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Chapter 475 0465 [The Tone Needs to Be Set]

After lavishly praising the sponsor, the two hosts began to get down to business.

Guo Degang is too unreliable; Chunni is specifically in charge of controlling the situation.

Chunni said in her standard host's voice: "In 2010, we witnessed many major events. China's GDP officially surpassed Japan's, becoming the world's second largest economy."

"Yes, we finally took down the Japanese." Guo Degang chimed in, playing the straight man.

"At the World Expo, the China Pavilion amazed the world..."

"I went to see it."

"Asian Games torch..."

"Well done."

The host recounted several major events in succession, and for each event mentioned, a corresponding image would appear on the large screen behind him.

Suddenly, Chunni's tone became heavy: "...We will never forget those heart-wrenching moments. The support from all sides after the Yushu earthquake wrote a heartwarming chapter of human kindness even when the country is in trouble."

Guo Degang also stopped smiling and said seriously, "Let us mourn for the unfortunate ones and wish the survivors happiness and a better life in the future!"

The entire audience fell silent and observed a moment of silence.

Immediately afterwards, the big screen continued to play more recaps of events from 2010, with the narration of the video recordings completely replacing the host's voice.

As the lights dimmed, portraits began to appear, all of them outstanding figures from various fields who passed away last year. Several were academicians, as well as martyrs, artists, writers, patriotic journalists, and others.

Then, historical footage of the Korean War was shown on the big screen.

Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's participation in the war abroad.

As the lights came on again, one by one, veterans appeared, their chests adorned with medals and commemorative badges. Young Pioneers ran over, presented flowers to the veterans, and saluted them.

Chen Guiliang and Bian Guanyue stood up and applauded.

The celebrities nearby looked around and also stood up to applaud.

Taiwanese celebrities like Cai Kangyong and Little S hesitated, their expressions awkward. Some stood up, while others clapped while seated. Still others didn't even clap, sitting and pretending nothing had happened.

The artists from Hong Kong, on the other hand, stood up and applauded very readily.

Some of the invited Weibo influencers actually sat still and even tried to post on Weibo to mock the matter.

Regardless, everyone now realizes that the tone of ByteDance Night is vastly different from that of Sina's Internet Awards!

"A wide river flows, the wind carries the fragrance of rice blossoms to both banks..."

Han Hong and Li Yuchun appeared from the left and right sides of the stage respectively, singing "My Motherland".

Many audience members, including Chen Guiliang, started singing along.

However, some guests and audience members remained silent, as if singing this song made them feel extremely ashamed.

Why include this "disappointing" segment?
Chen Guiliang did it on purpose!

He was very unhappy after seeing the list of the top 30 Weibo followers, and personally ordered this part to be arranged!
ByteDance's Weibo platform has gained momentum and is not afraid of being abandoned by some influential users.

Chen Guiliang could even guess their reaction: they would continue using ByteDance Weibo while subtly mocking him.

They only dare to make sarcastic remarks and be sarcastic; they don't even dare to directly curse.

After the song "My Motherland" was finished, the Young Pioneers helped the veterans leave the venue.

Then a leader went on stage and presented awards to the engineers from the aerospace center, who had launched several Beidou satellites last year.

Then, awards were presented to the athletes who achieved good results at the Asian Games.

Fang Zhouzi and Gao Xiaosong also came today. The former had a half-smile on his face, while the latter was cheerful and relaxed.

These two are clever and shrewd; they won't mention a word about tonight's events when they get back. They are always very friendly and respectful to truly wealthy people.

Guo Degang and Chunni finally returned to the stage.

"Actually, I love sports. My childhood dream was to become a champion athlete." Guo Degang rubbed his belly as he watched the athletes leave the field.

Chunni: "Why did you switch to learning crosstalk?"

Guo Degang: "That crosstalk den in Tianjin ruined me. I was originally a sprinter, but when my coach saw that I couldn't keep going, he made me imagine that there was delicious food ahead of me, and that I could eat it all after crossing the finish line."

What are some good food options?

"I asked back then too. The coach told me that ahead of me were: steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail, roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose..."

"Stop, stop, stop. Are you a comedy coach?"

"The coach used to be a crosstalk performer, but he didn't become a star, so he switched to teaching physical education. That's how it is in Tianjin. If you can't do crosstalk well, you go to do something else."

"Who believes it?"

"No matter what you do, every industry needs to pay attention to fresh blood. The awards to be presented next are for emerging talents."

"Please welcome Mr. Chen Hua, President of ByteDance, and Mr. Hou Kaiwen, Vice President and COO, to present the ByteDance Night Annual Newcomer Actor Award!"

Guo Degang ultimately restrained himself and dared not make any inappropriate jokes in such a large setting.

After Chen Hua took the stage, he gave Hou Kaiwen a lot of face: "Mtime has always been loved by a large number of movie fans. I, as the president, am an outsider. President Hou is the professional. I will have to learn more from him in the future."

Hou Kaiwen was formerly the director of Microsoft China's OEM department and founded Mtime in 2005. Now that Mtime has been acquired by ByteDance, he has not only achieved financial freedom but also gained a larger platform.

Because Hou Kaiwen's real forte is marketing!

"I'm flattered, Mr. Chen," Hou Kaiwen said with a smile. "I'm also a newcomer to the movie ticketing business and still need to learn from scratch. It's quite fitting for me to present awards to emerging actors today." Chen Hua said, "The first award we'll present is the Annual Emerging Television Actor Award."

