Chapter 282: Golden Tripod Awards (13,000-word update!)

The filming of "Seventeen Layers" was in a photography base.

Each room was made separately in the studio, and this building was specifically found to be filmed, all of which were to go out to the scene and carry out real-scene filming.

The exterior location was placed in the middle stage to film.

Therefore, in the first few days, their plays were basically filmed in the studio.

When the actors arrived at the filming scene, they were all surprised.

Because every game and every secret room described in the script was restored one-to-one by the crew.

Lu Yan He was shocked and shouted cool repeatedly.

Lu Yan He was this reaction, and others were the same.

In the domestic film and television drama market, there are few such one-to-one restoration of filming scenes.

Especially this type of "Battle Royale" theme.

And for signing activities like Liu Jiazhen, Chen Siqi will also help, placing the signing point in this cooperative bookstore, which brings more traffic to this bookstore.

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded and said: "I communicate with the bookstore owners about this, and they often say that 'Jump Up' brings more and more fixed readers to them. Like this bookstore, 'Jump Up' can sell about a thousand copies every month, one-third of which are bought by old readers."

"'Spiral of Silence' is the first serialization of our 'Jump Up.' Maybe there will be many serializations in the future, but no matter how many serializations there are, they all start from 'Spiral of Silence.' Of course, we hope that 'Spiral of Silence' can make a good start." Chen Siqi said.

And after the third script reading, this play is about to start filming formally.

In Jiangguang, Chen Siqi pushed open the door of a bookstore. At this time, Liu Jiazhen's signing meeting was coming to an end, but there were still many readers in the bookstore. Everyone didn't leave after getting the signed book and continued to be at the scene.

Chen Siqi said: "There are fewer and fewer bookstores now. The e-commerce sales of 'Jump Up' physical books are far higher than the bookstore channel. However, just like now, Sister Xiaoyin, if we need a form to communicate face-to-face with readers, we need bookstores. And, it is a bookstore that has long-term cooperation with 'Jump Up.' Every time 'Jump Up' is released, these long-term cooperative bookstores will receive specially customized peripheral gifts, such as bookmarks, such as a letter paper."

Now there is no commercial literary magazine more popular than "Jump Up" in China.

Chen Siqi used a small specially customized peripheral to bring fixed guests to the bookstore. Although not many, 300 or 400 guests who come to the bookstore every month are definitely the biggest customers for a bookstore.

This is all Chen Siqi's effort behind the scenes.

Xu Xiaoyin understood instantly.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Do you really want us to hang on it with one hand and finish a whole scene?" Li Yuefeng said with a smile.

Liu Jiazhen nodded.

Xu Xiaoyin nodded and said: "Emergency transferred two batches of goods over, even more popular than expected."

"The signing is so popular, it seems that today should have sold no less than 500 copies, right?" Chen Siqi asked with a smile.

Not only that, Chen Siqi also used the back cover of two issues of "Jump Up" to advertise for "Spiral of Silence," and opened a column for Liu Jiazhen, allowing him to publish essays or miscellaneous notes he wrote during the sales period of "Spiral of Silence."

Lian Bei took the actors to introduce these filming venues one by one, including one scene where all of them had to be hung at a height of four meters, which was also made into such a venue.

Chen Siqi really did a lot.

Lian Bei asked: "Are you worried?"

Chen Siqi came to Xu Xiaoyin and Xu Mingyue and greeted them.

Lian Bei laughed and said: "Don't worry, when filming for real, you will be put on protective devices first, and all the big shots will be filmed. When filming close-ups, we will lower the height so that the distance between you and the ground will not exceed one meter. Even if you let go of your hands and fall, nothing will happen."

"Liu Laoshi worked hard." Chen Siqi said with a smile, "Now the sales of 'Spiral of Silence' have exceeded 190,000 copies, right?"

"Seventeen Layers" cooperative many authors specifically forwarded the sales information of "Spiral of Silence."

"When will Liu Laoshi start writing the next book?" Chen Siqi said, "I hope you can still hand over the serialization to us."

Liu Jiazhen nodded with a smile and said: "Thanks to everyone's help, the sales of 'Spiral of Silence' are very good."

They just stood on the ground, looking at the handles four meters high, and thinking that one day they would have to be hung on it, they felt a chill in their hearts.

"Spiral of Silence" went on the market. Chen Siqi specifically suppressed it for a month, did not publish all the serializations before it went on the market, but left the last two issues and published them one month after "Spiral of Silence" went on the market, giving "Spiral of Silence" a very long sales window period.

The most critical thing is that if this continues for a long time, more and more people in Jiangguang will know this bookstore. Once a bookstore is mentioned, they will come here.

Not every reader will specifically run to a bookstore to buy for a small peripheral. But there will definitely be a small group of loyal readers of "Jump Up" who will do so.

Even in the golden age of print media, the most popular commercial literary magazine was the place where all top authors wanted to board.

Lian Bei took them to see all the scenes and introduced the filming methods of each scene.

Liu Jiazhen: "As long as you are willing to use it, of course I am willing to serialize it in 'Jump Up'."

