The others from the "Strong Yet Broken" team already stopped expecting to win more awards after this. The competition in the film festival was extremely fierce. Take the Best Soundtrack Award, for example. It was just one award but there was a total of sixteen nominees. Sixteen nominees already seemed a lot, but other categories actually had more. Some even had more than twenty nominees. Only a few award categories had less than five nominees.
It was already a miracle that Iris won against such stiff competition. This was what the cast and crew of "Strong Yet Broken" thought in their minds.
If he could hear what they were thinking about, Jin Liwei would disagree with them. It certainly wasn’t a miracle that his baby girl won the Best Soundtrack Award. His baby girl deserved it and so much more. It was fortunate that the jury knew quality music when they heard one and chose his baby girl to win the award. If she didn’t win, then he would inwardly accuse them of having poor taste and not knowing how to judge properly.
To him, his baby girl was the greatest musician in the whole world, even more so than her legendary music mentors, Maestro Ludovico De Luca and Enrique Valdez. In his love-filled mind, his baby girl was the best. Nobody could defeat her when it came to music.
After Iris won the award, their group calmed down a lot. They were no longer nervous. They all felt very happy and proud. Their film won an award in the world-renowned Sommet International Film Festival!
They all settled down on their seats. The beautiful trophy made its way back to Iris after the others finished admiring it. She cradled it on her lap with one arm while her other hand continued to hold her darling’s hand. His presence made her feel safe, secure and comfortable.
Later, the Best Actor Award had just been given out. Iris glanced at Yin Meixing, the actress playing Guan Jintao’s mother, who was sitting a few seats away from her. Her name would be called shortly as one of the nominees for the Best Actress Award.
Yin Meixing looked relaxed, not nervous at all. It seemed that she wasn’t expecting herself to win. After all, there was a couple of world-famous, big name movie actresses competing against her. The others also looked like they felt the same way. They were just enjoying the rest of the evening, already content with the Best Soundtrack Award that Iris Long won for them.
Back at the stage, a new pair of guest presenters appeared holding an envelope.
"The nominees for the Best Actress Award are..."
There was a total of nine nominees in the category. About a third of them were already rather famous actresses on the international level. Two of them were super famous. It was understandable that the cast and crew of "Strong Yet Broken"weren’t expecting Yin Meixing to win the Best Actress Award against all of these other well-known actresses. Indeed, at first glance and just based on fame level alone, Yin Meixing had no chance against them.
However, Iris believed that based on pure acting talent and skills alone, Yin Meixing had a good shot on winning the award. Although she wasn’t the most physically attractive woman, her acting was superb.
The guest presenters onstage opened the envelope.
"And the Best Actress Award goes to..."
Iris didn’t look at the stage at all. Instead, she looked to her side, continuing to observe Yin Meixing. The actress looked excited while watching her image being shown on the giant monitors alongside the other famous actresses. She was acting like a total fangirl instead of a nominee for a serious acting award.
"Meixing Yin, ’Strong Yet Broken’!"
"..."
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