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!"

switched to Tracy's

stunned. Then, her eyes widened, and she covered their mouth with her hand, looking completely stunned.

Tracy as she stood

from winning the

were unhappy, they still kept their

any annoyance would've made headlines

dress, and walked to the stage, with everyone

so big, some staff members helped

in the front row, turned and gave Tracy a faint smile. Her gaze then subtly

remained unchanged, so it was hard to tell anything from her

must have been

Violeta's discomfort, Lydia

walked by, Lydia

"Thanks, Lydia!"

watching the live broadcast from backstage, looked bewildered and confused when he saw Tracy win the Best Newcomer Award. Aster rushed in from outside, exclaiming, "Eugene! Can you

replied, "Yeah, I saw it

happen? How

holding his iPad, was pressing down so hard that

Newcomer

and quickly left

did she end up with the

said, "Why are you so worked