China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 390 Annual Rating Champion & Annual Box Office Runner Up

Starting from December 12th, the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife" filmed the scene where the three brothers of the hero assassinate Wei Zhongxian.

The actors and staff of the film crew braved the cold wind and winter, and filmed the scene on rainy nights for several days in a row, and finally ate all the climax.

Today, I made up a big scene of ignition, and the assassination scene is all over.

Cao Xuan hurriedly changed into wet clothes, and drank a cup of ginger soup brought by Zhang Chonggang to drive away the chill in the rainy night.

He is in good health, but he can't bear it like this every day. If he catches a cold, the crew will have to stop working again, so he can't be neglected.

"Does anyone else have ginger soup?"

"It's all ready. I went to see it. There are ginger soup, hot water, and a lot of white wine. Drinking can also drive away the cold."

While talking, Wu Jing came in with a bottle of white wine wetly, and took a sip into his mouth: "This wine is good, but it's not strong enough. Erguotou is better."

"Go back and talk to the director of the production, change a few boxes of Erguotou, drink the strong one, see if you can find some small bottles, just to drive away the cold, don't drink too much."

Cao Xuan glanced at the 500ml wine bottle in Wu Jing's hand. It is a good thing to use wine to drive away the cold, but don't get some drunkards out, and don't shoot that scene.

After a few sips of wine, Wu Jing went in to change clothes, and greeted him while wiping his head when he came out.

"It's too cold today, or call Lao Duan, let's go out and get some dog meat, I'll treat you."

"Go with him, I'll watch the live broadcast of the Golden Horse Awards and see how many awards I can get."

"Then I'll go out and pack it up, and I'll go to your room to watch it together."

"Row."

Half an hour later, Cao Xuan had just taken a hot shower in his room when the doorbell rang.

Opening the door, Wu Jing, Duan Long, Hu Jun, Gao Yuanyuan, and Hu Ke, who played the role of Wei Zhongxian's righteous daughter today, swarmed over with bags.

"Good guy, you don't film at night."

"The filming has been quite tiring for the past few days. Director Xu probably won't be able to take it anymore. There is no big night scene today."

Cao Xuan nodded, Liu Yan's role had already been filmed, she had no rivalry with Cao Xuan in the first place, after a few scenes, she went straight back to the filming.

The rest of them are all actors who have had a lot of scenes with him. As long as they finish filming with Cao Xuan, they can basically wrap up and go home.

"Can you receive the live broadcast of the Golden Horse Awards? The TV in my room doesn't seem to be able to."

"Normally, you can't receive it, but you can add some equipment."

Cao Xuan pointed to the small pot lid outside the window of the hotel room, which was the satellite receiver.

In fact, Cao Xuan didn't know the reason. Anyway, a bodyguard helped him to receive signals from some TV stations in Asia and beyond.

The Golden Horse Awards are broadcast on Hong Kong and Singapore TV stations, not to mention Taiwan and mainland China. As long as you find a signal, it is not difficult to watch the broadcast.

"You have so many talents."

Wu Jing sighed, but Cao Xuan, who was hungry, ignored him, looking for something to eat in the big and small bags he brought.

At first, although they made an appointment to eat dog meat, considering that some people might not want to eat it, Wu Jing also bought other cooked food and snacks besides dog meat.

After looking for a piece of cake, Cao Xuan brought a big cake with rolled meat, and everyone else started to eat it.

Wu Jing tuned the channel and found the live broadcast of the Golden Horse Awards, which has already started, and the hosts Cai Kangyong and Zheng Yuling are in the heat.

The camera has been sweeping the audience seats, basically all the big names in Hong Kong, the most popular in the mainland is Hu Jing, there are almost no Taiwanese artists who are too resistant.

The shortlisted films are also mainly Hong Kong films, and the proportion of local films in Taiwan is extremely low. As for mainland films, there is only one "When Men Are in Love".

This is because the movie has been screened in Taiwan. Cao Xuan himself is quite popular in Taiwan, and the key is that he has connections, otherwise he might not be shortlisted.

Also because of this ratio, apart from the relatively positive Hong Kong media, the evaluation of this Golden Horse Award in Taiwan Province and the mainland is not high.

The mainland is okay, I have been used to it for so many years, and there is also a "When Men Are in Love", which makes a few words of ridicule, and then cares more about how many awards they can win.

The reaction from the Taiwan Province was more intense, and even scolded the Golden Horse Award for becoming a small Golden Statue Award. If all Hong Kong films are withdrawn, I am afraid that it will not even be able to support the stage.

