One by one, the film crews entered the venue. Finally, after the film emperor arrived as the finale, the award ceremony officially began.
The ceremony's host was a veteran presenter with considerable experience in the entertainnt industry. His witty remarks imdiately elevated the atmosphere from the opening, capturing the interest of the audience, especially those watching through the online broadcast. In an instant, the streaming channel was filled with colorful bullet comnts, discussing award nominations, marveling at the celebrity attendees, and flooding complints about the guests' appearances, creating a dazzling spectacle.
Shao Yichen only watched for a brief mont before feeling her eyes couldn't keep up with the pace, decisively closing the livestream and exiting the phone interface.
As an award nominee, she wasn't as excited as the viewers in the streaming channel.
After all, she had already learned through Luo Anan's channels that her crew hadn't won any important awards, so her mindset was quite calm. She treated this as a chance to relax while getting to see various celebrity actors up close. Even without winning an award, it was still worthwhile.
Sure enough, halfway through the awards ceremony, "The Web" had only received an inconspicuous Best Cinematography award.
Though it was a minor award, "The Web" crew was still quite pleased—everyone had approached it with the ntality that any award was a gain; no award was no loss, but an award was pure profit.
Since it was a cinematography award, Shao Yichen naturally felt that Jiang Miaomiao, the cinematographer, should go up to receive it. But Jiang Miaomiao insisted that without Shao Yichen, there would be no cinematography scenes for this film, and felt the director should go on stage instead.
The two reached an impasse, until finally Shao Yichen, taking advantage of Jiang Miaomiao's hesitation, pushed her onto the stage, playfully making a V-sign gesture at her.
Jiang Miaomiao went on stage and received the trophy from the presenter. In her excitent, her mind went blank. The thousands of words in her heart could only be summarized in four characters—I've made it!
With only the phrase "I've made it" circling in her mind, when it ca ti to give her acceptance speech, she initially rembered to thank the entire crew, but as she continued, her topic began to drift, turning into a bittersweet moir. Finally, she excitedly exclaid to the cara: "I've been away from ho for almost two years, and now that I've won this award, I finally dare to go back! I want to let my mom, my stepfather, and my brother know that I'm not the useless daydrear they claid I was! I also want to visit the photo studio that fired , and parade this trophy in front of that manager, letting him know he had no vision back then!"
Although this acceptance speech was indeed unprecedented and seed to exude an air of vindication, regardless of how others perceived it, "The Web" crew, led by Shao Yichen, was the first to applaud enthusiastically for Jiang Miaomiao.
Well said! If you don't show off after winning an award, when will you show off?
Not only should we show off, but we should also take the trophy, drive a (company-rented) luxury car, and really flaunt it! Let those who once mocked us know they were blind to talent!
But after Jiang Miaomiao walked down from the stage with her head held high, once seated, she imdiately handed the trophy to Shao Yichen.
Shao Yichen was puzzled: "Weren't you going to take the trophy to the photo studio? Why give it to ?"
"That was just talk. I believe soone will share this acceptance speech with that photo studio manager," Jiang Miaomiao chuckled. "I understand clearly that without Director Shao allowing to trouble the entire crew for the sake of shots, I would never have won this cinematography award. So this trophy essentially belongs to you."
Hearing her words, Shao Yichen actually blushed a bit. She did frequently trouble the entire crew, but mostly for her grand plan to lose money, not truly putting the young woman's filming effects as the top priority...
She tried to push the trophy back into Jiang Miaomiao's hands, but what kind of person was Jiang Miaomiao? She could hold a cara steady with one hand! Shao Yichen's weak strength was nothing in her eyes!
After losing this contest of strength predictably, Shao Yichen reluctantly gave up, looking at the shining trophy in her hands while planning to create a special place at the Morning Star dia entrance to display the award, alongside dia photos of ritorious contributors like Jiang Miaomiao receiving awards, flaunting them to all who passed by.
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While Shao Yichen and Jiang Miaomiao were politely declining each other, ti passed imperceptibly, and it was now ti for the Best New Talent award presentation.
Although Shao Yichen had closed the livestream, it didn't an others had done the sa.
Nan Rongyu and Nan Rongzhou huddled together watching the streaming channel's bullet comnts, gesturing and comnting on the content.
"Li Xingyu is getting a lot of support for the Best New Talent award," Nan Rongzhou stated matter-of-factly.
Nan Rongyu expressed his dissatisfaction: "Although Li Xingyu's acting might be slightly better than mine, aren't there any viewers who would cast a supportive vote for based on my handso appearance?"
Nan Rongzhou snickered mockingly: "Pfft."
The twins tossed aside their phone and wrestled with each other in a spot the broadcast caras couldn't capture.
Their conversation made Shao Yichen curious, so she turned to look at the phone they had discarded. On the phone screen's ceremony broadcast, the bullet comnts were even more nurous than before—after all, the Best New Talent award was considered the most suspenseful and important award at this ceremony besides Best Actress and Best Actor. The nominees were all young actors, naturally generating much discussion.
Indeed, as the twins had said, Li Xingyu was the most highly favored candidate for this award. Judging from the bullet comnts' enthusiasm, the only one who could possibly compete with him was an actor nad Lu Jueming. Shao Yichen took a mont to recall that this person seed to be signed with the sa dia company as Fu Lianghui, but because the company focused on promoting Fu Lianghui, he was basically left to fend for himself, obtaining acting opportunities through auditions.
