Chapter 497: The Winner Is (8,000-word update!)

Chen Siqi manages such a large stall as *Jump Up*, and knows best how rare a reliable "project manager" is.

With the same budget, some people can build a small villa, and some people will only build a thatched cottage for you.

From the account, there are also flowers, and you can't pick too many faults.

Therefore, why can't many companies get rid of the problem of inbreeding? Is it that they don't understand the disadvantages of inbreeding? No, but compared to the disadvantages of inbreeding, they can't afford the worse consequences brought by someone who cannot be trusted.

Chen Siqi stayed in the crew for two days, chatted with many departments, and familiarized herself with the operation mode of the crew, and realized more clearly that Lu Yanhe could film this movie, really with a group of reliable people helping him cover the big and small things in the crew.

Otherwise, maybe in a day, hundreds of troubles would come to him.

Annoyed to death.

Chen Siqi said to Lu Yanhe in the evening: "Was that photographer named Bao Wenliang not convinced by you before?"

"A little, how do you know?" Lu Yanhe was a little curious and asked.

Chen Siqi said: "Chatting with everyone these two days, I can vaguely feel some. There are scales between each other in the crew. Who is doing well, who is not doing well, small Jianghu, many things, chatting and chatting, it came out."

She smiled, "Do you know what everyone calls Bao Wenliang behind their backs now?"

"What?" Lu Yanhe shook his head.

"Brother Oil Stick."

"Ah?"

"Say he is a real old oil stick. When he doesn't look at you, he is hard and doesn't bow his head. When he finds that he can't afford to offend you, he softens at once and bows his head 180 degrees directly."

"……" Lu Yanhe smiled, "Enough loss."

"After filming this movie, are you planning to send it to the Xitu'er International Film Festival next year?" Chen Siqi asked.

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Used to be whimsical, thinking that after filming, I could catch up with this year's Valentine's Day file, and if I couldn't catch up with Valentine's Day, I would catch up with Qixi, now I find that I can't catch up with anything."

Chen Siqi: "It doesn't have to be so urgent, it's quite good to be slow, slow work produces fine work, and you are not in a hurry to use this movie to make money."

Lu Yanhe: "When I was in a hurry to do this project, it was to make a commercial film. At that time, Ziyan told me that my commercial films were too few, affecting my market conditions, so I started *Love Letter* in a hurry. Now everyone's positioning of this movie is not a commercial film."

"You can also change it into a commercial film, just change the editing," Chen Siqi said with a smile, "Change to the narrative rhythm of a commercial film, be a little bloody, be a little sensational, let everyone cry in the end."

Lu Yanhe: "I can't imagine what the movie would become if it were edited like this."

When preparing to do *Love Letter*, Lu Yanhe's record at the international film festival was not so strong. No one would think that he would be able to take the film festival route for the first time directing a movie.

Who knows that by the time of filming the winter scenes, Lu Yanhe's market conditions had changed, and the market's positioning of his debut had also changed.

No matter what the theme is, no matter what the production cost is, it is not important.

Nothing is as important as the blessing brought to Lu Yanhe by the three consecutive explosions of *Lost on Journey*, *Rouge*, and *Road of Glory*.

Have awards, have box office, have international influence. In this case, Lu Yanhe is planning to hold a DV to film a city sightseeing documentary, and he will be expected to be filming some cow-forced art film that is not understood by the world.

This is an industry that is superstitious about success and promotes genius.

"Can you really not make it tomorrow?" On the phone, Shang Yongzhou asked him.

Tomorrow is the Galaxy Award ceremony.

It is also the last award in this round of the three major domestic film awards.

According to everyone's prediction, Lu Yanhe has a pretty good chance of winning the award this time.

It happened that Lu Yanhe didn't have time to attend.

In fact, it is already very rare for a movie to allow him to be nominated for the three major awards at the same time.

Who let him run into the big year of the Best Actor unit this year.

Lu Yanhe: "Hmm, Senior Brother, I really can't make it this time. We want to finish filming before the New Year, so that everyone can go back to spend the New Year."

Shang Yongzhou heard this and said: "Well, if you win the award tomorrow, who will help you receive the award, did you explain it?"

"Hmm, the organizer contacted me, Siqi will attend on my behalf, if I win the award, she will help me receive the award," Lu Yanhe said.

Shang Yongzhou laughed twice, "It's good to have a girlfriend."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Senior Brother, are you married? Uh, I saw on the internet, you shouldn't be married, right?"

You shouldn't be playing that set of hidden marriage, right?

