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

Chapter 533 Nobel Prize and Chinese Literary Representatives (8k monthly ticket required)
The award ceremony ended and everyone went home.

On the way home, Sun Li and Deng Chao talked about the Golden Rooster Awards.

"How do you feel about this year's Golden Rooster Awards?"

Deng Chao said casually, "It's okay. I think it's pretty good. It's not so boring anymore."

At this point, he thought for a moment and added, "The host Xiao Sa is quite daring in making jokes. I never realized he had this kind of personality before."

"Oh, that's not what I asked,"

Sun Li said coquettishly, "It's something else."

"Oh, it's something else." Deng Chao found it funny and imitated his wife's tone in a pretentious manner.

Sun Li responded with a death glare.

This guy always makes jokes regardless of the occasion.

"Okay, no more jokes," Deng Chao said, "I know what you mean. I can't tell the details, but I think it should be fair."

"Rumor has it in the industry that Director Chen almost got into a fight with a certain leader over this. I don't know if it's true or not, but it sounds like it."

Sun Liqi said, "Almost? The version I heard was just passed, and Director Chen won by a large margin. Otherwise, this year might be the same as before, with many unknown main themes added in."

"Maybe," Deng Chao said nonchalantly, "I also heard it from others. There are too many rumors, who knows which one is true."

"It all depends on who wins the awards tonight. There's only one Best Actress. I haven't seen it or heard about it in the news, so I don't know what it is. The others are basically reasonable."

Sun Li nodded, "Yeah, I think so too."

She thought of something and said excitedly, "If the winner of the female lead award is also of high caliber, then wouldn't the Golden Rooster Awards be very popular in the future?"

"The Golden Rooster Awards are going to be very popular."

In the hotel lobby, Gu Tianle said with some emotion.

These stars in Hong Kong Island did not go home, but directly found a hotel nearby to rest.

Seeing that it was not yet 10 o'clock and there was still early time, several people started chatting in the lobby.

Liang Jiahui nodded in agreement and said, "Indeed, after watching tonight, the temperament of the entire award ceremony has changed drastically, and the format of the program is much more interesting."

"The most important thing is the award judging, which is not as chaotic as in the past."

He doesn't know about earlier times, but in the past ten years, the Golden Rooster Awards have made quite a few jokes.

Liu Dehua said, "No matter how chaotic it was in the past, as long as the organizers cheer up, the situation will definitely change drastically in the future, and it may even surpass the Golden Horse Awards."

As a junior, Xie Tingfeng was supposed to just listen in, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Even if the organizers change for the better, at most it will have more gold content in the future, how can it be to the extent of surpassing the Golden Horse Awards?"

The weight of today’s highest Chinese-language award is unquestionable. The Golden Horse Awards were so popular in the past two years that it can almost be called the most prestigious award after the three major European awards and the Oscars.

Even Berlin, the worst of the three, might want to give it a try.

The most typical example is "Tuya's Marriage", which won the Golden Bear Award, but not many people knew about it, and the profits it earned were not necessarily as great as those that won the Golden Horse Award.

Guo Fucheng shook his head, indicating that the young man was still thinking too little.

"It's possible. The mainland market is so hot right now that almost any film can be found. With the support of this market, they have the loudest voice and will be able to catch up soon."

They have experience in this regard.

"Indeed, in the past, the Golden Rooster Awards could not stand up on their own. Their media could not praise them even if they wanted to. Mainland films also had to rely on the Golden Horse Awards. If the Golden Rooster Awards could stand up, they would definitely favor their own people."

Who among us doesn't know the difference between inside and outside?

Everyone tacitly agreed not to mention the Academy Awards. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the Academy Awards were on their way out.

As locals of Hong Kong Island, they feel sad but have nothing to say.

The situation is so bad that it cannot be reversed.

Unless Hong Kong also produces a figure like Director Chen.

Xie Tingfeng understood, "So, in the future, most mainland films will apply for the Golden Rooster Awards?"

"Yes," Liu Dehua nodded, "For an award, the key is whether there are enough excellent films to compete."

Then, he added, "In fact, it's not just mainland films. When the Golden Rooster Awards become popular, films outside the mainland will also flock to it."

