Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 227 I Still Have Many Chances

Finally, Cheng Xi pretended to be exhausted from chasing.

He placed his hands on his thighs and panted in place.

Reba saw her brother pretending again, so she also cooperated:
"Hey, old man, are you okay?"

"I can't do it anymore. I need to drink something to replenish my energy."

When I heard Cheng Xi say that he wanted to drink something to replenish his energy, my face turned red unconsciously.

This is the code between the two of them.

"Then who told my brother to bully me?"

"You provoked me."

In the end, of course, Reba was willing to be deceived.

Come and help this "old man" up.

"Brother, your acting skills have regressed."

"Brother, you are so heavy, can you walk by yourself?"

"Brother, don't stay here, let's go to Tomorrow's Star, okay?"

Of course, Cheng Xi didn't care where he went. He was exhausted now anyway, so whoever gave him milk was his mother.

On the evening of September 2012, 9, at the Keqiao Textile City International Convention and Exhibition Center in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

The 31st Hundred Flowers Awards Ceremony was officially held.

The hosts are Tu Jingwei and Tao Jingying.

CCTV-6, the CCTV movie channel, will broadcast the entire event live.

Cheng Xi brought the main creators of "Life Events", Zhang Mingzhong, Zhu Yilong, Zhou Ye, You Benchang, Zhang Tianai, Li Xiaoran, etc., as well as the representative of the investor Mr. Zeng to attend the award ceremony.

"Hello everyone, this is Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and this is the entrance ceremony for the 31st Hundred Flowers Awards Ceremony."

"Dear audience members, you've waited so long. Who are these guests entering the venue? Welcome them!"

After the off-site host gave the introduction, the red carpet walk began.

"The first group of guests to enter are the hosts of today's awards ceremony, Tu Jingwei and Tao Jingying. Welcome, both of you."

Half an hour later, in the backstage waiting area.

It’s almost time for Cheng Xi and the others to enter.

"Director Cheng, it's your turn to enter the theater after the filming of 'Love Is Not Blind'. You can get ready."

Cheng Xi and others heard the backstage staff reminding them that it was almost time to enter.

So they all tidied up their appearance.

Li Xiaoran even straightened Cheng Xi's tie.

This formal suit was custom-made by Da Ran for Cheng Xi last time, don’t tell me.

After putting on formal attire, Cheng Xi's nonchalant look disappeared completely, and what remained was youth, handsomeness and full of energy.

“The director is so handsome!”

"Hahahaha"

This sentence, "How cool," eased a lot of everyone's tension.

While Cheng Xi was waiting in the backstage, he also saw the main creators of "Aftershock" preparing behind him.

Feng Kuazi, Xu Fan, Zhang Jingchu, Li Chen, Zhang Zifeng
Li Chen and Zhang Zifeng are acquaintances.

It's also very interesting to have a child on each side.

When Cheng Xi was looking at them, Feng Kuazi happened to look at Cheng Xi as well.

Cheng Xi smiled, nodded and greeted him.

But Feng Kuazi seemed not to see it.

He turned his eyes and started talking to his wife Xu Fan.

He turned a blind eye to Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi immediately revealed a playful smile, and Feng Kuazi no longer even pretended.

You are a senior, and you are also a big name who won the first two Hundred Flowers Awards for Director with "Assembly" and "If You Are the One".

I am the junior and the biggest competitor this time, but I shouldn't take the initiative to say hello and look at others with cold eyes.

It's so narrow-minded.

However, Cheng Xi didn't care.

I had no intention of having a good relationship with this person, I was just being polite on the surface.

The Beijing circle is decadent and corrupt, just wait for me to clean it up in the Internet era.

Before the award ceremony, he not only reminded Li Wentao to make five preparations.

In the last week, Cheng Xi made some secret moves.

Because Feng Kuazi has won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director for two consecutive years.

So Cheng Xi used public opinion to say that he had been internally chosen as the best director of the 31st session, allowing him to win the title for the third consecutive year.

And it topped several trending searches.

This must have put some pressure on the people in charge of coordination.

Don't take away the award that belongs to you.

