The star is legit but sick.

Chapter 717 Film Awards, Speeding up Xu Ye

Xu Ye hadn’t held a concert before. One reason was that he was a bit tight on time as he had a lot of things to do, and the other reason was that he didn’t have enough songs.

The feeling of listening to music live at a concert is a little different from the normal way of listening to music with headphones. You need to listen to more live songs.

At that time, we will also invite some celebrity friends to sing on stage.

People say that Xu Ye loves to offend people, but in fact, over the years, Xu Ye’s connections in the entertainment industry can be said to be quite good.

Those who dislike him naturally dislike him, but most people are willing to make friends with Xu Ye.

Xu Ye has many singing kings and queens among his friends, so it would be enough to invite them as guests at his concert. He can also let the singers in the company show up at his concert.

With his current popularity, his concert is also a top exposure platform.

It is estimated that some stars or internet celebrities will go to his concert specifically to increase their popularity.

Xu Ye can't control these things either.

In addition to the concert itself, Xu Ye also prepared a surprise for Xiao Xu.

Netizens were also very surprised after seeing Xu Ye’s Weibo post.

"Dean, keep your word!"

"Whoever doesn't hold a concert is a dog! Forget it, it seems like you are already a dog!"

“We must tour the country!”

"Look at your conscience and tell me if you are lying."

The patients in Huohua Hospital still couldn't believe it.

After all, Xu Ye is a person who often lies.

Xu Ye also replied to netizens in the comment section: "This time it's real, a new folder has been created."

Netizens couldn't hold it anymore.

But it's already great to get a positive answer from Xu Ye.

Although Xu Ye is a liar, he always keeps his word as long as it is not a lie.

Learn about the five-year plan.

After interacting with netizens online, Xu Ye received a message from Xiao Xu.

“Are you going to hold a concert this year?”

"Yes." Xu Ye replied.

"Why don't I know?" Xiao Xu asked again.

She didn't even know about such a big thing as the concert in advance, which was not in line with her status.

Xu Ye replied: "You know it now."

Xiao Xu sent a string of ellipsis.

What you said really makes sense!
After a while, Xiao Xu sent another message.

"I am kind enough to ask you this: do you want a lively girl to be your guest at your concert?"

Xu Ye said directly: "I don't want to."

After seeing this message, Xiao Xu was so angry that her chest almost exploded.

She sent a voice message directly, angrily saying: "Just tell me what you want!"

Xu Ye then said, "I wonder, Madam, can I commit a crime against my superior?"

Xiao Xu sent Xu Ye an emoticon and then ignored him.

……

The Spring Festival holiday passed quickly. After the holiday, Xu Ye held a meeting with the company's main members to arrange this year's work.

Nowadays, there are more and more people working in big studios. It is no longer just a small studio serving celebrities, but also involves copyright development, IP operation and other work.

Xu Ye definitely didn't have time to take care of these things, so he brought his old boss over.

Wang Xu, the boss of Shengguang Entertainment, had always thought that he could retire with peace of mind once Xu Ye became famous.

But he didn't expect that this big studio's business would grow bigger and bigger, and now the size of the entire company is several times larger than that of Sound and Light Entertainment.

Xu Ye only gave the company a direction, and he became responsible for the company's daily operations without realizing it.

In the second half of last year, Sound and Light Entertainment was acquired by this large studio.

Then this year, Mr. Wang became one of the senior executives of this large studio and continued to work.

He used to work for himself, but now he works for Xu Ye. Who can he complain to?

Xu Ye chose Wang Xu for only one reason: Wang Xu is capable and reliable.

This is a big studio and with him here, profitability is not a problem at all. It will be enough as long as the company's other businesses are handled well and its reputation is maintained.

Wang Xu is very good at this.

After arranging the company's affairs, Xu Ye took the crew of "Mountains and Seas" to Ning Province to start filming.

Last year, preparations for "Mountains and Seas" were ongoing, and relations with the local government were established, and the costumes and props were all ready.

