Chapter 889: Overtime Speech
Xiao Yao and the four of them smiled and got up to hug and celebrate with the other crews beside them, and accepted the congratulations of some stars in the front and rear seats, and walked quickly onto the stage in line.
"What a handsome guy in Yishui!" Xu Ben said with a smile, "This may be the group of winners with the highest appearance and figure in the technical awards, right?"
Needless to say, Xiao Yao and other three actors, although Kevin Scott, a white American, is behind the scenes, he is an action director, and he has been exercising for a long time, has a good figure, and looks very tough, so he can definitely be called a man. These four people are all more than 1.8 meters tall, and it is indeed very eye-catching to walk on stage like this.
Hearing Xu Ben's words, the audience below let out another burst of cheers.
The winners have to greet the award presenters before they come to the stage. None of the four of them had cooperated with Zhou Nianan, and after coming on stage, they just politely bent down and shook hands with Zhou Nianan. Tian Xinhui is a woman, and Zhao Rui, Xu Fei and Kevin only shook hands politely, but when it was Xiao Yao's turn, Tian Xinhui took the initiative to open his arms.
"Little male god, long time no see!" Tian Xinhui raised his arms and looked at Xiao Yao with a smile.
Xiao Yao didn't squirm, smiled and stretched out his arms to hug Tian Xinhui: "Sister goddess, long time no see!"
Xiao Yao and Tian Xinhui are not the first time they have met. When he was in high school, Xiao Yao participated in a celebrity cross-border fashion reality show on Donghai Satellite TV. At that time, Tian Xinhui was one of the five actresses who crossed over to model, and Xiao Yao was one of the flying guests. At the beginning of the show, their titles were male gods and goddesses.
"Congratulations!"
"Thank you!"
The stage is not a place to catch up, and the two say a word to each other again, and then they separate.
"Xinhui, why are you different from Xiao Yao compared to others?" Xu Ben on the side of the stage said provocatively, "I just said, they are a team, you can't treat them differently!"
When it came to the award ceremony, the two hosts did not leave the stage, but stood on one side of the stage, and could communicate with the award presenters and winners in the middle of the stage at any time.
"Zhao Rui and I are different!" Xiao Yao looked at Xu Ben and took the initiative to come to the microphone to explain, "I have learned taekwondo with Sister Xinhui, can I be the same as Zhao Rui and them?"
"Yo, have you also learned taekwondo from Xinhui?" Xu Ben smiled, "Xinhui has won the taekwondo Asian championship before, you have learned from her, is taekwondo also very good?"
"Oh~" Xu Ben said, and many viewers below were cheering.
"Brother Ben, this is the award ceremony, I'm dressed like this, you let me kick my legs on the stage of the award ceremony?" Xiao Yao said helplessly.
"I think it's okay!" Xu Ben nodded solemnly.
"It's not impossible, but unless you can let Sister Xinhui show it too!" Xiao Yao smiled, "There is a comparison, everyone will know if I have learned well!"
"No!" Tian Xinhui said immediately.
"Okay, let you two go!" Xu Ben looked at the long dress Tian Xinhui was wearing, smiled and shook his head.
"Please ask the two award presenters to present awards to the winners!" Tong Yishu stepped forward to pull the rhythm back.
Zhou Nianan took the trophy from the hand of the hostess next to him and handed it out. Xiao Yao originally wanted Kevin Scott to come forward to accept the award, but was pushed out by the other three, and he had no choice but to take over the trophy in Zhou Nian'an's hand as a representative.
"Please give me a testimonial!" Tong Yishu said.
Xiao Yao waved his hand to Kevin Scott and made a gesture of invitation, stuffed the trophy in his hand into his hand, and motioned for him to say his acceptance speech.
Kevin didn't shirk this time, took the trophy handed by Xiao Yao, walked to the microphone and said an acceptance speech. Kevin doesn't speak Chinese, so this acceptance speech is in English.
"Xiao Yao, help translate!" After Kevin finished speaking, Xu Ben called Xiao Yao's name again.
"Okay!" Xiao Yao walked to the microphone and said with a smug smile, "Kevin said that he is a fan of parkour, and our parkour team is his idol." It is a great honor for him to be able to participate in this film about parkourers, to work with his idols and for the idol team, and to be able to stand here today to receive the award is an unexpected surprise, and he couldn't ask for more. He just wanted to say, thank you YRF team!"
