Abstract Art Award Winner

Zhao Liying is more than qualified to say this, after all, she has been constantly criticized since she first became popular. Although she has become more and more popular, even getting married and having a child in between has not stopped her from becoming a top star.

But how could anyone who becomes famous, especially someone in the entertainment industry, not have some scandals?
Audiences are naturally curious, and after learning some information, especially insider information about celebrities, they tend to subconsciously choose to believe it, and this belief is correct at least 90% of the time.

Perhaps only the remaining 10% are rumors.

After all, while brokerage firms sometimes collaborate, they are more often competitors.

"Okay, I'll be more careful, thank you, sis."

The Golden Eagle Awards are among the most authoritative and prestigious awards for television dramas in China, and the Golden Eagle is also a brand under Hunan TV.

Therefore, it can be considered an official award.

While the Ueto Magnolia Award is slightly less prestigious, it is still considered one of the top three television awards in China.

"However, I was relatively lucky to return to Hunan, but I secretly asked around this year and found out that I won't be able to win any big prizes."

"Sis, what kind of award do you think you'll win?"

Zhao Liying looked around before finally turning back to Zhou Le: "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else, lest someone spread rumors and I only get the Popularity Award for Actress this time."

Zhou Le exclaimed in surprise, "As expected of my Sister Zhao, she's too arrogant. This year, the Golden Eagle Awards only give eight awards to individuals, and only four to actors. Aside from the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, isn't this the popularity award?"

Besides, you've won so many acting awards before, so your acting skills are beyond question. But for you right now, popularity should be the most important thing.

"Absolutely! I know my own strength and the outside world knows it too, but my popularity is not enough. People will think I'm finished. And popularity is something that if I drop even a little, there will be plenty of people who will smell it and try all sorts of ways to bring me down."

Zhou Le gave Zhao Liying a deep look: "Sister, I've noticed that you're really good at speaking now, and you really don't treat me like an outsider."

"Hahaha." Zhao Liying laughed so hard she almost fell over. "How could I treat you like an outsider? Don't you remember we even filmed a kissing scene? Others might use camera tricks or something, but ours was a real kiss. With that kind of relationship, how could I possibly treat you like an outsider?"

Zhou Le didn't expect Zhao Liying to say these things, but after thinking about it, it was perfectly normal for her to say such things to him given her current status.

Although they are currently married, Zhou Le feels that given their relationship and the true purpose of their marriage, it probably won't last long and they will likely separate soon.

This isn't based on superstition. After all, the longer you're in this circle, the higher your status becomes, and the more people you know. You'll inevitably get some inside information that others don't.

"It has to be my sister Zhao. We've kissed, sister Zhao. If you ever need my help, just let me know."

"Great, I'm relieved to hear that."

Actually, Zhou Le thinks Zhao Liying is quite pretty. Although her looks don't have the same strong aggressiveness and impact as some other female celebrities, Zhao Liying is the kind of person whose beauty grows on you.

They chatted for a while and then parted ways, because they had to walk the red carpet that evening to attend the Golden Eagle Awards ceremony.

As mentioned before, there are only eight individual awards in total, which to some extent illustrates the prestige of the awards.

Otherwise, awards like the Tencent and iQiyi Star Awards or audiovisual conferences, which have twenty or thirty awards in total, can be counted as awards just by adding a title. Basically, any artist from their own company who can make a name for themselves can get one.

That's how the gold content is determined.

"Actually, I think your main focus right now is to build your reputation. Once you've built up enough fame, everyone will have to share their cake with you. After that, you can try to act in more serious dramas, which are actually for winning awards."

Hearing Zhao Liying's words, Zhou Le nodded: "Yes, and it's not just for winning awards. If you want to get a position within the system and then continue to move up, these serious dramas are also very representative and valuable."

"Yes."

After arriving at the hotel, they parted ways completely, with Tian Xiwei standing next to Zhou Le.

She didn't hear some of what they said during dinner, but she did hear what they talked about in the car later.

"Brother Le, to be honest, do you think I should try to get into the system?"

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "I don't really recommend it. If you really want to leave, you can try to join a drama theater later. Besides, the purpose of going to the drama theater is to improve your acting skills."

There's no need to climb the ladder. For now, you're still working for me. But if you ever become a top star—the kind that's unique and irreplaceable—I'd suggest you start your own studio and become relatively independent.

"Ah, Brother Le, I feel that things are pretty good right now. Besides, didn't you say before that you wanted to change the profit-sharing ratio for all of us? Anyway, there are many expenses to incur if we go out and work on our own, so it's probably about the same no matter how you calculate it."

“That’s definitely different. Independence has its advantages, and even if you go independent in the future, if there are suitable roles or dramas for you, I will definitely help you get them.”

"Brother Le, that's not what I meant. Oh well, it's no use talking about this now. Anyway, I still want to be with you. Let's go, aren't we going to walk the red carpet this afternoon? Even if we don't win an award this time, getting a nomination shouldn't be a problem."

As she spoke, she leaned close to Zhou Le's ear, glancing around to make sure no one was watching, and whispered, "But we can still start one more time before we begin."

Zhou Le is a man of action; he never procrastinates.

……

Having not seen each other for a long time, they now expressed their longing for one another.

The words that were left unsaid during the day due to interruptions from others are now being freely expressed.

Soon the two began talking face to face again, looking at each other's faces wet with water droplets, which not only added to the sensuality, but also made their hearts stick together through the mist.

"Brother Le, I have to admit you've got some skills."

Hearing the other person's praise, Zhou Le laughed and said, "Not bad, not bad either. It was truly a thrilling and fateful duel."

