Chapter 738 - 505:

According to the usual unwritten rules of the industry, the seating arrangement at X events usually puts the high-level platform executives, capital leaders, top film directors, and national-level celebrities in the first row.

Then the second row is for the top-tier artists, popular and powerful actors.

The third row is for trending young actors, popular idol groups, rising artists, and so on.

Last year, when Wu Mu attended the X Night, he was seated in the second row.

So, if today’s X Night arranges for him to still be in the second row, it means they think Wu Mu has not yet moved beyond the category of top-tier celebrities.

If he’s placed in the first row, it means they consider Wu Mu to be a national-level celebrity now.

This kind of signal has always been a significant barometer for everyone in the industry.

While Wu Mu has always not cared much about this, he guessed, "It should be the first row, right?"

Hmm, after spending so much money to invite him, if the arrangement is the same as last year’s, wouldn’t they be deliberately messing with him?

Wu Mu and Sun Yueqing walked inside with a few others.

Inside was already almost full, not only with the celebrity guests who walked the red carpet, but also many other guests from different fields who did not walk the red carpet.

X Night not only invites celebrities but also various athletes, cultural figures, and well-known entrepreneurs.

The evening event also has various end-of-year sports spirit awards, annual cultural influence awards, annual influential events, and so on.

Of course, they don’t sit in the same area as the people from the circle; those in the circle all sit in the rightmost A area.

The A area was also very lively; the guests who entered first were greeting familiar faces around them, exchanging pleasantries and laughter.

The venue was buzzing with chatter.

But as Wu Mu walked closer...

"Wu Mu has arrived."

The right side of the venue, abuzz earlier, suddenly fell eerily silent for a moment.

Many guests were looking at him with a peculiar, subtle expression.

Hmm?

Wu Mu scanned back with confusion and found quite a few familiar faces, such as Zhou Yu, Xiao Yi, Xu Zhiwen, among others.

These people were mostly seated in the second row.

Not only were their eyes peculiar, but their expressions seemed to have a darkened look.

It seems he kind of guessed the reason.

Indeed, Wu Mu walked to the front of area A and immediately saw his name tag stuck on a seat at the far right of the first row.

"It really is the first row!" Sun Yueqing exclaimed with joy.

The X platform has already recognized Wu Mu as a national-level celebrity!

From hitting rock bottom, with the whole internet condemning; to re-entering the audience’s view and restarting his career; then ascending back to top-tier status, taking his career to a new level.

Finally, reaching today’s recognition as a new national-level celebrity!

It all seems not... maybe not that difficult?

But in any case, the recognition from the X platform is a huge impact for everyone.

Especially for Zhou Yu and the others, no wonder they looked so upset; before they could at least forcibly claim that Wu Mu was just another top-tier like them, perhaps slightly more popular.

But now, they aren’t even in the same row anymore, separated by a thick wall.

Of course, even if X placed him among national-level celebrities, it seems it’s still at the bottom of the list.

Because Wu Mu noticed the entire first row was still empty; the others hadn’t arrived yet, making him the earliest one there.

Looking at the name tags on the seats next to him, there’s Zhao Xue, Li Cheng, Mo Mo... all recognized long ago as national-level celebrities.

While Wu Mu was still looking, someone nudged his arm from behind.

He turned around and saw it was Sun Yueqing sitting diagonally behind him, hinting at him with her eyes while pursing her lips.

Wu Mu followed the direction she pointed at.

It was a seat several places away from him, an empty one, but it did have a name tag.

Lin Xueming...

This made Wu Mu slightly purse his lips.

"They’re probably inviting him as the director of the year, as he’s the only director named in front." Sun Yueqing said softly, covering her mouth.

Wu Mu nodded, "Hmm, never mind him."

In the past, when he was with Director Lin, he had to consider Director Lin’s feelings.

Now that they’ve broken up, there’s nothing to worry about.

Wu Mu hadn’t been seated for long before the other first-row guests began to enter.

Such as Zhao Xue, who sat next to him.

Zhao Xue saw him, obviously stunned for a moment, then couldn’t help but sigh, "It’s really exasperating comparing people. I’ve been in the industry for over twenty years and only managed to get here after catching a good time, yet you, Wu Mu, took just a year to sit beside me."

But it was just a passing remark. After speaking, she sat down next to Wu Mu with a smile, "Your fans are terrifying. I was walking right behind you, and everyone was shouting your name, no one noticed me."

Then there was Li Cheng sitting next to Zhao Xue.

When he saw Wu Mu, he was also momentarily stunned, with a look that felt somewhat complex, but he was bright-faced, nodded, and greeted Wu Mu.

And then there was Mo Mo beyond Li Cheng.

Mo Mo, upon entering, didn’t stop but flashed a bright smile at Wu Mu, his eyes sparkling, eyebrows arching like crescent moons, "Teacher Wu Mu."

Wu Mu smiled too, "Xiao Mo."

Mo Mo clearly hadn’t seen Wu Mu for a while, having many things bottled up to say, and after smiling, he wasn’t done yet; he turned to Zhao Xue, "Sister Xue, can we switch seats?"

Ah, switch seats?

Zhao Xue was momentarily stunned; does X Night even allow switching seats?

While there seems to be no regulation against it, no one has ever done that before.