1979 Golden Age

A naked man is sleeping.

With no more ammunition or food, he was as limp as a slime.

The sunlight shone through the curtains onto his butt, which was perky and strong, the type women like best.

With a creaky sound, Gong Xue pushed open the bedroom door and walked in. She patted Chen Qi gently and called out, "Dandan, it's time to eat... It's ten o'clock, hurry up and eat!"

"No, I'm going to sleep for a while."

"I have things to do today, get up!"

“Hmm!”

He rolled up the quilt and hid. Gong Xue put her hands on her waist and said, "If you don't get up, you will have to pay the tax!"

“Get up, get up!”

Chen Qi seemed to have received a revelation from heaven. He jumped up, put on his clothes quickly, and washed up like he was doing military training.

For breakfast, I cooked white porridge, buns, eggs and pickles.

Zhuangzhuang sat on the carpet playing with a toy car. Her mother went out to meet some friends, some teachers from the Beijing Film Studio in the next building. Chen Qi was eating and saw her wearing a skirt, a white stand-up collar, a long-sleeved chiffon shirt, and putting on makeup in front of the mirror. He asked, "Where are you going to dress up so beautifully?"

"Didn't I tell you?"

"No, you just used your mouth on me."

"You're still pushing hard on me!"

Gong Xue rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm going to the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards to present an award. I'll be back in the evening."

"What you said is like going to the vegetable market to buy vegetables."

"What else? You stay at home and be good. The script is in the drawer. You'll be hungry at noon and think about what to eat. Or you can go have a drink with Lao Zhang and the others...Okay, I'm leaving now!"

Gong Xue put on some light makeup, lipstick, carried a small bag and went out in high heels.

Chen Qi knew that she was going to Jinji Baihua, but he forgot which day. He took the porridge to the balcony, waved his hand again, and watched her get on the van - Chen Qi could take a Japanese car, but it was not suitable for Gong Xue.

"Ah, you look so good! You are eating my bones and sucking my marrow."

After eating, Chen Qi felt tired, so he just held the child and lay down for a while. At noon, his mother-in-law came back, and he threw Zhuangzhuang aside and took out the script of "Judge Bao" from the drawer and started reading.

Previously, Gao Mantang and several young screenwriters were assigned the task of writing six unit stories, namely "The True and False Number One Scholar", "The Substitute Prince", "The Story of the Two Nails", "The Butterfly Dream", "The Execution of Pang Yu" and "The Five Rats in Tokyo", for a total of 30 episodes.

Several of them were full of energy and were looking forward to his return to review the manuscript.

What they thought of as the review: Teacher Chen read the manuscript carefully under the lamp, annotated it with his own handwriting, and smiled knowingly from time to time, and they were proud of the new generation of literary and art workers in the motherland.

The real review: Teacher Chen was lying on the bed, eating fruit, reading in a disjointed manner, and was often distracted. He felt impatient with the long script.

…………

Near Wanshou Temple in the western suburbs of Beijing, there is a China Theater built in 1984, which is the first modern large-scale song and dance theater in the country.

The hall can accommodate 1,700 people, and there is a separate dressing building in the backstage, with more than 20 dressing rooms of different sizes. Gong Xue stayed at home for two years and was curious about everything. She walked around and admired everything.

"Sister Xue!"

"Oh, Pan!"

Pan Hong suddenly appeared and ran over to ask, "Why are you here so early? It will take a while!"

"I familiarized myself with the environment in advance. I was so stupid staying at home that I didn't even know how to get on the stage. Where should I start?"

“Here, here…”

Pan Hong is one of the judges of this year's Golden Rooster Awards and one of the award presenters. She enthusiastically helped her to move to the right position: "You and Minister Ding will come up from here and go down from that side."

"Oh, ok!"

Gong Xue wore high heels, twisted her waist, and walked a few times like a model, "da da da". She couldn't help laughing after she finished walking. Pan Hong looked at her with emotion.

