Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 196, Reality

After returning to the villa, Shen Lang placed the 12 brand new trophies in the small warehouse.

In this small warehouse, several display racks are filled with rows of various trophies from home and abroad.

Those trophies sparkled brightly under the lights, as if telling stories of glory.

Gao Yuanyuan's mouth curled up, and that smile was as bright and beautiful as a flower blooming in spring, and her eyes were full of admiration and love. She looked at Shen Lang tenderly and said softly: "I think you need to move to a bigger room. It won't be long before this room is full."

Shen Lang smiled faintly and said, "It's too early. There are still many empty seats on the shelf. Besides, I don't plan to accept domestic music awards next year or the year after."

He had a clear plan in mind. When the warehouse was filled with trophies, he could then announce that he would not participate in the selection of domestic music awards.

Gao Yuanyuan exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked in confusion, "Why?"

Who would complain about having too many awards?
In her opinion, the more awards the better, after all, they represent honor and achievement.

Shen Lang smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and gently put his arm around her waist, and slowly explained: "No matter which industry it is, it is not a good thing for one person to dominate. This is also true in the field of music. Moreover, some awards are enough to win once. There is no need to win them again. There is not much difference between one award and 1 awards in essence."

Gao Yuanyuan nodded slightly and said, "I understand. You want to leave more opportunities for those who come after you, so that they can have the opportunity to show their talents. This will also promote the more vigorous development of the domestic music scene."

However, Shen Lang feels that he can continue to win foreign awards, because he wants to create some unsurpassed records for the foreign music industry and write a glorious chapter for Chinese singers on the international stage.

Looking at the time, it was already noon, so the two walked out of the small warehouse and went to the kitchen to make lunch together.

After a while, the kitchen became lively. One person was washing and cutting vegetables skillfully, while another was cooking confidently.

The whole kitchen is filled with a warm atmosphere, as if time has slowed down at this moment.

Shen Lang and Gao Yuanyuan also immersed themselves in this rare sweet moment, enjoying each other's company and the beauty they created together.

After the Chinese New Year, Gao Yuanyuan will devote herself to the filming of "The Untold Story". Thinking that she will be on the set for at least two months, she can't help feeling a little melancholy.

Shen Lang also has his own busy schedule. He has to embark on a world tour and release new albums in Chinese and English.

This is indeed the case with the love between artists, who are often apart for the majority of their time together.

After lunch, Shen Lang needed to adjust to the jet lag, so he pulled Gao Yuanyuan to bed.

I thought they would just take a short rest, but I didn't expect them to be busy until dusk before they went to bed.

As a result, I didn’t even have time to eat dinner and slept until the next day.

The next day at noon, after a simple breakfast, Shen Lang drove to Sina’s headquarters building in Haiding District.

Looking at the magnificent exclusive buildings of other companies, he secretly decided in his heart that this year he must build an entire building as the office space for Jingtao Music and Julang Film and Television.

Today, Shen Lang's arrival has attracted much attention.

Sina's current president, Wang Yan, came in person to greet them. The scene was grand and the appearance was very impressive.

This is not surprising. After all, Shen Lang is not only a world-class star, he is also one of the major shareholders of Sina.

Wang Yan first took Shen Lang to visit Sina's headquarters. During the visit, they talked about Sina's future development direction. Afterwards, he reported to Shen Lang on the preparation progress of "Sina Blog".

This idea was provided to them by Shen Lang after he acquired a stake in Sina. In the original time and space, Sina was the first portal website in China to launch a blog service. However, it had to wait until September 2005, 9 for Sina Blog to be officially launched. This waiting time was really too long.

However, he chose to give some key pushes at the appropriate time to allow things to develop faster in a favorable direction. In the big picture, he would not intervene.

Back then, Sina was listed on NASDAQ and became the first of the three major portal companies to go public. What a glorious and honorable experience that was.

However, who would have thought that 21 years later, it would be the only one to be delisted.

During that period, the news of Sina's delisting became a hot topic among Internet and financial people.

As for competition, Shen Lang wouldn't care at all.

In this business world full of challenges and opportunities, the way to survive is to rely on one's own abilities. Whoever has better means to retain users will be the last one to survive in the fierce competition.

His Qianqian Jingting competes with Sina's wireless division in areas including ringback tone, MMS, SMS, JAVA, and IVR.

In addition, Shen Lang has also invested in many Internet companies such as Penguin, Alibaba, and NetEase, and these companies have conflicts in many businesses. Faced with this situation, he must not interfere in these matters, because in the business world, each company has its own development strategy and competition method. The most correct way is to look at all this calmly from the perspective of an investor, wait for the final result, and share the winner's dividends.

This is a very simple truth. He is in the entertainment industry and his battlefield is in the star-studded entertainment circle. As for the business field, he simply makes money by taking shares, not by creating a huge business empire.

After chatting with Wang Yan for a while, Shen Lang went to the entertainment department for an exclusive interview. There were more people here, and most of the employees were his fans. Upon learning that he was coming, even those who were supposed to be on vacation took the initiative to apply for overtime just to see him.

