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Chapter 374: Seeing Disney Again, Zhang Chen's Purpose

"Leon, you kept us waiting."

Robert Iger, Disney's newly appointed CEO.

He and Zhang Chen had a brief exchange at the Cannes Film Festival a few months ago.

According to this person, he also contributed to Zhang Chen winning the Palme d'Or.

After hiding in the car for a while, Zhang Chen saw the smiling CEO of a major Hollywood company as soon as he got out of the car.

"Mr. Iger, I didn't expect to see you here."

When Zhang Chen saw Yige, he was surprised at first, and then seemed to be thinking about something.

"It must be difficult for me to see you, Leon."

"Haha, I've been quite busy lately." Zhang Chen had a gloomy face and forced a smile.

Robert Iger and Zhang Chen walked shoulder to shoulder towards the venue. They didn't pay attention to the flashes of the reporters outside the red carpet on both sides, but chatted as if no one was around: "It seems that Leon has been hurt by the things happening in your country recently."

Zhang Chen continued to look gloomy and said nothing.

Liu Yifei on the side looked at Zhang Chen curiously. She couldn't understand why Zhang Chen, who looked indifferent when talking about this matter in the car, seemed to care so much about it now?

Could it be that when he faced her in the car, he was just trying to reassure her?

The reality is that Zhang Chen is helpless in this matter?
Liu Yifei's heart tightened.

At this time, the group also reached the end of the red carpet.

“Leon, I wonder if we have time to chat in detail after the awards ceremony?”

Robert Iger stood in front of the door and suddenly turned around and said to Zhang Chen who was about to step into the venue.

Zhang Chen nodded in response, still without saying anything, and went straight into the venue.

When Liu Yifei saw Zhang Chen go in, she quickly followed.

But before he went in, he saw Mr. Iger looking at Zhang Chen's back with a meaningful smile on his face.

Before Liu Yifei had time to think about it, when she returned to Zhang Chen, she turned around and saw that the gloom on Zhang Chen's face was gone, and instead there was a faint smile.

This left Liu Yifei completely confused.

These two people.
"Brother, who is that?" Liu Yifei was very curious and finally asked out the question in her heart after enduring it all the way.

"Robert Iger, the new CEO of Disney." Zhang Chen looked around, looking for the location of his crew.

"Disney?!" Liu Yifei was stunned. "What is he doing here?"

Zhang Chen looked at someone who was already walking towards him not far away, and smiled as he turned back to explain to Liu Yifei: "I'm here to give you a gift."

Liu Yifei was still confused, but she also saw people not far away, so she could only suppress her doubts.

"Brother Chen, you are finally here!"

"I was delayed on the way by something. Am I not late?"

"No, no, just right!"

After seeing Zhang Chen, Jay Chou had a constant smile on his face and looked really happy.

Those eyes, which were not big to begin with, now looked like just a slit.

However, Zhang Chen didn't care about it, but instead set his eyes on a girl next to Xiao Zhou.

“This should be the one.”

"Hou Pei Ci, mine." Jay Chou scratched the back of his head shyly.

It is hard to imagine that the Asian superstar, who is regarded as the king of Asia by outsiders, would actually blush when talking about this matter.

"Girlfriend?" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows and added to Xiao Zhou's introduction with a smile.

"Yes!" Jay Chou nodded and admitted it directly.

There is nothing to hide. When the two of them were exposed by reporters at Sakura, he asked Zhang Chen for help.

Zhang Chen looked at Hou Peici, who seemed a little uneasy, and just smiled and nodded as a greeting.

Although I don’t know whether these two people will continue to follow the original script.

But at least she is still Xiao Zhou's girlfriend.

Zhang Chen knew where their future crises would lie, but that didn’t mean he had to remind them.

Men and women in love will not listen to any "advice".

What's more, he himself hasn't figured out his own affairs yet.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen turned his head and glanced at Liu Yifei who was looking at Hou Peici.

"Yifei, when you have time in the future, why don't you go to Peici's show and sit in?"

When Zhou Jielun saw Liu Yifei looking at his girlfriend, he introduced her to her and helped his girlfriend to attract business.

