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The young man walked up to the podium and received the silver-gray planet-shaped trophy from Cao Desheng.

Cao Desheng stared at the young director.

He was so young, so proud, and so talented.

In Cao Desheng's long life, he met many young geniuses, all of whom were talented and full of spirit, and were admired by their peers.

But in the end, the only one who walked through the long road of life and came to the end of his life calmly was Cao Desheng, who was not as talented as them.

Where did all those geniuses go?

Talent made them successful, but also ruined them.

The world calls them geniuses, but in Cao Desheng's view, they are just slaves of talent. They overdraw their lives and burn the light of their souls to create amazing works.

The young man who received the trophy is another genius.

Will he repeat the fate of genius?

"To be honest, I was surprised. I didn't expect to win the award in the end. I am the first winner of the Best AI Award," the young man held up the trophy and began to say his acceptance speech: "This is both an honor and a spur for me. In the great art world of light and shadow, I am just a child who has just learned to walk. I still have a long way to go."

"What kind of person will I become in the future? What kind of film will I make? These are uncertain. But the only thing that can be confirmed is..." Facing the huge crowd of people under the stage, the young man smiled, like a breeze blowing across a sparkling clear lake, his eyes were clear and calm beyond his age, "Even if the road ahead is rugged, I am walking alone, and I am very happy. In the future, I will use life as wine to toast loneliness and freedom."

Cao Desheng woke up from his thoughts and suddenly heard the young man's confession. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he finally showed a relieved smile.

If this young man can really maintain such an open-minded and calm state of mind from beginning to end, then in the future he may really be able to break free from the shackles of talent, not become a slave to talent, and enjoy this short but rich life.

As a senior, all he can do now is to bless this young man.

"Fly." He said to Shi Jing softly, but his voice was so low that it seemed like he was talking to himself, "Fly as high as you can, the world is big, I look forward to you conquering it."

However, such a low voice, with the help of the micro-loudspeaker at his mouth, quickly spread in the auditorium, and every audience member heard this sentence effortlessly.

Of course, Le Jing also heard it.

He turned his head in surprise, and then showed a bright smile to Cao Desheng, his eyes were clear and brave like a teenager.

He said: "Thank you, I will work hard."

One old and one young, looking at each other from a distance, one is old and frail, the other is holding a trophy, one has been honored for half a lifetime, and the other is just starting out.

The shutter was pressed, and this scene was completely set forever.

The next day, this photo was on the cover of "China Film and Television Weekly", and the editor named it - "The Handover of Two Eras".

At the end of the internal article, the editor wrote: "The new era has begun. Can this 24-year-old young man take over the baton, become a leader, and create the glory of the new era?"

It is normal for "China Film and Television Weekly" to have such doubts.

The winners of the Red Peony Award for Best Director, Best TV Series Award, and Starry Sky Award for Best AI Film, these top awards in China are all a young man who is only 24 years old. This news is enough to shock the industry.

There are many directors in the industry who have not won the favor of the Red Peony Award and the Starry Sky Award even though their hair has turned white. Now a young man who has just started out has won awards one after another, and now there is a big boss like Cao Desheng who is full of expectations for him, which cannot help but make people doubt the current situation.

Can this young man really bear Cao Desheng's expectations?

Tian Hui's answer to this was: "Impossible!"

"Why can he win the award? How can he win the award?!"

He walked around the room frantically, his eyes were red, his face was dark, and his eyes had two big dark circles.

How is it possible? How is it possible? How could Shi Jing, that young boy, win the Starry Sky Award? !

Not only him, everyone thought that Shi Jing could not win the award before. But in order to win the award for his work, the Starry Sky Award even specially tailored the Best AI Film Award for him!

With such honor and love, Tian Hui couldn't help but start to doubt whether Shi Jing was Cao Desheng's illegitimate son? Otherwise, why did Cao Desheng work so hard to support him, and even said "I look forward to you conquering the world"!

When Tian Hui heard Cao Desheng's words, he was furious, and he even overturned the whole table in shock and anger.

After the anger, what swept his heart was the bone-deep fear.

The words Shi Jing said to him before he left that day kept circling in his mind: "I won't stop. Next, I will make more works that are better than "The East is Red". My future is limitless."

"And you... will never make a work better than my "The East is Red". You will live in my shadow for the rest of your life."

What was Shi Jing's expression at that time?

Yes, it was contempt. He looked at him as if he was some garbage in the sewer.

Tian Hui held his head and roared in despair.

No, he can make movies. He can definitely make works better than "The East is Red"!

Yes, he can! He has bought the best script, and he will also hire the best actors. He wants to finish the movie quickly and send it to participate in the Ark Awards in February next year!

Compared with the Ark Award, the Starry Sky Award is not good enough! The Ark Award is the highest-level film award of the Earth Alliance. As long as he can win the Ark Award, he can prove his talent and step on Shi Jing hard!

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Along with the glory of Le Jing's award, the outside world also generated huge controversy. They questioned whether Le Jing was qualified to win the Starry Sky Award at such a young age? At the same time, they also had doubts about Cao Desheng's encouragement to Le Jing at the award ceremony that day.

