Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 215: The Dispute over the Right to Speak for the "Emperor of Television"

Liu Qianqian's excitement had passed by then, and she muttered, "It's not a big prize, this is Xiaofeng's big prize."

Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at her and said, "Why are you competing with Xiao Chen? You are overestimating your own abilities. Mom will be very happy if you can make a breakthrough."

Liu Qianqian was unhappy, "Mom, you also look down on me. Why am I not worthy of you? Ah, no, why am I not as good as Xiaofeng?"

"Okay, okay, you can beat anyone." Knowing that it was not appropriate to say too much to her daughter who was in a stubborn state, Liu Xiaoli turned around and congratulated Chen Linfeng.

"Xiao Chen, you've won the Best Actor award. Congratulations."

"No, Sissi will be unhappy."

Liu Qianqian on the side wrinkled her nose, "You're saying bad things about me again, be careful I won't thank you next time I win an award."

"You little brat, I haven't said anything to you, but you still want to do it again." Liu Xiaoli scolded, and she also apologized to Chen Linfeng with full of apology.

"Xixi must have accidentally forgotten on the stage just now. I didn't mean it by mistake. I apologize to you on her behalf."

Chen Linfeng waved his hands quickly, "We are just joking, Auntie, please don't take it seriously."

"Yes, I was just joking. And I apologized to Xiaofeng as soon as I got off the stage. Don't take it to heart, Mom." Liu Qianqian panicked when she saw that her mother took it seriously.

Chen Linfeng was also a little panicked. His future mother-in-law apologized to him, which was actually a disgrace to him.

Liu Xiaoli didn't know about the close relationship between her daughter and Xiao Chen. She only knew that her daughter had a good relationship with that person, so she had to try her best to avoid any bumps in the road that could easily lead to misunderstandings.

She didn't know yet that Chen Linfeng brought her daughter to meet a certain station director, otherwise she would definitely have a better understanding of the close relationship between the two.

While Director Xiao Chen was busy building relationships with his future elders in advance.

The mainland entertainment industry has already begun to report extensively on tonight's Golden Eagle Awards.

First of all, it is worth praising that the officials of the Golden Eagle Awards this time, for once, did not make obvious divisions, but really gritted their teeth and gave several major awards to "The Great Tang Empire".

Regardless, this is a convincing result.

From the perspective of the Golden Eagle Festival itself, it will help to improve the value of the award.

Both public opinion and media reports have recognized this.

In the past, starting from this year, the participation of Super Girls in stage performances and the Golden Eagle Goddess and other operations represented that the Golden Eagle Awards began to move towards younger people and popular entertainment.

Now that the award is given mainly to outstanding works, it has won public and professional praise. I wonder if it will bring some new inspiration to the organizers.

Secondly, the youngest TV King in history was born, as well as the youngest Best Screenwriter at the Golden Eagle Awards.

This is also rare. The mainland media calls the Golden Eagle Award's best actor the "Best Actor".

Of course, the public didn't care about the latter, and the media just mentioned it casually. After all, he had won the Oscar for Best Screenplay and was also the youngest in history, so the Golden Eagle Award was somewhat inferior to him.

As for the Best Actor Award, the media actually has very clear considerations.

This is a step for the mainland entertainment industry to fight for the right to speak, so let's postpone it for now.

From the perspective of best actor.

In the early days of the Golden Eagle Awards, to be precise in 1999 and before, it was easy to identify the best actor and actress.

The common practice at the time was to set up an Outstanding Actor Award, with three men and three women, and then have the audience vote among these three to select the Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively.

The male lead chosen that year was Tang Guoqiang (Yongzheng Dynasty) and the female lead was Zhao Yanzi (My Fair Princess). They were the genuine best male and female actors, and in later generations they would undoubtedly be the best actor and actress.

After that, the Outstanding Actor Award became the Audience Favorite Actor Award, with three winners each.

The original Best Actor and Best Actress awards were changed to the Audience's Favorite Actor award (the one Chen Linfeng won).

Those who receive this award are considered the best, while those who receive the Guanxi Award are only considered the Golden Eagle Award winners.

After 03, there was another reform. The Most Popular Award was changed to the Most Popular Actor/Actress Award, and the Best Performing Arts Actor/Actress Award was added.

At this time, the value of the Most Popular Award has declined, so if you want to be called the best (Best Actor), you must have at least another actor award as a support.

For example, this year Chen Linfeng not only won the Most Popular Award, but also the Audience Award, so he can be considered the best.

But on the other hand, in addition to the Best Performing Arts Award, Li Youbin also won the Audience Award, which is not inferior to Chen Linfeng.

