Chapter 254: The

"When he handed the role of Li Ningyu to me, he said Li Ningyu is very similar to me, saying Fan Fan Binbing, you must be able to play this role well. Aren't you always wanting to prove yourself? This is your best opportunity."

The thousand-person theater was silent, everyone's gaze looking at this former scandal queen on stage.

She wiped the tears on her face, her pair of foxy eyes, originally black and white, were a bit red, her nose sniffing from time to time, controlling her snot, and no matter how waterproof the mascara and eyeshadow were, it was inevitably a bit smudged.

It could be seen from the big screen that she was trying hard to control her emotions, but it seemed difficult to do so for a while,

even if she had already proven with the trophy in her hand that she was one of the best actresses in China,

controlling emotions was a basic skill for an actor.

"Afterward, in the process of filming, whenever I was about to give up, I used this sentence to tell myself. Chen Nuo said you can do it, Fan Fan Binbing, you must be able to, you have to work hard!"

But the tears still blurred her eyelashes, making her top-tier beauty, recognized by all of China and even all of Asia, look a bit disheveled.

The big screen at the scene let Chen Nuo appear in the small picture in the lower left corner at this time, only to see his expression serious, his eyes looking at the stage exceptionally focused, listening very carefully.

When Fan Fan Binbing on stage and Chen Nuo off stage appeared on the TV screen together, the Golden Horse Awards viewership rating began to launch like a rocket, directly rushing to the highest peak of the night.

23%!

The total viewership coverage in Taiwan exceeded 4.3 million.

In other words, one-fifth of the people in Taiwan province at this time were watching through the TV the current hottest female star across the strait, Fan Fan Binbing, crying and holding the cup at the Taipei Golden Horse, and in the same frame as the hottest male actor in all of Asia.

The number of people watching the Golden Horse Awards live stream online also exceeded 8 million at this time.

The chat box was mixed with English, Japanese, Korean, and traditional and simplified Chinese characters, but what was said wasn't anything good, all were curses from all over the world.

Because there were too many viewers from the three East Asian countries and Southeast Asia, causing extremely serious network congestion for the small Golden Horse live streaming room, making the technical staff sweat profusely and unable to solve it immediately.

At the Golden Horse awards scene, Fan Fan Binbing's excited emotions slowly calmed down after the initial loss of control.

"Just like that, I persisted."

"Today I stand here, he is the first person I want to thank. Without him, there would be no trophy. He not only pulled me back from the edge of the abyss, but also let me stand on a stage like the Golden Horse Awards."

"Say it again, thank you, Chen Nuo."

Chen Nuo on the big screen smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Fan Fan Binbing must have seen it; she smiled, as if a hundred flowers were blooming on the back of a golden horse.

Finally, she completely recovered her state, and her speaking speed returned to normal.

"Besides that, there is also Director Ning Hao, Director Gao Qunshu, and Big Brother Jiang Wen, they all gave me great help."

"All the other actors in the play, Yu Hewei, Huang Bo, and Duan Yihong, Janice Man, without your excellent performances, there wouldn't be this excellent film."

"Especially my good sister, Miss Liu Yifei who played Gu Xiaomeng... She is a pure and beautiful little princess. Thank you, Feifei, thank you for accompanying me to talk and chat and encourage me during the filming process, every time I finished texting you, I felt I had motivation again. This time I got this award first, but I believe in you. It won't be long before you will definitely be able to stand in this position."

At this moment, there was another picture-in-picture on the big screen at the scene.

Liu Yifei appeared in the picture.

She was sitting in a chair, wearing a black off-the-shoulder evening dress, where one could see her snow-white delicate shoulders and slender beautiful collarbone, with a silver necklace composed of diamonds of all sizes around her neck, looking indeed like she had a bit of a princess temperament.

It was clearly visible on the screen that this woman was genuinely moved by Fan Fan Binbing's words,

her tears were spinning in her eyes, and she was trying very hard to control them so they wouldn't fall out.

Fan Fan Binbing accelerated her speaking speed again and said, "I also want to thank my company, everyone in Huanran Yixin. We are really a particularly beautiful big family."

