Chapter 231: Film Circle New Noble Chi Ye
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
No one knew if there was really a way, but Chi Ye winning the Golden Rooster Award this time was indeed a bit too much of a slap in the face.
Whatever happened to that promised dominance?
He got it just like that, so easily?
“……Fuck, he really got it.”
In the second row, in the area where Zhang Guowen and Wu Yibo were sitting, the two stared at Chi Ye on stage, their moods equally terrible to the extreme—even Best Supporting Actor shouldn’t have gone to Chi Ye in their view.
He was already so arrogant without the award; with the award, wouldn’t he be arrogant beyond measure?
“Who knows what the Beijing Circle is doing—not operating awards when they shouldn’t, operating them when they should… Are these people idiots?”
Zhang Guowen cursed under his breath, of course controlling his voice so only Wu Yibo could hear.
“Alright… don’t say that. It’s just one Best Supporting Actor, not Movie Emperor. He got it, so what? It doesn’t affect anything.”
Wu Yibo’s face was expressionless.
His mood was actually even worse, because this National Day Slot, he had a movie coming out, and he’d heard Chi Ye’s next movie was also set for the National Day Slot, so winning this award would give a huge boost to Chi Ye’s new movie.
After all, Best Supporting Actor unlike other awards, something like a personal actor award gets a lot of outside attention; if marketed well, it really has the effect of elevating status and drawing eyes.
Fuck, so annoying.
……
Meanwhile.
On stage.
Chi Ye really hadn’t prepared a draft in advance today, so he could only improvise: “To be honest, I didn’t expect to get this trophy; it’s really too sudden… Um… Director Feng, Director Lu, and Director Yang down below… and all the seniors here, no need to check your wallets; I didn’t steal them…”
Chi Ye actually called out the Beijing Circle people below who were looking down disdainfully; everyone was stunned.
Feeling the dissatisfied gazes from those around, especially from several leaders, Director Feng and the others reacted, their faces instantly flushing red.
—Teasing us with words, huh?!
On stage, Chi Ye had already moved past them, chuckling as he said: “Let me make a statement here: actors and roles achieve each other, but they are also separate; everyone, don’t put any bad things on my head right away…”
He held up three fingers: “After I finished this role, my agent took on three months of public service ads for me to whitewash my image…”
“Hahaha.”
The live performance instantly erupted in thunderous laughter—because no one really expected Chi Ye to give such a “fresh and unconventional” acceptance speech.
This summer slot, almost everyone had been “brainwashed” by Zhao Tai with things like “This consumption paid by Young Master Zhao” and “This is innocent,” so Chi Ye’s “villain” image from that time was indeed deeply ingrained.
But unlike other villains, because “he” was too handsome, many girls felt “both love and fear” seeing him during that time.
So, Chi Ye directly laid it out, instantly making everyone get his point and feel he was much more approachable.
—He did it on purpose; it was indeed “down-to-earth.”
“But I didn’t take any.” Chi Ye changed tack: “I hesitated before, but after the Golden Rooster Awards gave the award to ‘Zhao Tai’ this time, I suddenly understood what I was thinking back then.”
“In acting, I’m still just a primary school student; many seniors here, excellent colleagues, are all better than me, so the bigger reason for winning this time is probably that the Zhao Tai role was inherently easier to shine in… Of course, I’m absolutely not like that in real life…”
Suddenly, the big screen inexplicably cut to《Big Shot》’s behind-the-scenes footage—that was Chi Ye off-set handing an ice pack to an extra and apologizing.
The contrast cuteness instantly triggered another round of laughter and applause.
“Hey, let me clarify upfront: this whitewashing wasn’t in our team’s prior plan…” Chi Ye heard the commotion, glanced sideways at the footage, and immediately said: “This award is absolutely fair and just; I don’t know how the committee got this video…”
“Hahaha.”
The laughter below grew even louder.
“……Not nervous at all.”
Below stage, in the second row, Zhu Yao Lin looked up at the stage, at the almost witty, nonstop speech, sensing not the slightest nervousness or awkwardness, surprised and a bit admiring.
How many veteran actors and middle-aged actors, after grinding half their lives, can’t hold back tears on stage from winning a Golden Rooster Award, crying uncontrollably?
Speeches as poised and humorous as Chi Ye’s were rare.
Hmm…
Zhu Yao Lin’s personality was more introverted, so he really envied Chi Ye’s big-heart temperament.
But more middle-aged actors and actors, especially those at odds with Chi Ye, now frowned deeply, an inexplicable disgust rising in their hearts.
“Does he think this is a variety show? What a villain triumphant.”
