Chapter 631: Keep going

Many films are re-edited, but it is rare for a series to be re-edited.

Re-editing a series is a significant workload, and it's an additional investment.

However, Lu Yan He's words made Li Zhibai somewhat tempted.

Although hesitant, he was tempted.

Li Zhibai wasn't trying to prove anything—not that the series was actually well-made, nor that his judgment was sound and he hadn't misread people.

He simply wanted to know: after going through eighty-one tribulations, overcoming every single one, and seeing the results of the process turn out well, why did things go against his wishes at the very finish line?

Lu Yan He said again, "Regardless, I suggest you talk to the editor and Liu Manbo to see where the problem actually lies. There are no wasted shots in this footage. Aside from a few actors' performances that were indeed a bit poor and invited mockery, I think the most serious problem is that I couldn't keep watching—it lacked appeal."

Yan Liang also said, "I've read the novel and seen that terrible film adaptation, so I knew what the plot should look like, but watching this series, I still felt it was a bit convoluted."

Li Zhibai nodded.

However, before he could find the editor to talk, Lin Suyang arrived with news.

"About this matter, sigh—"

Lin Suyang sighed as soon as they met.

"What's wrong? Brother Yang?"

"I had a chat with Old Xie."

Old Xie was the editor for this series, Xie Yun.

"What did he say?"

"He said the blame is on him; he didn't shirk responsibility," Lin Suyang said. "But I asked, he's a veteran editor, why did he cut the series like this? He said it was because Liu Manbo wanted this style. Liu Manbo wanted every shot to be perfect, which in reality meant prioritizing visuals over narrative pacing. I asked him why he didn't tell Liu Manbo when he saw the problem. He said it was because Liu Manbo wasn't favored by the people at Lighthouse Video, but since you, the producer, were strongly backing Liu Manbo, he didn't want to go against him."

Li Zhibai felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

Lin Suyang: "I can only say that this matter itself had many unexpected factors. When Lighthouse Video reviewed the footage, they didn't think there were major problems with the series. Plus, with the conflict that happened between you and them earlier, by the time the final cut reached you, there was basically no room for adjustment. Because of your stance in strongly backing Liu Manbo, many people had misunderstandings; even if they saw problems in the footage, no one was willing to be the first to stand up and speak out."

Li Zhibai: "So, there's even a problem with me."

"You are the producer, and so am I. Since this series wasn't done well, both of us definitely have problems," Lin Suyang said. "I should have thought of it in advance. Since we implicitly gave Liu Manbo such great directorial power, we should have followed up more after filming ended."

"The filming process was too smooth; I didn't expect Liu Manbo to have such problems in post-production."

"Yeah, these are all our problems. It's fine, a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. Once we know where the problem is, we'll just improve next time," Lin Suyang said. "You said you wanted to re-edit a version; this matter needs to be communicated with Lighthouse Video. After all, they invested in this series, and the copyright is with them. Based on my understanding of them, they might not be willing."

"Let's communicate first," Li Zhibai said. "A couple of days ago, someone from their side even sent me a message to mock me."

"Mock you for what?"

"Mocking me for insisting on using Liu Manbo."

"They didn't mock you for being unable to carry the series, though," Lin Suyang sneered. "They know that even if this series has plenty of criticism, it hasn't affected its popularity at all. Many people are still watching, and several brands you endorse have added pre-roll advertisements. What are they pretending to be victims for? This series has been making money for them since the investment solicitation began. The controversy over its reputation falls on you, the main creators; they haven't been affected. Which idiot sent you the message? Send me a screenshot. I'm going to ask the boss of Lighthouse Video when an actor who can bring them so much commercial return has to be privately mocked by their people. What a joke!"

Li Zhibai didn't hesitate at all; he immediately took a screenshot and sent it to Lin Suyang.

Lin Suyang: "Regarding the controversy over this series, I will make a response on your behalf: sincerely accept everyone's criticism and absorb all opinions."

Li Zhibai nodded.

"Don't I need to respond myself?"

