Chapter 848: At the venue

This time, Lin Suyang replied with a truly taught attitude: Taught, thank you, Sister.

An agent is a supporting role.

But a supporting role does not mean it is just a coordinating role.

A true support is like Chen Ziyan.

In the agent circle, Chen Ziyan has always been a legend.

Everyone is used to saying it.

In the past, Lin Suyang's understanding of a legend was that she brought out several superstars.

Later, Lin Suyang's understanding of a legend was that she had great means and a very high level.

Today, Lin Suyang has a new understanding.

"Damn, Ma Zhiyuan actually came tonight." Li Zhibai whispered uncomfortably in Jiang Yuqian's ear.

Because they were award presenters invited by the official, their seats were arranged together, which was also convenient for them to whisper.

Of course, even so, to avoid being filmed by the camera, the two could not have any intimate actions.

Whispering in the ear was already the limit in public.

When Jiang Yuqian was with Li Zhibai, Ma Zhiyuan had already been out of fashion for a long time.

Li Zhibai had not told Jiang Yuqian about his "past" with Ma Zhiyuan. So, Jiang Yuqian really didn't know that Li Zhibai had such a deep conflict with Ma Zhiyuan—although she had heard of it long ago.

Li Zhibai and Ma Zhiyuan had a grudge; this had been exposed on the internet long ago.

Jiang Yuqian: "Ma Zhiyuan relied on the *Scandal* series to become popular again, and now he has taken on a new movie. Instead, he entered the film circle more smoothly than many popular actors. He seems to be the first one to counterattack from online movies to theatrical films. This time, it should be Zhou Ping'an who helped him get this opportunity as an award presenter for the Lingyun Awards, sending a signal to the outside world that he has returned to the mainstream circle."

Li Zhibai immediately snorted.

"Mainstream my ass."

Jiang Yuqian smiled helplessly when she saw Li Zhibai's attitude.

"It can be seen that the relationship between you and him is really terrible." Jiang Yuqian asked. "Was the competition between you and him very fierce when you were at Star Entertainment?"

"More than fierce competition, it was completely wanting to step on our shoulders to get up." Li Zhibai said bluntly. "At that time, when our Fengzhi debuted, we didn't catch up with the window period of idol artists, so we went out of fashion quickly. But my family was still spending money to earn exposure for me, letting me maintain some fans and popularity. Ma Zhiyuan's group was already popular, and Ma Zhiyuan was the most popular, so you know. At that time, in the company, he not only squeezed us out, made cold remarks, but also frequently wanted to grab resources from us, the kind that directly grabbed them. Mine was okay, others were wary, but Yan Liang and the others were grabbed very hard. At that time, there were not many work opportunities, and they still had to be intercepted by them."

"This is really—" Jiang Yuqian nodded. "I probably understand."

"As for me, Ma Zhiyuan was jealous." Li Zhibai's face showed a touch of complacency again at this time. "Although our group went out of fashion, my popularity was very high, and my commercial value was also high. In the company, I was his only competing product, especially, my fans' purchasing power was much greater than his. Probably because of my family background, a legitimate rich second generation, the recognition of my image by various brands was also higher than his. Of course, this is not politically correct, I know, maybe he himself felt unfair in his heart. Anyway, the difference in commercial value caused by the persona, so, all in all, in the end, he always wanted to step on me."

Jiang Yuqian: "Sounds like his mind is not right."

"Of course his mind is not right, of course it's not simple jealousy." Li Zhibai said. "He even did many shady tricks behind the scenes. Fortunately, Old Lu was promising, almost checking for no one, became famous in the college entrance examination, became popular overnight, killed all idol artists, and then took us to fly together."

Jiang Yuqian: "A counterattack road."

"It's really like this." Li Zhibai said. "Although you were also at Star Entertainment at the time, you took the path of an actor completely, so you don't quite understand how fierce the competition is for us idol artists. Do you know how bad Yan He's situation was at the time?"

"Heard about it." Jiang Yuqian nodded. "I did hear about that."

