Who says Beijing Film Academy has no great directors? (2002)

Chapter 101 Feng Xiaogang defends Chen Yanming?

Liu Yifei, her face flushed, lifted her swaying skirt and walked towards the podium, as light as a butterfly.

Pu Cunxin handed the microphone to the overjoyed Liu Yifei.

After she stood still, she gently bit her lower lip and then sincerely thanked everyone, saying, "This is the first time I've won an award. Thank you to the organizers, thank you to every audience member who voted for me, and thank you to the entire crew of 'Heartbreak,' who helped me a lot during filming."

Of course, I also want to thank my mother; she has always been by my side, protecting me. Finally...

Liu Yifei gazed intently in a certain direction below the stage, and Chen Yan responded with a smile. The moment their eyes met, Liu Yifei parted her red lips slightly.

"I also want to thank the director of this film, Chen Yan. He led me onto the path of filmmaking and taught me so much. I hope I can bring you more surprises. Thank you everyone!"

Xiao Liu's acceptance speech was full of gratitude and thanks, yet it was a sincere speech from a 17-year-old girl after winning an award.

Pu Cunxin chimed in, "Let's congratulate Yi Fei once again, and wish her all the best in her future film and television career, hoping she will leave behind many outstanding roles in the history of mainland Chinese cinema!"

Liu Yifei bowed again to express her gratitude, and the audience erupted in enthusiastic applause. At that moment, all her colleagues truly began to pay attention to this young girl named Liu Yifei, who might really be transforming from a popular idol into a talented actress.

After Liu Yifei finished speaking and stepped off the stage, she was still tightly clutching the Hundred Flowers Award trophy that she had won through her own hard work, just like a child receiving a reward from their parents.

When she returned to Chen Yan's side, her body was still trembling slightly: "I didn't expect it really to be me!"

"It's me! This is unbelievable!" Liu Yifei had never dared to hope that it was her, so she was extremely surprised when she actually received it.

"This shows that you are very popular with the audience, which is more important than anything else." Chen Yan felt that even Liu Yifei in later generations could not be considered a pure traffic star.

She's the kind of actress who's very popular with audiences, but she was just born at the wrong time and hasn't really had many movies that suited her.

However, the TV series she starred in were all very fitting.

"I'll put it in the cupboard when I get back!"

Chen Yan thought about Liu Yifei's empty cabinet, which she had specially cleared out for the trophy.

"If you want to fill that cabinet, you'd better work hard! Go back and carefully read through the book list and movie list I gave you."

"After you've read it, I'll list more for you."

Liu Yifei's face fell again when she thought of that long list.

"That's a lot."

Liu Yifei hasn't watched a huge number of films, but given her limited talent, she can only make up for it with hard work.

Chen Yan squeezed her little hand and coaxed, "It's okay, I'll watch it with you."

"If there's anything you don't understand, I can explain it to you and slowly analyze the film with you."

Liu Yifei's eyes darted around, and the image of herself and Chen Yan sitting side by side on the sofa watching a movie flashed through her mind. It seemed pretty good.

So he reluctantly said, "Alright then."

On stage, Pu Cunxin has already started pushing forward the next project. The Hundred Flowers Awards are much smoother than the Golden Rooster Awards, and there will be no situation where there is a tie and no one is selected.

The first place will almost always be significantly ahead of the second place.

When it came to the Best Actor award, it was Liu Xiaoqing who came up to present the award.

She wore a long silver-gray gown studded with diamonds, and her face, radiating peace and prosperity, was elegant and dignified.

However, at this time she had just been released from prison, and the procedures for handling tax-related matters and huge fines were still in the final stages.

At this time, Liu Xiaoqing was still in a period of heightened public opinion control. On the same day, she made a unified agreement with the organizers: she was only allowed to appear on stage to present awards and was prohibited from giving speeches or remarks on stage.

So it was Pu Cunxin from the side stage who read out: "Let's congratulate Ge You on winning the Best Actor award at the Hundred Flowers Awards! Please invite him to the stage to accept the award."

Ge You, dressed in a black suit, looked quite comical. After he went up, Liu Xiaoqing first took the initiative to hug Ge You, and then very affectionately touched Ge You's bald head to express his congratulations to his old friend on winning the award.

Ge You returned the hug sincerely, and the audience erupted in applause.

Pu Cunxin: "We often say that Ge You's acting is naturally lifelike. He brings ordinary people to life, which is the result of both talent and hard work."

Ge You accepted the trophy and smiled, "You flatter me. You are versatile in stage plays and film and television, while I am only good at portraying ordinary people. Everyone has their own expertise."

After exchanging a few jokes, the Hundred Flowers Awards came to a close.

What follows is the even more exciting part: media hype.

Seeing that things were not going well, Feng Xiaogang turned around and tried to leave, but he was immediately surrounded by a large number of reporters.

Feng Xiaogang, Ge You, and Fan were the main targets of the questions.

First, a reporter from Xinlang asked Fan Taotao sharply: "You didn't win any awards at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards this time. Is that a big disappointment?"

What are your thoughts on Liu Yifei winning the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress?

Fan Lin frowned slightly, then said, "Not winning the award this time will motivate me even more. I'm sure I can do it next time."

"I congratulate all the award-winning actors and wish them all the best."

The reporter squinted, not hearing the result he wanted.

But he was immediately pushed forward by another reporter, a reporter from the Beijing Times. Several newspapers in Beijing were exchanging information and sticking together for warmth while Feng Xiaogang was passionately hurling insults at the newspapers and media, collectively boycotting the promotion of "A World Without Thieves".

The film was largely ignored for half a month before the release of "A World Without Thieves".

Multiple publications were released with comments such as "Feng Xiaogang is arrogant and offends reporters," and a few other publications published negative video reviews, leading to a phased collective boycott by the media.

Sure enough, when Feng Xiaogang saw that the microphone pointed at him belonged to the Beijing Times, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

The reporter didn't hold back, going straight to the point: "Director Feng Xiaogang, what's your opinion on Chen Yan's Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'Amour' not winning the Golden Rooster Award?"

Fan Lin looked at Feng Xiaogang with a surprised expression; this was clearly a trap.

She was about to suggest that she didn't need to answer directly, but Feng Xiaogang's next sentence directly tore away the rooster's fig leaf.

"The Golden Rooster Award is problematic. Not giving him the award has nothing to do with me!"

Three words flashed through Fan Yongyong's mind: "We're doomed!"

Why did Xu Fan leave early? Didn't she know there was a reporter interview segment later? Feng Xiaogang is going to be in the spotlight again.

It also offended the Golden Rooster.

However, Feng Xiaogang was speaking from the heart. From the very beginning, he had been holding back his anger and was very dissatisfied that "Cellphone" had failed to win the Golden Rooster Award.

So he started by saying that the Golden Rooster Awards were sick, and he felt that the media were also sick. Why didn't they ask what he thought when his own film didn't win an award? He was definitely going to directly criticize the Golden Rooster Awards.

Chen Yan and Liu Yifei, who had just been caught up and interviewed by other media outlets, bumped into each other in this fresh and lively manner.

A reporter in the crowd, quick-witted and agile, called out: "Director Chen Yan, please come here! Director Feng Xiaogang is expressing his indignation at your Golden Rooster Award loss. What are your thoughts on this?"