The Beauty and the Brain

Chapter 173

The sentence came through the microphone, causing the audience to chuckle. Sasha also laughed

awkwardly, as she was too nervous and had forgotten how to maintain a smile in front of the camera.

Sasha adjusted her emotions, took a deep breath, and the host kindly smiled, saying, “Our new Best

Actress

is a bit too excited, let’s take it slow!”

There was another round of cheers from the audience. Sasha smiled and gave a slight bow to the

host,

thanking them for helping out. Then, she turned back to the microphone and faced the camera to

deliver her

acceptance speech.

“First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the judges for their recognition, and to my fans for

their understanding and love. I will continue to work hard and dedicate better works to everyone. Lastly,

I

especially want to thank my boss, Ms. Spence!”

Sasha nodded slightly towards Marie, who was sitting in the front row, and said, “It was Ms. Spence

who

believed in me and strongly recommended me for the main character role in the TV show back then.

And

now, it’s also Ms. Spence who has put in so much effort and resources to create Double Sided for me.

Without Ms. Spence, there would be no Sasha standing on the stage of performing arts today. This

award is

very significant, but half of the credit should go to Ms. Spence!”

The applause from the audience was thunderous. Marie’s eyes were stinging, and as she faced the

camera

and the tens of thousands of people watching the live broadcast, she couldn’t help but wipe away her

tears

with a smile.

At first, the wholehearted support for Sasha was to establish their own business, to undermine Olive

and

Carly, and to secure a foothold in the Spence family

It may sound harsh, but every artist was just a pawn in Marie’s hands. She hoped to make the right

move

every step of the way in order to win in the end.

However, as time went by, Sasha had unknowingly become her best friend and closest confidante.

She

couldn’t bear to see Sasha suffer any grievances or harm in this complicated and chaotic

entertainment

industry.

So she tried her best to fight for resources for Sasha, maintain Sasha’s image, and stop Darwin’s

enthusiasm.

As a friend, they should protect her dreams.

And now, she had finally helped Sasha achieve the Best Actress title. The girl who once stood on the

high

school drama club stage wearing a princess gown had finally realized her acting dream.

The camera shifted to Marie as Sasha spoke. Marie stood up, took the microphone handed to her by

the

staff, looked at Sasha on stage, and said, “We achieved this together. Congratulations, my best

actress, you truly deserve it!”

Cheers erupted from the audience, and Sasha shed tears. Andres kindly helped Sasha off the stage

and

escorted her to her seat.

After sitting down, Marie wiped away Sasha’s tears and said, “All right, stop crying, don’t let the media

make

fun of us.”

Sasha sniffed and laughed, saying, “Who made you so sentimental, talking about ‘your best actress’!”

Marie laughed and said, “Weren’t you the one who got emotional first? That long award acceptance

speech

could have been turned into a short essay!”

Darwin sat nearby and scoffed, ‘Women! So melodramatic!”

Sasha glared at him and said, “It’s none of your business!” NôvelDrama.Org owns all content.

Olive and Shirley, who were sitting behind, had no trace of a smile on their faces. Only when the

camera

panned over did the two of them force a slight smile to maintain their image, so as not to be accused by

the

media of being jealous of Sasha.

At that moment, the live stream channel was in chaos, as Sasha’s fans completely took over the live

stream.

channel, even overshadowing Darwin’s fangirls.

One commented: [Ah! My Sasha is the best actress!]

Another wrote: [Debut movie queen! Who else!]

One wrote: [Sasha was so touching! It made me cry!]

Another commented. [To celebrate Sasha becoming the best actress, I decided to eat a pack of beef

jerky!]

One wrote: [Add one more pack, the person commenting above!]

Another wrote: [What kind of amazing friendship do Sasha and Mr. Spence have!]

One commented: [Good corporation? What kind of man do you need? You two should just be

together!]

Another commented: [Thank you, Ms. Spence, for taking care of my Sasha!]

One wrote: [I decided to abandon the Darsha couple and started liking the Masha couple instead!]

Another wrote: [Was I the only one who thought it was too tragic for Shirley to be merely nominated for

three

years?]

One commented: [What the person above commented made sense… but what does it have to do with

us

Sashie?]

Sasha had her own fan club called Sashie, which was quite lively. They did a lot of promotion for

Sasha’s

movies and TV shows.

Sasha held her trophy and whispered to Marie. The photographer was considerate, occasionally

panning the

camera over both Marie and Sasha.

Although Marie wasn’t a celebrity, her beauty was always on point. She already had a group of fans on

Twitter who admired her looks. This time, she even won a Best Actress award, causing her fan base to

grow

even more

As the camera panned over the two people, the comments in the live stream channel became lively

once

again.

Get Boros

Up next was the People’s Choice Awards for Best Male Actor, which was the competition for this year’s

best

actor.

Among the finalists were not only Darwin but also Christopher. Although Christopher was considered a

B-list celebrity, ever since he saved Sasha’s life during the collaboration on The Autumn Tragedy,

Global Medias wisely took advantage of the opportunity to increase his exposure. This year, they even

let him take on the main character role in a movie, making him one of the people Global Medias heavily

promoted this year.

Because of this incident, Darwin was upset with Andres for a few days and refused to talk to him. He

blamed

Andres for siding with the outsiders instead of his own brother.

Andres didn’t mind and even teased Darwin, “Wasn’t it you who tore up the contract and jumped ship to

Maris

Entertainment?”

Darwin was rendered speechless.

What was said made sense. It was his own fault that he ended up like this. Otherwise, he would

definitely be

at Global Medias, holding Christopher down and preventing him from succeeding.

The award presenter walked onto the stage and announced that this year’s winner of the People’s

Choice

Awards for Best Actor was Darwin.

Marie was dumbfounded this time. She knew that Darwin’s performance in the movie was quite good

and he

had a chance to compete, but there was no absolute certainty that he would win the Best Actor award!

Darwin hesitated for a moment before getting up and going on stage. He wasn’t as excited as Sasha,

and he didn’t really care much about receiving the award.

Darwin took the trophy and gave his acceptance speech. “Thank you to the judges for their recognition,

thank

you to the fans for their love, and of course, thank you to my boss for the careful cultivation!”

It was very brief and had Darwin’s personal style. Applause erupted from the audience, and Darwin

walked off

the stage holding his trophy.

Sitting in her seat, Sabrina said with a smile, “Darwin, congratulations!”

Darwin smirked, “What’s there to congratulate? It would be more practical to give me a car instead.”

Marie was rendered speechless.