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As soon as the King of Ember was released, it was highly praised.

Under Yuan Buwei’s Weibo, Shengshi’s official weibo, and even the film reviews of ​​the King of Ember, were almost all overwhelmed by the favourable comments. With few negative comments that could not make an impact, sinking down with making a splash.

The noise was so loud that passers-by who did not know the truth almost thought they had brought water army. 

As the director of this film, Yuan Buwei was undoubtedly highly praised. Even the most demanding film reviewers were generous in their praise and were impressed by the amazing epic he created.

In addition to the film critics, there are also voices in the director circle. Although the previous monologue was good, it deviated from the mainstream after all. In addition to the constraints of the so-called “seniors”, there are still many directors who claim to be seniors. They are not willing to condescend to speak up for a small budget film or a newly emerging director.

But now, the shocking achievements of the King of Ember can not be ignored selectively. What’s more, he was not only a rising director, but the Shengshi behind him was also growing rapidly. He represents capital that other people in the circle have to pay attention to.

Several veteran directors spoke publicly and praised his unparalleled talent. They dare not underestimate this young man any more. Not only do they regard him as a rising star, but they have promoted him to almost the same position as the top directors.

It can be seen by the discerning that it is only a matter of time before he can surpass those top directors as long as he can make a few more movies of good quality.

And then, the achievements of King of Ember not only confirmed what they said, but also far exceeded many people’s expectations.

Even the film reviewers who had been optimistic about this film were shocked: “Is this data true? Is it correct?”

“The last blockbuster with the highest box office in China was the one by director Jiang two years ago. I remember that the box office on the first day was only 170 million yuan.”

“This is really going to explode.”

The figure that appeared in front of everyone at this moment showed that the box office on the first day rose to 190 million, approaching 200 million.

For the current domestic market, this data is terrifying. People inside and outside the circle are in disbelief.

In the following days, the King of Ember emerged like a fearsome giant shark, pressing all the movies in the same period to the ground, leaving them with nothing. At the end of the first week, the box office was close to 1.5 billion, breaking the previous record. Even the films that were supposed to be released in the next few weeks had to be rescheduled.

At that time, insiders shouted “Yan is here” one after another, and they didn’t want to fight with the King of Ember, which may cause the films with good quality to collapse in comparison.

And this is just the beginning.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the film’s popularity in China, Shengshi collaborated with foreign media companies to explore the overseas market.

At first, the foreign media companies only provided a small number of theatre arrangements, which was considered as testing the waters.

Surprisingly, because this film has a special cultural background that is different from other countries in the world, it is also very novel for foreign people. The core of the story itself is in line with the most mainstream heroism and benevolent king. So there is no trend of  rejection entering the foreign markets.

After a cold start, the box office of the whole film exploded with the spread of word of mouth. The companies saw that it was profitable, and the number of theatres and film screening rate also increased steadily.

By the time the film stopped airing in theatres, the total box office at home and abroad had reached 2.9 billion yuan. It has made countless people dumbfounded and can only sigh in shock.

Unconsciously, Yuan Buwei had been in this world for nearly a year.

In the short period of one year, he revitalised Shengshi, brought down the Zhou Corporation and Star Entertainment, solved a criminal gang, and incidentally made two popular films. Such an experience is not bad, if it is adapted into a script, it will be enough to make a film.

At the end of the year, the Golden Lion Award, one of the four major awards in the domestic film and television industry, will be launched soon.

The so-called four awards are Golden Lion, Golden Elephant, Golden Tiger and Golden Bird. The names are simple and easy to remember.

Among them, the Golden Bird Award is mainly a TV drama award, which has been controlled by several major entertainment companies for a long time. In recent years, its credibility is gradually declining; The Golden Elephant Awards prefer literary films with deep meaning, or some niche films; The Golden Lion Award and the Golden Tiger Award are more inclined towards commercial blockbusters with box office explosion. The former was held in the second half of the year and the latter in the first half of the year, perfectly staggering the time.

On the nomination of the Golden Lion Awards advance announcement, King of Ember’s crew won 13 nominations including the best film, best director, best male lead, best special effects, and best editing.

So that the entire crew became the centre of attention from reporters on the red carpet that day.

The atmosphere surrounding them is practically frenzied. Walking on the red carpet and facing the flash lights, Yuan Buwei can hear countless fans shouting.

The reporter stopped him before he took a few steps. Fortunately, he was smart and resourceful and quickly took the opportunity to throw Xie Ze out and promptly left.

