Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 580 It's so good to be famous... surrounded by good people!
Accompanied by a short, tense burst of music, the audience's attention was immediately drawn in.

The award presenter glanced around, then immediately dropped the preamble and announced in a deep voice:

"Jing Tian, ​​'The Vanished Her'!"

"Let's congratulate Jing Tian!"

Below the stage, Jing Tian, ​​who was next to Qi Hui, was stunned for a second or two.

Then, a look of surprise and delight appeared on her face, just like Gao Yuanyuan had just shown.

Actually, she wasn't that surprised; it was mostly an act.

She had already tried it once, and the feeling the first time was quite different from the second time.

On the other side, the other candidates maintained their smiles, remaining unfazed by praise or criticism.

But there was still a hint of disappointment and resentment in his eyes.

They might not care that much, but if they can't get it, they'll care a lot!
Especially Zhao Wei, although she, like Jing Tian, ​​had already won the Hundred Flowers Award once.

She didn't care much before Jing Tian was announced as the winner.

But after it was confirmed that Jing Tian had won the award, her mood was not so pleasant.

"This is Jing Tian's second time standing on the Hundred Flowers Awards stage, right?" the host said with a smile, chatting briefly with Jing Tian to liven up the atmosphere.

We can't just give out awards in a mechanical way, can we?

Jing Tian smiled mischievously: "To be precise, it's the third time."

The host was slightly taken aback, somewhat puzzled.

The audience below the stage were also slightly taken aback. Had Jing Tian won the Hundred Flowers Award three times?

“Another time, I picked it up for someone else,” Jing Tian explained with a smile.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Upon hearing this, everyone present understood, and bursts of laughter filled the room.

The live stream camera also focused on Qi Hui.

Last time, in addition to accepting her own Best Actress award, she also helped Qi Hui accept the Best Actor award.

The host laughed, as the somewhat dull atmosphere was lightened by the mechanical award presentation.

It's great to have such a smart, interesting, and cooperative guest!
The awards ceremony quickly resumed.

After receiving the trophy and certificate, Jing Tian stood in front of the microphone, gave a brief acceptance speech, and then stepped off the stage with the trophy.

Gao Yuanyuan looked at the trophy in Jing Tian's hand, the Best Supporting Actress award that she hadn't even warmed up yet, and suddenly it lost its appeal.

the other side

Yang Mi looked away, refusing to look at Qi Hui.

It's just two performance awards, right? I'm not envious at all!
……

Next up is Best Supporting Actor. Compared to other awards, this one has quite a few nominees.
Wang Zhiwen in "The Golden Era", Jing Boran in "Lost and Found", and Zhang Yi in "Dearest".

The latter two films are about the same subject matter, both dealing with human trafficking. The latter stars Huang Bo and Zhao Wei, while the former stars Andy Lau.

The two films did have an effect and influence, and several families were able to recover because of them.

Besides these three, there's Zhang Hui from "Yanxiang", Han Tongsheng from "Twelve Citizens"... and Li Youtian from "King of the Storm, Arita Ueyama".

In the end, the award was won by Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi is also one of the representatives of the "theme is popular but the actor is not" phenomenon. Everyone knows Wang Baoqiang and Zhang Guoqiang from "Soldiers Sortie", but Zhang Yi is not well-known.

"My Chief and My Regiment" made Long Wenzhang famous, and others also became famous, but Zhang Yi's Meng Fan can't be said to have become much more famous, at least it can be said that his fame has not changed at all.

This award represents a significant improvement.

Next up is Best Actor.

The people competing on the same stage are all formidable.

Andy Lau's *Lost and Found*, Zhang Hanyu's *The Taking of Tiger Mountain*, Qi Hui's *Mojin: The Lost Legend*, and Chen Jianbing's *A Spoon*.

This is Chen Jianbing's first time directing a film, and this is the first film he has ever directed.

He had already won the award for his directorial debut, and now he's competing for Best Actor.

Soon, the results were announced, and Zhang Hanyu was the winner.