On the surface, it is attacking the Golden Horse Awards, but in fact it is more about hating the decline of Taiwanese films.

If Hong Kong films are said to have declined, but their souls are still alive, even if there are series of works above the standard every year, there will still be a masterpiece every two years.

That film is basically a backwater, and often there is no one that can be sold for several years.

If it weren't for the existence of literary and artistic films, the Golden Horse Awards would have long been the back garden of Xiangjiang and mainland films.

This year's Golden Horse Awards, in fact, the main highlight is the second duel between Liu Tianwang and Liang Chaowei.

"Infernal Affairs" is too popular. This year's Academy Award won 16 nominations, tying "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and being the highest record for Academy Award nominations.

In the end, Liang Chaowei won the Golden Statue Award, and many people wondered whether Liu Tianwang could win the Golden Horse.

The camera of the Golden Horse Award Ceremony also kept scanning Liu Tianwang and Liang Chaowei's faces, and everyone in Cao Xuan's room also talked about it.

"Who do you think will win the prize?"

"Liang Chaowei, the Chen Yongren he played in "Infernal Affairs" is perfect, sorry, I am a policeman."

"Liu Tianwang is not bad, I think his acting skills are at their peak."

"The golden statue was given to Liang, and the judges of the Golden Horse are probably about the same."

"It's hard to say, maybe the golden horse is planning to fight against the golden statue."

"..."

A group of people were discussing lively, Cao Xuan was a little speechless, knocked on the table, and protested: "Treat me as a dead person, I am one of the four nominees."

Cao Daguan is very dissatisfied, although we are not popular, but we can't completely ignore it.

"Then who do you think will win the prize?"

"...Liang Chaowei."

Cao Xuan would not shyly say that he can win the award, although he performed well in "When a Man is in Love", being nominated for the Golden Horse Award has already proved everything.

But the acting skills of those two in "Infernal Affairs" are even better than him.

Moreover, "Infernal Affairs" is very brilliant in terms of plot, character setting, and overall movie conception, and it will naturally have extra bonuses.

Although the plot and characters of "When a Man is in Love" are not bad, it is still somewhat thin and inferior.

Not to mention that although Liu and Liang are fighting against each other and the film crew is in trouble, but to a certain extent, the two can be considered to complement each other, and they have joined forces to enhance their advantages and form a special alliance.

Whether it's Cao Xuan or Ren Dahua from "PTU", another nominee, if you put him together, it's a bit like one against two.

So this year's Golden Horse Best Actor Contest, although Cao Xuan was shortlisted, he has no advantages in all aspects, and has a chance of more than 95% to run.

Anyway, it is also the first time to be shortlisted for the three gold medal winners, which is of great significance to Cao Xuan.

Although the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is busy, he doesn't mind taking a leave of absence as long as there is a [-]% chance or more.

However, although Cao Xuan's chance of winning the award is extremely low, he is also envied by other actors.

The Golden Horse Award is one of the highest awards for Chinese-language films. Even because the Golden Statue and Golden Rooster are too biased towards local actors, it is now vaguely meaning the number one Chinese-language film award.

In the audience, except for Hu Jun who was nominated for Golden Horse Best Actor for "Lan Yu", the others could only watch eagerly.

For Cao Xuan, being nominated for Golden Horse Best Actor is also an extra layer of qualifications in the film and television industry. After all, among the younger generation of actors, being able to get three gold nominations is already considered a leader.

After all, actor awards are generally not only based on acting skills, but sometimes there is also some consideration of actor qualifications, so young actors suffer in this regard.

Especially for the Academy Awards, there have been similar compensations or awards for actors who have reached the qualifications for several years.

The Golden Horse and Golden Rooster awards are slightly better, but in comparison, famous or mature actors have more advantages in judging,
It is indeed a rare case that Liu Huohua, Xia Yu, Qin Hailu, Sister-in-law Lu, etc. rely on special movie roles to become emperors at a young age.

Be afraid of everything!

Cao Xuan, who was a bit depressed when he saw the two of Liu Tianwang, now felt more balanced when he saw the envious eyes of other people around him.

And the award presentations on TV also continued, basically all Hong Kong films were big hits, especially "Infernal Affairs", which won several awards.

However, "When a Man is in Love" is not nothing, it won a [Best Original Film Song], which is the song "Love You Slowly".

Because this song was sung and written by Cao Xuan, the award was actually awarded to him.

