Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 463 The first to leave was also the first to arrive.

The 69th Golden Globe Awards ceremony has concluded.

Whether this night brings trophies or disappointments, whether it ends with a toast or drowning one's sorrows in alcohol, the celebrities attending the event will all compose themselves and prepare for the next chapter of their journey.

The first to leave are also the first to arrive.

At the entrance of the Beverly Hills Hilton Crystal Palace-like hotel, a group of people were gathered, with a dark-haired man at the very center.

A group of well-dressed men and women were hugging him and saying goodbye.

First, there was a blond man with a slicked-back hairstyle.

Chen Nuo shook hands with him and gave him a hug.

Goodbye, Leo.

Goodbye, when will you be back?

"I'll be back on the 25th to attend the Santa Barbara Film Festival."

"Okay, call me when the time comes. Remember to bring me some Chinese specialties."

"Would you like some lubianjiu (deer antler wine)?"

"what?"

"Haha, it's nothing. Bye."

"Bye, have a safe trip."

After Leonardo DiCaprio left, another blond man with a glittering gold trophy came along.

The British are not as open as Americans; the two simply shook hands and said goodbye. However, Emma Thomas did invite him to their British home.

Then came Michael Slan, the Warner vice president, who held his hand and spoke for quite a while. However, presumably because Chen Nuo still harbored resentment, he felt that a simple invitation to come over would have been more approachable than the long conversation.

Next up is Charlize Theron.

To be fair, Charlize Theron looked absolutely stunning today, in a pink chiffon haute couture gown by Dior, paired with white Givenchy sandals and Cartier jewelry. I had even heard backstage that Vogue France was planning to name her the best-dressed of the night.

Charlize Theron looked at him intently and said, "Are you really leaving?"

Chen Nuo nodded and said, "Of course, I have something to do."

"That's a pity..." Theron glanced at him briefly, "When are you coming back?"

"number 25."

"Will you have time then? I mean, time to chat."

"Well, there should be."

"See you then, bye-bye, have a safe trip."

After that, Natalie Portman, who had just given birth and attended the event that evening to present the Best Actor award, Meryl Streep and her husband, whom he had teased in the audience, Morgan Freeman, the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the cast and crew of "The Big Bang Theory," with whom he had worked together, all came over to greet him.

What Chen Nuo didn't expect was that there was also a man wearing sunglasses.

Johnny Depp, still as taciturn as ever, stammered, "When you get back to America, let's have a drink."

Chen Nuo laughed and said, "You're really not gay?"

Johnny Depp laughed and said, "No, no. But don't push me."

"Hahahaha, don't worry, I won't. But I'm just drinking, I won't touch those things."

"Don't worry, I understand. You're Hollywood's Oriental saint."

"What the hell……"

Without Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt, Chen Nuo said goodbye to a group of old and new friends and walked out of the hotel, where he was immediately greeted by a barrage of flashing lights.

"Chen, Inception won Best Picture, is there anything you'd like to say to your fans?"

"The Golden Globe Awards had very good ratings tonight. What would you like to say to the audience?"

Would you like to continue being a host?

"List……"

Allison and the Golden Globe staff stood by, blocking reporters who rushed up to interview him. Finally, Chen Nuo smiled and waved to the media reporters who had been waiting for so long, and then got into the limousine.

This was a vehicle specially arranged for him by the Golden Globe Awards to take him, Michelle, and Elinson home.

However, he wouldn't rest. After returning home, he would grab his luggage, call Gulnazar and Linghu who were waiting at home, and head straight to the airport. Finally, he would sleep in the rented Gulfstream G450.

Once in the car, Chen Nuo loosened his tie, breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak to Alison beside him when suddenly his phone vibrated in his pocket.

He took it out, glanced at the name on it, and then answered the call.

After talking for a while, I hung up.

Allison asked, "James Cameron?"

"Yes."

Chen Nuo recalled the old man's cheerful tone on the phone.

I told you he would watch it, and sure enough, he did.

He then asked seriously, "When are you going back to Canada?"

Allison paused for a moment: "Uh, tomorrow? What's wrong?"

"Tomorrow? Is that enough time?"

"what?"

"Never mind, you can come with us on the plane."

"what?"

"We'll be flying to Toronto first; I've already spoken to the airline..."

Allison looked shocked and said, "Chen, what did you say?"

"Don't be so surprised, I just overheard a few words when you were on the phone. Okay, it's settled then. But I won't go to the hospital with you."

“No, Chen, you don’t need to at all. I mean.” Allison seemed genuinely surprised, stammering as she spoke.

Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "Don't say anymore. I'm the boss, listen to me."

The black, extended Lincoln drove through the streets of LA at night, moving further and further away from the brightly lit Hilton Hotel, gradually disappearing into the darkness, just as a ball must eventually come to an end.

