Chapter 421: Unexpected Interlude

At eight o'clock in the evening, the 26th TV Golden Eagle Awards ceremony began on time.

The lights in the dome of the venue suddenly went out, leaving only a few dots of glow sticks in the audience seats, which gathered into a silently surging golden ocean.

This year's Golden Eagle Goddess Liu Shishi took the lead to open the evening party.

From the first Golden Eagle Goddess Liu Yifei in 2006, through Li Xiaolu, Wang Luodan, to today's Liu Shishi, the Golden Eagle Goddess has become the iconic symbol of the Golden Eagle TV Art Festival.

Mango TV attracts public attention through the title of "stardom" and injects entertainment vitality and topic heat into professional award activities.

With the advent of the Internet traffic era, Mango TV, which is well aware of the psychology of fans, simply decided the title directly by audience voting at this year's Golden Eagle Festival, using the gimmick of the Golden Eagle Goddess to stimulate fans' enthusiasm to vote for their idols.

Fans also hope to "fight for honor" for their idols by supporting them in competing for the title, thereby generating large-scale interactions and discussions.

I have to say that Mango TV’s move was a brilliant one. The selection process for the Golden Eagle Goddess itself is a high-profile marketing campaign.

Fan voting, controversy and media coverage brought massive free exposure to Hunan Satellite TV and the actors involved.

As a local TV station, Mango TV has enhanced the entertainment value of the Golden Eagle Festival and greatly increased audience stickiness with the innovative form of the Golden Eagle Goddess.

A clear and long metallic clang broke the silence.

Then, above the stage, a spotlight as cold as moonlight suddenly pierced through the darkness and accurately locked onto the figure hanging in the air.

Liu Shishi came riding an eagle, soaring above the sea of stars, making a stunning appearance.

There were exclamations from the audience and the screams of fans resounded throughout the venue.

I saw a huge golden eagle, with its glittering wings spread, slowly descending from the dome of the stage.

Standing on the broad back of the golden eagle is Liu Shishi, the golden eagle goddess who was crowned tonight.

At an altitude of fourteen meters, Liu Shishi's figure appears small yet extremely eye-catching. She is riding a golden eagle and in front of her is the vast sea of stars, forming an ultimate picture.

The golden eagle is not stationary. It glides and circles steadily along the preset track, flapping its huge wings slowly.

The female stars in the audience stared at Liu Shishi's dazzling goddess battle robe and couldn't help whispering.

Liu Shishi's goddess dress is made of dazzling bright gold satin, exuding a warm and hot luster like molten gold.

The extremely complex gold thread embroidery cascades down from the shoulders and neck, and the edges are inlaid with countless crystals and diamonds as fine as stardust, reflecting a dazzling colorful halo.

An exquisite golden crown held up the sister's black hair, and the drooping golden tassels swayed gracefully on her smooth forehead and neck, adding a sense of holiness and majesty that could not be desecrated.

There were exclamations of praise one after another, and everyone was conquered by this ultimate visual feast.

Among the stars, Yang Mi stared at Liu Shishi in the air above the stage with burning eyes, feeling shocked and envious.

At this moment, I only have one thought in my mind: The goddess's battle robe is so beautiful, I want it! The next Golden Eagle Goddess must be me!

Suddenly, Da Mimi raised her eyes as if she had sensed something, and her eyes met Tang Yan's. They both saw the burning fighting spirit in each other's eyes, and regarded each other as the only rivals for the Golden Eagle Goddess in two years.

Zhao Liying, who was standing by, happened to see the silent rivalry between Yang Mi and Tang Yan, and a burning flame ignited in her heart. She thought to herself that after two years, she might be able to compete with them!

Fourteen meters high, if an ordinary person stood in such a place, his legs would probably become weak and he would be terrified.

But Liu Shishi, with her years of dance skills, extraordinary sense of balance and core strength, is as steady as a rock!

The No. 1 actress stood on the top of the Golden Eagle, wearing gorgeous clothes, with a figure as graceful as a pine tree and a beauty as stunning as a swan. This moment has been imprinted as an eternal classic scene in China's television award ceremony.

After Liu Shishi left the stage, the award ceremony hosts He Jiong and Sa Beining took over.

One of them is the ace host of Mango TV, and the other is the backbone of CCTV. It can be said that they are a match made in heaven. The two of them spoke eloquently and livened up the atmosphere.

As awards such as Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, and Best Director were announced one by one, the star performances during the event made the evening even more popular.

At this time, Liu Shishi, who had changed her clothes, returned to the venue from the backstage.

After taking off her Golden Eagle Goddess dress, she changed into a simple black sleeveless jumpsuit. She had an elegant posture, showing her unique charm of generosity and decency in front of the camera.

Liu Shishi sat down in the first row and asked her master Li Xuejian, "Master, which stage are we at?"

