I think it's lovely that Alice still wants to appreciate the success of Some Day or One Day at the awards. A few days after the ceremony, she posted a video journal of her day. Today she also added more behind the scenes photos to her Weibo.
For those wondering about what Alice says in this video: She starts off before the awards by talking about how they have to keep at least 1.5 m away from other people at the ceremony (social distance). She indicates that people will have to be like this both left and right (Alice spreads her arms to show the distance.) The video shows her hanging with Greg pre-red carpet and taking an awkward selfie together. The Chinese caption on screen says, 'It's been a long time since we met'
Talking to the crowd after walking the red carpet, Alice says that she's going to share what she can with them, which is the back of her dress. After that, she thanks the crowd for coming out - to congratulate Greg! Haha. Everyone waits till midnight for the awards to be announced. After accepting her trophy and making her speech, Alice is very emotional and she cries backstage. But she's fine by the time she's in the car - she says that even after the awards, she feels it's all been very surreal. She also says that maybe she was nervous before the awards and had to focus on small things she would wear or the thought of meeting lots of friends on the day including actors/ crew she'd worked with before etc. She says because something happened in her life recently, she felt really emotional. She also felt a bit too blank. When she heard her name, she was like "Huh? It's me?" and had to focus on baby steps - what she could think of she had to do. She says she doesn't remember what was said on stage - she really blanked out. She goes on to talk about how she really, really likes the story of the drama and her characters, who have such enriched lives...she's grateful to the scriptwriters for creating these characters. They arrive at the Post-Awards gathering venue at 2:00am and when asked whether she'd eaten, Alice says she ate some nuts after getting off the stage...so that was her dinner?! She hugs Aaron Yan and then wonders if they should be keeping their distance and Aaron says don't worry (Bad advice Aaron! No one should be hugging at the moment). She jokes about drinking Kaoliang alcohol, but it's actually just water. Then she does press interviews with Greg, hugs her team , hugs Greg and says to the camera that it's been 24 hours with her for the 55th Golden Bell. She's not sure if she'll meet everyone tomorrow, but hopes everything becomes better and better. Good night!
Photos From Alice's Weibo
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As the big winners of last night's Golden Bell Awards, Greg and Alice pretty much did not sleep. After the show they attended the Post-Awards Party and Post-Awards press conference. At least the after party looked relaxed rather than wild to give them a break. The Post-Awards press conference took place at 2:30am though!
Much of the more interesting, and admittedly more gossipy questions were asked by the press at this press conference. The main item of interrogation was the fact that Alice's award was semi presented to her by one of her most well-known Ex-boyfriends, Edison Wang/ Wang Bo-chieh (from Yong-Jiu Grocery Store and Nowhere Man.) I'm not huge on providing gossip, but I'll provide the context so you can understand the interest from the interviewers: The two dated for a few years after they worked together around 2008 and there were rumours Edison had a breakdown a month after they split (an apparent attempted suicide), though he denied that it was due to the end of their relationship. It doesn't sound like they had the best of times as Edison drank a lot at the time. During the Awards, there was little interaction between Alice and her ex because Joseph Chang (I think knowing this was his friend's ex) handed Alice the trophy (though he did tease Edison saying "I know who you would like to win!" and asked him to read out the winner's name). I think it's a been a long time and Alice has been married awhile and probably doesn't even think about this anymore, but the media never forgets peoples' exes! I'll provide a brief translation of the interview by Mirror Media below - Alice is very good at holding her own, but it was sweet of Greg to try to jump in too!
Mirror Media Interview (First video above)
One of the interviewers asked Alice, "You just met one of your old loves (Edison Wang/ Wang Bo-chieh). Did you think of this matter? Did you feel awkward?" Alice replied that she didn't think about this because she had a massive mind blank and had trouble even thinking about who she wanted to thank, so she didn't have time/energy to think about this other stuff. The interviewers then asked, "Do you know who gave you the actual award?" Alice laughed and said it was Joseph Chang. But interviewers are determined - another interviewer asked if she had heard when Joseph Chang said to Edison Wang "I know who you would like to win." Alice laughs and says she didn't hear that and she was pretty empty-headed at the time. Another reporter said, "But he (Edison) announced your name."
Somewhere around this time, Greg starts talking about something else to rescue Alice, but it's kind of funny because he's not very smooth and just says a bunch of things. He says "Actually, I think this drama, Some Day or One Day, has brought on the effect of...". But the reporters are touched because it's obvious that he's trying to draw them away from talking about Alice's Ex (who Greg has also worked with in Nowhere Man.) The reporters respond by saying "He's saving her!" "He's so smart!"
Alice bursts out laughing after someone says "He's repaying an act of kindness" (Alice spoke up for Greg when he was in a spot with the media for some news about his old acting teachers). Greg ended up saying he's grateful that the drama was broadcast in so many places and he appreciates those fans in Japan, Korea and elsewhere. Alice claps when Greg stops talking and says it's the first time he's saved her and she's very touched, making Greg grin.
The reporters then ask if Alice had comforted Greg. Alice says Greg doesn't need comforting because he's very calm and collected. But one of the reporters said that his lips had turned white. Alice said it's because he hasn't eaten - they all hadn't eaten (No wonder she blanked out on stage!) Greg said he'll lick it better and he does (which they replay). A reporter said that once it was revealed that Greg Hsu didn't win the award roughly 10,000 Korean viewers dropped off from watching the live stream.
Greg and Alice were so shocked that they both replied in unison, "Is this real or just a joke?!" The reporter said it was around that many people. Alice said they were just angry and Greg said that sounded like an exaggeration! The reporter insists it was true and Greg said he didn't know that and he thanked them for their support, though he hoped they would stay till the end of the live stream because of the Best Drama award (which they won.)
So proud of Some Day or One Day! The drama won 4 out of the 6 awards it was nominated for at the Golden Bell and took home the grand prize of 'Best Drama' for 2020. To give a full picture, the 4 categories the series took out were:
-Best Scriptwriting
-Best Innovation/ Creative Programme & Production
-Best Actress for Alice ke
-Best Drama
It's a shame it missed out on the Best Director and Best Actor categories, but I think it's fair to say that it was tough competition this year and the awards went to well deserving individuals - it gave Yong-Jiu Grocery Store a win for Best Director (Another well deserving series), and also gave The Mirror a win for Best Actor (Haven't seen this series yet but Jack Yao was apparently very strong in his performance). The social media team for Some Day or One Day made some beautiful commemorative stills for each of their wins:
This was Alice's second Golden Bell win beating Cheryl Yang (from The Mirror) by just 1 point for victory apparently. It's also the second time this has happened with her first Golden Bell win for Marry Me or Not? also just a 1 point win over Cheryl. Alice said she felt it was surreal to be getting the award and her speech was a thanks to all the people who helped her achieve this dream. In the post-award interviews, Alice said that she realised that she might have forgotten to thank her biggest supporter - her husband, Kunda! She said felt bad for him because this series was challenging to film and she could sometimes be immersed in her character - so she might not have connected with her husband or friends as much. But she was really very grateful for his support!