Chapter 155: Why Do You Care So Much About That Rating?
The news spread back home, and the #Yu Wei Best Plot# entry skyrocketed to the top of the Weibo Trending Search List at an astonishing speed, with playback volume breaking through 230 million in just two hours.
In the novel, winning the championship is the ending, but life isn’t; honors are just small climaxes in life, and after winning awards, besides flowers and applause, there’s also a mess left behind.
If the music award is a consolation, then Best Plot is a pleasant surprise, after all, even Yu Wei himself didn’t expect he could win this award.
In this situation, it’s easy to see polarized evaluations, with some people overjoyed, but inevitably others will raise doubts.
Yu Wei doesn’t check foreign websites much, but he still heard some rumors saying the organizer awarded them the prize to break into the domestic market or something.
They didn’t directly say Black Curtain, but it was practically smearing Black Curtain on people’s faces…
What cooperation do they have with the organizer? Yu Wei doesn’t even know many names there; one can only say they won what they shouldn’t have and took the award they shouldn’t have.
It’s not that Sound Mixer isn’t qualified for this award, but guests shouldn’t participate in the pork distribution process.
Freeloading is fine, but directly taking the whole pot—that European film fans could accept it would be strange; if the White Magnolia Major Award were given to a foreigner, everyone would definitely explode too.
From the current results, the organizer awarding them the prize was undoubtedly the right decision, because whether abroad or domestic, the discussion around this event is quite high.
Yu Wei strongly suspects that the Luwen Award organizer awarding them the prize, besides neutralizing contradictions, also meant using them to stir up popularity…
Best Short Film award definitely can’t be played that way, but making other awards more controversial can generate quite a bit of traffic and discussion; in the face of popularity, nothing is indispensable.
Only then did Yu Wei deeply realize that it’s the same abroad—this is a fast-paced era dominated by traffic, and no one can escape it.
They’ve been treated by the organizer as the Traffic Password; how does it feel like wherever they go, they are the Traffic Password?
But domestically, Yu Wei really has traffic; here, being an Outsider gives some room for manipulation.
“Whatever nonsense, winning the Major Award is a win.”
Having an award is better than none; if they dare to give it, he dares to take it—Sound Mixer does deserve this award; it’s not forced, at most it doesn’t meet audience expectations.
Anyway, they’ll be back home the day after tomorrow; who cares if people here recognize it—soon no rumors will get through…
The firewall’s most useful episode.
Unlike local film fans’ doubts, domestic audience cheered loudly, sparking heated discussions before dawn.
Marketing Accounts and news media followed closely, presenting different reporting angles, with titles mostly exaggerated words like “Upset!” “Counterattack!”
Mainstream media focused more on the award’s own value and historical significance, emphasizing this is the first time a Chinese person has won it, highlighting the long history and artistic authority of the Louvain International Film Festival.
Family is still the best, not so many Conspiracy Theories…
That’s naturally impossible; as the Trending Search climbed higher and higher, quite a few doubting voices emerged accordingly.
The internet is like that—as soon as something gets high popularity, there will always be contrarians stepping up, showing off their sobriety on one hand and riding the traffic on the other.
A film review Blogger published a long article, listing in detail the nominees for this Film Festival, and stated bluntly.
“Sound Mixer has a Douban rating of only 9.2 domestically, but City Symphony scores as high as 9.7—who knows if this award recognizes art or is a compromise?”
Yu Wei didn’t know what to say after reading it; he even listens to Douban—what more can be said… Why obsess over that rating?
How long has Sound Mixer been airing domestically? Playback volume over 100 million; even if only a few hundred thousand rated it, there will definitely be people who don’t like it.
Their film was only uploaded domestically after nomination, with few paying attention; only fans who like it bother to rate, so of course the rating is high.
Wei Yu: You know what I’m going to say.
“No time to mess with them; hurry and prepare for tomorrow’s performance—it’s a big deal.”
Originally, Qi Luo An wanted to severely “punish” Yu Wei tonight, but he has the Farewell Performance tomorrow, so the bigger picture comes first.
No need to think—Yu Wei’s performance was already highly anticipated, and now with this incident, there will definitely be a crowd waiting for his show.
But before, it was expectation plus curiosity; now it will carry some scrutiny—if he doesn’t perform well, he’ll easily get group-mocked.
The Farewell Performance is the Film Festival’s lively finale, but this incident has clearly added many uncertainties to Yu Wei’s performance.
Being influenced by public opinion is like that, plus the City Symphony team’s eyeing covetously—this performance will be far more perilous than imagined.
Yu Wei has already redeemed the piece; though many excellent Piano Pieces are classics, there are plenty of outstanding works from after the 80s.
Actually, there’s quite a lot of room to choose; for his first properly redeemed Piano Piece, he wants to pick one he likes.
Joe Hisaishi’s Castle in the Sky, a 1986 work, is also the Piano Piece Yu Wei looped as a single the most times.
This performance has no theme—just play for fun.
Actually, the piece’s name appeared in Yu Wei’s novel at noon today.
After the Enthusiastic Praise Top Streamer Revival Match ended, the protagonist went on stage and played Castle in the Sky, but at the time, no one knew what it was for…
After watching the live broadcast and hearing about Yu Wei’s performance, domestic audience finally realized this is the work Yu Wei prepared for the Farewell Performance.
