Things further fermented.
In the entertainment industry, everyone is concerned about the progress and related details of this matter.
Yan Liang is in a whirlpool because he is a nominee for this year's Blue Ribbon Award.
Several people came to ask Yan Liang if he would attend the award ceremony.
The Blue Ribbon Organizing Committee has also been confirming this matter with Yan Liang.
So far, Yan Liang's answer has always been: If everything goes well with the filming of "Friends", he will attend.
It was a normal reply, but in this context, it seemed to have other meanings.
The Blue Ribbon Awards are worried that he will not come in the end and are hesitant.
And those who wanted to stop him from going to the award ceremony also felt that he was hesitating.
Both sides are trying hard to win over him.
As a very popular and shining star among this year's nominees, Yan Liang is a card that both parties attach great importance to.
At this time, Zhou Pingan came again.
"Yan Liang, this time I am not trying to persuade you not to go to the Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony. I know that you have your own ideas now, and you don't believe that I want to do your best. I only tell you You, someone from them has told you that if you attend the Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony this year, it will not be as easy as it is now if you want to be nominated."
Zhou Ping'an took a deep breath.
"Let me make it clear to you first, lest you doubt in your heart. I have no interest transactions with those people, and I have not accepted any favors to agree to persuade you." Zhou Ping'an said firmly, "I must make it clear to you that I am purely from the perspective of an agent. Considering your career, if you go to the Blue Ribbon Award, it will not bring you anything. On the contrary, someone will blacklist you because of it. But if you don’t go to the Blue Ribbon Award, you will not only gain the favor of those people, but you will also gain the favor of those people. You can also get real benefits, including being nominated for the next Golden Tripod Award.”
"Brother Ping'an, I'm curious, are the awards for those actors in our entertainment industry who have excellent acting skills and have been famous for a long time, all of their awards?" Yan Liang also said, "I'm not trying to argue with you, I really want to Know what is going on in our industry.”
Zhou Pingan: "Most of them are definitely based on hard work, but you want to say that they won the award without any operation? It is basically impossible. The agency can do public relations, the agent can do public relations, and the crew and platform can also do public relations. . You should ask me about those people in our entertainment industry who are excellent at acting. Some actors who have been famous for a long time have never worked on their own awards and honors. The answer is, one in a hundred. "
Yan Liang: "I originally wanted to say that at least everyone's bottom line is different, but. I thought again, actually I don’t know what your bottom line is. Yes, what they did exceeded my bottom line. If they want to threaten me in this way, I will not dare to attend the blue ribbon award ceremony. To be honest, Brother Ping An, I will not take those awards that they can affect me. That’s fine.”
Zhou Pingan looked at Yan Liang and sighed.
“Think it through, tell me when you think it through.” He said, “I’m telling you, I don’t even hope that your career will develop so fast, because I know that your career The faster it develops, the sooner you will leave me. Let’s just open the skylight and talk openly about this. . You are manipulated by them and excluded by them, making it harder and harder for you to win awards or even be nominated. I am actually happy to see it happen, but you have to know that it is not easy for you to get to where you are today. It’s not easy to go. You need the industry to recognize you, support you, and push you from behind.”
"To be honest, look at Lu Yanhe, why can he be so smooth and reach a top-tier position so quickly? Because he occupies a position where the entire industry must push him, recognize him, and lift him up. But let's tell the truth. , haven’t arrived yet Yan He, of course you have hope. "The Gold Rush" has been broadcast well overseas, and "Friends" is even more so. You have gained a certain number of fans overseas with these two dramas. You should understand better. , now is the time for you to take a further step forward "
Yan Liang smiled, "If I relied on their support to get to where I am now, if you tell me that, I really have nothing to say, but, Brother Ping An, come to Except for Yan He, I have never taken this step today. No one has ever gotten any role because of any connections or benefits. Now I need to rely on others to make further progress?"
Zhou Ping'an was choked by Yan Liang's words for a long time. Didn't get over it.
