Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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In the first half of the award ceremony, the table for “The Immortal Road” was always a runner-up, constantly reaching out to applaud. Unexpectedly, the Best Photography award went to a forest documentary, and the Best Newcomer award was given to the male lead of an art film, which made the crew lose from the beginning.
By the time the nominated clips for the Best Supporting Actress Award were shown through the 3D projection, Sui Yan had already clenched her hands nervously. Lin Meng reached out and patted her on the back to show encouragement. The actress on the stage glanced down and read out the name in the envelope: “Best Supporting Actress, “The Immortal Road”, Sui Yan.”
Amidst the thunderous applause, Lin Meng also stood up and clapped. She saw Sui Yan walking up quickly. The camera zoomed in and tears that were already on Sui Yan’s face appeared on the screen.
“This year has been harder than I thought.” She smiled with dimples and tears in her eyes. “But I think I have been reborn now. I have too many people I want to thank, but at this moment on this stage, I just want to thank you, Ms. Lin, for giving me a new life.”
On and off the stage, the camera kept switching, capturing two faces with the same smile.
Sui Yan’s winning of the award opened up the good luck for “The Immortal Road”, and big prizes came one after another in front of them.
“Best Director, “The Immortal Road”, Zhu Xufang.”
Director Zhu was in high spirits when he walked onto the stage. He stood straight and almost forgot the speech he had prepared because of the surging emotions. Fortunately, he quickly regained his composure: “These ten years have not been easy. I thought I would never come back, but now, I am back again – and all this is inseparable from the help of one person, our President Lin. Thank you for believing in me when no one else believed in me!”
To walk from the stage to the audience, one needed to go around in a circle, otherwise he would block the camera shooting the guest seats. Director Zhu walked slowly holding the trophy. Although his name had not been engraved on it yet, he was still delighted. But before he walked back to his seat, he heard the host above read out a familiar name again.
“Best Film: The Immortal Road.” This most important award of the Magpie Feather Awards went to the box office champion of this year so far, and it was well deserved.
Director Zhu quickly turned around and walked hurriedly to the stage holding the trophy that he had just treasured in one hand. Lin Meng didn’t like to appear on camera too much, and she would rather let Director Zhu receive the honor because he had contributed the most to this movie.
Director Zhu, who had just arrived on the stage, held a trophy in each hand and smiled so hard that his eyes could not be seen: “I… am back!” This sentence caused the whole room to laugh.
“But this time, I still want to say that. Thank you, Ms. Lin. You often say that it is because of me that “The Immortal Road” exists. No, it was born because of you. If it weren’t for you, it would have been an abandoned project long ago. Thank you for realizing my dream and taking an adventure with me, a guy who is about to enter old age.”
After giving his speech, Zhu Xufang resumed the journey he had just taken halfway. At this time, the award for the most popular film among the people began to be presented. When he heard that “The Immortal Road” was among the nominations, the alert Director Zhu immediately stopped and did not move forward.
It turned out that his choice was wise. After a while, the host read out his most familiar name again.
“The most popular movie among the people, “The Immortal Road”!”
Well, Director Zhu, panting, returned to the stage again with two heavy trophies in his hands. The audience was already a sea of laughter, and even Lin Meng and Sui Yan were laughing together.
But now Director Zhu couldn’t hold the third trophy anymore. He hesitated about which trophy to put on the ground first. The host next to him couldn’t stand it anymore and said with a smile: “Don’t worry Director Zhu, I’ll help you take them down later.”
Zhu Xufang finally felt relieved and suddenly sighed into the microphone: “I guess the audience in front of the TV are already annoyed. Why is it this old man again?”
Amid the laughter and applause, there were a few prominent whistles. He didn’t know which naughty young man took the opportunity to blow them.
“The thank-you speech I just gave was what I, Old Zhu, wanted to say. It was definitely not to please the boss or get a promotion or a raise.” Zhu Xufang was well versed in the skills of a deadpan comedian. He used the most serious expression to say the funniest words. “Then I will use the platform of the Magpie Feather Award to advertise here.”
The host next to him was a little hesitant and was about to stop it. After all, a lot of advertising contracts were signed for the award ceremony. If there was a conflict, it would involve the issue of breach of contract. But it was not appropriate to stop the speech like this. He was waiting for the staff below to signal, but in the blink of an eye, Director Zhu had already started.
The publicity expert Director Zhu said loudly into the microphone: “Dream Entertainment is the place where you can realize your dreams. You have plenty of rest days, a reliable boss, famous directors to guide you carefully, and movie queens and well-known singers to accompany you! Whenever you have achievements, there will be dividends. You deserve the easiest and most generous silly boss!” People of their age liked to watch TV the most, and they could recite any advertising lines.
Amidst the laughter, only Lin Meng clapped helplessly.
Was she hiring the director, or the HR person in charge of hiring people? This person did two jobs, and didn’t get paid more. It was really…
The Queyu Awards came to an end, and “The Immortal Road” made headlines in almost all entertainment news.
With both box office success and good reputation, it also demonstrated its ability to win awards at this ceremony. Although it did not win all the awards, it won two of the three major awards, which was already impressive enough.
That night, what sparked heated discussions among netizens was “President Lin”, who did not appear on stage that day but had the most opportunities to appear.
