Chapter 137 The Awards Ceremony is Lively
Chapter 137
Feng Zeng: "..."
Sometimes he felt that Lin Yuan appreciated his identity as a gossip spreader more than his job as an agent.
But Feng Zeng didn't think he was being gossipy at all.
He was just relaying rumors he had heard.
“Yes, yes, yes.” Lin Yuan nodded in agreement. “I’m not gossiping, I just want to hear the rumors you’ve heard.”
Feng Zeng: "...You think I'm a fool."
"What do you mean?"
You have it!
Despite his protest, Feng Zeng honestly recounted the gossip he had heard, which was actually related to this year's Golden Wing Awards. He said that Cao Yan had thrown a huge tantrum, and other judges also had a lot of opinions about Xu Lijia.
In terms of fame, Cao Yan is no less than Xu Lijia; however, they have taken different paths, with Cao Yan being more popular and winning his award relatively late.
In the public's perception, Cao Yan is the type who can make up for his lack of talent through hard work. He was not known for his acting skills in his early years, but became a skilled actor through hard work, which is completely different from actors like Xu Lijia who have super talent.
Some people say that Xu Lijia's low emotional intelligence matches his acting skills. It is precisely because he does not care about other people's opinions and only focuses on himself, and devotes more energy to acting, that he has achieved his current success.
However, this year's Golden Wing Awards jury includes screenwriters and directors, all of whom are film and television industry professionals. Feng Zeng felt that Xu Lijia's arrogance was inappropriate and offended too many people.
“Maybe he’s not afraid himself,” Feng Zeng shrugged. “He is indeed irreplaceable in certain roles.”
Many directors seek out Xu Lijia for his international influence; he is a familiar face to overseas film festivals, exhibitions, and filmmakers.
The performance didn't reach Lin Yuan's part, and what Feng had heard was inside information; the specifics were still unknown to the outside world.
However, the Golden Wing Award is indeed drawing ever closer.
Lin Yuan is engrossed in filming on set and doesn't pay attention to the outside world. He's quite glad that he won the Best Supporting Actor award for "Thousand Mountains" in one go, otherwise he would still be anxious no matter what.
Lin Yuan now feels like an outsider. When he sees news about the Golden Wing Awards, even if his name is mentioned, he feels like it's talking about someone else.
As a result, the group chat for the "Killing" drama suddenly became lively that day.
Lin Yuan was also in the group, but he rarely participated. The group only became lively when the movie was released. Lin Yuan did not participate in the roadshow at that time, and he also missed the subsequent celebration banquet.
However, director Ge Peng had a very good impression of Lin Yuan. He didn't attend the celebration banquet, but the director specially gave him a large red envelope to express his gratitude for saving the day.
Today, director Ge Peng actually swore in the group chat.
There are only a few main actors in the group, no one else. They usually chat about things inside the industry, and the director is not worried about leaks.
Lin Yuan was unaware of the situation.
Li Mobei messaged him privately and sent him a link.
Lin Yuan: "...It can be like this?"
"Isn't it annoying to do it once or twice?"
“I also said there was no need to take it too seriously,” Li Mobei said. “Who would have thought he would be so persistent?”
It's still Xu Lijia.
"Killing" was submitted to this year's Golden Wing Awards and was nominated for several awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director, which is a good result.
This should have been a happy occasion, but the problem was that Director Ge Peng was the one who introduced Lin Yuan to Director Ren Maoxing.
There are no secrets in the film and television industry. At first, Xu Lijia did not know how Lin Yuan got involved with the "Bloody Past" crew. But gradually, director Ren Maoxing revealed some information, and director Ge Peng did not intend to hide it from others. The news spread and reached Xu Lijia's ears.
Xu Lijia's personality needs no further explanation.
In short, he won't be happy.
Previously, he had some conflicts with other members of the jury over the Best Supporting Actor nomination. Now that Xu Lijia is still unhappy with "Killing", he no longer speaks frankly but instead lets the media know a little bit about it.
