On the evening of June 23, the 28th Shanghai TV Festival "Magnolia Award" awards ceremony was held in Shanghai, and the long-awaited awards were announced one by one. The TV series "The World" became the biggest winner of the show, winning 5 awards - Best Chinese TV Series, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay (Original). "County Party Committee Compound" followed with 3 awards - Best Chinese TV Series, Best Actress and Best Screenplay (Original).

There were many upset moments at this year's awards ceremony, as well as many touching moments, and even more climaxes.

"The World" and "County Party Committee Compound" won the Magnolia Award for Best Chinese TV Series

The best Chinese TV drama offers "double yolk eggs": "The World" and "County Party Committee Compound". Hou Xiaonan, the producer of "The World" and the CEO of China Literature, accepted the award as a representative, and said that "The World" has great stamina. It has been a year and a half since it was broadcast, and the audience was moved and discussed the plot. Thousands of words can be combined into one sentence: "Magnolia blooms, the world is worth it."

The award was announced and awarded by Liu Cixin, the original author of "The Three-Body Problem". Coincidentally, today is Liu Cixin's 60th birthday. Yu Hewei, the actor of "Great History", sent Liu Cixin's birthday wishes on behalf of the "Three-Body Problem" crew. Liu Cixin said with a smile, birthday The wish is "the second part of "The Three-Body Problem" can be filmed better", and the pressure was put on the producer.

Wu Yue won the Magnolia Best Actress Award for "County Party Committee Compound"

Earlier when the Magnolia Awards announced the nominees, the most popular winners of the Best Actress Award were Zhao Liying, who was shortlisted for the third time as the best actress in "Magnolia" in "The Wind Blows Pinellia" and the popular character "Huang Yu" in "The World". Juaner" Yin Tao, but Wu Yue won the award in the end.

After winning the award, she thanked the entire crew of "County Party Committee Compound", and said that she would share the good luck at this moment with her passionate colleagues, "I wish everyone all hard work will be rewarded." In "County Party Committee Compound", Wu Yue starred in Ai Xianzhi, a grassroots cadre, according to her recollection, this character does not have many roles, but it is the most challenging role in her history.

On the morning of June 23, Wu Yue also participated in the research and evaluation meeting of TV dramas produced in Shanghai, speaking as an actor representative. In her speech, she talked about the memories of countless attacks on the Internet after she played the role of Ling Ling in "The First Half of My Life". At that time, there were those who attacked her role as the "little three" and some who attacked her appearance. She laughed at herself: "If an ugly face is still aging, it is a heinous crime." Her mood at that time, From being on the verge of collapse, to breaking the boat, to throwing away many obsessions because of this creative experience: "The hand that pulled the tail of youth and didn't want to let go was cut off across the board." "Brought her incredible growth. As for the anxiety about the appearance and age of middle-aged actresses who came to her face on the Internet, she is now calm, "I will still get older year by year. No one can escape aging, but for me Say, I just want to do the job right now.”

Lei Jiayin won the Magnolia Best Actor Award for "The World"

"The First Half of My Life" "Ling Ling" won the best actress award, and "Chen Junsheng" won the best actor award. This year's Best Actor Lei Jiayin and Best Actress Wu Yue once co-starred in "The First Half of My Life" as a pair of men and women with emotional entanglements, and they both climbed to new heights in their acting careers because of this work.

Some netizens joked, "This is the first meeting between 'Ex-Husband Brother' and 'Ling Ling' after five years." Even Ma Yili, who played Luo Zijun in "The First Half of My Life", tweeted congratulations: "Yeah! Junsheng and Ling Ling, bless you all!"

When Wu Yue was interviewed by the media, she said that she and Lei Jiayin also thought of this fate by coincidence, and took a group photo backstage to commemorate it. And Lei Jiayin said that for the friends who congratulated him on winning the award, "unified reply: yum!"

Congratulations to Ma Yili, the actor of Luo Zijun in "The First Half of My Life"

Interestingly, before the Best Actor award was awarded, the guest host Yu Hewei suggested that the two nominees, good friends Lei Jiayin and Guo Jingfei, be interviewed together, and said: "You two usually talk too closely, so each of you can talk half a sentence. ". The two had a tacit understanding. Guo Jingfei said: "The one who can get the best actor this time..." Lei Jiayin continued: "I admire it very much." I admire myself” situation.

"Aunt Guo" Liu Dan won the Magnolia Best Supporting Actress Award

The presentation of Best Supporting Actress sparked applause and screams from the audience—the "Aunt Guo" Liu Dan in "The Beginning" won the award. The jury's award speech commented that Liu Dan "vividly portrayed a desperate mother and became the soul character that promoted the development of the whole play" in "The Beginning". The hostess also praised that Liu Dan has "traveled a long way" to receive the award: "Just like her acting career, she has been rooted in the drama stage for 36 years, and her blooming today can be said to be a result of accumulation. "

As soon as Liu Dan took the stage, he laughed out loud with joy, very sincere and lovely. "From the moment I dreamed of being an actor when I was a child, I thought that I could live different lives for many people, but as a professional actor, I realized that I can only live my own life, but find a way to experience other people's lives .But this process always has hardships, rewards, and unexpected surprises.”