"Yeah, Brother Hua is right. I don't think it will take more than a few years."

Koo Tin-yue calculated, "The Golden Rooster Awards have been in decline for about 12 years. Now it will probably only take half the time to rise again."

He made a “six” gesture, “It will probably only take six years for the highest Chinese language award to move to another place.”

If Chen Linfeng knew that Gu Tianle made the number “6”, he might be surprised.

Because in the previous life, it was really after 18 years that the Golden Horse Awards started to decline.

"Six years is a bit too long. I think four or five years is about right."

Liu Dehua is even more confident than Koo Tin-yue. "Looking at the growth rate of the mainland market in the past two years, who knows what it will be like in a few years."

"Especially, we still have Director Chen here. He has trained several students. If their level can be as good as Director Cheng who was the first to graduate, that would be incredible."

"That's right," Guo Fucheng said, "If they can stand up a little bit, then the directors under Director Chen won't submit their good movies for the Golden Horse Awards, and the vitality of the Taiwan Island will be severely damaged in one wave."

"Yes, it is thriving and full of vitality."

As everyone talked about this, they actually became envious.

They have all experienced similar scenes, but now, everything has changed.

The media do not have as many insights as some Hong Kong stars. They just feel that the trip tonight was worthwhile.

Originally, so many celebrities would be a big topic.

Various female celebrities showed off their beautiful skin in the middle of winter, and with the shining appearance of various celebrities, the various celebrity photo sets alone were enough for them to boost their performance.

The specific award ceremony is also very interesting.

There are no more double-yolk eggs, split cakes, and various unfamiliar but not too mainstream movies.

Today's Golden Rooster Awards actually give them a sense of familiar strangeness.

They were quite uncomfortable with the normal and seemingly fair Golden Rooster Awards.

Internet media such as Penguin, Sina, NetEase, and V-Station announced the results of this year's Golden Rooster Awards at the first opportunity.

Let’s increase the volume first.

Soon after, numerous commentary articles were published.

Many of them are official media newspapers, including Guangming Daily, Xinhua Daily, CCTV.com, Youth Daily, Economic Daily, etc., all of which reported related news.

Among them, many were praising the fairness and rationality of this year's awards ceremony, and their positive comments on this year's Golden Rooster Awards were beyond words.

On Sina Weibo, "The Golden Rooster Award, as an award, has not been exposed for its shady dealings and unreasonable aspects" became a hot search.

That’s right, an award without any shady dealings became something people talked about with great relish.

The contrasting images of Feng Xiaogang's gloomy face when he didn't win the Best Director award and his tears of joy after winning the Golden Rooster Award for Best Film have become the new hot emoticons.

Zhang Yimou won the Best Director award again, and Inception won the Best Foreign Language Film award. Zhang Guoli was named Best Actor, Yan Bingyan won Best Actress, and Fang Yi won a supporting role.

This year's Golden Rooster Awards, all the award winners have received great and increased exposure.

Among them, Fang Yifei, who started out as a supporting actor, became an instant hit with the news that he made a comeback in "Police Incident 2".

Netizens like this kind of grassroots rise narrative the most.

Yan Bingyan's winning of the Best Actress award was a point of doubt among many people.

There are also many questions in the report.

But given that there were no problems with other awards, the media coverage was still positive.

Netizens have more doubts because of their past experiences.

Some sensitive ones started cursing directly.

However, correspondingly, public opinion about the new film queen has also been hyped up.

Many netizens are waiting to see how the movie performs after it is released.

I think both the box office and public opinion will be much better by then.

This is a virtuous cycle. Awards can bring fame to actors and bring higher box office to movies.

This is the value of film festival awards.

If the actors' commercial value can be improved in the future, the ratings of the award ceremony will also go up and more sponsorship will be attracted.

After this, more films will be willing to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards.

Then, the Golden Rooster Awards will be completely on the right track.

And all this is gradually being realized.

However, it is still too early to say this at this time.

Today, netizens have just finished watching the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

Some of them opened Baidu and searched for related news to see if there were any reports of interest.

Or take a look at Weibo, where the live broadcast of the Golden Rooster Awards has just ended and the comment section below is very lively.

