Chapter 225 (End of Main Text)
Chapter 225
"Since you can't avoid it, just enjoy it." This was He Xun's advice to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan: "..."
He couldn't enjoy being the center of attention at all.
"Look on the bright side, maybe the Film Expo just wanted to give you the award," Yu Ying comforted Lin Yuan. "Isn't that great?"
"Do you think that's possible?" Lin Yuan sighed deeply. "Awards aren't like cabbages; how could I possibly get them every year?"
Lin Yuan had never even considered it.
"That's not necessarily true." Yu Ying sent Lin Yuan a link, which was a discussion thread on a movie forum.
In short, ever since the Film Festival jury chairman expressed his appreciation for Lin Yuan, predictions of Lin Yuan winning an award have risen sharply on various film and television forums.
Even though Lin Yuan himself didn't consider this perspective at all, and the studio didn't even allocate a high budget for Lin Yuan to attend the three major awards, Lin Yuan was still gradually being viewed favorably.
What's amazing is that, since Qin Qiu and He Mian have been fighting for months without a clear winner, Lin Yuan was not attacked from both sides after he was mentioned.
Qin Qiu felt that she could accept Lin Yuan winning the award, as long as it wasn't He Mian.
He Mian probably has the same idea.
Lin Yuan frantically rubbed his hair: "Whatever."
He was completely out of options.
Lin Yuan attended the red carpet with the mindset that he wouldn't win any awards, but for his partner brands, the red carpet for the three major awards was still a rare promotional opportunity.
It's worth mentioning that GVM's profits in recent years have relied entirely on Lin Yuan as its spokesperson; at least in terms of financial reports, Lin Yuan is considered to have played a significant role.
GVM has collaborated with other young artists in an attempt to find new growth opportunities. However, GVM's good fortune in betting on Lin Yuan did not extend to the other artists the brand was interested in.
Young stars favored by GVM can only maintain their upward momentum for a period of time before gradually losing their presence.
Later on, GVM's collaborating stars were rarely seen at major events in the industry.
Therefore, GVM relied heavily on Lin Yuan and gave him the highest level of treatment when attending events.
Lin Yuan collaborated with GVM, while He Mian collaborated with another luxury brand. When the cast of "Double Blade" appeared on the red carpet, the two brands tacitly chose individual photos of the two of them, while cropping out the other person from the photos.
Lin Yuan: "..."
The competition is really brutal.
Lin Yuan hadn't seen He Mian for a long time. The last time he saw him was at his concert, and He Mian made a special trip to see him.
Before the Film Festival awards ceremony, He Mian was still filming abroad. The two met in the car, and He Mian slept for almost the entire journey, only regaining some energy when they arrived on the red carpet.
"Are you that sleepy?" Lin Yuan looked him over. He Mian's eyes were bloodshot and his face was a little swollen.
"I came here after I finished filming," He Mian yawned. "If I don't finish filming quickly, the crew won't have enough money for rent."
He looked haggard, while Lin Yuan, on the other hand, was full of energy and had a slender figure, looking as if he had returned to his 20-year-old self.
"I'm so envious," He Mian exclaimed.
Besides his superb acting skills, Lin Yuan is also the most comfortable actor He Mian knows among his contemporaries.
Having received enough honors, Lin Yuan felt confident enough to rest. In contrast, he is still striving for his first Best Actor award.
"It will happen," Lin Yuan said softly.
“Let’s take it slow,” He Mian said. “I recently realized that if I push things too hard, the result might not be what I want.”
On the contrary, Lin Yuan's spontaneous approach is more comfortable.
"Maintain an optimistic attitude."
The two entered the venue together. This time, "Double Edge" was nominated for three awards at the Film Festival. Although the number of nominations was not large, they were quite significant. The nominations were for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.
The nominees for Best Actor were all seated in the middle rows.
Lin Yuan saw Qin Qiu and Tang Yonglei, who nodded and greeted him.
Compared to Tang Yonglei, Qin Qiu seemed overly enthusiastic, as if he were quite familiar with Lin Yuan and He Mian.
Even though the awards ceremony hadn't started yet, Lin Yuan could already feel the cutthroat competition of the world of fame and fortune.
