Chapter 588: The Most Popr Award
"Firstly, let''s wee the Oscar award winning screenwriter and national treasure, Mr. Chen Feng,
to the stage to say a few words and present our first award."
As the crowd erupted into an apuse, an old man with a head full of hair and ck-framed
sses appeared on the glittery stage. He stood behind the microphone, sped his hands
together and began speaking in a loud and confident voice.
"Too many generic words have been said, so I won''t say too much. I will simply mention one thing
that has sparked my interest. Thepetition for this year''s Best Neer Award has been
fierce, and the poprity of the award has surpassed all the other awards this year. This is the first
time this has happened on the Fei Tian Awards stage."
"So, I decided to watch the films of the women that were nominated: Yu Rong''s ''Glory'', Dai Ziwen''s
''Old Tribe'', Wang Siwen''s ''Green-blooded Bullet'' and, of course, Tangning''s ''W.H.''. I also watched
the film featuring the eliminated Yang Xi..."
"After watching all of them, I personally have a favorite. Of course, I won''t mention any names just
yet. I simply want to say that this particr film made me realize that there are still people out there
willing to invest their entire soul into the acting profession."
"So, I have a deep respect for this particr actress. Because her hard work is no less than those
of us that have been in the industry our entire lives."
"This is all I''m going to say. Following on, I will be announcing the winner of the 37th Annual Fei
Tian Awards Best Supporting Actress. This will be the first award for the night. Every actor starts off
as a supporting character and every director and screenwriter starts off as a rookie. I hope the
winner of the Best Supporting Actress will some day be the Best Actress."
"Could everyone please look to the screen for the final results!"
As soon as Chen Feng finished speaking, the screen behind him began naming the nominees. Of
course, a spotlight lit up each of the women one at a time. After a few rotations, the spotlight finally
stopped on one of the women as the name of the award recipient appeared on the big screen.
During this time, Tangning''s gaze happened to fall upon a certain person. A person that she had
met once, but left asting impression.
Zhang Qingping.
This so-called ''President of the Film Association'' and top grade actor and director, was currently
sitting proudly, not too far from her.
Although the incident between them had happened quite some time ago, Han Yufan''s mother and
her husband, Director Zheng, had used this man to nder her in the past. At that time, Mo Ting
had also said a few words to refute against him.
At that time, Mother Han had mentioned that this man was a judge for the Fei Tian Awards.
After such a long period of time, Tangning had already forgotten about this. But, the industry was
small...
"What''s wrong?" Mo Ting noticed something wasn''t right.
Tangning pointed to the man with her chin and Mo Ting followed the direction of her gaze. As soon
as he saw Zhang Qingping, he knew what she was thinking.
"I almost forgot that I had offended this man. If I had known..."
"It''s fine," Tangning cut in. "You didn''t do anything wrong. If he insists on involving personal grudges,
then I''d rather not receive the award."
Mo Ting did not say anything. He simply ran his hand through Tangning''s hair.
"Following on, please wee our next guest presenter..."
ording to the normal order of presentation, after the Best Supporting Actress was announced,
the Best Neer Award was supposed to follow closely behind. After all,pared to the highly
important awards at the end, The Best Neer Award did not hold much weight; it was simply a
form of encouragement for rookies. Plus, winning a Best Neer Award did not guarantee that
they would end up winning a Best Actress/Actor Award in the future. But, this year was a little
different...
The organizers dyed the Best Neer Award towards the end...
All the guests sighed. It seemed, the Fei Tian Awards finally knew how to keep up with the times
and y with gimmicks.
Of course, this proved that thepetition for this year''s Best Neer was fierce and was held
in high esteem.
"Following on, we will be presenting the award for The Most Promising Director. I would like to take
this opportunity to thank these young people for contributing to the film industry. It''s because of you
that the older generation feel deeplyforted and can see hope in the industry."
"The winner is...please look at the screen..."
"The director of ''W.H.'', An Zihao."
An Zihao froze at the sound of his own name. He had not received any notification about this award
and had simply shown up to be a guest presenter. He never expected to receive such a surprise.
The way that An Zihao was hurt by Cheng Tian and the way that he changed from being a manager
to a director was all witnessed by Tangning. On top of that, his persistence during the filming of
''W.H.'' was what encouraged Tangning and Bei Chendong to keep persevering.
So, seeing An Zihao receive an award, naturally made Tangning happy for her friend.
"Ting, Zihao received an award!" Tangning smiled. Mo Ting was surprised by this smile, because it
had been a long time since he had seen such a simple and pure smile on her face.
She was simply happy because her friend had received an award.
"He will receive even more awards in the future," Mo Ting said as he watched An Zihao walk up
onto the stage.
Tangning nodded her head before she listened intently to An Zihao''s speech.
"I am very surprised," An Zihao began. "I never thought that I''d receive an award. ''W.H.'' was my first
film and a great start to my career as a director. As I stand up here, the first person I want to thank
is Tangning."
"Thank you for notining and asking questions. For the sake of this film, she was willing to go
to any lengths."
"She has always been a friend that I have truly respected."
"Secondly, I would like to thank Bei Chendong. Of course, I am referring to the fact that he
participated in this film for free!"
"It was because of these two people that I truly understood how it felt to have a filme to life."
"As for my production team, they are all of the same heart. So, I won''t go into too much detail about
who else to thank. However, there is one more thing I would like to address."
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"I hope that everyone can be nice to Tangning. She is truly a good person and extremely talented.
But, I know she is constantly thrown into a storm and being hurt and attacked."
"Up here, I would like to dere that Tangning and I will forever be the best of friends! From today
onwards, no matter what happens, I will be on her side!"
"So, Tangning..."
"Keep up the hard work!"
"Lastly, I know that everyone is waiting to see the winner of The Best Neer Award, so I won''t
take up any more of your precious time. I will now hand the stage back to the hosts." After speaking,
An Zihao ced a kiss on his trophy.