Abstract Art Award Winner

Zhou Le had almost forgotten about this matter after being busy for so long, but since he would be staying in Ningbo to film for a long time, it would be convenient for him to practice driving back and forth.

But it's already October, and the last match is in Dongshan Bay, Zhangzhou, Fujian.

However, Han Han said that the venue there is better, and it would be easier to run there.

Zhou Le didn't care, since his strength was constant and the more complex the road conditions, the greater his advantage would be.

During the next few days of filming, interviews from Japan were also sent back.

Unlike Zhou Le's Best Actor win at the Tokyo International Film Festival, which garnered both praise and some criticism, this clip received mixed reviews.

Those who disagreed felt that Zhou Le's words were tasteless, criticizing the host during an interview, especially since the interviewee was a young girl.

However, those who agree with this view feel that such unprofessional people should be criticized. As a journalist, they are constantly setting traps for interviewees and failing to show even the most basic respect.

Zhou Le didn't seem to care much about this.

After all, this isn't a big deal, so it's fine to criticize it.

But by now, the release date for "Hidden Man" has arrived.

The official price for the production and marketing costs of this film was 400 million yuan, but the final box office was only 600 million yuan.

Of this portion of the money, the production company actually recouped 200 to 300 million yuan, but still suffered a loss of 100 million yuan. Moreover, while some people genuinely liked the film after its release, the number of people who gave it low ratings still far exceeded the number of people who liked it.

In addition, the box office market was basically wiped out by "The Wandering Earth" at the beginning of the year, "Ne Zha" which was released at the same time, and "The Captain" which was released in October. Therefore, after communicating with Emperor Entertainment, Jiang Wen decided not to extend the key.

However, the momentum of "Ne Zha" gradually slowed down later on, and it eventually grossed 10 billion yuan, ranking first with an absolute advantage.

Those who had supported the project exclaimed that the 10 billion yuan subsidy had finally been achieved.

But Zhou Le also knew that the domestic box office market had always existed, especially after "Wolf Warrior," when domestic cinemas sprang up like mushrooms after rain, making the pie even bigger.

Of this 10 billion, only about 3 billion can ultimately participate in the revenue sharing, because the rest are from contracts signed with theater chains for filming. They will increase filming as much as possible, but for this, they will have to pay an additional 3 percentage points.

Although more than 300 million has been spent, at this point, every 100 million increase in the film's value adds a mark to the individual's achievements.

Money has definitely been made, so everything after that is honor.

However, since Dumpling didn't have much money in the early stages, he didn't get much. Part of it was used to build the company, part was used for profit sharing, and part was reserved for the next phase. But after calculating, the remaining amount of Dumpling was still not enough.

The company that profited the most from this film was Zhou Le, followed by Enlight Media.

Zhou Le had just finished calculating the money when he made a phone call, but soon the phone rang with the message: "Sorry, the number you dialed is busy. Please try again later."

"What is Guo Fan doing? He won't even take the money?"

Zhou Le glanced at his phone and then dialed back, this time getting through.

"Director Guo, why couldn't I get through to you when I called earlier?"

"Oh, it was you who called me just now. I was just thinking of calling you back. It's a pleasure to see you again! But what's up with you calling me?"

"What else could it be? Sending money, of course. 'Ne Zha' has been released for two months now. Although we're planning to extend the key release period until before the new year, the revenue sharing will be done in installments. Once I get this money, Director Guo, just tell me how much you need."

"Absolutely. You're a nouveau riche now, so I'm going to have to really rummage through your pockets."

"It's alright, just take whatever you want then. Director Guo, I trust your character. But what's up with calling me?"

"It's nothing really, just checking in to see how you've been lately, whether you've settled back in, and if you've been in touch with Asuka again?"

"Don't give me that. Don't think I don't know you called because of her. I know you all too well."

"Haha, really not, you have to believe me."

"I believe you are more likely to believe that pigs can climb trees than I believe you are."

But that was all the talk between the two of them; nothing else.

For the next period of time, Zhou Le stayed in the crew to film, after all, in Kong Sheng's opinion, taking two days off a week was not considered taking leave.
What takes others a week to film, Zhou Le can finish in three days, making the remaining two days a bonus.

