It is agreed that the 18th line will be top-notch?

The music group that was playing elegant music on the stage stood up silently, and with the help of the staff, they quickly evacuated the stage along with their instruments.

The male and female hosts with excellent temperament smiled very reservedly: "Welcome to all guest teachers, and welcome to all audience friends to the 2017 first 'Cornerstone Awards' award ceremony. I am the host Xie Xiaonan!"

"Hello everyone, I am the host..."

After the stereotyped introduction, the audience burst into stereotyped applause.

A brighter smile broke out on everyone's face, and they clapped at an neither fast nor slow pace.

"The familiar faces in the audience are the most precious treasures in the entertainment industry. They have provided inspiration for one excellent work after another and brought fictional characters to life one after another."

"Welcome to this site and participate in this award ceremony."

There was another round of applause from the audience.

Everyone was informed that this award ceremony was a live broadcast, which meant that everyone could see the performance of the guests at the award ceremony.

Yang Ruoqian, who was already feeling a little painful from clapping, had a feeling in his heart - had he made this award ceremony too grand?

It doesn’t matter if you harm other people, but now I feel like you’ve harmed yourself too...

After a lot of nonsense to extend the host's working hours and naturally increase their remuneration, the official awards ceremony finally came.

"The first Kuai Guang Entertainment's Golden Statue Cornerstone Award, the Best Supporting Actor Award is awarded to... Chen Xiufa!"

“Let’s invite the winners to come on stage to receive their awards!”

The moment the name was announced, Xia Xu's face suddenly showed a look of disappointment.

Chen Xiufa is a supporting actor in their movie, and his performance is indeed very good. It can be said that he deserves this award.

However, judging from past experience, generally among the people who can be invited to the award ceremony, at least one person from each team will win the award.

There is no doubt that the best one can win the biggest award.

Some other trivial prizes were divided among other defeated teams, so that they would not gain anything and serve as a foil for others.

Having already secured the Best Supporting Actor award so early, Xia Xu and his team's film may not win the award...

"Forget it...the reward for the Best Supporting Actor Award is not bad. It can save a lot of publicity and production costs for the next movie, which is also good."

With this in mind, he patted the shoulder of the winner next to him and nodded to express his praise.

Chen Xiufa went on stage to receive the award, with a glittering trophy in her hand. Then, like all other award ceremonies, she began to give her acceptance speech.

After he finished speaking, he received another round of applause.

However, Xia Xu, who was familiar with Chen Xiufa and had sharp eyes, noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Xia Xu's face, and his words seemed a bit forced.

Is it because he realized that the movie failed to win the ultimate award and his mentality was unstable?

This kid...well, there will be many opportunities in the future.

Xia Xu can understand this idea very well.

After Chen Xiufa came down with the trophy, Xia Xu smiled and patted his shoulder, covered his mouth with his other hand, and whispered: "Don't be discouraged, this award is not that authoritative, and even if you don't win this time, There will be a next time. You won the Best Supporting Actor at such a young age. There will be many opportunities in the future, and temporary gains and losses are not important."

Chen Xiufa shook his head slightly and covered his mouth, but there was a hint of collapse in his tone: "Brother Xia, please stop holding me, my arm is about to break!"

Xia Xu was confused: "What arm is broken?"

"Brother Xia, the body of this trophy seems to be made of pure gold, and the cup holder is also made of solid wood. I have lifted it all the way. If you don't let me find a place to put it down, my arm will break!"

"..."

Xia Xu's brain almost short-circuited.

Good guy, a best supporting actor award actually has a solid gold trophy? !

No wonder Chen Xiufa looked so strange when she was giving her acceptance speech. It turned out that it was not because she was sad, but because the trophy in her hand was too heavy!

Kuaiguang Group is really willing to give up.

From this point of view, the "Cornerstone Award" is not only a waste of resources, but also a waste of money.

Although there is no direct bonus, the materials and workmanship required for such a trophy are extremely expensive.

A trophy is conservatively estimated to be worth at least 30 yuan!
Before the Xia Xu team in the audience had finished expressing their feelings, the names of the other winners were also read out, and they began to walk from the guest seats to the podium one by one, receive their awards, and at the same time give acceptance speeches.

