Abstract Art Award Winner

In the end, Xiao Zhan had no other choice.

Wang Yibo certainly couldn't command her, so he could only stand on the other side. This way, at least Yang Mi could still be ranked second; otherwise, she would have to fall to third, which would be even less attractive.

After taking photos in their current positions, they went off the stage one after another.

In the later program awards, Tencent's productions this year, Produce Camp 2019, Actor Please Take Your Seats, and The Coming One, all won awards. The drama award went to All Is Well, since they gave the Best Actress in a TV Series award to Tian Xiwei, so they naturally wanted to make up for it in this area.

The film of the year was awarded to Nezha.

When I called Jiaozi a while ago, she brought up this matter. The organizers were trying to finalize the list, but they couldn't decide between The Wandering Earth and Nezha, so they discussed it with Guo Fan and Jiaozi.

Guo Fan felt that The Wandering Earth had already won enough awards, and compared to that, Nezha had higher box office revenue, so he simply gave up this award.

After all, we're all family, so it doesn't matter who takes it.

Even after the Star Awards ended, these artists left the venue and went outside to their hotels by car.

Zhou Le sat down directly at the boss's table. Besides the various executives, the only actors at the table were Zhao Liying, Yang Mi, Zhou Le, and Huang Xiaoming.

As for Tian Xiwei, Yu Shuxin, Meng Ziyi, and Zhou Ye, they were arranged to sit at the second table, along with Jiaozi, Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo, Li Xian, Wu Yifan, and Yao Chen.

The others then lined up in order.

After the CEOs finished their speeches, the banquet began.

In such situations, alcohol is a must.

Soon, Zhou Le started making circles, toasting everyone from President Cheng in the middle.

They drank one round before stopping.

But after all that polite talk, Zhou Le glanced at the system he hadn't paid attention to for a long time while picking up some food.

My experience points have now reached tens of thousands.

Moreover, the growth rate is getting slower and slower.

But after not checking for so long, he suddenly realized that his experience points were almost at the maximum for the current stage.

11956.

It is about to break the 12000 mark.

This gave him a thought: since he was only a few dozen short, why not go all out tonight and make a final push?

So throughout the night, Zhou Le's social skills were on full display. Whether it was the executives at the same table or those who came to toast him, once they passed through Zhou Le's hands, none of them left unscathed. At the very least, they had to exchange WeChat contacts.

After going around in circles, Zhou Le had also added a large number of people.

The drinking party ended when everyone had drunk quite a bit.

We left the hotel and got into the car.

Leaning back in his seat, he let the car start.

Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. Experience points have reached 12000, and you are now drawing a reward.

As the roulette wheel began to spin wildly, Zhou Le watched it intently.

At the beginning, it naturally started with broad categories.

[Halo type]

Zhou Le's heart skipped a beat. This category did seem very large, but he had played games before, and those that were associated with a halo seemed to be quite powerful.

Things like lucky aura, recovery aura, and curse aura.

But the prerequisite is that it must be an active skill.

Otherwise, if you're with someone you don't like and have a lucky aura around them, wouldn't that just let them benefit from you for free?
Or perhaps you've been cursed and spend all your time with people you're close to, then you've simply become a menace.

Soon, after the main category was determined, the pointer above pointed to an entry in the secondary category.

[Beauty Filter]

Zhou Le: "."

Do you think I'm ugly?

Do you still feel that the makeup artist's skills are not up to par?
Why would I need to let you have that kind of halo? After the shoot, post-production isn't something you can just add randomly. Like how much skin smoothing you get, it's just a matter of moving the mouse.

Moreover, it's more of a halo than a direct way to keep me young forever.

However, Zhou Le thought about the skills the system had given him before, and they were all basically related to part-time jobs, and this one was no exception.

If I weren't an entertainer, wouldn't I be able to do anything in nightclubs if I just used my fame to my advantage?

Staying up the longest nights and drinking the most alcohol.

While others are simmering until their faces are oily and flushed from drinking, you can still maintain your radiant appearance.

"That's really impressive."

I can only say that it is better than nothing.

Then Zhou Le opened his eyes.

