Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 190, Sweetheart Leader

The 87 Girls Group formed by Liu Yifei and Shu Chang was shortlisted for the Best Newcomer Group Award and was also invited to attend the award ceremony.

At present, the value of the Golden Melody Awards is still good. For newcomers like them who have just entered the circle, participating in the Golden Melody Awards can greatly enhance their influence and popularity.

The key is that they have a great chance of winning the award. Among the groups that debuted last year, they are the strongest. Their album sales, reputation and song quality are all unique. SHE, who can be compared with them, has already won this award.

"Why, you two aren't wearing black and white today?" Shen Lang joked to Liu Yifei and Shu Chang with a smile.

"Hey, Brother Lang, you can't always dress like that. You have to change your style frequently, otherwise you will really become the Black and White Devils." Shu Chang explained in a soft and sweet voice.

"Brother Lang, don't we look good in this outfit today?" Liu Yifei's eyes flashed with anticipation.

"Beautiful, youthful and pretty." Shen Lang responded with a smile.

Liu Yifei's dress is mainly in light and elegant colors, embellished with delicate flower embroidery, as if bringing the breath of spring to the scene. Her elegant temperament blends perfectly with the design of the dress, exuding health and vitality.

Shu Chang's pure white dress is tailored to fit her body perfectly, outlining her graceful figure smoothly. It not only shows the soft curves of women, but also retains her elegance and dignity. The simple design shows high-end fashion while highlighting the natural beauty.

The two 16-year-old girls are very beautiful. It can be said that among all the female artists present, only Akina Nakamori, who is known as the "original singer" in Japan, can compete with them.

However, they are still little girls after all, they are still little girls after all. After being praised, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang had happiness written all over their faces, and their smiles were as bright as blooming flowers.

"Sister Yan Zi, you look so beautiful today."

"This skirt suits you very well."

As guests of Stefanie Sun's Hong Kong tour, their relationship is not as close as hers with Gao Yuanyuan, but it is still pretty good.

Soon, they started chatting familiarly.

It seems that women always have no shortage of topics to talk about when they are together. Clothes, makeup, hairstyles, etc. They discuss and communicate with each other as if they are giving advice on the world.

At around 6 o'clock, a staff member came to inform them that it was time to walk on the Avenue of Stars.

The weather in Taibei today is quite pleasant. It is sunny during the day and not too cold in the afternoon.

The team of three women and one man immediately became the focus of the audience as soon as they appeared on the red carpet.

Beauty and handsomeness are certainly one reason, but more important is their popularity.

Shen Lang has been to the Grammy Awards and won the American Billboard Awards, the Brit Awards and the German Echo Awards. Now that he is participating in the Golden Melody Awards again, it is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction attack.

If the organizers had not invited him to act as a front man three times because they could not invite big-name stars, he would not have planned to come.

I had just experienced Anita Mui's relatively sad concert, and I was preparing my own two albums in Chinese and English. I didn't have the mood or time.

At this moment, the scene was filled with screams and the sound of cameras clicking, ushering in the climax of today's Avenue of Stars.

Shen Lang's popularity is evident. His appearance seems to make the entire scene boil. In this star-studded occasion, he undoubtedly became the most dazzling presence.

Although Stefanie Sun, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang also received a lot of attention, their voices were temporarily overshadowed by Shen Lang's brilliance.

Halfway through the walk, Shen Lang and the three of them briefly stopped on the red carpet to interact with fans.

When he waved in response, a smile as warm as the sun appeared on his face, instantly bringing him closer to everyone.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang also smiled and waved gracefully to their fans, showing the vitality and affinity of young girls.

Sun Yanzi appears more calm and dignified, exuding a unique charm with a slight wave of her hand.

Their actions also made the fans at the scene even more excited; their screams and cheers became louder, as if to drown out the entire venue.

However, the most talked-about people on Star Boulevard today were not them, but Zhang Fengshu, who is evil to the core, and Tao Jinying, who has been in trouble recently.