Xu Xiaoyin sighed with emotion and said: "I really didn't expect that you would specifically develop cooperative bookstores for 'Jump Up'."

Lian Bei has already made sufficient preparations and knows every scene filming like the back of his hand.

Shen Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Yue looked at him and said: "Then I'm worried."

For a bookstore, this is not just a matter of selling 1,000 books, but 200 or 300 fixed old readers can be brought to the bookstore every month. Every month, so many readers walk into this bookstore. When they buy other books, or come to buy "Jump Up," they will also see other books, which can also drive the sales of other books.

Xu Xiaoyin instantly gave birth to many ideas in her mind.

After Liu Jiazhen's signing ended, Chen Siqi and the others pulled Liu Jiazhen to drink coffee together.

Chen Siqi smiled.

"There is one more thing, Liu Laoshi. Your short story 'Cat Niche' published in the last issue, the copyright operation agency we cooperate with recommended it to some film and television companies, and two film companies came to inquire about the price." Chen Siqi said, "Your novel agent is Jiang Yin Publishing House, so I transferred it to Jiang Yin, and they will continue to follow up."

Liu Jiazhen was a bit surprised, "'Cat Niche' also has people who want to adapt it into a movie?"

"Hmm." Chen Siqi nodded, "Your novel is very popular in the IP market, and everyone is staring at it."

Liu Jiazhen scratched his head and said: "However, many short and medium stories, they were not very interested before, and they all wanted long stories."

Chen Siqi said: "That might be because they hadn't read it before."

Liu Jiazhen looked at Xu Xiaoyin and said: "Maybe so."

"Another thing, you are already a well-known writer now. The short stories you write now are two things compared to those you wrote before you became famous." Chen Siqi said, "If you have short stories that haven't been published, you are also welcome to give them to us."

Liu Jiazhen nodded and said: "I'll go back and organize it."

Liu Jiazhen remembered something and said: "The movie of 'Nineteen Years of Crime Record' seems to be ready to start filming. Did they look for Editor-in-Chief Lu?"

Chen Siqi shook her head and said: "I haven't heard. I don't know much about Yan He's acting affairs. I have to ask his agent."

"Oh, it's okay, I'm just curious." Liu Jiazhen said with a smile, "If possible, this is the first movie adapted from my novel. I still hope that Editor-in-Chief Lu can appear in it."

Chen Siqi nodded, "I'll tell him."

Lu Yan He's play appointments are more than Chen Ziyan expected. This is something Chen Ziyan didn't even think of.

So far, Lu Yan He has only broadcast one "Golden Age," but I don't know if his appearance in "Golden Age" was too successful, so that major film and television companies are taking scripts to find Lu Yan He to talk about cooperation.

They also know very clearly that Lu Yan He cannot provide too much filming time, so the plays that come to find Lu Yan He are either roles that can be filmed in three or four days, or protagonist plays of about 12 episodes.

There are even movies looking for Lu Yan He, the protagonist, saying that it only takes 17 days to film.

Chen Ziyan was stunned.

Among these scripts sent over, there are also some that make Chen Ziyan feel bright, but Lu Yan He's time later is really not easy to coordinate. And if it is not particularly suitable, Chen Ziyan doesn't want to consume Lu Yan He.

Either it is a famous director like Wang Zhong, or it is a big production. Otherwise, Chen Ziyan doesn't want to take such scripts for Lu Yan He again.

After all, for Lu Yan He, there is also a "Miss Ning" and a "Late Spring," both of which are new directors and directors with strong authorship.

Chen Ziyan allows Lu Yan He to do some artistic exploration and adventure, but does not allow Lu Yan He to lose commerciality—no way, this is the cruelest truth of the film market. No matter how many actors aim for artists, in the market, commerciality is your value.

Therefore, Chen Ziyan wants to take "Seventeen Layers" for Lu Yan He.

This kind of play that looks like it doesn't have much artistry but must be thrilling and good-looking when filmed, Chen Ziyan wants to pull the strongest configuration for this play, just to make this play that will definitely be popular as long as it is filmed well, and the guarantee of popularity is greater.

According to Chen Ziyan's idea, Lu Yan He's next play must be this kind of play that can achieve commercial success.

Otherwise, one is not safe enough.

After picking and choosing, Chen Ziyan finally took a fancy to a movie that will only start filming next year. The role coming to find Lu Yan He only has four scenes, but like "Three Mountains," it is a role with obvious characteristics and can do addition.

When she decided to talk to the film party, the film party of "Nineteen Years of Crime Record" came over.

"Do you want Lu Yan He to play the murderer?"

Chen Ziyan looked at them in surprise.

The representative of Ruyi Pictures nodded and said: "This is the script. After adaptation, this movie is a double-male lead movie, police and murderer, one catches, one escapes. We studied it seriously and believe that only Lu Yan He is very suitable for this movie."

"Where did you see that Lu Yan He is suitable for playing a murderer?" Chen Ziyan asked.

The two people from Ruyi Pictures looked at each other and smiled. One of them said: "It was mentioned by Liu Bige. Once we were drinking privately, he mentioned Lu Yan He, saying that his image and acting skills to play a hypocritical and gentle scum would shock everyone."