Hou Pei-chi is the host of an interview program. If she could invite Liu Yifei, the currently popular female star in mainland China, to sit in on the show, the program's ratings would surely have a new breakthrough.

Liu Yifei did not respond directly to Jay Chou's invitation, but turned to look at Zhang Chen beside her and nodded hesitantly: "I will go if I am free."

"Yes, it would be great if she comes." Jay Chou did not force it.

"Let's go, the award ceremony is about to begin." Zhang Chen took a step and continued to walk inside.

"Brother Chen, are you confident this time?" Zhou Jielun followed Zhang Chen's footsteps, looking at Zhang Chen hesitantly, and there was another question he didn't dare to ask.

"Then it depends on your Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards. It has nothing to do with whether I have confidence or not."

"But."

"Are you worried that I won't win the award and then make a scene at the Golden Horse Awards?" Zhang Chen looked at Jay Chou with amusement.

"Uh"

Although Jay Chou did not answer this question, you can tell from his expression that this is what he meant.

A few days ago, Zhang Chen caused a scene at the Golden Rooster Awards, and the entire process was broadcast live for the whole country to see.

Although no one on the island watched the live broadcast, judging from some video footage that has been circulated, the scene must have been extremely embarrassing.

If Zhang Chen still didn't win the Golden Horse Awards this time, he was afraid that Zhang Chen would do the same thing to the Golden Horse Awards.

This is also why some people on the island wanted to entrust him to come and talk to Zhang Chen.

Because even though the mainland cannot watch Taiwan’s live broadcast this time, Tomato Channel will still broadcast the broadcast footage to mainland audiences.

If the Golden Horse Awards also make the same joke as the Golden Rooster Awards a few days ago, it will be difficult for the Golden Horse Awards to maintain its fair status among the three major awards.

But it is still difficult to satisfy Zhang Chen.

If it were any other award ceremony, the jury would be a little more biased towards Zhang Chen, the "living devil".

But this year we have "Kung Fu"!

If "Kung Fu" was allowed to miss the grand prize at this year's Golden Horse Awards, the audience would definitely question the fairness and justice of the Golden Horse Awards.

The Golden Horse Awards is not one of the three major European film festivals and is more inclined towards literary and artistic films.

They are both commercial films and art films. The standard in between needs to be measured by this year's jury.

On one side is Zhang Chen, the "living devil" who won the Palme d'Or, and on the other side is "Kung Fu", which was a great success in both box office and word of mouth. The Golden Horse Awards was in a dilemma.

At this time, the Golden Horse Awards are a little envious of the Golden Rooster Awards.

They used an incomprehensible reason to kick "Kung Fu" out of the nomination list and did not allow the film to enter the Golden Rooster Awards nomination process.

This also made the judges of the Golden Horse Awards sigh that when it comes to shamelessness, you have to look at the Golden Rooster Awards.

Look at them, they kicked out "Kung Fu", which was a big success in both box office and reputation, and made Zhang Chen's "Love", which won the Palme d'Or, a runner-up.

They even use the excuse of giving young people more time to develop, but they just want to use Zhang Chen's young age as an excuse.

Unfortunately, they never expected that Zhang Chen would be so unruly and directly disrupt their business.

This also allowed the Golden Horse Awards judges to see Zhang Chen's strength.

If the Golden Horse Awards cannot balance the awards for "Kung Fu" and "Love", let's not talk about how the outside world will evaluate it. At least if Zhang Chen is the one who suffers, then they will definitely not end well.

If the Chenguang Group issues another announcement to ban Taiwanese films from entering the mainland, then all the film and television companies on the island will have to shut down.

Therefore, they could only find the singer Jay Chou, who had some friendship with Zhang Chen, to test Zhang Chen's attitude.

As for the awards, they have already been decided and cannot be changed?
What a joke. It’s fine to fool ordinary people, but don’t fool yourself.

Which award is given out nowadays without some interests tied to it?

If the visible benefits are not as good as the loss of reputation caused by banishing a popular movie, then they will dignify the popular movie to show their "fairness".

This time, Zhang Chen walked into the Golden Horse Awards with the "ban" stick, and the jury had to carefully weigh the power of this sharp knife.

"I should get at least eight or ten awards at this Golden Horse Awards, right?"

