Entertainment 1998

Chapter 780 Chapter 779, Speaking Up for Justice
When attending an award ceremony, walking the red carpet is an essential part, especially for male and female stars who are endorsing clothing.

Just like Jiang Feng, he really wanted to stroll on the red carpet in shorts and a T-shirt, but there was no way because he had signed a contract with Armani Clothing and had to wear clothes of this brand whenever he attended the red carpet.

Not bad. Compared with mainland media, Hong Kong and Taiwan media prefer to ask about gossip on both sides of the red carpet.

"Jiang Feng, when you came to Taiwan, did you go to see Wang Zuxian?"

"Jiang Feng, when you got off the plane at Taoyuan International Airport, you were asked by a reporter whether Lin Zhiling or Wang Zuxian was prettier. In the end, you chose Lin Zhiling. Are you expressing your love to Lin Zhiling in this way?"

"Jiang Feng, some media reported that you once made a bold statement in the mainland, that is, Lin Qingxia is married. If Lin Qingxia is not married, you will definitely pursue her. Is this true?"

Jiang Feng, walking on the red carpet, could answer these questions easily.

Entertainment stars...

How can you be considered an entertainment star if you don’t provide some gossip to the public? !

As for some media claiming that they are artists..., haha, I never think that a filmmaker can be an artist.

In fact, Jiang Feng was relieved when he heard the reporters asking about these gossips.

What Jiang Feng feared most was that some ignorant reporter would ask about the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony held in the mainland not long ago during the red carpet show.

If a reporter really asked about that, Jiang Feng would have the hardest time speaking out.

If you don’t criticize the Golden Rooster Awards, it’s hypocritical. You’ve been disgusted by the Golden Rooster Awards. But if you criticize the Golden Rooster Awards in front of outsiders, you’ll have endless troubles in the future…

The red carpet show went smoothly. Jiang Feng briefly answered reporters' questions on the red carpet, signed his name on the autograph wall, and then walked into the award ceremony with Han Shanye and Song Jia.

Soon after entering the venue, Jiang Feng, Han Shanye and Song Jia found the area where the "Buried Alive" crew was located and sat down, hosts Cai Kangyong and Zheng Yuling came on stage.

"Hello, everyone, I am Cai Kangyong!"

"Hello, everyone. I'm Zheng Yuling!"

"Ms. Zheng Yuling, I have a question for you."

"Please say!"

"Which movie have you watched in the past period of time that impressed you the most?"

“Buried Alive!
Kang Yong, you know what? When I first saw "Buried Alive", I was shocked because I never thought that a person could act in a movie in a coffin. "Speaking of this, Zheng Yuling, who was standing on the stage, said directly to Jiang Feng in the guest seat:

"Director, I wonder if I can have a chance to star in a movie like this under your direction?"

"There's a chance!"

Jiang Feng stood up politely and bowed to the two people on the stage.

At this time, there was a burst of applause at the award ceremony.

Since it was now the hosts' warm-up stage, after talking about Jiang Feng, the two hosts changed the subject and focused the topic on King Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei.

"Brother Hua, who do you think will win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor?"

"It's hard to say, I always think it's me." King Liu responded humorously.

"Well, now let's throw this topic to Mr. Liang Chaowei. Mr. Liang Chaowei, last year when Infernal Affairs came to participate in the competition, it was director Jiang Feng who played Chen Yongren who beat Brother Hua to win the Best Actor award.

This year, you took over from director Jiang Feng to play Chen Yongren. Do you think you have a chance to win the Best Actor award? "

This question was a bit awkward, and Liang Chaowei didn't know how to answer it. For a moment, he stammered and couldn't utter a word.

Jiang Feng turned to look at him and shook his head.

In fact, Liang Chaowei is similar to his childhood friend Zhou Xingxing, neither of them is good at dealing with people. If it were King Liu who answered this question, it would basically not be difficult.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng smiled and focused his attention on this year's Golden Horse Awards.

This year's Golden Horse Awards, the nominated films are mainly Hong Kong films, and the proportion of local films from Formosa Province is extremely low. As for mainland films, only two films, "Buried" and "Blind Shaft", were nominated.

This is because "Buried" is very popular in the world's literary and art circles, and Jiang Feng himself is quite popular in Taiwan Province. If it were based solely on connections, the movie "Buried" might not necessarily be shortlisted.

Because of this ratio, except for the Hong Kong media which was relatively positive, the evaluation of this year's Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan Province and the mainland was not high.

It's okay in the mainland, we've gotten used to it over the years, and there are also the two movies "Buried" and "Blind Shaft", where people make a few sarcastic remarks, and then they start to care about how many awards Jiang Feng can win.