Chen Ziyan: "Isn't Liu Bige from Long Yan Pictures?"

"Although we are in different companies, you also know that this line is so big. Which actors have good acting skills and high cooperation, we will communicate privately." The other party said, "Later, we heard that Lu Yan He went to cameo in Director Wang Zhong's 'Three Mountains,' so we specifically asked Director Wang Zhong for a segment of his performance. To be honest, his performance scared us all. Only then did we understand why Liu Bige would say that."

Chen Ziyan thought to herself, it was "Three Mountains" again.

This movie was just finished not long ago, and one or two of them knew that Lu Yan He had a shocking and unbelievable performance in this movie.

Sure enough, there is no wind that can be hidden in the film circle.

Chen Ziyan said: "Thank you for your appreciation of Yan He, but I will tell the truth. He is still studying now. During school, he basically cannot film. Like the time of 'Three Mountains,' he just went to film for one day. It is very difficult to coordinate the time for him to play the male lead in a movie like 'Nineteen Years of Murder Record'."

The people from Ruyi Pictures nodded and said: "We have also heard about this matter. However, it is like this. Our movie must start filming next year. As long as Lu Yan He is willing to act, we can coordinate according to his time."

Chen Ziyan looked at them in surprise.

"Lu Yan He is very suitable for this role, and he is also a reader of the original novel. It is precisely because of his recommendation that this novel entered the vision of so many readers, isn't it?"

Chen Ziyan said: "I know your ideas. I will talk to Little Lu later, look at the script, and we will communicate, how about it?"

They nodded happily.

Chen Ziyan brought the script to the filming site of "Seventeen Layers."

"Seventeen Layers" was filmed in a city near Yuming. There is a large filming base here. Unlike Langhua, which has large real-scene ancient buildings, there are large studios here for various groups to film here.

Most of the game scenes of "Seventeen Layers" were built here.

Chen Ziyan came to the filming site, and the actors were making up.

Filming this kind of "Battle Royale" theme movie, the actors' makeup is very important, mainly because they will have various details such as injuries and abrasions in the plot, thereby affecting the changes in their image, which all need makeup to help them complete.

And almost every scene is finished, the makeup artist needs to make repairs according to needs.

After Chen Ziyan passed, she waited silently on the side.

Lu Yan He saw her and waved.

Chen Ziyan nodded to him, signaling not to worry.

After the makeup artist handled it, Lu Yan He came to find Chen Ziyan.

"Sister Ziyan, why did you come today?"

"There is a script for you to see, and by the way, see you, how are you in the crew?" Chen Ziyan examined the shape of Lu Yan He and said: "To be honest, your shape makes you look dull and handsome."

"Ah? Dull and handsome?"

"A clean and handsome young man, with a faint dull and stupid temperament."

Lu Yan He couldn't help but laugh and cry, and asked: "Sister Ziyan, are you praising me for being handsome or scolding me for being stupid?"

"That depends on how you act. This role of yours, if you act well, it is a pleasing image that has rarely appeared in past film and television dramas. If you act badly, it is a monotonous pretending to be stupid." Chen Ziyan patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder, "Look at your own performance."

Lu Yan He actually understands what Chen Ziyan said.

What he had been worrying about and repeating before was about these concerns.

Lu Yan He said: "I found a solution now, I hope I can act well. Sister Ziyan, I really felt my shortcomings in acting 'Seventeen Layers' this time. In this kind of role that requires technicality, I feel that I don't know how to handle it at all. Now it's all relying on imitation."

Chen Ziyan said: "Acting, always have to challenge the impossible. If it is a role that is ten-stable before acting, then how boring."

Chen Ziyan's statement is exactly the same as Teacher Jiang Jun's words.

Lu Yan He couldn't help laughing.

Chen Ziyan asked what happened.

Lu Yan He told Chen Ziyan about Jiang Jun's words two days ago.

Chen Ziyan: "This shows that this is a common understanding."

Lu Yan He asked: "Sister Ziyan, what script did you bring to find me this time? Is there another new play?"

Chen Ziyan nodded and said: "You are very familiar with it, 'Nineteen Years of Crime Record'."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

"Are they going to film? Looking for me to cameo?"

"No, looking for you to star." Chen Ziyan said, "Second lead, play the murderer."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

"No way?"

"I didn't expect it either, but it seems that 'Three Mountains' you and Liu Bige acted in gave them this idea." Chen Ziyan said, "Originally, according to my previous idea, I definitely wouldn't take a starring script for you this year, but this script is special. You personally let it be known by so many people, and the people from Ruyi Pictures are also very sincere, saying that the filming time can be coordinated according to ours."

Lu Yan He fell into silence.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "How about looking at the script first?"

"Hmm, I brought the script here for this meaning." Chen Ziyan said, "The script adaptation is still quite good. If it is really filmed, the box office will not be bad. Their box office forecast for this movie is between 300 million and 500 million, which is also the box office volume of this type of theme."

If Lu Yan He can achieve such box office results as the male lead of the movie, it will definitely be very helpful to Lu Yan He. After all, the several movies Lu Yan He is going to film are all hopeless for this number.

