At half past six in the evening, a 50-meter-long red carpet at the entrance of the Oriental Art Center was crowded with fans and photojournalists.

The scene is grander than the red carpet of the three major European film festivals, and it is a big country.

There are many foreigners who come to participate in the international film festival!

It's just that compared with movies, TV is relatively closed, and the degree of dissemination is not high, and these foreigners who come are basically unfamiliar faces, just listening to the host of the scene in Balabala to introduce how famous these foreigner guests are in their home country, what awards they have won and so on. But it still sounds confusing.

He Xin, as the guest of honor, appeared in a relatively late order. When he came to the scene, there happened to be several TVB stars walking on the red carpet in front of him.

Shanghai is the first to introduce TVB TV dramas in China, and Shanghai TV has always cooperated very closely with TVB, and the TV drama channel often broadcasts some TVB TV dramas. So this time, TVB was quite face-to-face, and sent Deng Cuiwen, Xuanxuan, She Shiman, Hu Xin'er and other old vegetable skins, as well as Liu Songren, Ma Dezhong, Lin Feng, three generations of old, middle-aged and young young students to come to the scene.

Hong Kong and Taiwan artists are still relatively popular in recent years, although these may only be second- or third-rate actors in Hong Kong, but the cheers of fans on the scene directly pushed the atmosphere of the closing red carpet to the climax.

In contrast, mainland stars are somewhat dim, and in addition to the nominated Xiao Minghuang, Yan Wang, Li Xuejian, and Zhang Guoli, there are probably only him and Fan Xiaopang. Similar to the four red little flowers, Zhang Jingchu, Chen Kun, Lu Yi and others did not come.

That's right, most of these people are movie cafes, and they don't seem to have anything to do with TV. As for He Xin and Fan Xiaopang, the former is to return favors, and the latter is to promote the upcoming TV series "Rouge Snow".

Although He Xin rejected the invitation of "Rouge Snow", when waiting on the red carpet, Fan Xiaopang still took the initiative to greet him very enthusiastically, and did not say a word about the invitation, as if nothing had happened. And when the photographer's lens was aimed at them, Fan Xiaopang behaved like a friend for many years.

Although for so many years, He Xin has long been accustomed to seeing the world. But this situation still made him can't help but have an illusion, it seems that Fan Xiaopang is an excellent actor in the social field and under the spotlight.

As the guest of honor, He Xin still behaved relatively low-key, declined the on-site interview in advance, and walked across the red carpet relatively quickly while waving his hand amid the cheers of fans.

His task today is very simple, which is to present the award for Best Actress in a TV Series with Korean actress Kim So-yeon, who has previously worked in "Seven Swords".

The hall of nearly 1,000 people was full, and his seat was in the front of the middle, with members of the jury on the left, and bearded Zhang Jizhong, Chen Jialin, Wu Junmei, and Teacher Liu who were also award guests on the right.

The Magnolia Awards are divided into four categories: TV Series, Overseas, Documentary, and Animation. There are only five awards in the TV drama category. for Best TV Series, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Compared with the previous two years, Chinese TV people lost at the Shanghai International Television Festival, and this year's Chinese TV people can be said to be dominant. In the shortlist of the five major awards in the TV drama category, except for two Japanese and Korean TV dramas in the Best TV Drama shortlist, a Korean screenwriter for Best Screenplay, and a lesser-known Korean actress for Best Actress, the rest are Chinese TV personalities and their works, of course, including two works from Wanwan and Hong Kong.

This competition is led by the three dramas "New Marriage Era", "New Shanghai Beach" and "Halfway Couple". "New Marriage Era" was shortlisted for four, and "New Shanghai Beach" and "Halfway Couple" were shortlisted for three each.

In contrast, the Magnolia Award is still relatively disciplined, the best is the best, and it is rare that there will be a "double yolk egg" operation that other domestic awards often make.

In terms of selection, more emphasis is placed on artistry rather than the main theme or something.

Not long after, the award ceremony officially began, and the hosts were Yang Lan and Cao Kefu, the cute fat man who couldn't study medicine and became the host halfway.

After the two spoke an opening speech on stage, they immediately presented the first award, the Best Domestic Animation Award. In addition to "Xiyue Qitong", the other cartoons He Xin has not even heard of the name.

However, his attention was soon drawn to the petite figure of the three award presenters who walked onto the stage.

Among the award presenters of this award, the shaved head of the sixth teacher and the voice actor Li Yang, who has dubbed many cartoons such as Donald Duck and Monkey King, are still more representative. And Zhu Yin, who was short and short in the middle, with big wavy curly hair, and wearing a blue suspender dress, was more like a vase that added color.

Compared with the eccentric Zixia Fairy in "Journey to the West", this goddess in the minds of countless post-70s generations really looks a little old now, and she is really short, at most about Zhou Xun, about 1.57 meters, but her skin is not as white as Zhou Xun, and she is slightly blessed, but compared to Zhou Xun's one-horse Pingchuan, her material is still quite sufficient.

