Chapter 120
The Golden Phoenix Awards are considered a highly recognized, first-rate award in China, but they factor in numerous market factors, even including a dedicated Popularity Award for each year's hit films. In other words, this award, to a certain extent, represents the public's preference.
When the Golden Phoenix Awards were first established, they were held annually. Later, to strengthen the review process and raise the value of the awards, the awards were changed to a biennial event. Therefore, two films in which Lu Zixi had starred, "Clinic No. 58" and "Searching for Mr. X," were both considered candidates for the Golden Phoenix Awards.
Another equally prestigious and established award, the Qianqiu Awards, places greater emphasis on filmmaking and filmmaking techniques, favoring lesser-known arthouse films and often generating upsets. The awards are even more discerning in their selection criteria for currently popular actors, making them considered by industry insiders to be the true touchstone for evaluating an actor's skill. Lu Zixi, a star in his previous life, unexpectedly won the Qianqiu Award for Best Actor at the age of just 27. Even with the added bonus of "Glimpse," a truly stunning film, this is considered a miracle by industry insiders.
The Golden Phoenix Awards and the Qianqiu Awards are held at different times. The biennial Golden Phoenix Awards are generally announced at the end of the year, while the annual Qianqiu Awards are generally announced at the beginning of the following year to facilitate a summary of the previous year's films. Because of this, in years with the Golden Phoenix Awards, the Qianqiu Awards' results at the beginning of the year always have some influence on the Golden Phoenix Awards, and the Golden Phoenix Awards' results, in turn, serve as a bellwether for the Qianqiu Awards at the beginning of the following year.
Lu Zixi's previous film, "Clinic No. 58," was a typical commercial film, naturally not worthy of the Qianqiu Awards' attention. Therefore, this year's Qianqiu Awards had nothing to do with him. Lu Zixi himself, however, was unconcerned, believing that such a good opening was already quite good for a newcomer. He also believed that the Qianqiu Awards's response to "Clinic No. 58" would not affect the Golden Phoenix Awards' selections, and that there was a high probability that both "Clinic No. 58" and "Searching for Mr. X" would be nominated for the Golden Phoenix Awards.
I just don’t know whether Zhou He’s “Looking for Mr. X”, which he is confident of competing for the Qianqiu Award, can win the favor of the judges.
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It was early autumn at this time, and the craze brought by "Looking for Mr. X" had not yet subsided. Their posters were plastered all over the streets and alleys. Lu Zixi could see the advertisement he shot for Doux on the LED screen when he occasionally went out to buy something. He could not stand there for two seconds before he was chased and photographed by the paparazzi who came after hearing the news.
To be honest, Lu Zixi didn't really care about running into fans on the street. In his past life, he wasn't the center of attention, often going out in casual clothes and rarely being hounded by entertainment reporters. However, in this life, he's become a completely different person. Not only is he frequently trending on the Internet, but he's also constantly involved in some big scandals. He's truly terrified of these paparazzi trying to dig up juicy gossip about him, and even more afraid of being stopped and questioned about his relationship. He has no choice but to cancel his plans and quickly run back to the basement garage.
Lu Zixi originally planned to shake off the paparazzi who were following him, but he never expected that he would turn around three times on the overpass with a group of paparazzi. When he looked back, it was still a familiar face. He saw him looking at him in the rearview mirror with a mixture of anger and amusement, smiling brightly and honking his horn to greet him.
This was their job, and being thick-skinned was a skill. Lu Zixi was completely helpless. He couldn't go back to Yan Yunzhen's house, unless he wanted to see the news of Lu Wenqi and Yan Yunzhen living together go viral today. He couldn't go to his father's house either, unless he wanted to see the news of Lu Wenqi's military background go viral today. After much deliberation, only Yuanhong could go. He didn't believe these paparazzi could force a story out of him about Lu Wenqi being dedicated to his job by going to the company even on holiday.
Thinking of this, Lu Zixi turned around and drove towards the Yuanhong office building.
The paparazzi were experienced and quickly noticed that the direction of the road was wrong, but they still followed closely without giving up. It was not until Lu Zixi parked his car at the entrance of Yuanhong's parking lot and was about to swipe his card to enter that they finally left Yuanhong in disappointment.
Today happened to be the weekend, and the Yuanhong office building seemed a little quieter than usual. There were not many people around, only the large LED screen was still playing clips of recently released movies in which Yuanhong artists participated or invested.
