Chapter 138 The Battle Begins (Miscellaneous)
Chapter 138
"Absolutely amazing! Breathtaking!"
"...Does no one have any objections? Lin Yuan didn't win an award, but at least you could say he won it the year before last. It's too absurd for Tang Yonglei not to win one, isn't it?"
“When I watched the awards ceremony, I felt that although all the nominees were quite talented, Pan Jun was more like a runner-up.”
After the Golden Wing Awards ceremony, not only nominated actors like Tang Yonglei, but many netizens also felt that this year's winning results were quite subtle.
The subsequent statements by Tang Yonglei and Cao Yan clearly prove this point.
Cao Yan is already a member of the judging panel, so he should have the right to comment on the winners of this year's Golden Wing Awards. This situation means…
Marketing accounts don't need to do much research before fabricating rumors about Xu Lijia's discord with other judges.
Given Xu Lijia's personality, it would be abnormal if he didn't clash with the other judges. In addition, with the information gathered from various sources by marketing accounts—in short, even if this rumor differs from the facts, it won't be too far off.
The internet immediately buzzed with excitement.
Tang Yonglei's dissatisfaction was on full display. Just then, Pan Jun, the winner of Best Supporting Actor, happily posted a picture of his trophy on his homepage and wrote a long thank you message to the judges.
Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor this year, Pan Jun is only slightly older than Lin Yuan and has the least seniority. Therefore, when the nomination list was announced, neither the media nor the public believed that Pan Jun had a chance of winning.
However, Pan Jun is indeed the most popular among the nominees, with a considerable number of fans, second only to Lin Yuan.
Pan Jun's high-profile display of the trophy naturally drew criticism from viewers dissatisfied with the award results.
But it's clear from Pan Jun's attitude that he doesn't feel there's anything wrong with winning the award. When a celebrity has this idea, fans naturally give their full support.
Who is jealous of the newly crowned Golden Wing Award winner for Best Supporting Actor?
"With the award in hand, laugh at the mad dog. Stop embarrassing yourself, okay? Now the whole world knows your idol didn't win Best Supporting Actor."
"The result is already settled. I still think that this Best Supporting Actor award is not good enough for Panpan. I didn't expect that someone would be so jealous."
"It's hard for outstanding people not to encounter jealousy, but some people's jealousy is going too far. Can they please tone it down?"
"Pan Pan deserves the award. Who is jealous of Pan Jun, who has both popularity and a good reputation? Sour grapes, please leave."
Any comments questioning Pan Jun's award were ruthlessly dismissed by Pan Jun's fans as sour grapes.
As for Tang Yonglei's anger, it was uniformly portrayed as "breaking down".
On Weibo, Tang Yonglei has far fewer followers than Pan Jun, less than half of Pan Jun's, and Pan Jun's fans ridicule him without restraint.
Anyway, if Tang Yonglei is still only able to play supporting roles at his age, his career is probably over.
Pan Jun, on the other hand, can continue to expand his career with this Best Supporting Actor award—just like Lin Yuan, who won Best Supporting Actor for "Thousand Mountains".
Even though it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Xu Lijia forced this trophy on Pan Jun, that's the result, and it's hard to change it.
The doubts from netizens are nothing; in short, Pan Jun did indeed win the Best Supporting Actor award.
However, Cao Yan's remarks were bluntly criticized by Xu Lijia, who said that the list of winners was a collective decision made by the judging panel members, and that Cao Yan's behavior was tarnishing the long-standing Golden Wing Award.
"???? I've really seen something new."
"...Isn't this a case of turning the tables? Is this really a good thing?"
"Absolutely amazing!!"
Lin Yuan only watched the awards ceremony; he only found out about the online buzz later.
Upon seeing the comments from Pan Jun's fans, Lin Yuan couldn't even eat his potato chips.
The more he looked at these comments, the more familiar they seemed: "Back before Wink debuted, Xie Yu's fans used the same rhetoric."