"How come Chen Linfeng only won the Best Foreign Language Film Award? Isn't Inception worthy of Best Director and Best Film?"

"Dude, let's take a look at the rules. It's already been stated that foreign language films cannot compete for other awards. They can only compete for the Foreign Language Film Award."

"The people upstairs are probably back from Reach."

"I heard that Chen Linfeng was behind the Golden Rooster Awards. He is quite ruthless and has a very high moral character."

"He has already won an Oscar, so he probably doesn't care about this too much."

"It's hard to say, but this year's Golden Rooster Awards is a bit decent."

"Indeed, it doesn't even look like the Golden Rooster Awards."

"To be honest, it's so good, I'm not used to it. Who am I going to spray in the future?"

"Baihuabei, my brothers have risen, but it is still the same. Bah, shameful."

"..."

On the v-site, many netizens who had just watched the Golden Rooster Awards live broadcast had their screen in the official live broadcast room switched to another place before they could exit the room.

Mo Yan's trip to Sweden.

This live broadcast started on the 5th.

On the 5th, Mo Yan set out from China and arrived in Stockholm, Sweden.

Mo Yan's entourage mainly includes his family, 9 translators of his works, friends and publishers.

These are the people a normal writer comes into contact with the most.

Media reporters are not included.

There were quite a few media accompanying them, including reporters from V Station.

It actually took them a lot of effort to find a way to join the team.

There was a brief live broadcast on V Station for the landing welcome ceremony on the 5th.

Afterwards, various edited videos had good promotion on the v-station, especially the knowledge area, which attracted many people's attention.

Afterwards, every time the official live broadcast room released corresponding live content, many netizens watched it.

On the 6th, there will be a related media conference.

Here, the v station provides a real-time translation to translate foreign languages ​​in the background.

From here, more and more netizens came from other places after hearing the news.

There's no way around it. The news on V-site is more comprehensive than the official news on CCTV. It's a bit like online media forcing official media to do the opposite.

And by the 7th, which is today, even more netizens were watching.

Not only were there netizens who had already been paying attention to Mo Yan's trip to the Nobel Prize, but there were also netizens who had just finished watching the Golden Rooster Awards and were checking out the upcoming live broadcast.

The timing is just right, as Mo Yan is giving a speech at the Swedish Academy today.

It was fine at the beginning. I always recalled the good and bad times and talked about my ideas on writing and the creative background of some of my works.

But gradually, some people began to feel something was wrong.

In particular, he talked about his hungry childhood experience, such as eating coal briquettes because of hunger.

"Is it really that tragic?"

"I'm not sure. I heard that it was really tragic back then. That should be true, right?"

"The coal is so hard, how can I chew it?"

"When you're hungry, you can eat anything."

"..."

The barrage quickly turned into a brawl.

The comments were roughly divided into two camps, those who thought it was real and those who felt it was too exaggerated and thought it was fake, and they started fighting.

However, after all, the users of V Station are mainly young people who have not experienced that era. Even if they have doubts, they are not sure.

The live broadcast of the speech just went by like that.

Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian returned home early and also saw this content online.

Liu Qianqian was puzzled and asked, "Was it really like that at that time?"

Chen Linfeng shook his head. "I haven't experienced the specific situation, so I don't know."

"But I've read Lu Yao and Mo Yan's descriptions of hunger."

Chen Linfeng picked out the passage from his mind and repeated it, "I frantically searched for sour dates, wild vegetables, and grass roots on the land outside the city, swallowing everything that was not bitter when chewed.

If I happen to find a few wild sparrow eggs, it would be as joyful to me as digging out a gold ingot from the ground..."

"My thin clothes immediately became as useless as paper in the cold wind. I was frozen all over. The hungrier I was, the colder I felt. But no matter what, I didn't rush to put on my cotton-padded clothes. I would only put them on when I couldn't stand it anymore."

"This is the content of Lu Yao's autobiographical novel "In the Days of Hardship". You can also listen to Mo Yan's."