From this perspective, tonight's Golden Eagle Awards produced a total of 3 best actors and 2 best actresses.

This is how some media reported it.

But more media have put the spotlight on Chen Linfeng, not only because he is the most popular and talked-about person and is easy to attract attention.

Age is also an important factor. Words such as "youngest" and "first in history" always attract more attention.

In fact, there is another more obscure factor, which is the "Best Actor" mentioned earlier.

Before this, stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan always had a bigger voice, and when it came to titles, they were either superstars or movie emperors or something like that.

In the eyes of the public, they will appear more high-end, and even the media and entertainment reporters there will be superior.

The mainland media has long been dissatisfied and is eager to make some changes in this regard.

However, mainland actors have been unable to hold up at this time.

It’s not that they don’t have the ability, but in terms of resources, Hong Kong and Taiwan will almost never use mainland male actors to play the leading role. They either don’t choose them, or if they do, they will only use them to elevate their status.

Over time, when we talk about male actors, we always think of them from that side, and this is particularly evident in the film industry.

The actresses are slightly better.

Because of the rigid regulations above, co-productions must feature actors from the mainland, so male actors from there are often paired with female actors from here.

And people like Zhang Ziyi, who unexpectedly became famous internationally because of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", don't look so ugly.

Of course, the Golden Rooster Awards are in a rather miserable state now. The awards are only given out to very few people every year, and the quality of the awards has never been raised. An actor who wins the Golden Rooster Award cannot even be called the Best Actor.

In the absence of the film industry taking the lead, the television industry generally just calls him the Best Television Actor and doesn't think about any other titles.

But now the situation is different. There is a Chen Linfeng who can be boasted about seriously.

And it doesn't seem low-class at all. In fact, because of the Oscar and his identity as an internationally renowned writer and screenwriter, his status is slightly higher than the sky.

This is the key factor in breaking the deadlock.

In the past, whenever Chen Xiao did something big, the entertainment media would always actively support him and often speak well of him, not only because he really had no black spots and what he did was worth bragging about.

The contrasting mood with the darkness over there is also an important part.

Liu Xixi is actually also a beneficiary of this narrative. She is now one of the few new generation actors who can surpass the female stars over there.

Especially, she always appears in the screen with Xiao Chen, and they are praised together.

Now that you have enjoyed the flowers and applause, if you want to make progress now, you need Xiao Chen to stand up and fight.

The next morning, many people who had not watched the live broadcast on TV or paid attention to related information the day before woke up and saw that many newspapers were reporting on Chen Linfeng's new title of TV King.

"The youngest TV King in history is born, raising the record by 10 years"

"He broke the record set by Louis Koo and became the youngest TV King"

"Becoming TV King at the age of 18, the new generation of mainlanders controls the future of the entertainment industry"

"..."

Good man, what a big move has Xiao Chen made again. The various media not only emphasized the specialness of this year's Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor.

There are also popular science articles about the Golden Eagle Award judging rules and previous years' winning actors, with the implicit intention of using these people to increase the value of Chen Linfeng.

In addition, various details of last night's Golden Eagle Awards were also mentioned, including Liu Qianqian's winning of the award.

When mentioning the biggest winner of this year, "The Great Tang Empire", many people praised the courage of the Golden Eagle Award.

Of course, the most important thing is to popularize the title of "Emperor of TV Dramas" for Chen Linfeng.

Anyway, these media outlets all call it this way.

The media in Hong Kong went wild.

Anyone can see that the counterparts in the north are obviously pulling each other down.

You just get the award, why compare with us Gu Zai?
He even lowered the age by 10 years and compared him with Xiao Chen. Isn't that a bit inhumane?

It is not easy for Hong Kong media to attack Chen Linfeng, after all, his main job is a writer and screenwriter, and his status is too high.

The most important thing is, what’s so great about the Golden Eagle Award? Do you dare to call yourself the Best Actor?
This statement was made by us in Hong Kong. Why are you getting involved?

Immediately report back.

"The value of the Golden Eagle Award is questionable. Whether it can be called Best Actor or Best Actress is still under discussion."

"Some media should stop repeating others' words. It's not that easy to be called TV King."

There are also those who are not convinced by Chen Linfeng.

"Xiao Chen has only filmed 4 TV series. He is still a long way from being comparable to Louis Koo."

This was a bit embarrassing and was immediately refuted by the mainland media.

“Xiao Chen has indeed only produced these four TV series, but the ratings of each of these four series are over 4%. Considering the size of the mainland, this represents tens of millions of viewers, which is not comparable to ordinary series.

