Two bests

The two most influential film awards in China were the Golden Bell Award and the Baicao Award. Among them, the Golden Bull Award was an expert award, and the Baicao Award was a mass award, because the two major awards were held every other year, and later they were combined into one, referred to as the Golden Bell Baicao Film Festival. And this year, it was the Baicao Award.

Due to the particularity of the selection method, the Baicao Awards were mostly in October, while other various film festivals had been launched one after another since March.

Qin Feng’s suggestion to Lu Yan before was that his current weight was not enough. Even if he participated in a few more film festivals, there was no benefit other than being a guest, so he simply didn’t go.

The Baicao Award was different, because “Blade” had been shortlisted for the best film in this year’s Baicao Award, and Lu Yan was also among the nominations for the best supporting actor. In the last life, Xu Yongzhou was also shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor for this film, but unfortunately, he lost, but Lu Yan didn’t know if he could change the result.

Due to the fact that he was still filming, Lu Yan did not participate in other activities of the film festival, and only attended the most important award ceremony directly.

The red carpet was always one of the highlights of the major ceremonies, and the red carpet of the film festival awards ceremony was even more star-studded. Lu Yan was now a frequent guest on the red carpet, and he knew how to get more attention in a low-key manner.

Most of the red carpets of the film festivals were based on the crew. As the female lead, Mu Xiao did not choose to walk with the male lead, but walked ahead with the arm of director Li Ran. Mu Xiao, who was wearing a low-cut dress, had a sweet and gentle smile on her face. Li Ran, who was beside her, changed his usual habit of dressing to a formal attire, but he obviously didn’t like such occasions very much, and remained expressionless.

Lu Yan and Gu Yang followed a few steps behind. As soon as the two big men came on stage, there were screams, especially for Lu Yan, the fans almost broke their throats.

The two had not seen each other for a long time, they only had occasional contact on weekdays, but their friendship had not been affected. Gu Yang teased in a low voice, “In just one year, Lu Yan, your popularity is very high now.”

He didn’t know when it started, Gu Yang no longer called “Xiao Lu”, but directly called Lu Yan’s name.

Lu Yan smiled and replied in a low voice, “It all depends on everyone’s support.”

As for Yan Shaohui, for unknown reasons, he did not attend the award ceremony.

After walking to the front of the signature wall to sign, several media gathered around them, and they posed together and took a few photos.

The reporters’ microphones were very fast, and the questions asked at this time were nothing more than how they felt about being nominated, and whether they had the confidence to win the award.

Li Ran simply said “confidence” and dismissed all the questions.

Gu Yang shrugged and said with a smile, “This time, the great god Han Yuan is also shortlisted. I think I have no hope. Today, I will simply be a spectator.”

Lu Yan’s answer was as persuasive as ever, “I think winning an award is what every shortlisted actor wishes for, but in the end, it depends on the opinions of the public.”

The crew in the back quickly walked across the red carpet, so the media switched to the next one. Before the result came out, every shortlisted person had the chance to win the prize, and naturally none of them could be let go. After the final result came out, there would be no unpreparedness.

The red carpet started at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and the ceremony did not officially start until 7:30.

The hosts of this award ceremony were Shu Hang and Dong Lan. Shu Hang was a big name in the variety show industry, and Dong Lan was once a celebrity on CCTV. Naturally, they were full of weight.

No matter how important the host of the award ceremony was, it was still a cutscene, and the presenters were more expected and attracted attention.

The best music award was presented first. The honored guests were veteran comedian Zhu Hong and director Jiang Chengyu. As soon as these two people came on stage, they made a gag, which attracted laughter from the audience, but relieved a lot of tension in the venue.

Lu Yan was also amused, and his mood relaxed a lot.

After the five shortlisted films were broadcast on the big screen, the two presenters began to sell play to reveal the final answer. The selection of the Baicao Award was a bit special, because it was a crowd award, and of course, the opinion of the crowd was the final criterion. Not to mention the length of the previous selection of shortlisted works, the final award was determined by the strictly selected 101 viewers present. So, it would take a little longer.

Soon, the presenters got the final result.

At the moment when the answer was about to be revealed, Lu Yan suddenly felt something, turned his head to look, the second seat in the same row with him, near the aisle, was empty before, but at this time a person just sat down, as if sensing Lu Yan’s gaze, the man also turned his head, saw Lu Yan, and nodded slightly.

The lights in the venue were bright, but the man’s dark eyes seemed to be brighter than the lights, and Lu Yan couldn’t help his heart skipped a beat.

This distraction made him miss the reveal of the results. There was a burst of applause around him. When Lu Yan saw Li Ran stand up and walk to the stage, he knew that the award-winning film was “Blade”.