The reaction from Taiwan Province was more intense, with some even angrily criticizing the Golden Horse Awards for becoming a small Golden Statue Awards. If all Hong Kong films were withdrawn, they might not even be able to maintain their status.

In fact, the Taiwan media ostensibly attacked the Golden Horse Awards, but in reality they were more disappointed with the decline of Taiwan's local films.

Even though it is said that Hong Kong films have declined, their soul is still alive. There are even series of works that are above the standard every year, and even a masterpiece can pop up every two years.

Well, Taiwan's local films are basically stagnant, and there is often not a single good film to show for several years.

If it weren't for art films to save its reputation, the Golden Horse Awards would have long since become the back garden of Hong Kong and mainland films.

This year, the main highlight of the Golden Horse Awards is actually the duel between King Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei.

Riding on the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" and "The Departed", "Infernal Affairs 2" is still very popular this year. At the Academy Awards held in April, it directly won 4 nominations, tying "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the highest record of Academy Award nominations.

In the end, Liang Chaowei won the Golden Image Award. Now, many people are curious whether King Liu can make a comeback at tonight's Golden Horse Awards ceremony.

Therefore, the camera at the Golden Horse Awards ceremony kept scanning the faces of King Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei.

"Jiang Feng, who do you think will win the award between the two of them?" Han Shanye asked, nudging Jiang Feng with his elbow.

"Liang Chaowei, his role as Chen Yongren in Infernal Affairs 2 was absolutely amazing." Jiang Feng said.

"Is it better than your performance in Infernal Affairs 1?" Han Shanye continued to ask.

"In a sense, my acting is not as good as his." Jiang Feng said very frankly.

"King Liu is not bad, I think this is the peak of his acting skills." At this time, Song Jia also interrupted.

"Besides, the Golden Statue was given to Liang, so maybe the Golden Horse will go against the Golden Statue!"

While the three people were chatting enthusiastically, the award ceremony began.

Ok…

In fact, there is not much to say.

Hong Kong films dominated the Golden Horse Awards this year, especially Infernal Affairs 2, which had already won several awards with only one-third of the ceremony going on.

Of course, "Buried" did not win nothing. The film won the Best Original Screenplay Award.

After receiving the award, Jiang Feng went on stage amid everyone's applause and cheers. He said a few words of thanksgiving, thanked the crew, his parents, and the producer, and then left the stage.

After the Best Original Screenplay Award is the [Best Newcomer Award]!
The winner of the Best Newcomer Award is Wang Baoqiang!
Seeing this honest child go up on stage to receive the award, Jiang Feng was basically the one who applauded the most enthusiastically.

He is a legend in the extras industry. He had just come to prominence at that time, playing himself in "Blind Well" and was spotted by Feng Xiaogang to star in "A World Without Thieves".

Although Wang Baoqiang himself is extremely talented, his luck is actually beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It is not easy to get into Feng Xiaogang's movies. Li Lianhua has been in Huayi for a few years, but he may not have as many roles as him. Many newcomers from the three major schools signed by Huayi are waiting for their opportunities. He is a wild man who started out as an extra and killed people like crazy. He is definitely the son of destiny.

If it weren't for his love life problems, he would have been a plain-looking poor rural boy, and eventually become a billion-dollar box office actor. His popularity and appeal to the public were so high that he was a perfect template for the male protagonist in Chinese entertainment novels.

Well, also, when Saw was being filmed in Studio 4 of Beijing Film Studio, Jiang Feng had met Wang Baoqiang and offered him a job as a security guard.

The reason why he was not invited to film was because Jiang Feng didn't want to force things.

Because in Jiang Feng's opinion, Wang Baoqiang's outstanding acting skills come from his rich social experience.

After the Best Newcomer Award was presented, the more important awards began to be presented.

Among several heavyweight awards, the first to be presented was Best Actress. Sandra Ng, the Thirteenth Sister of Hongxing, got her wish and won the award for the movie "Golden Rooster", becoming another Hong Kong actress to win both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards.

I thought Song Jia would be very disappointed because she won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Golden Rooster Award for her role in "Buried", but ended up losing the Golden Horse Award.

But what Jiang Feng didn't expect was that at the moment Wu Junru won the award, her competitor Song Jia actually smiled happily.

"Brother Feng..."

"Ok?"

"Don't look at me like that, I am really very happy, because in my opinion, winning the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival is already a miracle.

Now that I haven’t won the Golden Horse Award, I can balance my luck a little, just in case my luck gets too good and harms my health and family.”

"Um…"

Hearing this, Jiang Feng immediately gave Song Jia a thumbs up.

The Golden Horse Awards organizing committee knew very well where the climax of tonight's awards ceremony would be, so they kept the topic in suspense before the winner of Best Actor was revealed.

