Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 169: Begging for Less Than an Hour

The nature of Tencent Starlight Awards is essentially not much different from iQiyi Scream Night and Weibo Night.

However, the full name of Tencent Starlight Awards is Tencent Video Starlight Awards. In comparison, it is equivalent to one of the divisions under Tencent organizing such an event to bring all the artists together.

It's like I'm fighting you with only one hand.

After all, although Tencent Video is an important part of Tencent's future development, most of its revenue now comes from games. However, both Sina and iQiyi know that if they want to compete with Tencent, they can only find a separate field.

Otherwise, Tencent will let others see why it is Tencent that can be put in the bat, instead of you two.

But even though it was his own party, Zhou Le didn't covet the most valuable awards at all.

Among them, VIP Star is the representative of traffic.

It directly competes with the popularity-related awards such as iQiyi's Screaming Goddess and Weibo's.

Although it cannot represent acting skills, it can definitely represent the purchasing power of fans.

This is exactly what luxury brands look for when choosing spokespersons.

Nowadays, many people on the Internet use purchasing power and endorsed brands when they are competing with their opponents.

For brands, the so-called purchasing power is calculated by ranking on the platform and by having fans of these artists become members of popular film and television works on the platform.

To put it bluntly, it's sales.

Just like designers in the home decoration industry, they work when there is work, and look for work when there is no work. They have both service tasks and sales tasks.

As the conference began, awards were given out one by one. In comparison, Tencent paid more attention to movies and TV series.

After all, it is a platform that mainly outputs content. It not only needs to cultivate artists and make investments, but also output a large number of film and television works from the source.

After all, it owns a big brand like China Literature, so its positioning has been different from the beginning.

After the opening ceremony, the first award presented was for the TV Drama Actor of the Year.

Then the first person called was Zhou Le.

This is also why Tencent values Zhou Le.

Although the only TV series Zhou Le had acted in before was "The Great River", this one was enough.

This time on his own turf, Zhou Le naturally would not mess around with his acceptance speech. He spoke in a very standard manner. After a simple chat for five or six minutes and a few jokes, he began to act as the award presenter and announced that the next person to go on stage to receive the TV Drama Actress of the Year would be Yang Mi.

After reading the speech, when I was leaving the stage, I happened to meet Yang Mi walking up the stairs.

"Sister Mi, congratulations."

Zhou Le smiled and stretched out his arm, asking Yang Mi to support him, and Yang Mi naturally stretched out her hand as well.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

The two of them had a simple and polite conversation, but at the same time they were thinking that it was only in a place like this that they would talk, otherwise if they were in some other more private setting, they would definitely say some dirty words.

And they also saw this from each other's eyes.

Back in his seat, Zhou Le took his trophy and looked at it over and over again.

The main purpose is to strike a few poses for the camera.

After all, he was the first one to go on stage and made a good start.

After that, apart from Deng Lun, Yang Zi and Zhou Dongyu became acquaintances.

Since these people have come to a place like this, it is impossible to let them go back empty-handed. Even if we make one up out of thin air, they must carry something with them when they go back.

When it came to the annual breakthrough TV drama actress award, Tian Xiwei's name was called and she stood up in surprise.

She looked like a puppy, lying in her den watching big dogs fight, when suddenly a big, delicious bone fell in front of her. The feeling of happiness made her eyes widen.

He stood up somewhat at a loss, while Meng Ziyi and Yu Shuxin, who were sitting next to him, went up to hug him with a smile.

She walked into the aisle in a daze, feeling light all over.

Zhou Le also showed a relieved expression on his face.

Seeing Xiaotian gradually becoming successful, he felt quite excited as if his daughter had grown up.

But Tian Xiwei pretended to be calm and just walked to the bottom of the stairs, then suddenly thought of something, turned around and jogged towards Zhou Le.

He came in front of Zhou Le and opened his arms generously.

Although there were many cameras filming around and everyone was looking at her, she still wanted to express her gratitude to Zhou Le in this way.