Xu Ye also called on Du Chonglin to serve as assistant director to help him with the filming.

The film will be shot in Fujian Province at that time. The shots in Fujian Province will be given to Du Chonglin, and Xu Ye will not have to go there, which can save time.

On Earth, the dialect version of "Mountains and Seas" is more popular than the Mandarin version, and audiences prefer to watch the dialect version because it is more down-to-earth.

All the actors in this drama must be able to speak dialect, and the TV series will be broadcast in the original version.

Finally, when it came to selecting the actors, we basically used actors from Ancheng.

Xiao Xu will also play a role in the play, which is Gao Qingxia, the wife of the protagonist Ma Defu.

This character didn't have many scenes, but left a deep impression on the audience, and the couple was even called the model couple in the play by the audience.

Although they haven't gotten married yet, Xu Ye plans to experience being a husband first.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

"The Richest Man in Xihong City" has also officially been taken off the screen.

The final box office of the film reached 32.5 billion.

Zheng Yu made a leap from a new actor to the leading man of a 5 billion box office movie just by relying on two movies.

As the director of the two films, Hu Jinping was also very happy.

He had made movies before, but the cumulative total box office was only over 2 billion. As a result, with the two movies prepared for him by Xu Ye, his personal directorial total box office is approaching 10 billion.

Hu Jinping had never thought that he would have the chance to become a director with a box office of tens of billions of yuan, at least not in the next ten years.

But judging from the current situation, there is still a chance.

After "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was released, the internet was flooded with news about the box office.

The main reason is that there are a lot of things going on in the film industry recently because the Golden Dragon Film Festival and the Wanhua Film Festival are both going to be held.

These two film festivals are usually held every two to three years.

This time, the films selected by the festival are those from 2018-2019.

In the past two years, the number one rising star in the film industry has been Xu Ye.

For filmmakers, box office is one thing, and winning awards is another. It would be great if they could achieve both. The Golden Dragon Film Festival is held before the Wanhua Film Festival. These days, the Golden Dragon Film Festival has been preparing for the awards ceremony.

The Golden Dragon Film Festival announced the shortlist for each award of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards, with a total of twenty films.

Among these twenty films, all three films starring Xu Ye were shortlisted, and another one, "Charlotte's Troubles", was also shortlisted.

Including "Charlotte's Troubles", Xu Ye's works alone account for one-fifth of the twenty films.

This is a bit scary.

The Golden Dragon Award has also opened SMS and online voting channels and started the Golden Dragon Award preliminary voting. This is also a change in this award, which is somewhat different from the past.

Anyone can participate in the preliminary voting.

Hu Jinping also called Xu Ye and talked about this matter specifically.

"The Golden Dragon Awards have been shady for a long time. I feel like they are definitely planning something bad this time."

Hu Jinping is quite familiar with the judges behind the Golden Dragon Award.

Many judges of the Golden Dragon Awards criticized the film when "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One" was released.

After the TV series "Justice, My Foot" came out, this group of people became more vocal.

After "Kung Fu" came out, these people shut up.

At least in the film industry, those well-known figures will no longer point fingers and say that Xu Ye's nonsensical movies are bad.

But not saying it doesn’t mean you agree with it.

It is extremely difficult for a comedy film to win an award.

Xu Ye asked curiously, "What bad things could they be hiding?"

Hu Jinping said: "I won't say much about the difficulty of comedy films winning awards. There are also these biases of the judges. If you want to eliminate the biases, you have to make some arrangements. Once the money is in place, everything will be easy. They make their money, and you make your money through awards."

Xu Ye asked: "What if I don't want to do it?"

Hu Jinping said: "That depends on whether you are in the same group with them. Obviously, you are not in the same group with them."

"So I have no hope for this award?"

"There is hope, we have to take care of it."

"Is it necessary to take care of the number one box office in Chinese film history?"

“You’re number one at the box office, but they don’t like this movie.”

"Okay, I don't want this award anymore."

Hu Jinping said helplessly: "There is no other way. Let's wait for the Wanhua Award."

