Chapter 120 Analysis: No Scolding
Chapter 120
The nomination list for the Tung Blossom Awards is not only attracting attention from industry insiders like Lin Yuan, but also from marketing accounts and netizens.
Although industry insiders are optimistic that "The Powerful Minister" will be nominated this year—among the new dramas released last year, "The Powerful Minister" is definitely among the top in terms of reputation, quality, and depth.
Unexpectedly, the Tung Blossom Award Committee favored "The Powerful Minister" so much.
Apart from the fact that the nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography were won by other dramas, "The Minister" almost swept all the nominations.
"I never expected that 'The Powerful Minister' and 'Major Crime' would actually clash."
"Regardless of who wins in the end, Lin Yuan will definitely be the most watched at this year's awards ceremony."
"It turns out that the comeback of 'The Powerful Minister' is not over yet. Who would have thought that this drama could only be broadcast on a second-tier satellite TV channel like Xia Guang TV at the beginning?"
At the TV drama awards ceremony, "The Powerful Minister" and "Major Cases" have already garnered attention, and for both dramas, the glory is not yet over.
The TV drama awards are a contest of ratings and popularity, while the Tung Blossom Awards are a clash of strengths. If Lin Yuan can win something at the Tung Blossom Awards, he can become a true A-list actor in the TV drama industry.
Although Lin Yuan's output is not large, it is enough.
In fact, being nominated is already a testament to one's ability.
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As soon as the nominees for the Tung Blossom Awards were announced, marketing accounts began to focus their analysis on "The Powerful Minister".
When the series was airing, marketing accounts had already analyzed it once, and this time, each account used eye-catching headlines—
"How many people did the TV series 'The Powerful Minister' actually make famous?"
"The Rise of the Cast of 'The Powerful Minister'"
Which actors missed out on "The Powerful Minister"?
He Mian privately stated: "Giving up 'The Powerful Minister' might have been a huge mistake."
Although Lin Yuan had never interacted with He Mian, he knew very well that as a top actor in the current TV drama industry, He Mian had no reason to regret missing out on "The Powerful Minister".
The other person's popularity and fame are top-notch. Even though he didn't get the role in "The Powerful Minister," he naturally received offers from other dramas.
It's just a choice.
Indeed, "The Powerful Minister" received quite a few nominations at this year's Tung Blossom Awards, with He Xun and Wang Zhimin being nominated for Best Supporting Actor alone.
Although Wang Zhimin's character, Song Kuan, has far fewer screen time than He Xun's character, the Emperor, his presence in the drama is exceptionally strong.
Wang Zhimin recently collaborated with Lin Yuan on "Mandala," and thanks to the nomination for the Tung Blossom Award, "Mandala" received a lot of publicity.
Since it's a drama series starring Lin Yuan, "Mandala" naturally doesn't have to worry about selling well. Even before filming was completed, several platforms had already extended offers to it.
The overall plot of "Mandala" is not positive enough, and the production team did not consider broadcasting it on satellite TV.
However, once the nomination list for the Tung Blossom Award was released, "Mandala" became even more sought after.
Even if "Mandala" can't achieve the same ratings and nominations as "The Minister of State", it would be fine if it could reach the standard of "Major Crimes", or... be a little worse than "Major Crimes".
Objectively speaking, even if its popularity is only slightly lower than that of "Major Cases", it is still a very successful drama.
There is no shortage of unprofitable dramas on various platforms. For example, "A Tear" from a few years ago still leaves a deep impression on many people.
In any case, a drama that flops this badly is a rare occurrence in a year.
Moreover, Xie Yu's name had long been associated with Lin Yuan.
This situation is quite bad for Xie Yu, because as long as the audience has any memory of Lin Yuan, they will inevitably mention him.
But this was not caused by Lin Yuan, but by Xie Yu himself.
Once the audience's impressions are formed, they won't easily change.
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The most noteworthy aspects of this year's Tung Blossom Awards, besides the numerous nominations for "The Powerful Minister" and the competition between He Xun and Wang Zhimin for Best Supporting Actor, are the Best Actor nominations, which are equally noteworthy.
Besides Lin Yuan, He Mian was also nominated.
As is well known, He Mian missed out on "The Powerful Minister" because he was working on another drama.
In addition, He Mian and Ye Liuchuan are signed with the same agency.
These are all points that deserve to be highlighted by the media.
He Mian's side remained indifferent and offered no response, as did Lin Yuan's studio, which ignored all the speculations made by marketing accounts.
Anyone with eyes can see that this is a provocation by marketing accounts.
It's all still very early, the awards haven't even been announced yet. It's too early to make any pronouncements. Once the awards are revealed, the person who didn't win will be in an awkward position.
If a situation arises where others win awards while He Mian and Lin Yuan don't, any conflict between them would be deliberately created as a joke.
Although Lin Yuan and Ye Liuchuan had a very bad relationship, almost to the point of being natural enemies, he had no conflict with He Mian.
It's normal for male actors to compete, but the two haven't had any direct conflict yet, and neither has suffered any loss of interest in the other, so there's no need for them to become adversaries.
The only thing worth discussing is that He Mian abandoned "The Powerful Minister".
This is perfectly normal in the acting world.
The drama "The Powerful Minister" was indeed ridiculed at the time, but Lin Yuan guessed that He Mian probably already knew the truth and figured out who leaked the information to the marketing accounts.
Being in the same company doesn't necessarily mean having a close relationship. He Mian has never promoted Ye Liuchuan, which is probably also influenced by this incident.
