Chapter 155, Prize Blunder
Chapter 155
After the release of "1895," Lin Yuan gradually appeared in public more often, and fans couldn't help but compare his appearance during his seclusion period with that during the promotional period—
"So Kobayashi does know how to save face after all."
"...Ridiculous!! You only realize you need to dress up during the promotional period? Isn't it your duty to show your face to your fans?"
"So Lin Yuan still remembers that he's a celebrity."
"After resting for a while, my complexion was indeed very different."
In the eyes of fans who have followed Lin Yuan from "Tomorrow's Tomorrow" all the way to now, he is getting more and more handsome.
Although Lin Yuan is nearly 30, he is in the most relaxed period of his life, free from worries and anxieties. His career is thriving, and he has a strong sense of control over his life.
Lin Yuan, when attending events, doesn't give off any impression of "posing"; his natural charisma is already cultivated.
Fans couldn't help but compare Lin Yuan with the other members of Wink—lacking the spotlight, neither Xie Yu nor Ye Liuchuan, who were once popular, have that amazing feeling now.
Lin Yuan, on the other hand, appeared even calmer.
This form of Lin Yuan is somewhat unfamiliar to fans; however, no matter what angle Lin Yuan appears from, fans love him.
Moreover, Lin Yuan's calm and composed demeanor contrasts sharply with the style of "1895".
Lin Yuan is calm and profound, while "1895" is fiery and restless, like a volcano about to erupt.
Lin Yuan expressed all his inner emotions and thoughts in this album.
The contrast is particularly striking.
Lin Yuan is not an outrageous person, but his album "1895" inevitably evokes an outrageous feeling.
"1895" is indeed a huge evolution for Lin Yuan. In comparison, "Hibernation" and "Love and Hate" sound like songs from the last century.
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In the second half of the year, the film and television industry remained lively, with various awards being presented in full swing. The situation of last year's Golden Wing Awards did not repeat itself, but the Golden Wing Awards were still severely damaged, with a significant reduction in the caliber of the guests attending.
Xu Lijia's path of pursuing awards is no longer viable. The stakeholders of the Golden Wing Awards will not agree to it. Even if they try to distance themselves from the impact caused by Xu Lijia, the reputation of the Golden Wing Awards will be difficult to salvage in the short term.
Lin Yuan originally thought it was none of his business, but then—"Ghost Arts" was successfully shortlisted for three major awards this year.
Both he and Yu Ying were nominated.
Lin Yuanyuan had only recently published "1895" and originally intended to focus all his energy on it, but his plans ultimately fell through.
Of the three major awards, the Golden Wing Award is presented earliest. However, given that "The Demon Art" was a film from the previous year, if we really calculate the time, the Golden Wing Award is actually the latest for "The Demon Art".
None of the cast and crew of "Ghost Arts" attended the Golden Wing Awards. Although they were nominated this year, the entire cast and crew clearly remember that Xu Lijia attacked "Ghost Arts" first last year.
In this situation, there's naturally no need to give the Golden Wing Award organizing committee any face.
This year, Xu Lijia was not the chairman of the jury, and the Golden Wing Awards accepted the choice of the "Ghost Arts" production team.
At least "Ghost Arts" didn't resort to harsh words or kick someone when they're down—if Lin Yuan and Yu Ying were to say something, the audience would probably be reminded of the disastrous situation at last year's Golden Wing Awards.
From this perspective, it's best for the Golden Wing Awards and the "Ghost Arts" production team to have as little contact as possible.
The decline in the prestige of the Golden Wing Awards means that the competition among the other two major awards will become even fiercer.
Lin Yuan still cared a lot about the Film Expo and the Spring Creek Awards results, after all, "Ghost Arts" was his first time playing the male lead.
If he wins one of these two awards for Best Actor, it means that he can be called a movie star.
"Actor Lin?"
Lin Yuan: "...Don't call me that, it sounds weird?"
