Chapter 283: Acceptance Speech (13,000-character update!)

Early the next morning, Lu Yan He woke up and saw the situation on Weibo; he was stunned himself.

Huh?

What is Huang Kai doing?

Lu Yan He hesitated repeatedly, but in the end, he still didn't go to ask Huang Kai what exactly was going on.

He felt that nine times out of ten, Huang Kai had just had too much to drink, saw the news online, and had mistaken the public Weibo for a private chat.

And this audio clip from Huang Kai deservedly snatched the number one spot on the trending list, with invincible popularity, crushing all other entries.

Lu Yan He couldn't even imagine what kind of grand occasion the awards ceremony tonight would be.

"..."

Just as Lu Yan He finished washing his face, Chen Ziyan called.

"Given your usual daily routine, you should be up by now, right?" Chen Ziyan's voice carried a hint of teasing.

Lu Yan He knew what she was teasing him about.

"I'm already up."

Chen Ziyan said, "Have you seen the news online?"

"Yeah." Lu Yan He sighed, "Although I don't know why Brother Huang would post an audio clip like that."

"Thanks to him, many netizens are now making memes, playing on the meme of you giving an acceptance speech in the bathroom. Several influencers have made videos imitating you giving an acceptance speech in the bathroom. Have you seen them?" Chen Ziyan asked.

Lu Yan He: "Not yet. Sigh, don't mention it; the more you talk about it, the more embarrassed I get."

Chen Ziyan: "Then everyone you meet today will probably bring this up with you."

Lu Yan He sighed.

Chen Ziyan: "It's fine, it's actually a pretty good thing. Originally, there was a wave of haters wanting to make an issue out of what you said yesterday to smear you, but after this stunt by Huang Kai, all those voices were drowned out."

"Is Brother Huang getting trolled even worse?"

"Pretty much, but everyone's reaction to his words has been quite positive. They feel he's cheering you on. Of course, the words themselves are very positive." Chen Ziyan said, "However, you know Huang Kai's usual image is that of a 'good man' with stable emotions; he has never stood up publicly to speak for someone like this before. They are all saying that you and Huang Kai have truly become friends for him to back you up like this."

Lu Yan He was about to speak but stopped.

"What do you want to say?"

"I just feel that Brother Huang and I aren't quite at that level yet. If you're talking about being on good terms, that's fine, but to say he's publicly standing against netizens to back me up, I don't think we're there yet."

Chen Ziyan said, "I know that too, but the netizens don't know. Anyway, I've already communicated with his agent. This matter is actually quite good for both of your images right now. We don't plan to suppress the heat of this; we'll just let it ferment naturally."

"Does Brother Huang know?"

"No, he's still sleeping." Chen Ziyan said, "His agent said his phone was taken away last night, fearing he might do something like delete the Weibo post."

"Ah?" Lu Yan He didn't quite understand.

Chen Ziyan explained: "Huang Kai did indeed intend to send you a private message, but he ended up posting it on Weibo. Since it's already posted, if he deletes it now, they're afraid it will cause some negative discussion, making it look like Huang Kai has a guilty conscience. His agent just had his assistant take his phone away."

"Alright then." Lu Yan He understood roughly.

After washing up, Lu Yan He was finally able to sit down and seriously browse the reactions online regarding this matter.

Only after browsing did he realize, it really was... in just one night and this short while this morning, the heat of this matter had spread like spores blown by the wind, scattering across the whole world, as if everyone knew about it and everyone was discussing it.

At the very least, most of Lu Yan He's homepage was talking about this.

And just as Chen Ziyan said, Huang Kai's words unexpectedly made many people feel that he was right, and furthermore, they understood better why Lu Yan He said those things in the interview.

Actually, Lu Yan He hadn't expected that the things he said during the interview would also be maliciously trolled.

One can only say, as Chen Ziyan said, as long as you are famous, someone will find fault with your breathing.

At ten in the morning, Chen Siqi arrived at the airport.

Her gown was still borrowed with Chen Ziyan's help.

This time, Chen Siqi brought their summer special edition again.

This summer special edition ended up being three times as thick as usual, and the price rose accordingly.

Regarding the price increase of this special edition, Chen Siqi was actually a bit nervous, not knowing if it would affect sales, or if this expanded edition would help boost the sales of *Jump Up*.

Chen Siqi specifically booked a full-body treatment for herself; only after finishing her skin care did she come to the hotel to change clothes.

The two of them appearing on the red carpet together again was not public information.

However, not many people cared about this news anyway.

The status of being the editor-in-chief of *Jump Up*, in the large vanity fair of the entertainment industry, was not valued that highly.

"I usually attend some events like this, but none are as high-level as the Golden Tripod Awards. If I appear on the red carpet today, I might get scolded. Don't speak up for me or help me clap back when that happens." Chen Siqi instructed as soon as she saw Lu Yan He.

"Ah? Will you get scolded? Why?" Lu Yan He hadn't even reacted.

Chen Siqi said: "Because I have nothing to do with the Golden Tripod Awards; it's obvious I'm just here to walk the red carpet."

Lu Yan He hadn't even thought of this angle; hearing Chen Siqi say it, he was immediately stunned.

Could it really be like that?

Lu Yan He looked at Chen Siqi hesitantly.

