Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 209: Evil Never Dies
The reason why Zhou Le showed goodwill to Yi Yang Qianxi at that time was because he liked making friends, and Yi Yang Qianxi did have more potential in the circle.

It is inevitable that we will collaborate in film and television dramas in the future, but people like Wang Junkai are only suitable for making friends in real life. There is no problem playing games together, having a meal together, chatting, etc.

It’s OK for us to collaborate on some variety shows or performances, but forget about film and television dramas.

Although he didn't think Yi Yang Qianxi needed his help, after all, he had people behind him and had been developing very well thanks to the Beijing circle.

After the promotion was over, Zhou Le was already very hungry, so he followed the crew to the hotel for a meal.

Zhou Le himself is quite optimistic about the movie "Better Days". If there are no unexpected problems, and it is promoted well, it should not be a problem to earn more than 2 billion yuan.

After it is launched on major video platforms, it is estimated that it can make a lot of money. But after the incident of Zhou Dongyu shaving his head, it is hard to say what will happen to Zhou Le now.

After all, to give the simplest example, Dapeng's "Sewing Machine Band" is indeed very good. Although Guli Nazha was used, Guli Nazha can be regarded as a highlight in the film. Even though she was not that famous at that time, she was also well-known on the Internet.

But in the end the box office was still not ideal, also because "The Pancake Man" had ruined all of Dapeng's popularity with the audience.

However, after Zhou Le agreed to the Spring Festival Gala, he had to wait until the program was almost done to participate in the rehearsal.

The variety show at Actor Peak will take at least two months to complete.

But if subsequent developments go smoothly, you can take a direct train from the sixth episode and advance directly to the semi-finals.

But there was no doubt that this spot belonged to Zhang Guoli, and when they had dinner together in the evening, Zhou Le already knew that Zhang Guoli's contract was actually only for five terms.

After getting the first place in star level and the spot in the finals, Zhang Guoli will withdraw from the competition directly.

In fact, this setting has its advantages, and no one has to fight for it.

The place I can strive for is to go directly to the semi-finals.

As long as I can get this spot, I won’t have to perform in many episodes later.

You can take time out in between to do other things.

Wait until the next day.

The variety show will start recording at 3 pm. There are four groups of contestants in total, and the total performance time is about one hour. There will be some voting comments and chatting in the middle, so the total time is three hours.

Zhang Guoli and Ma Sichun are in the first group, and Zhou Le is in the second group.

Li Binbin came on stage first, and then An Jiahe, played by Zhou Le, went home. From the moment he came on stage, Zhou Le directly used the method of summoning gods, and he entered the state on the spot.

When Li Chengru, who was sitting in the audience, saw Zhou Le's eyes, he immediately sat up straight, his hand began to rub his chin unconsciously, and watched the performance seriously.

From the gentleness at the beginning to the sudden change of mood later, the transition is extremely smooth.

Until An Jiahe beat his wife until her face was bruised and swollen, and blood started flowing from her nose and mouth, she looked extremely miserable.

Li Chengru couldn't help but think in his heart.

"Could this guy be acting himself? When Feng Yuanxian played this role, he was already quite old, but he's only in his twenties."

The audience behind were so nervous that they dared not breathe. Their cell phones were taken away before they came in, otherwise some of the timid ones would have taken out their phones to call the police immediately.

"Why didn't I realize Zhou Le was this kind of person before?"

"It's so scary. He has such a handsome face, but he does something like this?"

Including the judges from the boss group, they were all dumbfounded and shocked by Zhou Le's acting skills.

Outsiders saw Zhou Le’s terror, but what people saw on the live TV screen backstage at this moment was Zhou Le’s talent.

"The acting is amazing, simply fantastic." Ma Sichun watched intently, obviously completely immersed in it.

Because now in her opinion, Zhou Le's acting skills are completely comparable to Feng Yuanxiang himself. The only thing that makes people distract from the show is his handsome face.

But it was precisely the contrast brought about by this face that made her unable to look away.

"Even though Zhou Le and I have only just met for a short time, and we haven't talked much, including during this variety show recording, I'm certain that if this kid can keep up his acting skills and not let his reputation down, he'll definitely win all the major domestic Best Actor awards in the future."

