Noon.
Zhang Ye was flipping through the International Celebrity Rankings Index.
One page.
Two pages.
Three pages.
These people might become his competitors in the future.
At this moment, a call came from across the ocean.
— Lillian, Britain's most beautiful woman.
"Hello, smoker."
"It's Lao Li."
"What are you doing?"
"I'm thinking about something."
"I was a little late in getting the news. I just found out that you've reached the top of China's entertainment industry."
"Haha, then your news is a bit slow."
"When did you get out?"
"Just two months ago. I've been out for a while."
"Don't you know how to call an old friend?"
"You're an international superstar. I'm just worried that you'll be busy. What rank are you?"
"I'm still an international A-lister, but I'm a little higher up. What about you?"
"I've been thinking of breaking into the international entertainment circle recently."
"That's a good thing. It's much more lively here than your entertainment circle."
"But I haven't figured out how to kill my way in."
"You should be here soon, right? As the number one person in China's entertainment industry, it's reasonable to say that you're not far from becoming an international C-list celebrity. Back when I debuted in England, before I stepped onto the international stage, I was ranked third on the British entertainment industry's S-list. After that, I made it onto the international celebrity rankings and became an international C-list celebrity. I'm guessing that you're in a similar situation. China has a large population, so it's much harder to become the number one celebrity there than it is here. Even if the country's culture is different, you should still be one or two steps away from becoming an international C-list celebrity. "
"But in just one or two steps, so many of our celebrities have failed."
"You're different. Don't you have a lot of titles? All you have to do is get an award."
"An award?"
"Isn't an international award enough?"
"You don't say, that's a good idea."
"For international awards, there will be a bonus in popularity during the ratings. Some will be 1.1 times, while others will be 1.2 times. It's different. It depends on the size of the award and how valuable it is."
Although the two of them had not seen each other for many years, it still felt very cordial when they chatted over the phone. Especially when Lillian spoke in Beijing dialect, Zhang Ye couldn't help but want to laugh whenever he heard it. After hanging up, he considered Lillian's suggestion. There weren't many ways for him to make it to the international C-list.
Singing?
Variety show?
TV series?
It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but he had no way to do it.
When it came to the international stage, Zhang Ye was just a newcomer. Not many people knew of him and he did not have any connections either. If he wanted to rely on normal methods to get to where he was, there really wasn't much of a chance for him to do so. He also did not have the conditions to steadily build up his international fan base. In that case, the only feasible solution was the one that Lilian mentioned. This was currently the simplest, most direct, and most violent move!
Win an award!
Force his way through!
In any case, he didn't walk the usual path!
Zhang Ye immediately called everyone in the studio over and shared his thoughts with them.
Everyone nearly fainted when they heard that!
Ha Qiqi was stunned. "You want to force your way into the international celebrity rankings?"
Zhang Zuo was dumbfounded. "By relying on the popularity bonus from the international awards?"
Tong Fu: "Pfft! Will this work? "
Little Wang was also amused. "This is indeed Director Zhang's style!"
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "Lillian gave me a rotten idea, but I think it's pretty reliable. This bro likes this kind of simple violence!"
Wu Yi broke out in a sweat. "But I've never heard of anyone using an international award to make an appearance in the international entertainment circle. Does the rankings allow something like that? Does that count as cheating? "
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes. "This bro will win an award based on his own ability. How is that considered cheating? No one has done that in the past because they didn't have the ability to win an international award before they got on the international celebrity rankings. But this bro is different. An international award? Let me think, which one can I win? Math! Right! Math! "
Wu Yi blinked. "There was an international math award in the past, but didn't you turn down the award?"
Zhang Ye said in shock, "Ah, was there such a thing?"
Ha Qiqi was speechless.
Zhang Zuo said, "Have you forgotten?"
Wu Yi said, "But that math award doesn't actually carry enough weight. Among the few international math awards, that one was the least important one. I don't think there's any additional popularity bonus for this kind of award. Unless it's an international award of the highest level, only then would the popularity bonus be greater. Some of these awards can even add up to 1.3 times. In other words, if our international popularity score is 10000 to begin with, after winning an award, our popularity score will increase to 13000. If you really want to force your way into the international entertainment circle by winning an award, you should at least win an international award of the highest level. Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Zhang Ye asked again, "Then does Go count?"
Zhang Zuo said, "There's no such thing as an international award in Go, right? I think they're all competitions. "
Zhang Ye asked again, "What about hackers? This bro is the world's number one hacker! "
Ha Qiqi wiped away her sweat. "Are there still awards for hackers? Aren't they all fugitives? "
Zhang Ye was floored!
Damn!
Not even that?
Not even that?
Why can't I put all my skills to good use?
Zhang Ye said, "Then everyone, go and find out if there are any international awards that I can win."
Everyone dispersed in an uproar and went to look for it.
Ha Qiqi went online to check.
Zhang Zuo called and asked.
Little Wang went to look through the information.
There were dozens of international awards, big and small.
Best Actor?
Best Director?
Best Pop Singer?
Best Rock Singer?
There was no need to think about any of these. Director Zhang definitely had no chance at all. There weren't many international awards that Zhang Ye could hope to win.
A moment later, everyone's feedback came back.
Little Wang exclaimed in surprise, "I've got it! I've got it! "
Zhang Zuo also asked, "It's just that time is too tight."
Zhang Ye asked, "What award?"
Ha Qiqi said, "The Nobel Prize."
What?
The Nobel Prize?
Zhang Ye was taken aback. "You guys call it the Nobel Prize as well?"
Ha Qiqi said puzzledly, "What do you mean by we call it that too? This award wasn't called that in the past, but due to the poor management of the foundation, it went bankrupt. A new consortium injected funds into it and took over the awarding of the award, so the name was changed along with it. "
This was the will of the heavens!
This was the will of the heavens!
Zhang Ye hurriedly asked, "How many awards are there?"
Ha Qiqi said, "Don't you know about the Nobel Prize? The Mathematics Prize, Chemistry Prize, Peace Prize, Literature Prize, Medicine Prize, etc. They're all the highest awards in the world, and they're also of the highest standards. They're the highest honors in their respective fields, just like the Nobel Prize in Mathematics. It's a notch higher than the International Mathematics Prize that you rejected. Although that prize is also considered one of the major awards in the field of mathematics, the highest award will always be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics. "
Zhang Zuo said, "It's just that it's almost time. There's only a month and a half left until the awards ceremony."
Ha Qiqi nodded and said, "Yeah, there's no time to prepare for it, right?"
Little Wang said, "Do you want to win the Mathematics Prize or the Literature Prize?"
Wu Yi said nervously, "Th-Both seem a little difficult."
Mathematics?
Literature?
He wanted to win both of these Nobel Prizes sooner or later.
But if Zhang Ye had to choose one first, he would definitely choose the Nobel Prize in Literature!
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