Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 138: From Outsiders to Mainstream
At this moment, it is already early morning in China.

But Bao Lujia was very angry.

Because some people on Weibo are using Shen Juan as a funny excuse for not participating in the recording of "Idol Producer" as a music mentor for the show, criticizing him for only wanting to make money and being irresponsible to the trainees. They also say that after he became famous, he was unwilling to help his brothers, causing Huang Minghao, Zhu Zhengting, Cai Xukun and others to continue training hard for a chance to debut.

Some people even pretended to be Shen Juan's fans and claimed that Shen Juan was performing in the Super Bowl halftime show in the United States.

When passersby couldn't stand it anymore and came out to refute, they started to throw tantrums again, using extremely vulgar and offensive words to insult those netizens who were kind enough to explain the difference between the Super Bowl Halftime Show and the Super Bowl Pre-Music Festival, trying to ruin Shen Juan's good impression of passersby in this way.

The most outrageous thing is that it seems that they really succeeded. Some netizens indeed disliked Shen Juan because of the outrageous remarks and disgusting behavior of this group of "fans".

Honestly speaking, Bao Lujia can no longer tell whether those netizens who said they were fans turning passers-by or passers-by turning haters are really brainless or the haters are deliberately trying to lead the trend.

Are there so many people in this world who can only believe what they hear and have no ability to think independently?
Her subconscious reaction was to type back in revenge, but she quickly dismissed the idea.

Because Shen Juan and these passers-by in disguise are no longer artists of the same level.

As a fan, you should also maintain a superior attitude and look down upon and despise these sour and black fans.

First, he became the first Chinese artist to leave a slow-motion shot on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Not only did he shock Americans with his unique high-end style, he also dominated the news of major domestic and foreign news media for several consecutive days.

For example, a series of mainstream media such as Oriental TV Entertainment New World and China Daily have reported on this matter.

As the Super Bowl is approaching, the NFL officially announced that Shen Juan became the promotional ambassador for China and invited him to attend the Super Bowl pre-music festival on February 2 as the finale guest.

What is this concept?
At this time last year, the finale guest performer was the famous Taylor Swift.

Even though the most arrogant fans would not compare Shen Juan with Taylor, this does not prevent them from tying Shen Juan and Taylor together and praising and criticizing them in the fan circle.

This has made it so miserable for those rival fans and haters that they have no mood to celebrate the New Year.

Then the official Spring Festival Gala announced that Shen Juan will collaborate with Faye Wong and Na Ying to perform his new song, which he wrote and composed, and will appear together on this year's Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Dog.

This has attracted countless netizens to discuss this matter.

Although there are still many people taking this opportunity to claim that Shen Juan has an extremely strong capital background, trying to label him as a resource-rich royal family, causing 99% of netizens who come from ordinary families to feel disgusted with him.

But the common view of the vast majority of netizens is that Shen Juan’s status in the music industry seems to be really about to soar.

Finally, there is the movie promotional song "Pray For Me" which was released simultaneously around the world the day before yesterday. It is not only super nice to listen to, but also broke multiple records at once.

It can even be said that at least 80 to 90 percent of the historical records set by Chinese singers in Europe and the United States are created and maintained by Shen Juan alone.

So, it’s really hard for fans not to be excited and proud of these continuous good news.

But to put it bluntly, these are all past glories. As a fan who is full of confidence in Shen Juan's future, she must be more concerned about things that have not happened yet.

For example, at 3 p.m. on the rd, US time, which is a.m. this morning, Beijing time, Shen Juan’s first live stage performance in the United States will begin.

We were lined up to appear on stage after the alternative rock band X Ambassadors, and the show started promptly at 9 o'clock.

The sisters in the fan group understand the situation very well.

So today is also a day of fighting!

The first stage in the United States to perform the new song for the first time.

You don’t even have to think about it to know that the big fans in the group are going to call on people to start working on data and promotion again.

But they are willing to do it and enjoy it.

And because it is winter vacation, there is plenty of time.

So to quote Captain America:
I could spend the whole day with you like this.

8:50pm.

The X Ambassadors' performance was coming to an end.

Shen Juan was waiting behind the stage, adjusting his mood and mentality, and checking whether there were any faults with the equipment.

Quite a few audiences have gathered in the audience, although most of them are nearby residents who have come to join in the fun. It is human nature to get something for free, and the pre-festival happens to be free, so there are quite a lot of people here at this moment.

8 points.

Shen Juan came on stage and started debugging the equipment.

I don't know if it's because the profits from the Super Bowl pre-festival are quite limited, or because Minnesota's economy is not doing well and they need to control costs, but this year's stage looks a bit shabby and not as grand as last year.
Well, last year wasn’t a big one.

Last year, it was because the organizers successfully invited Taylor Swift and knew that many fans and audiences would come for her, so they made special arrangements.

Otherwise, it would probably be the same as this year, with the whole show being one of the top ten singers on campus. We arrived late and didn't even have time to rehearse - there were no performances scheduled on the stage only late at night and in the morning, and there were performances at the rest of the time.

I have to sigh that capitalist society is very realistic. Since you can't make money, you will naturally do things perfunctorily.

Of course, it doesn’t really matter.

Anyway, this Super Bowl pre-music festival is not a globally-renowned performance event. If Shen Juan had not been invited to perform here in cooperation with the NFL, most people in East Asia would not know that such an event exists.