They across the ocean already got the news, but local audience knew nothing about it—that’s the confidence from reading Yu Wei’s novel!
If possible, they naturally want to witness this moment too, but the Closing Ceremony schedule is too brutal: starts at seven, ends at ten.
Calculating the time, domestically it’s one to four a.m.—who can stay up for that?
That afternoon, Yu Wei arrived early at the performance venue; the formal performance won’t let him just go on stage casually—he still needs to do rehearsal.
Sound equipment coordination with the piano needs fine-tuning, and lighting effects must perfectly match the music emotions.
At five p.m., the makeup artist came to the room to style him; unlike yesterday’s formal suit, tonight’s clothing design is more artistic, with lots of Eastern elements and modern flair.
Yu Wei is quite satisfied with this “battle robe”—the grand and elegant national style suits a world-class stage…
Qi Luo An watched from the side, her eyes gleaming brighter and brighter, until Yu Wei, changed into clothes, started writing on the computer.
“A bit mood-killing.”
“Mood-killing or not, I have to write.”
After the Revival Match, Enthusiastic Praise Top Streamer plot needs a pause; regular competitions have intervals between rounds, and though theirs is a Fake Competition, basic process is still needed.
Taking this time, he can wrap up the A Lone Martial World movie and redeem the script.
At six p.m., one hour before the performance starts, a long line already formed outside the Concert Hall. The audience includes Film Festival guests, local Music Enthusiasts, and domestic students who came specially.
Everyone discussed last night’s Awards Ceremony, full of curiosity about Yu Wei’s Performance.
Thanks to advance promotion, the live broadcast room still drew tens of thousands of viewers; they’ve stayed up till now just to see Yu Wei’s stunning figure on stage.
But upon checking, it was a shock—Yu Wei’s performance is quite late, around three-thirty a.m., which is killing everyone.
“Have to go to work tomorrow, I’m crying.”
“Yu Wei must do your best; staying up so late, if you don’t play well, I won’t be able to sleep.”
“I’ll sleep first, watch playback tomorrow; hope I don’t miss the unforgettable moment.”
“Guaranteed to miss it—otherwise why stay up?”
Everyone has considerable trust in Yu Wei; they’re not the brainless Netizens in the novel, getting slapped in the face repeatedly yet still doubting.
What’s there to doubt? Yu Wei’s battle record is verifiable—believe and done.
“How is it, nervous?”
She doesn’t know if Yu Wei is nervous, but Qi Luo An already is; after arriving, other guests kept glancing at them, seemingly discussing Sound Mixer.
If she could understand it would be fine, but she can’t, and doesn’t know what these people are muttering behind their backs.
“What else? Saying our Short Film is a Dark Horse; not many saying Bad Words—you relax.”
On-site guests include plenty of professionals, not like European Netizens hearing wind and taking it as rain; probably many crying Black Curtain haven’t even watched Sound Mixer.
Some guests hadn’t noticed this Short Film before, but after catching up last night, they found it has unique merits.
Lead Actor Yu Wei is a true all-rounder, handling actor, screenwriter, and music work alone.
In a sense, this award was rightfully his—well-deserved; it’s just the Exclusive attitude causing some controversy.
As fellow filmmakers, they naturally won’t kick him when he’s down; but those Netizens won’t think that way—now all they can do is wish him luck.
“Castle in the Sky—how does it compare to the piece in the Short Film?”
Qi Luo An couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked more; after all, this is Yu Wei’s first original Piano Piece.
This process tests not only performance technique, but the multi-dimensional fusion of Music Creation and artistic expression.
Writing a Piano Piece is definitely much harder than writing a song; Qi Luo An hasn’t heard of anyone writing a Piano Piece in recent years.
“Art has no comparability, but I have a higher mastery of Castle in the Sky.”
Movies and music have different emphases; though Sound Mixer has a piece, it only stays at the film presentation level, focusing on form.
To perfectly master a Music Work, you definitely have to start from the music itself.
Can a phone from recharging fees compare to one you buy yourself…
Qi Luo An heard his explanation noncommittally; adapting classic pieces indeed can’t match the depth of something self-composed.
At seven p.m., the cultural performance formally began; the Concert Hall was packed, the Host first thanked all art workers involved in the Film Festival, then introduced tonight’s special performance teams.
Yu Wei is one of them; besides him, there are four other Short Films, all with gains at this Luwen Award.
The biggest Winner among them is of course City Symphony, taking two of the three major awards, and soft on others.
This Short Film’s production team is top-tier: screenwriter once nominated for Cannes Short Film Golden Palm, director is a Berlin Silver Bear Winner.
Both lead actors are somewhat famous Pianists, with real-shot piano performances, so the outside world has always paid close attention, calling it an Immortal Fight scene.
Roles like old conductor, Concert Hall judge, Pianist consultant are all Music Field Seniors coming for cameos…
Yet this film stacked with Musicians surprisingly didn’t win Best Music Award—somewhat unexpected.
Actually, after Yu Wei’s upset wins for music and plot awards last night, someone checked his info, and was shocked.
This guy’s personal profile identity info surprisingly spans three lines; many identities aside, his top-listed profession is actually novelist.
Audience who saw Yu Wei play piano at the piano shop immediately reacted: so that day he was writing a novel on the computer?
