Chapter 564: Oscar

In the first stage, the media is not responsible for voting, only for commentary. Therefore, the votes that determine which contestants advance come solely from the audience and the three mentors.

As it turned out, Liu Zhiyao, who received more votes from the mentors, lost to Zhen Hongyu, who received more votes from the audience.

However, such a result was not entirely unforeseeable.

Compared to Liu Zhiyao, who has been out of the spotlight for several years, Zhen Hongyu is naturally more popular with current audiences.

When everyone was momentarily at a loss for words, Peng Zhixing decisively picked up the microphone, determined not to let the scene descend into chaotic silence.

"After adding the audience votes to the mentors' votes, the result has reversed. Zhen Hongyu advances with a higher total vote count, while Liu Zhiyao is eliminated—of course, let us not forget that our guest mentor today holds one vote, which can be used to revive one contestant from the four eliminated groups." After calmly using this passage to transition, Peng Zhixing looked at Jiang Yuqian, smiled, and said, "Mentor Yuqian, your responsibility and pressure today are quite heavy."

Jiang Yuqian also smiled helplessly and said, "Being a guest mentor is not an easy job either."

She took a deep breath and said, "This is the charm of good actors. Everyone says their performances were neck and neck; in fact, the voting result fully proves this point. Still, we must congratulate Hongyu."

Zhen Hongyu said thank you.

"Zhiyao, do you have anything you'd like to say now?" Peng Zhixing asked.

Liu Zhiyao's eyes were already red.

She held the microphone with both hands, pursed her lips, and tried hard to adjust her emotions.

"In these past few years, I have indeed been away from the audience's sight for a long time. This time, performing this program with Zhen Hongyu, I am actually especially excited. It has really been a long time since I acted with such a popular star as Zhen Hongyu."

A tear rolled down from the corner of her eye.

"To be able to receive the recognition and appreciation of the mentors, I am already very content. I know I have been gone for too long, making current audiences somewhat unfamiliar with me. I will work hard to make everyone familiar with me again."

After finishing, Liu Zhiyao bowed with a choked voice.

Lu Yan He and Peng Zhixing exchanged a glance.

Liu Zhiyao's statement... was so "tea-like" (manipulative/pretentious), even the two of them could feel the extent of it.

—"Such a popular star."

—"The recognition and appreciation of the mentors."

—"Current audiences are somewhat unfamiliar with me."

Between the lines, the reason she lost was simply because Zhen Hongyu is a popular big star, and the audience is more familiar with her, so they voted for her.

Lu Yan He turned his head to look at Zhen Hongyu.

Zhen Hongyu's face was tense, showing neither joy nor anger.

But under these circumstances, her reaction itself was already a form of emotion.

Lu Yan He had originally thought that the conflict in this group was relatively externalized, but it turned out that an even more exaggerated group was coming: the third group, Cheng Hai and He Sha.

If the performance segments of the first two groups belonged to good performances, the two of them were completely acting on their own, turning it into a disaster.

Lu Yan He stood at the side of the stage, his expression complex.

He never expected that Cheng Hai's debut would turn out like this.

The three mentors were even more stern-faced and unsmiling.

Chen Lingling spoke bluntly: "Sorry, I cannot watch this play of yours. It is a mess. The two actors on stage have no interaction at all, as if acting against thin air. I cannot evaluate it either. I hope you are both eliminated, and let the aforementioned Liu Zhiyao advance."

Chen Lingling's words made the whole venue as cold as ice.

Lu Yan He stood beside Cheng Hai.

Just as he was about to ask Cheng Hai a question, suddenly, He Sha began to wipe away tears with great emotion.

"I'm sorry, I didn't want it to be like this either, but there was no other way. Our rehearsals beforehand were indeed unpleasant, and we didn't cooperate well."

Her tears fell drop by drop.

