Chapter 72

Any piece of trash can win an award these days.

The mainland didn't get anything at all.

If you could say we lost fair and square, that would be fine, but that’s not the case.

Anyone with eyes can see it was a rigged game.

This blew up last year, and many directors and actors, led by Chen Kaige, have been boycotting the Golden Horse Awards.

The media went into a frenzy, and everyone started jumping in to join the chaos.

It was a huge mess.

Seeing the situation turn sour, the Golden Horse Awards rushed to apologize, but mainland artists and netizens weren't buying it.

How did it end, then?

Naturally, the authorities stepped in.

Taiwan had no choice but to seek help.

The authorities didn't really want to deal with it either, but some issues were too sensitive.

They could only issue internal notices.

To put it bluntly, it was about unity and being one big family.

Only then did the matter fizzle out.

"Fatty, I got a call from the Golden Horse Awards yesterday, telling me that as long as I go, a major award is guaranteed."

"Maybe even more than one; Best Director shouldn't be a problem."

Qin Yu looked at Fatty Zhou, his face serious.

"You're not joking?"

"No. There's a chance they're playing me, but it's not very likely."

Fatty Zhou rubbed his chin.

"They want to use you as a benchmark! The appearance fee is certainly not low."

The Golden Horse Awards' motive is simple: they want to erase the impact of last year.

As for how to erase it, you, Qin Yu, just happened to pop up.

A genius director whose debut film sold 300 million; your future prospects are plain to see.

You might even become a leading figure among mainland directors.

Not right now, of course, but the future is promising.

When the time comes, through your connections, many mainland actors and directors will slowly accept the Golden Horse Awards.

After all, if your boss has already gone, why haven't you?

I have to say, the Golden Horse Awards have calculated this well.

Fatty Zhou sighed.

"I can't give you any advice. You can go, or you can choose not to."

"I think the Golden Horse Awards are definitely using Best Director to lure you. It's up to you."

"This has its pros and cons; it depends on your choice!"

Fatty Zhou actually wanted Qin Yu to go; to put it bluntly, last year's incident had nothing to do with Qin Yu.

Back then, he was busy chasing girls.

How would he care about such things?

If he goes, no one will say anything about him.

If you're nominated, why wouldn't you go?

When the anti-China incident broke out in Paris back then, didn't the Cannes Film Festival still go ahead?

Plenty of people from the country went.

And there's the Oscars in Hollywood, America.

These things happen all the time.

It’s just that after going, your reputation might be slightly affected, and some directors and actors might be a little dissatisfied with Qin Yu.

But these aren't problems.

Qin Yu can just take an official stance.

Who would dare to speak up?

So going is absolutely fine.

At least for Qin Yu, it’s not a problem at all.

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Qin Yu also frowned; this is really a pain. In his past life, he was just a bystander.

He never expected that here, he would become the key person deciding the direction of this matter.

To go or not to go.

It’s truly a dilemma.

The Golden Horse Award for Best Director carries significant weight.

If he really won it, he’d have to sit in the front at industry gatherings in the future.

It’s also because he’s young.

If he were twenty years older.

Everyone would definitely call him Director Qin when he went out.

Qin Yu was quite conflicted, but seeing Bai Lu, who was snuggled in his arms, also wrinkling her little face in conflict.

He smiled.

Why are you making that face?

It’s like you’re the one going to win the award.

"Xiao Bai, what's wrong? Wrinkling your little face, do you want to go win an award too?"

"I don't," Bai Lu said, a bit shyly.

"I'm still young, we can talk about it later~"

Hearing this, Qin Yu was stunned for a moment. Young?

Bai Lu is young, but isn't he just as young?

Why be in such a rush?

With the system, and a whole group of girls dropping treasure chests.

He is confident he can film better and more exciting movies in the future, let alone the Golden Horse Awards.

Even the three major European awards aren't impossible.

Since that's the case, why dwell on a Golden Horse Award?

This thing only has a tiny bit of influence in East Asia.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Qin Yu's lips.

"Alright, Fatty, help me decline the Golden Horse Awards invitation; just say I'm not feeling well."

"Next Sunday, we're going to attend the Golden Rooster Awards~"

"..."

Fatty Zhou was also stunned; Qin Yu's decision-making speed was too fast.

Even for any other director, they might not have this kind of courage.

You have to know, this is Best Director!

It’s very tempting.

Not many people can withstand such temptation.

"Decided?"

"Decided!"

"Good, then I'll contact the Golden Horse Awards immediately. And by the way, I'll boost your popularity."

"No problem."

Qin Yu didn't mind; this popularity should be his.

Not everyone has the courage to refuse the temptation of the Golden Horse Awards.

