Chinese entertainment started with male models

Chapter 437 This is definitely a conspiracy!

Wang Baoqiang certainly didn't come here to learn how to flirt with girls from Bai Liang.

I wouldn't study this no matter what!
After all, he has certainly suffered greatly from the pain of "love".

Regarding his wife's situation, it's been three years, a full three years! Only now has their divorce case finally come to an end.

The whole country knows he's been cheated on, yet he's managed to drag it out for so long, even getting bitten hard.
During this period, Ms. Ma frequently caused trouble, often appearing on trending topics, giving the impression that she didn't want Wang Baoqiang to have a good life either, since she herself was not doing well.

It's really outrageous when you think about it.

Wang Baoqiang, a contestant whose scandals are so unreliable that even his wife and agent can't find any reliable dirt on him, is truly a pure and innocent figure in the Chinese entertainment industry.

But his luck was really bad.

He only found one person, and she wasn't even a great beauty.

His ex-wife was at best just average-looking, yet she managed to get him into such a mess.

However, despite Bai Liang's numerous ambiguous relationships with so many girls in the industry, not a single one has ever exposed him.

Forget about hitting him or causing him trouble, everyone is still defending him.

Wang Baoqiang: I can't learn it, I can't learn it.

He genuinely just wanted to get to know Bai Liang better, hoping there might be opportunities to collaborate in the future.
The overall environment is getting worse and worse, and it won't be easy for these top-tier box office draws to maintain their current situation.

If there are suitable projects, it is obviously more reliable to field a combination of teams.

In this group, Bai Liang is naturally a hot commodity.

On one hand, this kid is incredibly fierce; on the other hand, he's young, inexperienced, and doesn't compete for top billing.
Who wouldn't want to work with him?

Wu Jing is now somewhat "tied" with Bai Liang; whenever there's a suitable project, his first instinct is to ask Bai Liang to work on it together.

He himself also said: With Bai Liang around, I always feel much more at ease.
Besides the mystical reasons, there are also practical reasons: the combined influence of the two of them is too great, and they can almost completely sideline most directors and producers in China.

Wu Jing has been thinking about this recently: if Bai Liang had been brought on board for the original "The Climbers", could the two of them have worked together to turn the show into the way they wanted it to be?
The answer is definitely yes!
Not to mention director Li Rengang and Zhang Ziyi, the two of them together could negotiate directly with Shanghai Film Group.

Just before Bai Liang arrived, the group had been discussing the already launched project, "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

Now it's no secret anymore. Yu Dong directly publicized the fact that Bai Liang and Wu Jing were the two male leads. Once their names were on the list, everything would be much easier.

Even when it comes to casting supporting actors, these two are so famous that they can overshadow almost all suitable male actors in the industry, making them willingly play supporting roles.

However, the project will start filming next year, with Chen Kaige as the general director, and Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian co-directing.

Wu Jing: Everyone probably knows who is the most worrying person here.

I'm afraid he'll recite poetry!
Bai Liang seemed to be no less afraid of Chen Kaige than he was, and could even defeat him. Of course, this is just hearsay and may not be true.

So when Yu Dong finally got rid of Bai Liang, Wu Jing really breathed a sigh of relief.

For some reason, I suddenly have a lot more confidence in this movie.

Deng Chao: Right, I feel the same way. He worked with me on his first film.

Wu Jing: You mean his lowest-grossing film?
Deng Chao: That's a film directed by Han Han! It has nothing to do with me~
"What are you babbling about?" Bai Liang looked at Wu Jing, then stretched out his hand, "Give me five thousand."

"What the heck?" Wu Jing was completely bewildered.

"After you give it to me, I'll keep a secret for you."

Hearing this, Wu Jing scratched his head, thinking to himself, what secret could this kid possibly have that he could use to threaten him?
It doesn't seem too serious, but it might cause him some minor trouble.

"Ding-dong~ Alipay payment received, 5,000 yuan."

"What secret?"

"Oh, you don't want people to know you're using an iPhone, do you?" Bai Liang chuckled as he looked at the phone Wu Jing used to scan the QR code for him.

"You son of a bitch."