However, Lin Yuan was still able to maintain basic etiquette. He had a good relationship with the Film Expo organizers and couldn't be too disrespectful to them.
"How exactly should this award be presented today?" Lin Yuan muttered to himself.
He was invited to be a judge at the Film Expo before, but thankfully he declined early on.
"Just wait and see." He Mian took a nap as soon as he sat down, and only slowly opened his eyes after the awards ceremony began.
As a self-proclaimed outsider, Lin Yuan remained quite calm. He went with the flow throughout the event, clapping when guests came on stage and waving silently when the camera panned to him, until the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress were presented.
The venue gradually became noisy, and more and more cameras focused on Lin Yuan and He Mian.
Lin Yuan recalled that the year he won the Film Expo, both the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards were upsets, making the Best Actor and Actress awards equally unpredictable.
Later, the female lead also unexpectedly won.
This year, the reason for the commotion inside the venue was that both the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards were given to "Autumn in the Sky".
It's the movie starring Qin Qiu.
The prize predictions get interesting here.
It can be said that "Autumn in the Sky" has a great advantage at this moment. The fact that it won the two major awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress means that the judges favor "Autumn in the Sky".
It seems that Qin Qiu is one step closer to winning the Best Actor award.
But you could also say that the three awards are meant to be balanced.
While there have been instances in history where a film swept the market and became the biggest winner, such situations have become increasingly rare in recent years.
In other words, since "Autumn in the Sky" has already won Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, if it were to win Best Actor as well, the organizing committee would be showing too much favoritism towards "Autumn in the Sky".
The camera pans to Qin Qiu.
At first glance, Qin Qiu's expression was not much different from when he started, still so serious. But if you look closely, you can see that the wrinkles he had formed from pursing his lips were much deeper than before.
For the crew of "Autumn in the Sky," winning an award is a good thing, but it may not be so for Qin Qiu himself.
Next up is the presentation of the Best Actress award.
Neither "Autumn in the Sky" nor "Double Edge" received a Best Actress nomination, making it a fairly easy award for both production teams.
Lin Yuan took a sip of water and relaxed his facial expression when the camera wasn't looking.
Next up is Best Actor.
He was alright, but He Mian, who was sitting next to him, seemed quite stiff.
"I want to run away," Lin Yuan heard He Mian mutter softly.
Is it really necessary?
"I really feel like throwing up."
"Keep going!!" Lin Yuan clenched his fist. "Go for it!!!"
The screen was playing clips of the nominees' performances. Lin Yuan and He Mian's clips were from the same scene: Ye Li was killed and Shen Yuan broke down.
Qin Qiu is the scene in "Autumn Days" where the protagonist smiles as he bids farewell to his lover.
"The winner of Best Actor at this year's Film Show is—"
Lin Yuan thought he should at least be a little nervous.
The result... was absolutely nothing.
He felt like an outsider, his expression completely different from He Mian's and Qin Qiu's at that moment.
"From this angle, Lin Yuan really does look like a kangaroo chewing hay."
"Do kangaroos eat hay? In my mind, only donkeys chew hay."
"Isn't it a horse?"
Because of Lin Yuan's stunned expression at that moment, the Film exhibition live stream chat suddenly became lively.
Other fans watching: "..."
Could you please not say these things at such a tense moment? Lin Yuan is here to cause trouble, isn't he? He's definitely here to cause trouble!
"Trying to mess with people's mentality, that's so unfair!!!"
It's worth mentioning that among the five nominees for Best Actor at this year's Film Festival, only Lin Yuan has won the Best Actor award before, so he was excluded from the running for the award from the very beginning.
"Congratulations to He Mian on 'Double-Edged Sword'!!"
Because Lin Yuan was distracted, he only reacted slightly when the presenter read out "Double Blade," but he hadn't fully grasped the meaning yet.
He Mian, on the other hand, jumped up from his seat, leaving Lin Yuan staring at him blankly.
Live broadcast director: "..."
Lin Yuan was somewhat reluctant to cut this moment.
In short, it took Lin Yuan about three seconds to realize that He Mian had won the three major Best Actor awards he had been longing for.
He was about to congratulate the other person when the award presenter on stage continued, "Congratulations to Lin Yuan on 'Double Blade'!!"
