Become famous another day.

Things continued to ferment.

In the entertainment industry, everyone is concerned about the progress and details of this matter.

Yan Liang is in the vortex because he is a nominee for this year's Blue Ribbon Award.

Several people came to ask Yan Liang indirectly whether he would attend the award ceremony.

The Blue Ribbon Organizing Committee has also been confirming this matter with Yan Liang.

So far, Yan Liang’s answer has always been: If the filming of "Friends" goes well, he will attend.

It was originally a normal reply, but in this context, it seemed to have a different meaning.

The Blue Ribbon Awards were worried that he wouldn't come in the end and were hesitating.

And those who wanted to stop him from going to the awards ceremony also felt that he was hesitating.

Both sides are trying hard to win him over.

As a popular star with extremely high popularity and shining star power among this year's nominees, Yan Liang is a card that both parties attach great importance to.

At this time, Zhou Pingan came again.

"Yan Liang, this time I'm not trying to persuade you not to go to the Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony. I know you have your own ideas now and you don't believe that I want the best for you. I'm just telling you that someone has sent a message saying that if you attend the Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony this year, it won't be as easy for you to get nominated in the future."

Zhou Pingan took a deep breath.

"Let me make it clear to you first, so you don't have any doubts. I don't have any profit transactions with those people. I didn't accept any benefits to agree to persuade you." Zhou Ping'an said firmly, "I must make it clear to you. I am purely standing from the perspective of an agent and considering your career. If you go to the Blue Ribbon Awards, it won't bring you anything. On the contrary, someone will blacklist you because of it. But if you don't go to the Blue Ribbon Awards, you will not only gain the favor of those people, but you will also get tangible benefits, a nomination for the next Golden Tripod Award."

"Brother Ping An, I'm curious, are the awards won by those actors in our entertainment industry who have superb acting skills and have been famous for a long time all manipulated?" Yan Liang also said, "I'm not arguing with you, I really want to know what the situation is in our industry."

Zhou Pingan: "Most of them definitely made it through hard work, but you want to say that they won awards without any effort? It's basically impossible. The agency will do public relations, the agent will do public relations, the crew and the platform will also do public relations. You should ask me, among those actors in our entertainment industry who have superb acting skills and have been famous for a long time, how many of them have never made any effort for their awards and honors? The answer is, only one in a hundred."

Yan Liang: "I wanted to say that at least everyone's bottom line is different, but then I thought, in fact, I don't know what everyone's bottom line is. However, their actions have crossed my bottom line. If they want to use this method to threaten me and make me afraid to attend the Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony, to be honest, Brother Ping An, I'd rather not take the awards that they can affect me."

Zhou Ping'an looked at Yan Liang and sighed.

"Think it through, and tell me when you have thought it through," he said. "I'm telling you straight, I don't even want your career to develop so quickly, because I know that the faster your career develops, the sooner you'll leave me. Let's be frank about this. You've been screwed over and excluded by them, and it's going to be harder and harder for you to win awards or even be nominated in the future. I'm actually happy to see that happen, but you have to know that it's not easy for you to get to where you are today, and the further you go, the harder it will be. You need this industry to recognize you, support you, and push you from behind."

"To be honest, look at Lu Yanhe. Why is he so successful and has reached a top-tier position so quickly? Because he occupies a position that the entire industry must promote, recognize, and support. But let's be honest, we haven't reached Lu Yanhe's level yet, of course you have hope. The Gold Rush is doing very well overseas, and Friends is even more so. With these two dramas, you have also gained a certain number of fans overseas. In fact, you should understand that now is the time for you to make further progress."

Yan Liang smiled, "If you say that I got to my current position with their support, I really have nothing to say. But, Brother Ping An, to get to this point today, I have not relied on anyone except Yan He, nor have I gotten any role because of any social connections or interests. Do I need to rely on others to make further progress?"

Zhou Ping'an was choked by Yan Liang's words and it took him a long time to recover.

