Chapter 356: Senior Sister from the Same School
"Kacha! Kacha!"
"Come on, teacher, please come a little closer and show your front... OK!"
"Hello everyone, we are from Dragon TV. Is it convenient for us to do a simple interview?"
"..."
Since noon, the entire Oriental Art Center has been bustling with people. Tourists, fans and various media have surrounded the place.
"Sister Hailu."
Li Qin, who just came in from the artist channel, saw Qin Hailu from a distance, thanked the staff in charge of guidance, and then walked over directly.
She came here with the crew of "White Deer Plain". In addition to the male leading actors Zhang Jiayi, He Bing, and Zhai Tianlin, the only female actors who came were her and Qin Hailu.
"Come here, Xiao Li, over here."
Qin Hailu waved at her, and when she came to her side, she looked her up and down: "Did you change your dress?"
"Yes, the original one felt a little inappropriate, so I changed into another one temporarily."
"It's good that I changed it. I just didn't have the nerve to tell you this morning that the dress was really - the style was vicious." Qin Hailu shook her head, "But your team found it in time, and now this dress looks so good."
"Ah, haha, what can I say." Li Qin pulled the hem of her skirt and said with a little embarrassment.
Qin Hailu's words reminded her of the time when she went to change her dress in the morning, and the Dior team also complained about her original "mixed style".
But fortunately, it was finally changed.
Li Qin looked down at the dress she was wearing, a Klein blue gradient dress with a ribbon at the top connecting to the back. Although it was off-shoulder, it was more elegant.
The chest was decorated with broken diamonds, shining a little under the light. Paired with a blue skirt, it looks like a blue galaxy, which complements her own beautiful temperament.
The shape is not as gorgeous and exaggerated as those high-end dresses. The overall look is very simple and elegant, which is in line with Li Qin's own ideas.
Today is just an award ceremony, not a fashion party, and too fancy dresses are not suitable for this occasion. What's more, she thinks she will definitely not win the award, and wearing too fancy will make her look exaggerated.
Li Qin chatted with Qin Hailu for a few words, and greeted the producer, director and other leading actors who arrived earlier. After waiting for a while, a staff member ran over to say something, and then she followed the crew to step onto the red carpet full of flashing lights.
Taking pictures, signing, interviewing, it took four or five minutes to finally walk the red carpet of less than 20 meters.
Going around the built stand, walking further in is the exhibition area. On both sides of the wide hall are placed official theme signs and introduction boards of this year's shortlisted TV series.
There were almost small groups of people in front of each display board. They were the media interviewing and the artists and guests on the scene.
Li Qin looked around and saw Meng Bai not far away in an instant. Then his eyes lit up.
Unlike his previous laziness, this guy rarely changed into formal clothes this year. However, unlike most of the serious celebrities around him, he was wearing a matte black suit jacket with the front open and the collar of his white shirt slightly open. He stood there casually, revealing an unruly and casual look.
Although there were celebrities coming and going around him, there were many young and handsome young actors. But compared to his temperament, they all seemed a little less profound.
Li Qin looked for a while, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up slightly, with a proud expression.
I don’t know if he noticed that someone was watching. Meng Bai turned his head and looked around, and also saw Li Qin not far away.
Li Qin grabbed the hem of her skirt with both hands, turned her body slightly to show it, then raised her eyebrows at him and asked with her mouth: "How is it?"
Meng Bai didn't say anything, but raised his hand and gave her a thumbs up to express his appreciation.
Li Qin, who was praised, was immediately happy and showed a proud expression.
"What are you laughing at?"
Qin Hailu, who was standing by, saw that the girl seemed to be greeting someone, followed her line of sight, and also saw Meng Bai at a glance.
"Someone you know?"
"Oh, yes." Li Qin, who was caught, smiled unnaturally, and then introduced: "It's Mr. Meng Bai from Arclight Film and Television."
"Oh, he is the President Meng." Qin Hailu sighed suddenly.
She knew the names of Arclight Film and Television and Meng Bai, but it was the first time she met him. She glanced at the girl next to her with a blush on her cheeks: "Why, you seem to know each other well?"
"Oh, that... We have worked together several times before, and it's okay." Li Qin said pretending to be calm.
This kind of performance naturally couldn't fool Qin Hailu, who was an experienced person, but she and Li Qin were only partners and not very familiar with each other. So he just patted her arm and left her a meaningful smile.
