Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 283 Sister-in-law 101
Although the value and significance of the Grammy nomination may not be as great as Shen Juan imagined.

Because he knows there is no chance of him winning the award, if he brags too much now, he will be embarrassed if he doesn't win the award.

Moreover, as his artist status and vision have improved, he can no longer regard the nomination as a great honor as he did when he was a rookie. Since he wants to be promoted to the first-tier through his second album, he must catch up with the first-tier.

The king of streaming media should look like the king of streaming media!

But for domestic colleagues who regard the Grammys as an unattainable holy place and have to buy hot search marketing when they go to the Grammys as audience members, this matter is of great significance.

Therefore, many well-known singers and senior artists who were friends with Shen Juan or simply wanted to take advantage of the popularity also came out to cheer for Shen Juan and celebrate this historic moment.

Try harder and harder: [OMG! This news is so explosive! Although I had expected it, when it really happened, I couldn't help but feel excited and proud for my good friend and brother @沈涓! Chinese people can also gain support and love from fans in the most developed place for pop music in the world! If you don't believe in Chinese people, you can go away! #沈涓nominatedGrammy#]

Brother Sheep has not been very popular recently because of a series of actions that ruined his popularity and forced him to spend money to sell his albums. His team even planned to have him attend a Tucao conference to clear his name. So when he finally encountered a new hot spot, he naturally had to step out to show his presence and divert public attention.

Wang Jiaer directly reposted his Weibo post in April this year when he promoted Shen Juan's "Underrated":
[@沈涓Although you have always been underestimated and defined by everyone, Alex is Alex. Perhaps ten years later when we look back at Alex's career, we will find that he has already shown signs of becoming a legend.]

And re-posted: [Legend! ]

As a good brother who was still willing to take him out to play after he became successful, Shen Juan had obviously become a legend in his heart.

Kunkun, who is currently studying music creation and plans to follow Shen Juan's example and enter the US, also posted on Weibo: "I am extremely proud and proud that my good brother @沈涓 has been nominated for the Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Single and Best Pop Album! It's really incredible, but we all know that this is Shen Juan, and this is the almighty Alex. Of course, I will continue to work hard! See you at the top!"

As the only senior who Shen Juan publicly acknowledged as both a teacher and a friend in front of the camera, Tao Zhe also sent his support and encouragement to this little brother who is both a fan and a friend:

[Some time ago, I had a deep conversation with Xiao Shen that went straight to the depths of the soul between two men. Although I won’t tell you what we talked about, what I want to tell you is that he is really getting better day by day, and he is really moving forward towards the goal he has set. In this journey of racing against time, I believe he will win. ]

Jay Chou also posted a few selfies on Instagram, but the content of the copy was to congratulate Shen Juan for his Grammy nomination: [As a Chinese singer, being nominated for a Grammy is really a very remarkable achievement. Please give my fans and my music fans a round of applause to my little brother @alexs! ]

Then there were many celebrities including Xue Zhiqian, Li Ronghao, Da Zhangwei, He Jiong, Na Ying and others who posted on Weibo to promote Shen Juan.

There is no doubt that Shen Juan, who is enjoying the attention of all nations, has become a benchmark artist in this era of traffic.

There was also a similar post on the Korean website next door that was hotly discussed. After time had passed, it quickly became a thousand-story building with the joint efforts of fans, anti-fans, and passers-by.

Title: [The complete list of Grammy nominations is released! How do you evaluate Shen Juan's nominations for Best New Artist, Best Single and Best Pop Album, creating the best results for Asian artists? ]

As the Oscars of the music industry, the Grammy Awards attract a large number of fans from all over the world to discuss every year.

Because there are more wolves than meat, in order to maintain authority, the organizers cannot allow all singers to get pork, so almost every nomination for an award will generate a lot of controversy.

This year is certainly no exception.

This year, even because Shen Juan, the new king of streaming media who has set off a new round of pop storm, has entered the awards competition, the level of attention and discussion on the Grammy Awards has once again risen to a new level around the world, especially in Asia.

I’m tired of topping the Twitter trends in many countries.

At this stage, Shen Juan has appeared on foreign Twitter trends more times than he has appeared on domestic Weibo hot searches.

So there's nothing much to say.