The host Cai Kangyong even kept talking to King Liu during the interview, making all kinds of suggestive and provocative remarks in his words, with a frequency far greater than that of the other two candidates present, Liang Chaowei and Ren Dahua.

Such an obvious bias made Liu Tianwang's fans at the scene scream wildly, and even Liu Tianwang himself smiled brightly.

“This is a clear sign.”

"It's really King Liu, otherwise the host would keep asking him what he's doing."

"Stop dilly-dallying. Announce it quickly."

Not only Song Jia, but even the always mature and steady Han Shanye thought that this year's Golden Horse Award for Best Actor must go to King Liu.

However, Jiang Feng, standing on the stage with an envelope in his hand, knew that the name on the envelope was not King Liu, but Liang Chaowei.

This incident caused heated discussion in the media at that time. As a writer of entertainment novels, Jiang Feng naturally knew about this.

And precisely because he knew this past event, Jiang Feng did not open the envelope immediately.

"Hua brother…"

"Yes, director!"

Seeing Jiang Feng, the award presenter, call his name on the stage, King Liu, who was already very happy, became even more excited. He stood up from his seat, clasped his hands together, and prepared to listen to Jiang Feng's speech.

"Brother Hua, I found time to watch the movie Infernal Affairs 2. Director Liu Weiqiang shot it very well, especially the duel between you and Wei Ge.

Well, let’s put it this way, in my opinion, you two gave the best performances in this movie.”

"Thank you!"

King Liu expressed his gratitude immediately, and even Liang Chaowei, who was sitting there just now, bowed.

"Thank you, director!"

"Um…"

Jiang Feng smiled and continued talking.

"Brother Hua, if I have to choose between you and Wei Ge, I think the Best Actor award should go to you, because the Chen Yongren you faced in Infernal Affairs 1 was Jiang Feng, and in Infernal Affairs 2 it was Liang Chaowei.

This is very difficult for an actor!
It's like you just got used to the fighting Chen Yongren, but the next moment he replaced you with the gloomy and sinister Chen Yongren. "

At this point, Jiang Feng said to Hollywood director Li An who was sitting in the guest seat: "Director Li An, do you think I am right?"

Following the shout, the camera lens turned to Li An.

Li An had no choice but to put his hands together and say "yes" in the guest seats!
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Feng, the award presenter standing on the stage, opened the envelope and read: "The winner of the 40th Formosa Province Golden Horse Award for Best Actor is Liang Chaowei, congratulations!!!"

When the result came out, everyone was shocked.

That's too much!
The Best Actor award went to Liang Chaowei, and the guests and the audience were all in an uproar.

On the one hand, I was surprised by the result, but on the other hand, I felt that the host was playing a trick on King Liu.

There were so many people watching at the award ceremony, and you flirted with him for a few minutes in vain, but in the end he didn't win the award. Isn't this just a joke in public? !

However, afterwards, warm applause broke out at the award ceremony, and the applause was for the award presenter Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng used his Oscar-winning performance as Best Director to prove to King Liu that his performance in "Infernal Affairs 2" was more difficult than that of Liang Chaowei.

In order to make his words more convincing, Jiang Feng also brought in Li An, the chairman of this year's Golden Horse Awards jury, who is also the winner of the Oscar for Best Director.

This alleviated King Liu's embarrassment to a great extent!
Otherwise, as soon as Jiang Feng stepped down from the stage, King Liu came trotting over and shook hands with him in a very humble manner.

"Director, thank you!"

"You're welcome. I just feel it from the bottom of my heart, but as far as this movie is concerned, your performance is more difficult than Viagra's."

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The next day, news about the Golden Horse Awards dominated the front page headlines of the entertainment sections across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

Jiang Feng won two awards, Best Screenwriter and Best Director, which is considered a small achievement.

However, the news with the greatest impact was still the Liu Tianwang incident, in which the host and the Golden Horse Awards were criticized to bits.

In 2003, King Liu was still at the peak of his popularity. When several top Chinese directors selected actors, he was always among the top candidates. He was undoubtedly the top star in the Chinese entertainment industry.

So the host Cai Kangyong was very happy and was greeted by King Liu's fans one after another.

In his previous life, Cai Kangyong was scolded for a year, and only apologized at the Golden Horse Awards the following year was it considered a small change of events.

Now it seems that this time will not be short.

However, Jiang Feng did not pay much attention to the aftermath of the Golden Horse Awards. As soon as he returned to Wang Zuxian's home in Taoyuan, he received a text message from Qiu Likuan.

[Jiang Feng, is it convenient now? I want to meet you and talk. ]

(End of this chapter)