However, for media outlets around the world, this moment is just the beginning of their busy work.

Within hours of the Golden Globe Awards, media outlets around the world rushed to publish extensive and diverse reports on this highly topical event.

Meryl Streep won her fourth Golden Globe for Best Actress, a feat never before achieved. George Clooney surprisingly won his first Best Actor in a Drama award.

However, the biggest winner tonight is undoubtedly the global blockbuster, Inception.

Living up to the expectations of millions of movie fans worldwide, Inception won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at the Golden Globe Awards!
Among them, the most eye-catching and fiercely contested award is for Best Feature Film.

Ultimately, the Foreign Press Club's choice of the science fiction film Inception, in addition to excellent art films and dramas such as War Horse, The Artist, and The Descendants, was somewhat surprising.

Does this mean that mainstream Hollywood is starting to favor films that have proven themselves commercially during awards season? Let's wait and see.

—Variety

"It was a wild night."

A total of 2.5 million people worldwide watched this year's Golden Globe Awards live, including 2130 million viewers in North America. The viewership rating among the 18-49 age group reached an astonishing 6.8, marking the best performance of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in the past five years.

The Foreign Correspondents' Club's bold move to invite Chen, this year's hottest movie star in the world, to host the event has yielded rich rewards.

Billy Crystal, the host of this year's Oscars, must be feeling immense pressure right now. You can imagine that every joke he makes this year will be compared to Chen's.

All I can say is, good luck to him.

—The Hollywood Reporter

"The savior of the Golden Globe Awards!"
Chen Nuo's hosting style distinguished the ceremony from both the orthodox and dull Oscars and Ricky Gervais's sharp and offensive style.

His humor is more like the wisdom of old-school stand-up comedy mixed with Eastern restraint, funny, witty and measured.

I'll say it again, I'm willing to pay to see his stand-up comedy performance.

Even if the ticket costs $1000.

—The New York Times

"Chen's foreign identity brought a new perspective to this night."

His jokes about our invasion of Iraq are surprising, but they also deserve serious consideration from our government.

This is indeed a war that has been far too long, and it is not yet over.

—The Washington Post

At the Golden Globe Awards, Chen Nuo made a joke about the late superstar Michael Jackson's nose, sparking considerable controversy on social media. This was the first time since MJ's death that someone had publicly discussed the King of Pop's past scandals.

We randomly interviewed several African Americans on the street and asked them about the impact of this event.

Surprisingly, most of them believed this was a tribute to Michael Jackson by Chen Nuo, a Hollywood saint.

—Los Angeles Times: "Mainland Chinese superstar Chen Nuo hosted the Hollywood Golden Globe Awards for the first time, and his opening monologue was praised by many. Westerners said: 'He's handsome and has a sharp tongue, so it's forgivable.'"

Recently, Nok-jai's new drama is in full swing in Hong Kong. In the studio set up at TVB City in Tseung Kwan O, reporters saw workers starting to build the set.

Eric Tsang, chairman of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild, stated that Nok-tsai's investment in television dramas in Hong Kong is expected to create over 300 direct or indirect jobs for local filmmakers, and this substantial investment will inject a significant boost into the Hong Kong film industry. —Oriental Daily News (Hong Kong)

Chen Nuo challenged Harvey Weinstein at the Golden Globe Awards.

After the event, according to Vanity Fair, Harvey Weinstein looked grim and did not attend the official celebratory dinner following the awards ceremony.

Chen Nuo's old grudge against Harvey dates back to the Oscars season four years ago—when The Dark Knight and Doubt were competing for Best Supporting Actor, and Chen Nuo narrowly defeated Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Four years have passed, yet he still harbors resentment, revealing his pettiness and narrow-mindedness. If the Golden Horse Awards organizers still have any illusions about Chen Nuo, they are simply delusional. — Liberty Times, Taiwan

On January 15, 2012, Chinese actor Chen Nuo hosted the 69th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, USA.

This marks his return to the globally renowned awards stage since the 2011 Oscars. His humorous, witty, and shrewd yet elegant hosting style has won unanimous praise from domestic and international media.

It is reported that Chen Nuo will serve as the chairman of the jury for the main competition section of the 6th Shanghai International Film Festival in June this year.

Experts believe that Chen Nuo's participation is expected to enhance the film festival's professionalism and international attention, injecting new vitality into China's only A-list film festival. — China Youth Daily

"I wish he would host all the award ceremonies, including Walmart's monthly employee recognition events." — Twitter user @thisisnotgary, which had garnered 28211 likes, 11120 retweets, and 5238 comments by midnight.

“After watching the Golden Globes, my grandma is now a fan of his. She says, ‘He reminds me of a young Paul Newman.’” — Reddit user u/MovieRabbit123
"Not many people in Japan may know this yet, but in addition to Twilight and Inception, Chen Nuo has also starred in films such as The House of the Mute, Under the Hawthorn Tree and Mother, and has won two Berlin Film Festival Best Actor awards and one Cannes Film Festival Best Actor award. He is a legendary figure among Asian actors."