Chen Ziyan also said to Lu Yan He: "You are going to participate in the Golden Tripod Awards nomination luncheon the day after tomorrow. At the awards ceremony, you must manage your expressions well. Don't be disappointed like last time. If there is no bigger news, your expression will become the most discussed thing."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "With experience, this time should be better, right?"

In fact, nominating an award, even if everyone says your hope of winning is not great, before the result comes out, you must be looking forward to a miracle in your heart.

No one can truly be calm.

Lu Yan He asked Chen Ziyan: "Sister Ziyan, will you go to this Golden Tripod Awards ceremony?"

"I will go, but I shouldn't be able to accompany you. I have to be busy with the Tianxing Awards." Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yan He nodded, "Okay."

Chen Ziyan said: "If you are willing, you can take Chen Siqi to participate."

"Hmm?"

"Anyway, you two already have a public partner relationship, don't you?" Chen Ziyan said, "As the editor-in-chief of 'Jump Up,' the last time you attended that fashion event red carpet together, it played a great publicity role for 'Jump Up'."

Lu Yan He thought about it and said: "We are a special issue in July. In this way, indeed, if Siqi can participate together, it is a great publicity for 'Jump Up'."

Chen Ziyan said: "If you need it, I will help you ask the organizer for an invitation, but she has no way to sit with you."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "I'll ask her first."

Chen Ziyan: "Okay."

She handed the script of "Nineteen Years of Crime Record" to Lu Yan He and asked about the scripts of "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Rouge."

Lu Yan He: "The first draft is completed, but I think it's a bit bad, so I have to continue to modify it."

"When these scripts come out, plus the script of 'Lost in Journey,' you will really become famous in the screenwriting world." Chen Ziyan said, "Other screenwriters might take ten years to produce three scripts, but you produce three in one go. Terrible talent."

Lu Yan He smiled and said: "Maybe it's because I stand on the shoulders of giants."

Chen Ziyan was stunned and didn't understand what Lu Yan He meant, "Hmm?"

"Nothing." Lu Yan He shook his head immediately, "Sister Ziyan, I did write a script for Li Zhibai and Yan Liang. You say, will Zhou Ping'an obstruct it?"

Chen Ziyan said: "That depends on what the results of the movies filmed by your previous scripts are. If the results are good, what reason does he have to obstruct? He is a very utilitarian person. He will not refuse things that are profitable."

Lu Yan He felt relieved after hearing what Chen Ziyan said and nodded.

Chen Ziyan said again: "If you have many good stories, you might as well write more. You may not be able to film many plays in your university years, but being a screenwriter can also help you stand firm in the film circle. Even a screenwriter-type actor like you who is so productive and can take out many scripts for others to act in will be welcomed by all film companies. At that time, your right to speak will be much higher than ordinary actors."

Lu Yan He nodded, indicating that he understood Chen Ziyan's meaning.

"I do have many good stories, but it takes a lot of time to write them in the form of a script, and maybe not so productive."

"It's okay, believe me, you are already much more productive than many screenwriters." Chen Ziyan said with a smile.

However, the screenwriter of "Seventeen Layers" is a very productive screenwriter.

The screenwriter uses a pen name, called Feng Qiyue.

Feng Qiyue is a man who has been in the screenwriting industry for more than ten years and has written 12 TV series. Such a resume is rare in the entire film and television circle.

He almost produces works at the speed of one original script a year. Moreover, his works are also famous for carrying ratings.

There is often a saying that movies look at directors, and TV series look at screenwriters. In fact, TV series also look at directors. There are many TV series where good scripts are filmed and smashed.

However, this sentence also reflects a key problem, that is, the importance of scripts to TV series is more explicit and more valued.

After Feng Qiyue wrote the script for "Seventeen Layers," he didn't just let go, but followed the crew.

He is an independent screenwriter, has no studio, and only has two assistants.

These two assistants are not responsible for helping him write scripts, but are responsible for helping him query information and do various investigations and interviews. Simply put, they do a good job of data organization.

Feng Qiyue joined the group, but rarely appeared at the filming site. He asked the crew to prepare a room for him at the filming site. Usually, when the crew is fine, he takes two assistants to write new scripts in it, and if adjustments need to be made to the script according to the needs of on-site filming, he will come out and write flying pages according to the situation of the on-site director and actors.

Feng Qiyue's purpose is very simple: no one should change his script without his permission.

If modifications are needed, he must modify them himself.

Such screenwriters are said to be rare in the industry.

Jiang Jun said to Lu Yan He: "I have been filming for so many years, and the screenwriter who requires full follow-up and even flying pages must be written by himself is Teacher Feng Qiyue."

When Lu Yan He filmed "Golden Age" and "Phoenix Terrace" before, there were follow-up screenwriters, but they were not the first-signed screenwriters, but other screenwriters hired by the crew.

Even such a large group and such a large director are like this, so other groups can be imagined.

