Chapter 119

Netizens were glued to the Feihua Awards livestream, eager to see if the band February Band would attend the awards ceremony.

The result was obvious: February Sky never showed up from beginning to end.

The judges of the Feihua Awards were also stubborn; if Eryuetian didn't come, she wouldn't be nominated for Best Screenplay, even though among the nominated works, "Da Ming Dynasty" was far superior to the others, it didn't matter.

If you don't come, it means you don't have it.

What's even more outrageous is that, perhaps to spite the February weather, the most prestigious Best Actor award at the Feihua Awards was given to someone else.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest.

Li Yijun, who played the lead role in "Ming Dynasty", was also nominated for Best Actor and is considered a strong contender to win.

His portrayal of Zhu Yuanzhang in the drama, from youth to middle age to old age, was superb, earning applause from the audience. Everyone had high hopes for him to win an award.

To everyone's surprise, the award went to someone else during the awards ceremony, which infuriated all the onlookers.

If the previous Best Screenplay award was something people could laugh off, a competition between February and the judges, then the announcement of the Best Actor winner caused an uproar.

This is clearly a blatant provocation and contempt.

This is clearly telling February Sky that if you don't obediently attend the awards ceremony, then no matter how well your work is broadcast, you will receive nothing here.

The Feihua Awards are awards for the entertainment industry, not something that can be decided by any one person.

-I've really had enough. So these judges can do whatever they want and give awards to whomever they want?!

Now I'm starting to suspect that every previous edition of the Feihua Awards had some kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation...

-The world is a giant makeshift stage. As long as you give gifts to the judges, you can get a glittering trophy. Don't ask me how I know.

......

An awards ceremony devoid of any fairness has come to an end, followed by an overwhelming barrage of insults.

The extent to which "Da Ming Dynasty" has broken into the mainstream has exceeded the expectations of the Feihua Award judges.

They made this fuss to show Er Yue Tian the size of their fists. Whether Er Yue Tian saw it or not is unknown, but netizens certainly did.

Netizens are most disgusted by the shady dealings of capital, and this year's Feihua Awards have shown the stubborn arrogance of using power to oppress others to the fullest extent, which has touched a nerve with everyone!

Xu Ying did not attend the awards ceremony, and naturally did not pay much attention to the subsequent list of winners.

It wasn't until the next morning that she learned from the trending topics that Li Yijun had missed out on Best Actor by just one vote.

Xu Ying: "......"

Have the judges of the Feihua Award gone mad?

It's one thing to rig the Best Screenplay award, but the Best Actor and Best Actress awards are always the most watched, and to dare to pull such a stunt is truly arrogant.

These judges have probably been in that position for too long, and have been flattered and fawned over for too long, that they really think they have the power to decide people's life and death at will.

Little did they know that the will of the people cannot be defied.

A platform that loses the trust of the people and lacks credibility is destined to fail.

Xu Ying raised an eyebrow. The matter had been brewing since last night, but the Feihua Awards had not made any statement, nor had the official website made any explanation or statement. They remained as arrogant as ever.

Just wait and see.

With such a sluggish sensitivity to public opinion, their downfall is only a matter of time.

The jokes surrounding the Flying Flower Awards lasted for a month, finally subsiding slightly as the Golden Bear Awards approached.

Having learned from the experience of the Flying Blossom Awards, the Golden Bear Awards treated Xu Ying and "Da Ming Dynasty" with great enthusiasm, awarding them all the prizes they deserved. Their production team not only won Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Director, but also received awards for the TV series' art direction and music.

After returning home with a full haul, Xu Ying happily took photos of the trophies and posted a blog entry to celebrate.

The matter should have ended there.

However, this simple celebratory post somehow seemed to hit a nerve with the Feihua Awards, prompting the official Feihua Awards Weibo account, which had been silent for a month, to post an update less than ten minutes after hers.

It was also a post with profound implications.

@FlyingFlowerAward: There are many potholes on the road, so please watch your step when you go out.

As soon as this post was published, the trending topic #February wins the Golden Bear Award# was immediately replaced by #Feihua Award post seems to imply something about February#.

Xu Ying doubted her own eyes.

Is this the demeanor expected of an official Weibo account for a major award? To personally engage in such veiled criticism shows an incredibly low level of sophistication.

"The Feihua Award is finished," she was now 100% certain. Given its current petty and weak state, the Feihua Award didn't need anyone to mess with it; it could destroy itself on its own.

As expected.

Before Xu Ying could even speak, netizens were already furious and launched a barrage of attacks on the official Weibo account of the Feihua Awards. This barrage reached its peak when Er Yue Tian posted her second message.

@FebruarySky: If you're not good at things, don't blame the road for being uneven.

-A good mouth knows how to talk.

-Wow, that's so sharp! I thought my sister would stay silent again this time, but she actually spoke up! Hahaha, she should have done that a long time ago!

- When dealing with shameless people, being polite is of little use.

I will always support February Sky!!!

- If you're not good enough, don't blame the road for being uneven. That's a clear message, hahaha. The Flying Flower Award really pushed honest people to their limits. You hardly post anything all year, but you managed to post one for me. You should feel honored.

You should feel honored.

You should feel honored.

...