Zhang Chen suddenly thought of Robert Iger before he came in, and gave Zhou Jielun an unexpected answer.

Jay Chou looked at Zhang Chen, who was smiling, with a dull look on his face. He was not sure whether Zhang Chen was joking or serious.

But he still nodded stiffly and left the "Love" crew.

"Brother, are you serious?" Liu Yifei pulled Zhang Chen's sleeve.

"No, I made a wish."

"Make a wish?"

Zhang Chen did not explain, but sat quietly in his front row seat, ignoring the directors and actors from other crews who came over to greet him.

He did not notice that while he was distracted, the two award presenters, Hu Gua and Hou Pei-chi, had already walked onto the stage and started hosting.

Now, his mind has drifted to what will happen after the award ceremony.

"Next, let us invite Yuan Hua and Yuan Qiu to announce the 'Best Action Design Award' for us."

In the blink of an eye, when Zhang Chen came to his senses, the award had already been given for "Best Action Design".

"Brother, do you think it is "Kung Fu" or "Seven Swords"? " Liu Yifei leaned close to Zhang Chen's ear and asked.

""effort"."

"So sure?"

"The winner of the 'Best Action Choreography Award' is 'Kung Fu', congratulations!"

Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu on the stage confirmed Zhang Chen's guess.

Liu Yifei didn't say anything, but gave Zhang Chen a thumbs up, meaning "You're awesome."

"Next, we would like to invite Tsui Hark and Charlie Young to announce the 'Best Cinematography Award' for us."

After waiting for a long time, all the awards were not related to "Love". Liu Yifei couldn't help but lean over to Zhang Chen's ear and asked, "Which movie do you think will win the award this time?"

"'Three Crossroads'."

"The winner of the 'Best Cinematography Award' is 'Crossroads'. Congratulations!"

Tsui Hark's voice once again told Liu Yifei that Zhang Chen had guessed right again.

She pouted, somewhat unconvinced: "What about the next 'Best Adapted Screenplay'?"

"Initial D."

"I guess Seven Swords!"

"What's the bet?"

"Bet" Liu Yifei thought for a long time, gritted her teeth and said, "Bet on the one in the car just now!"

"Which one?" Zhang Chen chuckled and pretended not to understand. Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Zhang Chen and ignored the hooligan.

Zhang Chen didn't care. During the long award ceremony, it was quite fun to guess who the winner would be with the little girl.

In the end, the "Best Adapted Screenplay" award was won by "Initial D".

Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows proudly at Liu Yifei.

The little girl snorted coldly, stretched out her hand with a smile and shook it hard in front of Zhang Chen, scaring Zhang Chen so much that he shrank back into his seat.

While the two were chatting quietly, the winner of the "Best New Performer" award had already been announced on the stage.

The winner of this award is none other than the Asian pop king Jay Chou.

Hu Gua on the stage was teasing his partner Hou Pei-ci at the moment. His words were full of teasing, which made Hou Pei-ci and Jay Chou in the audience feel a little embarrassed.

However, for Jay Chou, winning an award in his acting career is also a recognition of his transformation.

This is also one of the important reasons why he will switch to the film industry in the future.

"The winner of 'Best Supporting Actress' is Yuan Qiu from 'Kung Fu'. Congratulations!"

It was the familiar rhythm again, and the award ceremony entered the awards for which "Love" was nominated.

At the Golden Rooster Awards, "Love" also started to run as a runner-up step by step, and ultimately only won a "Directorial Debut Award".

Zhang Chen didn’t know how the Golden Horse Awards would be handled this time.

Liu Yifei began to comfort Liu Xiaoli, who was feeling a little disappointed.

There was no way. Liu Xiaoli didn't want to come in the first place, but due to her daughter's pleading, she still attended the award ceremony every time, but she was a runner-up every time.

It’s okay once or twice, but after it happens more than once, I start to feel a little concerned.

When Anthony Wong of "Initial D" won the "Best Supporting Actor" award, the Golden Horse Awards entered a white-hot stage.

The next awards are the highlight.

There are not only the "Golden Horse Best Actor" and "Golden Horse Best Actress" awards, but also the three major awards of "Best Original Screenplay", "Best Director" and "Best Feature Film".

