Become Famous Another Day

After a long flight, Lu Yanhe's plane landed.

Lu Yanhe looked through the porthole and saw a vast expanse of white outside.

Although the snow at the airport has been shoveled away, looking into the distance, as far as the eye can see, you can still feel a sense of chilling coming from the dark gray and the cold white on the horizon.

Winter in the north is always like this.

The cabin sounded densely with notifications of received messages.

All kinds of notification tones sounded at the same time, and Lu Yanhe realized that there were so many notification tones for receiving messages on mobile phones in this world, and they had all formed the most familiar sound form in life.

Lu Yanhe took a sip of water and waited for the plane to taxi slowly.

I don't know where it is in the queue. Judging from the speed, it should take a long time before they can leave this cramped cabin.

At this time, Chen Ziyan reminded him to look at his phone.

Lu Yanhe took out his mobile phone.

Lots of news.

Congratulations, comfort, indignation, everything.

Lu Yanhe ignored them at first and read the message from Chen Ziyan.

It is a news report that D19 Film Company announced that it will apply for this year's Oscars and will invest seven figures in public relations funds. This report was mainly based on the fact that Lu Yanhe’s performance was highly praised by critics as an opportunity for D19 to make this decision.

Chen Ziyan: In order to increase the popularity of "The Mist", D19 really did whatever it took, even reporting fake news.

Lu Yanhe: Huh? Fake news?

Chen Ziyan: If they really want to publicize the Oscars for us, they must communicate with us first. If they think there is a chance, how can they pay for it themselves? They must ask us to pay the bulk. After all, if they really get the nomination, the benefits will be more It's us, but they posted the news but didn't contact us or leave any messages, which means they were just "posting news" to gain attention.

Lu Yanhe: Tsk.

Chen Ziyan: When the domestic media saw this news, they were probably going to have a party.

Lu Yanhe: Do you want to reduce the heat?

Chen Ziyan: Can you hold it down? not necessarily.

Lu Yanhe: Then forget it, never mind, it has nothing to do with us anyway.

Chen Ziyan: Qingzhen has already prepared your promotion plan in Europe and the United States. Do you want to take a look? It is mainly based on your inspiration and success in the entertainment industry as a publicity point, hoping to weaken the impression of Asians on you. Everyone is worried that if the current overseas public opinion continues, Europe and the United States will form a deep-rooted impression of you. , the image of a victimized Asian is good for increasing your popularity, but it is not good for your long-term development.

Lu Yanhe: Just listen to your professionals.

The two people were clearly sitting next door, but they were chatting on the phone because there was someone else in front of them.

These contents are not suitable for others to hear.

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Chen Siqi came out of the office carrying her bag.

"Zijun, I'm leaving first. Call me if you need anything."

Xu Zijun was having a meeting with several people from the magazine's editorial department in the public discussion area. She nodded.

"Have you read the manuscript for the March issue?" Xu Zijun asked.

"Well, the feedback has been sent to your email." Chen Siqi nodded, "Yan He has arrived at the airport, I have to go back quickly."

Everyone had a knowing smile on their faces.

But only Xu Zijun knew that the reason why Chen Siqi rushed back in such a hurry was not just because Lu Yanhe had just returned from the United States. He had to rush to the set of "Friends" early tomorrow morning.

Xu Zijun suddenly remembered something, "Don't forget, for Valentine's Day planning, Lu Yanhe's message has not been sent to us yet, you must come back with the message!"

Chen Siqi made an OK gesture and left.

-

She still had about an hour to drive back to Ziyuan Bridge.

Fortunately, various services are now very developed.

Halfway through the drive, she received a call and the various ingredients she ordered had been delivered to her doorstep.

She learned a few dishes and wanted to cook them herself.

In order to cook a few dishes for herself, she learned them diligently and diligently.

She didn't want to have a situation like that in idol dramas where the heroine makes something so unpalatable that the hero looks at her with love and praises how delicious it is.

The main reason is that they have too little time to eat together.

Chen Siqi hopes that at least we can have more truly comfortable moments together.

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The phone rang again at this time.

Chen Siqi frowned slightly when he saw the name of the caller.