No one, including myself, thought that I would win the Best Director award.

But you have to fight for it anyway.

After all, it is the Hundred Flowers Awards, and the public judges have the final say.

Anything can happen.

I have done so much work before.

If it were the Golden Rooster Awards or the Huabiao Awards, there would be no way I could win the Best Director award.

There is only a slight chance of winning the Hundred Flowers Award.

Maybe the audience doesn’t want to see him every time?
Apart from "Aftershock", I am still confident compared with other films.

It doesn’t matter whether public opinion is true or false, as long as it is effective.

Just as Cheng Xi was thinking about this, the host began to introduce:

"Next in line are the creative representatives of the production team of 'Life Events'. Welcome Director Cheng Xi, and actors Zhu Yilong, Zhou Ye, You Benchang, and Zhang Tianai."

"Cheng Xi, hold my hand."

"Xiaoye, be good. Director Cheng has a lot of things to do right now."

"I don't care, I just want him to hold my hand."

Cheng Xi was also helpless. Zhou Ye's mother also came to accompany her to the award ceremony, but still couldn't control her.

So Cheng Xi had no choice but to hold Zhou Ye's hand and take her to the front of the team to walk the red carpet together.

As soon as you enter the venue, you can hear the clicking sounds of various camera flashes.

This kind of occasion was also the first time for Cheng Xi to experience it, and he was followed by his crew members.

Countless cameras were mounted and firing non-stop, and CCTV-6 was broadcasting live, so it was a bit tense for a moment.

Zhou Ye felt Cheng Xi's fingers increasing in strength, so he said:

"Cheng Xi, don't be afraid, I'm here."

This time Cheng Xi immediately became aware and laughed at himself.

I can’t be worse than the kids, so I walked towards the center of the red carpet with my head held high.

"The crew of "Life Events" received a total of 8 nominations this time, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor."

The host introduced Cheng Xi to the center of the red carpet, asked everyone to introduce themselves, and then conducted a brief interview.

"Director Cheng, this is your first time at the Hundred Flowers Awards, and you've already received eight nominations. What are your expectations for winning this time?"

"Thank you, host. I'm looking forward to it, but since this is our first time, we're here to learn from our seniors. After all, I think I still have a lot of opportunities!"

At this moment, the audience who were watching the award ceremony in front of the TV all smiled good-naturedly.

Indeed, she is only 20 years old. Do you think she has many opportunities?

"There are a lot of opportunities! Director Cheng revealed that he has many film projects in the works?"

"Uh, you're going to spoil it for me! But, we do have a movie project, and we'll announce it after the awards ceremony tonight."

At this point, both the journalists present and the TV viewers became interested.

When the host wanted to ask what movie it was, Cheng Xi changed the subject.

The host had to smooth things over:

"It seems Director Cheng still wants to keep it secret until tonight, so let's look forward to the official announcement of Director Cheng's film. Thank you again."

"Next, the crew of 'Aftershock' will enter."

"Next, we would like to welcome this year's 101 public judges, who come from all walks of life across the country."

"They will cast a solemn and sacred vote on the spot. They represent the voice of the people. Tonight, hundreds of flowers bloom for you."

After the entrance ceremony, Cheng Xi followed the staff's instructions and came to the award ceremony.

The left and right sides are the voting seats for the public judges, and the three in the middle are the seats for the guests.

Cheng Xi has seen many famous people along the way.

Big Brother, Chen Daoming, Ning Jing, Li Binbin, Hu Ge, Li Xuejian, Karen Mok
There is also the Feng Pants couple we saw earlier.

The national master did not come. I heard that he had a conflict with the investors. Plus, he only had one nomination, so he simply did not come.

His cheap senior brother Lu Chuan didn't come either.

This made the award ceremony less interesting.

He did see Ni Ni, and they greeted each other.

But it was obvious that most people were more interested in Brother Feng Kuazi and started to socialize with him.

Some actors from our side also came up to say hello, but they were all quite reserved.

A moment later, Cheng Xi and others took their seats in the middle of the third row.

A classical music performance began on the scene.

