On this day, many people at Yuexiang Entertainment were in a different mood than usual. This was due to the considerable weight and influence of tonight's Grape Awards. Yuexiang Entertainment was also a long-standing partner of Grape Video, with nearly all of its productions available on Grape Video since its founding. Besides its inherent strength, a variety of factors combined to give Yuexiang Entertainment a particularly high chance of winning tonight.
In addition to the six members of the Moonlight Boys group, Zou Kangyu and others from the variety show production team will also attend the Grape Awards tonight, experiencing their first red carpet walk and first award ceremony in their lives.
It was almost time to leave, and Su Yin, along with the Moonlight Youth Group and the main creators of several variety show production teams, took a car to the Grape Awards ceremony.
They first arrived at the waiting area, where several artists were ahead of them. Everyone listened to the host and the artists interacting, and the fans' voices could be clearly heard from the back. Finally, the host finished chatting with the last artist ahead of them, and the staff signaled that they could walk onto the red carpet. Everyone took a deep breath, especially the production staff who had never walked a red carpet before, who immediately became nervous.
The host introduced them in a loud voice: "Next, let us invite Ms. Su from Yuexiang Entertainment and her variety show production team, as well as our - Moonlight Youth Group..." followed by a simple introduction to Yuexiang Entertainment, its variety show production, and the Moonlight Youth Group.
Outside the red carpet, countless fans immediately cheered, and various voices merged into a unified name of the Moonlight Boys Group and its members.
As they walked onto the red carpet, Zou Kangyu and the others were surprised to see, in addition to the vast array of Moonlight Boys signboards, several fans also held signboards with the names of the variety shows they had created. Listening carefully, they could even hear the names of these shows amidst the fans' chants of Moonlight Boys.
The variety show production team members were all walking the red carpet for the first time, and they were already feeling particularly awkward in front of so many fans, countless frantic spotlights, and photographers. One of the post-production team leaders was so nervous when they first stepped onto the red carpet that they couldn't even walk properly.
After realizing they weren't the main focus of photographers and fans cheering on the red carpet, and that the host was primarily introducing Su Yin and the group members, they relaxed a bit, though their pride couldn't be concealed. However, when they saw the variety show's sign in the fan crowd and heard a few cheers from fans, Su Yin noticed that the breathing around them had quickened again, and they seemed to stand even straighter than before.
Su Yin smiled and turned her head slightly to glance at the light in Zou Kangyu's eyes and the smile on his face that he couldn't help but smile greedily. She also couldn't help but take a deep breath without being noticed by anyone.
The shouts of fans, countless light boards and flashing lights, it seems as if everyone in the world is watching you and loving you at this moment. What a wonderful and addictive feeling it is.
No matter how hard idols train, they are happy under the spotlight and in front of their fans.
Although she still cannot become an idol in this world, she has a goal that is bigger and more fascinating than before.
After a brief photo shoot with the photographers and a few greetings with fans, the entire group began to make their way to the back of the red carpet. Grape Video's own host warmly exchanged pleasantries with everyone, first congratulating Su Yin on her artist and variety show, both of which received multiple nominations.
He also enthusiastically asked whether preparations for the new variety show had begun recently, as many viewers were looking forward to it.
Finally, the host turned into a fan of the Moonlight Boys Group, praising the boys a lot, expressing his love for them, and sending his best wishes for them to win the award tonight.
Su Yin led the group across the red carpet to the awards ceremony venue. Today, the Grape Awards ceremony took place in the Grand Theater of City A's largest theater, the Pearl Theater. This largest theater had a total of 2,000 seats and two tiers of stands. Today, the theater had been redecorated for the awards ceremony, with each seat labeled with the names of celebrities and industry insiders of various professions.
Wait a minute, after everyone downstairs has taken their seats, lucky audiences will be able to enter the seats in the upstairs stands to watch the award ceremony.
By now, many artists and industry insiders had already taken their seats in the auditorium. Since it was still early, many familiar faces were gathered together, chatting and making small talk. Su Yin also noticed that several powerful producers and TV station executives she recognized were surrounded by several layers of people. Everyone was smiling and chatting with these powerful figures, their eyes gleaming with various expressions of desire, flattery, and respect...
