Everyone watched the stage nervously, anxiously awaiting the award winner.
But Robin Trick deliberately drew out his speech, delaying the announcement of the Golden Tree Award winner.
This immediately made the guests in the audience and netizens from various countries in the live broadcast room impatient.
As the drawn-out voice ended, just when everyone thought the final result would be announced immediately.
Robin Trick suddenly stopped speaking and chuckled, "How about we all guess who is the final winner of the Golden Tree Award?"
The tense atmosphere was abruptly broken. Robin knew how to host an awards ceremony.
However, the guests in the audience and netizens from various countries in the live broadcast room all scoffed at his tactic.
"What is President Robin doing? Just announce it directly, why make us guess? You're making me anxious!"
"This is typical Robin. He often does this at the Borlai Woka Night. He's definitely going to do it again at the JiaDa Film Festival!"
"Asking us to guess the winner of the Golden Tree Award, it must be Long Country, which also won the Best Screenplay Award. In previous years, any film that won Best Screenplay was very likely to win the Golden Tree Award."
The guests first complained about Robin Trick's antics and then began discussing the Golden Tree Award.
Everyone felt that Long Country was most likely to win.
In the VIP section where Wang He and his group were seated, some actors and directors had already congratulated them in advance.
In the global live broadcast, the bullet comments were scrolling at a rate of over a thousand per second.
[Robin Trick really thinks he's in Pretty Country, just announce it quickly! It's like watching a movie, always pausing at the exciting parts!]
[Mr. Robin, netizens from my Little Bang Country apologize to you in advance. You're making me want to punch someone! Announce it quickly. Don't you know that JiaDa Country and our Asia region have different time zones? I've been staying up late for this, waiting for the Golden Tree Award, and you're making me guess the winner? I guess your **!]
[Exactly! They don't consider netizens in our Asia region and make us guess who will win the Golden Tree Award. It's definitely Long Country. They've already won Best Screenplay, what suspense is there? Just announce it quickly!]
[Everyone's right. Long Country has already won Best Screenplay, and is very likely to be the winner of the Golden Tree Award. Mr. Robin doesn't need to create suspense anymore. Even as a netizen from Pretty Country, I feel a bit embarrassed.]
[Then I'll congratulate Long Country in advance for winning the Golden Tree Award. Congratulations, congratulations!]
[Congratulations to Long Country for winning the Golden Tree Award!]
Everyone knew that winning the JiaDa Film Festival's Best Screenplay Award meant a ninety percent chance of winning the Golden Tree Award.
Therefore, in the live broadcast's bullet comments, netizens from various countries began to flood in with congratulations to Long Country.
This left overseas Long Country netizens unsure of how to respond.
Netizens in Long Country were also complaining about Robin Trick not announcing the result quickly.
Gao Fei, who was watching the live broadcast, was also extremely anxious.
If "Black and White Edge" could really win the Golden Tree Award.
It would not only set a new milestone in the history of Long Country cinema but also become a leading work for Long Country films to break into overseas markets, a pioneer in its expansion.
However, Robin's endless teasing made him grit his teeth in anticipation.
At this moment, everyone wished they could replace the presenter with Hank Antonia from earlier.
After all, Teacher Hank, who only wanted to finish work quickly, would never play such tricks.
At the awards ceremony.
Seeing that the atmosphere had been hyped up, Robin Trick continued, "Everyone, speak up louder, let me hear who you think the winner is!"
"Clash of Heavy Fires"
"Moment of Counterattack"
"Black and White Edge"
...
Celebrities, guests, and fans from various countries in the venue shouted out different movie titles.
Robin Trick waved his hand, and the shouting gradually subsided.
"It seems everyone has high hopes for the eight films.
Then I won't keep you in suspense any longer and will directly announce the Golden Tree Award!"
Robin put away the list of winners, coughed lightly, and said, "The winner of the 52nd JiaDa Film Festival Golden Tree Award is.
Pretty Country's "Clash of Heavy Fires"!
And Long Country's "Black and White Edge"!"
The moment the first award name was announced.
The guests from Pretty Country began to applaud, and guests from various countries were ready to offer congratulations.
But as Long Country's film "Black and White Edge" was mentioned.
All the guests, fans in the venue, and netizens from various countries in the live broadcast were stunned!
What was going on?
Why were there two movies?
Everyone had the same question in their hearts.
Suddenly, there was constant discussion in the audience, questioning why there were two Golden Tree Awards.
Robin Trick looked at the astonished expressions of the audience and said, "You heard correctly! Both Pretty Country and Long Country have won this year's Golden Tree Award!
This is also the first time in the history of the JiaDa Film Festival that there have been two winners!"
With Robin's confirmation, the VIP section exploded.
"Clash of Heavy Fires" and "Black and White Edge" both won the Golden Tree Award.
This result sounded unbelievable and also incredibly comical.
Two winners, let alone at the JiaDa Film Festival, was unprecedented in the history of all film festivals.
In the global live broadcast.