So what's wrong with giving Zhou Le two days off?
There's absolutely no problem, okay? Anyone else who's envious can simply improve their own efficiency as well.

Just a few days later, Guo Fan and Jiaozi called Zhou Le again, asking him to attend the film festival.

"What film festival? Why is there another one? Isn't the Golden Rooster Awards in November?"

"It's not the Golden Rooster Awards, it's the Silk Road International Film Festival, which is being held in Fuzhou this year."

"The Silk Road Film Festival? I think I've heard of it, but what awards does it have? Are there any for me?"

"No, the youth ambassador appointed by the authorities is Huang Jingyu, and the rest are all film-related awards."

"I won't go without me. I've been really into filming lately, and I want to keep up the good work and film more. Plus, I'm going to go racing soon."

"Alright, then I'll invite Dumplings to come along. We can take a trip to Chengdu."

During the phone call, the Golden Rooster Awards were mentioned.

Zhou Le had already received the invitation, but he hadn't paid much attention to it before, since there was still more than a month to go. But since it had been brought up, he took a look at the pictures and documents that Su Yingxia had sent him.

This year's Golden Rooster Awards will be held on November 23rd in Xiamen.

But then he suddenly remembered last year's Golden Horse Awards, which seemed to be around the same time.

So I opened my work email and took a look.

These email addresses are public knowledge within the industry. Many directors, if they want to cast someone, will call if they have a good relationship with them, and for those they can't reach, they will send part of the script and invitation to the email address first.

He then saw that there was indeed an email from Taiwan Province inside, sent by the Golden Horse Awards official website.

The gist of the message is that the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan will be held on November 23rd this year, and Mr. Zhou Le is cordially invited to attend.

Zhou Le laughed after seeing the contents of the email.

"After what was done last year, how dare they send out invitations via email this year?"

It's impossible for me to go.

Zhou Le had already made that point on stage back then, so even if everyone else went this year, Zhou Le himself wouldn't be able to go.

Unless Taiwan is completely returned to the motherland within this month.

But then he looked at the Golden Rooster Awards. Suddenly, it dawned on him.

"No wonder this year's Golden Rooster Awards are being held on November 23rd, and the location was chosen to be Xiamen. This was intentional."

He didn't believe in coincidences in such matters.

But this arrangement is indeed ingenious.

Given the time and place, it's likely there won't be any mainland Chinese artists at this year's Golden Horse Awards.

"Alright, that's enough. A perfectly prestigious award has been turned into a self-indulgent affair in just one year."

"Back then, the Golden Horse Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, and Hong Kong Film Awards were known as the Three Golden Awards. At that time, the Golden Rooster Awards were even ranked lower in terms of prestige. But now the Golden Rooster Awards are developing better and better, while the other two are declining more and more."

He then checked those groups again and found that he was right; nobody was going to the Golden Horse Awards.

Even if the other party offers money, you shouldn't go in this kind of situation. After all, everyone understands the principle of being full at every meal.

Although Zhou Le didn't know the others, he knew he couldn't possibly go. As for making money, he had already made enough.

With the money I have, it would be difficult to spend it all just by earning interest.

Then he thought about this year's Golden Rooster Awards, estimating that "The Wandering Earth" and "Ne Zha" would still be a big hit. But when he opened the folder and looked at it carefully, he found that only films made between September 2017 and July of this year could participate.

"Sigh, it looks like we'll have to wait another year for 'Ne Zha'."

But it doesn't matter. Even if it's next year, the award will still belong to "Ne Zha". No one can take it away from it.

This is the first film in Chinese film history to gross over 10 billion yuan.

For the next period of time, Zhou Le filmed his own scenes in "Like a Flowing River" on set, and then went to participate in the Dongshan Station competition, where he won first place without any controversy.

Moreover, since this was the last stop, taking into account all previous results and points, the Subaru team also secured first place thanks to the points earned by Zhou Le, Yin Zheng, and two other team members.

Zhou Le also won the annual championship, while Yin Zheng won the annual navigator championship.

Standing on the champion's platform, he vigorously shook the champagne, and finally popped the cork, causing the champagne to spray out instantly.

This is something only champions can do.

