Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 158: Clown-like
However, the general process of the Golden Horse Awards is similar to that of other film festivals. There is an opening performance followed by an awards ceremony, and each award has a corresponding guest presenter on stage.

Zhou Le looked back and found that except for some people from the mainland, he didn't recognize most of the others.

I think they are from some film crews here, but Zhou Le feels that many of the awards this time will definitely be won by these crews. After all, although the Golden Horse Awards are quite inclusive and will include some foreign films, they are actually more inclined to their own people now.

Even if Gong Li is the chief judge, he still has to consider the local tyrants.

All I can say is that after Gong Li was promoted, some mainland films became more likely to be selected.

The show started with Jam Hsiao singing, followed by the host.

After talking for a long time, Zhou Le didn't want to listen to a word.

Because the one presiding over it now is Tao Jingying.

A fence-sitter.

When Zhou Le saw the host come on stage, he turned to Xu Zheng and said, "Why is she so active?"

Xu Zheng sighed. "How should I put it? As long as you don't express your views explicitly, I'll still fight for it. In layman's terms, it's like turning a blind eye."

Zhou Le sighed.

But what he was thinking in his heart was that he would have to give a good talk when he went on stage later.

Five film awards were presented earlier.

The first film to win the award was a mainland film, a feature film directed and written by Hu Bo. The name of the film is "An Elephant Sitting Still". It is literary and artistic overall. Although it is an adaptation, he is also the author of the original work.

And there are two familiar people here, Peng Yuchang and Zhang Yu.

Seeing that one of his own won the award, Zhou Le naturally applauded out of respect.

The second film award presented was for Best Documentary.

The name of the film is "Our Youth in Taiwan Province".

Originally, the first one was given to the mainland and the second one to Taiwan, which was actually reasonable. But when the director of this film came on stage, Zhou Le felt very strange when looking at this woman.

After the award ceremony, right after the other party finished his acceptance speech about the film, he suddenly changed the subject and started talking about other things.

Sure enough, Zhou Le turned his head and looked at Li An not far away. At this moment, Li An's expression became extremely embarrassed.

After all, they spent a lot of effort, selling favors and spending money to get so many big names here, but in the end, their place was ruined by others.

But the process had to continue, and the other party stepped down after speaking.

Zhou Le sighed in his heart. This is the case here. If it happened anywhere else on the mainland, anyone who said this would be considered civilized if he could make him walk off the stage upright.

But after the other party finished presenting the award, the applause became much less frequent.

Until the fourth Dapeng came on stage, this time Dapeng came with a short film.

It also won the Best Short Film award.

After coming on stage, Dapeng thanked many people, including the producer, crew members, Xu Zheng and Zhang Yibai, but did not mention Zhou Le.

Zhou Le was a little excited at first, but after hearing Dapeng thank his grandmother who had been very kind to him since he was a child, he said thank you and left the stage.

Suddenly I felt relieved.

In fact, it is good not to mention yourself in this situation. After all, everyone has their own choices. Dapeng was very sharp at the beginning, but after suffering losses, he became much more low-key.

Although everyone has a good relationship on a daily basis, didn’t Dapeng also thank Liu Yan when he expressed his gratitude?

Besides, he would definitely unleash his firepower when he got on stage later. Dapeng not mentioning him at this moment could also make Zhou Le feel a little less guilty.

But at this moment, Zhou Le saw Xu Qing sitting in the middle seat, and he stood up and left.

Zhou Le thought to himself, she is worthy of being my sweet sister, she is such a sentimental person. If I didn’t accept the award, I would definitely get up and leave.

But although leaving now could make his attitude clear, it was still a bit powerless. Since there was an opportunity to go on stage, Zhou Le naturally didn't want to miss it.

In terms of individual awards, the first one to be presented was "Dying to Survive". The crew of "Dying to Survive" was naturally of one mind. Although they did not overtly show off their work, the word "family" was mentioned more than once.

As for the movie itself, everyone is still very invested.

Next up is Best Director.

As Liu Dehua came on stage, Zhou Le's eyes lit up. It seemed that Li An had really invested a lot of money this time.

Liu Dehua first introduced himself on stage, but then he asked Deng Chao, who was sitting in the audience, "Brother Chao, please help me get some applause. I feel that the applause here is not warm enough."

