Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 136 Best Actor Preliminary Selection

That night, after Li Boda entered the dream world of [Tengu], he transformed into Homelander and, completely disregarding the plot, simply grabbed a gun and took care of the village bullies.

Although he was sentenced to death for intentional homicide after dealing with the bully.

But Li Boda himself didn't feel any regret at all.

After all, his cheat ability was meant to be enjoyed, not to be suffered, once it was activated.

Of course, the most important reason is that the living conditions and other aspects of the [Tengu] era were indeed not very good, so the sooner it ended, the less suffering there would be.

After waking up, Li Boda had gained some knowledge about firearms. He was quite familiar with weapons like rifles and even had developed a rather good marksmanship.

For Li Boda, this could be considered a small gain.

Meanwhile, many news outlets began reporting on the movie "The Dog," mainly praising Li Boda's acting skills.

Some reporters deliberately juxtaposed Li Boda's real-life appearance with the character of Li Tiangou in the movie, creating a stark contrast.

They praised Li Boda so much, saying that he was willing to sacrifice his image for filming.

People say things like Li Boda's acting is exceptionally good, a revolutionary performance, and so on.

Suddenly, praise for Li Boda's acting skills was everywhere, as if everyone wanted to make him a movie star.

In fact, the content reported in these news articles is indeed true. Li Boda's acting skills are indeed very impressive, and he did put in a lot of effort to make this movie.

However, there are other factors involved.

After the premiere of "The Dog" yesterday, Jiang Wenli made direct phone calls to some people to communicate with them.

Jiang Wenli played a role in pushing so many news reports about Li Boda's excellent acting skills to emerge all at once.

The purpose was to give Li Boda a boost, so that he would be qualified to compete for the Best Actor award.

If you only have one good movie to show for it, no matter how well or realistically you act, it's basically impossible to win Best Actor based on that alone.

Because the entertainment industry is a circle, and the performing arts circle is also a circle.

These three major domestic awards may sound authoritative, but there's a lot more to them than meets the eye.

An actor like Li Boda, who is young, doesn't have much of a backing or background, and is also very handsome, could never become a Best Actor.

Unless Li Boda perseveres year after year, accumulating experience and building up his reputation until he is over thirty, with a more weathered look on his face, and establishing certain relationships and connections within the industry, he will not have a real chance to become a Best Actor.

Now, with Jiang Wenli's help, Li Boda has been spared the next ten years of waiting to gain experience, giving him the opportunity to become a movie star.

Of course, even without Jiang Wenli, Li Boda could have pursued a different path if he wanted to become a Best Actor at a young age: making films with special themes. For example, Liu Ye starred alongside Hu Jun in the film "Lan Yu," where they even had some passionate scenes. They won awards for their work, with Hu Jun winning several Best Actor awards and Liu Ye becoming a Golden Horse Award Best Actor.

If Li Boda were to make a similar film, and while maintaining its quality, he would most likely win Best Actor awards at one or two major film festivals.

These are roughly the three ways to win awards in the film industry; to summarize them simply:

First, one must accumulate experience and build connections so that one can become a movie star in middle or even old age.

Secondly, like Li Boda now, one can star in an excellent film, showcasing their acting skills while also finding strong connections to help them.

Third, he could become a film emperor by starring in movies like "Lan Yu," which features two male or two female leads.

After learning about the help Jiang Wenli had given him, Li Boda began to devote himself to Jiang Wenli—well, he had already devoted himself to her for a long time.

In fact, besides Jiang Wenli, Gao Yuanyuan also helped Li Boda. She knew that Li Boda wanted to show off his acting skills and become a movie star. Although Gao Yuanyuan herself didn't have much power, the key was that she knew a lot of people, and many of them had quite a lot of connections.

Thus, with the combined efforts of Jiang Wenli and Gao Yuanyuan, Li Boda's chances of becoming a Best Actor were increasing.

Of course, whether he can become a Best Actor remains to be seen until next year.

The most important thing right now is still filming, continuing to film this movie, "Lost in Beijing".

On set, Li Boda carefully held a small baby.

This was borrowed specifically for filming.

That's right, it was borrowed on purpose; it's a real baby, not a fake toy.

The child's parents were on set, watching from the sidelines.

Except when Li Boda and Fan Bingbing were filming, the baby was always held by his biological mother or father. After filming continued for a while, Jiang Wenli eventually left the crew.

