After spending two days with the crew of "The Mansion", Zuo Le, Kong Sheng and other Shanhe artists from the crew went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, where this year's Golden Phoenix Awards were held in the provincial capital of Hangzhou.
On March 24, the red carpet outside the Hangzhou Gymnasium was star-studded.
However, Zuo Le didn't get involved much. With his current status, it didn't matter whether he walked on the red carpet or not. Instead, he might as well expose it to his artists.
The red carpet of the Golden Dragon Awards may still freshen him up, but he is really tired of walking on the red carpet of the Golden Phoenix Awards...
Therefore, Zuo Le skipped the red carpet process this year, and the broadcast director was still a little disappointed. After all, it was Zuo Le who was in the limelight. Without him, the broadcast ratings would have lost a hit point.
Zuo Le didn't care what others thought. Just like in previous years, when he entered the awards ceremony, countless people came to get close to him, and their attitude was even more warm and courteous than last year.
Although Shanhe was strong last year, it was not able to dominate everyone. At that time, there were still a few top players in the domestic TV drama field that could challenge it.
This year is different. Especially in the first half of the year, Shan He's ferocious performance made countless TV drama colleagues tremble. Although the density of TV dramas in the second half of the year is not so strong, there are also two break-3 hit dramas, "Seven Swords 2" and "Baolian Lantern".
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Regardless of whether he is dissatisfied verbally or not, at least on the surface, Shanhe is now invincible in the field of TV dramas.
The entertainment industry is the most realistic, and it is the most basic thing to support the high and suppress the low. Now that Zuo Le and his company dominate the industry, who doesn't want to hug him?
Even if you don't intend to be inferior to others, you don't want to cause offence, so you can come over and say a few nice words and appear familiar to avoid their sharp edges.
Later, even Chen Hanzhu, chairman of the Golden Phoenix Award Organizing Committee, came over to say hello to Zuo Le.
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Logically speaking, Zuo Le is a finalist for the award, and the top management of the organizing committee will generally not contact him in advance in order to avoid suspicion.
But today, Chen Hanzhu, the chairman of the organizing committee, made a special trip to chat with Zuo Le regardless of whether it would cause criticism from the outside world. This shows that Zuo Le's reputation is now high.
However, in Zuo Le's view, Chen Han came to greet him in public, not only because he was really affected by the country and his current reputation, but he also had the intention of showing goodwill.
Last year, the organizing committee of the Golden Phoenix Awards made some tricks during the award ceremony to show off its muscles, and took advantage of the opportunity to invite Zuo Le to be a judge of the Golden Phoenix Awards in order to achieve the purpose of suppressing Shanhe, but Zuo Le flatly rejected it.
Afterwards, although the two sides did not clearly become enemies, there was some grudge between them.
Zuo Le also took precautions and asked people to collect information about the Golden Phoenix Award to prepare for future troubles.
The Golden Phoenix Awards has not taken any action for the time being because Chairman Chen Hanzhu is "cautious", but if Sunward's performance is unfavorable this year, they will not be stingy in taking action.
However, including Zuo Le, no one expected that Shanhe Drama would perform so well this year, especially "Bright Sword", which was a complete mess.
The Golden Phoenix Award Organizing Committee's plan of "waiting for opportunities and striking later" was aborted.
In the final analysis, when it comes to awards, it all comes down to strength. We are not blind. If the awards are not given to the general public, it will definitely be a fatal blow to the credibility of the Golden Phoenix Award.
The Golden Phoenix Award has been established for more than 50 years, and I dare not say that it is perfect. The word "unfair" has never been mentioned above.
Even if Chen Hanzhu and the others made small moves before, they were all about ambiguous ordinary awards. Even if there were occasional doubts later, they could be blamed on the tastes of the judges.
But when it comes to some important awards, they don't have the guts to tamper with them easily, let alone take away the recognized favorites.
Chen Hanzhu dare not bear the responsibility of damaging the credibility and reputation of the Golden Phoenix Awards.
In fact, putting aside some selfish motives, Chen Hanzhu's original intention is to hope that the Golden Phoenix Award will be good, and even suppressing Shanhe, in his opinion, is to prevent the Golden Phoenix Award from becoming Shanhe's exclusive territory.
From a certain perspective, what Chen Hanzhu did was not even wrong.
Moreover, Chen Hanzhu's operations are actually very clever. For the sake of the reputation of the Golden Phoenix Award, he did not directly and deliberately target Shanhe, but took a roundabout route.
Let Zuo Le be the judge, and his company's works can only withdraw from the selection to avoid suspicion.
Although this routine is not very bright, it is very useful. Even if a discerning person sees it, there is no way to openly question it. After all, the two things of inviting Zuo Le to be a judge and Shanhe to avoid suspicion are completely in compliance with the regulations of the Golden Phoenix Award from the process point of view.
Apart from ridiculing Chen Hanzhu, everyone said that he was good at crooked ways and had all kinds of tricks, but nothing else had any effect.
But now his plan has come to nothing.