Zhou Le felt a little envious after hearing this.

Although he also calls himself Brother Chao, Liu Dehua actually calls him Brother Chao.

"When can I get Liu Dehua to call me Brother Le?"

Zhou Le sighed in his heart.

And Liu Dehua’s subsequent remarks were also very interesting.

It also diluted some of the embarrassment just now, but Zhou Le clearly saw that after Fu Yu said those things on the stage, Liu Dehua's face was also very cold.

But immediately after several nominated film clips were played, Zhang Yi stood out from the crowd. When the award presenter Liu Dehua announced that the winner was Zhang Yi, everyone in Zhang Yi's team stood up.

But on the surface, everyone seemed quite happy, and Zhou Le naturally did not hesitate to give his applause and smile. At least this was a mainland director who won an award at the Golden Horse Awards.

Zhang Yi's speech was very insightful.

If you don't think about it carefully, you won't even think about that aspect.

“It’s all about the art of language.”

Zhou Le sighed in his heart.

After the Best Director award came the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, and as expected, Xu Zheng won this award.

Xu Zheng spoke a little more directly than the previous speakers. Although he was also talking about movies before, he emphasized his gratitude to Wen Muye and Zhou Le on stage.

"Director Wen Muye always shoots multiple takes on set, so we call him Wen Baobao because he always asks for just one more take. But on this film, no matter how many takes he wants, I will unconditionally cooperate with him."

"There's also Zhou Le. Actually, when I first knew Zhou Le, it was only in two movies, one was "Sewing Machine Band" and the other was "Wolf Warrior". However, Zhou Le's role in these two movies is actually completely unrelated to the role of Lü Shouyi.

When I first saw him, I thought he was just another one of those people with connections, so I thought I'd just audition him and let him go. But at our audition, as soon as he started acting, we were all blown away.

Even a healthy person would find it difficult to understand the pain of a real patient. Even for me, it is difficult to fully immerse myself in the role.

But Zhou Le did it, and I can say without hesitation that at his age, he is the best actor I know.

It's not just because he lost dozens of pounds in a month to film this drama, nor is it because of how good his line delivery is, but because he is really willing to understand the role and dig deep into it.

Because we have quite a few scenes together, I always feel that the person standing in front of me is not Zhou Le, but the real Lü Shouyi, a terminally ill patient."

Xu Zheng talked about Zhou Le on the stage for half a day before he started talking about other people.

Finally, Xu Zheng once again pointed out the three words "family".

In fact, the implication is that just give out awards and accept awards, and don't do anything else.

As Xu Zheng stepped down from the stage, the Best Actress award ceremony began. Zhou Le knew that after a mainland actor won the Best Actor award, the Best Actress award would definitely be chosen from among Taiwanese actors.

So he didn't pay attention to this. Instead, after Xu Zheng sat down, he turned around and whispered to Xu Zheng: "Brother Zheng, if it's really my turn to go on stage later."

Zhou Le didn't finish his words, but Xu Zheng understood Zhou Le's character.

Although he has a high emotional intelligence like a seasoned veteran, he can be quite reckless sometimes. In fact, this is the reason why he always likes to bring Zhou Le with him.

Otherwise, even if his acting skills were superb and Zhou Le was as smooth as himself, he would only consider it when filming.

But now Zhou Le has a kind of youthful spirit that they don’t have.

Although he has to consider himself when it comes to interests, but in this situation he is right, so what is there to be afraid of?

In fact, he also wanted to say those words, but there were too many concerns in this circle, so he couldn't say them.

Therefore, he didn't mind letting Zhou Le be his mouthpiece.

"It's okay, you can say whatever you want, we'll cover you later."

Xu Zheng said calmly.

Wen Mu also nodded. "That's right. Le'er can say whatever she wants to say. I like Director Li An, so I've talked to him before. He's actually not that petty. He definitely doesn't want to see something like this happen. People who go on stage are usually experienced and have a lot of concerns, but you're different."

Ning Hao also smiled: "Exactly, I'm afraid to beg. I really can't go on stage today, otherwise I would definitely go up and argue with him. Don't worry, they won't make a big fuss. If you dare to say this today, will someone come next year? Even if they can't protect you, I will definitely protect you."