"Don't you dare try to persuade me not to go just because you discovered I might get scolded." Chen Siqi immediately stopped Lu Yan He's thoughts with her eyes, "If I get scolded, so be it. As long as *Jump Up* can receive attention and get a wave of publicity, I don't care if I get scolded. Don't suddenly worry about me."

Lu Yan He: "..."

Sometimes, Lu Yan He felt he was like a transparent object in front of Chen Siqi; whatever he thought in his mind would be seen through.

Zou Dong came in with two cups of coffee.

It was the delivery Lu Yan He had ordered.

Following Zou Dong in was Chen Ziyan, who was already dressed up.

She walked in smiling, looked at Lu Yan He, and then at Chen Siqi.

"Every time I see you two standing together, I feel you are a perfect match." Chen Ziyan said.

Chen Siqi gave Chen Ziyan a bright smile and said, "Sister Ziyan, this dress you helped me borrow is really beautiful."

Chen Ziyan: "That's because your own conditions are good, which is why they were willing to lend it and let this dress be worn by you."

Chen Siqi asked: "Aren't you walking the red carpet with us tonight?"

Chen Ziyan shook her head, "Why would I walk the red carpet? I'll just go in through the green channel, seize the time to meet the people I need to meet, and discuss the things I need to discuss."

Chen Siqi: "So cool. Sister Ziyan, I wish I could have as little vanity as you one day."

"Isn't your age the time when you have the most vanity? Enjoy it well; this is naturally when you are at your most beautiful." Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yan He listened to them talking from the side, muttering in his heart, when did they start complimenting each other so much the moment they met?

"Sigh."

Huang Kai sighed for who knows how many times.

Xin Zixing rolled her eyes at him and said, "It's useless even if you sigh ten thousand more times."

Huang Kai said, "I'm really depressed now."

Xin Zixing: "Who's to blame?"

Huang Kai: "This mess, and it just so happens that the awards ceremony is tonight."

Xin Zixing: "Who's to blame?"

Huang Kai clicked his tongue, "Why do you always say that?"

Xin Zixing: "With the stupid thing you did, what else can I say?"

Huang Kai immediately pounced, pinning Xin Zixing under him.

"That's enough." Huang Kai kissed Xin Zixing directly on the lips.

Xin Zixing: "Are you crazy? You're about to leave."

Huang Kai looked fiercely at the woman in front of him, the corners of his mouth curling up, and asked, "Who's to blame?"

Xin Zixing: "..."

She had a curse word she didn't know whether to say or not.

And just as Chen Ziyan said, when Lu Yan He set off for the awards ceremony, everyone he met along the way was joking about the bathroom acceptance speech.

Lu Yan He could only cooperate with their jokes.

By the end, he felt he had been brainwashed by himself, as if this was really an innocuous thing, and then he genuinely believed from the bottom of his heart that this was an innocuous thing.

I mean, who hasn't dreamed of winning an award?

The Golden Tripod Awards could be said to have the greatest public influence among the three major awards.

Every year, it is the one with the most attending stars and the most luxurious lineup.

This year was the same.

Almost all media were gathered in the red carpet media area and interview area, waiting for the stars and artists to appear the next night.

And the most watched this year were undoubtedly Huang Kai and Lu Yan He.

Last night's blunder by Huang Kai had attracted all the attention to the two of them.

And the stars caught by the media were inevitably asked for their views on this matter.

Everyone was discussing this.

Jiang Yuqian said generously and naturally: "I have also given an acceptance speech in the bathroom. Maybe we are all the kind of actors who crave awards."

The reporter looked at her in surprise and said: "Generally, few actors will admit that they crave awards."

Jiang Yuqian laughed loudly and said: "Then I have nothing to deny. I really want to win an award."

"You are so blunt about wanting to win an award, aren't you afraid of being seen as too utilitarian?"

"There isn't a single actor who doesn't want to win an award. If someone thinks this kind of thinking is too utilitarian, then they might truly be without desires." Jiang Yuqian shook her head, smiled, and added, "I am a mortal."

However, while Jiang Yuqian was being interviewed and saying these words, other actors were saying things like "actors should focus on performance rather than awards."

This actor was Jiang Mingzheng.

And these words were once again considered by many to be targeting Lu Yan He and the others.

"This isn't the first time. Last time, Jiang Mingzheng was also implying things about Lu Yan He and Huang Kai."

"Once is a coincidence, but twice can't be, right?"

"I actually had a good impression of Jiang Mingzheng, but I didn't expect him to be like this. I'm really speechless."

"I hate this kind of statement the most. 'Winning awards isn't important.' He won the Honghe Award and said winning awards isn't important. If you have the ability, return the award, don't accept it!"

"At least Huang Kai and the others are real, daring to admit they want to win awards."

For a time, the internet was in an uproar.

Jiang Mingzheng was also completely confused. He never expected that his "standard answer" would suddenly be met with such exaggerated mockery and criticism.

"What's going on?" Jiang Mingzheng had been experiencing ice and fire during this period.

On one hand, he won an award, and his career reached its peak; he had fame, status, and one foot already inside the threshold of being a veteran actor and artist. On the other hand, because of his acceptance speech at the Honghe Awards ceremony, he was mocked by the entire internet, and all kinds of ironic and disgusted voices drowned him out.