Deng Chao chuckled to himself, and then Bai Liang looked over and said, "Brother Chao, do you know why I asked Brother Jing for five thousand? Guess what this money is for?"

"What's it for?"

Give me five thousand, and I'll tell you.

"Are you planning to take turns beating us all up, kid?"

But then Bai Liang suddenly slapped his forehead, "I forgot you old man don't know how to use mobile payment. A newbie defeats a pro, oh well~"

"I'm telling you, I've already learned it!"

Oh? Really?

Bai Liang didn't say anything. He just spread his hands, put the QR code in front of him, and said something very simple: Show me.

"Ding-dong! Five thousand yuan has been deposited into your Alipay account."

"See, you really know how to do it now. Why did you ask him for five thousand?"

"The same reason I gave you for asking for five thousand."

Deng Chao: ? ? ?
“I’ll give you five thousand too, but you have to tell me the specific reasons. You can’t just try to fool me with those vague words you just gave me.” Wang Baoqiang suddenly chimed in, seemingly reverting to his “Shagen” persona.

Standing to the side, Deng Chao was "heartbroken and indignant," exclaiming, "Baoqiang, how could you willingly fall for such a scam?!"

"I'm just curious~"

Bai Liang smiled and looked at Wang Baoqiang, then thought for a second: "Alright. But Brother Baoqiang, this is the WeChat interface. Come on, let's add each other on WeChat first."

Who said he's a fool? He's very smart!
Of the group of people here, Bai Liang is obviously closest to Wu Jing and Deng Chao, and he gets his extortion and pranks from them.

With Wang Baoqiang taking the initiative to join in, he naturally blended in as well.

As for the reason
That naturally meant Wu Jing was going to treat Bai Liang to drinks that evening.

"He's offering to buy you drinks, why are you taking his money?" Wang Baoqiang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I didn't have time to go, so I had him transfer the money to me directly, as if we'd already had a drink. That's reasonable, right?"

"Reasonable!"

Now that he had 15,000 yuan in "start-up capital," Bai Liang said he planned to use it to treat two beautiful women to drinks.

"A beautiful woman? Where?"

"Here we are!"

Right now, Yang Mi and Dilraba are walking down the red carpet together, interacting with the media and fans around them.

They had already spotted Bai Liang, after all, his group was quite conspicuous, it felt like they had half of the film industry standing there.

No, it's most of the country!
A group of male actors who stand at the pinnacle of the Chinese film industry.

There's not even a single woman who can squeeze in here, because the Chinese entertainment industry simply can't find actresses whose box office appeal can rival theirs.

At least not yet, since Jia Ling's "Li Huanying" won't be released for another year or so.

However, her rise was quick, but her fall was equally swift, and the second installment's reception was indeed mixed.

The collective attention from these men at the pinnacle of the film industry really made Yang Mi and Dilraba feel quite strange.

While feeling flattered, I also felt that something was amiss.

"Sister Honey, they..." Dilraba couldn't help but mutter.

"It must have been that brat's doing. I'm going to give him a piece of my mind later!"

Yang Mi saw through the scheme and was just waiting to settle accounts with Bai Liang later.

Dilraba was unhappy about this. "Sister Honey, don't bully him!"

Yang Mi:? ? ?
Are you even speaking human language? Who's bullying whom?
When a seasoned older female contestant meets a young and strong one, the match should theoretically be evenly matched, or even the older female contestant should have the upper hand.

But Da Mimi always loses miserably. In a way that's not an exaggeration in a physical sense.

I've never begged for mercy before!
In other words, when you're pretending not to know him, you can put on a little bit of your older sister's airs and pretend to tease him a couple of times.

Otherwise, she would have lost all face and image with Bai Liang long ago.

There was nothing she could do; faced with someone so unyielding, she naturally couldn't be assertive.
After walking the red carpet, Yang Mi and Dilraba saw Bai Liang waving at them and spontaneously went over to chat for a few minutes.

To be fair, both of them are considered to have some talent in film within their respective age groups.

Dilraba's role was purely "loaned"; everyone knows she's the female lead in "The Wandering Earth 2," right?
Although the film's actual box office performance was negligible, everyone actually accepted this method of taking out loans in advance.

This is mainly due to the reputation built by "The Wandering Earth" itself.

