Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 398 Best Newcomer Award

Zelena was consumed by jealousy.

The awards ceremony began soon after, similar to the previous film festival. The main event was, of course, the awards presentation.

After the host gave a few polite opening remarks, they dove right into the awards.

They started with the smaller awards and worked their way up to the big ones. First, they handed out prizes for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. Then, they finally got to the highly anticipated Best Newcomer Award.

"Who's going to win the Best Newcomer Award?"

The room went quiet.

Everyone was watching the two presenters up on stage.

The presenter opened the envelope, peeked at the name inside, and gave a playful smile to the crowd.

They then looked over at the row of newcomers, including Violeta.

The camera followed, catching each person's face as it moved down the line.

Everyone wore a calm smile, and the camera finally settled on Violeta, who gave a little smile back to the camera.

Then, the presenter's voice rang out.

"And the winner of the Best Newcomer Award is...

"Tracy!"

camera instantly switched to Tracy's

first, Tracy looked stunned. Then, her eyes widened, and she covered

looked at Tracy as she

joy from

were unhappy, they still kept their best faces

many cameras around, showing any annoyance

up, lifted her dress, and walked to

helped her hold it as she made

row, turned and gave Tracy a faint

expression remained unchanged, so it was

Violeta must have

discomfort, Lydia clapped

Tracy walked by, Lydia said,

"Thanks, Lydia!"

broadcast from backstage, looked bewildered and confused when he saw Tracy win the Best Newcomer Award. Aster rushed in from outside,

replied, "Yeah, I saw it just

and said, "How did this happen? How did Tracy win?

hand, holding his iPad, was pressing down so hard

Best Newcomer Award had actually gone to

and quickly left the room to find a familiar face

asked, "How did she end up with the Best

to a quieter spot and said, "Why are you so worked