Chapter 183 Golden Horse Victory Night!

"Thank you, thank you Golden Horse Awards for awarding me this award.

On the podium, You Benchang held his Golden Horse trophy tightly and said in a calm tone: "I really didn't expect that at this age, I could win such an honor as Best Actor."

"The last time I won the Best Actor Award was when I won the 4th Golden Eagle Award for "Ji Gong" in 1986."

"I was still young at that time."

Speaking of this, You Benchang smiled mischievously.

For him now, fifty-three years old should be considered young.

"Actually, I haven't acted in many movies in my life."

You Benchang had a look of reminiscence on his face.

Apart from "Love", he has only acted in one fairy tale movie "The Next Ship".

He even acted in few TV series. Except for "Ji Gong", he only acted in a few works.

You Benchang's main career has been drama from beginning to end. After being assigned to graduate theater in 1956, he acted in dramas for almost fifty years.

"It's an honor to be able to participate in such an excellent and touching movie as "Love"."

"When Director Wu Yuan invited me to act in this movie, I was very surprised. I didn't expect that someone would ask an old man like me to act in a movie."

"Fortunately, I lived up to the director's trust and gave a passable performance."

In the audience, Wu Yuan applauded Teacher You Benchang vigorously, with a smile on his face.

To be honest, it is a great honor for Wu Yuan to be able to work with such an excellent veteran actor who has been acting in dramas all his life.

It can be said that the success of the movie "Love" is indispensable to the script, actors, and director. If any one of them fails, it will be impossible to make this movie.

"Of course, although this Best Actor trophy is awarded to me personally, it is an honor that belongs to the entire cast."

"Without the perfect cooperation between Ms. Wu Yanshu and Ms. Gong Li, I would not be able to play the role of Lao Zhang well."

"They made this movie possible and made me who I am."

"Thank you again to everyone on the crew and the Golden Horse Award!"

After saying that, You Benchang held the Golden Horse trophy in his chest, kissed the cold cup body sincerely, and walked off the podium holding the trophy.

"Deserved!"

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Along the way, guests, both familiar and unfamiliar, stood up to congratulate You Benchang for winning this award.

His performance in the movie "Love" was truly impeccable and fully worthy of the Best Actor trophy.

It can be said that this is an expected and expected result.

At last night's Golden Rooster Awards, You Benchang narrowly missed out on the Best Actor award by Cheng Long.

And tonight, he received the glory and recognition that belonged to him.

I won't comment on whether Cheng Long's acting in "New Police Story" is better than that of Yau Benchang in "Love".

Wu Yuan only knew that the applause at the Golden Horse today was much louder than when the Best Actor was awarded last night.

Standing up and welcoming You Benchang back to his seat, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "Teacher You, this trip all night is worth it."

"Yes, it's worth it." You Benchang held the Golden Horse trophy tightly and smiled heartily.

After the Best Actor Award was presented, the awards continued.

Between the heavyweight awards, there are always several general awards interspersed.

"The winner of the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is——"

""A World Without Thieves"!"

"..."

"The winner of the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography is——"

"Pan Yaoming, "Sanchakou"!"

"..."

"The winner of the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best New Actor is——"

"Jay Chou, "Initial D"!"

One award after another was awarded again.

Wu Yuan also met Jay Chou, the little king of the singing world who has recently started to cross over to become an actor.

He likes Jay Chou's music very much. After all, he is a superstar who has dominated the music industry for an era.

But if you want him to say how good Jay Chou's acting is without conscience, that's really going too far.

From Wu Yuan's perspective, Jay Chou's acting skills can be summed up in four words as "no acting skills."

His most peak film work, "The Secret That Can't Be Told," focuses on his true character, playing himself in high school. This is his highest level of acting.

As for other movies, you really can’t watch them.

It can only be said that in this period, it is the norm in the entertainment industry nowadays for stars who are popular in movies and TV shows to sing and act well, and to sing and act well.

I remember that Jay Chou later invested in the TV series "Pandaman" and went to Hollywood to play "The Green Hornet".

I don’t know what Columbia thinks. One of them really dares to film and the other dares to act.

"The winner of the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay is——"

On the stage, the award ceremony continues.

