The shortlist for the Peony Award was announced, and Xu Ji suddenly became the center of attention of many people in the entertainment industry again.
Winning awards is secondary, but from the list of winners, everyone can see how strong Xu Ji’s ability is.
Ji Yiyang, She Yue and others from the other company's company have basically become famous among first-line actors in just one year after joining Xu Ji.
Even Zhu Zinan, who just joined the cast, was shortlisted for the Peony Award this time. After playing a supporting role for so many years, no one cared about her, but "Mountains and Seas" directly led to her being nominated for Best Actress.
Many artists from other companies, especially those not from the Big Three, are secretly envious at this time.
Even within the three major entertainment companies, in some small groups created privately by artists themselves, you can see them discussing this matter.
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"It's a pity. When I auditioned for the second part of Fairy Sword, I almost passed it!"
"Indeed, when Xu Ji first debuted, I didn't agree when he invited me to film, otherwise the roles of Yu Huai and Li Xiaoyao would have been mine."
"You guys are really good at boasting. Remember when I..."
In a private chat group of entertainers in the entertainment industry, because there are no very famous artists in it, everyone is bragging without any taboos.
There was a burst of classic phrases starting with "think about the past" in the group.
Until someone suddenly sent a message: "Well, Ji Zhou seems to be in this group too."
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The group suddenly fell into a strange silence. They had never thought about Ji Zhou's existence before.
The most important thing is that they just say those things to brag, but Ji Zhou is different.
When Xu Ji was filming "The Best of Us", he did go to Ji Zhou, and even went in front of Ji Yiyang. This matter was widely discussed by the media because Ji Yiyang "leaked it" on a variety show.
It has been publicized for a long time and everyone knows it.
Although others sounded regretful, they actually didn’t feel much in their hearts because they were all fake.
But thinking about it, if I were Ji Zhou, I would probably be unable to hold back when I saw these words in the group.
After all, when I think about what Ji Yiyang has now, I have missed it, and I will definitely regret it.
The group that was originally chatting in full swing suddenly became quiet after these words.
Ji Zhou naturally saw these messages in this group.
At this time, he was not as broken-hearted as others imagined.
The main reason is that I have gradually gotten used to it.
Ever since "The Best of Us" became a hit, Ji Zhou has regretted it so many times.
Especially when seeing Ji Yiyang, who was in the same celebrity position as him at the beginning, the distance between the two became wider and wider.
It's hard to achieve mental balance with this kind of thing.
Since then, every time Ji Zhou is invited to play a new drama, he will carefully read the script before considering whether to reject it.
His agent no longer dares to act arbitrarily.
After all, it was because the other party threw the script of "The Best of Us" into the trash can that he and Xu Ji passed each other.
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In Chengdu, artists from Tongji Entertainment are preparing to attend the Peony Awards in a few days.
"Ji Yiyang, what should we pay attention to when we go there?"
An Cailing asked with an excited expression.
After all, it is the Peony Awards ceremony, and just listening to it makes people feel excited.
Before, this was something An Cailing would never have thought of.
However, Ji Yiyang, who was trying hard at this time, had no choice but to answer: "I don't know, it's my first time too."
In fact, the time since their debut is not that short, but this is indeed the first time they have participated in the Peony Awards.
"By the way, why haven't you seen Sister Nan?"
An Cailing looked around for a while, looking for the other person's figure.
She Yue opened her mouth and replied: "I should go to Ran Bai's place."
After hearing this, several people stopped talking.
After all, among the actors of Tongji Entertainment, only Ran Bai was not nominated this time.
It will definitely be a little sad.
As the male protagonist of "Mountains and Seas", Ran Bai has absolutely no problems with his acting skills.
However, the supporting roles played by the official actors in the drama are too brilliant.
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"Why are you here?"
Ran Bai opened the door and was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhu Zinan.
Hearing that the other party came here because he was worried about him, Ran Bai smiled and said:
"How can this be? The blows we suffered before were much greater than this."