Just when things had finally gotten a little better, Jiang Mingzheng never expected that his own statement would have problems again.

He was speechless.

"You know me, how could I go and mock Huang Kai and the others? This really makes me not know what to say. It feels like whatever I say is wrong. Who hasn't answered this question like that before? Why is it only wrong when I answer it?" Jiang Mingzheng complained to his agent, looking miserable.

The agent was also very helpless.

Jiang Mingzheng's journey had truly not been easy. Having finally reached this step today, who would have thought that one opening of his mouth would make everything not so beautiful.

"Brother Zheng, you should think about it yourself. Didn't you see the audio clip Huang Kai posted?"

Jiang Mingzheng: "I don't really go online."

He felt very aggrieved.

The agent sighed and said: "Last time that happened, I told you to go and explain to Huang Kai and the others. You said you didn't mean that, and explaining would make it look like there was a problem. Are you not going this time either?"

Jiang Mingzheng looked full of reluctance.

He really didn't know what was wrong with his way of speaking and doing things.

Clearly, everyone said and did it this way, so why was it wrong when it came to him?

This was the part Jiang Mingzheng understood the least.

When Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi walked onto the red carpet holding the summer special edition of *Jump Up*, the audience watching the live stream were all confused.

After all, it was only the second time, and many people didn't know what they were holding, and many didn't know who the girl appearing beside Lu Yan He was.

Consequently, Lu Yan He's fans took on the job of explaining to everyone.

——The book they are holding is the July summer special edition of *Jump Up*. This issue has novels, essays, travelogues, etc., created by more than thirty writers and teachers, and several new heavy-hitting serials are starting in this issue. Everyone is welcome to pay attention.

——The girl beside Lu Yan He is not his girlfriend, this is not an official announcement! She is Chen Siqi, another editor-in-chief of *Jump Up*. They are high school classmates, please don't misunderstand!

——This is not the first time they have walked the red carpet to promote their new book. *Jump Up* is really a very good magazine. For those who haven't seen it, you can take a look. There is an electronic version on the Ye Mai website, and the physical book can be bought through various channels.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi held the book *Jump Up* in front of their chests from beginning to end, treating this red carpet as an excellent promotional opportunity.

When accepting the interview from the red carpet host, Lu Yan He also specifically mentioned *Jump Up*.

The host smiled and said: "How come it feels like you, Yan He, care less about winning an award tonight than about *Jump Up*?"

Lu Yan He said: "It's just that I care too much, so I need to bring *Jump Up* along to distract myself, otherwise my legs would be shaking from nervousness."

The host was amused by Lu Yan He's words and laughed.

Chen Siqi said: "I'm just here to observe the ceremony, but I also want to recommend our magazine *Jump Up* to all the big shots. Every issue of the magazine publishes many novels and essays, which might be very suitable for adaptation into film and television dramas, if they happen to like them."

After the interview, the two of them went to the backstage together.

Chen Siqi couldn't enter the backstage lounge, so she parted ways with Lu Yan He at the entrance and said: "I'm going first. Good luck!"

Lu Yan He nodded.

He went to the backstage lounge first to meet up with a few people from the crew.

Luo Yuzhong saw him and immediately waved, saying: "This kid, Lu Yan He, filmed *The Golden Age* with me."

He was introducing Lu Yan He to someone standing in front of him.

Lu Yan He looked at the person opposite Luo Yuzhong with some surprise, only feeling that this person looked a bit familiar.

"Yan He, this is Director Zhang Haizhou." Luo Yuzhong introduced to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He immediately showed a surprised expression.

"Hello, Director Zhang." Lu Yan He hurriedly greeted.

Zhang Haizhou looked like a very refined person, and his smile had a refined temperament.

"Yan He, hello."

Lu Yan He had heard of Zhang Haizhou's name long ago.

Or rather, anyone who paid even a little attention to movies must have heard of Zhang Haizhou.

This big director, who stood at the very top, was the director every actor dreamed of collaborating with.

Previously, Huang Kai's agent had specifically come to tell Chen Ziyan that they wanted Lu Yan He and Huang Kai to compete for Director Zhang Haizhou's new film together.

However, it ended up with nothing later.

Luo Yuzhong was clearly very familiar with Zhang Haizhou, and their relationship was also very good.

This made Lu Yan He sigh in his heart once again that the so-called barriers between the television circle and the film circle were all things others said. At the top level, they knew each other, and their relationships were even quite good.

Luo Yuzhong introduced Lu Yan He, Huang Kai, and Jiang Yuqian to Zhang Haizhou.

Zhang Haizhou also greeted the three of them very politely and invited them to audition if there was an opportunity in the future.

For a director like Zhang Haizhou, actors were willing to play even the smallest roles.

Because one shot might be the best shot in their acting life.

This was no exaggeration.

Many actors were vain, but that didn't mean these vain actors didn't care about art at all.

There were moments when they were willing to cast aside all vanity for the sake of that moment of art.

Zhang Haizhou's films had such charm.

However, what Lu Yan He didn't expect was that Zhang Haizhou did not appear at the awards ceremony.

Lu Yan He had originally thought Zhang Haizhou was here to be an award presenter.