“The winner of the Best Original Screenplay award is…”

When Liu Yifei heard about the award, she nervously held Zhang Chen's hand.

The competition for the Golden Horse Awards is too fierce, and the contenders for the following major awards are all very strong.

In her opinion, there is little hope for winning the subsequent awards, so this award may be the only one that "Love" can win.

At least, we can't let "Love" go home empty-handed, right?
"Zhang Chen, Love, congratulations!"

This time the applause was even louder than before, not only because Zhang Chen has a strong influence in the circle, but also because this is the first award won by "Love".

Under the gaze of the crowd, Zhang Chen stood beside the award presenters Li Mingshun and Fann Wong and received the Golden Horse trophy from them.

"I thought I would be disappointed today like the past few days." Zhang Chen smiled and raised the trophy in his hand, "Thank you judges for your recognition of "Love"."

The mainland directors and actors in the audience applauded loudly.

No matter whether it was true or false, at least they couldn't let Zhang Chen feel that they were insincere when his eyes fell on them.

These people were really scared by what happened two days ago.

They didn't want Zhang Chen to record it in the account because of a small matter.

Zhang Chen naturally also saw the reactions of the people below the stage. When he saw the fearful looks on the faces of those from the mainland, he felt helpless.

His target is really not these people, he is not even qualified for the Golden Rooster Award.

However, this matter cannot be told to anyone else, so we can only let them speculate.

"The winner of 'Best Actress' is Oh Yeon-seo, from 'Love'. Congratulations!"

"Wow!" The one who had the biggest reaction was Liu Yifei. She exclaimed and hugged Wu Yanshu, who was sitting one seat away from her. "Grandma, you won the prize!"

Wu Yanshu was a little breathless from being hugged by the little girl. She could only pat Liu Yifei on the back and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, grandma heard it."

Liu Yifei also felt that Wu Yanshu had difficulty speaking, so she let go of Wu Yanshu embarrassedly and stuck out her tongue: "I'll support you!"

Everyone's reaction to Wu Yanshu winning the award was relatively normal.

Because in the movie "Love", the heroine played by Oh Yeon-seo needs to show the affluent life of a middle-class family and the pain after being tortured by illness. The heroine played by Oh Yeon-seo accurately grasps the essence of the role.

Compared to another award favorite, Shu Qi in "The Best Time" is more convincing.

"To be honest, for an old woman like me to be recognized by the Golden Horse Awards at this age is also a recognition of my acting career over the years." Wu Yanshu looked at the trophy in her hand with some emotion, "However, the person I want to thank the most is Director Xiao Zhang. He made me feel the feelings of my own wife."

Many people don’t understand what Wu Yanshu meant by saying this.

But Zhang Chen knew.

When he was choosing actors, he chose Wu Yanshu at first sight because her husband was a musician and was bedridden.

No one can understand better than her the pain of a person who once lived a decent life and then fell into the torment of illness.

It would be more accurate to say that she is trying to figure out her lover's psychology rather than playing a role in the play.

"Teacher Wu, don't think too much." Zhang Chen still said the same thing.

Drama is drama and cannot replace life.

He doesn't want to see the plot in the play turned into reality, otherwise he would become a sinner.

Dignity and survival are always the most tangled issues in the movie "Love" and also the essence of this movie.

"I know, don't worry." Wu Yanshu forced a smile.

Zhang Chen stopped there and didn't try to persuade him any further.

"The winner of the 'Best Actor' award is Lan Tianye from 'Love'. Congratulations!"

"Wow--"

This time Liu Yifei's exclamation was louder than before.

However, having learned the lesson just now, she did not excitedly go up to give Lan Tianye a hug, but instead helped Lan Tianye onto the stage like a lady.

"How come this girl is more excited than the actor himself?" Zhang Chen complained.

"Maybe it was because Teacher Lan and Teacher Wu took better care of Xixi when they were on the crew?" Liu Xiaoli also smiled helplessly.

But it’s also good for my daughter to be like this, at least she can make a lot of friends in the circle.

On the stage, Lan Tianye's words were much briefer.

He thanked the crew and director Zhang Chen and then walked away, looking unusually calm.