In Ran Bai's view, not being nominated for the Peony Award is actually a bit sad at most, but it does not affect his mood at all.
After all, in the past, I managed to survive the days without filming.
He is actually very satisfied with the current situation.
Moreover, Ran Bai also believes that if he follows Xu Ji, the Peony Award and the like are not so out of reach.
Ran Bai was also a little surprised by his own thoughts. In the past, not to mention the Peony Award, even some other minor awards had no chance for him. It would be nice to have a movie to film, and he didn't dare to think about winning an award.
But if it was a film about Xu Ji, Ran Bai felt that it was only right to win the award.
In Ran Bai's case, directors in the entertainment industry have now been divided into two types: Xu Ji and other directors.
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"Xiao Xuzi, won't you go with me to this National Day party?"
In the singing practice room of Tongji Entertainment, Sha Yetong asked.
Xu Ji replied: "The Peony Awards happen to be presented at the end of September, and the party has to be rehearsed, so there is no time."
"And I only invited you to this party. The song I prepared for you was sung solo by yourself."
Sha Yetong said "Oh~" with some regret.
Then he took the lyrics and music scores from Xu Ji's hand and started practicing.
"This song is perfect for the National Day party."
After Sha Yetong tried singing a few times, he opened his mouth and said.
This was the first time she had seen Xu Ji write a song with such a theme.
But the quality of the songs written is still ridiculously high.
And Youman, who came in behind, seemed a little surprised after listening to this song.
I couldn't help but ask: "It seems that the official party will probably come to us in the future."
Xu Ji declined to comment.
He would have been happy to see more cooperation with the government.
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Time passed quickly, and soon it was the day before the Peony Awards ceremony.
Tongji Entertainment still has a lot of people coming this time.
In addition to Ji Yiyang, She Yue and other actors, the main creators such as Pang Er from the Xu Ji crew also came one after another.
Just these people from Tongji Entertainment will probably occupy two tables.
Fortunately, the officials of the Peony Award are well prepared and are relatively relaxed in terms of the number of people. Everyone has arranged a hotel room.
The next day was the day when the Peony Awards were presented.
For the red carpet, everyone from Tongji Entertainment naturally came together.
The media reporters at the scene also seemed very enthusiastic when they saw the crowd led by Xu Ji.
After all, although Xu Ji is a director, he is also a person with his own traffic.
What's more, with Ji Yiyang, She Yue and others in it, Tongji Entertainment's current lineup is no longer considered weak.
People didn’t stay on the red carpet for the camera like some celebrities did.
After simply letting the reporters take a few photos in front of the signature wall, they hurried into the award ceremony venue.
Seeing that the group headed by Xu Ji left so quickly, a young reporter who had not had time to take two more photos just now complained:
"Why do people from Tongji Entertainment walk so fast?"
"No more lenses?"
Hearing his words, the surrounding reporters looked sideways.
Then someone asked at this time: "Are you new?"
The young man nodded.
It’s true that he just became an entertainment reporter not long ago.
"Remember in the future, those who want to film Tongji Entertainment must seize the opportunity. Time is very important."
"No one in their company likes to steal the spotlight."
"He even hides away."
"If you're not careful, you won't even be able to take a picture of your back."
Hearing the senior's words, the young reporter was even more surprised and couldn't understand.
"Real or false?"
"Is there any star in the entertainment industry who doesn't want traffic?"
The senior looked at the photos taken in his camera and couldn't help but smile and replied:
"People in Tongji Entertainment are different. You will get used to it after a while."
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After entering the venue, Ji Yiyang and other talents truly realized how influential the Peony Awards is.
The venue was full of people, and there was no audience among them. They were all people from the film and television industry.
And most of them are familiar faces, and first- and second-tier movie stars can be seen everywhere.
Speaking of which, the last time Xu Ji participated in a film and television award was last year's micro-film competition.
