Perhaps there was a deviation from the previous prediction. When Chen Jing announced, the scene was silent for two seconds, and then applause broke out.
Qi Xin applauded warmly and gave Li Tang beside him a proud look.
At this time, Li Tang took a long breath, buttoned up his suit, stood up, hugged and shook hands with the congratulators around him, and then walked onto the stage with brisk steps.
"Li Tang, congratulations!"
"Thank you, Teacher Chen."
Li Tang took the shining golden rooster trophy from Chen Jing's hand, as well as the award certificate.
Amid the warm applause of the audience, he held the trophy and certificate and bowed deeply to the audience. He straightened up and said with difficulty concealing his excitement: "I have experienced four major events this year. Beijing's bid for the Olympics was successful, Chinese football qualified, the WTO is about to join, and today I, Li Tang, finally won the Golden Rooster Award... …”
"Hua Hua Hua..."
His unique acceptance speech once again received warm applause from the audience.
"To be honest, tonight really gave me an unexpected surprise. I didn't even prepare my acceptance speech. I just improvised. Of course, first of all, I want to thank the jury and all the judges and teachers for recognizing my performance, and Such a great honor for me.”
After saying that, he bowed deeply to the judges' table in the audience. Regardless of whether there was any manipulation in his winning this time, he preferred to believe that this was the judges' recognition of him, and Qi Xin just learned the news in advance.
"Secondly, I would like to thank Director Qi Xin for giving me the opportunity to star in the movie "The Escort Story". Director Qi, thank you!"
Naturally, he would not give up this opportunity to flatter him in public, and then bowed to Qi Xin.
"Thank you to Teacher Ge Zhijun, Brother Fu Biaobiao who is not here today, and all the staff of the "Escort Story" crew. Without you, I wouldn't be able to stand here today. Thank you everyone!"
"I would also like to thank my father, who taught me how to be a good person since I was a child, and how to be grateful..."
After receiving the award with great enthusiasm, he certainly did not forget his father, Comrade Li Guoqing, who was watching the live broadcast in front of the TV. His thank you at this time was enough for Lao Li to blow for a year.
After receiving the award, he was led by the staff to the interview room backstage, where dozens of media reporters gathered. At the door, Li Tang also met Peng Yu, the Best Supporting Actress winner who had just completed an interview.
The old lady was quite funny. When she went out, she kept kissing the Golden Rooster trophy in her hand and waved goodbye to the reporters.
"Hey, Xiao Li, congratulations!"
"Teacher Peng, congratulations!"
The two had met before when the nomination certificates were presented.
Compared with Peng Yu's previous interview, which was quite satisfactory, Li Tang was much more popular.
As soon as I walked in, there were not only flash lights, but reporters with microphones and cameras swarmed up to the front of the podium.
The first is the presentation session. Li Tang stood in front of the stage and displayed his award certificate and trophy openly for reporters to take pictures.
Some reporters even said while taking pictures: "Li Tang, kiss the trophy!"
Why should he listen to your command? He just pretended not to hear and just raised the certificate and trophy in his hand high.
After taking the photos, it’s time for the interview.
"Li Tang, how are you feeling at the moment?"
"Of course I was excited. I didn't expect to win the award, so I didn't prepare my acceptance speech. I just performed it on the spot."
"Do you have anything else to say besides thank you?"
"Well... I hope I will have the opportunity to participate in the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival next year. After all, "The Third Man" is still in theaters, and the response from both the box office and the audience is good. I hope to be recognized by awards."
Faced with so much media, Li Tang will certainly not give up the opportunity to promote "The Third Man".
As a result, the reporters at the scene were not fooled. It is probably because there has been enough publicity about "The Third Man" before, and it has passed the time limit and failed to attract the interest of reporters.
Instead, a reporter asked: "Li Tang, just now you thanked your father again on the stage. I would like to ask how much influence your father had on you in your growing up experience?"
As Li Tang became popular, reporters had already dug up all the details about his family, including that he was born in a single-parent family, and there was even black information about Lao Li selling foreign cigarettes.
So he had nothing to hide and nodded: "Of course, my father has been very strict with me since I was a child. He has only one requirement: to be a good person and to be grateful... Therefore, I cannot live without my father today. Teachings to me.”
"So the word father is sacred in your mind?"
"That's right!"
