Chapter Fourteen: The Award Ceremony

  On the click-through list of the short film competition, a short film called "High Hand" directed by Lu Zhengyu has always been ranked after "Female Guile". This is an absurd comedy that tells the story of a group of modern martial arts masters. The director should be one of those who entertain themselves, the quality of the film is average, but it wins in being funny and interesting, and is also highly recommended.

  Now, when He Mu enters the special page of the competition and sees "The Female Trickster" followed by a film called "The Thinker in a Wheelchair", he clicks on it and finds that it is only slightly better than "The Master". He Mu doesn't look closely and directly clicks to enter, but within half a minute, he returns and carefully looks at the uploader's name "Elegant and Refined Cultural Brother". It turns out to be him. It seems that Tao Qudu has already known about it, no wonder he was still smiling.

  He Mu made a phone call and asked Li Wen to come over. He then pointed at the "Thinker in a Wheelchair" on the screen and asked him what was going on.

  Before Li Wen Hua arrived, He Mu had already finished watching this short film. The male lead of the film was still him, He Mu. The film tells a story about a handsome young man who remains optimistic after becoming physically disabled, insisting on learning, reading books, reading newspapers and cooking for himself. This is a story about a strong-willed person with a disability. There are no dialogues in the whole film, only narrations, which are quite interesting and humorous. Combined with He Mu's elegant and refined posture in his wheelchair, it makes people feel both moved and amused at the same time. It's obviously Li Wen Hua's style.

  The shooting of the short film is rough and casual, with a bit of Zhang Yimou's "Not One Less" shadow, and a bit of documentary realism. It can be seen that the shooter is a talented newcomer.

  The editing is very colorful and innovative, with a kind of mainstream art film temperament. He Mu doesn't believe that Li Jun can have such skills, so there must be someone who helped him write it.

  In fact, this film does not meet the essential conditions of a popular online video. It has no complete story, no lively and funny dialogue, and no hot and sexy beauties. So the only reason it can stand out is that the protagonist is He Mu.

  This is another beneficiary of "The Lady Gambler".

  Li Wen Hua greeted Ah Bing after entering the room. At this time, He Mu was watching "The Thinker in a Wheelchair" for the second time. Li Wen Hua knew that something had happened and didn't hide it anymore. Before He Mu could interrogate him, he confessed voluntarily.

  "I was just casually taking pictures at the time, and later the deadline for that short film competition was extended. I immediately came up with this idea and wrote the script, edited the material in a very short period of time. I didn't expect it to be so well-received, of course, mainly because you acted well."

  "Is this side white not yours?"

  "It's Tianyuan, the senior from the Performance Department."

  "Editing isn't your job either?"

  "This was done by Wang Mingfei, this sister really has some skills, after she edited this piece, it directly improved the level." Li Wenhua praised.

  "Hmm, you guys are getting quite close, huh." He Mu teased.

  "It's quite close, but she always asks me about you." Li Wen Hua turned the tables.

  "Cough cough," He Mu bypassed the topic, "By the way, help me find a few photography books. I just got off work and it's inconvenient to move around, just pick some books to take a look."

  "What? You also want to be a director?"

  "I'm just taking a casual look, anyway I'm idle either way." He Mu said insincerely, actually he was somewhat moved, as this involved the philosophical issue of "whether creating a world or decorating a world is more valuable", which He Mu hadn't thought through clearly.

  "Right, will you go to the awards ceremony later?" He Mu asked, thinking of the upcoming Tudou news conference.

  "Of course I'll go, a prize of 100,000 yuan, I must go." It seems that Li Wen Hua is already very confident that he will get the second prize, but he doesn't know that the evaluation of the award is based on several aspects including clicks, comments, likes and expert scores, not just clicks.

  October 1st arrived as scheduled.

  He Mu, Tao Qu Duo, Li Wen Hua, Zhang Jia Ni and Wang Ming Fei arrived at a hotel where Tudou.com was holding an awards ceremony.

  After the speeches of Lenovo Group's representative and Tudou.com's high-level officials, it was time for Q&A session. Half an hour later, the award ceremony began, starting with the Encouragement Award. All five winners were present, some even brought their friends on stage to receive the award together, making it a lively scene.

  The host announced the top five works, with 4th and 5th place winning third prize, 2nd and 3rd place winning second prize, and 1st place winning first prize. Their works can receive comments from the expert panel and then award bonuses.

  It's possible that everyone recognized He Mu, as the male lead of a top-clicked work, He Mu shone brightly like gold in his formal attire, extremely eye-catching. Everyone also guessed that the person next to him was definitely the director of those two works, and all sorts of gazes were cast on this group of people.

  For example, a young man with an unassuming appearance but a lot of charm in front of him is Lu Zhengyu, the director and actor of "The Master". He had just graduated from Wuhan University of Technology and admired Chow Yun-fat. He loved movies and liked to take pictures during his college years. This "Master" was the starting point of his directing career, and he hoped to get a pass to enter the directing threshold. However, the appearance of "The Scheming Virgin" hit his confidence. The wonderful plot arrangement, superb camera work, professional lines and acting skills were enough to make him lose eight streets. He watched this movie more than ten times, losing one time after another. People of similar age, how can the gap between the films be so big?

  In addition, a little girl with two ponytails behind her back looked stupid and cute, casting jealous glances at Tao Qudu and his group. She was also a director named Lin Qingyi, to be exact, a freshman in the directing department of the film academy, Tao Qudu's junior sister, but when she went to school, Director Tao had already graduated.

  Her work "Cat·Dog·Man" tells the story of stray animals and humans, ranking seventh in clicks, but the encouragement award didn't have her share, so she guessed that she should be among the top five. She yearned to compete with her senior Tao Qiumu, but also understood the gap between "Cat·Dog·Man" and "Female Guai". She had seen "Female Guai" so many times that she remembered every detail, which deepened her admiration for Senior Tao. As for the jealous gaze, it was more directed at Zhang Jianie, who was close to Director Tao.

  Another middle-aged man on the expert panel also looked at this group several times, and the nameplate in front of him read "Huayi Brothers Television Chen Xiaoming". When he turned back for the third time, the host began to speak. "With a comprehensive score, the fifth-place work is 'Cat·Dog·Man', directed by Lin Qingyi. Please ask Mr. Chen Xiaoming from Huayi Brothers Television to comment on the award-winning work!"

  Applause...

  Since the green-clothed sister has appeared, I must recommend her "Super Director", the most popular new book in Hua Entertainment, don't miss it! By the way, I also recommend Lu Zhengyu's "Hip-Hop Trilogy", those who have read it all say it's good!

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