Run, Best Actor!

As one of the three major awards for Chinese television dramas, the Golden Eagle Awards have garnered significant attention nationwide.

The next morning, several media outlets published the overall list of winners for the Golden Eagle Awards and reported on the awards ceremony.

[China News Network] forwarded a report from Chutian Metropolis Daily, which reported the award results and included a note on the "dry humor" of award presenter Wang Xueqi: "In the competition for the Most Popular Actress, Yang Mi, who was highly favored, won without any suspense. When presenting the award to this popular actress, Wang Xueqi did not forget to use dry humor, saying, 'She is the most influential actress and also the highest-paid actress. If she performs well in TV dramas, her future salary will also improve!'"

[New Wolf Entertainment] reposted an article from Yangcheng Evening News titled "Does 'Most Popular' Equal 'Highest Salary'?", focusing on similar remarks made by award presenter Yu Dong and the resulting association with actor salaries—"Yu Dong, the presenter of the 'Most Popular Award' and CEO of Berna Films, made a meaningful statement on stage: 'Actors' salaries for TV dramas are getting higher and higher. This award can be considered 'most popular,' 'most influential,' and of course, 'the highest-paid male and female actors'..."

[Jingchu.com] reposted a report from Chutian Golden News, which focused on the award selection process, highlighting Yang Mi's consistent lead in votes and her undisputed victory—"Yang Mi consistently led the 'Most Popular Actress' list, and her win was a foregone conclusion. In contrast, the competition for the 'Most Popular Actor' award was the most intense..."

[New Wolf Entertainment] Our own reporter reports that another award presenter, Liu Wei, teased Yang Mi at the event: "Because Yang Mi played his daughter in 'Tang Minghuang' when she was a child, Liu Wei said: 'I'm still wondering when you can sit on my lap again, but I don't dare to think about it.' This made Yang Mi, who was receiving the award on stage at the time, very embarrassed."

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Basically, every report on this year's Golden Eagle Awards mentions Yang Mi, which shows the prestige of being a top celebrity.

However, Yang Mi is not in a very good mood right now.

"No, what do you mean you didn't watch last night's live stream?"

Yang Mi yelled into the phone, "I'm receiving an award! Such a big thing, and you don't even care?"

"The short film 'The Thinker in a Wheelchair' wrapped up filming last night, and I'm hosting a wrap party."

Liu Taile explained over the phone.

"Oh, I see."

Yang Mi's anger subsided quickly; once she realized the other person was doing something serious, she wasn't so angry anymore.

But I still felt wronged. "Then I'll punish you by making you watch the replay of the awards ceremony today. You'll at least know my shining moment."

Holding a gold cup and a crystal cup, from now on, your dear sister is the Golden Eagle Award-winning actress, you know that?

As he spoke, his words were filled with pride.

Indeed, although it cannot compare to Sun Li's incredible achievement of winning two Golden Eagle Awards and becoming the Golden Eagle TV Queen in 04 when she was only 22 years old.

But Yang Mi, who is only two days shy of 26 years old, has already achieved this remarkable feat.

At least among the four most popular young actresses today, she currently holds the highest honor!

Having a major award would likely improve the industry's and the public's perception of her acting skills.

Therefore, she was naturally proud.

Hehe~~

Liu Taile suddenly laughed, "Sister Mimi, would you believe me if I said I knew all along you could win the Guanxi Award?"

"Um?!"

Yang Mi was shocked, suddenly realizing the unusual nature of the guest who presented her with the award.

Liu Wei is one thing, but Professor Li Jianqun rarely comes out of retirement.

The fact that the two of them presented him with an award together, plus the fact that he presented an award on the same stage as director Chen Jialin... this was clearly just to create buzz!

After 22 years, the cast and crew of "Tang Minghuang" reunited at the Golden Eagle Awards ceremony. What a great gimmick!

Moreover, if Liu Wei is removed and Chen Sicheng is replaced, it would be a reunion of the "Wang Zhaojun" cast.

In particular, four years ago, the production team of "Wang Zhaojun" was nominated for two Best Picture Awards, but received no awards.

Now that Yang Mi has won a Best Actress award and Chen Sicheng has been nominated for Best Actor again, it can be considered as making up for the regret of four years ago.

It's still a hot topic.

The only condition is that Yang Mi has to win the Best Actress Award!