She wondered if his treatnt would improve without Fu Lianghui as an obstacle.
Seeing this situation, Shao Yichen understood clearly that since Li Xingyu definitely wouldn't win the award, this Lu Jueming would most likely be the recipient.
She straightened up and looked at the host on stage.
The host was announcing the award presenter. Usually, for an award of this caliber, the presenter should be an actor of film emperor or film empress level, or at least a previous winner. But surprisingly, this award's presenter wasn't an invited film emperor or empress, but rather—Wu Ming, the CEO and Chairman of Liming Group.
Under everyone's gaze, the chairman rose from the front-row viewing seat and slowly walked onto the stage.
As he turned to face the audience, Shao Yichen finally got a clear look at his appearance.
—Wasn't this the middle-aged ugly man who had eye-widening surgery to look like Li Xingyu?!
Shao Yichen looked at Li Xingyu, then at the man on stage, firmly convinced of her assessnt.
After all, apart from his eyes, this chairman bore no resemblance to Li Xingyu. Even now, though he wore a smile, Shao Yichen always felt that sothing sinister lurked beneath his expression.
She recalled the aningful glance this man had given her during her red carpet walk, and couldn't help but shrink back, trying to reduce her presence.
She was now just a slacker shareholder of a small company, unable to challenge such an industry titan—if she couldn't fight him, couldn't she at least avoid him?
Being the chairman of Liming Group, the host didn't dare joke much with a bigwig of this caliber. After a brief, innocuous exchange and a bland statent, the host handed the envelope containing the winner's na to Wu Ming.
Wu Ming took the envelope but didn't rush to open it, instead scanning the actors present at the ceremony.
Shao Yichen noticed that his gaze lingered noticeably longer on "The Web" crew's area—more precisely, his eyes focused on just one person.
He was looking at Li Xingyu!
Connecting this with the rumor about Li Xingyu being replaced for the Best New Talent award, Shao Yichen quickly turned to look at Li Xingyu.
She found that although Li Xingyu appeared expressionless, his eyes seed to burn with fire. He didn't avoid Wu Ming's gaze, staring straight back at him.
...Had sothing happened between these two people before?
Shao Yichen's mind raced through various entertainnt industry gossip scenarios, but quickly deleted them all when she saw Li Xingyu's face.
Soone as upright as Li Xingyu wouldn't have conflicts with Wu Ming unless it was Wu Ming's fault!
She wanted to ask a question but thought better of it and closed her mouth.
After all, based on her understanding of Li Xingyu, if it were an important matter, he would probably explain it to the crew proactively.
Since he hadn't said anything, it likely ant he didn't want others to know, or felt there was no need for them to know.
With this thought, Shao Yichen turned back, pretending like everyone else that she hadn't noticed anything.
Wu Ming finished his survey of the room, thodically tore open the envelope, and read out the na inside.
Indeed, as Shao Yichen had predicted, it was Lu Jueming.
Except for Shao Yichen and Li Xingyu, everyone in "The Web" crew simultaneously showed disappointnt. In their eyes, Li Xingyu's chances had been high, so not winning the award was genuinely surprising. Not just Jiang Miaomiao and Qin Lu, but even the twins, who had just been engaging in childish personal attacks like "your acting is bad," "yours is too," "you're ugly," "you're as ugly as ," imdiately stopped arguing and gathered around to console Li Xingyu.
Li Xingyu's tone remained calm, showing no signs of regret, but Shao Yichen sensed that after his eye contact with Wu Ming, he seed sowhat distracted.
As for Lu Jueming, this young actor had assud the award was destined for his formidable rival Li Xingyu and was chatting with his agent in a corner when his na was unexpectedly called. He reacted as if he'd won five million yuan—happy yet incredulous. He excitedly hugged his slightly chubby agent brother, went on stage with undisguised joy to receive the award, and stamred through an improvised acceptance speech.
In the livestream channel, most bullet comnts expressed regret for Li Xingyu, but didn't show much animosity toward the new actor Lu Jueming, mostly congratulating this newcor—after all, though his performance wasn't as polished as Li Xingyu's, he showed remarkable talent despite no professional training. With opportunities for deeper study, he could, like Li Xingyu, potentially beco a future film emperor.
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Although the award ceremony continued on stage, for "The Web" crew, their part was over.
After all, those capable of competing for Best Actor and Best Actress were undoubtedly seasoned actors, far beyond their crew's qualifications—could they really expect Nan Rongyu or Nan Rongzhou, these casual male leads, to compete against other lead actors?
Impossible.
Therefore, after the Best New Talent award concluded, "The Web" crew's only remaining tasks were eating, drinking, and chatting.
After the ceremony, the group was about to drive back to the hotel together when Li Xingyu, after receiving a phone call, turned to the others: "I have sothing to attend to. I'll return on my own later."
"What is it?" Shao Yichen asked.
Li Xingyu: "Soone's looking for ."
As he spoke, he pointed toward another exit where Le Ziyao, wearing sunglasses and a mask, was waving at their group.
Author's Note: Today's first update!
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