Of course, to say whether He Mian regrets it or not, there is some truth to it.
He Mian's achievements in the TV drama industry are indeed brilliant. Even with Geng Yue's popularity, when Geng Yue's career reached its peak, it was only half of He Mian's.
However, He Mian has yet to win the Tung Blossom Award for Best Actor.
He has good acting skills and has been nominated for Best Actor several times. However, most of his competitors are veteran actors who have been in the industry for many years. Last time he was nominated, he encountered a rare year of great success for Best Actor in the history of the Tung Blossom Awards, and He Mian had to return empty-handed.
This time, due to the overall sluggishness of the TV drama market last year, the competition for Best Actor was not as fierce.
The problem is that "The Minister" is more well-received than the show he nominated.
Although Lin Yuan debuted later than He Mian and started acting even later, judging from the public opinion trend of this year's Tung Blossom Awards, Lin Yuan has a higher chance of winning than He Mian.
Because the character of Shao Jing is more complete.
Whether in terms of life experience, emotional expression, or the complexity of the character, Shao Jing surpasses the role portrayed by He Mian.
In any case, "The Powerful Minister" presents the life of Shao Jing.
Shao Jingdu is a highly competitive candidate in this year's nomination list.
Although Lin Yuan was the youngest.
Lin Yuan is the youngest, but Shao Jing is not young either; the age gap is quite large.
He Mian is quite eager to win the Best Actor award at the Tung Blossom Awards.
Given his status, not winning this time won't have such a big impact, unlike when the Golden Wing Award fell into Lin Yuan's hands, and Geng Yue's attempt to rise in status failed, leaving him to fall behind.
But as an actor, who wouldn't crave awards at all?
He Mian's acting career is missing only one piece: a major award.
This means that his weaknesses can be addressed, and he will have no regrets in his acting career.
So He Mian couldn't help but wonder if things would be very different if he had taken on the role in "The Powerful Minister".
He Mian knew very well that unless a miracle occurred, he could not defeat Lin Yuan and his other competitors.
There are countless examples of actors missing out on roles. He Mian turned down several roles that made other actors famous, but he didn't feel regretful because he was able to get better roles.
He simply didn't expect that "The Powerful Minister" would generate such huge profits, making it the most cost-effective drama he had missed.
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Lin Yuan has been browsing Weibo these past two days, and the online discussion about who will win the Tung Blossom Award is quite lively.
The competition for this year's Tung Blossom Awards wasn't particularly fierce. Of course, it wasn't as bad as some people say either. In a previous year, a lot of hot money poured into the TV drama industry, and "bad movies" became the word of the year. Big names produced one flop after another, and the Tung Blossom Awards almost couldn't even gather a full list of nominees.
Based on Lin Yuan's understanding of online public opinion, by now he should have been ridiculed eight hundred times.
To Lin Yuan's surprise, netizens actually... were quite optimistic about him.
"April Fool's Day is long over, isn't it?" Lin Yuan remarked.
"Can't you have more confidence in yourself?" He Xun couldn't help but ask him.
“This isn’t my fault. I was constantly being scolded.” Lin Yuan frowned. “It would be a miracle if I didn’t get scolded one day.”
As a result, when I clicked on the related entries for the Tung Blossom Award today, I found that there were quite a few people who were optimistic about him.
"Putting aside his character, Lin Yuan's acting skills are absolutely top-notch."
"The Powerful Minister is a hot topic this year, I'm casting my vote for it."
Lin Yuan: "..."
What does it mean to put aside character for now?
The most important thing is to talk about character first.
His character is absolutely flawless.
He is a kind, decent person with sophisticated tastes, a well-known boxing expert, and an internet troll.
He Xun: "...Unfortunately, I don't have the right to vote."
"What do you mean? Explain in detail."
"If I had the right to vote, I would never vote for you."
"Likewise," Lin Yuan chuckled. "It's not like you weren't shortlisted."
In some ways, He Xun faced more intense competition than Lin Yuan; in the "Powerful Minister" production team, Wang Zhimin was his formidable rival.
Fortunately, He Xun is quite easygoing and doesn't have a strong attachment to awards.
"What's going on?" Lin Yuan was still wondering. "Did everyone suddenly realize how handsome I am?"
“You’ve never been ugly,” He Xun replied.
"Thank you, you are my best friend on the internet."
Lin Yuan couldn't help but wonder if the marketing accounts were hesitant to be too harsh because he had been attacked: "If I were to get a broken bone, would I be eligible for an Oscar?"
"The Oscars are not a TV drama award."
Lin Yuan: "..."
"It's just an example, can you not be so serious?"
He Xun: "..."
He had to admit that Lin Yuan really loved making fun of himself.
If others said that, they would probably be scolded online. Lin Yuan's self-deprecating joke sounds like some kind of hellish joke.
“It’s also possible that… the person who scammed you is temporarily out of money,” He Xun offered a new explanation.
Lin Yuan thought this was reasonable.
Objectively speaking, the people he has a grudge against are probably Xie, Ye, and Geng. These people are also big players in online marketing, the kind who can get trending on social media for the smallest things. Their marketing rhetoric often involves attacking the right brain with the left brain, creating internal conflict.
Now that they've faded into obscurity, the company is probably unwilling to invest any more money, and Lin Yuan has also benefited from it.
"I still prefer their unruly nature," Lin Yuan concluded.
He Xun: "…………"
Lin Yuan's tone gave him an urge to take action.
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