The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 817 - 816. Serve me a beer!

During the latter part of the award ceremony, various major media outlets couldn’t wait to make their reports.

[Who will claim the Best Actor and Best Actress Awards? Let’s find out together!]

["Corridor Pavilion" becomes the biggest winner of tonight’s gala, bagging four awards!]

[At the award ceremony, Xiao Hua and Qiqi vie for attention—]

[Chen Xin: The youngest Best Actress ever born, and also the youngest veteran actor!]

...

The audience in front of the TV watches the live broadcast while receiving a deluge of fresh news on their mobile phones, each headline so intriguing that they couldn’t help but click to read the full story.

"Jeez, these people are fast, huh? The awards were just handed out and there’s already news?"

"Right? Poor media folks, having to wake up and work overtime at night—"

"Pfft hahaha, so that’s why some award organizers are a bit unethical, couldn’t they wait to broadcast during working hours on a weekday!"

"LOL, is this what us workers uphold? You bunch of corporate slaves!"

"emmmm~~~~ My goddess won a medal, well done, I knew Xinxin was the most beautiful!"

"The Best Actor and Actress truly deserved it! I super love Chen Xin, idol, keep it up!"

"Ah, I have to hype up ’Corridor Pavilion’, as expected the whole nation loves it, even snagging the Best Editing and Best Soundtrack trophies!"

"That Tang Shu is really impressive, I heard she’s only 19 this year and already won the Best Supporting Actress, her future is definitely limitless!"

...

While everyone is feeling the buzz of the award ceremony online and even taking to various platforms to congratulate their idols, some people watching the ceremony are quietly rubbing their stomachs.

"Why do I suddenly feel hungry? I really want to eat some Eight-Treasure Porridge~~"

"Mom, do we have any leftover Laba Porridge at home? I’m hungry too!"

"I just had dinner, why is my stomach empty so fast? What’s going on!"

"Ah—never mind, right now I just want to eat some Laba Porridge, am I becoming bipolar? Must be the work stress lately!"

"Shoot, no porridge at home, maybe... order takeout?"

Good idea, just like that!

Thus, a portion of people rubbing their empty stomachs opened the Kangaroo APP, entered Laba Porridge in the search bar, added it to the cart, and completed the one-stop payment.

"Yay~~~ I can enjoy delicious Laba Porridge in half an hour——"

Maybe it’s even the same kind our goddess had!

There were far more than one person with the idea of ordering food that evening. On Kangaroo delivery platform, orders for porridge quietly kept increasing.

Meanwhile, backstage, artists who had just finished the award ceremony were greeting each other, groups of people chatting in every corner, while those who were free gracefully walked out of the award ceremony venue.

Tang Shu and Teacher Ke were saying goodbye, the elderly are less energetic, and 9 p.m. is considered very late for them.

"How did you get here, should I have Tiantian drive you home?"

"What, can’t I make it home myself? Don’t worry about me, go do your thing."

Master Ke straightened his wool coat, his smile deepening, "By the way, don’t forget the day after tomorrow’s drama performance, this will be your first time taking the lead stage at Imperial Capital Theater."

"I know, I will prepare in advance."

Watching Master Ke and others leave the scene, Tang Shu was hugged by Chen Xin once again.

"Shushu! You just said we should have a good get-together~~~"

"Of course, I’m starving. How about we go eat?"

Tang Shu felt her stomach rumbling and suddenly realized she had forgotten to have dinner after being busy all evening. Right now, she just wanted to fill her stomach.

"Sure, sure, it’s been so tough until ’You Smile’ wrapped up, I finally can properly celebrate the New Year! Hey, Xiao Hong, you guys join us too!"

The last sentence was obviously directed at her male companion.

Wang Honghong shrugged his shoulders and casually pulled Zhao Ming over, "Okay then, I’m familiar with this area. There’s a great tea restaurant nearby, let’s go."

"The scriptwriters haven’t left yet, shall we call a few more to liven things up?"

"Let’s do it, everyone must be hungry by now."

Thus, half an hour later, an indoor hotpot and barbecue restaurant in the Southern District of the Imperial Capital was hosting the entire ’You Smile’ crew.

The hotpot in the Imperial Capital is unique throughout the Eastern Country, especially popular in the deep winter and since the locals love lively atmosphere, seven or eight people didn’t even ask for private rooms, they simply sat at the grand hall on the ground floor of the restaurant.

Due to the tables designed too small to accommodate guests, they even pushed several surrounding tables together, forming a large U-shaped arrangement.

The restaurant owner and waitstaff were stunned, and the several tables of regular customers nearby were even more surprised, their eyes wide open.

"Wait, these people... why do they look so familiar? So handsome and pretty!"

"What familiar! Are you having eye problems? You were just browsing gossip about these people at the award scene on your phone!"

"Ah! It really is them! But they are dressed differently?"

The celebrities on the gossip posts were all wearing gowns and suits.

"Are you silly? Which celebrity wouldn’t prepare multiple outfits for an award ceremony? Besides, who goes out to eat hotpot in a gown?"

"Does that make sense?"

Wearing a beige down jacket, Tang Shu picked up the murmurs around her and inadvertently heard several clicks of camera shutter sound.

Alright, now probably everyone knows that they are here for hotpot.

The waiter brought four copper hotpots onto the wooden table, the yin-yang soup base inside already bubbling.

Chen Xin couldn’t wait any longer and stood up to get some meat slices.

"Boss, bring me beer!"

Wang Honghong immediately covered half of his face, with an "I don’t know this guy" expression, even the scriptwriter and director twitched their mouths.

Tang Shu fell silent for a moment and then, following everyone’s lead, tilted her head to one side.

Really, can’t blame her.

***

The next day, as the sun rose in a rare clear sky, the sun peeked out from the distant gentle hills, its golden-red light quickly spread from the horizon, casting long shadows in the direction opposite to the light.

As a new day began, netizens discovered that the trending topics on Weibo had all changed.

"[Award Ceremony]", "[Best Actor]", "[Best Actress]" and other expected terms frequently appeared in the search bar, and beauty grid pictures of stars competing in glamour were continuous.

Interestingly among the plethora of trending searches, two pieces of news occupied prime positions, leaving some netizens confused.