Chapter 380: The Tragedy of the Golden Horse

"Fuck, what kind of crap are you talking about."

Jiang Wen suddenly flipped over and sat up, eyes wide.

The woman said: "Chen Nuo got a 'double yolk', look."

Jiang Wen took the phone from the woman's hand; it was the very popular new media of the past year, Sina Weibo. During this period, in order to promote *Let the Bullets Fly*, he had quite a few collaborations with this Weibo and had bought hot search rankings several times; the price was truly exorbitantly expensive.

However, right now, hanging at the top of this sky-high-priced ranking list was a name that had made him love and hate it during this period.

"Chen Nuo Golden Horse Awards double yolk."

"Fuck," Jiang Wen muttered, "Who the fuck is he 'double yolking' with?"

"A Taiwanese actor named Ethan Juan."

"What? Ruan Jingtian?"

"No! Bad guy, your brain is full of these things every day, his name is Ethan Juan."

"Ruan Jingtian, what a weird name, never heard of it. Oh, the one who filmed *Monga*, I know *Monga*." Jiang Wen flipped through the phone, looked at it for a few times, thought about it, and then lost interest, throwing the phone back to the woman.

The woman was very curious: "Why? Isn't Chen Nuo your good brother? Why aren't you angry?"

Jiang Wen chuckled: "I'm not angry."

"What do you mean?"

"Too lazy to say, I'm going to sleep, I have an interview tomorrow morning."

The woman shook her head in confusion and didn't continue looking at the phone, going to wash up after getting out of bed.

As a result, when she came back after washing up, she saw Jiang Wen sitting up at some point, his glasses already on, holding his Nokia, looking like he was about to make a call.

The woman smiled immediately: "Still heart-broken for your good brother."

Jiang Wen didn't answer, held the phone to his ear, but immediately put it down again.

"Why, can't get through?"

Jiang Wen nodded, but immediately dialed another number; this time the person on the opposite side answered quickly.

"Ke, did you see the news? Nuo went to the Golden Horse Awards and was fed a double yolk."

"Not that meaning, he doesn't need us? My meaning is, can our movie use this to make an article? Anyway, their *Hawthorn Tree* is off, right."

"Mm, yes, definitely, I just called him, but didn't get through..."

"Okay, then I'll tell you when I contact him."

The phone hung up, and Jiang Wen dialed another one, but it was still a busy signal.

Jiang Wen leaned against the head of the bed, pondered for a while, and suddenly laughed hee-hee.

The woman smiled and said: "Your good brother was bullied, you don't help, you're still laughing?"

Jiang Wen chuckled: "You don't understand, I'm happy, the subject of this operation is definitely useful."

The woman was a bit angry: "It's always 'you don't understand, you don't understand' all day long, I'm indeed not familiar with your entertainment circle, then your wife understands, why don't you find her?"

"Hey, joking with you, how did you take it seriously." Jiang Wen lightly stretched his arms and pulled the woman into his arms.

"Mm, I'll give you an example and you'll understand. Suppose I'm an office worker with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, and I have a billionaire friend. He has a poor neighbor next door who cooked a pot of cornmeal buns one day and wanted to invite him to dinner."

"My friend couldn't refuse the enthusiasm, so he went."

"As a result, after going, that neighbor disliked his appetite for being too big and eating too much, and was only willing to give him half."

"My friend was naturally very angry when he saw this, and it looked like he wasn't going to eat even half."

"I ask you, in this story, who is the most pitiful?"

The woman suddenly realized and said: "You want to say the Golden Horse Awards is that poor neighbor, and Chen Nuo is your billionaire friend, right? You're not angry because he doesn't have the cornmeal bun, he can go back and continue eating big fish and meat. Mm, thinking about it this way, indeed, your friend isn't pitiful, that poor neighbor is the most pitiful. He treats the cornmeal bun that people don't even look at as a treasure."

Jiang Wen shook his head after listening: "Wrong, wrong. The poor neighbor isn't pitiful, he's hateful. He did this, and my friend definitely won't treat him as a friend anymore. In the future, he probably won't be able to make any billionaire friends, and his days will probably get harder and poorer. But this is all his own doing, and he's not pitiful."