In addition, while she may not be able to provide much positive support in film, she is not a hindrance either.

At least it won't be worse than the one who starred in "Wolf Warrior 2". As for Yang Mi, although her reputation is a bit... well, her cumulative box office is quite high, ranking her among the top actresses.

However, this kind of accumulation is actually quite superficial. Some good resources in the film industry simply don't consider her, and she has almost no critically acclaimed works.

In recent years, there have been almost only movies with high viewership ratings.

Moreover, she has fewer and fewer opportunities and resources to access, so this woman is starting to get anxious. Otherwise, she wouldn't have taken on the movie "Baby," which she apparently did as a charity film with zero pay.

The result was a double loss in terms of both critical reception and box office performance.

She's currently filming something called "A Writer's Odyssey," which seems to be almost finished. Hmm, she's a pretty typical supporting actress.

Bai Liang likes to compare these kinds of female leads with Na Zha's role in "Wolf Warrior 2". The one who can compare is the female lead with a large proportion of the role, while the one who can't compare is just a supporting character.

When the two contacted each other recently, Yang Mi couldn't help but complain to him, saying that her film career was really about to be over.

These words made Bai Liang eagerly await the older woman's reply.
As a result, the other person just complained and stubbornly refrained from asking for help or anything like that.

Yang Mi: If I ask my younger brother for help, what does that make me? If this kind of relationship is involved, wouldn't our pure physical relationship be "tainted"?
So she absolutely refuses to say a word.
Unless there's a role that's really suitable for her, and Bai Liang discovers it and then actively invites her, then it might be worthwhile to collaborate.

Let's forget about the rest; let's not drag down his reputation any further.

The older sister contestant is very caring!
Unlike the young girls, who were only thinking about filming with Bai Liang.

Zhao Liying: Yes~
Jing Tian: This "little girl" can't be referring to me, right?

After all, she was the actress born in 85 who always wanted to act with Bai Liang, which made her look rather embarrassing for the group.

Moreover, her reputation has been restored, so she won't be a drag on the team anymore. Similarly, her on-screen pairing with Bai Liang was very successful, so of course they should continue to collaborate!

Da Tian Tian walked the red carpet happily, and then surprised Bai Liang by waving and greeting him. She was so cheerful and her smile was exceptionally bright.

Although Bai Liang felt that the Golden Rooster Awards organizers wouldn't deliberately arrange the red carpet order this way, he still felt that something seemed off.

"I hope Naza won't be next on the red carpet."

"Holy crap, you actually guessed right!" Wu Jing exclaimed.

And sure enough, that Zha really did come.

However, this silly girl didn't even see Bai Liang; she was too busy interacting with the media and audience.

Her face seemed to be saying: Look at me, look at me, I look so beautiful today!
Then, looking so fresh and clean, she gave a brief interview and went inside.
They completely ignored the group of "old men" from the film industry across from the interview area, not even glancing at them.

Wu Jing had originally wanted to greet Na Zha and chat for a bit, and had even raised his hand, but then awkwardly lowered it in the end.

Then he shifted the blame to Bai Liang, asking, "Did you two have a fight?"

"She's just not seeing it; she's too engrossed in her own world."

At that moment, Bai Liang glanced at the red carpet and suddenly felt that he should run away.

He glanced at the time casually, then said, "Oh dear, you guys keep playing here. I need to go inside and get ready for the choir. The kids can't do without me as their leader."

"They're running off already?" Deng Chao complained. "Why are we standing guard here? Can't we leave now? Huang Bo and I need to prepare for our hosting duties."

Just then, a staff member came over and reminded him, "Brother Chao, you could have gone in much earlier after taking a photo together."

The Golden Rooster Awards staff saw that the group was chatting happily together, so they didn't bother them. But who knew that the group would just stand there and not leave?

Upon learning the situation, the group of middle-aged men immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Liu Shishi, who had just stepped onto the red carpet, was stunned. "Hey~ why did everyone run away as soon as I arrived?"
From her perspective, she could see that Bai Liang saw her coming and led the way in running away.

How infuriating! Not only did he refuse to add her on WeChat, but he also avoided her?
It makes it sound like she's going to eat people. Didn't this kid once boast that he would "wipe out" Tang Ren?

