Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
Advance chapters available for patrons on Patreon. And a chapter can be sponsored by buying me a ko-fi.
As the saying went, one lost in one place but gained in another. Yan Qingchi did not win the Best Newcomer Award, but Jiang Mochen won the Best Actor Award.
Jiang Mochen himself was actually a little surprised, because he had already won the Best Actor award abroad this year for “The Legend of Mi Yue”, so he felt that he would not be so lucky to win two Best Actor awards in one year. He thought one work would never win two awards. Therefore, he had always only paid attention to Yan Qingchi. Unexpectedly, Yan Qingchi did not get it, but he did.
He calmly went up on stage to receive the award and expressed his gratitude for the award.
When Yan Qingchi saw him win the award, the disappointment in his heart was quickly replaced by joy. He had thought before that since the two of them were nominated for the Golden Osmanthus Award together, at least one of them had to win the award, otherwise it would be tragic. Although he didn’t win the award, Jiang Mochen did. He couldn’t help but feel happy, thinking that Jiang Mochen could now be considered a triple-Award winner and a successful actor. He clapped his hands vigorously for Jiang Mochen. Although he knew he couldn’t see it, he couldn’t suppress his excitement.
However, how could Jiang Mochen not see him? He cast his eyes to the audience and saw Yan Qingchi at a glance. He finally added, “Of course, I am also very grateful to my family for their support and encouragement, their kindness and thank you for your tolerance.”
After he said this, he looked up at Yan Qingchi and smiled faintly.
Yan Qingchi was shocked and wondered if Jiang Mochen could see him on the stage. Although the second row was not far from the stage, could he really see it?
“Lost” finally won two major awards, Best Actor and Best Screenplay, which was considered a very good result. After Jiang Mochen left the hall, he was immediately “besieged” by reporters from all walks of life. They rushed to ask questions one after another. Jiang Mochen picked the questions he wanted to answer and then politely left.
Yan Qingchi and Jiang Mochen met in Nancheng, then changed cars and asked their assistant to take them home.
Jiang Mochen handed the trophy to him. Yan Qingchi took it and looked at it lovingly.
Jiang Mochen saw that he liked it, and thought about how he didn’t win the award, which was a pity, “It would be great if you were the best newcomer.”
“Lin Yao is also okay,” Yan Qingchi had already adjusted his emotions, and even thought very rationally, “Giving it to Lin Yao is better than giving it to others. He also belongs to Nancheng, and Wu Yuan is the one who leads him. He is the hope of Nancheng’s future.”
“You are the hope of Nancheng’s future.” Jiang Mochen said confidently. He was a true representation of someone with 1500m filter.
Yan Qingchi smiled softly, “Of course I am, but I hope that there are more such people which will be better. Speaking of this, I don’t know how Chen Xuanlang and Wu Yuan are talking. If he can really switch jobs, it’s really a good thing.”
“It shouldn’t be a big problem. I’ve heard about the conflict between Chen Xuanlang and his management company before. This year, other companies have tried to recruit him, but he didn’t go, but I didn’t expect that he would take the initiative to find you.”
“He had this intention before. When we were recording the variety show, he asked me about some things about Nancheng.”
“So you don’t have to worry about it. There shouldn’t be any problem. I’m more worried about who will take care of him. You and Chen Xuanlang are about the same age, and your resources overlap greatly, so Guan Mei can’t take care of him. I don’t mind Wu Yuan, but he obviously intends to support Lin Yao. Although Chen Xuanlang is not so good at movies, he is also a top star in TV shows. He certainly wouldn’t want to be inferior to newcomers. However, other powerful agents also have top stars in their portfolios. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. None of them would be willing to share the same agent with Chen Xuanlang. As for the remaining agents, they would definitely be willing to take over Chen Xuanlang, but Chen Xuanlang probably wouldn’t want to and might even feel that the company didn’t value him. It’s very troublesome.”
In general, Nancheng now had a one-size-fit-all approach. Top agents had first-line artists under them. These artists could allow their agents to bring in an artist who was not in the same period as them but would absolutely not allow two people who were of similar age and had similar status.
Jiang Mochen looked around and felt that in the end, Lin Yao would probably fall into Wu Yuan’s hands. The reason was very simple, because Lin Yao was too young, 17 years old, and hadn’t taken the college entrance examination yet. At his age, there were not many TV shows and movies where he could play the leading role. However, his current starting point determined that he could not just play some unremarkable supporting roles, so the range of roles he could take was actually quite narrow. His resource overlap with Chen Xuanlang was thus relatively low. Chen Xuanlang won’t care about Lin Yao, and Lin Yao won’t feel that Chen Xuanlang was blocking his way, which was also appropriate.
“I think it still has to be Wu Yuan.” He looked at Yan Qingchi, “There’s no one more suitable than him.”
Yan Qingchi thought so too, so he nodded, “Congratulations on having another great general, President Jiang.”
“Congratulations, Madam Jiang.” Jiang Mochen replied.
When they returned, the two children had already gone to bed. But Yan Qingchi was a little hungry. Jiang Mochen saw that there were some dumplings in the refrigerator, so he cooked two plates of dumplings for them. Yan Qingchi talked to him while eating. He had originally wanted to celebrate with a good meal, but he didn’t expect that in the end they would end up eating dumplings.
Jiang Mochen asked him, “What do you want to eat? We’ll eat tomorrow.”
“That depends on you. You’re the protagonist of the celebration.”
“I’ll listen to you.”