Although both the Golden Dragon Award and the Wanhua Award have official backgrounds, their leading parties are different and the relationships within them are even more complicated.

The Wanhua Award has not been seriously invaded by capital yet.

In the days that followed, Xu Ye would occasionally take a look at what was happening online.

The Golden Dragon Award selection issue has caused a lot of buzz on the Internet.

In fact, many hot searches are not bought by the organizers. The organizers only need to provide a stage for these stars, and the teams behind these stars will use various means to promote their own stars.

The preliminary list of the Golden Dragon Awards has become a place for everyone to compete.

"Huang Chuchen's acting is so good. My heart broke when he cried in the movie. He has to be the best actor!"

"My Wenwen made a bold breakthrough and subverted the film. Isn't it too much for her to win the Best Actress Award?"

"Lin Shuo must be on the list this year!"

A group of fans started to make statistics on the list.

The stars were marketing, the fans were praising it, and originally the news about the preliminary review of the Golden Dragon Awards had not spread widely, but it was forced to the top of the hot searches.

The patients in Huohua Hospital saw the voting link and clicked on it.

As a result, everyone saw that in the list, in the Best Actor column, the star with the most votes was a star named Huang Chuchen, and they were all stunned.

"What did Huang Chuchen play? How come he won the Best Actor award?"

"Why is the dean ranked last? Vote for the dean!"

"Whether it's Fist of Fury, My Foot, or Kung Fu, the best actor must be the dean!"

"Brothers, hurry up and vote, otherwise people will think that there is no one in our Huohua Academy!"

At the call of the patients in Huohua Hospital, the number of votes for related awards for Xu Ye's films rose rapidly.

As the patients began to vote, marketing accounts quickly reported the incident, and in the end, it even triggered a nationwide referendum.

"Who made this list? Why is Xu Ye's movie ranked at the end?"

"I can recite all the lines from Xu Ye's movies. What movies these actors starred in are right in front of me!"

"Someone, come and speed up Xu Ye!"

After only two days, the ranking of the Golden Dragon Award preliminary list changed directly.

The first place for Best Actor became Xu Ye, and the Best Film award was even more outrageous.

The top three are all movies starring Xu Ye, and the fourth is "Charlotte's Troubles".

This is because "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has just been released and does not meet the nomination requirements, otherwise "The Richest Man in Xihong City" would probably be in fifth place.

As soon as the list was announced, fans of other shortlisted stars became anxious.

"I am dying of laughter. Every day they say that Xu Ye's fans don't collect data, but now they are collecting data again!"

"The votes increased by hundreds of thousands in just two days. You tell me this isn't vote manipulation?"

"I'm going to report to the Golden Dragon Awards that Xu Ye's fans are cheating with their votes!"

You know, when competing for this kind of award, there are countless cases of stars pulling each other down and doing all kinds of shady things.

On Earth, there were situations where the two teams directly came out to tear each other apart.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xu Ye’s votes were not faked, they are real data.

If Xu Ye’s three films, plus "Charlotte's Troubles", are taken together, it can be said that "the box office of the other sixteen films combined is not as high as mine."

The box office crush was real, and the word of mouth was also genuine. The only thing this group of people could attack was Xu Ye's acting skills.

In comedy movies, it is actually very easy to overlook the actors' acting skills.

Some fans edited together clips of the actors' explosive acting skills in movies for comparison to prove that their idols' acting skills are better than Xu Ye's.

But in the eyes of passers-by and netizens, these fans are exaggerating too much.

Are you sure this is your idol's best acting?

This isn't great.

No matter how hard these fans struggled, they could not stop Xu Ye's overwhelming votes.

After the preliminary review of the Golden Dragon Awards was completed, Xu Ye's votes were ranked first on the preliminary review list without any suspense.

A few days later, the Golden Dragon Award announced the official shortlist.

Xu Ye was nominated for Best Actor, but none of Xu Ye's films were nominated for Best Film, and Xu Ye's name was not included in the nominations for Best Director.

(End of this chapter)