You wait, little bastard!

Rumors are like this: they spread and are exaggerated by imagination, causing things to become completely different.

The version that Liu Shishi is reciting now is obviously an artistic embellishment, further enriched by her own imagination.

Bai Liang never made such a boast; it was all just hearsay.
At the opening of the Golden Rooster Awards, Bai Liang led a group of future talents in the film industry in performing a song called "The Sea of ​​Stars".

This is obviously lip-synced, which is why they performed so well!

Singing live isn't necessarily bad, but some of these guys sing pretty outrageously.

Is it possible that Sister Meng and Zhou Ye, along with other contestants, have led everyone else astray?
This kind of situation really happened during previous rehearsals.

The key point is that Sister Meng is quite confident in her singing. Although she didn't completely mislead everyone, the few people around her who were influenced by her didn't even know how to sing the song anymore.

Seeing how confident Sister Meng was, Zhou Ye also became confident.

The combined effect of these two is simply devastating.

Even with so many people singing together, you could still sense something strange in the music.

Fortunately, there are million-dollar sound engineers, and the recorded chorus version was relatively easy, as it didn't include their voices at all.

Why bother with that? Nobody can tell anyway.

The song was over, and it was already trending on social media.

Of course, nobody discussed how good the song was, or talked about the lineup of the "Starry Sea Young Actor Project".

The topic of conversation was: How exactly did Bai Liang manage to sneak in?

When Deng Chao and Huang Bo came on stage to host, they made some polite remarks, saying things like, "They are the future of Chinese cinema," and so on.

They said that the situation was actually quite serious at this point, but they managed to create a talk show-like effect for the audience.

I found it very amusing.

"What a promising future for Chinese cinema! Just a reminder to Deng Chao and Huang Bo: that handsome guy standing in the middle just now had a box office higher than both of you combined."

Bai Liang: The future of Chinese films belongs to you guys. Keep up the good work, or you won't be able to see my taillights anymore.

"Netizens are so mean~ Da Xian is really shameless, a max-level expert sneaking into the newbie village."

"Oh no! This thing managed to pack it up!"

"Of these dozens of 'future' talents on stage, only Liu Haoran has a chance to compete with Da Xian. But that would require Chen Sicheng to work his butt off filming Detective Chinatown. Two movies a year, how long would it take for him to catch up with Da Xian?"

"Even if the Great Immortal stops to wait for him, it will probably take several years. But just a heads up, the Great Immortal's film and television output is like a sow."

"I just realized that this guy has already done so many TV series and movies, but he's only been in the industry for a little over four years."

"Truly prolific, like a sow!"

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The Golden Rooster Awards process is actually a bit boring and tedious, so online viewers have to find their own entertainment.

In the realm of entertainment, Bai Liang is also a top contender.

He was the one who put together the first task of the day, but actually he didn't do much; he just stood there and sang a song.

Just like some comedians who can make the audience laugh even without doing anything, such as Shen Teng.

Bai Liang is the kind of person who, even when he's working very seriously, people will still imagine that he's up to no good.

This can be considered a kind of audience impression, thinking that Bai Liang will suddenly do something big. To be precise, he will show off something cool, because he has never done anything like suddenly pooping a big lump before.

Of course, the most discussed topic was actually who would win the award.

A while ago, the Golden Rooster Awards announced its nominees for this year's awards.

"Dying to Survive" led the field in the number of nominations, with a total of eight.

Following them, "So Long, My Son," "Us and Them," "The Wandering Earth," and "Legend of the Demon Cat" tied for second place, each with five award nominations.

However, unlike previous years, when everyone was more focused on things like Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

This year, however, there's something new: Best Documentary.

Bai Liang's novel "Climbing to the Top" is prominently featured.

This is actually a bit off.

The film "Ascending to the Top" was probably shot after the Golden Rooster Awards' submission deadline, which should have been June 30th.

Back then, let alone documentaries, Bai Liang was still filming "Better Days" in Chongqing and hadn't even met Mount Everest yet.

This can be nominated?

This is clearly a cover-up!

It's quite a coincidence that the first award announced at today's awards ceremony was Best Documentary!

(End of this chapter)