Chapter 591: Everyone, It

In the red carpet area, the crowd of media members became instantly excited upon seeing the *Medicine* team walk out.

"Luo Mo! It's Luo Mo!"

"The *Medicine* team is finally out, my shoulders are tired from carrying the camera!"

"The main event is here, the main event! Shoot it well!"

"Luo Mo! Jing! Can you look over here, please?"

In an instant, the camera flashes went off with extreme frequency, blindingly bright.

Many people might not know that quite a few stars specifically practice how to maintain a dignified smile and keep their eyes normal in front of dense, blinding flashes.

This feeling is just like having cars flashing their high beams from all directions, and they are turning them off and on again in an instant.

Therefore, this matter is actually not easy at all.

In his past life on Earth, Luo Mo had practiced this; he had practiced it uniformly with his teammates in the company. Back then, none of them had debuted yet, and they would still have such meaningless, beautiful dreams, doing what they considered to be precautionary practice.

The result, naturally, was... no place to put it to use.

In this life, he had never practiced it, and his body could not adapt to these things.

So, if he really couldn't hold on, he would simply close his eyes and walk a few steps, like a blind person.

This kind of physical torture is, however, something that many insiders envy and feel a Yearning for...

What made the *Medicine* team feel a Surprise was that there were quite a few people around shouting the names of the characters from the movie.

"Yong Ge! Yong Ge!"

"Si Hui!"

"Lv Shouyi!"

"Huang Mao!"

Well, truthfully, the character Huang Mao did have his full name appear in the movie: Peng Hao.

It's just that most people probably have no impression of this character's name and only remember that this guy is called Huang Mao.

On Blue Star, the Actor who played Huang Mao is named Hu Wei. This name is quite interesting; it can make people associate it with the phrase "acting recklessly."

This person was introduced to the crew by Wang Rong. He had been an extra for several years before, and then, when Wang Rong was directing his own movie, he accidentally discovered this hidden gem.

This person's eye acting is particularly good, and his acting in other aspects is also above standard.

Luo Mo has already signed him to his studio.

If Guan Fei films *Making a Name* well, he will give "Working-Man Fei" a new script.

Interestingly, the name of this movie has a sharp contrast with *Making a Name*.

It is called *Nobody*.

When the time comes, he can let Hu Wei play the role of "Glasses" Hu Guangsheng.

You have to know, on Earth, Zhang Yu, who played Huang Mao in *Medicine*, became popular again precisely because of this role in *Nobody*.

As soon as Luo Mo thought of this, that voice began to echo in his ears: "Laozi will get an AK, get you a rifle, make it big and strong, and create new glories!"

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Under a sea of flashes, the *Medicine* team walked at a slow pace to the side of the signature wall.

That is the downside of walking as a group; if one person stops on the red carpet to take photos, everyone else has to wait.

This caused Xu Chujing to lean closer and closer to Luo Mo as they went on.

"Cold," she said only this one word to Luo Mo.

In the signature wall area, the host brought over a signature pen.

No one deferred, and they directly handed the pen to Luo Mo first.

Luo Mo took the pen and walked to the signature wall; he didn't need to specifically find an inconspicuous place to sign to prevent being roasted by netizens who love to stir up trouble.

He just found a spot that looked right and signed his name dashingly.

Some lukewarm, or rather, very obscure "obscure-tier" celebrities who are lucky enough to attend the film festival might get chased and scolded by a group of viewers watching the Live Broadcast if they write their characters too large on the signature wall or pick a spot that is too good.

There is no help for it; the entertainment industry is a place that very much emphasizes Seniority.

It's just that the word "seniority" here doesn't just mean experience; it might also mean capital!

After Luo Mo finished signing, it naturally became Xu Chujing's turn, because everyone wanted to see their names next to each other.

Then, it was the turn of Fan Hua Best Actor Wang Rong, as well as Tang Shiyu and the others.

After everyone finished signing, the two hosts at the Fan Hua Film Festival red carpet began to come over to chat.

This was basically just chatting about trivial matters, and the questions asked wouldn't be too sharp or too embarrassing.

The female host looked at Luo Mo and asked with a smile, "Director Luo's movie this year has had excellent box office results and word-of-mouth. Do you have any expectations for next year?"

Luo Mo answered very officially, saying, "I will continue to work hard and strive to do even better."

However, if someone else said these words, it would be called an official answer. But if it is said by him, the person at the top of the box office charts, and he says he wants to continue to work hard and do better... doesn't that mean he wants to continue breaking the box office records of Huaxia movies!?

In an instant, the bullet comments in the Live Broadcast boiled over.

"It's still the most satisfying to watch Luo Mo's interviews!"

"One asks a casual question, and you answer like you're aiming for the heavens."

"If it were anyone else, I would have to leave a comment saying they were arrogant!"

"Brothers, let's all mute our mics; this guy can't be roasted, he actually does what he says!"

"In fact, everything he dared to say has come true..."

If a person says something they can't do, that's called bragging.

If a person says something terrifying, but they do it all, then at most, it can only be considered... cocky?

——Luo Mo, I heard you're very cocky!?

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After leaving the signature wall, the group entered the main hall of the Fan Hua Awards ceremony, and then, under the guidance of the staff, they went to find their seats.

The organizers were very thoughtful, letting the team from *Medicine* sit relatively close together, and also arranging for He Yuanguang and the others from *Monkey King: Hero is Back* to be in the area nearby.

What Luo Mo found most interesting was that the directors from the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 were also arranged in the same section!

