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ou go home" Warm tried to coax him patiently.Ye Feimo ignored her. After a long while, he said, "I checked your Weibo yesterday.""And then what happened"Ye Feimo glared at her. Confused by his reactio...The Substitute Ex-Wife of the Chairman

Chen Xieru also attended this awards ceremony. Tang Shuwén, having recovered from her injury and discharged from hospital, has been participating in publicity programs recently. The cast of "Beauty's Reign" walked the red carpet together. Lin Níng led Li Yuanyuan, one of the Four Beauties of Anning, on the red carpet, followed by Warming and Zhou Chengge. Tang Shuwén accompanied Chen Xieru, which was a major highlight.

Chen Xieru also attended this awards ceremony. After recovering from her injury and being discharged from hospital, she has been participating in publicity programs recently. The cast of "Beauty's Reign" walked the red carpet together. Lin Níng led Li Yuanyuan, one of the Four Beauties of Anning, on the red carpet, followed by Warming and Zhou Chengge. Tang Shuwén accompanied Chen Xieru, which was a major highlight.

Ye Feimo did not attend this event in person; Warming didn't mind either. Cai Xiaojing was unusually silent tonight, saying little while occasionally casting glances at Warming who was nearby with expectations...

Zhou Chengge and Warming sat together, whispering to each other from time to time. Lin Níng was in the front row, Chen Xieru and Tang Shuwén were in the very front row; Warming didn't have much interaction with them.

What pleased Warming was that Cheng Ying and Peng Yuming also showed up tonight. Zhu Bingbing, Chen Hang, Li Chengming were present as well — all familiar faces that made her feel at ease. All four beauties of Anning were there.

The flashes kept going off incessantly; every awards ceremony was like a unique beauty pageant. Warming felt that being an artiste entailed quite the sacrifice, such as braving the cold winter when arriving in a fur coat only to have to take it off upon arrival at the venue for style over warmth.

Female stars were all dressed rather lightly at this point in time, and one couldn't help but envy male artistes.

The awards ceremony began, with the host being a gold medal presenter from variety shows. The top ten films were announced first; "Beauty's Reign" and "King Without Crown" both made it to the list, with no particular ranking order. Warming and Chen Xieru were delighted about this.

The selection of "Beauty's Reign" was expected by them all. Best Director went without a doubt to Lin Níng. When he ascended the stage to collect his award and give his acceptance speech, Cai Xiaojing finally revealed her first smile of the evening.

"Senior Sister Xiaojing, are you feeling unwell today" Warming asked with concern.

Cai Xiaojing shook her head, "It's fine, I just feel a bit dizzy."

Wen Ran looked towards the judges' seats and noticed Han Bi was one of the judges this time. She saw Han Bi whispering to several others, which made Wen Ran slightly uneasy. Not that she suspected them with malicious intent, but having Han Bi as a judge meant her chances of winning this time were low.

After all, these were professional and amateur judges evaluating, not the audience outside. Everyone was from the same circle; Han Bi had more experience and would frequently interact with people in their field. Moreover, whether it came to how she conducted herself or her acting skills, everyone acknowledged them as exceptional, making her words carry significant weight.

Wen Ran felt somewhat dejected.

Lin Ning's speech was always concise and straightforward, without any unnecessary fuss; he concluded his remarks in no time.

The next award was for Best Actor. It was clearly going to Zhou Chengge, as "Beauty Captivating the City" had received excellent reviews despite being a woman-centric drama. Zhou Chengge's performance didn't fall short either, making this award well-deserved and without any pressure on him.

Wen Ran felt genuinely happy for him. The following was Best Actress. There were three nominees, with Wen Ran being the first one mentioned, naturally for "Beauty Captivating the City." Another nominee was Zhang Zhilan from "The Crownless King," while the third was Yuan Meiling from this summer's box office黑馬（注：此處“票房黑馬”直譯為"box office dark horse"，在英文中通常直接表述為“unexpected box office hit”，但由於原文如此，這裡保留原意以符合要求）.

