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Chapter 325 - 123: Applause Sounds, Step Up to Receive the Award! Thirty Years in the East, Young Man!_3

Chapter 325: Chapter 123: Applause Sounds, Step Up to Receive the Award! Thirty Years in the East, Young Man!_3

But the barrage of comments was relentless.

"Why should it win? It must be rigged! How can an English song win the Best Music Art of the Year in our country? Does that make any sense?"

"Disgusting! Absolutely disgusting! Are all of you in the gaming circle this repulsive? Now you’re buying black-market favors without any shame? My brother’s super popular song didn’t win?"

"Sisters, let’s report this game company! We need to investigate whether they have colluded with the organizers behind the scenes!"

Just as a wave of indignant comments started, they were obliterated by another, which drifted by slowly.

"If I remember correctly, it was either last year or the year before when your music industry’s own Mandarin Annual Golden Song Award went to Brother Cai’s English song, right? If your own celebration can award an English song, what’s there to complain about?"

One stone stirred up a thousand ripples, and the resurrected collective memory of the internet started intensely AOE splashing everyone, immediately triggering a chorus of agreement.

"Is someone mad? Are you really mad over this? Even going as far as to report it? How come you’re more easily triggered than my cat?"

"So your own brother can sing whatever bird language he wants, and if he wins, it’s a testament to his talent, but others can’t do the same?"

"Famous for their double standards."

"I’m used to it, it’s always been this way. It’s just that now someone got blindsided and can’t adapt/Dog Head"

The barrage was vicious, but after a moment of stunned silence, the audience still offered their applause.

Now it was Ke Jin’s turn to be troubled.

No, I really didn’t expect to win a music award... why am I being roped into this?

However, on the eve of the award ceremony, Ke Jin had also taken the time to listen to this year’s viral pop hit.

To be frank, it might as well have been awarded to me instead.

Once again standing up to go on stage, passing by Wu Chen.

The latter’s expression was obviously surprised, staring dumbfounded at Ke Jin’s back until he walked onto the stage, only then did he look away.

On the second trip to the stage, the host interviewed Ke Jin with a smile and praised the high standard of game music soundtrack creation in "Infinite". After the game’s release, several tracks from it had climbed into the top 50 of the music charts for the month.

"Let’s give another warm round of applause to congratulate Designer Ke, and also to congratulate ’BioShock: Infinite’ for its continued success! Please, Designer Ke, return to your seat and we will proceed to the next award~"

The host smiled sweetly and continued to change the small card in her hand.

The next moment, her pretty face was suddenly full of astonishment.

She hurriedly called out to Ke Jin, who was about to leave the stage.

"Wait... wait a minute, Designer Ke."

"What is it?" Ke Jin was also taken aback.

"This... the winner of the Best Art Direction of the Year is still you..."

The host’s embarrassed voice came out.

Instantly, the entire venue exploded!

Murmurs of discussion buzzed one after another.

"Huh???"

"No... how is that possible?"

"I used to believe in the organizers, but once, twice, and now thrice, your game, no matter what, it couldn’t possibly sweep three annual best art... uh." Before someone’s questioning voice had died down, they were immediately rendered speechless by the stunning footage displayed on the big screen.

On the screen, from the first-person perspective of the protagonist Booker, a rocket soared rapidly upward into a countdown.

After a few seconds, the countdown ended.

The rocket broke through the clouds.

A dispassionate mechanical voice sounded.

"Hallelujah"

Then, the breathtakingly beautiful City of the Sky appeared before all the audience members’ eyes.

The nearly overflowing display of various steampunk aesthetics, mechanical power aesthetics, and the beauty of floating islands almost dazzled everyone!

In that moment, the entire place fell silent, discussions completely ceased!

Such a magnificently stunning scene could not possibly have been generated out of thin air.

They were also the result of meticulous detailing by the top players’ art department.

Soon enough, as the award presenter came on stage with the third trophy in hand.

Ke Jin’s hands were already full.

The trophy, forged from pure gold, was small but substantially heavy.

By this time, Ke Jin was holding one in each hand.

The presenter looked up and down and was also at a loss.

What can I do... in all my years as a leader, I have never seen anything like this... a single arts festival with someone winning three trophies for the first time... Quite the novelty!

In the end, it was Ke Jin who quietly offered a solution for the leader.

"Just put it in my suit pocket."

Leader: "..."

Well done, the saying ’if you can’t eat it, just carry it around’ is always a metaphor when it comes to others, but with you, it’s a statement of fact, right!

But there really was no better solution.

Rather than letting him awkwardly tuck it under his arm, the leader chose to proactively stuff the trophy into Ke Jin’s suit pocket.

Unfortunately, due to the slender shape of the trophy, a small part of it still stuck out.

The whole scene was comical and amusing.

At the end, when it was time for the group photo, the seasoned leader, unlike during previous photos where he posed out of obligation, this time wrapped his arm around Ke Jin’s shoulders and grinned brightly at the camera.

After the photo, he even gave Ke Jin an approving pat on the shoulder before striding off the stage.

One award win isn’t much to talk about; the seasoned leader had seen it all.

But for a single work to cross boundaries and win three awards, that’s a different story.

Anyone with a bit of insight could see this young man’s promising future!

Their attitude towards Ke Jin was instantly elevated.

Soon after, the presenter stepped down, and the host briefly summarized.

"Clearly, in this game company, First Player, we have seen the diversity of art forms, and the fact that the judges have given the awards to First Player also indicates their recognition of the increasingly youthful forms of art."