Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 586 The Sound of Waves Remains the Same VS. Absolutely Perfect
The organizing committee of the Hundred Flowers Awards implied that Liu Yifei's team was giving each other face and getting along well; it's like everyone's helping out.

But now a controversy has arisen regarding the nationalities of the finalists.

The Hundred Flowers Awards lasted for six days. Three days before the awards ceremony, Liu Yifei's name was removed from the nomination list without any announcement or explanation, as if Liu Yifei's name had never appeared on the list at all.

Li Qiutang no longer cared whether there was a disagreement within the Hundred Flowers Awards or whether someone was using the opportunity to target Liu Yifei.

What does this have to do with Li Qiutang and his wife?
"The Hundred Flowers Awards, a prestigious award in Chinese television with 54 years of history, has turned out to be a disgrace to the industry. Despite its long history, it's been run like a complete novice. No wonder its prestige is declining year by year, and its viewership is getting worse every year. I didn't advise Yifei to take it easy, because such an award isn't worth our time. Yifei will always be my favorite actress, and I will definitely help her reach the throne of Best Actress."

Li Qiutang was the first to criticize the Hundred Flowers Awards.

Why shouldn't they dare to criticize him? What can the Hundred Flowers Awards do to him?
An hour after Li Qiutang posted her Weibo post, Liu Yifei also responded on Weibo:

"I don't want to say anything. I've seen everyone's comments, whether they like me or not. All I can do is continue to do my job well. The care from my family, friends, and countless fans is a great encouragement to me. Thank you."

Those who support Li Qiutang and his wife say that Li Qiutang is fiercely protective of his wife and feel that the Hundred Flowers Awards' actions this time were indeed inappropriate: "If they said they were acting in accordance with the rules, then Yi Fei should not have been nominated in the first place. With a week left before the awards ceremony, secretly removing her from the list seems very unprofessional."

Those opposed to Li Qiutang believe that she suffers from paranoia and should maintain a calm attitude regardless of whether she is nominated or wins an award. They argue that "foreigners are not allowed to participate in the selection process, and it is understandable and reasonable for them to remove you from the list. Getting angry and cursing on Weibo now will only make you look petty."

Regardless of what netizens say, the Hundred Flowers Awards have not provided any explanation, and Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei have not commented on the matter further. Official media have also not been involved.

It seems like that's the end of it.

The originally postponed advertising shoot was brought forward again, and Liu Yifei even attended a press conference for CICC in between, so everything was as usual.

Some well-informed people also told Li Qiutang their speculations: "Your reorganization of the Changchun Film Festival, whether successful or not, will directly or indirectly affect the interests of some people."

“What do awards represent? Awards represent the right to judge and the right to speak. In the eyes of some people, you, a young man, are here to steal their right to speak.”

This matter seems to have been put behind us, but unfortunately, someone is eager to deliver the news.

The Hundred Flowers Awards were held as scheduled. Li Qiutang and Jing Tian, ​​who were nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the film "Mojin: The Lost Legend," were absent due to scheduling conflicts. Xia Yu, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, was not going to attend anyway. In the end, only Chen Kailin, who was nominated for Best Newcomer, attended the awards ceremony red carpet.

At the gala, the Hundred Flowers Awards pulled off a stunning move, awarding Yang Ying the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in "Bride Wars," a film with a Douban rating of 4.4.

Not only that, but "Mr. Six," a film that was withdrawn from its theatrical run last year and has not been re-released since, won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, with the winners being Xu Qing and Li Yifeng, respectively.

I can't believe they actually dared to do that!

The Hundred Flowers Awards have sparked huge public controversy as soon as they closed. Yang Ying and Li Yifeng are both popular celebrities, but their acting skills have been heavily criticized. How could they win an acting award?

"Mr. Six" was never even released, so how did it win an award?
At this point, someone used the same tactic against them, citing the Hundred Flowers Awards regulations: "'The scope of nominated films is limited to domestic films that have obtained a 'Film Public Screening License' issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television; have been released and screened in urban cinemas nationwide with a box office of no less than 1000 million RMB; and have been released and screened within the current award cycle (two years)'. Now, explain, which criterion does 'Mr. Six' meet? Was it released? Did it gross over 1000 million RMB?"

However, these questions received no response whatsoever.

"Director Li is right. The Hundred Flowers Awards have been held for 54 years, and it's still a greenhorn."

"As expected of the Huayi Awards Ceremony, they give awards even when they can't, with an arrogant attitude of 'what can you do about it?'"

"Some people really lack self-awareness."

"This completely proves that this year's Hundred Flowers Awards were indeed a joke." "Yang Ying, when are you going to win an Oscar?"

"Huayi really has incredible abilities; they managed to secure such an obviously fake award through public relations."

Whether it's mockery or ridicule, the parties involved don't seem to intend to respond. The trophy is already in their pockets, so what's a few words?

Some radical film fans even plan to file a complaint with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology regarding this year's Hundred Flowers Awards, hoping for a thorough investigation into the selection process and how such an absurd result could have been chosen.

Going to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is useless; they don't handle this. You should go to the Publicity Department or the Discipline Inspection Commission. Even the State Administration of Radio and Television might not be able to handle it.

As if it were intentional, on the first working day after the Hundred Flowers Awards ended, news circulated in fan circles:

"Liu Yifei has been confirmed to play the female lead in Li Qiutang's first art film, 'The Butterfly Lovers.' Director Li is determined to help his wife win the Best Actress award."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that Li Qiutang has been making commercial films for ten years. He has a reputation in the field of art films. 'In Time' has a high status in the international film industry. 'The Butterfly Lovers' has been on the radar of the Big Three film selectors for a long time, just waiting for him to start filming."

The claim that he was "angry for a woman" is an exaggeration, but Director Li did indeed give Zhu Xiaoyan to his wife.

Liu Yifei's words make a lot of sense. Zhu Xiaoyan is very similar to her: a young wife, a mature young woman, from a middle-class or higher family, and slightly idealistic.

"Huh? You didn't prepare this for Yifei?" The couple invited screenwriter Li Qiang to dinner that day, and Li Qiang was still puzzled. "I, Zhu Xiaoyan, wrote this based on Yifei."

"See, I told you so," Liu Yifei said smugly. "Even the screenwriter supports me, only you think I'm not suitable."

"You didn't tell me."

"Do I really need to tell you this? Isn't it obvious?" Li Qiang said.

“That’s right, isn’t it obvious?” Liu Yifei chimed in.

Even though the role was given to Liu Yifei, Li Qiutang still said, "Actually, the one I wanted most was 28-year-old Zhang Manyu. That's the most perfect Zhu Xiaoyan in my mind."

Liu Yifei was jealous before, but she's not anymore.

"Say what you will, I've already signed the contract and received the deposit. I'm just waiting to start filming in two months."

Li Qiutang couldn't do anything about her shamelessness.

"Forget about it, you won't be able to get a picture of Zhang Manyu." Liu Yifei raised an eyebrow. "Just focus on taking pictures of me."

Li Qiang chimed in, "That's right. Yi Fei is so beautiful, and she's your wife. If you don't film her, who else are you planning to film? You really need to learn from Jia Zhangke."

"Learn from his unchanging melody?"

"Then you should make something absolutely perfect."

"Hahaha!" Liu Yifei liked it. "This is good, this is good."

(End of this chapter)