Sitting beside Lu Yan He were Jiang Yuqian and another actor, He Yunyun, the heroine of the hit ancient idol xianxia drama *Eternal*.

He Yunyun was also nominated for Best Actress this year for *Eternal*.

This was the difference between the Golden Tripod Awards and the other two major awards. If an actor truly delivered a very good performance, even genres like ancient idol xianxia, which were completely ignored by mainstream awards, would be nominated.

He Yunyun was also the only actress among this year's Best Actress nominees who could rival Jiang Yuqian in popularity and traffic.

Lu Yan He greeted He Yunyun.

He Yunyun spoke to him very politely, but it was also clear that she was a somewhat introverted actress.

As the awards ceremony began, Lu Yan He held his breath and sat upright.

Lu Yan He found that the few people around him were relatively nervous.

Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai were not as comfortable as they were at the Honghe Awards ceremony last time—that time their state was very relaxed, unlike this time, because they had expectations, so it was difficult to relax and enjoy this awards ceremony.

And as for He Yunyun, whether it was because she was naturally quiet or something else, Lu Yan He noticed that Liu Zefan, the male lead of *Eternal* sitting next to her, spoke to her several times, but she only replied faintly and didn't say much.

Liu Zefan was not nominated for Best Actor; he was here today as a performance guest, and his mindset was clearly relaxed.

During the intermission, Lu Yan He got up to find Chen Siqi in the back.

Chen Siqi was sitting in the fifth row, as a pure guest.

"The next award is Best Supporting Actor." Chen Siqi smiled at Lu Yan He, "Are you okay?"

Lu Yan He took a deep breath and said: "Nervous, but okay, I can hold it in."

Chen Siqi: "Is it because the hope of winning this time is greater than at the Honghe Awards, so you're more nervous?"

"Not really, I'm just as nervous, I want to win the award. Even if everyone tells me the hope of winning isn't high, I still want to win." Lu Yan He said with a smile.

"Little Lu, don't be so utilitarian." Someone next to him suddenly said to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi both looked at the other person in surprise.

The person speaking was actually Chen Jiping.

"..."

"Chen Laoshi." Lu Yan He didn't expect Chen Jiping to take the initiative to talk to them.

This male actor who had sarcastically mocked Huang Kai backstage at the Honghe Awards last time, today, who knows what went wrong in his head, suddenly came to lecture Lu Yan He.

Chen Jiping said: "Although Jiang Mingzheng is being criticized by many netizens, what he said is absolutely correct. Have less utilitarianism, and the purpose of acting can be purer."

Lu Yan He was very clear that Chen Jiping was deliberately targeting him by saying these things.

Last time he helped Huang Kai "bitch" at Chen Jiping, and this time Chen Jiping came to retaliate.

Lu Yan He asked back with a frank face: "Chen Laoshi, don't you want to win an award?"

Chen Jiping was stunned.

Lu Yan He said: "Is wanting to win an award utilitarian? Then I am indeed utilitarian. We juniors really should learn from Chen Laoshi, to the point of not even wanting to win an award."

The corners of Chen Jiping's mouth twitched immediately.

He: "Where did I mean that?"

"Then what does Chen Laoshi mean?" Lu Yan He put away the smile on his face, looking serious, "I said I wanted to win an award, and you said I shouldn't be utilitarian. Isn't that exactly what I said?"

Chen Jiping's face also sank.

"I was just kindly reminding you."

"Then thank you for Chen Laoshi's kindness." Lu Yan He said neither humble nor pushy.

Chen Jiping didn't get any benefit from Lu Yan He and had a look of anger on his face.

Lu Yan He didn't take it to heart at all.

He wasn't asking Chen Jiping for anything. If there was mutual respect, fine; if Chen Jiping was relying on his seniority to bully others, he couldn't be bothered to respect him, especially since Chen Jiping wasn't even that old, just a few years older than Huang Kai.

Chen Jiping really couldn't do anything to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He didn't say a single word that openly clapped back at him, so Chen Jiping didn't even have a reason to flare up.

In this situation, Chen Jiping could only swallow this anger himself.

"This Chen Jiping, did he have a grudge against you?" Chen Siqi asked Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He: "It's not really a grudge, but there have indeed been some conflicts."

Chen Siqi looked at Chen Jiping's back as he had already left and was talking to someone else, frowning, "I don't like this person."

Lu Yan He nodded, "Great minds think alike."

Chen Siqi: "The reasons you and I don't like him should be different, right?"

"What do you hate about him?"

"I hate that look of relying on his seniority to bully others." Chen Siqi said, "I hate those people who run out and criticize you under the banner of doing it for your own good."

Lu Yan He laughed and said: "Who doesn't hate that?"

Suddenly, Jiang Mingzheng came over.

"Yan He." Jiang Mingzheng looked at him with a somewhat awkward expression.

Lu Yan He turned to see him and immediately called out Teacher Jiang.

Jiang Mingzheng seemed to still feel a bit embarrassed. He said: "Yan He, the things I said when the reporter interviewed me today were not deliberately mocking you and Huang Kai. To be honest, before the incident, I didn't even know about the Weibo post Huang Kai made. I rarely go online."

Lu Yan He: "Please don't say that, we understand, Teacher Jiang."