Yan Liang: "Let them threaten me. If they can, they will prevent me from getting any nominations in the future."
At this moment, half of him was angry, and the other half was I think it’s okay not to win this award.
On the contrary, for this time's Blue Ribbon Award, even if he basically has no chance of winning the award, so what, his nomination was purely based on everyone's vote, and he attended with confidence.
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Lu Yanhe reunited with the crew of "The Fog" in Los Angeles.
"I watched "Friends" starring you. It is also being followed in the United States. I have seen articles discussing your drama."
As soon as we met, Lily ·Williams told Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe: "Do you like it?"
"Anyway, I read all the updates in one go, but it's very painful. This drama only updates two episodes a week." Lily Williams said incomprehensively Said, "Isn't it true that most of the current streaming dramas release the entire episode at once?"
"This drama is now broadcast on one of our Chinese TV stations, and it was only on Maxine." Lu Yanhe explained .
“That’s too little.” Lily Williams said seriously, “I have always liked watching this kind of lighter dramas, but many dramas nowadays are too heavy with complex characters. Relationships, all kinds of secrets, the past, reversals...especially sometimes I don't want to think about anything, I just want to watch something relaxing to relieve stress."
Lu Yanhe nodded: "I know, this is actually me too. One of the reasons why I like the series "Friends" very much. ”
"Series?" Lily Williams was a little surprised, "Is this still a series?"
"Don't you know?" Lu Yanhe said, "This is actually the fourth season of "Six"?"< br>
"Is it the fourth season of "Six"? Real or fake? I know "Six", but I didn't watch it." Lily Williams said, "I know he is also starring you "But I heard that your reputation dropped after you stopped acting in the next two seasons. I don't want to watch such a bad show."
"It's true, but since you like "Friends", You can also watch the first season of "Six People", "The style has not changed at all, it has always been the same."
The two chatted lively.
Arne Bogut came over and said: "BOX has predicted the box office of our movie."
"How is it?" Lily Williams immediately asked expectantly.
“It is expected that the box office will be between 23 million and 27 million in the first three days of the weekend.” Arne Bogut said, “The final box office is expected to be around 70 million.”
Lily· When Williams heard this, he showed a surprised expression, "It seems that they also have great confidence in our movie."
"Yes." Arne Bogut nodded, "The data of "The Mist" on the Internet has always been very good, and the number of trailer views has exceeded 50 million."
The production cost of "The Mist" plus The total publicity cost is only US$21 million. According to BOX's box office forecast, the cost can be recovered and profitable just by relying on the North American box office. Coupled with the film's overseas box office and home entertainment revenue, it is obvious that the film will be successful. Moreover, because the film was shot in Canada, according to local policies, the film can also receive a tax rebate worth millions of dollars.
For horror movies, box office is the first criterion.
Lu Yanhe was relieved to hear that the early results of "The Mist" were very good.
This is his first English-language film, and he doesn't want the film to do poorly or even lose money.
"I heard that you are going to be on CBN's morning news program tomorrow morning for an interview?" Lily Williams asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Lily Williams immediately said: "Then you must be prepared. The host of their show seems to be a bit discriminatory against you Asians."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe Startled.
"He has not expressed discrimination publicly, but we have heard about it privately." Lily Williams said, "If it is true, he may not be very polite to you tomorrow."
" It's okay." Lu Yanhe shrugged.
Maybe it’s really because of the past few years that his response to various situations can be described as particularly good. Lu Yanhe is really not afraid of being made things difficult for himself.
In a sense, the reason why he is so popular with the audience is also due to his ability to show his witty side in various situations.
It is always easy for everyone to like a person who is smart, smart but not annoying.
Some people are smart but annoying, not because they are too smart, but because they are not smart enough. High IQ and smartness are definitely two different concepts.
They shot several sets of posters together, had dinner together, and made some preparations for the premiere tomorrow afternoon. Then they dispersed early and went back to rest.