There were even media interviews with Cao Desheng, insinuating his relationship with Shi Jing.

The old man was very angry and said directly: "I have no relationship with Shi Jing. I am optimistic about him just out of pure love for talent. Please don't over-interpret it!"

However, people's hearts are evil and people's words are scary. Even if Mr. Cao Desheng's words are true, the truth is the last thing that people with ulterior motives believe.

For a time, I don't know how many gossip tabloid marketing accounts used their imagination to "dig" Le Jing's life.

Some say he is Cao Desheng's illegitimate son, and some say he is the lover of a rich woman, and the Starry Sky Award is a breakup gift from the rich woman. The most outrageous one is that Le Jing was slept with by the jury before he won the Starry Sky Award.

Of course, these are "curiosity inside stories" fabricated by unscrupulous marketing accounts in order to attract attention, and the general rational melon-eating crowd will not believe them. After all, the quality of a work can be seen at a glance. "The Young Marquis of Fenglangjuxu" is still hanging on the official website of Qijiang Video Network. Anyone with aesthetic ability cannot deny the excellence of this movie. A few barking dogs are not enough to attract ears.

And no matter what the outside world thinks of him, Le Jing will not care.

He never cares about anyone's eyes.

He will not be satisfied with a mere Starry Sky Award, and the Starry Sky Award will never be his end.

The Starry Sky Award is the best film award in China, but the Ark Award is the best film award in the entire Earth Alliance.

The reason why Director An Yun can become one of the best directors in China is because he has won the Ark Award.

Then outside the Earth Alliance, there are stars in the universe.

In addition to humans and Zerg, there are various alien races. Humans are just a drop in the ocean in this vast sea of ​​stars.

One day, he hopes that his work can transcend the shackles and barriers of race and civilization, and resonate with emotional lives of different races.

Le Jing knows that his goal is too ambitious and he may not be able to achieve it in his lifetime.

But life needs challenges and dreams, doesn't it?

It is precisely because of the brilliance that humans burst out in the process of pursuing their dreams that this limited life belonging to humans can transcend the ancient time and achieve eternity.

People are immortal because of their dreams.

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Although Le Jing is not complacent about the Starry Sky Award, he has indeed gained fame and status because of this award.

The most intuitive thing is that there are more than a dozen resumes on his desk, most of which are third-tier actors, and there are also a few second-tier actors. They all recommend themselves for Le Jing's new movie "The Queen's Dog".

As for first-line actors, they usually have fixed co-directors. Le Jing, a director who has just become famous and has an unstable foundation, will not be taken seriously by them.

It’s just a pity that several actors that Le Jing is interested in are first-line actors who don’t like him at present.

When Le Jing was thinking about whether to take the initiative to send scripts to these actors and send invitations to try to win them over, he received an unusual call.

The owner of the phone is Song Minghan, a friend of An Yun.

His other identity is the program planner of CCTV Documentary Channel.

He called Le Jing to seek cooperation and work together to make a documentary.

"I have seen all your works. To be honest, I am very moved. I have never seen another director who can interpret and perform traditional culture so brilliantly like you! Although you are still young and your foundation is not stable, I am confident that you will soar to the sky one day and become a first-line famous director like An Yun. So I took the initiative to find you for cooperation. How about it? Are you interested in coming to CCTV to shoot a documentary on traditional culture?"

Le Jing inexplicably felt that he was being recruited by the country.

Song Minghan's proposal really made him very excited.

It is good to lean on a big tree for shade. With the behemoth CCTV as a backer, he can quickly make up for his shortcomings and obtain more resources, which is very good for his future career.

It's just...

"To be honest, I am very interested." Le Jing sighed with a wry smile, "It's just that it's really unfortunate. I am preparing to shoot a new movie now. You should find someone else?"

Song Minghan said it was impossible not to be disappointed. It only takes two or three months to shoot a new movie. If it were in previous years, he would have nothing to wait for.

However, his boss has given a deadline, and the documentary must be produced by the end of the year at the latest, and it must be broadcast during the Spring Festival.

"Alas, there is nothing we can do about this. It's also too late for me to ask. Let's look for opportunities for cooperation in the future." Song Minghan sighed, and asked curiously: "What is the theme of the new movie? Is it still about traditional culture?"

Le Jing briefly talked about his idea.

The legendary emperor career of Wu Zetian, the first empress of China, is told from the perspective of a dog.

In some Ming and Qing classics that were fortunately not damaged, the legendary empress Wu Zetian was indeed mentioned, and the authors' evaluations of this first empress of China were mixed.

Some people say that she abused power and was lustful, while others say that she was more open-minded than men.

Without the evidence of Tang history, these comments from later generations have cast a layer of mystery over Empress Wu Zetian.

What kind of person is she?

Why did she become an emperor? How did she become an emperor? Can the people under her rule live in peace? Does she have a successor?

There are too many mysteries surrounding Wu Zetian.

An idea suddenly emerged in Song Minghan's mind, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"We can make a documentary about Wu Zetian, and you can use it for two purposes! The plot of your movie can be used as a supplement to our documentary material! In this way, it will not delay the progress of your new movie, and you can finish the documentary about Wu Zetian before the Spring Festival. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"