Chen Bige asked: "Why couldn't you two rehearse and cooperate well? Acting, unless you are performing a monologue, your play's brilliance depends to a certain extent on whether your opponent actor is good enough. Cheng Hai lacks acting experience, but He Sha, you are already a very experienced actor. Don't you understand this principle?"

He Sha: "We didn't have a good creative environment. There were always other people interfering with our creation. I also felt disheartened about this play and acted very painfully."

"Do you mean Cheng Hai didn't cooperate with your rehearsals?" Chen Lingling asked.

Lu Yan He turned his head to look at Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai clenched his fists, lowered his head, his face gloomy, and said nothing.

He Sha glanced at Cheng Hai, bit her lip, and said: "I don't want to talk anymore. You can just vote directly. If I lose, I accept it."

"This is your stage. Cheng Hai, regarding the problem He Sha mentioned, do you have anything to say?" Chen Bige turned to look at Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai hesitated and said: "I also hope that participating in this program and rehearsing a play can be simpler, without so many complicated things."

"What do you mean by complicated things?" Shang Yongzhou asked.

Just as Cheng Hai was about to speak, He Sha suddenly picked up the microphone and asked: "Do you think that my suggestions for script revisions are the redundant, complicated things?"

Cheng Hai: "I didn't say your suggestions for revisions were redundant, but you kept adding scenes, lines, and plot twists to your script, making the script center around you, and the rhythm of the performance all shifted to your character."

"I only made a few revision suggestions. How did it become 'kept adding' and 'centering around me' in your mouth, and how did it all shift to my character?" He Sha said sharply, "You and your agent are really exactly the same, twisting right and wrong as soon as you open your mouths."

Cheng Hai was so angry his face turned red.

But he seemed not to know what to say to explain.

Lu Yan He took a deep breath.

"He Sha, Cheng Hai, I ask you, do the audience need to see these things?" Chen Lingling spoke up.

Cheng Hai and He Sha both lowered their heads and said nothing.

Chen Lingling said: "If your performance on stage just now was a disaster, your argument just now was another disaster."

"I'm sorry." Cheng Hai lowered his head to apologize.

"Perhaps we should trace the source and see whose responsibility this really is?" Chen Bige asked.

He Sha said with a straight face: "No need to trace it. I quit. I withdraw from the competition. After such a thing happened, I no longer have the mood to continue participating in this program."

After saying this, she turned and left.

The scene was in chaos.

Noises arose from the audience.

Peng Zhixing: "Miss He Sha, please stay, would you?"

He Sha did not stop her steps at all.

Peng Zhixing took a deep breath and said: "Please, director team, help us confirm whether He Sha is definitely withdrawing. Before that, everyone, let us be patient. This is a program without a script, so accidents can happen at any time, especially for the actors standing on this stage performing. The pressure they face may exceed what any of us can imagine. Please give them some time and tolerance."

Peng Zhixing slowly pacified the emotions of the audience on site.

"In any case, what we are watching is a performance, and in the end, we still have to discuss the performance based on the performance. Teacher Yongzhou, regarding Cheng Hai's performance today, what do you have to say?"

Shang Yongzhou sat up straight and smiled.

He said: "Cheng Hai, you haven't studied acting before, right?"

Cheng Hai nodded.

What happened on site also left him at a loss.

Shang Yongzhou continued: "Do you know why Director Chen said that the argument between you and He Sha on stage was another disaster?"

Cheng Hai shook his head.

"Because for actors, the play is more important than anything. As long as the performance requires it, divorced couples must act as if they are truly in love in front of the camera, and enemies who never want to see each other again can also shake hands and make peace." Shang Yongzhou said, "Perhaps you have grievances, perhaps you are very angry, perhaps you have already blocked the other person in your heart, but on stage, you must put it all down. However, in the performance just now, I didn't see you trying to make any effort in this regard. Do you understand what I mean?"

Cheng Hai nodded.

Peng Zhixing also invited media friends to speak.

About twenty minutes passed, and a director went on stage and whispered a few words to Peng Zhixing.

