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Chapter 236: The Rectification of the Magnolia Award and the Manipulator Behind the Scenes

As expected, the news that Xu Kong unexpectedly won only the Best Original Score award at the Golden Eagle Awards quickly became the top trending search topic.

Xu Kong hardly needs to do any public relations.

There are many netizens online who help to fight for justice.

And it's not just Xu Kong's own fans.

After all, whether it is "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" or the later "The Long Season", both dramas have a large number of fans, especially the hit "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" which has been extremely popular this year.

Anyone who has watched this drama, or just paid attention to this year's summer season, will know how popular "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is.

Xu Kong didn't even win the Best Actor award.

This aspect is indeed somewhat difficult to justify.

……

"I still have the same idea as before. Among the three major TV awards, I don't understand the selection criteria of the Golden Eagle at all."

“Maybe they did it on purpose just to create buzz?”

It was a rare occasion. As a blogger with tens of millions of fans on the entire Internet and almost the largest film and television blogger, Yiguo actually posted a special Weibo to express his confusion.

Not only her, almost most of the film and television self-media began to either curse directly or express their dissatisfaction in a sarcastic manner.

Strictly speaking, Xu Kong, who did not win the award, was not greatly affected by this incident.

What is really being ridiculed is the credibility of the Golden Eagle Awards, which has been gradually declining in recent years.

……

Of course, the officials of the Golden Eagle Awards responded calmly.

However, it is still the official cliché that has not changed much.

It’s just that they have their own relevant selection and award criteria.

It was not directed at any particular crew.

And if they really wanted to target the two dramas "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Long Season", no one else in the two dramas would have been able to win the awards except Xu Kong.

For example, Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards respectively.

When Xu Kong saw this response, his expression was somewhat amused.

Since it was not intentionally targeting the crew, there is only one answer.

So it's targeting Xu Kong alone?

……

Strictly speaking, Xu Kong does not have much obsession or desire for the so-called three major television awards.

To be realistic, judging from the reputation and data of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Long Season", they do not need a Golden Eagle Award to prove their value.

On the contrary, the Golden Eagle Award needs Xu Kong and these two films to be nominated to increase the popularity and topic of its own award.

But this incident happened a little too strangely.

Even if it is really targeting him, the Golden Eagle Award is completely self-defeating.

But Xu Kong didn’t have many sources of information, and the only person he could ask was Wu Youxue, the current deputy director of Mango TV.

“In fact, I am not very clear about the specific situation.”

Wu Youxue answered truthfully.

This year's Golden Eagle Awards ceremony is still hosted by Mango TV, and even the on-site hosts are from Mango TV.

But before the news came out, Wu Youxue had never expected this to be the case.

Otherwise, he would have probably already told Xu Kong.

……

"But I do know one piece of news. I think the next time the Golden Eagle Awards will have a new organizer and person in charge."

This was the first time Xu Kong heard of this and he asked in surprise.

“Is the Golden Eagle Awards going to change its organizer?”

Wu Youxue nodded, took a sip of the tea on the table, and then said slowly:

"Starting from the 25th session, the official authority to host this award has been delegated to the Xingcheng Cultural Association, which is currently in charge."

"This is also the reason why the Golden Eagle Award has more erratic standards and is so heavily commercialized compared to the other two major awards."

"It is said that the authorities are preparing to take back the authority now."

Xu Kong fell into deep thought.

He had never understood why the Golden Eagle Awards would deliberately target him.

It's obviously not worth it.

But now it seems that there are probably many things he doesn't know.

……

Wu Youxue hesitated for a moment.

But in the end he said:
"Be careful of people in your own company tripping you up."

This sentence seemed to make no sense, but Xu Kong suddenly thought of something.

"You mean, the people within Fengge?"

The first person he thought of was, naturally, the company's vice president Zhu Changyun.

The main thing is that the only senior executive that Feng Ge has had interaction with now is probably Zhu Changyun.

As for other middle-level managers or colleagues under them, it is highly likely that they do not have such a large network of connections to control the direction of the Golden Eagle Award.

"Zhu Changyun?"

Xu Kong asked tentatively.

Wu Youxue never thought that Xu Kong had already noticed all this.

