Xi Rubao scrolled through Weibo news on her phone, muttering to herself, "Actors have to make a living through their work."
If you can't produce good work and your acting is poor, even the best roles will ruin the script.
"Xu Yanyu should just stick to singing. Look what netizens are saying, she only came to pick up the mess I didn't want because she can't get any good movie roles."
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Xu Yanyu, who was on Xi Rubao's mind, had just finished discussing the song selection with Director Wu at the hotel.
Because Xu Yanyu's song selections were very successful in the previous two episodes, Director Wu basically agreed with whatever Xu Yanyu said in this song selection.
Therefore, the song selection process was much faster this time.
After seeing off the crew, Xu Yanyu finally had time to pay attention to what was happening on Weibo again.
She thought that several hours had passed and that Xi Rubao's matter was over.
To my surprise, after logging onto the blog, I found that the argument between the two sides was getting more and more heated.
Just then, Xu Yanyu's phone rang.
Xu Yanyu looked at the caller ID and was surprised to see it was from Director Zeng.
Xu Yanyu had previously recorded a song for director Zeng, which served as the theme song for one of his films.
Xu Yanyu, who composed and sang the film's theme song, was invited to participate in the opening ceremony of director Zeng's film.
Since their last meeting, Xu Yanyu has been busy filming a TV series and hasn't had much time to contact Director Zeng.
However, a few days ago, Director Zeng invited Xu Yanyu to attend the film festival's awards ceremony.
Xu Yanyu was too busy to attend the film festival's awards ceremony and had to decline Director Zeng's invitation.
She wondered to herself, could it be that Director Zeng's film won the Best Director award, or some other award?
So I called her today to share this with her?
With her doubts still lingering, Xu Yanyu answered the phone.
She asked with a smile, "Director Zeng, why did you suddenly call me?"
Is it your film that won so many awards at the film festival?
So you're inviting me, one of your staff members, to a celebration dinner?
"Hahaha...you guessed right! But I wasn't the only one who won an award."
Yan Yu, you won an award too!
The film score you wrote for me won the Best Original Score award at this year's film festival.
Director Zeng's voice still sounded very excited.
Although his film did not win the Best Actor or Best Actress awards this time, it won quite a few other awards.
So although Director Zeng had some regrets, he was still very happy overall.
Xu Yanyu was stunned and exclaimed in surprise, "The song I submitted actually won an award?"
"Yes. It was the song 'The Ordinary Road' that won the award."
Although I had some guesses before I went, I was still very happy to actually hold this award in my hands.
"It's a pity you weren't free last night, otherwise I would definitely have let you go on stage to accept the award."
Director Zeng felt sorry for Xu Yanyu.
If it weren't for the fact that Xu Yanyu was preparing for the "Singer 2024" program last night, he would have insisted that Xu Yanyu attend the film festival awards ceremony no matter what.
Xu Yanyu was so focused on Xi Rubao's matter today that she didn't really pay attention to the film festival's awards ceremony.
Moreover, a film festival has too many awards to give out, with the most attention focused on awards such as Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
So unless she specifically looked into it, Xu Yanyu hadn't even noticed that she had won the award.
Director Zeng continued, "I should have told you about this last night."
But I was too excited last night and everyone got me drunk.
I just woke up and haven't even washed up yet, but I'm calling you.
Xu Yanyu was still a little confused after hearing what Director Zeng said.
She wasn't prepared at all; suddenly, an award fell into her lap.
Xu Yanyu said happily, "I didn't know about this until you told me. I've been busy with the show and Director Wei's film lately."
Director Zeng continued, "Yes, there's another piece of good news to tell you."
Didn't I tell you before that I'd introduce you to a filming opportunity?
Xu Yanyu recalled that Director Zeng seemed to have mentioned this matter at the opening ceremony of his film.
At that time, Director Zeng also introduced her to a director named Bai Xinjin.
Xu Yanyu recalled Bai Xinjin's face and quickly said, "Director Zeng, if it's a film directed by that Bai director... I really can't film it."
Xu Yanyu really couldn't believe that even after so much time had passed, Director Zeng was still thinking about introducing her to resources.
Xu Yanyu was genuinely happy that someone cared about her so much.
However, if it were still the same Bai Xinjin, Xu Yanyu would definitely keep her distance.
"No, it's not him. I can't take Old Bai's role. They're still casting for his movie."
I don't know what kind of actors he wants; he's been searching for so long and still hasn't decided."
Director Zeng has some things he wants to complain about, but considering that Xu Yanyu might be too busy and doesn't have the time, he won't talk about Bai Xinjin's messy affairs.
He continued, "I found this role for you at the film festival."
Director Yan Honglian is preparing to shoot an art film. The budget isn't much, but her films are still quite good.
You should be able to learn a lot from her. It's normal for our acting skills to be lacking when we're young; you have to learn and hone them step by step.
The lead actress and the third female lead for that drama haven't been cast yet. I've already recommended you to her.
"With my connections, you can at least get a third female lead role."
Director Zeng has also seen Xu Yanyu's previous works, and her acting skills are indeed not that outstanding.
However, acting skills can be improved through practice. As long as Xu Yanyu can calm down and focus, she will definitely get better and better with each filming.
He compared Xu Yanyu's early works with the movies she made in the past two years, and found that her progress was indeed noticeable.
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