China Entertainment 1997

Starting from December 8, the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife" will film the scene where the three male protagonist brothers assassinate Wei Zhongxian.

The cast and crew braved the cold winter weather and filmed the rainy night scene for several days, and finally managed to capture the climax.

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

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

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

"Does anyone else have ginger soup?"

"Everything is ready. I went to see it. There is ginger soup, hot water, and a lot of white wine. It can be drunk to ward off the cold."

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

"Go back and talk to the production director and exchange a few boxes of Erguotou. If you can, drink the strong ones. See if you can find some small bottles to ward off the cold. Don't drink too much."

Cao Xuan glanced at the 500ml wine bottle in Wu Jing's hand. It was a good thing to use wine to ward off the cold, but don't get a few drunkards out, and don't film the scene.

After taking 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. Why don't you call Lao Duan and let's go out and get some dog meat to eat? I'll treat you."

"You go with him. I'll watch the live broadcast of the Golden Horse Awards and see how many awards I can win."

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

"OK."

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

When I opened the door, I saw Wu Jing, Duan Long, Hu Jun, Gao Yuanyuan, and Hu Ke, who was playing the role of Wei Zhongxian's adopted daughter today, all swarming over with large and small bags.

"Good guys, you won't be filming at night."

"I've been very tired from filming these days. Director Xu probably can't stand it anymore. There's no big night scene today."

Cao Xuan nodded. Liu Yan's scenes had been filmed. She didn't have any scenes opposite Cao Xuan. After a few scenes, she went back to filming.

The rest of them are all actors who have 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? It seems that the TV in my house can't."

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

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

In fact, Cao Xuan didn't know what the principle was. Anyway, a bodyguard tinkered with it for him, and it could receive signals from some TV stations in Asia and even farther away.

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

"You have so many talented people."

Wu Jing sighed with emotion, but Cao Xuan, who was hungry, ignored him and looked through the large and small bags he brought to find something to eat.

Although he initially agreed to eat dog meat, considering that some people might not be willing to eat it, Wu Jing also bought other cooked food and snacks in addition to dog meat.

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

Wu Jing tuned the station and found that the live broadcast of the Golden Horse Awards had already begun, and the hosts Cai Kangyong and Zheng Yuling were warming up.

The camera kept panning at the guest seats in the audience. They were basically all big names in Hong Kong. The most popular one in Mainland China was Hu Jing. There were almost no Taiwanese artists who were too hard to beat.

The shortlisted films are also mainly Hong Kong films, with a very low proportion of local films in Taiwan. As for mainland films, there is only "When a Man Loves".

This is because this movie has been screened in Taiwan Province. Cao Xuan himself is quite popular in Taiwan Province, and he has important connections, otherwise he may not be shortlisted.

Because of this ratio, except for Hong Kong media, which is relatively positive, the Golden Horse Awards are not rated highly in Taiwan and the mainland.

The Mainland is okay, I have gotten used to it over the years, and there is also "When a Man is in Love", which makes you laugh a bit, and then you are more concerned about how many awards you can win.

The Taiwanese province reacted fiercely, even angrily criticizing the Golden Horse Awards for becoming the Little Academy Awards. If all Hong Kong films were withdrawn, they might not even be able to hold up the stage.

On the surface it was an attack on the Golden Horse Awards, but in reality it was more about hating the decline of Taiwanese films.

Hong Kong films may be said to have declined, but their soul is not dead. There are even series of works that are above the standard every year, and a masterpiece can pop up every two years.

The film industry was basically a backwater, and it often took several years without a good film.

If it weren't for the presence of literary and artistic films, the Golden Horse Awards would have long become the back garden of Hong Kong and mainland films.

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

"Infernal Affairs" is so popular that it received 16 nominations for this year's Academy Awards, tying "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for the highest number of Academy Award nominations.

In the end, Liang Chaowei was slightly better at the Academy Awards. Many people were curious whether Liu Tianwang could come back in the Golden Horse.

The cameras at the Golden Horse Awards ceremony kept looking at the faces of Liu Tianwang and Liang Chaowei, and everyone in Cao Xuan's room was also talking about them.

"Which one of them will win the prize?"

"Leung Chiu-wai, he played Chen Yongren in "Infernal Affairs". I'm sorry, I'm a policeman."