In addition, since it is not a live broadcast and the main focus is on being natural and casual, many singers and bands will only go on stage to test the sound and adjust the equipment when the official performance is approaching.

However, when Shen Juan stood on the stage and looked at the dark crowd of people below and the small patch of red fluorescence coming for him, he couldn't help feeling excited and a little nervous.

It is reasonable to be nervous. If one is not nervous at all, it means that he has completely lost his awe of the stage. In this case, it is easy to have a car accident.

No matter what, from now on, he has truly taken the first step in developing his business in America and has officially stepped into the world. "Alex, we have no problems here."

"Then let's finish this stage."

The band teachers behind him were already prepared, so as soon as the prelude sounded, Shen Juan started singing directly.

As a native Minnesota, Jason heard that there was a music festival being held here. He was told that the organizers had invited a number of big-name singers and bands to perform as warm-up for tomorrow's Super Bowl, so he came here with his classmates to watch the free live performances.

But what he didn't expect was that the so-called big-name singers and bands were just a group of old guys who couldn't keep up with the trend of the times and couldn't even pronounce their names.

What’s even more exaggerated is that this group of people may have picked up the bad habits of resident singers, and their live performances are more unstable than each other, and sometimes they even have to perform a piece of random music under the euphemism of freestyle.

Maybe their parents liked this tune.

But these teenagers certainly don't like it.

If it weren't for the performance of X Ambassadors that livened up the crowd and retained the audience who were about to leave, I'm afraid most of the people would have left by now.

But even so, many students have already shifted their attention away from the singers' performances and the stage itself, and have begun discussing in advance which bar they will go to to have fun and relax, and start the second half of their wonderful nightlife.

The reason why Jason was able to continue to focus on stage performances was because he believed that those who could appear behind X Ambassadors must be stars.

Then he heard such a familiar melody and such a familiar line of lyrics.

“I can’t write one song that’s not about you.”

Jason instantly shouted excitedly:

"If I Can't Have You!"

"What?"

"If I Can't Have You! It's still on the B-list Hot 100. It's Alex's first English single! Emily, the song you like so much, In My Blood, is Alex's second single!"

"What the Alex is coming?!" Emily is a white girl with a hot body and an unusually fast growth rate. When she heard her companion say this, she hurriedly looked towards the stage.

The handsome boy, whose smile was as warm as the sunshine in Hawaii despite the cold wind, could be no one else but Alex, who left a deep impression on her and broke the stereotype of Asians deliberately created by the media?

She couldn't help but scream out loudly.

"Alex!!!"

The noise at the scene suddenly became quieter, and many passers-by looked towards the source of the sound curiously.

Shen Juan, who was performing on the stage, seemed to be frightened by the sudden scream and slowed down for a beat.

But he quickly calmed down and continued the performance.

Although the top 50 of the B list hot 100 made history in China, it is actually just average in the United States and is not a particularly high or good ranking.

However, Shen Juan's situation is different from others.

As an outsider who has not signed with any European or American record company, the new songs it released did not receive any mainstream media publicity or radio resources in the United States.

In the hot 100 scoring rules, radio stations are ranked as the worst.

The fact that it can still make it into the top 37, or even Peak , under such extremely biased and abnormal development conditions is enough to show its excellence in single sales and streaming data.

Generally speaking, a single fan group cannot send a song to the top 100 by manually increasing the streaming points.

For example, Wu Jiaheng had to wait until 18 to sign a contract with Universal and obtain some radio resources. Only then, with the joint efforts of Megan and the record company, did his new song "Like That" released in May enter the Hot .

So this is enough to show that in addition to fans in China, there is also a group of young people in the United States who are also creating streaming data for him and are also attracted by him to become his fans.

Shen Juan encountered this today.

So, everyone responded.
First, fans who knew Shen Juan took the lead and rushed to the vicinity of the stage, shouting and screaming wildly, igniting the atmosphere on the stage. Even the on-site security guards were startled, and they quickly called their colleagues who were resting backstage through the intercom to come for support.

Then, the teenagers who loved to join in the fun heard the noise coming from this side, and ran over hurriedly with their mobile phones in hand to take pictures of the person performing on the stage. It seemed that he was a teenage idol singer who suddenly became popular recently.

In fact, they were not sure, but seeing the group of female fans around them so excited, they thought that this guess was probably correct. It was impossible for a new singer who just debuted to have this level of support.

Finally, a group of elderly local residents who happened to be passing by gathered around.

There was a lot of noise and chaos in the audience.

Logically speaking, it will definitely affect the singers on stage.

But Shen Juan is undoubtedly welcomed by everyone.

Even though many passers-by at the scene obviously didn't recognize me, wouldn't they recognize me after today?
In short, the more people see it, the better.

Every audience member present had the possibility of becoming his fan or listener, which meant that he was gradually moving towards the mainstream in the American music scene, so he naturally treated this performance with 120% enthusiasm.

“This is Alex Shen from China! Please give some applause and screams to the best musicians on our stage! They also put a lot of effort into the performance.”

“I’m really grateful for the opportunity to perform my first stage show in the United States in Minnesota. To be honest, Minnesota is really cold, but your enthusiasm made me feel the warmth I haven’t felt for a long time! So I also want to do my best to bring you more.”

"Next, I will bring you my new single's stage debut. Some of you may have heard it in advance, but I believe most of you haven't heard it, "Pray For Me"! I hope you will like it."

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(End of this chapter)