Become famous another day.

On February 2, the Sitol Film Festival closed.

"In the Wave" did not win any awards.

However, due to the polarized reputation and high media discussion, it is a very topical film. Therefore, before the closing ceremony, "In the Wave" had already sold the distribution rights to seven countries including North America, Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, and Brazil. Judging from the average selling price of the shortlisted films in the main competition unit of the West Tour Film Festival, the total sales in these places are at least 200 million US dollars.

This trip to Xitul has paid off and made a profit thanks to the income from overseas copyrights.

Director Wang Shuai reviewed the trip to Xitul on his social media platform, in which one-third of the post told the story with Lu Yanhe and expressed his sincere gratitude.

It was only at this time that everyone realized that several big names who attended the premiere of "The Wave" were introduced to each other by Lu Yanhe the night before.
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"This is truly helping Chinese films."

"People are so busy preparing for awards season, yet they still care about supporting 'In the Wave'."

"Yes, not only did he post updates on various social media platforms to let more people know about the film, he also specifically asked the director and actors to get to know his circle of friends, and invited his friends to attend the premiere of In the Wave."

"Think about it, when he first became popular for a year or two, many people said he was too nice."

"A nice guy? Who said that? That's nonsense. He's been a badass since the beginning, okay?"

"Those who are criticizing are people like Yu Jiang who deserve to be criticized. They are the ones who flirt first. Have you forgotten Lily Welton who attended the premiere of "In the Wave" this time? Many people said before that Lily Welton was not enthusiastic about Lu Yanhe at the time, and her fans made a fuss for a while."

"Those who have attained the truth will receive much help, but those who have lost the path will receive little help."

"The problem is that Lu Yanhe has always had someone helping him since he was not very famous in the beginning."

"Indeed, he is very lucky as an actor. He started out acting in dramas directed by directors of the same level as Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling, and his first movie was a movie by Wang Zhong."

"Don't exaggerate. In Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling's films, Lu Yanhe only played supporting roles. When he acted in Wang Zhong's film, Wang Zhong hadn't won an award at the West Tour Awards yet. He was just a relatively famous director, but not as famous as he is now."

“Aren’t these resources good enough for newcomers?”

"That's enough. The problem is, you act like Lu Yanhe is lucky to have everything he has today. Why don't you ask why Huang Kairen, Zeng Qiao and the three leading actors of "Three Mountains" are not as successful as Lu Yanhe?"

"Don't pull them down, don't attract bad publicity, Huang Kai is fine as long as they are like that."

"I did not mean that."

"Whether you mean that or not, be careful with your words and actions."

……

There is a lot of heated discussion in China and on the Internet.

And Linghe announced a new film project at this time.

Another new director, He Songyan, "There is a Strange Woman in the Building".

They also wrote directly in the official announcement: The production budget is 100 million, regardless of the performance, the director will shoot completely according to his own ideas, the company will not interfere, and all major brokerage companies are welcome to contact and recommend actors.

Many people asked: One million? Making a movie? What kind of shoddy movie are we going to make in this era?

Ling He’s official Weibo replied: The production budget of “Home Alone” was less than 200 million U.S. dollars, and now the global box office has exceeded 3 million U.S. dollars. Cost has never been the standard of a good movie. Yan He once said: “The production budget of a movie should be spent as much as needed. Don’t spend money recklessly to pretend to be a blockbuster, and don’t be stingy to save money.” I wish you all the same.

It was at this time that everyone realized that the production cost of "Home Alone" was so low.

Earn blood.

For a moment, it attracted everyone's attention.

There are even many people discussing and making analysis posts about how much money Lu Yanhe can make from a movie called "Home Alone".

Lu Yanhe's fans said bluntly: Whatever money he makes is earned legitimately and honestly, you can earn it if you want, no one will stop you, don't be jealous.

At the same time, Lian Bei, the director of "The Seventeenth Floor", started filming his new work "Jiang Yan".

Starring Yan Liang, it has an all-star cast.

Lu Yanhe's name is behind both the titles of producer and supervisor.

One project after another.

Someone laughed: It feels like the entire entertainment industry will be monopolized by Lu Yanhe in the future.