"Wow~" The audience below gave a round of applause, but in the applause, there were some boos.
"Why are there still boos?" Xiao Yao said with a dissatisfied face, "I translated it truthfully! I don't believe that there is no one below who understands English, you know that I am telling the truth!"
"I think the key is not whether your translation is true or not, but whether you translated it or not, and the expression on your face when you translated. Xu Ben smiled, "If it was Zhao Rui or Xu Fei to translate, I don't think there would be boos below!"
"Ha~" The audience below listened to Xu Ben's interpretation, and some laughter rang out again.
"Okay, then let the two of them talk!" Xiao Yao stepped back and gave up the position in front of the microphone to Zhao Rui and Xu Fei.
Kevin Scott handed the trophy to Zhao Rui with great interest. Speaking of acceptance speeches, of course, it is more refreshing to hold the trophy in your hand.
Zhao Rui and Xu Fei took turns to step forward and give their acceptance speeches. Both of them were relatively brief, and there was nothing special about them, basically some words of thanks.
Although Xiao Yao has already spoken, before the award is to explain his relationship with Tian Xinhui, to deal with Xu Ben's ridicule and embarrassment, after the award is to translate Kevin Scott's words, he himself has not said the acceptance speech. After Zhao Rui and Xu Fei finished speaking, Xu Fei returned the trophy to Xiao Yao, and Xiao Yao also stood back in front of the microphone.
"Zhao Rui and Xu Fei have already thanked all the people we want to thank, and when they come to me, it seems that there is no one left for me to thank them!" Xiao Yao smiled at the microphone, "I don't want to repeat their words, so I'm going to say something else!"
"Something else?" many people had strange expressions.
Xiao Yao looked down at the trophy in his hand, and continued: "The success of our movie is inseparable from the sport of parkour and parkour enthusiasts. ”
"What else can you say but thanks?" said some people strangely in their hearts.
"Although the Golden Dragon Award is a film award in Huaxia, which is only broadcast live in Huaxia, I believe that after the award ceremony, the video of the award ceremony will appear on the Internet. Not only on the Chinese network, but also on foreign video sites and social media. Xiao Yao said, "I say these words to parkour enthusiasts all over the world. In order to avoid the trouble of translation, my next speech will be in English, but I am not deliberately pretending to be that, showing English!"
"The more you say that, the more you feel like you're deliberately putting on a show!" Xu Ben said with a smile.
"Then I'm on the show!" Xiao Yao turned his head and smiled at Xu Ben, and after turning back, his face straightened up, and he said in English, "When we made this movie, part of the production funds came from online crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is not an investment and there is no return on capital. Specifically in our project, as long as we complete the film and make it public, we have fulfilled the promise of this crowdfunding project. Now that we've finished the film, the film has also been released worldwide, so the project has already been done a long time ago. ”
"What the hell does he want to say?" Even the audience who could understand English didn't quite understand what Xiao Yao wanted to say.
At the same time, a red light also lit up on a prompter in front of Xiao Yao.
At the award ceremony, there is a limit to the time for guests to speak. The red light in front of Xiao Yao reminded him that the time to speak had come.
"The film is profitable, which means that all the money invested is financially profitable. Xiao Yao saw the red light, but continued regardless of it, "This part of the crowdfunding funds also has economic benefits. The crowdfunding comes from netizens, so this part of the economic benefits should not belong to our team that initiated the crowdfunding. However, according to the principle of crowdfunding, we cannot give this part of the proceeds to those who participate in crowdfunding. The netizens who participated in the crowdfunding are basically parkour enthusiasts, so we..."
Xiao Yao said this, paused, stretched out his arms to pull Zhao Rui and Xu Fei to his side, took their shoulders and continued: "We! We decided to use this part of the proceeds to establish a fund for the promotion of parkour sports. ”
"Oh~" Someone in the audience below let out an exclamation, apparently some of the audience who understood Xiao Yao's English speech were surprised and surprised.
At this time, Xiao Yao found that the red light in front of him that indicated that the time for speaking had magically disappeared.