"Teacher Qiyue has very high requirements for his script. The logic of every word and sentence is tight. He hates actors changing words on the spot according to their own habits because they can't memorize the words." Lian Bei also said to the actors, "The scripts you got when filming before might have many water words, so you feel it doesn't matter if you make modifications, but this play is absolutely not allowed. You will know if you read the script seriously. Every word here is pondered by Teacher Qiyue."

Lu Yan He is very satisfied with the script. In fact, if the script were not good enough, it would not be picked by Chen Ziyan from so many scripts, nor would it move Chen Bige to take this drama as the first drama of her return to the TV series market, nor would it move Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, two actors who can completely serve as male and female leads in other crews.

However, someone has moved crooked thoughts.

Li Yuefeng wants Feng Qiyue to add scenes to him.

Li Yuefeng died to protect Chen Bige later, and he didn't want to die, so he found Feng Qiyue.

"Teacher Feng, why must my role die? Isn't it good to let me continue to act?" Li Yuefeng specifically made an appointment with Feng Qiyue and went to a restaurant to talk to him about this, "'Seventeen Layers' will definitely explode. At that time, Beijing Station will definitely entrust you to create the script for the second part. If this drama is to be developed into a series, I died in the first part, wouldn't it be impossible to return later?"

Feng Qiyue looked at the popular male actor in front of him and felt very speechless in his heart.

He very much regretted that he agreed to Li Yuefeng's invitation today and came out to have this meal with him.

However, Feng Qiyue still had to give Li Yuefeng face and could not directly refuse him.

"Yuefeng, I'm serious. Your role is for sacrifice from the first moment it appears. It bears such a dramatic role." Feng Qiyue said, "If your role doesn't die at that moment, the impact and shock it would have originally formed in the hearts of the audience will all disappear. So to speak, if he doesn't die, it would have become a classic role in your acting career, but it just became mediocre."

Li Yuefeng couldn't help frowning.

He couldn't understand why a role must become classic through death.

He felt that Feng Qiyue was fooling him.

"Teacher Feng, I really like your work very much. Please modify the script so that my role doesn't have to die, so that I can continue to participate in the second and third seasons later."

Feng Qiyue has also met actors who want to add scenes to themselves.

However, often the bigger the name and the more famous the actor, the less likely they are to do this directly and obviously.

Everyone wants to cherish their feathers.

He still wanted to say something to Li Yuefeng, but when he looked at Li Yuefeng, his two eyes were full of the desire for progress. Feng Qiyue had seen this light in the eyes of too many young actors, that kind of light that seemed to regard you as a god and was full of begging for you. There was no ambition, only pure progress. He was not deceiving others, he even deceived himself.

He thought his ambition was pure, and he thought so deeply.

However, Feng Qiyue knew that he would realize one day that his ambition was not pure.

Fame, desire, ambition, these words often carry derogatory meanings because when they appear, they are often associated with negative things.

Feng Qiyue knew that no matter what he said, as long as he didn't say the answer Li Yuefeng wanted, Li Yuefeng wouldn't be satisfied, and even wouldn't give up.

After Lian Bei learned from Feng Qiyue that Li Yuefeng wanted to add scenes, he was actually a bit annoyed.

On one hand, it was dissatisfaction with Li Yuefeng's behavior, and on the other hand, Li Yuefeng went directly over him to find Feng Qiyue, making Lian Bei feel that he was not respected.

As a young director, because the first play he directed exploded, he jumped into the ranks of first-tier directors, which does not mean that he possessed the respect that those first-tier directors would have.

In the crew, many people will feel that his success is accidental, not the result of accumulation. In this case, Lian Bei actually often has many decisions questioned. Their questioning is of course not given face-to-face, but a kind of look, a kind of reaction, and even a kind of atmosphere.

Just like in the script reading meeting, when Lian Bei put forward opinions on Chen Bige's part, the atmosphere would change significantly. No one said anything, but that sudden silent state was like silently reminding him: "You are a new director, do you want to put forward opinions on Chen Bige? Are you sure? Do you have such ability?"

In this case, Li Yuefeng did this kind of thing, how could Lian Bei be comfortable.

So, Li Yuefeng soon found that he was alienated by Lian Bei.

Lu Yan He greeted Lian Bei and told him that he was leaving tomorrow to participate in the Golden Tripod Awards.

Lian Bei nodded.

These were all communicated in advance, but Lu Yan He still felt that he should come to greet him, which also seemed more respectful to Lian Bei.

"Wish you win the award!" Lian Bei said with a smile, "Win a big award back, we will celebrate for you!"

Lu Yan He was naturally happy to hear Lian Bei's words, very comfortable, and said with a smile: "Then if I don

Therefore, it didn't take long for Li Yuefeng to realize he was being distanced by Lian Bei.

Lu Yan He greeted Lian Bei and told him that he would be leaving tomorrow to attend the Golden Tripod Awards first.

Lian Bei nodded.

This had all been communicated in advance, but Lu Yan He still felt he needed to come and greet him, as it showed more respect for Lian Bei.

"I wish you a win!" Lian Bei said with a smile. "Bring back a big award, and we'll celebrate for you!"

Upon hearing this from Lian Bei, Lu Yan He was naturally happy and felt very comforted, so he said with a grin, "Well, if I don't bring an award back, you'll have to comfort me too."