"Qi Yuntian, President Qi, I have now won the Golden Horse Best Actress, can you smile a little more when you see me in the future?"

"And my manager Xiao Ye, thank you for your care all along."

"Of course, there are also my mom and dad, and my younger brother, you are the support I have had all along to get to where I am today. I love you all."

"Sorry, I'm overtime. Finally, thank you Golden Horse Awards, thank you Chairperson Jiao Xiongping, thank you to the judges for awarding me this prize. Thank you everyone!"

Chen Nuo didn't know what Fan Fan Binbing was like when she won the Hundred Flowers Best Actress. However, from his current feeling, the way this woman won the award was truly beautiful.

Even if she was slightly out of sorts at the beginning, but in the end, when she was holding that Golden Horse trophy and thanking the whole audience, the elegant and beautiful demeanor she revealed, in the next ten years, it seemed there weren't many female stars who could compare to it.

"Congratulations, I watched the movie *The Message*, Miss Fan Fan Binbing acted really well, it is truly well-deserved."

Suddenly a voice came from the side.

Bernice Liu didn't know where her courage came from, perhaps she knew that if she didn't do something, she would never have another chance.

Because everyone knew that Chen Nuo would present the final grand prize with Ang Lee tonight, which was Best Feature Film.

It was estimated that in a few minutes this man would go backstage, and after presenting the award, he definitely wouldn't return to his seat.

This meant that if she didn't say something or do something now, she would probably only have this bit of neighborly fate with him.

One hundred percent going to regret it for a lifetime.

Hearing Chen Nuo reply "Thank you,"

Bernice Liu's heart beat extremely fast, hesitating again and again in her heart, feeling like there was some stone blocking her throat, those words she had prepared couldn't be squeezed out.

But at this time, she saw a staff member bending over and walking toward this side.

This was the person leading the award presenters backstage.

He was going to present the award.

"Chen..." Bernice Liu was startled by her own voice, it was too soft, even she herself couldn't hear it.

Immediately closing her mouth, swallowing a mouthful of saliva, only then did she say again, "Chen Nuo, can I exchange phone numbers with you?"

Seeing Chen Nuo look over with a somewhat surprised gaze, Bernice Liu's heart beat like a drum, hurriedly explaining, "I really like your movies, I have watched every one of your plays, really. Can I... can I invite you to dinner after the show ends?"

Dinner was impossible.

If Chen Nuo were really willing to go to some Taiwanese female artist's appointment, it definitely wouldn't be this Miss Liu whom he was meeting for the first time today.

That Miss Lin Chi-ling, who also appeared at the Golden Horse Awards tonight, with a low-cut white dress squeezing her breasts, shining on the red carpet, making the flashes of reporters' cameras go non-stop, one of the current two beauties of Taiwan, should be the first in line.

At the beginning of the year, he had just returned from the US with an Oscar, and Miss Lin specifically asked her manager to contact Qi Yuntian to make an appointment with him in Beijing once.

Later in the second half of the year, he returned from South Korea, and Qi Yun, Miss Lin's manager, called him again, saying that Miss Lin had come to the mainland to participate in activities again, and asked if he had time to have a meal together.

He still refused.

And this morning, the call Qi Yuntian received was the third time.

This time it was Sister Chi-ling herself talking directly to Qi Yuntian on the phone.

When Qi Yuntian privately imitated the person talking to Chen Nuo, he truly gave full play to his gay characteristics, imitating that tone and accent vividly, almost laughing Chen Nuo to death.

Qi Yuntian's face, now only appeared in front of him occasionally in private. That rainbow youth from a few years ago had already disappeared into time without knowing it.

Qi Yuntian was raising his orchid finger at the time, pinching his voice, imitating the "jiazi" tone, saying, "Mr. Qi, Chi-ling really doesn't have any other meaning~ Mr. Chen Nuo came from afar, Chi-ling as the host, of course, has to set up a banquet to entertain~ Mr. Chen Nuo won glory for us Chinese at the Oscars, Chi-ling is really happy. I want to cheer Mr. Chen Nuo up, hoping Mr. Chen Nuo can film more and better movies in the future, then Chi-ling will also be very happy."

