Chapter 547 Removing the Fig Leaf (Second Update!)

Lin Yu sat in the media section, listening to Wen Yang's speech on stage while sending messages to Chen Siqi.

Fingers flew across the phone's keyboard.

—The shortlist for this year's Blue Ribbon Awards was not selected by the preliminary judging panel; the list selected by the preliminary judging panel was rejected by the organizing committee.

—At the same time, the Blue Ribbon Organizing Committee also announced that, due to suspected unfair selection, it will never again invite Li Xiaolu, You Hao, and Fang Jingsong, the three members of the preliminary selection committee, to participate in any Blue Ribbon activities.

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On stage, Wen Yang said, "Therefore, in order to ensure the fairness and objectivity of this year's Blue Ribbon Awards, and at the same time not to delay the final review, we invited 500 public judges to select the nominees for this year's awards. The 500 public judges are front-line workers from all walks of life related to film and television. With their consent, the list will be released later."

Lin Yu took a deep breath.

The surrounding disbelief and discussion were deafening.

The shock of this news can be seen from the situation at the scene.

This is a top-tier film and television award in China, and the first to include ordinary staff and audience members in its judging system.

Even if there is a reason for it.

Lin Yu believed that Wen Yang would hold a special press conference for this matter, and there must be other things to announce.

Sure enough, the next second, Wen Yang continued, "Starting from this year's Blue Ribbon Awards, the preliminary review for each subsequent year will adopt a voting mechanism of 500 public judges to select the nominees."

Inside, the noise of people talking and discussing was so loud it almost seemed like the roof would be lifted off the ground.

A reporter asked: "We have learned that during the application process for this year's Blue Ribbon Awards, the organizing committee made some suggestions for modification, which has never happened before. Why did this happen?"

Wen Yang said, "You mentioned applying for the Best Supporting Actor award. We suggest changing it to applying for the Best Leading Actor award, right? That's indeed the case. Our initial intention is simple: to ensure that the supporting actor award truly belongs to the supporting actors. We know that many applicants for supporting actor awards are actually in compliance with the regulations, because as long as it's not the lead role, it can be considered a supporting role. But in reality, we've seen the works and know that there are many leading roles among non-lead characters, and they are just as brilliant. Compared to them, supporting actors need such an award more to bring them our attention and to let their brilliance be discovered. That's the original intention behind our suggestion to change it."

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"The Blue Ribbon campaign has taken a big step."

"No wonder this year's nomination list... looks like this."

"Directly announcing that the list selected in the preliminary review was unfair, tsk tsk, this makes things difficult for the Golden Tripod Awards."

"They don't even bother with a fig leaf, they just rip it off."

"Fang Jingsong posted on his WeChat Moments, saying that he was being slandered."

"It's pointless. If he's so capable, he should go and say it on a public platform. He's just putting on this act to save face. Wen Yang dared to name him directly at the press conference, so he must have evidence."

“Every year before, these people would slip in their own smuggled goods, and today they’ve been caught red-handed.”

"I've been fed up with it for a long time."

...

Lu Qingzhen and her girlfriends were having afternoon tea together when they naturally started talking about this breaking news.

Lu Qingzhen's close friends also work in this industry or related industries.

They often exchange information with each other.

Lu Qingzhen asked, "It seems that Wen Yang, the newly appointed Blue Ribbon, is quite ruthless. He is so decisive and swift in his actions, showing no mercy to anyone."

"Generally speaking, these kinds of things are not directly exposed. Even if they are discovered, they are dealt with privately. Chinese people still believe in not airing dirty laundry in public. But Wen Yang is said to be a ruthless person. This is just a rumor, and I can't guarantee it's true. It's said that he initially only wanted the three of them to withdraw from the judging panel and have a new vote. But that very night, someone from the organizing committee came to persuade him. Not only people from the organizing committee, but also many others came to work on Wen Yang, hoping he would turn a blind eye. And Wen Yang... just flipped the table."

"This man is pretty awesome, ruthless."

“What is Wen Yang afraid of? Look at his resume, he must have someone backing him up, otherwise how could he be so adept at navigating so many circles?”

"The Blue Ribbon movement has changed hands; it's unclear what will happen next."

