After spending one last leisurely day in Shanghai, Xiao He led his team to Beijing.

Because it is a voting mechanism, the final list of films nominated for the Baiming Awards will be screened for several days so that the jury can watch them up close and vote again on the final award-winning films.

Once this period ends, the Baiming Awards ceremony will officially begin.

The official award ceremony for the Baiming Awards was scheduled for August 2nd, and the venue was Qinhuangdao, which is next to Beijing.

However, Xiao He and his group arrived in Beijing at the end of July not simply for the final election of the Baiming Award.

Because, unbeknownst to many, the Golden Flower Award recently ended its registration phase and quietly entered the preliminary review and selection stage.

If Baiming relies more on popularity and is limited by the audience voting mechanism, and its overall professionalism is affected by the popularity and topicality of the actors, and therefore lacks strong professionalism, then the Golden Flower Awards, which is another of the three major film awards, undoubtedly places more emphasis on professionalism.

Of course, all the awards have had their flaws over the years, but overall, these do not affect their important status in the Chinese entertainment awards.

So their goal this time is not just the Hundred Blossoms Award, but the rare double Best Actor award in the same year!

Taking one is fine, but taking two is even more natural!

This is Liu Rulan's ambition, Xiao He's ambition, and the ambition of the entire "No Bait" crew!

At this point, the total domestic box office of "No Bait" had been officially set at 3.9 billion yuan. Although it was a pity that it ultimately failed to break the 4 billion yuan mark, its overseas box office, which was comparable to that in China, was what truly shocked everyone. Its global commercial success far surpassed that of other similar films in China, making it one of the best works both at home and abroad. With such popularity and attributes, it was destined to be a dark horse at the two awards ceremony.

Is this really that easy?

No one has ever achieved this feat in the same year.

For various reasons, the Golden Flower and Hundred Blossom Awards are not actually presented in the same year; their award cycle is every two years.

However, one company has an odd-numbered year, while the other has an even-numbered year.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to meet in the same year. Other double Best Actor winners are basically able to win the same role award in the year before or after, and the timeline of this may even be more than three years.

However, due to the market expansion and booming film industry in recent years, the Golden Rooster Awards were later changed back to being held annually...

So, this year, the two of them were able to meet again.

This is the year when the "No Bait" crew has the best chance of winning both awards, and it is also the year when Xiao He is closest to winning both Best Actor awards. If he misses this opportunity, the next time he can win both awards in the same year will be another two years away.

At that time, the entertainment industry in China was in constant flux, with new and old players emerging one after another. No one knew who the competitors would be, or whether they would be able to get roles like Shu Yuxiu, who was a natural fit for Xiao He.

Nobody wants to miss an opportunity.

However, the limitations of the script and character design in "No Bait" itself made this opportunity seem unpredictable...

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Conference room of a government agency in Beijing.

"I disagree with this work being nominated; it doesn't conform to current mainstream values ​​at all."