"The chairman and main person in charge of the Golden Eagle Awards is indeed an old acquaintance of Mr. Zhu from your company."

Although he didn't make it clear.

But this is almost a clear statement.

……

After saying goodbye to Wu Youxue, Xu Kong returned to the hotel where he was staying.

At this time, he was still wondering what Zhu Changyun, the company's vice president, could get from him.

That doesn't make sense. Even if we don't consider his relationship with Song Youyou and Song Fuquan's face, he is still one of Fengge's most popular newcomers.

It would be fine if you don't care about me, but why do you target me everywhere?

The only explanation is that the other party knew there was no way to win him over because of his relationship with Song Fuquan, so they simply regarded him as a member of the hostile camp.

Of course, it is unlikely that Zhu Changyun’s target was him.

Xu Kong felt that only Fengge, one of the best film and television companies in the country, could make the other party spend so much energy and time.

I still have to talk to Song Fuquan about this matter.

Although Xu Kong had no evidence, everything was just hearsay.

But because of the relationship with Song Youyou, it is still necessary to remind Song Fuquan.

……

"Is your dad traveling?"

When Xu Kong heard what Song Youyou said, he was speechless for a moment.

Isn't this a bit too ambitious?
Judging from the current situation, we can only wait until the sequel of "Sweet Honey" is finished and visit him when he returns to Beijing.

The various controversies regarding the Golden Eagle Awards on the Internet have not stopped.

Of course, what puzzled everyone the most was why Xu Kong was so well-behaved this time. He didn't even take the initiative to stand up and say a few words to the organizers. This was a little different from before!

"I feel like Xu Kong is holding back on a big move. This guy's personality isn't as peaceful as it seems."

"Xu Kong is now in this situation, and he has almost everything going for him. There is no way he cannot win over public opinion."

"They are all one-sided and the netizens have already finished their scolding. What do you want Xu Kong to scold?"

……

There were constant discussions online, but at the same time, before public opinion died down, almost at the same time, the Magnolia Awards, one of the three major television awards, also officially announced the shortlist.

Although this time, the number of awards nominated for Xu Kong's two dramas is not as many as the previous Golden Eagle Awards.

But most of them are quite heavyweight awards. Guan Hua was nominated for Best Actor, Xu Kong was nominated for Best New Actor and Best Director, and "The Long Season" was nominated for Best Drama of the Year.

The Magnolia Awards in previous years have actually never been very popular.

At least it can't compare to the star-studded Golden Eagle Awards.

The main reason is that the conditions for being nominated are quite strict. It is not like the Golden Eagle Awards, which values ​​market feedback and data, but simply looks at the quality of the series.

In this case, it has also led to the fact that the Magnolia Award has always been considered to be more valuable than the Golden Eagle Award.

Therefore, most of the people present at the award ceremony are veteran and talented actors.

Of course, in terms of traffic, they can't compare with some popular young actors.

But this time, because of Xu Kong's experience at the Golden Eagle Awards, the attention he received after being nominated directly exceeded that of previous years by a large margin.

……

This time, Xu Kong also went to the award ceremony in Shanghai in person.

This time, Xu Kong did not appear as a runner-up.

The Legend of Sword and Fairy crew was not shortlisted due to the subject matter.

But "The Long Season" was nominated for four awards, and won all four.

Guan Hua, the film emperor, starred in a TV series again after so many years and won the Best Actor Award at the Magnolia Awards again.

As for Xu Kong, he also became the youngest best director in China's three major television awards so far.

It can be said to be the biggest winner.

However, when he was giving his acceptance speech, the audience felt that it was a bit unsatisfying that Xu Kong did not mock the officials of the Golden Eagle Awards at such a proud moment.

But this is understandable. After all, it is the Magnolia Awards ceremony. Even if Xu Kong deliberately praised one and put down another, but specifically mentioning the Golden Eagle Award is actually disrespectful to the organizer of the Magnolia Awards.

But until the end of the award ceremony, when Xu Kong was blocked by a large group of reporters at the entrance of the venue and asked questions, many people still asked about their opinions on the Golden Eagle Awards several times in a row for the sake of popularity.

……

"There's no need to mention anything irrelevant."