Peng Zhixing nodded, and after the director went down, he said: "The director team confirms that He Sha has withdrawn from the competition, so Cheng Hai automatically advances."

Cheng Hai learned the news that he had advanced, but he couldn't smile at all.

Lu Yan He also didn't expect things to turn out like this.

By the last group, Wang Dashan and Liu Yu went on stage.

Their group became the most calm and uneventful one.

Wang Dashan showed a surprising performance on stage. His performance was not only tense but also delicate, winning unanimous praise from everyone. In contrast, Liu Yu's performance was steady, and Chen Lingling picked out many faults, making his face turn red.

The program was recorded until nearly midnight.

After they left the studio, they still had to accept interviews from the director team.

Lu Yan He didn't finish and leave the studio until the early hours of the morning.

He was physically and mentally exhausted.

Thinking about the things that happened on the recording site today, he didn't know what the reaction would be when the program aired.

With the things that happened today, it would definitely explode, right?

The program would definitely be a hit.

It's just that he didn't know what kind of evaluation this program would receive.

His phone suddenly vibrated.

Cheng Hai sent him a message: Sorry, Yan He, I caused you a lot of trouble today.

Lu Yan He was silent for a moment and replied: Was the conflict between you and He Sha already irreconcilable before you went on stage?

Cheng Hai: I tried to ease the relationship with her, but she already treated me as an enemy.

Lu Yan He: I'm worried that when this segment airs, it will form a storm of attacks on both of you.

Cheng Hai: I feel the same.

Lu Yan He: Although the program team is already organizing the ins and outs and will clarify things when the program airs, but... you know, no one is a perfect victim, and you will definitely be picked on for all sorts of faults.

Cheng Hai: Brother Ping'an also told me to be prepared for cyberbullying.

However, the cyberbullying didn't wait until the day the program officially aired. The next day, someone posted news online saying that He Sha had a mental breakdown on the recording site of "Birth of an Actor".

He Sha doesn't have many fans, but she is a well-known actor after all, having acted in many plays, and being linked to "Birth of an Actor", a highly-watched program, this matter received a lot of attention.

Many people who participated in the program recording, although they signed confidentiality agreements, would still have some people anonymously share the situation on the recording site online.

Therefore, various topics were stirred up.

For example, He Sha was forced to withdraw, Cheng Hai was unwilling to cooperate with He Sha for rehearsals, and He Sha was scolded very badly by the mentors on the recording site, directly scolded to tears...

The names of He Sha and Cheng Hai were pushed to the hot search at a rocket-like speed.

This looked like it was arranged by He Sha's team.

Because all the guiding topics were favorable to He Sha and unfavorable to Cheng Hai.

He Sha's fans all felt that He Sha was bullied, and while attacking Cheng Hai, they also scolded the program team, believing that the program team was bullying He Sha together because of Cheng Hai's relationship with Lu Yan He.

After Chen Ziyan saw these, she didn't make any moves.

Lu Qingzhen was quite surprised to see her calm and composed appearance.

"Is such a big public opinion not enough to make you nervous?"

Chen Ziyan said: "What's there to be nervous about? Zhou Ping'an is standing in front. Even if he doesn't do anything else, he is very capable and at ease in dealing with this kind of thing."

Lu Qingzhen: "... You really have confidence in him."

"That's for sure." Chen Ziyan said, "Engaging in publicity and marketing, fighting public opinion wars, that is Zhou Ping'an's old profession, his family heirloom for making a fortune."

Lu Qingzhen curled her lips, "Then I will wait and see."

Just as Chen Ziyan said, in the afternoon, Zhou Ping'an's counterattack began.

A marketing account came up with "A Big Reveal of He Sha's Three Script Revisions, Adding Scenes and Lines".

In the big reveal, the conflict between Cheng Hai and He Sha was written clearly.

Following the publication of this article, the water army arranged by Zhou Ping'an also began to set the rhythm.