After all, although Jiang Wenli was the second female lead, she didn't have that many scenes. Even though the crew tried to film her scenes in a fragmented manner, they still managed to finish filming them.

After filming her scenes, Jiang Wenli could only leave the crew with some reluctance.

Before leaving, Jiang Wenli made a special trip to Li Boda, and left with a hearty meal. Even that night, Fan Bingbing was just an observer, and then incidentally acted as a pusher.

Anyway, when Jiang Wenli left, although she was reluctant to part with her, her complexion was very rosy and healthy, and she looked like she had become several years younger.

A few days after Jiang Wenli left the crew, Liang Jiahui's scenes were almost finished, and he flew directly back to Hong Kong.

As a Hong Kong actor, despite the declining market in Hong Kong, Leung Ka-fai still spends most of his time living in Hong Kong, except for occasional trips to the mainland for filming.

After Leung Ka-fai flew back to Hong Kong, the filming of "Lost in Beijing" was almost complete.

A few days later, the filming of "Lost in Beijing" came to an end.

"Stuck! Passed!"

"I hereby announce that filming for 【Lost in Beijing】has wrapped!!!"

With director Li Yu's announcement, filming wrapped, and many people cheered. Fan Bingbing joined in the cheers, but amidst the cheers, a hint of regret lingered in her eyes.

After all, she was genuinely happy during the filming of this movie. Although she even washed the feet of many people because of the plot, she still had a very 'fulfilling' day.

Filming is supposed to be tiring, but she hardly ever felt tired on this set.

Now that filming has wrapped, she and Li Boda will have to go their separate ways. Thinking about this, she feels even more reluctant to part ways. She even wishes that the film could have been shot for another month or even longer.

However, this kind of thing doesn't revolve around Fan Bingbing's will; once filming is over, it's over.

So at the wrap party, Fan Bingbing drank quite a bit and then started acting crazy in Li Boda's room...

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Less than three months after leaving, Li Boda returned to the set of "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng". He changed into white clothes again and picked up the black-scabbard sword again.

He transformed once again into the cold-blooded swordsman, Ximen Chuixue, whose heart was filled only with the sword.

Li Boda brandished his longsword, its blade flashing.

Although Li Boda's sword dance was very pleasing to the eye, onlookers always felt a chill, a coldness that made their bodies tremble. Li Boda's entire being, and even his sword dance, gave off a cold, sharp aura.

Whenever the director watched Li Boda film his sword-fighting scenes, he couldn't help but get excited, feeling that choosing Li Boda to play Ximen Chuixue was absolutely the right choice.

Li Boda isn't just playing Ximen Chuixue, he *is* Ximen Chuixue!
When casting the actor, they directly chose Ximen Chuixue himself.

Because he had been away for nearly three months, Li Boda's scenes became more concentrated and he had more screen time after returning to the crew, with several scenes almost every day.

However, this was a piece of cake for Li Boda. After all, for Li Boda, filming both dramatic and action scenes was very easy.

Dramatic scenes are usually filmed in one take. Even if reshoots are needed, it's not Li Boda's problem. The same goes for action scenes. No matter what moves the martial arts director designs, Li Boda can complete them with ease. No matter what effect the director wants, Li Boda can handle it with ease.

The filming went incredibly smoothly.

Later, a familiar face of Li Boda, Yan Kuan, who played Ye Gucheng, joined the crew of "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng".

Speaking of Yan Kuan, he helped Li Boda when Li Boda first entered the entertainment industry, and can be considered Li Boda's benefactor.

Back in the "Young Zhang Sanfeng" crew, Yan Kuan, for some reason, recommended Li Boda for the role of Zhang Cuishan. If it weren't for Zhang Weijian's interference, Li Boda might have gotten the role of Zhang Cuishan directly, although the probability was not high.

However, thanks to Yan Kuan, Li Boda got the role of Yu Daiyan, which allowed him to use the role to his advantage during his early filming career, and he also gained some benefits from it.

Therefore, Li Boda had a vivid memory of Yan Kuan.

However, Li Boda remembers Yan Kuan, but Yan Kuan may not remember Li Boda.

At least when Li Boda greeted Yan Kuan after he joined the crew, Yan Kuan's handsome eyes showed confusion, as if he didn't understand why Li Boda's greeting to him was so friendly.

That's right. Back then, Li Boda was just an extra in the crew. Although he helped Li Boda get a role, he had long forgotten about it and didn't take it to heart at all.

(End of this chapter)