After the most important actor award was presented, everyone waited for a while before it was time to present the 'Popular Actor' award.
In the past, as long as Yuan Yifei participated in similar awards, his audience votes would always be the first, and he would finally win the Popularity Award. However, the final result of this Huadian Award was different -
Ji Li surpassed Yuan Yifei's votes and won the trophy with an absolute advantage among the eight actors competing for the Popularity Award.
In fact, it is not surprising that this award fell into Ji Li's hands.
The three protagonists of "Special Ops" are officially recognized as the top two, and Ji Li was the only one missing from the shortlist for "Best Actor".
Those blind and black fans took advantage of this incident to ridicule Ji Li, saying that he just had a big face to get a ranking, and that he was not worthy of being the male lead in the movie.
Such ridicules deeply hurt the hearts of Ji Li's fans.
Although there is no need to argue with such black fans, they still want to do something for Jilizizi.
All acting awards are won based on the actors' actual abilities, and only this popularity vote can be determined by the degree of love from fans and audiences.
Therefore, without any official organization, Ji family fans spontaneously formed a voting group and voted for Ji Li day and night within half a month.
In the last hour before the voting was closed, they were far ahead of the Yuan family, so the award fell firmly into Ji Li's hands.
Faced with this result, Yuan Yifei was not unhappy at all. Instead, he sincerely wished his friend the best. Even Yuan Yifei's fans applauded and cheered for Ji Li who came on stage to present the award.
The atmosphere among the fans was as friendly as that among the real people. It was also a formal vote. The Yuan family fans naturally understood the strength of the Ji family and admired them sincerely.
After the award ceremony.
Yuan Yifei took the initiative to accept the celebratory banquet hosted by the crew, and took dozens of people including the economic team to a temporarily booked hotel.
Yuan Yifei and Ji Yunqi had a very low alcohol tolerance, but this time they learned their lesson and teamed up to get Ji Li drunk.
Coupled with the encouragement of Yao Chuan, Fang Zhixing and others, after an hour, Ji Li really looked a little drunk.
Ji Li was a good drinker. Even when drunk he never made any noise. He just sat quietly in his seat, watching others laughing with a hint of tears in his eyes.
Ji Yunqi was already so drunk that he was staggering and acting crazy. His agent Yin Ning and assistant Hua Juan were unable to stop him.
Ji Yunzheng was hurriedly called over by a phone call again, and Ji Yunqi rushed to his brother when he saw him.
"Brother, I'm not drunk! My alcohol tolerance is getting better and better... burp!"
"Xiao Qi! Just be quiet and don't move."
"You are mean to me! Woof!"
“…”
Ji Yunzheng looked helpless and could only half carry and half hug the little ancestor to take him home.
Ji Li laughed as if he was watching a show, and then he saw Qin Li walking from the door to his side.
Qin Li reached out his hand and touched his lover's hot and red neck. "Are you drunk?"
Ji Li turned his head to look at him and made a gesture smaller than an ant, "A little bit."
As he spoke, he subconsciously rubbed his lover's palm, "Qin Li, I want to go back to the hotel and sleep."
It was the first time Qin Li saw Ji Li drunk, and he was so well behaved by him that he said, "Okay, I'll tell Baozi and the others and call the driver to go back with us."
"good."
Before the two and their management team left, the drunk Yuan Yifei was still locked in the lounge and had not come out.
Qin Li asked his assistant Chengzi, who said vaguely, "Brother Yuan is drunk and said he would not open the door until someone comes to pick him up."
When Qin Li heard this, he understood most of it.
"Then you guys stay with him first. Don't let what happened yesterday happen again."
"Yeah!" Orange nodded repeatedly.
There were entertainment reporters waiting outside the hotel. Did Qin Li and Ji Li take separate cars back to the hotel?
As soon as Qin Li entered the room, Ji Li jumped onto his back and asked, "Why are you so slow?"
Qin Li was afraid that Ji Li would fall, so he quickly tried to hold him close to him and carried him along. "The car is driving a little slowly."
Ji Li rested his chin on his shoulder and hummed, "I have to go back to Hengcheng the day after tomorrow morning. The filming of "The Demon Monk" will take more than a month."
"I know." Qin Li hugged him and returned to the bed.
"Qin Li." Ji Li called out again with a hum, seemingly dissatisfied with his answer.
