July summer is a burning season, on the evening of the 31st, the furnace-like sun still hangs in the sky and refuses to leave, illuminating the sky of the Xiangjiang River as if it were day, and the clouds in the sky are transmitted to a fiery red, so that the Invasion College in Kowloon Tong is extremely hot, but the Great Hall on the Shanheng Campus is full of people, unaffected by the hot weather, from time to time there is thunderous applause, approaching the Great Hall only to find that the award ceremony of the second Xiangjiang Film Awards is being held here.

The 1,346 red seats in the Great Hall were filled with applause, and several cameras were set up in the four corners of the hall to start the live broadcast.

Wang Zheng was wearing a black suit and Guan Zhilin, Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingchi, Da Fei and other main creators of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" crew, sitting in the fourth row at the front, but several people clapped their palms in the direction of the stage with a smile.

The main creators of the crew of "Running to the Angry Sea" gathered on the stage of the auditorium, and director Xu Anhua was holding the "Best Picture" trophy to deliver an acceptance speech on behalf of the crew.

"Don't worry too much, I didn't get it this year, I'll come back next year!"

Guan Zhilin, who was dressed in a white dress, comforted Wang Zheng with gentle words, and his soft and slender jade hand grabbed his big hand to express encouragement.

The biggest award for a film is undoubtedly recognized by "Best Picture", Wang Zheng obviously cares about this honor, as can be seen from his forced smile.

Wang Zheng grabbed her soft hands, and his smile was a little bitter: "The reason why I care so much is because this award can prove that the efforts of all the staff of the crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are not in vain, and it is a pity that I didn't get it, and I can't help the colleagues who went to the Indian desert with me!"

Looking at the weak side of the man in front of him, Guan Zhilin's heart that had already been secretly promised was also uncomfortable, and Wen Yan comforted: "It's not your fault that you didn't get the "Best Picture", everyone has seen your efforts, they won't blame you for the reason, there are more awards waiting for us to compete in the future, everyone's efforts will definitely not be in vain!"

"Hmm!"

Seeing that Guan Zhilin's face was full of care and admiration, Wang Zheng nodded heavily.

The main creative staff of the crew of "Running to the Angry Sea" happily hugged Xu Anhua and walked off the stage with the "Best Film" trophy, and Zeng Zhiwei and Xiao Fangfang, who served as the emcee tonight, began to present tonight's second award, the Best Director Award.

The nominees for Best Director are: Xu Anhua "Running to the Angry Sea", Li Dawei "Pretty Girl", Tam Jiaming "Youth on Fire", Sammo Hung "Loser", Wang Zheng "Ghost Blowing Lantern: Exquisite Ancient City". ”

The emcee Zeng Zhiwei took the envelope and read out the five nominated directors and works, and the live broadcast of TVB will have a short video of the five films, and the answer will be announced directly on the spot.

The Best Director award was undoubtedly one of the highlights of all the awards tonight, and the scene suddenly became silent, and all the audience, including the five nominees, waited with bated breath for answers. Wang Zheng felt Guan Zhilin's hand holding him obviously increase his strength, which showed that she was also nervous in her heart.

Xiao Chuchu, one of the emcees, opened the final answer envelope and announced into the microphone: "The winner of the Best Director at the 2nd Xiangjiang Film Awards is..."

After speaking, he deliberately sold a pass, and said to Zeng Zhiwei next to him: "Zhiwei, let's announce it together!"

Although the Academy Awards are not authoritative now, they are the only film awards in Hong Kong. The atmosphere in the venue became more tense, and seeing that the atmosphere was achieved, the two emcees no longer sold the guanzi and announced the final winners loudly together.

"The winner of the Best Director at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards is..."

Wang Zheng's "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Essence of the Ancient City". ”

At the moment when the answer was revealed, the audience's applause, exclamations, doubts, and boos, combined with the high-pitched music on the stage, pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. Among them, the happiest thing is the fourth row where the crew of "Ghost Blows the Lantern" sits, and all the main creators cheered for Wang Zheng. In the first row of the most promising crew of "Running to the Angry Sea", all the main creators were stunned, and even Xu Anhua had an unexpected expression.

Wang Zheng, who was stunned for a moment, was a little excited, got up and gave Guan Zhilin next to him a big hug, completely forgetting the surrounding cameras and paparazzi, at this moment he just wanted to vent the excitement in his heart, Guan Zhilin, who was hugged by her, was close to her chest, although she felt unable to breathe for a while, but she completely forgot to breathe in endless happiness, and at this moment she only hoped that time could stop at this moment.

Feeling that the body in his arms was a little soft, Wang Zheng was embarrassed and hurriedly put the switch to the forest, the latter gave him an angry look after breathing evenly, Wang Zheng smiled embarrassedly and then hugged Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingchi and other staff members one by one, and then walked on the stage.

On the stage, Zeng Zhiwei presented the "Best Director" trophy with smiling hands, and Wang Zheng also gave him a warm hug.

"Ah Zheng, this award is expected to be given to you, don't care about some people's doubts. By the time of the hug, Zeng Zhiwei whispered.

"Haha, the eyes of envy, jealousy and hatred are so commonplace, I won't care. Wang Zheng also replied in a low voice, took the trophy from his hand, and began to deliver an acceptance speech after politely embracing Xiao Chuchu, another emcee.

The trophy of the second Academy Awards is a man holding the planet high, Wang Zheng imitated the shape of the trophy, also held it up, and said into the microphone: "First of all, thank you to "Film Fortnightly" for awarding this award to me, your vision is really good." ”

There was a burst of chuckles from the audience, including this sporadic boo, Wang Zheng didn't care, and continued: "Present the Best Director award to me, you must have a lot of pressure, the best director who is not yet 22 years old, I'm afraid there is only one in the world, I really admire the innovation of "Film Fortnightly"!"

"I would rather win the best picture than the best director, the best director is only an individual award, and the entire crew of "Ghost Blows the Lantern" hopes to be commended by the Academy Awards more than me. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zheng had completely forgotten the time limit for making a speech, and continued with a trembling voice: "In order to better shoot the exterior of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", they followed me across the whole of India, not afraid of hardship, tiredness and danger, chasing each other with sandstorms in the Indian desert, they are the staff of the Shaw Brothers movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", the award for best director was won by you and me, thank you very much!"

After Wang Zheng finished his final speech, he bowed deeply to the fourth row of the crew to express his gratitude in his heart.

At the end of Wang Zheng's speech, the audience gave warm applause, ignoring the previous doubts, and the staff of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" were even more moved, it is not an honor for them to be able to follow such a grateful director to film, under the guidance of Wang Zheng, the crew is often working together, and the films shot are absolutely excellent.

Looking at Wang Zheng who revealed his true feelings on the stage, Guan Zhilin's eyes were full of excited tears, the moment Wang Zheng exposed Wang Guojing's true face, she gave up the so-called dream of a wealthy family, and just wanted to be by Wang Zheng's side.