Some people said: I actually hope that the entertainment industry can be contracted by Lu Yanhe. As it stands now, there are too few projects as good as Lu Yanhe's, but there are a lot of projects worse than Lu Yanhe's.

Some people say: They would rather Lu Yanhe had more projects, so that excellent directors, screenwriters and actors could be seen more often. Thankfully, there are more and more young actors with good acting skills emerging now, and the IP I like will finally no longer be ruined by those people with connections.

Someone refuted: It's as if this is all Lu Yanhe's credit.

Some people ask: Who brought back the script reading habit? Who brought back the habit of multiple rehearsals before filming? So many newcomers have been able to emerge, whether it is Wang Dashan in Lost on Journey, or Liu Zi and He Jiang in My Own Swordsman, aren't they all supported by Lu Yanhe so that they can play the leading role right away? For every project he does, the actors are selected through auditions. How long has it been since the entertainment industry really used auditions to select actors?

Crowded.
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The Oscars are just a few days away.

Helena told Lu Yanhe that the British Academy Film Awards were a surprise and Uber Clark won the award because many people felt that his momentum was too strong. He would have many opportunities to win awards in the future, but this year might be the most promising one for Uber Clark.

Lu Yanhe: "That's ridiculous. They just found an excuse for themselves."

Helena hesitated for a moment and said, "I have the same opinion as you. In fact, I heard that many people don't want to see you win the award."

“Because I’m Chinese?”

"Because the height you have reached now is a height that the younger generation of Hollywood has not yet reached, and - you have to know that the Oscars are actually more demanding for the more popular and top-level stars, and it has always been like this."

When she said that, Lu Yanhe believed it.

After all, he knew that Oscar did have this problem.

The most popular stars in Hollywood, from Leonardo DiCaprio to Anne Hathaway, all spent many years as resentful husbands or resentful wives before they got what they wanted.

All I can say is that the box office success of Home Alone is a double-edged sword.

However, everything has two sides.

If it weren't for "Home Alone", he might not have been sure to win the award.

The weakness of "Tropic Rain" is that the box office is too small, and it has not yet exceeded 9 million US dollars.

It is the lowest-grossing film in the Best Supporting Actor category.

All in all, this is the only way.

There was nothing left for him to do now.
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February 2th, Oscars ceremony.

Lu Yanhe has adjusted his mindset and is prepared not to win the award.

He mainly didn't want to worry about not being able to control his facial expressions well and looking bad if he really didn't win the award.

Not winning an award does not affect his current "strength" and "popularity" in Hollywood.

So, now, posture is more important.

Chen Bige was also invited to attend this year's Oscars.

Obviously, her appearance at the Golden Globe Awards not only brought huge exposure and discussion to Lu Yanhe, but also brought the same popularity to herself.

Unfortunately, however, she was only invited to attend and will not be on stage.

This time, Chen Bige did not "dazzle everyone" again. She returned to her usual red carpet look, simple and elegant.

Lu Yanhe attended with the crew.

Huang Feng, who had already started school, also took a leave of absence and walked on the red carpet with them.

Huang Feng's popularity is so high that it even overshadows Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe was not surprised at all.

To be honest, if Macaulay, the leading actor of "Home Alone", had not encountered his vampire parents and his own various "self-destructive behaviors", the influence of the "Home Alone" series would have been so great that he would be the second child star to be brought to such a high position. The first was Shirley Temple.

It can be said that among the greatest child stars in history, Home Alone must be ranked among the top three.

On the red carpet, it was very grandiose, with eight presenters broadcasting live.

They randomly grab people, answer questions, play mini games, and so on.

This live broadcast is aimed at the whole world, and its exposure is so great that it is difficult to find any other film and television event to compare with it.

Lu Yanhe and Huang Feng were the key targets.

Especially Huang Feng.

Once a child who is extremely popular appears, it is like a "star falling from the sky".

After finally walking through the red carpet and entering the backstage, it was so lively.

Jewels, fine clothes, celebrities gathered and drank happily.

When you suddenly walk into such an occasion, you may even have the illusion that all the big names in Hollywood are gathered here.

Huang Feng once again became the darling.

