Chapter 260: Best Actor Chi Goes Wild On The Spot, The Shocked Internal Entertainment Circle
“This award is the greatest affirmation for a male actor’s entire career.”
Last year’s Golden Eagle Best Actress covered her chest and bent over: “At the same time, it is also the greatest recognition and reward for an actor.”
“Hmm… this year’s Best Actor has some ‘suspense’…”
Professional Wimp Lei Datou pretentiously pulled out his cue card: “Who will it be…”
“Hahaha.”
Someone in the audience suddenly laughed out loud.
Immediately after, the director’s shot cleverly cut to Chi Ye’s face.
—Whoosh.
The outer perimeter of the live performance instantly stirred with restlessness.
Bullet comments flew.
「Professor Chi! Professor Chi!」
「Well-deserved!」
「No, it hasn’t even started yet, and it’s already well-deserved?!」
「I hope Golden Eagle can give me a surprise, show some ‘backbone’, and not kowtow and lick like this.」
「《Xing Ni》 If he doesn’t get this award, then Golden Eagle will completely become Water Eagle.」
「Ye Zi deserves this Best Actor!!」
「What a ‘suspense’.」
Lei Datou’s humorous “suspense” provoked cold mockery and hot sarcasm from everyone present and the audience watching the Golden Eagle Festival at the moment, and it was equally unfriendly to the other Best Actor candidates nominated alongside Chi Ye for this Golden Eagle Festival this year.
There are four nominees for Best Actor at this year’s Golden Eagle Festival.
Besides Chi Ye, there is also the veteran actor Ding Xiang who rose to fame with a serious drama earlier this year, Chi Ye’s “old opponent”, 《Rock》’s Movie Emperor Yu, and finally the Huang Xing Yiren who shone brightly in the Spring Festival Gala interview.
Among the three opponents, Huang Xing Yiren and Movie Emperor Yu are both acting faction middle-aged actors, and Movie Emperor Yu is “a man as his name suggests”, a real Movie Emperor. If there is a real upset for Best Actor this time, he has the greatest chance of winning.
The remaining Ding Xiang is a National First-Class Actor, previously not well-known, but with solid acting skills.
So, if it were Magnolia Awards or Feitian Awards, even if 《Xing Ni》 is extremely popular, it would be impossible to “snatch” Best Actor from these three.
Only Golden Eagle, because it has a different positioning from the other two brothers and different preferences, Chi Ye became the top favorite for Golden Eagle Best Actor this year.
Even so, when Chi Ye’s young face really appeared on screen with the other three, it still made the outer audience couldn’t help but sigh.
—Can he get it?
“If Golden Eagle doesn’t give it, then it’s not Golden Eagle anymore.”
In response, Sheng Ning crossed her legs, feeling like something was missing from her hand, and shook her head at the industry friend beside her who raised the doubt.
But awards are such things; before it’s confirmed, no one dares to guarantee 100% it’s someone specific.
What’s more, 《Xing Ni》 has already won so many awards before, even has a director… Is this sharing the cake also paving the way for the Best Actor award?
On stage.
After a bit of humor, Lei Datou began to build up tonight’s Golden Eagle Festival: “Wow… this winner… how to put it… last year, he also attended the Golden Eagle Festival, and similarly reaped a lot…”
The partner Best Actress chimed in: “At the same time, with his exquisite acting skills, he has won the love of countless audience members…”
The conditions the two mentioned basically fit the other three besides Chi Ye, especially the second one, some of whom even seemed more fitting than Chi Ye.
Many big stars in the audience secretly cursed the two for dragging it out, and the audience and related people were also on edge.
“The winner of Best Actor at the 16th China TV Golden Eagle Festival is—”
The director’s shot gave close-ups of the four candidates’ expressions.
Ding Xiang appeared calm but was actually nervous—he has acted for so many years, and besides being a National First-Class Actor, from the perspective of star power and popularity, he truly belongs to the old wannabe category. This Best Actor is a heaven-defying opportunity to change his fate for him.
The Huang middle-aged actor also pursed his lips tightly; he is currently the middle-aged actor in internal entertainment with the most enduring appearance, but his height is lacking. At the same time, his acting skills are publicly recognized as good—at least better than Chi Ye’s.
But he is also notoriously without “award luck”; for example, Lu Xiao Ming from the same batch of middle-aged actors is a “genius” who gets Movie Emperor awards left and right, winning awards just by casually acting in a movie.
In comparison, he has acted in countless blockbusters and countless films proving his acting skills, but has not won a single substantial major award.
Golden Eagle Best Actor is also very important to him.
