Huayu: King of Kung Fu

Chapter 117 A Lifetime Only

After the awards ceremony, the winners posed for photos and gave interviews.

The most attention-grabbing person at the scene was Lin Hu, because he was only 20 years old and broke Jiang Wen's record of winning the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor at the age of 24, becoming the youngest Hundred Flowers Award winner in history.

Zhang Ziyi, who won Best Actress this year, is only 21 years old and still very young, but her predecessors Chen Chong and Guo Keyu were both 18.

She won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress at the age of 18, but that's not quite enough for her.

When asked by a reporter, "You defeated many talented actors to become the youngest Hundred Flowers Award winner in history. What are your thoughts?"

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Lin Hu won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor by beating out many veteran actors with outstanding abilities, including Li Youbin, Pu Cunxin, Li Xuejian, and Chen Daoming.

When it comes to acting skills, Lin Hu is nothing compared to these other actors.

However, the audience doesn't vote based on acting skills; they vote for whoever they like, so it's all about popularity.

In the original timeline, the winner of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards was Pan Changjiang, but his acting skills couldn't compare to these other winners.

Therefore, Lin Hu felt no psychological burden at all when he won the Best Actor award.

The box office has broken records, if he doesn't win an award, who will?

Lin Hu held a Hundred Flowers Goddess Award trophy in each hand and said, "Thank you to the audience across the country for your love and support for our film."

I heard that online voting this year has increased several times compared to last year, with many viewers voting for our movie online.

I will post a separate message online later to express my gratitude to everyone!

Although Lin Hu stole the spotlight, the others didn't seem to have any objections.

Especially during the photo session, Zhang Ziyi, who won Best Actress, and Tao Hong, who won Best Supporting Actress, were very affectionate towards Lin Hu.

Two women, one on each side, smiled radiantly as they accompanied Lin Hu, the three of them holding four trophies and clapping away.

Both women expressed their admiration for Lin Hu, with Zhang Ziyi even saying, "Brother Tai, I hope to have the opportunity to work with you in the future."

Lin Hu's answer was very official: "There will definitely be an opportunity."

Tao Hong chimed in from the side, "Me too!"

Lin Hu has a high opinion of Zhang Ziyi's acting skills; he believes that Zhang Ziyi is unparalleled in the Chinese film industry when it comes to portraying women with a stubborn inner spirit.

As for Tao Hong, Lin Hu only remembered her from "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," where Zhang Tielin sucked on her tongue and smacked it wildly.

The Golden Rooster Awards ceremony took place one day later.

Lin Hu was incredibly successful at the Hundred Flowers Awards, but his career faltered at the Golden Rooster Awards.

The organizing committee only awarded him a "Directorial Debut Award" for his film "Ong-Bak 1".

This award, well, although it's not a big prize, is actually very difficult to win because you only have one chance.

Just like at the 01 Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Sun Yan-zhi won Best Newcomer, and Zhou Jie-lun held a grudge about it for the rest of his life.

Therefore, Lin Hu was actually quite satisfied with winning this award.

After the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Lin Hu made a special trip back to his hometown.

After making money, Lin Hu bought a new house for his parents in the city, but they kept their old house in their hometown.

When Lin Hu returned home, television stations from the city, county, and town all mobilized to film him throughout the entire process.

The convoy received a grand welcome as soon as it arrived in town.

There, red flags were waving, gongs and drums were beating, firecrackers were popping, and there was a huge crowd.

Lin Hu rolled down the car window and waved to the crowd that came to greet him.

Some bolder teenagers ran over and shook hands with him.

So the car slowly drove on, and he held hands all the way.

When they arrived at his home, Lin Hu's grandmother, father, sister, and a group of relatives were waiting to greet him at the door.

As soon as Lin Hu got out of the car, he hugged his grandmother and said, "Grandma, I'm back!"

He left home after the Spring Festival in 1998, and it has been almost three years now.

Grandma hadn't seen her grandson for nearly three years, and she was so excited that tears streamed down her face. Lin Hu had to comfort her for a while before she calmed down.

Then he met with his father, sister, and relatives.

When a great figure emerged from the family, every relative was visibly excited.

They all understood that they would benefit greatly from this.

Returning home in wealth and honor is like wearing brocade at night.