She is younger than Gong Xue, but she feels that she looks and feels very old, while Gong Xue has bright eyes and white teeth, is fashionable and beautiful, and looks like a girl. Pan Hong just divorced her husband Mi Jiashan. When talking about this, female stars all over the country envy Gong Xue.

Few marriages are happy.

The more famous you are, the less happy you are. Liu Xiaoqing, Pan Hong, Zhang Yu, Chen Chong, Fang Shu, etc.

After a while, everyone arrived. This year's judges included Xu Huanshan, Wu Tianming, Chen Jialin, Sang Hu, and many celebrities. Because we wanted to bring forth something new and keep up with international standards, we invited many award presenters to present the awards one by one, instead of having a big pot meal.

Gong Xue hasn't appeared in public for a long time, so she naturally became the focus.

Chen Qi didn't get along with this group of people, but she always took care of everything and maintained the relationship. However, when the female stars saw her, their hearts were pounding, and they thought she came back to get the award.

"Xiao Gong!"

"Hello, Minister Ding, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"I haven't seen you for a long time. It's not easy to invite you out. Audiences all over the country are waiting for you. When will you come out to film?" Ding Qiao said with a smile.

"There is some progress. I will let you know if there is any news."

"Another Xiao Chen movie?"

"Of course, he came back yesterday."

"You're back?"

Ding Qiao was transferred to the Radio and Television Bureau, and he had less contact with Chen Qi. When he heard that he was in Beijing, he suddenly waved and called Gong Xue to the backstage, saying, "Xiao Gong, I have a few words to tell you."

"You speak!"

"The next few years are critical, and the wind direction may change again. Although it will not affect Xiao Chen's exports, it will definitely increase his burden. The 60th anniversary of the founding of the army, the 40th anniversary of the victory of the three major battles, and the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China are all connected together. A large number of film and television works will definitely be shot, and Xiao Chen cannot escape it."

"Thank you for your reminder. Maybe he would like to take a photo!"

"That's great, then we can work together again!"

Ding Qiao smiled but did not mention some confidential matters, such as the fact that the higher-ups were currently studying the establishment of a "Leading Group for the Creation of Major Revolutionary Historical Themes Films and Televisions" and would be assigning targets in the future for how many such works must be completed each year.

Since the reform of the film studios, domestic films have entered an era of chaos.

Fist + pillow various touches.

The higher-ups felt that this was not a good idea, but since it did not solve the actual problems of the film system, they had no choice but to strengthen support for the main theme.

Soon it was evening, the audience and media entered the venue, and the award ceremony began.

The awards ceremony was more ceremonial. This was originally a set of rules: the guest told a joke on the stage, teased the candidate, and the candidate responded, and then the results were announced.

I was so excited to win the award and received all kinds of hugs.

Those who didn't win the award applauded enthusiastically and managed their expressions - unless they won a water award like Reba, Li Gengxi, and "Fengshen 1". "Fengshen 1" won the Best Feature Film Award at the 2023 Golden Rooster Awards, beating "The Wandering Earth 2", but it would be bad not to give the Wandering Earth Award, so they stupidly awarded a "Special Jury Award".

The Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Feature Film went to Juvenile Offenders, Sunrise, and Our Veterans. The Best Actor award went to Yang Zaibao for Acting Mayor.

"The winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress is——"

When the award was announced, the whole audience fell into a subtle and tense atmosphere. All they heard was: "Fang Shu, Sunrise!"

“Huahuahua!”

Applause broke out instantly. Everyone knew that Gong Xue did not participate in the competition, but they were still nervous. This was the first time that the award was given to someone else since 1981.

The actresses in the audience were extremely excited, and Fang Shu on the stage was extremely excited as well. It wasn't easy!

Gong Xue was also clapping, with no emotion in her heart.

Next is the Golden Rooster Awards.

"Wild Mountain" produced by Xi'an Film Studio became the biggest winner, winning several awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. This film is adapted from Jia Pingwa's novel "People in Jiwowa", which tells the story of rural reform and opening up, several farmers working in their careers, and getting divorced and remarried.

When presenting the Best Film award, Gong Xue and Ding Qiao appeared together.