Abstract Art Award Winner

What kind of image can a rapper have?
Especially before he came to the ground in 17.

People used to diss each other, insult each other, and even challenge each other to fights. It was only later, when iQiyi expanded its market through Wu Yifan, that everyone had a share, and some of the successful people started to cherish their reputations.

Ty is one of the most typical examples. Some of his early songs were often called telegram rap. Although Huang Zitao laughed when he said this, it was a mix of mockery and a way of showing generosity and livening up the atmosphere.

After he finished introducing himself and went inside, another person named Nachiov came in. Zhou Le knew quite a bit about Nachiov because he and Air were both from XJ, so they naturally knew each other's names.

But after watching for a while, Zhou Le went to the back to rest, since there weren't any particularly familiar people coming over.

Once the contestants had successfully entered the venue and the first round of the creative competition had begun, Zhou Le went straight to chat with Huang Zitao and Ma Siwei.

Speaking of Ma Siwei, Zhou Le didn't know much about his songs, but he did know the song "Laoshan Taoist".

Although it samples classic parts, the song is indeed very well made.

Unfortunately, due to certain lines in the song, it has not been able to be officially released on legitimate music platforms, and we can only find some uploads by fans.

"Brother Tao, were you really indifferent to that 'Super Overlord' thing back then?"

After chatting for a while, Zhou Le suddenly asked a question.

"Ha, why should I pay attention to them? Those kinds of people are just looking for attention. If I even reply to one word, it's like they're profiting. Would I do something like that? Let them release a song to diss me and gain some traffic for no reason, and then I go back and give them some traffic in return?"

Although the other party said they didn't care and didn't want to pay attention, Zhou Le could still tell from their tone that Huang Zitao actually cared a lot about these things.

But Zhou Le didn't ask any further questions.

After that, the recording proceeded according to the normal program schedule. After the first day of competition, Zhou Le finally appeared and explained some of the competition rules to them.

Finally, he gave Zhou Le another word of encouragement, and the cheers from the audience were still very loud when Zhou Le came on stage.

After all, he's handsome and a celebrity in the film and television industry.

More importantly, Zhou Le has also released rap songs.

They continued recording the next day.

The photography team has many people, and they have been assigned to each contestant to follow and film them. Later, some interesting clips will be selected and included in the final cut.

Zhou Le had nothing to do, so he didn't get up until nine o'clock. He slowly washed up, changed his clothes, and then went to the production team to prepare for makeup and appearing on camera.

Zhou Le didn't have much to do today. He just went on stage to give a speech, said a few words, and that was it, just like before.

After finishing the recording here, Zhou Le immediately headed to the film set.

Zhou Le plans to finish filming "Love and Redemption" in one go after he goes back this time, and then do other things.

Just a few days after returning to the film crew, Zhou Le received a call from Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou's recent works are not as good as before. Although they have artistic merit, they are not as good as before. However, he did not speak first, but asked the other party about the purpose of the call.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Le learned that Zhang Yimou was planning to make a spy film.

This suddenly piqued Zhou Le's interest, who hadn't been particularly interested.

"Yes, I can do spy movies, Director Zhang. I was so envious when I watched 'Lurking' before, and I thought I would like to make a spy movie someday. I remember my dad loved watching spy movies when I was a child, and I often watched them with him."

"Haha, why don't you give it a try? I think you're quite suitable for the male lead role, but we'll have to see the actual filming to know for sure. How about it? Come over sometime, let's sit down and chat?"

Zhou Le immediately said no problem, and then arranged to meet the other party a week later.

But this trip is just for an audition, so a day off is enough. Go there the night before, have the audition during the day, have dinner afterwards, and then fly back in the evening.

A day's work won't cause much trouble.

Days passed by, but the day before Zhou Le was to return to Beijing, Zhou Ye suddenly came to visit the set.

"What brings you here? I remember you were attending a film festival in Hong Kong."