Lian Bei: "What kind of soldier talks about losing a battle before even setting out? Keep up the good work; we'll all be rooting for you."

"Mm." Lu Yan He nodded.

After finishing his greeting with Lian Bei, he prepared to head back to the hotel to catch his flight that evening.

From afar, Li Yuefeng saw Lu Yan He and Lian Bei chatting happily. Thinking of how he had gone to speak to Lian Bei several times over the past two days only to be met with indifference, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

Li Yuefeng didn't know why Lian Bei had suddenly changed his attitude toward him.

Clearly, after they had drunk together before, Lian Bei's attitude toward him had been quite good.

Li Yuefeng thought for a moment, and even though he knew Lian Bei's attitude toward him was poor, he resolutely walked toward him.

"Director, is there something I did wrong that made you angry?" Li Yuefeng asked, looking at Lian Bei with his watery, seemingly sincere eyes.

Watching this display of feigned sincerity, and then thinking of Lu Yan He's smile from just a moment ago—which was so honest it was almost casual—Lian Bei only felt that by comparison, Li Yuefeng was like a clown who thought he was being sincere, which was laughable.

"No, you're overthinking it," Lian Bei said indifferently. "Just focus on filming and don't think so much."

After saying this, Lian Bei turned and walked away.

Li Yuefeng stood where he was, his raised smile collapsing at the sight of Lian Bei's back.

He frowned.

The nomination list for the Golden Tripod Awards had a large overlap with the Honghe Awards; they were all the same works. Of course, the Golden Tripod Awards had a few more hit dramas nominated, so the list of nominated dramas was longer.

For "The Golden Age," the most important thing was that both its male and female leads had received the nominations they deserved.

This was also the first time Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian had been nominated for the three major awards.

Both of their fanbases had been celebrating boisterously for many days.

The two of them also placed great importance on these nominations, having set aside time early on and prepared their outfits and styling, waiting to attend on the day.

They even attended the nominees' gala.

Lu Yan He was the same.

Such award ceremony venues were the most concentrated occasions for the big names in the entire film and television industry.

Jiang Ming, who had embarrassed himself with his acceptance speech last time, was nominated for Best Actor again this time. However, due to the unspoken rule that the three major awards wouldn't give the prize to the same winner, his chances of winning this time had instantly diminished.

As for the Golden Tripod Awards, which were known for being the most biased toward audience word-of-mouth, the person with the highest buzz for Best Actor this year was actually the comedic actor Liu Teli from "Am I a Mule."

Liu Teli's performance in "Am I a Mule" was voted a "god-tier performance" by users on several rating websites, and his long-accumulated audience favorability received an extremely strong boost from this film.

If it weren't for the fact that "Am I a Mule" was a rather rowdy comedy with strong satirical undertones, which didn't appeal to the Honghe Awards, it would be hard to say whether the Honghe Award for Best Actor would have gone to Jiang Ming.

The Golden Tripod Awards were different. They were equally supportive of non-serious and non-mainstream themed dramas. In their past winners' lists, there were quite a few dramas that had entered film history based on audience word-of-mouth—even if many of them were criticized by academics as having "little artistic value."

Lu Yan He met Liu Teli at the nominees' gala and excitedly introduced himself.

If it weren't for the fact that he had always acted in comedies, he might have already won every award there was. But even so, his status was recognized and unquestioned in the industry.

At Lu Yan He's age, he was treated with kindness by his seniors wherever he went.

No one would deliberately make things difficult for a kid.

That's right, even though Lu Yan He was already in university, in the eyes of his seniors, he was still just a kid.

What Lu Yan He least expected was that the chairman of this year's Golden Tripod Awards jury, the famous director Huang Lian, specifically sought him out and earnestly encouraged him, telling him to act well and be a good person, and that his future path would be wide and bright.

Huang Lian had no need to come and say these things to Lu Yan He, but he did it anyway.

Looking at the care revealed on Huang Lian's wrinkled face, Lu Yan He was filled with emotion.

"Thank you, Director Huang. I will definitely act well and be a good person," Lu Yan He said to Huang Lian.

Huang Lian nodded and smiled again, "You little guy, to be able to get Wang Zhong's approval, you've got some skills."

Huang Lian left it at that; after saying this, he patted his shoulder and walked away.

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Ever since he made a guest appearance in the movie "Sanshan," Lu Yan He found that, inexplicably, he had been treated kindly by others several times because of that cameo.

Was Director Wang Zhong's reputation in the industry just that good?

Lu Yan He had originally thought that television and film were two separate circles, but based on his current experience, at least domestically, the overlap between these two circles was quite high.

The nominees' gala had a media interview segment.

Lu Yan He inevitably had to cooperate with the organizers and accept these interviews.

However, the media that could appear here were all legitimate film and television outlets and wouldn't include those that deliberately manufactured topics to grab traffic.

One outlet did mention what Li Zhibai had said earlier.

"Are you writing a script right now?"

Lu Yan He thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm just experimenting. Li Zhibai is encouraging and supporting me. Once the script is written and there's an opportunity for it to meet everyone, I'll ask all the teachers to support me."

