Chapter 240 Extra 2: Xia Dan's Award (Part 1)

On the day Xia Dan won her third Golden Bear for Best Actress, she took the stage to speak, completely lost in her youthful self. In four years, she won one Best Actress in Asia and three Best Actresses in China.

She is the pride of her fans and her speech exudes steadiness and maturity.

She is obviously of the same age as the other female artists, but she has the air of an older generation artist.

"I thank Chen Duo for her help in my career. This award is half mine and half hers. Thank you again for supporting the dreams of all filmmakers." After Xia Dan finished speaking, she gracefully picked up the trophy and walked off the stage.

The fans who were watching the live broadcast were all floating in the barrage.

"Here I come, here I come. I have to thank Chen Duo once a year!"

"I now suspect that of Chen Duo's more than 25 million fans, at least 5 million are thanks to her."

"Dandan is so sincere."

"It feels so awesome to share this honor with you."

Those familiar with Xia Dan know her past. A professionally trained actress, she struggled to make it in the glamorous entertainment industry and began delivering food to support her acting dreams. It was Chen Duo who recognized her, signed her to a company, and launched her acting career.

When I first saw Xia Dan saying that she was a little uncomfortable with being a resource-rich person for the first time, this clip went viral on the Internet.

In the past, these words could be used as "evidence" to argue with the opponent for days and nights, but everyone was unreasonably tolerant of her.

"It turns out we don't hate resourceful people, we just hate resourceful people who are unworthy of their positions!"

"You have acting skills and resources? If I were Director Lin, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"How do you know Lin or the director didn't wake up laughing in his dream?"

"Where else can I find such a resourceful person?"

"Go to the Lemon Entertainment building and pay your respects. Their boss is rich and protective. Last time, an artist from the company was wronged and was squeezed out during filming, the Lemon Entertainment boss directly launched another TV series IP and gave the wronged artist the lead role. He even went online with the other actor, giving them overwhelming publicity and outshining them. Watching the trending searches at the time was truly delightful!"

“No wonder all the artists nowadays want to sign with Lemon Entertainment.”

"But even so, Xia Dan is undoubtedly the top star of Lemon Entertainment! She is completely in a different league from actresses of the same age. While others are still vying for the position of "little flowers", she has already become a big star."

"really……"

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The online discussion was heated. But at this moment, Xia Dan finished the award ceremony, changed her clothes, and went directly to a private room in a small restaurant without even an assistant.

As soon as she entered, she smiled more.

"Duoduo, Mr. Xu!"

That’s right, the people she invited to the banquet were the benefactors Chen Duo and Xu Kaiming whom she had just thanked on the stage. Now these two have become her good friends.

"Congratulations, you won the Best Actress award." Chen Duo smiled and gave her gift, which was a set of super expensive skin care products.

"Thank you, Duoduo." She sat down and said, "This restaurant is very famous. I had to persuade the owner to book it for the whole day." She was rich and famous now. She had eaten at many expensive restaurants, but it was this cheap place that could really make her feel the aroma of hot pot.

Xu Kaiming said, "I heard that actresses are afraid to compete with you for awards now. You've been a runner-up for three consecutive years."

Winning Best Actress is already quite impressive. She's won three awards in a row! She's incredibly powerful.

In the past, her opponents would always criticize her in press releases, but now they have nothing to say.

Xia Dan said, "Then she can rest assured. I might have to go out and develop my career."

What's the point of always filming in China? Even if she wins the highest award, it's just that. She wants to see the filming methods abroad and explore the differences between domestic and foreign films.

"Ah?" Chen Duo was a little worried: "Then you should prepare a few more assistants, a few translators, and bodyguards."

Whether it's foreign actors coming to China or Chinese entertainers going abroad, it's very complicated and requires multiple levels of reporting.

It takes a lot of courage to fight in a completely unfamiliar field.

Xia Dan didn’t even tell her agent about her decision: “You are the first to know.” She was lucky that when she told others, their first reaction was that they were worried that she would have difficulty living outside, not anything else.

"I'll take care of myself," Xia Dan said, and then poured himself a glass of wine.

By the way, she also filled up Xu Kaiming and Chen Duo's cups. In order to celebrate with them, she didn't even attend the film festival's celebration banquet. In Xia Dan's heart, meeting Chen Duo meant far more than greeting those so-called film people.

Xia Dan held up his wine glass and said, "Thank you so much for your contribution to domestic films."

Chen Duo raised his glass and clinked it with it. "I never thought this would actually work!"

Back then, those filmmakers threatened to ban Xia Dan, even barring her from participating in awards. Chen Duo was furious, thinking, since she could make a movie for just 10 million, she might as well spend 200 million. She could make 20 films just for fun. She simply refused to believe their power was so immense that they could completely dominate the world.

Who would have thought that the flowers from those years would still bear fruit? They really signed a contract with a very outstanding creator!

Apart from the initial search for some hot products from parallel universes by Chen Duo, the rest were evaluated by capable people in the company themselves.

The return on investment was astonishing, with nineteen out of twenty films becoming hits.

It was a miracle of commercial cinema, and even made the so-called film associations lose face.

When netizens were reviewing the film, they said something special: it turns out that making a movie doesn’t require investing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Chen Duo originally planned to close the company after a few years. But now, it has become a domestic film superfactory, where talented filmmakers can be formed into production teams and even recruited actors.

There are also independent producers who can choose between the two sides. All complex issues are simplified.

And the contract doesn't bind you. After you've made a film, if you want to go it alone later, you can leave at any time.

Even after leaving the company, many filmmakers will still talk about the good times they had working together in public.

The company had recently gone public in Hong Kong and rang the bell. Chen Duo's net worth had skyrocketed several times over. Xia Dan also bought some original shares and made a fortune.

This unexpected result led to a wonderful outcome. I have to say that they are truly favored by the film market.

At this moment, the three parties clinked their glasses and had a delicious meal.