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

Chapter 143 Best Actor Nomination
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, many media outlets online began reporting extensively on everything related to the Spring Festival Gala.

Although the most discussed programs are still language-based programs, such as sketches.

However, Li Boda and Zeng Li's "Wujiapo" still gained some popularity.

It was during this Spring Festival Gala that Li Boda officially entered the public eye of almost half of the Chinese people, further boosting his popularity.

After all, there is a significant difference between appearing on the Spring Festival Gala and not appearing on it.

Meanwhile, many television stations began to repeatedly rebroadcast the Spring Festival Gala.

Li Boda and Zeng Li's "Wujiapo" also began to appear frequently on television, which can be considered a form of brainwashing.

At least many people, when they have nothing to do, will hum a couple of lines of "Ah~~~ my wife, Wang Baochuan".

Even some people who found "Wu Jiping" quite interesting inquired whether Li Boda and Zeng Li had any other songs.

So, Li Boda received another wave of invitations from music companies, offering to release albums and records for him, but Li Boda still refused as before, mainly because he wasn't interested.

When Li Boda returned to Shanghai, he learned that his performance fee had been raised once again.

Especially during the Chinese New Year period, some people even offered 300,000 to 500,000 yuan to have Li Boda perform "Wujiapo" on the Spring Festival Gala.

Li Boda was somewhat surprised when he heard the price.

He never expected that the biggest benefit of appearing on the Spring Festival Gala would be this!

So Li Boda stopped resting and started running!
A commercial performance can earn three to five hundred thousand. Damn it, if he just puts in a little effort and does a few more shows a day, the money in his bank account will probably double in no time!

Xiao Yuan, the assistant who was originally given a vacation to go home, was also called back overnight, as was the driver.

This time, Tangren even arranged two drivers for Li Boda.

The main reason is that last year, Hu Ge, whom Cai Yinong favored and took the best care of at Tangren, got into trouble.

The driver was fatigued and caused a car accident.

The driver died on the spot, and Hu Ge was also sent to the hospital with facial injuries. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious, leaving only a scar behind her eye.

Tsai Yi-nong truly cherished Hu Ge; the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," which was in progress, was halted entirely because of Hu Ge's accident.

When Li Boda heard that Cai Yinong had stopped filming immediately after Hu Ge's incident and didn't plan to replace her with someone else to play the role of Guo Jing, Li Boda's first reaction was not to be moved, nor was it to be moved by how much Tangren Media valued Hu Ge.

Li Boda's first reaction was—this Hu Ge definitely has something going on with Cai Yinong!!!
Outsiders may not know, but as someone in the industry, Li Boda knows how much money a film crew wastes if they stop filming for a day!
The entire crew stopped filming to wait for Hu Ge to cause injury before resuming shooting!

This delay alone will cost at least several million more for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!

If you say that Hu Ge and Cai Yinong have no special relationship, Li Boda would never believe it even if you beat him to death!

Keep in mind that this was several million in 2006, not several million in 2026!
In 2006, a few million yuan was enough to make a TV series. In 2006, you couldn't even think about making a TV series without several hundred million yuan.

So the price is so high, such a high price, just because of simply waiting for Hu Ge, and there's nothing else involved? Li Boda would never believe it, not even if you beat him to death.

However, Hu Ge's incident served as a reminder to Tangren Media, so Tangren immediately arranged two drivers for Li Boda to take turns driving and resting, ensuring that the drivers would not experience fatigue.

So, Li Boda started running around everywhere.

When there are family gatherings, Li Boda used to sing a song called "Wujiapo".

For those celebrating the Lunar New Year, Li Boda would sing "Wujiapo".

For those who get married during the Lunar New Year, Li Boda would still go and offer a song called "Wujiapo".

Later, restaurants, hotels, shops, and so on opened.

When he was busy, Li Boda had to make ten trips a day.

One transaction could be worth three to five hundred thousand, and ten transactions could amount to three to five million. Even if a portion was given to the company, it would still end up in Li Boda's hands, amounting to several million.

And this didn't just last one day.

Li Boda kept accepting commercial performances and traveling around for almost a month before the hype surrounding his performance of "Wujiapo" on the Spring Festival Gala subsided, and his commercial performance fees also began to decline.

At this point, Li Boda finally stopped his commercial performances, but in less than a month, he earned tens of millions of yuan.

In less than a month, Li Boda was running around day and night, singing during the day and singing at night. Li Boda's physique didn't seem to get tired; at most, he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit every time he sang "Wujiapo". As for Li Boda's assistant, Xiaoyuan, she lost more than 20 pounds in less than a month, and her slightly plump figure became a slender young girl.

