spread his hands and nodded to Ma Yili and Wang Churan in the audience.

When the camera turned to that, Ma Yili and Wang Churan both covered their mouths and nodded to stifle laughter. Just from their reactions, everyone could tell that even Lin Li was very troubled by Wang Jiawei, the director whom people both loved and hated.

Suddenly, there were bursts of knowing laughter at the scene.

"As for the flowers..."

Lin Li's eyes flickered as he glanced at Wang Churan below the stage. He made up his mind and the corners of his lips rose slightly.

Under the gaze of the whole audience, Lin Li's brows relaxed and he raised the microphone in front of him with a smile.

"Speaking of Fanhua, I divided the original work into 31 chapters. The odd and even chapters each have a time narrative line, one about the 20s to 60s, and one about the 80s. The two narrative lines intersect."

"The three main characters in the story are Husheng, who comes from a military family, Abao, who comes from a capitalist family, and Xiaomao, who comes from a worker family. It mainly tells the stories of these three people from Shanghai from childhood to adulthood."

"I used a lot of character dialogues and a dense plot to calmly tell the past of the three childhood friends, Abao, Husheng and Xiaomao, in Shanghai, just like a storyteller."

"The "Flowers" that are being filmed now is actually just an adaptation of Abao's story."

"When I was adapting the script, I mainly focused on the early 20s, telling the story of how little people, represented by A Bao, seized opportunities and displayed their talents under the tide of the times, and rewrote their destiny and grew up with their courage to face challenges and their down-to-earth determination."

"Whether it's Abao, Lingzi, Miss Wang, Li Li, or a restaurant waiter, retail store owner, factory owner, foreign trade agent, car driver, etc., every ordinary person in this situation has chosen to challenge business rivals, challenge technological changes, challenge their own destiny, and never give up even if they fail, and face the ups and downs of life with a smile."

"The characters in the story experience the splendor and beauty of the prosperous world together, and enjoy the dazzling fireworks together."

"However, when the prosperity faded and the grand scene withered, they had to endure the loneliness and solitude among the wild grass and weeds."

"Everything flourishes, but eventually it will wither. That's just how life is."

“I believe that everyone will have different feelings after watching the finished film. Whether it is Po, the three female protagonists, or even many of the supporting roles, everyone will more or less see different shining points in them.”

Having said that, Lin Li paused, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and raised his hand to signal Wang Churan in the audience.

"For example, our Miss Wang."

Wang Churan was stunned for a moment, then cooperated by blinking his eyes in confusion and pointing his finger at himself.

"Ms. Wang is the white moonlight on the Yellow River Road, and she is also my favorite in my heart when I am creating."

“Every time she appears, she is very impressive.”

"She is a public official of Foreign Trade Building No. 27. Her greatest characteristic is her integrity, fairness and selflessness."

She had known Po since he was still a little thug, and had witnessed his growth. Even though Po became very successful later on, she never took anything from him.

"Miss Wang always has a smiling face wherever she goes, showing her standard six teeth. Her voice is as clear as the breeze blowing through a bell, making a crisp sound of "ding-ding-ding~ding-ding-ding". Her pretty and fair face always looks youthful and energetic."

"Always fresh and passionate, never tired."

"The Miss Wang in the book was not originally called Miss Wang. In order to sound younger, she decided that her husband should call her Miss Wang."

"Ms. Wang is not a lively and enthusiastic person. On the contrary, she is full of snobbish market air and the decadent air of a woman. She is shrewd and numb."

"Comparing the Miss Wang in the play and the Miss Wang in the book, one could be what Zhang Ailing calls a vermilion mole on the heart, and the other could be a rice stain on clothes."

"One is a naive person who has never experienced the harsh reality, and the other is a Shanghainese woman who has experienced the vicissitudes of life."

“There are many similar settings.”

"Please stay tuned. I believe that Fanhua will definitely bring you a different viewing experience."

After finishing his speech, Lin Li put down the microphone and stood on the stage with his hands hanging down, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Pa bang bang~"

There was a wave of applause, and Lin Li’s narration made the audience’s expectations for Fanhua reach a peak.

Below the stage, Yin Xin nodded with satisfaction. After listening to Lin Li's words, she became more confident in Fanhua.

Wang Churan's cheeks flushed slightly, and she stared at Lin Li without blinking, her heart pounding.

I must be on top tonight!
She wanted to feel what it felt like to conquer this man!

(End of this chapter)