"There's a bright future ahead. Young people today are really amazing."

Until Zhou Le finished performing this scene and left the stage, and Zhou Ye finally appeared and completed the conversation with Li Binbin, this scene ended.

The actors came on stage to pay their respects, then immediately went off stage to change their makeup and clothes.

The audience at the scene could only wait, while Li Chengru took a pen and wrote down what he was going to say next in a notebook.

after awhile.

After they changed their clothes and put on makeup, they went on stage and the lights came back on.

First, the boss group gave their scores, and then Li Chengru began to comment.

"Li Binbin's performance was smooth, natural, and explosive. Whether it was her timidity in the face of her abusive husband or her decision to be brave later, the transition was so smooth.

I think every work should be a serious creation. Only by thoroughly understanding the script and the role can you have the foundation to play the role well.

It’s great, really great.”

"The second person I want to talk about is Zhou Le. Honestly, I've been filming for so many years, and Zhou Le really shocked me. At this age, and not from a professional background, what major did you study before?"

Zhou Le quickly replied: "Teacher Li, I am studying civil engineering."

"Yes, a civil engineering major has been able to improve his acting skills to this level within just a few years of entering the industry. How many so-called young actors and actresses can't learn this?
It can be seen that Zhou Leping has worked hard to hone his acting skills, which may be longer than the time those so-called fresh meat and traffic stars have spent since they started college.

The feeling he gave me was shocking, incredible, and a genius. I was just sitting there watching, and the more I watched, the more uneasy I felt. But the reason I couldn't sit still was because he acted so well, so well that it scared me and made me want to stay away from his character. "

The words were full of praise, because even Li Chengru, who was always passionate about speaking on the microphone in other programs, could not find any fault with him.

"Finally, there's Zhou Ye. She doesn't have many scenes or lines, but she handles the role really well. Your portrayal of a private detective is very fitting for the national context. Since you're in the service industry, your tone should be light and cheerful, and you should be eager to explain the results of your investigation to your employer. That's excellent."

Finally, there is not much to say about Cao Yanyan. The three people mentioned above all performed very well, and Cao Yanyan was not too far behind.

After accepting the comments, they left the stage.

After the last two groups finished performing, the final voting results were counted. Li Binbin and Zhang Guoli both received 246 votes, ranking first.

Zhou Le received 244 votes and won third place.

Li Yuchun ranked fourth with 202 votes.

The remaining Tong Dawei, Guo Tao, Ma Sichun and Liang Jing ranked 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th respectively.

In other words, Zhou Le’s votes in this game are very stable.

If I can keep up my level in the next game, maybe I can get promoted.

After all, the program crew also has something to watch. In the first episode, Zhang Guoli and Li Binbin were tied for first place because they took into consideration the face and reputation of the two veteran actors. Although the two of them really deserved the top spot, the same number of votes is enough for any discerning person to see the problem.

It's just that everyone just turned a blind eye to the equally good acting.

Zhou Le has been busy these days, and his biggest gain is not the good result of getting third place on the show, but he found that his experience value has skyrocketed in these few days and now has reached more than 11,400.

"As expected, breakthrough performances bring huge amounts of experience points. Saying things that don't mean what you say normally is like a level 70 or 80 player returning to the novice village to fight level 1 or 2 monsters. It only gives basic experience points."

Of course, in certain situations, these scattered experience points cannot be given up, just like at the Weibo Movie Night dinner, Zhou Le also got dozens of experience points in bits and pieces.

After this game, we will face the grouping again.

Originally, Zhang Guoli wanted to guide the young actor Zhou Le. With Zhou Le's current acting skills, he would definitely not be at a disadvantage when acting opposite him.

But before he could find Zhou Le, Tong Dawei rushed over in a hurry.

"Zhou Le, let's split up into a group for the next scene. I was looking through the scripts a while ago and found a really good movie that's perfect for the two of us to act in. It's 'Like Father, Like Son'."

Zhou Le had also seen the script at that time, but did not open it to read it. After all, this script was not among Li Binbin's options at the time.

"Brother, what is this book about?"

"It's actually a story between a biological father and an adoptive father. I've already decided that you'll play the adoptive father, and Zhou Ye will play the child's biological mother, while I'll play the biological father. This way, you can still take her with you, and she'll have quite a few lines.

