At the end of April, the annual Sky Awards announced its nominees again. The competition for the awards this year was still fierce. Among the nominees for Best Film, "Black Curtain" and "Daylight Crisis" were prominently featured. Both films were the top two box office hits of this summer, and both were works that achieved both box office success and critical acclaim.

This year's competition is evident here—in previous years, the Best Picture nominee list often only included one box office hit, and that film was usually just a runner-up, having little impact on the final result.

In recent years, the only film that has stood out in terms of word-of-mouth, plot, and box office is "One Me," starring Xi Ming.

The year Ji Yan won Best Actor, "The Vanished Murder" wasn't even nominated for Best Film. This is enough to prove how carefully the Changkong Awards selects its nominees. Even if "The Vanished Murder" had outstanding box office performances and the actors' performances were commendable, it was still not qualified. The Changkong Awards jury would never be perfunctory in selecting its nominees.

Ji Yan continued looking down the list.

Besides Best Picture, "Black Curtain" was also nominated for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Original Song, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay... Among the films starring Ji Yan, "Black Curtain" definitely has the most nominations.

He then took a look at "Daylight Crisis," and wow, "Daylight Crisis" had the exact same number of nominations as "Blackout," and even had one more Best Supporting Actress nomination than "Blackout." The actresses in "Daylight Crisis" also had quite a few scenes, while those in "Blackout" had almost none.

Ji Yan: "..."

How to put it? The awards ceremony hadn't even started yet, but he already sensed a storm brewing.

What surprised him most was that the Chang Kong Awards actually nominated him for Best Actor.

Given the conservative and rigid nature of the Changkong Awards, Ji Yan always felt that even if his name were submitted, he would probably be eliminated in the initial screening. After all, Li Yu was such a bad and perverted character that if Ji Yan were nominated, it would be as if the Changkong Awards committee was encouraging this type of role.

It's not surprising at all that Xi Ming was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Ji Yan felt that with Xi Ming's talent, it would be perfectly normal to award the prize directly to him.

Another nomination is—

The moment Ji Yan saw the nomination list, he couldn't wait to share the good news with Ning Wei: "Teacher Ning, have you seen the newly released nomination list for the Changkong Award?"

The rabbit nodded in place of Ning Wei's words.

“Since you’ve been nominated, I’d like to win an award,” Ji Yan said with a sigh. “Unfortunately, it’s too difficult to win an award this time; it’s an cosmic level of difficulty.”

"You can do it." Ning Wei has always been blindly optimistic about Ji Yan winning the award. Ji Yan sometimes feels that Teacher Ning is even more blindly optimistic than his fans. In Teacher Ning's mind, his image is probably somewhere between Superman and Ultraman.

When Ji Yan said this, his teammates disagreed.

"I think your image is somewhere between a bald master and a pornographic panda. Don't think that Ning Shen has beautified you, Teacher Ji. You're beautifying yourself too, okay?"

Ji Yan: "...Am I that bad?"

"Remove the 'ma' from your head." Fang Yu patted Ji Yan's shoulder lightly. "When it comes to being a pervert, you should have more confidence in yourself."

Regarding the nomination for the Changkong Award, Xie Mingxuan and his colleagues felt that if judging purely on performance, Ji Yan had a very high chance of winning. Among all the nominated roles, his portrayal of Li Yu was the most impressive, and Ji Yan's performance was simply outstanding—even though he was the youngest among the nominated actors, his mastery of the role of Li Yu was highly recognized.

The only problem is that the character of Li Yu is far too negative.

Another point is that Ji Yan already has a Changkong Award trophy.

The criteria for the Chang Kong Awards have always prioritized acting skills, but the awarding process itself is not a cold, mechanical operation. It involves many factors, and at least in this year's competition, Ji Yan is at a disadvantage among the nominees.

However, he was already very happy to be nominated in the same year as Teacher Ning.

Although the chances of winning together are very low.

In terms of the chances of winning, Teacher Ning is more likely to win than him. The biggest competitor for "Black Curtain" in this award is obviously "Daylight Crisis", but the theme song of "Daylight Crisis" is not as influential as "Pure White", and "Pure White" fits the story of "Black Curtain" better and can bring the audience into the atmosphere of the story more directly.

But Ji Yan had made a promise with Teacher Ning, and if possible, the sooner the promise was fulfilled, the better.

"You'll be attending the awards ceremony, right?" Ji Yan asked Ning Wei.

The next second, he received an affirmative answer from Teacher Ning.

"Shall we walk the red carpet together?"

In the WeChat chat, a hopping rabbit nodded in agreement. As the nomination list was released, the Changkong Award organizing committee extended invitations to all nominees, and Ning Wei, in addition to attending the awards ceremony, was also invited to perform at the ceremony.

"Would you like to... sing 'Pure White' with me?" After a while, Ning Wei asked Ji Yan this question.

