Global Film Emperor

Chapter 149 Another Trouble
"The Best Director Award at the 49th China Film Golden Rooster Awards goes to Ge Qiu for 'The Lone Wolf'!"

"The winner of the Best Newcomer Award at the 49th China Film Golden Rooster Awards is Lu Ze for his role in 'Hello Mr. Tree'!"

After receiving his second award and giving his acceptance speech, Lu Ze took the Best Newcomer Award trophy off the stage and returned to his seat. With that, all nominations for "Mr. Tree" at the 49th Golden Rooster Awards were now complete.

Lu Ze's Best Newcomer award was a foregone conclusion after he won Best Actor, but the Best Director award was not given to Zhuang Yu. It is estimated that the judges also had their reasons, and did not want the Golden Rooster Awards to become a one-man show for a single film.

Everyone knows this, and Zhuang Yu understands that after Lu Ze won the Best Actor award, he will never be able to win the Best Director award again.

Lu Ze became the biggest winner at the Golden Rooster Awards, and made history by becoming the first actor in the history of the Golden Rooster Awards to win both the Best Actor and Best Newcomer awards as a newcomer.

Now, major online media and self-media have begun to report extensively on Lu Ze's ascension to the throne, and Lu Ze has also become the top trending topic on Weibo.

Perhaps many young people had never heard of the actor Lu Ze before, but even if some people still don't know what Lu Ze looks like or what movies he has acted in, they have at least heard of Lu Ze's name.

After the Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented, the awards ceremony came to an end. The artists who participated in the performance or received the awards took a group photo with the organizers, judges, and award presenters, and then they were able to go their separate ways.

"Thank you, Teacher Li. Okay, goodbye."

"Thank you, Teacher Zhang, thank you so much. I will definitely visit you when I have the chance, and I hope you will not hesitate to give me your guidance."

After greeting a group of senior figures and teachers in the industry, Lu Ze picked up the two trophies and certificates, turned around, and left the hall, heading to another exit of the venue.

This is where celebrities wait for their cars; fans are not allowed to enter. Apart from the celebrities, only the media can linger here. Seeing Lu Ze and Song Guiyuan chatting and laughing as they came out of the venue, I quickly ran over to interview them.

"Let me see this trophy, its weight... Tsk tsk, I've never won Best Actor in my life, I never thought you'd surpass me. So, now should I call you Emperor Lu?"

Song Guiyuan held the trophy, looking at Lu Ze's name engraved on the base, his eyes filled with envy. As an actor, the more of these things the better; who would complain about having too few trophies?

He's in his thirties now, and while he's won the TV King award twice, he's never won the Best Actor award, which is probably because his movies haven't been particularly outstanding.

"What 'Emperor of the Land'? I'm more like the Ocean. You're really boring. If you really want to compete for Best Actor, why don't you go and make movies? You're still making TV dramas, aren't you?"

"What? Is it that easy to win Best Actor? I can win it just by acting in a movie? I won't make movies until I find a good script. It doesn't even pay as much as TV dramas. I should have just taken the role in my brother-in-law's movie. What kind of curse did I have to recommend you to my brother-in-law?"

Lu Ze curled his lip, looked at Zhuang Yu who was comforting Wang Zhen, and shrugged: "They might have been cursed. Hurry up and go to Thailand to get some breast augmentation. When you come back, you can even breastfeed my nephew."

"Screw you, your mouth is too foul! I'm not talking to you anymore. Look, these reporters are running away, I'll make way for you."

Seeing the reporters rushing towards him, Song Guiyuan quickly retreated and came to Zhuang Yu's side, while Lu Ze was instantly surrounded by reporters.

"Lu Ze, congratulations on becoming the 49th Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. How are you feeling now? Did you feel surprised when you won the award? Congratulations on making history and becoming the first newcomer to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor."

A reporter pointed a microphone at Lu Ze, almost shoving it into his mouth. Lu Ze stepped back slightly, regained his footing, and glanced around. Liu Bin hadn't driven over yet; he could chat with the reporter.

"Thank you. I was definitely nervous at the time, and there was some surprise, but not much. After all, I had already been nominated and was qualified to win this award. It would be surprising if I didn't qualify and still won. As for how I feel now? I just want to go home and get a good night's sleep. I was a bit excited just now, and I'm still quite sleepy and a little hungry. I'd like to have some late-night snacks to celebrate."