"Hey, I just finished up with my work over there and came right over here. Brother Lok, I have some good news for you. I won Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards!"

Zhou Le: "???"

Is it a nomination?

"It wasn't a nomination, it was a real award, and the trophy is still in my suitcase!"

"Congratulations! This is your first major award. The Best Supporting Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards is quite impressive. Actually, I've always wanted to attend film festivals there and get to know the veteran actors and directors from Hong Kong. But my films don't usually feature many Hong Kong actors or directors. Otherwise, I would definitely want to experience the atmosphere on their film sets."

"There are indeed many rules, but I heard from them that things are much better now. After all, you know what Hong Kong used to be like."

But the director of the film I made, *Better Days*, is from Hong Kong, so going to the Hong Kong Film Awards felt like coming home for him.

"Great, great. I'll share this with the group later so they can all see it."

After chatting for a while, Zhou Le thought about it again.

"What about the others? I remember Zhou Dongyu and Yi Yangqianxi were also from your crew, weren't they?"

"Zhou Dongyu won Best Actress, but because this film won too many awards, there were only nineteen awards in total throughout the entire film festival, and 'Better Days' alone won eight."

In addition, Yi Yangqianxi is indeed a newcomer, so he was not awarded the Best Actor award, but the Best New Actor award was given to him instead. However, it is almost the same, as its importance is second only to the Best Supporting Actress award.

Of course, this is only because there were no seats available. If there were seats, he could definitely keep taking more.

"It's normal that there are no seats available. After all, not all film festivals are platforms like Tencent and iQiyi, which can easily create any kind of award they want."

When Zhou Ye mentioned Zhou Dongyu and Yi Yangqianxi, he added, "I even chatted with them back then. During the chat, Yi Yangqianxi told Zhou Dongyu that some of his fans might not be rational enough."

Although the initial contract stipulated that Zhou Dongyu would be the lead actress and Yi Yangqianxi the second lead actress, and the two appeared on the poster as equals.

But Zhou Dongyu's experience speaks for itself. Although she's not a big star, she's a regular at various awards and her debut was her peak.

But Yi Yangqianxi himself knows what kind of fans he has, and there will always be people who care about his position.

There might be some arguments, but he will try his best to speak on behalf of the studio, saying things like "Zhou Dongyu's acting is very good."

"He's very smart and has foreseen this." Zhou Le had always felt that Yi Yangqianxi was indeed quite suitable for this kind of role. Although his appearance wasn't considered good, he at least had strong features and was tall, making him suitable for playing characters with complex or profound backgrounds.

"However, I feel that you were the most talked about in that movie. Although they carried the box office, you also had a lot of buzz. I remember that the most talked about in your movie were Zhou Dongyu and you, but Zhou Dongyu had a lot of negative rumors because of the shaved head incident. You just played your role in the movie so well."

Zhou Ye said she was quite satisfied with her role. After all, although playing a villainous woman had some impact on her personal image, there have always been many actresses who only play villains. Although it might be a little less appealing now, as time goes on, these controversies about the role will gradually turn into positive reviews.

"So, I think you're particularly suited to playing this kind of villainous character. Not to mention them, even when I was in school, if I had a classmate like you, I probably wouldn't dare to bump into you. I would have to take a detour."

"Brother Le, I'm not that fierce. I think I'm fine."

Zhou Le: "."

"Stop talking, the more you talk, the more scared I get."

Regardless, Zhou Ye did indeed win the prestigious Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for this film.

"Sigh, I'll find you some better roles later, or you can tell me if there are any works you like. We can do what we can ourselves."

“Okay, Brother Le, but I’m a little reluctant to just make movies.”

“It’s okay. You have acting skills. You can act in TV dramas if you want. After all, it’s not easy to find a suitable role in a movie.”

"Okay, I'll go back and take a look."