After the performance, the two hosts stood in the center of the stage.

"I'm the host, Tu Jingwei."

"I'm the host, Tao Jingying."

"Welcome everyone! Follow the footsteps of Baihua to the beautiful Jiangnan water town of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and arrive at the summer of movies!"

"The rules for this vote are as follows: The voting time is ten seconds, and those who exceed the time limit will abstain from voting. In the event of a tie, a second vote will be held."

"Next is our award ceremony for Best Supporting Actor."

"They are Li Chen from Aftershock, Sun Chun from The Revolution of 33, You Benchang from Life Events, Zhang Jiayi from The Founding of a Party, and Wang Yaoqing from Love Is Not Blind."

When Cheng Xi heard Li Chen, he glanced over there.

Today, the victim seems to be very relaxed.

I guess with so many great people here tonight, he knows he has no chance.

"Before we vote, let's review their wonderful performances on screen."

The highlights of the best supporting actor movies began to appear on the screen.

Mr. You Benchang's is a scene of lying in bed and discussing life and death——

"In life, nothing matters more than death"

"Everyone, are you nervous?"

"We are about to enter the exciting voting phase."

"The public jury will cast the sacred first vote tonight under the supervision of a notary public."

"Everyone, are you ready? Please vote!"

Then the votes began to be counted using a bar chart on the big screen.

The numbers keep climbing.

Teacher You is in the lead!

15 votes.
21 votes.
34 votes. First place!

最后游本昌37票、孙淳26票、张嘉译19票、王耀庆11票、李辰3票，5人弃权。

"Let us congratulate You Benchang for winning the Best Supporting Actor award at the 31st Hundred Flowers Film Festival. Please come to the stage to receive your award."

As soon as the results came out, everyone looked in Cheng Xi's direction and gave warm applause.

"Life Events" had a good start, and when I saw this result.

Cheng Xi took the lead and gave Mr. You a gentle hug, feeling sincerely happy for him!

"Teacher You, congratulations!"

Mr. You also had tears in his eyes. After hugging everyone, Cheng Xi helped him slowly walk onto the award stage!
Although Mr. You is in good spirits, he is 77 years old after all.

After stabilizing himself on the stage, he said in a resonant voice:

"I'm grateful to the public for judging. In my 60-year acting career, this is the first time I've won such an important film award as the Hundred Flowers Awards. Thank you for the audience's recognition."

"I'd also like to thank Director Cheng Xi for inviting me to participate in Life Events several times, and thank Director Zhang Mingzhong. I'm grateful to this young crew for giving me so much passion and emotion, making me feel like I've returned to my youth decades ago."

"Thank you for accompanying me, an old man, to enjoy a movie and dream a big dream together. Thank you!"

When the people present and the audience saw the 77-year-old Mr. You speaking so loudly, they couldn't help but think:
Jigong never grows old, and that image of him laughing and scolding has always been in our hearts.

Next, Best Supporting Actress Zhang Tianai only received 12 votes, while Ning Jing received 36 votes and won the Best Supporting Actress award.

When Cheng Xi saw Ning Jing standing up from beside her elder brother with a smile on her face, he couldn't help but think of her wonderful performance in "Spring Days".

Today she also wore a red dress with a deep V neckline, which made people sigh at her magnificent curves.

The ball is not old.

After Ning Jing gave her acceptance speech, it was time to present the third award - the Best Newcomer Award.

Zhou Ye was sitting next to Cheng Xi like a little adult, not nervous at all.

"Zhou Ye, how about it, do you want to win a prize?"

"I do, but it's okay. I still have many opportunities."

Cheng Xi also laughed when he heard it. He was imitating his own speech just now.

But the attitude is really good.

Zhou Ye's mother, who was sitting next to her, was different. She looked very nervous.

When the host said "prepare to vote", he stared at the big screen with wide eyes.

He kept muttering to himself.

This is the adult world, with its own interests.

The world will become tense.

Zhou Ye, it’s not just because of a good attitude, it’s also partly because the ignorant are fearless.

And what about yourself?

Can you really do what you say and not care?

(End of this chapter)