The Fleeting Years of Chinese Entertainment

Lin Mo watched as Shu Chang kept thanking him on stage, and his face flushed slightly.

Because everyone present had their eyes on him to some extent.

Lin Mo couldn't stand being stared at like a monkey. It wasn't until Shu Chang sat back down that everyone's attention returned to the stage.

Next up is the competition for Best Actor and Best Actress...

Lin Mo noticed that Chen Hong's expression had become noticeably more tense, indicating that this older sister was indeed quite focused on the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress.

He looked at Wang Jinsong on the stage with the same expectant gaze. Although he was not as nervous as Chen Hong, his two constantly turning thumbs betrayed him. At this moment, his mind was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

With the change of presenters, the best actor and actress are about to be announced…

"The winner of this year's Best Actress award is... Zheng Zhenyao! For 'Beautiful Shanghai'..."

Just as Chen Hong was about to lose heart after hearing the announcement, the voice of the award presenter rang out again…

"And... Parasite, Chen Hong! Let's congratulate Chen Hong and Zheng Zhenyao..."

"A double-yolk egg?"

Lin Mo and Wang Jinsong exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"This organizing committee really knows how to have fun!"

Lin Mo, Wang Jinsong, and the others didn't just stand there in surprise; they all applauded Chen Hong to congratulate her.

Congratulations, Sister Chen.

Congratulations!

Congratulations, Ms. Chen Hong…

It would be a lie to say Chen Hong wasn't excited at this moment. After all, she had been nominated for Best Actress before, but this was truly her first time winning the Best Actress award.

"Thank you, Director Lin. You've fulfilled the wish that Old Chen couldn't help me with."

Chen Hong stood up and hugged Lin Mo, then walked gracefully onto the stage.

While Chen Hong was giving her acceptance speech, Lin Mo secretly tugged at Wang Jinsong's arm.

"Teacher, are you nervous? You're next."

"You brat, don't talk like that without understanding the situation. If it were you... wouldn't you be nervous? Don't forget, after the Best Actor award comes the Best Director award..."

Listening to Wang Jinsong's "reprimand," Lin Mo chuckled and pinched his nose.

"What do you mean by 'it's easy to talk when you're not the one suffering'? I'm sitting down right now!"

"What did you say?"

"Uh...it's nothing!"

Lin Mo was a little embarrassed; he really hadn't expected Old Wang to have such good hearing.

As Chen Hong sat down again, the pressure immediately fell on Wang Jinsong, who was sitting next to Lin Mo.

Watching Chen Hong adore the Best Actress trophy, Wang Jinsong felt a pang of envy.

But heaven has eyes, and perhaps the heavens heard the cries of Wang Jinsong, this veteran filmmaker, so…

"The winner of this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor is... Wang Jinsong! For 'Parasite'..."

As the dust settled, Wang Jinsong's eyes reddened!

He has acted in countless productions, but has received very few honors, or even none at all.

The audience erupted in applause as many filmmakers offered their congratulations to the veteran filmmaker.

Lin Mo and Zhu Yawen were also clapping enthusiastically for their teacher, their hands turning red from clapping.

They knew... their teacher had been longing for this trophy for many years...

"I'll pull out the rubber band from my underwear and make a slingshot to shoot through your windows..."

Although the big screen on stage was showing Wang Jinsong's performance in "Parasite", Lin Mo's mind was filled with the scene of him playing a patient in "Who Says I Don't Care"!

That was acting that even award-winning actor Wang Zhiwen couldn't help but laugh on cue...

"Teacher...you truly deserve this trophy!"

As Lin Mo watched Wang Jinsong slowly walk onto the stage amidst applause, he also offered his heartfelt blessings.

"I've been an actor for 16 years, since my first stage performance in a play in 88..."

"Thank you to the Golden Rooster Film Festival, thank you to all the judges, thank you to my former student... Director Lin Mo, thank you..."

"I love this profession, I love being an actor, I love being a filmmaker..."

"As long as I can still act, I will keep acting..."

……

Wang Jinsong's acceptance speech was not filled with fancy words, but every word he said came from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, Lin Mo felt that whether he could win the awards after the Golden Rooster Award was no longer important, because in his eyes, being able to see his teacher's heartfelt smile made this Golden Rooster Award... worthwhile.

However, things are unpredictable, and there are some things that he can't simply give up just because he wants to.

Although he missed out on the Best Director award, which went to Peng Xiaolian, the director of "Beautiful Shanghai," he did win the Best Feature Film award.

The film crew of Lin Mo's "Parasite" and the film crew of Peng Xiaolian's "Beautiful Shanghai" won the most awards at this year's Golden Rooster Awards.

These two film crews basically swept all the major awards at the Golden Rooster Awards.

Lin Mo was naturally very happy. He didn't expect that the prestigious awards his master had mentioned to him would actually be this significant.

Lin Mo was happy, but Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang were not.

Especially Feng Xiaogang, who suffered a complete defeat, had a sullen face for most of the second half of the awards ceremony, and his applause when others went on stage to receive awards was quite perfunctory.

Unlike Zhang Yimou, who, despite only winning an art award and being extremely depressed, still put on a very good show of appearances.

At the same time, the heads of those private film and television companies also looked rather unhappy.

After all, if they want to make money, they have to make commercial films.

Unfortunately, this Golden Rooster Award winner only loves art films and scorns commercial films!

Directors like Lin Mo, who make art films but achieve commercial box office success, can only look on with envy.

……

After the awards ceremony, the organizers wanted to keep the participants for an art seminar to analyze the future development of domestic art films.

However, few private enterprises agreed, and even big-name directors like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang declined the invitation, citing their busy schedules.

Only those directors who were nominally affiliated with state-owned film companies remained, since they couldn't simply refuse like Zhang Yimou and his ilk.

Lin Mo naturally received an invitation as well, but his future target market will be in the commercial film field, so... he has to choose the right side.

The banquet before the Golden Rooster Awards wasn't just a casual invitation; he was invited for nothing.

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry to get back to class!"

Moreover, as soon as the Golden Rooster Awards ended, news about it was immediately posted online…

"Feng Xiaogang had a black face throughout the Golden Rooster Awards..."

"Two major commercial film directors, Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, suffered a crushing defeat!"

"There's no place for commercial film directors at the Golden Rooster Awards!"

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