This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 465 Please have Director Sheng Xie study Lu Ran's speech.
He didn't even have the chance to be nominated for the Five-One Project Award, let alone win it.

His works, in fact, did not meet the requirements.

Lu Ran won an award not just for one work, but for five.

A group of netizens have already started mocking him on his Weibo account.

That's the destructive power of Lu Ran's poem.

As long as Lu Ran remains popular, continues to create works, and insists on not participating in the Golden Tripod Award selection, netizens will remember him when something related happens later.

Some public opinion will be suppressed and netizens will forget about it after a while, but if it becomes a meme, then it's all over.

But Sheng Xie didn't dare utter a single word at this moment.

This award wasn't given to Lu Ran as a person, but to the organization he works for.

Judging from the names of the organizations that follow, he would only speak if he were mentally ill.

"How can there be a singer who is 23 years old and participates in the Five Ones competition!"

Shengxie was out of sorts at work all morning, and his chest ached from anger.

When it was lunchtime, he and several leaders from the film crew went into a small house to eat the meal that had been prepared especially for them.

As soon as he sat down, seeing the steaming food on the table, Sheng Xie felt much better thinking about the extras who ate cheap boxed lunches outside.

Just then, his phone started vibrating repeatedly.

When Sheng Xie opened it, his Weibo account was in an uproar.

A large number of netizens bombarded his inbox with private messages and tags.

"Director Sheng, please watch Lu Ran's interview video and study it carefully, then write a 300-word reflection."

"Hahaha! Director Sheng, do you even know what artistic creation is? Please watch the interview video."

"@Director Sheng, the learning video is here, go study it!"

Sheng Xie looked at the messages from netizens tagging him and clicked into the Weibo post.

This is an interview video of Lu Ran released by CCTV.

"These stupid netizens are disgusting people again."

It's normal for Lu Ran to be interviewed after winning an award.

But someone like Sheng Xie is reluctant to close his Weibo notifications. If he closes them, how can he see where the current hot topics are and how can he ride the wave of popularity?

Sheng Xie clicked on it, and the video started playing.

In the picture, Lu Ran stands tall and straight in front of the camera, and his whole demeanor looks clean and neat.

At the beginning of the video, Lu Ran first expressed his gratitude.

"What's so interesting about learning this?"

However, later, Lu Ran's voice came from Sheng Xie's phone, echoing throughout the small room.

"The value of any work of art must ultimately be tested by history and judged by the people. Without the deepest soil of the masses, art becomes water without a source and a tree without roots. The fundamental measure of the achievement of literary and artistic work is whether it has created excellent works that are truly loved by the people and can withstand the test of time. Without masterpieces that can stand the test of time, spread widely, and remain, all other forms of excitement and clamor are nothing but fleeting clouds."

As soon as he said this, everyone present turned their attention to Sheng Xie.

Isn't this referring to Sheng Xie?

Hype before filming begins, hype after filming begins, hype during the promotional period, hype after release, hype during broadcast, and then it fades into obscurity after it ends.

They've never lost in terms of buzz, but they've never won in terms of the quality of their work.

Lu Ran didn't name names in his words, but Sheng Xie felt that he was talking about him.

At this point, Lu Ran continued chatting.

"The literary and artistic field should be a place where a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend. Different themes, styles, and narrative techniques, as long as they originate from life, are rooted in the people, and reflect the spirit of the times and mainstream values, all have their value and significance. Some works focus on grand narratives, showcasing magnificent historical panorsama; some focus on individual growth, depicting vivid and delicate psychological landscapes; some are fast-paced, while others are steady and profound..."

"When evaluating literary and artistic works, we must never deviate from the overall consideration of their ideological, artistic, and social effects, and we must not use narrow and biased standards to deny beneficial explorations that meet the requirements of the times and the aesthetics of the people."

As soon as Lu Ran said this, Sheng Xie was certain that he was referring to him.

Last night he gave Lu Ran a lesson from a creative perspective, and today Lu Ran came to give him a lesson during a reporter interview at CCTV.

Sheng Xie angrily turned off the video.

I'm not watching anymore!
Sheng Xie glanced around the room and saw that everyone was staring at him.

Sheng Xie snorted: "Let's eat!"

Right now, a bunch of silly netizens are still watching Lu Ran's interview video.

The video is quite long.

"The vast number of literary and artistic workers, especially young literary and artistic workers, shoulder the responsibility of cultivating morality and nurturing talents. First, they must develop strong political and professional resolve; second, they must adhere to the creative attitude of going deep into life and taking root among the people; and third, they must demonstrate a spirit of lofty aspirations, self-confidence, and self-reliance..."