Li Ran’s speech was quite simple. He had long been accustomed to winning awards, not to mention the best music was just a small award.

Afterwards, the best art and best cinematography were awarded to the films “Tian Shan” and “Blade” respectively.

Then the best supporting actor and actress were announced.

The best supporting actress was awarded before the supporting actor, and the winner was actress Fang Chen who participated in “You Love Me”.

Coincidentally, Gu Yang was the presenter for the Best Supporting Actor award, and he said directly as soon as he walked onto the stage, “Actually, I don’t really want to be the presenter today, because coming up now means I might not be able to come up later…” The humorous words and funny expressions once again attracted laughter from the scene, and the host Shu Hang laughed in cooperation, “I think we can all understand, because Mr. Gu won the nomination for the best actor.”

Gu Yang spread his hands, and then said, “I was reluctant when the organizer asked me to present the award, but when I knew what award it was, I had no problem. Because I really hope that one person can win this award, and if he does win, it would make a lot of sense for me to announce it.”

Shu Hang cooperated, “I can probably guess who Mr. Gu is talking about.”

“This should be obvious.” Gu Yang smiled.

Shu Hang said with a smile, “Then we should first look at the nominations for Best Supporting Actor, although many people may already know it.”

The electronic screen lit up again, and the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were Lu Yan in “Blade”; Shen Qi in “Tian Shan”; Yu Shuyuan in “Hypermarket”; Chen Cheng in “Decisive Battle” and Zhou Bing in “King of Lanling”.

Soon the electronic voting ended, and the results were sent to Gu Yang.

Gu Yang glanced at the list of winners, but he didn’t even sell it. He directly raised the list in his hand and said happily, “I’m very happy to be able to say his name and win the 58th Baicao Award for Best Supporting Actor. Yes – Lu Yan!”

The last name, Gu Yang, bites very loudly and imposingly, as if the winner was himself.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was thunderous applause. Lu Yan stood up amid the thunderous applause. The people next to him also stood up and extended their hands to congratulate him. Lu Yan smiled and shook hands with them while walking out slowly.

When he reached the position on the edge of the aisle, Su Mo had already stood up and waited to reach out to him. Lu Yan grabbed his hand with a heavier force than when shaking hands with other people. He couldn’t tell why, although the other side was closer to the aisle, he would rather take two more steps to pass this way.

When Su Mo shook hands with him, he moved his lips slightly and whispered, “Congratulations.”

Lu Yan squeezed his palm lightly, turned and walked towards the stage.

Lu Yan stepped onto the stage and first gave Gu Yang a big hug. They both patted each other on the shoulders, and the friendship was so good that it was eye-catching.

After letting go, Lu Yan took the trophy from Gu Yang, and Gu Yang put his arms around his shoulder again and said “congratulations” before walking off the stage.

Lu Yan raised the trophy and calmed down first.

It would be a lie to say that he was not excited. Even though Lu Yan was still very confident that he could win the award, the feeling of knowing that he could win an award was very different from the real award.

Holding the trophy in his right hand, Lu Yan leaned slightly into the microphone and said, “First of all, I would like to thank Director Li Ran and the entire “Blade” crew, without them, I would not have the opportunity to stand here today; then I would like to thank everyone in the audience who voted and supported me, without your approval, I would not be who I am now; in the end I would like to thank myself, because I know how much effort I have put in to be able to stand here in this moment. This Will be a start. Thank you!”

Lu Yan raised the trophy high, bowed to the audience, and walked downstairs gracefully. His speech was succinct, but very powerful, as if he had rehearsed it countless times behind his back. Only Lu Yan himself knew that at the moment before he took the stage, he still didn’t know what to say.

The awards were still going on. Next was the Best Screenplay Award. The winner was still the film “Blade”. Yan Zhan was very calm when he took the stage to accept the award. As a golden screenwriter in the industry, he had won this award many times.

Then there was another award worth looking forward to, the Best New Actor Award, also known as the Best Newcomer Award.

This award had its particularity, because not every year would have enough outstanding new actors, and the number of people who appear every year was not the same, so this award did not stipulate the number of nominees, but no more than five at most . There were only three actors nominated for best newcomer this year, namely “Blade” Lu Yan; “Decisive Battle” Guo Xiaofei and “You Love Me” You Zhun.

This time, the presenters were not as straightforward as Gu Yang. They had to sell enough and get involved in the flowers before finally revealing the answer. There was no doubt that the winner was Lu Yan.