[I'm getting a strong sense of conspiracy here. Two countries' films winning the same award, could it be due to political factors? Netizens from my Sakura Country believe this award is highly problematic!]
[Netizens from my Great Mao Country are here to speak impartially! What's there to guess? Everyone knows that Pretty Country likes to suppress Long Country. Long Country's film, in its first nomination, has consecutively won awards, and now the Golden Tree Award.
Pretty Country definitely wouldn't allow Long Country to solely win the Golden Tree Award, so two countries' films won the Golden Tree Award, creating a win-win situation.]
[Netizens from my White Elephant Country remind everyone: Don't forget that JiaDa Country is close to Pretty Country.
Moreover, JiaDa Country's government has a veto vote in the Golden Tree Award's judging rules for the JiaDa Film Festival.
I estimate that Long Country's film was unanimously approved by ninety percent of the jury, but JiaDa Country's government cast a vote in favor of Pretty Country. That's why two countries' films won the Golden Tree Award simultaneously.]
As netizens from Great Mao Country and White Elephant Country analyzed from a neutral standpoint, netizens from other countries largely agreed with their statements.
[Would my Pretty Country be jealous or envious of Long Country winning the Golden Tree Award? It's just a mere Golden Tree Award, can it compare to our Borlai Woka Night?
I advise you not to spread conspiracy theories in the bullet comments. The fact that two countries' films won the Golden Tree Award only means that the quality of Long Country's films has caught up to Borlai Woka.
It is Long Country's honor to have their films jointly win the Golden Tree Award with our Pretty Country's films! Long Country should feel proud, don't be misled by conspiracy theorists!]
[Brother from Pretty Country is right, netizens from my Little Bang Country support you!]
Many netizens from Pretty Country expressed in the bullet comments that Long Country being able to win with them was Long Country's honor, and told netizens from Great Mao Country to stop spreading conspiracy theories.
Netizens from some countries friendly to Pretty Country also expressed their support, with Little Xi Ba being the most vocal.
Overseas Long Country netizens, seeing the condescending remarks from Pretty Country, immediately jumped into the fray.
[Don't pretend to be noble, you from Pretty Country. All of you, bow your heads and take a good look at who won the Best Screenplay Award!
It was our Long Country that won Best Screenplay, and the Golden Tree Award was rightfully Long Country's from the start!]
[You from Pretty Country should thank JiaDa Country's government and those members of the jury from Pretty Country for winning the Golden Tree Award!
You say our Long Country should feel honored and proud. It is you who should feel honored and proud!]
The remarks from Long Country netizens were immediately supported by netizens from Great Mao Country, White Elephant Country, and others.
At this moment, in the global live broadcast, netizens from various countries were arguing fiercely over the dual winners.
In Long Country.
When hundreds of millions of netizens and viewers saw their country's film jointly win the Golden Tree Award with a film from Pretty Country.
They immediately cursed the jury for internal manipulation online and in private.
Clearly, "Black and White Edge" had already won the Best Screenplay Award and was very likely to win the Golden Tree Award.
Yet, the jury insisted on supporting Pretty Country and creating a dual winner.
This not only disgusted hundreds of millions of netizens and viewers in Long Country.
It was also a clear case of internal manipulation!
In Studio Number Six of the Kyoto Broadcasting Television Building.
"This is clearly internal manipulation, dual winners, how ridiculous!"
"I thought the film festival's jury was very fair, but it turns out they are all the same. They couldn't stand to see our Long Country win alone, so they had to create dual winners!"
All the staff in the studio were cursing continuously, indignant that Pretty Country had also won the Golden Tree Award.
Gao Fei, who had been preparing for the remote connection, lost all interest when he saw that Pretty Country had won the Golden Tree Award alongside his film.
It was obvious they didn't want Long Country's film to win the Golden Tree Award in its first nomination.
By making Pretty Country a co-winner of the Golden Tree Award, even with all the discussions and online arguments, no one dared to openly accuse Pretty Country of internal manipulation.
After all, Pretty Country was still the world superpower at the time.
Just as everyone was discussing in the studio, Director Ye Sucheng from the General Administration walked in, and the discussions immediately stopped.
Seeing Director Ye walk towards Gao Fei, everyone lowered their voices and continued to discuss.
Ye Sucheng walked up to Gao Fei and said, "Keep your chin up. The fact that "Black and White Edge" was nominated for the first time at the film festival and won an award already proves that its level has surpassed many countries and is at the forefront internationally.
It's no secret that Pretty Country targets our Long Country in various industries on the international stage. Don't take it to heart."
"I understand, Master Su. Don't worry!
If it doesn't work this time, there will be next time. One day, I will surpass them from Pretty Country!"
"Good boy, I like your unyielding spirit!"
Ye Sucheng had intended to comfort him, but seeing Gao Fei's calm demeanor, he understood that this young man could see through the internal workings of the film festival.
Now, he was eagerly anticipating what works Gao Fei would create in the future to counter Pretty Country's Borlai Woka!
...
At the awards ceremony.
Robin Trick remained composed.
After the discussions in the audience subsided, he picked up the microphone to speak.