Jiang Mingzheng patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder and said: "Let's have a meal together when we have time."

"Okay, Teacher Jiang." Lu Yan He nodded respectfully.

Once Jiang Mingzheng left, Chen Siqi whispered in Lu Yan He's ear: "Do you believe everything he said? Was he really not targeting you and Huang Kai?"

Lu Yan He shook his head, "I don't know if it's true or false, but since someone specifically came to explain this to you, whether he was intentional or unintentional, it's better to just follow the ladder they handed over and give them a step down. It's an innocuous matter anyway, unlike that Chen Jiping just now, who had the knife pointed right at your face."

Chen Siqi looked at Lu Yan He in surprise: "You're not that innocent either."

Lu Yan He: "I never said I was innocent; it's always been you saying that."

"That's because you always make yourself look very naive."

Lu Yan He: "Only you say that."

Chen Siqi: "Only I will say it to you."

At this time, someone at the scene gave directions that the awards ceremony was about to continue.

The host had also already taken the stage.

"I'm going back to my seat." Lu Yan He said to Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi nodded.

As soon as everyone was seated, the host began to introduce the award presenter for Best Supporting Actor.

The award presenter for this category was last year's Best Supporting Actress winner, Teacher Xi Wa.

Teacher Xi Wa was already sixty years old, wearing a Chinese-style gown, with a graceful posture, eyes like water, giving people a sense of affinity like a spring breeze.

She stood still on the stage, looking at everyone in the audience.

"Last year, when I was fifty-nine, I won the first weighty trophy of my life, the Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actress. This is something I still find incredible when I look back on it a year later."

Xi Wa said with a smile.

The whole audience burst into thunderous applause.

"Today, five more outstanding actors have been nominated for this award. The oldest is forty-two-year-old Lei Ming, and the youngest is nineteen-year-old Lu Yan He. They represent the backbone and young strength of our entertainment industry."

The live broadcast camera gave Lei Ming and Lu Yan He two seconds each.

Lu Yan He put his hands together towards Teacher Xi Wa to express his gratitude and respect.

"I hope that no matter who wins tonight, you must remember that awards are the motivation that encourages us, not the resistance that binds us. Winning an award is certainly happy, but even if you don't win, your excellence has already been witnessed." After Xi Wa finished speaking, she turned her body slightly to the side, "For the actors nominated for this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actor, please look at the big screen—"

The big screen on the stage began to play the introduction of the nominees for the Best Supporting Actor category.

Lu Yan He pursed his lips. At this moment, he knew he must be targeted by the camera, but he really couldn't control his expression. He was too nervous. By some stroke of luck, he picked up *Jump Up* and blocked his face.

Jiang Yuqian reached out and took *Jump Up* from his hand, patted his shoulder, and said: "Don't be a coward."

Lu Yan He clenched his fists and took a deep breath, visibly nervous.

This scene was broadcast in real-time to another screen at the scene, and everyone saw it, emitting kind laughter.

The VCR ended, and Teacher Xi Wa opened the envelope in her hand.

"The winner of this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actor is—"

The whole audience was quiet, waiting for the name Teacher Xi Wa was about to read.

At this moment, Lu Yan He felt as if the entire venue had come to a standstill.

"Lu Yan He, *The Golden Age*!"

His heartbeat seemed to reach his throat.

Lu Yan He stood up with a start, disbelieving, his mind completely blank.

Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai both let out excited cheers and rushed up at the first moment to hug him.

"Yan He, well done!" Huang Kai patted Lu Yan He's back hard.

Lu Yan He seemed to have just woken up.

Huang Kai excitedly held Lu Yan He's face, "Awesome!"

Lu Yan He was stunned for several seconds, and only at this moment did he come back to his senses, letting out a "Wow" sound, a very loud one.

Jiang Yuqian smiled even more brightly than Lu Yan He himself, standing aside and clapping.

"Hurry up and go on stage to accept the award!" Jiang Yuqian said to Lu Yan He.

In the venue, applause was thunderous.

Lu Yan He was pushed towards the side of the stage by Huang Kai before he remembered he should go on stage.

Passing by Director Luo Yuzhong, Luo Yuzhong had already stood up in advance and hugged Lu Yan He.

"Well done!" Luo Yuzhong hugged Lu Yan He and said: "Deserved!"

Lu Yan He was still immersed in the dreamlike state of disbelief and incredulity. Encouraged by Luo Yuzhong, he grinned.

"Director, thank you." He hugged Luo Yuzhong hard.

Lu Yan He won the award!

This news spread immediately.

At Zhenhua, many of Lu Yan He's classmates, although they didn't watch the live broadcast, were pleasantly excited after seeing this news flash.

At Huiziyuanqiao, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang jumped off the sofa at the same time, even more excited than Lu Yan He at the scene.

At Huajiangnan University, Li Pengfei shouted "Damn it" three times in the dormitory, attracting side glances from his roommates.

At the filming site of the *Seventeen Layers* crew, there was a burst of cheers.

Lu Yan He walked onto the stage towards Teacher Xi Wa. He took the trophy and certificate from Teacher Xi Wa's hands, bowed, and said thank you.

Xi Wa hugged him and said: "Great job, child."