In addition to his status as a shareholder, he is also the traffic king of Sina News section, and the click-through rates of news related to him are very high.

This time, his 12 nominations lead the Grammy Awards and swept the Billboard Music Awards. The overall attention he received was second only to the Jiuyi incident, Yanjing's successful bid for the Olympic Games, and the Chinese national football team's qualification for the World Cup since Sina was founded in 1999.

With such influence and status, the Entertainment Department naturally had to use the highest standards of etiquette to receive Shen Lang. From the carefully decorated venue to the warm and thoughtful service, every detail demonstrated politeness and respect.

The interview was conducted in the form of a live webcast, but it was not the kind of live video broadcast in later generations. Instead, it was conducted in the chat room in the form of text and pictures. Although the format was relatively simple, it did not affect the enthusiasm of the fans at all.

As the start time approached, the number of people online at Sina.com increased sharply, and the huge traffic caused the chat room to freeze, which shows how popular Shen Lang is.

This afternoon, Liu Shishi had no classes, so she ran home from school. Full of anticipation, she turned on her computer early and sat in front of the screen, chatting in her QQ friend group while waiting for the interview to begin.

【Close Friends Group:

Xu Weiwei: I envy you, Shishi, for being able to watch the live broadcast.

He Mengxuan: Oh, when can mobile phones be used like small computers? It’s hard to chat on QQ now.

Ding Ying: Hey, there’s an Internet cafe downstairs from my house, and I’m turning on the computer now.

Liu Shishi: It’s okay, I’ll send you a message to let you know what Brother Lang said.

Xu Weiwei: ()-——

He Mengxuan:ヾ(≧O≦)〃】

Soon, the interview officially began.

The title of the chat room was also changed from Welcome Shen Lang to: [This is an interview without any theme set in advance. Just a casual chat to let you feel the real Shen Lang.]

Liu Shishi sent this to the group, and everyone became even more excited. She was the same, with her eyes focused on the screen.

[Host: When reporting on your Asian tour, I conducted a telephone interview with you. At that time, you said that if you had the chance, you would hold concerts in every corner of the motherland. One year later, you set one stop of your world tour in our northernmost provincial capital "Ice City". Such a scene is rare in Ice City. A singer who has almost never promoted any records in Ice City, and a concert whose news was only released through Sina.com, actually had a scene of "tickets are hard to come by". In the words of my colleague, "the petty bourgeoisie in Ice City are all taking action."

Shen Lang: Because I always have a belief in my heart, that is to bring good music to everyone. I hope that everyone can find comfort, happiness and entertainment in my music. In fact, when planning the world tour, I originally planned to set one of the stops in Mohe, just because I accidentally heard a story there. This story deeply touched my heart, so I composed a song, but unfortunately, Mohe currently does not have a suitable venue to hold the performance, so I have no choice but to choose other places. However, I firmly believe that in the future, if there is a chance, I will definitely bring music to Mohe.

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Although there was no theme, there was something to talk about, and the first thing they talked about was Shen Lang's upcoming world tour.

Xu Weiwei: Wow, Brother Lang is so romantic.

He Mengxuan: This is what a “singer” is!
Ding Ying: I seem to have heard some incredible information, Brother Lang’s new song is related to “Mohe”.

Liu Shishi: It looks like I will be singing the new song for the first time at the concert. I will have to queue up early to buy tickets for the Yanjing stop when they go on sale. 】

Speaking of Shen Lang's world tour, as soon as the news came out half a year ago, it was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples. In every corner of the city, people were enthusiastically discussing this musical feast.

Now that Shen Lang talked about this matter personally, everyone's enthusiasm was aroused again, and they were planning how to grab tickets for the concert. Some people circled a big red circle on the calendar early, preparing to start a fierce "ticket war" on the day the tickets went on sale; some people asked around for ticket purchasing channels, hoping to find a shortcut and buy tickets faster than others; some people, like Liu Shishi, brought umbrellas and tents to queue up at the ticket office.

For many people, Shen Lang’s concert is not just a musical performance. On that stage full of passion and vitality, young or old, music lovers or the general public, all are eager to find their own touch and happiness at Shen Lang’s concert.

[Host: Communication University of China is known as the "cradle of China's media talents." For many students, getting into Communication University of China is not something that can be achieved through hard work alone. However, you were admitted without taking the recommendation and studied broadcasting, which was the most popular major at the time. I heard that you were admitted without taking the recommendation because you only recited one poem, "沁园春·雪". Is that true?

Shen Lang: I did recite the poem, but in fact, my high school grades were always among the top 30 in Chengdu. Communication University of China does not only recruit students taking art exams, but also admits a number of students through the college entrance examination every year. If I had not been recommended, I would have been able to get in on my own.

Host: Since you like music, why don’t you go to a music school?