"Are you drunk or not?" Qin Li rubbed his nose, his voice extremely gentle.
He always felt that Ji Li was less calm and restrained when drunk, and more clingy and delicate, which really touched his heart.
"...No." Ji Li replied, and bit Qin Li's Adam's apple fiercely in a vicious manner.
"Are you born in the year of the dog?"
"Yours?"
Ji Li answered without thinking, a beat too late to realize that his answer was too corny and he couldn't help laughing twice.
He hugged Qin Li tighter and said, "I'm talking to you about serious matters, why don't you understand?"
"I don't have anything important to do next. I'll go to Hengcheng to accompany you the day after tomorrow. Are you satisfied with this?" Qin Li had already anticipated his true thoughts.
Although the two have been together for more than a year, they have spent most of their time working in different places or countries, and have very little time to actually spend together.
Qin Li felt that he had enough movies in his inventory and wanted to take a break. Even if he stayed at home or in a hotel, he could still spend time with his lover.
Ji Li got the answer he wanted, and then he responded with satisfaction.
"Qin Li, take a shower and go to bed."
"good."
Ji Li was taken care of comfortably by Qin Li and slept until noon the next day. After washing up, he returned to the living room to enjoy a delicious meal.
Qin Li seemed to be making an international call, and his standard and fluent English was very comforting to hear. Perhaps because he caught a glimpse of Ji Li, he quickly hung up the phone.
"Are you awake? Eat something."
"good."
No announcements? Life is so relaxing. Ji Li was thinking about checking Weibo while eating, but as soon as he opened his phone, he saw the message from Baozi.
——Brother Ji, there have been malicious comments about you on the Internet since last night, but they are just small things, you don’t need to take them too seriously.
——If you want to post on Weibo, it’s best to thank your fans and don’t make any other comments for now.
Ji Li raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this text.
Qin Li moved the cut steak to his plate. "What's wrong?"
"There are some negative comments on the Internet, right? Baozi just mentioned it to me, and I still don't know what's going on?" Ji Li said as he opened Weibo.
Qin Li seemed to have known about this for a long time, and said in a faint voice, "These are just some idle people looking for trouble? Haters making up stories, you don't need to pay attention to them."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Li found the source of the incident. The cause was very simple -
After yesterday’s award ceremony, Ji Li became a hot topic because of his award.
As a result, a passerby's Weibo post appeared in the hot search topic of #Ji Lihua Award for Best Supporting Actor#.
"I still don't know what the Huadian Awards jury thinks. I actually think Ji Li's acting in "Special Operations" deserves to be nominated for Best Actor."
"Let me add a word. I admire Yuan Yifei's acting skills. I don't think Ji Li has to win the award, but a nomination should be enough, right?"
These remarks were agreed by many netizens. After all, Chen Xi's role in "Special Operations" also moved many people.
Ji Li carefully looked through the comment section of this Weibo post. Apart from the fans who thanked him for his support and requested him not to provoke a fight, the rest of the agreement came almost entirely from passers-by.
However, this Weibo post aroused disgust among some black fans, and some people began to curse below.
"What kind of vision? Ji Li is only fit to be a supporting role!"
"This fan is a fan. Why is he pretending to be a passerby and speaking for Ji Li?"
"The fans of the Ji Li family are really disgusting. On the surface, they have a good relationship with the Yuan family, but as soon as the award ceremony is over, they use this private account to pretend to be a passerby fan?"
"I beg Ji Li to be my supporting actor for life! It would be best if he keeps acting smaller and smaller and quits the entertainment industry."
"Disgusting! Our Yuanbao still considers Jili a good brother, but now he starts to secretly drag us down?"
"The one above? That person is not a Yuan Family fan! He is a Pi Pi hater. Don't believe him and don't be led by him!"
How does the saying go?
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes; where there are fan circles, there are quarrels.
However, this time it was not the turn of Ji and Yuan's fans and black fans to argue, the netizen who posted this Weibo took the initiative to stand up.
"I was just complaining on my own Weibo, how did I offend those haters? Fans of Ji Li's family don't have to be afraid, I'm just an honest passerby, I just think my acting skills are qualified, haters, please stop criticizing my fans, where do you get the qualifications?"
"Those who think Ji Li's acting is bad, why don't you go play one yourself? You're not good at anything, and you're the best at brainless bashing! By the way, the Clown is suitable for you guys to play."