“Getting a Golden Rooster at this age, sigh, how much longer do we have to endure?”
“He acted Zhao Tai really well.”
“Too flashy; this occasion should be more serious.”
Not far away, Si Zi now also lifted his head, chuckled along, his gaze calm.
His team had indeed calmed down after the previous “obsession phase.”
He himself knew his only opponent was Zhu Yao Lin, so whether Chi Ye won an award or not didn’t affect him; it was just a supporting actor.
At this point, Chi Ye’s acceptance speech on stage was reaching its end: “Finally, special thanks to《Big Shot》’s ‘sponsor’ Miss Jin Xia.”
As the words fell, the director froze, then his pupils dilated, instantly switching the shot to Jin Xia’s face.
Below stage, the Empress Dowager was smugly pointing at Chi Ye and talking to those beside her when suddenly called out; her little face froze, but soon overflowed with laughter, pretending composure as she waved at the camera.
But the delight in a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes couldn’t be hidden no matter what.
「Ahhh!!」
「Chi Pan Xia Yu! Chi Pan Xia Yu!」
「Professor Chi and Qian Songyi can link up at a time like this? Tears.」
Several live broadcast room bullet comments exploded on screen.
The live performance also rang with good-natured laughter.
Chi Ye paused, then continued: “Without Miss Jin Xia’s funding, there would be no《Big Shot》 movie, so thanks to Jin Xia… Of course, the more important reason is—《Big Shot》 is ‘Jin Xia’s’ hottest crime action film; since it’s her work, of course special thanks to Jin Xia.”
“Thanks Jin Xia, thanks everyone.”
Chi Ye finished his speech, and the live performance erupted in thunderous applause.
Sister Qianzi watched Chi Ye return to his seat, face expressionless.
“Hey hey.”
Beside her, Sister Shang poked her: “Are you mad? Go over and tear into Chi Ye right now!”
Sister Qianzi: “?”
Sister Shang noticed the emotion in her gaze, awkwardly withdrew her hand, but couldn’t hold back: “No fight, no fun.”
Shi Jinwei was silent for a moment: “Why fight?”
“Huh?”
Shi Jinwei lowered her head, mood complex: “I regret it.”
Sister Shang was stunned: “Regret?”
“……Never mind.”
Shi Jinwei suddenly suggested: “Sis, if you really want to see drama, go stir things up with Sheng Ning; I feel she can better satisfy your curiosity.”
“?! “
Sister Shang was first puzzled, then her eyes lit up: “Sheng Ning?! Sheng Ning has something with Chi Ye too?!”
“?” Shi Jinwei was baffled: “Why ‘too’?”
“……Sis, you’re not the clown, are you?”
Sister Shang’s expression changed, waving her hand: “What are you talking about? I’m curious; what do you mean stir up Sheng Ning?”
“Anyway… I feel Sheng Ning that woman has something wrong with her brain; didn’t she just finish a movie with Chi Ye? Go try; might work.”
Shang Youshu eyed her suspiciously: “No, that’s not right; do you know something else?”
Shi Jinwei shook her head: “What would I know… It’s just intuition…”
Yes, it was just intuition; based on her “understanding” of Sheng Ning and of Chi Ye, she felt these two suddenly collaborating must have other reasons.
Because both were “tough” one harder than the other; one of them must “give in.”
Who would it be?
Exploring the secret here was way better than stirring her up.
Sure enough, Sister Shang thought of this too, her eyes starting to dart toward Sheng Ning.
……
“Does Shang Youshu have some serious illness?”
In Sheng Ning’s area, a green robe who was a dual first-tier in film and TV frowned: “Why does she keep looking at me?”
Sheng Ning: “?”
“Hey, speaking of, that flu… oh,《Influenza》… you shot with Chi Ye, right? How was it?”
The green robe brushed past the brain-sick Sister Shang, turning to probe for news on Chi Ye’s movie.
With one Golden Rooster Best Supporting Actor, not to mention anything else, Chi Ye had 100% broken into the film circle; so everyone, every circle, had to prepare for someone coming to “share the cake.”
“……How can I tell you? Can’t boast, can’t badmouth.”
Sheng Ning was speechless: “We’ll see when it’s out… Should… be good.”
Should be good?
With Internal Entertainment Circle’s current subjects and content,《Influenza》 was absolutely a nuclear bomb-level big move… Of course, provided it wasn’t cut too much and released smoothly.
But looking at Chi Ye’s current “relationships”… it didn’t seem to be a problem.
He really wasn’t the same him anymore; sarcasm-ing the entire Beijing Circle at the Golden Rooster Awards site… Who dared before?