Everyone - really everyone - greeted Huang Feng warmly and enthusiastically, touched his face, then squatted down and hugged him for photos. Their attitudes were so loving that one can only say that humans really like "harmless" and "non-aggressive" cubs.

On such occasions, Lu Yanhe also met many big names whom he had not met during the long awards season.

A real top guy.

And everyone expressed kindness and encouragement to him.

In fact, it is enough to have such an attitude.

Lu Yanhe also acted like a "junior", expressing his appreciation and admiration for each of the big names as a movie fan, and in a vulgar way, like everyone else, he expressed the hope for opportunities to work together in the future.

Everyone was chatting animatedly in the background.

"Home Alone" is also a hot topic.

Although it is the Oscar season, "Home Alone", which is not within the scope of this award season, seems to have been seen by everyone.

Of course, such a box office hit is bound to attract attention in Hollywood, which attaches great importance to box office.

For Hollywood, poor box office performance is the original sin, especially for blockbusters.

For example, the film Babylon directed by Whiplash is definitely something that the Oscars like, both in terms of theme and quality of filming. It actually performed quite well during the awards season, and was still a popular film until the Golden Globe Awards. Then, the film was released on December 12, and the box office was not a disaster, but it was not far from the word "disaster", and then there was nothing else. In the end, it was only nominated for three technical awards at the Oscars.

Far away.

Actually, it means just one thing: if your movie doesn’t do well at the box office, don’t try to win an Oscar.

Oh, except for foreign language films.

Foreign language films generally don't perform well at the box office in the United States, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a miracle.

Huang Feng was the first underage actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in the past twenty years. This achievement itself made him unique. He then became an overnight sensation in the United States with the hit movie Home Alone.

Compared to him, Lu Yanhe is just an average Oscar-nominated actor.

Compared with "Home Alone", the influence of "The Mist" is far from that of "Home Alone", although the box office is not much different.

As it continues to be released, "Home Alone" has the support of China's Spring Festival box office. While the North American box office may not exceed 3 million like its predecessor, its global total box office may exceed its predecessor and reach more than 5 million.

Although he had expected this, Lu Yanhe was still very happy and relieved when he saw this scene happen. And Huang Feng's future development seemed to be much better than Macaulay's.

With Chen Ziyan and Lu Qingzhen watching over me, and me studying in China, well, at least I won't come into contact with drugs.
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When the award ceremony officially began, Lu Yanhe and Huang Feng were seated in the first row.

Chen Siqi and Huang Feng's mother sat next to them.

Huang Tianlin and Qin Shulan's seats were arranged in the second row, right behind them.

The others' seats were further back.

Watching from the audience, Lu Yanhe realized that although the theater where the Oscars ceremony was held looked quite large on TV, it was not that big in reality.

The host was basically standing two or three meters away from them, very close.

The first award given out by the Oscars now is Best Supporting Actress.

There are some technical awards to be given out in the middle.

About a third of the way into the ceremony, the Best Supporting Actor award was presented.

Lu Yanhe thought this was a good idea.

You don’t have to wait too long, until the end, to get the result of this award.

The host first made an opening speech to tease everyone. When he mentioned Lu Yanhe, he said in a very exaggerated tone that this year's Hollywood is a little different. The most popular young man is a creator from China. As an actor, he was nominated for an Oscar. As a screenwriter, his five movies have each grossed over 10 million yuan worldwide, and the total has exceeded billion US dollars. And he is only years old.

The whole audience cheered.

In this kind of atmosphere, Lu Yanhe could only show a flattered expression, and said that he felt a little embarrassed to be praised.

The atmosphere of joy and laughter began to become tense as the first group of award presenters came on stage.

When the name of the Best Supporting Actress winner was announced, the winner screamed on the spot and hugged the people around her enthusiastically.

Not Qin Shulan.

Lu Yanhe didn't know her, so he just clapped and gave his sincere blessing, then turned to Qin Shulan and said, "Let's come again next time."

Qin Shulan smiled generously, applauded the other party and said yes.

Then his eyes met Uber Clark's.

There were about four or five seats between him and him.

Uber Clark looked at him with a complicated look.