I declare that President Lin Meng is the most beautiful producer. Those who are more beautiful are more talented and wealthy than me, and those who are more talented and wealthy than me are more beautiful than me. I am hurt.
Thank you Ms. Lin for bringing us this dream. Thinking about how the project of “The Immortal Road” was almost aborted, I still feel scared.
Suddenly I recalled that a certain company had a 30-day holiday during the Spring Festival, and also had an amazing dividend plan. Ms. Lin, I can do it, I really can.
The post with the most replies was the one containing the words “mysterious oriental power”.
Am I the only one who realizes that Ms. Lin is a star sent from heaven, a Chihuahua in the film and television industry?
Ms. Lin, as far as we know, is a producer with money, good looks and talent. She founded Dream Entertainment Company with her own capital. Currently, she has signed actress Sui Yan, famous directors Zhu Xufang, Chen Aiming, etc. The company has independently produced “Love You Until Tomorrow”, “The Immortal Road”, and “Mountains Behind the Mountains” (I won’t mark the above achievements. If you insist, the best web series, movie and TV series in the past two years are all produced by her). What are fans waiting for? Find her, find her. If you can catch the ride of Mr. Lin, you will definitely be famous!
The previous few posts were still seriously discussing Lin Meng’s insights, business acumen, and artistic pursuits, but from somewhere on, the style of painting went completely awry.
Pray to Meng Koi, you will definitely pass the make-up exam at the beginning of the new semester!
Repost this Meng Koi, you will gain countless wealth and the opportunity to meet your idol!
Wish for a Jintian Tamamonomae, an extra Otakemaru, and a Red Shadow Sword Princess.
After waking up, the poster was about to enter the post for a professional discussion, but then he looked at the screen full of wishing and koi worship activities and fell into unprecedented contemplation.
After a long while, she also left her own reply in the thread: I wish my idol Yu Xingyuan can work with Dream Entertainment again. He has too few resources recently. Please save my brother! Well, this is definitely not feudal superstition, but just a good wish.
…
Everyone drank a lot at the celebration banquet, and even Lin Meng got drunk, which was rare for her.
Zhu Xufang, who couldn’t drink alcohol due to gout, asked the female staff to cooperate with a resentful look on his face, sent everyone back to the room, and went back to rest.
Lin Meng was lying on the bed, half asleep and half awake, when she heard the phone ringing.
“Hello?” She answered the phone in a daze. Fortunately, they had all changed into casual clothes before the celebration party.
“Are you drunk?”
“It’s you.” Lin Meng recognized it as Zhu Yushen.
Zhu Yushen had just finished his work and was waiting in the terminal for the plane to take off. He rubbed his forehead due to lack of sleep: “Is there anyone around you to take care of you? I’ll ask someone to arrange for someone to go over.”
The drunk Lin Meng didn’t notice that Zhu Yushen didn’t even ask her where she was, as if he already knew it.
“No, I’ll go to sleep soon.” When she was drunk, she was not as cold as usual, but her attitude was just distant and not very close.
“I watched the live broadcast. Congratulations on winning the award.” On Zhu Yushen’s tablet, the video screen had gone black and the words “Queyu Award Ceremony” were still written at the top. Although the cross-border network was not smooth, he still watched it to the end, “You looked very beautiful today.” The girl in his memory who always seemed to be glowing had become clear again.
He knew that if he interfered with the award selection and Lin Meng found out, she would definitely be angry.
Zhu Yushen had no choice but to let his subordinates buy out the voting machine directly after clumsily understanding the mechanism of the Queyu Award so that Lin Meng could compete fairly with others.
Yes, the man behind the fans’ sudden loss of cheat codes was him.
“Well, thank you.”
After the exchange of pleasantries, the phone fell into silence again. Zhu Yushen was about to say something else when a soft female voice appeared next to him.
“Mr. Zhu, you haven’t had breakfast yet. I’ve got the menu. Do you need a sandwich or something else?” Wen Xiaofu put the menu on the table and then took two steps back.
Zhu Yushen didn’t care and just waved his hand. He was about to confirm Lin Meng’s current condition when he heard Lin Meng laugh coldly on the phone.
“Boss Zhu, you are living a very carefree life.” Even through the phone, one could hear the sarcasm in her tone, “Just live a good life with…”
The call was getting closer and closer, and Zhu Yushen didn’t hear the second half of Lin Meng’s words clearly. Then the call was hung up. Later he called again, but no one answered. He guessed that Lin Meng was very drunk and might have fallen asleep.
“Mr. Zhu, what would you like to eat?” Wen Xiaofu asked again when she saw him hang up the phone.
Zhu Yushen ordered one casually, and waited until Wen Xiaofu left, his brows still furrowed.
What did Lin Meng want to say just now? If he heard correctly, Lin Meng should be worried about something.
But what on earth made her suddenly feel so bad and so concerned?
…
At daybreak, Lin Meng finally woke up from her hangover. She then realized that her phone had been thrown on the ground. She turned on her phone in a daze, and when she was confirming the message, she found that there was an additional call with Zhu Yushen in the call log.
The call lasted only a short time, less than two and a half minutes. Due to drinking, Lin Meng couldn’t remember what happened last night, but she thought it was probably just some daily greetings.
She began to reply to the message sent by Chen Aiming. The end of the award ceremony did not mean the beginning of a break. Dream Entertainment would be moving into the next stage of work.
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