Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 528 Protecting Wife
Liu Yifei's eyes were full of stars in front of the TV. This acceptance speech was entirely dependent on her husband's impromptu performance.

Unlike online voting for popular actresses, the results are obvious and you can prepare in advance.

Li Chen walked onto the stage. Huang Haibo smiled and handed the Magnolia to Li Chen, speaking incoherently: "Congratulations, Director Li."

"Thank you." Li Chen looked at him deeply, thinking to himself that you congratulated the wrong person.

Li Chen glanced at the people below the stage. This year's Magnolia Awards was quite deserted.

If it weren't for me and Yang Mi holding the fort, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any splash even if I dived into the water.

Li Chen sorted out his thoughts and then slowly said, "I have been on the podium several times."

"But this is my first time standing on the Magnolia Award podium, and it's also my first time accepting an award on behalf of someone else."

There were bursts of laughter from the audience.

Yang Mi covered her mouth and laughed with Zeng Jia: "Senior, you are so relaxed."

Zeng Jia nodded and whispered, "But what Director Li said is true. He has been on the podium of the three major European championships so many times."

"What does Magnolia mean to me?"

In front of the TV, Liu Yifei supported her chin with both hands, raised the corners of her mouth, and watched her husband's performance happily with a smile in her eyes.

"He is really able to keep his composure. If he had gone on stage to accept the award, I'm afraid his heart would have been beating faster and his voice would have been trembling."

"He's so good that he even jokes."

"Humph! Don't you want to accept the award for me? I'll tell you when I get back."

Li Chen changed the subject and said, "Since Yifei is inconvenient, I have to accept the award on her behalf. Thank you to Magnolia, and thank you to the audience and judges who like Dream of Hualu."

"Of course, the most important thing is," Li Chen deliberately dragged out his tone and said with a smile, "Thank you Director Li for giving me this opportunity to play Zhao Pan'er."

"I said this on behalf of Yifei, although she will definitely not admit it."

Liu Yifei in front of the TV laughed so hard that she fell backwards. Even Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but smile: "This Li Chen."

"Hateful! Mom, Little Leo is so annoying!" Liu Yifei glanced at her mother and said she hated him, but her eyes were full of love.

There was laughter at the award ceremony. The host, award presenters and everyone in the audience were all smiling and applauding.

Such acceptance speeches are rare.

"Senior, you are really humorous! The winners are either so excited that they are incoherent or they express their gratitude in a proper manner."

"Senior is so good that he directly takes credit for himself!" Yang Mi's eyes were full of envy, but she thought in her heart that men should look for people like seniors.

The netizens in the live broadcast room and Liu Yifei's fans were immediately excited.

"Damn it! Little Leo, you are here to show off your affection! It's your fault that the fairy can't come!"

"Oh my god, is Leo trying to take credit for it? How come Pan'er's acceptance speech became his peacock spreading its feathers!"

The CEO of SMG also watched Li Chen's free performance with a smile in his eyes.

In my heart, I hope Li Chen can say a few more words, as this year's Magnolia Awards is counting on Li Chen to be the focus and generate discussion.

Li Chen certainly won't disappoint.

The two CEOs of Da Wenguang and Xiao Wenguang never expected that Li Chen’s next words would be the key point.

"Many netizens asked me why I came to the Magnolia Awards, and whether it was for my wife. In fact, Yifei also asked this question."

Liu Yifei blushed, and couldn't hide the smile on her face: "Mom, he lied, I didn't ask him at all."

Liu Xiaoli smiled and shook her head slightly, ignoring her daughter's insincerity.

"I don't know if I can still trust you in the future!" Liu Yifei pursed her lips and muttered softly.

She focused her attention on the "annoying" face of her husband on TV again.

"I told her, of course not."

"I came to Magnolia because it has nothing to do with gold or silver. There are a lot of gold and silver trophies at home, but no white ones."