Although failing to debut was not Lin Yuan's own experience, given that Xie Yu's fans had been spamming his Weibo comment section for a long time, and that Xie Yu's fans would post the same content whenever he had a conflict with Xie Yu, Lin Yuan felt that it was all too familiar.
"Do you really think people are idiots?" Lin Yuan was speechless. "Are no other people suitable?"
Lin Yuan didn't feel particularly strongly about not winning an award himself; he didn't even have time to attend the awards ceremony. However, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Tang Yonglei for losing the award.
The Golden Wing Award for Best Supporting Actor is an opportunity cherished by many actors. Geng Yue is already quite popular in the TV drama industry, but he still longs for the Golden Wing Award for Best Supporting Actor.
It's normal for actors to lose awards, and it's also normal for major awards to have unexpected upsets, but at least those who missed out on an award should be convinced of their worth.
Who can accept losing to Pan Jun so inexplicably?
On Weibo, Pan Jun's fans have already described him as the next acting king, the successor of Lin Yuan, imagining that after Pan Jun wins this trophy, his dramas will become wildly popular, and he will be able to work with great directors.
Furthermore—"Everyone, please recognize this fact: Panpan defeated Lin Yuan to win this trophy."
"Lin Yuan is a recognized acting talent among the new generation of actors. Pan Pan is just as good. As fans, we should give him more confidence."
Without Lin Yuan's knowledge, he was once again dragged down and criticized.
But it must be said that Lin Yuan has adapted to this situation quite well.
Tang Yonglei has been forced to shut down by Pan Jun's fans.
For Pan Jun, even if public opinion is unfavorable to him, the trophy is already in his hands. The opinions of outsiders are not important, but he can use this achievement to fight for more things that are in his favor.
Cao Yan has not spoken out again.
Regardless, he was indeed a member of this year's jury. Even if he was dissatisfied with the results, the Golden Wing Award winners were nominally chosen by the collective.
"At most, Cao Yan will stop cooperating with Xu Lijia in the future, it's not a big deal," Feng Zeng said.
"Tsk."
Before Lin Yuan could finish his reflection, his manager stared at him and asked, "Do you have something on your mind?"
"Brother Feng understands me best."
Feng Zeng: "..."
Normally, Lin Yuan would call him by his first name, without calling him Brother Feng or Brother Zeng. After working together for a long time, Lin Yuan even stopped using his name altogether and didn't need to add any prefixes when talking to Feng and Zeng.
Once Lin Yuan uses the word "brother" in his address, it means he's about to start causing trouble.
It's usually things that Feng didn't want to see him do.
Feng had extensive experience in this area.
But as his agent, he had little control over Lin Yuan in this regard. Lin Yuan was a free man who could do whatever he wanted.
As for the consequences... at least for now, there haven't been any.
Lin Yuan always manages to turn defeat into victory in the end.
This is what impressed Feng Zeng the most: Lin Yuan's career luck was better than he had expected.
Moreover... fans, including many netizens, quite like the liveliness of Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan could completely remain silent like a machine, which would be safer and better maintain his mysterious image as a big star, but Lin Yuan still speaks.
Many people dislike Lin Yuan's way of dealing with things, but many others like him because of it.
Although Feng viewed Lin Yuan through the lens of his agent, he clearly still liked Lin Yuan as he was.
If Lin Yuan weren't like this, he probably wouldn't have become the other party's agent.
...
Netizens originally thought that the Golden Wing Awards controversy would eventually present a situation where "we know what they did, and they know what they did, but they don't care."
Although marketing accounts have reported rumors of discord between Xu Lijia and other judges, Xu Lijia doesn't take it seriously at all. The other judges aren't all as hot-tempered as Cao Yan, and they still have to give the organizers some face.
Xu Lijia is not afraid of being exposed, and the information released by marketing accounts will not have any impact on him.
The happiest people were obviously Pan Jun's fans.
Tang Yonglei was speechless. Cao Yan was being restrained by Xu Lijia. In any case, the result of one award should not affect the overall situation of the Golden Wing Awards. Pan Jun was already safe.
