"Keep up the good work, Teacher Ji!"

"Looking forward to the moment when Professor Ji shines brightly!"

In the live broadcast room of the Huayi Awards, fans flooded the screen with comments, sending their encouragement to Ji Yan with great enthusiasm. The fans did not actually feel sorry for Ji Yan. At his age, being nominated for Best Actor at both the Chang Kong Awards and the Huayi Awards shows that his talent has already surpassed that of many others.

Ji Yan himself did not appear disappointed, though this might just be a facade.

"In short, keep shining, Teacher Ji!!"

Tonight, after several prestigious awards have been presented, the Overseas Contribution Award, established for the first time this year, will finally be awarded.

Presumably to promote this newly established award, the Huayi Awards scheduled its awards after Best Film, which was almost the most watched segment of the entire awards ceremony.

As one of the nominees, Ji Ruan's face appeared on the big screen at the event.

As the camera focused on the nominees, whether intentionally or not, the lens captured Ji Yan's expression at that moment—

Ji Yan's gaze remained calm, and he didn't even raise an eyebrow when looking at the big screen.

Because Ji Yan has always kept a low profile regarding his status as the young master of the Ji family, many of his new fans are unaware of his connection with the Ji family. Ji Yan doesn't deliberately mention Ji Ruan, which is one of the reasons why fans like him more and more. Back when "Yi" was at a low point in his career, Ji Ruan's fans often mocked Ji Yan for trying to gain attention by associating with others. Even when Ji Yan was ridiculed for participating in "Idol Century," the reason he was mocked was simply because he kept emphasizing his status as the third young master of the Ji family.

He almost never mentioned Ji Ruan on his own initiative.

But what about Ji Ruan? He always "encourages" Ji Yan as a senior in the entertainment industry. At first glance, his words seem innocuous, but upon closer analysis, the sense of superiority in his words is unmistakable.

However, even after Ji Ruan's status as the third young master of the Ji family completely disappeared, he still kept mentioning Ji Yan's name and comparing himself to Ji Yan, bringing Ji Yan into everything he did.

Now, in terms of strength and popularity, Ji Yan is stronger than Ji Ruan, but Ji Yan has never had the idea of ​​kicking someone when they're down. He doesn't mention Ji Ruan or speak ill of her, and treats her as if she's invisible.

This is one of the reasons why fans like Ji Yan.

Ji Yan is very genuine; he never intentionally hurts others.

He criticizes whomever he wants to criticize openly and honestly, and he won't publicly claim to be friends with a celebrity when he has a falling out with them. He is always sincere to his friends and partners.

Since Ji Ruan returned to the mainstream spotlight with "Super Flying Man", he has tried to piggyback on Ji Yan's fame more than once.

Even though he was nominated for the so-called Overseas Contribution Award, some marketing accounts still used headlines like "Ji Yan's brother Ji Ruan nominated" when releasing promotional press releases.

In fact, Ji Yan had no idea who was older between him and Ji Ruan, but in the eyes of the marketing accounts, they probably thought that Ji Ruan, who had stayed in the Ji family longer, was the older brother.

"The recipient of this year's Huayi Awards' Outstanding Overseas Contribution Award is—Ji Ruan, congratulations!!!"

On the awards stage, the guest announced Ji Ruan's name with a delighted expression. Ji Yan didn't even raise an eyebrow. He wasn't surprised at all. In fact, when he saw Ji Ruan's name on the nomination list, he assumed that she would win the award.

Ji Ruan walked steadily onto the stage to accept the trophy.

He wasn't foolish enough to keep mentioning Ji Yan at the awards ceremony. Instead, he humbly said that he hadn't done enough, but despite his "clumsiness," he was still willing to continue contributing to the development of Chinese-language films.

However, Ji Ruan did not forget to reveal that he is currently involved in a big-budget co-production, and he believes that with the efforts of him and a group of filmmakers, the influence of Chinese-language films will become wider and wider.

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience. Ji Yan didn't clap, but just yawned silently. He had been busy since the afternoon, and he was really sleepy after finally making it to the awards ceremony.

He understood what Ji Ruan meant: the other party was becoming more and more awesome, and this time they had created a project that was even more awesome than "Super Flying Man".

Ji Yan knew without even guessing what kind of reports would appear online next.

...

Just as he expected.

The Huayi Awards have concluded, with Xi Ming crowned Best Actor.

"The Ji family's twin stars shine at the Huayi Awards; Ji Ruan is pushing Chinese-language films onto the world stage."

Ji Ruan receives overseas contribution award; his development path is drastically different from Ji Yan's.

"Why is he here again? What kind of rubbish is this?" Fang Yu felt like he couldn't eat after reading the report.

In these reports, whenever Ji Ruan and Ji Yan are mentioned together, Ji Ruan is always praised while Ji Yan is criticized. The implication is that Ji Yan is still stuck in the domestic market, while Ji Ruan's vision has already turned to the world. While Ji Ruan has gained a say in co-productions, Ji Yan can only make a film called "The Vanished Murder" with a budget of just over 10 million yuan.

"This film has zero star power, zero fame, and low budget. It can be said to be a three-no film. From a long-term development perspective, starring in such a film will not benefit Ji Yan himself. Is this a delusion brought about by the success of 'Young Love Poems'? But even though they are both low-budget films, 'Young Love Poems' has a much stronger cast than 'The Vanished Murder'. Ji Yan should be more cautious."

"Is this really not just nonsense?" Even Lu Wei couldn't stand it anymore.

"Ignore them, just pretend they're talking nonsense." Ji Yan shook his head. "They use the same few tricks over and over again, it's really not boring at all."

Ji Yan was too lazy to argue with Ji Ruan.