……
Chi Ye exited the stage; as the first and possibly only big upset of this year’s Golden Rooster Awards, the live performance and outside atmosphere were both explosive.
But the supporting actor award as its name implies was never the protagonist.
The protagonist of Golden Rooster, all film festivals, is only one—Movie Emperor.
This year’s Golden Rooster Awards Movie Emperor competition was exceptionally “fierce.”
The reason for the quotes was that this fierceness was targeted at young actors; compared to past years, the value was slightly down.
Of course, this decline was relative; can’t blame young actors, only that there are too few good works.
The 37th China Golden Rooster Awards Best Actor nominations totaled five people.
Namely: Zhu Yao Lin, Lin Yang Qianrui, Wu Jing, Shen Bin, Xu Zheng.
Among these five, leaving aside the first two, the latter three were all solid film circle super first-tier, two of whom were representative figures who transitioned from acting to directing.
Hmm… They more or less had all won “Movie Emperor” at various film festivals; some with high value, some low, but undeniably, all three were among the six major middle-aged actors; putting their names with Zhu Yao Lin and Si Zi already signified something.
In the picture, close-ups of the five appeared; Wu Jing and Shen Bin looked relaxed; one was Si Zi’s “Big Brother,” and Si Zi’s nominated lead actor film this time was even Wu Jing’s supporting role in the movie, publicly called dual male leads.
Shen Bin purely knew he had no hope—he was a comedy actor; like villains, comedy is hard to win awards.
The final bald Teacher Xu was even more indifferent, because he had won a Golden Horse Movie Emperor（early on） with value not inferior to Golden Rooster, even slightly higher difficulty for mainland actors.
The three major Chinese-language golds: mainland Golden Rooster, Hong Kong Golden Statue, Taiwan Golden Horse—for mainland actors, Golden Rooster has hope, but Golden Statue and Golden Horse basically no chance.
So, Xu Guangtou this time was purely to support two popular young actors in the circles.
Sure enough, as the VCR ended and the picture cut back to live, Si Zi’s throat bobbed nervously, Zhu Yao Lin also took a deep breath.
“—Congratulations to Zhu Yao Lin for winning the 37th China Golden Rooster Awards, Best Actor.”
Applause thundered below stage; Zhu Yao Lin joyfully covered his face, then stood to routinely hug the film crew members beside him.
Si Zi’s face paled instantly, lips licked in sourness, but he finally forced a smile.
Live broadcast room bullet comments had his fans instantly flooding the screen shouting black curtain, but soon covered by Zhu Yao Lin’s fans—Zhu Yao Lin wasn’t traffic now, but used to be top streamer too.
Of course, both their traffic paled before Chi Ye now—seemed they didn’t even need to compare.
“After this, the young actor landscape will change again.”
Below stage, Li Qian couldn’t help sighing and shaking her head.
Internal Entertainment Circle’s male artists competition was indeed fierce; female traffic and green robes, on the other hand, stayed popular long-term, not so many antics.
Male artists, especially young actors side, from the former four dual hits dual top streamers, to three disparities（Chi Ye, Yu Yan, Si Zi） with nothing but unpopular stars below, to later dual disparities（Chi Ye, Si Zi）, Yu Yan fading, burn paper if needed）.
To today, it should become film dual disparities（Zhu Yao Lin, Si Zi）, drama circle one disparity（Chi Ye）, ranking after the two.
Yes, Chi Ye got Golden Rooster Best Supporting Actor, but Zhu Yao Lin got Golden Rooster Movie Emperor, Si Zi nominated Golden Rooster Movie Emperor, and both had personal cumulative box office over 10 billion, solid box office records, especially Zhu Yao Lin, a direct ascension, overtaking on the curve to become Internal Entertainment Circle’s number one movie young actor.
His mom’s like a barometer, changes when it says.
“What’s your feeling?”
Wu Zhenyu sat beside Chi Ye, smiling at him: “Feel full of motivation now?”
Chi Ye glanced at him, about to speak.
“—The 37th China Golden Rooster Awards, Best Screenwriter is—《Big Shot》, Chi Ye.”
“Congratulations Chi Ye, congratulations《Big Shot》.”
The surroundings suddenly went silent for a second, then awoke to applause.
Chi Ye stood, straightened his collar, then said to Teacher Wu: “Not bad, not the same track.”
“I’m not just an actor; I’m also a singer, screenwriter…”
Hmm, Heavenly King with five Golden Melody Awards, industry-renowned TOP screenwriter who has won Golden Rooster Award.