If you don't spend money when you return to your hometown, you might as well not go back at all.

Lin Hu is now world-famous. Upon his return, he threw a lavish banquet, treating all the villagers in the town to food and drink.

Boiled chicken, roast duck, braised pork belly, sashimi—a variety of local specialties were served in a continuous stream.

Drinks and cigarettes are all you can drink and smoke.

The villagers smoked, drank, and ate meat, their faces glowing, and they boasted wildly.

"The Lin family's ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke! Ah Hu has actually become an international superstar."

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"I heard he's made tens of millions in the past few years?"

"Tens of millions? Hundreds of millions!"

"Damn, how are we ever going to spend all that money?"

"I wonder if my child can go out with him to make money."

"Why don't you ask Old Lin!"

The banquet lasted for three days in a lively and bustling manner.

Lin Hu then distributed red envelopes to the elderly people over sixty years old in the town, 1000 yuan to each person.

Lin Hu donated another two million to renovate the road connecting the town to the city.

The road was named Tiger Roar Road, and Lin Hu promised to come back for the ribbon-cutting ceremony after the road was completed.

After completing these tasks, Lin Hu left his hometown amidst the farewells of his fellow villagers and returned to the capital.

"Bang!"

As soon as Lin Hu got home, Fan Binbin took a confetti canister and showered him with confetti.

"Welcome home, Best Actor!"

"There's even a welcoming ceremony!" Lin Hu was pleasantly surprised.

"Of course!" Fan Binbin smiled radiantly.

"Well, I've been on a long and tiring journey to the southwest, and I'm quite thirsty. What should I do?"

"Then I will feed Your Majesty!"

Lin Hu laughed heartily, picked Fan Binbin up in his arms, and carried her towards the bathroom: "Let's go, my Meiniang!"

After returning to Beijing, Lin Hu first went to see Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun is about to give birth and has been admitted to the hospital to await delivery.

To protect her privacy, Lin Hu spent money and pulled strings to get Zhou Xun into a high-end clinic in Beijing that specializes in serving international clients from Hong Kong and Macau.

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The place is in a remote location, with private maternity wards and strict security, so there's no need to worry about being harassed by the media.

Afterwards, Lin Hu returned to the film crew to continue filming "The Legend of the Martial Arts".

The crew began filming the final scene, the decisive battle between Dongfang Xu and Japanese General Miura.

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, who plays Miura, is very dedicated. He worked out beforehand and developed a muscular physique that makes him look very strong.

Actually, Lin Hu was a little dissatisfied with this actor because he was slightly shorter than Lin Hu.

In boss battles, it's more interesting if the opponent is taller than the protagonist.

For example, in Jet Li's "Fist of Legend," the short Jet Li fights the tall Billy Chow, creating a satisfying sense of the underdog defeating the strong.

However, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi is already the best option for Lin Hu within his range of choices.

Speaking of height, Lin Hu was only 18 years old when he debuted, and his height had not yet reached its full potential. In the past two years, he has grown 3 centimeters taller, and his height is nearly 1.8 meters.

This is a bit of a problem, because in China, action actors can't be too tall.

First, taller players are not agile enough, making it difficult for them to execute graceful and beautiful moves.

Secondly, most action actors in China are short, making it difficult for Lin Hu to find suitable opponents.

When Lin Hu fought Donnie Yen in a one-on-one match, he not only had to hold back his strength, but also had to use the camera angle to cover up the height difference between the two, which was very difficult to film.

That's fine, Lin Hu felt that he was still slowly growing taller, and would eventually exceed 1.8 meters.

Still growing taller at twenty? That seems a bit illogical!

But his body was inexplicably strengthened after he transmigrated, which is illogical.

If he grows to over 180cm in the future, Lin Hu will have to adjust his acting roles.

While Lin Hu was in Nanning attending the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, the film crew had already set up a ring on set.

At this moment, the extras are in place, the main cast is all present, and the final battle is about to begin.

Lin Hu was just getting ready to go on stage when he suddenly received a call from his mother: "Zhou Xun is going into labor!"

"That's all for today!" Lin Hu ordered, then took off running.

Amidst the crowd, Gao Yuanyuan watched Lin Hu's departing figure, her feelings a mix of emotions.