"No need," Lin Suyang said. "What we need to do now is strengthen your attribute as an actor, not a producer. The response is to show an attitude. Besides, your performance in this series, although there is some criticism, is generally good. Many people's comments are quite fair. The few places where you were criticized more were when you were acting opposite Teacher Jiang Jun; you were a bit led by his rhythm, losing your own, which made the performance unbalanced. I only realized this after seeing them say that and observing the previous dramas you acted in. You really are like that. If your opponent's acting isn't that good, you are the one who can perform brilliantly, but if your opponent is a better actor, you seem to have a bit of a burden, and instead, you lose your greatest strength in acting—a sense of relaxation."

Li Zhibai: "Now that you mention it, it really seems to be the case."

Lin Suyang: "Didn't you realize this problem before?"

"No, but when acting with Teacher Jiang Jun, I do seem to be more serious and treat it more solemnly."

"But the more serious you are, the better the result isn't necessarily," Lin Suyang said. "I'm planning to find a teacher to help you analyze the problems in your acting. After *Death Is Not an Option* was released, you were spotted by many people in the film industry. This industry is too lacking in male actors of your type. Many people are sending scripts, although they are all similar roles."

Li Zhibai said: "I can't keep acting in these romantic comedies forever."

"Yeah, that's why I communicate with those film companies that way. To get you to act in a romantic comedy, unless the script is heaven-sent, they have to send another script of a different genre," Lin Suyang said. "Fortunately, you are popular enough now, and the box office of *Death Is Not an Option* is good enough, giving us full power to choose."

Some actors know how to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses; if it's not a role they are certain of, they won't take it. Therefore, every time they appear, people think, "This actor is so good at acting, really steady."

Some actors like to break through themselves and often change to different types to act. Sometimes, it turns into a disaster, but sometimes, if they act well, it's a huge surprise. In the eyes of others, this is an inconsistent actor.

But in reality, 99% of actors are neither of these two types. Because actors who truly have the power to choose are a very small minority. Most of the time, they can only find one they are relatively less resistant to among choices they are not very satisfied with.

Li Zhibai is an actor with choices, and so is Lu Yan He.

"Since Lu Yan He became famous, how many supporting roles has he played?"

"*Sanshan*, *The Mist*, *Tropical Rainy Season*, *Chinese Paladin*... Actually, he really hasn't had many dramas where he carried the lead, come to think of it."

In August, Lighthouse Video launched a new program called *Film and Television Roundtable*, where several veterans of the film and television circle sit together to talk about the industry, stars, artists, and all sorts of things.

The cost of such programs is very low, and they are destined not to become the kind of big variety shows with extremely high national popularity. However, sometimes, once the topic of discussion gets hot, the traffic is still quite gratifying.

The first thing they talked about was Lu Yan He, the most popular male actor.

"Indeed, the dramas where he seriously carried the lead are just *Late Spring* and *Friends*, that's it," someone said.

"But he is really magical. Every time a drama comes out, everyone thinks he played a major role in its success."

"In reality, it is. Look, except for *River of Silence*, where Ceng Qiao was considered the main promotional star at the time, in other dramas, whether it's *Road to Glory* or *Seventeen Layers*, Lu Yan He's weight in carrying the drama is no less than Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige. Let's be honest, Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige's status was indeed still there at the time, but their popularity was already not as good as Lu Yan He's."

"Films don't look at whether an actor has traffic or not. You'll be scolded for saying that. Even Lu Yan He himself wouldn't dare to say he could suppress Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige as the lead."

"I didn't mean that, but the market situation is just like that. If you ask the current market who they buy into more among these three, the answer is definitely Lu Yan He."

"You can't look at it that way. Then who do you say big directors are more willing to cooperate with? Haven't you noticed that Lu Yan He's connection with big directors is actually quite poor? With so many dramas, he only cooperated with Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling in the TV circle, and in the film circle, he only cooperated with Wang Zhong, and that was still a small supporting role. Liu Bige only won an award after cooperating with him and became a famous director."

"Now that you mention it, that's true. Most of Lu Yan He's resources are projects he made himself."

"Up to now, no big director has asked him to star in a film."

"Why is that?"

"They aren't wrong, are they? Why aren't there any big directors asking you to act?"

On the set, Li Zhibai asked curiously.

Lu Yan He: "How would I know? I can't just grab someone and ask, 'Why don't you ask me to film?'"

Yan Liang laughed and said: "What's strange about this? You guys go look at the films of our big directors in recent years; where are there roles suitable for Yan He? They wouldn't be embarrassed to ask him for roles that are too small, right?"