“When even the feathered birds were chirping with cold, we were still not too cold even though we were lying on our butts… We ate all the leaves on the trees, and when we had eaten all the leaves, we ate the bark of the trees, and when we had eaten all the bark, we gnawed the trunks…

By then, we all had sharp teeth… A clever child picked up a piece of coal and started to eat it with a crunch. Seeing how sweet he was eating, it must have tasted good, so we all rushed over… It really tasted great… The adults in the village also rushed over to eat…”

After repeating the two paragraphs, Chen Linfeng looked at her. Did she hear the difference?

Liu Qianqian tilted her head and thought for a while, "In the first one, you can eat wild vegetables, sour dates, and sparrow eggs.
The father only ate a little, saving food for his son who was in school.
Cotton clothes should only be worn when it is coldest.

The life described is very hard, but it feels more realistic and logical.”

"Yes, that's logical, I can imagine what that life would be like."

"But the latter..." Liu Qianqian said blankly, "I had no clothes left, and I was so hungry that I had to chew on tree trunks and eat coal, and they tasted delicious..."

She asked, “Is coal really edible?”

It is true that I have encountered a blind spot in knowledge.

"Of course you can't eat it. You can't bite it." Chen Linfeng said with certainty.

"Then this..."

Liu Qianqian couldn't tell whether Mo Yan was writing nonsense.

After all, she has always had a certain filter for writers, and feels that such a literary giant would not make up stories at random, right?
Chen Linfeng didn't say much. It's better to let people make their own judgment on matters like this.

This speech by Mo Yan has sparked a lot of discussion online. There are many different opinions about what Mo Yan's family background was like when he was a child.

Many people still believe that what Mo Yan said is true.

After all, the filter of the Nobel Prize in Literature is still there, which always makes people deviate from their position unconsciously.

The next day, the official media only reported the news of Mo Yan's speech at the Swedish Academy, and did not discuss the specific content of the speech.

However, there are quite a lot of reports on the Internet about the content of yesterday's speech.

This reflects the flexibility of online media.

Of course, V-Station played a big role in it.

Now, because of Mo Yan's winning of the award, quite a few netizens have paid attention to V Station.

Everyone knows that the live broadcast content here is very rich and more complete than that reported by the official media.

There is no way to explain the above. You cannot be prohibited from reporting just because your report is more comprehensive.

Nowadays, the size of V-site is getting bigger and bigger, and the impact from above also needs to be considered.

In Sweden, Mo Yan learned about the commotion in the country from people around him.

He felt a little regretful that he should have been more restrained in his previous speech.

However, faced with the courtesy from Sweden and the attention from the world media, he felt a little elated and soon forgot about it.

I have already won the Nobel Prize, why should I still care about that?

Yoshida Tomio, a translator from Japan and Mo Yan's friend, also learned the news from China.

He said with some disdain, "Don't pay attention to these, they are just the groans of the weak. Mo Jun is a strong man and will not be affected at all."

"You're right." Mo Yan smiled and nodded.

He is always easy to talk to when facing his friends.

On the evening of the 9th, Mo Yan was invited to give a speech at Stockholm University, and this speech was much more restrained.

He read excerpts from several of his novels on the spot, and the content of his speech was also quite standard.

There was no further disturbance.

In fact, from what Chen Linfeng heard, the official level was already holding its breath.

Today's public opinion has a very high level of attention, beyond imagination.

If something goes wrong, it will be difficult to deal with.

Among those who followed Mo Yan was the director of the Publishing Bureau of a local city in Qilu Province, who was also a member of the system.

He specifically reminded people of the domestic situation.

The feedback he got was pretty good, so Mo Yan was lucky. Although he felt a little proud, that was normal.

Who wouldn’t be proud if they encountered such an occasion?

The award ceremony began at 12:10 p.m. local time on December 4.

Mo Yan, wearing a black tuxedo, went up to the podium one by one with other award recipients and sat down.

Many domestic platforms have purchased the live broadcasting rights this time.

Perhaps stimulated by V Station, other Internet platforms also paid attention to the news of Mo Yan's winning the award.

Penguin and Youtu.com both have related video broadcasts.

However, the V site is the most detailed. Not only does it provide real-time translation, it even has relevant experts explaining the various Nobel Prize ceremony traditions.

Therefore, many netizens still watch the live broadcast on V station.

