Entertainment 1998

Chapter 476 Chapter 475, Attention from Michael Jackson
While Jiang Feng and Li Wen were chatting, the 43rd Grammy Awards ceremony officially began.

The seat that Sony Music secured for Li Wen in the guest area was clearly far away from Jiang Feng, but she still switched seats with the person sitting next to Jiang Feng, as if she was determined to stay with Jiang Feng tonight.

Jiang Feng is considered a newcomer in the American music scene, having only released one English album since his debut. In addition, he is Chinese, so his position in the guest area is relatively remote, basically close to the audience area.

Li Wen is an American citizen and has released English albums in the European and American music scene before. In addition, she has the support of Sony Music, so her treatment is better than Jiang Feng.

So, Li Wen had to change seats, and the singer sitting next to her thought he had gotten the upper hand and left happily. The Grammy organizing committee was also happy about this and even arranged for the camera to give her more shots, in the hope that it would be a small hit.

Chinese music creator and filmmaker Jiang Feng is actually a playboy. Not long after arriving in the United States, he started getting involved with a sexy Chinese female singer. You should know that Jiang Feng's girlfriend is a Chinese pop queen who is 8 years older than him.

It was for this reason that Jiang Feng felt a headache, because at this moment Wang Fei and sixth sister Jiang Ye were sitting in the audience seats, and they were in the front seats.

Jiang Feng didn't hesitate for too long. After the award ceremony was announced to begin, the host came on stage to read the opening words, and the first performance began shortly afterwards.

As mentioned before, each Grammy Awards ceremony has nearly 24 or even more awards, which takes a long time, so in order to avoid being boring, a lot of performances are arranged. For example, this year's Grammy Awards has arranged a total of performances, which are interspersed between the award ceremonies.

According to the arrangement, Jiang Feng's performance was scheduled for the second half of the award ceremony, so in the first half of the ceremony, he had the leisure to carefully watch other people's performances and observe the award-winning singers.

I haven't decided on the songs for my next English album yet, so I hope these singers can give me some inspiration and help me recall their hit songs in their previous lives, and which ones have not yet been released...

The order of award presentation at the Grammy Awards is different every year.

Sometimes they are classified; sometimes they are divided according to importance; sometimes they are scattered, with one important award accompanying several unpopular awards, in order to ensure that the highlights are as balanced as possible.

This year, the awards were presented in a scattered manner, with two recitation awards being presented first, and then one of the highlights, the [Best Album of the Year] among the four major categories!
An old white lady came on stage. She seemed to be a bel canto singer. She chatted for a few words and then took out the envelope.

At this time, during the TV broadcast, five split screens appeared on one side of the screen, showing the five finalists, while the other side looked at the envelope in the old lady's hand.

"Two Against Nature, Steely Dan!"

Then a band appeared on the big screen. The four members of the band all opened their eyes and mouths in surprise, with an expression of disbelief.

Everyone at the scene applauded and congratulated, but at this time, Li Wen nudged Jiang Feng beside her with her elbow and whispered, "Do you think they are really surprised or just pretending to be surprised?"

"It should be true!"

Jiang Feng studied acting and was the director of five films. His observation skills were extraordinary and he could tell at a glance that the expressions of these four people were too exaggerated.

However, since all the people sitting around him were Americans, Jiang Feng was embarrassed to tell the truth, as telling the truth would make him seem envious and jealous.

Because his first English album "Natural" was also nominated for "Album of the Year", but did not win the award.

It is said that the winning criteria of this award are not only based on album sales, but also on its artistic quality. For example, the diversity of styles of the singers' songs in the album, like the winning album "Two Against Nature", which includes rock, jazz, lyrical, country music and so on.

It seems that if he wants to win this award for his next album, he will have to enrich the style of the songs while ensuring album sales.

While Jiang Feng was reflecting on himself, the four main creators of the Steely Dan band finished their acceptance speeches. After the next award was presented, a new program began. Jiang Feng sat in the audience, listening to the songs and acting as a smiling clapping machine.

It was not until the Best Rock Song award was presented that Jiang Feng straightened up and focused his attention.

This award is one of the awards he was nominated for. Although the chance of winning is not high, with the operation of Zheng Donghan and Universal Music, there is no guarantee that there will not be a dark horse counterattack.

The award presenter was introducing the finalists on the stage, and the camera was always on several finalists, with Jiang Feng getting the most shots.

Jiang Feng was fine, as he was an actor, so although he was excited, his facial expressions and body movements were still calm. But Li Wen next to him had clenched her fists and looked nervous, trying to attract attention.

Looking at the cameras that kept scanning him and the strange looks around him, Jiang Feng's mouth twitched slightly. Li Wen, please restrain yourself!
If you do this, I won't be able to wash myself clean even if I jump into the Yellow River.

Fortunately, Jiang Feng didn’t suffer for too long. When the award was presented, he was not the winner.

Although he was a little disappointed, Jiang Feng was mentally prepared. However, Li Wen was a little unhappy.

"Brother Feng, what's so good about With Arms Wide Open? I think it's the worst song on your album, and it's a crushing song. What's more, With Arms Wide Open has never had a brilliant performance on the Billboard music charts."

"Eh…"

Hearing Li Wen's comments, Jiang Feng sighed.

"This is all my fault."

"Why are you blamed for everything?" Li Wen blinked in confusion.

"If I hold a concert in the United States and show off my muscular body, I will definitely attract the attention of many female judges..."

"Pfft..."

Li Wen laughed before Jiang Feng finished speaking.

"Brother Feng, I was talking about music, but you started talking to me about male beauty."

After chatting and laughing for another twenty minutes, all the rock awards were presented one after another. Jiang Feng lost all three awards, but U2 won the [Best Rock Band] just like in the previous life.

After offering applause and congratulations, Jiang Feng's expression became a little serious.

There are still three nominations. The chances of winning "Single of the Year" are slim. If I fail in the remaining two and get nothing, it will be embarrassing.

You know, with the huge box office success of the movie "Paranormal Activity", some netizens in China have become more and more arrogant, constantly harassing major domestic film directors online.

If I get zero points at this time, who can guarantee that these grandsons won't turn their guns on me? !

Just when Jiang Feng was feeling the pressure, the [Best Newcomer] award began.

The person who came on stage to present the award was Michael Jackson. Yes, it was the global pop music king Michael Jackson, the person who challenged Jiang Feng when he released his first English album.

He was the surprise guest of this year's Grammy Awards. The moment he appeared on the stage, the audience burst into warm cheers.

"Michael!"

"Michael!"

"Michael!"

The Super King is the Super King!

At the Grammy Awards ceremony, as the cheers and applause grew louder and louder, he raised his hands and the whole place immediately fell silent.

"Thanks!
I am Michael Jackson, and I will present the award now. However, before I do, I have a question for a singer who is nominated for this year’s Grammy Best New Artist Award…”

Michael Jackson, who was standing on the stage, had not yet finished speaking when everyone at the awards ceremony looked towards the southeast corner of the guest area. The four cameras that were responsible for the live broadcast of the awards ceremony also turned their lenses to this area.

(End of this chapter)