"You spend all your time in the online world criticizing this and that? Don't you have any sunshine in your own lives? Get lost!"
This passerby blogger is very combative. As long as those black fans dare to fight back, she will continue to scold them.
Real fans cannot participate in such verbal disputes and can only deal with it coldly?
Originally, this kind of small-scale incident would not matter. When the passerby bloggers got tired of arguing, the comments would naturally cool down. However, it was captured by unscrupulous marketing accounts and gained popularity.
"Ji Li has been in the industry for two and a half years and has won two supporting actor trophies for supporting roles. His only leading actor work, "Special Operations," was removed from the Huadian Awards. But some people say that his acting career has been set, and even if he plays the leading actor, he will never be nominated in the future."
"Last night, the double-click of one yuan made it to the hot search, but the plastic relationship broke down overnight. Ji Li's fans pretended to be passers-by and criticized Yuan Yifei, the best actor of the Huadian Awards. He has the heart of a male lead, but not the fate of a male lead. Aren't you afraid of ruining his popularity among passers-by?"
You have to know that unscrupulous marketing accounts are the easiest to follow the trend. Such screenshots will spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, quickly attracting the attention of other fan groups and passers-by.
——Ji Li’s? is also on the hot search? Isn’t it too often? It's a bit of a loss of popularity.
——After two and a half years of debut, two new artist awards and two supporting actor trophies, isn’t that enough? Do you really think you can get the Best Actor trophy easily? Don't be too ambitious.
——Ji Li, no? Is he inflated? The more this happens, the more likely something will go wrong.
——This time I am standing by Yuan Yifei. After all, he has worked hard for so many years and was nominated for four times in various film festivals. He only won the Best Actor trophy for the fifth time. Ji Li’s fans are too arrogant.
——The haters are not wrong, it’s not good to win too many Best Supporting Actor trophies, hahaha.
——I’m putting this out there, it’s clear at first glance that Ji Li is not destined to be a movie emperor!
Marketing accounts took advantage of Ji Li's popularity to take advantage of the situation, and black fans and fans of other actors made a comeback, and finally, Yuan and Ji added their names to control the comments on the topic.
Ji Li went back and saw that the related topic had become a hot search again. He sighed, feeling both amused and helpless.
"Why do you have to involve me in everything? When did I think that being a male partner is not good?"
Qin Li replied, "Sister Yu should be able to help reduce the heat and resolve the issue."
In the entertainment industry, small fame depends on promotion, while big fame depends on luck. Ji Li obviously belongs to the latter. He is a controversial actor, so every little thing about him can become a hot topic.
Many marketing accounts have seen the popularity of Ji Li, so they actively post news related to him every time.
"Now that Super Film has you and Ji Yunqi, and new talents are emerging, the company is once again showing a trend of being the only one in the market. There are many rival companies that are jealous and are taking advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters and confuse the public."
"You beat Yifei's votes last night and won the most popularity, which means you have successfully made it to the top of the circle. Ji Yunqi's popularity is a little lower than yours, but he has a family background to support him, so there will be more people who will try every means to discredit you."
Just like Qin Li, who won the Best Actor award at the beginning, Yuan Yifei, who later became a huge hit, and many other popular male stars who were short-lived.
Just as there are people who admire the strong, there will also be people who are jealous and hateful.
In this entertainment industry, unless you are at the top and impeccable, there will always be haters jumping up and down, and there will always be people looking for tricky angles to attack you.
When Ji Li didn't play the leading male role, some people would mock him for not having any movie works in which he played the leading male role.
When Ji Li failed to win the Best Actor trophy, some people mocked him for being only fit for a minor supporting role.
…and the cycle continues.
This is the other side of the glamorous entertainment industry that must be endured.
Ji Li was very clear about this, so he simply put his phone down and concentrated on his meal.
I thought this matter wouldn't last long, but unexpectedly Yu Fuya and the agency team behind the scenes came looking for me in the evening.
Baozi simply handed the monitored network message to Ji Li and Qin Li, "Brother Ji, Teacher Qin Li, take a look."
@Director Mo Yun: Once contemporary actors gain popularity, they will expand too quickly. @Ji Li, you are in your early twenties? You are already dreaming of the Best Actor trophy? If the film festival does not award you the award, your fans will think that there is something wrong with the organizing committee? It's really ridiculous!