The woman was surprised: "Ah, not him? Then who? Your friend?"

"My friend? Hehe, my friend eats delicacies every day, now he just eats one less cornmeal bun. He's not pitiful at all." Jiang Wen pointed at his own nose: "In this story, I am the most pitiful."

"Think about it, my friend is already a billionaire, and I'm still here with a 2,000 yuan salary, thinking about how to get some overtime pay every day."

"You say, am I pitiful or not? Should I be heart-broken for myself?"

Chen Nuo didn't expect that he could receive so many calls.

Although Qi Yuntian was dealing with all kinds of media.

However, from around 11 o'clock when he returned to the hotel, until past 12 o'clock, the phone still hadn't stopped. It gave him the feeling that the whole world was paying attention to this Golden Horse Awards.

This wasn't it; just after dealing with the concern of Chairman Xu of the Hengdian Group, Jiang Wen, who was still promoting *Let the Bullets Fly* in the mainland, called again.

After listening to what Jiang Wen said, Chen Nuo immediately said: "No problem, try to hype it up. Do you want me to help you think of a theme... Haha, okay, you guys think about it yourselves. Speaking of which, why haven't you slept so late, I remember you're going to *Art Life* tomorrow? Drinking outside... Oh, at home, right? Then say hello to your wife for me... Hahaha, okay, let's gather when I return to Beijing, bye."

After Jiang Wen, it was Ang Lee.

As for Ang Lee, actually, many words were already exchanged at the scene of the Golden Horse Awards ceremony not long ago. At this moment, Ang Lee was here to give him an explanation.

Hearing the result that Hou Hou Xiaoxian finally found out, that the jury president of this session was actually a narrow-minded xx element, Chen Nuo couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, the gap between regions is a mountain that is difficult to climb. These frogs on the island are really too narrow-minded. They should really be boiled and eaten one by one.

"... Don't worry, Director Lee, I'm leaving tomorrow, I definitely won't say anything... Haha, forget the trophy, really, leave it there... Really don't need it. Not angry, not angry. It's just that the display cabinet in my house in Beijing is a bit small, I'll wait until I go back and renovate it one day, otherwise it really won't fit."

"Haha, just joking, see you again, Director Lee, tell me when you go to America or the mainland, I'll host and treat you to a meal."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Nuo saw Liu Yifei beside him with a thoughtful look: "What are you thinking about?"

Liu Yifei hesitated: "Chen Nuo, aren't you afraid of doing this?"

"Afraid of what? Afraid of the Taiwanese frogs biting me? You know what dish I like to eat best."

Liu Yifei couldn't speak for a while.

Although out of a girl's caution, she felt that doing this was really too offensive.

However, it had to be said that this way of doing things was really satisfying.

You gave me a double yolk with small-mindedness, then I just won't take it, you guys keep it and play with it yourselves.

The key is that for others, winning the Golden Horse Best Actor award is absolutely an honor worth boasting about, the kind of honor that will be specially reminded on the movie poster and will be bolded and thickened.

But for him, this so-called honor couldn't even rank in the top five in his past history.

Just like he said, the trophies he got couldn't even fit in the display cabinet.

Besides, whether it's Ang Lee or Hou Hou Xiaoxian, including these people in Taiwan Province, what does it matter if they don't like him?

Anyway, he doesn't lack people who like him.

Thinking this way, Liu Yifei suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Looking at Chen Nuo's side face after he finished the call and lowered his head to start sending text messages, she suddenly felt a sense of a man giving up his original honor and choosing to go through thick and thin with her, and her heart couldn't help but feel a bit sweet.

And Chen Nuo was the same.

When he finally finished replying to the text messages of concern from Wen Yongshan, Fan Bingbing, Gao Yuanyuan, Tong Liya, Xia Yehe, as well as Jeon Do-yeon, Ayaka, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, Ellen Page, and other international friends—he didn't know how the news spread so fast, that even international friends knew about his little business—and then when he looked up and saw the sweet smile on the corner of the girl's mouth beside him, he couldn't help but feel a touch of tenderness in his heart.

