The film which Zuo Ning shot was the niche kind which was on the way to winning every major award. However, the plot also included a business aspect so it couldn't be considered a pure literary film and thus could only win some international awards, but still, they took awards until their hands were limp with exhaustion. It was to the extent that when it was being screened domestically, after the early stages of promotion, the premiere was almost full.
Although the film didn't get Chu Hang the best male actor award, he was at least nominated, which was considered an affirmation of his acting. Nowadays, there were all kinds of small Internet stars gathered in the circle. As long as they were pale and beautiful, they could gain many fans after being packaged well. But if they wanted to get a fixed position in the circle, aside from the amount of fans, naturally, they couldn't do without having a signature work.
In his early stages, Chu Hang shot some extremely popular modern and ancient TV dramas. His popularity grew bit by bit until he would even reach the hot searches after posting a selfie. It wouldn't be excessive to say that him being nominated for best male actor because of this film merely made his fans regret that he wasn't able to win the award, but in the circle, his position had already broken away from those pure Internet celebrities. His reputation started to go towards those known for their acting skills.
Although these days, the entertainment circle was already a mess of billowing smoke which made people dazzled, other people would still look at those with true strength and acting ability differently. After all, the audience weren't all blind. This was exactly the difference between minor celebrities and veteran actors. It could be said that as the eldest brother of the Lu family expected, this film had already started to lay the cornerstone for Chu Hang's future title of film emperor.
As it was his first leading role on the big screen, Chu Hang could be said to have been completely dedicated to getting publicity and compared to the other male lead, it made him seem self-important and lazy. In order to get publicity for the film, someone else worked themselves to death flying all over the country to the point of not being able to video call their lover so that they could rest.
Furthermore, the other male lead of the film was so self-important that they didn't do any publicity with the cast and crew. He only knew how to eat, drink, and be merry everyday and wasn't concerned with the box office for the film at all.
Although that male lead felt that he was so important that he didn't need to go along and get publicity, his popularity got higher and higher along with the film's. Each and every one of the audience who were blinded with tears got onto Weibo and looked for previously posted pictures to console their own weak little hearts.
[Wu wu wu… Fortunately, it was fake. Fortunately, Little Pudding is still alive. So heart wrenching. That part when he finally disappeared was so heartbreaking that I could die!]
[I also had such a dog when I was a child, but sadly, it died of illness. I don't know if my little Sugar Pea also silently followed me and guarded me like that. Sniff sniff sniff, I really miss my little Sugar Pea.]
[Dogs are humanity's most loyal partners. All dog owners, please be kind to them! Please adopt instead of buying them!]
[The part where my Hang was reading was so cruel that it killed me. The dog laid on him, and its eyes were so fond and devoted, but unfortunately, my family's Hang Hang couldn't see it. Wu wu wu, why can't you see it? The dog's expression really made me cry from the cruelty… Wu wu wu…]
[One of this year's most cruel and most heartwarming films! It's said that the dog's acting could really beat many supporting roles. Just one expression could make the emotions in its eyes clear. After watching Little Pudding and then seeing other people's acting, they seemed to have a pair of dead fish eyes. If there was no sound, I wouldn't even know what they were acting out!]
[I've heard that during filming, the director said that some people's acting wasn't as good as the dog's. I understand him now, hahahahaha!]
[In the entire film, only at the very end did Little Pudding show its signature Samo smile, but its body was slowly becoming transparent before it smiled like that and disappeared just like that! I think that from now on, there'll be a shadow in my heart when I see a Samo's angelic smile!]