Especially Lu Yanhe, he will get up early tomorrow morning.
I have to arrive at CBN at 6:30, put on makeup, go through the interview process, and go straight to the live broadcast at 7:45.
This means he has to wake up at half past five tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, now that Lu Yanhe comes to the United States, Wan Qingqing is in charge of all local communication matters, so they can have less to worry about.
Lu Yanhe returned to the hotel. As soon as he arrived in the room, Chen Ziyan suddenly sent a message: Are you back? Have you seen the revelations online?
Lu Yanhe: What revelation? I just got back and haven't had time to look at my phone yet.
Chen Ziyan sent a link. Lu Yanhe opened it and found that it was a list.
Someone made a list with some names on it, all of which are controversial winners of the three major awards in recent years.
Not only TV series, but also movies.
The first one to bear the brunt of the Phenom Awards two years ago was Ho Daren, who unexpectedly won the Phenom Award from the favorites Liu Teli and Chen Pinhe, causing huge controversy.
What Lu Yanhe didn’t expect was that his name also appeared in the last line. The reason written in the list was: Lu Yanhe’s award was actually not controversial. After all, his acting skills were already recognized as good, but in the In the same class, Shang Yongzhou, who starred in the same movie as him, had a more difficult role and better completion, but was defeated by Lu Yanhe, which is strange.
Chen Ziyan: This list has caused a lot of discussion, and many people in it have been questioned about buying the prize.
Lu Yanhe: I was included in this list. I feel like it is just the guesswork of the person who wrote this list.
Chen Ziyan: It is indeed a guess. There is no evidence. They only said that they only included people who have received more controversial awards in recent years.
Lu Yanhe: I feel that the public opinion controversy caused by this incident is getting bigger and bigger, and now even things like this without evidence are starting to make a fuss.
Chen Ziyan: Yes, if this trend continues, who knows if something will really come out.
Lu Yanhe: If evidence comes out that someone really bought the prize, then the credibility of other big prizes will be cut in half.
Chen Ziyan: Yes, the Blue Ribbon will directly become the most credible domestic TV drama award from the three-legged situation.
Lu Yanhe: Sister Ziyan, you are not the one who suspects that this is behind the scenes. Is it the Blue Ribbon Award?
Chen Ziyan: Why is it impossible?
Lu Yanhe: Well, it’s an official award after all.
Chen Ziyan: Just wait and see. No matter what, the Golden Tripod Award and the Red River Award will not see their credibility so weakened. If this kind of controversy continues, the forces behind them will definitely take action. , the blue ribbon may not be clean enough to withstand people picking it up.
Lu Yanhe: Now I suddenly feel the excitement of "something big happens" that you mentioned. If the organizational power behind the three awards really starts to work, then there is really nothing the entertainment industry can do about it. Stay out of it.
Chen Ziyan: Yes, I shouldn't come out with you this time. I should stay in the country. I'm sure that there must be an undercurrent in the industry now, and the fighting has already begun.
Lu Yanhe: Indeed, at least both of them are frantically vying for Yan Liang. One side hopes that Yan Liang will not attend the award ceremony, but the other side hopes to invite Yan Liang and ask him to attend.
Chen Ziyan: Fortunately, when the Phenom Awards invited you to be the presenter, we had already declined. Until now, you are probably going to be very anxious. It really saves you a lot if you can't attend. Less hassle.
The reason why Lu Yanhe declined at that time was because he was busy at the end of January and early February, filming "Friends", promoting the release of "The Mist", preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, and the global screening of "Love Letter" at the Jose Film Festival. Premiere... so many things.
Lu Yanhe smiled.
Chen Ziyan: Go to bed early. You have to get up early tomorrow. There are several tough battles to fight.
Lu Yanhe said yes and said yes.
He picked up the interview outline and answer template that Wan Qingqing had prepared for him, went through it before going to bed, then put on an eye mask and earplugs and fell asleep. (End of this chapter)