Lu Yanhe actually feels that Shang Yongzhou should not hide his marriage. With Shang Yongzhou's personality, he will not hide these things. However, to be safe, Lu Yanhe asked.

Shang Yongzhou said: "Not married, single."

In terms of the average marriage age of star artists, Shang Yongzhou is not married now, which is considered relatively normal.

Lu Yanhe couldn't ask more about the rest, after all, it is privacy.

But if Lu Yanhe turned the topic stiffly now, it would be abrupt, so Lu Yanhe asked jokingly: "Then do you want me to introduce you?"

Shang Yongzhou smiled and said: "Introduce a girlfriend?"

Lu Yanhe gave an "um".

"I have someone I like," Shang Yongzhou said, "So don't bother you to introduce."

Lu Yanhe was very surprised. Shang Yongzhou is single now. He thought Shang Yongzhou didn't have anyone he liked—after all, Lu Yanhe felt that with Shang Yongzhou's situation, it was difficult to meet someone he wanted to chase but couldn't catch, right?

Lu Yanhe really wanted to ask, which woman it was.

He really spent a lot of effort to hold back his gossip soul.

Unexpectedly, Shang Yongzhou said it himself.

To be precise, it was let Lu Yanhe guess it.

"Ziyan, is she still alone now?" Shang Yongzhou asked.

Lu Yanhe felt that he was struck by a thunderbolt.

The kind of crit.

Lu Yanhe couldn't help it, stuttering, "I, I didn't ask either."

Shang Yongzhou: "It's okay."

He smiled and said: "Then I'll hang up first, you film well, I'll come to visit the crew when I have time."

"Good." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe still hadn't reacted, immersed in an incredible shock.

Just, how to say it, this kind of thing, he really didn't have any idea before.

Lu Yanhe carefully recalled every time he was with Shang Yongzhou and Chen Ziyan, but really couldn't remember any tricky places.

Didn't think in these directions at all before, didn't pay attention at all.

On the day of the Galaxy Award ceremony, although Lu Yanhe was absent, this award ceremony would certainly not lose its starlight because of his absence.

Still gathering stars.

When Chen Siqi appeared on the red carpet in an evening dress, the media and audience at the scene were somewhat stunned and unbelievable.

Before she appeared, no news came out that she would walk on the red carpet.

The most critical thing is that because Lu Yanhe didn't come tonight, everyone didn't think she would come.

However, her appearance also made many people have a guess in their minds—

Could it be that Lu Yanhe can win the award tonight?

Chen Siqi walked into the inner field.

As the editor-in-chief of *Jump Up* magazine and the boss of Jump Up Media Company, although her main battlefield is not the entertainment industry, she is not unfamiliar with this circle because of Lu Yanhe.

What's more, there are many people she knows tonight.

Huang Kai came with Xin Zixing tonight.

Because he had already won the Best Actor at the Feihong Award, and the hope of winning the award tonight was not great, he showed a sense of relaxation.

This is completely different from when he attended the Feihong Award ceremony.

"Siqi came alone, I'll go and talk to her." Xin Zixing said to Huang Kai.

Huang Kai heard this and was somewhat surprised, "Then what about me? You don't accompany me anymore?"

Xin Zixing gave him a white eye, "You know so many people here, do you still need me to accompany you?"

Huang Kai: "……"

Watching his girlfriend who accompanied him go to accompany others, Huang Kai shriveled his mouth alone, and before the corners of his mouth were closed, someone came towards him.

"Kai, do you have any confidence to win another Best Actor trophy tonight?" The person who came was Zheng Huairen of Beijiguang Video.

Huang Kai: "President Zheng, I am already satisfied to win one."

Zheng Huairen laughed, "Indeed, one is an actor, two are also actors, there is no difference."

As the vice president of Beijiguang Video responsible for content production, Zheng Huairen is not only responsible for the production of dramas, but also involves movie production.

It's just that because Beijiguang Video started from the web drama platform, it hasn't done very mature in this piece of movies.

Zheng Huairen said: "Kai, let's find a time to talk well later, I have a project I want to touch with you."

Huang Kai nodded, "Okay."

He has become very familiar with Zheng Huairen through the cooperation of the *My Own Swordsman* project.

Executives like Zheng Huairen who manage the content production of a video platform are the sweet pastry that countless agents and actors stare at in the industry.

Even a first-line male actor of Huang Kai's level needs to make friends.

Because he has the top drama projects in the country in his hands.

Zheng Huairen walked away after greeting Huang Kai.