"I'm more curious about how the Golden Tripod Awards will be involved in this matter."

"To be honest, the works shortlisted for the Blue Ribbon Awards this time are indeed quite convincing."

"It's inevitable that some outstanding works will be overlooked in an award. The key is whether the shortlisted works can convince the public. Don't let those who should be shortlisted not be, while those who shouldn't be shortlisted are on the list."

"Haven't you heard that some people in the industry are already calling on them not to attend this year's Blue Ribbon Film Festival?"

"Huh? How can we mobilize people like this? Are we supposed to be nominated but not go?"

"It's said that some people have already agreed not to go."

"Then I guess there was no hope of winning an award to begin with."

“We don’t know what those people in the entertainment industry are thinking, but I don’t believe that someone with a chance of winning an award won’t go.”

After listening to everyone's discussion, Lu Qingzhen sent some messages to Chen Ziyan.

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Landing.

My phone received hundreds of unread messages.

Chen Ziyan checked the message immediately.

The plane is still taxiing.

Chen Ziyan turned to Lu Yanhe and said, "Sure enough, things have blown up."

Lu Yanhe was also looking at the messages on his phone.

So much happens in the world during the long flight.

The Blue Ribbon Awards became the most explosive event in the entertainment industry.

Fortunately, this incident has nothing to do with Lu Yanhe; he just needs to stay out of it and watch the show. However, given the scale of Blue Ribbon's actions and their impact on the entire entertainment industry, it can't be said that he's uninvolved.

After a while, Chen Ziyan said, "If this matter continues to escalate, it is very likely that some people will be exposed."

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe didn't understand.

Chen Ziyan said, "You have to understand that the three major domestic awards cannot possibly be completely clean."

Relationships, favors, exchanges of benefits... In fact, everyone knows that it is impossible to completely eliminate these phenomena in any award selection process. However, as long as they are not exposed and no irrefutable evidence is found, there will be people accusing the winners of being rigged every year. In the end, only one or two awards will truly become scandals. In most cases, the public will eventually recognize their value.

If it's discovered that someone actually obtained their award through these means, it will truly become a major international scandal.

"As soon as Wen Yang's press conference started, Jiang Mingzheng began to be criticized. Some people also started attacking Jiang Mingzheng, saying that he got the Best Actor award at the Honghe Award by cheating," Chen Ziyan said. "Jiang Mingzheng is now trending on social media for being criticized."

"Everyone seems to agree with the way the Blue Ribbon Awards determined its nomination list this year, right?"

“Yes, compared to a dozen or so professional judges, especially those who violated fairness and were publicly named, everyone naturally trusts the list selected by 500 people more,” Chen Ziyan said. “At this point, if there is a list of nominees that was set at the beginning, the two will be compared, and the drama that was ultimately rejected will be in an awkward position.”

"Even if they were taken down, it doesn't necessarily mean they were involved in these behind-the-scenes deals, right? It's also possible they were simply disliked by the 500 audience judges?"

"Yes, so I hope this matter can be resolved properly. I have mixed feelings right now. On the one hand, I hope that this incident can help weed out some of the corrupt elements in the industry, but on the other hand, I'm worried that if things get too big, it will affect the operation of the entire industry." Chen Ziyan said, "After all, in the past, under those circumstances, no production company, platform, or crew could completely ignore public relations; it just depended on how far they went."

Lu Yanhe understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

To put it bluntly, in that kind of environment, no one was truly clean.

Because one cannot survive in a clean environment.

Lu Yanhe suddenly remembered something and asked, "Sister Ziyan, is there any problem with my nomination and winning the award?"

"No, don't worry," Chen Ziyan said. "At your age, even if you never win an award, I don't plan to work for you."

“No, and please don’t ever help me with this again,” Lu Yanhe said. “Really, just like you said, once I do, it will become a stain on my life.”

Chen Ziyan: "When I really feel that I need to make some moves, it will definitely be better than being eliminated from the entertainment industry, even if it leaves a stain on my life."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Fortunately, I've already won an award, so I'm not worried."

“That’s just how people are. Once you’ve won a big award, your mindset is completely different from when you’ve never won one,” Chen Ziyan said. “Looking at you now, I really don’t know how high you’ll go in the future.”

(End of this chapter)