She gave up the position in front of the microphone and invited Lu Yan He to give his acceptance speech.

Lu Yan He held one in each hand, standing in front of the stage, looking at everyone in the audience.

"Wow." He took a soft breath, "I've never won an award before. This is the first time. My legs are trembling. I don't know if it's because I'm too nervous or too excited."

The whole audience burst into laughter, and another round of applause and cheers rang out.

"Fortunately, when reporters interviewed me yesterday about what kind of acceptance speech I had given in the bathroom, I didn't say it, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to say now, even though... my brain is blank now, and I can't remember what I prepared at all."

The whole audience burst into laughter again.

"Fortunately, there are so many people I'm familiar with here today. Seeing you, I can finally find a little bit of reason from this huge surprise... Wow!" Lu Yan He, who finally found a trace of reason, couldn't help but say wow again, "Sorry, I'm really too excited."

Jiang Yuqian clasped her hands together, looking at Lu Yan He with sincere eyes.

Huang Kai also had a bright smile on his face.

"I know, I must thank the Golden Tripod Awards, thank the judges. Among so many outstanding actors, you gave this honor to me. I know this is definitely not just for me, but also for young people like me, encouraging all young actors to act well, and there will definitely be a harvest." Lu Yan He paused and smiled, "Well, I thought of this sentence in the bathroom."

Laughter rose again.

"This is my first time acting, and being able to win an award for my first time acting is a luck I never dared to imagine. If it weren't for Director Luo Yuzhong taking me across the threshold of acting, if it weren't for Brother Kai, Sister Yuqian, and many, many others on the scene being tolerant of me and guiding me, I wouldn't have fallen in love with acting the first time I acted, even though I never understood acting before." Lu Yan He turned to look at Teacher Xi Wa, "Just now Teacher Xi Wa said that she won her first award last year at the age of fifty-nine. I am nineteen this year, winning my first award. At this moment, I feel even luckier, because seeing Teacher Xi Wa makes me alert myself that winning an award is an honor, but it is not a reason for me to be arrogant. The excellence of actors who haven't won an award is also witnessed by everyone, and I, who have won an award, should treat it as a spur and encouragement, letting me work harder to be worthy of the affirmation given to me by this honor."

"These days, I have kept in mind the encouragement and entrustment of many teachers and seniors. I will act well and be a good person. Finally, thank you again!"

Lu Yan He bowed deeply, turned to look at Teacher Xi Wa, and went off stage with her.

"Your speech just now was excellent, child." Xi Wa's arm was supported by Lu Yan He, smiling, "You really have to study hard to be able to say such high-level words."

Lu Yan He said repeatedly that he didn't dare to accept it.

After accompanying Xi Wa off stage, he was guided by staff to the media interview room.

It was the same media as yesterday.

As soon as Lu Yan He entered, all the reporters gave him applause and cheers.

They had also seen Lu Yan He's acceptance speech in real-time backstage just now.

"This should be the highest-level acceptance speech among the major awards in the past few years." A media person sighed on their social platform at the first moment, "I can't imagine that this is something a nineteen-year-old boy could say. A textbook-level acceptance speech."

This was the common sentiment of many people watching the live broadcast.

Entertainment news critic Mao Yu said: "As everyone knows, I am a fan of Lu Yan He. I think Lu Yan He's acceptance speech today should let many people understand why I am his fan. A nineteen-year-old boy, his speech can be so substantial, real, with attitude, with emotion, how can people not like him?"

This speech by Lu Yan He was shared crazily online.

By the time he returned to the scene, the award for Best Actor was already being presented.

The winner this time was indeed Liu Teli.

As *Is It a Mule or Is It Me* was a big hit, Liu Teli winning the award was within the expectations of many people.

But no matter how expected, for the other four nominees, the result at this moment still made them feel somewhat disappointed in their hearts.

Lu Yan He turned to look at Huang Kai.

Huang Kai noticed his gaze and nodded at him, signaling that he was fine.

And the subsequent Best Actress did not have a miracle either; Jiang Yuqian missed it.

But unexpectedly to everyone, the final Best TV Drama Award was given to *The Golden Age*.

Everyone originally thought this award was going to be given to *Long Day*.

All the creators of *The Golden Age* cheered excitedly.

Luo Yuzhong went on stage to accept the award.

The excited atmosphere swept away the frustration of Huang Kai, Jiang Yuqian, and Luo Yuzhong for not winning awards in their respective departments.

Thus, this year's Golden Tripod Awards ended.

Originally, after the official awards ceremony ended, there was a party.

But Lu Yan He was in a hurry to return to the *Seventeen Layers* crew, so he couldn't attend with everyone and had to regretfully be absent.

"Brother Huang, Sister Qian, wait until I finish filming, then let's make an appointment to eat together." Lu Yan He said.

The two nodded happily.

The journey of *The Golden Age* was not over yet.

There was still the Blue Ribbon Award that hadn't been presented.

With the momentum of *The Golden Age*, the nomination for the Blue Ribbon Award should not be a problem.

Lu Yan He said goodbye to everyone one by one.

Chen Siqi was waiting for him on the side.

So was Chen Ziyan.

"Are you going back to the crew tonight?" Chen Siqi asked.

Lu Yan He nodded, "Promised the crew, I'll arrive before ten tomorrow morning."