The final Movie Emperor Yu was relatively calm; although he didn’t win… but recently, he already won Magnolia Best Actor, and while Golden Eagle, Feitian, and Magnolia are equally renowned… in terms of value, Magnolia is definitely higher than Golden Eagle.
Moreover… he has already won Movie Emperor; Best Actor is just… he wants it.
In this way, the three each had their own thoughts, while Chi Ye in the upper left corner wore a business smile, showcasing his naturally superior and handsome face to the fullest.
On stage, Lei Datou and the Best Actress dragged out the suspense, exchanged a glance, and the former suddenly paused, pointing to his own fat body: “Even now, there’s still a Pork Ribs with Rice Cakes shop open downstairs from my house…”
“Ahhh!!”
“Chi Ye! Chi Ye!”
“Professor Chi! Professor Chi!”
“Well-deserved! Well-deserved!”
Unstoppable cheering erupted at the live performance.
The partner Best Actress shouted crisply: “—Congratulations to 《Xing Ni》, Chi Mu Professor Chi, congratulations Chi Ye!”
“Winner of Best Actor at the 16th China TV Golden Eagle Festival!”
Whoosh!
In an instant, applause rang out at the live performance. This result was surprising yet not surprising, but when it actually happened, it still made people couldn’t help but look sideways—something like that just happened outside the venue.
This Chi Ye really steals the spotlight wherever he goes…
Xu Yingying’s face was displeased, but Golden Eagle is not Golden Rooster; her ability is limited. She had tried beforehand, but unfortunately, there was no opportunity.
—《Xing Ni》 is just too popular; not giving it wouldn’t make sense.
And the others all turned back to look at Chi Ye one by one.
After hearing the result, Chi Ye also maintained his expression management, but the 《Xing Ni》 film crew members beside him were all extremely excited. The Empress Dowager also happily stood up, opening her arms in advance to show off her deliberately displayed “magnanimity”.
Not far away, Sister Qianzi saw this scene and instantly felt a deep “malice”.
Drama Queen… don’t think I don’t know who you’re doing this for, scheming!
Shi Jinwei gritted her teeth, but her mood inexplicably improved a lot.
Best Actor got it after all.
“Xiao Chi has Best Actor now too, not easy.”
Sister Shang rested her chin on her hand, watching Chi Ye hugging Jin Xia in the distance; “Professor Chi” and “Qian Songyi” reuniting for a hug outside the venue again caused a carnival among the outer audience and bullet comments.
Chi Ye also bent over and slipped all the way to the podium.
“Congratulations, Best Actor.”
Lei Datou handed him the Little Golden Man, his attitude neither particularly friendly nor hateful, because from a personal standpoint, he has no grudge against Chi Ye, but from the circle’s perspective, he is one of the young actors who has been the most spotlighted in the film circle in recent years.
—Chi Ye is no longer just deeply cultivating the drama circle; he is also “deeply cultivating” the film industry.
In the future, the two will be competitors, right?
Lei Datou was actually a bit uncertain, because he and Chi Ye are not on the same track. If it’s the drama circle, he might act as a senior, but in the film circle…
It only looks at box office, only at full seats, regardless of age, anyone grabbing box office or sharing the cake is an “opponent”.
Chi Ye didn’t care about Lei Datou’s thoughts; he took the trophy, hugged the Golden Eagle Best Actress, and after the two stepped back, he walked to the microphone… hmm, a bit low, he adjusted it.
All eyes in the venue gathered on him, wondering if he would quip a few lines like in his previous “Moments”.
Based on his usual style, he probably would.
But… looking at his upcoming speech, it seemed he wouldn’t.
He didn’t do as everyone imagined.
On stage, Chi Ye first simply thanked the organizing committee, then said: “Last year I got Golden Eagle Most Popular Actor, this year Golden Eagle Best Actor… Golden Eagle Festival really favors me.”
As soon as he spoke, sporadic laughter rang out at the live performance.
Some people’s faces also looked bad.
Chi Ye glanced at a few artists with bad expressions and suddenly asked: “Are there any Yue Na artists here?”
Everyone was stunned.
Sister Shang excitedly widened her eyes and pinched Shi Jinwei’s elastic thigh: “Weiwei! Weiwei!! Go for it! Go for it!!”
Shi Jinwei wore a pained mask: “Sis, lighter, it hurts… stop pinching! The shot is coming!”
In the audience, several Yue Na artists’ faces changed.
Chi Ye looked at them, then towards Xu Yingying: “Yingying sis and Peng Chen are here too.”
?!
Xu Yingying opened her mouth, looking at Chi Ye in slight disbelief.
What is he doing?
Peng Chen’s scalp went numb.
Chi Ye has gone mad?!
“Um… no other meaning.”