Lin Yuan: "?"
Before he could stand up, He Mian pulled him up.
"Huh, it's a double-yolk egg!"
The comments section became even more lively at this moment.
"Lin Yuan and He Mian actually took it together?!"
"Two Best Actor winners? How long has it been since Film Festival awarded Best Actor awards like this?"
"Hilarious! He Mian is so strong, he lifted Lin Yuan up in one go, while Lin Yuan was still lost in thought."
There haven't been many instances of two Best Actor winners in the history of the Film Festival, but it's not unprecedented.
However, after He Mian and Qin Qiu had been arguing over who would win the Best Actor award for most of the awards season, the ending of Lin Yuan and He Mian sharing the Best Actor trophy was still somewhat surprising.
Judging from Lin Yuan's expression, he had not expected this at all.
He Mian seemed quite happy, showing no sign of dissatisfaction.
He has already won at least one of the three major Best Actor awards that he most wanted to win.
He Mian never even considered the Grand Slam; that's something only an actor of Lin Yuan's caliber could think about. For him, winning one trophy would be enough.
The two walked onto the awards stage one after the other.
He Mian was genuinely excited, and his acceptance speech lasted a long time, indicating that he had prepared it carefully.
And Lin Yuan—
"To be honest, I never thought I would be standing here again."
"But I will come again."
"Ye Li and Shen Yuan are companion characters. They share each other's darkness and secrets and support each other to live. I am very happy to receive this trophy and to share it with my co-stars from the 'Double Blade' crew."
Lin Yuan was giving his acceptance speech on stage, while his fans below the stage were completely astonished.
"How come you won another award?"
"I've won another award; I wasn't prepared at all."
"Could you not take it so fast?"
"Wow, are all Lin Yuan's fans this Versailles-like?"
"...Why are you taking it again??"
Like Lin Yuan himself, his fans didn't expect him to win another one of the three major awards. After all, Lin Yuan had so many disadvantages, and no matter how you looked at it, he had nothing to do with this year's awards season.
And yet, he actually won the award.
"By the way, I have to tell you all that Lin Yuan has five of the three major awards."
"Seize the youngest? Seize the youngest? Five seats?!"
Lin Yuan himself was confused. As soon as the awards ceremony ended, marketing accounts immediately started hyping up this year's double award and Lin Yuan winning the award again.
There were those who protested and expressed dissatisfaction, those who believed that the Film Expo had lost its prestige, and those who felt sorry for Qin Qiu, but none of this prevented Lin Yuan from truly holding the trophy in his hands.
The film festival did not give an official explanation for the award results, only saying that in "Double Blade", Shen Yuan and Ye Li are two inseparable characters, mainly in spirit. Even if Ye Li is killed, the two characters have not essentially broken free from each other.
Under these circumstances, it is quite reasonable for Lin Yuan and He Mian to receive the award at the same time.
There is no rule that actors who have previously won the three major awards cannot win them again.
Although Lin Yuan won the award for "Bloody Past" not long ago, his competition this year was with this year's nominees, and Lin Yuan's performance this year deserves this trophy.
The film festival has come to a close, and no one could have predicted that the long-standing competition between Qin Qiu and He Mian would end in such a way.
However, from the very beginning, the organizing committees of the three major awards did not exclude Lin Yuan from the list of winners, which is what the public believed.
If we completely disregard giving Lin Yuan this award, he might not even have received a nomination.
Since he has been nominated, he has a chance of winning.
Qin Qiu kept emphasizing how difficult it was for her to develop in the entertainment industry, but the judges preferred Lin Yuan.
After receiving the trophy, He Mian posted a long article on his Weibo homepage.
For him, one trophy is enough. Even if he wins nothing at the Qingxi Award and the Golden Wing Award, He Mian will not regret it.
In the long article, He Mian didn't mention much about himself, only his collaboration with Lin Yuan on the set of "Double Blade", including his mindset when he invited Lin Yuan.
He did invite Lin Yuan with the intention of winning an award, but after winning the award, he realized that if Lin Yuan hadn't played Ye Li, he wouldn't have been able to portray Shen Yuan so well.