"We're not telling you we're going to do it, we're telling you we've done it. Zhao Rui knew what Xiao Yao was talking about, and also noticed that the red light on the prompter in front of Xiao Yao disappeared, so he also leaned in front of the microphone and answered with a smile. Of course, he also speaks English.
Now that the red light disappeared, Xiao Yao decided to simply go into more detail.
"Yes," Xiao Yao continued, "After the box office of the film last year was received, we set up this fund with a portion of the box office proceeds according to the proportion of crowdfunding funds in the total production cost. Later, we also transferred part of the profit from the sale of the copyright of the film on various TV stations and online streaming media in various countries to this fund in proportion. The same is true for the subsequent sale and rental of audio-visual products, as well as the long-term sharing of revenue such as the paid on-demand of some streaming media. ”
When he said this, Xiao Yao pressed Xu Fei's shoulder hard with his right hand. Xu Fei understood, and also stepped forward into the microphone and interjected in English with a smile: "For this reason, we have also set up a special company!"
"The purpose of this fund is to promote the sport of parkour, so we have set up a sports promotion company to manage this fund exclusively and be responsible for the promotion of parkour. Xiao Yao continued, "After the box office share was received, the fund was established, and the company was also established. Over the past 10 months, the company has held nearly 20 parkour events in seven cities across North America. With the development of the company and the fund, in the future, in Europe, Asia, South America, Oceania, and even Africa, the company will hold parkour events to continue to promote the sport!"
"Oh~" Speaking of this, some of the audience below have already applauded.
"Finally, parkour is a dangerous sport. Xiao Yao said, "Please pay attention to safety when you are studying and practicing!"
When Xiao Yao said this, it meant that the speech was over. The three of them bowed to the camera again and ended their speeches.
"Thank you for your speeches!" Tong Yishu on the side of the stage said with a smile, "Due to time constraints, we will not translate such a long speech of yours!"
At the award ceremony, all the speeches of the guests were time-limited. The prompter is something that is common on the stage of many award ceremonies, and turning on the red light is to remind the guests to speak out of time, so that they can hurry up. If the guest ignores it, the host will even find an opportunity to interrupt and cleverly help the guest end the speech.
Normally, it is impossible for the organizer of any award to give Xiao Yao such a long time to speak. However, after listening to Xiao Yao's previous content, the on-site director realized that Xiao Yao's speech was very special, so he turned off the red light on the prompter, and did not let the host come forward to interrupt.
First of all, it's a very positive thing. After making this movie, Xiao Yao completed the crowdfunding project. The copyright of the film belongs to a few of them, and all the related income is naturally theirs, but they use the proceeds of crowdfunding to set up funds and companies to promote the sport, giving people the impression that they are not greedy for money.
In today's film market, there are many bad movies that are commented by the audience as purely for money. Xiao Yao's approach is equivalent to telling everyone that some filmmakers don't just rush for money when making movies, and of course it is worth publicizing well.
Secondly, Xiao Yao's words are addressed to all parkour enthusiasts around the world, and they are also very topical. It is foreseeable that after the award ceremony, their speech will definitely appear on many foreign video websites and social media, and the spread will be very wide.
Xiao Yao: They said this at the Golden Dragon Awards. After foreign netizens saw this video, they would naturally be curious about Xiao Yao and what occasion they said this, and learn about it by the way. Therefore, after these videos spread, it is not only to help filmmakers establish their image, but also to establish an image for Chinese filmmakers internationally, and it is also to promote the Golden Dragon Award itself.
It was with these two points in mind that the live director did not interrupt Xiao Yao and allowed him to finish everything. However, giving such a long time for Xiao Yao to finish this passage is already an exception, and it is obviously impossible for the live director to let the host or Xiao Yao take the time to translate these words on the spot. Moreover, the impact of Xiao Yao's words was not on the scene afterwards, and there was not much need for on-site translation.
"But I still have to say more," Xu Ben gave a thumbs up to the three of them, "You guys did a great job!
"Thank you!" the three of them said to Xu Ben.
"Thank you to the two award presenters, and congratulations to our winners!" Tong Yishu led the audience to give applause to the people on the stage again.
Xiao Yao and the four of them bowed to the audience again, and then left the stage from the rear with the two award presenters under the guidance of Miss Etiquette.