Huang Kai didn't expect that at such a time, a female actor would directly stuff a room card into his hand and tell him in his ear that she lived in the Lishan Hotel next door.

Huang Kai's face turned black, and he returned the room card directly.

The female actor saw this, glared at him, and turned away.

"Chinese-language movies are getting better and better, and many masterpieces have been produced in recent years."

When everyone entered the inner field one after another, Chen Pinhe was taken into a luxuriously decorated lounge.

Some old predecessors who are highly respected in the Chinese-language film circle sat on single sofas, chatting and laughing.

After Chen Pinhe entered, he bent his waist slightly, greeted them politely and decently one by one, and shook hands.

"Pinhe also came today," a woman with full silver hair smiled, "Is it here to present the award today?"

Chen Pinhe nodded and said: "Yes, invited by the organizer today, to present the Best Actress award."

"What is your next play? Since *White Pearl* was released, I haven't seen your play for a long time."

Chen Pinhe said: "I have been reading the script, and I haven't seen a script that makes me heart-moved."

"You can't receive a script that makes you heart-moved?" The other party was very surprised, as if it was hard to believe.

"This guy has high vision and high requirements," an old predecessor next to him pointed at Chen Pinhe with a smile and said to the silver-haired woman.

Chen Pinhe hurriedly waved his hand, indicating humility.

"Recently, there is a young man named Lu Yanhe, who is said to be very good at writing scripts? I heard that in just two or three years, he wrote several plays, *Rouge* was written by him," the silver-haired woman said to Chen Pinhe, "You go and make an appointment with him for a script."

Chen Pinhe's expression stagnated, and then he smiled.

"The scripts he wrote, I've seen them, they don't suit me."

The old predecessor who just said Chen Pinhe had "high vision and high requirements" immediately showed an "as expected" expression, raised his right hand, and pointed at Chen Pinhe with his index finger.

"Look, didn't I say it right?"

Chen Pinhe showed a helpless smile at the right time.

"Actually, if it weren't for Shang Yongzhou winning Best Actor too many times, this year should have given Shang Yongzhou an award. After not acting in art films for so many years, returning, and producing such high-quality performances." Someone said.

"Shang Yongzhou doesn't lack this award trophy either. It is more significant for Huang Kai and Zhou Yuning to win this award."

"Awarding should use a ruler to measure, whoever performs best should win the award."

"Who can get a nomination, whose performance is not good? Performance is not a sports competition, and there is no standard evaluation scale. The award itself represents the influence of our industry. Whoever is the most representative person wins the award."

"Let's not argue here, right?" Someone said with a smile, "We are not judges, why do we have a headache for these things?"

"Pinhe, who do you think is the Best Actor tonight? Is it Shang Yongzhou or Lu Yanhe? If you were a judge, who would you choose?"

The question was suddenly thrown to Chen Pinhe.

Chen Pinhe didn't expect that how the question was suddenly thrown to him.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Pinhe adopted an attitude of balancing two bowls of water and said: "Whoever wins the award has reason, whoever wins the award is well-deserved."

This sentence of his was also immediately complained about: "It's like saying nothing."

Lu Yanhe is not here today, Chen Siqi was greeted one after another, not free at all.

Speaking of winning the award tonight, Chen Siqi also said everything without leaking.

"This depends on who the judges give it to. My main purpose of coming today is not to help Lu Yanhe receive the award. I don't even know if he will win the award."

Chen Siqi smiled without any aggressiveness—deliberately expressed.

"It must be Yanhe winning the award tonight, the media's predictions are almost him."

"That's just a prediction. In fact, we all know that everyone has a chance," Chen Siqi said. "Speaking of which, your earrings today are too beautiful! Which brand of earrings are these, I really want to buy a pair..."

Chen Siqi changed the topic in a few words, not wanting to keep repeating the question of Lu Yanhe winning the award.

……

After people left, Xin Zixing asked with a small smile in Chen Siqi's ear: "Is it a bit annoying?"

Chen Siqi: "No, it's just that some people's questions make me very annoyed, as if we had already received the organizer's notice, the Best Actor tonight will definitely be given to Yanhe, and I am here to help Yanhe receive the award, and then come to probe my tone, this attitude and tone make me not very comfortable."

"You just deal with this kind of person." Xin Zixing smiled, "The award ceremony is about to start, and the social link can finally end. After the award ceremony, do you want to go for a drink with me?"

Chen Siqi asked: "Don't you need to accompany Brother Kai?"