Fans and netizens naturally took an active part in the comments on this topic, either praising Shen Juan's amazing achievements of all time, or belittling every aspect of the torture of Shen Juan.

In short, almost everyone is caught up in the frenzy.

[Oh my god! Shen Juan is invincible! Big win!]

[A true all-around hexagonal warrior with no weaknesses! Shen Juan has a superstar aura that no one can imitate. He is so handsome! Thinking that Juan Juan will continue to evolve in the future, the expectations are so high! ]

[Who would have thought that East Asia would produce such a global superstar? (Photo: Billboard's top six artists of the year, Alex Shen is among them)]

[Nothing to comment on. Isn't it normal to be nominated for the Grammys? Shen Juan is unique! (Picture: Marlon, Taylor, A-lister, Bieber, and other top European and American celebrities tweeted and posted on Instagram to congratulate Shen Juan for being nominated for the Grammys as a representative of Asian artists)]

[How else can I comment? Shen Juan is so lucky! He just dominated the Internet with his Billboard annual chart two days ago, and today he topped the charts again with his three Grammy nominations, making history! As an Asian artist, he was nominated for these prestigious awards, which is enough to show that his works are of high quality, not as watered down as some fans of certain groups say.]

[I glanced at the comments section elsewhere. What is going on? It's ridiculous! Didn't Shen Juan just step on your master's head and make your master lose everything? Is it necessary to hate him so much? You even want to raise it to the national level and call on all South Korean citizens to boycott Shen Juan. It's crazy. ]

[An award ceremony in the United States caused an earthquake in the Kpop fan circle, and they also said that Shen Juan's statement that kimchi was not delicious was an insult and asked all fan groups to unite to ban him. It is always the brainless male mother who stirs up trouble. I am really speechless]

[I'll just name them directly, BTS fans, please don't be too hateful. ]

[The rule of 1 Chinese man > 7 Korean men has not been overturned. 】

[I just love Chinese men, what's wrong? ]

[I think no matter what, Shen Juan has stepped onto the international stage as an Asian artist, which is good. There is no need to scold him on the forum. I think this will help the future development and influence of Asian artists. After all, they are all East Asians. If someone can walk this path first, those who come after can also get better development.]

The number of people who support Shen Juan and those who oppose him is almost equal. For a Chinese, it is a remarkable achievement to receive such preferential treatment on the Korean Internet.

So why isn't it worth being happy?

Through these solid achievements that can be regarded as extremely authoritative among local artists in Europe and the United States, Shen Juan is gradually becoming a representative figure of East Asian artists in the hearts of European and American people.

Because the two most recently negotiated commercial endorsements plan to officially announce Shen Juan's identity as a global spokesperson at the end of this year or early next year, trying to use his international fame and fan influence to stimulate sales growth as soon as possible, so it is time to put the shooting of related endorsement materials on the agenda.

No. 9: Moncler, No. 10: Rimowa.

During this period, he also played a few friendly matches with the hungry Zhou Yeye and the addicted White Tiger Xiaohu.

Although the speed of replenishing bullets is indeed not as fast as the speed at which the white-skinned cop empties his magazine when he encounters Nigo.

After all, modern warfare is fought with logistics and supplies.

However, Shen Juan, who was not in full condition, still maintained a very high fighting level and showed a strong desire to win.

The Mamba spirit is keeping him going.

So it is just right for these two amateur female adults who are addicted to sex, have thin bodies and are not very resistant to sex.

All I can say is that Gai Nie, with low health, is still invincible.

The decline in condition is only a decline in condition for Shen Juan during his peak period. Even if he is forced to fight with weakness and injuries, even if he cannot enter the full strength mode, I am still different from ordinary people.

In addition, a very interesting thing happened.

That is, "Dear Inn 2" and "Wild Kitchen", which Shen Juan had previously participated in recording, were both launched recently.

The ratings reached the best this season due to Shen Juan's joining, which attracted countless high-level investors to call and thank them. Let's not talk about this for now.

What’s really cool is:
Because of his intimate interactions and ambiguous performances with Cheng Xiao and Tian Xiwei in these two shows that were so sweet that they made the audience smile, a large group of CP fans and netizens who love to stir up trouble suddenly appeared on the Internet and said that they were watching a real-life talent show called "Sister-in-law 101".