Come to think of it, there are still too few films in the market with men in their twenties as the protagonists.

Basically, they are all youth romance films or some art films.

Big directors' films are even more so.

The leads are basically actors in the age group of Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige.

Lu Yan He said: "Then don't you guys have any big directors sending you scripts?"

Li Zhibai shook his head, "None, not a single one. How could they look up to us traffic stars? You can't even get them, let alone us."

Yan Liang said: "Whether it was the old Star Entertainment or the current Woodpecker, we are just their most profitable artists, but not the artists with the deepest ties. The resources they can generally exchange, especially these kinds of resources, will most likely not be given to us."

Lu Yan He asked: "Who is the actor the company supports the most now?"

"In terms of resources, Cheng Hai counts as one. After *Birth of an Actor*, once his popularity rose, the company exchanged two dramas and one film for him from the outside, all of which are leads within the top three billing. Besides him, Chen Jing and Jiang Bai's resources are actually quite thick."

Li Zhibai nodded, continuing Yan Liang's words.

"Lin Suyang said that Chen Jing and Jiang Bai are basically fed one to two drama resources by the company every year. They themselves are members of the popular group MX and are the least troublesome," Li Zhibai said. "Lin Suyang told me this just to point at me, saying I'm too uncooperative with the company's arrangements."

"We really rarely cooperate with them now. We basically don't participate in the dramas they start or the programs they invest in," Yan Liang said. "For the company, feeding those good resources to us brings far less feedback to the company than to others."

Lu Yan He: "Then aren't you guys basically fighting on your own in the company?"

"Can't say that either. We still used a lot of the company's resources; it's mutual benefit," Li Zhibai said. "Didn't the contract Yan Liang and I renewed require it? We have priority selection for one drama per year that the company participates in investing and producing. Furthermore, for the dramas Yan Liang and I are currently participating in, the company also has familiar investors and business partners following up, which is quite important for how much say we have in a drama."

Lu Yan He: "But the core, the best part of those resources, they will give to those artists who have signed long-term contracts with them and are bound to the company for a long time?"

"Yes," Li Zhibai nodded.

Lu Yan He said: "They shouldn't have asked you to bring the company's newcomers, right?"

"Of course that's a given, but neither of us agreed to it," Li Zhibai said. "If it were just bringing along an acquaintance we're on good terms with, that would be one thing, but we barely know them—we've only crossed paths a few times. Why should I foot the bill for a favor and let them reap the benefits? I never saw them sharing their resources with others back when we were rookies."

Lu Yan He: "Come to think of it, it's really ridiculous. It's one thing that Yan Liang and I weren't popular back then, but you were quite popular at the time. Why didn't they have the idea of letting the company's popular actors bring you into the crew to act?"

"I didn't make money acting at that time. Acting for two or three months, at most a few hundred thousand, unlike letting me run commercial performances; running one starts at one hundred thousand."

"Oh, right, I forgot, you were arranged to run commercial performances crazily at that time."

"However, the pay in the film and television circle is also being suppressed now," Li Zhibai said to Lu Yan He. "This has to be blamed on you."

"Blame me?" Lu Yan He was incredulous. "Why blame me?"

"Now everyone is compressing the volume of dramas, at most thirty episodes capped, most are just ten or twenty episodes, but the filming time hasn't decreased at all," Li Zhibai said. "Plus, the actors cultivated by the Jump Up Theater are increasing, and the platforms are cutting budgets more and more strictly. Unless it's a top-tier actor, the pay of other actors is suppressed very hard. As long as it's not an actor who carries the drama and investment, the pay has been reduced by several tenths."

Yan Liang: "Have you guys heard? Many film and television projects are cutting budgets now. The implication is that the Jump Up Theater can film dramas with mid-to-high results with such low costs, *Love Letter* can collect 1.5 billion in box office with a cost of tens of millions. Conversely, many dramas, having invested such high budgets, all the money was earned by producers, directors, and actors, and the platform suffered huge losses. I heard that several other video websites are also going to learn from Arctic Light Video, letting the production side share the risks with the platform in the future, instead of the current one-off deal where the production side is guaranteed regardless of drought or flood."

Corruption in the entertainment industry is also emerging one after another.