Finally, another award related to Wu Yuan is about to be drawn.

On the big screen, the scenes of the four movies "Love", "Dragon City Years", "The Best Time" and "The Princess's Revenge" are constantly switching and playing.

The presenters, Fan Wenfang and Li Mingshun from Malaysia, solemnly opened the envelope.

These two actors once played Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu in the 1998 Singapore version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

The 1998 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is considered one of the classic TV series in Singapore and Malaysia. Fan Wenfang also relied on the role of Xiao Longnu to successfully enter the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.

Fan Wenfang smiled and took out the card with the name of the award-winning movie from the envelope and showed it to the camera.

"The winner is——"

"Wu Yuan, "Love"!"

"Congratulations to Director Wu and the crew of "Love"!"

Wu Yuan raised the corners of his mouth, stood up calmly, and accepted the applause from the audience.

Winning this award is unexpected.

This is an original screenplay that can win the Cannes Jury Prize. Several other films that have also been nominated are only shortlisted for the Cannes main competition at their best. How can they compete with "Amour"?

Attendeed by congratulations all the way, Wu Yuan walked up to the podium and took the trophy from Fan Wenfang.

"Thanks."

Standing on the podium, Wu Yuan was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

He didn't make any preparations for his acceptance speech in advance, nor was he in the habit of doing so.

After saying thank you dryly, Wu Yuan pursed his lips and was silent for a few seconds before holding back another sentence.

"Thank you to the Golden Horse Awards jury for awarding me this award."

"Many people are curious as to why I, a young man in my early twenties, could write a story like "Love" that describes the love and marriage of the elderly."

"Here, I respond in one sentence."

"Art comes from life, and so does film."

"Maybe I haven't experienced it, but I have a pair of eyes that are good at discovery and insight."

"As long as you feel and understand what is happening around you with your heart, you will find that there are stories and inspiration everywhere."

After "Love" was released, many people actually wondered why Wu Yuan could write such a script.

The story of an elderly couple in their 70s and 80s about love, illness and death.

This is simply inconsistent with Wu Yuan's image.

Wu Yuan also took this opportunity and stage to respond to these voices.

As for whether those who want to engage in conspiracy theories believe it or not, that is not his decision.

"Finally, I would like to thank the jury again for awarding me this award, thank you all."

Holding the trophy, Wu Yuan walked back to the guest seats elegantly without taking any souvenirs.

"Director Wu, you are really good at writing scripts." As soon as Wu Yuan returned to his seat, Feng Xiaogang from the crew of "A World Without Thieves" next door came over.

Feng Xiaogang, who is not very good at writing scripts and almost relies on other screenwriters for scripts when making movies, looked at the trophy in Wu Yuan's hand with envy.

If nothing else happens, he will probably never win an award like Best Screenplay in his life.

Even the chance of winning Best Actor is greater than the chance of winning Best Screenplay.

On the stage, the award ceremony continued.

Several more awards, both minor and minor, were awarded, as well as the important Best Actress Award.

The Best Actress Award was won by Shu Qi from "The Best of Time".

As one of Taiwan's top films this year, "The Best of Time" still deserves a Best Actress award.

The main reason is that no matter how fair the Golden Horse is, it will not award the four major awards to one or two movies. This is unfair.

Just like Cannes' default that a film can only win one award, the Golden Horse also tries to distribute the most important best actor and actress, best film, and best director separately.

"Love" won Best Actor, so it is unlikely to win Best Actress again.

Wu Yanshu accepted the result calmly and applauded Shu Qi with a smile.

So far, only the two most important awards of this year's Golden Horse Awards have not been awarded.

Best Feature Film and Best Director.

The biggest favorites to win these two awards are "Kung Fu", which represents the king of commercial films this year, and "Love", the most outstanding art film.

Both films have their strengths.

One won this year's Chinese-language film box office championship, and the other won the Cannes Jury Prize.

To be honest, all the guests and viewers at the scene were not sure who would win the award.

It can only be said that the grand prize will definitely occur in these two movies, and no matter who wins, it will be considered worthy of it.

On the big screen, the crew of "Kung Fu" and "Love" are constantly favored by on-site camera operators.