In his view, these so-called underhanded tricks and dirty tricks were Ji Ruan's forte. The more the other party did this, the more Ji Yan thought that the other party was a person of low character, and therefore not worthy of his attention.

He couldn't help but wonder what the Ji brothers were feeling at that moment.

In the words of his teacher Ning, sometimes he's a mischievous panda.

Ji Yan was only thinking about it secretly; he couldn't possibly ask Ji Wei what his opinion was on Ji Ruan's press release. However, the Ji family members reacted very quickly.

On the afternoon of the second day after the Huayi Awards ended, when press releases about the so-called "Ji Family Twins" were flying everywhere, Ji Yushi retweeted a Weibo post from one of the marketing accounts and commented: "There is no Ji Family Twins."

Ji Xuekong liked Ji Yushi's Weibo post, and then posted on her homepage: "I only have one younger brother, Ji Yan."

However, they only dared to post it on Weibo. If they were to say it to Ji Yan's face, Ji Yan would definitely scold them without hesitation.

Ji Yan's contact with the Ji family has increased slightly compared to when he claimed he wanted to sever his brotherhood, but this only applies to his eldest brother, Ji Wei. He contacts him two or three more times a year. As for the others, he has always maintained a "live and let live" attitude. If Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong try to talk to him about being brothers, Ji Yan will scold them mercilessly.

His temper has worsened considerably; once he treats those two as strangers, he unleashes his fury without any restraint.

Fang Yu showed Ji Yan Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong Ji Yushi's Weibo posts, and Ji Yan was puzzled: "I remember these two were quite fond of Ji Ruan, weren't they? What's their attitude now...?"

That was like slapping Ji Ruan's left cheek and then her right cheek, showing absolutely no mercy.

Fang Yu imagined a dramatic love story, with Ji Ruan deceiving Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong's feelings, and the emotional entanglement between the three of them being indescribable.

"This is the kind of TV series I watched when I was a kid. I love every single one of you. Have you seen it?"

"Do you think only you would approve of that kind of perverted stuff?" Ji Yan tossed a banana at him. "Stop imagining things."

"It's a really complicated relationship."

Actually, the matter is not complicated. Ji Yan only wanted Ji Wei, so the other party would definitely be willing to tell him. However, Ji Yan did not. Ji Wei had the idea that family scandals should not be aired in public, so he did not reveal this matter to Ji Yan.

What's the point of revealing it? Ji Yan was already disappointed in the Ji brothers, Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong. Revealing this news would only make him more disappointed.

It's actually about "Super Flying Man".

Ji Ruan's abilities are certainly insufficient to make up for the funding gap of the big-budget production "Super Flying Man". Even if Ji Ruan uses the portion of assets that Ji Wei gave him, plus the portion that he had secretly transferred to himself before, it will not be enough.

Moreover, Ji Ruan is not someone who can generously give away all his assets. Unlike Raymond, he is not optimistic about "Super Flying Man". He is only interested in the cast of the movie and the benefits it can bring to him.

Naturally, he immediately thought of Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong.

After all, having spent so many years together, Ji Ruan understood Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong's personalities better than anyone else. In the past 20 years, neither of them had the ability to refuse him, and his requests were generally fulfilled.

Even though... he is no longer their brother.

In conclusion, Ji Ruan used the funds provided by Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong to fill the funding gap during the filming of "Super Flying Man," and even had some surplus to use for promoting the film, which helped him gain more connections in overseas markets.

Although Ji Ruan is no longer a member of the Ji family, the funds he brought were real. Naturally, his abilities were recognized overseas, which led to the Huayi Awards' so-called "Overseas Contribution Award".

It took Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong a while to realize that they had been deceived.

It's not fair to say they were scammed; it's more accurate to say that two well-off people were simply used as ATMs.

They always impulsively poured their hearts out to each other, only realizing much later that they had been used.

Ji Yan, who heard the news much later, was speechless.

They should change their names; one should be called Ji Dayuan, and the other Ji Datou.

But he had to admit that he felt a strange sense of satisfaction upon hearing that the two had been scammed.

Hehehe.

...

After the Huayi Awards ended, it was the end of the year again. Ji Yan carefully reviewed his busy year and realized that he had only written a few songs, held two concerts, and acted in a movie.

Of course, there's another very important thing: he has a boyfriend who also owns a cat, which means he has both a boyfriend and a cat.

Buy one get one free, double the savings!

As the year draws to a close, invitations to various events come flooding in again. "Wings" are once again invited by major TV stations to participate in New Year's Eve concerts. However, after careful consideration, Ji Yan and the others decide to skip this year's New Year's Eve concerts.

They want to use the end of the year to brainstorm ideas for a new album, and they need a relatively quiet atmosphere. Moreover, they have already sung all the songs they wanted to sing at this year's concerts, so they don't have enough new songs and they lack motivation on stage.

Ji Yan received the notebook that Xi Ming had mentioned.

The script sent by Xi Ming was indeed of good quality. It was a crime thriller, and in addition to the film and television company that Xi Ming worked for, a company from Hong Kong was also involved in the production. This script was submitted to Ji Yan after being screened by Ye Ying. In the agent's opinion, it was one of the better scripts she had seen recently.

"You can think about it; I think it's worth taking."

"Let me take another look."

For Ji Yan, the biggest drawback of filming is the long production cycle, especially when filming under directors like Li Xiang and Zhu Shuguang who are known for their patience and meticulousness. Filming can easily take at least six months, and many shoots can last more than a year.

He couldn't possibly be 100% committed to the filming of the movie, but he wouldn't give up being a member of "Wings"; he wanted to fight to the very end with his friends.