Yan Liang: "Let them threaten me. If they have the guts, they will make sure I never get any nominations again."

At this moment, he was half angry, and the other half felt that it would be better not to take the award.

On the contrary, for this Blue Ribbon Award, even if he has basically no hope of winning the award, so what? His nomination was purely based on everyone's votes, so he has every right to attend.
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Lu Yanhe reunited with the crew of "The Mist" in Los Angeles.

"I watched the TV series Friends in which you starred. It is also popular in the United States. I have seen articles discussing your TV series."

As soon as they met, Lily Williams told Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe: "Do you like it?"

"Anyway, I watched all the new episodes in one go, but it was painful that this show only updated two episodes a week." Lily Williams said in confusion, "Aren't all the episodes of streaming shows usually released at once?"

"This drama is currently being broadcast on a TV station in China, and Maxine was just featured there," Lu Yanhe explained.

"That's too little." Lily Williams said seriously, "I've always liked watching this kind of light-hearted drama. Many dramas nowadays are too heavy, with complicated character relationships, all kinds of secrets, pasts, reversals... Especially sometimes I don't want to think about anything, I just want to watch something relaxing to relieve stress."

Lu Yanhe nodded: "I know, this is actually one of the reasons why I like the series "Friends" very much."

"Series?" Lily Williams was a little surprised. "Is this still a series?"

"Don't you know?" Lu Yanhe said, "This is actually the fourth season of Friends?"

"It's the fourth season of Friends? Is that true? I know Friends, but I haven't watched it," Lily Williams said. "I know it's a show you starred in, but I heard that the show's reputation collapsed after you stopped acting in the last two seasons. I don't want to watch a show with a bad ending."

"It's true, but since you like Friends, you can also watch the first season of Friends." Lu Yanhe said, "The style has not changed at all, it has always been the same."

"it is good."

The two people were chatting animatedly.

Arne Bogut came over and said, "BOX has come out with the box office forecast for our movie."

"How is it?" Lily Williams asked immediately with anticipation.

"We expect to earn between 2300 million and 2700 million in the first three days of the weekend," said Arne Bogut. "The final box office is expected to be around 7000 million."

Lily Williams was surprised when she heard this. "It seems they are very confident in our movie."

"Yes." Arne Bogut nodded. "The data of The Mist on the Internet has been very good. The number of views of the trailer has exceeded 5000 million."

The production cost of The Mist, plus the publicity and distribution costs, totaled only $2100 million. According to BOX's box office forecast, the cost can be recovered and profitable just by relying on the North American box office. Add in the film's overseas box office and home entertainment revenue, and it's clear that the film will be a success. Moreover, because the film was shot in Canada, according to local policies, the film can also get a tax refund of millions of dollars.

For horror movies, box office is the first criterion.

Hearing that the early performance of "The Mist" was very good, Lu Yanhe also breathed a sigh of relief.

This is his first English film, and he doesn't want it to perform poorly or even lose money.

"I heard you're going to be on CBN's morning news show tomorrow morning for an interview?" Lily Williams asked.

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Lily Williams immediately said: "Then you must be prepared. The host of their show seems to be a little discriminatory against you Asians."

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"He hasn't publicly expressed discrimination, but we have heard about it privately," Lily Williams said. "If it's true, he might not be very polite to you tomorrow."

"It's okay." Lu Yanhe shrugged.

Maybe it's true that in the past few years, his response performance in various occasions can be described as exceptionally good, and Lu Yanhe is really not afraid of being troubled.

In a sense, the reason why he is so popular with the audience is also due to his witty response in various situations.

People always tend to like someone who is clever, smart but not annoying.

Some people are smart but annoying. It is not because they are too smart, but because they are not smart enough. High IQ and smartness are definitely two different concepts.

They shot several sets of posters together, had dinner together, made some preparations for the premiere tomorrow afternoon, and then dispersed early and went back to rest.