"Tired? Why don't you sleep earlier?"

"It's okay, just want to chat with you. We're separating again tomorrow." Xixi pouted.

"Sigh. Chat then." Lying on the edge of the bed, Chen Nuo sighed, reached out, skillfully reached into the other party's loose bathrobe, and asked: "When will you finish filming in Japan?"

They were old married couple, Liu Yifei naturally didn't stop Chen Nuo's hand, instead, she felt quite comfortable, thought for a while, and replied: "Around January 20th, just in time for the New Year."

Chen Nuo suddenly asked: "Hey, I said, have you noticed that your chest has grown a bit? Is this my credit?"

Liu Yifei laughed out loud: "How is that possible, my period is coming soon, my chest is swollen."

"Ah? Why wasn't it like this before?"

"It was like this before too. It's just that you weren't here."

Saying that, Liu Yifei's mouth pouted again: "Chen Nuo, when can we stop living like this?"

"What kind of life?"

"Separated more than together."

Chen Nuo sighed and said: "Oh, there's no way, this is our destiny as actors... Let's talk about something happy. Mm, are you sad that you didn't win Best Actress this time?"

"I was a little bit at first, but I'm fine now."

Liu Yifei's face was a bit red, it was all Chen Nuo's hand's fault, not only rubbing but also twisting randomly.

She endured the throbbing and said slowly: "The Golden Horse Awards treated you like that, so I don't care for it either. Look at Director Zhang Yimou, he wasn't very happy when he won Best Director, was he?"

It wasn't just Zhang Yimou.

After Chen Nuo did that, the people who received the awards afterward weren't very happy.

Just when Chen Nuo finished rubbing the top and started rubbing the bottom, and then started bargaining with Xixi, asking for welfare activities today,

Xu Fan and Feng Xiaogang received a congratulatory call from Wang Zhongjun, but neither of them had any joy.

"... Don't say it, Wang Zong." Xu Fan said to the hands-free phone listlessly, "When being interviewed, reporters were all asking about Chen Nuo. Except for Chen Nuo, I feel like there were more people surrounding Liu Yifei than me. My Best Actress award is like something picked up from the roadside, nobody cares about me."

Wang Zhongjun chuckled on the phone: "It doesn't matter, it's a Golden Horse Best Actress after all, when mentioned in the future, it's all a solid honor. Return to Beijing tomorrow, I'll hold a celebration for you."

Feng Xiaogang interrupted: "Zhongjun. Honestly, don't hold a celebration. It's really meaningless."

There was silence on the phone for a while, Wang Zhongjun said: "Damn it, that kid, nothing good happens when encountering him. Gangzi, I hear from your tone, you think this matter won't be small?"

Feng Xiaogang sneered: "Hehe, Taiwanese people, they all like the Confucian set, preferring to suffer losses rather than lose face. If I were Hou Hou Xiaoxian, I would have knelt down and kowtowed twice to him, and made him take the trophy. And now, how is this any different from returning the award?"

"Hehe, wait and see the news tomorrow, anyway, the mainland and Hong Kong are scolding them like idiots now, just see if the Taiwanese media will support them tomorrow. If the walls fall and everyone pushes, the future Golden Horse probably won't be the previous Golden Horse Awards."

"Support Golden Horse, is to support Taiwan, is to support ourselves!"

Cai Songlin said decisively to the phone.

As the chairman of Taiwan's largest entertainment group, which includes Sanli Television, Sanli Metropolitan Channel, and Taiwan's largest circulation newspaper *Liberty Times*, his voice was almost ignored by no one in the Taiwanese entertainment circle.

"Regardless of who it is, at this time, we must stand together and not kick someone when they are down. Chen Nuo isn't a perfect person, isn't that 'thank you' of his too arrogant? To our Taiwanese film industry, it's simply an insult."

"This matter, millions of Taiwanese people saw it in front of the TV, many people expressed dissatisfaction on the internet, we must stand with them! I have a headline here, you can refer to this style. 'Chen Nuo treats Golden Horse as child's play, where is the dignity of Taiwanese film?' Editor Liao, do you understand?"

