Episode 173: Blue Dragon Film Award nomination
The dinner was very pleasant, Jung Hyung-dun and Shin Jung-hwan were originally very masters of the atmosphere, and with the addition of three MCs, it became a new indoor variety show. Kim Jong Kook and Zheng Xiyi don't drink, and they are always disliked when they usually have dinners, but this time they finally found a fellow party, and the two naturally got close. As a newcomer, it was the first time for Li Shengji to have dinner with so many seniors, and he was still a little apprehensive, but Zheng Xiyi and Jiang Hudong took good care of him, and said a word or two to him from time to time, which also made him slowly let go a lot.
After eating and drinking, everyone was tired for a day, so there were no follow-up activities, and they said goodbye and left, Li Shengji specially came to Zheng Xiyi, "Zheng Xiyi, thank you very much for your care today." ”
Zheng Xiyi looked at Li Shengji, who was bowing deeply in front of him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he patted him lightly on the shoulder, "Shengji, we can be regarded as relatives in the same year, so there is no need to be so polite." You've drunk a lot, so you should have a trip tomorrow, so go back and rest early. ”
Li Shengji hurriedly shook his head, stretched out his hand and asked Zheng Xiyi to get in the car and leave first, Zheng Xiyi also knew that he would definitely not be able to leave if he didn't go, so he could only wave goodbye and get in the car and leave.
waited until Zheng Xiyi's car drove away, and Lee Seung-gi, who maintained a respectful attitude, shook it. He is actually drunk, as a busy, still a newcomer, he is not Zheng Xiyi, naturally he does not dare to refuse the toast of his predecessors, fortunately, there are still two people who do not drink today, otherwise he would not have woken up at this time, just now he was completely forced to say goodbye, as a junior, he can only be the last to leave.
Lee Seung-gi's agent hurriedly stepped forward to help him, helped him to the car and sat down, and did not return to the co-pilot, but directly waved his hand to let the assistant drive, sat next to Lee Seung-gi and unscrewed a bottle of sobering medicine and handed it to Lee Seung-gi, "Seung-ki, drink the sobering pill first." ”
Li Shengji took the sobering medicine in a daze and drank it in one gulp, closed his eyes and rested for a while, then he was a little sober, rubbed his temples vigorously, and asked with a strong spirit: "Brother Yuan Yong, is there anything I didn't do well today?"
Kwon Won-yong took the empty bottle from Lee Seung-gi's hand, "No, Seung-gi, you did a good job today, especially Yoo Jae-gi performed very well when Shi XI was injured. ”
Li Shengji opened his eyes and sighed softly, "That's what Zheng Xiyi's predecessor asked me to do, and Zheng Xiyi's senior also took care of me during the meal just now, it's really a good senior." ”
Kwon Won-yong patted him on the thigh, "Zheng Xiyi XI is really a good person, you have to be closer to him in the future, he is now the most popular actor in South Korea, if you can become a parent, it will help you a lot." ”
Lee Seung-gi frowned, Kwon Won-yong's words made him a little uncomfortable, he really felt that Zheng Hee-yi took good care of him, but Kwon Won-yong meant that he wanted him to approach Zheng Hee-yi with a purpose. But Lee Seung Ki didn't say anything, Kwon Won-yong is his agent, and it's understandable to want to make some profits, as a good boy Lee Seung Gi will only hide it in his heart even if he is a little unhappy, so he just pretended to fall asleep with a vague hum.
At the same time, in Zheng Xiyi's nanny car, Li Chengman was also asking Zheng Xiyi about Lee Seung Gi.
"Hee-yi seems to be taking good care of that Lee Seung Gi today, is there any reason?"
Zheng Xiyi looked at Li Chengman suspiciously, "Why does Brother Chengman ask that?"
"Ah, it's just a casual question, it feels a little weird. ”
"It's nothing, I just think the people of Shengji are good. ”
Li Chengman didn't ask any more, but he didn't believe it in his heart. Li Chengman has been running with Zheng Xiyi for so many months, and he has already touched Zheng Xiyi's temper a little, although Zheng Xiyi is very familiar with people, but he is actually a very calm person in his heart, few people can become close to Zheng Xiyi when they meet him for the first time, even those trainees only become very close after they get acquainted.
Li Chengman's heart suddenly moved, and suddenly remembered Lin Yun'er and Xu Xian, Zheng Xiyi seemed to be closer to these two little girls than others, I heard that he took great care of Lin Yun'er when he met for the first time, and Zheng Xiuyan's sister Zheng Xiujing was too, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zheng Xiyi, and secretly thought that Zheng Xiyi would not really be Lolita.
Zheng Xiyi saw that Li Chengman turned his head and looked at him with strange eyes, a little confused, and raised his eyebrows, "Is there something wrong?" Brother Chengman. ”
"No, just look at you, it's been a hard day. ”
Zheng Xiyi wanted to know that Li Chengman's thoughts in his heart now had to pump him, but he hadn't practiced his mental understanding, he just felt that Li Chengman's expression was wrong, so he had to roll his eyes, "Brother Chengman, I think it's you who is strange today, how nervous." ”
"Ah, how do you talk to my brother, can't I care about you yet?"