Shen Lang: In my opinion, music is a kind of pure enjoyment and passion. It is more like a form of entertainment and relaxation. However, one should go to a serious university and learn a professional knowledge so as to lay a solid foundation for the future. If I were given another chance to choose, I would still choose to study at China Media Group.

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Then we talked about life.

【Close Friends Group:

Ding Ying: Wow, I didn’t expect Brother Lang is also a top student!
Xu Weiwei: This result is much better than mine.

He Mengxuan: You are worthy of being my idol!

Liu Shishi: Too amazing, a well-rounded genius! 】

Shen Lang's performance in this life is indeed much better than in his previous life.

In his previous life, he could only rank in the top ten in his grade and finally went to Shuchuan Conservatory of Music. But in this life, with his excellent grades and outstanding performance, he was admitted to Communication University of China, starting a different chapter in his life.

It’s a pity that the trajectory of fate is always full of unknowns.

Because of a special accident, he took over his current body. In the end, he did not engage in a job related to his major, but embarked on a completely new path and shone his own bright light in the entertainment industry.

【Host: This question comes from a netizen on Sina.com. He said, "I know you are very busy now and have many activities. Are you tired and have no time to create music? For someone who has liked your music for many years, I am actually afraid that this kind of 'popularity' will make your creation stagnate.

Shen Lang: Thank you very much for the concern of this netizen. Indeed, I have a lot of activities now and sometimes I feel tired, but this will not affect my creation. Because for me, creation is not a deliberate behavior, but a beautiful flash of inspiration. In the process of running around, I can hear all kinds of stories from everyone. These stories are like keys that open the treasure house of creative inspiration.

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Finally, we talked a lot about music.

There is a saying: Mature people can live humbly for lofty ideals.

Of course, Shen Lang's life has gotten rid of humbleness, but it is inevitable that he will waste time on some social engagements.

No matter whether you are famous or not, there are only 24 hours in a day. The more time you spend doing other things, the less time you spend making music.

But he tried hard to persevere, persisted in reading, persisted in learning, persisted in his own creation, and tried his best to make his heart calmer.

After the entire interview, everyone truly saw a more real Shen Lang than he appeared on the screen and on the stage.

His words exude positive energy, like warm sunshine, illuminating everything around him.

His carefree attitude towards life is an open-minded attitude. He is not bound by trivial matters and pursues his dreams freely.

His efforts come from his deep-seated persistence and love for what he likes.

The deepest impression Shen Lang left on Liu Shishi was his kindness and intelligence.

In these chats, his current status, songwriting, persistence in his ideals and so on only answered many questions for his fans, but may be irrelevant to the netizens and the general public.

But Liu Shishi's love for Shen Lang deepened because of today's interview.

She also wants to be like her idol, to have awe for art and love for life, to bravely pursue her dreams, to do what she loves, and to become a better self.

And this is the correct way to open "idol".

Shen Lang is not trying to guide others deliberately. He is just being himself and influencing the people around him with his actions and attitude.

Of course, when it comes to "love", he set a negative example. I just hope he doesn't die too miserably in the end.

The next day, Shen Lang went to the CCTV building again.

"Art Life" is a talk show launched at the end of 2000. The purpose of the show is to illuminate life with art, warm people's hearts with emotion, explore the true meaning of life, and appreciate the spirit of art.

The host is Zhu Jun and each episode is 50 minutes long.

As a talk show, "Art Life" not only has touching stories of excellent hosts and guests, but is also good at mobilizing other artistic means, such as using dramatic elements - divisions of scenes, layouts, props, etc., to deeply explore the shining points and conflicts in the artists, making the entire program well-structured and full of climaxes.

In Feng Gong's words, it means "getting close, reminiscing about childhood, taking photos, and playing the piano." As long as the piano sounds, you will cry endlessly.

However, Shen Lang, who has been tempered by many hardships, will not cry so easily, and he will not accept sentimental and tear-jerking scripts.

So, during the recording of this program, he was not moved to tears by Zhu Jun's talking, but Zhu Jun was moved to tears by him.

This episode is quite exciting and will be broadcast before the Spring Festival.

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Time passed quickly and it was January 1th. Shen Lang and Gao Yuanyuan went to Hong Kong to attend Anita Mui's funeral.

The funeral committee issued an obituary titled "Farewell, Daughter of Hong Kong!" to the world, and many colleagues attended the memorial service.

On the day of the funeral, eight people, including Zhang Guorong, Shen Lang, Liu Dehua, Liu Peiji, Lian Yanhui, Su Xiaoliang, Zhang Minyi and Yang Ziqiong, carried her coffin, while Xie Tingfeng and her nephew carried her portrait.

The outside of the funeral home was filled with flower baskets sent by celebrities. The most eye-catching one was the one sent by Zhao Wenzhuo, on which was written eight big words "The love of my life, rest in peace." Another former lover, Kondo Masahiko, also came to see him off.

At the scene, tens of thousands of citizens spontaneously bid farewell to this legendary actress.

(End of this chapter)