The contestants who have completed the first stage include but are not limited to: Song Zuer, Tian Xiwei, Cheng Xiao, Guli Nazha, Ni Ni, Yang Mi, Li Yitong, Zhang Tianai, Zhou Yutong, Yang Zi, Dilireba, Yang Chaoyue, Ren Min, an unlimited number of unknown amateur sisters-in-law from Beijing Film Academy, and an unknown number of foreign contestants whose identities are yet to be officially announced.
Even more than that, in order to add some fun to their boring lives, this group of CP fans each created a CP super topic of their picked sister-in-law and Shen Juan, and used super topic sign-ins and other fan circle data to compete with each other remotely.

And launched the slogan of their program:

If you vote and I vote, my sister-in-law will make her debut tomorrow.

If you don't vote and I don't vote, when will my sister-in-law be able to come forward?

They also said that Song Zuer, who appeared first (and was the first to have a scandal with Shen Juan), was just sacrificing popularity for the show, and no matter how popular she is, she won't be able to form a group in the end.

Tian Xiwei holds the initial C script of The Big Devil, with plenty of shots and story lines, but it may be reversed later.

Because in order to maximize profits, talent shows generally do not allow one contestant to be the C from the beginning to the end.

Unless he is the Emperor Kun Tian who has been arbitrary for eternity.

Cheng Xiao was revealed to have an unclear relationship as a colleague with the production team. Although he appeared to be a calm and noncompetitive person on the show, he might have been faking tickets and using the backdoor.

The unknown sister-in-law from Beijing Film Academy, whose real name is suspected to be Zhou Ye, is a royal family appointed by capital. She was very well protected by the program crew in the early stage, and all the damage from cyber violence was borne by others. However, even if she has been missing for a long time, she will still be able to debut as a group in the end.

(Revealed by the crew of "Better Days")
Nazha is one of those beautiful contestants who has a strong desire to perform in the show. She often tries to get the spotlight in various ways. It's a pity that she seems to have not been favored by the program team, causing many fans who picked Nazha to scold her for being a heartless person.

Ni Ni is the type of caring older sister who is very capable and doesn’t do anything naughty or make trouble, making her very suitable to be the captain of a girl group.

Yang Mi, an openly married woman, is a contestant with controversial scandals off the field, which affects her fans' interest in her.

It is suspected that the management companies of Dilraba Dilmurat, Li Yitong and Zhang Tianai have vested interests with the organizer, and they were given the most important MVs in the program.

Zhou Yutong, Yang Chaoyue, Ren Min and others are relatively unknown and may not even make it through the first round of eliminations after the first round ranking announcement ceremony.
Then there were some geniuses on Bilibili who used their photo-editing skills to combine these text materials with the video of Produce 101 and edited it into a second video of the same name.

Therefore, "Sister-in-law 101" successfully replaced skr's big bowl of wide noodles and became the most popular ghost video in recent times.

Fortunately, Shen Juan is not Kun Kun who is not thick-skinned enough, fortunately, Shen Juan does not rely on his girlfriend fans to make a living, fortunately, Shen Juan does not care much about gossip, and fortunately, those netizens who like to have fun did not hate Shen Juan because of this, otherwise he would probably really follow the example of his good brother and send a lawyer's letter to B station, asking B station to remove these "negative" videos about him.

After shooting two commercials and making a cameo appearance in "The Bravest" in Qingdao as agreed, Shen Juan came to Shanghai again to start shooting the third MV for his Chinese album, "Exchange of the Rest of Life", with Zhang Tianai as his partner.

Shen Juan chose her because of her good looks.

Shen Juan suffered work-related injuries while filming two movies this year. It was finally his turn to shoot a music video at home, so naturally he had to find a few actresses with pretty faces and good figures to neutralize the injury.

Although the information on Baidu Encyclopedia shows that she is a 90s beauty, it is said that her actual birth year is 88.

It’s just because they can’t compete with the 85 flowers of the same period, so they changed their age to compete with the 90 flowers who are unable to develop.

Of course, Shen Juan has always been indifferent to things like public figures changing their ages or even having plastic surgery.