"Were you invited?" Ji Yan asked curiously. "I can, but will the organizers of the Changkong Award agree?"

"It's impossible not to agree."

Ning Wei simply felt a sudden urge to go on stage and sing with Ji Yan.

The reason he accepted the invitation to sing the theme song for "Black Curtain" was largely because of Ji Yan. As his lover, he wanted to keep Ji Yan hidden away, but sometimes he also had the urge to show off their affection.

Ning Wei guessed that Ji Yan's thoughts were probably similar to his. Their brainwaves would inexplicably connect at certain moments, and even if the ideas seemed strange to outsiders, Ji Yan could quickly understand them.

The chorus arrangement was settled. It was rare that both Ji Yan and Ning Wei were willing to perform, and the Changkong Award organizing committee was worried about not having enough buzz, so naturally they had no intention of disagreeing.

In fact, since Ji Yan was nominated for the Chang Kong Awards and won a Best Actor award in the past few years, the Chang Kong Awards organizing committee has really felt the traffic he brought - the audience, especially the young audience, pays more attention to the awards. Every year after the nomination list is announced, a large number of viewers will speculate on the final list. In addition, the ratings of the awards ceremony and the number of viewers watching the live broadcast have also changed significantly.

The Sky Awards will certainly not change its selection of winners based on a little popularity, but the Sky Awards also hopes for traffic—even higher attention on the red carpet is beneficial, as it will allow the awards ceremony to attract brand sponsors more quickly and thus recoup its costs.

For the Changkong Award organizing committee, holding an event of this scale every year is also a huge expense, and they are in great need of external financial support.

"Professor Ji has been nominated again! Seriously, I feel like Professor Ji's career has gone on a rampage. It's beyond amazing. How many times has he been nominated? Three or four times?"

"Fourthly, here's a little-known fact: 'The Curtain' is the fourth film that Teacher Ji has acted in."

"What shocked me the most was that Teacher Ji played Li Yu this time. How could he be nominated for Best Actor for such a super perverted character like Li Yu? Just how much does the Chang Kong Award like him? Four films, four nominations. Is Teacher Ji the Chang Kong Award's favorite son?"

"Personally, I think that even if Teacher Ji is the 'favorite son' of the Changkong Award, he deserves to be the 'favorite son'. Do you really think that getting nominated for the Changkong Award is so easy? There are hundreds of movies released in theaters every year, with box office revenues of tens of billions. How many actors can be favored by the Changkong Award?"

Most of the discussions surrounding this year's Sky Awards nominations came from film enthusiasts, including some of Ji Yan's fans. However, most film enthusiasts were more interested in the development of the films and the awards themselves. In contrast, Ji Yan's fans were a rather calm group.

They weren't exactly Versailles—maybe a little—but they weren't surprised at all by Ji Yan's nomination. From his first film, *I, Nameless*, Ji Yan had already shocked them enough. This year… a win would probably shock them, but a nomination—

It's just a nomination.

Ji Yan only nominated him four times.

In short, nothing that happens to Ji Yan will surprise his fans.

Ji Yan can handle any type of role, whether it's pure, crazy, or evil... He dares to try new things and is able to thoroughly analyze the roles he plays.

When he was first nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Chang Kong Awards for "I, Nameless", there was a lot of skepticism from the outside world. But when he won Best Actor for "The Vanishing Murderer", the skepticism had disappeared.

This year, no one questions Ji Yan's portrayal of Li Yu anymore. He has created a frightening character, and even when Li Yu's face appears on screen, it still sends chills down people's spines.

After Ji Yan starred in "Black Curtain", he actually lost some fans, but he later gained them back with the album "Inspiration".

It's not that fans abandoned him and started following other celebrities, but rather that after the release of "Black Curtain," some of his fans and parents went to see the movie together. After leaving the theater, some parents felt that Ji Yan seemed rather unserious and not suitable for being liked by minors.

Li Yu is so evil that it's frightening; even adults might not be able to withstand him.

Ji Yan: "..."

Well, this reason left him speechless. He did lose some fans, but it was enough to prove that he played the role very well, and Ji Yan's vanity was satisfied once again.

But he really wanted to say that he was actually a pretty decent person. He would occasionally send out a pornographic panda emoji, and sometimes get disliked by the cat. He would occasionally freeload at Lao Xie's hotpot and steal Fang Yu's ice cream. He really hadn't done anything else bad.

After the nomination list was announced, director Li Xiang called Ji Yan and told him with a smile that he had cast his vote for Ji Yan.

Li Xiang is a member of the Changkong Award jury and has one vote.

"I'll give Professor Guan Lan a call," Ji Yan said with a smile.

Guan Lan is the male lead in "Daytime Crisis" and one of Ji Yan's competitors at this year's Changkong Awards.

Li Xiang: "...Show some respect for the elderly."

"Please show some respect to this handsome guy who will be 18 in 11 years. Thank you."