Xie Ze was blocked by the reporters, looking at the back of Yuan Buwei who had left happily, and could only smile helplessly.

Director Yan threw the pot to him, but what else could he do? Of course, take it over and carry it well.

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Now he is not the former fallen movie star. Because of this film, he climbed to the clouds again, almost soaring straight up, and his number of fans was more than 100 times more than before. But the he is no longer as impetuous and young as he used to be.

He easily avoided the pitfalls of the reporters’ questions, from accumulated experience.

But when someone asked, “Do you have confidence in your crew? What awards do you think this film is likely to win? Do you have confidence in winning the movie emperor again?”

Xie Ze was stunned for only a second and then laughed. Contrary to his previous modesty, he said earnestly, “Yes, I have confidence in our production team. I believe that everyone’s efforts, as well as Director Yan’s intentions, will never be let down. Perhaps the best male lead may still be missed, but I don’t see anyone who could compete for best director.”

His tone was decisive, which made the reporters who wanted to get some big news stunned.

This person is really not worried about being slapped in the face later. Although many people have recognized Yuan Buwei’s director skills, sometimes inevitable accidents will occur in the world. Once the best director award is lost at that time, Xie Ze, who is confident, is the first person to be laughed at is not Yuan Buwei, but Xie Ze who is full of confidence. 

Xie Ze took the initiative to say something imposing, and naturally these reporters stopped pestering him. They asked him a few regular questions and let him go.

The interview at this time was broadcast live. Many viewers saw the scene of Xie Ze’s outrageous words through the live broadcast room. Some people admired his straightforwardness, while others found it offensive.

[Hey, hey, saying that is too much. Don’t say your face hurts in the future.]

[I said Xie Ze was unreliable. After a sudden comeback, his whole person has become pompous again. Saying such arrogant words, aren’t you just giving my Director Yan black material?]

[Can’t you see how he wants to kneel and lick the director ah. I’ve heard rumours from insiders before that this person kneels and licks the director all day long in the crew, no wonder he got the male lead. ]

Soon after these netizens had said their words, the Golden Lion Award had begun. In the warm applause, Xie Ze, who had been silent for several years, had won the award of best actor.

He went to the stage to receive the award. In full view of the public, he said, “I am most grateful to Director Yan for receiving this award.”

Under the shocked eyes of everyone, the two time movie emperor didn’t need to read from a draft and could blow continuous rainbow farts on the spot.

Ranging from complimenting Yuan Buwei‘s insight in discovering his potential and teaching him like a strict teacher during the filming process. In his words Yuan Buwei’s poisonous tongue turned into the elegance and precision of the other party without using any swear words. Making many people want to die on the spot, his venomous tongue has turned into earnest teachings and suggestions for him.

Everyone listened to this award-winning speech for nearly three minutes, of which two and a half were praising the director in a variety of ways. At last, he said: “Finally, thank you to my fans for their support. I hope I have not failed you, nor failed my efforts.”

When he stepped down, the whole hall was strangely quiet for a second, and then there was continuous applause.

Even the netizens watching the live broadcast are dumbfounded.

[Really, really hard licking without concealment]

[I am convinced. With his rainbow fart skill, even if he didn’t have any acting skill, he would probably still be the favourite of Director Yan in the future.]

[2333 I almost forgot that our director Yan is also a president. In a moment, my mind was full of weird things like #becoming the spoiled darling of the tyrant#, # getting to the top of my life with rainbow farts # and so on, simply evil.]

And the things that dumbfounded them even more were still to come.

In the awards issued later, King of Ember’s crew won five awards, including the best editing, the best special effects, the best art, and the best supporting actress.

All the actors and crew members who came to the stage to receive the award, without exception, thanked the director sincerely on the stage, and each one was better than the previous.

The painting style of the whole award ceremony scene was almost crooked by them. The live broadcast room was already full of laughter.

Usually every year someone would say an actor didn’t deserve to win a certain award. Or a certain crew regretfully missed this award so there must be shady things happening, and which star won the award because of his seniority and other issues. However this time, these people are all gone, and only a group of sand sculptures appear on the screen.

[Ha ha ha ha ha xswl1, are these people competing with each other for the most advanced rainbow fart skills?]

[I doubt that what I’m looking at is not the Golden Lion Awards, but the live broadcast of the major Rainbow Fart Essence Competition. Let’s invite our only judge, Director Yan, to rate the Rainbow Fart Essence, select the best Rainbow Fare Expert in your heart, and award them the favour of Director Yan]

[It’s over. Xie Ze is going to lose. The first one to come out is at a disadvantage. The people after have stolen his rainbow farts, and also published them in hardcover. I just want to know what expression Xie Ze has now?]