"How did you do that?"

Yang Mi asked in utter surprise, "This is the Golden Eagle Award! How did you manage to get it for me?!"

"Some rules can be applied flexibly."

Liu Taile patiently replied, "Sister Mimi, as you know, the so-called 'prize-grabbing' is now common knowledge abroad, and it can actually be done in China as well."

Wherever there are people, there is a social hierarchy and human relationships.

Moreover, this is a society in China that has been based on personal connections since ancient times.

Of the three major awards for television dramas, the Feitian Award is a government commendation award, so it is relatively less influential.

However, since both the Golden Eagle Award and the Magnolia Award are locally run awards, it is natural that they can be manipulated through certain channels.

The Magnolia Awards are held in Shanghai, the home base of the Shanghai entertainment circle. Therefore, actors who are from Shanghai or whose agencies are based in Shanghai are naturally more likely to win awards.

Zhang Jiayi and Chen Yan are both artists under SMG, a company based in Shanghai. Therefore, at the 17th Shanghai TV Festival in 11, they won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.

Although the Golden Eagle Awards are held in Xingcheng, Hunan Province, they are mainly influenced by the Beijing and Hong Kong/Taiwan circles.

In addition to urban dramas, while period dramas from various dynasties are also broadcast, Qing Dynasty dramas are particularly favored by Hunan TV.

Dramas depicting the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong periods of history are particularly popular on Hunan TV.

This is probably due to the exceptional success of the "Princess Pearl" trilogy back then.

Even now, every summer during the summer vacation season, the "Princess Pearl" series is still rebroadcast on Hunan TV, and the ratings are still quite impressive.

Therefore, in recent years, dramas such as "New My Fair Princess", "Palace" and its sequel "Palace 2", and "Scarlet Heart" have been broadcast on Hunan TV.

The ratings were quite good, especially "Palace: The Lock Heart Jade". It swept the country as a dark horse, earning a lot of viewership and also helping Hunan TV collect a lot of fees.

Therefore, in reality, people both inside and outside Hunan TV have a very good impression of Yang Mi.

Unfortunately, new regulations from the State Administration of Radio and Television earlier this year directly banned the genre of Qing Dynasty time-travel dramas.

As one of the three major awards in the domestic entertainment TV drama field, the Golden Eagle Awards certainly cannot go against national policies, so Yang Mi cannot use "Palace: Lock Heart Jade" to apply for the Golden Eagle Awards, but can only use "Yanjing Love Story".

The same applies to Liu Shishi's "Scarlet Heart," except that she was given the "Golden Eagle Goddess" award as compensation.

As for Yang Mi, although the Best Actress award isn't only for leading actresses, she still needs to demonstrate exceptional acting skills.

Yang Mi's portrayal of Yang Zixi was able to outshine Tong Liya and Zhang Xinyi in "The Love Story of Yanjing," but she wasn't as eye-catching in this year's list of nominees for Best Actress in a Moral and Literary Award.

However, Liu Taile may not know that one of the four actresses who won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in the original timeline was Yue Hong, who won the award for her role as the fourth female lead in the TV series "Looking Up and Seeing Happiness".

Yue Hong's acting skills are undoubtedly excellent, and she was indeed the most outstanding character in that TV series.

In addition, given her sufficient experience, having won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress (1986 for "Wild Mountain") and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2009 for "Walk and See"), there is little controversy in her winning the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress.

Right? It's a bit unreasonable for a fourth-ranked actress to win an award.

Upon checking the background, it was discovered that the production company for the film "Looking Up and Seeing Happiness" was Yanjing National Changsheng Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

This name clearly indicates that it is related to teacher Zhang Guoli.

Zhang Guoli is the lead actor in this 30-episode family drama.

Therefore, the fact that Yue Hong, the original author, was able to win the Guanxi Award must have been pushed up by Zhang Guoli's company team.

Since Yue Hong was able to win an award as the fourth female lead, wouldn't it be just as convincing if Yang Mi from Time Travel won an award as the third female lead?

The key is to have an expert in this field to help you.

"Sister Mimi, if you ever see your senior from Beijing Film Academy, Huang Da'an, please remember to convey my apologies to him."

Liu Taile suddenly said.

"What's wrong? What did you do to offend Brother Da'an?"

Yang Mi asked curiously.

"I poached an agent from his team."

"ah?!!"