The 38th China Golden Rooster Awards closing ceremony took place a week before the Golden Horse Awards, with several Taiwanese film figures specially invited to participate, including host Su Youpeng, as well as Ariel Lin and Wu Kangren serving as “Chinese-language Film Ambassadors.” Among them, Su Youpeng, who had arrived early in Xiamen to rehearse, unexpectedly became the highlight of the event during the live broadcast. The reason? His co-host, Chinese actor Deng Chao, suddenly certified himself as Su Youpeng’s devoted fan in front of the camera—but then made a huge blunder that sent both the venue and the internet into fits of laughter.
At the ceremony, Deng Chao passionately addressed Su Youpeng, calling him his “idol since childhood” and even referring to him by his nickname “Obedient Tiger,” stating that he grew up listening to the Little Tigers’ songs. Then Deng Chao enthusiastically sang, “That day, you said you were leaving…” Su Youpeng immediately froze, then couldn’t help but burst out laughing. He stopped Deng Chao and quipped, “That’s Wu Qilong’s song!” Turning Deng Chao’s fan confession into a major live blooper on the spot.
As it turns out, the song Deng Chao sang was actually Wu Qilong’s classic song “Wish You a Pleasant Journey,” which has nothing to do with Su Youpeng; the host Lan Yu also laughed and said, “Fake fan!” After the incident, netizens flocked to Weibo to joke: “I always thought this song was sung by the three Little Tigers together,” “Wu Qilong wrote it for Chen Zhipeng,” “Hahahaha fake fan!” and “Well, it’s Deng Chao—he’s capable of anything.”
Source: Hush! Star News