Chapter 113 Today's News
"Speaking of Wang Shasha, the person behind her is quite powerful. It's Mr. Qiu, the general manager of Baogang Television, Qiu Lihua."
The company is a complex web of factions, with numerous factions and connections more complex than a spider's web. While Linda and Charlie are the primary decision-makers in the production department, there's also plenty of internal competition. Beyond Charlie and Linda's factions, there are also artists planted by other executives, as well as prominent figures like Jiang Yu who are not subject to Charlie and Linda's control.
However, there are not many of these artists, and most of them are from the Charlie and Linda factions.
Hu Xiaoxiao asked: "If Sister Yu doesn't give Wang Shasha face, will it offend Mr. Qiu?"
"Qiu Sheng's men dared to do this, clearly showing that they didn't give Sister Yu face. Sister Yu has been working at the TV station for so many years, and she is a well-known person in front of Ji Sheng. She may not be afraid of offending Qiu Sheng."
Hu Xiaoxiao seemed to be thinking: In other words, once you reach a certain position, the top management of the company can’t do anything to you. You can do whatever you want without having to care about other people’s feelings. You can even just give them a cold shoulder if they’re unhappy.
Hu Xiaoxiao nodded and took note of it.
After the Best Actress award was presented and another performance was completed, the last major award of the year was presented: Best Actor.
The emcee glanced at the card on stage and said, "I'm sure everyone's excited to see who will take home this year's most prestigious award. I won't keep you in suspense. This year's Best Actor winner, who became a Hong Kong sensation with the martial arts blockbuster 'The Grandmaster,' and has become one of the brightest stars of the year. He's Mingxu! Congratulations to Mingxu for winning this year's Best Actor! Please welcome Mingxu!"
There was thunderous applause from the audience. Hu Xiaoxiao was also happy for Mingxu and clapped for him enthusiastically.
After the applause died down, Zhu Wanwen said with regret, "You are both the male and female protagonists, but the treatment you receive is so different."
Hu Xiaoxiao was quite open-minded. "He can win the Best Actor award, but the best I can win is the Best Supporting Actress award for my role as Zhou Bijun. Charlie's dramas are all male-centric, and the scripts are very suitable for Best Actor. If a female artist wants to win the Best Actress award, she has to be one of Linda's artists."
I've seen awards from previous years, and basically most of the male awards went to Charlie's male artists, while most of the female awards went to Linda's artists."
"You have such good acting skills, do you have to always play supporting roles?" Zhu Wanwen didn't believe that Hu Xiaoxiao believed in fate so much.
Hu Xiaoxiao's eyes sparkled, "Of course not! I've been waiting, accumulating strength. One day, I'm going to ask Charlie to open a drama specifically for me with a heroine in it."
"But Charlie rarely plays the heroine."
“Rules are made to be broken.”
She is very happy to break all kinds of rules that seem almost impossible to outsiders.
Zhu Wanwen tilted his head, looked at the confident Hu Xiaoxiao, and laughed, "I have to work hard too. Athena has people supporting her, and you yourself are talented. I am the one who is doing the worst."
"What you call worse is only compared to us and Athena. In fact, compared to the previous Miss Hong Kong contracted artists who are not in the top three, you are doing much better than them."
Zhu Wanwen also has her own pride. "I won't compare myself with people who are worse than me to comfort my own incompetence. I hope to be compared with people who are better than me, so that I can show my ability and capability."
After the Best Actor award ceremony, this year's anniversary program has come to an end.
Hu Xiaoxiao immediately returned to the backstage, preparing to go on stage for the final reunion chorus and dance with everyone.
She walked over to the other artists in her group and looked around, but couldn't find Athena. The female artist next to her told her that Athena was feeling unwell and had gone home.
Hu Xiaoxiao felt a little regretful. She was thinking about celebrating for Athena with Zhu Wanwen after the show.
The anniversary celebration ended successfully. Hu Xiaoxiao changed back into casual clothes and just came out of the locker room. Mingxu was already waiting for her with the trophy.
He shook the trophy in his hand and said to her with a smile, "You have made a great contribution to my winning this award. Although the company didn't give you the Best Actress award, in my heart, you are the best actress. How about we go out for a nice meal tonight to celebrate and look forward to standing on the podium together next year?"
Hu Xiaoxiao readily agreed, "Where should we go to eat something good?"
"What do you want to eat?"
"As long as it's delicious, anything is fine. As long as it's delicious, I'm not picky."
Mingxu couldn't help but laugh again. How about not being picky? "How about seafood?"
Baogang is close to the sea, with many fishermen, and the seafood is abundant and fresh. There are many ways to cook the seafood, and they are delicious.
Hu Xiaoxiao agreed and said, "I just made an appointment with Zhu Wanwen to celebrate for Athena. Since Athena is gone, why not call Zhu Wanwen along?"
Mingxu was also puzzled and said, "Xinghe left a long time ago, otherwise we could have called him over."
Seeing that no one was around, Hu Xiaoxiao quietly asked him, "Is Lu Xinghe dating Athena?"
Mingxu was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know, he never told me."
"You two are so close, yet you didn't know anything about it? Are you still good brothers?"
"Brothers should also be tactful. Why ask so many questions about personal matters?"
"Forget it, everyone has their own fate, let's go have a good meal." Hu Xiaoxiao immediately called Zhu Wanwen, and a few familiar artists nearby happened to hear it and wanted to join in the fun.
So, what Mingxu originally planned to have as a midnight snack with Hu Xiaoxiao ended up being a midnight snack for a group of people.
I have to say, it was lively with so many people around. Hu Xiaoxiao enjoyed the meal very much that night and also drank a little wine, which made his face flushed.
Mingxu was worried that she would be rude when drunk, so he sat next to her and personally walked her home after the meeting.
But Mingxu was worrying too much. Hu Xiaoxiao only drank a little, and when she found she didn't like it, she stopped. She also had a good physique, so she wouldn't get drunk easily no matter how much she drank.
After returning home, Hu Xiaoxiao watched TV for a while before going to bed.
Hu Xiaoxiao had nothing to do recently and was waiting for the new drama, so he got up a little late.
It was almost noon when I went to pick up the magazines and newspapers I had ordered today.
She casually flipped through the newspaper as usual, but unexpectedly the newspaper was full of news about Athena and Lu Xinghe.
Lin Qianyou Stays Overnight at Lu Xinghe's Home
Lu Xinghe is frustrated in his career but successful in love, and is having a passionate affair with the previous Miss Hong Kong runner-up.
Hu Xiaoxiao saw this title and flipped through the content. It turned out that last night's Best Actor award was a competition between Mingxu and Lu Xinghe, and in the end Mingxu won the award.
There was also news about Lin Qianyou staying overnight at Lu Xinghe's house. Hu Xiaoxiao saw the photo in the newspaper and saw that the clothes Lin Qianyou was wearing were exactly her casual clothes yesterday.
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