China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 982 National Essence
Upon hearing Ms. Liu's remarks, Sun Yi, sitting in the audience, felt an immense sense of joy.

Look, look, this is my wife, she's been trained so well.

The audience erupted in enthusiastic and sustained applause.

Liu Yifei raised the trophy, waved it to the audience, bowed, and left the stage.

At this moment, the live broadcast of the awards ceremony reached another climax. Liu Yifei won the Best Actress award at this year's Golden Rooster Awards, and her fans were so excited they were almost crying. The live chat was flooded with comments:
"I cried! My sister deserves it!"

"Who dares to say that Qian has no acting skills?! Golden Rooster Award-winning actress! Doesn't that prove them wrong?"

"She's won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress, the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and now the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress! My Sisi can finally hope for a grand slam!"

"From now on, the acting talent is officially certified! Haters, shut up!"

"Sun Gou... no, Director Sun is awesome! He has a keen eye for talent, and the couple are of one mind!"

Fans were enthusiastically contributing.

At the awards ceremony, Liu Yifei returned to her seat with an excited and happy expression, tightly hugging the trophy in her arms as if it were a rare treasure.

Sun Yi covered his mouth with his hand, lowered his voice, and teased, "Who was it that thought it was unimportant just now? Why are you holding onto this trophy so tightly now? Are you afraid someone will steal it?"

Liu Yifei blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed and annoyed. However, with cameras everywhere, she didn't dare to make any overly outrageous moves. She could only glare at Sun Yi fiercely, and then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she quietly took off her high heels and kicked him barefoot.

It was alright; out of some consideration for their marriage, they took off their shoes first and didn't step on them too hard.

Sun Yi gasped for breath, facing Miss Liu's "I did it, what's your problem with that!" look, he was helpless, what could he do but let his mouth run wild.

However, to be honest, he was quite proud of his wife's little temper; she was a bit arrogant and spoiled, and while she could do it, you couldn't say anything.
The awards ceremony is in progress, and no one is paying attention to the two of them for the time being.

When the two refocused their attention on the stage, the audience applauded again.

Zhang Yi!

Best Actor!

The Martian!
Starry Sky Image has won another major award!
Zhang Yi jumped up like a child, then quickly composed himself, hugged director Guo Fan next to him, and before going up to the podium, he made a point of walking over to Sun Yi and Liu Yifei to hug and shake hands.

Both of them offered Zhang Yi their heartfelt blessings.

To be fair, among Chinese male actors born in the 70s, Zhang Yi is definitely a benchmark in terms of acting skills. He is extremely versatile and can play a wide variety of roles. He doesn't just play any role convincingly, but rather he becomes the role he plays.

His career path was originally smooth sailing, and he would have needed to wait a few more years. However, the appearance of Sun Yi and Xingkong opened up a fast track for him. With one well-developed role after another, he became a pivotal actor in the Chinese film industry in just a few years.

This trophy tonight is truly prestigious.

In his acceptance speech, Zhang Yi first thanked the organizing committee, the judging panel, and director Guo Fan, and finally thanked Sun Yi.

It seems that the phrase "thank you Sun Yi" has almost become a standard phrase for winners of the Starry Sky Award.

Wu Jing said it, Tian Xiaopeng said it, Zhang Yi said it, and many other winners of smaller awards have said the same thing, not to mention Ms. Liu.

Not only the guests at the scene, but even the movie fans watching the live broadcast were almost tired of hearing it. However, it also once again confirmed Sun Yi's pivotal position in the entire Starry Sky system and even the Chinese film industry.

Now that all the previous awards have been given out, it remains to be seen whether he will receive any awards tonight.

The next award is Best Director, for which he was nominated, and it's the most anticipated and exciting award of the entire awards ceremony tonight.

After all, none of these award winners are weaklings; they basically represent the highest level of Chinese-language cinema.

The award presenters were Xie Fei, a fourth-generation director, and Tian Hua, a respected veteran artist.

Upon seeing these two veteran award recipients walk onto the stage, Liu Yifei's recently calmed emotions began to race again.