Zhou Le patted a few people's hands and said, "It's okay, three big brothers, don't you know me well enough? It doesn't matter whether I cover it up or not, the main thing is that there are some things that I feel uncomfortable if I don't say them out loud."

During the chat, the Best Actress award was also presented on stage.

Although Xie Yingxuan was also from Taiwan, she didn't dare to continue Fu Yu's words or say anything on the other side. She just honestly recited her acceptance speech and came down. Finally, it was the Best Supporting Actor award.

Zhou Le cheered up.

The first one played was Li Hongqi in "Happy City", the Taiwanese actor who would play the role of explosives instead of himself if he didn't play the role of explosives.

The second movie sounds hopeless, and the third one is Zhou Le.

The fourth one is Tian Zhuangzhuang who played in "Us and Them". Zhou Le also knew this movie because he liked Mayday at the beginning, but he just didn't watch this movie.

Because just by hearing the name you can tell it's not that good.

The last one is Yuan Fuhua who played the bell ringer in "Tracey".

At that time, Wen Mu also told Zhou Le that if it was someone else who applied instead of Zhou Le, the award would definitely be given to Yuan Fuhua, because the movie "Tracey" is a thorough art film. Although it stars Kara Hui, the transgender theme is too niche.

The Golden Horse Awards likes movies like this.

But as Mr. Tu Men came on stage to present the awards, Kara Hui, who was standing next to him, chatted for a few words and then asked Tu Men to say a few words as well.

Tu Men is a veteran actor. Zhou Le still remembers his roles as Zuo Lengchan in "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and Wu Sangui in "The Deer and the Cauldron".

The old man was more straightforward when he took the stage, saying that meeting so many new friends made him feel that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family.

After he finished speaking, he began to announce with a cue card that the winner of this year's Best Supporting Actor Award was Zhou Le from "Dying to Survive".

At this moment, the main creative team members sitting next to Zhou Le also stood up, and Zhou Le hugged them one by one.

Then he strode onto the stage.

At this time, many mainland actors and directors were excited, because in the middle of this year, Zhou Le stood on the podium of Weibo Movie Night and performed to some traffic actors with no acting skills.

A few days ago, he played "Monkey Show" and funeral music in public at a Cartier dinner, which led to him being directly blacklisted from within Cartier.

It is still at the bottom of the hot search list.

They all knew that Zhou Le was not someone who would swallow his anger. He would usually take revenge on the spot, let alone on such a major issue.

Although they themselves find it difficult to say some things due to their status and the relationship between the two sides, they actually still hope that someone can stand up and say something clearly.

Although Tu Men had made it very clear before, they knew that Zhou Le was definitely more than that.

Zhou Le was standing on the stage at this moment. He first bowed slightly to Kara Hui and Tu Men to express his gratitude, then held up the trophy and then came to the microphone.

He was very relaxed, holding the trophy in one hand and holding the microphone in the other.

"First of all, I have to thank Mr. Li An from Taiwan. If it weren't for Mr. Li An, I probably wouldn't be able to meet so many great people today, including my favorite Hong Kong singer and actor Hua Ge, my most respected Chao Ge from Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, and the director Zhang Yimou from Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, whom I most want to work with.

I would also like to thank Mr. Tu Men from Inner Mongolia, China, and Ms. Hui Yinghong from Hong Kong, China.

Secondly, I would like to thank Brother Xu Zheng, Director Wen Muye, and Director Ning Hao. You are all Chinese directors that I admire very much. Thank you for giving me this role.

In fact, both director Wen Muye and Brother Zheng have said a lot about this movie, so I will not repeat them here. What I want to say is that I do not agree with what director Fu Yu said.

"Okay, I'm done talking."

Finally, Zhou Le walked off the stage.

He was greeted with warm applause.

"As expected of Zhou Le, he speaks so well."

Deng Chao thought to himself.

"Le'er is so brave. I thought he would argue, but I didn't expect it to be so fierce. I guess it was only on stage, maybe to save some face for Li An. If it was in private, I think Zhou Le would curse even worse."

Xu Zheng and Wen Mu beside him also said this.

At this time, almost all the mainland directors in the audience had only one idea in their minds, which was to make Zhou Le famous in the future.

In this scenario, Zhou Le didn't mind being pushed out as a gun. If he could really shoot bullets at the enemy, what would be wrong with being a gun?
Finally, Zhou Le sat back in his seat.