It's a bit of a shame that Qi Hui didn't win the Best Actor award this time.

However, tonight's haul wasn't bad either; at least I won awards for both female characters.

……

An hour or so later, the awards ceremony ended, and everyone went home. These days, it's not common to have a celebratory banquet after the ceremony, so everyone went home afterwards.

The media looked at Qi Hui with a hint of regret and resentment.

After making such a big splash at the Golden Horse Awards, what's going on this time?

Why is there no movement at all?
We've been waiting for so long for nothing!
the other side

Qi Hui, who was about to leave, was stopped by Yu Dong.

"Mr. Yu, is something the matter?" Qi Hui looked at Yu Dong, somewhat bewildered.

Yu Dong ran a bit fast, in a hurry.

If it weren't for his lack of training, unsteady gait, and swaying running posture, making him easy to knock down with a single punch, Qi Hui would have thought he was up to something.

Jing Tian glanced at it twice and silently got into the car.

Qi Hui then handed Yu Dong a bottle of water.

After catching his breath, Yu Dong got to the point: "I just had a brief chat with President Wang about your new script..."

"Huh?" Qi Hui looked at him. "You and President Wang get along quite well?"

“It’s Wang Changtian, not Wang Zongjun.” Yu Dong glared, knowing that the kid was teasing him.

Qi Hui chuckled and remained silent, waiting for Yu Dong to express his opinion.

"A military action movie like 'Wolf Warrior,' right?"

"Mm." Qi Hui nodded.

"Based on a true story, an evacuation operation?"

"Correct."

"Then I'll cover your last hundred million." Yu Dong declared with boundless generosity, immediately waving his hand and throwing away a fortune: "Nobody's going to try and take it before me, right?"

After saying that, he was still a little worried, afraid that he had failed in his attempt to show off, so he quickly added a sentence.

"No." Qi Hui waved his hand. "But, won't you take a look at the script?"

"No need to look, I trust you." Yu Dong laughed and said, "You've already invested 300 million, so at worst we'll lose it all together."

He put it nicely, but he actually had his own considerations.

First and foremost, patriotic films have performed well in the past two years.

"Wolf Warrior" is one, but the other is "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" produced by Berna.

That's right, it's the one who just won the Best Actor award at the Hundred Flowers Awards!
To be honest, Bernard was the pioneer of this kind of mainstream commercial film!
However, the brilliance of "Wolf Warrior" and Qi Hui was so overwhelming that everyone overlooked "The Taking of Tiger Mountain," the first successful mainstream commercial film.

Secondly, it was naturally due to trust in Qi Hui's abilities.

As before, Qi Hui still controlled the majority of the project and held absolute control over it.

Although they were somewhat unhappy about not being able to get involved in the specific details of the project's creation, it was just like with the previous project, "The Vanished She".

At present, Yu Dong cannot see anything that could make him waver or distrustful.

"Haha, Mr. Yu is so generous!" Qi Hui gave a thumbs up and exclaimed in admiration.

Yu Dong is indeed magnanimous; even ten years later, when the film and television market is not doing well, he dared to go all in on "Operation Jiaolong."

That movie, I don't know how it was made, cost a total of 9.6 million yuan, and it's only slightly inferior to Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall".

The result... was utterly disastrous!
One premiere and one re-release, all added up, resulted in a net loss of 8 million yuan.

Bernard was bleeding profusely and almost followed in the footsteps of Galloping Horse, going bankrupt because of a single movie.

"Alright, it's decided then!" Qi Hui's mind was racing, but his face remained calm as he chuckled.

The funding issues for "Operation Red Sea" were resolved without much effort.

Qi Hui didn't even need to solicit investment; the funds came to him on their own.

It's so good to be famous... surrounded by kind people!
Kind and friendly, gentle and courteous, and even those who bring money to your door...

Yu Dong and Qi Hui bumped fists, both beaming with joy, and left with a heart full of delight.

……

The next day

Xiao Yang called to say that the script for "Operation Red Sea" had been approved.

The follow-up work should also be put on the agenda.

(End of this chapter)