In the end, the best domestic animation was won by "Chinese Kid".

Then there are several categories of awards interspersed with flower awards, and there are still theatrical performances or something in the middle. In addition to a few domestic TV series, other documentaries, overseas TV series, TV movies or something, not to mention watching it, I haven't heard of it, and it is inevitable that it will be a little boring.

He swept left and right to see if anyone was leaving, wanting to take advantage of the fact that it was still early for him to go on stage to present the awards, and really wanted to go out and smoke a cigarette or something. As a result, except for those who presented awards and received awards, everyone sat in their seats consciously, and few people moved. Naturally, he is not easy to leave his seat rashly, and he is always paying attention to his image, and the camera on the scene will take care of the few celebrities sitting in the front rows from time to time.

However, several judges sitting next to him exchanged words from time to time. He was very helpless, on the left sat Uncle Li, one of the judges of the TV series, and on the right was the bearded Zhang Jizhong, he was not familiar with either of them, except for the polite greeting when he first sat down, there was almost no communication throughout the whole process.

Uncle Li looked more introverted and sat there steadily. And Zhang Dabeard kept talking to Chen Jialin beside him, and occasionally heard a few words, as if he was discussing what kind of play.

Just when he was so bored that he was a little restless for a while, Uncle Li unexpectedly turned his head and smiled at him and said, "Xiaohe, you've been busy lately, right?"

"Uh, it's okay, Mr. Zhang!" he hurriedly replied.

"I heard that "Latent" is about to air, right?"

"Yes, it will premiere on Tomato Channel, Shandong Channel, Tianjin Station and Beijing Station early next month. ”

Also, although he and Uncle Li are not familiar with each other, there is still a layer of Song Jia relationship in the middle. With the topic of "Latent", the two chatted naturally.

He Xin sincerely praised Uncle Li's works. One thing to say, Uncle Li, who looks as dark and thin as the national teacher, and has good muscles, can definitely be called a national teacher in the TV series. Several TV series directed by him, such as "Towards the Republic", "Military Confidential", "Ming Dynasty 1566" and other dramas, both in terms of story and artistry, the standard is quite high.

After chatting for a while, Uncle Li suddenly asked, "Xiaohe, is it convenient to have a cup of tea together after a while?"

Obviously, the invitation sent by Uncle Li is not a simple politeness, it should be that there is something to find him.

He Xin hesitated slightly, but nodded in response: "Okay!"

At this time, the stage happened to present the Best Actress Award for TV and Movie, and the only Chinese actress shortlisted Tang Tang ran unexpectedly. The winner went to the British actress Vanessa Redgrave in the German TV movie "The Shell Pickers".

The winner of the two-time Cannes Actress, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and the Venice Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, is undoubtedly the biggest actor in the shortlist of this year's Shanghai International Television Festival, and the only foreign TV person whose name He Xin knows.

The old lady didn't come, and the producer came to the stage to accept the award on her behalf.

When the award was announced, He Xin also deliberately glanced back at Tangtang who was sitting in the back row, and the little girl was applauding, and she couldn't see any frustration. As she said, she was lucky to be nominated, and she didn't dare to expect to win another award.

Well, quite self-aware. However, in terms of acting skills, this girl is really "the peak of her debut", and then she followed the path of "silly white sweet" and never returned.

After a while, the staff came over to remind him that Uncle Li said hello to him, and as one of the judges, he will be the guest of honor for the Best Screenwriter Award in the TV drama category.

In the end, this award was won by last year's hit spy war film "Secret Calculation", but to He Xin's surprise, it was not the original author and screenwriter Mai Jia who won the award, but the show's female producer Yang Jian.

...... Ground floor

"The winner of the Best Actress in the TV Drama category at the 13th Shanghai International Television Festival was ......"

He Xin stood on the stage and announced loudly and angrily, paused at this point, and politely put the award results in his hand in front of Jin Suya.

Jin Suyan couldn't understand Chinese at all, but used the lines she had memorized backstage before, and said in slightly stiff Chinese: "Liu Ruoying, "New Marriage Era". ”

Of course, the action of opening the envelope on the stage was just pretending, and He Xin even suspected that the winner sitting at the bottom had probably learned the news of his award in advance.

For example, Sun Li, who was shortlisted for Best Actress this time, did not appear.

"Congratulations, Sister Ruoying!"

The trophy of the Magnolia Award is a hollow shape of a magnolia flower, which looks quite thin and average, far less high-end, atmospheric and high-grade than the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse.

Although it was a TV drama award, Milk Tea was still very excited when she came to the stage to accept the award, took the trophy from He Xinju, hugged him again, and said in his ear: "Ah Xin, thank you!"