It is precisely because his partner and competitor are both Lin Yuan that Shen Yuan has become the Shen Yuan he is today, and that he possesses this trophy.
He was delighted to be able to share the Best Actor award with Lin Yuan.
"This is the beginning of my acting career, and it is a moment I will never forget."
He Mian posted photos of himself and Lin Yuan holding trophies at an awards ceremony for the drama "Double Blade".
Lin Yuan liked the post and also shared photos of himself at the scene.
Although he didn't care much at first, mainly because he hadn't expected it, he was still happy when he received the award.
Next up are the Qingxi Award and the Golden Wing Award.
The process is not much different from the Film Expo.
However, when the Qingxi Award was presented, public opinion gradually became more favorable towards the "Double Edge" production team.
Besides the Film Festival awarding Best Actor to "Double Edge," the release of "Autumn in the Sky" on several video platforms also contributed to the film's success.
As an art-house film, "Autumn in the Sky" performed poorly at the box office, and not many people saw it.
During the film's promotion, Qin Qiu's acting skills received widespread praise, and audiences believed that Qin Qiu's acting was the best in the film "Autumn in the Sky".
Objectively speaking, Qin Qiu is indeed the best in the field of male lead roles.
The problem is that "Autumn in the Sky" also has a male and female supporting character.
The two actors didn't have many scenes with Qin Qiu, but when they did, the subtle aspects of Qin Qiu's acting seemed to be somewhat suppressed.
His acting skills are certainly still very good, otherwise he wouldn't have been nominated for three major awards and become a strong contender for Best Actor.
But it seems the supporting actors were slightly better.
"That's so strict." That was what Lin Yuan and He Mian thought.
From the very beginning, Lin Yuan and He Mian felt that Qin Qiu's performance was good enough and that winning an award would be no problem. They believed that Qin Qiu would be the biggest competitor for the "Double Blade" production team.
I didn't expect the audience to be so strict.
"horrible."
Now the two can't help but feel fortunate that the "Double Edge" production team doesn't seem to have any particularly outstanding supporting actors.
Amidst this wave of public opinion, the Qingxi Award was established.
After resting for a while, He Mian was no longer so tired. He and Lin Yuan walked the red carpet together as usual, and waited for the awards to be presented until they were sleepy.
Then—Lin Yuan won his sixth of the three major awards in his acting career.
He Mian pushed him up.
It is said that at that time, Qin Qiu's expression in the audience was almost uncontrollable.
Lin Yuan held the trophy, his face also full of doubt.
He later learned that the reason the Qingxi Award jury thought so highly of him was that, in the judges' view, the restraint and pain of the character Ye Li was a deeper level of suffering than Shen Yuan's behavior of turning pain into a weapon to hurt others.
Although Ye Li's screen time was short, among the roles played by the nominees, Ye Li was the most difficult to portray.
Lin Yuan thus gained favor.
"As long as you put your heart into a role, it will definitely be seen," Lin Yuan said in his acceptance speech. "I have been telling myself this since I became an actor."
“Even now, I’m not sure if it’s right or wrong. I’m still on the path of putting it into practice, but holding this trophy in my hand, I feel like I can gradually confirm that it is correct.”
"I am very grateful to the judges for awarding me this trophy, to everyone who likes Ye Li, and to the crew of 'Double Edge'."
Lin Yuan raised the trophy high and smiled in the direction of He Mian: "You say that Ye Li made Shen Yuan who he is, but didn't Shen Yuan also make Ye Li who he is?"
"Thanks!"
"This trophy will definitely not be the last one!!"
With his sixth of the three major awards, Lin Yuan became the actor with the most awards in the history of the three major awards.
He didn't win the Golden Wing Award this year, and if he wins it again, it will be his third, which everyone can understand.
But with a Film Festival Best Actor award and a Qingxi Award Best Actor award, Lin Yuan still achieved a great feat—
He became the first, and unsurprisingly the last, person in history to achieve a double Grand Slam of the three major awards.
The reason for using the term "last one" with such certainty is that, to date, Lin Yuan is still the first Grand Slam winner.
No male actor has yet achieved a grand slam, let alone Lin Yuan in the second round.
"That's too strong, Kobayashi."
