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Chapter 206 Boiling!

Night is falling!

Lights lit up along the red carpet at the entrance of Feihe Cinema!

At the end of the light, Zhou Yang stood at the doorway, looking very serious!

He watched as media professionals, filmmakers, film critics, and audience members walked down the red carpet!
Immediately afterwards, he picked up the microphone.

"Please, media friends outside, set up your cameras and get a close-up of the red carpet, thank you!"

"At other award ceremonies, the red carpet is always filled with A-list superstars, Best Actor and Best Actress winners..."

"Friends from the media and members of the public jury are all behind-the-scenes contributors who work silently and selflessly!"

"But now, you are the main characters!"

"Thank you to all of you who spoke earnestly, boldly, and dared to speak your minds, my friends and colleagues..."

"Please, allow me to bow to you with the utmost sincerity and seriousness on behalf of the Golden Broom Home Award!"

"Thank you!"

Under countless lenses.

Zhou Yang bowed slightly to the media personnel who were walking over one after another, and then waved his hand, making an invitation gesture to the astonished media and filmmakers.

Following this, led by staff members, the media personnel who had received on-site passes walked one after another onto the red carpet. Amidst thunderous applause, somewhat dazed, they walked step by step onto the red carpet towards the end of the [Feihe Cinema]...

When they saw Zhou Yang's sincere yet serious expression as he shook hands with each member of the media who entered the cinema and expressed his gratitude...

They felt a different kind of emotion, as if a force was surging within their bodies.

They have never been valued like this before!
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At seven o'clock in the evening.

As media personnel gradually entered the scene...

The lights in the awards hall of Feihe Cinema suddenly went out.

The five hundred seats were already packed to capacity, and the aisles were filled with reporters carrying cameras.

Everyone stared intently at Zhou Yang, who was slowly walking up to the stage below the big screen. As he stepped onto the stage, a commotion suddenly erupted in the back row—several movie fans holding signs that read "Liang Xiaogang is the eternal god" were being escorted out by security guards who had somehow managed to sneak in during the chaos…

"Let go! Why won't you let us speak? Don't you think you can say whatever you want? What's wrong with me expressing my opinion?"

The blond-haired youth at the head of the group struggled and shouted.

When Zhou Yang saw this scene, he slightly pushed up his glasses.

The stage spotlight stretched his shadow across the protesters, making him appear tall, slender, and elegant.

His voice was gentle, seemingly always carrying a smile: "My friend, we at the Golden Broom Awards do indeed uphold freedom of speech. Could you please arrange a VIP seat for this gentleman, security guard?"

He turned and nodded towards the control panel, his smile widening. "Aim camera 308 at him. Remember to give Director Liang a close-up when he receives his award."

Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked!

Immediately afterwards, a burst of laughter erupted. Under the close-up shots of numerous media cameras, they saw that the blond-haired man was pressed into an empty seat in the first row, a seat with a gold-embossed nameplate that read: "Lifetime Achievement Award Reserved Seat - Li Mingrui".

"First of all, thank you to all the media friends!" Zhou Yang tapped the microphone, his smile growing wider and wider. "Of the 181 media outlets present today, 37 were still issuing press releases yesterday accusing me of hyping things up."

He suddenly pointed to the southeast corner, and the light shone down instantly following his hand.

In the southeast corner, a reporter from *Film Weekly* subconsciously shrank back. He had also sneaked in, intending to discreetly gain some attention, but unexpectedly, Zhou Yang spotted him…

Just then, the big screen suddenly switched to the background screen.

"Don't be nervous, teacher," Zhou Yang said with a smile, pointing to the screen. "Your article last week, 'The Golden Broom Awards are a Disaster for the Film Industry,' was really well written. I even made a PowerPoint presentation about it."

The screen lists the article's viewpoints one by one, criticizing Zhou Yang for hyping things up and being shameless...

"Haha, my friend, you're absolutely right. Actually, I, Zhou Yang, am not a director who graduated from a professional academy, nor have I ever really studied how to make movies. In a sense, I'm just a 'troublemaker' who likes to create hype... Haha, that's what everyone calls me. I'm thick-skinned, I'm not afraid of being scolded..."

Three seconds of deathly silence followed, then thunderous applause erupted as everyone saw that candid figure…

At this moment, they sensed a quality in this young man standing ramrod straight that was unlike anything they had ever seen in the entire entertainment industry…

He's a despicable person!
But he is a true villain!

This little guy can be quite lovable sometimes, at least much more lovable than those hypocritical sanctimonious people!

Zhou Yang waved his hand and then...

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat!"

"Next, we'll announce the first award..."

Everyone saw a gilded broom appear in Zhou Yang's hand: "Most Disappointing Director Award, please watch the video—"

The screen lit up with a clip from "The Barbarians": a 4K high-definition shot of Liang Xiaogang kissing the ground on the Berlin red carpet, captioned "Kneeling for art".

The screen suddenly split, and on the right side appeared a scene from Shen Long's version of "The Mine" where he was scratching his thigh for several tens of seconds...

Besides that, the screen flickered slightly, and once again played the scene from "Youth of the Sea" where actor Chen Liang was singing by the sea...

