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

"Extraordinary..."

Huang Shengyi raised her head slightly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Lin Bufan, her voice slightly murmured.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Yang, I don't like public transportation!"

Lin Bufan looked calmly at Huang Shengyi's beautiful face.

Did she really think that being with Lao Yang would make her settle down?

As far as Lin Bufan knew, Huang Shengyi had put in a lot of effort for many of the roles she got. She even heard some gossip from celebrities in the industry that Huang Shengyi had once dated male models.

You can't blame her, though. Old Yang is old and ugly, how could someone as beautiful as her resist?

However, Lin Bufan has his own bottom line.

He would never touch a bus.

Moreover, for him, some women are only meant to be touched once, and there's no need to keep reminiscing about them. Huang Shengyi was one of them.

"you……"

Huang Shengyi's face immediately turned ugly.

The term "bus" is not yet popular, but anyone with a brain can understand what it means from its literal meaning.

This word was incredibly damaging to her.

"Lin Bufan, you wait, one day I, Huang Shengyi, will trample you under my feet and make you kneel before me, begging for mercy..." Huang Shengyi's expression changed rapidly. At this moment, Lin Bufan's humiliation of her filled her with extreme resentment.

……

Lin Bufan returned to his seat, just as the performance ended and they were preparing to present the Best Actor award.

Cheng Long, who was originally sitting next to Lin Bufan, had already gone up on stage to present the Best Actor award.

This year's nominees for Best Actor include Zhang Hanyu, who played Gu Zidi in "Assembly"; Chen Kun, who played Chen Qiushui in "The Knot"; Guo Tao, who played Bao Shihong in "Crazy Stone"; Li Lianjie, who played Pang Qingyun in "The Warlords"; Liu Songren, who played Mei Ru'ao in "Tokyo Trial"; and Liang Jiahui, who played Zhang Zili in "Black Coal, Thin Ice".

Congratulations to Leung Ka-fai on "Black Coal, Thin Ice"!

When Jackie Chan stood on the stage and made the announcement, almost no one below was surprised.

Accident?

Just kidding, the biggest surprise would be if Leung Ka-fai, who won the Berlin Film Festival's Best Actor award for "Black Coal, Thin Ice," wasn't nominated.

"It's 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' again..."

Offstage, Feng Xiaogang looked extremely grim.

The pain he felt was far greater than that of Zhang Hanyu, a nominee for Best Actor.

Zhang Hanyu knew very well that he was no match for Liang Jiahui, so losing was normal and winning the award was unexpected.

But Feng Xiaogang is different.

Despite leading the Hundred Flowers Awards with seven nominations, "Assembly" won nothing even though more than half of the awards ceremony had already taken place.

He could even imagine that if "Assembly" ultimately failed to win any awards, it would definitely be ridiculed.

Back when "Assembly" was leading the Hundred Flowers Awards with seven nominations, Feng Xiaogang was actually praising the Hundred Flowers Awards on Weibo.

Compared to the others, although Leung Ka-fai won the Best Actor award, he was happy but not overly excited.

After all, compared to the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor award, the Hundred Flowers Award is just icing on the cake.

"Congratulations, Director Lin, 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' has won three awards." After returning from the stage, Jackie Chan turned to Lin Bufan and congratulated him.

Then came another performance, followed by the presentation of the Best Director award.

The nominees are Feng Xiaogang, director of "Assembly"; Yin Li, director of "The Knot"; Zhou Xingchi, director of "CJ7"; Ning Hao, director of "Crazy Stone"; Gao Qunshu, director of "Tokyo Trial"; and Lin Bufan, director of "Black Coal, Thin Ice".

As expected, Lin Bufan won the Best Director award.

This result was expected by everyone. If "Black Coal, Thin Ice" was not qualified to win the award, then whoever won it would be criticized online.

Congratulations to Director Lin Bufan!

When the award presenter, Li Qiankuan, saw Lin Bufan walk onto the stage, he smiled at him and handed him the trophy.

Thank you!

Lin Bufan accepted the trophy from the other party with a smile.

The name Li Qiankuan might not be familiar to most people, but Lin Bufan knew him well. He was a veteran director, the director of "The Founding Ceremony of the People's Republic of China," and is now the vice chairman of the China Film Association.

When the leadership transitions at the end of the year, the other party will be the next chairman of the Film Association, and Lin Bufan will also be directly appointed as the vice chairman of the Film Association in the next term.

"Thank you to the organizing committee..."

Lin Bufan stood in the center of the stage, gave a brief thank you speech, and then stepped off the stage.

For him, just being able to attend the Hundred Flowers Awards was already a great honor. Although he won the Best Director award, there was really nothing to be happy about.

But what Lin Bufan didn't know was that Feng Xiaogang, sitting in the audience, was feeling incredibly sad.

With only two awards remaining—Outstanding Feature Film and Best Picture—"Assembly" was not nominated for Outstanding Feature Film, so the only hope was for Best Feature Film.

Feng Xiaogang originally thought that since "Assembly" was leading with seven nominations at the Hundred Flowers Awards, it would at least receive an award.

Before presenting the Best Director award, he thought he had a very high chance of winning it.

He was even thinking that even if he only won one award, as long as he could outshine Lin Bufan, he would have something to brag about in the future.

However, after the awards were announced, all he felt was embarrassment and anger at his incompetence.

Don't let Feng Xiaogang's nickname "Feng the Cannon" fool you; his real nickname is "Feng the Pants." He knows better than anyone how he rose to prominence over the years.

He knew perfectly well who he could offend and who he couldn't.

When he encounters someone he can offend, he transforms into Feng Dapao (a famous Chinese comedian); but when he encounters someone he can't afford to offend, he obediently becomes his Feng Kuzi (another famous Chinese comedian).

That's how he's lived all these years.

At this moment, Li Qiankuan, who was presenting the award, was the vice chairman of the Film Association. If he were to make a careless remark, he would not only offend Lin Bufan, but also the Film Association, the most influential organization in the country.

Neither "Black Coal, Thin Ice" nor "Assembly" were nominated for the Best Feature Film award; the winners were "The Knot" and "Invisible Wings".

Ultimately, unsurprisingly, the Best Feature Film award went to "Black Coal, Thin Ice".

Lin Bufan led the entire film crew onto the stage and received the trophy from Wu Yigong, the current chairman of the Film Association.

……

The moment the awards ceremony ended, the internet erupted in a frenzy.

"Black Coal, Thin Ice" received six nominations and won five awards, becoming the biggest winner at tonight's Hundred Flowers Awards. In contrast, "Assembly" received seven nominations but won nothing.

Back at the hotel, Feng Xiaogang grew angrier the more he thought about it.

The Film Association can't afford to offend them, so why would they be afraid of Lin Bufan?

Undeniably, Lin Bufan holds a very high position in the industry, possessing both funds and resources, and even having access to Hollywood resources.

In the entertainment industry, who wouldn't want to curry favor with someone?

But Feng Xiaogang chose not to, because he knew his limitations; he couldn't make it in Hollywood, he could only make it in the Chinese-speaking world.

Moreover, his backer is Huayi Brothers, which has long been at odds with Kyoto.

If that's the case, what does Feng Xiaogang have to be afraid of?

Immediately afterwards, Feng Xiaogang wrote a post titled "Not a Crime of War" and published it on Weibo.

In his words, his failure to win any awards was not due to the war effort, but because "Black Coal, Thin Ice" gained prestige by holding onto the Berlin Golden Bear, forcing the organizing committee to award the prize to the other party.

The post immediately caused a stir across the internet.