He sat in the middle row of the van, behind the driver, while Meng Ziyi sat directly in the front passenger seat. Tian Xiwei originally wanted to sit in the back, but was pushed by the others and stayed in the middle next to Zhou Le.

Tian Xi fell asleep while sitting on the way.

"Xiaotian drank quite a bit tonight. We wanted to persuade her to drink less, but she said she was too happy to drink today. She only drank with us. Brother Xiaoming kept telling her to drink less."

Later, he came to your place and drank quite a bit with you. He should go back and go to bed early soon.

Ono also drank quite a lot of alcohol, while Shuxin and I barely had any.

"I'll take them back later. Mengmeng, keep an eye on Brother Le. He seems to be walking on air."

"Okay, leave it to me when the time comes. I'm energetic."

Su Yingxia was driving, and she was one of their own. Although the car belonged to the organizers, Zhou Le needed it, so it wouldn't be a big problem for him to drive it away or even ask for another car directly.

These large companies have operating funds.

When there's a reception or something, if the senior management can't attend the second or third event after dinner, someone will take the guests out for fun. They can do whatever they want in the evening, and the finance department will naturally come to sign the bill afterwards. And this kind of car only costs a little over 300,000 yuan, which sometimes isn't even enough to cover the expenses of one event.

"What should we do when the bus stops?"

"I'll send them the car's location later, and they can come and drive it away. It's fine."

After returning to the hotel, Yu Shuxin helped Tian Xiwei and Zhou Ye back to their room, while Meng Ziyi helped Zhou Le back.

"Brother Le, are you alright?"
"Me? I'm fine. I only drank about two bottles, it's no big deal. But are you alright? Why is your face so red?"

"I get flushed easily when I drink, but I'm not a heavy drinker. I was so busy taking care of the two of them that I didn't drink much myself. Brother Le, if you're okay, I'm not leaving today, okay? I heard some actresses in the crew say that many men can't handle about half a jin of alcohol. Today I'm going to see if you're lying to me."

Although he had sweated a lot the night before and had released a lot of the smell of alcohol, Zhou Le still felt thirsty when he woke up the next morning.

The sound of someone picking up a water glass startled Meng Ziyi.

"Brother Le, you're up so early? Are you Superman?"

But she laughed as soon as she finished speaking: "No, what I meant was, are you made of iron? You drank so much last night and it took you more than an hour to get back, yet you can still get up this early today?"

Zhou Le drank half a glass of water in big gulps before his throat felt a little better.

"That's right, I am Superman."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi laughed even harder: "How can you be so vulgar?"

"How is Superman vulgar?" Zhou Le asked knowingly.

"Brother Le, haven't you heard the saying? I'm Happy Superman, and I'm a superman when I'm happy."

"Tsk tsk tsk... If you insist on saying that, then so be it, but I didn't wear my underwear on the outside."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi suddenly seemed to have thought of something.

"Speaking of which, I brought all my luggage back with me this time when I went back to Beijing, and I also had a pair of yoga pants."

As she spoke, she got up, opened the box in Zhou Le's room, and put on a Superman outfit.

Zhou Le couldn't even bear to look!

Even if Sister Meng is beautiful, this is just too much of an eyesore.

"Change it quickly, this is too abstract, who dresses like this?"

"Haha, what's wrong? Look at me, am I pretty?"

Zhou Le covered his eyes: "I can't even look at a little bit. This aesthetic is unacceptable to most people. Even those who aren't ordinary probably can't accept it."

"What's wrong? Isn't it beautiful? Look at my legs, look at my little lace, isn't it gorgeous?"

"It's really no good, stop torturing me."

Zhou Le exclaimed that he couldn't stand it; this was indeed not something that ordinary people could accept.

Even though Zhou Le thought he was already quite open-minded, he couldn't help but exclaim at this moment, "What kind of behavior is this?"
The ancestor was actually myself?

In the end, Meng Ziyi changed out of that outfit.

"Brother Le, what are your plans after the New Year? I've been on quite a few variety shows lately, and I've been thinking about how we could make our own variety show, with a few of us from our company as regular guests, and then find some investment from outside so we can go out and have some fun together."

"After the New Year."

