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Chapter 235 Xu Kong unexpectedly lost the race. Was this targeted by the organizer?
Xu Kong looked in the direction that assistant director Xie Xiaoyu pointed.

Just then, his eyes met with Xu Guangji's who was looking over here.

Obviously, Xu Guangji seemed to know what he had done and subconsciously avoided Xu Kong's gaze.

In fact, Xu Kong felt that he got along quite well with the people in the crew, including Xu Guangji.

Although he is the only one who has the final say in his crew most of the time, it is not a one-man show or a high-pressure work environment.

The conditions offered are considered quite good in the entire Fengge and even in the current entertainment industry.

Xu Guangji's decisive departure was indeed beyond his own expectations.

……

However, since the other party has left, Xu Kong has no intention of continuing to waste time and energy on this matter.

In Xu Kong's opinion, the so-called liquidation is completely unnecessary.

The main reason is the photographer Xu Guangji, who, strictly speaking, is not irreplaceable in his crew.

This time, a newcomer was replaced in the shooting of "Sweet Honey". Because he is now famous, he attracted photographers with higher abilities and professional levels.

There were almost no accidents during the filming.

Song Youyou obviously didn't care about these things, or in her opinion, there was no need to pay attention to anyone except Xu Kong.

So when she noticed Xu Kong looking elsewhere, she asked curiously:
"What's wrong, Brother Xu Kong?"

Xu Kong shook his head.

"fine."

There was no need for him to tell Song Youyou about this, as it wouldn't solve anything anyway.

Asking Song Fuquan, the chairman of the company, to speak up for me is really an exaggeration.

……

On the contrary, it was Shang Yuxin who was quick-witted.

Naturally, I saw Xu Guangji in the distance.

As someone who had filmed The Legend of Sword and Fairy before, she naturally knew that the other person was the photographer in Xu Kong's crew.

But he was not sitting with them at this time, and the crew of "Sweet Honey" did not see this person.

That’s pretty illustrative of the problem.

However, such things are quite common in Fengge or the entire circle.

Companies will use various means to poach each other's artists and stars, and directors will naturally poach some capable photographers, executive directors, etc. from other crews.

……

The Golden Eagle Awards Ceremony began soon.

Although Xu Kong's popularity is indeed very high, among the actors and stars attending and being nominated this time, there are many who are currently in the stage of becoming very popular and are already very popular.

Like Zhong Yunting, who was also nominated for Best Actress.

Although the other party is already thirty years old, most of his works in recent years have been unsatisfactory.

Both the reputation and data are very low.

But the fact that she is a hot topic in her own right.

Even though he has been making all kinds of bad movies, his reputation has also hit rock bottom.

But it just becomes popular for no reason.

Every once in a while, it would become a hot topic on the news and the focus of discussion among netizens.

To say that these actors are traffic idols is actually not entirely correct.

After all, his age is there, and he is no longer on the same track as the young top stars.

Although he is a talented actor, he is not recognized at all. His acting skills have not improved at all over the years, and he has been criticized for a long time.

But he is very popular and has his own traffic, and he is still a national-level star artist.

There's nothing we can do about it.

This is the star fortune that many people simply cannot explain clearly.

It seems that the business is about to come to a standstill.

But it is impossible to be out of date.

He is a man who was born to be a star.

……

However, Zhong Yunting seemed to be very clear that she was here just to run as a runner-up.

The focus is not on winning awards.

Instead, he focused all his attention on the outfit and dress he wore to attend the awards ceremony.

I have to say, the carefully designed custom dress alone is indeed not comparable to that of some ordinary celebrity artists.

Zhong Yunting is indeed not just an ordinary celebrity artist now.

A few years ago, the other party left the agency and started to become his own boss.

The company has made many new generations famous.

Now the transformation from a celebrity to capital has been completed.

……

Zhong Yunting actually noticed the look Xu Kong was giving her.

She smiled and waved at him as a greeting.

Xu Kong also smiled and nodded in response.

Given Xu Kong's current situation, it is indeed almost impossible for him to be ridiculed or looked down upon by his peers.

This year's two dramas are enough to prove Xu Kong's ability and the resources he has at his disposal.