"Have you ever thought that you would also be a father?"
Oops, after going in such a big circle, I wanted to ask this.
Li Tang couldn't help but smile and said: "Of course I have thought about it. I think I will definitely be able to become a father in the future, but not now. I don't even have a girlfriend yet."
"Then you and Fan Binbin..."
Before the reporter could finish the question, he quickly interrupted: "I have answered this question many times. Xiao Fan and I are good friends, okay?"
But immediately another reporter asked: "As we all know, Li Binbin is your first girlfriend. Is it possible that you two will get together in the future?"
Li Binbin is the only ex-girlfriend he admits, and the same goes for Li Binbin. After all, this kind of thing cannot be hidden from anyone.
"Well... I can only say that we are still friends, and I hope she can go smoothly on her acting career."
Typical diplomatic rhetoric, because this kind of question is difficult to answer, and no matter how you answer it, it will give reporters a lot of room to play, so just go around in circles.
Fortunately, after answering a few questions, director Feng Xiaoning, who won the best cinematography, was already waiting outside the door.
After hurriedly ending the interview, Li Tang walked out.
"Director Feng, congratulations!"
"Xiao Li, thank you!"
Feng Xiaoning and Feng Xiaogang, there is only one word difference between their names. At first glance, their faces look very similar. Moreover, one is a graduate of Nortel Fine Arts Department and the other is a third-level artist. They have similar majors. Later, they changed careers around the same time. director.
In fact, the two have nothing to do with each other.
The other two took different paths after becoming directors. One made comedies, and the other made main themes.
If you really want to talk about it, Feng Xiaoning became famous earlier than Feng Xiaogang and has won more honors. For TV series, he has won the Feitian Award; for movies, he has won multiple Golden Rooster Awards and Huabiao Awards for "Red River Valley" and "Yellow River Love".
In fact, Li Tang has seen Feng Xiaoning's "Purple Sun" this time. Not only was the film good, but the leading actor Fu Dalong in it was really good. I don't know why this year's Golden Rooster Awards only nominated one for best. photography.
It's probably because Director Feng won too many awards in the previous years. He had to give up the opportunity to others after sitting in rows to share the results.
Back at the venue, as soon as I sat down, I heard an announcement on the stage: "The winner of the 21st Golden Rooster Award for Director's Debut Award is - Qi Xin! "The Story of Escort"."
This is the least suspenseful award because there is only one nomination unless the award is vacant.
So after Director Qi stood up to deal with the congratulations from those around him, he walked onto the stage to receive the award very calmly.
Moreover, Director Qi’s acceptance speech also seemed very confident.
"When I was in college, there were two kinds of awards, one was the Progressive Student Award and the other was the Outstanding Student Award. I often won the Progressive Student Award when I was in school. It is very appropriate that this award is awarded to me today. I will definitely improve myself in the future, so I want to use the audience’s applause to dedicate it to you!”
Then came the selection of Best Actress. Song Chunli, the heroine of "Forever" who was the most popular before, lived up to expectations and won the Golden Rooster Best Actress for the second time. Five years ago, she won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for the movie "Nine Fragrances".
Song Chunli, dressed in military uniform, won the award again and was still very excited.
"Teacher Ge, it's your turn next."
Li Tang whispered in Mr. Ge's ear.
"Don't talk nonsense, you haven't even changed your horoscope yet." The old man was obviously very nervous, sitting there with his back straight.
After all, acting for a lifetime must be recognized by awards, and the old man is not immune. After all, in his more than 40 years of acting career, he has never won a heavyweight award.
There was also a song and dance performance interspersed between the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor. It was obvious that the organizers intended to keep the suspense longer.
At this time, Qi Xin, who had just finished being interviewed backstage, hurried back.
"Director Qi!"
Li Tang pursed his lips at the nervous old man Ge.
Qi Xin immediately gave him an affirmative look.
Ge Zhijun had the highest voice before, and looking at the nomination list, neither Zhao Wenzuo nor Nai Pan poses a threat to Lao Ge. "Together Forever" has not yet been released, and the performance of the male lead Wang Xueqi is not well evaluated, but they did not come this time, and the result can be imagined.
If Li Tang were to choose, among the domestic films released from last year to this year, only Fu Dalong in "Purple Sun" might be able to compete with Lao Ge. Unfortunately, he was not nominated this time.
