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Luo Bao and Roland were watching the live broadcast of the Ark Awards.

The red carpet was star-studded, with handsome men and beautiful women making a dazzling appearance, killing countless films.

During the entire opening ceremony, Luo Bao and Roland's eyes wandered back and forth on the red carpet, wishing they could drill their eyes into the screen, but they couldn't find the familiar figure.

"It's strange, why haven't I seen Director Shi?" Roland wondered, "'Under the Board' is the favorite to win this year, is Director Shi late?"

"What if he's the favorite?" Luo Bao hated secretly, "The Queen's Dog had such a dazzling box office, but it still didn't make any money. I don't know how many people laughed at it!"

"It's different now! Since the assassination of the President of the European Federation, the European government has attached great importance to political correctness in the level of propaganda and public opinion." Roland comforted Luo Bao and said, "'Under the Board' responds to the theme of the times, and I don't know how many people have been inspired to fight the Zerg to the end. Who else can the Ark Award choose if not it?"

Luo Bao nodded in agreement, but staring at the screen where Shi Jing's figure had not been seen for a long time, he couldn't help but frowned deeply, muttering to himself, "It's so hard to be proud of it, but don't make any mistakes..."

Luo Bao and Roland were finally disappointed.

Until the end of the opening ceremony, they didn't see Shi Jing on the red carpet. All the actors of "The Five-Star Red Flag Under the Plank" were present, not one was left out.

Roland's face was pale, and her voice was trembling slightly. She grabbed Luo Bao's sleeve in a panic: "Brother, Director Shi won't have any accidents, right?"

Luo Bao's face was pale, and he patted Roland, "Don't talk nonsense, maybe there was a traffic jam on the road, Director Shi will be here soon."

The fan group also exploded because of this matter, and they were all thinking about why Shi Jing didn't attend the opening ceremony.

Wang Zhi glared: "Maybe there was a traffic jam on the road."

Lu La La: "It can't be a traffic jam, everyone else in the crew is here!"

Cutting watermelon for Xiu'er: "Then there may be some unexpected situation, Director Shi didn't ride in the same car with the actors."

Black Cat Knight: "Director Shi won't come?"

Even if I stole a battery car, I wouldn't be able to type: "What nonsense are you talking about! Director Shi has received a nomination, how could he not come? This is the Ark Award!"

Everyone discussed for a long time, but couldn't discuss the reason.

Luo Bao is now also confused.

On such an important occasion today, where did Shi Jing go?

This time at the Ark Awards, "Under the Five-Star Red Flag" led the way and became the biggest winner. Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Music, Best Photography... So far, eight out of twelve nominees have won.

If it wins Best Director and Best Film later, then "Under the Five-Star Red Flag" will reach an astonishing 10 out of twelve nominees, which is a rare achievement in the history of the Ark Awards.

In the anxious waiting of countless people, it was finally time for the Best Director Award. The director cut the camera to the five candidates, and only the chair belonging to Shi Jing was empty!

Luo Bao's heart was beating wildly.

At the same time, countless doubts were raised in countries around the world:

"What is going on?"

"Where is Shi Jing?"

"Why is Shi Jing not here?"

"Shi Jing didn't come???"

On the screen, the host in a dark blue fishtail dress opened the envelope in her hand, paused for a few seconds, pretended to show a surprised expression, and then said loudly: "The winner of the Best Director Award is - Shi Jing!"

She was the first to applaud, and soon the whole venue was filled with warm and awkward applause.

The absence of the winner is probably the most embarrassing scene in the history of the Ark Award.

Luo Bao almost cried.

As a fan who has been following Shi Jing for so many years, he understands the significance of the Ark Award to Shi Jing the most!

Shi Jing has been struggling for two years, and finally won the Ark Award in the third year, but now he can't be there to raise the award in person!

Luo Bao couldn't help but feel lucky.

Would this be a gimmick planned in advance by the Ark Award to create suspense? Maybe the next moment Shi Jing will go on stage and receive the Ark Award amid the cheers of the crowd!

After the applause stopped, the female host showed a slightly awkward smile to the camera: "I'm sorry, Director Shi Jing had to miss this Ark Award due to schedule conflicts. He specially entrusted his personal assistant to accept the award on his behalf."

"Please invite Mr. Zhao Guang to the stage to accept the award."

A strange young man trembled and walked onto the stage. Facing the camera, he wore a smile that was uglier than crying. A closer look revealed that there were indeed tears in his eyes!

Luo Bao was full of regrets, sighing and frowning at the timid young man who came on stage.

"Fuck! This coward is so embarrassing!" Luo Bao complained: "Will he forget his words later?"

The host smiled and handed the golden trophy in his hand to the young assistant, but the assistant did not reach out to take it. He waved his hand, took a deep breath, and seemed to want to say something, but was stuck again.

The female host's hand holding the trophy stopped awkwardly in the air, neither up nor down. The camera deliberately gave the female host a close-up of her embarrassed expression.

The female host took back the trophy in dismay, looked at the young man who was hesitant to speak, and waited patiently for him to speak.

Luo Bao was so disappointed that he said, "Speak up! Are you mute?"

The host and the guests below clapped their hands in unison, trying to encourage the stage-frightened young man with applause.

For some reason, as the applause sounded, the young man's face became even uglier.

Finally, after the applause subsided, he whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Director Shi Jing... refuses to accept the award."

... What?