Chen Siqi said: "Then you don't need to rush on the night road. You can sleep first and get up early to go."

The filming location was not that far from Yuming.

Lu Yan He said: "Let's go back early, so as not to be delayed on the road."

Chen Siqi thought for a moment, nodded, and smiled again, saying: "Congratulations, you won an award today."

Lu Yan He was holding the trophy, still feeling incredible.

"Yeah, I actually won an award today."

"The Golden Tripod Awards themselves are audience awards, and audience voting also accounts for a proportion." Chen Ziyan said, "I never told you, but you were a big favorite for the Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actor. I was afraid that if you knew, you would have higher expectations in your heart, and if you didn't win, you would be even more disappointed. Fortunately, you won the award in the end."

Lu Yan He nodded, curling his lips.

"I guess I won't be able to sleep tonight from excitement."

Chen Ziyan patted his shoulder and said: "Being able to win such a weighty award in your freshman year completely exceeded my expectations. To be honest, my expectation for you was to start aiming for awards around the age of thirty. Male actors always have an advantage when they are older. It's truly a result that exceeded expectations."

"Yeah, I find it magical myself."

"It seems that the judges this year also favor you and didn't make an issue of your age."

After Lu Yan He finished talking with them, he set off to return to the crew.

Lu Yan He asked Chen Siqi before getting in the car.

"When are you going back to Jiangguang?"

"Tomorrow morning." Chen Siqi said, "You don't need to worry about me, I can take care of myself."

Lu Yan He thought silently, the way she said that, it was as if he couldn't take care of himself.

Looking at Zou Dong again, uh, okay, he couldn't drive himself yet, he really couldn't take care of himself.

Must find time to learn to drive next semester.

Lu Yan He winning the award triggered intense discussion.

A newcomer who won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actor at nineteen, anyone would realize one thing at this moment: Lu Yan He has a boundless future.

Realizing Lu Yan He had a boundless future before was because they were optimistic about his qualifications.

Realizing he has a boundless future now is because it has become a fact.

The Golden Tripod Awards giving him this award when Lu Yan He was nineteen was an attitude, an encouragement and support for this young man, and it also meant that the Golden Tripod system had included Lu Yan He in the category of "their own people."

In the future, people in the Golden Tripod system would try their best to take care of Lu Yan He when they could.

And Lu Yan He's winning the award also made many people feel a considerable sense of crisis.

Especially the young male actors in the same tier as Huang Kai.

Huang Kai had already left them far behind relying on *The Golden Age*, and now Lu Yan He was catching up from behind, with a major award in hand, his status in the future was already nailed down to rise further.

Of course, those with the greatest sense of crisis were the artists from Star Entertainment.

Ma Zhiyuan and the others were especially so.

Lu Yan He winning the award was in his capacity as an actor. Chen Ziliang would comfort himself that he was a singer and not on the same track as Lu Yan He, but Ma Zhiyuan would not comfort himself like that.

Lu Yan He was once a transparent person who was almost non-existent in the entertainment industry, and even Li Zhibai, the most popular in their group, couldn't compare to Ma Zhiyuan, but now Lu Yan He suddenly overtook them on a curve, relying on his actor status, and jumped to become the artist with the highest status among them. How could Ma Zhiyuan be convinced?

"Who said his status is higher than yours?" Zhou Ping'an listened to Ma Zhiyuan's words and immediately said, "In terms of popularity, in terms of commercial value, you are in the top tier among artists in the country. In terms of luxury endorsements, even Chen Bige doesn't have as many as you. He just won a Best Supporting Actor award, don't mess up your own position."

Ma Zhiyuan frowned and said: "Do you really think he is no threat to me?"

"The path you are taking, no matter how great his achievements are, he cannot threaten you." Zhou Ping'an said seriously, "You are already at the TOP level among idol artists. What you need to do now is to stabilize your position, bring out more stages and works, and further expand your influence. The east wind for idol artists has already blown; the Star Awards and *Idol Era* are a signal."

Listening to Zhou Ping'an's words, Ma Zhiyuan's mood slowly calmed down, and he was not so anxious.

He said: "Then you say, should I go and act?"

"That depends on what kind of play you act in. If it's a big production suitable for you, acting in it is also a proof of your influence. If it's to prove that you have acting skills, there is absolutely no need." Zhou Ping'an said, "Just stand firmly in your own position. Even if Lu Yan He wins Best Actor, it won't affect you."

Ma Zhiyuan turned his head to look out the window in silence, falling into his own contemplation.

Ma Zhiyuan's attitude was just a microcosm. Only they themselves knew what Wei Zhuoran, Qu Yousong, and others who had conflicts and contradictions with Lu Yan He were feeling at this moment.

And in the *Young Days* group, everyone congratulated Lu Yan He one after another and strongly demanded that Lu Yan He send red envelopes.

Lu Yan He smiled and sent several large red envelopes.

Suddenly remembering something, Lu Yan He clicked on the group of the three of them, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.

Lu Yan He:??? No one is celebrating for me?

Lu Yan He: Where are the people?

Li Zhibai: You just won a Best Supporting Actor, what's there to celebrate? Wait until you win Best Actor before talking.

Yan Liang: Exactly, just got off work, exhausted.

