Chinese entertainment started with male models

Chapter 549 What you can’t get is always turbulent

"You're just one Huabiao (ornamental column) away from achieving a grand slam of Best Actor nominations!"

After looking at the nominations for this year's Hundred Flowers Awards and Golden Rooster Awards published online, Da Mimi couldn't help but sigh.

Even the way he looked at Bai Liang was different from before.

Nominated for Best Actor at both the Hundred Flowers Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards!
"A nomination for a Grand Slam?" Bai Liang asked, quite surprised.

"Oh, of course there are. In the entertainment industry, everything is hyped up. Especially now, how many prestigious awards are left in the domestic entertainment industry? Nominations for awards like the Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster are enough for a lot of people to release press releases, especially for young artists."

At this moment, Da Mimi felt a bit like she was giving Bai Liang a lesson when he first entered the industry. She was quite the teacher and started by giving him a lecture.

"The Hong Kong Film Awards are now just something the Hong Kong entertainment industry does behind closed doors. The Golden Horse Awards were also messed up recently, so all that's left are the Huabiao Awards, the Hundred Flowers Awards, and the Golden Rooster Awards. Or, for arthouse filmmakers, the path of the three major European film awards, like the Blue Dragon Film Awards in South Korea, might be somewhat effective."

To be honest, although Yang Mi may not be good at winning awards, she really knows a lot!

It's just like those "car experts" who can't afford a sports car but know all the data about various supercars.

This is something that Zha had never explained to Bai Liang before, such as the three major European countries.

The main reason is that Naza really doesn't need to understand this thing.

It has absolutely nothing to do with her.

However, many male protagonists in Chinese entertainment novels like to start with this, which shows its value.

But this kind of actor is more suited to art-house films, and Bai Liang, who almost completely embraces commercial films, doesn't really have much to do with him.

He will most likely never attend any of the Cannes, Berlin, or Venice film festivals in his lifetime.

Well, not necessarily. Maybe one day they'll use someone else's platform to promote themselves or something.

Similarly, it's a waste for contestants like Da Mimi to know so much "useless knowledge".

The group of actresses born in 85, to which she belongs, are basically immune to these awards.

However, what you can't have always seems more alluring.

Not everyone is like Bai Liang, who is so pleased with himself for winning the Weibo Best Actor award and keeps bringing it up all the time.

"Hey little brother, what's wrong with your eyes?" Da Mimi immediately noticed that Bai Liang's eyes were strange, and narrowed her eyes, ready to make trouble.

However, Bai Liang looked completely innocent, "I was listening to Teacher Mimi's lesson~"

"What 'Teacher Mimi'? At times like this, you should call her Teacher Yang!"

After correcting her, Da Mimi quickly added, "Houston Best Actress."

"Oh right~" Bai Liang smiled subconsciously.

Then a small hand pinched his waist and twisted it!

"I knew you were thinking that, you bastard."

Yang Mi didn't know what to say either. Well, she has been awarded the title of Best Actress.

The "famous" Houston Film Queen.

She was ridiculed a lot because of this dubious award, and she really regretted it.

It would be better if it didn't exist!

Fortunately, it's just a low-level award, at most it'll be ridiculed by netizens. Like when Yang Tianbao won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Awards, she was mocked to the extreme.

Those who hold positions they are not worthy of will be heavily criticized.

With the internet so developed now, netizens are very savvy; they all know perfectly well whether film awards are valuable or not.

Unlike the old days of print media, which were so easy to fool.

Even if someone doesn't understand something, there will be a bunch of self-proclaimed experts who will jump out and help explain it to them.

You accepted an award that has no real value; it's a worthless award.

You lack the ability to win prestigious awards; you are unworthy of the position.

From a certain perspective, this means that winning an award is risky, and nominations should be made with caution.

However, this poses no risk to Bai Liang.

He has an excellent reputation, and his acting skills are undeniable.

Even though he has a top-tier title, it's just an embellishment for him; he only does it because he's willing to play the game with that title.

To put it bluntly, the reason why others are called "top celebrities" is because that's the most prestigious title they can have.

Bai Liang, this top star, simply didn't remove it on purpose.

Looking at the online discussions about the nomination announcement, Da Mimi realized that she really didn't need to worry about him facing any public pressure.

"You have a very good chance of winning this award!"

"The Hundred Flowers Award? That should be simpler; the Golden Rooster Award has a higher gold content, right?"