After all, even athletes in China can change their age to be three years younger in order to achieve the effect of an adult beating a child. So what's wrong with female celebrities changing their age to be two years younger and having their faces fixed in order to get resources?
Appearance is the core element in the contemporary entertainment industry.

As long as your appearance doesn't deteriorate, everything will be fine.

The saying "face is as important as the country" will never go out of date.

Let’s start with the indoor part.

I arrived at the shooting set in the morning and did my styling first.

Since Shen Juan plays a construction worker in the story of this MV, commonly known as a brick-moving worker on a construction site.

So the style naturally leans towards the rough man direction.

Fortunately, Shen Juan has always had a fitness habit. He has good muscle lines, broad shoulders and a large frame. The compliment of "Pacific Broad Shoulders" given to him by South Korean fans is not groundless.

In addition, the dark-skinned look with clear lines and three-dimensional contours can highlight masculinity more than the light-skinned look that mainly goes for a sense of temperament and atmosphere. As long as there is no problem with sexual orientation, there will basically be no feminine air.

Therefore, the sense of incongruity of going for a rough guy look with a young face of twenty years old is not as great as imagined. With the deliberate help of the makeup artist, it can be basically ignored.

Shen Juan's face and figure destined him to have a much wider range of acting opportunities than his peers of the same age with childish faces.

He is not like Erzi, the only thing that proves he is an adult is the bag of Huazi. He is not like Sanzi, who always looks like a high school student who has not grown up. He is not like Sizi, who even with a scruffy beard and scars, still looks awkward like a child wearing adult clothes.

While Shen Juan was closing his eyes and getting his makeup done, Yang Yangjin sat in the empty seat next to him and started chatting with him.

"After filming the MV, we have to go to Hong Kong Island. We will attend the unveiling ceremony of Madame Tussauds in the afternoon, and then attend the MAMA Hong Kong Island Station as award presenters in the evening."

"I remember that the wax figures of celebrities they made there seemed to be very ugly. Should we also go over and flatter them?"

"It's just a symbol of status. Those who can be included in Madame Tussauds are all top stars who have been inspected and certified by them." Yang Yangjin did not deny the "ugly" point.

"In fact, Madame Tussauds wax figures are just like the red carpets in the Chinese entertainment industry, which are now rolling up formal dresses and couture." Yang Yangjin explained calmly: "If you don't have a wax figure and others do, then you will be outshined by others; if you don't wear couture and others do, then you are a local product with no sense of fashion."

“Isn’t this capital in the PUA entertainment industry?”

"Yes, but even if you know that they are actually PUAing the entire entertainment industry, what can you change? This is the unspoken rule that the entire industry currently abides by."

Shen Juan was speechless.

After all, at this stage he does not have the qualifications and ability to challenge the entire industry.

Besides, PUA is PUA, what does it have to do with him?

He thought very clearly: It is precisely because there are a majority of people in the entertainment industry who are firmly bound by industry rules and regulations that the uniqueness of the minority can be highlighted.

Ultimately, although he has stepped out of this framework through his own efforts, the value and significance of this framework is the origin of his current transcendent status.

He is also one of the beneficiaries of this model.

All the traffic is his stepping stone, so Shen Juan thinks there is no need for him to rebel against himself, and the question "Why is Your Majesty rebelling" should not appear on him.

"After MAMA, we will go to Xiamen to shoot the MV for "If You Can". Then we will attend the Jiarenhua National Style Annual Ceremony and Penguin Starlight Awards held in Beijing on the 17th and 18th. Then we will fly directly to Tokyo on the 19th to complete the pre-recording of the Red and White Songs Festival. There is no rest time in between."

"Has the Red and White side agreed to let us pre-record?" Shen Juan had long been accustomed to the non-stop work and life at the top of the fault line.

Therefore, the endless work had no effect on his mood at all. The only things that could really make him emotionally fluctuate were those impressive achievements and accomplishments that he had never achieved before.

The Red and White Songs Contest is undoubtedly the latter.

That 40% viewership is no exaggeration.

This is an important step for him to deepen his development in the Japanese market, further expand his popularity and tap into the potential of his fans!

