Chapter 268: A Clever Matching Strategy - Green is Especially Trendy This Year...

Before she knew it, the annual Golden Film Awards ceremony had arrived again, so Li Sishi had left the film crew early and started preparing to attend the evening's grand event in the afternoon.

The male lead, Rong Juezhang, also left the production team.

Although he wasn't nominated for a film role, he was nominated for "Midnight Song," the theme song of the same name for the movie, which he composed and sang himself. Moreover, he was the presenter for the "Best Movie Theme Song" award. Li Sishi, whose theme song for "Mermaid Romance" was also nominated for the same award, had been trying to find out more about him through subtle means.

After all, Shao Fenfen's "When You're Forty" was truly outstanding this year. Like Shang Lanyu's "The Legend of Xian Mingyu" back then, it won a major award in Baicheng before returning to Hong Kong and Taiwan to sweep various awards.

Therefore, Li Sishi was quite prepared for her to be eliminated from the nominations tonight. The only thing she was hoping for was that it would be a "marginal award" for a movie theme song.

Of course, Li Sishi's teasing with Rong Juezhang in private was just a way to use the "probing" posture to increase their chances of chatting and joking during breaks in filming—both of them are people who know the rules, and even if they had the opportunity to know the results in advance, they would never say it.

Not to mention that Rong Juezhang, as an award presenter, had to go to the venue that night, receive an envelope containing the list of winners, and then open it on stage to find out the results.

The male and female lead actors of the film have to attend the Golden Film Awards ceremony, and director Kwan Sum-fan is no exception. Although his film, like Rong Jue-zhang's, did not receive any nominations last year, as one of the well-known directors in Hong Kong's film industry, he will definitely receive an invitation to the Golden Film Awards ceremony.

This time, there weren't many trivial matters like going to the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, so when Li Sishi went to get her hair and makeup done in the afternoon, she only met Wan Jiamei. The two friends chatted intimately about choosing dresses and getting their hair and makeup done, creating a rare and sweet moment.

For her dress, Li Sishi chose a bright green silk halter dress that had a strong spring/summer vibe.

Wan Jiamei, on the other hand, felt that since she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and had her own temperament and style, she chose a relatively low-key black midi dress with an off-the-shoulder design at the neckline. Her long, wavy hair was tied up in a high ponytail, which was both dignified and lively for her age.

Turning to look at Li Sishi, I noticed that instead of the usual high bun that goes well with formal dresses, she had loosely tied her hair into a low bun.

She immediately came over with great appreciation and picked at Li Sishi's few stray strands of hair: "It's alright, it's alright. I thought you were going to put your hair up in a bun. You're younger than me, you don't need to do such a mature hairstyle!"

Although she felt uneasy about Li Sishi choosing such a "mature" bright red and green long dress, and even considered changing it to a more youthful and refreshing color...

Unexpectedly, when Li Sishi came out after changing into her dress, the emerald-like luster and color, which complemented her fair skin, made Li Sishi almost take her breath away: it turned out that in the face of such an extremely bright color, the light and fresh colors would appear much "dull".

It's fortunate that she chose a short black dress; otherwise, if Li Sishi, wearing such an eye-catching, almost blindingly bright green gown, stood next to her, she would immediately be seen as a human backdrop...

"You're exaggerating again," Li Sishi said, shaking her head with a wry smile.

This green gown was made after she learned the date of the awards ceremony and mentioned it to her cousin Zhou Huichang while she was making costumes for the movie. Because she had deliberately slimmed down to create a "haggard and lonely" look for the later part of the movie, Li Sishi felt that her slender figure paired with this green gown was not much different from the stunning green dress she wore in the movie "Redemption" in her memory.

Furthermore, due to the traditional historical significance of Chinese people wearing jade, and their delicate skin texture which is completely different from that of Westerners, this "Imperial Green" with its unique design can both command the world and exude gentle restraint.

"I'm absolutely not exaggerating! You'll definitely be the most eye-catching person in the whole place tonight!" Wan Jiamei was extremely confident in Li Sishi's look, and she reached out to hook her arm around Li Sishi's wrist. "I have to hold onto you tightly tonight, otherwise a lot of people will definitely want to take you away from me..."

She really meant what she said. From the moment the two got out of the car, she never let go of his hand. When the two finally managed to squeeze through the crowd of reporters waiting to catch them and get to Cheng Erjian and Wu Shanluan's side, she still occupied Li Sishi's side, forcing Wu Shanluan to take a step back to the edge.

"So, after the reshoots for the new ending, is it possible to get filming done in Malaysia?" Li Sishi asked Cheng Erjian in a low voice.

"The initial review was passed. If there are no unexpected issues, there shouldn't be any problems this time." Cheng Erjian nodded, then looked at Li Sishi's extremely bright green outfit, "This color really is quite selective of who you wear."

Even a straight man like him, after being initially amazed, realized just how difficult it is to pull off this color; if you can't wear it...

Well then, it's not "amazing" but "horrifying".

"It's always good to try new things in life." Her fuchsia dress at the Golden Lotus Awards and her colorful fishtail gown at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival made her shine. Now that she's back on her home turf, how could she not put in some effort, after preparing herself for a "nothing to show for it"?

Le Yun greatly admired Li Sishi's adventurous and daring new ideas, and once again used Li Sishi as an example to educate Cheng Erjian, who was dressed in a traditional black suit: "Look how good Ah May's idea is! It has the same style as your master when I was young. You should learn from her when you have time, especially since you're going to have a concert soon..."