Koo Tien-lek is indeed an excellent actor, but if he says that Chen's performance in The Great Tang Empire cannot be compared with his, I wonder if Koo Tien-lek himself dares to say so and admit it? "

Soon, the response came.

"The last question is very shameless. If Xiao Chen doesn't have the identity of a writer and screenwriter, why would he be afraid to admit it? Gu Zai also has a very high status in our Hong Kong Island."

As for other things, I won’t say anything. It’s a bit difficult to compete with Xiao Chen.

If it's director Li An, that's easy to say, but it's really hard to make comparisons with actors, and I'm afraid people in the industry think so too.

So they are still focusing on whether the Golden Eagle Award is qualified to judge the Best Actor award.

I have to say that the Hong Kong media did see the point.

The term "Emperor of TV Dramas" is indeed rarely used in mainland China, and it was basically not used in the early years.

But ever since the Hong Kong circle moved north, the media have discovered that the Best Actor award and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor sound really different.

Except for those in the industry and a few people who know more about the film and television industry, most viewers obviously feel that the former is of a higher grade.

This can be clearly reflected in the publicity.

It is obvious that the acting skills of the best actors in mainland China are not bad, but in terms of comparison on the list and some status judgments, they are suppressed by the "Best Actor" in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The same is true in public opinion.

Except for actors like Tang Guoqiang and Li Xuejian, who are far from being represented by a television award, most actors will suffer.

Over time, both the industry and the mainland media have begun to think about change.

If it weren't for Chen Linfeng, this way of calling people this would probably not become popular until a few more years later. After all, if the overall public opinion environment is unfavorable, the first person to call someone this would be easily attacked.

But Xiao Chen is not an ordinary person, and the media all believe that he can handle it.

So they all started reporting like this.

There was a debate on both sides.

The media war in the entertainment industry will naturally and easily affect actors and stars.

However, few stars gave a positive response. Even the few who responded were talking about the problems of the Golden Eagle Award, saying it is a popular award and questioning its professionalism.

Very few people mention Chen Linfeng. At the beginning, Oscar had a conflict of ideas with Li An, and then someone in the Hong Kong circle colluded with him, and the news spread afterwards.

They all saw Director Xiao Chen's status: at least he could get along well with Director Li An, so why bother provoking him for no reason?

After all, you have to eat.

There were a few clowns who tried to attract attention, but they were also criticized by the directors and bigwigs in the Hong Kong circle.

Don’t you think about your status? Is it your right to interfere in the directors’ affairs?

Chen Linfeng didn't say a word the whole time. Anyway, I had already won the award, and the trend was unstoppable. Why should I bother speaking? My title of Best Actor would remain in my hands.

Moreover, behind this, it is obvious that there is support from a group of relevant bigwigs behind the Golden Eagle Awards, otherwise how could the mainland media have such a unified voice.

This is to raise the status quo of the Golden Eagle Awards. In the future, the winners of the Golden Eagle Awards will be called "Emperor" or "Queen". What does it mean? It represents the highest honor.

This didn't exist in the past life. Calling someone the Best Actor or Best Actress was just a natural behavior after the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles fell into decline.

The specific time should be 10 years later.

Now that it’s so early, if they can still withstand the controversy and eventually succeed, it will definitely be of great benefit to the Golden Eagle Awards.

Chen Linfeng was keenly aware of the implication behind this and would definitely not hold back. If he spoke carelessly at this time, he might accidentally cut off his own camp.

Gradually, most people in the industry do not get involved.

If it was just the media debate alone, they could no longer sustain it after a while.

Without the participation of celebrities, sales would be a bit lackluster.

There is no real winner or loser on either side, which means that there is no real obstacle to mainland China calling him the Best Actor.

So this title gradually spread, and at least Chen Linfeng's title of "Best Actor" was truly deserved.

Seeing that they could not stop it, the Hong Kong media simply did not deny Chen's title of Best Actor, but resisted other actors from calling him that.

But once this happens, there will be a second time. At least people in the same class like Li Youbin and Ma Yue have started to talk about it.

Especially Ma Yue, he won exactly the same award as Xiao Chen. It can't be that one is the Best Actor and the other doesn't count.

So gradually, Ma Yue and Jiang Qinqin began to add the words "Best Actor" and "Best Actress" in their reports.

This brings up another question. Previous award-winning actors, such as Tang Guoqiang, won a better Best Actor award at the Golden Eagle Awards than Xiao Chen, so he can't be worse off in terms of reputation.

As a result, he gradually gained the title of "Best Actor".

The dam slowly collapsed.

Many people involved here secretly thanked Xiao Chen in their hearts.

What a good man, he can really take care of things when there is a problem.

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