Lu Yan got up for the second time tonight amid the applause, shook hands with the congratulatory people around him one by one, and went to receive the second most important award in his life. When passing by Su Mo, his eyes became brighter and his smile deepened. When Lu Yan held his hand, he couldn’t help pulling hard and gave him a brief hug. At this moment, the joy and excitement in Lu Yan’s heart was eager to share with others.

Taking the trophy from the presenter, Lu Yan had not spoken yet. The host Shu Hang, who was standing next to him, had already asked with a smile, “Lu Yan, how does it feel to be here for the second time today?”

Lu Yan smiled, “I just want to say two words, very good! Very good!”

“It seems that there are more than two words.” Shu Hang smiled.

Lu Yan still smiled, “It can be seen that I am so excited that I can’t even count.”

After the little joke, Lu Yan leaned over to the microphone and said, “I just said ‘start’, but I didn’t expect to be able to ‘continue’ so quickly. It won’t be too many times to say thank you, I still want to thank everyone. For my love, all I can do is to work harder to repay everyone’s love with better works. Thank you!”

Of course, Lu Yan was not the person who had been on stage the most tonight. The next best director and the last best picture, the winning film was “Blade”. In addition to these two times, Li Ran had been on stage four times.

As for the most important Best Actor Award and Best Actress Award other than Best Picture, Han Yuan of “Decisive Battle” and Xi Ting of “Tian Shan” won respectively.

Therefore, the biggest winner tonight was the “Blade” crew, who won seven awards including Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenwriter, Best Newcomer, Best Director and Best Picture. They won most of the awards of the entire film festival.

According to the legend of the rivers and lakes, Li Ran’s films were easy to win awards, and it really was not a blow. More importantly, this time the award was still a mass award, which showed the mass recognition, and what mass recognition meant, of course, was the box office and revenue.

With such achievements, Starry Sky, as director Li Ran’s family, couldn’t fail to express it. Therefore, after the award ceremony, the crew members who were able to come were gathered to celebrate together.

Of course, there was no need for the most enjoyable wine to celebrate. The white and red beer on the table was sent to the table as if you didn’t want money. Of course, you didn’t want your own money. The boss would pay for it, but the stomach and liver were yours after all, but apparently, no one realized this.

Apart from Li Ran, Lu Yan was the one who was targeted the most.

Usually, people didn’t dare to bully the director like this. There was a rare chance that the director would never care about it. Of course, it was the revenge of hatred, almost everyone had more than three cups to be counted.

And Lu Yan, needless to say, the first film won the two best of the best supporting actor and the best newcomer. Not to mention the unprecedented, it was estimated that there would be few comers in the future. After all, the best supporting actor was very good. It was not difficult to be a good newcomer, but it was difficult to obtain them at the same time. Under all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, Lu Yan also became the target of fire.

As for Su Mo, who was sitting on the seat without saying a word, everyone knew that this good-looking person with a cold face was the big boss of the Starry sky. With the majesty of the big boss there, naturally no one dared to take advantage of him, except for Li Ran offered him a glass of wine at first, but he didn’t drink a single sip after that.

When it was over, everyone fell down, except for Su Mo, who only had a glass of wine.

Artists naturally had assistants to pick them up. No matter how drunk the employees were, they had to take a taxi back by themselves. After Li Ran was also picked up by the driver at home, only Su Mo, Lu Yan, and Song Hui were left.

Lu Yan obviously drank a bit too much. Although he was good at drinking, he couldn’t hold back such a large group of people to persuade him, not to mention the red and white beer. After the banquet was over, he sat on the side, eyes closed, and rubbed his temples with one hand on his knees. The wine was excellent.

Song Hui helped with the aftermath, and was about to help Lu Yan up when Su Mo suddenly said, “Song Hui, you go first, I’ll take him back.”

Song Hui was stunned for a moment, a little overwhelmed. Although Su Mo was Starry Sky’s big boss, Lu Yan was his direct boss. He had to listen to what the big boss said, and he could not ignore his boss’s opinions.

When in a dilemma, Song Hui whispered, “Brother Lu…”

Lu Yan nodded inexplicably, Song Hui only agreed with Lu Yan, so he got up and said, “Then trouble Director Su, I’ll go back first.”

Su Mo nodded.

After Song Hui left, Su Mo sat for a while, then stood up beside Lu Yan, leaned down and said in a low voice, “Mr. Lu, can you go by yourself?”

After a while, Lu Yan opened his eyes. There was still a faint drunkenness in his eyes, but he tried to blink to wake himself up. He nodded at Su Mo and stood up slowly. After standing up, Lu Yan paused on the spot again, and then walked out step by step. Every step he took was extremely steady, but every step was extremely slow.

Su Mo followed him silently. At first, he wondered if he should help him, but later he saw that he was walking steadily.