“Why do you listen to me about this?” Yan Qingchi smiled unconsciously.
Jiang Mochen put down his chopsticks and looked at him, saying gently: “I will listen to you not only on this matter, but also on other matters.”
Yan Qingchi smiled and tsked twice, “Mr. Jiang, what did you get today? It’s the Best Actor Award, not the Best Sweet Talker Award.”
Jiang Mochen smiled, “If there really is such an award, it definitely won’t be my turn. It should be given to you. You are much better at speaking sweet words than me.”
Yan Qingchi thought about it and admitted immodestly, “It seems so.”
After dinner, Jiang Mochen went to wash the dishes, and Yan Qingchi put his trophy into the glass cabinet in the study. This cabinet held all the honors they had received in the industry, including the Most Popular Newcomer Award that Yan Qingchi won at the Seal Festival last year, a worthless award, and the Best Actor Award that Jiang Mochen won today was put at the top.
They didn’t separate the trophies but placed them together like pairs according to the corresponding stages. For example, next to Yan Qingchi’s Most Popular Newcomer Award was Jiang Mochen’s Most Popular Newcomer Award, but one was awarded at the Seal Festival while the other was awarded at a college student film festival held at an unknown time. Neither of them had much value. They were both the beginning of their acting careers.
He looked at the trophies in the cabinet and counted how many more awards he would have to win so that all the trophies would be in pairs. Jiang Mochen washed the dishes and went upstairs. He saw him thinking about something in front of the glass cabinet in the study that was used to display awards. He walked over and was about to speak when Yan Qingchi noticed his arrival and turned around and said, “Three.”
“Ah?”
“You are now a triple gold award winner.”
Jiang Mochen thought he wanted to say something, but it turned out to be this, “So?”
So you are finally qualified to play mahjong with other male protagonists! Yan Qingchi thought, you are the hero of the novel. The hero of other novels comes with the aura of three-gold actors. What about you? You only have one gold. When the hero of a novel gathers, putting a three-gold actor next to the mahjong table is not good enough. If you get a sign that says you are not allowed to play, it means you are not even allowed to play mahjong.
Yan Qingchi looked at him with some pity when he thought of this. It was not easy to collect three gold medals after playing for so long.
Jiang Mochen was confused by his gaze, “What’s with that look?”
“Nothing, I just think it’s not easy for you.”
“Nothing is easy in this world.”
“Yeah.” Yan Qingchi turned and said, he looked towards the glass cabinet, with longing and hope in his eyes, “So we still need to keep working hard.”
“Is it a pity?” Jiang Mochen asked him.
“It would be a lie to say it’s not a pity,” Yan Qingchi said, “But, this kind of thing is a matter of luck if I get it, and it’s a pity if I lose it. But there’s nothing we can do about it, right?”
Jiang Mochen stretched out his hand, leaned over his shoulder and looked at his honors in the glass cabinet. “It doesn’t matter. You are still young. One day, your awards will be filled up in this cabinet.”
Yan Qingchi thought about that day and felt very happy, “When the time comes, everyone else will have couple outfits and couple necklaces, but we will be couple trophies, and we will instantly beat them all.”
Jiang Mochen looked down at him, “It’s very romantic.”
Yan Qingchi looked up and smiled at him, then he patted his shoulder and said, “Let’s go. It’s time to go to bed. After a busy day, it’s finally time to rest.”
He stretched and walked towards the bedroom.
However, while he was sleeping, the war on the Internet continued.
As an annual domestic film event, the Golden Osmanthus Awards had always been the focus of netizens’ attention. On this day, nine out of ten posts in the forums and hot searches on Weibo were related to the Golden Osmanthus Awards.
Netizens who loved to watch the fun had been gearing up for some action long before the Golden Osmanthus Awards began, so almost as soon as the first crew walked the red carpet, the thread for costume inventories was already open.
There were special posts for reviewing female stars, independent posts for reviewing male stars, and posts for comparing beauty between men and women. Before Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi appeared, the hottest topics in the posts were whether a certain actress wore a fake outfit, and how a certain actress wore the same clothes as a certain young actress, but after Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi appeared, the star-chasing girls’ eyes widened. Two high-end pieces of the same brand, were they going blind???
Jiang Mochen’s fans couldn’t believe it when they saw Yan Qingchi’s clothes. Why would another star wear the high-end fashion of the brand endorsed by their brother on the same occasion?
Yan Qingchi’s fans were also confused. Didn’t his brother always wear ready-made clothes when attending events before? Why was he wearing haute couture this time, and it was still the same brand as Mr. Jiang?
“What’s going on? Is the brand going to change its spokesperson?” someone asked, “Has this happened before?”
“No…”
“How could it be a change of spokesperson? The contract was only renewed in the middle of the year, and didn’t the brand Fang always like Jiang Mochen? “
“Why is Yan Qingchi treated so highly if he is not a spokesperson? Are they going to give him another title, ambassador?”
The author has something to say:
Jiang Mochen: I am also very happy to receive this award. shock.
Lin Yingzhong: It’s very simple, because other people’s top actors have won three Academy Awards, so you can’t lose, kid!!!
Guys, ads are my only source of revenue, so please do not turn on the AdBlock when you are accessing this website…. Thank you, this would be a great help…
You can buy me a ko-fi and sponsor a chapter on: https://ko-fi.com/midnightrambles
Or become a Patron on: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=45665005
If you support me, I would be able to provide more chapters….
Previous • Table of Contents • Next