Editor Liao Zhengyuan of *Liberty Times* on the other side of the phone said: "Okay, Chairman Cai, I understand."

"Mm! You've worked hard tonight, work overtime, see it in the paper tomorrow!"

"Okay, I know."

Cai Songlin hung up the phone, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

First, use *Liberty Times* to hype it up, shape Chen Nuo into an image opposing the Taiwanese film industry, and stimulate the "defense desire" of the island's people for local films.

Then, in the next few days, use Sanli Television and Sanli Metropolitan Channel to cooperate with the newspaper's public opinion orientation, invite various so-called "film critics" and "industry insiders" to the show, and launch a verbal attack on Chen Nuo. Let this topic continue to ferment, and the heat will remain high.

And in this process, not only will his own entertainment industry become the main position for the island's people to vent their emotions, attracting more traffic and attention.

Similarly, it can also further deepen the high "local sentiment."

It can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Cai Songlin smiled, stood up from the chair in the study, and was about to go into the room to rest.

Suddenly the phone on the table rang again.

It was the manager of the group's 24-hour public opinion monitoring. This position was set up by Cai Songlin to monitor public opinion trends in a certain aspect, so as to avoid misjudgment and prevent standing on the wrong side. It had saved him many times before.

And tonight, without a doubt, it played a role again. "Chairman Cai..."

Cai Songlin answered and listened, his face changing constantly.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately turned on the computer and logged into a webpage.

I saw that the media accounts he followed on the webpage, just as the phone said, actually reported this incident that had just happened not long ago.

Among them, besides entertainment media like *Variety*, *The Hollywood Reporter*, and TMZ, even the Twitter accounts of major public TV stations including CNN, BBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS all reported this incident from across the ocean.

Looking at these famous American media, actually reporting this, Cai Songlin rubbed his eyes, confirming that he didn't see it wrong.

After he steadied himself, he clicked on the tweet from CNN titled "Nuo Chen rejects Golden Horse double Best Actor, credibility of Chinese film awards questioned,"

I saw the text inside wrote:

"Breaking news: At an Asian film awards ceremony that most Americans have never heard of, called 'Golden Horse,' the film star Nuo Chen we know was humiliated by local judges."

"In the Best Actor award he should have won, the awards ceremony judges put him and another unknown local actor together, letting them win the Best Actor trophy together."

"Facing the malicious humiliation, Chen still maintained a gentleman's demeanor, standing on the podium and expressing thanks. And in the subsequent reporter interview time, he only expressed dissatisfaction with silence. Just left that trophy representing humiliation on the table."

"As always, he showed a subtle and elegant oriental charm when facing contradictions."

"Do you think his way of handling it is appropriate? Please leave your views in the comment section."

@johnsmith87: "Nuo Chen's response is cool, consistent with my impression of him. This piece of crap award doesn't deserve him at all, leaving the trophy on the table is the best response, elegant and powerful!"

@moviefanatic22: "Support Nuo Chen! He was completely humiliated, an international superstar was pulled to share the award with a nobody? These judges must be crazy."

@lisanyc: "True demeanor, if it were me, I would throw the trophy in the judge's face. Motherfucker, come back to America quickly, this will never happen here."

@cinemalover99: "Silence is often more powerful than a thousand words, this kind of messy broken award is a joke, he shouldn't have participated at all. I 100% demand he leave there immediately!"

@tomla1990: "This is the first time I've heard of this award, Golden Horse? Sounds strange enough. Fortunately, Nuo Chen didn't take it, otherwise it would be very damaging to his image."

After reading the main text and more than a dozen comments in the comment section, seeing that almost one-sided speech, Cai Songlin was stunned for a long time.

Then, he looked at his watch, picked up the phone again, and dialed.

"Hey, Chairman Cai."

"Editor Liao, the draft for the theme I just mentioned, have you written it?"

"Ah? It's only been half an hour, Chairman Cai, it's not that fast, I just ordered it down, now..."

"No, no, no, it's good you didn't write it, listen to me..."