There were media reporters and cameras all around, and the crew was doing interviews before the ceremony, so the occasion was not suitable for the two to chat privately. Therefore, Li Qin and Meng Bai just exchanged a few words with expressions and small movements from a distance, and did not get together.
Like Li Qin and the others, the crew of "Peace Hotel" was also accepting interviews at this time.
Meng Bai thought that it would be the same as before, with Qin Lan and Yang Lei in the front, and he didn't need to do anything. After all, compared with the leading actors and directors, not many audiences are interested in screenwriters, producers and the like.
However, what he didn't expect was that after he stood by and waited for a while, several cameras came to him and expressed their desire to interview him.
"Hello, Mr. Meng Bai. I'm a reporter from Dragon TV."
A sweet-looking girl held the microphone in front of him and said with a sweet smile, "This is your first time participating in the selection of the Magnolia Awards. How do you feel?"
Are all the reporters on location girls now? Meng Bai looked at the four or five girls in front of him holding various radio equipment facing him, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
But this was not the time for him to think about these strange questions. With a light cough, Meng Bai showed a standard smile: "It feels good. The Magnolia Award is an important award with great influence in the domestic and even international film and television circles. It is a great honor and recognition for me to be invited to participate for the first time. I feel very honored and excited..."
Meng Bai talked freely in front of the camera.
He just doesn't like to appear on camera, but it doesn't mean he can't appear on camera. On the contrary, due to the expansion of Arclight Films in recent years, he has participated in many official or industry meetings, and he can say such clichés as this.
The girl in charge of the interview was a little stunned. This answer sounded too familiar. If there were no celebrities walking around from time to time, she would have thought she was doing some government interviews.
"Peace Hotel is your first TV drama and it was nominated directly. Do you think tonight's result will also be full of miracles, and you will win the award directly for the first time?"
"It's hard to say. The works of the other nominated screenwriters are also excellent. Before the awards are announced, no one dares to say what the result will be."
Meng Bai answered the same as before, but then he paused and added: "But I am willing to believe in this kind of miracle."
The interview before the ceremony was relatively simple, and there were not many people present on Meng Bai's side, so it ended in a short while.
The group walked into the main hall and then found the arranged seats under the guidance of the staff.
"It seems that the group of "My First Half of Life" is next to us." Qin Lan glanced at the note on the back of the chair and said.
Meng Bai also took a look. Sure enough, the names on her side were Lei Jiayin, Ma Yili and others, all of whom were from the crew of "My First Half of Life".
"Speaking of which, Director Yang actually wanted Lei Jiayin to play "Wang Dading" at the beginning."
"Really? Don't mention it, the image and style are actually quite suitable. But I still think Qin Hao would be better." Qin Lan said: "It's a pity that he didn't get nominated for the "Best Actor"."
The Magnolia Awards do not limit the number of awards that a crew can apply for, so when Arc Light applied for "Peace Hotel", all the awards that could be applied for were applied for.
It's just that in the end, only four awards were nominated.
Objectively speaking, Qin Hao's performance as the bandit "Wang Dading" in "Peace Hotel" is actually quite outstanding. Especially compared with his previous images, it is a very breakthrough performance.
It's just that this role itself is ranked below Chen Jiaying in the plot, and its importance is relatively weaker.
Furthermore, let's look at the nominees for this year's "Best Actor" - He Bing, Hu Ge, Lei Jiayin, Wu Xiubo, and Zhang Jiayi, four Shanghai actors. Qin Hao can't replace He Bing.
However, the Magnolia Award has a very strange standard when defining "lead actor" and "supporting actor".
Like Lei Jiayin, he was selected as the "Best Actor" because of Chen Junsheng in "My First Half of Life".
This role was popular when it was broadcast before, and the title of "ex-husband brother" was talked about by the audience and netizens for a long time. Lei Jiayin also gained a lot of popularity with this role.
When their crew signed up, they should have signed up for "Best Actor" together, after all, they all had the title of "leading actor". But the audience who have watched the show know that the male lead of this show is actually He Han, played by Jin Dong, and Lei Jiayin should be considered the second male lead.
I just don't know why Jin Dong, the "real male lead" was not selected in the end, but the quota was given to the supporting role instead.