The moment the two hugged each other, Tian Xiwei put her arms around Zhou Le's back, and her face was just against Zhou Le's chest, so she could clearly hear Zhou Le's heartbeat.

The rhythm made her feel extremely at ease.

"Thank you, Brother Le, I finally won the award."

"Haha, have you prepared your acceptance speech?"

Tian Xiwei: “???”

"No."

"Then you're done."

Zhou Le said with a smile.

Tian Xiwei: “???”

"Brother Le, why are you still gloating? Am I not your biological child?"

"Stop it, and get on stage."

Tian Xiwei went on stage and received the trophy, then held the microphone.

"Well, I'm a little nervous. I never thought I could win an award before. I originally planned to follow Brother Le to see the world today."

Tian Xiwei was extremely nervous, her mind was blank, she just said whatever words came out of her mouth first, and she had no idea what she was saying at all.

Although it looks clumsy, it is very cute.

He talked about everyone in the studio in a rambling manner, and also thanked the director of the "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" crew.

Finally, he expressed that he would act well and study hard.

After saying that, he gave a signature salute.

Zhou Le didn't pay much attention to the awards after that. Anyway, people of Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi's status, as long as they were present, would either be guests or win important awards.

Xiao Zhan won the Most Popular Award.

When he came on stage, the fans started shouting and screaming like crazy.

It seems that he felt that when Xiao Zhan appeared outside, he was actually overshadowed by those abstract fans of Zhou Le, so he wanted to find some space here to get back at them.

But to other people's ears, it just sounded like noise.

After the award ceremony, they went to the dinner again, and this time Zhou Le sat directly at the first table.

Apart from Tencent's senior executives, the only other artists at this table were Xu Zheng, Zhang Ziyi, Yang Mi and Zhou Le.

Xiao Zhan, Li Wei and others were sitting at the second table.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tencent is going to promote Zhou Le next.

But it's normal to think about it. If you don't support an artist who has good looks, acting skills, education, talent, and popularity, there are plenty of people who are willing to support him.

After all, if you hold it up, it means money.

This meal took over two hours to eat.

Then they returned to the hotel.

Since I had already agreed with Deng Chao that we would have a second drink after returning, I simply took a shower, removed my makeup, changed into pajamas, and prepared to go to Deng Chao's place.

Just as I reached the door, I heard someone knocking.

Zhou Le thought that Deng Chao couldn't wait any longer and planned to run over to him with the wine to drink.

So open the door.

"tide……"

He was just about to say hello, but as soon as he opened his mouth he realized that the person standing outside was not Deng Chao.
Isn’t this Meng Meiqi?
As soon as Meng Meiqi opened the door, she heard Zhou Le seem to scold her. She was stunned for a moment and didn't know what was going on.

"Brother Le."

"I'm sorry, I thought it was Deng Chao who came, but why are you here? It's so late, what's going on?"

"I...I just heard you, Brother Le, talk about some things about filming during the day. I feel like I learned a lot, but I know you're usually busy, so I wanted to ask for your advice while you're still in the hotel."

Hearing this, Zhou Le's heart trembled.

You'd better come here to ask for advice on filming!

But a man and a woman being alone in a room at night, are they really studying the filming routine?
If you really want to ask for advice, can't you do it over the phone?
Besides, who would change into a JK uniform when asking for advice from others?
Zhou Le clearly remembered that Rocket Girls always wore dresses when they went on stage to receive awards.

"Ah, that might not be convenient right now. I've already made an appointment with Brother Chao to have a drink together." Meng Meiqi naturally didn't want to give up: "Then can you take me with you? Actually, I admire Brother Chao too, but I didn't know him before and I don't know how to contact him. Brother Le, can you take me with you?"

After she said this, she had already made some preparations in her heart.

Being a female idol is just one way for her to move up, but in the end she still wants to be an actor.

But if she can team up with Zhou Le and Deng Chao, and then get to know some well-known directors through them, and with the resources provided by Tencent and her agency, she may become the new Nazha, Reba, or even Yang Mi in the future.

