The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

Nine actresses were nominated for Best Actress, but only eight of them—Tang Yan, Huang Shengyi, Lin Xilei, Xu Ruoxuan, Xu Jinglei, Liang Yongqi, and Gui Lunmei—were present at the event.

Huang Shengyi is lucky.

The role of Wang Jindi in "The Knot" was originally intended for Li Bingbing.

However, since Li Bingbing went to Hollywood to film, the role ended up falling to Huang Shengyi through her public relations efforts.

Although Huang Shengyi's actions are sometimes baffling, it's undeniable that her acting skills are up to par.

Gong Li didn't come because she knew very well that "Curse of the Golden Flower" was not enough to win her the Best Actress award.

The nomination was just to give her face.

Gao Yuanyuan did fantasize about it, but winning an award was absolutely impossible. Based on her performance in "Rob-B-Hood", she was definitely not qualified to win Best Actress.

In addition, she is currently pregnant, so naturally she can't come over.

Best Actress!

Offstage, Gui Lunmei was extremely nervous.

She's already been nominated for Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actor, winning two out of six nominations, and she certainly doesn't want to miss out on her awards.

"Congratulations!"

On stage, Sandra Ng held up her cue cards, her gaze sweeping across the faces of the candidates below the stage: "Huang Shengyi from 'The Knot'..."

Upon hearing that she had won an award, Huang Shengyi was excited. She stood up, hugged Xu Ruoxuan next to her, and then walked onto the stage.

Some are happy, some are sad.

Compared to Huang Shengyi, who was immersed in excitement on stage, Gui Lunmei's expression was complicated offstage.

The Best Actress award just slipped through my fingers.

However, the one who suffered the most was Feng Xiaogang. Back then, "Assembly" received seven nominations, surpassing "Black Coal, Thin Ice".

However, four awards have already been given out: Best Newcomer, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Actress, while Jijihao has yet to win any.

On the contrary, "Black Coal, Thin Ice" won Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actor.

"The Knot" won both the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress awards.

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"Extraordinary..."

After the Best Actress award ceremony, it was time for a short program. Lin Bufan got up and went to the restroom.

I had just come out of the restroom when I heard a voice coming from behind me.

"So it's Miss Huang!"

Lin Bufan stopped and turned to look at Huang Shengyi with a smile.

"Now you call me Miss Huang, but you used to call me Yiyi..." Huang Shengyi looked at Lin Bufan with a resentful expression.

Back then, you wanted to cram everything in, but now you call me Miss Huang.

"You were the one who asked me out in the first place!"

Lin Bufan looked at the other person with annoyance and reminded him.

Back then, Huang Shengyi rose to become a top female star in the industry overnight, while Lin Bufan was just an unknown minor figure in the directing department of the university.

In Huang Shengyi's own words, she just wanted to see what Lin Bufan, who was hailed as the most handsome director and campus heartthrob at Beijing Film Academy, was really like.

"Yes, I was the one who asked you out first, but you could have asked me out later. It's just that you didn't."

Huang Shengyi looked at Lin Bufan with a self-righteous air.

"No, Miss Huang, no, I should call you Mrs. Yang now. What's the point of telling me all this?"

While the outside world may not know, Lin Bufan is aware that Huang Shengyi and Lao Yang had already registered their marriage last year.

"You used to call me 'Sweetie,' but now you call me Mrs. Yang, you…"

"stop!"

Lin Bufan interrupted Huang Shengyi directly, looking at her seriously: "What exactly do you want to say? If you don't say it, I'm leaving."

"Do you have time tonight? I'd like to..."

Huang Shengyi looked at Lin Bufan with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"No!"

Before Huang Shengyi could finish speaking, Lin Bufan interrupted her and prepared to leave.

"Lin Bufan, if you dare to leave, I'll shout to everyone that you molested me..." At that moment, Huang Shengyi suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Lin Bufan's hand, and looked at him seriously.

"Do you dare?"

Lin Bufan glanced at Huang Shengyi up and down and chuckled.

He knew Huang Shengyi better than anyone.

Undeniably, she had run out of resources with Zhou Xingchi back then, and it was understandable that she wanted to leave.

We're all adults here, let's not talk about loyalty or anything like that. Zhou Xingchi was the same back then, and we didn't see him repay the people who supported him and introduced him to resources, did we?

Successful people all believe that everything is due to their own talent, and that their success is due to themselves and has nothing to do with others.

Zhou Xingchi could do it back then, and you can do it now, Huang Shengyi, but you can't go too far.

She's the kind of woman who's all looks and no brains. I don't know who gave her the idea to do it.

It's highly likely that it's Lao Yang.

Lin Bufan wasn't afraid of what a woman like her, who would stop at nothing to succeed and had even married Lao Yang, would do.

"Lin Bufan, you can try and see if I dare!"

Huang Shengyi gritted her teeth, staring intently at Lin Bufan.

"Okay, what exactly do you want? I really don't have time tonight."

Seeing Huang Shengyi's somewhat resolute expression, Lin Bufan thought for a moment and decided to let it go. If things escalated, it wouldn't be good for him either.

"I……"

Huang Shengyi opened her mouth, but now that she was asked to speak, she couldn't say anything.

Mainly, she was thinking of inviting Lin Bufan to dinner that night, and then chatting with him to somehow get some resources out of him.

Her current resources are really poor, or rather, almost non-existent.

But now, she's using threats to get Lin Bufan to stay. She can't just say that again, can she? Even if she's not very bright, she knows that.

If she uses threats to demand resources from Lin Bufan, she might succeed this time, but she will definitely face suppression from him afterwards, which is not in her best interest.

After much thought, an idea suddenly popped into Huang Shengyi's mind.

"Director Lin, would you like to try Mrs. Yang's taste...?" Huang Shengyi said, taking a small step forward, almost touching Lin Bufan's body, and slightly raising her head.

"I know, there's a small warehouse nearby."

As she spoke, Huang Shengyi bit her lip slightly.

"Madam Yang!"

Lin Bufan chuckled, raised his hand and gently pinched Huang Shengyi's chin, looking down at her.

At this moment, Huang Shengyi's heart raced, as if she had returned to her school days.

Sometimes she thinks that it would be nice to go back to the past.

She would never let Lin Bufan go. If she had stayed with him when he was down on his luck, wouldn't she be Mrs. Lin now?

She was with Lao Yang because he was from a so-called "wealthy family." Did she really think that she was with that old and ugly Lao Yang, and even married him, because she liked him?