On the other side, several senior judges of the Golden Horse Awards were also discussing.

"Don't worry, Qin Yu will definitely come. When the time comes, by using his popularity, we can slowly erase last year's incident."

"But Mr. Zhou, isn't this being too generous to that guy Qin Yu?"

One judge was a bit dissatisfied; this is Best Director, and he’s just a young upstart.

Hearing this, the others nodded.

If it were any other time.

The Golden Horse Awards would never give Qin Yu a major award.

At most, a Best Newcomer; after all, in the entertainment industry, you don't just look at quality, you look at seniority.

Just because a movie is filmed well doesn't mean you can win a major award.

"Mr. Ma is right. Mr. Zhou, let's just trick Qin Yu into coming first, and then give him some random award later. At worst, we'll give Best Actress to Ni Ni."

"That's right, Mr. Zhou~"

"..."

Mr. Zhou was also a bit hesitant, and only spoke after a while.

"Fine, we'll discuss it then~ Everyone, go back first."

Hearing this, smiles appeared on their faces. Discuss it later?

There will be plenty of ways by then.

And they don't need to fear Qin Yu; after all, you're just a young kid, we can play you if we want.

What can you do?

Surely you wouldn't dare to speak out.

"Let's go, want to find a place to have a drink tonight?"

"Sure?"

Several people left happily together.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the very next day, Qin Yu posted a message directly on Weibo.

Due to filming reasons, he would not be able to attend the Golden Horse Awards the day after tomorrow.

Blah blah blah, a whole lot of stuff, but it meant one thing: I'm not going.

Once the Weibo was posted, it caused a sensation instantly.

Netizens were stunned; this time Qin Yu's movie was nominated for several major Golden Horse Awards.

If he went, he might even win Best Director.

No one expected him to refuse.

Damn it.

In less than two hours, Qin Yu's Weibo hit the headlines.

[Qin Yu refuses Golden Horse Awards invitation!]

"Damn, is Qin Yu stupid? Not going even when he can win an award?"

"Yeah, this guy must be sick."

"..."

"The guy above, you don't know anything. Don't you know about the huge mess the Golden Horse Awards made last year?"

"Exactly, those Taiwanese people are truly excessive. They didn't give a single award to the mainland; their behavior was really ugly."

"Yeah, if it weren't for someone mediating last year, I would have cursed those guys to death."

"..."

"Qin Yu, just for this, I'll support your next movie."

"That's right, me too. You've really got guts."

"..."

After learning the ins and outs, netizens praised Qin Yu one after another.

While everyone was watching from the sidelines, Qin Yu, who should have been the biggest winner of this Golden Horse Awards.

Actually stood up and said he wasn't going.

This is not something an ordinary person can do.

If Qin Yu went, no one would say anything about him.

The popularity of the Weibo surged, and netizens were overjoyed.

On the other side.

The entertainment industry also exploded.

In fact, everyone was watching, and many mainland actors and directors had also received invitations from the Golden Horse Awards.

But none of them decided immediately whether to go.

After all, they also knew about last year's incident.

Going this time might very well bring quite a few benefits.

But no one dared to be the first to start; wait and see.

Wait for a leader to stick their neck out; if the leader goes, we'll go.

Originally, they had already pinned the role of this leader on Qin Yu.

As long as Qin Yu goes, then there's no problem with us going.

We are following Director Qin; if the genius director goes, why can't we?

But who would have thought that Qin Yu would refuse directly.

Now many people are getting cold feet.

Should we still go?

Director Qin isn't going even with several major award nominations, is it really okay for us to go?

Don't say it, those guys at the Golden Horse Awards really had a good plan.

If Qin Yu went, then basically everyone in the circle would follow.

This is the leading role.

It's just a pity, they underestimated Qin Yu.

He just didn't go.

All their plans went down the drain.

"Are we still going, Sister Yuan?" the assistant asked.

"Sigh, forget it, let's not go. If Director Qin isn't going, why would we go? To get cursed at?"

"Tell the organizers I'm not feeling well."

"Xiao Ming, what should we do?" Huang Xiaoming's agent asked.

This time Huang Xiaoming was also nominated for Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards.

"Forget it, let's not go. This guy Qin Yu really has guts," Huang Xiaoming said with some regret.

"I was originally thinking about whether I could win Best Actor."

"Sister Hua, what about the artists under us?" the assistant on the side looked at Wang Jinhua.

Wang Jinhua smiled and put her phone aside.

She looked at the assistant.

"Tell everyone under us to decline. The genius director has already made his stance clear, let's give him some face."

"Don't go to Taiwan, go play at the Golden Rooster Awards instead."

"Okay!"