Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

The surrounding seats gradually filled up, and some well-known figures in Asia also came to participate in the competition, such as Ma Dong-seok and Lee Jong-suk from South Korea, and Takeru Satoh and Shun Oguri from Japan.

Even before the party started, many people came up to Zhao Dekai and greeted him.

Their hunch was right. Given the current popularity of the "Scholar's Selection of Soldiers" competition, it was very likely to attract the attention of Hollywood, and those who followed Zhao Dekai would also rise in status.

The people in the front row didn't notice the strangeness behind them. After all, given their size, it wasn't that they lacked the ability to access Hollywood. It was just a matter of where they would be positioned in Hollywood, and they valued the role's screen time and positioning more.

"Welcome to the Asian Film and Creative Awards. I'm your host, Jesse."

A blonde, blue-eyed woman with a Western appearance walked slowly over in high heels. The stage lights suddenly turned on, and most of the cameras around her were focused on her.

She smiled generously and stretched out her hand behind her: "Welcome Takuya Kimura from the land of cherry blossoms as the honorary host of this evening's party. Please give him a round of applause."

After Jesse clapped, many people followed suit, but Liu Zhongze and Zhao Dekai did not extend their hands.

Liu Zhongze keenly sensed that a camera was filming him, but he didn't care. He just felt uncomfortable with the people of Japan, especially after returning from Japan, he disliked them even more.

It was a radical, deformed, and perverse country. The minds of the lower classes were imprinted with the right-wing ideology of Japan, making communication impossible.

Although a few people are relatively rational, they are only a minority.

"Hey bro, what do you think of this foreign girl?"

Liu Zhongze whispered, "Brother Zhao, I don't really like Westerners' looks. They might look good at first glance, but the more you look at them, the uglier they get. They're not even as good-looking as people from our own country."

"Yes, these Westerners have changed so much in just one or two years. Their expressions are so exaggerated. Every time I go to them, they roll their eyes. When I go to them again after a while, they have become women as big as buckets."

"Um... Brother Zhao, are you talking about something inappropriate for children?"

Zhao Dekai patted Liu Zhongze on the shoulder and laughed, "We're all men, isn't it normal to say these things?"

Zhao Dekai changed the subject and said, "Your girlfriend is really something. When you went to film with that Japanese guy Miike, Xu Zhen was already keeping an eye on her. She's the one caught in the middle of this media storm. Now that you've disappeared, all they can do is flood your girlfriend's account with insults, no matter what."

Zhao Dekai sighed, his eyes becoming deep: "I once had such a good girl, but I lost her. She really liked my horror movies, and I once said I would give her the most thrilling horror movie."

"And what about this girl?"

Zhao Dekai shook his head and said nothing more, instead looking at the speech on the stage.

Jesse rattled off a long list of sponsors, almost making everyone on set sleepy, but they all had to stay alert when faced with the cameras that could come at any moment.

"The awards being presented now are for the Most Improved Players, including Tian Xiwei from China, Nguyen Tran Khanh Van from South Vietnam, Kimberly Anne from Siam, and others."

After Jesse finished speaking, Zhao Dekai glanced to both sides and then said, "Tian Xiwei should win the award. Nguyen Tran Khanh Van from South Vietnam and Anne from Siam aren't even here. It seems this award was just thrown out at the last minute. You can tell from the name that it's not very prestigious. And it's called a 'Most Improved Award'..."

"Brother Zhao, wasn't there a Progress Award before?"

"No, the newcomer award and such can be considered as an appetizer for the awards ceremony, but this progress award is not a normal award at all. I guess others can also see that Tian Xiwei's team spent a lot of money this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jesse reached out to the area where the Chinese students were sitting and announced loudly, "Let's congratulate Tian Xiwei from China on winning the Progress Award! Let's give her a round of applause!"

There was little applause at the venue, but enthusiastic applause could be heard coming from a corner.

Liu Zhongze glanced under his seat and discovered a small loudspeaker underneath; it was probably the source of the applause.

"See, buddy, isn't there a lot of applause?"

"Hmm, won't they say anything?"

"What can we say? Since someone is supporting the gala and has invested in it, we have to give the client an explanation. Everyone knows what's going on."

Liu Zhongze looked at the broadcast screen beside him. Tian Xiwei opened her mouth wide, covered it with her hand, and made an extremely surprised expression.

But unfortunately, she can't act at all; she only uses exaggerated body language to express her emotions, which just makes people feel that she goes too far.

What a layman can see at a glance will only make an expert feel more disgusted.

When Tian Xiwei stood up, her clothes were perfectly wrinkle-free. Her gorgeous dress seemed to have been specially prepared for this moment, as if she had expected it all along.

Before she even reached the awards stage, Tian Xiwei was already in tears. She turned her head away so no one could see her, managing to convey her excitement quite well.

"This woman is quite good at acting; her expression before was too fake," Liu Zhongze casually joked.

Zhao Dekai laughed and said, "Yeah, that's how traffic is in the Chinese entertainment industry. Only at moments like this is their peak acting performance. Angelababy's acting in 'Walking Man' is completely different from her actual acting. Her whole face looks like it was mass-produced from Korea. I don't know where she gets such a huge following."

Zhao Dekai paused for a moment, as if he had been unhappy with this Angel Baby for a long time, and said, "Now look what's happened, her husband doesn't want her anymore, and all the capital behind her only gave her resources because of her husband. She's not even as good as a newly popular celebrity now."

"Angelbaby? I don't remember her."

While the two were whispering to each other, Tian Xiwei on stage finally managed to compose herself and took deep breaths, but as soon as her mouth touched the microphone, tears streamed down her face like a burst dam.

"Damn it, when will this woman ever stop? What's she doing on stage all this time? Is it worth it for such a short amount of screen time?"

"Oppa, calm down. This Chinese woman probably hasn't seen much of the world, which is why she needs to come to the gala to gain attention. We can cooperate with her; she'll help us open up the domestic entertainment market in South Korea."

"You're right, the current restrictions on Korean football are too harsh. We need to find a way to make a few bucks in China, that would be enough for us to live a carefree life in Korea for a long time, my dear."

"Oppa, Chinese people are so easy to fool."

"You bet you are, a bunch of idiots."