Chapter 843: A Competitive Heroine

"Now that Xiang Tai has already expressed his position, I don't think there will be any more waves in this matter." Zhang Manyu put down the newspaper in her hand, glanced at Honghong, who was sitting in the stroller and spitting at her, and couldn't help but gently poke her little round face with her fingers.

Zhong Chuhong walked over with a bowl of rice cereal, and when Xiao Honghong saw her mother, she immediately babbled and waved her hands.

Zhong Chuhong picked up the spoon and scooped a small bite and tasted it, and found that it was still a little hot, so he stuffed the bowl into Zhang Manyu's hand and hugged his daughter himself.

Zhang Manyu hadn't fed the child yet, so she wanted to try it once, she scooped a spoonful of rice cereal and was about to send it to Honghong's mouth, Honghong also grew up and her mouth was ready to eat, Zhong Chuhong saw this and hurriedly hugged her daughter away.

"Not so much, it'll burn her."

Zhong Chuhong said this, Zhang Manyu didn't believe it, and after tasting it, she found that it was really hot.

Seeing that her food was eaten by others, Xiao Honghong was suddenly unhappy, and her mouth was crooked and she was about to cry.

Zhong Chuhong hurriedly patted her daughter on the back and softly coaxed her not to cry.

Zhang Manyu saw that she had done something wrong again, and she was suddenly a little overwhelmed.

Zhong Chuhong put her daughter back in the stroller, and called the nanny Wang Ma over, and asked Wang Ma to feed her daughter, she still had something to talk to Zhang Manyu about.

"Miss Zhang, just give it to me."

Wang Ma took the bowl of rice cereal from Zhang Manyu's hand and pushed the stroller to the side of the room.

Seeing Zhong Chuhong sitting down in front of him, Zhang Manyu shrugged apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Zhong Chuhong smiled disappreciatively, then looked at Zhang Manyu curiously and asked, "I remember that you didn't care much about newspaper news before." Why have you been so obsessed lately? ”

"This time I was a little unsure whether I wanted to go to the awards ceremony or not. You can help me get an idea! Zhang Manyu is very honest. I just said what I thought in my heart.

"What, no more self-confidence?" Zhong Chuhong glanced at Zhang Manyu and said with a smile: "You got two nominations, and you didn't dare to go to the award ceremony, so don't you have to go to anyone who only got one nomination?" ”

"But this time the competition is really fierce!" Zhang Manyu looked worried, it was really not that she was not confident, but that the competitors she was going to face this time were all powerful.

Although Zhang Manyu won two nominations for "New Dragon Gate Inn" and "Ruan Lingyu", she was also widely favored by the media before. But this year, Lin Qingxia also won two nominations for the two films "Smiling Proud Jianghu III: The Comeback" and "The Peerless Double Pride", plus Wang Guxian, who was also shortlisted for "Smiling Proud Jianghu III: The Comeback", and Mei Yanfang, who was shortlisted for "The Judge of the Dead", and Qiu Shuzhen, who was shortlisted for "The Legend of Deer and Ding", a total of 7 films and 5 actors were nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards this year, setting a record in the history of the Academy Awards.

After the list of nominations for the Academy Awards was announced, the media was busy arguing about Xiang Huaqiang's nomination for the Best Actor Award at first, but as Lin Youlun expressed his attitude on behalf of the Academy Awards, Xiang Huaqiang's wife Chen Lan then responded, and all kinds of debates about this matter officially came to an end. In the days before the awards ceremony, the media focused on the Best Actress award.

In order to create enough gimmicks to attract the reader's eye. The media did not hesitate to say that the competition for this year's Best Actress Award was the highest level of finalists and the most fierce competition in history.

Although this statement has an element of hype, it also proves from the side that the competition for this year's actress is indeed fierce.

In the early 90s, some media used "Xia Yu Fanghong, Xian Zhen Minxin" to summarize the eight most representative female movie stars in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, the first sentence refers to Lin Qingxia, Zhang Manyu, Mei Yanfang, Zhong Chuhong, and the second sentence refers to Wang Guxian, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhou Yimin, Li Jiaxin, and this year's Best Actress finalists are all stars here.

Before the shortlist was announced, Zhang Manyu had always been the most optimistic candidate for the media, but after the shortlist was announced, the situation suddenly became confusing.

Although Zhang Manyu has two nominations in hand, Lin Qingxia also has two nominations, and Lin Qingxia has more advantages than Zhang Manyu in that she has acted in many blockbuster movies in Hong Kong over the years, but she has not been affirmed by any film awards, so it is easy to get the sympathy of the media and even the judges, and the call for winning this award is very high.

Let's talk about Mei Yanfang, "Ruan Lingyu", one of the films nominated by Zhang Manyu this time, was originally supposed to be the role of Mei Yanfang, and if Mei Yanfang acted in this movie, then she would definitely be shortlisted with this movie, don't look at Mei Yanfang This time there is only one nomination, but the possibility of winning the award is not smaller than Zhang Manyu at all.