"Liu Tianwang is not bad either. I think he is at the peak of his acting skills."

"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 going to fight against the golden statue."

"..."

A group of people were having a lively discussion. Cao Xuan was a little speechless. He knocked on the table and protested: "Treat me as a dead person. I am among the four people nominated."

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

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

"...Liang Chaowei."

Cao Xuan is not shy about saying that he can win the award. Although he performed well in "When Men Are in Love", being nominated for the Golden Horse Award already proves everything.

But the acting skills of the two actors in "Infernal Affairs" are even better than his.

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

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

Not to mention that although Liu and Liang are competing against each other and the film crew is involved, to a certain extent, the two complement each other and work together to enhance their advantages and form a special alliance.

Whether it is Cao Xuan or Simon Yam of another nominee "PTU", when put together with him, it feels like one versus two.

Therefore, in this year's Golden Horse Best Actor competition, although Cao Xuan is shortlisted, he has no advantage in all aspects and has a more than 95% chance of running away.

After all, this is the first time he has been shortlisted for the Three Golden Best Actors Award, which is of great significance to Cao Xuan.

Although the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is busy, he doesn't mind taking a leave as long as there is a chance of more than 30%. But now that the chance is too small, Cao Xuan, who has a lot of filming tasks, is not willing to take a trip in vain.

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

The Golden Horse Awards are one of the highest awards for Chinese-language films. Because the Golden Statue and Golden Rooster are too biased towards local actors, they now vaguely mean the first Chinese-language film award.

Everyone present, except Hu Jun, who was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for "Lan Yu", could only watch with eager eyes.

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

After all, actor awards generally not only look at acting skills, but sometimes also take into account actor qualifications, so young actors suffer in this aspect.

Especially at the Academy Awards, there have been similar compensations or awards given to actors based on their qualifications in several editions.

The Golden Horse and Golden Rooster Awards are slightly better, but in comparison, famous or mature actors have a greater judging advantage.

There are indeed very few cases where Liu Huohua, Xia Yu, Qin Hailu, Sister-in-law Lu and others became emperors and empresses at such a young age due to their special movie roles.

I am afraid of comparison in everything!

Cao Xuan, who was a little frustrated when he saw Liu Tianwang and the other two, now felt more balanced when he saw the envious eyes of others looking at him.

The awards ceremony on TV also continued, and Hong Kong films were basically the best, especially "Infernal Affairs", which won several awards.

However, "When a Man Falls in Love" was not without success. It won one [Best Original Film Song], which was the song "Slowly Falling in Love with You."

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

Hu Jing came to the stage to receive the award on behalf of Cao Xuan. She was elegant and graceful, making Cao Xuan feel happy that my daughter-in-law has grown up.

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

But actually outside, the two palaces in the east and west are also heroes who stand alone.

Hu Jing is even more famous as one of the Four Little Actresses, one of the top new generation female artists in the Chinese entertainment industry. In terms of popularity alone, she can be ranked among the top ten... or even the top five at today's award ceremony.

Shortly after the [Best Original Film Song] award, [Best Newcomer] was awarded, and Cao Xuan won again.

Everyone around applauded and congratulated. Although Cao Xuan himself was also happy, he couldn't say how happy he was.

It has been more than a few years since its debut, and its influence has spread all over the world. In addition to the Grammy [Best New Artist], which has special significance, and because of the four most valuable new artist awards.

Other newcomer awards, whether for film, television, drama, or music, can only be described as tasteless to Cao Xuan, tasteless and a pity to throw away.

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

Rather than winning the award himself, Cao Xuan actually wanted to give this award to Hu Jing. The Empress of the East Palace lacked an award to show off her face even more than him. Although the Golden Horse [Best Newcomer] was of little use, it was at least an honor.

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

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

Cao Xuan had long ignored these, but instead took another glance at the other nominee for [Best Newcomer].

"Blind Well" - Wang Baoqiang.

Another legend in the group acting world, he was just starting out at this time, starring in "The Blind Shaft", and was spotted by Feng Xiaogang to star in "A World Without Thieves".

Although Wang Baoqiang himself is extremely talented, his luck is actually even more extraordinary than that of ordinary people.

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

Many of the newcomers signed by Huayi from the three major schools are waiting for the opportunity. He is a wild boy who comes from a group performance and kills like crazy. He is definitely the son of destiny.