When these netizens talked, who knows what the live broadcast director was thinking, but the camera actually cut the camera into the audience. Xie Ze’s face suddenly appeared in the camera, with a mix of depression and some confusion.

The screen was full of laughter again.

[Xiuer is that you?2  I declare that the best award tonight should go to this director. ]

At the time, while netizens were going pipipipi, the Golden Lion Award had awarded more than half of its awards, and the cast of King of Ember had won another award. So far, they have won six awards, but they missed out on a few due to the award organisers’ consideration of not giving all the awards to one crew.

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It was the turn of the best screenplay award on the stage. The host held the card and said Yuan Buwei’s name with a smile, the fans cheered.

Yuan Buwei got up for the first time and walked  on stage.

He walked very briskly. After receiving the trophy, he bowed slightly to the audience, and spit out the simplest four-character speech, “Thank you to everyone”.

Before the host could respond, he had stepped down the stage.

The host quickly responded with a laugh: “Director Yan is really concise. Let’s see the next award”

Later, the awarding process went by very quickly, and the best film award came before long.

This award can be regarded as one of the most important awards of the Golden Lion Awards. Its weight is no less than that of the best director. For some people, it is even more important.

The host routinely created some suspense, and when the audience was on the brink, he said the final answer with a passionate voice: “Congratulations to Director Yan, King of Embers has won this year’s best film award.”

The scene was thunderous with applause again.

Yuan Buwei got up to receive the award again.

Under the lights of the award platform, his sharp and beautiful face was exposed to everyone without reservation, and his dark grey eyes were clean and cold.

When facing the camera, everyone was shocked by the beauty at close range.

Therefore, even if he still said the simple four word thank you speech, he seemed so sincere that there was no criticism on the bullet screen. This age is one  that depends on appearances.

The host was speechless for a moment as she watched this person leave gracefully. Fortunately, she soon cleared up her mood and began to issue the next award with a smile.

Until the most important best director award in the ceremony.

“Let’s congratulate Director Yan!”

Yuan Buwei heard his name again before he could sit down for a few minutes.

He handed the trophy to Xie Ze, and Xie Ze was in a bit of a flurry holding three trophies including his own.

Yuan Buwei couldn’t help but shake his head as he stood up.

Looking really tired.

The director captured this scene accurately.

Sand sculpture netizens began to dance again.

[Director Yan: My heart is tired. I can’t afford this damn trophy and have nowhere to put it]

[Director Yan:Is it over or not? I’m not interested in trophies at all. Take it away, take it away quickly]

The voice of the host on the stage continued.

“Director Yan’s Ghost won the best newcomer director in his first debut work, and then he went through a downturn with Deep Palace and fell into a trough. Until now, standing on the award platform. Director Yan’s real life experience is no less bizarre than the protagonist of the film, so how does director Yan feel?” The host smiled as he fast tracked through the words, this time he was determined not to let this person run away like before. 

Yuan Buwei looked like he was thinking seriously for half a minute and racking his brains.

Everyone looked at him expectantly.

Then he tilted his head and said, “Thank you to everyone.”

Host : …

“And I’m a little hungry after waiting so long.”

The host was silent for ten seconds, and then laughed: “Ha ha, it seems that director Yan can’t wait to finish the award ceremony. Don’t worry, this is the last award, and the dinner party later will certainly make Director Yan happy.”

[Feeling hungry is normal]

[Director Yan: Sorry, I have no feelings. I just want to put down this damned trophy that has nowhere to put and have supper. Too many trophies make me tired. jpg]

Whether it’s crazy jokes, good-natured teasing, or being speechless, at this moment, inside and out, countless eyes are focused on this man.

At this time, he seemed to have reached the peak of life, as if surrounded by stars, and his body was shining with incomparable brightness.

Many years later, people realised that this moment was far from the peak, but the beginning of a legend.

He is not surrounded by stars.

On the contrary, he was the immense sun that captured the light of stars and was about to shine across the whole sky.

And this day is just the starting point of his brilliance.

1 xswl = 笑死我了, which the pinyin is xiào sǐ wǒle, literally means “make me laugh to death”.

2 秀儿就是你吗 = “Xiu’er, is that you?” is a trendy Internet term, an expression of a comedic language, which is used to express the inner confusion after seeing something funny or nonsensical. The original meaning of “xiu” is to be excellent, great, and powerful, and it also has the meaning of praising others.