The next day, when the freshly baked *Liberty Times* hit the front page with an article titled "The Tragedy of the Golden Horse," launching the first shot of the local media in Taiwan Province against the Golden Horse Awards, it truly shattered countless people's glasses.

When Huang Jianye was eating breakfast at home, seeing the *Liberty Times* he had subscribed to for more than ten years, calling him by name and scolding him for being "narrow-minded and harming others and himself," and saying that he made the "highest award in the Chinese film industry a joke," and made the Golden Horse Awards "47 years of credibility destroyed in one day," he simply couldn't believe his eyes.

He couldn't even eat his meal, picked up the phone, and dialed out.

The other side answered very quickly, feeling as if they were waiting for his call.

Huang Jianye said angrily: "Old Cai, what do you mean?"

Cai Songlin said: "Old Huang, you really did the wrong thing this time. You did this, you really harmed the Golden Horse Awards, and even possibly harmed our Taiwan. If I were you, I would come out and admit my mistake quickly and give people an explanation."

When Huang Jianye heard this, he trembled all over with anger, "What are you saying, what did you say before? You said everything we did was for..."

"Old Huang, that's enough, before was before, now is now. It doesn't matter if you don't apologize, anyway, I can't force you, right? Anyway, regarding this matter, forgive me for not being able to stand on your side. The Golden Horse has already been ruined by you, I can't let you continue to harm TW!"

"You, you! You are the one harming TW!" Huang Jianye was so angry that he couldn't even speak, clutched his chest and took a few steps back, suddenly feeling a dizzy spell.

By the afternoon, the news of Huang Jianye's heart attack and hospitalization was already spreading wildly on the internet.

Since Huang Jianye was dying, it was not good for everyone to beat a drowning dog.

However, besides Huang Jianye, there were so many other judges, right?

When the remaining sixteen judges were also involved in the vortex, at this time, the first to be unable to sit still were naturally the non-Taiwan Province judges; for them, this was simply an unprovoked disaster.

Although, according to the rules of the Golden Horse Awards, the discussions between judges are strictly confidential, and they have also signed confidentiality agreements. However, I don't know where some information leaked out.

When the Hong Kong *South China Morning Post* published an article on December 22, "Chen Nuo abandons award to humiliate Golden Horse, or Golden Horse humiliates itself?", it uncovered some inside stories during the selection of the 47th Best Actor.

The article mentioned that Huang Jianye, together with the other seven or eight Taiwanese judges, were stubborn and unified in their voting during the Best Actor selection process, refusing to listen to any opinions, and did not conduct any constructive discussions. In a full eleven rounds of voting, they held together, and even shouted "No need to convince us, just vote for ourselves," which was extremely unprofessional, making people have to suspect their political stance.

Finally, after more than 10 rounds of ties, it was also Huang Jianye who proposed the "double yolk" saying, referring to the previous session. Even though he was opposed by all judges outside of Taiwan Province on the spot, he still acted arbitrarily and decided this matter, which was infuriating.

This article, citing an unknown person, was like a heavy bomb thrown into a calm lake, causing another uproar on the internet.

"Who said the Golden Horse Awards should stay away from politics? Huang Jianye and this group are clearly playing xx."

"No wonder *When Love Comes* can also win Best Film."

"Golden Horse Awards, play by yourself in the future."

"Losing face, it's simply a joke."

"Chen Nuo did the right thing, why keep such a garbage trophy? It's dirty just to throw it away!"

Not only mainland netizens, but also Hong Kong and Taiwan netizens expressed intense views on their respective social media.

The Golden Horse Awards organizing committee couldn't sit still at this time. On the afternoon of December 25, Christmas Day, after the *South China Morning Post* report was released, they publicly issued a statement on the internet.

In the statement,

First, it condemned the unknown judge who leaked the remarks in the jury discussion meeting, saying that this act seriously violated the confidentiality agreement, and stated that it would launch an internal investigation to pursue responsibility.

Secondly, it reiterated the fairness and professionalism of the Golden Horse Awards selection, emphasizing that the double yolk result was "after many rounds of intense discussion, the jury unanimously recognized the

Finally, it even refuted the rumors that Chen Nuo had refused to accept the award, claiming that his trophy had merely been "inadvertently left behind at the scene," and stated that they had contacted Chen Nuo's team to return the trophy, hoping to quell the controversy.