The caller was Wen Yang, the current executive chairman of the Blue Ribbon Award Organizing Committee.

Wen Yang has contacted him several times in recent days.

Wen Yang has been trying to invite her to this award ceremony.

The controversy surrounding the Blue Ribbon Awards has become a major disturbance sweeping the entire film and television industry.

Two forces are at war.

One party hopes that this award ceremony will collapse, while the other party insists on reform and refuses to give in, trying hard to hold on to this award ceremony.

Everyone is forced to choose a side.

To go, or not to go.

In such a situation, if you choose to go or choose not to go, you are expressing an attitude.

Obviously, the forces behind preventing everyone from going to this award ceremony are huge.

Although most people can see that this reform of the Blue Ribbon Award means fairer selection rules for an influential award, but now few people dare to really stand up and say that they will definitely participate. Award Ceremony.

Chen Siqi didn't know why Wen Yang came to look for her at first.

Probably to invite Lu Yanhe over.

She agreed to go, and they went to Lu Yanhe to convince him with this reason.

To be fair, Chen Siqi is actually quite willing to support the blue ribbon. But the current situation is complicated, and Chen Siqi does not want to get involved easily and cause unnecessary trouble to Lu Yanhe. She didn't say anything before because Lu Yanhe was in the United States to attend the premiere of "The Mist", and now neither Lu Yanhe nor Chen Ziyan knows.

Let’s talk later.

Chen Siqi thought about it and answered Wen Yang's call.

"Teacher Wen." Chen Siqi raised the corners of his mouth, bringing a smile to his voice.

Wen Yang: "Siqi, are you busy? Is it convenient to call?"

"Teacher Wen, I'm driving, please tell me."

"How have you considered the award ceremony we talked about before?" Wen Yang asked.

"Mr. Wen, I'm not sure yet." Chen Siqi smiled and sighed, "As you know, we are preparing for the International Film Critics Film Festival. We have too many things to do. The Chinese New Year is coming next month. We You have to send the March issue to the printing factory in advance, otherwise you won’t be able to catch up with the March release.”

Wen Yang: "Siqi, we hope that the Blue Ribbon can be more pure and objective, and become an award that truly relies on quality, just like the values ​​reflected in the magazine "Jump Up"."

Chen Siqi: "Mr. Wen, our "Jump Up" is just a literary magazine, and we don't dare to wear such a big label."

"You are the only editor-in-chief who has made a fortune in print media in recent years, and you are a rising new force in the field of popular culture." Wen Yang said, "I very much hope that you can be the presenter of the Best Screenplay Award. . This award is also of extraordinary significance, including the International Film Critics Film Festival that you are going to do later. You have an inseparable relationship with the film industry. If possible, I would be very happy to be at the Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony. to officially announce the festival’s activities.”

"Mr. Wen, thank you for your kindness. No need. This is the first time we hold such an event. We still want to keep a low profile." After Chen Siqi finished speaking, he paused and then said: "Mr. Wen, I know what you mean, but... Give me a few more days and I'll think about it carefully before replying to you, okay?"

"Siqi, there is not much time left before the award ceremony. We need to finalize the list of award recipients as soon as possible."

"Teacher Wen, I will give you an answer as soon as possible, I promise." After Chen Siqi said this, Wen Yang ended the call.

Chen Siqi looked silently at a straight road ahead.

Probably because of the winter, no one wanted to go out very much. Today there were not many cars on the usually busy road. There were few traffic lights on this road, making it very easy to drive.

She didn't know what Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan were thinking about this matter.

With Lu Yanhe's current status in the entertainment industry, it will be difficult for him to stay out of it this time.

Many people must even be waiting for his attitude before making their own decisions.

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"Wen Yang came to ask us again."

On the way back from the airport, Chen Ziyan looked at the messages on her phone and smiled helplessly at Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe is an idealist - Chen Ziyan was actually really worried that Lu Yanhe would stand on the side of idealism without hesitation.

But Lu Yanhe has indeed matured a lot.

He also knew that once he rashly decided to participate, it might lead to many associated troubles.

This does not mean that people should give up idealism and become a social dog.