"Yes, very much! I was wrong, brother!"
Li Cheng snorted weakly, turned around and said, "There are many people like Zheng Liyuan XI in this circle, Xiyi, you better be careful." ”
Zheng Xiyi nodded, "Alasao, thank you Brother Chengman for the reminder, I will pay more attention to my words and deeds." ”
After filming XMAN, Zheng Xiyi completely entered a break period, and all the announcements and invitations except for going to S.M to practice dance and take classes were turned down by him, because he has been working since April, and he is too tired.
Most people think that the work of an actor is very easy, but in fact, the work of an actor is very hard, although there are few actors like Zheng Xiyi who shoot continuously, but the filming of each drama is a super high-intensity pressure on both the body and the spirit.
The pressure of ratings and box office will make the actors nervous all the time, because it is related to the value of their next play, and it is even more common to shoot continuously all night in order to catch up with the schedule, so being an actor is not only about good acting skills, but also about physical health and mental ability to withstand pressure.
But after a month of idleness, Kim Ki-duk's phone called, and Jung Hee-yi, who was practicing dance at S.M, stood in the corridor and smiled bitterly after answering the phone, and Lee Sung-man looked at him with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong?
Zheng Xiyi stuffed his mobile phone into Li Chengman's hand, and said with a tangled expression: "Director Kim Ki-deok NIM asked me to accompany him to this year's Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony." ”
Li Chengman's eyes widened, and he said excitedly: "Ah, it's a good thing! Why do you have such an expression?"
Zheng Xiyi said with a smile: "He also told me that he would probably win the award." ”
Li Chengman was excited, "Isn't that better? What award? Xiyi, are you going to become the Blue Dragon Award actor?"
Zheng Xiyi lowered his head and sorted out his expression vigorously, and said in a calmest tone as much as possible: "There are nominations for Best Actor, but I think it's more likely...... Newcomer Actor Award. ”
Li Chengman was like a balloon about to burst suddenly deflated, and his whole person was five centimeters shorter, "MOYA! Are these people crazy? Venice Film Festival Best Actor won the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Newcomer Actor?"
Zheng Xiyi waved his hand, "Okay, okay, it's good to have a prize, it's better than thinking about no award." ”
Li Chengman thinks about it, at least the Blue Dragon Film Award is a bit of a rhetorical award, it is much better than Baeksang not even giving the popularity award.
"Empty House" is going to participate in the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Zheng Xiyi knows, Kim Ki-duk, the Korean director who has won the most awards in the world, finally began to win awards in South Korea this year, and this year he won the Best Film Award at the Korean Film Daejong Awards for "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and Spring" in October. He won the Asian Institutional Film Promotion Award at the Busan Film Festival, and was nominated for the Best Director Award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards at the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, but Jung Hee-yi is really not very optimistic about Kim Ki-duk, because his competitors are Kang Woo-seok, the director of "Sibi Island", and Kang Di-gyu, the director of "Taiji Flag Flying".
In terms of popularity in South Korea, although "Empty House" has the Silver Lion Award and the prestige of the actor, if it wants to compete with mainstream blockbusters such as "Sebi Island" and "Taiji Flag Flying" in South Korea, Zheng Xiyi feels that this dream should not be done well. Not to mention whether Kim Ki-duk and Kang Woo-seok are opponents of the same level, director Kang Di-gyu alone is enough to make other Korean directors kneel, if it weren't for the fact that "Sebi Island", a film based on real historical events, is too socially significant, the best directors of all this year's film festivals don't have to think about sending them all directly to Kang Di-gyu.
As for the competition for Best Actor, Zheng Xiyi is even less hopeful, Xue Jingqiu, the actor of "Shiwei Island", and Zhang Dongjian, the actor of "Taiji Flag Flying", are the top actors in South Korea, even if Lee Byung-hun has become purple in the past two years, he has to kneel against these two. Although Zheng Xiyi is not afraid of these two in terms of acting skills, it is as impossible as Kim Ki-deok to defeat Kang Woo Suk and Kang Digui to win the Best Director Award just by relying on a niche literary film like "Empty House".
Therefore, the Blue Dragon Film Award gave Zheng Xiyi two nominations, one for Best Actor and one for Best Newcomer Actor, which is really wonderful. Jung Hee-yi is indeed a newcomer among Korean film actors, and "Empty House" is his first Korean local film, so the nomination for the Best Newcomer Actor Award is well deserved, and no one can find fault with it. The nomination for the Best Actor Award took care of Zheng Xiyi's fame, the Oscar ten years ago was actually a passing moment, after all, it was a child star, but this time Zheng Xiyi won "Empty House" won the Venice actor, if you don't give a nomination for Best Actor, I'm afraid that the Korean people won't agree, and at least it is also the first actor of the international film festival award in South Korea, if you don't give enough face to the Blue Dragon Film Awards, what face does it say is that it is the most authoritative film award in South Korea, so this nomination must be given, but if you win the award, Zheng Xiyi doesn't have to count on it.
Zheng Xiyi and Li Chengman stood silently in the corridor pondering the Tao inside, and no one spoke for a while.