At the same moment.
In the back, resting area three, inside the hall.
There were five staff arranging the trophies and certificates to be awarded today. Yesterday, the results were actually decided, so the certificates and trophies were quickly produced. There were Golden Microphones and Silver Microphones. They were all placed on a table. The door was locked. It was a strictly confidential process. However, although it was so to speak, confidential, this sort of thing was impossible to keep a secret. Anyone in the industry would be able to understand who would win or lose. Furthermore, it wasn’t the election of a President, so it was not that strict.
“Name – Liu Feng.”
“Over here.”
“Alright, place it in front. The certificate has to correspond to it. Don’t mess up.”
“Don’t worry. It can’t go wrong.”
“Zhāng Yě, this is one of the winners of the Silver Microphone. Take it in front and send it over in a while.”
“Alright, it’s ready.”
But just as the few staff were arranging the order according to the name list, without any forewarning, a female employee accidentally knocked into a certificate. Pa Da, the certificate flipped, pushing down a mineral water bottle that was mysteriously placed on the table. The cap covered the top, but it was not tightly sealed, so momentarily, water spilled onto that certificate. It was all very sudden!
“Ah ya!” The female employee hurriedly wiped the certificate with her sleeve.
“Don’t rub it!” An old comrade beside cautioned, but it was too late.
With this rub, the paper on the certificate turned into a mess. The words could no longer be read.
A youth quickly came over to help, quickly wiping the water off the table and onto the ground, so as to not to affect the other certificates. However, the floor was made of glazed tiles, so with water it became very slippery. The youth nearly slipped, but although he did not crash to the ground, he had still pressed on the table with his hand to stabilize himself, and thus he had touched the corresponding trophy to that certificate. The trophy crashed to the ground amidst their panicking eyes!
The trophy shattered!
The Silver Microphone Award trophy was different in quality compared to the Golden Microphone Award. It may be a Silver Microphone Award, but it was actually made of something similar to crystal. It was in the shape of a microphone. And since the toughness of crystal was not that much stronger than glass, it ended up shattering. Even its real mother wouldn’t recognize it!
“Ah!”
“Bad, bad!”
“What are you doing!? How can you be so careless?”
“Sorry, sorry. I didn’t know that it would turn into such a mess!”
Everyone began running helter-skelter. After that mishap, there was no other way, as there was such a huge mess!
“Uncle Ping, what do we do? There’s still another hour before the Silver Microphone will be awarded!” The female employee was worried. She had never expected that they would screw up such a simple job!
The Silver Microphone Awards were what was first awarded in the morning. As it was not a live broadcast, it was considered a warm up for the Golden Microphone Awards. Only after the Silver Microphone Awards were given out would the Golden Microphone Awards be broadcast live on television. There was indeed not much time left. There was no way the Silver Microphone Awards would be placed after the Golden Microphone Awards, as there had never been such a precedent!