This year's Shanhe dramas are so strong that if all Shanhe dramas withdraw from the Golden Phoenix Awards, this year's Golden Phoenix Awards will become a huge laughing stock, and many TV dramas may not even participate.
There is no way, Shanhe Opera is not here, and no one recognizes the award after it is presented, so who would be willing to come and join in the fun? Most people still want to lose face.
Therefore, Chairman Chen chose to reconcile with Zuo Le. This time he was socializing with Zuo Le in front of everyone, and also revealed his intentions to Zuo Le in a subtle way.
The enemy is very powerful, so we can only attack slowly.
Even if the Golden Phoenix Award temporarily becomes Shanhe's arbiter, although its competitiveness has weakened, it will not affect the credibility of the award. As long as the credibility of the award remains, there will be opportunities for a "comeback" in the future.
He still doesn't believe that Zuo Le and Shan He can continue to dominate the field of Chinese TV dramas.
When the mountains and rivers are in decline, it will be the day when the Golden Phoenix Award will be reborn...
Zuo Le didn't know Chen Hanzhu's plan, otherwise he would definitely laugh at Chairman Chen.
What is waiting for the golden phoenix to reach nirvana? To put it bluntly, I don’t dare to confront Shanhe again, which is commonly known as giving in.
In fact, Zuo Le has never taken Chen Hanzhu's suppression seriously. The other party is too restricted. Unless they are willing to fight to the death or Shanhe doesn't do its best, they won't cause much trouble to Zuo Le at all.
Of course, necessary vigilance is still indispensable. Zuo Le does not regard the Golden Phoenix Award Organizing Committee as life and death enemies, but he does not regard them as friends either.
It is indispensable to guard against knowing others. Chen Hanzhu is a "prudent" person, and Zuo Le is also an out-and-out "steady" person.
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Zuo Le made a lot of faces at the meeting, and after a lot of people made faces in front of him, the red carpet outside was also finished.
The 2021 Golden Phoenix Awards Ceremony has officially begun.
I don’t know if the organizing committee did this intentionally. Although the Shanhe crews were gathered together in the past, there were also a few scattered crews who were separated from the main force and arranged to other locations.
This year, all the participants of Shanhe’s shortlisted crew were arranged together.
The broadcast camera scanned almost a quarter of the guests at the venue.
And among this mighty army of mountains and rivers, Zuo Le sat in the center.
Under the admiration of celebrities from all over the country, although Zuo Le just looked at the camera with a normal smile, in the eyes of the audience watching the live broadcast, Director Zuo Da was simply domineering and arrogant.
The barrage in the online live broadcast room exploded.
[Director Zuo is awesome (broken sound)]
[The momentum of the country has been established, it is too strong]
[Holy shit, Director Zuo’s look is really scary. I seem to see an emperor sitting on a dragon throne, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.]
[Yes, it seems to have the supreme aura of the 95th Five-Year Plan]
[Suddenly I really want to watch Zuo Le play the emperor]
[When I get wet, I feel that Mr. Liu is so handsome for the first time]
[???What are you talking about? Isn’t this just an ordinary smile? You’re overthinking it]
[Some people are angry again. Is it difficult to admit that others are excellent?]
[The person in front of me really has no ability to empathize. How could this situation be an ordinary smile]
[I guess that bastard Pang Yidian hired a navy army]
[Zuo Fen is too sensitive, the person above just told the truth]
[Black powder rolled thickly]
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Online barrages were quarreling over Zuo Le, but Zuo Le focused on the awards ceremony that had already begun.
As usual, the behind-the-scenes awards will be awarded first. Shanhe has done quite well and won a lot.
"Seven Swords 2" won the best action design and best visual effects.
When the first part of "Seven Swords" participated in the Golden Phoenix Awards, it also won these two awards, which shows the industry's recognition of the "Seven Swords" series' fighting scenes and special effects.
The hit "Bright Sword" won three awards: Best Screenplay, Best Score, and Best Art.
When the best screenwriter was awarded, Zuo Le, as the first screenwriter, did not go on stage to receive the award, but gave the honor to Shang Qianwu.
Speaking of which, Lao Shang is also a general under Zuo Le. He is in charge of the screenwriting department and works conscientiously. He is involved in almost 80% of Shanhe's script writing work.
It is true that Zuo Le "wrote" the outline of the script and was indeed the first contributor to the screenwriting team, but Shang Qianwu led a group of screenwriters to add details, and his credit was not as much as Zuo Le's.
As a result, the TV series became popular, but all the fame went to Zuo Le. Shang Qianwu, the second hero, could only follow behind to get some soup, which made Zuo Le feel guilty for this old subordinate.
He had thought before that if Shanhe drama won the best screenwriter, he would receive it himself, Lao Shang would also receive it, and if there was still a chance, several outstanding screenwriters from the screenwriting department would receive it together.
It's a pity that Zuo Le's abacus was good, but Shanhe seemed to be born at odds with the best screenwriter.
Nominated every year and slapped in the face every year.
Zuo Le himself was nominated four times, and finally got his wish with "Wulin Gaiden", while Shang Qianwu didn't get his wish to stand on the awards podium until this year.