"Of course! I'm a soldier you trained, how could I be bad?" Zhou Le genuinely felt that I was quite capable.

At the same time, I was also thinking that this trip was definitely worthwhile; I don't know how stifled I would have been if I had stayed on set.

It's true that people always need to get out and about, no matter what.

Putting everything else aside, just being able to see old friends makes me feel much better.

Immediately afterward, Xiaotian returned to her room after tidying up, preparing to put on makeup and change clothes to attend the Golden Eagle Awards.

Just like Zhou Le has done at every film festival before, Tian Xiwei is here now partly to try and win an award, but that's not the main reason. How the awards are divided depends on both the outcome of the game between the parties and the actual ability. But both the game and the ability are indispensable.

Therefore, while Zhou Le could go up for such an award, Tian Xiwei naturally couldn't.

Moreover, Tian Xiwei's previous works are not really suitable for winning this award, unless she plays the lead role in a drama like "Nothing But Thirty", "Like a Flowing River", "The Story of Ming Lan" or a similar realistic drama, in which case she might have a chance.

After arriving at the venue, they chatted with some acquaintances outside, especially with He Jiong.

Zhou Le no longer needs to actively appear on variety shows to gain exposure, but Tian Xiwei still does.

He Jiong has abundant resources in this area; he can arrange things for even a nobody, let alone a breakout leading lady like Tian Xiwei.

At this critical juncture, any resources provided by anyone will be amplified infinitely by Tian Xiwei. Therefore, this is not just an investment, because using Tian Xiwei can also bring huge traffic benefits and exposure to oneself. So it is a mutually beneficial thing.

However, some smaller production teams or those who are not yet famous enough no longer have the ability to reach Tian Xiwei, and Tian Xiwei will no longer go on variety shows specifically created to promote newcomers.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye out for it. If there's a suitable variety show for Xiaotian, I'll have them contact you as soon as possible. We'll come if we have time, and if not, we'll keep looking."

"Thank you, Teacher He."

Standing next to Zhou Le, Tian Xiwei also thanked him sweetly.

After finishing his conversation outside, Zhou Le added many people on WeChat, mainly older creators.

These screenwriters are all established figures.

In the past, Zhou Lejia mainly worked with actors and directors, and didn't know much about screenwriting. But now that he's started making movies, he's realized the importance of screenwriting.

After everything was added, Zhou Le entered the venue and took a seat in the middle of the second row.

Tian Xiwei was in the third row. Although she wasn't right next to me, I could see her with just a turn of my head, and we could chat for a bit even with people between us.

The awards ceremony began shortly afterward. The first award presented by the Golden Eagle Awards was for Best Television Series. There weren't many nominees, and the award was ultimately given to "Diplomatic Situation".

In a sense, these awards also represent the will of certain countries.

For example, awarding an award to "Diplomatic Situation" may indicate that the country is going to focus its efforts on diplomacy and shift its focus slightly in this area.

Next up are outstanding TV dramas, with a total of more than thirty nominated.

It basically includes all the commercial films that were released before that you could name, as well as those patriotic films.

But most of them are just there to make up the numbers, just to be listed. After all, there are phenomenal works and revolutionary dramas, and it wouldn't be right to leave out either. So they're all listed, and in the end, only seven can be selected.

Among them, "Like a Flowing River," which won the Five-One Project Award, will definitely be selected. In addition, phenomenal works such as "All Is Well" and "A Little Reunion" are also shortlisted.

But ever since "Like a Flowing River" came out, Zhou Le knew that the biggest winner this year should still be "Like a Flowing River".

Because no matter what, "Like a Flowing River" won five awards.

As expected, Kong Sheng won Best Director, and Zhou Le won Best Actor, the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor. However, in exchange, the Best Actress award naturally couldn't go to anyone from the "Like a Flowing River" cast, and it ended up going to Zhao Liying.

Zhou Le was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhao Liying go on stage to accept the award.

It wasn't until the other person came down with the trophy that Zhou Le asked curiously, "Wasn't it supposed to be a popularity award? How did it become a TV Queen award?"

Zhao Liying was also a little confused. After a while, she gave a more reasonable explanation: "It should be the result of weighing the pros and cons. Actually, I could have won this award, Teacher Tao Hong could have won it, Teacher Jiang Wenli could have won it, but I guess I won it because I am closer to this side, and the results of 'The Story of Minglan' were also quite good."

Anyway, it's normal to change the roster at the last minute like this.

With these changes to the list, Zhou Le then looked at the upcoming awards for Most Popular Actor, which included Ren Jialun, Wang Yibo, Yi Yangqianxi, Zhang Yixing, and Zhu Yilong.

The entire group consisted of popular celebrities, making it a case of choosing the tallest among the short. But just when Zhou Le thought the award would be chosen from Zhu Yilong or Yi Yangqianxi, it was ultimately awarded to Wang Yibo.

Fight.

When Zhou Le saw Wang Yibo go on stage, he realized that this award was the popularity award. Although Yi Yangqianxi and Zhang Yixing are also top stars, they are still much worse than Wang Yibo in terms of data.

Then, when it came to the actresses most loved by the audience, Song Qian, Sun Li, Tan Songyun, Yang Mi, and Tian Xiwei were all selected.

Judging from Wang Yibo's award presentation, it seems that the award was decided by audience votes. However, the voting period ends just before the awards ceremony begins, meaning everyone can showcase their talents before that.

Finally, after reading out all the nominees.

Host He Jiong announced that Tian Xiwei had won the Audience's Favorite Actress Award.

Not only was Zhou Le stunned, but Tian Xiwei was also taken aback. (End of Chapter)