The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 34: Surprise or Praise
"Zhang, this is incredible, Liane Rimes' record was broken by you!"

LeAnn Rimes, born on August 1982, 8, won the "Best New Artist" and "Country Female Vocalist of the Year" awards at the 28th Grammy Awards last year.

Leon Zhang, born on September 1984, 9, won the "Best New Artist" award at the 10th Grammy Awards this year.

Zhang Chen is more than two years younger than the former, but the two won the award only one year apart, which means that he broke the record by 2 days.

All the records of "first place", "youngest age", "oldest age", etc. in the awards will be remembered by history.

Therefore, if there are no more monsters like Zhang Chen, his name will remain on the list forever in the world history books.

“I’m still one award short. It’s too difficult to win the ‘Best Male Pop Singer’ award,” Zhang Chen said modestly.

Although country music and pop music are both mainstream, the number of people on the two tracks is really incomparable.

Perhaps when Taylor Swift debuted, it would become as difficult to win a country music award as it is to win a pop music award.

As for Album of the Year? They've already won one of the four most important awards, so forget about the other three.

Now the only two items worth looking forward to are Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Album.

Just as I was thinking about it, the award for "Best Male Pop Singer" began to be presented, and I heard someone shouting:

"The winner of Best Male Pop Vocal Performance is
Leon Zhang, the singer of "Dream It Possible"! Congratulations! "

"Zhang! You did it! You did it! Oh my God, you are really going to make history!" Will Smith was extremely excited, he felt like he was witnessing history.

Zhang Chen was of course very excited, but he was more grateful.

You should know that this year there are two enduring hits, "I Believe I Can Fly" and Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", but the former is positioned as R&B.

The latter's film has not yet been released, and I have the impression that it will not be officially registered for the Grammy Awards until next year. It won two comprehensive awards, Record of the Year and Song of the Year, as well as two major awards, Best Pop Female Vocalist and Best Song for a Film or Television.

It seems that Zhang Chen will face tremendous competitive pressure at next year's Grammy Awards. He lost two of the four overall awards and has already won the Newcomer Award. He can only strive for the two more respected awards, "Album of the Year" and "Best Male Pop Vocalist".

As for the person who originally won the "Best Male Pop Vocalist" award this year?
Originally "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John

This song was written to commemorate the death of Princess Diana. Now that Princess Diana is still alive, this song naturally has not been released.

Zhang Chen took the stage again and took the distinctive trophy from the presenter. He then spoke into the microphone and said, "It's really hard to imagine. Really, I was just telling Smith that I couldn't really break LeAnn Rimes' record of winning two major awards in her first Grammy.

The Grammys really gave me a surprise, and I hope I didn’t scare you.”

Zhang Chen raised the trophy and shook it in a humorous tone, then continued:
"Thank you again for the Grammy recognition and thank you all for your love. Just like what I wrote in this song, 'Dream it Possible', I will continue to pursue my dreams and create more music that everyone likes. Thank you!

Also, stop giving out awards, I’m afraid Smith will come to my house in the middle of the night and steal my trophy.”

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he saw Smith in the audience making an international friendly gesture towards him.

Zhang Chen did not say anything like he did not deserve it. In the United States, he was not used to being modest. Since the Grammy dared to give it to him, he dared to take it.

"Zhang, you are so mean. I don't even know where your home is, how could I possibly steal your trophy!" After Zhang Chen returned to his seat, Will Smith touched Zhang Chen's chest with his fist and complained.

After hearing what Will Smith said, Zhang Chen thought that maybe it was time to buy a property in the United States. There would be many opportunities to come here in the future, and if he always stayed in a hotel, the privacy and security would be too low.

As the award ceremony progressed smoothly, the last few awards were announced one by one.

In the end, the "Album of the Year" award was won by Bob Dylan's "Time Out of Mind".
"Record of the Year" was won by Sean Colvin's "Sunny Came Home".
The "Single of the Year" award was also won by Sean Colvin, the songwriter of "Sunny Came Home".

Arguably the biggest winner of this year's Grammy Awards is Shawn Colvin.

The "Best Female Pop Vocalist" award, which also attracted much attention, was won by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan for her single "Building Mystery". This song is also the number one song on the Billboard charts, which is more convincing than Zhang Chen's three singles that failed to make the top three on the Billboard charts.

But compared to Sean Colvin's unexpected win of two comprehensive awards, Zhang Chen's "Best Male Pop Singer" award is not so eye-catching, and can only be regarded as a dark horse at best.

In addition, although Zhang Chen’s performance on the Billboard charts was not ideal, his album sales and media reviews were real.

But in his heart, Zhang Chen was still a little confused, always feeling that the reason for his winning the award was not that simple.

Sure enough, after Zhang Chen exchanged contact information with Will Smith and some singers, he went outside and met Zhou Jianhui who had been waiting for him.

"Zhang Chen, how is it?"

"I'm holding it right here." Zhang Chen held a golden gramophone trophy in each hand and gestured to Zhou Jianhui.

"Huh, it seems that all this time has not been in vain." Zhou Jianhui said with a sigh of relief.

Zhang Chen heard him say that and looked around. He found that no one was paying attention to this place and there were not many people around. He asked Zhou Jianhui, "What do you mean?"

"You bunch of white-skinned ghosts, if I hadn't used the connections at the headquarters, your two awards might have been stolen. As for the reason, you know."

Zhang Chen was speechless after hearing this.

Sure enough, this award is not so easy to get. He certainly knows how serious the discrimination against ethnic minorities is in the United States, and he has also thought about returning empty-handed from this award ceremony.

All I can say is that fortunately he has Warner behind him, and Warner is counting on him to make money.

If you want to make money from him, then the fastest way is of course to make Zhang Chen's reputation rise rapidly.

For singers, the more famous they are, the better their album sales will be. For movie stars, the greater their fame, the greater their box office appeal will be.

There is a most intuitive way to measure these two: appearance fee and film remuneration.

To give a simple example, why is Leo's pay so high? The reason is because of the movie "Titanic", which will be released in March this year and will capsize the whole world. Since then, he has become famous and people all over the world know him.

Since she has left an impression on audiences all over the world and almost everyone knows her, her box office appeal has naturally increased.

Now Warner also wants to raise Zhang Chen's reputation and status, which will be beneficial in terms of sales data and future concerts.

　Later on, the story will enter a rapid transition phase, preparing for the protagonist to officially enter the entertainment industry.

　　How much reward do you think a single person should give me for me to add another chapter? Haha
　　
　
(End of this chapter)