"No, I actually think you have a higher chance of winning the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor."

Do you understand again?

Seeing the older sister who had been flirting with him recently suddenly reveal a wise and insightful side, Bai Liang felt a little uneasy.

Can things go back to how they were before? He still likes being a bit flirtatious.
Da Mimi crossed her legs, creating an alluring curve, but she no longer had that seductive air about her; her face was serious.

"You should know that the Hundred Flowers Awards are held every two years, while the Golden Rooster Awards are held every year, and the competitors are different."

"Who?"

"You really don't care, do you?!" Da Mimi glared at Bai Liang. Who nominated him anyway?

But after thinking about it, I suddenly realized that this is actually quite good.

Come on, let me tell you slowly!
"The nominees for Best Actor at the Hundred Flowers Awards are Zhang Yi, Zhang Hanyu, Chow Yun-fat, and Huang Xiaoming; the nominees for Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards are Da Peng, Xiao Yang, Wu Yuhan, and Huang Xiaoming."

When these two nomination lists are placed side by side, anyone with even a slight understanding of the film and television industry can feel the difference between them.

The prestige of a name alone is different!
Except for Huang Xiaoming.

Like Bai Liang, he was nominated for Best Actor in two awards this time.

However, Huang Xiaoming is actually quite a tough guy; he gets stronger when facing stronger opponents, but his true strength is unknown.

As long as he doesn't play domineering CEOs, and he tones things down a bit, he's a pretty impressive and talented actor.

The main reason for his mixed reputation is that his upper and lower limits are set too far apart.

In Da Mimi's analysis, Huang Xiaoming is indeed one of Bai Liang's main competitors.

"He has a wide network of connections."

Upon hearing this, Bai Liang nodded. How could it not be popular? Yang Tianbao had even won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Awards before.

After mentioning the level of threat posed by Huang Xiaoming, Da Mimi suddenly blinked, a little curious about what Huang Xiaoming was thinking at that moment.

After all, Bai Liang is not an easy opponent to bully.
The situation at the Hundred Flowers Awards is unclear, with many top contenders and it's hard to tell who's better yet. But at the Golden Rooster Awards, it's Bai Liang who's putting immense pressure on everyone else.

At this moment, Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi seemed to have a slight connection on their brainwaves.

He looked at Bai Liang's name on the nomination list and felt a headache coming on.

Even though this guy's most famous film award is just a Weibo Best Actor award, Huang Xiaoming wouldn't dare to underestimate Bai Liang.

This smiling Kapibala only exudes a sense of oppression when you truly face him as your opponent.

A super all-rounder, a player with almost no weaknesses.

It's been a long time since the Chinese entertainment industry has seen such a monstrous player.

Moreover, with its reputation as a savior of the market, coupled with its increasingly exaggerated momentum as the top-grossing film, it feels like it's about to become uncontrollable.

Are we really going to let someone like this continue to cling to that bullshit Weibo Best Actor title?

When Bai Liang first brought this up, his colleagues were amused, while his seniors were probably quite dismissive.

What now?
Bai Liang boasts that he is the "Best Actor on Weibo," but how many people can actually laugh at that?

I was so embarrassed.

Huang Xiaoming can't laugh at all. He's the Weibo movie king, so what am I?
You know, even Wu Jing has won both the Huabiao Award for Best Actor and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor.

It's not that I look down on Wu Jing. Okay, I just have a slight disdain for him. This guy's acting skills in dramatic scenes are relatively weak.

But he almost won the Grand Slam of Best Actor awards in the Chinese entertainment industry with the movie "Wolf Warrior 2"!

This was despite so many people disliking Wu Jing at the time and wanting to suppress him.

Similarly, Bai Liang faced the same situation.

He's younger than Wu Jing and even more popular; he's truly unstoppable.

Having figured all this out, Huang Xiaoming could only sigh. However, he still had to fight for what he wanted to fight for; he couldn't just kneel down and admit defeat because Bai Liang was so awesome.

Even online opinions aren't entirely one-sided. In any case, Huang Xiaoming has discovered that he has quite a few supporters!

Yes, I saw it in the comments section of his own Weibo post.

Everyone supports him!
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"Let's go~"

Da Mimi waved to Bai Liang, signaling that she had finally "finished filming" on the set of "The Beginning".

A cameo role that could have been filmed in three or four days took her more than half a month to complete.

"Sister Mi." Bai Liang hesitated for a moment, as if he had something to say.