"Beijiguang Video organized a nominee party after the award ceremony, he has to go, I'm too lazy to go, are you going?" Xin Zixing asked.

Chen Siqi shook her head: "They didn't send me an invitation, and there is nothing I can do if I go. It's all awkward greetings. It's okay if Yanhe is there, he can take me to know someone. Just by myself, it's like just now, obviously not knowing each other, but trying hard to greet, trying hard to find topics, very uncomfortable."

Xin Zixing blinked at Chen Siqi and nodded with a smile: "I think so too."

The subsequent award ceremony, Chen Siqi sat in the auditorium, watching the awards, receiving awards, and performances on the stage seriously.

Until the Best Screenplay award was presented, the presenter read out the names of Lu Yanhe and *Rouge*.

Chen Siqi showed an unbelievable expression.

Lu Yanhe only told her that if the Best Actor was him, let her help receive the award, and didn't mention the Best Screenplay award at all.

Everyone looked at her.

She also looked at Director Wang Zhong's side somewhat blankly.

After waiting for five or six seconds, confirming that no one else really went on stage, and at this time everyone around was urging her to go on stage, Chen Siqi went on stage with a confused face.

She took the trophy, gave an "uh", and said: "Yanhe really didn't tell me to help him receive this award, so I really don't know what to say now, maybe he didn't expect that he could win this award. Thank the organizing committee, thank everyone, I will take this trophy back for him first."

Chen Siqi delivered a few very short award speeches on behalf of Lu Yanhe, and then went off stage.

The presenter was Director Liu Jian of *Landscape People*.

When she went off stage with her, Liu Jian asked: "Why did you say so little?"

Chen Siqi said awkwardly: "Because Yanhe really didn't tell me to help him receive this award, didn't make any preparations, he really didn't expect that he could win the Best Screenplay award."

What the two of them didn't know was that this part of them going off stage was also broadcast live.

Chen Siqi's experience is not rich enough, and she doesn't know that the screen of the presenter and the award recipient going off stage at the award ceremony will also be filmed.

So, everyone knew about this.

However, Lu Yanhe winning the Best Screenplay award also made some people have some bad premonitions.

Chen Siqi herself is also.

After all, the phenomenon of dividing pork in domestic film awards has always been very serious, not to mention giving it to the same person, the main awards should not be given to the same movie.

Although Lu Yanhe emphasized several times that it is normal not to win the award.

But Chen Siqi only hopes that Lu Yanhe wins the award.

When the winner of the Best Actor was announced as Lu Yanhe twenty minutes later, Chen Siqi breathed a sigh of relief.

In the eyes of everyone, she was not so confused and panicked this time.

Chen Siqi went on stage and took the trophy again—still from Chen Bige.

She said with a smile: "It's a pity that Lu Yanhe didn't come today, finally won the award, but he couldn't get this trophy for the first time."

"However, I will call him for the first time and tell him this good news." On the stage, in front of everyone, in front of the camera, Chen Siqi took out her phone and dialed a call to Lu Yanhe.

This scene immediately set off a climax of cheers and applause.

"Hello?" Lu Yanhe's voice sounded.

Chen Siqi put the phone in front of the microphone, and so did she.

"You won the award." Chen Siqi said.

"Ah? Is it?" Lu Yanhe laughed, "Why can't I win the award when I go, and you can help me win the award when you go?"

Chen Siqi: "Because my luck is better than yours, having me is your blessing."

The whole audience laughed.

Lu Yanhe was stunned for a moment, "Are you... on stage?"

"Hmm," Chen Siqi said, "You say your award speech yourself."

Lu Yanhe: "I... fuck, what do I say suddenly?"

Chen Siqi: "Then I don't know what to say either."

The two of them were like singing a double reed, every sentence made everyone laugh.

Everyone is used to Lu Yanhe's every speech being high-level, and it is the first time to see that Lu Yanhe will also have a time when he "doesn't know what to say".

Lu Yanhe sighed, "This is too unreal, every time I participate in the award ceremony full of expectations, and then leave in disappointment, now I am filming in the crew, suddenly told me that I won the award, I was stunned, thank you, thank you, now I can only think of saying thank you, if there is anything else I want to say, I will tell everyone again!"

Chen Siqi nodded, "Okay, then I'm ready to go off stage, bye-bye."

"Bye-bye."

Chen Siqi hung up the phone and showed a bright smile.

"Lu Yanhe actually really won the award."

