Chapter 314: Crowned King?

From a long-term perspective, Luo Mo winning the 【Best Newcomer Award】 is a good thing, as it means he will have the opportunity to achieve a Grand Slam of the 【Hua Ge Award】 in the future.

However, generally speaking, once you win the Best Newcomer Award, you are no longer eligible for any other awards.

The miracle of "Nocturne" winning five awards in one night cannot be repeated.

When Luo Mo went on stage to accept the award, the background music playing was "Blue and White Porcelain".

To tell the truth, Luo Mo preferred "Nocturne" as the music for accepting an award, because the rhythm of "Nocturne" is faster and more hype, while "Blue and White Porcelain" is more gentle and beautiful.

Listening to the former while going on stage makes one feel cool and swaggering. When giving an acceptance speech, one feels more energized.

On the awards stage, Tao Jie, wearing a slit dress, smiled and handed the trophy to her Director.

Luo Mo took the trophy from her hands and delivered an acceptance speech he had carefully prepared.

He came prepared this time, having readied three acceptance speeches in total. It is just that, judging by the current situation, the other two are afraid they will not be used.

The bullet comments surged at this moment, and the audience watching the Live Broadcast discussed it heatedly.

"What a pity, I just feel like it didn't hit the mark!"

"It's alright, looking at it from another angle, Luo Mo is one step closer to the Grand Slam, haha."

"The 【Hua Ge Award】 is still quite focused on seniority, it's normal, I'm used to it."

"I have to laugh, if 'Blue and White Porcelain' doesn't win Best Single, it's hard to convince the public!"

After Luo Mo and Chen Shanqi stepped off the awards stage, enthusiastic applause erupted throughout the venue.

Many people at the scene actually didn't quite understand.

"Isn't the official attitude toward Luo Mo always quite good?"

"He is both a 【National Reading】 ambassador and receives all kinds of special care, yet they won't make an exception for him?"

"Isn't Luo Mo always the typical example they push?"

"I have to say, the Hua Ge Award is still quite serious and maintains Strictness."

Luo Mo himself, however, did not take it to heart.

To him, winning a few more awards is actually just an excuse to Embrace Xu Chujing a few more times and enjoy the thrill.

As for the rest, he really doesn't care.

"Whatever should be won will be won sooner or later; it's just a matter of time," Luo Mo thought to himself.

As one award after another was announced, Luo Mo indeed received nothing.

Even some behind-the-scenes awards, such as Best Lyricist or Best Composer, were not won by Luo Mo.

This made some of the audience watching the Live Broadcast increasingly unhappy.

"If Luo Mo doesn't win the award, what is the point of others winning it?"

"Yeah, it's so watered down!"

"Looking back at the entire past year, who could compete with Luo Mo in terms of composition? Huang Xishan and Yuan Hewen aren't even worth looking at!"

"That's right, the same goes for lyrics!"

"I'm laughing, the founding father of Chinese Style didn't even win an award!"

"The award winner: Blame me?"

The audience was agitated, while Luo Mo only busied himself whispering to Xu Chujing while sitting in the audience.

It wasn't until the host called him to the stage that he stood up, still feeling unfulfilled.

Next, the 【Best Group Award】 was to be presented, and Luo Mo, as the award presenter, had to go on stage to announce the winner.

After opening the list of nominations, Luo Mo let out a soft "huh" in his heart.

"This boy band NINE-T actually got a nomination?" Luo Mo smiled.

The Best Group Award of the Hua Ge Award does not distinguish by gender; it does not categorize boy bands and girl bands separately.

After all, some groups and ensembles are mixed-gender.

"The nominees are—NINE-T!"

"Aurora Girls!"

"........."

As Luo Mo announced the nominees, the boy band members like Shen Mingliu sitting in the audience had rather ugly expressions on their faces.

Even though everyone came from the same show, Luo Mo was already qualified to be an award presenter, while they were only worthy of a nomination!

Even if they ended up winning, having the trophy handed to them by Luo Mo would only make them a laughingstock.

Shen Mingliu, Ji Kangdong, and the others least wanted to appear in the same venue as Luo Mo.

Although their boy band was also quite obscure, that was only when compared to Luo Mo.

Compared to average boy bands and Singers, they still had some popularity.

It was just that every time they were on the same stage as Luo Mo, Shen Mingliu, this C-Position in name only, would be subjected to all sorts of sarcasm from netizens.

Truth be told, Shen Mingliu regretted it himself.

It would have been better to let Luo Mo be the C-Position and have everyone follow his lead.

Even being his lackey could lead to massive popularity; look at Tong Shu, he is incredibly hot right now!

Fortunately, the organizers of the Hua Ge Award were very considerate; to spare NINE-T's feelings, they did not give them a chance to win.

Luo Mo stood on stage and said loudly: "The winner is—Aurora Girls!"

The six girls stood up in unison, their faces filled with infinite Surprise.

Six pairs of long, white legs began to move, and they walked onto the awards stage together, standing beside Luo Mo.

Standing to the side, Luo Mo felt a fragrant breeze hitting his face; the six girls turned their heads to look at him one after another, their joy impossible to suppress.

The biggest ambition of Aurora Girls in the past was to win the Best Group Award at the 【Golden Melody Awards】 or the 【Hua Ge Award】.

Who would have thought they would win both in such a short time!

And all of this was thanks to the man before them who was presenting their award.