Hou Kaiwen was very straightforward and didn't beat around the bush any longer, stating the actor's name: "Zhang Yi".

Chen Hua said, "Tong Liya."

The two people whose names were called looked completely bewildered. They weren't newcomers; they had already acted in several TV series.

This was not arranged by Chen Guiliang, but rather the result was determined by a vote from Mtime.com users, combined with scores from Mtime.com editors.

Emerging actors do not necessarily have to be newcomers.

After the two up-and-coming actors went on stage to accept their awards, Zhang Yi spoke first: "I've been in the industry for five years, and I thought I was already a veteran, but I never expected to win the newcomer award. First of all, I want to thank Kang Honglei from 'Soldiers Sortie,' who truly led me onto the path of a television actor..."

Then Tong Liya gave her acceptance speech: "I'm very happy to receive this award. Like Zhang Yi, I'm not a complete newcomer to acting, so this is a huge surprise. Thank you, Mr. Chen. The first time I gained some fame was when I filmed his campus love essay advertisement on Renren.com. At the time, Mr. Chen was a freshman in college, and he personally acted as the photographer..."

"Wow!"

The crowd erupted in cheers, and the camera lenses were pointed at Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang smiled.

Next, the award for Best New Film Actor was presented, which was accepted by Dou Xiao and Zhou Dongyu, who starred in "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

Then, Hu Ge and Jin Sha sang "Myth of Stars and Moon".

Both "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Aftershock" garnered significant awards, with ByteDance awarding both films a string of prizes at the awards ceremony.

The editors and netizens of Mtime.com are very serious when judging the awards, and the parent company does not interfere with film and television awards.

Therefore, they didn't invite people like Chen Kaige.

Sina's annual online awards ceremony this year inexplicably invited Chen Kaige and even presented him with an art award.

Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Chow Yun-fat, and others have already won so many awards they're practically rolling in them (Feng Xiaogang: ???). The awards at ByteDance Night are of little use to them.

But it's still an award, and it can increase exposure, so everyone is quite happy.

Next came the music awards, with Jay Chou, JJ Lin, and others winning awards.

The Best New Single award went to "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky".

This song hasn't even been officially released yet, but it's already quite popular on Xiami Music.

The music awards at ByteDance Night were selected by editors and netizens of Xiami Music.

The awards for sports, film, television, and music have all been given out, and everyone thought the awards ceremony was over, with maybe a few more awards for grassroots internet celebrities to be given out.

As a result, Guo Degang and Chunni invited the deputy editor-in-chief of People's Literature and Chen Guiliang to the stage to present the 2010 literary awards.

The winners are: Xiao Xiangfeng, "Dictionary: Southern Industrial Life" and Liang Hong, "China in Liangzhuang".

All of them are non-fiction literary works advocated by Haiwainet and People's Literature last year. One reflects Chinese industry (the current situation of low-level workers), and the other reflects Chinese agriculture (the increasingly desolate countryside).

Chen Guiliang's patriotism was not a matter of whitewashing or glossing over problems.

As long as it's not completely fabricated, he also admires works that reflect reality. In particular, the book "China in Liangzhuang" made Chen Guiliang feel as if he were seeing his own rural hometown.

Therefore, Chen Guiliang personally went on stage and, together with the deputy editor-in-chief of People's Literature, presented awards to the two authors.

Han Han sat below, slightly surprised.

He had never read any of these literary works, and didn't even know if they were novels.

Shouldn't the ByteDance Night, which is purely for entertainment, award literary prizes to best-selling books? For example, Guo Jingming's books are quite popular.

When presenting the award, Chen Guiliang said, "The best works always reflect the times. I am very fortunate to have read these two excellent books. One focuses on industry, and the other on agriculture, together they paint a picture of the grassroots society in contemporary China. Those who are interested can buy them and read them."

Both authors were very happy and expressed their gratitude to Chen Guiliang in their acceptance speeches.

Finally, it was the turn of the various grassroots internet celebrities to go on stage and receive their awards.

This is the internet age that belongs to the grassroots, so we've put grassroots internet celebrities last (don't take it literally).

More than 20 grassroots artists, including Xidan Girl and Rising Sun Gang, took to the podium to receive their awards.

The awards were presented to them by leaders from Beijing.

A few days later, ByteDance Night was broadcast on Beijing TV, and then streamed online on Tudou and AcFun.

It quickly ignited a heated online debate.

Why?

Of course, it's the veterans and "My Motherland" from the very beginning, a bunch of public intellectuals, along with a large number of netizens, everywhere criticizing Chen Guiliang and licking xxx's boots.

It's easy to imagine how bad the online atmosphere was at that time.

However, Chen Guiliang has more supporters; let's not forget their online battles last year. They have a simple sense of patriotism and may criticize various injustices in their daily lives, but they can clearly see right from wrong on major issues.

Is it wrong to present flowers to veterans and invite singers to sing "My Motherland"?

This is outrageous that someone can be spit on like this!
Even members of Li Yuchun's fan forum joined in, because "My Motherland" was a duet sung by Han Hong and Li Yuchun.

The two sides engaged in a war of words on various platforms such as Weibo, Baidu Tieba, forums, and Haiwainet, which even escalated to the point of doxing.

Many netizens are simply unaware of the full story; they are only paying attention to ByteDance Night because of this massive online battle.

Tudou.com and AcFun experienced a surge in traffic.

(End of this chapter)