As representatives of stars from Formosa Province, the two finally caught up with the foreigners and dared to appear in naked underwear, shocking the entire audience.

But to be honest, when those foreign female stars wear bras on the red carpet, at least they have their bodies to show off, but they are just a joke.

After entering the venue, Shen Lang was still the most eye-catching one.

The English album "Shen Lang·Towering Waves" sold 612 million copies in Europe, 526 million copies in the United States, and 1510 million copies worldwide. This sales data can be described in four words: "terrifying".

To exaggerate a little, the sales of albums released by all the singers here this year combined cannot beat his sales alone.

Xiao Zhou showed an envious look and wondered when he could achieve such brilliant results.

Tao Ze deeply admires Shen Lang's musical talent and business achievements.

Wang Lihong feels that it is an honor for him to debut at the same time as such a top musician.

As for the others, they were interpreting the saying in the entertainment industry: "When you are famous, you will be surrounded by good people. If you are not famous, you will not get respect." They all had smiles on their faces and took the initiative to greet Shen Lang.

In this realistic entertainment industry, popularity and status do determine many things.

Of course, Shen Lang’s strength is there. He is the number one singer in contemporary Asia, and this is no joke.

In addition, his Jingtao Music is also very powerful. With its professional production and strong promotion capabilities, it has allowed new artists under its label to rise rapidly. Several new artists launched in the past year have been making great successes in the Chinese music scene.

If you can enter this circle, not to mention getting his songs, just putting the songs you have sung on Qianqian Jingting for promotion, you can make a lot of money just from the two projects of ringtones and webcasting.

In this business society, the drive for profit cannot be ignored.

Shen Lang's success not only brought himself huge wealth, he was like a magnetic field, attracting all kinds of resources and opportunities. As long as you follow him, even if you can't eat nine meals a day, it will not be a problem to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks.

So, who can resist money?

By the time Shen Lang had dealt with these people, the party was almost about to begin.

Back to his seat, Sun Yanzi considerately handed him a tissue to wipe his sweat.

The two empty seats next to them were for Liu Yifei and Shu Chang; they had performances and went backstage to prepare.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Jay Chou took the stage to sing "Incomparable" and "Nunchucks", kicking off the ceremony.

Then, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang sang "Don't Want to Grow Up", which livened up the atmosphere of the party.

Then, Cai Yilin entered the award ceremony with a song "Look at My 72 Changes".

The first award of each session is the "Best Music Video Award", which is the song MV.

The last time it won was by Shen Lang’s "Fairy Tale". That MV was too powerful in 2001.

Last year, the MV for the Pepsi advertising song "Fire" was also very competitive. It was created by many sports stars.

The only problem is the English songs, which is a minus point since this is, after all, an awards ceremony for the Chinese entertainment industry.

The award was finally given to Na Ying's "Falling in Love with You Is Equal to Falling in Love with Loneliness", but she did not come to receive the award.

Then, the Grasshopper trio came on stage to present the Best New Group Award.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, who had already returned to their seats, were holding hands. When the camera rolled over, they smiled and waved at the camera, looking very relaxed.

Because this was not the first award ceremony they attended, they were just excited but not nervous.

"The winner of the 14th Golden Melody Awards Best Newcomer Group Award is... 87 Girls Group. Congratulations to Liu Yifei and Shu Chang!"

When the result was announced, there was warm applause at the scene.

Shen Lang gave them a thumbs up, which was a recognition and encouragement to them, and said with a smile: "Golden Melody Group."

Stefanie Sun also sent her congratulations: "Congratulations, Xixi and Xiaochang."

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang hugged them both, then happily went on stage to receive the award.

Liu Yifei took the trophy from Grasshopper and almost lost it. She immediately said to Shu Chang, "Wow, it's so heavy. Xiao Chang, you go first."

Shu Chang stood in front of the microphone and said, "Thank you very much for the Golden Melody Awards for giving us this precious honor. First of all, I would like to thank the fans who have always supported us. It is your love that has given us the motivation to keep moving forward. Then I would like to thank Xixi, my good sister. I love you so much, and Brother Lang. Without you, we would not have achieved what we have today. This award is a new starting point for us. We will continue to work hard to bring you more excellent music works."