……

"The competition for this award is extremely fierce, with both top talents and promising prospects; it's absolutely brilliant and impossible to defend against..."

"I'll announce the winner of this award. Well, the winner is..." Zhou Yang deliberately trembled as he tore open the envelope, scattering the paper like snowflakes. "Wow, it's Director Liang Xiaogang! It's a pity he couldn't be there in person, sigh..."

"Of course, it doesn't matter. We have a message from director Liang Xiaogang about our Golden Broom Award..." "..."

Under the lights, Zhou Yang snapped his fingers elegantly and casually.

Immediately afterwards, a scene appeared on the screen showing Zhou Yang holding a phone and making a call to Liang Xiaogang, who was far away in Hong Kong.

Immediately afterwards...

"Zhou Yang, I'll fuck ****"

"Zhou Yang, you son of a bitch!"

"Zhou Yang, I'll fuck your mother!"

Although Liang Xiaogang's subsequent profanities were all censored.

But the sound of the defense breaking down left everyone speechless!

The media were so excited their hands were shaking; they were practically going crazy!

Fuck!
Zhou Yang is incredibly audacious!

Zhou Yang cleared his throat and said, "Director Liang was so excited to receive this award that he couldn't help but thank me. Director Liang, you're welcome. I hope you will work even harder next year and strive to win the Lifetime Achievement Award, achieving even greater success!"

Just then, before he could finish speaking, a man wearing a baseball cap rushed in through the side door. He threw his press pass at the stage, yelling, "Zhou Yang, you motherfucker—"

"Reporter Zhang?" Zhou Yang caught the credentials precisely. "When you interviewed Director Liang last year, wasn't the title 'Measuring the Height of Art with Your Knees'?"

His expression suddenly changed. "Security guard! Please bring this reporter, Director Liang's personal shill, onto the stage!"

Five security guards carried the person under the spotlight like a pig being raised for the New Year.

Zhou Yang shoved the golden broom into his hand: "Please give this to Director Liang and tell him..."

He suddenly leaned close to the miniature microphone on the other person's collar, "What good is a broom compared to a trophy earned through licking?"

The man roared furiously!

But in the end, he was "invited" off the stage by the smiling Zhou Yang.

The editor-in-chief of Southern Weekly in the audience suddenly choked on his tea.

The recording pen they had hidden in the reporter's cufflinks was flashing red; he covered it slightly.

"The second award is even more interesting." Zhou Yang pushed up his glasses, a mischievous grin spreading across his face: "The Best Obsequiousness Award—we've prepared a special prize."

The egg rumbled and spat out a lump of coal, which cracked open to reveal a [Jinrui Mobile Phone]...

Zhou Yang pressed play, and a mechanical female voice echoed throughout the venue: "Award-winning work 'Yellow Earth,' directed by Li Mingrui. Commentary: 'Using miners' lives to win a trophy, washing the carpet with farmers' tears.'"

"After the next prize draw, we will randomly select one lucky winner to receive our [Jinrui Mobile Phone] for free!"

Just as Zhou Yang finished speaking, a burst of camera shutters suddenly sounded from the back row!

Everyone turned around and saw Zhong Jianming not far away, holding a phone, seemingly making a call: "Old Li, did you hear that? You won an award! They didn't even give you a speech for the award ceremony..."

"Don't spoil it, Mr. Zhong," Zhou Yang interrupted with a smile. "I heard Chairman Li has an awards ceremony in Hong Kong today. Let's not disturb him, that wouldn't be good... Of course, we should also congratulate Chairman Li! A double win!"

The big screen suddenly switched to the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony. Just as Li Mingrui accepted his award, his film "Yellow Earth" simultaneously won an award.

Although the video from the front lines was delayed and somewhat blurry, the sound could still be faintly heard. The award was for "Best Art Direction".

As Li Mingrui accepted the trophy, the giant screen behind him strangely switched to the comments section of [Movie House]. Countless insults against "Yellow Earth" appeared, spanning more than ten pages, and the insults were particularly vile, with everyone unanimously demanding "kneel down," filling the entire comments section...

Seeing this scene...

Everyone was stunned!

Zhou Yang!

Is he really that brave?
What's even more astonishing is what comes next...

"Next, this award is awesome!"

"So awesome that I'm not qualified to announce this award..."

"Okay, Professor Zhong, stop playing on your phone and make the announcement!"

"..."

Just as everyone was in shock, the light shone on the back!
Immediately afterwards...

They watched as Zhong Jianming walked step by step onto the stage, a smile on his face.

He then took the card Zhou Yang handed him...

"Now, I'm going to announce a major award: the King of Epic Bad Movies!"

As a series of movie clips appeared on the screen...

From "Yellow Earth" to "The Barbarians," from "Ferris Wheel of Love" to "Youth of the Sea," and then to "Monkey King vs. Superman 2"...

Just when everyone thought that this award would once again be won by directors Liang Xiaogang and Li Mingrui...

suddenly!

"Congratulations Mr. Zhou Yang, and congratulations on 'Sun Wukong vs. Superman 2'!"

"However, although Mr. Zhou's film is very controversial online, it did make children laugh..."

(End of this chapter)