It's just that today, he can think more carefully and deeply before making his own decision.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Sister Ziyan, do you think I should accept his invitation to attend this blue ribbon award ceremony?"

"To be honest, you don't have much to do with the Blue Ribbon Award. Among the three major awards for TV series, you won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actor. You didn't win the Blue Ribbon. You don't need it in terms of emotion and reason. Standing up for Blue Ribbon, especially when you will offend a lot of people.”

Chen Ziyan finished saying this first, paused, and then said: "But, this is also an opportunity - just like what you have been doing, if you put it more grandly, we all hope that our entertainment industry will be better, this The industry is better. In fact, the trigger for this incident was that Blue Ribbon exposed some public relations nominations and canceled the original preliminary jury system, with a single-digit jury and a public review of 500 people. The latter was more It’s hard to buy tickets, but it’s not hard to judge.”

Lu Yanhe asked: "But I think those who oppose Blue Ribbon's reform actually have a saying that is right. In the film and television industry, sometimes we must admit that there are indeed some leftovers - because of the subject matter and because of the actors. Unknown, so not known to many viewers, and , and sometimes, some dramas are just for fun and excitement, and their artistic value is not high. If you rely on 500 public judges who don’t know their origins to select the nomination list, it is very likely that the final ones will be selected with great voices. Big and big productions, those small productions just disappeared.”

Chen Ziyan said: "Yan He, no current mechanism can solve this issue 100%. How to achieve a balance between the public and art is a problem that all entertainers have been exploring throughout their lives. Where is the legacy? It is inevitable that there is no award without a legacy. The problem now is that unfairness has obviously appeared, and it must be eliminated. As for whether the plan to replace it is perfect, no one knows, and this can only be adjusted slowly. Do you think it’s reasonable to allow this unfair phenomenon to continue if the alternative is not mature enough or perfect enough?”

Lu Yanhe nodded, "I understand what you mean. I am the same as you, Sister Ziyan. No matter what, we must resist the practice of relying on favors and interests behind the scenes to affect the fairness of the awards."

"If you stand up at this time and publicly announce that you will participate in the Blue Ribbon Award, you will face the retaliation of the boycotters. This is the consequence you have to bear, but at the same time, you have done what you said and what you did. At the same time, in this entertainment industry, you should know that there are many people who are just like you, and they have a strong balance in their hearts. Why do you want to win an award so much? Is it because a clean award represents the entire industry? Recognition for him must be the real honor, not the trophy itself.”

Lu Yanhe did not expect that Chen Ziyan would persuade him to participate in the Blue Ribbon Award.

According to his initial thoughts, he thought that he would play the role of persuader in the end.

Lu Yanhe never doubted what he would choose.

He just learned to let the bullets fly for a while to make the situation clearer, so that he could consider all aspects carefully and think of countermeasures instead of rushing forward recklessly and then being helpless to face everything that would happen next.

Chen Ziyan: "Your contribution to this industry and your influence in this industry are achieved one by one, as well as the decisions you made at critical moments." Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I knew."

-

Wen Yang held the list in his hand and looked at it for an unknown number of times.

Behind each name, there are various symbols.

The meanings represented by those symbols are agreement, rejection, and pending.

So far, the attendance list for the Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony has no more than ten celebrity artists confirmed to attend, which also includes this year's nominees.

The current situation is very serious.

Although Wen Yang had been warned a long time ago that if he insisted on changing the rules of the Blue Ribbon Award, he would definitely face a lot of retaliation, but he still took that step in the end.

Although everything he was facing now had been expected, the severity of the situation still made him feel an unprecedented sense of hesitation.

If it is true that not many people attended the recent Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony, then he, as the executive chairman, must bear the greatest responsibility.

The worst result is to be eliminated.

Wen Yang originally thought that he would be able to gain some supporters in this matter anyway. In fact, he had already greeted many people before he held the media meeting. At that time, everyone agreed and would definitely support him and give him a platform.

Who knows, when things escalated far beyond their expectations, they retreated.

No one wants to offend him, but they also don't want to offend the other side.

Wen Yang took a deep breath, lit a cigarette, walked to the window, and looked out the window at the main tone of heaven and earth composed of gray, white and black. They were silent and cold, just like his current situation.