Hu Jing took the stage to accept the award on behalf of Cao Xuan. She was graceful and free-spirited, which made Cao Xuan feel relieved that my daughter-in-law has grown up.

Although usually at home, he always helps the East and West Palace in various ways, and the two of them are willing to listen to him, so that they seem to be the little wives of the Cao family.

But actually put it outside, the East and West Palaces are also heroines who stand alone.

Hu Jing is one of the famous four young stars, the top female artist in the new generation of Chinese entertainment industry, in terms of popularity alone, she can be among the top ten...or even the top five at today's awards ceremony.

Shortly after the awards for [Best Original Film Song], [Best Newcomer] was presented, and Cao Xuan won again.

Everyone applauded and congratulated. Although Cao Xuan himself was also happy, it was hard to say how happy he was.

He debuted for more than a few years, and his influence spread all over the world, except for the Grammy [Best Newcomer], which is of special significance, and because of the four major categories of newcomer awards that are extremely valuable.

Other newcomer awards, whether it is film, drama, or music, can only be said to be tasteless to Cao Xuan, tasteless to eat, and a pity to discard.

Not to mention that Cao Xuan is nominated for Best Actor, this award is even more dispensable to him.

Compared to winning the award himself, Cao Xuan actually wanted to give this award to Hu Jing. The Empress of Donggong lacked an award even more than him. Although the Golden Horse [Best Newcomer] was not very useful, it was at least an honor.

Hu Jing came to the stage again to accept the award on behalf of Cao Xuan, and there was a bit of booing at the award ceremony.

Accepting awards for Cao Xuan twice in a row, coupled with the scandal between the two, it is really hard not to make people think too much.

Cao Xuan had long ignored these things, but took another look at the other nominee for "Best Newcomer".

"Blind Well" - Wang Baoqiang.

Another legend in the ensemble world, who just came out at this time, starred in "Blind Well" in his true colors, and was spotted by Feng Xiaogang to star in "A World Without Thieves".

Although Wang Baoqiang himself has excellent talent, his luck is actually even more uncomparable to ordinary people.

Feng Xiaogang's movies are not easy to get in. Li Bingbing has been in Huayi for a few years, and he may not have as many roles as him.

Many new recruits from the three major schools signed by Huayi honestly waited for the opportunity. He was a wild way from a group performance, killing wildly, and he was definitely the son of destiny.

If it wasn't for his emotional troubles, he was an unattractive poor boy from the countryside, and he was finally promoted to the best actor with a box office of tens of billions.

The former Time-Space Golden Horse [Best Newcomer] was actually Wang Baoqiang's, but now that Cao Xuan is a candidate for Best Actor, he naturally does not have his share.

Seeing the flashing green face, the series "Soldier Assault", "My Brother is Shun Liu" and "People on the Journey" flashed in Cao Xuan's mind.

I don't know if the other party has been signed by Huayi, otherwise Fan Xing can cut it off.

After [Best Newcomer] is over, there is only one [Best Picture] nomination left for "When a Man is in Love", which has not yet been announced.

With "Infernal Affairs" and "Blind Well", Cao Xuan basically didn't hold out any hope. He didn't turn off the TV, just to take care of the crowd who wanted to know who would be the best actor and actress.

The last few awards were awarded first to the best actresses. Hung Hing's thirteenth sister Ng Kwan-ru got her wish. With the movie "Golden Rooster", she became another Hong Kong actress who won the Golden Horse and Best Actress double slam.

Cao Xuan took a break, edited a text message and sent it to Chen Kexin, sending his congratulations.

At any rate, we worked together. This time at the Golden Horse Awards Ceremony, Chen Kexin also attended as the director of "When a Man is in Love". Now that his wife has won the award, Cao Xuan has to express it.

Wu Junru was originally the biggest favorite of this year's Golden Horse Best Actress, and winning the award was not beyond everyone's expectations.

What's more, her popularity is limited, so everyone puts more energy on the battle between the two heroes in "Infernal Affairs".

The Organizing Committee of the Golden Horse Awards also knew where the biggest climax of this year's show was, so they had a hard time before the Best Actor revealed it.

The host Cai Kangyong even kept talking around Tianwang Liu, hinting and provoking with all kinds of hints and provocations, which was far more frequent than the other two candidates Liang Chaowei and Ren Dahua who were present.

Such an obvious bias made Liu Tianwang's fans scream wildly, and even Liu Tianwang himself gradually smiled brightly.

"This is a clear sign."

"It's really Tianwang Liu, otherwise the host keeps asking him what he's doing."