In fact, this is not the first time that Magnolia Awards has done something similar. Last year, Liu Tao and Jiang Xin were both nominated for "Best Actress" for "Ode to Joy", but the winner was Yin Tao from "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky", so it did not cause much controversy.
However, it can be seen that Magnolia Awards is not so strict about the positioning of male and female protagonists. As long as they play a role in the overall plot, they are allowed to be classified as the protagonist.
Looking down the row of notes, Meng Bai also saw Qin Wen's name.
There are five nominations for "Best Screenwriter". "White Deer Plain" is a natural disadvantage for adapted scripts. "Love in the Courtyard" performed well but the audience evaluation was not high. "The Advisors Alliance" is slightly worse in this regard.
So speaking of it, Meng Bai's biggest opponent is his senior sister.
Just thinking about this, he saw the main creators and leading actors of the "My First Half of Life" crew walking up the stairs.
Qin Lan greeted Ma Yili and the others, and introduced Meng Bai and Yang Lei around him.
Although they had not met before, Arclight Films is now well-known in the circle, so Lei Jiayin and others came to greet Meng Bai and make him familiar with them.
Meng Bai exchanged a few words with them, and then a middle-aged woman looked over with a smile.
"Meng Bai?" The woman stretched out her hand, "Hello, I'm Qin Wen."
"Senior Sister Qin."
"Haha, I heard Teacher Zou mention it a few years ago. He said that his grade recruited a very talented student, but unfortunately he was not able to keep him in the end. I regretted it for a long time." Qin Wen said, "At that time, I thought Professor Zou was exaggerating, but I didn't expect him to be so low-key."
Meng Bai's mind turned around and reacted. The "Teacher Zou" she said should refer to Professor Zou.
From this point of view, the two can really be regarded as "same school".
"Senior Sister, you are polite. It's a pity that I was too arrogant at that time and failed Professor Zou's kindness."
"Hey, when I talked to Teacher Zou a few days ago, he also said that he didn't stop you at the beginning, but now it seems to be a good thing."
Although they are competitors tonight, there is not much gunpowder between the two.
For Qin Wen, Meng Bai, this "junior brother", is not only a screenwriter, but also the boss of a film and television company. If they make a good relationship, there may be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
As time went by, the ceremony venue was slowly filled with people.
Meng Bai also saw Li Qin who entered the venue after him, but unfortunately there was a row between them, so they could only communicate on the phone.
After waiting for a while, he heard the host Cao Kefan calling for everyone to be quiet. Then the lights dimmed, and a golden magnolia logo lit up on the big screen, announcing the official start of the 24th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award Ceremony.
At first, the awards were mainly international awards, opera awards, and small awards such as documentaries. The Magnolia Award has always been together with the Shanghai TV Festival, so naturally it will not be limited to the TV series category.
For Meng Bai, the first part was not interesting, so he simply lowered his head and took out his phone to send messages to tease Teacher Li.
There was a camera passing overhead all the time, and Li Qin didn't dare to be as casual as him. She could only smile and clap along with the audience, and then when the camera passed by, she would take the time to look at her phone and reply to a message before she had to look up again.
Although it was a bit stimulating, she enjoyed it.
"...The two new awards for this year's Magnolia Awards are about to be presented, 'Best Art' and 'Best Photography'. Please look at the selected works on the big screen."
Halfway through the ceremony, everyone at the scene was refreshed after listening to the host's introduction - the main show of the day was finally about to begin.
"Best Art" and "Best Photography" are two new technical awards for Magnolia this year, so they were presented together.
"I hope it will be a good start." Yang Lei muttered to the side.
"Peace Hotel" has a dedicated art team, but Yang Lei also participated in a considerable part. So if he can win the award, he will at least account for half of the credit.
In addition, this is the first nominated award for their crew, and everyone hopes for a good result.
Unfortunately, the winner in the end was "The Advisors Alliance".
"It's okay, just consider it as accumulating good luck." Meng Bai comforted him.
"Haha, that's right." Yang Lei smiled.
Although it was just a small technical award, it was the most promising award for Peace Hotel besides the "Best Screenwriter". It was a pity that he didn't get it.
This result was also expected, so Yang Lei didn't care too much.
However, in this case, the only hope left was Meng Bai's "Best Screenwriter" award.
(End of this chapter)
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