Lu Yanhe nodded slightly to him.

Uber Clark did not do anything impolite and nodded in return.

The biggest rivals have, until now, maintained a relatively peaceful approach to warfare.

No one used any shady tactics, but just carried out their own public relations activities within the permitted scope.

So far, the probability of the two of them winning the prize is basically 50-50.

Lu Yanhe's advantage is that "Tropic Rain" is an Asian film, and he has the core base of Asian judges, while Uber Clark has the votes of other American actor nominees. In addition, Lu Yanhe's award season PR tour can be said to have "instantly killed" Uber Clark. It is precisely because of the outstanding performance of the award season PR tour that "Tropic Rain", which was not a "strong film" at the beginning, was able to finally break through the siege and have the opportunity to fight with other films.

Uber Clarke's advantage lies in his native advantage in Hollywood. He has been famous for many years and has made great contributions. The box office of the movie he starred in is tens of millions of dollars higher than that of "Tropical Rain Season". This means that the voting judges who have seen his performance are more than those who have seen Lu Yanhe's performance. In addition, Lu Yanhe's "strength" in the later period makes some people think that Lu Yanhe still has a chance to win the award later. This is only his first time to enter the award season. The nomination is already a huge affirmation, and Uber Clarke... has been working hard for this award for many years.
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Lu Yanhe repeatedly reminded himself that it would be normal even if Uber Clark won the award.

With a voting system like the Oscars, any result is not surprising.

Thousands of academy members voted, and only the general trend could influence the outcome.

It depends on how everyone thinks about it.

Up to now, Lu Yanhe still didn't know that Uber Clark actually had the idea of ​​having him apply for the Best Actor category at the beginning.

If Lu Yanhe nominated for the Best Actor, then the Best Supporting Actor award this year will basically be to Uber Clark.

Uber Clark's performance certainly deserves an Oscar trophy -

Of course, except for very few years and very few awards, no matter who wins the Oscar nomination, it actually makes sense.

When it comes to the public relations war, people often discuss "the role and the movie and the significance of this actor winning the award this year" rather than the quality of the performance - at the nomination stage, no one is bad.
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Before the Best Supporting Actor award was presented, the award ceremony entered a halftime break.

Lu Yanhe got up and went to the bathroom.

After coming out, I met many celebrities in the corridor.

He greeted them one by one with a smile.

The atmosphere in here made him feel a little stuffy, so he wanted to find a place with fewer people, get some fresh air, and calm himself down.

He found a room with an unlocked door, walked in, and opened the window.

A refreshing breeze blew in instantly.

It made him feel comfortable.

The pent-up discomfort dissipated a lot.

"Hey, Yuber, don't worry, the prize will be yours later." A strange voice suddenly came from outside the window.

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

ha?
Have I become an eavesdropper by accident again?

This sound seemed to come from next door.

Uber Clark's voice also rang out: "I hope so. This year's luck is too bad. I met Lu Yanhe."

"He's just a lucky guy. You are the one we really recognize. He is not one of us in Hollywood."

"Don't say that, Johnny."

"Did I say anything wrong?" said the man named Johnny. "It's a huge honor for him to be nominated. What's more, you can see that so many Asians are calling for him to vote. These people no longer measure the voting criteria based on the standards of film art. They have completely turned into a group of cliques for personal gain."

"Jonny, the fact that the circle around each nominee is calling for voting is nothing," said Uber Clark. "I've dealt with him a few times, and he's a pretty good guy. If I wasn't a competitor with him this year, I actually like that guy. He doesn't have that much arrogance or self-righteousness."

"You Bo, you shouldn't be so kind, that's your enemy. I told you a long time ago that you should be more brutal, this is a competition for Oscar!"

"Johnny, I want an Oscar, but I don't want to get it this way. People who got Oscars this way always suffered backlash in the end. The meaning of an Oscar is the industry's recognition of you. If the industry doesn't recognize you, it's useless for you to get it."

……

Lu Yanhe was quite surprised.

He had never expected that at this moment, he would hear Uber Clark's speech here.

As Uber Clark said, he and Uber Clark have met many times since this awards season, but they were just face-to-face meetings.