It pointed out that He Sha wanted to suppress Cheng Hai in this way because she saw that Cheng Hai was outdated and easy to bully.

Subsequently, the things that He Sha had conflicts and contradictions with several artists in the past were also dug up.

These were all news that had been reported in those years.

If before, everyone one-sidedly thought that He Sha met an unreliable competition partner and encountered very bad things.

Now, under the rendering of these public opinions, He Sha has become a female star with a deep heart who bullies outdated artists.

The words attacking her also became sharp and mean.

—She is an outdated star herself, what qualifications does she have to look down on Cheng Hai?

—That's right, Cheng Hai was popular before, I even voted for him.

—I hate this kind of drama bully the most, saying it's to make the script better, but who doesn't know what kind of calculation is in her heart.

Public opinion changed greatly for a while.

However, He Sha's team obviously expected this move long ago.

The next day, I don't know where the audio of Zhou Ping'an losing his temper flowed out.

According to the whistleblower, in fact, this script revision was a very normal creative revision, and even the director team and program screenwriters agreed, but Zhou Ping'an made a big fuss about it, caught He Sha, and scolded her bloody.

At this time, the focus of He Sha's team's public opinion marketing became He Sha, a girl, being humiliated and bullied by Zhou Ping'an.

Although many people also questioned: what Zhou Ping'an scolded, although a bit ugly, was also based on the facts, and did not make any bad accusations against He Sha herself.

However, Zhou Ping'an's tone of scolding was indeed too sharp.

Many people subconsciously thought he had a problem as soon as they heard it.

Neither side's main characters came down, all relying on various revelations to hype.

Cheng Hai and He Sha stayed on the hot search for several days.

Then, He Sha appeared in the live broadcast room of a super popular anchor, selling goods together.

In the barrage, eight out of ten messages were asking her about the truth of the matter.

The anchor and He Sha ignored it throughout the whole process and sold goods seriously.

Until the end, He Sha said: "I know everyone is very concerned about what happened to me recently. I feel that in this era, all so-called revelations, or videos, audio, and even text, none of us can guarantee that it is absolutely true and original. I can't say I have no problems, but I want to say, the clear are clear."

"He Sha's response, just these four words 'the clear are clear', is estimated to set off another storm." Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He said: "How could Zhou Ping'an let this public opinion continue for so long without stopping? It feels like Cheng Hai is going to be scolded into a sieve."

With Zhou Ping'an's ability, it shouldn't be like this.

Especially the right and wrong of this matter, Lu Yan He already knew from the program team.

The main problem of this matter is on He Sha, and Cheng Hai's biggest problem is that Zhou Ping'an taught He Sha and the others a lesson like a fighting cock, and was recorded by someone.

Let alone this kind of situation where the main fault is not on one's own side, even if it is all one's own problem, Zhou Ping'an can turn black into white.

Playing marketing, playing public opinion, Zhou Ping'an is a good hand.

In the few years when the Fengzhi combination's popularity declined and they became outdated, Li Zhibai, Cheng Hai, and the others could still maintain the popularity and heat of first-tier stars, all relying on Zhou Ping'an's planning and promotion behind the scenes.

Chen Ziyan smiled and said: "If I tell you the truth, you might not be able to accept it."

"Ah?" Lu Yan He asked in surprise, "What truth?"

Chen Ziyan said: "The truth that Zhou Ping'an has never given He Sha a fatal blow."

"He Sha came to beg for mercy?"

"Do they look like they are here to beg for mercy now?"

"You can't tell me that Zhou Ping'an has a soft heart for girls, right?" Lu Yan He showed a disgusted expression on his face, "If you say that, I will vomit on the spot."

Chen Ziyan: "He, this is wanting to make this war last longer. Look at Cheng Hai these days, his popularity has suddenly risen to an unprecedented height, and his fame has greatly increased. Even He Sha was invited to the live broadcast room by a big anchor. In this matter, you look at the two sides fighting fiercely, but in fact, both sides are benefiting."