He is known in the industry for his avant-garde and unique style of dress. His youngest apprentice, Li Sishi, has perfectly inherited a lot of his style. However, if his eldest apprentice, Cheng Erjian, has not inherited any of his style, then it would make him, as the master, a little unhappy.

After all, in terms of singing, he had already dragged Cheng Erjian, who had little talent, along to a point where he was barely able to get started; but when it came to his solo concert, it was mainly up to Cheng Erjian himself. His mentor and junior sister, Li Sishi, could only offer some advice, experience, and occasionally act as guest performers for him.

"Don't worry, Master, I already have a plan." Cheng Erjian nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had already made plans and preparations for the concert that was to be held later.

“Since you say so, I’m a little relieved.” Le Yun said, then couldn’t help but take another admiring look at Li Sishi’s green dress. After thinking for a moment, she took out a spare pair of emerald cufflinks from her bag and secretly fastened them for Cheng Erjian.

Seeing his incredibly slow-witted eldest disciple Cheng Erjian looking completely bewildered and letting him do as he pleased, Le Yun was incredibly disappointed in him. He had clearly seen through Cheng Erjian's hidden intentions before, but this guy was completely oblivious to the concept of being close to the source of the advantage, still acting like a senior brother and letting those wolves and tigers outside come and stare at his junior sister!

Although he knew the people who were watching Li Sishi, and could even be considered some of his more admired juniors.

However, when faced with a choice between the two, he still preferred his eldest disciple, Cheng Erjian, who, although a bit simple-minded, was quite pure-hearted.

Unfortunately, Cheng Erjian was too slow-witted. He didn't even realize he had the chance to put together a clever styling trick, forcing the old man to step in and help—he had no choice but to help. Meanwhile, Wu Shanluan was sporting a more casual Japanese look today, with a navy blue trench coat perfectly paired with a...

A dark green scarf!

Even with Wan Jiamei in between, these two young people, whose colors matched harmoniously and whose appearances were quite compatible, inevitably attracted some gossip reporters.

After Le Yun put the emerald cufflinks on Cheng Erjian's wrist and casually sat back down, a sharp-eyed reporter quickly noticed: "Hey, Ah May, your outfits tonight are quite 'matching'!"

“Yes, we specially put them together. Look, we all have them… I went to the Asia-Pacific Film Festival before, and I noticed that green is especially popular this year!” Li Sishi glanced at the cufflinks that had suddenly appeared on Cheng Erjian’s cuffs, and immediately pulled Wan Jiamei over to show the reporters the dark green hairband on Wan Jiamei’s ponytail.

She originally intended to use it to deal with reporters who were gossiping about the colors of Wu Shanluan's scarf and her dress, but unexpectedly, her master pulled this stunt for her, so she simply went with the flow and turned the "bestie outfits" into a "family photo".

The gossip reporters, having been rebuffed by her, turned their attention to others—wait, could it be that Li Sishi wasn't just brushing them off, but that green is really in fashion this year?!

Seeing Ling Chen wearing a dark green shirt under his black suit as he entered and sat down, and then looking at the row of green-clad figures on Li Sishi's side, many reporters fell into deep thought.

Taking advantage of the reporters' attention being diverted by the early morning, Li Sishi glanced at the somewhat guilty Wan Jiamei with a half-smile. Although she didn't say anything, the meaning in her eyes was quite clear: You tipped them off?

Before the beauty pageant, Wan Jiamei was a casual fan of Lingchen. After visiting Lingchen on set, she developed feelings for her and Lingchen as a couple. Li Sishi would not find it strange that Wan Jiamei would secretly tip off Lingchen about the style and color of her dress.

"I...I just said it casually..." Wan Jiamei said weakly, "You look so beautiful in that dress. I was on the phone with a friend while I was getting my hair done, and I couldn't help but compliment her a few times. Who knew that my friend was at a commercial performance in the early hours of the morning..."

"Alright, there's already so much greenery here, one more won't make a difference." Li Sishi waved her hand, both amused and exasperated.

Just as Li Sishi was about to say something to deal with the reporters, she suddenly noticed one of the reporters in front of her looking behind her and exclaiming sincerely, "So green really is going to be all the rage this year?"

Subconsciously following the reporter's gaze, I turned around and saw that Shang Hanyou was also wearing a black suit, but with a dark green and black striped handkerchief adorning his chest...

"Who's tipping us off again?" Li Sishi sighed and rubbed her forehead. Rong Juezhang, who was walking by, immediately waved his hand to indicate that it had nothing to do with him.

“But I know who it is.” Rong Juezhang waved his hand, chuckled, tapped Li Sishi’s forehead, and then gestured for her to look towards the door.

"How could I possibly dig myself up..." Just as Li Sishi was about to retort, she suddenly saw a "white-haired witch" dressed in a black see-through outfit strutting into the arena at the last second.

This look was so eye-catching that everyone present was instantly drawn to this "white-haired witch".

A fan holding up a light sign that read "I will always love Pei Yansang" was probably stunned by Pei Yansang's appearance. After jumping three feet high, the fan ran away screaming like a madman...

Remembering that she had run into Pei Yansang while getting her hair done at the salon and had casually chatted with her about her dress ideas, Li Sishi realized she had dug her own grave and immediately shut her mouth, which she was about to continue speaking.