Wen Ran's heart was pounding nervously. Would she be among the winners She was genuinely looking forward to it; this anticipation made her heartbeat race faster than when she kissed Ye Feimo, a first-time experience for her.

The host deliberately teased before loudly announcing the winner: Zhang Zhilan from "The Crownless King" won Best Actress. This award was annual and Zhang Zhilan had starred in two other excellent films this year; it was well-deserved recognition.

Wen Ran felt a little disappointed, but Cai Xiaojing said with a smile, "Wen Ran, don't worry about it. You're new to the scene; these awards aren't everything."

With a sweet smile, Wen Ran admitted she was a bit let down, but not overly concerned. She wasn’t expecting overnight success without effort, even though her fame had risen quickly. There were many things in life that didn't allow for such dreams anymore.

This award is up to fate.

Han Bi smiled and glanced in the direction of warmth, leaving only the Best Newcomer Award. Warmth also noticed Han Bi looking at her and pursed her lips, feeling increasingly uneasy.

The chances for the Best Actress award weren't high, but she had great hopes for the Best Newcomer Award.

But because of Han Bi's presence, warmth’s hope was reduced by eighty percent. Let it be up to fate then, let it be up to fate.

Zhou Chengge turned his head and said with a smile, "Warmth, the newcomer award is definitely yours."

Warmth smiled faintly; she wished for this more than anyone else.

This year's newcomers were, apart from warmth, mostly competing was one actress from a certain group. However, in terms of box office and reputation, warmth had overwhelming victories.

Therefore, Zhou Chengge was confident that the Best Newcomer Award would definitely go to warmth.

But when the result came out, it was quite unexpected; warmth was nominated but ultimately missed out on the Best Newcomer Award by a slim margin. Zhou Chengge was surprised—considering the public relations and promotional efforts of An Ning's team, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that warmth would win this award. He thought it was a certainty.

Unexpectedly...

The process wasn't complicated, but the result was quite surprising.

If Ying didn't win Best Actress, she would be a little disappointed, but if the Newcomer Award wasn't hers either, then Warming was truly let down. She couldn’t hide her disappointment and Cai Xiaojing smiled faintly and said, "It's not that big of a deal; there’s no need to get upset over this award."

Although she spoke like this, the tone she used was terrible.

Warming wasn’t stupid. From the beginning, Cai Xiaojing had been very unhappy. Except for when Lin Ning received his award on stage, Warming hadn’t seen Cai Xiaojing smile once. It seemed that tonight’s results were what she’d expected all along.

Was this true

"Warm Warm, keep your poise…" Cai Xiaojing said. Warming nodded; she knew how to do it naturally. Zhou Chengge was quite surprised but smiled anyway and said, "It's okay, just a Newcomer Award, you’ll have another chance next time."

"Thank you, Brother Zhou," Warming said with a smile.

The media reporters were everywhere tonight. The winners of the evening naturally became their focus, and so did people who had been nominated but didn’t win an award, especially Warming.

For Warming, this was quite awkward.

A City Film Critics' Award only set up a few awards: Ten Best Films of the Year, Best Director of the Year, Best Actor of the Year, Best Actress of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year. There were no other categories.

The success of "Beauty Enchants the Capital" was obvious to everyone; Warming’s overnight rise to fame had made her a rising star in the entertainment industry. With such a strong background and public relations support as Ning An, it wouldn’t be impossible for this film to sweep all these awards.

Even if the organizers intended to spread out the awards to balance things, they would have surely given Warming the Newcomer Award even without Best Actress, but everyone hadn't expected that Warming didn’t win any award at all. you thrive in the entertainment industry for your entire life.""Feimo..."Ye Feimo smiled and lightly kissed her lips. In the past, he was too stubborn and hadn't realized that Nuannuan was still too...