Shang Qianwu is over 40 years old. He is usually taciturn and steady. Today when he touched the trophy for best screenwriter, he could not hold back his excitement and burst into tears on the stage.
In addition to "Seven Swords 2" and "Bright Sword", "Lotus Lantern" won the Best Cinematography award, while the other awards fell short.
Shortlisted for 11 behind-the-scenes awards, excluding the Best Director award at the end, there were 10 remaining, with Shanhe winning 6.
Six out of ten, the results were very impressive, Zuo Le was also very satisfied, and the following actor award made him smile even more.
Best Newcomer Zhang Shui.
To be honest, it was a slight upset that he won the award. Before that, the favorite for Best Newcomer was Wu Jing and another actor.
Wu Jing is very popular, and he has two hit roles in Duan Peng in "Bright Sword" and the Eighth Prince in "Lotus Lantern".
The other actor is not well-known, but his performance is good, and the role and the actor are very suitable. Unfortunately, the influence of the work is average, which is a bit delayed.
As a result, no one expected that the jury would bypass the two favorites and directly select Zhang Shui, who was not very conspicuous among the finalists.
However, everyone thought about it and felt relieved. Although Zhang Shui did not have as great an advantage as Wu Jing and Wu Jing, he was not without his merits.
His role as cavalry company commander Sun Desheng in "Bright Sword" originally earned the tears of countless viewers.
Just based on the scene "Cavalry Company, Attack", Zhang Shui was elected as the best newcomer, and no one could say no.
There was a little dark horse in the Best Newcomer category, but there was not so much trouble in the Best Supporting Actor category, which was successfully won by Jiao Jun for his role as Erlang Shen in "Lotus Lantern".
Although it is said to be smooth, it is actually a bit risky. Best Supporting Actor has always been a stage for veteran actors. Sometimes the intensity of the competition is not weaker than the battle for the emperor.
Neither Zhang Bei (Chu Yunfei) nor Du Lu (Wang Taiyi), including the other two nominees, are good candidates. Jiao Jun was able to win in the end because of some luck.
Subsequently, Yin Li won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Ling'er in "Seven Swords 2", defeating the eldest sister Yan Ni and successfully won the title.
Two years ago, Yin Li was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Guo Furong in "Wulin Gaiden", but was eliminated.
At that time, this girl with round dimples on her face was very strong and did not cry. Today, she finally got what she wanted, but she almost burst into tears on stage.
After Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actor, there are Popular Character of the Year and Best Director. These two awards are almost no surprise.
Li Youbin (Li Yunlong) and Zuo Le took turns on stage.
After Li Youbin, there was Shidi, but now he didn't dare to lose his character, so he left after saying a few words.
Zuo Le doesn't care about his undefeated character. He has won the Best Director for four consecutive years. If he had any character, he would have lost it long ago. The only thing he is interested in now is whether he can win the Best Director five times in a row.
But if you think about it carefully, this is quite difficult.
Apart from that, Zuo Le cannot say that he will definitely win Kong Sheng's "The Mansion Gate" next year.
Originally, Zuo Le wanted to show off and say that he was looking forward to standing here for the fifth time next year, but then he thought of "Mansion Gate" and was afraid of being slapped in the face, so he didn't dare to say it out loud. He thanked his relatives, friends and colleagues on the crew, and then slipped off the stage.
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There is nothing to say about the Best Actress (Video Actor). The competition of Shanhe drama is too weak, so there is no hope at all.
Later, the facts proved this point. Shui Miaomiao and Niu Ping watched helplessly as their competitors ascended to the throne.
Zuo Le watched his female artists look eagerly at Xinshi who was delivering a speech on the stage, with all kinds of envy, jealousy, and hatred in his eyes. He began to wonder in his heart whether the company could consider opening a drama with a female protagonist next.
It would be better to start a palace fight drama, throw all these women into it, let them tear them apart, and save yourself some trouble...
During the ensuing battle over the emperor, everyone in Shanhe cheered up, and the three parties involved, Li Youbin, Hou Yong, and Wang Baotian, were even more nervous.
Among them, Wang Baotian performed the best. He was older and had a stable mentality. He had won the title of Emperor once before, so although he was nervous, he was able to hold his own better than the other two.
Speaking of which, Li Youbin has won the title twice, and it stands to reason that he should be more stable. But the key point is that if Li Youbin wins it again this year, he will be the first person in China to have a hat trick of title.
With such a great honor, Li Youbin will inevitably feel unbalanced.
As for Hou Yong, the reason for his nervousness is simpler. He has been nominated many times but has not won any achievements. He has long wanted to take off the hat of the uncrowned king from his head. "Da Ranfang" is his best opportunity in recent years. It is strange that he is not nervous.
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Under everyone's gaze, the award-giving guest took out the letter and said three words.
Wang Baotian sighed, smiled and clapped softly, while Hou Yong was too obsessed and could not hide his disappointment.
And the lucky guy, Old Li, grinned to the back of his head. Although he tried his best to hide it, his laughing voice was still full of Li Yunlong's magic...