Lu Yan He's humble demeanor won the favor of many.

"Can you reveal to us what genre the script you are currently creating is?"

Lu Yan He thought for a moment and said, "Just like I told everyone earlier, it's just an experiment, so I'm trying a bit of everything—comedy, period pieces, romance—I'm trying them all, so none of it should be taken too seriously."

Chen Ziyan had said that before official filming, he should keep his screenwriting work under wraps as much as possible.

Lu Yan He understood why Chen Ziyan had arranged it that way.

After hearing Lu Yan He finish, everyone stopped pestering him about this question.

"How does it feel to have received nominations for the Honghe Awards and the Golden Tripod Awards in your first acting role?"

"I'm definitely excited and happy," Lu Yan He said with a smile. "I know some people say that I've been given so many honors for my first acting role and that I don't deserve them, but I don't care what those people say. The acting was done by me earnestly and with all my might, and the nominations were given to me by the judges. I'm especially happy, though I must also admit that I'm very lucky."

"Have you thought about winning?"

Lu Yan He nodded earnestly and said, "I think about it every day."

The reporters were stunned, then laughed pleasantly and asked, "Do you really think about it every day?"

Lu Yan He said, "Anyway, these past few days when I've been showering, I've been very seriously delivering an acceptance speech in the bathroom."

A burst of good-natured laughter erupted in the media room.

The staff outside curiously poked their heads in to take a look.

A reporter asked, "Then could you share your acceptance speech with us?"

Lu Yan He said with a straight face, "How could I share it with you now? If I share it now, what would I say if I actually win tomorrow?"

In fact, everyone knew that Lu Yan He's chances of winning were really not high; for a first-time actor, a nomination was already an affirmation.

However, for Lu Yan He to be able to so generously admit his longing for the award and give such an interesting reaction and answer, such an actor was naturally the best for the media.

No media outlet disliked such an actor.

At this moment, they also sincerely hoped that if Lu Yan He could win an award at this year's Golden Tripod Awards as a dark horse, that would be great.

After the gala ended, Lu Yan He was about to return to the hotel to rest when Jiang Yuqian suddenly came over and asked him, "Are you free later? If you're not busy, let's go grab a late-night snack together with some friends."

Since Jiang Yuqian invited him, there was no reason for him not to go, so he nodded and agreed.

Once he arrived, he realized there were quite a lot of people—a grand group of about twenty, filling what was already a large private room to the point of crowding.

They were all people attending the Golden Tripod Awards: nominees, non-nominees, actors, screenwriters, photographers, and so on.

Lu Yan He was led around by Jiang Yuqian to greet and get to know many people.

As a newcomer to the film and television industry, Lu Yan He really needed to make a round like this.

One table couldn't seat so many people, so two large round tables were specifically set up.

Lu Yan He was pulled by Jiang Yuqian to sit at one table, while Huang Kai went to the other.

"Yuqian, the way you're protecting your young one, are you treating him like your little brother?" an actress teased Jiang Yuqian with a smile.

Jiang Yuqian said, "That's exactly what I'm doing—treating him like my little brother."

She pointed at the actress who spoke, "I know what you're thinking just by the lift of your eyebrow, so don't let your imagination run wild."

Liu Zhu, on the other hand, twisted the corner of her mouth, "What wild imagination?"

She looked at Lu Yan He with a smile and said, "Little Lu is so handsome, he must have a girlfriend, right?"

Lu Yan He didn't hide it and nodded.

"Oh?" The fact that Lu Yan He had a girlfriend hadn't been officially announced, and his straightforward admission surprised many, who all turned to look.

"Who is it? Is she in the industry?" Liu Zhu asked immediately.

At this moment, Lu Yan He shook his head and said, "We don't plan on going public at this time, so please let me keep it a secret."

His attitude was very sincere.

Liu Zhu's eyes darted around.

Jiang Yuqian immediately said, "Little Lu already said he doesn't plan on going public, so don't pester him; there are too many people here with loose lips."

Liu Zhu: "Look at you saying that—are you afraid we'll let it slip?"

"With your big mouth, of course I'm afraid," Jiang Yuqian laughed and scolded without hesitation.

Liu Zhu knew when to stop.

That night, Lu Yan He really couldn't stick to his principle of only drinking two taels.

But fortunately, with Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian looking after him, he didn't drink himself into too bad a state.

"I didn't expect Lu Yan He to be such a lightweight."

"Indeed, I didn't expect that; he couldn't handle it after just that much."

"Jiang Yuqian is really protecting him like a mother hen."

"They're from the same company, after all."

"Would you protect someone from your company like that?"

"Me? Of course I wouldn't."

Huang Kai waited until they had finished laughing and chatting before slowly walking toward the hotel entrance.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Xin Zixing: I'm finished here, how about you?

Xin Zixing said: I just finished here, see you in a bit.

Huang Kai got into the car, leaned back against the seat, and let out a breath.

He had indeed drunk a bit too much tonight.

Those people toasted him under the pretext of wishing him a win in advance, and it was hard for him not to drink.

