Chapter 65: Awards Gala
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On July 29, at 6:30 p.m., Chen Beiming borrowed a car and went straight to the Jinghua Hotel.
The awards party for "October" is scheduled to be held here.
When he arrived, the door of the hotel was already crowded, from the press, the literary world, and even in the entertainment industry - many of the works published in "October" have been adapted into film and television dramas, and the writers of "October" have relationships and contacts with many artists.
As soon as Chen Beiming appeared, dozens of cameras immediately pointed at him.
Click, click, click, flash.
But many reporters focused on the clothes he was wearing.
"Mr. Chen, your suit is very beautiful, which designer designed it for you?" A reporter asked, handing over the microphone.
"This is the Tong Xia designer of our Xia Kingdom who designed it for me." Chen Beiming did not forget to advertise for Tong Xia.
It's really that this dress is so well cut that Chen Beiming has a feeling that he doesn't want to take it off when he puts it on.
"Mr. Chen, are you saying that your dress is the work of our famous fashion designer, Miss Tong Xia?" A reporter immediately asked again.
"Yes." Chen Beiming nodded. I didn't explain much, though, because someone inside had already come out.
"Xiaoshan, come in." Ma Youwei beckoned to him.
Chen Beiming waved his hand with the reporters and walked into the hotel quickly.
Ma Youwei led him into the hotel quickly, and then immediately introduced him to several important people who attended the party.
"Xiaoshan, this is Comrade Liu Wenlong, vice chairman of the All-China Writers Association...... This is the ...... of Comrade Wang Wenfa, deputy director of the Cultural Inspection Office of the Ministry of Culture"
Chen Beiming shook hands with everyone one by one and talked happily.
After meeting the leader, Ma Youwei took him to meet some experts and everyone in the literary world.
In the end, he took Chen Beiming to meet Li Mingyu.
"Xiaoshan, this is Teacher Li Mingyu." Ma Youwei introduced him.
"Hello Mr. Li." Chen Beiming stretched out his hand and shook it warmly.
Li Mingyu is about 1.7 meters tall, white and clean, a little fat, with a smile on his face all the time, no matter who he meets, he looks like he is smiling.
"Hello Xiaoshan." Li Mingyu also stretched out his hand and shook it with him.
The woman standing next to Li Mingyu glared at Chen Beiming viciously, but Li Mingyu kept smiling, and it could be seen that his smile was very sincere.
This Li Mingyu is a character.
At this point, Chen Beiming secretly investigated before.
So, he opened his mouth to chat with Li Mingyu, one sentence after another, and after some small talk, he became more and more sure that Li Mingyu was really good, like a gentleman.
"Teacher Li, when we have a meal together, I happen to have a writing question that I want to ask you, I wonder if you have time?" Chen Beiming took the initiative to send out an invitation.
"Okay, that's it, I'll wait for your call." Li Mingyu replied with a smile.
"Okay, then Mr. Li will wait for my call." Chen Beiming smiled and nodded.
Li Mingyu is a good person, and he also has a certain influence in the writing world, even Ma Youwei said that if you can, it is best not to conflict with this guy.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the awards party started on time.
The third prize is awarded first, then the second prize, the first prize, and finally the grand prize.
Hosting tonight's party are two well-known hosts of Capital Satellite TV.
The male host held the microphone and said excitedly: "Next, we will carry out the last award, and we will invite the award-winning guest Mr. Chen Beiming!" ”
"Let's give the warmest applause to Mr. Chen Beiming!" The hostess took the lead in applauding.
Bang bang bang.
The auditorium burst into applause.
Chen Beiming stood up, straightened his clothes, and then walked onto the stage proudly.
The guests who came to the stage to receive the award before had two first prizes, five second prizes, and ten third prizes, a total of seventeen people, but most of these people were dressed casually except for Li Mingyu, and some even wore slippers on stage, and the writer's debauchery and uninhibited were fully demonstrated.
So at this moment, Chen Beiming is wearing a slim suit and is on stage in a chic manner, no different from a film and television star on TV, he immediately attracted the attention of a lot of media, and many viewers also shined.
Click, click
Chen Beiming just walked on the stage, and immediately a staff member handed him a microphone.
"Good evening, guests, two hosts, hello." Chen Beiming greeted everyone with a smile.
"Wow - don't I have flowers in my eyes? How do I think it's a big star standing next to me? The hostess quipped.
"You read that right, I'm really a big star, I'm Xia Guofei's famous star Chen Beiming."
Not a famous star?
When the hostess heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, and the audience also burst into laughter.
The hostess looked at Chen Beiming and said, "Mr. Chen, when you received a call from the editor of October magazine, saying that you won the grand prize of the essay contest, did you feel very surprised?" ”
Chen Beiming shook his head: "No." ”
"None? Does that mean you already knew you were going to win the grand prize? The male host asked unkindly.
Since Chen Beiming came to the stage, the light on the stage was suddenly snatched away by Chen Beiming, and he, the male host, suddenly seemed a little redundant, so at this moment, his mood was not so good, and his questions were not so friendly.
However, Chen Beiming's question from the male host was not the same thing, and he replied with a smile: "Yes, I knew before the competition that I would definitely win the award."
Didn't there be news that I visited all the judges before the competition, and I'll tell you now, that's true, I really visited all the judges, and every time I went to the home of a judge, I said, Judge Teacher, you must give me the grand prize, otherwise when you fall asleep at night, I will come to your community and hit the glass of your house with a slingshot. You change one and I'll play one until you give me the grand prize! ”
Chen Beiming won the grand prize has caused a lot of repercussions, many people have reported everywhere that he won the award through unfair competition, and some people even broke the news to the media, saying that Chen Beiming had visited all the judges before the competition and secretly bribed.
This incident has caused a lot of trouble.
So Chen Beiming simply took this opportunity to make a joke tonight.
Sure enough, when everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and when they came back to their senses, they all burst into laughter.
"This Chen Beiming..... Hahahaha..... Why is it so humorous? ”
Someone burst out laughing: "This guy ...... This is a deliberate attempt to ruin my glorious image in front of the camera! ”
Several judges who participated in the essay contest looked at each other and nodded secretly: "This Chen Beiming - not bad!" ”
Since the news of Chen Beiming's award spread, those who did not win the award have quietly spread bad words about several judges.
But at this moment, when Chen Beiming said this, everyone laughed, but they didn't have much interest in paying attention to those gossip!