"I hope that the Magnolia Award will always be flawless and never have anything to do with gold or silver. It will only represent the highest honor of the China Television Awards."

"Finally, Yifei said that if she is lucky enough to win the Magnolia Award this time, she will accept my advice."

"My son's nickname is Wuxia, thank you."

Before Li Chen finished speaking, there were already bursts of laughter and applause at the scene.

The two CEOs of SMG and Dawenguang were laughing so hard that their eyes were invisible.

My goodness, Li Chen was openly satirizing the Golden Eagle Award for being vulgar, and pushed the Magnolia Award to the top position among China's three major television awards.

Mango TV is naturally also paying attention to the Magnolia Awards ceremony.

Hearing Li Chen's words, the head of Hunan Radio and Television frowned.

Although Li Chen did not explicitly belittle the Golden Eagle Award in this sentence, by praising the Magnolia Award so highly, isn't he putting the final nail in the coffin of the Golden Eagle Award?

It would be fine if someone else said this.

But doesn’t this young man know the influence he has?
Of course, Mango TV’s sub-channel was also watching the live broadcast.

As soon as Li Chen said this, he knew he was in trouble.

The phone suddenly rang. The second-in-command looked at the caller ID and quickly picked up the call.

"Director Lu, I'm watching. Yeah, yeah, okay, okay, I understand."

There are already netizens and fans discussing this in the live broadcast room.

"Is Leo secretly mocking the Golden Eagle Awards? Tian Xian nominated the first Golden Eagle Awards goddess, and now it's Sun Li's turn!"

"Leo and Mango have had conflicts for a long time, and Dae Jang Geum is the knot between them."

"Leo is right. It's better not to have the Golden Eagle Goddess. She's so tacky. She looks like a Thai ladyboy with all that gold."

At this year's Magnolia Awards, "Dream of Red Mansions" became the biggest winner.

In addition to Liu Yifei winning the Best Actress award, "Dream of Red Mansions" also won the Best TV Series award.

The second is the organizer SMG, whose artist Zhang Jiayi won the Best Actor award.

Several TV series that I invested in were also successful.

Online, terms such as "Liu Yifei wins Magnolia Award", "Li Chen mocks Golden Eagle Award for being less tacky than Magnolia Award", "Li Chen accepts the award on behalf of his wife to thank himself", "Dream of Red Mansions wins Best TV Series", and "Li Chen names his son Xiao Wuxia" became hot searches in real time.

At any time, there will never be only one voice in public opinion.

What’s more, they are focus figures like Liu Yifei and Li Chen.

Whether or not you win the award will spark massive discussion.

Naturally, there are voices questioning Liu Yifei's ability to outshine Chen Shuo and Deng Cuiwen.

But they couldn't resist the overwhelming momentum of Liu Yifei's fans. After the Magnolia Awards, the two CEOs of SMG laughed out loud: "Director Li, congratulations on the great victory of Dream of Red Mansions."

The three of them all knew the reason for the great success of "Dream of Splendor".

Li Chen smiled and said, "Thank you, both CEOs. Magnolia is refreshing and pleasant, and no one would come here only once."

After hearing what Li Chen said, they were quite satisfied.

Li Ruigang praised Li Chen's acceptance speech highly.

As for the online discussions and Mango TV’s attitude, he doesn’t care.

Being able to surpass the Golden Eagles, isn’t that what Magnolia wants to see?

What are the three major television companies? Who doesn’t want to dominate the market?

After the Golden Eagle Awards ceremony, there will be a media interview session.

"Boss, there are a lot of questioning voices on the Internet, take a look." Seeing that Li Chen had just finished entertaining the senior executives of SMG, Yang Siwei hurried forward to show Li Chen the noise on the Internet.

This will prevent the boss from being caught off guard when the media interviews him.

Li Chen took a quick look, and Yang Mi gossiped beside him, "Senior, is what is said on the Internet true?"

Li Chen ignored Yang Mi. The voices on the Internet were nothing more than that Liu Yifei was crowned the winner of the Magnolia Award at such a young age.