Because of the competitive relationship, everyone knows that this is not a good time to deepen communication.

He didn't even watch the movie with Uber Clark.

Lu Yanhe stood in front of the window and listened silently for a while, and then they seemed to leave.

After a while, he heard someone outside the door loudly reminding them that the award ceremony was about to continue and asked them to return to the scene.

Lu Yanhe then took a deep breath, opened the door and walked out.
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After the commercial came back, the first award presented was the Best Supporting Actor Award.

As soon as the presenter came on stage, Chen Siqi reached out, grabbed Lu Yanhe's hand and held it.

Lu Yanhe smiled at her.

She also laughed.

"It's okay," she whispered.

The presenter expressed his "praise" to the five nominees one by one.

In the past, they always played short performance clips, but in the past two years, they suddenly changed to this form of "praise" and "confession".

Of course, Lu Yanhe felt that this format was actually better than short performance clips.

One of the important reasons why he likes award ceremonies (real award ceremonies, not pork-sharing ceremonies) is that, on such occasions, he can feel the mutual respect and appreciation among colleagues in the industry.

Competition is always temporary.

In fact, everyone knows that sometimes, it is not your friends but your enemies who make you successful.

Lu Yanhe was briefly distracted.

When he came to his senses, he suddenly heard his name.

Then, everyone around cheered and applauded.

Chen Siqi hugged him excitedly and kissed him on the mouth.

Lu Yanhe woke up as if from a dream, ah, I won the award? !

He suddenly came to his senses.

For a moment, he felt inexplicably calm and happy, but he didn't seem to be surprised.

He hugged Huang Tianlin, Qin Shulan and Huang Feng one by one, with a trance-like and slightly dazed smile on his face from beginning to end. He was very happy, but seemed not quite in the present moment.

Lu Yanhe went up to the stage, took the trophy from the presenter, thanked him, and then stood in front of the microphone.

He had been to this place twice before as an award presenter, but this was his first time as an award recipient.

The lights are a bit blinding.

He blinked, his eyes fixed on Chen Siqi, and then he calmed down.

"Thank you Oscar for showing me tolerance, support and encouragement from the very beginning."

"Thank you to my agent, Chen Ziyan. I have never said this before, but I want to say it today. You saved my career and allowed me to survive in this industry again and get to where I am today. Please never leave me in the future, otherwise I don't know what to do."

"Thank you Helena. Without you and your friends, I and the movie "Tropic Rain" would not have been able to go so far in this awards season and finally reach the Oscar stage. We know this very well. "Tropic Rain" is a great movie and we are a great crew. And your outstanding team has allowed us to be seen and recognized."

"Thank you, Director Huang Tianlin. I know that "Tropical Rain" is only your second work and your film career has just begun. I will always be your most loyal companion. Thank you, Teacher Qin Shulan, Huang Feng, and everyone in the film crew. I like the Oscars tonight because every department's contribution to the film is being recognized. Please believe that you all deserve an Oscar in the hearts of everyone in our "Tropical Rain" team."

"Thank you, Siqi, the love of my life. Thank you for never giving me a perfunctory answer when everyone was making fun of this title. You should know that every time I feel dizzy, I must see you first, just like the moment I stood on the stage just now, I clearly realized that you have become the anchor of my life."

"And to all of you who nominated me for this award, Jack, Madison, Uber, Leonardo, you all gave a masterclass in performance, especially -"

Lu Yanhe's eyes fell on Uber Clark.

"You Bo, thank you for choosing to defend me when others questioned me, belittled me, and attacked me, even though no one else knew about it." Lu Yanhe took a deep breath, "Because of you, I feel that this trophy in my hand is more precious. This is given by you. I hope we can cooperate in the future. I hope that one day I can make the trophy in your hand more precious."

"Thank you tonight. I was prepared not to receive the award, but it still came to me. This is the moment of the movie. I hope everyone has such a movie moment in their life. Thank you again!"

Lu Yanhe raised the trophy in his hand and waved it vigorously.

At this moment, a heartfelt and personal joy started to rise from the soles of his feet, spreading along his limbs and bones, and throughout his entire body. (End of this chapter)