Long Yan Pictures' president Huang Zhongjing walked out of the award ceremony scene with his wife Wen Zhimao, talking about the results tonight, Huang Zhongjing was really surprised, seemingly very surprised by this result.

"What's unexpected about this?" Wen Zhimao said, "With Yanhe's influence now, the three major awards will definitely give Lu Yanhe an actor."

Huang Zhongjing: "But in *Road of Glory*, strictly speaking, he is not the male lead."

Wen Zhimao: "What's wrong with this, he is not the first person to win the lead award by relying on the second and third leads."

"But anyone with a discerning eye can see that his role is not as thick as Shang Yongzhou's role. When the two roles appear in the same movie, Lu Yanhe's role is completely a supporting role setting."

"That's your prejudice," Wen Zhimao said unceremoniously, "Shang Yongzhou performed really well, but if the award is always evaluated by those few people, who will watch this award."

Wen Zhimao suddenly reacted, "I said, Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe are both the protagonists of *Burning Fire*, why are you so unhappy that Lu Yanhe won the award?"

"I am not unhappy that Lu Yanhe won the award," Huang Zhongjing smiled, "Okay, I admit, I just simply think that this award should be won by Shang Yongzhou. I think in this movie *Road of Glory*, Shang Yongzhou's performance is much more mature than him. However, it seems that everyone pays more attention to Lu Yanhe in this movie, and even in the awards season in the United States, Lu Yanhe has won more than a dozen Best Supporting Actor nominations, but Shang Yongzhou in the same movie seems to have been ignored by them."

Wen Zhimao suddenly realized, "I'm saying, Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe are both leads in *Burning Fire*, how come you're so against Lu Yanhe winning an award?"

"I'm not against Lu Yanhe." Huang Zhongjing smiled. "Fine, I admit it, I just purely feel that Shang Yongzhou should have won this award. I think in the movie *Road to Glory*, Shang Yongzhou's performance was much more mature than his. But it seems like everyone pays more attention to Lu Yanhe in this film; even during the awards season in the United States, Lu Yanhe has already received over a dozen nominations for Best Supporting Actor, while Shang Yongzhou, in the same film, seems to have been ignored by them."

Wen Zhimao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Because Lu Yanhe follows their rules of the game and cooperated with the distributors there to do PR, but Shang Yongzhou didn't. In their awards season, PR is just an admission ticket. If you don't buy this ticket, even if your acting is heaven-defying, you won't be taken seriously."

Huang Zhongjing: "And they have the nerve to call this an industry award? One voted on by thousands of Academy members?"

"Their PR isn't bribery; it's legitimate promotion to let more voters who are eligible to vote see these films. You have to realize that when many people vote, they might not have even seen many of the nominated works."

"That really is something. We 'split the pork' here, and they aren't any better over there."

"They were never any better to begin with; it's just because they rely on the world's largest film industry that they have their current influence." Wen Zhimao said, "On one hand, we need to dispel the mystique, but on the other hand, we have to admit that their industry is indeed impressive. Have you seen any other country's films, besides Hollywood's, that can earn box office in the global market? Oh, now Japanese animated films can do that too. Any award is closely tied to the industry. Don't go on about how Shang Yongzhou's performance was better or more deserving of the award. I'm telling you, the Three Major Awards will definitely favor Lu Yanhe, just because Lu Yanhe is currently one of the most promising representatives of our film industry, and Shang Yongzhou no longer needs the boost from the Three Major Awards."

"You said earlier that Lu Yanhe didn't need the validation of the Three Major Awards either."

"Lu Yanhe not needing the validation of the Three Major Awards refers to his current influence, popularity, and the level of recognition he has within the industry." Wen Zhimao said, "Don't twist my meaning. The boost from the Three Major Awards is something that, even if Lu Yanhe doesn't need it himself, our domestic film industry's top awards must still show an attitude of valuing Lu Yanhe."

Huang Zhongjing: "The significance of this award has become distorted."

"If a top-tier authoritative award cannot be closely linked to this industry and this sector, that would be the real distortion." Wen Zhimao said bluntly, "Why do you think the Oscars have such strong influence in Europe and America? Why do you think the status of the four major international film festivals is so high? Do they only represent honors that are castles in the air? Behind them, major film companies represent their industrial chains to deeply participate in these awards, which is what constitutes the influence of those big awards. Awards and the industry are complementary. In the past, our domestic Three Major Awards were just holding their status like castles in the air. After holding it for so many years, giving awards to films we hadn't even seen or heard of, their influence became smaller and smaller. Now, there are finally signs of aligning with the actual situation of the current film industry, and that is how they have slowly regained a bit of vitality."

