Chapter 346 Poor Teacher Bai
The guest performance ended, and Gu Wei’s visit to the crew of "The Love Master" also came to an end.
After returning to the hotel, I spent some time with the Korean beauty Clara, and left the crew with her reluctant gaze.
Yang Liwen helped him with the follow-up work.
Clara got the financial backer she had hoped for, and that was a young, handsome and big-name celebrity boss like Gu Wei. Her future development in the domestic entertainment industry will be smooth sailing, and her career will set sail again.
Gu Wei also adopted a worker who was pretty, useful, and could help him make money. Everyone was happy and it was a win-win situation.
After leaving Yuezhou, Gu Wei and his party flew to Hangzhou.
After landing, I made some simple preparations and then came to the Yunqi Town International Convention and Exhibition Center in Xihu District.
The 30th China TV Drama Feitian Awards will be held here that evening.
Speaking of the Feitian Award, viewers who pay a little attention to the film and television industry may know that it, along with the Magnolia Award and the Golden Eagle Award, is known as the three major awards for TV dramas in my country.
It was established in 1980 and began its review in 1981.
The Feitian Award is sponsored by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. It is a "government award" in the television category and one of the oldest television awards in China. It judges and reviews the ideological and artistic achievements of TV dramas every year (or every two years). Since 2005, it has been held every two years.
The award has established awards for outstanding TV series, directors, screenwriters, actors, actresses, music, audio-visual, art, photography, etc.
As a government award, it has the highest standards and the strongest political atmosphere. It attaches great importance to the themes and values of TV dramas and does not cater to traffic stars.
This year's [Flying Apsaras Awards] only have seven awards: Outstanding TV Drama Award for Historical Themes, Outstanding TV Drama Award for Realistic Themes, Outstanding TV Drama Award for Major Themes, Outstanding Screenwriter Award, Outstanding Director Award, Outstanding Actor Award, and Outstanding Actress Award.
Compared with the [National Drama Festival] which has dozens of awards throughout the whole process, it can be said that the number of awards is pitifully small, but also because of the small number of trophies, the gold content of the trophy is very high, and it is the highest honor recognized by the film and television industry.
Thanks to the popularity of Nirvana in Fire, Gu Wei, a new actor who debuted only a few years ago, was nominated for this year's Feitian Awards, and was awarded the Outstanding Actor Award.
Director Kong Sheng from the same crew was nominated for the Outstanding Director Award, and the TV series "Nirvana in Fire" was nominated for the Outstanding Historical TV Series Award.
With 7 awards and 3 nominations, Nirvana in Fire, which aired in 2015, was not only a huge hit, but its excellent quality was also recognized by professionals, which is why it has won numerous awards at major award ceremonies.
In fact, in December of last year, Nirvana in Fire began to sweep various awards in 2015.
Awards such as the annual drama king of [Scream 2016 iQiyi Night], the annual TV series selected by [Variety Daily], the in Fashion Award selected by [Sogou in Panoramic Selection], the annual TV series selected by "New Weekly" China Annual Newcomer List, etc. were all won by [Nirvana in Fire].
As the protagonist, Gu Wei also won many awards such as Best TV Actor of the Year, Most Commercially Valuable Actor of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year.
However, he was still filming "Operation Mekong" in Thailand at that time, and the value of these awards was relatively average, so he did not come back specifically to receive the awards.
But this time it was different. The Feitian Award was one of the highest honors in the television drama industry. Although Gu Wei felt that his chances of winning the award this time were not high, he still came in person when he had time.
After all, this award represents official recognition and is of great significance, so it is normal to pay more attention to it.
After arriving, Gu Wei met up with the "Nirvana in Fire" team and everyone entered together.
This award ceremony was different from previous ones. After Gu Wei entered the venue, he looked around and saw few familiar faces. There were no 85 flowers such as Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Zhao Liying, and some young traffic stars.
Most of them are veteran actors active in the film and television industry.
Gu Wei thought they looked familiar because he had seen their works on TV before.
"Director Kong, why isn't Director Li here?"
Gu Wei asked after greeting Hou Hongliang and Kong Sheng.
Kong Sheng and Li Xue have always been inseparable. "Nirvana in Fire" was also co-directed by the two of them. There is no reason why Li Xue would not come to the award ceremony today.
"He's filming a new drama and can't leave!"
Kong Sheng explained.
The [Nirvana in Fire] team only consists of three people, including Gu Wei. Jin Dong and Wang Kai were not present because they were not nominated.
The award ceremony began soon. After a relatively orthodox song and dance performance, CCTV hosts such as Li Sisi and Ren Luyu took the stage and the awards began to be presented one after another.
The first award was for Outstanding Actress. This year's nominees were Mei Ting from "Parents' Love", Liu Tao from "Older People", and Zhou Xun from "Red Sorghum".
Among the three, Liu Tao is the weakest, and the other two are truly talented actresses.
I have won many awards before this.
Among them, Zhou Xun is the winner of three major awards, including various domestic and international awards.
However, this year, "Parents' Love" far surpasses "Red Sorghum" in terms of subject matter, popularity and ratings, and Mei Ting's performance in it is also remarkable.
As expected, the Outstanding Actress Award was finally awarded to Mei Ting from "Parental Love".
After moving the award, Gu Wei began to feel nervous.
Because the next award will be given out for the Outstanding Actor Award.