"This kind of thing, now let them both be scolded very badly—could it be that Zhou Ping'an's positioning for Cheng Hai has become 'black red is also red'?"

"I don't know what Zhou Ping'an's positioning for Cheng Hai is, but He Sha must have this idea." Chen Ziyan said, "Relying on the heat during this period, I know that He Sha's team has already connected her to several programs to go on, maybe there will be permanent residents in the future. Don't forget, before this, He Sha has not appeared in the public eye for a long time. Star artists are like this, once you are not popular, the media is not willing to do large-scale reports on you, no matter how hard you work, no matter how you toss, you can't enter the public eye."

Lu Yan He: "If Zhou Ping'an wants to make Cheng Hai black red, that's too low."

"In this matter, Zhou Ping'an is not in a hurry, because Cheng Hai is not the party at fault." Chen Ziyan said, "When Zhou Ping'an finishes harvesting this wave of heat and traffic, he will come out to make a final decision, then Cheng Hai will rely on this matter to become popular again. This is also very good for his later participation in the 'Birth of an Actor' program. With Zhou Ping'an's connections and resources, as long as Cheng Hai has the first match, he can find ten torches for Cheng Hai. Now the match is there."

Lu Yan He: "I understand after you say this, but before you told me, I really didn't think in this direction."

"The starting point and thinking mode of agents and actors are different. It is a normal thing that you didn't think in this direction." Chen Ziyan said, "Cheng Hai is with Zhou Ping'an, you don't have to worry about him suffering losses."

"Sister Ziyan, I feel that your attitude towards Zhou Ping'an is becoming more and more positive."

"At least his professional ability is there. Now many agents have no professional ability, are self-righteous, and do everything blindly." Chen Ziyan said, "And, originally, although we people fought very fiercely, we all followed the rules of the world. Now, many people who break the rules and mess around, the result is that they make people angry and are excluded by everyone."

Lu Yan He said: "It feels like your circle is also a big drama."

"Believe me, it is definitely no less exciting than your artist circle." Chen Ziyan smiled.

When the car stopped at the hotel entrance, they got out of the car.

Chen Ziyan said: "Rest well tonight, tomorrow is your showtime."

Lu Yan He: "I'm not a peacock, still showtime."

"You have to know that the number of actors invited to present awards at the Oscar ceremony in China can be counted on one's fingers." Chen Ziyan said, "And Chinese actors whose starring films have broken 100 million at the North American box office can be counted on one's fingers. Therefore, you stepping onto the Oscar ceremony stage tomorrow has a unique significance. You represent not just yourself, you must be decent, and let people feel your charm."

It can be seen that the Oscar Awards have been trying to expand their international influence in recent years—to further improve its status and authority in the film industry, they have been trying to create a global concept in recent years.

From the shortlisted films, there are several non-American films every year, to the award ceremony, inviting popular stars from various countries to be award presenters.

Of course, these people are also relatively famous in the United States, basically all similar to Lu Yan He, who is a popular star in his own country and has fame in the United States.

Lu Yan He gained this fame because of "The Mist".

However, the award he was arranged to present was a relatively small one, the Best Costume Design Award.

Of course, unlike many pairs of award presenters, he was presenting the award alone.

The treatment the Oscars gave him was considered quite good.

After all, this was his first time coming to the Oscars.

He himself had never had any works shortlisted for the Oscars, nor was he an Oscar judge.

This time coming to the United States, Chen Ziyan still didn't let Lu Yan He be too idle.

She connected him to an interview for a very popular podcast program in the United States.

People came to the hotel where Lu Yan He was staying and chatted in the room together.

The theme of the chat was also very clear: Lu Yan He's ten favorite movies.

This anchor's name is Juliana Damon.

She is a very young girl, even a college student.

Because she started doing podcasts when she was in high school, sharing her feelings about reading, watching movies, and watching dramas, she caught up with the window period of the podcast explosion and became an internet celebrity blogger with over 3 million podcast listeners.