Not to mention Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen, because of Lin Youlun, the judges of the Academy Awards may be more or less biased towards them, and more importantly, this shortlisting is a rare opportunity for both of them.

Wang Guxian and Zhang Manyu, like Zhang Manyu, have already won the Academy Award once, if they win again this time, they can become the second actor after Zhong Chuhong to win the Academy Award twice, Zhang Manyu wants to win this award, and Wang Guxian also wants to win this award.

And Qiu Shuzhen has not won this award so far, and she must have a lot of expectations for this award.

Compared with the four competitors, Lin Qingxia and Mei Yanfang made Zhang Manyu feel threatened by their strength, and Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen made Zhang Manyu feel pressure in the background.

"So you're worried that Aaron will interfere with this award?" After listening to Zhang Manyu's analysis of her award-winning situation, Zhong Chuhong also felt that her worries did have some justification.

"I believe Mr. Lin won't do this, but it's hard for others to say."

Zhang Manyu replied very implicitly, but Zhong Chuhong still understood what she meant.

"Well, let's go to afternoon tea tomorrow."

Although Zhang Manyu didn't understand why Zhong Chuhong would suddenly make such a decision, she still nodded and agreed.

After afternoon tea the next day, Zhang Manyu and Zhong Chuhong walked out of the restaurant with a smile, but several reporters suddenly appeared at the door, saying that they wanted to interview the two.

Zhang Manyu wondered in her heart, she was very careful when she went out today, and made sure that she was not followed on the road, how did these reporters know her whereabouts?

Fortunately, Zhong Chuhong came out with bodyguards this time, and the reporters couldn't get too close, so they could only chase the two all the way to the parking lot, and then kept asking all kinds of questions on the way.

Zhong Chuhong didn't respond to that kind of boring question at all, only when the reporter asked about her daughter's situation, she would occasionally answer one or two sentences, but they were all coping answers like "My daughter is very good, Xie Lu Xie everyone cares".

Zhang Manyu had a cold face when she saw the reporter, and she didn't say a word from beginning to end.

When the two were about to walk to the parking place, a reporter suddenly asked: "Miss Zhong, this year's Academy Awards for Best Actress, Miss Zhang Manyu is facing many strong opponents, how likely do you think she will win?" ”

"As Ayu's good friend, of course I have to support her to the end!"

Zhong Chuhong replied seemingly casually, and Zhang Manyu didn't feel anything wrong on the spot, but the next day she saw the relevant news in the newspaper, and then she discovered Zhong Chuhong's good intentions.

"After Honggu came forward to support her friends to compete for the film, Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen no longer have an advantage! 》

This newspaper, which was tightly held by Zhang Manyu, analyzed in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the finalists of the Academy Awards, and especially pointed out that Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen were able to become the popular candidates for the award this time, largely because of their relationship with Lin Youlun, the chairman of the Academy Awards, but now Zhong Chuhong, who has a daughter for Lin Youlun, stood up to support Zhang Manyu, and Lin Youlun, who is sandwiched between the three, is likely to choose not to help each other, and Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen's advantages in this regard have also been leveled.

Zhang Manyu finally knew at this time that it was no accident that she and Zhong Chuhong were blocked by reporters at the door of the restaurant, and nine times out of ten it was Zhong Chuhong who deliberately leaked her whereabouts to lead the reporter here, and then took the opportunity to show her support for Zhang Manyu.

I have to say that Zhong Chuhong's statement did play a great role, Lin Qingxia, who was as hesitant as Zhang Manyu to attend the award ceremony, changed her attitude after seeing this report.

"So, sometimes it's a hassle to have more women." Qin Han saw Lin Qingxia put down the newspaper, and knew that she had finished reading the news, and then said it half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Lin Qingxia is not interested in Lin Youlun's romantic account, she is more concerned about whether the competition for the actress of the Academy Awards can really be fair.

"If Honggu doesn't stand up this time, do you think Mr. Lin will really interfere with the award results?"

Qin Han shrugged, "Have you noticed that in fact, since last year, the evaluation criteria of the Academy Awards have begun to tilt towards the public's taste, especially the Best Actor award to Liu Dehua, the Best Actress award to Liu Jialing, both of whom are popular movie stars, this situation is not common in previous Academy Awards, even if Mr. Lin did not directly overstep, at least he made some provisions for the judges in the direction of the awards." ”

"Do you think Mr. Lin will do this again this year?"

"It's hard to say, but one thing is certain, with the improvement of his status, Mr. Lin's influence on the results of the Academy Awards is getting bigger and bigger, and his dominance over the award evaluation is getting stronger and stronger, and in a few years, maybe the Academy Awards will completely become a manifestation of his personal will."

Qin Han's words made Lin Qingxia hesitate again.

"Is it still necessary for me to attend this awards ceremony?"

Qin Han replied without thinking: "Of course it is necessary, if you want to make a difference at the Academy Awards in the future, you must get the support of Mr. Lin, although he recognized you as a godsister, but just like this time, there are too many women around him who need to be taken care of, you must leave him with a better impression, and you will have a chance in the future!" (To be continued......)