"Even if they don't want to, they have to let you go up in order to cater to the current young market. You are too popular now. The offline popularity of "Pretender" is not inferior to the online popularity piled up by exaggerated streaming data. You can't imagine how popular this song is in Japan unless you spend some time in Japan yourself."

（Ranking of Streaming Media Play Volume of Singapore in 2019）
Shen Juan raised his eyebrows, "Then how did you imagine it?"

Yangyang Jin rolled his eyes, "Do you think all the executives and staff of the Universal Neon branch are dead?"

"Yangyang, why are you so aggressive today?" Shen Juan tried his best not to make the corners of his mouth turn up too obviously.

Yangyangjin glanced at Shen Juan unhappily, "Haven't I always been like this? Do you realize now that I have a bad temper?"

She watched helplessly as the person she had a crush on had sex with two other young and beautiful female college students, and they were doing it non-stop! She wasn't a cuckold, so how could she feel good?

Then she seemed not to want to give Shen Juan any chance to apologize and coax her. Of course, she also knew that Shen Juan had nothing to apologize for at all, and she also knew that she shouldn't bring her emotions to work, which was very unprofessional.

So I talked directly about the next work arrangements, trying to use work to cover up the negative emotions that were gradually overflowing.

"After we finish recording Red and White, we'll fly to Los Angeles. Universal has already arranged and prepared everything there. We're just waiting for you to go over and finish producing the two album's main pre-release songs."

The release model of the second and first special editions is basically the same.

They always release three popular songs first to warm up the charts, and then find a suitable time to release the entire album.

Then "Sunflower" already counts as one.

So this time we went to the United States to produce two other songs.

"So you're just going to stay in LA until the end of the year?"

"It will only take a week at most. After recording the songs and filming the MV, you can go back to China directly. By then, your Chinese album should also be online, so you can seamlessly enter the promotion period."

Shen Juan nodded to show that he understood, but still complained in annoyance: "But why do I feel like I don't have any rest time in the next half month?"

"Indeed not, but you can probably spare a week to rest at the beginning of the year. That's how artists are. When they are busy, they are very busy, and when they are free, it's often a long vacation."

"Can seven days be considered a long holiday?" Shen Juan was a little speechless. This made him spend less time with his girlfriend.

"It is true for you." Unlike Shen Juan, Yang Yangjin felt happy in her heart, because only when Shen Juan was working did he completely belong to her.

In another lounge, Zhang Tianai's agent was giving Zhang Tianai psychological preparation and pre-war mobilization.

"Although I know that what I said may make you feel a little embarrassed, this opportunity is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Shen Juan is not like Yang Yang. His popularity is real. A high number of MV views can also bring you a lot of positive benefits. Guli Nazha is the best example."

"Although we are shooting a Chinese song MV this time, it is estimated that it will not cause a big response overseas like hers, but does the exposure traffic in China not count as traffic?"

"There are so many people who want to cooperate with Shen Juan now. Now that we have this opportunity, we should seize it and strive to maximize the benefits of this resource!"

"Maybe next year you'll be approached by more scripts and commercial endorsements. Shen Juan's ability is still trustworthy."

The agent repeatedly stressed the importance of this cooperation and the good things that were likely to happen in the future.

Zhang Tianai also kept nodding to show that he understood.

In her opinion, the top stars in the circle now are all marketing-generated fame that is greater than their actual ability.

No matter movies or TV series, without exception, they all failed!
Especially this summer, the S-level production "Fights Break Sphere", in which she played the female lead and Yang Yang was the leading actor, directly cut off her path to success.

Only Shen Juan, who managed to make a bad movie like "A River of Sadness" to a box office of 1 billion and surprised everyone, is the true traffic god!
So she really wanted to establish a preliminary friendship with Shen Juan through the filming of this MV, or even go a step further.

She's single now anyway.

Shen Juan completely matches her aesthetic.

The thought of becoming friends with him is exciting.

　Thank you all for your recommendation tickets and monthly ticket subscription support!
　　Thanks to Penguin Fanfan for the 10000-point reward for Zhou Ye’s character!
　　Thanks to Zhao Pengbo for the 1100-point reward for the Tian Xiwei character!

　　Thanks to Li Yitong from Chise Shurahei for the character reward!
　　Thanks to A Ming playing Mahjong for the 5000-point reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)