In the past, a film and television project would easily cost hundreds of millions, and no one knew how much money was actually spent on production in the end. Looking at the accounts, a wig could cost tens of thousands, and a hat could list an expenditure of thousands of yuan.

However, those were the chaotic and painful times of the wild growth of video websites. As they stood firm and figured out the ways of this industry, they naturally wouldn't let themselves be fooled again.

"Has your project been affected?" Li Zhibai asked. "Those projects later on."

"I haven't," Lu Yan He shook his head. "I don't want such high production funds myself, but Arctic Light insists on giving them, worried that if the production fund figure is small, it won't support the stock market's expectations."

"..." Li Zhibai let out a "heh," "Arctic Light is also speechless."

"Compared to the stock market, the investment of one or two dramas is indeed nothing," Yan Liang said. "The income a project can bring to a company now, if converted to the reaction on the stock market, far exceeds its own earnings. If your Linghe goes public, the income brought to your company by the 1.5 billion box office of *Love Letter* might not even be one-tenth of the stock market gains brought by this box office result itself. I heard Zhou Ping'an say before that it was really a waste of the box office explosion of *Love Letter* this time; the income it could have brought originally should have been multiplied by a few more 2s."

Lu Yan He: "These are all capital games. It looks like a lot of money is earned, but I'm not short of money, and I don't understand these capital games. I don't want to take risks with my own body. Once I'm trapped in it, will I never be able to film more adventurous works in the future? I can only play safe cards, otherwise, it will affect the stock market side. So, I thought about it, forget it. To be honest, why do I earn so much money? The money I earn every year now is enough for me to do whatever I want."

"Also," Li Zhibai nodded. "You can see this point clearly, still awesome. I feel like my family is just obsessed with money, always thinking about earning more money, earning bigger money."

Lu Yan He: "Different people, different personalities. Some people like to play this kind of capital game and enjoy it, then let them play their own."

"Then you think too much. They are not that gentlemanly. People who play this kind of game, seeing that you are unwilling to enter the game, must try every means to make you enter the game, because you have what they want to win in your hands," Li Zhibai said. "You better be careful. I estimate that Linghe has become a sweet pastry in the eyes of many big capitals, wanting to take a bite. Hasn't anyone come to you wanting to acquire it?"

"There have been some, but I refused them all," Lu Yan He said. "I am very clear, I don't accept any shareholding or acquisition. Linghe itself is not a normal commercial company; it is now basically completely dependent on the IP I created to operate."

"Then you and Sister Ziyan must pay close attention. No, you can't trust Sister Ziyan too much either. There are also many agents who stab artists in the back. Oh, however, Sister Ziyan doesn't hold much of Linghe's shares, which doesn't affect your control over Linghe," Li Zhibai said two "however"s in a row, thinking of whatever he said, "I mean, be careful of people inside your company colluding with those big capitals outside who want to acquire your company, and finally pit you for a big one, trapping your company in someone else's hands."

Lu Yan He: "We have always been very careful about this aspect."

The reason why Chen Ziyan arranged Xu Fanxing and Chen Qin to Linghe in the first place was for this reason, to supervise and balance Xu Tianming and Chen Yin. Why did Chen Ziyan later arrange Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang to go overseas, why did she put the external copyright development and operation in Xu Tianming's hands, and put the internal production and management in Chen Yin's hands, while also having a Hu Siwei to divide Chen Yin's power?

In fact, this set of practices by Chen Ziyan is to cut the company into several lines. No one can work in one line for many years; there must be regular personnel changes to avoid letting anyone infiltrate any line too deeply.

Xu Tianming and Chen Yin are both professional managers, with power in their hands, but limited.

Lu Yan He has always felt that if it weren't for Chen Ziyan, Linghe, this company, really wouldn't have been able to start.

He is not that kind of material.

And Chen Ziyan...

To say that Chen Ziyan would betray him.

Lu Yan He thought to himself, not to say absolutely not, but if one day Chen Ziyan really betrayed him, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

He could only turn against each other when that day comes.

At the current stage, Chen Ziyan really did everything to the extreme in every aspect, leaving him speechless. Her Shi Huo allowed Lu Yan He to buy shares early, occupying a considerable share of the shares, and his film and television company, at that time, gave shares to Chen Ziyan for free, and Chen Ziyan only took a little in the end, which did not have any substantial impact on Linghe's operation. Linghe's management power has always been firmly held in Lu Yan He's hands.