At this time, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Wen Yang turned around.

"Chairman Wen, Ning Xiulian's agent just called and wants to withdraw from the jury."

Wen Yang was stunned.

"quit?"

"Yes." The subordinate's face also looked ugly. Knowing this news only made matters worse. "She said that Ning Xiulian received an invitation from a foreign film and it will start shooting next week. There is a time conflict."

Wen Yang sneered, "You suddenly accepted a foreign movie at this time?"

Apart from his sneer, there was actually anger coming from the bottom of his heart.

The jury will be gathering soon for the review meeting.

Leave suddenly at this time!

This time!

No need to ask, Wen Yang knew what was going on.

Wen Yang could only suppress his anger and call Ning Xiulian's agent.

As soon as the call was connected, he didn't say anything, but she immediately started apologizing.

"I'm sorry, Chairman Wen, I really caused trouble for you this time. I'm very sorry, but this opportunity is very precious. It is the new work of Director Slender."

Wen Yang had to conceal his anger and said: "The review will begin soon. Teacher Xiulian's withdrawal at this time will cause a lot of passiveness. We have an appointment in advance, don't we?"

"Of course, of course, we also know that this will definitely cause a lot of passiveness for you, but this opportunity is really too precious for Xiulian. I'm sorry that we have to make this decision. I really hope we can Make up for it in other ways.”

Wen Yang took a deep breath and hung up the phone directly.

It must be admitted that at this time, Ning Xiulian wanted to withdraw from the jury, and he had no countermeasures to stop her.

He couldn't even openly condemn Ning Xiulian - under such a situation, he couldn't make the situation worse.

A judge who can replace Ning Xiulian must be found immediately.

-

"I'm so satisfied with my meal today."

Lu Yanhe put down his chopsticks, looked at the few dishes left on the table, and looked at Chen Siqi in surprise.

"Is this a cooking skill you specially learned?"

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "I learned it very seriously. Before cooking it for you, I even cooked it for Linyu and the others and asked them to try the dishes. These dishes were all voted for by them."

Lu Yanhe touched his slightly bulging belly and said, "It's delicious, beyond my expectation."

"Are you worried that I'll cook dark food for you?"

"Of course not." Lu Yanhe said, "It's just that I usually cooked before. When I first started cooking, it was always easy to make it salty or burnt."

Chen Siqi: "If my grandparents knew about it, they would definitely be very jealous of you."

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe asked in surprise, "Why?"

"Because they know that I have been wanting to eat it since I started learning cooking, but they haven't eaten it yet."

"My pleasure."

"You are going to participate in the Spring Festival Gala recording this year. Do you know when the recording will be completed?" Chen Siqi asked.

Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I don't know yet. In addition to performing "Chinese", the three of us may also participate in the recording of the opening song or the last song. Both of these sessions include a chorus."

Chen Siqi nodded: "You know, tell me in advance. If you can finish before nine o'clock, I will wait for you to go to my grandparents' house. If you can't finish until after nine o'clock, I will go there first."

Chen Siqi wanted to accompany the elderly to stay up late and welcome the New Year.

This is what she insists on every year.

Lu Yanhe nodded: "Okay."

They cleared the table together, sat on the sofa together, and prepared to find a movie to watch together.

This is something they often do together when they are together.

When Lu Yanhe was looking for a film, Chen Siqi asked: "Did they invite you to this year's Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony?"

"Invited." Lu Yanhe turned to look at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Are you going or not?"

"Should go."

Chen Siqi said: "They also invited me. Wen Yang called me several times and hoped that I could be the guest presenter for the Best Screenplay Award. But I haven't agreed yet. In the recent period, whether I want to attend the Blue Ribbon Awards Award ceremonies have become a hotly debated issue in the entertainment industry, and I thought you were also hesitant.”

Lu Yanhe: "I did hesitate for a while, but I discussed it with Sister Ziyan. On the one hand, we both agree with the Blue Ribbon Award. We both hope that this industry, especially top awards like the Blue Ribbon, can be clean. Purely, on the other hand, I had to make the right choice considering my own image—my image in the industry.”