@Actor Yang Xincheng: 99% of Ji Li's popularity comes from his face, and only 1% comes from his tearful acting skills. The entertainment industry today is too impetuous. Anyone with a little good looks and who has filmed some dramas dares to call himself an actor? Alas, when will we, the young actors with great acting skills, be given a chance?
@Director Sun Wangsan: Anyway, I won't use such high-minded actors in my future movies. @Ji Li, I advise you and your fans not to bother with domestic film awards. If you are so talented, just go and win awards at foreign film festivals! You only dare to bully others in the Chinese entertainment industry based on your popularity. But if you look at the whole world, who do you count as?
…
Qin Li's eyes darkened. "How come I have never heard of these three directors and actors?"
"These three people are from the same small-investment online drama group called "The Spicy Princess of Time Travel". Mo and Sun are the directors of the group, and Yang is the lead actor."
There is no need to investigate this matter. Just click on their Weibo and you will find information about the relevant crew.
Baozi was so angry that his face puffed up. "All three Weibo posts have Brother Ji's name on them. It's obvious that they are just trying to get attention!"
Who can stand such malicious and distorted comments? The number of Ji Li's fans grew larger and larger, and some of them exploded after enduring it again and again.
——Only speaking for myself, I ask all teachers to focus on filming their own works. Our Jili has not provoked you, and we will not interfere with each other. Thank you.
——Director Sun, thank you for the invitation. It is one thing that you do not want to use our Ji Li, and it is another thing whether we have the time to cooperate with you. We are busy.
——Sorry, I just got into it because of Ji Li’s acting.
——Ji Li is handsome and has good acting skills, I know I like him. Unlike some actors, who have neither good looks nor acting skills, but still gain popularity one after another.
Under these Weibo posts, a new round of melee has begun with black fans and malicious netizens.
——Hahaha, finally someone is telling the truth? The crew and the director, support!
——If Ji Li has the ability, just go directly to the international film festival! It is disgusting to have high aspirations. Director Sun said it well. I will definitely support your work in the future.
"Brother Ji, check their Weibo and see how many comments they normally get?" Another staff member said, "They just smeared you, and then they posted something about their own crew the next day."
Ji Li was also dumbfounded by the operation of this small crew.
Have you ever seen someone trying to ride on the popularity of others? But have you ever seen someone trying to ride on the popularity of others in a group? They are so shameless that it makes me angry.
Yu Fuya went on to state the difficult point.
"Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who are wearing shoes. They are doing this on purpose. If our company intervenes openly in this matter, it will inevitably escalate the situation."
"If we don't take care of it, I'm afraid there will be some famous actors and directors who will copy the same thing, and then it will be very annoying."
Qin Li glanced at the time. It was almost six o'clock.
He thought for a moment and said calmly, "Get ready! There will be a big trending search early tonight."
"Early? Hot search?"
Everyone looked at each other, and for a moment no one understood what Qin Li meant.
Qin Li looked around, and finally looked into Ji Li's eyes, "I have good news, but I haven't found the right time to tell you."
He paused, then continued, "But even if I don't tell you now, your team will probably know it soon."
Ji Li's eyes flickered slightly, as if he suddenly realized something.
…
At eight o'clock in the evening, the comments about Ji Li, such as "supporting actor, best actor", etc., were still going on.
Not only that, that small crew also brazenly climbed onto the trending search list and forcibly sucked a lot of blood.
The fans were furious, passers-by were amazed, and the haters, fans of the rival company, and the rival company were secretly celebrating, completely enjoying the fun.
Just when the public opinion on Weibo was in a mess, the official entertainment account of Weibo suddenly released a piece of news:
Big news! Internationally renowned director Roland Cameron published a long article to officially announce his new film "Long Island Iced Tea". The two male protagonists of the film are played by Chinese actors @秦栗 and @纪漓 respectively, and it is scheduled to be released on February 14th!
Director Cameron announced the good news in a long article. The film has not yet been released, but it has already received an invitation from the Anna International Film Festival. Two actors have qualified for the first round of 'Best Actor' shortlist!
…
In order to ensure the authenticity of the entertainment news, the official blog also specially took a screenshot of director Cameron's long article, annotated the translation, and even found relevant information about the film review on the official list of the Anna Film Festival.
The most important thing is that the individual movie posters of both actors have been released.
As soon as this news came out, Weibo exploded.