Chi Ye paused, looking at the audience: “There are so many talents here, especially seeing Yingying sis and the Yue Na seniors, it feels particularly warm and familiar.”
The audience began to stir slightly; Ning Mo looked at Chi Ye in surprise—this time he was scared from being messed with and wants to publicly show goodwill?
The program team director felt something was off.
“Cut the mic?”
The nearby director asked.
The director hesitated: “He hasn’t said anything… and we kind of offended Chi Ye earlier… whatever, looking at him, he probably doesn’t intend to do anything.”
At the gala, the director had already cut the shot to Xu Yingying, Peng Chen, Yue Na, and other big star artists in the audience.
Seeing the camera on them, everyone managed their expressions well, showing a professional fake smile. Xu Yingying even smiled gracefully; those in the know would definitely think she has a good private relationship with Chi Ye.
Chi Ye also felt his relationship with them was very good, so he spoke straightforwardly.
“I heard Yingying sis likes staying up late recently.”
Xu Yingying was stunned.
Chi Ye glanced at her: “The habit of staying up late and missing sleep is very bad, Yingying sis, you must develop good sleep habits, don’t miss sleep. Can your body handle missing sleep every day?”
Xu Yingying hadn’t reacted yet, seeing the camera still on her, she subconsciously showed a “warm and familiar” smile to “respond” to Chi Ye’s “concern”.
But some people had already caught on, their faces changing instantly, looking at Chi Ye in shock—
Chi Ye ignored these gazes; seeing Xu Yingying nodding at him, he nodded and smiled too: “Also, Yingying sis, you need to handle your couple relationship well. Last time at the gathering, you said you always sleep in separate rooms from your husband; isn’t that avoiding sleep? Wang Ge has been complaining to me about this… Wang Ge is here, right? He’s here, you two be good, and I as the little brother can worry less.”
In the audience, a certain capital big shot in the first row had an ashen face, unable to control or needing to control his expression management anymore.
Xu Yingying also reacted, her face instantly turning pale.
“Look at Yingying sis’s expression… there must be issues in the couple’s life…”
Chi Ye nagged: “I’m not saying you Wang Ge, you married such a good wife like Yingying sis, for big or small matters, be more tolerant of her, don’t mess around when you shouldn’t, stealing sleep is no good, or I’ll be the first not to let you off.”
Whoosh!
The live performance completely exploded.
Backstage, the chief director’s face was pale: “Cut the mic, cut the mic now…”
“He’s done speaking.”
“…”
The director group members looked at each other; the chief director’s vision went black—he only felt that his directing career was probably truly over this time.
At the same time, he felt an unbelievable shock and impact from Chi Ye’s almost unmasked “acceptance speech”.
How dare he!!
How can he say such things at the award moment?!
This isn’t Golden Horse!
Hmm… he didn’t mention the word “tax”…
This is the so-called not mentioning it sentence by sentence, but every word revolves around it?
Done for!
Not just the Golden Eagle Festival chief director had this thought and feeling; at this moment, the Golden Eagle Festival gala live performance had been completely crashed by Chi Ye’s few words.
Jin Xia slightly opened her small mouth, her expression quickly returning to calm. In a corner the camera couldn’t catch, she sneakily took out her mobile phone to message her family.
Shi Jinwei was dumbfounded, her face showing shock, astonishment, and some lingering unease and worry.
Sister Shang covered her mouth with both hands, whispering maniacally: “That’s it! That’s it! Xiao Chi, I declare you that’s it!”
“So full, so full, can’t finish it, absolutely can’t finish…”
“They’re really fighting!! Hit harder, hit harder ah!”
Only Sheng Ning, her expression first shocked for a second, then immediately realized that Chi Ye must have something on Xu Yingying, otherwise he wouldn’t dare or would say it in this setting in front of so many people.
Unless… Xu Yingying is about to “collapse of persona”.
Making a top big flower in movies collapse?
From Shen Qing Yu to Ji Hemming, then from Ji Hemming to Yu Yan, Xu Yingying…
Going down this path, aren’t you really afraid of offending everyone to death?
This way of playing… too “fierce”.
Although everyone in the circle plays like this, no one dares to be as direct and bloody as Chi Ye… not the “victim” bleeding, but blood everyone in the circle can see.
No wonder everyone dislikes you… you really make people afraid and hate you.
“Alright, good, thank you Chi Chi.”
Teacher He’s voice, who wouldn’t appear in the Golden Eagle Festival award segment, rang out.
He walked up with a full smile; the program team didn’t cut the mic now because Chi Ye had said what he wanted. The moment he saw Teacher He coming up, he knew Mango TV had now found their “code”.
With Teacher He there, he indeed had to give Mango TV some “face”.
