Xiamen is located on the southeast coast and has a subtropical marine monsoon climate. It has neither severe cold in winter nor scorching heat in summer. It is a famous tourist city in China.
Because of its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, it has also become a filming location for many film and television dramas.
The film "Left Ear" that Gu Wei and Su Youpeng collaborated on was filmed in Xiamen, and the soon-to-be-released "The Beginning" was also shot here.
The organizer of the Golden Rooster Awards should have reached some cooperation agreement with the Xiamen Municipal Government, and this year has been the third consecutive year that the awards have been held in Xiamen.
At around 4 p.m. on December 30, the Straits Theatre was already surrounded by media and audiences.
Under the introduction of the off-site host, one after another, celebrity artists who are rarely seen in other places walked onto the red carpet of the Golden Rooster Awards.
As time passed, the sky gradually darkened, and the "Above the Cliff" team led by Zhang Yimou had just finished walking, and the atmosphere around the red carpet suddenly became lively.
"Gu Wei is here! Ahhh!"
"Look this way! Gu Wei, look this way!
"Brother, you're so handsome!!"
“.”
Accompanied by the screams of fans and the flashing of camera flashes, the crew of "Send You a Little Red Flower" walked onto the red carpet.
Director Han Yan was in the middle, with Gu Wei in a dark blue slim-fit suit and Liu Haocun in a white swan dress on either side. There were also several other staff members from the "Little Red Flower" crew beside them.
“.The crew of Send You a Little Red Flower is coming towards us now.
This film, which was released last year and focuses on cancer patients, achieved remarkable box office results with its excellent quality and was loved by the audience.
Director Han Yan and the actors Gu Wei and Liu Haocun, who played the male and female protagonists in the play, were nominated for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress at this year's Golden Rooster Awards respectively.
The crew walked down the red carpet amid the host's introduction and the cheers of the onlookers, and stood on the stage at the finish line.
Several people signed their names on the signature board, and two beautifully dressed female hosts came up and began to interview the crew of "Send You a Little Red Flower".
First, he asked director Han Yan a question, and then the host's attention turned to Gu Wei.
"Everyone knows that Gu Wei was the winner of the last Golden Rooster Award.
How do you feel about being nominated for Best Actor again this year? Is there anything you want to share with everyone?
Gu Wei took the microphone and said, “You must be very happy.
I am very grateful to the Golden Rooster Awards for recognizing me and allowing me to be nominated for Best Actor again after a year.
This year, I am actually more relaxed than before when participating in the Golden Rooster Awards. Winning an award would be the best, but if I don’t, there is no pressure at all.”
"Hao Cun, this is your first time being nominated for the Best Actress at the Golden Rooster Awards. How do you feel about coming here today?"
Liu Haocun was standing on the other side of the director. His attention was on Gu Wei when he was speaking just now, and he was stunned when he was asked by the host.
"I'm very excited. I think it's not important whether I can win the award or not. Just being nominated is a great encouragement to me."
After answering the questions, everyone stood and took some photos for the media, then walked along the red carpet into the venue.
"I feel like you've matured a lot after not seeing you for a while, Haocun"
After getting off the red carpet, Gu Wei smiled and said to Liu Haocun beside him.
"Yeah?"
Liu Haocun blinked his big deer-like eyes, obviously very happy with Gu Wei's praise.
"Brother Wei, you're still as handsome as ever. No matter where you go, you have that superstar aura!"
"Hey, I was right when I said you've matured. Now you've even learned how to compliment people."
When Gu Wei and Liu Haocun first met, their initial impression of her was that she was naive and ignorant of the world. Perhaps because she was always praised by people around her, the girl showed to the outside world that she had low emotional intelligence and was blindly confident.
It has been almost two years since the filming of "Send You a Little Red Flower". After such a long time in the entertainment industry, the other party has obviously matured a lot.
In the waiting lounge, guests who have finished walking the red carpet rest here temporarily. They either sit in groups of crew members or chat with familiar friends. Usually, such occasions are a good opportunity for socializing within the circle.
The crew of [Little Red Flower] was almost the last to come in, but because of Gu Wei's presence, they became the focus of everyone's attention as soon as they came in, and many familiar friends came forward to say hello.
"elder brother!"
Just as Gu Wei was chatting with a short, plain-looking middle-aged man, Zhang Zifeng, wearing a black long skirt, came over with a smile on her face.
"Zi Feng!"
Gu Wei turned around when he heard the voice, and the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Mr. Gu, please think about it again. I'll have someone send the script to your company.
Mr. Wang will probably contact you too."
He glanced at Zhang Zifeng and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore. We'll contact each other later."
Gu Wei nodded and waved to the middle-aged man.
Zhang Zifeng looked at the middle-aged man who was leaving: "Is this Director Tian Yusheng?
Brother, am I disturbing your business conversation?
Gu Wei looked at her with a smile: "It's okay, Director Tian just wanted to chat with me for a few minutes, it's nothing serious."