When Lu Yan walked to the door of the hotel, Lu Yan had to move forward. Su Mo gently pulled on his elbow and said in a low voice, “Wait for me here, I’ll pick up the car.”

Lu Yan blinked again, as if trying to understand what he meant, then nodded and stopped.

Su Mo quickly drove the car over. Lu Yan stood by the car and didn’t move. Su Mo got out of the car and came over to help him open the front passenger’s door, and whispered in his ear, “Get in the car.”

Lu Yan sat down obediently.

Su Mo lowered his head and leaned into the car to help him fasten his seat belt. Lu Yan’s warm breath fell on his neck. Su Mo trembled slightly, as if he was burned, and quickly pulled out and closed the car door.

Su Mo returned to the driver’s seat, fastened his seat belt, and calmed his breath slightly before restarting the car.

He glanced sideways at Lu Yan, who was sitting in a daze, and couldn’t help but burst into a smile. He didn’t expect him to look so cute when he was drunk, which was different from usual.

Su Mo quietly drove to Lu Yan’s residence. After driving for about half an hour, his right hand on the steering wheel was suddenly squeezed. Su Mo was startled when he was unprepared, turned his head and saw that Lu Yan had opened his eyes, smiled at him, and said slowly, “Don’t go back, go for a ride.”

Perhaps because he was a little drunk, Lu Yan’s smile was extraordinarily bright, and there was a hint of innocence in it. Su Mo had never seen Lu Yan like this, and he had never seen him smile like this, and his heart beat faster. He had never learned to refuse his request, not to mention it was what he wanted, Su Mo nodded, said “yes”, and turned around to the mountain they had been to together last time.

It was already deep at night, except for the drivers on the night road, there were basically no pedestrians and not many vehicles on the road. There was only an even breathing left by his side, but Su Mo felt extremely relieved. He wished that the road would be endless and the two of them could be together like this forever.

Su Mo slowed down the speed of the car, but the top of the mountain still gradually appeared in front of him. No matter how hard the road was, there would eventually be an end.

Su Mo stopped the car, turned off the engine, and even the sound of the engine disappeared. The surroundings were quieter, and the breathing of the person beside him became clearer.

Fifteen had just passed, and the moon was still very round. There were no lights on the mountain, and the moonlight pouring through the front window was enough for Su Mo to see the people around him.

Lu Yan closed his eyes, just woke up for a while, and fell asleep after saying that sentence.

Su Mo quietly looked at Lu Yan’s defenseless sleeping face, but did not wake him up. This picture was too beautiful, he was reluctant to break it.

It wasn’t known how long it took, Lu Yan’s long eyelashes trembled, his eyes rolled as if he was about to wake up, Su Mo hurriedly turned his head away as if he had done something wrong.

However, Lu Yan turned slightly to the side and did not wake up. Su Mo couldn’t help turning his head to look at him again. Even with a thin foundation, he could still see the faint traces under his eyes. Su Mo knew that Lu Yan had had a hard time during this time. But he was content, and he had no right to interfere.

He often asked Song Hui about Lu Yan’s situation and schedule, and what announcements Lu Yan had to do every day. He may know better than Lu Yan himself, so he could always seize the best opportunity to appear in front of the other party appropriately, the frequency was neither too high nor too low, neither would the other party feel annoyed, nor would the other party forget because the time interval was too long. He had never bothered so much for a man before.

What was the initial touch, Su Mo no longer wanted to delve into it. After contacting again and again and getting to know more and more, he let himself sink deeper and deeper. From the very beginning, he never seriously resisted this touch, nor did he stop himself from the urge to get to know this person. And the more he understood, the more he couldn’t let go. He let this feeling go, and he knew he couldn’t control it.

If love could be controlled by people, it may not be true love.

However, the matter of love was not as simple as the showdown in the mall. It was not that if you pay, there will be a return. Su Mo knew very well that he couldn’t force it, especially when it was someone like Lu Yan, so he had to endure and wait.

He didn’t know if he had waited too long, although the time was not very long, but the torment in his heart was like a year. In this moonlit night, on the top of the mountain where the night wind was blowing, with the people beside him sleeping so peacefully, Su Mo suddenly felt a little unbearable. His gaze moved down along Lu Yan’s supple eyebrows and landed on his thin lips, he couldn’t help but slowly leaned over and gently covered it.

After a light touch, Su Mo suppressed his desire to explore further and forced himself to leave. He looked at Lu Yan’s lips that were moistened by the light kiss, and before he could control it, he opened the car door and walked out.

The moonlight and the coolness of the night quenched the heat that rose in his heart. Su Mo walked to the guardrail not far away, leaned on it, took out a cigarette that was not often used, lit one, and put it in his mouth.