If one day he can become the Harrison Ford or Sean Penn of Asia, it will be an honor not only for China.

ミナサン, Ichisu に応aid しましょう! (Let’s all support him!)” - Anonymous user of Japan’s 2ch forum.

"@谷大白话, when will the subtitled version be released?" — Weibo user @一颗烤地瓜
……

"It's in progress, before 7 p.m."

Translation blogger Gu Jianguo stretched, opened Weibo, saw the most popular comment, and replied with a message.

He then took a sip of tea, clicked on the roasted sweet potato's homepage, but there was nothing there. He guessed it was just another student going home for the Chinese New Year holiday.

With a week to go before the Spring Festival, schools across the country, from elementary to university level, have already begun their holidays. In early 2012, when Momo was still in its infancy and Soul had not yet appeared, the bodies and souls of the vast student population were both idle, resulting in a surge in traffic across the Chinese internet and the rise of various entertainment bloggers.

This is already the 100th @ message Gu Jianguo has received today.

Below the Golden Globe Awards opening clip video he posted at 10:03 AM, there were nearly 3000 comments urging him to post more, over 3 reposts, and more than 20 likes.

It's clear that he successfully gained attention this time.

Gu Jianguo got up at 7 a.m. and sat by the computer, recording, editing, adding subtitles and uploading in one go. Within half an hour of the opening remarks being broadcast, he became the first person on the entire internet to post Chen Nuo's Golden Globe Awards hosting clip with subtitles on Weibo.

All of this was worthwhile.

He once again replicated last year's successful path—

Last year, he rose to fame by translating Chen Nuo's opening ceremony for the Oscars. After a year of hard work, his fan base finally surpassed 50 by the end of the year. This time, right after the Golden Globe Awards, he released his first promotional video, and his fan base immediately exceeded 80. Half an hour of that was equivalent to six months of his previous success.

Gu Jianguo now hopes that Chen Nuo will simply settle down in the United States and do English talk shows 365 days a year. That way, he can definitely become a blogger with tens of millions of views after translating for a year.

He handled all the editing and translation himself, working non-stop for several hours. Gu Jianguo was a little tired and decided to rest for another ten minutes before checking the video again and finishing uploading it.

What should I do in these ten minutes?

Let's browse Weibo.

He opened Weibo's trending topics list, and unsurprisingly, the top three topics on this Sunday morning were all related to the Golden Globe Awards and people with the surname Chen.

First place: Chen Nuo said he is Chinese at the Golden Globe Awards (boom).

Faced with such a nauseating, boring, and ignorant entry, Gu Jianguo chuckled, but after clicking on it, he immediately muttered under his breath, "Shameless."

This is a topic initiated by the editors of West China City Daily.

Originally, this newspaper from Xichuan was virtually unknown among national media outlets and had virtually no influence outside of Xichuan. However, after the emergence of Weibo, it has leveraged the internet platform to frequently generate topics related to certain individuals, and has now become a major media account with over 500 million followers, ranking among the top local media outlets.

Riding the wave of trending topics is its specialty; it's far more professional than him.

Is this not?

This utterly idiotic post has firmly secured the top spot and probably gained over a hundred thousand more followers. How can this blogger, who works so hard just to piggyback on this success, possibly complain? It's laughable.

The Weibo post was written in a very serious tone: "...In recent years, rumors about Chen Nuo immigrating to Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, and other places have been rampant, and many people have believed them. But at this year's Golden Globe Awards, Chen Nuo naturally said 'I'm Chinese' on stage, shattering all the rumors with one sentence... He came from Sichuan, but has never forgotten his roots... He represents the confidence and resilience of China's younger generation..."

"This is all nonsense. It can be summed up in one word: 'leeching off'," Gu Jianguo commented on his alternate account.

Returning to the trending topics page, the second place reads, "Chen Nuo wishes all Inception fans around the world their dreams come true (explosive)."

They're just here to freeload.

Sina Entertainment is openly and blatantly trying to capitalize on a trending topic on its own platform.

Gu Jianguo estimates that this newly trending topic will soon surpass the first one.

He still remembers the day the nominations were announced, when Chen Nuo was not among the Golden Globe nominees for Best Actor in a Drama, and the whole Weibo was in an uproar.

Countless fans and onlookers swarmed in, cursing the ancestors of the Golden Globe Awards committee, with accusations of "blindness," "racial prejudice," and "pre-arranged deals" appearing one after another.

He saw many posts criticizing Americans, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he explained on his account that the Golden Globe judges were from the Foreign Press Association, not Americans. He was immediately attacked and had to delete the post. Even so, he lost nearly 2 followers.