More importantly, in this script, you need strong expressiveness. I didn't come to this show to become famous or anything, I just thought it was interesting. But after watching your performance, I really want to work with you."

"Brother, since you said so, then I have to team up with you no matter what. Then let's finalize our group. But I also have to thank you for giving me this opportunity to perform."

"Haha, easy to talk about."

Then they went to find Li Shaohong together. Li Shaohong naturally did not back down. After all, he also wanted to talk to Zhou Le more.

Finally, after Zhou Le read the script, he found that what Tong Dawei said was right. The most prominent character in this script was the adoptive father.

They rehearsed it that day. Zhou Le is also capable of acting in this kind of heartwarming drama. Although it is completely different from his performance on the stage today, it is a good opportunity to eliminate the negative impact of domestic violence men through "Like Father, Like Son".

After all, after Feng Yuanxiang finished starring in "Don't Talk to Strangers", people still mention Feng Yuanxiang even now when there is news about domestic violence.

Zhou Le came here to learn from the veteran actors, not to leave a stereotype on people.

Until now, Zhou Le can only say that President Feng happened to catch the right time. In that era when televisions had just become popular, such a deeply touching work was produced, and people naturally had it deeply engraved in their hearts.

But the first day of rehearsal went very smoothly, and Zhou Le also told Tong Dawei that he had other things to do and might be away for three days.

Tong Dawei naturally said that it was no problem. It was just like taking a driving test. If the student passed it in one try, he could naturally reduce the number of times he practiced driving.

Zhou Le left these days to attend the premiere of "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice".

So Zhou Le flew to BJ that afternoon.

Jiang Wen never considers the box office when filming. As I said, it’s not his own money that is lost anyway.

"Oh, Le, you're still going to hold the premiere this time. You can do whatever you want. I'll cover everything for you."

Hearing this, Zhou Le sighed in his heart.

Jiang Wen is a man of loyalty, and he is indeed loyal, but if he really asks someone to cover the cost of something, he might have been able to do so twenty years ago, but he may not be able to do so now.

Maybe Jiang Wen's status in the circle is higher than Li Binbin, but of course it is hard to say who has the right to speak.

Although everyone comes from Huayi, Jiang Wen has experienced ups and downs in recent years.

On the other hand, although Li Binbin has not filmed many movies, she has a very good friend named Ren Quan.

When Ren Quan was an actor, he wanted to invest in some business. It was Li Binbin who lent him the first pot of gold to start a business. Later, the business grew bigger and bigger, and now he has a fortune of over 10 billion, and his wealth is ridiculously high.

With the entertainment industry as its foundation, it has also dabbled in the catering, Internet, and technology industries.

Even Wang Sicong has to call him Brother Quan when he sees him.

So one is a director and the other is capital, there is no comparison between the two.

If the choice is between making friends with Jiang Wen and offending Li Binbin, and making friends with Li Binbin and offending Jiang Wen, the consequence of offending Li Binbin will definitely be more serious.

If you work for Li Binbin, he can find roles to assign to his artists, but if you work for Jiang Wen, it may take Jiang Wen one or two years to shoot a role, or as long as four or five years.

By that time, I'll be starving to death.

But right now, I have a good relationship with both sides, so I don’t have to worry about such problems.

The premiere that night was very successful. Although many people present did not understand it, it did not prevent some of the plot from being interesting when taken out alone.

"Although I don't have any expectations for the box office, I still hope everyone can go and see it." Jiang Wen said truthfully at the premiere.

Zhou Le smiled and continued, "Actually, when I first got the script, I couldn't quite understand it, but as I was acting, I figured it out. This movie really has a lot of metaphors at its core.

Just like Director Jiang said, even if the box office fails in the end, I believe that in a few years this movie will become a movie that many movie commentary bloggers will specifically make a long video with ten thousand words of commentary.

Of course, this isn't to force you to watch it a second, third, or even fourth time. After all, movies are made to serve the audience, not to educate them. It's just that this movie truly reflects the hard work of my brother Jiang Wen. Even if you don't go to the cinema, you can think about it again when movies are free, or wait for the detailed explanation videos to come out and then go back and watch them."

(End of this chapter)