"But I heard him talking about the script and Mr. Wang before he left."
"Didn't we work together on Ex 3 before? Now Huayi is preparing for the fourth installment and has invited me to continue starring in it.
The project has just begun preparations, and Director Tian happened to mention it to me when he met me today."
Zhang Zifeng suddenly realized: "The [Ex-Files] series is going to have a fourth installment!
The first two films in this series had mediocre performance and average reputation, until you, my brother, participated in the third film, and then it took off. Now this IP should be one of the most profitable film series in the circle!
Do you want to continue filming?
I guess many viewers are waiting to see what new stories will happen to Meng Yun in the future."
Gu Wei shook his head: "I don't have much time on my schedule, and I have no interest in continuing to shoot this series of movies.
I just told Tian Yusheng about it."
"No wonder Director Tian asked you to reconsider. Neither he nor the film's producers will give up easily. After all, you are the guarantee of this series' box office success!"
Gu Wei laughed and said, "That can't be helped. The crew and the actors have a two-way choice. If I don't want to film, they can't force me to film, right?"
Zhang Zifeng nodded: "But if you don't act, I estimate that the box office of the fourth part will have a big drop.
After all, many viewers of Ex 3 went to the cinema because of your reputation."
Gu Wei smiled and patted Zhang Zifeng's head: "It's not as exaggerated as you say. For a movie, no actor is indispensable. The final result depends on how well the filming is done.
By the way, Zifeng, I haven't congratulated you on winning the Golden Deer Award for Best Actress yet, and you have a chance to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress again today!"
At the Golden Deer Awards ceremony held in Changchun on the 25th of this month, Zhang Zifeng won the "Best Actress" award for her outstanding performance in "My Sister". She is also a nominee for the "Best Actress" award at the Golden Rooster Awards today.
Hearing Gu Wei's praise, Zhang Zifeng smiled happily, her eyes turning into crescent shapes, but she still said modestly: "I'm just lucky.
I don't even dare to think about the Golden Rooster Award. I won it last year, so the chances of me winning it this year are slim!"
"Haha, you thought the same as I did.
I also feel that being shortlisted this year is good enough, but it’s almost impossible for me to win the award! ”
Gu Wei and Zhang Zifeng, last year's Golden Rooster Award winners for Best Actor and Best Actress, were both nominated again this year. This sparked quite a bit of discussion online, with many netizens speculating whether the two could win the award again.
Of course, most netizens are not optimistic about this.
However, being nominated for the Golden Rooster Awards again is also a recognition of their abilities.
Gu Wei was chatting with Zhang Zifeng, and many people in the lounge were looking at him.
【1921】The crew's resting place.
"Sister Nini, Brother Wei is here, aren't you going to say hello?"
Zhou Ye, wearing a white slim-fitting long dress and looking like a little white flower, looked eagerly in the direction of Gu Wei not far away.
She was also shortlisted for this year's Golden Rooster Awards and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Yang Kaihui in 1921.
Ni Ni is the heroine of [1921]. Although she was not nominated for an award, she was invited to be the award presenter of this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
Ni Ni looked at the people coming and going around Gu Wei, including actors and directors. While they were talking, Zhang Yi walked over, said a few words to Gu Wei, and then dragged him in front of Zhang Yimou. Several of them chatted and laughed.
"Forget it, your boss is too popular in this kind of situation. I'll just go over and say hello, but I'll interrupt their conversation."
Zhou Ye saw the situation over there and nodded.
"Brother Wei has been very busy recently, and I've also been filming a lot, so it feels like we haven't seen each other for a while.
I will definitely drag him out for dinner after today’s award ceremony.”
After saying that, she turned to look at Nini: "Sister Nini, if Brother Wei has time, you can come too."
When Nini heard the invitation, she was stunned for a moment, then agreed with a smile.
Zhou Ye is a new female star who became famous in the circle after "Better Days". Ni Ni knew that she was an artist under Gu Wei, so she took better care of her when filming "1921" and the two had a good relationship.
This year's Golden Rooster Awards is actually a very special one. It has been exactly 40 years since the award was established in 1981. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the Golden Rooster Awards.
At the opening of the award ceremony, director Zhang Yimou stood on the stage and gave a speech titled "No Confusion at 40".
It tells the story of the bumpy journey of Chinese films over the past 40 years, its sad past, its current prosperous development, and its foreseeable bright future.
Afterwards, the four hosts, Lan Yu, Li Bingbing, Deng Chao and Huang Xiaoming, came on stage and announced the official start of this year's Golden Rooster Awards Gala.
Because of the 40th anniversary, this year's Golden Rooster Awards was held in a very grand manner, with many big stars in attendance, but the process remained largely unchanged, with the awards ceremony still followed by star performances.
Liu Haocun took the stage shortly after the show opened and sang the theme song of the movie "Send You a Little Red Flower" with new singer Shan Yichun.
“The singing is pretty good”
"Well, the sound quality is okay. The person next to her is a professional singer, and the effect is so good because of their help."