After Chen Nuo finished listening, he truly laughed and rolled on the bed.

He didn't know if it was really said like that. However, Sister Chi-ling seemed to be really sincere, this was almost the third time visiting the thatched cottage, Zhuge Liang might have been moved.

But Chen Mouren was truly wolf-hearted and iron-willed, and still refused.

However, he actually quite wanted to ask Sister Chi-ling a question: you are so happy for the Chinese, so moved for the Chinese, then why do you marry a Japanese person in the future? Why, do you feel that the Japanese need you to cheer them on more?

Although they were all Taiwanese, Chen Nuo wouldn't go so far as to beat all Taiwanese girls with one stick.

After tactfully refusing Bernice Liu, he still gave the other person a step down, saying that the time was too tight this time, and he had to return to the mainland immediately to film.

So, if you don't mind, leave a phone number. Let's contact again when I come to Taiwan next time.

This wasn't a lie, because after an unknown number of years, President Han re-emerged, picked up the director's megaphone, carefully prepared, and the *The Founding of a Republic*, which was prepared to be a gift for the motherland's National Day next year, had indeed started filming.

It was waiting for him, this red-rooted soldier of the Fourth Field Army, to return and fire the first shot of liberating the whole country.

Bernice Liu's somewhat disappointed heart began to beat vividly again after getting the phone number.

The poor lesbian favorite didn't know that the phone number she got would only lead to the dedicated mobile phone in Qi Yuntian's hand that would never be answered and would only be used to reply to text messages.

Chen Nuo followed the Golden Horse staff to the backstage,

passing through the interview area, he saw the high-spirited Fan Fan Binbing.

The woman was holding the heavy Best Actress trophy, had already finished her makeup, and was surrounded by a dense circle of reporters; while taking photos and posing, she could also find time to answer some questions from print reporters, appearing quite at ease.

Fan Fan Binbing was accepting an interview and didn't notice him,

Chen Nuo wasn't a fool, it was impossible to go over to say hello at this time and steal the limelight of the newly crowned Golden Horse Best Actress.

Therefore, he immediately quickened his pace, walked along the wall with the staff, and arrived at the backstage preparation room, where he met Ang Lee, who had arrived a step earlier and whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Since the meeting at Sheshan, although they would occasionally call, and after the Oscars, this person had specifically called to congratulate him, but the two were still meeting for the first time.

However, it didn't seem strange either.

On the home turf of Taipei, Ang Lee was clearly more open than when he was in the mainland, and he was also more extroverted.

When he saw Chen Nuo, Ang Lee didn't shake hands with him, but learned Western etiquette, proactively stepped forward to hug him, and said, "Congratulations, congratulations. *The Message* won many awards today, I went to the cinema to watch it, it really is a good movie."

Chen Nuo hurriedly replied, "Thank you, actually if it weren't for your help back then, there wouldn't be *The Message* now." This wasn't false.

Half of *The Message* crew were the team recommended by him.

If it weren't for Park Ruomu's costumes, Rodrigo Prieto's cinematography, and the joining of the original cast of *Lust, Caution*, could *The Message* be like this now?

As many mainland media said, "filmed with supreme texture," "set a benchmark for spy films in the next twenty years," "from cinematography to costumes, from set design to special effects, all showed deep sincerity,"

thereby creating the mainland box office record, while also killing all sides at major awards ceremonies across the strait?

Chen Nuo could be sure, absolutely impossible.

Because a movie really isn't something one person can film.

Ang Lee, no matter how the outside world evaluated him, was indeed very Confucian. After listening to Chen Nuo's words, he didn't mean to take credit, and even smiled a bit bashfully, saying, "No, it has nothing to do with me, it's all you guys doing well yourselves. Seeing you win so many awards and sell so many box office tickets, I am really happy for you."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and the Golden Horse Awards staff on the side handed over two hand cards, saying, "Director Ang, Mr. Chen Nuo, this is the award presentation speech we designed for you, do you two want to check it in advance?"

When he said this, Chen Nuo remembered that this was indeed a thing.

It was his first time presenting an award with someone else, and what the two of them would say on stage with Ang Lee indeed needed to be carefully considered.

