Chapter 308: Award Winning

Qinglian’s set today mainly to see what kind of ability and talent Warmth had.Today she came specially for this purpose, visiting an old friend was just a side trip. Before coming, her friends told h...Chapter 308: Award Winning

"There are so many fans of different stars here today, such as Han Bi's fans, Li Yuanyuan's fans, and Zhou Chengge's fans," Pei Jun is an extremely polarized person both on stage and off. On the stage, he performs energetic songs and dances to showcase his talents and entertain the audience; however, off-stage, he is reserved and seldom speaks.

Wherever he points, the fans in that area start screaming crazily, supporting their idol and boosting the atmosphere on-site.

The two of them quickly warmed up the venue with a few words. After the long speech by the host, today's award ceremony began. The Golden Chapter Award has three rounds. In the first round, citizens in City A who have registered identification numbers vote for their favorite movies, directors, actresses, actors, most popular male and female actors, supporting actress, best newcomer, etc. The top ten with the highest votes proceed to the second round. The second round consists of a non-professional jury panel of one hundred people, fifty of whom are recommended and invited by the selection committee, including producers, planners, film makers, directors, screenwriters, photographers, action coordinators, art directors, editors, actors, filmmakers, sound engineers, lighting technicians, visual effects specialists, critics, educators in film culture, electronic media workers, film distributors or publicists. The top five proceed to tonight's final round.

The third round jury panel consists of ten professional judges recommended and invited by the Golden Chapter Award selection committee, comprising filmmakers and professional media workers.

Among these ten professional judges is a chief judge who holds decisive power in cases where there is a tie; this year's chief judge for the Golden Chapter Award is Cheng Yu.

The nominations for Best Film start with five films: Beauty Overwhelms the City, The Uncrowned King, Underworld, Tiger Gate Elite, and Black Rose Warm Heart. A surge of excitement runs through her as she sees a clip from Beauty Overwhelms the City featuring herself and Zhou Chengge on the big screen; her heart beats rapidly, unlike during the Critics' Award when she didn't feel this way at all.

Based on information transmitted to the computer on stage, Han Bi announces that the Best Film for this year's Golden Chapter Award is Beauty Overwhelms the City.

The producer Gu Yun comes up to receive the award, followed by Lin Ning and his team including Chen Xueru and Zhou Chengge. The crowd applauds below as Lin Ning shares his creative experience with Han Bi.

Pei Qing joked, "Is Liang Hongyu still played by the original cast"

"Behind the scenes, it's all the same team. As for the main creators, you'll find out at the right time." Lin Ning kept this a secret. Pei Qing then asked Warming, "Since she could achieve such great results, what do you want to say, Warming"

Warming modestly smiled and said, "I particularly want to thank the director and all my brothers and sisters from the傾城production team. With their help and care, I was able to perform at my best."

As they were leaving the stage, Ye Feimo said, "Don't shake your hand, you look too nervous when speaking."

"Of course I'm nervous. Even though it's not me receiving the award, my palms are sweating," Warming replied. Her voice sounded a bit tense; after all, this was her first time on stage, and besides the powerful presence of Han Bi, there was also the calm and composed Pei Qing beside her—she couldn't help but feel nervous.

Chen Xier smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, everything will be fine. You can just look at General Ye when you're feeling tense."

The next award was Best Director, which had no suspense. The Best Director went to Lin Ning; the Best Screenplay went to the screenwriter of The Uncrowned King. Following this were the awards for Best Newcomer.

This year's nominations for Best Newcomer and Critics' Award were identical, still featuring these few individuals.

Kan Bi smiled as she announced from her computer, "The winner of the 33rd Golden Chapter Award for Best Newcomer is Warming. Congratulations! The award will be presented to Warming by Ms. Song Yingji, President of the A City Film and Television Association."

There was a round of applause below. Warming wanted to express her surprise but, since she had been expecting it, her expression remained calm when the spotlight shone on her.

She got up to go onstage, with Pei Jun being very gentlemanly and escorting her.

Miss Song took over the hefty award from her hands with warmth in her heart.

The speeches were no exception to thankfulness. Han Bi did not make it difficult for Wenran; she was quite graceful. Since they had been caught on camera last time in a face-off over the film critic prize, many people thought there was bad blood between them. However, looking at this scene, one could sense no animosity whatsoever; they looked very amicable.

Wenran held onto that hefty trophy, her heart full of gratitude—this was her first award ever.

The Best Newcomer Award.

This prize was exactly what she had expected to win. Even though she had prepared herself mentally countless times before, at this moment all she wanted was to shout out in joy and run happily around to release the happiness inside her heart, if not for everyone's eyes on her onstage and off.

She finally got recognized.

Wenran said with a smile, "This year I am honored to receive this award. Apart from what has just been mentioned, I would like to thank Director Qingshan, as well as everyone in the cast and crew who made this happen. Also, I wish to express my gratitude towards my agent Cai Xiao Jing; it was her who introduced me into this industry. Simultaneously, I would also like to give a special thanks to my agency for their efforts in cultivating me, as well as for your recognition of me, judges. It is such an honor and pleasure to receive this award. Thank you all."

Han Bi said, "This prize holds great significance; an artist can only win it once throughout his or her entire career. Wenran, you are indeed very fortunate."

She heavily emphasized the word 'fortunate.' Wenran smiled faintly and replied, "Yes, I am a fortunate actress.

The next award is for Best Actor. This year's award went to Zhang Zhi'an, a powerhouse actor from Huayun. Zhou Chengge was just one vote short of winning the title; he missed out on being named Best Actor by a hairbreadth. Wenran feels a bit regretful about it.

However, Zhou Chengge doesn’t seem to mind at all. Lin Ning says, "The main actress steals the show in 'Beauty Captivating the City,' and while Chengge did an excellent job, he was outshone by the two leading ladies. It’s incredibly difficult for him to win Best Actor with this film."

There is also another significant reason: Beauty Captivating the City had a bountiful harvest tonight, so the judging panel needs to balance the awards accordingly.

The award following Best Actor is for Best Actress, which means Wenran has been nominated for the 33rd Golden Chapter Award. Her heart involuntarily tightened up; if she didn’t win the Best Actress title, then she would definitely secure the title of Most Popular Female Actor.

She’s relatively indifferent towards these two awards but feels particularly nervous after learning that she could potentially win one of them.

Ye Feimo hadn’t said anything either, so when she saw her own nomination, Wenran's heart was pounding in her throat.

Han Bi was slightly surprised to see Beauty Captivating the City among the nominations. It’s already an honor for Wenran, who has only starred in one movie, to be nominated for Best Actress. If she wins the title of Best Actress...

She would break a Golden Chapter Award record and become the youngest ever Golden Chapter Award-winning actress. Moreover, she will also be the first female artist to win such an accolade solely based on this film’s performance. This is unprecedented.

Could shen the information room were not looking good at all. Mo Chen explained, "Before I got on the plane, I told Feimo that Little White had already gone back to America. Feimo couldn’t find Little White an...