Offline viewing is mostly through China Central Television.

Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian also sat in front of the computer to watch it on time.

It is 10:11 in the afternoon in Europe, and - pm in China, which is when the large number of viewers who stay up late are excited.

Therefore, the timing is more appropriate.

The number of people in the live broadcast room is now about to exceed two million.

I won’t mention the various speeches and addresses.

The focus is still on Mo Yan receiving the award.

The King of Sweden awarded him a certificate, medal and bonus of 800 million Swedish kronor (about 114 million US dollars), which is still very tempting.

At the same time, a representative of the Nobel Prize Cultural Committee introduced Mo Yan’s award-winning achievements in Swedish.

The official live broadcast originally had a translation, but it stopped halfway and turned into a general introduction.

Only the V station didn't stop.

“Your Excellencies, members of the Royal Family, distinguished Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen:
......"

At the scene, Mo Yan didn't understand the other party's award speech, he just smiled and took the certificate and trophy.

And domestically...

The audience burst into an uproar.

What is this...?
At the beginning, some people didn’t quite understand it at first.

But it already made them feel a little uneasy.

The more detailed description that follows is so clear that even a fool can understand it.

So, Sweden awarded him the Nobel Prize because of this?
Some netizens were almost out of anger and even felt it was a bit absurd.

Chen Linfeng listened to the award speech with a calm expression.

As people coming from later generations, my heart has long been calm.

Moreover, people in Europe and America have seen all kinds of work, so their acceptance level is definitely high.

However, the work done by the School of Arts this time is still a bit too intense for people today.

It was so fierce that Liu Qianqian began to grit her teeth, "How could they say that?!"

At the same time, the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room of Station V almost filled the entire screen.

"Go to the poet of nm."

“A shitty Nobel Prize.”

"Winning a prize? You deserve to be scolded."

"Haha, this is the Nobel Prize you respect."

"..."

Almost all comments were about venting emotions. Even if someone had a different opinion, they wouldn't dare to speak at this time.

In a room in Yanjing, Yu Hua and his friend looked at each other in silence.

He and his friend Liu Zhenyun got together, and the two watched the live broadcast together tonight, still on V Station.

Previously, the V site was well-known for its perfect preparation and detailed reports.

Many literary magazines have reported on this.

Many reports mentioned that Chen Linfeng was behind V Station, and it seemed that V Station was willing to report this event so grandly.

He was also praised, saying that he had the character of a traditional scholar and was not a petty person who envied others.

Therefore, when Yu Hua suggested watching Mo Yan's award-winning live broadcast tonight, he also specifically suggested that it could be watched on V Station.

It's like supporting two friends at the same time.

Although, it might be a little awkward for these two friends to meet each other now.

But now...

Yu Hua sighed, "Mo Yan may have mixed reputations in the future."

"really."

Liu Zhenyun nodded. This was obvious.

The official media don’t know what’s going on, but just on the V site, there are millions of people watching.

Millions of people saw this scene and no one could stop them from speaking out.

After a long pause, Yu Hua blurted out, "Sweden is going too far."

He actually has some feelings about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He thinks that what Xiao Chen mentioned before may exist, but it may not be without excessive suspicion and Cold War mentality.

But now, what the Nobel Prize Cultural Committee said is too blunt.

Does it feel like Xiao Chen is right?

Liu Zhenyun said, "Little Chen has had this view for a long time, that the Nobel Prize in Literature has a bias. I guess it was like this in the past, but we didn't pay special attention to it and didn't know about it."

"Is this the 'information cocoon' he mentioned in his book? Hey, this term is really descriptive."

"Come to think of it, could it be that we are the only ones who don't know, while some people do know?"

Yu Hua was still concerned about his friend. "Mo Yan shouldn't have done that. You know, everyone wrote about it in the 80s, but some wrote more seriously and some less seriously."

"But this is a distinction," Liu Zhenyun shook his head. "Now, the Nobel Prize has given such a verdict, which means that people have seen these things from your work. Who would believe you if you said that you were not deliberately smearing but criticizing me?"

"Ah, this," Yu Hua was speechless. Indeed, when you write a novel, no one knows what you are thinking.

