371 Reputation and Prestige (2/2)
There were even those who glared at her while she made her way back to her delighted group. They didn't like her seemingly harmless speech but was actually quite a barbed one. Iris unknowingly made a few enemies in the film industry tonight. She herself had no idea about this.
For the rest of the ceremony, ”Strong Yet Broken” won three more times. They won Best Actress, Best Director and the most important award of the night, the Best Picture Award.
Overall, they won five of the eleven awards that they were nominated for. Although they won the most sought-after awards, they didn't win the most awards. Another film won a total of seven awards. It was a blockbuster film with an all-star line-up.
Nevertheless, ”Strong Yet Broken” was still deemed to be the biggest winner for the night. After all, it won the Best Picture Award.
The day after the awards ceremony, almost all of the news reported about the winners. People discussed the film awards and the winners.
”Dammit! I hate that movie 'Strong Yet Broken'! Made me cry like a fucking baby! But yeah, it deserves all of the awards it got. I still hate it, though! And damn you, Iris Long! I cry every single time I listen to 'Phantom of Your Love'! I request for the radio stations to stop playing that cursed song! She totally deserves to win because it's so beautiful and amazing. Doesn't mean I like it, though. ”
”Total respect for making such a socially relevant film as 'Strong Yet Broken'. I wish that more films like this are made to raise awareness on the issues we as a society face. To be honest, I'm so tired of all those xianxia movies. I still like watching them, but sometimes they feel too similar and repetitive. 'Strong Yet Broken' deserves to win those five awards. But it seems like xianxia films won't die anytime soon, winning those seven awards and all.”
Sentiments like these floated all over the internet. The general public accepted most of the results. Nobody raised any complaints that ”Strong Yet Broken” won those five awards. In fact, some even thought that it should've won more. They also didn't complain that Iris Long won the Best Original Score Award. It was only those in the film industry who weren't completely happy with her win.
As for the Black Stars, they were absolutely overjoyed.
”Go Boss Iris! You're the best! Congratulations on winning Best Original Score! We're so proud of you!”
”We wave our mighty slippers in celebration of our Boss Iris' triumph! Begone haters! You're just envious of our boss' awesomeness!”
After a few days, the country's film industry was rocked by a shocking news. LX Productions released an official announcement. It said:
”We are excited, joyful and proud to announce that our film 'Strong Yet Broken' is short-listed for the Sommet International Film Festival. We will be proudly representing our country in this prestigious international film festival in France….”
The news spread like wildfire with the media outlets reporting about it left and right. It had been six years since a Chinese film was short-listed for the Sommet International Film Festival. This was a big achievement to the country's film industry.
People sent their congratulations and well-wishes to everyone involved in ”Strong Yet Broken”. Of course, they included Iris Long as well because her film score was such an integral part of why the movie was so memorable to the viewers after watching it.
As a result, Iris Long's reputation in showbiz was only growing better and better. All of these achievements in just a span of months were developing her prestige as one of the greatest musicians of her generation.
Although her star was still not yet on the level of someone like Jin Chonglin, she was already on her way there.