It was a simple and unpretentious statement that made the reporters smile, and then the second reporter quickly moved on to the second question.

"We've noticed a significant difference in your physique since filming 'Mr. Tree,' you've become quite muscular. I've also learned that you've joined Director Liu Ying's crew. Has filming already started? As one of the top commercial film directors in China, does working under Director Liu mean you're aiming for box office success, and your next goal isn't, as you just mentioned, continuing to strive for awards?" This question wasn't very meaningful, since Lu Ze was currently enjoying the glory of becoming an emperor, and asking about his next film wasn't appropriate. However, Lu Ze still had to explain.

"Commercial films can win awards too. Who says only art films can win awards? I'm not lying about my next goal, it's still to win awards. As for box office? Is there a direct relationship between box office and awards? As for when Director Liu's film will start shooting? I really don't know. I can only wait for news. My driver is here. See you next time. Thank you for the interview. I'm leaving now. I'll go back, have some food, and then go to sleep."

Liu Ying's filming is already halfway done, but the press conference for the start of filming hasn't even started yet. Although these reporters have a keen sense of smell and know whether "The Boxer" has started filming or not, they are just colluding with Lu Ze to tell lies.

Once in the car, the air conditioning wasn't very strong, but it was still much better than outside. After politely answering the reporters, Lu Ze took a breather.

"Daze, here you go."

"Where did it come from?"

Lu Ze saw the two wooden boxes that Liu Bin handed over. They were made of solid wood and looked very high-end. After opening them, Lu Ze realized that they were boxes for holding trophies.

"After you got out of the car, a film festival staff member in the parking lot gave me this trophy. It's beautiful, is it pure gold?"

"Pure gold is so heavy, how much does it cost? You're overthinking it. Let's go, let's hurry up and pick up Zixuan, then we'll go back. Damn, it's already 10:20? We have to hurry, our flight is at 12:30."

He put the trophy back in its box and left it aside. Soon they arrived at the hotel's underground parking lot. Lu Ze sat in the van, holding the trophy. He figured he could just leave the old chairman's car there; the chairman's driver would come and take it away early the next morning.

"Congratulations, Brother Lu!"

As soon as Wang Zixuan got into the car, she congratulated him. At that moment, Lu Ze was joking with some old friends who had called to congratulate him. He had just hung up on Liu Le and Zeng Long. These two old drifters who were still hiding in Hengdian were also overjoyed, saying that they would take the photo with Lu Ze out to brag about it tomorrow.

I had just put my phone down when it rang again. It was Li Yumei calling, saying that Lu Ze had brought honor to his ancestors, and that Lu Weiguo and she would go to the ancestral graves tomorrow to burn some paper money for their ancestors and check if any smoke was rising from the graves.

After hanging up the phone with a mix of amusement and exasperation, Lu Ze took a bottle of mineral water from the small refrigerator and drank it. As the car passed the night market, Lu Ze saw grilled cold noodles being sold on the street through the glass. Feeling a bit hungry, he asked Wang Zixuan to run an errand to buy some food.

I forgot to tell Wang Zixuan not to put cilantro in it, so I pushed the cilantro aside. It was the only thing he was picky about, and he had never been able to stand the taste of it since he was a child.

"Brother Lu, check Weibo quickly. It seems something's happened. I know what's going on. A Weibo influencer posted something that seems to be attacking you. Take a look."

I took Wang Zixuan's phone and glanced at the feature article by the Weibo influencer: "Lu Ze wins Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, but exposes his character."

The conversation began with praise for Lu Ze's inspiring, down-to-earth, incredibly talented, and respectful image of his seniors that he had cultivated over the years. Then, the tone shifted to Lu Ze shaking hands with Luo Ziqin. On the surface, the two seemed to be getting along quite well, but the only thing that revealed the truth was Luo Ziqin's angry and embarrassed expression.

Therefore, this Weibo influencer bluntly stated that Lu Ze was mocking Luo Ziqin, exposing his inflated ego, as if Lu Ze were some kind of arrogant person.

After reading it, Lu Ze picked up a piece of grilled cold noodles. He noticed that the cilantro inside wasn't completely removed. He frowned, swallowed it, took a sip of water, and then scrolled through his Weibo account. Sure enough, people had already started criticizing it. So, Lu Ze understood the specifics of the situation.

As expected, Luo Ziqin is no pushover.

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(End of this chapter)