Milk Tea, who stood in front of the stage to deliver his acceptance speech, also said with emotion: "I especially want to thank my family, from marriage mania to "New Marriage Era", I have filmed so many wedding scenes, but I haven't married myself out yet, thank them for their tolerance." ”

If the award of milk tea is well deserved, then there has been controversy about the best actor since the shortlist was announced, for example, Liu Yunlong, the actor of the hit "Secret Calculation", was not shortlisted, but Brother Xiao Ming, who had embarrassing acting skills in "New Shanghai Tang", was among them.

It may be the Shanghai TV Festival, of course, we must support Shanghai-themed TV series, not only Brother Xiao Ming was shortlisted, but Mr. Li Xuejian, as the male number three, was also shortlisted.

But in the end, it was King Yan in "Halfway Couple" who won the award. It's not that Yan Wang's acting is not good, it's just that there is still a gap compared with Mr. Li Xuejian.

This may also have something to do with the role, after all, Yan Wang is the male number one, and Mr. Li Xuejian is the male third. But if this is the case, why did Mr. Li be included in the list of nominees? This wave of operations is really incomprehensible.

The best director was awarded to Mei Ting's ex-husband, Yan Po, the director of the hot "New Marriage Era" who is now fighting Li Xiaoran, and the best TV series was the TV series "Fugui" adapted from Mo Yan's feature-length "Alive".

......

"Tuk Tuk!"

After the award ceremony, He Xin had to entertain again, and then hurried to the reception hotel designated by the Organizing Committee of the TV Festival, not far from the Oriental Art Center.

Uncle Li directly asked him to meet in the hotel room.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, I've kept you waiting. "I'm sorry that this product was busy as soon as it came in.

"It's okay, I just came back. Tea has just been brewed, come, Koga, please be seated. Uncle Li greeted warmly.

The coffee table in the small living room of the room is equipped with an induction cooker for boiling water, a sea of tea, and a tea set. As the tea steames, the air is filled with a scent similar to that of black tea.

Although He Xin usually drinks green tea, he does not reject black tea.

"Taste, this is twenty years of Pu'er. ”

"Yo, I'm really going to have to try it. He Xin's eyes lit up.

In recent years, Pu'er tea has been fried very hot, and it is said that the older it is, the better. Last year, there was a news report that a 100-year-old Pu'er with a tube of seven cakes was auctioned for tens of millions of dollars. Twenty years of Pu'er tea is also expensive, and he has never drunk it.

He carefully picked up the cup, first smelled the fragrance, and then took a small sip, the fragrance was mellow, the entrance was soft, and then he drank it all in one gulp, after a little bitterness, it was slowly sweet, pure and moist.

"Good tea!"

"This tea was given by a friend of mine in Yunnan, and it is absolutely authentic. In a moment you take a loaf of bread and go back. Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Don't, don't, Teacher Zhang, don't be polite. I'm so happy to have a bite with you today. He hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself.

It can be seen that Uncle Li is also a tea lover. Besides, he is short of people, and he doesn't dare to take people's things easily before he understands the situation.

It was already quite late, so he simply went straight to the point and said, "Teacher Zhang, you called me over today ......"

"I want to make an appointment with you, it is estimated that it will start next spring, I want to ask you if you have a schedule by then?"

Sure enough, it's an appointment!

He Xin had already guessed on the way here, otherwise Uncle Li would not be so solemn.

"The schedule should be fine, is it a movie?"

To be honest, in addition to his own drama now, he doesn't really want to take on TV series in principle now. After all, after a few TV series, if he continues like this, he is really about to become a TV café.

"It's not a movie, it's a TV series. ”

"Oh, it's a TV series. ”

Uncle Li's answer inevitably disappointed him. Think about it, except for the early years when Uncle Li first debuted, after making two not very successful movies, the works directed by him were all TV series.

Uncle Li obviously noticed the tasteless expression on his face, smiled, didn't mind, poured tea into his cup, and said: "This play is a work written by Mr. Jiang Qitao, and it tells the story of an era......

Teacher Jiang Qitao, He Xin is no stranger, a famous military writer, and the screenwriter of the hit drama "Bright Sword" is him.

Despite this, he still didn't think so at first, and even thought about how to reject Uncle Li for a while.

But as Uncle Li told the story, especially when he heard that the three brothers and sisters of the Yang family joined the Kuomintang and the Communist Party respectively during the Great Revolution, he immediately remembered a very impressive TV series he had watched in his previous life, and it was not enjoyable to watch it once, so he specially watched it again on the Internet.

After Uncle Li briefly introduced the synopsis of the story to him, he smiled and said: "Qitao has been preparing for three years to write this play, and the story is very good. Personally, I think the connotation is much richer than "Bright Sword" and "The Sky of History", and the characters' personalities and emotions are very rich. The investor intends to use this drama as a gift film for the 60th anniversary of the next year. The role of Yang Liqing, the male number one in it, I thought of you from the beginning. I originally wanted to contact you after the TV festival, but I didn't expect you to come today, so it's better to hit the day another day. ”

It's just that Uncle Li didn't expect that as soon as his words fell, he heard He Xin on the other side: "Uh, Mr. Zhang, I want to play the second male lead!"