This time he was smarter; he didn't say which movie he didn't like.
Ge Peng and Li Mobei are not to be trifled with, at least not as much as the main creators of the "Ghost Arts" drama.
In the interview, Xu Lijia mentioned what movies he likes and what performances he appreciates... He mentioned almost all the nominees for this year's Golden Wing Awards, except for "Killing".
He didn't mention "Killing" once from beginning to end.
The media, sensing the underlying meaning, naturally understood Xu Lijia's preferences.
However, Xu Lijia's statement is not wrong at all. It can be said that he forgot. There are at least a dozen films nominated for the Golden Wing Award. What is wrong with him omitting "Killing"?
Obviously, this is nothing to write home about.
But the crew of "Killing" aren't stupid.
With awards just around the corner, director Ge Peng believes that although "Killing" is not a top-tier masterpiece, it is not difficult for it to win an award at this year's Golden Wing Awards.
Both lead actors delivered outstanding performances, with Lin Yuan providing a rare and excellent performance in recent years.
The year Lin Yuan won Best Supporting Actor for "Thousand Mountains" was even more competitive than this year. In Ge Peng's opinion, Lin Yuan's portrayal of Su Kai was superior to that of Gu Yilou.
Lin Yuan is fully entitled to it.
Considering other factors, it's already quite regrettable that Lin Yuan didn't get the role, but now, Xu Lijia is blatantly discriminating against the "Killing" production team.
Li Mobei and the female lead of "Killing" are both well-received, having both won the Golden Wing Award. However, for the production team, the issue is not whether they win awards, but whether they have been treated fairly.
"The awards ceremony hasn't even started yet; it's all just discussion right now," Li Mobei said. "So the director can only get angry for no reason."
Lin Yuan sighed, "Sigh."
“The director said—” Li Mobei lowered his voice, “that’s why he recommended you.”
Ge Peng had no regrets about recommending Lin Yuan; on the contrary, he felt he had done the right thing.
"So what if I offended him?" Ge Peng said calmly. "With his personality, do you think he'd be grateful if I recommended him?"
"I would never recommend it, even if you killed me."
Lin Yuan whispered, "The director looks really angry."
"Of course, wouldn't you be angry if you encountered that?"
The Golden Wing Awards organizing committee will not change its members. The awards ceremony is approaching day by day, and the candidates have been decided long ago. They are just waiting for the live broadcast.
Although Xu Lijia is very prone to offending people, the Golden Wing Awards have gained rare attention this year because of him.
Everyone, both inside and outside the industry, is curious about who will win this year's awards.
The conflict between Xu Lijia and Cao Yan is currently only known to people within the industry, but marketing accounts have already noticed it to some extent—Xu Lijia and Cao Yan did not interact openly during previous public appearances of the judging panel.
This is true on the surface, and it goes without saying that it's even more true in private.
...
The Golden Wing Awards were just one day away. The crew of "Bloody Past" had a day off, so Lin Yuan stayed home and didn't go out. He had prepared melon seeds and drinks. Director Ren Maoxing probably knew that he planned to watch the awards ceremony. In the evening, he knocked on his door and stuffed a bag of oranges and a few frozen pears into his hand.
Lin Yuan: "...I have an orange phobia."
"Just eat your food, you talk too much."
Ren Maoxing discovered that Lin Yuan couldn't be too lively. Once he became lively, Lin Yuan would seize the opportunity and show no mercy.
However, Ren Maoxing felt that he was not a devil, and it didn't matter if he was fierce on set, but he still needed to get along well with the young actors in private.
Lin Yuan never caused him any trouble.
Aside from being a bit stubborn during the shoot, everything about the other person was great.
Of course, it's not that anyone recommended by Ge Peng can succeed in making Ren Maoxing's movies. When Lin Yuan was cast as the lead, Ren Maoxing knew he had talent. After filming "Bloody Past" began, Ren Maoxing realized even more clearly that Lin Yuan was the kind of actor who was both talented and capable of continuous growth.