The other two actors competing with him are Wu Xiubo from "Ma Xiangyang Goes to the Countryside" and "The Orphan of Zhao", and veteran TV King Chen Baoguo who starred in "All Quiet in Peking", "Homeland" and "Children of the Great River".
To be honest, Gu Wei is not worried about Wu Xiubo. Although Bobo's acting skills are also very good, Gu Wei believes that he is not inferior to him.
But Chen Baoguo is completely different.
If we pick out all the actors in the Chinese film and television industry and rank their acting skills, no matter who ranks them, Chen Baoguo will definitely be in the top tier, and he will be in the top ten or even the top five.
Basically, he is one of the best actors in China.
The presenters of the Outstanding Actor Award are three former Feitian Award winners: Tao Hong, Song Chunli, and Ma Su.
"The winner of the 30th Feitian Awards Outstanding Actor Award is Chen Baoguo!"
Listening to Xiao Taohong announce the final winner, Gu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, then recovered, adjusted his expression, and applauded with everyone else.
"It's okay~ You are still young, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Hou Hongliang beside him applauded and comforted him.
Gu Wei nodded to show that he understood.
In fact, he was quite in agreement with Chen Baoguo's award. The nature of the Feitian Award itself determined that TV series such as "All Quiet in Peking" and "Children of the Great River" shot by Chen Baoguo were more likely to win the award.
Although his ratings are not as good as Gu Wei's, his acting skills in TV dramas are no worse than Gu Wei's, and his subject matter is more popular with the Feitian Awards.
Chen Baoguo was also very excited after he went on stage, but in fact this was the fourth time he had won the Feitian Award in his more than 40 years of performing arts career.
"I'm grateful for the Feitian Awards. Young actors like Wu Xiubo and Gu Wei are also very outstanding. I won the award because I acted in more TV series this year, surpassing them in terms of quantity."
Teacher Chen Baoguo was very humble when giving his acceptance speech. He also specifically mentioned Gu Wei and the other two, and expressed his recognition of their similar nominations.
It is quite a pity for Gu Wei to miss the opportunity to win the Feitian Award for Best Actor, but as Hou Hongliang said, he is still young and will have plenty of opportunities in the future.
Other awards were subsequently presented, and "Nirvana in Fire" and "The Qin Empire: The Rise of the Great Qin" both won the Outstanding Historical TV Series Award.
Hou Hongliang, perhaps seeing that Gu Wei came empty-handed, insisted on dragging him up on stage to receive the award together. Gu Wei had no choice but to follow Hou Hongliang.
Who knew that the award presenter was Liu Tao? Seeing the other party presenting the award to him with a smile and a virtuous look on his face, Gu Wei felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Because of him, Liu Tao missed out on two popular TV series, "Nirvana in Fire" and "Ode to Joy", and his popularity and fame now cannot be compared with the original time and space.
Without fame, the ability to make money will naturally be much worse.
Thinking about how hard the other party worked and how she might even have trouble paying back the money in the end, Gu Wei looked at her with some sympathy.
Liu Tao's luck is really bad. At her best age, she thought she had achieved the ultimate goal of many female stars - marrying into a wealthy family.
It turned out that she was a fake wealthy family. Not only did she not enjoy the life of a rich wife after marriage, but she also had to go out to make money to pay off her husband's debts.
After years of hard work to finally pay off the debt, not long after, the husband incurred new debts. Anyone would be devastated by this kind of thing.
If it weren't for this marriage, with Liu Tao's ability to make money, he might have become a wealthy man himself.
The virtuous wife Tao seemed to feel that Gu Wei looked at her differently, and she was also a little puzzled.
She had heard of Gu Wei, the most popular young actor in the domestic entertainment industry. When she saw him up close today, she was also shocked by his extremely high looks.
"But I didn't know Gu Wei before, why would he look at me like this?
Could it be that he has taken a fancy to me?
No way, there is a 14-year age difference between him and me, and everyone knows that I am married."
After the awards ceremony ended and he left the stage, Liu Tao was still wondering what Gu Wei's eyes meant.
The biggest winner of this year's Feitian Awards is undoubtedly Noon Sunshine.
The subsequent Outstanding Screenwriter Award was given to Liu Heping, the screenwriter of "All Quiet in Peking", and the most important Outstanding Director Award was won by director Kong Sheng for his three TV series "All Quiet in Peking", "Nirvana in Fire" and "Parents' Love".
[All Quiet in Peking] has become one of the winners of the Outstanding TV Drama Award for Major Themes.
This year's Feitian Awards had 7 awards, and 5 of them were won by TV series and cast members related to "Noon Sunshine". Hou Hongliang truly won the award ceremony from beginning to end.
"Mr. Hou, Director Kong, please help me take care of Director Li."
After the [Flying Apsaras Award] ended, Gu Wei said goodbye to Hou Hongliang and Kong Sheng.
"Don't lose heart. There will be the Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Awards in June this year. You will definitely still be a hot candidate for Best Actor then."
Director Kong Sheng comforted Gu Wei.
"There's also the China TV Drama Quality Awards being held in Shanghai in March. Our crew has been nominated for many awards. Can you come then?"
Hou Hongliang asked at the same time.
"I'm about to join the crew for filming. I'll see what the filming tasks are. If you're not nervous, I'll go."
Gu Wei replied.
(End of this chapter)
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