The possible explanation behind this is that Li Chen spent money or that the organizers of the Magnolia Awards had a behind-the-scenes deal with Li Chen.

Yang Siwei glared at Yang Mi fiercely and asked such a question without considering the occasion.

Yang Mi stuck out her tongue and fell silent.

But I already have the answer in my heart.

There is always public relations at award ceremonies, especially in China where relationships are important.

But I didn’t notice any connection between the senior and Shanghai.

"Okay, don't worry about it. Let's not respond to the voices online for now. I think Xixi's fans are enough to make them suffer."

"Got it, boss."

Chen Shu felt extremely regretful. She knew clearly that if it weren't for Liu Yifei, this year's Magnolia Awards would have been the highlight moment for both her and Zhang Jiayi.

As for whether some people would say after the highlight moment that SMG produces and sells its own products and gave the Best Actor and Best Actress awards to its own artists.

who cares?
These days, even well-deserved awards are bound to be criticized.

Once you enter the entertainment industry, you don’t have to worry about being criticized. You just have to worry that even if you try your best, you still won’t be able to generate any discussion.

Backstage at the Magnolia Awards, reporters saw Li Chen finally arrived.

Immediately, they all stood up and surrounded them.

"Director Li, congratulations to "Dream of Red Mansions" for winning the Best TV Drama Award, and congratulations to Yifei as well."

"Thank you."

"Director Li, there's a rumor online that Yifei's Magnolia Award was the result of your public relations?"

"Some professionals also said that Yifei's acting skills are a bit immature compared to Deng Cuiwen and Chen Shu."

"What do you have to say about this?"

The TVB reporter took the lead and asked a question that everyone was concerned about.

There were at least ten microphones squeezed in front of Li Chen.

The logos of various media outlets are dazzling.

Yang Siwei stood behind Li Chen and kept smiling.

She believed her boss could handle it.

Li Chen smiled softly: "What?"

"Is the ratings of "Dream of Red Mansions" higher than "Women in the Shadows" or "Iron Pear Flower"? "

Yang Siwei's face changed, he glanced at his boss and wanted to remind him but held back.

These words were quite sharp, quite different from the boss' usual blunt and stern words.

But when he remembered that this matter involved Yifei, Yang Siwei felt relieved, because his boss was a crazy wife-protecting man.

"The first thing to look at for Best Actress is the ratings. If not many people watch it, who will judge whether the acting is good or not?"

"The ratings of "Women in the Shadows" and "Iron Pear Flower" are not low, but there is still a big gap compared to "Dream of Red Mansions."

"The three leading actresses, including Yang Mi and Wang Ludan, who were nominated for the Magnolia Awards, are well-deserved."

"As for acting, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people."

"In my eyes, Zhao Pan'er is Liu Yifei. No one else can play the role except her."

"As a director, I give her full marks for her interpretation of this role."

"What the professionals say is what they need to do professionally and it is also their freedom of speech."

"I don't care, and Yifei won't care either."

When the reporters heard Li Chen defending his people so firmly, they became even more excited.

"Director Li, are you denying PR by saying this?"

"Director Li, are you saying that Liu Yifei deserves the award?"

"Director Li, what do you think of "The Old Ma Family" winning the Best Director Award?"

"It is said on the Internet that you have a behind-the-scenes deal with the organizer. What is your response to this?"

Yang Siwei broke out in a cold sweat as he listened to these questions, each one more pointed than the last.

The boss is also firing on all cylinders.

Deng Cuiwen and Chen Shu both became cannon fodder.

Her phone was on speakerphone, which was like a live broadcast to Yifei.

The central villa district of the capital is brightly lit.

Liu Yifei leaned back on the bed and listened to her husband's firm words on the phone.

The heart is soft and the eyes are clear.

A pair of hands gently stroked my abdomen and whispered, "You have never said these words to me."

(End of this chapter)