"What's the matter? Can't bear to leave me?"

"Should I get you a crutch or a wheelchair?"

"Get lost!"

Without hesitation, she gave the guy the middle finger, and then Da Mimi walked away without looking back, her gait unsteady.

However, after walking a few steps, she turned back and said to Bai Liang, "Keep it up, Golden Rooster Award winner~ Looking forward to your good news."

He's a Golden Rooster Award-winning actor.
Bai Liang thought for a moment, then smiled back at the other person, "Sure~ I'll give it a try."

"What do you mean 'try'? It's definitely going to work. If you win an award, I'll give you a reward."

Upon hearing this, Bai Liang's expression turned strange.

Are there any rewards?

He walks with a limp.
Moreover, after spending just over half a month together, Bai Liang really couldn't imagine what reward the other party could possibly give him.

What tricks haven't we tried?
Also normal.

Private cars, even second-hand ones, are actually quite delicate if they are well maintained.

Unlike those shared cars, which are quite durable and only need to be returned for repairs if they get too badly trampled.

Of course, aggressive driving, where you floor the accelerator to the point where the engine can't take it anymore, is certainly quite exhilarating for the driver.

It seems the car owner has no objections now.

Coincidentally, during Bai Liang's "violent driving" incident, "Better Days" finally surpassed the 3 billion yuan box office mark!

Early yesterday morning, the movie's official Weibo account updated with the final celebratory poster.

Another movie with a box office of 3 billion has been born!

This movie has reached such a level that it has left many people stunned.

Damn, they're not even acting anymore. Is their box office appeal just off the charts?

To be honest, although Bai Liang's personal cumulative box office is very high, most of it is due to the support of powerful figures.

For example, "Wolf Warrior 2" benefited from Wu Jing's influence, while "The Wandering Earth" benefited from Guo Fan's influence.

The director is the key figure in both of these films.

The reason why everyone generally agrees that Bai Liang has high box office appeal is actually more because of the movie "How Long Will I Love U" with Da Tian Tian.

That movie was a bit of a disappointment, as it only grossed a little over 2 billion yuan and failed to break the 3 billion yuan mark.

From a certain perspective, the production quality of "Better Days" is somewhat lower.

Many people in the industry believe that even if this film is well-made, it will only gross a little over a billion yuan at most.

It's incredible that Bai Liang has managed to pull it up to the 3 billion level. You could say that Bai Liang's personal box office appeal has been maximized!
While it failed to achieve the phenomenal impact of "Dying to Survive," it surprisingly stood in the same tier at the box office, almost identical to "Dying to Survive."

Many people feel that even if Bai Liang's box office appeal was overestimated before, it seems that it was still underestimated!

This 3 billion yuan box office was achieved despite the overall contraction of the film market; he single-handedly revived the market!

Guan Hu: Has the market recovered? I don't think so at all!

"The Eight Hundred" has been released for a while now, and its box office performance is quite good, exceeding one billion yuan.

The results look impressive, but relative to the cost, it's hard to say whether the company made a profit or a loss.

The reason Guan Hu went to take a photo with the son of that runaway general was because he wasn't worried about the film's box office at all, felt it was a sure thing, and started thinking about the awards.

At that time, the Golden Horse Awards had not yet been exposed, and the son of that fleeing general had the resources in this area.

In hindsight, their attempt to steal a chicken backfired spectacularly, resulting in a huge loss!
Not only was the Golden Horse Award hopeless, but it also negatively impacted the film industry.
The good news is that "The Eight Hundred" should not lose money.

But the bad news is that "The Sacrifice," which is scheduled to be released later, may be in for a major disaster!

The two brothers from Huayi Brothers, who produced "The Eight Hundred," are also feeling a bit down right now.

This shouldn't be the case. How could this movie only have this much box office revenue?

I always felt like there was an invisible hand deliberately sabotaging them.

"That's not right! We used to be the ones doing this kind of thing!"

The mastermind!
So familiar~
Huayi is an old-established company; what hasn't it done, cough cough, what hasn't it seen?
They have plenty of experience in this area.

I never expected that I would suddenly be hit with such a heavy blow.

They arrived so swiftly and acted so decisively that once the momentum was ignited, there was no chance of stopping them or clearing their name.

This opponent is ruthless!
The two brothers looked at each other, feeling as if times had changed.

Are these remnants of the old era already unable to board the ship of the new era?

(End of this chapter)