Li Zhibai: Didn't even have time to watch the live broadcast.

Yan Liang: Although winning this award is not bad, it's still a bit lacking. If you don't win Best Actor, it's not enough to show off in front of us.

Lu Yan He:...

Lu Yan He: Snow is falling, friends are no more.

He felt that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang must have done it on purpose.

It should be that in a little while, these two people would be clowning around to celebrate for him.

However, ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, and there was no news in the group at all.

During this time, Lu Yan He promised to go on *Zhi Xing* again and replied to everyone who congratulated him, but they still had no news.

Damn?

Do they really not care at all about the award he won?

Lu Yan He's heart felt cold at this moment.

Li Pengfei suddenly appeared: Busy enough? Have time?

Lu Yan He had just been incited by everyone in their high school classmate group to send red envelopes.

He: On the car back to the crew now, hehe.

Li Pengfei: How do you feel about winning the award? Very excited?

Lu Yan He: That's for sure, very excited.

Li Pengfei: Okay, lend me your trophy later, I want to take a photo with it.

Lu Yan He: You can even put it in your house.

Li Pengfei: Then put it in my house.

Lu Yan He:???

Li Pengfei: I'm not being polite with you. Since you said so, I'll accept it with a smile.

Lu Yan He: Fine, fine.

By the time he returned to the crew hotel, it was already past midnight.

Zou Dong sent Lu Yan He back to his room.

Lu Yan He had already slept on the car.

"Brother Dong, thank you for your hard work. Come and call me at nine tomorrow morning. I definitely won't be able to get up early." Lu Yan He said.

Zou Dong nodded.

Lu Yan He took out his room card, swiped it to open the door, and just as he inserted the card into the power slot, suddenly, two hand-held confetti cannons made a "bang bang" sound.

Colorful confetti fell down.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang appeared in front of him.

"Congratulations, congratulations! Warm congratulations!"

Their faces were filled with silly yet incredibly bright smiles, which gave Lu Yan He a huge fright, but also brought him a huge surprise.

Lu Yan He widened his eyes in shock, his mouth wide open.

"Damn! You guys—"

At this moment, Lu Yan He couldn't even speak.

It turned out that after Li Zhibai and Yan Liang saw Lu Yan He win the award, they decided to celebrate with Lu Yan He at the first moment.

As a result, they only found out after contacting Chen Ziyan that Lu Yan He had to rush back to the crew after receiving the award at night because he had to film tomorrow and had no time to stay in Yuming.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang incited each other and decided to run to the hotel where Lu Yan He was staying to give Lu Yan He a surprise.

Chen Ziyan had contacted everyone, allowing Li Zhibai and Yan Liang to sneak into Lu Yan He's room and wait.

"Late-night snacks are all bought: barbecue, crayfish, skewers, all hot." Li Zhibai smiled brightly, "We have to go all out tonight."

Lu Yan He was already starving.

"This is truly timely rain; I'm starving."

Yan Liang said: "Didn't buy alcohol, knowing you still have to work tomorrow. Drink sparkling water."

"Okay, okay, I don't like drinking anyway." Lu Yan He said.

The three sat in Lu Yan He's room, eating together.

Lu Yan He raised his phone and took a selfie together.

"I want to post on Weibo."

"Post what?"

"Post a Weibo saying I won an award." Lu Yan He said.

"Tsk tsk, your character, you can't hold back at all, can't be humble at all, right?" Li Zhibai complained.

Lu Yan He: "Then when you win an award in the future, don't show off."

Li Zhibai: "I complain about you, I show off mine, what does it have to do with you?"

"Double-standard dog."

Yan Liang laughed so hard his eyes couldn't be seen.

Lu Yan He uploaded the photo and wrote: Received the award, rushed on the night road, returned to the crew, these two guys hid in my room to give me a surprise, ate skewers and chatted blindly together, perfect ending!

Lu Yan He had no impression of what time they went to sleep at night; the air conditioning in the room was on full blast.

Feeling cold in the middle of the night, he pulled the quilt over himself in a daze.

Don't know how long it had been, he suddenly heard Li Zhibai cursing: "Damn, which bastard stole my quilt!"

No one paid attention to him.

The next day, Lu Yan He woke up and found that none of the three of them were on the bed. He was sleeping on the sofa, Li Zhibai was lying on the floor, and Yan Liang was even more ridiculous, with his head on the floor and his feet on the bed. Don't know how this pose was set up.

Lu Yan He was amused, immediately found his phone, and took a picture of this scene.

After the joy of reaching the peak ended, there was inevitably some lingering emptiness in his heart.

But at this moment, Lu Yan He felt incredibly solid.

Whether going up or down, whether happy or decadent, there are always some people who will accompany you by your side. This is the truth that life should have.

He scratched his head, yawned, didn't wake them up, tiptoed out with his phone, went to borrow Zou Dong's room to wash up, and went straight to work.

When he arrived at the filming site, many people congratulated him, and the crew even prepared a bouquet of flowers for him.

Until he was ready to start filming, all departments on the scene performed their duties, and he discarded all distracting thoughts and began to enter his state.

This is the set, and he is an actor here.

Everything has passed, and as for the future, it depends on the present. ===== CHAPTER 284 =====