Ch33 - Let’s keep this identity as a younger brother for now (1/2)
3.10 – Let’s keep this identity as a younger brother (for now)
translator: xiin
editor: BlueBug & alamerysl
Bai Yue’s first film was titled “Bamboo Horse”. It was a name that did not seem to match the contents of the film. The film was finished on schedule, and after it passed the censorship board it was entered into a foreign film festival. They waited until they received news that the film had been nominated for an award before arranging for a release time in China.
Publicity for the film began after that.
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Because the director was unknown and there were no big name actors besides the newly famous Sun Jianan, they did not spend much for promotion and only made a major push online to ensure that everyone knew of the film’s existence.
At this time, Xue Ling’s web series had already begun broadcasting, and two episodes had already been released. Both views and ratings were rising, and Xue Ling had attracted many people’s attention with his performance.
However, most of his fans were people who followed the series. Other than a brief mention in the program, there were very few people who looked for information on him specifically. But once the promotions began, many people noticed that he was a guest on this web program.
As the only permanent guest who was not famous at all, Xue Ling’s presence on the show was questioned when he first joined. If the test scores on his pilot episode hadn’t been good, and his subsequent brilliant performance in the first episode, tricking everyone with some rather immature stories and getting away as the murderer, a lot of people would probably have brought up their complaints long ago.
So, the episode where both he and Sun Jianan appeared was also released at this time.
They were somewhat similar in appearance, and Sun Jianan’s temperament has always been that of a gentle and approachable prince. When they stood together, it was inevitable that someone would begin to make comparisons. Sun Jianan’s fans loved to boast about their idol’s aristocratic style, but this time they were much quieter.
Because anyone who had eyes could see that when they stood together, Sun Jianan could not win in any aspect. Regardless of whether it was temperament or looks, Xue Ling was better than him. Especially because he was of mixed blood, his hair and eye color was particularly fascinating to young girls. Finally, he also seemed unable to compare to Xue Ling when it came to logic and reasoning, his laughter seeming forced as his thinking was unable to keep up with everyone else’s tempo.
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There was already a girl who lacked in the intelligence department participating in the program as a joke. Sun Jianan was stuck in the middle of being smart and funny, and it made it difficult for others to connect with him.
This episode really helped Xue Ling gain a lot of fans, and he stole many of the ones who had originally come for Sun Jianan. When they heard that the two of them were going to appear in a film together, many people said they would go and watch it.
This year, there was no celebrity halo, and it was almost impossible to push a youth-themed film to perform well, but Xue Ling had backing. White Light Entertainment had a large number of its own movie theatres all over the country. Many screenings of the film were arranged with just a word from Bai Hao.
At the same time, the Zirkel Film Festival began overseas.
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Although it was not as large as the Oscar Film Festival, the Zirkel Film Festival was well known for the quality of its selected films. This film festival had cooperated with Xue Ling’s university for many years now, showcasing many new directors. The winning works that participated in this festival might be inexperienced from a technique perspective, but the core of the films often made many film critics applaud.
In his past life, this film won a lot of awards at this festival, so Sun Jianan also published a lot of announcements and followed the crew over. Although his agent did not know what he was thinking, he could only do as he was asked as Sun Jianan was supported by a big golden ticket.
On the day of the award ceremony, the crew walked smartly through the red carpet.
Although the media did not pay much attention to them, the group went in with their heads held high.
Thanks to the system, Xue Ling knew ahead of time how many nominations his film had gotten and that they had really won several awards. He was not nervous at all, and his smiling and relaxed appearance even earned him Qi Ruishi’s praise.
Bai Hao went out on this trip along with his younger brother. He had recently been afflicted with the ‘will die without his younger brother’ sickness and had to breathe air that was from the same piece of sky as his brother in order to live, so he spent his days entangled with Xue Ling. Although he came for the film festival, he didn’t attend it due to his heavy work load. In reality, the main reason was that Xue Ling did not permit him to attend for fear of causing some silly rumors like those saying that he had paid for the prize. Although the rumors were silly, it was still better to avoid trouble where he could.
Bai Hao’s recent actions had become more and more bold. Sometimes, when Xue Ling forgot to lock the door before sleeping, Bai Hao would sneak into bed with him. The system that would occasionally get up in the middle of the night to walk around would also get scared to death by him. It clearly had a warning function, but it was completely useless when it came to Bai Hao, reminding the system of the general from the first world. It increasingly felt that Bai Hao was a bit odd.
Xue Ling totally ignored his brother’s increasingly idiotic and severe desire to monopolize him, continuing to act naively as though it was normal for brothers to get along like this, frequently causing the system to be speechless, not knowing what to say to express its increasingly strange mood.
“Bamboo Horse” was nominated for the Best Picture Award, Best Screenwriter, Best Male Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Newcomer Award and Best Editing Award. As a novice film, these achievements were already amazing enough. Xue Ling did not expect to win the Best Picture Award as it would be difficult to compete against those old directors, but he did manage to obtain the Best Male Actor Award and Best Newcomer Award. He did not get the Best Actor Award, probably because of his poor resume.
Sun Jianan also received two nominations, which could be considered as an affirmation of his acting skills. Although it was forced out by Xue Ling, his performance was very good for a young actor. Generally speaking, he should not have such a deep understanding at his age. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer Award, and finally won Best Supporting Actor.
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However, winning this award should be ironic for him. After all, his acting skills in the film clearly lost to others, but for him to receive the Best Supporting Actor Award, it showed that the other party absolutely had the strength to win the Best Actor Award if their resume had been better.
As a new director, Xue Ling won six nominations and three awards, which was enough to make the media that did not know of them before to collectively suck in a huge breath. Moreover, he wrote and directed the film himself, and his own awards included the Best Newcomer and the Best Screenwriter Awards. Now, everyone exploded as the news reached back home. The name “Bai Yue” suddenly became popular overnight and he became a hot topic.