"Right?" Li Zhibai said. "So, it's really not easy. Think about it, he really had no background and no help, and he just broke out a path by himself. Honestly, what qualifications does Ma Zhiyuan have to be jealous of me? I rely on my family to give resources to support me, he relies on the company to give resources to support him, the essence is the same, fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps, ridiculous."

Jiang Yuqian: "... You are always so self-deprecating, which is also something I didn't expect."

"It's really not me being self-deprecating." Li Zhibai shook his head. "I just know very clearly how I came over. Let me tell you, staying by Old Lu's side, this point is especially good. Both I and Yan Liang have very self-knowledge, and, learning from him, never pretend to be a high-quality idol, always based on one's own situation, to be an artist's persona, never pretend to be someone different from oneself."

Jiang Yuqian raised her eyebrows.

Li Zhibai said: "Look at when Yan Liang was still at Star Entertainment, how much the company wanted to use his popularity from *Friends* to package him into a high-popularity idol and squeeze out greater commercial value. He knew it clearly in his heart. Although he had been doing the stage and participated in *Idol Era*, fulfilling his work, he never felt that he had talent in this area. Instead, he had always been solidly improving his acting skills. When he came back from acting in *Gold Rush*, we all felt that he came back from fleeing. He could be so strict with himself. He was completely not attracted by the company's design and packaging at the time to take an easier route."

"So, Yan He also tailored that song for him? *Young Battlefield*?"

"Right."

Jiang Yuqian sighed lightly.

"Yan He is really talented. I have been in the entertainment industry for so long, and I have never seen anyone more talented than him."

Li Zhibai nodded, expressing agreement.

"Yan Liang and I think so too."

Jiang Yuqian: "*Love is Not Blind* was suddenly scheduled for release, much earlier than the previous plan. Was it affected by you being followed by paparazzi before? Worried that exposure would affect the movie?"

"Yes." Li Zhibai nodded. "Don't take it to heart. Yan He said it was mainly because this matter clashed a bit with the subject matter of *Love is Not Blind*, so try to avoid some influence. Other than that, it's fine."

Jiang Yuqian: "Do you believe what Yan He told you so much? He said it's fine, and you really believe it's fine? He might just be comforting us."

"If it's comfort, then listen to it." Li Zhibai said. "If it really makes *Love is Not Blind* lose money and affects the box office, I will help him film a few movies for free to earn it back. Between us brothers, it's inevitable to pull each other's legs."

Jiang Yuqian: "I really feel now that your mentality is much better than mine."

Ma Zhiyuan looked at the report on his mobile phone about Lu Yan He "I'm just late, not here to be the finale," and sneered with disdain in his heart.

Really pretending.

Disgusting.

Ma Zhiyuan put down his mobile phone.

Because Zhou Ping'an came over.

He came to him and whispered a reminder, saying: "You should go and greet the producers, directors, and some seniors who are present."

Ma Zhiyuan said: "Do you think I didn't go? Basically, no matter who I greet, they just respond to me perfunctorily, and don't talk to me much at all."

"Even if they don't talk to you, you have to continue to greet them." Zhou Ping'an glared at him cautiously. "Do you think you are still the one who can act like a big shot? Did you overestimate yourself?"

Ma Zhiyuan looked at him with annoyance.

"Since you think I can't enter the hall of elegance now, why did you bring me here?"

"Let you crawl in if you can't walk in." Zhou Ping'an glared at him with hatred for iron not becoming steel. "You have no capital to be arrogant now, so you can only be respectful, let others know that there is someone like you, so that when they have roles, they can think of you."

Ma Zhiyuan said: "Is it that necessary?"

"Okay, then go back and continue filming online movies." Zhou Ping'an said.

Ma Zhiyuan: "I damn—"

"Try saying another dirty word to me?" Zhou Ping'an looked at him with cold eyes. "Don't think I don't have anyone else to support, don't think I'm still willing to give you opportunities, and you can continue to waste them."