Chen Siqi said with some surprise: "To be honest, I originally thought that Sister Ziyan would advise you to protect yourself wisely. In fact, you don't have to step into this muddy water."

Lu Yanhe nodded: "Indeed, I could have stayed away, but why should I protect myself? It seems a bit arrogant for me to say this now. I must first state that this is not what I said. It was Sister Ziyan who said it. I Do you still need to protect yourself now?”

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"Does Yan He still need the domestic film and television industry to support him at this stage?"

Chen Ziyan shook her head.

After returning from the United States, she made an appointment with her friend Lu Qingzhen to go for a Thai massage in the evening.

After the massage was over, the masseuse left, leaving the two of them lying in the room, drinking red wine and chatting lazily.

Lu Qingzhen said: "No need, you are right. Yan He has already won several domestic awards. Considering his age and his current achievements, he will win another domestic award within ten years." , In fact, it doesn’t mean much anymore. There is no room for improvement, and we have reached the top.”

"He can write his own scripts. He has Northern Lights Video and Icefield Video, as well as Yuehutai as a partner. Not to mention, overseas, he also has HP and Maxine, two big platforms -" Chen Ziyan said, "Even domestic film and television Those people in the circle blocked him. I am talking about a very extreme situation. We all know that this situation is basically impossible to happen. Even if this situation happens, Yan He can produce and sell it by himself. Don’t rely on anyone.”

Lu Qingzhen nodded.

"really."

"So, in this case, putting aside personal interests and so on, if I can make some contribution to this industry, I actually hope that Yan He can choose to do it."

"You always say that Yan He is an idealist, aren't you?" Lu Qingzhen joked with a smile.

"I am, but I've been hiding this side for many years." Chen Ziyan took a deep breath, "It's just that it's come out again recently because she doesn't need to hide it anymore."

"Chen Ziyan, I haven't heard you speak so confidently for a long time."

"Nonsense, how could I not be so confident?" Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes at Lu Qingzhen.

"You know what I'm talking about." Lu Qingzhen sat up and poured a little more red wine into the goblets that the two of them had seen at the bottom. "Putting aside work, you and Yan He can decide to attend the blue wine ceremony." Ribbon Award Ceremony, I admire you.”

"You and we are on the same front, so you say you are staying out of it." Chen Ziyan smiled.

"In the end, we are just workers. We don't have much decision-making power, especially on such critical choices." Lu Qingzhen said, "You know what? For many workers who are not in a decision-making position, they Whether their work is on a glorious path depends to a large extent on the company they work for and the team they work on. Therefore, every decision you make also affects us. You are righteous and we are righteous. You are villains, and we are villains too.”

Chen Ziyan: "This makes me nervous. It's so stressful."

"I'm praising you."

Lu Qingzhen smiled.

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The next day, the Blue Ribbon Organizing Committee announced that Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi will attend the Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony as award guests. At the same time, the original judge Ning Xiulian will be replaced by the famous director Liu Jian due to a schedule conflict with overseas filming. Director Liu Jian has directed a series of popular works such as "Landscape" and he is welcome to join.

The fact that Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi attended the Blue Ribbon as award presenters only attracted conventional attention from the public. On the contrary, there was another news that shocked the marketing accounts.

As we all know, director Liu Jian is the ex-husband of actress Ning Xiulian.

Ex-husband takes over ex-wife's job as judge?

What are you doing? !

When Ning Xiulian saw the news, the corner of her mouth twitched and her face inevitably turned green.

Shortly after this news was released, the crew of "Friends" also announced that producer Hu Siwei, director Bai Jingnian and six leading actors would also gather at the Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony.

That night, Li Zhibai posted @Blue Ribbon Organizing Committee on Weibo and said: Yan Liang is nominated for Best Actor and Lu Yanhe is going to present the award. Can the organizing committee also send me an invitation letter and let me go to the scene to watch it? Do you see it?

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We are really in the later stages and I can’t write anymore.

Keep writing hard.

Maybe the updates will be a bit reduced, and I clearly feel a sense of stagnation in creation.

Everyone needs encouragement. (End of chapter)