Up to this point, Xu Kong has been relatively restrained.

The main thing is that no matter what, the Golden Eagle Award has an official background.

It is obvious that all the organizers over there are about to be replaced now, so they are so unscrupulous.

But Xu Kong still has to stay in this circle in the future, so it is naturally impossible for him to do anything extreme.

The official attitude is often ambiguous.

He was also not sure whether the sword from the previous dynasty would be used to kill officials of the current dynasty.

So it’s better to exercise a little restraint.

Of course, those who need to express their views still need to express their views.

……

Because the media and netizens soon discovered something interesting.

That is, when Xu Kong won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Original Score, he didn't even post a related Weibo post.

Not only Xu Kong, but also the award-winning Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin are the same.

But after winning the Magnolia Award this time, Xu Kong generously posted a Weibo to celebrate.

Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin also forwarded the message and congratulated Xu Kong on winning the award.

This is almost a slap in the face of the Golden Eagle Awards organizers.

It also further undermined the already insufficient credibility of the Golden Eagle Awards.

……

It is worth mentioning that the news of Xu Kong’s winning the award was forwarded by several official propaganda accounts.

When Xu Kong saw this news, he was completely relieved.

It seems that this has been expressed.

On the contrary, he didn't have too many concerns.

It was obvious that Xu Kong himself knew that what he was doing now was almost like punching cotton.

It has no effect at all.

Because after issuing an announcement, the officials from the Golden Eagle Awards almost just laid down and accepted the criticism.

No matter what the outside world's reaction was, they pretended to be dead the whole time.

The most crucial thing is that this whole thing actually has only one organizer, and there is no clear target at all.

Xu Kong was totally unable to go against Chang Dachun alone like he had done before.

……

In the end, the official side took action and a statement was suddenly released on the official website of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

The Star City Cultural Association’s right to host the Golden Eagle Awards was withdrawn in advance.

The next one will be hosted by the official side itself.

This news made many netizens very happy.

It can be said that netizens have suffered from the Golden Eagle Awards for a long time. The selection criteria of the Golden Eagle Awards in recent years have indeed become a mystery.

And this time, Xu Kong's attack was just the final outbreak point.

But Xu Kong didn't have much emotional fluctuation at this time.

Because he knew very well that the person who was actually in charge would not have much influence at all.

The hosting authority itself was about to be withdrawn, and now the news has simply been made public in advance.

Even if he really lost his original status as chairman.

But I'm afraid Zhu Changyun had already promised certain benefits.

I had even received it a long time ago, so there really wasn't any loss in the whole thing.

……

Zhu Changyun?

Xu Kong went from being unfamiliar with this name to being familiar with it now.

The mentality has also changed a lot.

No matter what the other party’s ultimate goal is or what means they use.

I will definitely continue to work in this circle in the future.

Xu Kong didn't believe that he had no chance to return it.

The only thing that has not changed from his last life to now is his ability to hold grudges.

……

After receiving the award, Xu Kong went back to work on the filming of "Sweet Honey".

At the same time, a construction site in Beijing was bustling with activity.

"Don't worry, I keep my word."

"You can come directly when the time comes. The position of department director is reserved for you."

Zhu Changyun looked at the construction site that was almost completed in front of him without moving his eyes away, and just said lightly.

"Then I will write to thank Mr. Zhu in advance."

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man who looked much older than Zhu Changyun.

It was Tian Haifeng, the president of the Star City Culture Association, who had served as the chairman of the Golden Eagle Awards for nearly a decade.

In fact, for people of his age, fame and fortune are the most important things.

If possible, he didn't want to be known for his insecure old age.

It is natural that one is unwilling to give up the power in one's hands, but it is understandable that one seeks a better development.

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"But Mr. Zhu, did Song Fuquan really not find out?"

Tian Haifeng couldn't help but ask.

Of course he knew Song Fuquan.

Although the two have not met for many years, in his memory, the other party is definitely not a fool. On the contrary, if Feng Ge did not have sufficient means, he would not be able to achieve what he has today.

"He is old."

Zhu Changyun did not answer directly, but said lightly.

Then he turned to look at Tian Haifeng, smiled and added again:
"But I'm not old yet..."

……

(End of this chapter)