The host Cao Kefan joked: Everyone is afraid of "Aunt Guo", so what are you afraid of? Liu Dan said with a smile that she is a rat. She has been timid since she was a child and is afraid of everything. "But I am most afraid of letting down my work. It is difficult to perform every role well, but I will continue to work hard." During the backstage interview, she repeatedly expressed emotion, She really didn't expect to win the prize. She also said that she fell in a dream last night and fell into the water.

Liu Dan is also the first actor in the history of the "Magnolia Award" to win an acting award for a purely online drama. For the congratulations from young viewers on the Internet, Liu Dan said: "I know young people watch this show a lot. Everyone kindly calls me 'Auntie Guo'. Thank you kids, thank you very much."

This year's Magnolia Awards Ceremony continued to applaud. For example, when the Best Animated Screenplay Award was announced and won by the 2023 blockbuster animated series "China Strange Tan", the audience applauded and cheered, which shows that the public has a solid foundation for this work. . Chief director Chen Liaoyu read out the names of the ten unit story directors in one breath, "This award belongs to you!" During the interview, Chen Liaoyu said with a smile that he was very nervous when he was on stage, for fear of missing the names of the directors .

The award for Best Documentary Series was awarded to the Sino-British co-production "Above Firewood, Rice, Oil and Salt". When the British director Malcolm Clarke received the award, he sincerely thanked the Chinese team for his help in the creative process of a director who does not understand Chinese, and sincerely said, "China has suffered a lot of misunderstandings internationally. Works can win more support and approval for China in the world, because China deserves it."

The Best Screenplay Award (Adaptation) went to "The World" Wang Hailing, and he deserved it. The 71-year-old screenwriter is already full of frost, but he still has a straight body and an elegant temperament. When winning the award, she admitted frankly that adapting an original literary work is a thankless task, but she likes being alone and enjoys creating. "The World" was written by her in the basement of her home for three years, "Because there is only a small skylight one foot above the ground in the basement, there is a kind of quietness isolated from the world, which allows me to create without distractions. In July 2022, When the producer notified me to complete the revision and the script work was completed, I was not relieved, but felt lost." During the backstage interview, she succinctly put forward her advice to the industry, loud and clear: "Our industry cannot prosper together. If you lose, you will lose all, so all workers in all links are required to go all out and be serious and responsible."

The best art award went to "The Three-Body Problem", and the best photography award went to "Dear Child". The popular drama "The Wind Rises from Longxi" in the art and photography awards failed to win the award, but being shortlisted is a great recognition of the excellent works.

During the backstage interview, the judges said that the selection work was very difficult. Wang Luodan laughed and said that the review process was too tortured for her who was "a water bottle rising to the balance": "Can I give it all?" The screenwriter Wang Sanmao sighed. In the past, I only knew that screenwriting is physical labor plus mental work. It turns out that being a judge is even more difficult. He said that this time the shortlisted works are a collection of excellent works, "they are all good works, and it is the most difficult to judge the best among them." He said that after watching the shortlisted works, his biggest feeling is: "mature screenwriters have similar skills, and if Having 'holding energy' and writing with responsibility and responsibility can bring screenwriters extraordinary performance." Wang Sanmao said: "This time the shortlisted works, my fellow screenwriters are all 'holding energy' to write. "

【Winners of Magnolia Awards at the 28th Shanghai TV Festival】

Best Chinese TV Series: "The World" and "County Party Committee Compound"

Grand Jury Award: "Merit", "Armageddon", "Our Ten Years"

Best Director: "The World" Li Lu

Best Actor: "The World" Lei Jiayin

Best Actress: "County Party Committee Compound" Wu Yue

Best Supporting Actor: "The World" Ding Yongdai

Best Supporting Actress: "The Beginning" Liu Dan​

Best Screenplay (Original): "County Party Committee Compound" Wang Xiaoqiang

Best Screenplay (Adaptation): "The World" Wang Hailing, Wang Daou

Best Cinematography: "Dear Child" Yu Xiaochen

Best Art: The Three-Body Problem Liu Yongqi

Best Overseas TV Series (long): "1985"

Best Overseas TV Series (short): "Married Life"​​​​

Best Variety Show: "Home Between Mountains and Rivers", "Chinese Festival" Series"

Best Documentary: Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Kraft

Best Documentary Series: "On top of firewood, rice, oil and salt"​​​​

Best Animated Feature: Season 3 of Moominvalley

Best Animated Screenplay: "Chinese Strange Tan"​​​​

Overseas promotion ambassadors for Chinese TV programs: Lei Jiayin, Zhao Liying

Organizing Committee Special Award: "Pilot"

International Communication Award: cartoon "Growing Up", documentary "Flavour World", TV series "Mountain and Sea Love"