#If you're not good at it, don't blame the road for being uneven#

As soon as these words were spoken, netizens immediately took them as gospel, learning them from the trending topics and immediately applying them to the Feihua Awards with a barrage of sarcastic remarks.

The Feihua Awards were so heavily criticized that they had no choice but to close the comments section.

However, this move did not quell the anger of netizens; instead, it spread the conflict to other places, such as TK short video, where there are hundreds of millions of daily active users, which only made the situation escalate further.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Netizens continued their gossip and arguments until dawn before finally going to sleep, while Xu Ying was already wide awake. She and Zhou Xingyun had arranged to meet with the directors of Xingkong TV and Jiaoyang TV that day.

Filming for "Cang Sheng Du" is not yet finished, but only a little bit of content remains, and it should be completed in less than a week.

Upon learning this news, several television stations immediately became restless.

It's better to start a collaboration sooner rather than later.

With the success of "The Great Ming Dynasty" and "The Legend of Cao Dingzhi" as precedents, it's no longer Xu Ying and Zhou Xingyun begging others to buy their dramas; instead, the TV stations are promoting them, hoping they will choose them.

There were more than one TV station interested in collaborating, but after discussing it, Xu Ying and Zhou Xingyun ruled out the others and finally focused their attention on Xingkong TV and Jiaoyang TV.

These two companies are indeed very powerful.

"Director Wang, Director Zhang!"

The meeting place was set at a restaurant. Xu Ying and Zhou Xingyun shook hands with the two directors as soon as they entered. However, to Xu Ying's surprise, there was a third person in the private room: Wang Zhixie from Brown Bear Video.

"Long time no see, screenwriter Xu."

Wang Zhixie stood up and smiled somewhat awkwardly.

This collaboration originally had nothing to do with him, but he and Director Wang of Jiaoyang TV are cousins. As soon as Wang Pengyu heard that he had a past with Xu Ying and others, he insisted on dragging him to the dinner party.

He couldn't refuse his cousin, so he had no choice but to come along.

"It really has been a long time," Xu Ying nodded, feeling genuinely warm upon seeing an old acquaintance.

Upon seeing this situation, Zhang Jiuzhou of Star TV cursed Zhang Pengyu in his heart as a cunning old fox, but on the surface he still maintained a smiling expression.

"President Zhou, Screenwriter Xu, we just collaborated before, so you absolutely have to reserve 'Cang Sheng Du' for me this time!"

"The Great Biography of Cao Dingzhi" boosted their TV station's ratings to over 6%. With such a brilliant achievement, their TV station is counting on "Crossing the Rivers" to create another one.

"Hey, you can't say that. I even collaborated with President Zhou and the others on 'Code Name: Dodder Flower.' According to you, President Zhou and the others should be collaborating with me, right? Don't you think so, Volunteer Association?"

Wang Pengyu was the first to disagree with Zhang Jiuzhou's statement.

The original "Code Name: Dodder Flower" aired on their Jiaoyang TV station and was very successful, making the station a fortune. This time, they were determined to secure Xu Ying's new drama.

Wang Zhixie: "......."

When it comes to Star TV and Sun TV, he would definitely prefer his cousin.

"Indeed, ever since we collaborated once a couple of years ago, my brother has been looking forward to working together again. By the way, I heard from my brother that he was the one who connected you with Zhongyu when it came to 'The Ming Dynasty'."

That's right!

Wang Pengyu slapped his thigh: "Yes, yes, I also think highly of the drama 'Da Ming Dynasty'. It's just a pity that our TV station ran out of purchase quotas at the time, so I had to reluctantly give it up and recommend it to Director Li of Zhongyu No. 8 TV Station."

The reason why the purchase quota was gone is simply because their higher-ups didn't initially approve of the show.

Who knew that "Da Ming Dynasty" would become such a huge hit, making their higher-ups regret their decision so much that they didn't even need Wang Pengyu to say anything before the higher-ups quickly approved the funding for this collaboration with Xu Ying and Zhou Xingyun.

Why didn't you do this sooner!

Wang Pengyu was also furious.

But since it was his own TV station, what could he do? He could only pretend to be destined to be apart from Xu Ying and Zhou Xingyun.

Xu Ying and Zhou Xingyun remained calm and composed.

Speaking of "Ming Dynasty" and Zhongyu Eight Stages, we really have to thank Director Wang for his help. Although he may have just mentioned it casually, it was a great help to them.

"Yes, I really have to thank you for this. Director Wang, let me toast you," Zhou Xingyun said sincerely to Wang Pengyu as he raised his glass.

Zhang Jiuzhou knew things were going badly the moment he saw this.

As expected, in the end, Jiaoyang TV came out on top and won the broadcasting rights for "Cang Sheng Du".

"Sigh," Zhang Jiuzhou sighed.

The highest price he could offer was 100 million, but unfortunately, Jiaoyang TV was also a large and powerful company, and they could offer just as much. Not only could they offer that much, but they also had the favor of acting as a go-between. So, for both reason and emotion, Xu Ying and the others had to choose Jiaoyang TV.

Speechless.

Zhang Jiuzhou accepted his defeat wholeheartedly: "President Zhou, Screenwriter Xu, let's work together again next time."

There is ample time.