A month later, Yun Shishi unexpectedly received an invitation to the National Drama Festival.
The National Drama Festival was the most prestigious award ceremony in the Chinese entertainment industry and television drama industry.
To be able to obtain the highest honor meant that a celebrity was highly popular, had a good reputation, and wide national recognition.
Just popularity alone was not enough. The Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Female Lead of the previous years were all equally popular and capable. Even young actresses like Yang Mi and Lin Zhi, who were highly popular and had good acting skills, had no place in such a grand award ceremony.
The Best Actors, in the past, were all veteran actors in the entertainment industry. Most of the winners were older.
These seniors had been in the entertainment industry for many years. Most of them were professionals and had been in the circle for a long time. They had many outstanding works and only those with amazing abilities could receive such a prestigious award.
This was a great honor that many people could only dream of.
Hence, Yun Shishi was surprised to receive the invitation and learn that she had been nominated.
According to the organizing committee’s invitation, she was nominated Best Supporting Actress, for the role of Qin Yuyan, whom she played in the national drama. They invited her, hoping that she would attend the award ceremony.
She was pleasantly surprised!
She did not expect that this character was so popular. Qin Yuyan was a hated villain. She had done many evil deeds and was a vicious character. Typically, such a character wouldn’t be popular with viewers.
To think that she gained so much popularity online!
The netizens were deeply impressed by her superb acting skills.
Nowadays, netizens are very picky when they watch television. An average actor would not be able to escape the scrutiny!
Sometimes, even if they do not have good looks, as long as their acting skills are good, they would still be highly respected and welcomed by netizens.
Yun Shishi was a typical example.
Her character Qin Yuyan was really evil. However, she left a deep impression and made people grit their teeth in hatred. This showed how good her acting was.
There were a total of three nominations. In the preliminary round, those who could be nominated were all filtered through the votes of the netizens. The second round went through the votes of the netizens on Weibo in selecting their favorite best supporting actress.
Following the selection process of the judging panel, three actors who were highly rated in popularity and acting skills would be nominated.
Although it was just a nomination, the votes for Yun Shishi were overwhelming!
Ever since her accident, she had retreated from the entertainment industry. Mu Yazhe had been very protective of her all this while. Even though the media had been trying to find out about her situation, they were stonewalled.
As a result, she did not officially leave the entertainment industry, but she had not been part of the circle for some time.
When she received the notification, she hesitated whether she should go!
However, Mu Yazhe said, “I’ll accompany you.”
She was a little surprised because she initially thought that he would object!
All along, he had always been against her working in the entertainment industry. To him, it was a foul place where material desires ran rampant and the environment did not suit her.
Hence, even after her confinement, she made no mention of going back to work.
She was always worried that he would be angry.
For this reason, she did not expect him to volunteer to attend the award ceremony with her.
She felt like she was dreaming.
The man raised an eyebrow and remarked, “Why? Don’t you want to go?”