Huang Zhongjing was finally left speechless by Wen Zhimao's words.

He also had to admit that his wife, who had once been an actress, had insights into this industry that, while perhaps not one hundred percent objective, were indeed hit-the-nail-on-the-head sharp.

In this industry, it seems everyone feels that it is a matter of course for Lu Yanhe to win at the Galaxy Awards.

They might not be able to think through the logical relationship behind it as clearly as Wen Zhimao, but that is generally the idea.

Only Lu Yanhe himself had never thought about his current relationship with Chinese-language cinema.

His mindset was very pure: winning awards—it just feels too good!

Lu Yanhe handed out a red envelope to everyone on the *Love Letter* crew and held up a megaphone, saying: "Please call me Best Actor from now on!"

Chen Ziyan saw this video online and slapped her own face.

"He really... when did he become like this? Such a humble person before."

Lu Qingzhen smiled and said, "I actually think this is quite good. He has so much youthful spirit now; why always be so mature and rational?"

Chen Ziyan: "Sigh, I also hope he can truly show a bit of his own personality, but at least pay attention to the impact. Oh my, when I wanted him to be more lively before, he was like someone living on a cloud, never descending to earth. Now that I want to build a high-end, sophisticated image for him, he suddenly lets himself go."

Lu Qingzhen's smiling eyes were like crescent moons: "That shows you've managed him well. He couldn't let go of himself before, he lacked a sense of security, so he was always putting on an act; even when he knew he should be more relaxed, he couldn't. Now he has his own confidence and believes in himself, so he has completely relaxed. Chen Ziyan, Little Lu can let himself go like this because he knows you are backing him up."

Chen Ziyan made an 'X' with her two hands.

"Spare me that. Do I need you to give me a pep talk?" Chen Ziyan shook her head.

Lu Qingzhen kept smiling.

There was actually more she wanted to say, but she didn't say it.

It wasn't just that Lu Yanhe had changed a lot because of Chen Ziyan; Chen Ziyan had also changed a lot because of Lu Yanhe.

The achievements Lu Yanhe had attained, the speed of his growth, and his current status all far exceeded Chen Ziyan's expectations. Not only that, but he also fed back into Chen Ziyan, invisibly giving her greater confidence.

Lu Qingzhen didn't know if Chen Ziyan herself realized it.

Chen Ziyan's attitude toward Lu Yanhe had actually become increasingly "casual."

In the past, when Chen Ziyan spoke to Lu Yanhe, or even when she talked about him, her words were always thought through and polished.

Now, when Chen Ziyan mentions Lu Yanhe, she scolds him when she wants to and complains when she wants to. This isn't that her attitude toward Lu Yanhe has worsened, but rather that her attitude toward him has, invisibly, become increasingly close and trusting.

Only Lu Qingzhen knew how hard it was to get Chen Ziyan to truly be close to and trust someone.

Therefore, to use a very cliché phrase, in Lu Qingzhen's eyes, Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe were two people running toward each other.

"Lu Yanhe is a proper Best Actor now." Lu Qingzhen said with a smile, "I just don't know if Yan He can win one or two awards in North America. If he could, that would be blooming both inside and outside the wall."

"It's difficult. After all, to them, Yan He is an outsider. And when *Road to Glory* was released in the United States, the box office was very average; too few people have seen this film." Chen Ziyan said, "You also know that in the American film market, the prerequisite for any film to win an award is to first achieve a certain level of box office success. They are an industrial chain where commercial logic is placed before artistic value."

Chen Ziyan changed the subject.

"However, there's no need to rush. Let's take it one step at a time." Chen Ziyan said, "Yan He's starting point in Hollywood isn't bad. Being able to play the lead in a new film by a famous horror director is the highest starting point for a foreign actor in Hollywood in the last decade. And, to be honest, even if Yan He doesn't achieve success in the United States, it doesn't matter. His foundation is in China, and the international route is just the icing on the cake on top of that foundation. It's not like you have to make a name for yourself internationally to be successful."

"You can't say it like that. Since Yan He already has this foundation, his goal must be a more vast world. Compared to a Chinese superstar and a world superstar, of course, one should aim to be a world superstar." Lu Qingzhen said with a smile, "I believe that if the two of you join forces, you will definitely succeed. In my heart, the two of you are a miracle plus a miracle, a miracle double combination."

Chen Ziyan smiled and curled the corners of her mouth.

Their future journey is the stars and the sea.