Netizens were speechless as they listened to Lu Ran's speech.

If someone in their forties or fifties said something like this, it would be normal, but for Lu Ran to say it standing here is outrageous. "Literary and artistic workers must always bear in mind their social responsibilities, strengthen their sense of mission, pursue both moral integrity and artistic excellence, strictly adhere to the bottom line of artistic ethics... and contribute all their strength to the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art."

After watching the entire interview video, netizens felt their heads were buzzing.

"He spoke entirely without a script, delivering his speech live, improvising on the spot – that's the kind of celebrity I admire."

"Comrades, I have a question: Can people within the system become celebrities? I have a feeling that Director Lu is about to get his job back any second now."

"The celebrities that other people idolize get cheated on, have their careers ruined, and end up in jail. The celebrities I idolize get to attend meetings, give speeches, and write articles."

"Hahaha! If other celebrities said this, I'd think they were just talking nonsense, but when Director Lu said it, I felt it was reliable, because he actually did it!"

"That's true! There are people who talk like that, but people who can match their words with their actions are very rare!"

"I'm new here. I just started following this celebrity. Has he always been like this?"

"It's not always like this; there are occasional moments when I act crazy."

"Why isn't Director Lu wearing his executive jacket today?"

"Because here, officials at the department level are not allowed to wear administrative jackets."

The netizens were having a blast in the comments section.

Some new followers also curiously inquired about Lu Ran's other works.

At this moment, Lu Ran's fans immediately recommended "Soldiers Sortie".

"Lu Ran previously acted in the beginning, Li Yannian, who is both scholarly and martial. Both of these are too short, so just make do with them. Although he didn't act in Soldiers Sortie, he created it, and it's currently airing."

"Based on what Lu Ran said, I'll go check out Soldiers Assault!"

On the other hand, thanks to the promotion of the Five-One Project Award, the publicity and marketing prepared by "Snow Blade Furious Tiger" today has basically gone down the drain.

For shows like theirs, the money spent on promotion isn't for fans to watch, but for a wider audience of casual viewers.

Even if you don't promote them, fans will always pay attention and learn about the stars' work through various channels.

Xu Gaomin also prepared a screenshot of the viewership ratings today.

This screenshot shows the viewership ratings of TV dramas broadcast on various TV stations.

"Snow Blade and Furious Tiger" ranked first with a viewership rating of 2.31, while "Soldiers Sortie" only had a rating of 2.01, and did not even rank second.

Originally, posting the screenshot and generating some buzz would have been enough to put Lu Ran under pressure.

But given the current situation, suppressing it is pure fantasy.

"No rush, no rush, there's still time!"

By 8 p.m., even more viewers were waiting in front of their televisions.

The third and fourth episodes of "Soldiers Sortie" have officially premiered.

In the third episode, basic training ends and the recruits face assignments. Those who perform well are assigned to promising positions, while those who perform poorly are assigned to less desirable ones.

Xu Sanduo was assigned to the Grassland Fifth Platoon of the Third Company.

Here, Xu Sanduo's transformation officially began.

In the previous episodes, viewers found Xu Sanduo to be stubborn and his personality to be very unlikable.

Cheng Cai was too clever, while Xu Sanduo was somewhat dull.

But in the fifth class on the grassland, the audience gradually felt Xu Sanduo's charm.

While others neglected to tidy their personal belongings, Xu Sanduo did.

Those people didn't train and played cards when they were bored, but Xu Sanduo insisted on training every day and never played cards.

To be honest, the audience felt a bit hopeless when they saw the environment of the fifth class on the grassland.

This is a place without hope. No matter how passionate you are when you arrive here, your enthusiasm will cool down.

What is glorious and arduous? In the words of Li Meng, a soldier from the Fifth Platoon, it is that the glory lies in the ordinariness and the hardship lies in the long journey.

But it was precisely this environment that brought out Xu Sanduo's personality.

"Most of a person's life is spent doing meaningless things."

"The most meaningful thing is to live well."

"Then what does it mean to live well?"

"Living well means doing meaningful things, doing many meaningful things."

Xu Sanduo's aloofness is deeply ingrained in the hearts of the soldiers of the Fifth Platoon on the grassland, and also in the hearts of the audience.

After these two episodes aired, there was more online discussion about the plot of "Soldiers Sortie," but although the ratings rose, they did not reach an excellent level.

(End of this chapter)