He looked at the script on the Golden Horse hand card.

Well, he only now knew where Miss Liu, who asked him for his phone number, got those awkward chat and mutual praise lines with her partner on stage.

He raised his head to look at Ang Lee, and Ang Lee happened to be looking at him too.

The two looked at each other, clearly understanding each other, and instantly both laughed.

The 30-something-year-old staff member on the side said in an almost terrified tone, "Director Ang, Mr. Chen Nuo, is this not okay?"

Chen Nuo looked at Ang Lee, who was pursing his lips and not speaking, and took on the role of the villain, "Hmm, it's a bit strange. I don't think it's necessary to say these things."

The staff member said cautiously, "But, these are all the honors you two have brought to our Chinese-language films..."

"... Director Ang, some people say you have brought many honors to Chinese-language films, what do you think?" Chen Nuo stood in front of the podium and said to the microphone in front of him.

Ang Lee smiled, ignoring him completely.

Because,

when Jet Li took away Best Actor in a state of absence from the awards ceremony, and Peter Chan also surpassed *The Message*'s Ning Hao, as well as Sylvia Chang and Feng Xiaogang, to lift the Best Director trophy,

after Chen Jianzhou and Do Do Cheng, one with a Taiwanese accent and one with a Hong Kong accent, said in unison, "Welcome Director Ang Lee and actor Chen Nuo to present the Best Feature Film award for this year's Golden Horse Awards,"

Ang Lee and Chen Nuo finally walked out from the backstage curtain, one from the left and one from the right.

Amidst the applause, Ang Lee walked while smiling and waving toward the audience,

but Chen Nuo wasn't as graceful; he just walked to the side of the podium as a matter of routine and joined Ang Lee.

Just as Chen Nuo opened his mouth and said the lines he had agreed upon with Ang Lee,

Ang Lee looked at the audience, helplessly not speaking.

The reason was that Chen Nuo's voice came out through the loudspeaker and was instantly drowned out by a larger wave of sound.

When he was speaking, the applause from the audience actually stopped in an unprecedented way, not stopping as expected.

It was as if those people in the audience didn't want to hear him speak at all.

Even Chen Nuo kept his composure and waited for more than ten seconds, seeing those people in the audience standing on stage with him and Ang Lee.

The applause still didn't weaken, but instead had a trend of getting louder and louder, and there were even people whistling sharply.

He had no choice but to temporarily extinguish the thought of speaking as soon as possible, standing on the stage a bit helplessly, hoping that this abrupt situation would subside quickly.

Last time when he won an award at the Oscars, he suddenly forgot his lines on stage, which gave him some trauma.

Chen Nuo was truly afraid that his three-second goldfish memory would throw the lines he had just agreed upon with Ang Lee to the back of his mind.

But this time, it didn't go as he wished.

The various stars and audience members participating in the Golden Horse Awards tonight seemed to be determined to make things difficult for him.

They had been clapping for almost a minute, and there was still no sign of stopping, and even with some people who didn't know what they were excited about suddenly standing up, the whole audience had to follow suit, resulting in a standing ovation.

Janice Man stood up with an indescribable spirit, her head held high looking at him, clapping very hard; if a reporter had snapped a photo, I guess even a ghost wouldn't believe this was an ex-girlfriend.

Liu Yifei next to her revealed a proud smile, also clapping, inexplicably revealing a kind of "auntie flavor."

And Fan Fan Binbing, who had just returned to her seat, smiled exceptionally brightly, the Golden Horse award she had just obtained placed on Chen Nuo's empty seat; this woman, even her clapping posture was so graceful.

Chen Nuo saw Peter Chan clapping his hands with a smile on his face, appearing very happy.

On the other side, Feng Xiaogang was clapping slowly and reluctantly, and the way he stood looked like he wanted to sit down immediately.

Not only did Chen Nuo not know what to say the more he looked, but there were also people in the control room who were at a loss for this plot that wasn't in the script.

Someone even asked the head director, "What should we do? It's almost overtime. Should we have the on-site staff go and stop it?"

The head director turned his head to look at the person who spoke, his expression very strange, not speaking.