If it weren't for the emotional difficulties, he was a poor young man from a rural area with an unspectacular appearance, and eventually became a billionaire actor at the box office. His national popularity and popularity among the public were astonishing. He was simply the template for the male protagonist of China Entertainment Entertainment.

The original Time and Space Golden Horse [Best Newcomer] actually belonged to Wang Baoqiang, but now that Cao Xuan is a candidate for Best Actor, he naturally does not have a share.

Seeing the green face that flashed by, the series "Soldier Assault", "My Brother's Name is Shunliu" and "People on the Wrong Road" flashed in Cao Xuan's mind.

I don’t know if the other party has been signed by Huayi, otherwise Fanxing can cut off Hu.

After the end of [Best Newcomer], there is only one [Best Picture] nomination left for "When Men Love" that has not yet been announced.

With "Infernal Affairs" and "The Blind Shaft" on the horizon, Cao Xuan basically didn't have 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 best actress.

The last few awards were first awarded to the Best Actress. Wu Junru, the thirteenth sister of Hongxing, got her wish and won the award with the movie "Golden Rooster", becoming another Hong Kong actress to win the Golden Horse Best Actress and the Golden Slam.

Cao Xuan paused for a moment, edited the text message and sent it to Chen Kexin, sending his congratulations.

After all, we worked together. This time, Chen Kexin also attended the Golden Horse Awards Ceremony as the director of "When Men Are in Love." Now that his wife won the award, Cao Xuan had to express his gratitude.

Sandra Ng was originally the biggest favorite for this year's Golden Horse Best Actress, and her win was not as expected.

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

The Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee also knew where the biggest climax of this year would be, so they had to wait and see before the best actor was revealed.

The host Cai Kangyong even kept talking around Liu Tianwang during the interview, with various hints and teases in and out of his words, much more frequently than the other two candidates present, Liang Chaowei and Simon Yam.

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

"This is a clear sign."

"It's really King Liu, otherwise the host keeps asking him why."

"Take your time, announce it soon."

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

That's too much!

After a while, the results were announced, and the best actor was Tony Leung. There was an uproar on site and outside the TV.

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

With so many people watching the TV, you teased them for a few minutes in vain, but it turned out that it wasn't him who won the prize. Isn't this just a joke in public?

Wu Jing cursed on the spot, and Cao Xuan looked unhappy. Looking at Liu Tianwang with a forced smile in front of the TV, he felt that if he were also present, given his popularity, he would probably be "teased" too.

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

Liu Tianwang cares about his image and follows the path of a perfect idol. Even if he suffers a loss, he can only grit his teeth and endure it.

If Cao Xuan would not tolerate them, let alone the Golden Horse Award, even if Oscar disgusted him, he would not make him feel comfortable...

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

Cao Xuan was too lazy to worry about the final [Best Director] and [Best Picture]. He turned off the TV and kicked everyone out. Thinking that the awards ceremony was almost over, he called Hu Jing.

The Empress of the East Palace was also so angry that she didn't even attend the awards show. She complained to Cao Xuan on the phone about the poor performance of the organizing committee and the host.

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

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

Coming from such a generation, the anger in his heart is naturally a bit higher than that of ordinary people.

Originally, it was rare for Hu Jing to come to Taiwan Province this time, and she intended to go to a few programs to show her face. Because of this incident, she now has a very bad impression of the Taiwanese hosts, and she was already planning to book tickets and return to Beijing.

Cao Xuan and Liu Tianwang have a good personal relationship. At the last music festival, they came to help without saying a word.

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 worry about anything, “When a Man is in Love” is very good. Don’t be discouraged if you didn’t win the award this time. Try your best next time]

Look at this person's demeanor and mentality.

Cao Xuan felt that no matter how true or false Liu Tianwang's "Perfect Idol" character was, some aspects of his behavior and demeanor were indeed worthy of his appreciation and learning.

………

The next day, news about the Golden Horse Awards dominated the front-page headlines of the entertainment sections in the three places across the Taiwan Strait.

Cao Xuan won two awards, which was a small gain.

Hu Jing accepted the award on behalf of Cao Xuan, which made the idea that "Cao and Hu are in love" even more popular. Some media even said that the two parties had met their parents and would get married within a few years.