"...Will Lin Yuan be unable to make any more movies? What if he wins three Grand Slams if he continues?"
"If I remember correctly, there weren't many people who won awards at the beginning of this year."
After all three major awards were announced, netizens suddenly realized that Lin Yuan, who won two Best Actor awards, had become the biggest winner this year.
Marketing accounts naturally began to hype up Lin Yuan, and invitations to him poured in like snowflakes.
This was an outcome that no one had anticipated.
Lin Yuan continued to collect his trophies.
His agent suggested that he lay out the trophies, take a group photo, and post it on Weibo, but Lin Yuan felt that would be too discouraging.
"You're so proud," Feng Zeng commented.
"That's true to some extent." Lin Yuan nodded and smiled, pointing to the two newest trophies. "This is something I didn't even expect."
"That's why you're so happy."
Lin Yuan nodded vigorously.
As he was organizing the trophies, Lingdang jumped into his arms, looking at him with amber eyes. Lin Yuan gently rubbed the cat's soft head and sat down silently.
At first, he just felt that the original owner was a good person, and good people shouldn't suffer such terrible treatment.
Those insults and accusations shouldn't be directed at someone who works so hard.
It wasn't his fault that he didn't debut from "Star in Tomorrow". He clearly had his own dreams. He practiced dancing and singing so hard, but he could only watch his hard-earned fans slip away, while the person who stole his life got a better opportunity and received so much praise.
This is unfair, and it's not the kind of justice Lin Yuan wants to see.
Of course, Lin Yuan's decision to continue in the entertainment industry was not out of sympathy for the original owner of the body.
Simply because he can.
He also loves this industry, whether as an actor, a singer, or as someone who wants to repay the people he likes with his work.
And that's how we got to where we are now.
For Lin Yuan, all of this went as smoothly as a dream.
However, he did experience a lot of love.
Since his first film, "Thousand Mountains," Lin Yuan has met many kind people and gained many fans who like him. Lin Yuan likes the feeling that hard work pays off.
He didn't know which world the original owner had gone to. Lin Yuan hadn't come here with the intention of stealing the original owner's life, but at least, Lin Yuan hoped that he hadn't ruined the name "Lin Yuan" or destroyed the original owner's dream.
"I feel quite happy right now," Lin Yuan said softly.
“Actually, me too.” Feng handed him a can of beer and then picked up the cat to feed it. “It’s not just happiness, I’m also quite lucky.”
"Me too."
Receiving an award is happiness, receiving the love of fans is happiness, being able to sing to your heart's content on stage is happiness, having good friends is happiness... Lin Yuan thought back carefully, and all he could think of were happy things, not a single sad thing.
Lin Yuan doesn't consider himself a very ambitious person. He just quietly does everything he's supposed to do. Even if he wants to give back to his fans, all he can think about is "not wasting their money."
There can never be an equal relationship between idols and fans.
How can you talk about returns?
Fans paid for movie tickets for the movies he made.
Fans bought tickets for his concert.
His dramas also have fans who promote them and generate data for him.
Lin Yuan considers himself a realistic person.
Since he spent the money, he hoped it would be spent meaningfully.
He basically approached every task with this mindset.
But each time, he gained more.
If he puts a little love into a role, his fans will give him a hundred or a thousand times more love in return.
Therefore, Lin Yuan never thought of giving up.
Even now, despite having won numerous awards and fulfilled his dream of holding a concert, he still hopes to perform and sing until he's 80.
He performs for everyone who loves him.
“Just keep going,” Feng Zeng said. “Anyway, another 17,000 days of hard work will be enough. Keep it up, film one movie a day, and by the time you’re 80, you’ll have 17,000 movies to watch.”
Lin Yuan: "?"
"17,000 copies is impossible, but I can work hard for 17,000 days."
Lin Yuan did indeed confirm the date of his 80th birthday on his phone and is now starting the countdown.
Feng Zeng: Are you serious?
"real."
Just kidding.
But this moment of happiness truly made Lin Yuan dream about the future. He would strive to get closer to the future he wanted, and he also wanted his fans to genuinely feel that liking Lin Yuan was not a waste.
End of text
-----------------------
Author's note: [Shrug][Shrug] Update!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com