Not to mention, the common interests of Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan are too many.

One film and television project after another, several companies, agency cooperation...

Needless to say, Chen Ziyan betrayed him. If he betrayed Chen Ziyan and wanted to kick her out, Chen Ziyan would also suffer heavy losses—

And if one day he really kicked her out, that door was also handed to him by Chen Ziyan early on.

When interests are entangled to a certain extent, it is no longer a simple betrayal that can cut off the relationship between them.

Trust is mutual.

Harm is also mutual.

It depends on which one they choose.

"Lu Yan He and the others have pulled so many media to do a year-end review now. What do they want to do? Isn't this wanting to weaken our influence and replace us?"

Huang Lian stood in front of his office window, calling Yu Maiqiu, the helmsman of the Honghe Awards.

If anyone saw him now, they would be shocked.

Because, compared to two months ago, Huang Lian's eyeballs are bloodshot, his mouth is inflamed, and there is a circle of red around his lips. From his current appearance, one can see how bad he has spent these two months.

He has already heard the news that many people are dissatisfied with the jokes made by this year's Golden Tripod Awards.

Especially those big shots behind the Golden Tripod Awards.

Although he is the chairman of the executive committee now, behind the entire executive committee of the Golden Tripod Awards, there are many people standing. If they are collectively dissatisfied with him, they can start a meeting at any time and replace him. If it weren't for the support given to him by the people behind him, allowing him to sit in this position for the time being, he might have been replaced long ago.

Those people may not necessarily support Lu Yan He; they are just dissatisfied that the Golden Tripod Awards caused such a scandal, affecting the authority and credibility of the Golden Tripod Awards.

The Golden Tripod Awards can reach this step today, it is really the effort of several generations. Many people's lifelong career might be concentrated on the words "Golden Tripod Awards" in the end. Not to mention, many older generations obtained recognition for their careers at the Golden Tripod Awards. Once the gold content of the Golden Tripod Awards is reduced, it means that the gold content of their career achievements is also weakened.

Who is willing to see that?

Now, major media are all bustling to do year-end reviews, to do reviews of the best works, directors, screenwriters, and actors. It is conceivable that when the results of these reviews are made, everyone will definitely take these review results to compare with the results of the Golden Tripod Awards.

If it were just one or two media doing this kind of thing, that would be fine, but the problem is not.

Huang Lian is truly panicked at this moment.

If the Lu Yan He incident was just a temporary controversy, it would be fine after it passed, then this media review can be said to have directly put mainstream awards, including the Golden Tripod Awards, on the fire to roast.

No one dares to say to the review results of dozens or hundreds of media and platforms, "You are all unprofessional, we are the ones who truly stand on artistry to award."

They are the ones who represent the voice of the public.

Huang Lian now just wants to unite with Yu Maiqiu, the chairman of the executive committee of the Honghe Awards, to go to the relevant departments above to stop such activities.

Yu Maiqiu said: "Old Huang, what reason do we have to ask the above to stop this activity?"

Yu Maiqiu is very helpless.

"No, this will significantly weaken the authority and influence of our three major awards," Huang Lian said. "Think about it, if dozens or hundreds of media and platforms really do reviews, and finally the review results are summarized, if the works that were cold-shouldered here are highly praised by them, how much public opinion will be formed?"

"Then let it be formed, what are you afraid of?" Yu Maiqiu said. "Their reviews are obviously more advantageous to commercial works. We insist on our artistry, including the main melody we want to focus on. It is too normal to have differences."

Huang Lian is angry, thinking, you are focusing on the main melody, but their Golden Tripod Awards have always been under the banner of "Audience Awards."

"As for authority and influence, Old Huang, being able to have such a review activity to pull the audience to participate in the attention and discussion of film and television dramas is what enhances the influence of our industry," Yu Maiqiu said. "If the results of their reviews really have a large difference from the results of our awards, that's also quite good. Isn't this more able to let some audiences understand what kind of works we favor? The establishment of our few awards was originally to commend the creators in this industry and to promote the development of this industry. In recent years, the ratings of the Honghe Awards ceremony have become lower and lower, and the attention is also declining. Being able to pull attention through such a comparison, I am quite willing to see it."

