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Chapter 181 Seven Trophies, Who Will Dare Say the Golden Rooster Awards Are Bad Now? (Please Subscribe!)
5 month 23 day.

Shaanxi Gymnasium.

It's very lively here today.

The second Golden Rooster Awards and the fifth Hundred Flowers Awards were held here at the same time.

Unlike international film festival award ceremonies, which are usually held in the evening, the second Golden Rooster Awards started at 2:30 p.m.

The host, microphone in hand, strode confidently onto the stage and warmed up the audience with his loud voice and standard broadcasting style.

Then, Mr. Xia Yan, the honorary chairman of the jury for this film festival, was invited to the stage to deliver the opening remarks:

"Respected leaders, colleagues in the film industry, and representatives from all walks of life, good afternoon."

"Forty years ago, he delivered his 'Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art' here. Forty years later, we filmmakers have gathered in Xi'an again to celebrate the 2nd Golden Rooster Awards and the 5th Hundred Flowers Awards."

"Next, the first award presented will be the 5th Hundred Flowers Award—"

"Over the past year, our audiences have gone to the cinema and been moved by the perseverance in 'Legend of Tianyun Mountain,' smiled knowingly at the family story in 'Joyful Reunion,' and reflected on the sacrifice and justice in 'The Devotion of Suspect X.' Today, the 5th Hundred Flowers Awards arrive as scheduled with the expectations of audiences across the country. This is an award that belongs to all audiences, and it is also the answer sheet that filmmakers have submitted to everyone."

"Next, let's embrace this mutual passion and unveil the honors of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards together. We also look forward to more great films in the future that can accompany everyone through every unforgettable moment."

Since the Golden Rooster Awards were announced last year, the Hundred Flowers Awards have become a mere supporting act.

Even the awards have been reduced to just three: Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

This is why the Hundred Flowers Award was awarded first.

Moreover, Chen Fusheng had already found out the results of the Hundred Flowers Awards when he arrived in Xi'an yesterday.

He won the Best Actor award at the Hundred Flowers Awards for his role in "Andhadhun".

The key point is that he received 85 votes, which is 42 more than Wang Xingang, who played Cai E in "Zhiyin" and came in second. It is almost double his votes, and it is no exaggeration to say that he was leading by a wide margin.

Gong Xue was a bit of a pity. She received 77 votes for "The Tuner," but still lost to Li Xiuming, who played Xu Xiuyun in "Xu Mao and His Daughters."

The reason it was a narrow defeat was that the latter only had three thousand more votes than Gong Xue.

If the voting channel for this year's Hundred Flowers Awards in Popular Cinema magazine had closed a little later, Gong Xue would have easily surpassed Li Xiuming.

Because later, "The Devotion of Suspect X" was released.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

On stage, it was still Mr. Xia Yan who was announcing the winners of the Hundred Flowers Awards.

Moreover, all three awards were announced at once.

No accidents.

The name of the Best Actress was announced as Li Xiuming.

The Best Actor award naturally goes to Chen Fusheng.

There are many more best movies.

"The winners of the Best Film Award at the 5th Hundred Flowers Awards are: 'Joyful Reunion,' 'Hometown Feelings,' 'The Legend of the White Snake,' and 'The Tuner.' Please come to the stage to receive your awards and give your speeches."

It's impossible for all four films to have the same number of votes for Best Picture; clearly, the jury intervened.

Although Chen Fusheng was mentally prepared for this result, he was still somewhat speechless when he saw that he got four yolks.

He shook his head, stood up, shook hands with those around him who were offering their congratulations, and strode onto the podium.

"Comrade Fusheng, this year you've finally come to accept the award in person."

After handing the trophy to Chen Fusheng, Xia Yan first congratulated him, then jokingly added with a smile, "Thank you, Senior Xia Yan. I was really too busy at this time last year, so my wife had to come to accept the award on my behalf. I also want to thank Mr. Xia Yan for his encouragement to her."

"Haha, Comrade Xiaoli really did a great job back then. Congratulations, Comrade Fusheng, on finding such an excellent and capable wife..."

At this point, Xia Yan patted Chen Fusheng's wrist and said, "Now is not the time to talk. After the awards ceremony, I would like to have a chat with you, Comrade Fusheng. I wonder if that will take up too much of your time?"

"It won't delay you at all. Actually, after I arrived in Xi'an yesterday, I wanted to visit Senior Xia Yan, but I heard that you were very busy, so I didn't want to bother you."

"Really? I was quite busy yesterday."

Xia Yan saw that Li Xiuming's acceptance speech was over, and after communicating with Chen Fusheng again about the meeting time, she ended this brief exchange.

"Next, please welcome Comrade Chen Fusheng to give his acceptance speech."

Chen Fusheng took the microphone and recited his prepared acceptance speech.

"...Thank you again to the Hundred Flowers Awards, and thank you to all the viewers who liked 'The Tuner' and voted for my character Chen Mo. Thank you for your encouragement and recognition. I will continue to work hard and strive to create more and better works to repay everyone. Thank you!"

After speaking, Chen Fusheng bowed slightly to the audience.

He then handed the microphone to the next director to give an acceptance speech, nodded to Mr. Xia Yan, and walked off the stage amidst applause.

Not long after he returned to his seat, the second Golden Rooster Awards ceremony began.

The first award, called the Honorary Award, was given to "Joyful Reunion," thus kicking off this year's Golden Rooster Awards.

The next seven awards were all behind-the-scenes awards, and Chen Fusheng's two films didn't win a single one.

To this day, The Devotion of Suspect X, the film that won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, has not won any awards.

Just when everyone was starting to doubt whether 'Golden Lion Films' was going to be a surprise hit.

The Devotion of Suspect X is starting to dominate the awards.

"The winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2nd Golden Rooster Awards is... Congratulations to Zhang Fengyi for 'The Devotion of Suspect X'."

"The winner of this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress is Gong Xue for her role in 'The Devotion of Suspect X'."

"The winner of this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Director is Cheng Ying for 'The Xi'an Incident'. Also, congratulations to Chen Fusheng for 'The Devotion of Suspect X'."

"The winner of this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film is 'The Devotion of Suspect X'."

Do you think this is over?

No, there's also "The Tuner".

Of course, "Andhadhun" doesn't have the exaggerated dominance of "The Devotion of Suspect X".

It only helped Chen Fusheng win another Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor.

Since then, neither film has won any other awards.

Well, it seems like there aren't many awards anymore.

Finally, when Chen Fusheng stood on the podium again and was required to give an acceptance speech, he found that he didn't have enough prepared remarks.

But to be honest, he never expected that this year's Golden Rooster Awards would be so kind to him.

Including the two awards at the Hundred Flowers Awards, his films have won a total of seven awards, all of which were major awards, with no behind-the-scenes awards.

No wonder the Golden Rooster Awards didn't announce the results in advance this year...

This made Chen Fusheng feel really embarrassed.

Who will dare say the Golden Rooster Awards are bad from now on?
(End of this chapter)