Faced with a director who can produce two hit dramas a year, most of the actors on the scene are busy trying to curry favor with him, so how could they possibly offend him?

So after Xu Kong came in, some actors and stars would come to greet him from time to time.

These colleagues are much friendlier than they were a year ago.

However, Xu Kong has long been accustomed to this kind of faces in the entertainment industry.

……

It is worth mentioning that based on past experience, it is almost certain that Song Youyou will win this year's Golden Eagle Goddess.

After all, the popularity of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is there.

It can be said that it is the kind that has almost no competitors.

It’s just a pity that the news about this year’s Golden Eagle Awards, or rather last year’s, had already been released in advance.

The selection of the Golden Eagle Goddess was subsequently cancelled.

Of course, the Golden Eagle Goddess itself is not an award with particularly high gold content.

Overall, what matters is the popularity and popularity of the actor himself.

It has almost nothing to do with acting skills, works, etc.

In other words, among the three major television awards, the Golden Eagle Award is indeed a relatively special one.

Because among the three major awards, only the Golden Eagle Award has a standard for audience preference, and it seems to account for a relatively high proportion.

Of course, this also leads to the Golden Eagle Award being almost the most controversial of the three major television awards.

……

Soon, the formal award ceremony began.

This time, the two dramas combined have been nominated for too many awards, and even Xu Kong can’t remember them all.

However, the previous ones are all small awards with low value, so there is no need to pay too much attention to them.

"The Legend of Sword and Fairy" quickly won the award for Best Original Score.

"The Long Season" won the Best Art Design and Best Cinematography awards.

It is worth mentioning that when the art director of the Best Art Design award went on stage to give his acceptance speech, he mentioned director Xu Kong almost every three sentences.

After all, he himself knew that the art design of the entire drama was actually done completely in accordance with Xu Kong's ideas.

The director was still sitting downstairs, so naturally he didn't dare to accept the award openly.

On the other hand, Xu Guangji, who also won the Best Cinematography Award, is different.

He obviously won the award for the drama "The Long Season", but he himself had no intention of mentioning this drama.

He didn't even thank Director Xu Kong or anyone else in the crew. Assistant Director Xie Xiaoyu was furious when she heard this.

"This Xu Guangji is really too shameless."

"If it weren't for Director Xu, he would have been able to..."

Before he could finish his words, Xu Kong stopped him.

There were colleagues everywhere around me at the time, and there were cameras filming, so there was no need to bring this matter to the table.

More importantly, Xu Guangji was not very well-known.

If these things between the two parties were really exposed, the only person affected would still be Xu Kong himself.

……

The next awards to be presented were all those that neither of Xu Kong's two dramas were nominated for.

All the way to the best script with higher gold content.

Both "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Long Season" were shortlisted, and the other shortlisted dramas are almost all of the kind that are not very popular and have average reputations.

In the perception of most viewers, this year's Golden Eagle Award for Best Screenplay is almost a competition between Xu Kong and himself.

Whether it is "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" or "The Long Season", it is reasonable for either drama to win the award.

Of course, before the awards ceremony began, the most popular choice was definitely "The Long Season".

Although its popularity is not as high as that of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" which was broadcast during the summer, its rating is still stable at 9.4 points, which can explain a lot.

There may still be some aspects of The Legend of Sword and Fairy that people criticize.

But "The Long Season" is probably the best drama in recent years in terms of reputation.

……

"The winner of the 35th China TV Golden Eagle Awards for Best Screenplay is..."

The two award presenters on the stage, both screenwriters with considerable experience in the industry, were obviously a little surprised to see the list.

But soon one of them adjusted himself and announced:

"Congratulations to Part-time Lawyer, Ma Hong!"

When the title of the play and the name of the screenwriter came out, the scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

It was only after a while that people at the scene began to applaud belatedly.

Ma Hong, the award-winning screenwriter, was obviously also very surprised.

When I stood up at this moment, I was still a little at a loss.

The main reason is that almost everyone thinks that this award is likely to go to Xu Kong.

No one expected that such an award with no suspense would actually result in an upset.

Even the audience watching the live award ceremony found it incredible.