Some people were just doing it on purpose; after all, not everyone was lucky enough to get a nomination.

Tonight was happy, after all.

Huang Kai rolled down the window a little, and a gust of hot wind instantly rushed in, blowing onto his face.

After acting for so many years, he had finally received a nomination for the three major awards.

Huang Kai's mood these days felt like it was floating above the clouds.

A wonderful feeling.

He rubbed his temples and sent a message to Lu Yan He: You okay?

Lu Yan He replied instantly: I'm fine, Brother Huang, I'm not drunk.

Huang Kai: Good if you're not drunk, get some rest early.

Lu Yan He: Mm-hmm, Brother Huang, you too, get some rest early.

He exited the chat interface and went to check today's trending topics.

On the trending list, there were still some miscellaneous pieces of news.

Huang Kai suddenly saw one about Lu Yan He.

Ranked 17th: Lu Yan He says he has already prepared his acceptance speech.

Huang Kai was stunned, a bit surprised, and clicked in to see that it was an interview video.

He had also accepted an interview and knew what it was about.

Once he finished watching the video, Huang Kai was already laughing.

Huang Kai could relate to what Lu Yan He said more than anyone.

He had already lost count of how many times he had practiced his acceptance speech while showering.

Huang Kai had a similar experience.

He exited the video and looked at the reaction online, only to find quite a few voices criticizing Lu Yan He, saying he was too narcissistic.

If it were something else, that would be one thing, but they were talking about Lu Yan He delivering an acceptance speech in the bathroom—how could that be considered narcissism?

Huang Kai's mood was one of annoyance, as if he himself were being implicated.

Perhaps because he had been drinking, his head was a bit dizzy and he was feeling a bit buzzed, so he sent a voice message to Lu Yan He: Yan He, don't listen to those people online talking nonsense. What's wrong with delivering an acceptance speech in the bathroom? Which actor hasn't dreamed of winning an award? How is that narcissism? Go to sleep early; maybe you'll win tomorrow, and let those who are jealous of you stay jealous.

After sending it, Huang Kai felt a wave of nausea and hurriedly rolled the car window down a bit more.

Uncomfortable.

Dizzy.

Huang Kai hiccuped and squinted his eyes.

He didn't know how much time had passed when the driver woke him up.

"We're here."

Huang Kai stumbled out of the car and saw his assistant waiting for him at the hotel entrance.

"I told you to get some rest early and that you didn't need to pick me up, yet you're still standing here waiting for me."

The assistant had a look of hesitation on his face.

"What's wrong?" Huang Kai asked.

The assistant gave a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "Brother Huang, did you post your Weibo as a chat voice message?"

Huang Kai looked blank: "Huh?"

The assistant said, "The audio you posted on Weibo fifteen minutes ago has already become a real-time trending Weibo."

Huang Kai reacted for two seconds, instantly woke up, and widened his eyes.

"What?!"

He picked up his phone and opened Weibo to look.

The voice message he had just sent to Lu Yan He, for some reason, had actually been posted as audio on his Weibo.

Now, this post already had tens of thousands of likes and over six thousand retweets.

At this very moment, Huang Kai only felt darkness before his eyes, his mind a complete blank.

The assistant snatched the phone from his hand with quick reflexes.

"What are you doing? Give it back to me quickly, I have to delete it immediately," Huang Kai said.

The assistant hugged Huang Kai's phone to his chest, shook his head, and said, "Brother Lian Xun said that I absolutely must not let you delete the Weibo. If you delete it now, it will be even worse. He said you would definitely want to delete it, and he strictly forbids it."

Huang Kai: "..."

Assistant: "Brother Huang, hurry up and go upstairs to sleep; I'll return your phone to you tomorrow morning."

Huang Kai: "Don't mess around, give me the phone quickly."

"Brother Lian Xun gave me a strict order that I absolutely cannot return it to you," the assistant said with a firm expression.

Huang Kai: "I'm the one who pays your salary!"

"Then I definitely can't give it to you!" The assistant had the expression of someone ready to die for a cause. "Brother Lian Xun said that if you delete this Weibo, you'll be mocked for at least a month, and our bonuses will shrink along with it."

Huang Kai: "... Speechless."

Assistant: "Alright, Brother Huang, I'll take you upstairs to sleep."

Huang Kai stared at the assistant for several seconds and gritted his teeth.

"Fine, you win!"

The assistant retorted: "Who told you not to look carefully and post your Weibo as a private chat?"

Huang Kai: "I drank alcohol today!"

"Brother Lian Xun said that drinking causes trouble and told you to drink less!"

"I don't want to hear the name Lian Xun again tonight!"

The assistant took Huang Kai to his room.

"Brother Huang, get some rest early, I'll come call you tomorrow morning."

"Don't call me before ten in the morning," Huang Kai shook his head directly. "There's nothing else to do anyway."

Upon hearing this, the assistant, knowing Huang Kai's habits, nodded, "Then I'll come call you at ten."

Huang Kai: "Call my room first; if I don't answer your call, it means I don't want to get up yet."

"But you have a lunch with someone tomorrow."

"Getting up at eleven is still in time."

The assistant sighed, "Alright."