Ma Zhiyuan swallowed his anger.

Zhou Ping'an sneered.

"In the past, you could sit in the first three rows with Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai, but now, today, you can only sit in the ninth row with me." Zhou Ping'an said. "If such a long trough and such a backward position cannot make you alert, at least put away this look of yours, pretend, then tonight when you go out, go contact the media, and don't pretend to threaten me, breaking the jar, I can also start a new stove, I want to see if you can."

Ma Zhiyuan took a deep breath and turned to walk towards Huang Zhongjing and Mrs. Huang of Long Yan.

"Blooming twice? Me?"

Lu Yan He smiled and waved his hand. "I'm already very happy to have won one. I can't be a person who doesn't know how to be satisfied. I don't want to leave you with the impression of being greedy—ah, forget it, so pretentious. I admit, I want to win awards, I want to win all awards." The people around heard this and smiled knowingly.

"However, getting it is my luck, losing it is my fate, keep a flat mentality." Lu Yan He said. "I'd better keep this mentality."

"Yan He, how is *Storm Calmer No. 1* doing in the North American awards season this year? Is there any hope for an Oscar nomination?" Someone asked.

Lu Yan He shook his head. "I don't know either. Their awards are too different from ours domestically. They rely on a marathon of several months to synthesize industry evaluation, media evaluation, and momentum in all aspects to form a trend, and then make a final decision at the Oscars. The front line is stretched very long. Until the end, we don't know what the result will be. So, do our best and listen to fate."

"It's really not easy. Now, only you can play with those rules internationally. When will you take us to play together?"

"If you need me, tell me at any time." Lu Yan He said. "Actually, we are also especially willing to organize domestic film production companies to go to the international market to turn around and chat. The information gap is not only domestic, but also international. Those distributors are not watching movies all the time, or even seeing many Chinese movies. If you take selling points to chat with them, opportunities might be chatted out."

"We have actually participated in some international markets, including booths, etc., and have bought them, but the sales situation is not as expected."

"I am not professional enough for this. This is still the most professional and most skilled for our Linghe's President Xu Tianming." Lu Yan He said with a smile. "As for me, it's all armchair strategy."

Everyone chatted and laughed.

"Actually, our own domestic market is already big enough, and the international market is a supplementary ticket warehouse itself." Someone said. "It's a pity that we are not like Hollywood, which has established mature distribution networks all over the world."

"The network has been built up one after another. The real problem is that it has not made audiences in other markets develop the habit of watching Chinese-language movies."

"Yes, to attract audiences to walk into the cinema, in the past, the movie itself was a fresh thing that attracted people. But when our Chinese movies developed maturely, audiences all over the world had already seen all kinds of movies. At this time, it suddenly became a time to compete for high-precision quality, which is even more difficult."

"We are already very good." Lu Yan He smiled. "At least our own domestic market is big enough to let us earn a stable income regardless of drought or flood. Like neighboring South Korea and Japan, although they are already one of the world's top markets, the risk of making that kind of movie that competes with Hollywood for production budgets is higher than ours."

"That's true."

"Moreover, big productions have big production ways to play, and low costs have low-cost ways to play." Lu Yan He said with a smile. "The cost of *Home Alone* was less than two million US dollars. Finding good ideas, good creativity, and good thoughts is the root. With the root, the distribution network can exert force. You see *Seventeen Layers*, you know, after the trilogy opened up popularity, Maxine bought the spin-off drama *Seventeen Layers: Reboot* at a high price, and the price is not lower than the price of those dramas starring Hollywood first-tier stars."

"So you can play it, we don't have that network circle, and we don't understand the market, so we are often pitted."

"We will help each other with these." Lu Yan He said. "I don't necessarily have the ability to help everyone sell every project, but at least we can judge together, don't be pitted. Those people in Hollywood are indeed not good people, and people on Wall Street can't play with them."

"You seem to have never been pitted from the beginning." Someone said. "How did you do it?"