After saying that, she stepped aside, took the trophy from Liu Yifei, and said in surprise, "Wow, it's really heavy."

Liu Yifei said with a smile: "I am really happy to receive this award. Along the way, we have experienced a lot and grown a lot. Thank you to everyone who supports us. We will cherish this honor, constantly improve ourselves and live up to everyone's expectations. Then I want to thank my mother. She has worked very hard to take care of me. Mom, I love you. Finally, thank you again, Brother Lang!" At this point, she paused, raised her hand and waved to Shen Lang, then said: "This award belongs to you!" After finishing her acceptance speech, she sweetly hugged Shu Chang's waist.

At this moment, their faces were filled with joyful smiles, which were the satisfaction and pride after their hard work was rewarded.

After waving to the cheering fans, he walked off the stage gracefully.

After that, he was awarded three times in a row for lyrics, composition and arrangement.

Shen Lang has two songs nominated for each award, one in English and one called "Blue and White Porcelain".

Not surprisingly, the song "Blue and White Porcelain" beat out Fang Wenshan's "Tea Brewed by Grandpa" in terms of lyrics, and beat out Cai Zhengxun's "Your Backpack" in terms of composition, winning both awards.

In terms of arrangement, two songs by Shen Lang, "The Last Battle" by Zhong Xingmin, "WHY" by Wang Lihong and "Brave New World" by Lu Shaochun all lost to Chen Zhiyuan's "The Taste of Time".

The first half ended here, and the climax of the night began. The "God of Songs" Zhang Xueyou used his emotional voice to perform classic songs of 10 deceased male singers in the past 5 years: including Danny Chan's "I Just Like You", Zhang Yusheng's "Days Without Cigarettes", Luo Wen's "Dusty Fate", Xue Yue's "If There Is Tomorrow" and Kinmen Wang's "Wandering to Tamsui".

In fact, the first choice for this heavyweight performance was Shen Lang, but he turned it down on the grounds that he had no time to rehearse.

Xue Youge’s live performance is indeed stable. Like him, he is a singer who is excellent both live and in the studio.

With their solid singing skills and outstanding expressiveness, the two can bring the ultimate musical enjoyment to the audience, whether they are carefully crafting their works in the recording studio or unleashing their charm on the live stage.

Shen Lang is just a little short of the title of "God of Songs" in terms of age.

After the halftime show, the first major award was presented - Best Pop Vocal Album.

The result was quite controversial. Shen Lang's English album was at a disadvantage, so it was reasonable that he did not win. Zhou Jie's popular "Octave Space" was not selected, which was unexpected. The winner was Eason Chan's "Special thanks to".

Surrounded by strong opponents, the Best New Artist award was unexpectedly won by Evonne Hsu, while previously highly favored candidates such as A-Du and Fan Yichen missed out. Evonne Hsu burst into tears when she received the trophy and said, "I am so grateful. I really don't know what else to say except thank you!"

The Best Female Vocalist was Mo Wenwei, who shouted "amazing" as soon as she came on stage! She kept thanking her record company and management company on and off the stage, and almost forgot to thank her parents. She only added in the backstage that her parents always cooked a lot of delicious soup for her to drink. She was especially happy that Eason Chan won the Best Pop Vocal Album Award, which was a great encouragement for Hong Kong singers.

The competition for the final grand prize, Best Male Singer, was fierce.

Zhang Xueyou, Tao Ze, Eason Chan, and Lin Zhixuan are all talented singers, but they are ultimately no match for Shen Lang.

Shen Lang’s consecutive success is no accident. He released many singles last year, and each one demonstrated his strong strength.

His musical style is diverse, and he can perfectly handle both soulful love songs and exciting fast songs.

His superb singing skills and delicate emotional expression can deeply touch the hearts of the audience.

Overall, he is the strongest.

After the party, Shen Lang showed his affinity and cohesion.