But come to think of it, he has faded out of the entertainment industry for a long time, so he doesn't care much about winning or not. After many years of debut, he has proved with his strength that he deserves this award.

His competitors are Aaron Kwok's "Forking Road" and Tony Leung Ka Fai's "The Warlords".

Compared with these two, the emotional outburst of the male protagonist in "Love" is more concrete and more contagious.

When facing his loved one, the issue before him is not whether to love or not, but whether to kill or not, which is an issue that goes against morality and the law.

Lan Tianye's final decision made the audience feel both unexpected and reasonable.

Therefore, Lan Tianye deserves this award.

However, by this calculation, "Love" has won three major awards, and even took home both the "Best Actor" and "Best Actress" awards.

Even though everyone felt that the two awards were well-deserved by the two veterans, they were still shocked in their hearts.

One movie won the Best Actor and Best Actress award!
This is an event that will go down in Golden Horse history!
Of course, they are more concerned about how tomorrow's media, especially the Taiwanese media, will "fabricate" the Golden Rooster Awards in the mainland.

I hope the Golden Rooster Awards judges can withstand the pens of the Taiwanese media.

The media in Taiwan is not as gentle as that in the mainland.

At the same time, many crews breathed a sigh of relief.

Just because "Love" won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, it can't also win "Best Director" and "Best Feature Film", right?
Moreover, Zhang Chen won three major awards, and his own movie produced the Best Actor and Best Actress awards. He wouldn't make a big fuss at the award ceremony like he did at the Golden Rooster Awards, right?

In short, many people have begun to look forward to their crew winning the next big award.

Unfortunately, the Golden Horse Awards jury seemed to have gone crazy and caught everyone off guard.

"The winner of the 'Best Director Award' is Zhang Chen, for 'Love'! Congratulations!"

"Isn't it?!"

"real or fake?!"

"Again?!"

This time, in addition to the applause, there were many scattered sounds of surprise and doubt at the scene.

No one expected that after winning the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, Zhang Chen could also take home the Best Director award.

This is too.
The Golden Horse Awards are scared by Zhang Chen and think that the Best Actor and Best Actress awards can't shut Zhang Chen up. Are they trying to take another step of insurance?
Even Zhang Chen himself was shocked.

However, he still walked onto the stage with steady steps.

Amid the questioning gazes from the audience, he raised the slightly hot Golden Horse Award trophy and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect to win this award."

We didn't expect that either.

Many people in the audience were also grumbling in their hearts.

"But, since the Golden Horse Award dares to be given to me, I dare to take it." Zhang Chen shrugged and said indifferently, "At worst, I can make another movie to shut you up."

Zhang Chen had already guessed what would happen after today's award ceremony, so these words were spoken not only to the people present, but also to someone who was not present.

However, his confident remarks did make many people feel better.

Although these words sounded tough, in the eyes of many people, Zhang Chen really has the qualifications to say such words.

Not convinced?

You can only hold it in!

Didn’t you see that Zhou Xingxing’s face was red and he didn’t dare to say anything more?

Zhou Xingxing thought that this award was already in his pocket.

Now that it was "taken away" by Zhang Chen, he didn't dare to say a word.

Unless, he doesn't want his movie to be released in mainland China.

This is the follow-up impact of what Zhang Chen did a few days ago.

Regardless of whether it is in accordance with the rules or not, at least all the people in the film and television industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao have witnessed Zhang Chen's tough measures and overbearing attitude.

Moreover, they have to lick their faces and congratulate.

"Congratulations, Zhang Chen."

"Director Zhang, when can you let me play a role?"

"Director Zhang, you said you wanted to make another movie. Do you think I have the chance?"

See, this is reality.

Zhang Chen dealt with these actors and directors who suddenly appeared on his way with some emotion.

"Next, we will present the Best Feature Film award. Please welcome the chairman of the jury, Chen Yaoqi, to announce the winning film for us."

After hearing the host's words, Zhou Xingxing looked at the stage nervously.

It must be his turn this time. It can’t be “Love” again, right?

　Why would anyone guess who would win the Golden Rooster Awards?

　　Now the answer is revealed, guess what the purpose is?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)