"That's not good. Brother Chao invited me, so I'm just a guest. It's not right for a guest to bring others. Let's talk about it next time when there's a chance."

After saying that, Zhou Le slipped through the gap and came outside to prevent the other party from finding a chance to enter the house. Then he closed the door and walked towards Deng Chao.

Meng Meiqi hit a wall. She felt that Zhou Le's attitude when speaking just now was completely different from what was said on the Internet.

It is said online that Zhou Le is a sex king, and he has a close relationship with all the female artists he has come into contact with.

Like Nazha, Reba, and those in Zhou Le’s studio.

But now that it’s offered to him, why would Zhou Le refuse it?

In the end, she had no choice but to go back to her room.

After that, Zhou Le stayed at Deng Chao's place for one night, needless to say.

But after the Starlight Awards, Zhou Le will officially start preparing to promote the movies he has made.

There are three films in total, "The Wandering Earth", "Speeding Life" and "Crazy Alien".

Zhou Le has quite a few roles in these three movies. Although Zhou Le did not show his face in "Crazy Alien", he appeared as an alien.

The only difference is that the voice actor is Xu Zheng.

So Zhou Le also made an agreement with the three parties that since there was only one month left, they could discuss the specific allocation among themselves.

Zhou Le only knew that Guo Fan finally pulled Ning Hao and Han Han into the same group and started a group video call.

The result he finally agreed upon was one month, with fifteen days spent on Guo Fan, two days on "Crazy Alien", and ten days on "Flying Life".

"Director Guo, how did you convince them?"

Zhou Le was very confused. After all, Ning Hao was fine. He had Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and others around, so he had no shortage of publicity.

But how could Han Han let him go so easily? Although Shen Teng is the leading actor, Zhou Le is his trump card.

"Director Ning's side was relatively simple. I reasoned with him and appealed to his emotions, and he agreed."

Zhou Le was not surprised at all: "What about Han Han?"

"Director Han, Director Han is pretty good. In fact, I think he's a pretty good person. He really didn't want to let go. He even said that you got a racing license specifically for this movie and plan to participate in the team's competition next year, so he wanted to use this as a promotion."

"Then how did you convince him?"

"I only begged him for less than an hour. Actually, Director Han is indeed a good person."

Zhou Le: “.”

It took less than an hour.
"Well, at least it turned out well."

"But how does Director Guo plan to promote it?" Zhou Le asked again.

But upon hearing this, Guo Fan immediately grabbed Zhou Le's hands tightly and said, "Brother Le! I'll leave this matter to you when the time comes! I'll rent the venue, and I'll also ask Brother Jing to come and promote it offline.

But on the internet, that's your home turf, so online promotion is entirely up to you. After all, you're a shareholder, so the higher our box office, the more money you make."

"I will definitely help promote it. When the time comes, you guys make the posters and think of the copy, and I'll forward it."

"Brother! Brother Le! Let's promote it more and try to get more people involved. I'm really broke right now. If you could invest a little more, I'd find a professional company to develop a promotional plan. Even though there's only a month left, it should still be in time."

Zhou Le: “.”

"I really have no money."

"Anyway, you have to help me. If you help me now, you're helping yourself. We're on the same page. And now I've discovered what the movie 'Dying to Survive' says: the biggest disease in the world is poverty.

Really, when I have money in the future, I will definitely promote my movies everywhere, and all the landmark buildings across the country will have the names of the movies I made on them.

My movie trailer will be shown on all the big screens in Times Square in New York. I want people all over the world to come and see my movie!"

Zhou Le sighed and patted Guo Fan on the shoulder. "Director Guo, please calm down. What's the difference between you and me, who used to spend all day thinking about how to spend the five million I earned?"

After Zhou Le finished speaking, he looked at Guo Fan again and said, "Isn't that what you said to Brother Jing as well?"

Guo Fan waved his hand. "How is that possible? There are still some differences. If I tell the same thing to the second person, it will seem so insincere."