The fans on all platforms added up to over 10 million—

But there must be many duplicates among them.

Lu Yan He was also very curious about where Chen Ziyan found this kind of cooperation.

As a result, Chen Ziyan said that she knew this female blogger's agent.

In the United States, the agent system is a huge operating system, and many cooperations are achieved through the negotiation and communication of agents in the middle.

Lu Yan He going on Juliana's podcast program is of course better for him than going on some TV station's entertainment star interview program.

The positioning of the program is different, and the positioning of the audience is also different.

Lu Yan He is not the kind of artist who is good at entertaining the masses.

Except for the Asian identity point of "The Mist" promotion, Lu Yan He's other points that set off public topic discussion and attention are all in his own works, or some expressions in content, rather than some personas or labels with variety show effects.

Lu Yan He chatted quite happily with Juliana.

Juliana has really watched many of his works, so they have a lot to talk about.

Especially since she is also a true movie lover, when they talked about various works, they were like counting family treasures.

In the end, Juliana raised a relatively sharp question: "You founded a very famous and influential literary magazine in China called 'Jump Up', but it later also did a film and television review section. Obviously, you have a good relationship with the film review circles around the world, and many strict film critics have high evaluations of you, even... I think they are very tolerant of you. Of course, you are an excellent actor and screenwriter yourself, this point is beyond doubt, but they are usually merciless to excellent actors and screenwriters. Do you think their tolerance for you has anything to do with 'Jump Up'?"

"Thank you for thinking I am an excellent actor and screenwriter. As a young creator, I really need such encouragement." Lu Yan He smiled and nodded, "As for the tolerance of the film review circle towards me, I must first admit that I have indeed received a lot of praise. However, if you say this is because of 'Jump Up', in fact, no matter whether I answer yes or no, it is not very appropriate. Answering yes seems like the film review circle is also a circle that looks at human feelings and relationships, but I know many people are not like this. Answering no, I feel it is also very fake, because I am indeed very familiar with many film critics, and I often talk to them about movies."

Lu Yan He answered this question relatively sincerely.

"Of course, just like you have been praising me. Before this, I didn't know you at all, and you praised me because you have watched many of my works. I believe it is all like this. To a certain extent, we must all maintain our names and our feathers. It's not that if I have a good relationship with you, I can open my eyes and talk nonsense, praising a bad work into a flower."

"Then, in order not to let those who have praised me lose their words, I can only work harder to make better works."

Juliana nodded and said: "I really like your answer, really."

After the podcast program was recorded, Lu Yan He got up and shook hands with Juliana.

Juliana said: "I hope there will be a chance to invite you to my program next time."

"I am also looking forward to it." Lu Yan He said, "I will listen to your program. The biggest gain today is knowing your program."

After the two of them followed each other on the social platform, they exchanged each other's email addresses.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Yan He had to prepare to set off.

Chen Ziyan also got an invitation letter through her own connections and will enter the award ceremony scene with Lu Yan He.

When Lu Yan He appeared on the red carpet, he was confused by the picture in front of him.

It was his first time seeing a red carpet full of people, and six or seven cameras were squatting at different points. They came from different TV stations, and there were different hosts broadcasting live on the spot.

One of them was CBN.

Chen Ziyan walked on the red carpet with Lu Yan He. She said that they had to stop at CBN because they had greeted them in advance and wanted to accept some interviews on the spot.

But before they reached CBN, Lu Yan He was intercepted by a host.

"OMG!" This host with exaggerated makeup stared at Lu Yan He with a tone more exaggerated than her makeup, as if she had been hit by a huge surprise, "The male lead of 'The Mist'!"

Lu Yan He showed an unexpected surprise smile and said hi.

Then, he was pulled in front of the camera by the host.

"You are so handsome in person. When I watched the movie, I didn't expect you to be such a delicious little handsome guy!" She showed a very explicit, lecherous look.

Lu Yan He knew that the style of some program hosts in Europe and the United States is very exaggerated.