But unlike when he participated in the award ceremony for the micro-film competition, Xu Ji felt the goodwill of the entertainment industry this time.
After seeing Xu Ji and others walking in, many people immediately turned their attention to where Xu Ji and others were sitting.
Then people began to come over and say hello to Xu Ji one after another.
Among them were some young actors he didn't know, and some well-known actors.
Although the three major entertainment companies are huge, there are still many other large and small companies surviving in the entertainment industry.
Xu Ji added a lot of people’s contact information.
Many first-line actors have expressed their desire to cooperate with Xu Ji.
Even if they proactively offered to reduce their salary, or they would accept roles other than the male and female protagonists.
You must know that these first-line actors, in order to stabilize their status, are generally not allowed and unwilling to take roles that are not between men and women.
Xu Ji was also very polite throughout the whole process.
This is not a bad thing, after all, there are still many places where Xu Ji needs to use actors.
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"Director Qi, look, I didn't expect this Xuji to be quite popular."
Seeing the bustling crowds at Xu Ji’s place also attracted the attention of many people.
Qi Chen had been watching from a distance with his arms folded. After hearing this, his expression was quite disdainful.
"Just a film and television drama director."
"To put it bluntly, the value of the Peony Award is just that."
Qiao Feiyue, who had just spoken, couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard Qi Chen's words.
He also makes movies and TV series.
As a film director, Qi Chen launched this wave of taunting skills, which even included him.
However, considering that I was used to the natural chain of contempt for movies and TV dramas, and that the other party was a second-tier director of Smallpox Entertainment, I didn’t say much.
Qi Chen came to the Peony Awards this time, actually as a producer of the Qiao Feiyue crew.
Last year, he, like Xu Ji, was a participating director in the Youth Micro Film Competition.
Moreover, he was ranked second at that time, while Xu Ji was only fourth.
After that, Qi Chen entered the film industry and never interacted with Xu Ji again.
Qiao Feiyue is actually a bit hard to understand.
From the moment he entered the Peony Awards ceremony, he showed his disdain for the various film and television actors and directors present.
Although there has always been a chain of discrimination between movies and TV series, Qi Chen is the first to show it so openly.
Qiao Feiyue just hopes that the other party will not offend others at will during the Peony Award, and he will be implicated when the time comes.
After all, the other party is from Smallpox Entertainment, and he is a film director, so there is no need to think about offending these people in the film and television circles.
But as a film and television drama director, I still have to hang out in this circle.
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Obviously, Qiao Feiyue's prayer didn't work.
Qi Chen straightened his clothes and stood up from his seat.
Walk straight in the direction of Xu Ji.
"Director Qi!"
"Where are you going?"
This shocked Qiao Feiyue.
However, Qi Chen just waved his hand towards him and swaggered in front of Xu Ji with his head held high.
When he saw someone coming, Xu Ji didn't think much and still kept smiling.
He thought that the other party was just like the people just now, coming to get to know him and exchange contact information or something.
"Director Xu?"
Qi Chen said knowingly.
Xu Ji stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, hello!"
Unexpectedly, Qi Chen didn't pay attention to Xu Ji's intention at all, but asked with some surprise:
"You don't know me?"
Xu Ji was stunned by these words.
"Um..."
Qi Chen was a little angry after seeing Xu Ji's reaction.
At that time, during the micro-film competition, the other party participated with me.
His ranking is still ahead of his opponent.
A somewhat angry Qi Chen said directly:
"It's normal if you don't know each other."
"After all, we are not in the same circle."
"You guys, directors who make TV series, don't usually have the opportunity to interact with people in our film industry."
After hearing this, Xu Ji immediately understood.
Good guy, it turns out this person is here to cause trouble!
Xu Ji was not only not angry at this time, but also felt a little happy.
Everyone just came here to show their goodwill, which made Xu Ji feel a little uncomfortable.
Now it feels right!
When Qi Chen saw that Xu Ji was not angry after he said this, he thought Xu Ji was showing cowardice.