It really is true that enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road.

Older generation directors like Li Dongliang and Fang Jie were sitting in the row in front of Luo Mo.

Tian Ou and the others were sitting in the row behind Luo Mo.

In this situation, naturally, whoever was weaker felt more uncomfortable, and whoever was weaker felt more awkward.

Luo Mo did not feel smug or triumphant; he was very calm and casual, with only one thought in his heart: "At any rate, the one sitting on pins and needles, feeling like they have thorns on their back, or a fishbone stuck in their throat, is not me."

Director Feng Ji, who was sitting in front, took the lead at this moment and said: "Director Luo, congratulations, congratulations! You've topped the box office charts!"

This was the first time everyone had gathered together since the meeting at the Review Department, so offering congratulations in person was an unavoidable part of the process.

Since Feng Ji, a figure among the Four Great Directors, had spoken, even if people like Tian Ou and Fang Jie were reluctant, in front of the cameras and Feng Ji and the others, they had to be all smiles and full of congratulations.

At this time, Qian Qingyun, led by a staff member, sat down next to Feng Ji.

Qian Qingyun, who was also one of the Four Great Directors like Feng Ji, could be considered an old acquaintance of Luo Mo, and had helped Luo Mo quite a bit in the past.

"Little Luo, oh wait, I should call you Director Luo now! You kid have grown up too fast; I'm finding it hard to invite you to act in my films," Qian Qingyun said with a laugh.

He truly had the intention of finding Luo Mo to act.

But who would have thought, others usually transition from acting to directing, yet this guy dove headfirst into the film industry, and right from the start, he directed and starred in his own film, and even managed to take the highest box office in film history, damn it!

Who can I go to to reason with this?

Luo Mo still respected old seniors like Qian Qingyun and Feng Ji who possessed both virtue and artistic integrity, and he chatted and laughed with them on the side, his attitude appearing exceptionally humble.

Once everyone had entered and taken their seats, they waited for the awards ceremony to officially begin.

Luo Mo sat beside Xu Chujing, looking calm.

But in reality, film festivals were still very fresh to him.

Blue Star Huaxia, just like Earth, had three film awards, collectively known as the 【Three Major Chinese Film Awards】.

Among them, the 【Fan Hua Award】, while similar in name to the 【Hundred Flowers Award】 on Earth, had a significance more similar to the 【Golden Rooster Award】 on Earth.

On Earth, the 【Hundred Flowers Award】 was, to a certain extent, determined by audience voting, so it was also known as the "Audience Award."

Therefore, many people felt that among the three major awards, this one had the lowest gold content.

With the arrival of the era of high traffic, this award became increasingly linked to so-called popularity.

As for the 【Golden Rooster Award】, it was selected by expert judges in the film industry, so it was also known as the "Expert Award."

However, on Earth, in recent years, the reputation of the 【Golden Rooster Award】, like the 【Hundred Flowers Award】, had also been plummeting.

Many people felt that while it appeared highly professional, it was actually just fucking dividing up the cake.

And now, it was dividing the cake brazenly!

This 【Fan Hua Award】 on Blue Star, like the 【Golden Rooster Award】 on Earth, was also selected by expert judges, and in previous years, it had been extremely professional, focusing on film quality and artistic level.

However, in the last two or three years, the 【Fan Hua Award】 had also started to receive more and more criticism, and its credibility was gradually declining.

Honestly, in Luo Mo's view: "In this era of capital invasion, the fact that the Fan Hua Award has managed to hold on until now before starting its downward slope is already considered not bad."

"Like the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards on Earth, they were originally one entity, and as early as 2004, they lost their original intention; that year, they changed the competition rules temporarily, and the 'Big Family Sister' who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in *Cell Phone* ended up winning 【Best Actress】."

"And by the 2010s, a certain 'little fresh meat' relied on *Mr. Six* to defeat Duan Yihong from *Burning Star* and Zhang Yi from *Dearest* to take Best Supporting Actor."

"You have to know, the acting skills of these two in those two films were absolutely textbook-level, and they are top-tier in the country."

"And that same year, 'Cut-out Sister' relied on a few short shots and some fleeting frames in *Mojin: The Lost Legend* to take Best Supporting Actress."

"'Cut-out Sister' was very ruthless; she eliminated strong competitors one by one during the nomination stage, and in the end, everyone who was nominated alongside her was just there to make up the numbers."

"Not to mention the well-known *Dreaming of the Entertainment Industry* review incident."

"A well-known trash film, yet it could be praised like that by a group of big shots with intimidating reputations; those words, an ordinary person couldn't even put them together."

"It's just a pity that although Blue Star fell later, once it starts, whether this spilled water can be retrieved is really hard to say."

Honestly, on Blue Star, the awards in the music scene and the drama circle had always been quite convincing.

This was also why Luo Mo being crowned 【Song King】 in the music scene and 【Best Actor】 at the television festival had triggered such a terrifying sensation.

Instead, it was the awards in the film circle, which considered itself at the top of the contempt chain, that were full of ugly behavior.

At this very moment, the Fan Hua Awards ceremony, which had been frequently scolded as a "game of capital" for the past two or three years, officially began.

A game of capital, is it?

What a coincidence.

"Hehe, sitting at the same poker table with the capitalists again," Luo Mo thought to himself.

"Ladies and gentlemen, long time no see!"

"At the scene of the Fan Hua Awards, are you ready for the flowery rhetoric?"

(PS: Second update.)

(End of chapter)