"Brother Zheng, you deserve a lot of credit for our championship win this time. This trophy is half yours!"

Zhou Le turned to Yin Zheng and said.

"Look at what you're saying. Well, I still have half of my Navigator of the Year award from you. How about we split our trophies in half, you give me half and I give you half, and then we glue them back together?"

"I don't think it's a bad idea."

"Haha, you dare to agree? Many drivers might not be able to get this trophy even after a lifetime of racing. You think you can just chop it up like that? I certainly can't bear to part with it."

Yin Zheng arrived in Ningbo some time ago and would accompany Zhou Le whenever he practiced driving. When they weren't practicing, Yin Zheng would either go out for activities or stay in the hotel to work on his acting skills.

After receiving the trophy, Zhou Le immediately posted on Weibo.

"First of all, I want to thank my navigator, Brother Zheng (@尹政), this trophy belongs to both of us. Secondly, I want to thank Director Han. If it weren't for Director Han asking me to film 'Pegasus,' I wouldn't have been able to embark on the path of a race car driver. Next, I want to thank all the mechanics and managers of the team for their help and support. Fourthly, I want to thank the team for their support and understanding. Finally, I would like to thank my rivals."

When the team manager saw the order of thanks, he was stunned. Sure enough, a big shot is a big shot. Just like Han Han back then, he has a personality. If it were anyone else, the first thing they would say would be to thank the team.

But Zhou Le was placed fourth. However, personally, he felt that Zhou Le was quite good, after all, the person who provided technical and service support was placed third, which was even higher than the team.

"This person is a sentimental person."

He put down his phone and started thinking about how to explain things to Zhou Le when the team owner arrived.

Although with Zhou Le's current performance, the team would never give up on him, because with this kind of skill, he would be a championship candidate in any team.

But I still need to explain it again.

"Sigh, what makes Subaru so special that it managed to gather two star race car drivers, Han Han and Zhou Le, at the same time."

Moreover, Zhou Le won the championship, and his friends in the industry also posted on Weibo. Guo Qiling was the first to post on Weibo.

Guo Qiling watched the entire race and posted the results as soon as they were released, even earlier than Zhou Le, the team, and the race officials.

After Zhou Le posted his Weibo, he reposted it again, offering his second congratulations.

Han Han, who also watched the live stream immediately, went to comment on his Weibo post.

"They're taking advantage of the fact that older people are slow at typing, sending this so early."

Han Han even used the official name of Tinglin Company.

After that, there were other people Zhou Le knew.

Other members of the studio, including Gulnazar, Dilraba, Yu Shuxin, Tian Xiwei, and Zhou Ye, as well as friends in the industry such as He Jiong, Guo Fan, and Wu Jing, were also present.

After browsing through a few, Zhou Le simply called Su Yingxia and asked her to log into his Weibo account and reply to the comments from the artists and fans who congratulated him.

Su Yingxia immediately logged into her account and began thanking everyone one by one. Afterwards, she called Kong Qianqian, the copywriter in charge of the studio's account, and asked her to use the studio's account to reply to some fans.

Meanwhile, Zhou Le started answering calls one by one. The calls all started with congratulations and then turned into reminiscing. But Zhou Le didn't have the time for that, so he could only ask them to save the calls for now and meet up with them one by one when he had time later.

I've won the championship, and although I've already posted about it on Weibo, I still need to post about it on Douyin.

But she couldn't think of any interesting topics for a while. After thinking it over, she went to Yin Zheng's room and asked Yin Zheng to take a picture of her with his phone.

"After winning the championship, I would like to thank everyone for their support and encouragement. I am a slow thinker and not very quick-witted, so I can't think of a way to thank you right now. I'll just do a somersault for everyone instead."

After saying that, Zhou Le did a backflip and bowed.

"Thank you everyone, I will continue to work hard."

After the Douyin video was posted, Zhou Le saw that the first comment came from an account called 【Zhang Guowei_Great Country】.

"Congratulations! Hope we can practice backflips together sometime."

Clicking in, I saw that he had over seven million followers.

It is undoubtedly the person in question.

Zhou Le replied to the comment below: "Thanks, Brother Guowei. I knew Guowei had been smart since he was little." (End of Chapter)