For the sake of program effect, they can even make some actions that make people cover their eyes in front of the camera.

Lu Yan He couldn't be a "person who can't take a joke" at this time. Of course, he couldn't cater to her exaggerated behavior and follow suit.

His approach was to ignore the other party's exaggerated tone and smile generously: "Thank you."

At such times, people won't ask any tricky questions.

Basically, it is entertainment-oriented.

Similar to questions like "Who do you think will win Best Actor, Best Actress", "Which movie do you like better?", "What is your opinion on XXX".

Lu Yan He's answer didn't think about throwing any jokes, just don't make mistakes. Holding such an idea, Lu Yan He answered quite normally, anyway, everything is very good, everyone is very excellent.

When he arrived at the backstage area, the official staff responsible for docking with him found him—because he still had to go on stage to present the award, so there were arrangements for what to do at what time. Because of the time, he didn't have time to participate in the previous rehearsal. After he went over now, he still had to urgently walk through the route with people.

Of course, this process is very simple.

When the time comes, someone will come to remind him to wait backstage, and then just follow the on-site guidance.

On the scene, it is very clear to see who is the staff and who is the guest who came to attend the award ceremony.

This is not just distinguished by clothing and dress.

You know, many guests at the scene are actually not artists, and there are a large number of relevant personnel in various links of the film industry.

They are also normal formal dresses.

The real difference actually lies in the fact that almost all the staff are in a state of combat, with tight spirits, while the guests are basically relaxed.

After Lu Yan He walked through the route, he was taken to a blond man by Chen Ziyan.

"Williams Agency, Darren Wilson." Chen Ziyan introduced to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He knew who this person was.

Chen Ziyan had always wanted to find an agent specifically responsible for his overseas agency affairs abroad, but it was delayed because the situation would change dramatically after "The Mist" was released globally. A large company like Williams Agency, which has businesses all over the world, may have signed thousands of clients—their clients are not just star artists. Then Lu Yan He wants to get a more powerful agent and get a better agency agreement. Although it can be done without "The Mist" being released, it is ultimately different.

This agent, Darren Wilson, Chen Ziyan had mentioned to Lu Yan He before, was one of the candidates on her list.

Among the twenty actors nominated for performance awards at this year's Oscars, two were his clients, which is enough to see his strength.

Of course, this meeting, they will not mention whether to cooperate in the future.

This is just a contact.

Both sides have to examine each other.

Darren Wilson also knows that this young man in front of him is young, has strong capital, has not mixed in the European and American circles, and has also risen to fame strongly.

After he exchanged pleasantries with Lu Yan He, he immediately began to show his strength, or his energy in Hollywood.

Within ten minutes, he took Lu Yan He to meet three Oscar nominees this year.

Especially the two clients under his hand who received Oscar performance award nominations this year.

One is actress Olivia Tuman, this year's Best Actress nominee, nearly fifty years old, with rich acting experience and great fame in the entertainment industry.

One is actor Joshua Hayes, very young, only twenty-one years old, this year's Best Supporting Actor nominee, who amazed many people in a popular movie this year, causing a lot of topic discussion. Before this, there was almost no fame.

Darren Wilson smiled and said: "Let's take a group photo together."

So, the five of them stood together and took a photo.

When Lu Yan He was communicating with Olivia Tuman, Joshua Hayes whispered in Darren Wilson's ear: "Is he also going to be your client? Darren."

Darren Wilson smiled slightly and said: "Joshua, if he wants to be my client, I will definitely open the door for him. In fact, all agents in the United States will open the door for him."

"Why?" Joshua Hayes asked with some confusion, "He just starred in a 'The Mist', of course, this movie has a good box office, but has it reached the point where all agents are moved?"

He looked at Darren Wilson with confusion.

Darren Wilson said: "Joshua, what really makes us interested in him is not his actor identity."

Joshua Hayes was even more confused. ===== CHAPTER 565 =====