Oh shit! Qin Li and Ji Li collaborated on the new film directed by Cameron?
Oh shit! When was this filmed? How come it’s going to be released so quietly?
Oh shit! The film has received an invitation to the top internationally ranked ?Asian Film Festival? And he was also shortlisted for the best actor in the first round?
—Wait, I’m already experiencing network lag? When was it filmed? These two people are doing great things quietly!
——Have Qin Li and Ji Li finally officially cooperated? The previous film's rivalry was totally unimpressive. Can it be shown in the country? I want to see!
——Ahhhhhh! Director Cameron is awesome, this movie poster is so cool!
——Am I the only one who is interested in this type of movie? What a dare!
——Hahahaha, passers-by enjoyed it! This move by Ji Li can be considered a slap in the face, right?
Haters say he is only fit for a supporting role? The director wanted to take advantage of his popularity and asked him to go to an international film festival if he had the ability?
Hey.
Don’t be impatient, it’s coming soon, isn’t it?
How could anyone who pays attention to the film industry not know director Cameron?
Director Cameron has won the Best Director award at the Annapolis International Film Festival for six times and is known as the world's leading literary and artistic director. Many male and female actors who have worked with him have won the titles of Best Actor and Best Actress at international film festivals.
As long as you get a role in a movie directed by Cameron, it means you have one foot in the international film industry!
The shortlist for the Anna Film Festival needs to go through the first and second rounds of strict screening, and finally five actors will be selected to compete for the Best Actor trophy.
Although the competition is very intense, as long as the actors perform well under the guidance of Director Cameron, it is almost certain that they will enter the final round.
It’s not that Chinese film festivals are bad, but international film festivals are obviously better!
Although I didn’t make the cut for the Huadian Award?
Best Actor, but Ji Li was nominated for the Anna Film Festival for his new role!
How many actors would envy this?
It was the peak traffic time in the evening, and the discussion about "Long Island Iced Tea" was so heated that it directly ranked first in the hot searches. All the controversial remarks about Ji Li were suppressed by this explosive news.
"I've discovered that Ji Li is the type of person who gets promoted faster the more he slanders others! The more you tell him he has nothing, the more he can come up with to slap you in the face."
"Yes, I'm not a fan of celebrities, but I'm always willing to follow Ji Li's news. Every time there's a twist, I'm so happy."
"Hahaha, Sun Wangsan? He has deleted his Weibo post. I am dying of laughter. Where are the haters? Why don't they just pretend to be passersby and get angry now?"
"I've been wanting to say this for a long time. Normal passersby will just watch the fun and won't intervene at all. Only haters and those who are trying to get attention will get all up and down."
"I still want to praise Qin Li and Ji Li for their courageous acting. This is a gay film, right? According to Director Cameron's past habits, kissing and hugging should be indispensable in the movie?"
“Hahahahahaha! I suddenly want to see the reactions of the fans of Yu, Ji, and CP.”
reaction?
What other reaction could there be?
Li fans have waited for so long and finally got to see a new movie from their brother Li, but it turns out to be a foreign gay movie starring him and Ji Li?
Li Ge's goal has already shifted to the international film scene. The film directed by Cameron is a new milestone resource, and they should support it as fans.
But everyone is a girlfriend fan! Is it because he watched Brother Li kissing and hugging Ji Li in the movie?
Thanks for the invitation, I'm already starting to get jealous!
Ji’s fans are both happy and conflicted. They are happy because Zaizai has slapped Ji in the face with his new work and strength, and the director of the new film is very famous. And what is puzzling is also the subject matter and content of the movie.
Are there really kisses and hugs in the movie? Wuuuuu what the hell? My first screen kiss is going to be given to a man?
Thanks for the invitation, mom fans are starting to sharpen their knives!
Amid the endless discussions, two families were sad while the other was happy.
Some netizens who were watching the show discovered that the CP super topic of Qin Li and Ji Li had changed its super topic avatar as soon as possible.
It’s very rustic, yet very appropriate for the occasion.
The background is a bright red square with two blooming roses on the top and three particularly eye-catching large characters at the bottom:
Pass! Year! good!
The author has something to say: #CP fans: Thank you for the invitation, even if the sky falls, today is Chinese New Year!
#“Long Island Iced Tea” is a blast when it debuts! 30 random red envelopes in this chapter.
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