The first two points could be ignored, but the last one was so ridiculous it practically made netizens online laugh their teeth out.

Before the netizens from the mainland and Hong Kong could even start venting, the local media in Taiwan Province couldn't sit still.

Sanli Television, which was usually you-know-what, once again shocked everyone by starting to criticize the Golden Horse Awards.

On the program "News Deep Throat," guests Huang Zijiao and Chen Wenxi joined host Zheng Hongyi to discuss everything from the Golden Horse Awards' judging mechanism to the storm that ultimately led to Chen Nuo abandoning his award.

Huang Zijiao said: "... If this is the case, who will come to the Golden Horse Awards in the future? Then we'll just be playing our own games from now on."

Chen Wenxi said: "First of all, Hou Hou Xiaoxian should come out and publicly explain the situation and apologize to the public. Secondly, they should invite Chen Nuo back and take the trophy back."

"The funniest part is the claim that it was left at the scene; I even suspect that the person who issued this press release is a mole."

"Who has Chen Nuo's number? Can someone please call and ask if he really forgot it?"

"Hahahaha, who would believe such nonsense told with eyes wide open?"

Unexpectedly, someone actually took action to inquire.

A dog-eat-dog reporter from Taiwan's *Apple Daily*, exercising the spirit of not giving up until reaching the Yellow River, dialed the number of Huanxin Company countless times, repeatedly pleading for an interview. After some persistent pestering, Huanxin Company finally sent a person in charge to briefly respond to the relevant questions.

The reporter threw out the first question: "Was the trophy actually forgotten by Chen Nuo, or did he deliberately not want it?" The person in charge gave the answer: "It should have been forgotten; President Chen has a poor memory."

The reporter immediately followed up: "Then when will Chen Nuo go back to retrieve the trophy?" The other party replied: "He is very busy right now; it should wait until President Chen has free time."

The reporter asked again: "Can the organizing committee mail the trophy over, for example, to the address of Huanxin Company?" As soon as the words fell, only a "beep-beep-beep" sound was heard on the other end of the phone, and the other party hung up directly.

That issue of *Apple Daily* reported it with the headline "Chen Nuo 'forgot' the trophy? A complete joke," and the text between the lines was full of mockery toward the Golden Horse Awards organizing committee.

At this point, the matter of Chen Nuo abandoning the award was almost completely confirmed. The prestige of the Golden Horse Awards fell to rock bottom.

At the same time, perhaps it was a case of "when the wall falls, everyone pushes."

Taiwan Province's *United Daily News* broke another bombshell, saying that in addition to Huang Jianye, *Monga* director Doze Niu, although he did not vote, had also used various overt and covert means during the process of persuading the judges to ensure his own leading actor would come out on top.

As a result, the controversy of this year's Golden Horse Awards was completely pushed to another climax.

Media outlets from the mainland like Sina, Tencent, and Sohu, Hong Kong's *Ming Pao*, *Oriental Daily News*, *South China Morning Post*, and *HK01*, and local Taiwanese media like *Apple Daily*, *Liberty Times*, *United Daily News*, and *China Times*—media from both sides of the strait and the three regions—unprecedentedly unified their stance, once again launching a fierce attack on the Golden Horse Awards' unfair, small-circle system.

Even Chen Nuo's fans far away in the United States began to trend the hashtag "#justiceforchennuo" on Twitter, supporting his act of abandoning the award and believing this was the best response to a certain unknown minor award "destroying its own credibility."

"What should we do?"

At this moment, Hou Hou Xiaoxian had no choice but to convene the Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee to discuss it here.

The atmosphere in the conference room was solemn. Hou Hou Xiaoxian sat at one end of the long table, rubbing his temples, and said in a low voice: "This matter has already reached the international stage. The mess created by Huang Jianye and his group has put us on the fire to be roasted. I think if we don't do something, the Golden Horse Awards really won't be able to be saved."