The trophy she had just cherished was now set aside. Her delicate hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and her beautiful eyes were fixed on the podium, even more nervous than when she had won the award herself.

Sun Yi, on the other hand, seemed quite calm, even having the leisure to gently squeeze her tense hand and chuckle softly:
"Xixi, don't be like this, let's relax." Liu Yifei pursed her lips and glared at Sun Yi with a look of exasperation.

She was pretending not to be nervous just now, but now she's acting carefree because she's genuinely not nervous and doesn't take it seriously at all.

Sun Yi chuckled awkwardly and explained in a low voice:

"Sissi, there's really no need for that. Look, including you, our Starry Sky team has already won Best Actress, Best Actress, Best Director Debut, Best Animated Feature, and several technical awards tonight. We're way ahead of everyone else and have shone the show. As for Best Director, we definitely have no chance."

Liu Yifei pouted, still somewhat unconvinced.

Sun Yi gave a wry smile. "Qianqian, this Golden Rooster Award isn't something our family runs. We need to maintain a balance. We can't let our family get all the benefits, can we? Otherwise, it would be like our Starry Sky family's internal awards ceremony!"

Intra-family recognition meeting!

If it were truly a family matter, you wouldn't even be eligible to go on stage to receive the award.

Liu Yifei was amused and also felt that Sun Yi's words made a lot of sense. The Golden Rooster Awards does have a tradition of dividing the pie to maintain balance. Tonight, it's already unprecedented that Starry Night has taken home so many important awards.

But she was still a little unconvinced and muttered to herself, "What if... what if the judges just think yours is the best?"

"The best one is the one from somewhere else!"

Sun Yi really wanted to explain to the little girl that once things get to this point, the consideration is never which shot is the best, but rather a comprehensive one.

In fact, after winning so many major awards, Liu Yifei is no longer the naive little girl she once was. She understands the shady dealings and so-called balances involved in various awards, but when it comes to Sun Yi, she becomes resentful.

Just then, the large screen on the stage began playing video messages of the Best Director nominees, with Sun Yi among them for "Shout Mountain". The camera also focused on close-ups of several nominees: Feng Xiaogang, Wang Jiawei, Wang Jing, and Sun Yi, all of whom appeared quite calm, at least on camera.

Without keeping everyone waiting long, Director Xie Fei opened the envelope, glanced at it, smiled amusedly, and then handed the envelope to Tian Hua.

After glancing at it, the latter clearly announced into the microphone: "The winner of the Best Director award at the 29th Golden Rooster Awards is—"

Tian Hua paused for a moment, then read out the name: "Wang Jing, 'A Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart'!"

Applause erupted from the audience.

Liu Yifei clapped along, but a hint of disappointment flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she loosened her grip on Sun Yi's hand.

Sun Yi maintained his smile, clapping as he turned to Liu Yifei and softly comforted her, "See? I told you, it's basically a done deal. There's no need to force it. Besides, your husband isn't without his chances in the future."

He was indeed in a very calm state of mind at that moment.

If he still felt he had a 50% chance of winning before the awards ceremony, then after acquiring a series of trophies from the Starry Sky System, he had basically given up completely.

The result was exactly as he had predicted. Although there was a slight sense of regret, he could accept it calmly, after all, the starry sky had stolen the show tonight.

However, just as Sun Yi was completely relaxed, and Liu Yifei was offering her blessings while secretly feeling wronged as she applauded and congratulated Director Wang Jing, Teacher Tian Hua pushed the envelope in front of Director Xie Fei.

Like a heavy breath, Director Xie Fei paused for a moment, then quickly added, his voice carrying throughout the hall through the microphone:

"—And, 'Shout at the Mountain,' by Sun Yi!"

……

……

A moment of silence fell over the entire awards hall.

Immediately, an even bigger uproar and exclamations surged up like a tide!
A tie?! This year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Director has produced a tie!
Liu Yifei stared wide-eyed, tugging at Sun Yi in disbelief.

Sun Yi's smile froze instantly, his clapping hand hovered in mid-air, and a standard, incredulous phrase slipped out, though not loud, it sounded exceptionally clear in the sudden silence:
"Fuck!"

(End of this chapter)