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

Chapter 149 Art Films

After the 7th Chinese Film Media Awards, Li Boda originally planned to fly directly back to Beijing to continue filming.

However, he was stopped by Ning Hao and his group.

The main reason is that the "Crazy Stone" crew really benefited this time. Ning Hao won the Best Director Award, the film won the Best Film Award, and even Huang Bo won the Best Supporting Actor Award. Everyone was extremely happy.

Although Li Boda won the Best Actor award for "The Dog" this time, becoming a film emperor.

However, Li Boda was still one of the investors in the movie "Crazy Stone". The movie was a great success, and Ning Hao and Huang Bo wanted to have a good celebration with Li Boda.

Everyone was so happy, and Ning Hao was indeed a capable director, so Li Boda, wanting to maintain a good relationship, decided to skip the celebration and return to Beijing the next day.

However, when Li Boda joined Ning Hao and Huang Bo in their celebration, he discovered that their way of celebrating was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Brother Da, come on, you're a big contributor to our crew, you choose first, one or two is fine." Ning Hao chuckled and pointed to the row of women standing in front of him.

"..." Li Boda glanced at Ning Hao, whose smile was somewhat lewd, then looked at Huang Bo, whose smile was even more obscene.

They were not at all averse to this period, and even seemed to have gotten used to it. Li Boda simply pointed to the most beautiful woman in the group.

Seeing this, the woman smiled broadly and quickly moved closer to Li Boda, plopped down, and tried to squeeze into his arms.

After all, among the men like Li Boda, Li Boda was the most handsome. The others were not good-looking at all, especially Huang Bo. Women would find his face disgusting. So it was really lucky that he was chosen by Li Boda.

The other women all cast envious glances at the woman chosen by Li Boda.

Ning Hao and Huang Bo followed suit and chose one as well.

Especially Huang Bo. Despite his unattractive appearance, he was far more skilled than Ning Hao. He immediately embraced the woman he chose, and his hands began to slide upwards. (Having watched many videos exposing the dark side of the entertainment industry, it seems only Wang Baoqiang managed to keep his distance when it comes to women. Huang Bo—tsk, let's not talk about him. Those who know, know.)
Compared to Ning Hao and Huang Bo, Li Boda seemed more honest, holding the woman's waist and then requesting a song to sing.

It wasn't that Li Boda was particularly virtuous, it's just that he found these women somewhat unappealing.

After all, Li Boda had ambiguous relationships with so many beautiful actresses, so his standards had long been raised. He didn't have the appetite for women who frequented places like KTVs and nightclubs.

He slept alone that night, and the next day, Li Boda boarded a plane early and flew back to Beijing.

As for Ning Hao and Huang Bo, who knows how many takeout meals they ordered yesterday? Who knows when they'll wake up?

When Li Boda returned to the set of "Magic Phone", he was greeted with enthusiastic applause.

"Congratulations, congratulations Li Boda, you've become a Best Actor! Congratulations!"

Congratulations to Best Actor Li.

"Hello, Best Actor!"

"congratulations!"

Hearing the congratulations from everyone in the crew, Li Boda couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

After all, the title of Best Actor is something many people aspire to. Although he is not a triple Golden Horse Award winner, it is still considered very prestigious.

In fact, there have been many news reports about Li Boda becoming a film emperor in newspapers, magazines, and online.

After Li Boda became a film emperor, he received a large number of film offers.

In other words, Li Boda officially entered the film industry from that point on.

Many of the scripts that Li Boda handed over were for art films.

After all, Li Boda became a film emperor with the art film "The Dog", so many people subconsciously want Li Boda to star in art films, which is a preconceived notion.

However, many art films, how should I put it, are stories that are just a pile of all sorts of pretentious, struggling, and messy things.

As a result, many scripts are written in a mess, completely chaotic and incomprehensible.

Putting aside the fact that Li Boda wasn't particularly fond of art films, he didn't film "The Dog" because he liked it; he only did it because he wanted to win an award. That's why he tried every means to get a role in "The Dog." Now that he's become a film emperor and proven his acting skills, Li Boda would rather avoid art films altogether.

Unless the role is the type that Li Boda prefers, such as a talented director, a talented singer, or a boss or CEO.

Otherwise, Li Boda would never have bothered with art films again.

The main problem is the messy attitudes towards life and the affected mentality portrayed in art films; it's really disgusting.