Another person on the side coughed lightly and said, "Anyway, it's almost over, it doesn't matter."

"Oh." The person answered and continued to look at the screen wall of the control room.

The person behind turned to the head director and turned his finger on his temple twice.

The head director curled his lips, turned his head, and said to his assistant in a low voice, "After it ends in a while, let this idiot pack his things and get out. Chen Nuo and Ang Lee standing together, even I want to clap twice, damn it, this idiot is really brain-dead."

After waiting for a long while, this intense applause, which had never appeared at the Golden Horse Awards scene in the past, finally subsided.

When the audience finally sat down again, this year's Golden Horse Awards had indeed been overtime for several minutes.

Chen Nuo didn't know what to say at this time, so he had to pretend that nothing had happened, and like a repeater, recited the line he had agreed upon with Ang Lee: "... Director Ang, some people say you have brought many honors to Chinese-language films, what do you think?"

Ang Lee said to the microphone, "I don't think I did anything, I just did my job well, as for the honors, that is all the love of the audience and judges for me."

Chen Nuo was just about to say the next line according to the script.

Unexpectedly, Ang Lee continued, "What about you? The friends at the scene just applauded for you, what do you think? Do you want to say something to them?"

This unexpected sentence made Chen Nuo a bit confused.

What do you mean applauded for me?

If you say this, won't the media roast me tomorrow?

Chen Nuo's reaction was quite fast, immediately smiling and saying, "Thank you, of course I want to thank the applause at the scene. But I also know that this time it is because I am basking in your light, Director. I hope that when I come to the Golden Horse Awards next time, the executive committee will still arrange such a good partner for me."

Ang Lee didn't refute, but smiled, and said in a particularly soft tone, "When is the next time? Will you come next year?"

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "If there is a work nominated, of course I will come."

Ang Lee seemed to have achieved his goal and didn't force him anymore, changing the topic, "Now what we are going to present is Best Feature Film, Chen Nuo, the *The Message* you acted in this time is also on the list of candidate films, are you nervous?"

Chen Nuo said the truth, "Nervous, I didn't think I would be nervous before I came, but when I really stood here, I suddenly felt that I really wanted to win this award. Because this is the Golden Horse, no matter which film wins this award, it is a great honor."

The big screen immediately showed the images of Jiao Xiongping and a group of people in the executive committee, only to see Sister Jiao saying something to someone next to her, her eyes almost invisible from smiling on her face.

Ang Lee also smiled and said, "Then let's see who will win the Best Feature Film award at this year's Golden Horse Awards."

After speaking, he tore open the envelope.

Chen Nuo was truly nervous at this time.

Not only because this guy Ang Lee didn't follow the script at all just now, throwing out some topics every time, making him rack his brains to answer.

Similarly, just as he said just now, he really wanted to win this award.

He believed,

among the 23 awards of the Golden Horse Awards, only this award was an overall reward for all the crew members.

To tell the truth, the staff participating in the filming of *The Message* added up to at least thousands of people, how many would care about big stars like Fan Fan Binbing, whether she could win the Golden Horse Best Actress to crown herself?

How many would care about directors with a bright future like Ning Hao, whether he would win Best Director to pave a golden road for himself?

Whether these millionaires and multi-millionaires win awards or not, what does it have to do with them? Even if he, Chen Nuo, was glorious at the Oscars, it wouldn't necessarily make them earn 50 more yuan in wages.

However, Best Film is different.

This is a bargaining chip they can take out upright and honestly, no matter which crew they go to in the future.

This final grand prize is an award truly presented to everyone who participated in the filming of the movie; wherever they go, they can say that they were a part of it.

Therefore, when Ang Lee opened the envelope and read out in a calm tone, "The 45th Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film, the winner is, *The Message*."

Chen Nuo couldn't suppress the happiness and excitement in his heart; he stood on the stage and laughed without any scruples.

The way he laughed, showing a mouthful of white teeth, was displayed on the big screen at the scene, and also appeared on the TV screens of every household in Taiwan province, as well as the finally expanded live streaming room, becoming the deepest image engraved in everyone's memory in this Golden Horse Awards.

6000 words, goodbye Golden Horse.

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