135: Congratulations to Chen Le for winning Best Director!

At this moment, the entire audience in the venue was tensely waiting for the results.

Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Songwen, and Huang Bo were all a bit nervous.

The venue was now incredibly quiet.

The voice of the host, Tao Jingying, rang out: "The winner of the best director award at the 30th Hundred Flowers Awards is... Chen Le! 'lost in thailand'!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a burst of warm applause and cheers erupted throughout the venue.

This result meant that Wang Baoqiang and the others hadn't been nervous for nothing, and a smile appeared on Chen Le's face as well.

This could be considered a good start; of course, he was also quite satisfied to be able to win this single award.

At this time, the hosts Tao Jingying and Tu Jingwei were full of smiles.

Tu Jingwei raised the microphone, her voice stirring: "Let us use our warmest applause! Please welcome Chen Le to the stage to receive his award!"

Just as the host finished speaking, warm applause rang out in the venue once again.

Dressed in a sharp suit, Chen Le stood up and straightened his jacket.

Seeing this, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige both had smiles on their faces.

Feng Xiaogang also left his seat, looked at Chen Le, and said with a smile, "Chen Le, congratulations! Winning the best director award—you truly are young and promising!"

Hearing this, Chen Le stepped forward and gave Director Feng a hug.

Beside them, Chen Kaige also spoke with a smile: "Chen Le, congratulations, congratulations. You are the first such young winner in our directing circles."

After hugging Brother Kai, Chen Le walked toward the stage.

Zhang Yimou, sitting at the very front, saw Chen Le and gave him a big thumbs up with a smile.

Seeing this, Chen Le walked over to Zhang Yimou and gave him a hug as well.

This left Zhang Yimou momentarily stunned; by the time he snapped out of it, Chen Le had already walked onto the stage under everyone's gaze.

"This kid." Zhang Yimou shook his head with a smile.

On stage, host Tu Jingwei said with a smile: "Director Chen's 'lost in thailand' created the myth of the first film in Chinese cinema history to break one billion at the box office. The best director award is well-deserved! Next, we invite the award presenter to present the award to Director Chen!"

Soon, the award presenter walked onto the stage with the trophy.

She smilingly handed the trophy to Chen Le.

Chen Le raised the trophy with a smile.

"Now, please let our Director Chen deliver his acceptance speech!" Tao Jingying said with a smile.

Hearing this, Chen Le held the trophy and gave his speech on stage.

"Thank you to the Hundred Flowers Awards for the recognition. This award belongs to the entire 'lost in thailand' Film Crew. During filming, there were ups and downs... In the future, I will create even more great works!"

After the presentation was completed, Chen Le returned to his seat.

"Director Chen, you've won this award at such a young age; the younger generation is truly to be feared!" Feng Xiaogang said with some admiration.

"This is my first time winning this award; compared to you, Director Feng, I'm still far behind." Chen Le returned the smile.

After the best director award was presented, the subsequent awards were just a matter of going through the motions.

After all, 'lost in thailand' was a comedy film; its acting was considered far inferior to that of serious dramas.

Soon it was the nominations for best actor. After the nominations were read, it was the final result.

As the host's voice appeared, everyone waited for the result with some tension.

The winner of the best actor award at the 30th Hundred Flowers Awards is Chen Kun! 'Painted Skin'!"

Hearing this result, Chen Le wasn't surprised in the slightest.

And on Wang Baoqiang's side, they weren't surprised by this result either.

To win best actor relying on 'lost in thailand' would only mean there was shady business involved; even Wang Baoqiang himself had some self-awareness.

"What a pity, I thought it would be 'lost in thailand'. I was really rooting for 'lost in thailand'." A piercing voice rang out very abruptly.

This made the three of them frown.

There were always jumping clowns popping up, but they ignored it, because the more you pay attention to such people, the more excited they get.

Later, 'lost in thailand' had nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Film.

However, although it had nominations, these awards had nothing to do with 'lost in thailand'.

Soon, the award ceremony ended.

For this Hundred Flowers Awards, being able to take home one best director award meant the trip wasn't in vain for 'lost in thailand'.

"Director Chen, congratulations! You won the best director award!" Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige walked over, holding wine glasses, and toasted Chen Le.

Seeing this, Chen Le also picked up a glass.

Afterward, many more directors and actors came over to toast him, and Chen Le could only raise his glass to each one.

Then, Chen Le saw Zhang Yimou walking over.

"Chen Le, not bad. To be able to win this award, you truly are the genius director of our Beijing Film Academy. When I was your age, I was still doing hard labor in Film Crews!" Zhang Yimou said with a smile.

"Senior Brother overpraises me. These achievements of mine are not worth mentioning compared to yours."

"Fine, you're the most humble one. I'm leaving first, I've been quite busy lately! Drink a bit less, don't pass out drunk." Zhang Yimou gave a somewhat speechless laugh and then bid Chen Le farewell.

After saying goodbye to him, Chen Le found Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Songwen, and Huang Bo.

"Let's go, Baoqiang, the four of us are going to celebrate!" Chen Le was in a great mood and, with a wave of his hand, pulled the three of them to go eat.

Mainly, he didn't want to continue drinking; there were too many people over there just now, and he had been drinking non-stop, so he couldn't take it anymore.

So he simply left the venue early.

"Alright, Boss!" A smile appeared on Wang Baoqiang's face.

"Okay, since you've said so, Director Chen, then I won't be polite." Huang Bo also said with a smile.

Afterward, they came to a nearby commercial street with many people.

They found a barbecue shop, the four of them took a private room, ordered a bunch of barbecue, and a crate of beer.

"Boss, can we see that Hundred Flowers Best Director trophy? I've never even touched one." Wang Baoqiang asked with a smile from the side.

"Sure! Look at it all you want, it's just a trophy!" Chen Le handed the trophy directly to Wang Baoqiang.

Wang Baoqiang held the trophy, feeling its heavy weight.

This was his first time seeing a Hundred Flowers Awards trophy; he wondered when he would be able to win such a trophy himself.

Beside him, Huang Bo opened a bottle of beer.

"Come, Director Chen, let me toast you with a bottle!" Huang Bo picked up the beer bottle and clinked it against Chen Le's.

"I can't drink much more, just a little." Chen Le took a sip and hurriedly shook his head.

He had drunk too much at the venue earlier; if he kept drinking, he probably wouldn't be able to walk back.

Afterward, they continued eating until nearly eleven o'clock before stumbling back to the hotel.

Returning to the hotel, Chen Le felt his head spinning.

Red wine, beer, and white liquor were mixed in his stomach, leaving him completely dazed.

Using his last bit of consciousness, Chen Le opened his phone. He sent messages to Naza and Yang Mi, telling them he had won the Hundred Flowers best director award.

At the same time, he also sent them photos from the scene and a photo of the trophy.

After sending the messages, he fell into a deep sleep.

Afterward, his phone kept making notification sounds, but Chen Le didn't react at all.

At this time, both Yang Mi and Naza were very confused—why wasn't Chen Le replying to their messages?