Then he said to himself:
"Your film and television drama scripts seem to be pretty good."
"I just don't know if I can write a movie script."
"But it doesn't matter, you can try it first."
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Xu Ji quickly interrupted the other party.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
"Who are you?"
At this time, he felt that the other party was not mentally normal.
Qi Chen said:
"By the way, I forgot to introduce myself."
"Qi Chen, film director, I directed "Fluorstone"."
"In last year's micro-film competition, you were fourth and I was second."
"I thought you would go to film movies, but I didn't expect you to come to film TV series."
When Qi Chen talked about the rankings of the two people, his tone became obviously more serious.
Xu Ji recalled the time when he participated in the micro-film competition award ceremony last year.
But I still don’t think of Qi Chen’s appearance.
But I finally got the other person’s name.
Although people don’t know or are familiar with it.
But he had heard of "Fluorstone".
The other party's movie was released last year, with a cost of tens of millions, and it seemed to have earned more than 800 million at the box office.
Moreover, the movie’s reputation is also pretty good, with a rating of over 7 on Huaban.
As a new director, Qi Chen’s achievements are indeed quite impressive.
Just after Qi Chen looked at Xu Ji's reaction expectantly, Xu Ji waved his hand and said:
"Well, if it's cooperation, I'm not interested."
Qi Chen was stunned for a moment after hearing Xu Ji's words.
"I mean, I could consider using your script."
When Xu Ji heard this, he imitated the other person's sentence pattern and replied: "I mean, I'm not interested."
"You can't afford my script."
Qi Chen obviously didn't expect that Xu Ji would refuse so decisively.
And he also said that he couldn't afford the other party's script.
There were already many people around here paying attention to this place. Qi Chen blushed at this moment. After a while, he said angrily: "I don't know how to praise you!"
Then he turned around and left.
Xu Ji was a little confused at this time.
What is this person doing here?
He doesn't quite understand.
However, a middle-aged man at the next table explained Xu Ji's doubts:
"Director Xu, don't worry."
"These movie directors have a sense of superiority and like to look down on us for making movies and TV series."
"But for saying such things at the Peony Awards, Qi Chen also has something wrong with his head."
The director at the next table is obviously used to the superiority of film directors like Qi Chen.
But he also felt that there was something wrong with Qi Chen's head.
Some other directors secretly show off their sense of superiority at most, but are still very polite on the surface.
People like Qi Chen who put everything on their faces are rare.
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Qi Chen's appearance is just a small episode.
Xu Ji didn't care about what the other party said.
Xu Ji didn't quite understand where the other party's sense of superiority came from as a film director.
The bad film directors on the market today are not only film-makers, but the things they produce are equally unsightly.
Speaking of which, it’s time for Xu Ji to enter the film industry.
In the past, due to financial and various reasons, I did not consider making movies.
But now, the time is actually almost ripe.
But Xu Ji is also very confused about what to make for his first movie.
There were too many choices, which made him have difficulty choosing.
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After Qiao Feiyue saw Qi Chen walking over just now, he felt a little regretful that he had invited Qi Chen to attend the Peony Awards with him.
Qi Chen always makes people feel like his head is missing.
Although Xu Ji is not someone who cannot be offended, he cannot make enemies by chance, right?
"Tsk, what a pity Xu Ji is~"
Qi Chen returned to Qiao Feiyue's side and spoke.
Qiao Fei jumped across the black line on his face.
"I think back then, we were all award-winning directors in the Youth Micro Film Competition."
"I am second and he is fourth. Although he is a little behind me, he is still very talented."
"I didn't expect that I would be wasting my talent on movies and TV series now."
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Qiao Feiyue wanted to complain, but in the end he held back.
The main investor in his drama this time is Smallpox Entertainment, and Qi Chen is the specially invited project producer, representing the investor.
Forget it, I’m too lazy to argue with him, just keep my distance.
While Qiao Feiyue was thinking, he deliberately distanced himself from the other party, as if we were not very familiar with each other.