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

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

But the news with the greatest impact has to be the Liu Tianwang incident. The host and the Golden Horse Awards were sprayed with blood.

The host, in particular, has become the target of public criticism.

In 2003, Liu Tianwang was still at the peak of his popularity. When several top Chinese directors chose actors, he was always at the top of the list. There was no doubt that he was the top performer in China Entertainment.

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

So the host was very happy and was 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 a small turn of events. Now it seems that the time will not be shorter.

Cao Xuan didn't pay much attention to the aftermath of the Golden Horse Awards. Throughout December, apart from filming, he occasionally visited the film market.

In 2003, there was no concept of the so-called Spring Festival stall. People mostly focused on the Lunar New Year stall, which was from mid-December to around the Spring Festival.

During this year's Lunar New Year holiday, apart from "The Matrix 3", the one that attracted the most attention is undoubtedly Feng Xiaogang's new work "Mobile Phone".

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

On the one hand, Fan Xiaopang, the future sister of Fanxing, will make a small break out of the industry with this movie. At the same time, it will also completely open up her career as a glamorous scumbag.

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

Of course, Fan Xiaopang is destined to be accompanied by controversy when he takes this glamorous and sexy route.

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

At least Fan Xiaopang won't be able to stir up a wave of scandals with every man he meets, making him "unable to marry anyone".

But similarly, if scandals involving external actors are reduced, I am afraid that Cao Xuan will inevitably take the blame.

However, Cao Daguan is also used to it. Every actress in Fanxing's group has not suffered from his "venomous hand".

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

Another reason why Cao Xuan pays attention to "Cell Phone" is that so far, "When Men Are in Love" is still the box office champion in the mainland in 2003.

"The Matrix 3" and "Cell Phone" will be the final challenges of "When Men Are in Love".

Of the two movies, "The Matrix 3" was released first and will hit theaters all over the country at the end of November. Cao Xuan also released interviews with himself through Fengyun Studio and some media to help promote the movie.

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

"The Matrix 2" in the summer vacation was okay, because there was competition from "When Men Are in Love" at the time, and Cao Xuan's bonus was not obvious, and it finally won 46 million+ at the box office.

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

As of the end of December, the box office has exceeded 48 million, and it is expected to hit 50 million, which is 5 million+ higher than the mainland box office of the original time and space.

This is because Cao Xuan is just a minor supporting character with few scenes, especially in "The Matrix 3", where he only had a few minutes of scenes in total.

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

With a cumulative box office of nearly 100 million in mainland China, the "Matrix" series is considered a pretty good overseas movie in recent years.

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

Cao Xuan's "box office appeal" is comparable to that of many big movie stars, making "Xiu Chun Knife" a favorite among major distribution companies.

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

Cao Xuan himself prefers China Film to update, but what is different from last time is that Fanxing Entertainment and Fanxing Cinemas have also begun to officially join the distribution work of "Xiu Chun Dao".

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

"When Men Fall in Love" Fanxing had just entered the film industry, so there was nothing wrong with embracing the support of China Film Group Corporation. With this first experience, Fanxing could try to take over some work even though he was not yet able to independently publish it.

The "Matrix" series + "When Men Are in Love" have a cumulative box office of nearly 150 million, and Cao Xuan, who participated in all of them, became the real box office king in 2003.

However, Cao Xuan didn't want to admit that 150 million was too much. He wanted "When Men Are in Love" to beat "Cell Phone" and win the annual box office championship.

It's a pity that the golden partner of Feng Xiaogang + Uncle Ge is too famous in the Lunar New Year festival. Huayi has been involved in the Lunar New Year festival for several years, and is very familiar with the release and promotion of movies.

When "Mobile Phone" was released, it had an amazing momentum. Although it was slightly less popular in the southern market, it was extremely popular in the northern market.

During its release period of more than a month, it took in 56 million+ box office, surpassing "When Men Are in Love" to become the annual box office champion.

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

Fortunately, "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" was so powerful that it still won the annual ratings championship despite being attacked by two phenomenal hit TV series, "The Legend of the Dragon" and "My Fair Princess 3".

Two Grammys and a Billboard No. 1 single.

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

This year, Cao Xuan finally realized the double success of film, television and music, and handed in an answer that he was quite satisfied with...