But now everyone knows what foreigners saw in your novels.

Liu Zhenyun was rather gloating, "This matter is going to get out of hand."

He searched the video from the official media and found out that the authorities had cut off the translation in time.

But V's presence here has a huge impact.

There is already a lot of criticism online now.

On Weibo, immediately below the hot search "Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize" is the entry "Mo Yan's award speech".

When I clicked on that entry, it was full of curses.

This matter obviously became a big deal.

The official media did not know what to say for the time being and remained silent.

The online media acted quickly and reported everything.

The next day, office workers who had not watched the live broadcast the day before saw related reports through social platforms or news websites.

In the company, a large number of people are discussing related topics.

The most heated discussions take place in schools, especially on college campuses.

Especially that emotion. I originally thought that Sweden's awarding of the literature prize to a Chinese was a sign of its appreciation of Chinese literature and that it finally recognized China's achievements.

As a result, all that is left is petty intrigue and a Nobel Prize in Literature that is full of personal gains.

Wouldn’t Mr. Nobel’s corpse come back to life?
Oh, thinking about it, he must have done this kind of thing many times in the past. If he wanted to fake his death, he would have done it long ago.

Some watched the live broadcast that night and cursed in the dormitory late at night, and then became angrier and angrier as they thought about it all night.

This feeling of sudden disparity from positive emotions to negative emotions is the most fatal.

The students' anger is mainly due to this.

Plus, students are relatively innocent to begin with, and college students are not only innocent but also have some clear-cut stupidity, which doubles the stupidity.

Therefore, the main force of cursing everywhere on the Internet is college students.

After one night, a large-scale whitewashing movement appeared on the Internet.

"The reason why the Nobel Prize thinks this way is mainly because there have been too many domestic writers writing about similar topics in the past. They came to this conclusion through your novel. How can you attribute the mistake to them?"

"You're covering your mouth again. Only performance is allowed, not criticism, right?"

“If criticism is not free, praise is meaningless.”

"The tragic situation described in Mo Yan's novel is not even half as bad as it is in reality. Don't forget the past after just two days of good times."

"Literature should reveal darkness, why don't you talk about Lu Xun?"

"If Lu Xun lived in modern times, he would still be scolded to death."

"If you can't even accept Mo Yan's work, what position do you have to condemn Xiao Rizi for not facing up to history?"

"..."

These remarks made many netizens more and more angry.

The great online debate has begun.

In this situation, the most difficult people to deal with are actually the ones in charge.

This has been brewing for so long, and we had been trying to put a positive spin on this matter. Most of the momentum had already been built up, but now this happened.

Many official media outlets were overwhelmed and didn't know what to do.

It was not until the afternoon that we reached a rough conclusion.

Let’s not worry about Mo Yan for now. After all, he is an internationally renowned writer and his influence is there.

Moreover, most of the famous writers since the 80s are like this, and Mo Yan is still relatively good.

The past is too complicated to be sorted out.

It is better to treat it cold.

Apart from Mo Yan, matters concerning the official Nobel Prize are more serious.

It's really too much for you to smear China like this.

At the routine diplomatic press conference in the afternoon, some media asked questions related to the Nobel Prize.

This matter is not only of concern to China, but also to other East Asian countries.

They even knew about the public opinion dispute between Chen Linfeng and Mo Yan.

Therefore, I specifically asked about his opinion on Chen Linfeng's refusal to be selected for the Nobel Prize.

I asked this question once at the beginning, but the spokesperson refused to comment, citing personal choice, and I was fooled.

Now this is another question.

The spokesperson strongly condemned the College of Arts, saying that it hurt the feelings of the people and was inappropriate.

There were also rare expressions of approval for Chen Linfeng's approach, believing that he embodied the unique literary spirit of China.

The speakers at this time had not yet formed the style of later generations.

This kind of attitude of openly expressing dissatisfaction and secretly expressing it through Chen Linfeng is rare.

At this point, it can be regarded as giving a clear attitude to many official media.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is not good, it is already dirty.

Fortunately, our Xiao Chen is a good person. He identified it in advance and represents the good image of Chinese literati.

As for Mo Yan, the official avoided discussing it for the time being.

(End of this chapter)