Su Yin took her seat with the production team, while the members of Moonlight Boys sat on the other side where the artists sat.
Although Su Yin has been working hard to catch up on various connections and knowledge in the entertainment industry since coming to this world and has already met many people, there are too many people on the scene and there are still many people she doesn't know.
Fortunately, she brought Zhang Ning along, and someone on the production team was already chatting with their familiar backstage colleagues. Zhang Ning quietly introduced the companies, crews, and production teams of the people already present, along with special attention and different factions. He asked Su Yin if she should approach and greet some people. Su Yin, not one to be pedantic, was a former agent herself, so she naturally understood the importance of connections and etiquette, and quickly took Zhang Ning with her.
Many people approached Su Yin to greet her. Some were CEOs of entertainment companies that also managed idol artists. There were also teams specializing in variety show and TV production who came to chat with them. There were also brands hoping to invite Moonlight Boys or other trainees to participate in their upcoming projects. Some even smiled and suggested collaborating with Su Yin to create an idol group or film a TV show.
Besides this, some people on the other side looked at Su Yin's circle with cold eyes. Even if there were a thousand flashes of disdain or jealousy in their hearts, they had to admit that Yuexiang Entertainment, founded by this young woman, was now a new force in the industry that could not be ignored. Su Yin had truly entered everyone's eyes.
While chatting with others, Su Yin also spotted the CEO of Tiancheng Entertainment and a manager who had previously visited Yuexiang Entertainment for negotiations. Turning her gaze to the artist seating area, she was surprised to see Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo, whom she hadn't seen for a long time. Although they had barely been heard of recently, seemingly having joined a film crew, the recent awards season and the various busy year-end business events had brought them back into the public eye.
Su Yin herself didn't see them often, but the Moonlight Boys had seen them several times at award ceremonies and various large year-end events. However, the people from Moonlight Boys and Yuexiang Entertainment treated them like nothing, and Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo didn't dare interact with them much. So, everyone pretended they didn't exist, that they didn't affect each other, and each performed their own show and received their own awards.
However, because they were seeing each other more frequently than before, the six members of Moonlight Boys had been chatting more frequently in the dormitory at night. Especially the chatty ones, Fan Yao, Yin Haoran, and Zuo Jiashi, who pretended to be nonchalant and unaffected. But in reality, as soon as they returned to the dormitory at night and found no one around, they started complaining. They complained about the obvious decline of these two, complained about how they had noticed something wrong with their performance today, and then complained about how they had actually squeezed them out and won the awards, which should have been ours!
As more and more people entered the venue, Su Yin became busier and busier, chatting and communicating with various people. She actually met a few good partners and learned some of their ideas and some recent changes in the industry.
Until a staff member reminded everyone: The award ceremony is about to begin, please take your seats as soon as possible.
Everyone slowly returned to their seats, and the lucky audience members also came in and took their seats, waiting for the Grape Awards ceremony to officially begin.
As the lights in the seats dimmed and the lights on the stage came on, the Grape Awards' annual opening music sounded, and the national host Yang Guang, who was very familiar to everyone, stepped forward. With a humorous opening speech, he officially announced the opening of the Grape Awards ceremony tonight.
Tonight, there were awards for TV series, variety shows, documentaries, and even specific artist awards. It would be a while before the nominations for Yuexiang Entertainment were presented. Su Yin and the others sat in the guest seats, eagerly awaiting the final results.
Su Yin listened attentively to every segment, from the nominees' clips to the interactions between the presenters and nominees, to the host's award speeches and the recipients' acceptance speeches, and gave her applause. Even when people in completely unfamiliar fields took the podium, someone she was completely unfamiliar with or had never even heard of, she could still feel from just a few seconds of their work and their sincere words that there are many people in this world who are passionate about their careers, which was very moving.
In particular, when a TV program producer in his eighties came on stage to present the award and talked about how difficult it was when he first started making programs, learning little by little from scratch and getting in touch with the team bit by bit, and expressed his envy and expectations for today's new TV people, the audience burst into prolonged applause.
