Entertainment: This top celebrity is really letting loose!

Chapter 45 Cultivating you was just a side effect

As an annual grand event in the Chinese pop music scene, the Golden Wheat Awards attracts huge attention and heated discussions for almost every nomination or final selection, and this year is no exception.

The entertainment hot searches on major social media platforms were almost entirely monopolized. In addition, various self-media and internet commentators would naturally not let go of this massive amount of traffic and trending topics.

Among them, Ding Dasheng, the number one "troll," attracted the most attention. On the morning of the day after the Golden Wheat Awards ceremony, his commentary videos had already been uploaded to his accounts on various platforms.

"The judging panel of this year's Golden Wheat Awards did not disappoint. They continued the tradition of prioritizing quality and gave full respect and praise to some works that were not so eye-catching on the charts. For example, Wei Ran's 'Mountain Peak' is a very excellent work in my opinion, but it unfortunately lost to some pop songs in last year's chart competition."

This nomination can be considered an official affirmation of the work's excellence, which is a huge boost to the authority of the Golden Wheat Awards.

In contrast, Zhou Yang, despite having two songs that were virtually unbeatable on the charts last year, didn't achieve any success or make a significant impact at this year's Golden Wheat Awards. The organizers were somewhat humane, though, by giving him a small award as a presenter for Best Newcomer.

Hopefully, Zhou Yang will understand from this experience that if you want to make good music, you can't just focus on popularity and widespread appeal. You need to work on the musicality and depth of your work. However, reaching that level is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Of course, given his current aesthetic sense and abilities, I personally believe he cannot match mine yet, but I would like to offer a suggestion: please stop releasing such environmentally polluting garbage as "Last-Minute Cramming."

The video featured Zhou Yang, a top celebrity, at such a high level, and the comment section was bustling with activity.

"Hearing the words 'in contrast to Zhou Yang' made me feel inexplicably comfortable. Old Ding still hasn't changed his nature as a Zhou Yang hater."

"How can you talk like that upstairs? Zhou Yang is clearly Lao Ding's favorite, isn't she? Looking at his videos over the past six months, almost every episode features Zhou Yang."

"I'm definitely shipping the 'Ding-Zhou' couple, hahaha."

"Old Ding, if all else fails, why don't you marry Zhou Yang?"

"If they don't end up together, everyone here will bear some responsibility. (doge)"

"I agree to this marriage. I'll contribute 500 yuan as a gift, which will be recorded in Xingchen Entertainment's account."

"..."

Regardless of the heated discussions or jokes from the outside world, it had no impact on Zhou Yang. After the trio had a meal together, Sun Weiwei left early.

Only Lin Youyou, his sweet little darling, stayed with him at the hotel until the next day, and finally left satisfied with his gains of several hundred million.

Zhou Yang didn't delay for too long either. After his kidneys recovered a little, he took the initiative to return to the film crew on the morning of the third day. He didn't even use up the three days of leave he had taken.

"Dear teachers, I plan to film these night scenes together, which will likely require us to work overtime and film at night for a while. I hope you will understand."

It must be said that Hu Dabiao is indeed a competent director. Although he had a lot of opinions about the show, and even despised it, he would only vent his frustrations when no one was around. On set, he still showed 200% professionalism and enthusiasm.

As the male lead, Zhou Yang was hoping to make a fortune from this drama; otherwise, he wouldn't have exchanged his 30 million yuan salary for a share of the profits.

Jin Ran, the female lead, came with Gao Xiaoyu's promise. Her professional skills are almost the best among all the actors. In addition, she likes the show more and more as filming progresses, so she is naturally very responsible.

Needless to say, Ms. Xu had been holding back her anger ever since her divorce from her ex-husband, determined to prove herself.

Under these circumstances, the two parts of "Going Home" started filming in early February and were successfully completed by the end of April.

At the moment filming wrapped, the three of them hugged each other in public, expressing both the joy of forming a bond through the film and the reluctance to part ways.

After letting go, Jin Ran took the initiative to extend her hand again and said, "Zhou Yang, it's nice to meet you. I personally really like this drama and I also really like Lin Pinru. I hope to have the opportunity to work with you again in the future."

Zhou Yang shook hands with her and smiled, "Don't be so sentimental. There will be a lot of promotional activities for you when the show airs later."

"..."

Just as the two were saying goodbye, Hu Dabiao, the chief director, stood not far from the three of them and watched. He breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "This damn journey is finally over."

After a simple wrap party in the evening, the next morning, all the crew members of "The Temptation to Go Home" began to "go home to their respective families".

Here, we'll only mention director Hu Dabiao.

After leaving the film crew, he returned to the company the next day and reported to his boss's office.

"Finished filming?"

When he returned, the latter, who was fiddling with the tea set, didn't even look up.

"To be honest, I really want the post-production department to remove my name from this show."

Even in front of his own superiors, Hu Dabiao did not hide his "hatred".

"Look at you, so pathetic!"

Director Liu couldn't help but complain, then asked, "How does it feel to be carrying the entire burden on your own this time?"

Hu Dabiao said, "Aside from the terrible script, there's nothing else wrong with it. In fact, Zhou Yang's acting was a pleasant surprise."

"Is that so?"

Director Liu looked up, a hint of surprise in his eyes. The acting skills of popular celebrities are almost universally acknowledged as a headache in the film and television industry. Hu Dabiao is one of his own, so there's no need for him to defend Zhou Yang, which naturally surprised him.

Hu Dabiao nodded and continued:

"It's absolutely true. This kid has no problems with his lines, expressions, or body language. He even helped other actors a lot on set because of his screenwriter status. I guess he did a lot of hard work before joining the crew."

Director Liu handed him a cup of freshly brewed tea and comforted him.

"Don't be too upset. After all, it was Chairman Qin who personally gave the order. If I don't let you go, am I supposed to let those famous directors go? Since this is destined to be embarrassing, it's better for you to embarrass yourself than for those famous directors to embarrass themselves..."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Now that filming is finished, let's forget about this drama for the time being, and just treat it as a nightmare."

Hu Dabiao had just picked up his teacup, about to bring it to his lips, when he heard this and his hand froze in mid-air. His eyes widened in disbelief as he said, "You...you didn't do this specifically to train me, did you?"

Director Liu slowly finished the scalding tea in his host's cup, then said, "Training you is just a side effect. The ultimate strategic goal is to prevent other well-known directors from making bad dramas and embarrassing themselves, or even ruining their reputations in their later years."

Hu Dabiao: "..."

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