As for the two drivers the company assigned to Li Boda, they both had noticeable dark circles under their eyes.

It's fortunate that the company arranged two, otherwise the driver really wouldn't have been able to handle it.

When the commercial performance ended, both the assistant Xiaoyuan and the two drivers breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing they would definitely go back and get a good night's sleep for three days and three nights.

Li Boda, on the other hand, was still somewhat reluctant to part with it.

The main thing is that this thing makes money way too fast!

In just one month, Li Boda earned more money than he had earned in the previous few years before entering the entertainment industry, and several times more.

It was only because Li Boda appeared on the Spring Festival Gala that he had such a great opportunity.

If he hadn't performed on the Spring Festival Gala, even if he did commercial performances, he definitely wouldn't have received such a high price. Under normal circumstances, Li Boda's commercial performances would only fetch around 100,000 yuan at most.

This shows that the Spring Festival Gala truly has tremendous power.

Fortunately, Li Boda did not waste the benefits brought to him by the Spring Festival Gala and made a fortune.

The only thing that pained Li Boda was that he had to give away his earnings to the company and pay taxes after running around day and night for commercial performances!
Fortunately, Li Boda earned his money nominally under the name of his studio, so he didn't need to pay 45% tax at all. In fact, after a series of transactions, he could pay less than 10% of the money, which saved him a lot of money.

While Li Boda made a fortune by taking advantage of the Spring Festival Gala, another good thing also fell on his head.

"Boda, I've already got it all sorted out for you. You've been nominated for Best Actor at the 7th Chinese Film Media Awards, you're ready to win. Just wait to become the Best Actor!" Jiang Wenli called Li Boda.

Li Boda was overjoyed to hear the good news from Jiang Wenli. "A movie star!"
He finally got it. Now, when he's filming, there will never be a situation where the director or crew thinks his acting skills are lacking or that he can't handle any role.

"Sister Wenli, thank you so much."

"So how are you going to thank me? You're not just going to say it, are you?" Jiang Wenli asked with a smile.

"Of course, it's not enough to just talk about it; we have to put it into action. Where is Sister Wenli now? I want to thank you in person." Li Boda's tone was particularly sincere.

"I knew you were a grateful person, Boda. So, to make you even more grateful, I came all the way to Shanghai. XX Hotel, Room OO, see you tonight."

OK! See you tonight!

That evening, Li Boda arrived at the room Jiang Wenli had booked and then went out of his way to repay her kindness, much to Jiang Wenli's dismay.

"Boda, don't worry. Your performance in 'The Dog' was so outstanding, and with my support, you definitely won't just win one award." Afterwards, Jiang Wenli patted her chest and assured Li Boda.

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After repaying his debt of gratitude for three days, Li Boda left Shanghai with Jiang Wenli. The two of them flew directly to Berlin.

Because the film "Apple" will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival!
Yes, it's an apple.

The movie was originally titled "Lost in Beijing," but the higher-ups didn't like the name. They disliked associating "lost" with "Beijing." In the end, the movie title had to be changed to "Apple," since the female lead's name was Liu Apple.

When Fan Bingbing saw Li Boda and Jiang Wenli arrive in Berlin together, her eyes held a hint of ambiguity, as if she had already figured out why the two had come together.

However, neither Jiang Wenli nor Li Boda were thick-skinned enough to care about Fan Bingbing's gaze at all.

In reality, normally Li Boda, Jiang Wenli, and Fan Bingbing should have come to Berlin together. However, Fan Bingbing and Jiang Wenli had communicated in advance, so Fan Bingbing arrived early to give Li Boda and Jiang Wenli enough time and space to repay their kindness.

Fan Bingbing's actions made Jiang Wenli particularly happy, and Jiang Wenli even began to regard Fan Bingbing as her good sister and best friend.

As a result, Fan Bingbing gained Jiang Wenli's support, and her relationship with the Northwest Circle became even closer.

Fan Bingbing certainly felt it was a pity to give such a young, handsome, and physically strong man like Li Boda to Jiang Wenli.

But when she thought about her established personal studio, she felt it was all worthwhile. Fan Bingbing was truly ambitious in her career, so everything else could take a backseat to her career.

This was Li Boda's first time in Berlin, and he certainly broadened his horizons, as the streets were filled with all sorts of foreigners.

At the same time, Li Boda also discovered that in Berlin, many films are just like Apple, containing various scenes of men and women, some even directly facing each other, which could be used to compete in the action film market in small countries, yet they can be openly shown in Berlin.

(End of this chapter)