"It's slow, let's announce it quickly."

Not only the people at the awards ceremony, but even Wu Jing and others in front of the TV thought it was awarded to Liu Tianwang, but Cao Xuan frowned slightly.

Too much!
After a while, the result was announced, and the best actor was Liang Chaowei. There was an uproar on the scene and outside the TV.

On the one hand, I was surprised by the result, and on the other hand, I felt that the host was playing with Liu Tianwang.

With so many people watching the TV, you flirted with him for a few minutes in vain, but it turned out that he wasn't the one who won the prize. Isn't this a public joke?
Wu Jing swears on the spot, and Cao Xuan's face is not good. Looking at Liu Tianwang who is smiling reluctantly in front of the TV, he compares his heart with his heart. If he was there, with his popularity, he might be "molested" too.

Cao Xuan can understand that the organizing committee and the host want to make a stunt, but they can't bully people like this.

Liu Tianwang cares about his image and takes the perfect idol route, even if he suffers a loss, he can only grit his teeth and endure it.

If Cao Xuan didn't get used to them, let alone the Golden Horse Awards, even if Oscar disgusted him, he wouldn't make them feel comfortable...

"Forget it, don't watch it, it's annoying."

Cao Xuan didn't bother to care about the final [Best Director] and [Best Picture], and when the TV was turned off, he kicked people away, thinking that the awards ceremony was almost over, so he called Hu Jing.

The empress of the East Palace was also so angry that she didn't even attend the awards show, and complained to Cao Xuan on the phone about the poor work done by the organizing committee and the host.

"Then if the host dares to play this trick on you, I will directly smash the golden horse in his face."

Like Cao Xuan, the reason why Hu Jing was so angry about this matter was that on the one hand, she really couldn't stand it, and on the other hand, she also thought of the treatment that Cao Xuan would most likely receive if she came here today.

With such a generation, the anger in his heart is naturally a bit stronger than that of ordinary people.

Originally, it was rare for Hu Jing to come to Taiwan this time, and she intended to go to a few shows to show her face. Because of this, she now has a very bad impression of the host in Taiwan, and she was already planning to book a ticket to return to Beijing just now.

Cao Xuan and Liu Tianwang have a good personal relationship. They came to help me without saying a word at the last music festival.

He originally wanted to call Liu Tianwang to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak, so he finally sent a text message, and it didn't take long for Liu Tianwang to reply.

[Don't read anything, "When a Man is in Love" is very good, don't be discouraged if you didn't win an award this time, work harder next time]

Look at his attitude and mentality.

Cao Xuan feels that no matter how true or false Liu Tianwang's "Perfect Idol" is, some aspects of his behavior and demeanor are really worth learning from.

.........

The next day, news about the Golden Horse Awards dominated the front pages of the entertainment sectors in the three places across the Taiwan Strait.

Cao Xuan won two prizes, which is considered a small gain.

Hu Jing accepted the award on Cao Xuan's behalf, which made the "Cao Hu love" rumor more and more popular. Some media even said that the two parties have met their parents and will get married within a few years.

Although most of the news is made up by the media, the general trend is not wrong.

If the details weren't right, Cao Xuan would have thought that another paparazzi who had eaten the guts of a leopard was following him.

But if we want to talk about the most influential news, it has to be the Liu Tianwang incident. The host and the Golden Horse Awards were sprayed bloody.

Especially the host, has become the target of public criticism.

In 2003, Liu Tianwang was still at the peak of his popularity. Several top Chinese directors chose actors, and he was among the top candidates. He was undoubtedly the top of China Entertainment.

Even Cao Xuan dare not say that his popularity in China can stabilize Liu Tianwang.

So the host was happy, being greeted by Liu Tianwang's fans in turn.

In the original time and space, the host was scolded for a year, and the apology at the Golden Horse Awards in the second year was considered a small turning point. Looking at it now, it is estimated that this time will not be short.

Cao Xuan didn't pay much attention to the aftermath of the Golden Horse Awards. In addition to filming, he occasionally watched the film market throughout December.

In 2003, there was no concept of so-called Spring Festival stalls, and everyone had more Lunar New Year stalls, that is, from mid-December to around the Spring Festival.

This year's Lunar New Year, apart from "The Matrix 3", Feng Xiaogang's new work "Mobile Phone" is undoubtedly the most concerned.

Cao Xuan is also very concerned about "Mobile Phone".

On the one hand, Fan Xiaopang, the first sister of the stars in the future, will rely on this movie to make a small splash, and at the same time, it will completely open up the glamorous and scumbag drama.