"The best TV series will be announced soon." Li Xuejian vowed, "There is no suspense about this award. It will definitely go to 1921."

Yijie understood clearly that this drama was a special drama dedicated to the 90th anniversary last year. Even though the Golden Eagle Awards has always focused on audience preferences, principles must be taken into account at special moments.

Sure enough, the award presenter on stage announced loudly: "The winner of the 26th Golden Eagle Award for Best TV Drama is 1921! Congratulations!"

The director and the main creative staff of the crew excitedly went on stage to receive the award and gave their acceptance speeches.

After the Best TV Drama Award was decided, tonight's award ceremony reached its climax and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor and Best Actress will soon be announced.

Looking at the performance clips of the TV King and TV Queen nominees playing on the electronic screen, Li Xuejian turned sideways to introduce them to his disciples:

“Since Mango TV took over the hosting rights of the Golden Eagle Awards, the original award system has been changed beyond recognition and its authority is no longer as good as before.

The Golden Eagle Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress began in 1983. At that time, it was officially named the "Popular Outstanding Actor and Actress Award", and only one person was awarded each year.

In 1997, the Golden Eagle Awards were upgraded to national awards sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Television Association, and the Best Actor and Best Actress awards were briefly renamed "Best Actor and Best Actress."

In 2000, the Golden Eagle Award was transferred to Shonan Optoelectronics and upgraded to the "Golden Eagle Television Art Festival", and the award settings became more complex.

After a brief pause, his tone added a hint of helplessness: "Now the Best Actor and Best Actress awards have been changed to 'Actor and Actress Favorite by the Audience', commonly known as the Golden Cup, and 2 to 5 people are selected each year.

But Mango TV also set up the "Golden Eagle Festival Most Popular Actor and Actress Award", which is the crystal cup, deliberately confusing the concepts, which is really nonsense. "

Listening to her master's sigh, Liu Shishi nodded slightly.

Strictly speaking, the gold cup and the crystal cup together are considered the complete Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor and Best Actress.

However, the organizers often come up with surprising ideas and do not always give the two awards to the same person. They even call it the result of audience voting.

There are 25 nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress this year, and 4 will be selected from them.

There are eight Golden Cup winners, four men and four women. If the Crystal Cup is not selected from these eight, theoretically the 26th Golden Eagle Awards will produce four Best Actor and Best Actress.

With this operation, the value of the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor and Best Actress is naturally difficult to compare with the Feitian Award and the Magnolia Award.

After the award presenter came on stage, he immediately announced the first group of gold cup winners: Wen Zhang from "Snow Leopard" and Song Jia from "The Cliff".

Wen Zhang embraced Ma Yili and jumped onto the stage excitedly. His career has been booming in the past two years, surpassing his male peers. Now that he has won the title of Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor, he is even more powerful.

Song Jia was also delighted. She had just won the Magnolia Award for Best Actress in June this year. Now with the gold trophy in hand, she had already won two awards.

If she wins the Feitian Award again next year, she will achieve the grand slam of best actresses. Compared with the Golden Eagle Award, which focuses on popularity, and the Magnolia Award, which focuses on artistry, the Feitian Award favors mainstream works.

"The Cliff" is a rare spy war masterpiece and is already quite competitive. It is not out of reach for her to win the Flying Apsara Best Actress award.

Immediately afterwards, the second pair of gold cup winners were announced: Chen Shuo from "Iron Pear Flower" and Lin Yongjian from "My Name is Wang Tuodi".

Offstage, Li Xuejian noticed Liu Shishi's nervousness and comforted her softly, "Girl, don't panic, there are still two groups to go. Even if you can't win the gold cup this time, you still have "Silent Shorthand" as a foundation!

Didn’t you notice? Both Song Jia and Chen Shu won the Magnolia Award and the Golden Eagle Award for the same drama. Silent Shorthand has the same potential.”

This is not groundless. Main-theme dramas are always favored by the three major television awards once they have impressive ratings.

"Silent Shorthand" is produced by the team of Hou Hongsheng and Kong Sheng, who have produced many excellent works. It is well-made. Coupled with the ability of Yijie to carry the drama and the strong publicity and promotion capabilities of Tengda Group, the ratings are bound to be good and there are great hopes of winning major awards.

Liu Shishi seemed calm on the surface, but her clenched fists revealed her inner turmoil. If there was only one Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, and the gains and losses would all depend on fate, she would be calm about it.

But this time the Gold Cup is chosen from 4 out of 25, which also includes the highly weighted audience vote. If you are not selected even after all these, it is really a bit unreasonable.

The first sister was in a mess, and the third group of gold cup winners had already been announced on the stage.