Zhou Le: "What's the difference?"

Guo Fan: "The names are different."

"Please, if you're planning to watch a movie during the Lunar New Year holiday, please consider a movie called The Wandering Earth.

Although it is a science fiction film, I played the leading role in it and it was indeed well made. Although the director was very poor, he spent every penny wisely and he really didn't have any extra money for publicity, so he asked me to say a few more words for it.

Friends, I have never asked anyone for anything in my life, but this time I really ask you to support this movie. Thank you very much."

Not long after it was posted, Guo Fan also left a comment below.

"Please, everyone, we really don't want to see Chinese science fiction die. If you think the movie is bad after watching it, just curse me out loud."

Less than five minutes after Guo Fan posted the comment, Guo Fan called Zhou Le again.

"Le'er, the situation isn't very optimistic right now. I also posted a comment under your Weibo, but no matter whether they commented on me or you, they all used my money.

If this continues, won’t our movie be over? Will we even be able to make 300 million by then?”

"There's nothing I can do about it. I've already prayed for what I need to pray for, and now I can only leave it to fate."

"Ah, Le, you can't do this."

Zhou Le was so angry that he laughed: "When you begged me, you called me Brother Le, but now you only have Le left?"

"You're talking like I'm a snob. How could I be that kind of person? After all, I'm older than you."

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, I do recognize some of them, like the two from the Rap of China, the champion of Tomorrow's Son, and last year's most popular girl group, as well as some top stars and so on."

Guo Fan: "???"

"Brother, Brother Le, I spoke too loudly before, please don't take it to heart! You will always be my brother, I'm putting this here!"

"Alas, this person is indeed driven by profit."

"No, what's the point of talking about interests? If our relationship is mixed with interests, wouldn't it be tainted? Our relationship is purely brotherhood, we are close friends."

"Okay, I'll contact you later."

Afterwards, Zhou Le helped to contact them again.

Those people also posted on Weibo.

Mao Buyi: "The Wandering Earth will be released on February 2th. It is adapted from Liu Cixin's novel of the same name. It is a rising star of Chinese science fiction. If you like science fiction, I strongly recommend you to watch it."

It's quite conventional, but this is also Mao Buyi's personal style.

GAI: "It's a really awesome movie starring my good brother. My brother has never asked anyone for anything in his life. Really, everyone should go watch this during the New Year, whether you are going on a blind date, taking your girlfriend to see it, or going with your family."

Wang Yitai: "Everyone, come on! My good brother's movie will definitely not disappoint you. Besides, Ai'er and I are in it."

Ai Re: "Wang Yitai is right."

Immediately afterwards, the 11 girls of Rocket Girls also reposted the Weibo post.

Later, Nazha and Reba also posted on Weibo to call for action.

However, with such publicity, there will inevitably be voices of opposition, mainly because people have been disappointed with Chinese science fiction films over the years.

So there are still many voices that are pessimistic.

"With so many celebrities, I'm afraid all their money goes into their film salaries. Speaking of which, I'm a little curious. Didn't the government just say that actors shouldn't receive high salaries?"

"Actually, I quite like Zhou Le and am willing to support his first science fiction film, but I'm still not optimistic about it."

“Does anyone still really believe that China can produce good science fiction?”

Guo Fan had already made a plan for this.

Promotion is a double-edged sword. If you talk too much about it, many people will feel resistant, but if no one promotes the movie, it will not be popular.

But it’s better to have some popularity than no popularity.

He is confident in his movie. As long as the audience can walk into the cinema, at least most of them will come out with a smile.

So after that, Guo Fan posted another Weibo announcing the pay of all the leading actors in The Wandering Earth.

Wu Jing: 0
Wu Mengda: 20

Zhou Le: 0
Zhao Jinmai: 5

Xu Zheng: 0
Huang Bo: 0
Ning Hao: 0
Wang Yitai: 0
Meng Ziyi: 0
Yu Shuxin: 0
Looking at a series of zeros, one can feel the sadness everywhere.

(End of this chapter)