When Lu Zixi took the elevator up from the parking lot, the climax of the movie "Looking for Mr. X" was playing on the big screen. Brilliant electronic fireworks exploded in the air. Lu Zixi realized that the image of each firework was initially a smiling face, which quickly transformed into a crying face as the fireworks faded. It was then distorted beyond recognition and finally disappeared, leaving only endless darkness, repeating again and again, just like Mr. X's gradually distorted heart.
Zhou He really put a lot of effort into this movie, Lu Zixi felt in his heart.
"Why are you standing here?"
Lu Zixi was startled and turned around suddenly, only to find that Yan Yunzhen was standing behind him with a coat draped over his arm, obviously having just come out of the elevator.
"Nothing," Lu Zixi raised his chin towards the screen, "Just taking a look."
Yan Yunzhen walked up to him and watched with him.
Lu Zixi suddenly remembered that the first time he met Yan Yunzhen after his rebirth was in the lobby of Yuanhong. At that time, Yan Yunzhen had just walked out of the elevator and bumped into him.
At that time, the LED screen was playing "Peeping Light" in a loop. He later learned that this was a suggestion made by Yan Yunzhen. Yan Yuanhong thought it was beneficial to the corporate culture and agreed.
This move indeed elevated Lu Zixi's status in Yuanhong to an insurmountable height, and also made the unscrupulous media who had originally wanted to take advantage of Lu Zixi's death to gain traffic give up those dirty ideas because of Yuanhong's solemnity. However, every time Yan Yunzhen entered or left Yuanhong, he would be stabbed hard by the fact that "Lu Zixi was dead."
Fortunately, it's all over, and they can finally spend the rest of their lives together peacefully and grow old together.
The movie on the screen jumped to another big production of Yuanhong. Lu Zixi and Yan Yunzhen tacitly withdrew their gazes at the same time. When they looked at each other, they said in unison: "Why are you here in Yuanhong?"
Speaking of this, Lu Zixi could only smile bitterly. He described in detail his experience of encountering paparazzi after going out on a whim, which made Yan Yunzhen frown continuously.
"I've been negligent." Yan Yunzhen's tone was clearly unhappy, but he suppressed it and spoke to him in a low voice, "I originally thought that this was all over and that you would no longer be in constant danger of your life, so I reduced some security. Now it seems that I may have to send more people to follow you."
"No, no, no!" Lu Zixi got a headache when he heard Yan Yunzhen say that. He knew Yan Yunzhen was obsessed with his own safety. He had finally gotten Yan Yunzhen to agree to reduce some of the security, but he didn't want to go back to the pre-liberation era. "I think I'd better be free."
Before Yan Yunzhen could refute him, Lu Zixi quickly changed the subject: "Let's get back to the point, so why did you come to Yuanhong?"
"I had something to do. I came here early this morning and have been here ever since." Yan Yunzhen explained, "I have various official duties. It's inconvenient to work online, so I came to Yuanhong to handle them."
"No wonder I was so groggy in the morning. Suddenly I felt so cold next to me..." Lu Zixi was halfway through speaking thoughtfully when he suddenly realized that something was wrong and immediately stopped talking.
Yan Yunzhen couldn't help but chuckle: "Didn't I put the pillow next to you?"
"Yes, still wrapped in your pajamas," Lu Zixi rolled his eyes at him, "Actor Yan is really a child at heart."
He slept with the pillow in his arms for a long time before realizing that something was wrong. Fortunately, Yan Yunzhen was not there, otherwise he would have been so embarrassed.
"Actually, the main reason I came here today is because of some work abroad." Lu Zixi was not good at changing the subject. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Yunzhen immediately changed the subject. "The film that was postponed before is preparing to start shooting recently, but one of the more important supporting roles was injured in a wire-hanging accident on the eve of shooting. The investors don't want to postpone the shooting time due to the actor's problem, so a role has been left vacant. This role is a forest elf, which has no fixed race. You also looked like an elf when you walked the runway abroad before, which once sparked a small discussion overseas. If you are willing, I would like to recommend you to the casting director."
In Lu Zixi's impression of his previous life, Yan Yunzhen was a workaholic, and he basically wandered around abroad, only returning to China when there were activities or when he joined a group. Although Lu Zixi later realized that Yan Yunzhen placed his main development path abroad in order to avoid him, there is no need for this now, but staying in China will always have some impact on the career that he has worked so hard to build abroad.