"Because they saw the value of long-term cooperation in me, so they didn't plan to pluck all my wool on one project." Lu Yan He said. "After slowly getting familiar with the rules, I won't be pitted even more."

"It's really like this, it's a path we can't replicate at all."

"That can't be said either." Lu Yan He shook his head immediately. "How can it be? There will definitely be more and more people opening up this international market in the future. As long as the film industry does not decline, our Chinese film industry has already developed, so it will not always be spinning around in its own market. When have we ever been worse than others? What is missing is just a little time and timing."

Ma Zhiyuan heard Lu Yan He talking freely with some producers and film company bosses from afar, and felt very disdainful in his heart, even a bit contemptuous.

Big truths, who can't speak them?

Ma Zhiyuan thought, do you think those people really believe what you said? It's just holding you up.

"Please let me pass." Someone suddenly said to him.

Ma Zhiyuan turned his head and saw Ji Miao.

Ji Miao was wearing a princess tulle skirt. Because the skirt was very fluffy, she needed to hold the skirt with both hands to walk conveniently.

Ma Zhiyuan moved to the side.

Ji Miao walked past without looking sideways.

Ma Zhiyuan felt a fierce twitch in his heart.

—Did you overestimate yourself?

Zhou Ping'an's words were still in his ears.

Ma Zhiyuan knew Ji Miao before and had dealt with her on many occasions.

However, just now Ji Miao acted as if she didn't know who he was at all, raised her chin proudly, and walked directly past him.

"Please let me pass."

Heh, there wasn't even a pleasantry.

Ma Zhiyuan looked at Ji Miao's back with cold eyes.

What are you proud of?

The so-called little princess of art films has not won a serious award until now.

She is not young anymore, and she still has the look of a little princess. Is she an old princess? -

Ji Miao came to the right side of Li Zhibai—this was her seat.

"Li Zhibai, long time no see." Ji Miao's tone was a bit yin and yang, and then, she showed a sweet smile to Jiang Yuqian on the other side of Li Zhibai. "Sister Yuqian, hello, we meet again, I miss you so much."

Jiang Yuqian leaned forward and shook hands with Ji Miao.

"So beautiful." Jiang Yuqian praised.

Ji Miao: "How come, you are the beautiful one. I like your makeup today so much, so exquisite."

Li Zhibai, who was sandwiched in the middle: "..."

Ji Miao sat down and said to Li Zhibai: "Your nemesis also came today, but I am on your side, directly ignoring him."

Li Zhibai: "Do I still need to say thank you to you?"

Ji Miao: "Heh, you are as heartless as ever."

Li Zhibai: "..."

Jiang Yuqian looked at the little girl who collaborated with Li Zhibai on *Can't Even Fake Death* with a smile in her eyes.

Once upon a time, Ji Miao was also an existence that Jiang Yuqian envied.

Although not very popular, although the popularity was not very high, she was from the noble "film circle," had always been the heroine of movies, and had always made many people think that she had a higher status than first-tier stars like Jiang Yuqian at the time.

Now, the situation is naturally no longer like this.

Jiang Yuqian truly realized that the so-called film circle is just a circle drawn by a group of people.

The so-called threshold is just that you are not in their circle, so people don't take you to play.

In the past, she used her traffic to exchange for tickets, and could only exchange for a corner ticket. Now, after becoming popular globally, people want to carry her in from the main gate with eight sedan chairs, and they have to see if she is willing to get on this sedan chair.

Really, it's just like that.

As for Ji Miao's tone of resentment towards Li Zhibai, Jiang Yuqian was actually fine—

Li Zhibai had already told her about Ji Miao's situation long ago.

Jiang Yuqian was... really not jealous.

When a woman is jealous, it is often because she feels that this man really has some signs.

Without that sign, she really has no interest in fermenting it everywhere.

"Sister Yuqian, you and Li Zhibai filmed *Love is Not Blind* together, do you feel that Li Zhibai is very annoying?" Ji Miao suddenly looked at her and asked. ===== CHAPTER 849 =====