"It sounds like a title from an online novel, like 'Secretly in Love with the Movie Emperor,' 'Movie Emperor Huo,' 'Movie Emperor Gu'... Who calls you that in real life? I hope we're not friends." He Xun sent an awkward emoji. "This kind of title is terrible."
Lin Yuan: "..."
He was quite looking forward to becoming a movie star.
However, although Lin Yuan was shortlisted for the Film Expo and the Spring Creek Award this year, his chances of winning are not high.
First of all, this year is a big year for awards - in previous years, the works submitted for the three major awards have been different each year, and some films will only submit two awards, or even only compete for one award.
However, this year, because the Golden Wing Award has damaged its reputation, all the works that were originally focused on winning the Golden Wing Award have gone to the Film Exhibition and the Spring Creek Award, resulting in a sharp increase in the competitiveness of the two awards.
In addition—it is still influenced by the Golden Wing Award.
Last year, the Golden Wing Awards were decided by Hsu Li-chia alone, and the results did not satisfy the audience, raising serious questions about its credibility. The Film Festival and Spring Creek Awards, which are also among the three major film festivals, naturally felt immense pressure. In order to prove their reputation, the Film Festival and Spring Creek Awards adopted stricter selection rules than ever before.
The subject matter of "Ghost Arts" is a bit old, and since it's a remake, the judges will only have higher expectations for it.
However, the story itself has a slightly sinister aspect.
The Film Festival is fine; it's always been known for its high inclusivity, and you can submit any kind of material. The Spring Creek Awards, on the other hand, emphasizes new life and vitality, and tends to favor healthy and positive themes.
"His dream of becoming a movie star lasted only three minutes before he failed," Yu Ying commented scathingly.
Lin Yuan: "...Could you please stop pointing your knife at your own people? We're all on the same side, okay?"
It's painful to see outsiders not optimistic, but it's truly heartbreaking to be betrayed by your own people.
Yu Ying said she couldn't see any sadness in Lin Yuan.
"It's not as heartbreaking as 'Hate'."
"That's a song I wrote too." After the two met, Lin Yuan protested loudly to Yu Ying, "Don't sing it."
It's not a problem of being off-key, nor is it a problem of not getting the emotions right; it's just plain awful.
"What's wrong with singing for others?" Yu Ying rolled her eyes at him. "So stingy."
Yu Ying is currently filming a new movie, portraying a betrayed urban young woman, a role she excels at. This is another award-winning film, while Lin Yuan is still busy promoting "1895".
He has not performed the album publicly since its release.
Although the New Year's Eve concert was a suitable platform, Lin Yuan felt that it was a pity that he could not sing the songs to the audience after releasing an album. He could only sing two songs at the New Year's Eve concert.
The quantity is still too small.
Their busy schedules reduced their expectations of winning an award.
Although... the chances of "Ghost Arts" winning an award are not high to begin with.
As expected, "Ghost Arts" went home empty-handed at the Spring Creek Awards.
Lin Yuan, who won Best Actor this year for "On the Ridge of the Field," a film about left-behind children, walked the red carpet as a qualified representative of GVM (Government Veterans Affairs), and then acted as an ordinary audience member throughout the event.
At the subsequent Film Expo, "Ghost Arts" gained a slightly higher profile, but Lin Yuan and Yu Ying still came away empty-handed.
"Your dream of becoming a movie star is completely shattered." Yu Ying patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder.
“You are the same.” Yu Ying looked at him silently.
In that instant, Lin Yuan suddenly realized that although Yu Ying hadn't won anything this year, she already had the Best Actress award.
Lin Yuan himself was completely bare, with nothing at all.
The film awarded this year at the film festival is "Engraving," a film with a relatively niche subject matter, which tells the story of the unique lives of the people who engrave words on tombstones.
Lin Yuan had not seen this film.
Lin Yuan noted down several films that interested him during this year's Film Festival and Spring Creek Awards, and plans to watch them all once this period is over.
For Lin Yuan, watching movies is a pleasure, but forcing himself to watch a bunch of movies in order to find inspiration for "1895" is actually quite painful.