He called together several friends from Formosa Province, including Wang Lihong, Cai Yilin, and Xiao Yaxuan, as well as local employees of Jingtao Music, to hold a celebration banquet. Everyone sat together and shared the joy of winning the award.

As the core figure, Shen Lang's presence makes the whole scene more lively and energetic.

The employees of Jingtao Music also felt the company's strength, care and encouragement.

The next day, many entertainment media reported comprehensively on this year's Golden Melody Awards.

Due to the impact of SARS this year, KTVs have closed one after another, commercial activities have been forced to be cancelled, and the music scene seems to have been paused. This seems to be the worst year, but because of the moving songs, it seems to be a comforting year. This Golden Melody Awards is like a shot in the arm, powerfully announcing that everything is returning to normal.

After experiencing this difficult period, people began to look forward to the arrival of next year, hoping that the Chinese music scene would be rejuvenated in the new year and bring more beautiful songs.

Just when everyone was paying attention to the music industry, a sweet girl named Wang Xinling quietly rose like a bright new star and released her first solo album "Shocking Waves Wang Xinling".

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November 11th, Tiaobei.

It’s a sunny day today, and the university campus is filled with the atmosphere of youth.

After school in the afternoon, several college students walked briskly towards the video store near the school.

They heard that Shen Lang has introduced a new singer. They are die-hard fans and will buy any of his songs.

"It seems like we are from Formosa Province."

"It's a pity that I had class yesterday, otherwise I would have gone there no matter what."

"Those who went to see it said that Wang Xinling was very sweet and cute."

"My 87 Girls Group is sweet? My Zhang Shaohan is cute?"

"It's a different style. Do you want to imitate Zhang Wuji and hang yourself on a tree?"

"That's right. I've been a fan of Brother Lang for so long, but I haven't learned even the basics."

……

A few people walked into the video store, talking and laughing.

"Boss, do you have Wang Xinling's new album?" a boy asked.

"Yes, it's on the most conspicuous shelf in front." The boss pointed to the door and said.

The Jing Tao series is one of the best-selling albums this year. He has to purchase a lot of stock every time. Today is the second day, so the sales cannot be that fast.

They walked forward a few steps, and their eyes were quickly attracted by the album "Shocking Waves Wang Xinling" displayed on the shelf.

They each picked up an album and examined it carefully.

The album cover is beautifully designed, and Wang Xinling's sweet smile seems to melt people's hearts.

"Bought it!"

After paying the bill, they couldn't wait to return to the rental house, open the album, and put the CD into the DVD player.

Shen Lang raps: "Yo yo yo yo Cyndi, What what's wrong with me."

Wang Xinling: "Love you~"

As the music started, Shen Lang performed a magical rap.

Although he didn't appear in the MV, you can tell by his distinctive voice.

A boy laughed and said, "Haha, Brother Lang, ah Brother Lang, no matter how you change your singing style, I can recognize your voice even if it turns to ashes."

"Shh!"

The other boys immediately gave me murderous looks. Please don't make any noise while listening to music!
"If you suddenly sneezed

That must be me thinking of you

If you wake up in the middle of the night by your phone

Ah~ That’s because I care…”

Another one with a unique voice, sweet and sticky, just like the beauty of love and the dreams of youth.

But at this time, several boys were attracted by the MV.

Wang Xinling's look is full of youthful vitality. She wears a white shirt with a gray sweater and a pleated skirt. This outfit shows her student-like purity and girlish playfulness. This clothing combination has a strong campus feel and is full of youthful atmosphere.

Her face was always filled with a brilliant smile and her eyes were clear and bright, perfectly interpreting the girl's shyness, sweetness and happiness in the song.

Her dance is one of the core highlights of the MV. Her movements are light and smooth, full of rhythm and vitality, and closely coordinated with the rhythm of the song. Whether it is a brisk jump, a playful turn, or a cute gesture, it is very contagious, making people want to dance along.

This is simply the perfect template of a dream lover, pure, playful, sweet and cute.

Several boys were listening to the song and humming along with the rhythm, with "love-like" smiles on their faces.

(End of this chapter)