Chinese Entertainment: Becoming a Superstar After a Breakup

After watching the video, Shen Ze looked at another news item on his computer screen. This was probably the main reason for the great success of "The Coffin in the Mountain" today.

This is a news item from yesterday about Wang Xiaoshuai being nominated for the Venice Film Festival. Only one sentence in the news mentions "The Coffin in the Mountain," but it's highly likely that because of this, the Best Film award today will go to Xin Yukun.

This means that before winning an award at the FIRST International Film Festival, "The Coffin" had already been selected by the Venice Film Festival organizing committee for the "International Critics' Week" section.

The Venice Film Festival is a world-class film festival, one of the three major European film festivals: Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. Even if he was only nominated for the International Critics' Week section, just being nominated was enough for the Youth Film Festival organizing committee to give Xin Yukun a lot of attention.

He was reading the news when his phone rang. He glanced at it and saw it was Xin Yukun.

"Shen Ze, did you see that? Aren't you happy? We succeeded." At a roadside stall, on a messy table, with beer and kebabs, Xin Yukun and Ren Jiangzhou, the latter being the producer, were the only two who went to the film festival.

"I saw it. Congratulations! You've won Best Director, and you're still eating at roadside stalls. Nobody's treating you?" Shen Ze joked.

"We're not familiar with anyone, so how can we celebrate? I wasn't relaxed enough at the dinner table, so we came out for some skewers," Ren Jiangzhou said with a laugh.

He was happy too, since he was the producer of the movie and he also secured the investment. The more popular the movie was, the more money he would make.

"Shen Ze, we're back in Beijing. I'll treat you to dinner. This time, we won't go to the school cafeteria; we'll go to a hotel," Xin Yukun suddenly said.

"Okay, you can be happy, but drink less," Shen Ze said.

"It's okay, he's just venting. He's under a lot of pressure too," Ren Jiangzhou said. How could he not be under pressure? If this movie had failed, he probably wouldn't have been able to direct again. Luckily, he succeeded.

This is also Shen Ze's success. Ninety-nine percent of filmmaking is a failure. Any movie you know, regardless of its fame, is already a success if it makes it to you.

They chatted for a while and then hung up the video call. This was one of the advantages of Shen Ze and Xin Yukun knowing each other for over a year. Even Ren Jiangzhou probably didn't contact them as frequently as Shen Ze and Xin Yukun.

After they met, Shen Ze contacted Xin Yukun repeatedly to inquire about the film's preparations. Even after filming was completed, he didn't abandon the project. Although he had ulterior motives, he did take action, which made a difference.

Looking at his Weibo, he has his own Weibo account with over 300 followers, but those are probably all fake accounts, or people who followed his Weibo account.

After signing the contract, Weibo is a very important tool for celebrities, so naturally they have to use it. What he posted today was the copy that the company just gave him.

The company doesn't just abandon you after signing a contract. After "The Coffin in the Mountain" won an award, the company posted a promotional Weibo post, and he had to post one too, even if no one read it, it was still a show of support.

"Baby, you really won an award! I knew it. You can only be my girlfriend, so you must have good taste." Dilraba's video also came in. She is currently in Hangzhou, going for a makeup trial.

Another wave of annoyance washed over me. It seems I've completely moved on from what happened before. This is also because things were handled quickly, without much entanglement. If you discover something today, deal with it tomorrow. Don't overthink it, and you won't have so many problems.

After hanging up the video call, Shen Ze washed up and tidied up, but Dilireba's smile faded. She picked up her phone, took several deep breaths, and made a call.

"Sister Yao, are you resting?"

"Hey, not really. What made you think of calling me? Is something wrong?" Zhao Ruoyao asked curiously on the other end of the phone.

"Sister Yao, I checked the schedule today, and Weiguang and I have a shoot the day after tomorrow. I wanted to ask if it's possible to change actors?" Dilraba said.

"You've replaced Wei Guang? Who do you want to film with?"

"Sister Yao, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, could you replace me? I had a stomach ulcer a while ago, and it's been bothering me again these past few days. I'm going back to Beijing this time to go to the hospital to get it checked out. I'm afraid of bothering everyone, so I'm asking Sister Yao for leave," Dilraba said.

"I see. We'll talk about it when you get back," Zhao Ruoyao said.

"it is good."

That's all Dilraba can say. Looking at her schedule for the day after tomorrow, she's filming a special Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day) couples' segment. She can't film that.

Qixi Festival is similar to Valentine's Day, but it's nothing special. However, if you spend it with someone else, then you'll be in big trouble.

She doesn't even need to discuss it with Shen Ze, she won't bring it up at all, and she won't even let Shen Ze know.

Career is important, but there's no need to sacrifice relationships. Although they're both actors and understand each other while filming, they all know it's fake, and she's very careful about it. In fact, she and Shen Ze even made a three-point agreement.

Before Shen Ze could even speak, she brought it up: no kissing scenes or intimate scenes could be filmed. This was her request to Shen Ze, and she couldn't possibly refuse.

It's not that we can't shoot a special feature on couples, but it's unnecessary. If the company asked Shen Ze to shoot it, she would definitely cooperate, but that's impossible.

This filming took place after "Swords of Legends" became a huge hit. She and Gao Weiguang were supporting actors with relatively large roles in the show, so naturally they had to film together. The company was pushing for it, but there are some things that just can't be done.

Therefore, after learning about this shoot today, she wanted to fake illness and ask for leave. It's not that she couldn't shoot right away, but the problem is that it's a couple's special, which inevitably involves some actions that look like they're in close contact. She didn't want to be misunderstood. Now that the template has been sent to her, she can't accept this.

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Zhao Ruoyao was also speechless. Calling so late just for this little thing. This was the first time Dilireba had ever wanted to refuse a company arrangement.

To be honest, she wasn't very famous before, so she wouldn't have had any tasks other than filming movies and TV dramas.

Why? Zhao Ruoyao thought for a moment. Was she sick or something? She had to figure it out. Could it be related to Shen Ze?

The reason she thought of Shen Ze was not out of suspicion, but out of certainty. She already knew that Dilraba and Shen Ze were dating, but she just hadn't said it out loud.

Don't underestimate the company's capabilities. It's perfectly normal for the company to know about this. They weren't quite aware of it when the contract was signed, but after some investigation, they discovered the clues.

Dilraba Dilmurat has appeared at the Beijing Film Academy more than once. Shen Ze's classmates basically all know about their relationship. They might not tell anyone on their own initiative, but when they inquire about Shen Ze, they can find out more or less.

Yang Mi graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and the company also has artists who graduated from Beijing Film Academy, though not from the same graduating class. In fact, since they left school, no one talked about Shen Ze, as he wasn't a celebrity. But the company needed to find out about Shen Ze, and once they did, Zhao Ruoyao, Zeng Jia, and even Yang Mi all knew that Dilraba was in a relationship.

As long as no one exposes this and it doesn't affect work, we can do whatever we want. But now, it seems there's a problem, and we need to address it.