At first, Ren Maoxing felt something was off about Lin Yuan's portrayal of Wei Liang, but Ren Maoxing gave him time to think and to understand the character more deeply.
Ren Maoxing only wanted Lin Yuan to improve his score from 90 to 95, but Lin Yuan ultimately gave a perfect score of 100.
His portrayal of Wei Liang even exceeded Ren Maoxing's expectations.
It's a better version of Wei Liang than the director had envisioned.
The director was truly convinced.
Lin Yuan watched the Golden Wing Awards ceremony. He had to admit that the oranges that Director Ren Maoxing bought were very sweet. Lin Yuan asked about the price per unit and found that it was quite cheap. Lin Yuan sent a text message to Li Mobei, saying that he would send two boxes to him.
"I was at the awards ceremony," Li Mobei sent a speechless emoji. "I almost got hit by the camera."
"Then I won't send it?"
"Send it!" The word "send" in Li Mobei's voice was colder than the winter on set.
As Feng had inquired, Lin Yuan did not win the Best Supporting Actor award this year.
None of the other nominees were there; the camera focused on the other nominees.
Lin Yuan didn't take it, and Tang Yonglei, who was insisted upon by the other judges, also didn't take it.
The moment the presenter announced Pan Jun as the winner, Tang Yonglei's face in the camera's view was darker than the bottom of a pot.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Lin Yuan exclaimed.
As expected, the "Killing" production team only won one award for Best Screenplay, and missed out on all other awards.
Clearly, in the end, Xu Lijia narrowly won the game.
The jury chairman does indeed wield considerable power. Lin Yuan had heard Feng Zeng explain this to him. When he won his first award, director Qin Panyun had also told him that Xu Lijia had a veto right at this year's awards ceremony.
Generally, to ensure fairness and respect the opinions of other members, the jury chairperson will not use their veto power.
Xu Lijia probably used quite a lot this year.
In short, after the awards ceremony, the Best Actor and Best Actress each received their trophies, creating a harmonious scene. However, the live broadcast had only just ended, and the nominees had probably only just gotten on their cars, when Tang Yonglei's Weibo page was flooded with the word "hehe".
Now that the awards ceremony was over, Cao Yan no longer needed to worry about the bigger picture and liked Tang Yonglei's Weibo post.
During the ceremony, film critics analyzed this year's winners, and several expressed regret that "Killing" did not win an award.
This is a common occurrence and happens every year.
However, film critics can only be considered half insiders. Their main job is to review movies, attract audiences to the cinema, or increase audiences' understanding of a movie and resonate with them.
The same applies to film critics' analyses of the Golden Wing Awards; different people have different tastes, but this analysis can precisely resonate with the thoughts of a segment of the audience.
However, this will not change the format of the awards ceremony, nor will any person involved in the ceremony comment on it.
However, this time, Cao Yan liked several film reviews that supported "Killing".
Tang Yonglei posted "hehe" on his homepage, while Cao Yan posted "feeling frustrated".
"I've never felt so frustrated!!"
Marketing accounts are drawn by the scent – even before the battle has begun, they can already smell the strong aroma of gossip.
Moreover, this was intentionally provoked by Cao Yan.
If Cao Yan hadn't wanted to attract attention, he wouldn't have posted those two words at all.
Screenshots were taken of Tang Yonglei's sullen expression during the ceremony's live broadcast, as well as the indifferent expressions of the "Killing" crew.
In addition, any viewer familiar with the nomination situation knows that after the list was announced, given the feud between Lin Yuan and Xu Lijia, Lin Yuan's chances of winning were greatly reduced. At this stage, Tang Yonglei was considered the most likely to win.
Where does it come to Pan Jun?
Throughout the awards season, Pan Jun was completely invisible, with only Xu Lijia offering a few words of support. No one felt that the trophy should have been his.
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Author's Note: Update~
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