However, although Li Boda didn't particularly like art films, and even didn't want to act in them anymore, he still hesitated about one particular offer from these art film scripts. The script handed to Li Boda was Gu Changwei's "Li Chun" (The Beginning of Spring).

Gu Changwei is Jiang Wenli's husband!

Jiang Wenli played a significant role in Li Boda's winning the Best Actor award. Through her connections and influence in the Northwest region, and with Jiang Wenli's support, Li Boda was able to secure the award for his outstanding performance.

Otherwise, no matter how well Li Boda acted, he would never have become a movie star.

Therefore, the script for "The Beginning of Spring" really left Li Boda unsure of what to choose.

A very traditional, very formal art film.

It tells a story intertwined with dreams, freedom, deception, betrayal, and so on.

The characters in the script are all so enviable, and so extreme.

She has a naturally beautiful voice and loves opera heroines. Her relationships with several men are messy; those who like her, she doesn't like, and those she likes, others don't like her. Unable to achieve her dreams or find love, she's in despair and contemplates suicide. Then she meets a woman who is incredibly dedicated to music, has no moral boundaries in pursuit of her dreams, and deceives the heroine in various ways.

This is such a typical art film; if it weren't for the fact that the director was Gu Changwei, Li Boda would have really overlooked it.

Moreover, Li Boda didn't know whether Jiang Wenli had asked him to hand over the script when Gu Changwei did, or whether it was his own idea, or whether Jiang Wenli supported it or what her attitude was.

Li Boda was unaware of any of these things.

Finally, Li Boda decided to call Jiang Wenli and ask her what she meant.

If Jiang Wenli wanted to collaborate with Li Boda, then Li Boda would naturally not refuse, even if he didn't particularly like the script.

"Boda? What a rare guest! Why did you call me on your own initiative?" Jiang Wenli said in a slightly teasing tone.

"Sister Wenli, look at what you're saying. I was just worried about bothering you. If I wasn't worried about bothering you, I would love to stay in touch with you 24 hours a day."

"Hehehe, I know you're lying, but I love hearing it! Tell me, what's going on? Why did you suddenly call me?"

"Sister Wenli, it's like this, I've received a script—"

"A script? Could it be 'The Beginning of Spring'?"

"Yes, it's the Beginning of Spring. Wenli, didn't you know? Didn't your husband tell you?"

“…You can just push it away.” Jiang Wenli said directly to Li Boda.

"Huh?" Li Boda was taken aback. "Sister Wenli, you're telling me to push it?"

“Since you called me, it means you don’t want to act in this drama, right? Otherwise, you could have just accepted the role. Since you don’t want to act, don’t force yourself. Just refuse. I’ll talk to Gu Changwei about it.” Jiang Wenli, having worked with Li Boda and had a long period of close contact with him, knew him quite well. She could tell at a glance whether Li Boda liked the drama [Li Chun].

In fact, there were other reasons why Jiang Wenli made Li Boda refuse the role in "Li Chun" besides the fact that Li Boda himself seemed to dislike the play.

First of all, there's this drama, in which Jiang Wenli plays the female lead. However, in order to play this role, Jiang Wenli specially gained 15 kilograms, or 30 jin (15 kg).

Even though Jiang Wenli is not bad-looking, gaining 30 pounds would inevitably affect her appearance to some extent, not to mention that the role required special makeup to look ugly during filming.

Jiang Wenli was reluctant to let Li Boda see her ugly appearance.

It's not that Jiang Wenli developed any deep feelings for Li Boda.

Feelings are really just like that. Jiang Wenli simply didn't want Li Boda to see her unattractive appearance and affect his attitude towards her.

What if Li Boda thinks she's ugly and refuses to kiss her?
After all, Li Boda is not only handsome, but also has a great physique, and most importantly, he has amazing stamina and endurance.

What if Li Boda finds her ugly and doesn't want to contact her anymore? Where will Jiang Wenli find another Li Boda?

Moreover, since the director of this film is her husband, Gu Changwei, it wouldn't look good if Li Boda were to work with her in the same production crew and something were leaked.

This show already has Zhang Jingchu, so if we bring Li Boda in as well...

They shouldn't bother making this movie; they can just stick to some love quadrangle.

Who knows what kind of joke it will turn into in the end?

Although having Li Boda come to the film set would give her a chance to get revenge on Gu Changwei, she was also rational enough to know that such things were better thought than done. If she really did it, who knows what would become of Gu Changwei and herself, Jiang Wenli, in the entertainment industry.

(End of this chapter)