As for the other nominees, they could only choose to remain silent in the face of this situation.
After a period of public outcry over the various rumors surrounding the Golden Wing Awards, the controversy gradually subsided. Tang Yonglei was certainly angry, but the outcome was not something he could change alone, especially since no one else besides Cao Yan came forward to support him.
Tang Yonglei desperately needs this trophy, more than any of the other nominees.
"Hilarious! He needs it, but Pan Jun doesn't?"
“Pan Jun clearly won the award fairly and squarely, but he made a scene, making it seem as if Pan Jun stole his award through some improper means.”
"It's all because people say he's a good actor. He heard it so many times that he thought the judges and ordinary viewers thought the same way. If they really thought the same way, wouldn't he have won the Best Supporting Actor award?"
"No one else had any objections, only he did. If you ask me, his performance in 'Quenching Thirst' was not as good as Lin Yuan's performance in 'Killing.' Did Lin Yuan say anything about it?"
"that is!!"
Pan Jun's fans used Lin Yuan's name to launch a vicious attack on Tang Yonglei.
Tang Yonglei, fighting alone, was no match for the large and powerful group of Pan Jun's fans. Now that Lin Yuan had joined forces, Tang Yonglei was even more silent and dared not say another word.
Lin Yuan's fans are also numerous and powerful, even more so than Pan Jun's fans.
Moreover, with Lin Yuan leading the way, his fans have already accumulated a wealth of experience in arguing. So many popular celebrities can't out-argue Lin Yuan, let alone someone like him who isn't as popular or well-known.
If Lin Yuan wins the Best Supporting Actor award this year, Tang Yonglei will have no objection. The reason he is unwilling is that Pan Jun's acting skills are far inferior to Lin Yuan's, let alone Lin Yuan's.
But Pan Jun's fans ignored this.
This is what Tang Yonglei is most unwilling and angry about, even more upset than not winning the award itself.
He can forgo the award, but these people... can't just lie through their teeth, can they?
Can't they see who should take it and who shouldn't?
Tang Yonglei was furious. He was originally a very low-key person, but he had accidentally offended Xu Lijia once before, and Xu Lijia still held a grudge against him.
But he had no choice.
This time, a disagreement arose between him and Pan Jun over the Best Supporting Actor award at the Golden Wing Awards. Pan Jun's fans even exposed his private life, including his wife and two children...
This is also why Tang Yonglei remained silent.
If he could, he would prefer to never have to deal with Pan Jun's fans again.
That day, Tang Yonglei still opened Weibo. There wasn't much discussion about him and Pan Jun online anymore, but Pan Jun's fans still tirelessly visited his Weibo homepage every day, and his private messages and comment section were overflowing—Tang Yonglei now receives more messages in a day than he did in the past year.
Tang Yonglei was stunned again.
He remembered that yesterday he received about 4,000 reposts, and when he opened Weibo today, the message notification showed that the number of reposts had exceeded 10,000.
Tang Yonglei's hands trembled slightly. He closed his eyes, unwilling to look at the foul language any longer.
But he couldn't resist clicking on it.
He was curious about what new things Pan Jun's fans had come up with to insult him today.
Otherwise, how could the number of reposts suddenly double?
It's not that no one is criticizing Pan Jun, saying he used his fans to attack Tang Yonglei, but Pan Jun's agency only issued a lukewarm statement, and Pan Jun himself also stood up to call on his fans to remain rational.
But his statement only excited his fans even more.
From the fans' perspective, Pan Jun did nothing wrong, so why should he be criticized?
Tang Yonglei was criticized even more harshly as a result.
But to Tang Yonglei's surprise, Lin Yuan forwarded his "hehe" post that day.
Hehehehehehe.
As things stand, Lin Yuan's presence has become a stimulant for Xu Lijia, which is why Xu Lijia joined the battle shortly after Lin Yuan forwarded the message.
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