All the winners, without exception, had varying degrees of expression change at the moment they held up the trophy.

Even for an actress who has little strength, most of her strength has been used up to lift the trophy, and she can only say her acceptance speech through gritted teeth.

"..."

The number of live viewers of the first "Cornerstone Awards" has now reached several million.

And among millions of people, there are always some viewers with sharper eyes.

"Have you not noticed that the expressions of these award recipients are weird? They have been like this since the first one."

"I saw it too. I thought it was because I was dissatisfied with the prize I got. Now why do all the winners have this expression?"

"what's the situation?"

"It seems to be true. You guys looked so carefully..."

"Didn't you notice that the expressions of these winners were all normal until they raised the trophy, and something didn't look right on their faces?"

"I don't know who the actress is, but I see her forearms are shaking."

"What did the Kuaiguang Group officials do?"

Just when there were a lot of opinions on the barrage, the employees in charge of control and evaluation in the operations department finally took action.

A prominent barrage with the word "official" prefixed slowly floated across the top of the screen:

"Don't get me wrong, the reason for this situation is that our trophy cup body is made of only two materials, ultra-high purity gold and platinum, and the bottom of the cup base is either crystal or solid wood, which is very valuable and heavy."

"Each trophy only costs more than 35 yuan in terms of materials on average."

"The actors may not have received such a heavy trophy before, so it's a bit 'unexpected' to have them hold it up with one hand. Some actors who are not that strong may not be able to adapt to it, but these are all small things~"

Looking at the official explanation, the barrage suddenly exploded.

"A living official?"

"How much?! 35 for a trophy? Is that just the cost of materials? How much does it cost to have so many trophies? Damn it?!"

"I asked them why they looked so strange and ferocious. It turned out to be because they were being suppressed."

"Hahaha! The actors definitely didn't expect that they would receive an award and have to play a weightlifter for once, hahahaha!" "Then how can it be the same? The weightlifter can have whatever expression he wants on his face in the play. Expression, the recipient of the award must not only raise one hand, but also keep a smile on his face, hahahahaha!”

"As expected of the Kuaiguang Group, hahaha! It's so hard to show off for them even at an award ceremony."

"It's still a normal award now... I feel like the big things are yet to come. Don't forget, they also have a 'Golden Mop' award."

"Yes, I'm very curious who the winner of this 'Golden Mop' award will be."

"..."

While the barrage was being discussed enthusiastically, the awards ceremony was also in full swing.

Xia Xu, who felt that he was out early, couldn't help but glance at his phone with his peripheral vision while applauding.

How long will this award ceremony last?
After the Best Screenplay Award was awarded, it was time to award several awards.

The most important thing is that Xia Xu can't accept that his old friend hasn't won any awards until now.

Now it seems that the grand prize is basically a certainty.

Alas, I'm not only afraid that my friends will have a hard time, but I'm also afraid that my friends will drive a Land Rover.

The host on the stage picked up a sealed envelope from the table, opened it while looking at the nervous guests in the audience, and paused in his voice: "The first Kuaiguang Entertainment's Golden Statue Cornerstone Award, The Best Director Award goes to Mr. Xia Xu, thank you for contributing such wonderful films to us this year!"

“Let’s invite the winners to come on stage to receive their awards!”

Xia Xu, who was waiting to clock out from get off work, was stunned.

The other people sitting next to him also had expressions of ecstasy on their faces - if it weren't for the elegant and solemn award ceremony, and if there weren't millions of people watching their live broadcast outside, they might even be jumping up and down at this moment!

There was thunderous applause at the scene, far exceeding other awards.

Xia Xu finally reacted after being touched on the shoulder by Chen Xiufa next to him. He quickly stood up and walked onto the podium with a very dreamy expression.

He actually...was actually selected as the best director by Kuaiguang Group? !

Xia Xu has wanted to compete for "Best Director" several times, and has been nominated several times, but every time he just missed it.

Although the value of Kuaiguang Group's awards cannot be compared with those awards, they admitted that they are the best!