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"Welcome to the 39th Peony Awards."
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After all the guests arrived, the presentation of the Peony Awards officially began.
It didn’t take long for Xu Ji and the others to become the most focused place in the audience.
"The 39th Peony Award for the Most Popular Actor, the winner is...Ji Yiyang!"
"The 39th Peony Award for the Most Popular Actress, the winner is... An Cailing!"
"The 39th Peony Award for Most Popular Supporting Actress, the winner is...She Yue!"
"The 39th Peony Award for the most popular film and television drama, the winner is..."The Legend of Sword and Fairy One"!"
At the beginning, it represented the five most popular awards this year. In addition to supporting actor, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy One" directly won all the awards.
Although this kind of scene has not happened before, it is still very rare.
However, the ownership of these awards is indeed not controversial.
After all, the popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy One" at the beginning of the year was there.
Even now, from time to time there are netizens on the Internet who are upset because of the plot of Fairy Sword and clamor to send blades to Xu Ji.
The comments in the live broadcast room also expressed congratulations.
"Congratulations to "Legend of Sword and Fairy One" for the four nominations!"
"Actually, I feel like I can make it right. The male supporting actors in Sword of Sword One are also pretty good, but it's a pity that they weren't nominated."
"Well deserved!"
"Xu Ji may become the biggest winner!"
"In terms of popularity and traffic, this year's Xianjianyi really has no rival!"
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Ji Yiyang, An Cailing and others also looked very excited.
After all, it was the first time for both of them to participate in the Peony Awards, and they even won.
Xu Ji seemed relatively calm.
There is basically no big suspense about these awards.
After all, these most popular awards are basically determined by the popularity of watching the show.
Moreover, the reputation of Xianjianyi is also there, so it is expected to win the award.
The later awards are more valuable.
Xu Ji is not sure that he will win the next few awards.
Although "Love Between Mountains and Seas" has a good reputation, several dramas such as "Love Between Mountains and Seas" were also shortlisted. Although they are not very popular, they are not inferior to "Love between Mountains and Seas" in terms of scripts and actors' acting skills.
Sure enough, the next best actor that was not shortlisted for "Mountains and Seas" was successfully won by "Mountains and Seas".
However, Xu Ji successfully won the "Best New Director" award without any suspense.
The best screenplay was another Waterloo, "Humanity" won again, and there was a burst of cheers from the other side.
"This Peony Award feels like a one-man show for the two dramas "Mountains and Seas" and "Mountains of People"!"
"Other dramas are indeed no match. The ratings of these two dramas on Huapet.com are both above 9."
"I have watched both dramas, but I still feel that "Love between Mountains and Seas" is a bit inferior due to the limitations of the subject matter, but it is good enough that Xu Ji was able to film the gift drama like this!"
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While netizens were discussing, the presentation of the Peony Awards was also coming to an end.
"The 39th Peony Award for Best Actress, the finalists are:"
""Miracle", Yan Jiao"
""The Love of Mountains and Seas", Zhu Zinan"
""A huge crowd"..."
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"Congratulations to Zhu Zinan, the actor who plays Water Flower in "Mountains and Seas"!"
Zhu Zinan was very excited when he heard his name.
She won the Peony Award for Best Actress, which she had never expected before.
Xu Ji also felt a little emotional at this time. In his memory, the role player Water Flower on Earth failed to win the Best Actress in the end, but he didn't expect that now he would achieve it in Blue Star.
"Thank you Director Xu for giving me the opportunity to interpret the role of Water Flower..."
After Zhu Zinan took the stage, her eyes were wet and she began to talk about her acceptance speech.
"The most important thing is to thank Tongtong, Tongtong, I love you!"
Everything was normal at first, but Zhu Zinan suddenly mentioned Sha Yetong at the end, which made Xu Ji have a dark look on his face.
At this time, Xu Ji's only shortlisted awards are for the Best Film and Television Series.