It also made many viewers whose impression of Fan Xiaopang still stay in Jinsuo suddenly realized, and at the same time realized Fan Xiaopang's beauty.

Of course, Fan Xiaopang's glamorous and sexy route is bound to be accompanied by controversy.

Even if Fanxing has a targeted control over the artist's image and public opinion, it is impossible to completely reverse the fixed impression, it can only be said to be reduced as much as possible.

At least it won't make Fan Xiaopang stir up a wave of scandals when he meets a man, and become "as good as a husband".

But in the same way, if there are less scandals about external actors, I am afraid that Cao Xuan will inevitably have to take the blame.

However, Cao Daguan is also used to it. Fanxing and other actresses count as one, and whoever has not been "badly" by him.

As long as it doesn't involve male artists, just ignore it...

There is another reason why Cao Xuan pays attention to "Mobile Phone", that is, so far, "When a Man is in Love" is still the box office champion in the mainland in 2003.

"The Matrix 3" and "Mobile Phone" will be the last challenge of "When a Man is in Love".

The two films, "The Matrix 3" were released first and landed in theaters around the world at the end of November. Cao Xuan also specially released his own interviews through Fengyun Studio and some media, which can be regarded as helping a wave of publicity.

Compared with the original time and space, because of Cao Xuan's help, the box office of the "Matrix" series is higher than the original time and space.

"The Matrix 2" in the summer vacation was okay, because there was competition from "When a Man Is in Love" at the time, and Cao Xuan's bonus was not too obvious, and finally won 4600 million+ at the box office.

When "The Matrix 3" was released, Cao Xuan's popularity became particularly prominent, and many people rushed to Cao Xuan to watch the movie.

As of the end of December, the box office has exceeded 12 million, and it is very hopeful that it will hit 4800 million, which is 5000 million+ higher than the original box office in the mainland.

This is still because Cao Xuan is just a small supporting role with few roles, especially in "The Matrix 3", where the roles are only a few minutes in total.

If it is the leading role, on the premise that the quality of the "Matrix" series of movies itself is guaranteed, Cao Xuan's bonus will be even higher.

With a cumulative domestic box office of nearly [-] million, the "Matrix" series can be regarded as a fairly good overseas movie in recent years.

Although Cao Xuan knows that his role is limited, in the eyes of outsiders, the promotion of the "Matrix" series in the mainland has borrowed a lot of Cao Xuan's popularity, coupled with the excellent performance of "When Men Are in Love".

Cao Xuan's "box office appeal" is comparable to many big names in movies, which also makes "Xiu Chun Knife" a favorite of major distribution companies.

China Film, Moying, Bona, and the newly established Huaxia all came to Fanxing to seek cooperation.

Cao Xuan himself tends to update China Film, but unlike last time, Fanxing Entertainment and Fanxing Cinemas have officially joined the distribution of "Xiu Chun Dao".

An ambitious film and television company cannot do without its own mature distribution channels.

When a Man Was in Love, Fanxing had just entered the film industry, so it was understandable to hold China Film Group's thighs. With the first experience, Fanxing could try to take over part of the work even though he could not release it independently.

"The Matrix" series + "When Men Are in Love", with a cumulative box office of nearly 1.5 million. Cao Xuan, who participated in all of them, became the veritable box office king in 2003.

But the 1.5 million is too much water, Cao Xuan doesn't want to admit it, he wants "When Men Are in Love" to beat "Mobile" and win the annual box office champion.

It's a pity that Feng Xiaogang + Uncle Ge's golden partner is too famous in the Lunar New Year file. Huayi has been deeply involved in the Lunar New Year file for several years, and he knows the movie's release and promotion like the palm of his hand.

"Mobile Phone" had an astonishing momentum when it was released. Although the southern market was slightly inferior, it was extremely popular in the northern market.

During the release period of more than a month, it won 5600 million+ at the box office, overtaking "When Men Are in Love" and becoming the annual box office champion.

The champion was gone, and the Best Actor of the Golden Horse had no share of his own, Cao Xuan was more or less depressed.

Fortunately, "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji" is powerful, and under the attack of the two phenomenal and popular TV series "Dragon and Ba Bu" and "My Fair Princess 3", it still won the annual ratings champion.

Two Grammys and a Billboard No. [-] single.

An annual ratings champion and an annual box office runner-up.

This year, Cao Xuan finally realized the double flowering of film and music in a real sense, and handed in a satisfactory answer sheet...

(End of this chapter)