This shows just how popular Inception is in China.

The Sina editor's article was excellent. However, this editor, who is probably a graduate of the Chinese Department of Peking University or Fudan University, expanded it into four Weibo posts, totaling more than 1000 words.

Gu Jianguo commented: "Dreams may not come true, but the traffic is definitely real."

Keep watching.
The third trending topic was, "Hu Xijin said Chen Nuo should apologize (new)."

"Holy shit." Gu Jianguo was a little surprised by this entry and clicked on it.

"...Old Hu thinks that Chen Nuo should go abroad and show others the magnanimity of the Chinese people. There is an old Chinese saying that it is better to resolve enmity than to make it... In this kind of public setting, with repeated provocations, Old Hu can't help but feel a little worried about Chen Nuo's image abroad."

Actually, Harvey has been keeping a low profile all these years, and there haven't been any scandals. I think we should give him a chance to redeem himself. We shouldn't condemn someone based on one mistake; that would be detrimental to the tolerant and modest character of the Chinese people.

Old Hu dares to urge Chen Nuo to show the magnanimity of the Chinese people and perhaps take a step back and apologize to Harvey…

Gu Jianguo was immediately convinced.

Clicking into the comments section, sure enough, the two groups were locked in a fierce battle.

On one hand, people praise Lao Hu as "shrewd and insightful, with a global perspective." On the other hand, they criticize him as "a sycophant who treats foreigners like ancestors."

Both sides had their own reasons, and the fighting turned into a chaotic mess with profanities, curses, and regional attacks.

The hype is soaring.

He changed his mind. He really was a cunning old fox. Although his ancestral graves probably wouldn't be at peace tonight, he would undoubtedly be the one to top the trending searches later.

After watching the excitement of the Golden Globe Awards, Gu Jianguo continued reading.

He wasn't interested in much of the day's serious news; Gu Jianguo just wanted to watch something fun to relax his mind.

Immediately, he saw another one, ranked 13th, a recent trending news item.

It's still related to Chen Nuo, but this time the title is quite interesting—

"The cement slabs stolen from Chen Nuo were auctioned in Italy last night."

Gu Jianguo immediately remembered what had happened. It had been a trending topic on Weibo for several days, and he had even gone to foreign websites to translate and bring back some foreign news.

This time, it was a report from Phoenix.com:
“Last month, a cement slab bearing Chen Nuo’s handprint and signature was stolen from the Chinese Theatre, and the Los Angeles Police Department has yet to release any updates on the investigation.”

According to a report in the British newspaper The Sun today, the missing cement slab appeared at a small black market auction in Italy on the night of the Golden Globe Awards.

The whistleblower participated in the auction. Several items from the black market appeared at the auction that night, and Chen Nuo's cement slab was the third to last item to be auctioned.

However, due to the scarcity of bidders at the scene, the auction failed to reach the reserve price set by the auctioneer, and the cement slab went unsold.

The whistleblower also pointed out that it is not uncommon for similar personal items of celebrities to appear on the black market. For example, "a championship ring of a famous football star in 1998" and "a stolen painting of an artist in 2002" have both entered the black market. However, it is the first time that such a heavy and large item as a cement slab has been auctioned off.

Italian police have launched an investigation into the matter.

Gu Jianguo nodded. He hadn't been checking Twitter all day because of the Golden Globe Awards, clearly missing out on a lot of interesting things. After uploading the video, he'd have to check overseas websites again to see if any more details had leaked; that would bring in extra traffic.

He picked up his cup, took a sip of water, and felt his mind had cleared up enough to get back to work. He casually refreshed the page, and a headline from a news outlet he followed suddenly caught his eye—

"Zhao Benshan will not be performing at this year's Spring Festival Gala."

"Huh?!" Gu Jianguo was taken aback and quickly clicked on the article.

The report, from the official account of "Beijing News," stated:

"Latest news from the Spring Festival Gala production team: The Spring Festival Gala has completed three rounds of rehearsals. Whether Zhao Benshan's skit, which has garnered the most attention, will make it to the Spring Festival Gala stage remains to be seen."

According to sources, Zhao Benshan's team's work was repeatedly asked to be revised by the director team during rehearsals because the program's effect did not meet expectations.

This morning, our reporter learned from the Spring Festival Gala production team that Zhao Benshan's team has decided to officially withdraw from the preparations for this year's Spring Festival Gala due to health reasons.

This also means that this year will be the first time Zhao Benshan will be absent from the Spring Festival Gala stage after participating in it for 17 consecutive years.

For the audience, this will be the first New Year's Eve in over a decade without a sketch by Zhao Benshan.

"Holy shit, what the hell!" Gu Jianguo couldn't help but blurt out.

If Zhao Benshan isn't on the Spring Festival Gala, is it still the Spring Festival Gala?

(End of this chapter)