Lin Yuan was deeply moved. After having that kind of experience, he still didn't hate movies. He was truly a strong person.
In short, everything related to "Ghost Arts" only came to an end for Lin Yuan after the Film Expo and Spring Creek Awards this year.
—No.
It's worth mentioning that "Ghost Arts" has been submitted for this year's Golden Wing Awards.
It wasn't that the production team submitted the film voluntarily, but rather that the organizing committee used its connections to get in touch with the director—if "Ghost Arts" didn't want to submit it, it would be too embarrassing for the Golden Wing Awards.
That proves that the production team and the organizing committee have completely fallen out.
The Golden Wing Awards committee did not want to be criticized further, and the film crew also considered that the Golden Wing Awards still had a voice in the film industry, and since they would inevitably run into each other, they did not want to be too disrespectful.
Anyway, the audience sided with "The Ghostly Arts," and the movie's box office was quite good, unaffected by Xu Lijia.
Xu Lijia's current predicament proves the saying that evil begets evil.
I thought that was the end of it.
As a result, Lin Yuan actually won the Best Actor award at this year's Golden Wing Awards.
Although he didn't even show up at the awards ceremony, the trophy was ultimately awarded to him.
The public was naturally in an uproar, not because they felt Lin Yuan didn't deserve the award.
The actors who are nominated are certainly talented.
The situation with Pan Jun last year was an accident.
This year, at least in terms of nominations, the Golden Wing Awards have not faced any further criticism. The actors nominated for Best Actor are all quite talented. Given the significant decrease in the number of films submitted, the Golden Wing Awards have done their utmost to produce such a list of nominees.
Lin Yuan's award is also well-deserved.
His portrayal of the character Zhu Sheng has been widely praised.
The problem is that this year's trophy was given to Lin Yuan. In the eyes of netizens, it's like "the car hits a tree and then turns." If they had stepped forward and resolved the issue earlier last year, this whole thing wouldn't have happened.
Lin Yuan didn't come, and someone else accepted the trophy on his behalf. The atmosphere at the Golden Wing Awards ceremony was... very somber, and something just didn't feel right.
If it weren't for the discord between Xu Lijia and Lin Yuan, and if Lin Yuan had attended the Golden Wing Awards in full regalia and won Best Actor this year, the Golden Wing Awards would have garnered even more attention and popularity.
Lin Yuan is different this year compared to last year.
Lin Yuan was very popular last year, and this year's hit dramas "Mandala" and "Just Right" have taken his career to a new level.
Lin Yuan is one of the most watched actors right now.
Or rather, the only one.
This year, Lin Yuan was chosen to receive the award, and Lin Yuan himself will certainly not publicize it extensively. In terms of public opinion, the Golden Wing Award is still being criticized.
Lin Yuan had no idea that the award would be given to him. The Golden Wing Award committee had not communicated with him or given him any prior hints.
From this perspective, this naturally reflects the fairness and impartiality of the Golden Wing Award.
When everyone thought the Golden Wing Award was unlikely to be given to Lin Yuan, the organizing committee did just that.
Lin Yuan thought that the Golden Wing Awards would try to mention the "Ghost Arts" crew as little as possible. The less the organizing committee mentioned Lin Yuan on the surface, the less the audience would remember last year's award results.
This approach is bringing up the joke that happened at last year's Golden Wing Awards again, and to be honest, Lin Yuan doesn't quite understand it.
Is the organizing committee thinking that a short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one, so that the audience can vent their anger directly and avoid having to mention Xu Lijia and last year's Best Supporting Actor every year in the future?
Lin Yuan guessed that it wasn't impossible.
But he could only remain silent about the trophy.
Under these circumstances, it was impossible for Lin Yuan to speak publicly.
He even suspected that the Golden Wing Award organizing committee had some idea of making amends, but whether they did or not, this was something Lin Yuan could not accept.
He would rather the organizing committee be firm and not award him the prize, since Lin Yuan would definitely be able to get it through his own abilities someday.
Instead of the current situation, where there is a compensatory element involved—at least that's what some outsiders speculate.
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