And with the scale of the awards, this kind of influence, this kind of money-spending of the Kuaiguang Group, it may not be able to become a recognized major award in the future... At least in the future, he, Xia Xu, will be an absolute supporter of the Hong Kong Academy of Arts Cornerstone Award. And advocates!
We must find a way to hype up the operation of this award, so that we can show our strength as the winner of the first Best Director Award.

When he stepped onto the podium, he was in a dream-like state, and he didn't even hear a few words from the host.

"..."

"Now we would like to ask Mr. Xia to give his acceptance speech."

It wasn't until after saying this that Xia Xu suddenly woke up, quickly picked up the microphone, and said hesitantly: "First of all, I would like to thank the organizer..."

While speaking, he subconsciously reached out to receive the trophy.

Then Xia Xu almost rolled off the stage with the trophy and microphone.

I almost forgot that this trophy is so important!

Xia Xu used all the strength of his left half of his body to hold the trophy in front of him. While delivering a speech, he glanced at Yang Ruoqian's position.

He really wanted to know whether Boss Yang of Kuaiguang Group made the trophy so heavy on purpose.

However, Yang Ruoqian just nodded slightly and applauded in the audience, and no other emotions could be seen on his face.

I probably just think too much...

After Xia Xu briefly delivered his speech, he walked back to his seat along the red carpet with a smile amidst applause and flowers.

"Brother Xia, congratulations!"

"Awesome, these resources are so powerful!"

"Stop talking, haven't you seen that Brother Xia can't even come to his senses now?"

"That's right. If I win five million one day, I will have the same reaction."

After hearing these words, Xia Xu gritted his teeth and said: "I have already given a speech. Even a child can react at this time, right? I am overwhelmed by this trophy!"

As one of the grand prizes, the trophy for the Best Director Award is obviously larger than the smaller awards and is made of sturdier materials. There is even a ring of gems inlaid on the gold trophy cup, making the already heavy trophy even heavier. .

His arm is really going to be crushed!
What's even more uncomfortable is that Xia Xu's right hand was stuffed with a large bouquet of flowers. He didn't dare to show any shyness in front of many cameras.

Chen Xiufa complained: "Brother Xia, can you understand how I felt before? But mine is fine, but yours looks scary..."

However, the awards ceremony venue was a solemn scene, but the audience watching the live broadcast was already happy.

In order to prevent subsequent viewers from not knowing the truth, the operation staff of Kuaiguang Group deliberately placed the notices about the material of the trophies in the most conspicuous position in the live broadcast room.

Anyone who has entered the live broadcast room will know how heavy the thing held by the award-winning guest is.

We also know how difficult it is for these award recipients to maintain the expressions on their faces.

"Hahaha! Look how uncomfortable this director is, hahaha!"

"Mr. Yang: 'If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.' This is bearing its weight in a physical sense, hahaha!"

"Good guy, I dare say that Yang Ruoqian must have done it on purpose. There are so many people at the award ceremony, and you said that you can't spare one person to help the guests carry the trophy. I don't believe it."

"Don't talk nonsense. Look at how weak Xia Xu is. Yang Ruoqian is helping them exercise and strengthen their physical fitness."

"I announce that from now on this award will no longer be called the 'Cornerstone Award', but will be renamed 'The Entertainment Industry's Annual Fitness Event'!"

"I declare the announcement upstairs to be valid!"

"Look at Yao Xuehong, who won the Best Actress Award. She is known as the all-powerful goddess. She almost fell down when going down the stairs. She was lifting weights in such high heels. It was really miserable."

"Feng Luolai takes them all."

"To be honest, this is the first time I've watched an awards ceremony with so much interest..."

"I was dragged here by a friend. He said it was fun to watch here, hahaha! I don't actually pay attention to the entertainment industry. It's just that it's so funny to see these big stars and directors smiling and carrying trophies."

"The bigger fun is yet to come. After these awards are awarded, there will be the 'Golden Mop' award, which will be awarded to the worst movie and worst actor of the year."

"This is great fun..."

While netizens were having heated discussions, the awarding of the grand prizes at the award ceremony also came to an end.

The host on the stage smiled mysteriously: "Then, the next award is the Golden Mop Award!" (End of Chapter)