The entertainment industry is such a wonderful place. Some people work in this circle purely for money, but there are also many people who are truly fascinated by the cultural and entertainment industry and the indescribable charm of their careers.
No matter the world, the entertainment industry is a dark, bottomless vortex, abyssal sea woven together by terrifying desires for money, power, and fame. Yet, at the same time, it possesses light, truth, honor, kindness, and love. It is this industry that draws both love and hate from countless people, simply because it is so complex, captivating, contradictory, and dazzling.
Finally, the awards for the variety show were presented. When the presenter announced: Best Variety Show of the Year: Yuexiang Entertainment Company - "Peach Blossom Spring Chronicles".
There was applause at the scene.
Su Yin stood up first, and pulled a few main creative staff members who were so happy that they didn't know they had to stand up and go on stage to receive the award, and walked up to the podium together.
Su Yin asked Zou Kangyu and others to say a few words of thanks for the award, but they only said a few simple words and immediately pushed Su Yin forward.
It wasn't because Su Yin was their boss, but rather, they knew better than anyone else that Su Yin was the biggest reason for the instant success of Yuexiang Entertainment's variety shows, including "Peach Blossom Spring Chronicles," which became this year's phenomenal variety show and even won this award. She was not only the backbone and person in charge of Yuexiang Entertainment, but, to put it mildly, Su Yin was the absolute soul and core of their variety show production team.
When she gave the acceptance speech, these people were all convinced.
Looking at the trophy in her hand, Su Yin felt like she was dreaming. She'd always wanted to be an idol, but she'd ended up becoming an idol manager. Coming into this world, she'd transitioned from being an idol manager to a boss, driven by the desire to promote these young idols, to generate buzz and generate revenue. She started working on variety shows, stage productions, and even her official website. She'd learned so much, grown so much, and truly made a name for herself, becoming a completely different person.
"Thank you to Grape Video, thank you to our production team, thank you to my artist and also our variety show guests Moonlight Youth Group, thank you to all the staff in my company, and thank you to the fans and audiences who have supported us all the way."
"As a young company, Yuexiang Entertainment will definitely present you with better artists and better works in the future. Please everyone——"
“Let’s wait and see!”
In the variety show category, two other shows produced by Yuexiang Entertainment, "Who's the Yu-Gi-Oh?" and "Little Reserves," also won awards for Most Popular Variety Show and Most Educational Variety Show of the Year. This marked the remarkable achievement of Yuexiang Entertainment winning all of its variety shows, making it the clear winner of the variety show category.
Su Yin and several staff members walked up to the podium one after another to receive their trophies. Those from Yuexiang Entertainment who were present today, as well as those from other companies who were not present but were watching the live broadcast, were extremely excited. They were also full of anticipation for the upcoming awards!
All the awards for the variety show segment have been presented, and the much-anticipated music artist awards have finally arrived.
This time, Moonlight Boyz swept all three group nominations: Most Popular Group of the Year, Best Group of the Year, and Best New Artist Group of the Year, as well as the Best Song from a First Album award. However, given the strong field of contenders, including rising stars and pop divas, expectations for a win were low, with the group simply happy to be nominated.
But when it comes to group awards, Moonlight Boys will definitely not lose to others!
The Best New Group award was presented first. As soon as the presenters took the stage, the cameras immediately panned to the groups present, including Moonlight Boys. Everyone smiled and greeted the camera. Yin Haoran even pulled Wang Jiazhen along to give a scissors hand gesture. The members were all acting gracefully and appropriately. But their eyes betrayed a certain determination to win.
As a group that just debuted this year, they are also the most popular group at present. Which other group can compete with them?
Then, the award presenter called out the name of a group, and the members of Moonlight Boys saw another group of teenagers excitedly stand up and walk onto the podium amid the applause.
Although the six members had seen this group at other award ceremonies and galas, they weren't particularly familiar with them. Su Yin, however, was familiar with them, especially after the group's members excitedly thanked their company and their CEO on stage. They were a new idol group launched this year by Star Entertainment, one of the largest entertainment companies in China.