I watched the award ceremony calmly.

Zhang Yimou, who was invited to the event, became the biggest winners with his film "Shadow" and Wen Muye's "Dying to Survive". Both films won four awards, but compared to Zhang Yimou's Best Director award, "Dying to Survive" also won Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, which were not far behind.

But everyone was equal in terms of awards, but Zhou Le's speech was really touching.

The moment the show ended, everyone realized that Zhou Le would definitely be on the hot search list tonight, or at least in the top three.

Zhou Le’s popularity will not drop for at least the next week.

But everyone knows that this kind of heat will definitely exist, but no one is willing to say it so bluntly.

After the film festival, none of the actors and directors from mainland China and Hong Kong attended the dinner.

Instead, Zhang Yi directly booked a hotel opened by another mainland boss here to treat his guests to a meal.

At this dinner party organized by their own people, although Zhou Le was not the biggest star, he was already the one who attracted the most attention.

After chatting with people they know and clinking glasses, everyone will come to Zhou Le for another clink.

Liu Dehua: "Teacher Zhou is really amazing. I only heard about you once before from friends, but I didn't expect you and Ning Hao have such a good relationship. When we have the chance in the future, we must get together alone. After watching your acting in "Dying to Survive", I really want to work with you on a drama. Of course, if you could have been born a few decades earlier, I think you would have been very suitable for filming "Infernal Affairs."

Zhou Le: "Then whose role should I play?"

"It's the role of Tony Leung Chiu-wai or Lai Ming."

Zhou Le nodded: "Then I will tell Brother Chao Wei and Brother Li Ming later."

Liu Dehua: “???”

Zhou Le was flattered. Who was Andy Lau? He was one of the Four Heavenly Kings! A top star from the last century to the present day, countless people in the entertainment industry were his fans, and now they could actually call him Teacher Zhou.

Zhou Le felt like his bones were about to break.

"Brother Hua, please don't say that. Just call me Xiao Zhou or Le'er. You've been my idol since I was little. Not only me, but my parents are also your fans."

"Haha, no no, we are all actors, there is no distinction between good and bad."

"Brother Hua is so modest. Whether it's singing or acting, you are someone I should learn from throughout my life."

"Hahaha, you're so polite. But when I heard you speaking on stage that evening, I thought you'd be difficult to get along with, but I didn't expect you to be so nice."

At this time, Ning Hao walked over and said, "Brother Hua, you're right. Zhou Le is just like that. Normally, you can just look at his emotional intelligence. You won't find a young man like him anywhere around you. It's very comfortable to get along with him, but when things get tough, he really gets angry."

"That's great, but Director Ning, if there's a chance in the future, please make sure to arrange for us to film together in the same crew."

"Of course, of course. Brother Hua is my mentor. He's my elder brother."

Afterwards, Ning Hao and Liu Dehua had a private chat.

But not long after, Zhang Yi also came over with a glass of wine.

"Zhou Le."

In fact, this was not the first time I met Zhang Yi. I had seen him before at Weibo Movie Night and Changchun Film Festival, but there was no chat between the two at that time.

"Zhou Le, I haven't seen you for a few months. I didn't expect your personality hasn't changed at all."

Zhang Yi took the initiative to open up the conversation.

Zhou Lexin thought that we had never chatted before we met.

But even though I thought about it, I couldn't say it out loud: "Director Zhang, people's personalities don't change that easily. Usually, they only change drastically after experiencing a major change.

But Director Zhang, if you want to drink, just call me, and why come here in person? "

As he spoke, Zhou Le pulled out the chair next to him.

"Director Zhang, please take a seat."

"You're a really good young man. I remember back in June and July on Weibo, you said a lot of things we all wanted to say. I didn't expect you to speak our minds again this time. What's the term for that, in the words of you young people?"

"Mouth replacement."

"Yes, it's a mouth replacement, but don't worry, it's nothing serious. Director Zhang Yibai told me before that your acting is very good and asked me to find you to film a movie in the future."

"Thank you, Director Zhang, I'm willing." Zhou Le said directly.

Zhang Yi was surprised to see this.

"Hahaha, that's great, that's great. Actually, our country needs young actors like you right now. It's just that I don't have any film plans right now, but if I do have a project, I might invite you."

"Definitely."

(End of this chapter)