Luo Bao patted his ears, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

Not only him, but the scene also fell into a dead silence with this sentence, and the smile on the host's face completely froze.

The young man continued to speak intermittently.

"Teacher Shi... let me tell... the Ark Award Organizing Committee that the current... Ark Award does not qualify him to accept the award." The young man was sweating profusely and his face was pale, but the next words were unexpectedly clear and complete: "Teacher said that as a first-class director, I will not accept a third-rate award."

In the dead silence, the young assistant bowed deeply to the guests, then ran down the stage as if escaping, passed through the stunned guests, and pushed the door and left directly.

Luo Bao was dumbfounded, and an electric current crawled from his spine to his cerebral cortex, and his whole body felt indescribably refreshing.

"Shi Jing is so domineering!!!" Luo Lan's eyes were full of stars, and his face flushed with excitement: "Yes, the Ark Award is nothing, we don't care about it!"

Luo Bao finally found his words, he took a deep breath, his whole body was numb and covered with goose bumps, and he screamed excitedly: "Ah!! So handsome!" He murmured to himself: "It's so handsome!"

"It's really cruel to slap him in the face like this."

"It's worthy of Shi Jing!"

Le Jing's refusal to accept the Ark Award undoubtedly caused a big storm, and public opinion was disturbing, but Le Jing ignored it all.

The mouth is on other people's bodies, they can say whatever they want, and it won't make him lose two pieces of meat.

All his energy is now spent on the new movie "I have a dream", and he really has no time to care about it.

…

In June 6020, the human expeditionary force defeated the Zerg army and took away the ownership of a resource star from it.

The war lasted for a year, and this was the first time that humans won on the front battlefield.

This victory came too timely. Not only did the low morale on the front line disappear, but the news spread to the rear, which also gave the people a dose of reassurance.

Humans of different skin colors and nationalities hugged each other and cheered loudly to celebrate this hard-won victory.

At the same time, Le Jing received a call, and a mechanical inorganic voice sounded: "We have shown our sincerity, and now it's your turn to show your sincerity."

Le Jing whispered: "Not enough, not enough."

What is a mere victory?

For the Zerg, the loss of this defeat is almost negligible, and it can't affect the overall situation.

The current Zerg is still too strong.

Le Jing doesn't want to be a pawn for those brain worms to seize power.

Let's not talk about the possibility of the assassination plan proposed by the other party being realized. Even if this plan is really realized, it is just that the brainworms will inherit the political legacy left by the queen and become the new masters of the insect planet. From then on, they can wage war against humans without any worries.

"... You know, we don't necessarily have to cooperate with you." The other party said stiffly: "Our other human friends must be happy to show their sincerity."

"Then let's terminate the cooperation." Le Jing shrugged and answered nonchalantly: "I didn't really want to cooperate with you at the beginning. To cooperate with you, in our human words, is to seek the skin of a tiger."

"Humph. I hope you won't regret your decision before you die."

Le Jing smiled and said slowly: "Don't scare me. You haven't squeezed out my usefulness yet, how can you bear to let me die?"

The answer to him was the busy tone after the other party hung up the phone in a rage.

Le Jing held the terminal tightly and showed a smug smile.

He has seen victory.

No matter how reluctant the other party was on the phone just now, in the end, the brainworms could not sit idly by and watch the failure of humans.

Once humans are defeated, the queen will annex all the resources of the human planet, and her strength will grow by leaps and bounds, which is something the brainworms don't want to see.

Moreover, without humans restraining the queen on the front battlefield, the brainworms' space for activities will be further restricted, allowing the queen to free up her hands to carry out internal purges.

As long as the queen is alive, the brainworms can only choose to join forces with humans.

The death of the queen also represents the end of the cooperative relationship between humans and brainworms.

It's not painful for a son to sell his father's land, but it's painful to sell his own land. Therefore, in order to quickly replenish the loss of resources, the simplest and most convenient way for brainworms who have successfully seized power is to rob from humans.

The war will not end because of the death of the queen.

However, at least by then, humans are in a favorable position.

Compared with a centralized government that enforces orders, it is easier to deal with a chaotic insect planet where warlords are divided and each governs itself.

Of course, these are things that happened a long, long time ago, and it's a bit too far to think about them now.

The chaos of war and the ever-changing international situation could not affect Le Jing's pace.

He always knew what his main business was.

The new movie "I have a dream" has been prepared for the most part and will be released in July.

Le Jing has tried his best to speed up the pace, but in order to ensure quality, he can only make one or two movies a year.

Too slow.

Compared with Le Jing's ambition, this speed is really too slow.

Le Jing combed his hair to the back of his head, stretched his long legs, and leaned directly on the coffee table, with a rare childish depression on his face.

He puffed his cheeks and sighed, "Time waits for no one..."

The doorbell rang suddenly.

Le Jing brushed his hair, stood up from the sofa, walked through the living room, stood at the entrance, and a plain face appeared on the video screen.

Oh, it was his personal bodyguard, Comrade Special Forces Soldier Wang.

He opened the door, "Come in." He turned around slowly and wanted to go back to the sofa to rest for a while. Comrade Bing Wang's cold voice sounded behind him: "Teacher Shi Jing, comrades from the Ministry of National Security want to talk to you."

Le Jing paused, turned sideways, and had a habitual cold smile on his face: "What do you want to talk about?"

"The comrades from the Ministry of National Security will tell you later. Now, please come with me." Comrade Bing Wang put one hand in his pocket and said sincerely.