Actually, everyone in the company was quite envious of Tian Xiwei, and after buying "Love and Redemption", Zhou Le also told them that they could develop their own works if they had suitable ones.

Zhou Ye stayed here for a day before leaving. She had a lot of work lately. Su Yingxia knew that Zhou Ye was the most popular actress in the studio, so she helped her find a lot of resources, including various movies and TV series.

After returning, Zhou Ye had to immediately join the next film crew to continue filming.

And the days became more and more boring.

At first, Zhou Le felt very excited when filming period dramas, but as the series progressed, he started to find it a bit boring. It was all the same old formula of tragic love stories.

This made Zhou Le start to miss the days when he was seriously making movies.

Fortunately, the week passed quickly.

After Zhou Le made the arrangements, he went to Beijing the night before.

Upon arrival, no one informed him. He went straight home for the night and then went to the theater early the next morning. Naturally, Zhang Yimou's audition location was different from others.

Other actors might be in hotels or guesthouses, but Zhang Yi always stayed in the theater.

Zhou Le saw many familiar faces at the event, including Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Zhang Jiayi, Lei Jiayin, Ni Dahong, and others.

These veteran actors were all there to audition, and some of them were even competitors.

For example, Zhou Le and Zhang Yi.

However, since the two knew each other before and had a good relationship, they greeted each other warmly after meeting.

“I had heard before that Director Zhang planned to use more actors from the North this time, since the filming will be in the Northeast, so it would be better to use actors from the North.”

"Yes, Director Zhang is really good at these details. In fact, what I admire most is his use of camera angles and color."

Indeed, art is art.

But as they chatted, Zhang Yi brought up the topic of the male lead.

"But speaking of which, you should be the male lead, right? After all, with your looks, if you don't get the male lead role, you can only be relegated to a very low-ranking position."

"Yes, we're actually competitors."

"Haha, who says otherwise? But I think we should just rely on our own abilities. Whoever performs better will go in. That's what I've always looked at. If someone is less skilled, they are less skilled, and there's nothing to say about it. I just hope this doesn't affect our relationship."

Zhou Le laughed as he listened: "Brother, I'm not that petty. Besides, when it comes to acting skills, I still have a lot to learn from you."

"Haha, let's learn from each other, but to be honest, I don't think I have much of a chance of being selected. If you weren't here, I would be quite confident, but you're a bit of an oddball."

"Brother, the more you talk, the more I sound like a monster. Aren't I perfectly normal?"

"That's true, but how should I put it, it's hard to say. If you get selected, remember to treat me to a meal. I heard people say that you like to freeload off others, but this time we agreed that whoever gets selected will treat."

"No problem, it's just a meal."

Although there were many big names present, Zhang Yimou was clearly the most prominent, so everything had to be done according to Zhang Yimou's rules.

Auditions are conducted according to the importance of the roles.

Therefore, Zhang Yi was the first one to be called in.

Zhang Yi stayed inside for about ten minutes before coming out.

"Go in, Le'er, it's your turn. Do your best."

"Okay, brother."

After Zhou Le went inside, he saw Zhang Yimou again.

"Hello Director Zhang, I'm Zhou Le."

Listening to Zhou Le's self-introduction, Zhang Yi waved his hand: "There's no need to say anything. We know each other well. I also know which dramas you've acted in before. The reason I invited you this time is because I value your acting skills and image."

How about we start with a performance?

"no problem."

Zhou Le excels at portraying the stories of the actors themselves. As an actor who specializes in playing life roles in movies, and who also comes from an extra's background, having previously done many other jobs in society, he has a very good grasp of various roles.

However, it is a little difficult to perform on the spot for a role that has never been played before. Zhou Le felt that he could definitely do it based on his understanding, but Zhang Yi was the same. So after thinking about it, he finally decided to use the method of summoning the gods.

After receiving the script, he quickly memorized the character's essence within a few minutes of reading it, and then, as if by magic, summoned the character himself onto the scene. (End of Chapter)