As the five figures appeared on the big screen, the atmosphere in the venue became slightly solemn.
In the eyes of ordinary viewers, the Best Director award may not receive as much attention as a Best Newcomer award.
But in the eyes of knowledgeable insiders, this Golden Phoenix Award is the most important behind-the-scenes award. To some extent, it is even comparable to treating an emperor or empress.
If it is the best director of the Golden Dragon Award, it will be even more powerful...
In addition, this year's Best Director award is more special than in the past. The reason is Zuo Le, who won the Best Director twice in a row last year and the year before last. If he defends the title again this year, it will be a triple win for the Best Director.
The Golden Phoenix Awards have been held for more than 50 years, and there are many people who have won Best Director three times. The Golden Phoenix Awards even holds a record of winning Best Director five times.
However, these Best Directors only win one every few years, and it is rare to win two consecutive awards. Zuo Le is the only one who has the hope of achieving three consecutive wins.
Of course, now that the award has not been announced, it is hard to say whether Zuo Le can achieve this feat. After all, the other candidates are not just for free.
In particular, Zhang Mei, who swept the summer season this year, and Kong Sheng, who has two hit dramas that broke 2.2, are not to be underestimated.
Although Zuo Le is said to be the favorite for Best Director, he may not be immune to counterattacks.
The guest presenting the award for Best Director was a new-faced man with a very unfamiliar name. After being introduced by the host, everyone found out that this person was Ma Le, the son of Mr. Ma Jinma, a leading figure in the domestic literary and art circles.
Mr. Ma, who is over 90 years old this year, has produced countless works in his life and is full of honors. The record of five Best Directors mentioned before was set by him.
In addition, the old man has won the top ten TV series nine times, making him a legend in the industry.
It is a pity that the old man began to slowly fade out of the film and television industry in the mid-1990s. After the turn of the century, he rarely appeared in the public eye. Many young viewers did not know his name.
I don’t know what the Golden Phoenix Award organizing committee was thinking this time, but they actually asked the old man to come out and present the award.
The old man was in his early years and had limited mobility, so he didn't want to pay attention to it. Later, he heard that this year there was a junior who was expected to win three consecutive Best Director awards and tie his record of nine wins in the top ten most popular TV dramas, so he became interested and sent Xiao My son Ma Le went on a trip for me.
And this Ma Le is not simple either. His identity is the Deputy Director of Publicity and Communication of Henan Province, and he is one of the top-ranked ones. His rank is higher than that of Chen Changshan, the director of Dongshan Station.
If the old man hadn't spoken out, and this session happened to be in Zheng City, so he was barely a match, otherwise the organizing committee might not have been able to invite him.
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The guests at the venue were naturally unaware of these inside stories. Vice Minister Ma did not reveal his identity and pretended to be presenting the award on behalf of his father.
However, the guests at the venue are not fools. Not to mention that they already know him, and if they don’t know him, it’s not like they don’t know how to search online.
Mr. Ma is quite famous, and it is easy to find out who his son is.
Soon, Ma Le's resume was picked out, and all eyes were focused on this fat old man who looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. However, Ma Le acted as if he didn't know, and went through the awards process on his own.
Of course, as a leader, Ma Le cannot deliberately liven up the atmosphere like a star. He introduced the five candidates according to the script, briefly talked about the resumes and achievements of the five people this year, and then took out the letter paper.
"The 50th Golden Phoenix Award for Best Director - Zuo Le."
In the audience, Zuo Le breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was really a little afraid that the Golden Phoenix Award would risk the world and the big bad would suppress him, or that the whole double-yolked egg was deliberately disgusting.
Fortunately, these people still have moral integrity.
He Tianyan and everyone in Shanhe briefly celebrated, and Zuo Le came on stage to shake hands with Ma Le.
"Congratulations, Director Zuo."
"Thank you, Minister Ma."
Zuo Le thanked him softly, but his expression was calm. Although Ma Le was at a high level, it was not like Zuo Le had never met a big boss. Among other things, Dongshan No. 2 had gone to Shanhe to inspect, and he accompanied him throughout the whole process.
Ma Le handed the trophy to Zuo Le and said with a smile: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. It seems that soon, all my father's records will be obsolete."
"I still need to learn more from my predecessors. I hope Minister Ma can say hello to Mr. Ma for me. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely pay him a visit and listen to his teachings in person.
Zuo Le doesn't care about Ma Le, and the other party has nothing to do with him, but he still respects Mr. Ma Jin and Ma. Firstly, he is a veteran in the industry, and secondly, he admires his achievements.
His own family knows his own affairs, others don't know, but Zuo Le knows how he got these honors.
And Mr. Ma's achievements are all based on his real ability. Comparing the two, how can he not make Zuo Le admire him.
Seeing that Zuo Le's expression of admiration for his father didn't seem to be fake, Ma Le felt very good about Zuo Le. However, now that everyone was watching, he couldn't delay more with Zuo Le. He turned slightly and let Zuo Le give his acceptance speech first.
Zuo Le held the trophy and stood in front of the microphone: "First of all, I want to thank the organizing committee...Secondly, I want to thank the crew..."
After saying the routine thanks, it was finally time to get down to business: “To be honest, a few years ago, I never thought I would win the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Director, and I won it three times in one go. Now that I think about it, it’s still a bit strange.
In a dream.
The 13th of last month was my 30th birthday. At that time, I was busy going to Shanxi Province to survey the actual scene, so I spent it by myself eating a bowl of shaved noodles and Mr. Tian’s video.
At that time, Teacher Tian also said that he would come back to make up for my birthday gift, but it seems that has not happened now, and I don’t know where the salary I turned in has been used.”
After casually spreading the dog food, Zuo Le picked up the trophy in his hand and said with a little emotion.
"The ancients said that one becomes mature at thirty, and now I have officially entered the mature period of a man.
This trophy is not only my 30th birthday gift to myself, but also motivation and encouragement for my future career and life.
Next year is a special stage for me, and it is also a difficult challenge. I hope I can overcome the difficulties. There is a long road ahead, but I can only keep moving forward...
Finally, I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance and thank you again.”
Zuo Le stepped down, and Tian Yan showed a rare emotion. In front of everyone and the broadcast camera, he gave her a sweet kiss. Although it was just a kiss on the cheek, it also caused a burst of cheers from the people around him.
The host He Dan hurriedly took control of the stage and made some jokes to draw everyone's attention to the Best Actress who was about to be awarded. Only then did Zuo Le and Zuo Le calm down for the time being.
Tian Yan played with the trophy, then handed it to Shen Teng, who was curious next to him, and quietly leaned into Zuo Le's ear.
"Good performance. I'll go back and make up for your birthday present."
Zuo Le's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took out his mobile phone and started operating it without saying a word. Tian Yan was curious: "What are you doing?"
"It's okay, I'll buy you some Golden Throat lozenges."
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ps: I owed an update yesterday and will make up for it tomorrow.