After Yu Maiqiu finished speaking, Huang Lian was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

"To be honest, why are you competing with a young man like Lu Yan He? You will always retire before him. Do you still expect to rely on your old age to suppress him?" Yu Maiqiu said. "Like a young man like him, you, the chairman of the executive committee of the Golden Tripod Awards, don't deal with him well and make good relations. In the future, his dramas won't play with your Golden Tripod Awards. See what you do. Are there any dramas in the country that have greater influence overseas than his dramas? If such dramas don't report to the Golden Tripod Awards in the future, is it him who is embarrassed, or your Golden Tripod Awards?"

Yu Maiqiu's words made Huang Lian almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Huang Lian hung up the phone and took a deep breath.

The anger in his heart still could not be calmed.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

The secretary walked in.

"Chairman Huang."

"You say." Huang Lian's face returned to the calmness of not showing joy or anger.

The secretary looked embarrassed and said: "Gu Mo, Zhang Yuan, and Liu Zhihan came together, wanting to see you."

Huang Lian: "What are they here for?"

"They didn't tell me," the secretary shook his head. "But looking at it, it looks like they are coming with bad intentions."

Huang Lian's face darkened and said: "Then say I'm not convenient now, let them go back first."

"They said they made an appointment with reporters to have dinner together at six o'clock in the evening," the secretary said.

Huang Lian: "..."

Veins burst out from his forehead.

"Let them in."

Gritting his teeth.

"Must do a ranking list, not a top ten."

In the internal meeting, Chen Siqi said very clearly about the planning of the year-end review.

In the afternoon, everyone had differences in this aspect.

Some people said that making a ranking list would cause a lot of controversy, and doing a top ten directly would be more peaceful.

Chen Siqi said: "Peaceful means no discussion, and no discussion means no heat. Don't forget what our original intention for doing this ranking list is—it is to attract everyone's attention. Now, are there few articles or posts on the Internet similar to recommending XXX good-looking film and television dramas? Not few. I know that some people will watch them after seeing relevant recommendations, but you think about it, is the probability of you watching it higher when you see someone saying a certain drama is very good-looking, or is the probability of you watching it higher when you like a certain drama very much, but which dramas are ranked higher than it on a certain ranking list, and this media, magazine, or individual who ranked it is also a presence with weight in your heart?"

Everyone was silent.

"As for controversy, or attacking our ranking list as wrong, these are all normal," Chen Siqi said. "As long as you do something content-based, there will definitely be people who like it and people who don't. Similarly, as long as you do a list, if you don't rank one, two, three, four, there will still be people questioning why a certain work is not in it, and why you ranked a certain work that is so rotten in it. In any case, we have to face questioning. We are upright and sit straight ourselves, and for the rest, we can only let others say."

"If we want to make a good literary magazine, we cannot make the content mediocre," Chen Siqi said. "If we want to be comprehensive, we don't need to position ourselves as a literary magazine."

Lin Yu and others took the lead in nodding.

"That's right, why is our reader stickiness so high? Being able to turn from a fan publication into a magazine with loyal readers, and still being able to sell hotly in this era of declining print media? It is because we can continuously bring new things to readers, things that other online media don't have," Xu Zijun said. "This ranking list is voted by our readers one by one, and it also presents the preferences of our readers. If this ranking list can really produce a certain influence, then for our readers, this sense of participation is very fulfilling."

Zhou Mukai said: "Actually, I have a suggestion."

"What suggestion?"

"The most popular dramas, male actors, female actors, screenwriters, directors, etc., can we invite these people to do an activity together, such as a dialogue or a small award ceremony? Through this sense of ritual, make our ranking list more formal and more valuable," Zhou Mukai said. "Or simpler, for example, specifically do a special issue, do their exclusive interviews?"

"Then this seems like we are taking advantage of others," Lin Yu said.

Zhou Mukai asked: "What if we can invite top creators like Teacher Shi Xia and Director Luo Yuzhong to be special interviewers or dialogue guests? Or invite bosses of big production companies, or top film critics. In short, it is such an activity. We may not be able to bring real benefits to others, but it will definitely bring them a kind of honorary, valuable recognition."