"Is this not a mistake?"

"No, where did this "Part-time Lawyer" come from?"

"I can accept any of Xu Kong's two dramas, but what the hell is this "Part-time Lawyer"?"

……

At this time, the people around Xu Kong looked at him.

However, when Xu Kong heard the name of the winner, he was obviously stunned.

But he quickly adjusted himself and clapped along with everyone else at the scene, without much change in his expression.

When it comes to awards, it's obviously impossible for everyone to get what they want.

The emergence of dark horses or upsets is a common occurrence, even at some major international film festivals.

Only this time...

Xu Kong also keenly noticed that something was wrong.

Xu Kong must have heard of the drama "Part-time Lawyer".

Although I haven't seen it, the cast of this drama is still very good, and a well-known young actor in the domestic entertainment industry was invited to play the leading role.

It's more of a workplace comedy.

It’s just that the reviews and data of the drama itself are not very good.

More importantly, most people probably think that this drama was nominated just to make up the numbers.

Who knew that I would actually win the award in the end.

It is impossible for the judges of the Golden Eagle Awards to ignore even the most basic data and reputation.

At this time's Golden Eagle Awards, Xu Kong began to realize that something was wrong.

……

The unexpected win for the Best Screenplay award was just a minor episode and did not affect the entire award ceremony process.

The subsequent awards are almost all of relatively high value.

Originally thought to be targeted at the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" crew, but later still won the two major awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin went on stage to receive their awards without much surprise, just like before they arrived.

Even the film emperor Chen Shuang won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as Gong Biao.

It seems that Xu Kong’s two dramas this year have already become the biggest winners of the Golden Eagle Awards.

But then there was another upset when both Xu Kong and Guan Hua were nominated for the Best Actor award.

The award was given to a drama that Xu Kong was very familiar with. He helped write the theme song for it. The male lead of "Night Without Promise" directed by Ding Lixin was Liang Xinyu.

The other party is also an artist under Fengge.

If we just look at the data, "Night Without Promise" is indeed a hit this year.

But in terms of popularity, this drama is no match for "Legend of Sword and Fairy". In terms of reputation and ratings, it is also beaten by "The Long Season".

Therefore, Liang Xinyu's winning of the award once again surprised most of his colleagues at the scene and even the audience watching the live broadcast.

……

"No, Liang Xinyu, why?"

"Have the organizers lost their minds? According to the previous selection criteria, it would be fine if Xu Kong was not given the prize, but Teacher Guan Hua also didn't get it?"

"Fuck, I feel like with this result, the pace will be quite intense after the awards ceremony!"

According to the previous standards for awarding the Best Actor at the Golden Eagle Awards, the drama's data, that is, its market performance, is the first priority.

In this case, it is almost certain that Xu Kong will win the award.

After all, the popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is there, and the role of Li Xiaoyao is also the drama that made Xu Kong one of the most popular top actors in the country.

That's why everyone reacted so strongly when the results came out.

And even if the criteria were really changed this year, Liang Xinyu should not have won the award.

No matter how you look at it, doesn't Guan Hua, the veteran film actor, deserve the award more than Liang Xinyu?
……

Xu Kong now realized that it was not the problem with his drama, but that he himself did not seem to be well received at this year's Golden Eagle Awards.

Of the several awards he has been nominated for so far, he only won the insignificant Best Television Original Score award.

It seems unreasonable no matter how you look at it.

And his hunch was apparently correct.

The subsequent Best Drama Series and Best Director awards were unexpectedly upsets.

Xu Kong, who was nominated for so many awards this year, had the embarrassing situation of being a runner-up.

"No, this Golden Eagle Award is not deliberately targeting Xu Kong, right?"

"All of them are runners-up. Xu Kong must have offended the Golden Eagle judges."

"This is too much. The selection criteria for the Golden Eagle Awards are really getting more and more outrageous."

……

It was difficult for Xu Kong not to be affected at this moment.

Obviously, he himself did not expect such a result.

But after thinking about it, he still couldn't find out the reason why the Golden Eagle Awards, the organizer, would do such a thing even if it would affect its own credibility.

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(End of this chapter)