Zhou Le sighed: "I'm so busy after the New Year. I have two movies scheduled to be filmed. One will be released right after the New Year, and the other will have to wait until the second half of the year."

Two variety shows have also been booked, one for a guest appearance and the other for long-term filming.

Not to mention the numerous film festivals, big and small, I was also invited to be a guest performer at concerts by Wang Lihong and Li Ronghao.

Originally, I wasn't supposed to have anything to do with The Wandering Earth anymore, but Wu Jing revised part of the script, so I guess I'll have to go back and film for a while longer.

I still need to help with the Ruri project for Oda, and there are also endorsements and several companies under his management that I need to take care of.

Shuxin has already played the female lead in The Wandering Earth, and it will probably take at least another year to film. But for you and Xiaoye, I also plan to find a few more good projects for you to film.

Xiao Tian won a lot of awards this year, and next year will be your main battleground. Also, I just joined the National Theatre of China this year, and I will have to take some time to go back and perform next year.

We can't just occupy someone's spot without doing anything, can we?

Meng Ziyi was dumbfounded as she listened to Zhou Le talk about his schedule for next year.

"Brother Le, aren't you going a bit too far? You're basically treating yourself like an animal!"

Zhou Le watched as Meng Ziyi remained as outspoken as ever, but he was already used to it and didn't mind in front of his own people.

After all, that's just Meng Jie's personality; she acts on impulse and says whatever comes to mind. But I should be more careful about what I say in the future.

"There's no other way. Sometimes you have to be the beasts of burden. I can't just abandon you guys, can I? There are more and more young actresses, and the competition is getting fiercer. If I don't step in to help you find some good scripts, it'll be quite difficult for you guys on your own."

"It's alright, Brother Le, we're all fine, we can bring the funding team anyway."

"Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this. Although the purpose of this industry is to become famous, making money should come first. You only earn a few million in film remuneration. You have to sponsor the production team with some of it, treat people to meals while filming, and buy clothes and cosmetics for your own events. In the end, you won't have much left."

"It's better to save that money and buy more houses. I had my eye on one myself, but then this unexpected thing happened. Nobody could have predicted it. So I'm saving some now, and when house prices bottom out in a few years, I can buy some more. Whether it's for investment or for living in myself, it's better than spending it on things I can't see."

Meng Ziyi nodded: "That makes sense, but Brother Le, this happened suddenly at the end of the year, shouldn't we donate some money?"

"That's for sure. As public figures, we should set an example and donate what we can."

Meng Ziyi thought for a moment and then asked, "How much should we donate?"

"If it's about donations, I'll just follow the crowd and donate a portion first, and see the average. If others donate 100 million, I'll donate 100 million too. But this year, this matter came too quickly, and it feels quite serious."

I'm thinking of buying some supplies myself and sending them over, or maybe finding a reliable company to do it. That way, at least I'll be more at ease knowing where my money is going. But we can handle these things ourselves; there's no need to advertise it.

"Brother Le, that's what I think too. After all, the current social atmosphere is not good. If you don't donate money, you'll be criticized. If you donate money but donate too little, you'll also be criticized. But if you donate too much, people will say you're trying to evade taxes."

"You don't need to worry about these things. As long as we have a clear conscience, that's enough. There are so many people in the world, we can't possibly silence everyone."

"Okay, Brother Le, you decide what to do. We'll follow your lead. But if we donate too much, won't we offend some people? After all, if they only donate a few million, won't it make them uncomfortable if we donate tens of millions?"

Zhou Le laughed: "What does it matter to us if they feel uncomfortable? If they think we've donated too much, they can donate more. I just feel that I earn so much money anyway, and I can't spend it all, so I might as well do good deeds."

We can't be afraid of others' suspicions and not even dare to do things like donating money and goods, right? What kind of logic is that? Remember this: do only what you are capable of. We can play around with abstract ideas, but we still need to be clear-headed when it comes to serious matters. If we have to consider other people's feelings even when doing good deeds, then what's the point of making money?
Those I'm close to wouldn't say anything about this. Even if they have some reservations, we can cooperate again later and let them make some money, then they won't have any more thoughts. (End of Chapter)