Chen Siqi nodded, "I think Zhou Mukai's suggestion is worth studying. This is like the Hollywood star group cover of the magazine *Vanity Fair* in the United States every year. Once a year, the stars who can be on this cover are a recognition. You are the most watched and popular star of the year. Our ranking list is also the same. You are the film and television creator most recognized by our millions of readers of *Jump Up*. We use a top configuration to crown you. No bonus, no direct benefits, but this is an honor, an honor that only our *Jump Up* can give. This is not only gilding the few first places that are most popular, but also gilding our magazine."

"Okay," Lin Yu took a deep breath, "Then this is another big project."

"I'm going!" Suddenly, in the corner, a girl held her phone in surprise and shouted.

Everyone looked at her.

She held up her phone and said: "The Golden Tripod Awards publicly apologized to Lu Yan He. To be precise, it was Huang Lian who apologized to Lu Yan He in his personal name on behalf of the Golden Tripod Awards."

In this apology issued by the Golden Tripod Awards, the signature was not the Golden Tripod Awards, but the two words Huang Lian.

In this apology, Huang Lian, as the chairman of the executive committee, expressed his heartfelt apology because *Friends*, as the most successful sitcom work in recent years, especially wanted to give it recognition and honor at the Golden Tripod Awards, so he did a bad thing with good intentions, which instead affected the reputation of the *Friends* crew, especially Lu Yan He.

It can be said that this apology came suddenly and inexplicably.

The Golden Tripod Awards were all over, and when they were mocked the most, they always pretended to be dead, without any movement, without any response. Now that public opinion is almost down, they suddenly popped up.

Why?

Many people want to ask.

Shock.

Doubt.

Uncomprehending.

Of course, the most shocking thing is the act of apologizing itself.

It makes people feel incredible.

In the *Chinese Paladin* crew, Luo Yuzhong said to Lu Yan He: "You are the first one to be able to make an incumbent chairman of the executive committee apologize to you."

Lu Yan He: "I am also inexplicable myself, I don't know why."

Luo Yuzhong: "The executive committee has a lot of opinions on him. For more than two months, this matter has not been settled, but it has caused more and more serious influence on the Golden Tripod Awards. Others will not watch the Golden Tripod Awards fall into the whirlpool of public opinion. It was not easy to bring the Golden Tripod Awards to the current industry status. Who would be willing to watch him alone ruin the Golden Tripod Awards."

"It's serious, Teacher, I can't ruin the Golden Tripod Awards alone."

"Awards, once they have a negative label, this label will become bigger and bigger, and it will become more and more difficult to take off," Luo Yuzhong said. "They choose this way, one is to push all the problems of this matter to Huang Lian alone, and the other is to attribute this matter to doing a bad thing with good intentions. In short, they want to be decent, and it cannot really be deliberately suppressing you."

Lu Yan He nodded: "Sigh, they are decent now, and I have also been set up by them. I feel that if I don't accept the apology at this time, it will seem that I am not decent."

"You only need a decent response, it doesn't mean you need a decent posture to accept the apology," Luo Yuzhong said.

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

Luo Yuzhong said: "Didn't you win the Golden Tripod Awards Best Supporting Actor before? You won it through *Golden Age*, and you are filming my drama now, and you are still playing a supporting role. Just respond to the Golden Tripod Awards a little bit."

Lu Yan He understood what Luo Yuzhong meant.

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you respond or not," Luo Yuzhong said. "No one will blame you if you don't respond. If you respond, those old guys will have a few more good feelings for you. Just do whatever makes you comfortable."

Since Luo Yuzhong said so, it means that it really doesn't matter whether Lu Yan He responds or not. In Luo Yuzhong's view, it doesn't affect him.

Lu Yan He likes Luo Yuzhong for this point. Luo Yuzhong never plays the set of "pointing at people with words," no need to ponder, straight to the point.

Lu Yan He thought about it seriously and said: "Let's respond. This matter is not that the whole Golden Tripod Awards is playing me, it is that Huang Lian is retaliating against me there. Why should I give up the whole Golden Tripod Awards because I don't like him? Teacher, don't you have students on the executive committee of the Golden Tripod Awards? If Huang Lian is driven off the chairman's seat, do your students have hope of being chairman?"

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