Especially Lu Yanhe, he has to get up early tomorrow morning.

I had to arrive at CBN at 6:30, put on makeup, and go through the interview process, and go live at 7:45.

This meant he would have to wake up at 5:30 tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, now that Lu Yanhe has come to the United States, Wan Qingqing is in charge of all local communication matters, so they don't have to worry too much.

Lu Yanhe returned to the hotel and just as he got to the room, Chen Ziyan suddenly sent him a message: Are you back? Have you seen the revelations online?
Lu Yanhe: What revelations? I just replied and haven’t had time to check my phone yet.

Chen Ziyan sent a link. Lu Yanhe opened it and found that it was actually a list.

Someone made a list with some names on it, all of whom are controversial winners of the three major awards in recent years.

Not only TV series, but also movies.

The first to be affected was Ho Da-yan, who won the Feihong Award unexpectedly over the favorites Liu Te-li and Chen Pin-he in the previous two years, causing huge controversy.

What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that his name also appeared in the last line. The reason written in the list was: There was actually not much controversy about Lu Yanhe's award. After all, his acting skills were recognized to be good. But in the same class, Shang Yongzhou, who starred in the same movie with him, obviously had a more difficult role and was better completed, but was defeated by Lu Yanhe, which was strange.

Chen Ziyan: This list caused quite a lot of discussion, and many people on the list were suspected of buying awards.

Lu Yanhe: I am included in this list, and I feel it is just speculation by the person who wrote this list.

Chen Ziyan: It is indeed speculation. They don’t have much evidence. They just included those who have won the most controversial awards in recent years.

Lu Yanhe: I feel that the public debate caused by this incident is getting bigger and bigger. Now even something like this without any evidence has started to cause a lot of controversy.

Chen Ziyan: Yes, if the trend continues like this, who knows if something unexpected will really be uncovered.

Lu Yanhe: If the evidence comes out that someone really bought the prize, then the credibility of other major awards will be shattered.

Chen Ziyan: That’s right, and the Blue Ribbon Award will go directly from being a three-way competition to becoming the most credible TV drama award in the country.

Lu Yanhe: Sister Zi Yan, you wouldn’t be... suspecting that the person behind this is the Blue Ribbon Awards, right?
Chen Ziyan: Why not?
Lu Yanhe: Well, it’s an official award after all.

Chen Ziyan: Just wait and see. No matter what, the Golden Tripod Award and the Red River Award will not watch their credibility being weakened like this. If such controversy continues, the forces behind them will definitely take action. The Blue Ribbon Award may not be so clean that it can withstand scrutiny.

Lu Yanhe: I suddenly feel the excitement of what you said about "something big happening". If the organizational forces behind the three major awards really take action, the entertainment industry will not be able to stay out of it.

Chen Ziyan: Yes, I shouldn’t have come out with you this time. I should have stayed in the country. I can be sure that there must be undercurrents in the industry now, and the fight has already begun.

Lu Yanhe: Indeed, at least both sides are madly trying to win over Yan Liang. One side hopes that Yan Liang will not attend the award ceremony, while the other side hopes to invite Yan Liang and ask him to attend.

Chen Ziyan: Fortunately, when we invited you to be the award presenter of the Feihong Awards, we had already declined. If it had been delayed until now, I guess you would be worried and anxious. Your inability to attend would have saved you a lot of trouble.

The reason why Lu Yanhe declined was because he was very busy at the end of January and the beginning of February. He was filming "Friends", promoting the release of "The Mist", preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, and the world premiere of "Love Letter" at the Joseon-Spanish Film Festival... there were too many things to do.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

Chen Ziyan: Go to bed early. You have to get up early tomorrow as you have several tough battles to fight.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said okay.

He picked up the interview outline and answer template that Wan Qingqing had prepared for him, went through them before going to bed, put on his eye mask and earplugs, and fell into a deep sleep. (End of this chapter)