In the middle of the first row of the audience, Gu Wei and Zhang Yi chatted quietly while watching Liu Haocun singing on the stage.
On Zhang Yi's side were Zhang Yimou, Yu Hewei and other members of the "On the Cliff" crew, while on Gu Wei's side sat Zhang Zifeng and Xiao Yang.
Zhang Zifeng was last year's Golden Rooster Award winner, and Xiao Yang has been a top star in the domestic film industry since "Dying to Survive". There's no problem for the two of them to sit in the first row representing the "My Sister" crew.
Just now, Gu Wei and Xiao Yang chatted for a while in the lounge outside the venue.
He was nominated for this year's Best Supporting Actor for his role as Zhang Zifeng's uncle in My Sister.
In fact, Xiao Yang has not been very lucky in the Golden Rooster Awards. In the year when "Dying to Survive" was released, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, but lost the Golden Rooster Award to Wang Jingchun's "So Long, My Son".
There's nothing wrong with this. Although he performed well in "Dying to Survive", Wang Jingchun is also a talented actor. His acting in "So Long, My Son" is completely worthy of a Golden Rooster Award.
Last year, he was nominated again for "Manslaughter", but lost to Gu Wei.
He was not nominated for Best Actor this year but for Best Supporting Actor. No matter what, he actually wants to win a Golden Rooster Award.
Liu Haocun's performance ended and the awards continued.
After awards such as Best Editing, Best Art Direction, and Best Music were presented, the audience began to look forward to the major awards that they were most looking forward to.
Xiao Yang's luck remained the same at this year's Golden Rooster Awards and he still failed to win an award. The Best Supporting Actor award went to Mr. Fan Cheng from One Second.
Although it is a bit regrettable, losing to the team is a very normal thing and no one can find fault with it.
The crew of "My Sister" lost in the "Best Supporting Actor" award, but then won in the "Best Supporting Actress" award. Zhu Yuanyuan won this award for her role as "An Rongrong", Zhang Zifeng's aunt in the movie.
When the award-giving guest was announced, Gu Wei also smiled and applauded. He also worked with Zhu Yuanyuan when filming "Send You a Little Red Flower", and she played his mother.
Zhu Yuanyuan is a national first-class actor and is married to Xin Baiqing.
Her ability is unquestionable, but she acted in more TV dramas in her early years, the most famous of which should be "The Happy Life of Poor Mouth Zhang Damin".
Moreover, she won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress a long time ago and is not short of honors.
While applauding, Gu Wei suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look diagonally behind him.
Zhou Ye was a little depressed when he heard the result of "Best Supporting Actress", but he quickly adjusted his mood and applauded and congratulated Zhu Yuanyuan with a smile on his face.
When she looked forward, she noticed Gu Wei's eyes looking at her. She looked at him and a bright smile appeared on her face.
After a few awards were presented, it was time for the stars to perform.
This time, four beauties, Yao Chen, Tong Liya, Wang Likun and Guan Xiaotong, sang [As Wish] together.
This song became an instant hit after Gu Wei sang it at last year's Spring Festival Gala, and it also became the theme song for the promotional film "My Fathers and I".
"Brother, your version is better. Didn't the organizer invite you to perform?" Zhang Zifeng asked Gu Wei while listening to the song.
"I've been invited, but I don't have time to rehearse. I only arrived in Xiamen at noon today to attend the awards ceremony."
As the evening progressed, the award ceremony, which lasted more than three hours, quickly entered its final stage.
The grand prize that everyone is most concerned about has also been officially announced.
As Gu Wei expected, neither he nor Zhang Zifeng won consecutive games.
The [Best Actor] was awarded to Zhang Yi for "On the Cliff", and the [Best Actress] was awarded to Zhang Xiaofei for "I Am Not Hi, Mom".
"Congratulations, Brother Yi!"
After the award was announced, Gu Wei stood up and hugged the excited Zhang Yi. Yu Hewei, who was also nominated, also hugged him with a smile.
Zhang Yi has good character and acting skills, and many people are happy for him for winning the award.
Compared to the open-mindedness of Gu Wei and Yu Hewei, Liu Ye, who was also a nominee, had a slightly complicated mood. Although he was also applauding, he always looked a little unwilling.
Gu Wei was the best actor last year and knew that his chances of winning were slim; Yu Hewei was also nominated for best actor for his role in "On the Cliff". In the same movie, his role was not as important as Zhang Yi's, so it was normal that his chances of winning were not as high as his.
But Liu Ye is different. He has high expectations for this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
His performance in "The Island Guardians" was outstanding. With his role as the island guard "Wang Jicai", he won the Best Actor award at the 17th China-US Film Festival last month, the 8th Silk Road International Film Festival this month and the 16th China Changchun Film Festival.
At the Changchun Film Festival, also known as the Golden Deer Awards, he and Zhang Zifeng won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively.
So Liu Ye was very confident about this year's Golden Rooster Awards. Now that he didn't win the award, he was naturally very disappointed. (End of this chapter)
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