"Fortunately, Chen Nuo hasn't said anything else," said Zhang Zhang Aijia.

Hou Hou Xiaoxian said: "We have to thank Director Ang Lee for this."

Ang Lee nodded slightly, frowned, and felt very troubled: "But now we need to discuss a way to calm this matter down as soon as possible. Every day we delay now, the credibility of our Golden Horse Awards will be weakened a little more."

Hou Hou Xiaoxian closed his eyes slightly, recalling his decision to let Huang Jianye serve as the jury president, which was truly filled with regret. Finally, he sighed and said: "As things stand, there is only..."

Under the overwhelming pressure from the media, the Golden Horse Awards organizing committee had no choice but to hold a press conference at 2:00 PM on Christmas Day, December 25th.

At the meeting, Golden Horse Awards Chairman Hou Hou Xiaoxian read out a second apology statement on the spot.

In the statement, he expressed his apologies for the huge controversy caused recently and promised that in the next Golden Horse Awards, they would pay more attention to the transparency and fairness of the judging to prevent similar disputes from happening again.

Finally, he, who originally had one year left in his term, resigned on the spot to take responsibility and announced that Zhang Zhang Aijia would succeed him as the chair of the new executive committee.

With this, the storm that had spread because of a "double yolk" (two winners) gradually subsided.

Like a broken mirror, it finally seemed to have been barely stitched back together.

However, what this piece of mirror actually looks like, and whether it has truly been restored to its original state, bright and new, will have to wait until the 2011 Golden Horse Awards,

to count the participating films, see the stars in attendance, and then make a judgment.

December 26, 2010, the first day back to work after the Christmas long weekend.

Chen Nuo flew from Toronto to Los Angeles early in the morning and went straight to a conference room in Hollywood to meet with the director team of the Oscar ceremony and start discussing the details of hosting the show.

In the conference room, director David Hill and producer Tang Na Gigliotti had been waiting for a long time, and the table was covered with coffee cups and script drafts.

As soon as David saw Chen Nuo, he smiled, stood up, and shook hands: "Nuo, we've all heard about the Golden Horse Awards. I must say, I am absolutely on your side."

Chen Nuo smiled and said: "David, thank you. Your comfort makes me feel much better."

David laughed and said: "I know you've already handled everything. Their chairman resigned yesterday, right? I saw it on TMZ."

Chen Nuo waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it; this isn't what I wanted. I just... forget it. Come on, let's start talking about work."

David nodded and said: "OK, Chen. Now let Tang Na tell you about some of our current ideas while you were back in China."

Tang Na immediately said: "You are a very excellent host. We studied your performance on SNL, and I really like that wit and natural humor you have on stage. We want you to bring this energy in, especially combined with your recent experiences, plus some teasing—the audience will definitely love it. And then..."

Chen Nuo listened to Tang Na's concept.

To be honest, it was quite cliché and quite shabby.

The process was like one that hadn't changed in the past ten, twenty, or even thirty years, and the stage lighting, set design, and so on were just as he had heard when signing the contract: this was an extremely budget-strapped Oscar.

There was no money, so Tang Na could only put effort into the jokes.

But Chen Nuo didn't want to.

Opening, teasing, song and dance shows, etc.

He felt it was too boring.

And he wasn't that excellent of a host.

All the praise he had received before was only because he, Chen "The Reborn" Nuo, five years after his rebirth, had finally managed to eat a piece of the dividend that every reborn person gets to eat, becoming a glorious creative plagiarist.

That's right, on SNL, from the jokes to the hosting style, he was imitating Dave Chappelle, who returned to the stage ten years later, the whole time.

Since that was the case, for this trip to the Oscars, he also upheld the mentality of "if I'm going to copy, I might as well copy," and had long since decided how he would handle it now that he had been forced onto the stage to host the Oscars.

After Tang Na finished explaining the concept, he coughed lightly and said: "Tang Na, I want you to help me ask the advertisers if there is any mobile phone manufacturer willing to let their phone appear in the main shot of the Oscars and pay a sponsorship fee for it. Also, what is the name of the largest pizza place near the Kodak Theatre?"

(End of chapter)