Unfortunately, Mr. Sing himself was not present. The person attending the award ceremony on behalf of the "Kung Fu" crew was "Charterer" Yuan Qiu. Wu Yuan did not have the opportunity to meet Mr. Sing.

"The next thing to be awarded is the Best Director Award. We welcome the presenters Li Eu and Kim Sung-wu!"

Li Yu and Jin Chengwu, who were wearing suits and leather shoes and without ties, walked up from the backstage together.

"I'm so happy to see you here, it's so glorious, it's all screams."

"No, no, I am honored to be on the same stage with Director Li to present the award."

After the two presenters took the stage, the routine warm-up began.

Some lucky spectators at the scene screamed one after another.

The popularity of handsome guy Jin is really not that high right now. The title of the most handsome man in Asia is no joke.

"I think a good director is really the soul of a movie."

On the stage, Jin Chengwu was still talking: "Then, I also started to participate in the entertainment industry from Taiwan and started filming. Gradually, I also got some foreign jobs to try."

"I also hope to get some good results outside and come back to Taiwan to share them with everyone."

"Then I also hope to learn good things abroad, and come back to make better movies for foreigners to watch."

"Yes, I went abroad to study." Li An took over the conversation with a smile.

"Yes." Jin Chengwu also nodded and smiled: "I still hope that the director can come back and call on all filmmakers to make more good Taiwanese movies for foreigners to watch."

"Yes, just like Director Wu sitting in the audience." Li An shrugged, pointed out Wu Yuan, and the camera was also given to Wu Yuan.

If we talk about directors who returned to China after "studying abroad", Wu Yuan must be mentioned.

He made movies in Hollywood while making Chinese commercial films and art films. He can be said to be a director who has made great contributions to Chinese films.

No wonder Jin Chengwu called on Li An to return to Taiwan and make some Taiwanese movies soon.

Facing Wu Yuan, a great Hollywood director, local Taiwanese directors really can't stand it!

But Ang Lee didn't respond at all. After turning the topic to Wu Yuan, he smiled and said, "Then our nominees for the Golden Horse Best Director this year are--"

The nominated short films began to appear on the big screen.

The movie scenes of Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Best Time", Johnnie To's "Dragon City Years", and Wu Yuan's "Love" appeared on the big screen.

With the background introduction sound, the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, whether they have seen these four movies or not, got to know them again.

"The winner is--"

Li An opened the envelope, and the background sound began to sound dense drum beats.

"Zhou Xingchi!"

"Congratulations to Zhou Xingchi for winning this year's Best Director Award."

Yuan Qiu stood up and walked onto the stage to accept the award while clapping and smiling.

Offstage, on the other side of the "Love" crew, all the members breathed a sigh of relief and gave sincere applause.

Since the Best Director award was given to Zhou Xingchi and the crew of "Kung Fu", then the last and most important Best Feature Film award should obviously go to "Love".

It doesn't make sense to give this award to "Kung Fu", right?

As expected, the producer of the "Lord of the Rings" series, Barry Osborne, and Taiwanese director Chen Yaoqi came on stage as award presenters to present the Best Feature Film award.

As soon as he came on stage, Barry Osborne used English to praise Chinese-language films and Chinese-language filmmakers.

I don't know how many connections the Golden Horse Awards had to make to invite him, but he really gave face. In his mouth, Chinese-language films are comparable to Hollywood.

Of course, Barry Osborne also mentioned Wu Yuan. After all, among the many directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, he is most familiar with Wu Yuan.

"Daniel is a very, very good director. Whether in China, Hollywood, or Europe, he is one of the best directors."

"I am honored that he is also nominated for the Best Feature Film Award that I am presenting this time."

"I hope I can present the award to him in person!"

In theory, Barry Osborne's words are definitely inappropriate as an award presenter, and he is not neutral at all.

But as a Hollywood producer, the members of the organizing committee could not stop him, so they had to keep urging him to present the award.

"Then!"

Chen Yaoqi opened the envelope, took a look at it, and said with a smile: "Let our Barry Osborne read out the winning movie, okay?"

Barry Osborne took the envelope, read it carefully, and after making sure he was not wrong, he looked at Wu Yuan and said in English:

"The winner of the Best Feature Film Award is Love!"

"Daniel, congratulations! This is what you deserve!"