Shortly after their debut, they've already starred in the music video for superstar singer Miao Youyao and have appeared in numerous major commercials, earning them endorsements from numerous Star Entertainment artists. This group boasts both good looks and talent, along with exceptional exposure and top-tier resources, making them one of the most popular idol groups to debut this year following the lead of Yuexiang Entertainment.
However, this idol group was suspected of following trends, with many of its operations mirroring those of Moonlight Boys, and lacking the backing of several hit variety shows later launched by Yuexiang Entertainment. Even a major company couldn't accurately grasp and amplify the artist's unique characteristics and branding, and maintain fanbases to the degree Su Yin did. Consequently, even though this idol group boasted superior resources to Moonlight Boys, its popularity and influence couldn't compare.
To be fair, there are some issues with this Best Newcomer award.
Fortunately, when the group's name was called out, the six members of Moonlight Boys had basically controlled their expressions. Although a little surprised and disappointed, they immediately smiled and applauded them vigorously.
Having attended several award ceremonies, they've come to realize that even large, professional awards programs aren't always entirely straightforward; some prizes have to be distributed to keep the organizers accountable. While it's a shame they couldn't win the Best Newcomer award, they've already won it elsewhere, and there are still two more awards to go!
The second award was for the Most Popular Group! This time it had to be theirs. In terms of popularity, there really was no one else who could match them. This award was truly impossible to give away.
Then, this time, the six members of Moonlight Boys Group, with smiles and expectant eyes, were finally familiar with the group's name mentioned by the award presenter.
"The winner of the most popular artist (group) is - Gemini Group!"
"Let's congratulate them!"
This Gemini combination is the name of the debut group decided by Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo after they switched to Tiancheng Entertainment Company.
Although, when Tiancheng Entertainment paid 160 million yuan in compensation to Yuexiang Entertainment, it specifically stated in the contract terms the specific amount, time, events and other related matters regarding the job-hopping incident of Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo, and Yuexiang Entertainment was not allowed to make public statements or disclose it to others in the future.
However, there's no such thing as a completely impenetrable wall in the entertainment industry. Even fans who didn't know the inside story could tell it was a clear job-hopping move. Everyone present was in the entertainment industry, so naturally they were more or less familiar with some of the inside scoop. Consequently, many people unconsciously turned their gazes towards Su Yin's group and the Moonlight Boys, eager to gauge their reactions.
To the disappointment of those who wanted to watch the fun, they did not see the changes they wanted in Su Yin's expression, and the camera failed to capture the changes on her face.
As if addressing a stranger, Su Yin maintained a proper smile on her face and clapped along with the others at a leisurely pace. Many people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: As expected of a woman who has made waves in the entertainment industry in the past two years, she is truly deep-minded and doesn't show any emotion.
However, the award chosen by the Grape Awards tonight is indeed a bit outrageous. Anyone with eyes can see that the most popular award belongs to the Moonlight Youth Group, which is expected to cause a lot of controversy.
This Tiancheng really has some tricks up its sleeve.
Not only were these industry insiders secretly surprised, but countless viewers and fans on the other side of the livestream were also stunned. Did they hear correctly? Not only was the Most Popular Award not given to the Moonlight Youth Group, but it was also given to—Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo, who had jumped ship?
Six other members were equally stunned. Compared to before, compared to Su Yin, they didn't have the ability to control their expressions this time. Even though they had taken many classes in the company on expression control and external etiquette, they couldn't help but reveal obvious disbelief on their faces.
I heard the names of Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo, saw my familiar trainee partners excitedly walk onto the stage, and then heard them thank Tiancheng Entertainment for their cultivation and thank the fans for their support.
Fan Yao, Yin Haoran, Wang Jiazhen, and Chi Xuyao all had noticeably unnatural expressions on their faces, which stayed for several seconds. Fan Yao and Wang Jiazhen even scowled on the spot, only to be quickly reminded by Shi Haoxuan that they were being live-streamed and cameras were on, and asked them to control themselves.
Finally, the biggest award among the groups: the Best Group of the Year Award finally went to the Moonlight Boys Group.
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