The award presenter announced passionately: "...the most popular actors and actresses in TV series are Wu Xiubo from Before the Dawn and Ma Su from Factory Flower! Congratulations to both of you."

Sa Beining's humor and He Jiong's calmness and steadiness complement each other.

Although it was the first time for the two to host a show together, they worked together in perfect harmony.

After the audience was whetted by the singing and the singing, the announcement was made amid great anticipation: "Please welcome the award presenters, the famous artist Mr. Jiao Huang and the young writer Jiang Fangzhuo."

Jiao Huang is white-haired but looks energetic. With the support of Jiang Fangzhuo, he slowly walks to the center of the stage. Both of them hold a small handheld computer in their hands.

After a few simple warm-up words, he then stepped into the microphone to announce the final group of Best Actor and Best Actress winners.

But Jiao Huang waited for a long time, but the list of winners still did not appear on the computer in his hand. Looking at the black screen, he couldn't help but get anxious: "Why hasn't it appeared yet? There's nothing on mine!"

Apparently the equipment was malfunctioning. He Jiong immediately looked at the other presenter: "Fang Zhou, is there anything on your computer?"

Jiang Fangzhou shook his head repeatedly: "I only have a list of male actors, no female actors!"

In such an important occasion, an unexpected incident occurred. Sa Beining quickly spoke up to ease the embarrassment: "I'm so sorry, Mr. Jiao, is your PDA frozen? Is the screen black?"

Seeing Jiao Huang at a loss, he half-jokingly said, "Why don't you just say one?"

"Hey, how can you do this!" He Jiong hurriedly stopped him.

As the ace host of Mango TV, he knew that the accident caught everyone off guard when he saw that no staff had come on stage to deal with the situation for a long time.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the award ceremony and prevent Mango TV from becoming a laughing stock in front of the national audience, he had to take action.

Below the stage, Liu Shishi also showed a rare look of anxiety.

There was only one Gold Cup spot left, but at the critical moment of the award ceremony, there was an equipment failure and the last Best Actress name could not be displayed, which was really worrying.

Seeing that no one came forward to deal with the incident, Jiao Huang was displeased: "There is no list, who can I blame?"

At this time, He Jiong quickly came to the center of the stage.

Seeing this, Sa Beining asked, "He Jiong, are you sure you can solve this technical problem?"

"Of course! Because in addition to the most advanced technology, we also have the most primitive means." He Jiong calmly displayed top-level control methods.

He came to Jiao Huo, handed over his hand card, and carefully pointed out the location of his name to the old artist: "Teacher, this is for you!"

He Jiong's quick response and perfect rescue drew warm applause from the audience. His title as the number one anchor of Mango TV was indeed well-deserved.

Holding the paper cue card, Jiao Huang regained his composure and announced loudly: "The last group of TV actors and actresses who won the audience's love are He Shengming from "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain" and Liu Shishi from "Startling by Each Step"!"

Liu Shishi was overjoyed, a smile as gentle as a spring breeze spread across her face, and she walked towards the stage with light lotus steps. She seemed to have a calm and eye-catching aura around her, perfectly interpreting her elegance.

The actress smiled as bright as a flower and excitedly received the gold cup symbolizing the title of Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress from Jiang Fangzhuo.

This is the first major award she has won since her debut nearly eight years ago. At this moment, she happily accepted the flowers and applause with great enthusiasm.

When Liu Shishi was preparing her acceptance speech, the award presenter Jiang Fangzhou suddenly asked, "Teacher Shishi, I really like "Startling by Each Step".

I've watched it several times, but there's a plot I never quite understood, and there are different opinions on it online, so I'd like to take this opportunity today to ask you in person?"

Liu Shishi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and replied, "What's the problem?"

The host on stage and the audience below also showed curiosity, wanting to know what the award presenter was going to ask.

"Teacher Shishi, Ruoxi has been dealing with the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince, and even interacted with many princes, but who does she love?

Until the finale, when Ruoxi returned to the modern era, I still couldn’t tell who she loved?

The Fourth Master Party and the Eighth Master Party have been arguing endlessly online for a year without any conclusion. So I would like to hear the answer from you, the person involved. "

The sudden incident made the party more lively, and Sa Bening responded at the right time:

"This is a very interesting question. I am also looking forward to Mr. Liu's answer and giving fans and netizens a definite answer."

Liu Shishi's eyebrows curved, and she smiled and said, "You don't see who Ruoxi is right to love, because she loves neither the Fourth Prince nor the Eighth Prince!"

"Ah?" Jiang Fangzhou widened his eyes in surprise. He didn't expect such an answer.

"Are you surprised?" Liu Shishi winked playfully and explained mischievously, "Although Zhang Xiao's soul traveled through time and space to the Qing Dynasty and lived there for many years, she has always had someone she can't let go of in modern society!"

(End of this chapter)