After the song and dance performance ended, as award presenters Zhou Xingxing and Gong Li came on stage, the atmosphere at the scene seemed to have solidified. However, when Zhou Xingxing and Gong Li exchanged a few words on the stage and were about to announce the awards, the list of winners was not brought to the stage. The two award presenters began to search around on the table, which caused an uproar in the audience. laugh.
I don’t know if it was a mistake or a gimmick by the organizer, but a staff member finally brought over the envelope containing the winners’ list.
Gong Li opened the envelope and announced: "The winner of the 21st Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor is..."
Pictures of the nominees were shown on the big screen at the scene. Wang Xueqi, who did not appear, was a still photo of gray hair.
Gong Li handed the list of winners to Zhou Xingxing. Zhou Xingxing leaned over, pointed his mouth at the microphone, and read out three words in his poor Mandarin: "Ge Zhijun!"
"Hua Hua Hua..."
Not surprisingly, it was well deserved and the applause was warm.
"Teacher Ge, congratulations!"
Qi Xin and Li Tang stood up to congratulate Old Man Ge.
The old man was very excited and kept shaking hands with people to say thank you. He even stumbled and almost fell when he walked onto the stage. This frightened everyone, fearing that extreme joy would lead to sadness.
The organizers obviously put a lot of thought into asking Gong Li to present the award for the best actor, because Ge Zhijun had collaborated with Gong Li ten years ago in "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" directed by Zhang Yimou. Lao Ge played Li Gongan at that time, and this time he still plays a simple Li Gongan in "The Escort Story".
So far, "The Story of Escort" has won a big victory at this year's Golden Rooster Awards. It was nominated and won, and the three people, old, middle and young, each received a Golden Rooster trophy.
The last two most important awards, the Best Director Award was won by Huo Jianqi, the director of "Blue Love", and the Best Feature Film Award was not surprisingly awarded to the movie "Mao Zedong in 1925". .
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"Ah ah ah, you didn't even mention me in your acceptance speech. Do I have some merit too?" the little fat guy said coquettishly on the phone.
The closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival started from the red carpet and was broadcast live on the movie channel. Xiaopang, who was far away in Yunnan, called after watching the live broadcast.
Unfortunately, after Li Tang won the award, the text messages and calls on his muted cell phone continued until he was turned off. After returning to the hotel, Li Tang charged his mobile phone, and then together with Zeng Jia, he responded to the congratulatory text messages and phone calls one by one.
Li Tang now has two mobile phones. The work phone number is controlled by Zeng Jia. Those who can directly call Li Tang are close friends or big names in the industry.
Wu Jing, Xu Guangtou, Director Xiao Teng, including Lou Ye, Senior Lu, etc. all called immediately. If they didn't answer the phone, they sent text messages to express their congratulations.
Even director Zhang Yimou, who was filming in the northwest desert, sent a congratulatory message despite his busy schedule.
As for Xiaopang, in the middle of editing his reply to the text message, he made another direct call.
"Do you want to go public?"
"Well……"
Xiaopang choked up with just one sentence. She was on the rise now. How could she delay her career because of her love affair?
"Okay, I'm busy right now, I'll talk about it tomorrow."
Originally, Xiaopang called because he was happy that Li Tang won the award, and then he cooed and acted coquettishly to relieve his lovesickness. She also knew that Li Tang must be very busy at this time, so she said angrily: "Okay. Then I'll call you tomorrow night."
To be honest, not only Xiaopang has concerns about the topic of disclosure, Li Tang is actually not willing to do so. After all, he is still nominally single, so even if there is some gossip, it will not hurt. If it is made public, then the nature will be different. At least the label of a scumbag will not escape.
In fact, when Li Tang just asked Xiaopang on the phone whether it was public, Zeng Jia looked at him with eyes full of meaning. Until he hung up the phone, Zeng Jia hesitated and said, "Brother, your contract with the company has expired. Do you still want to renew it?"
"expired?"
Li Tang was stunned for a moment and recalled carefully. It seemed that the management contract between him and Nai An was only for three years. From 1998 to 2001 this year, it was already three years. Moreover, he still remembered that the original agency contract was signed together with the contract for "Suzhou River", so it had expired for more than half a year.
He had forgotten it, but the problem was that Naian never reminded him.
(End of chapter)