Just two songs had changed the entire fate of the girl group.

In the past, if Aurora Girls released a song, apart from their fans, passersby would specifically avoid listening to it.

This is the current situation for traffic-driven Singers; because of everyone's fixed impressions, people feel it would be a waste of their time.

There must be a breakout work to break this shackle!

Luo Mo smiled as he handed the trophy to the leader Han Ziyi and whispered to the six of them, "Keep working hard."

To his surprise, the six of them took turns giving him a big Embrace, the kind that was held very tightly.

Judging from the experience, the thinnest one, Han Ziyi, had the worst experience, while Shen Yinuo had the best.

Xu Chujing, sitting in the audience, raised her eyebrows slightly, but when the camera swept over, she quickly returned to normal and smiled as she applauded for Aurora Girls.

When giving their acceptance speech, the six girls also gave a huge shout-out to Luo Mo, even attributing all the credit for the award to him.

After Luo Mo returned to his seat, Xu Chujing said indifferently, "How was it?"

"Hm? How was what?" Luo Mo asked.

Xu Chujing said, "Hugging six people in one go, how did it feel?"

"Uh." Luo Mo dared not answer.

He only felt that this woman was just like his Baibaibai.

Baibaibai was very petty; if he touched someone else's Cat, she would be extremely unhappy. Although she wouldn't get all puffed up, if Luo Mo tried to pet her again, she would dodge away.

As one award after another was presented, Wang Shisong, who was watching the Live Broadcast, was in a great mood.

Previously, the awards won by the entire Pineapple company at the Golden Melody Awards were not even as many as what Luo Mo had won alone.

This made him feel that he had lost some Face, and he felt as if there was a fishbone stuck in his throat, very uncomfortable.

But this year at the Hua Ge Award, Pineapple had a bountiful harvest.

Most importantly, Luo Mo was destined to only be able to take home one Best Newcomer.

Wang Shisong, who was watching the Live Broadcast at home, swirled the red wine glass in his hand slightly, then raised his hand to rub the round thigh of the beautiful woman beside him and said, "Go take a shower."

In a good mood, he decided to get some exercise later.

The next to be presented was one of the three major awards—the Annual Best Album Award!

Luo Mo's "Red" and Tong Shu's "Big Fish" had actually both been nominated.

The award presenter took the stage to announce the winner.

"The winner of the Hua Ge Award for Best Album is..."

"The album—'Big Fish'!"

For a moment, everyone present was stunned.

Even the person involved, Tong Shu, opened his mouth wide, looking completely bewildered.

"The Hua Ge Award actually gave this to 'Big Fish'?"

"Are they crazy? Everyone knows that Luo Mo contributed at least seventy percent to this album. He only gets Best Newcomer, and Tong Shu gets Best Album?"

"Although the songs on the 'Big Fish' album are all very strong and it directly swept the charts back then, shouldn't Luo Mo's 'Red' be a cut above?"

Tong Shu stood up, feeling a bit at a loss.

Seeing him like this, Luo Mo irritably patted his back and urged, "What are you standing there like a fool for? Go on stage and accept the award!"

"But... this..." Tong Shu felt he was unworthy of the position.

"But what but, isn't it a good thing to win an award?" Luo Mo was almost angered into laughing.

Tong Shu went on stage in a daze, then accepted the award in a daze. When giving his acceptance speech, he was a bit fearful and trembling, and his words were full of thanks to Luo Mo.

The comments in the Live Broadcast were also in an uproar, expressing that they couldn't understand the Hua Ge Award's operations.

Xu Chujing frowned slightly, a guess forming in her heart.

After the Best Album was presented, it was time for Best Female Singer.

By convention, these types of awards are presented by members of the opposite sex.

The person presenting the award this year was the Heavenly King Superstar Chen Luo.

Chen Luo was different from the Ordinary Heavenly King Zhao Xueqin; he was a top-tier Heavenly King in the industry, a figure of equal fame to Xu Chujing.

Having him present the award could be considered very prestigious.

Xu Chujing did not receive a Nomination, because she had already won the Hua Ge Award for Best Female Singer several times.

At the same time, she had actually only released a few songs this year and hadn't even made a new album.

In the end, the winner was Xu Lianying of Magnetic Dragon; she took the stage with a bright smile and accepted the trophy from Chen Luo, who was from the same company.

After this, it was finally time for the last award of the day—the Annual Best Male Singer!

Which is what everyone commonly calls—the Song King!

A Heavenly King-level Singer needs many honors to their name.

The threshold for a Song King is not that high; whoever wins Best Male Singer each year can be crowned with the title of Song King.

Xu Chujing, wearing a long black dress, exuded a powerful aura as she took long strides onto the stage and opened the list of Nominations.

When announcing the Nominations, her gaze paused slightly, and she then revealed a look of "as expected."

"The nominees for the 32nd Hua Ge Award for Best Male Singer are..."

"Zhao Xueqin!"

"Luo Mo!"

As soon as Luo Mo's name was called, everyone in the venue looked at him in unison.

The comments also exploded in an instant, overwhelming the screen.

"Song King Nomination! Luo Mo actually received a Song King Nomination!"

"Logically speaking, a Newcomer shouldn't be able to get any other Nominations, right?"

"Who would have thought, the main event was actually saved for last!"

(PS: Second update, requesting monthly tickets!)

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