In Lu Zixi's previous life, because his father was a senior military officer in the country, it was very troublesome for him to go abroad, so he basically never thought about developing abroad. Now he feels that being able to go abroad is also a challenge to break out of his comfort zone. While seeing a bigger world, he can also continue to stay with Yan Yunzhen, so he agreed.
"But I want to tell my dad in advance, if he doesn't want me to leave this time, then I won't leave. There will always be opportunities, but he is already old." Lu Zixi said softly, "It's a pity that I only realized this now."
"It's not too late." Yan Yunzhen patted his shoulder and comforted him.
Lu Zixi had nothing to do today so he came out to wander around. After finishing his official business with Yan Yunzhen and preparing to go home, he simply parked his car at Yuanhong and went back with Yan Yunzhen's car.
"How are your friends doing recently?" The two began to chat in the car. Yan Yunzhen is now used to using "friends" instead of the banned word in the system, and Lu Zixi has also gotten used to it.
"Everything is fine." Lu Zixi said, "The defected system has been completely destroyed."
After everything was over, Lu Zixi immediately contacted the Doomsday Survival System. The Doomsday Survival System stated that Lu Zixi's identity would remain confidential. However, Lu Zixi felt that he should proactively hand it over to the system. Holding something that didn't belong to him was unsettling, and he didn't want to be forever mired in the fear of death.
So, with the help of the Doomsday Survival System, Lu Zixi found the Male God System, explained the situation, and apologized. The Male God System, besides exclaiming "WTF?", expressed its autism, saying it had become even more withdrawn. It had never imagined that, as a system, its ability to assist its host would be lost to a human. It regretfully informed Lu Zixi that this data transfer was irreversible. It offered to teach Lu Zixi how to turn off the somewhat annoying barrage of comments in his head, but Lu Zixi might have to keep the system forever.
Therefore, Lu Zixi is still in a delicate state of compatibility with the system, and the red envelope group is still in his hands. He will go up to chat with those systems from time to time, and send red envelopes within his ability. His life is stable and comfortable.
"Speaking of this," Lu Zixi suddenly remembered something else, "What's Tianhan's current situation? Is he still alive and kicking?"
"Almost." Yan Yunzhen pondered, "Its biggest problem is actually money laundering. Using shell companies like Changxing back then, pretending to sign artists and filming film and television works, it actually uses this method to launder black money. It is a very serious economic crime. In addition, Lu Zixi's death has also been proven to be directly related to Tianhan. Now it has caused an uproar online. Don't worry, neither Yuanhong nor public opinion will let it go."
Lu Zixi nodded slightly.
After so much time had passed, he finally realized what was most important after his rebirth. He no longer cared much about the discussion the truth would spark; he just hoped that everyone he cared about would be safe and healthy.
"By the way, why did you know that the real Fu Ruixing's awakening mechanism was that name?" Lu Zixi asked again, "Why did he care so much about their first meeting, and why do you remember what happened when they first met?"
Yan Yunzhen looked at him for a while. The light ahead was red, so he pulled the handbrake and leaned over to kiss him.
Lu Zixi sat there, being kissed obediently by him, and still asked: "I almost forgot about this, why?"
Yan Yunzhen kissed him again.
"Why..." Yan Yunzhen's kiss became more and more excessive, and Lu Zixi quickly reached out to stop him, "Stop it!"
Yan Yunzhen smiled, and when the traffic light turned green, he released the handbrake and continued driving forward.
Lu Zixi was so dizzy from being kissed that he stared at Yan Yunzhen for a long time before suddenly realizing, "I kiss you every time I ask you. Are you embarrassed?"
Yan Yunzhen looked at him helplessly.
"How can you be embarrassed?" Lu Zixi seemed to have discovered a new world and suddenly became excited. "What on earth is going on?"
Yan Yunzhen kept laughing but didn't say anything. After a long while, he said, "I'll tell you in ten years."
"I remember that," Lu Zixi said, seeing that he couldn't pry anything out of him, so he had to give up regretfully. However, he still needed to emphasize it verbally. "Just wait, I will come to ask you in ten years."
"You must not remember." Yan Yunzhen muttered softly. Lu Zixi didn't hear his whispered complaint and watched the scenery outside the window flying past.
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