America's Top Player

Chapter 153 The New King Ascends the Throne

Chapter 153 The New King Ascends the Throne
Kardashian was quite disappointed with the shy performance of her two sisters.

Although they are very young, they come from a family where hype is in their blood, and have been immersed in the world of fame and fortune since childhood.

He has already shown a maturity that is not in line with his age.

According to gossip media reports, although the two are young, they have dated many black boyfriends.

This family has always been at the forefront of the fight against corruption.

However, this maturity disappeared in front of Li Ang.

Street Coconuts' powerful aura and notorious past have brought them back to their true girlish nature.

"No problem." Li Ang agreed to the two girls' request without thinking too much.

Kardashian half-jokingly said: "Maybe Mr. Li Ang will sign you. He likes smart girls."

"Nothing is impossible," Li Ang said. "It would be an honor for me to sign these two outstanding girls."

Kardashian and her sisters' eyes lit up when they heard this.

I don’t know whether this sentence is true or false.

In fact, Li Ang was indeed a little tempted.

"Keeping Up with the Kardashians" is currently the most popular reality TV show, with an average weekly viewership of 350 million.

The success of the show helped the Kardashian family rake in $6500 million last year.

Backed by the Kardashian family's reputation, these two little girls may stir up bigger waves in the entertainment industry in the future than their sister Kim Kardashian.

However, as of now, the Kardashian family's resources are exclusively enjoyed internally.

The sisters' mother, Kris Jenner, is the manager for all the girls in the family.

Just like the Empress Dowager.

"Look at you, you are so popular with girls wherever you go." Mars looked at Kardashian's back as she walked away, drooling at her exaggerated buttocks.

"We are just ordinary friends," said Li Ang.

"Come on~ We all know what happened between you and Kardashian. That bitch's skills are recognized by people all over the world." Mars rolled his eyes.

Li Ang just smiled and didn't explain too much.

Half an hour later, the venue was full.

Sitting in the first row are superstars and executives from the top labels of the three major record groups.

After experiencing the capital wars in the 1980s and 1990s, the record industry has formed a three-way division.

Universal, Sony and Warner have swallowed up other record companies with their strong capital, which has led to the current market where the relationship between record companies is like that of a nesting doll.

One ring within another.

For example, Kanye West's Good Music label is a sub-brand of Dave Jim.

Dave & Jim is a sub-brand of Universal Music.

Except for the capital being controlled by the parent company, the company basically operates independently at other times.

In addition, there is another business model similar to affiliation.

The label is registered under the record giant and pays a certain percentage of management fees every year in exchange for the other party's promotional resources.

There is no actual capital control relationship between the two parties.

In any case, it is difficult for the current record industry to develop independently without the three giants.

Even the rapidly growing streaming music platform Spotify is backed by three major financial giants.

Beyoncé and JAY-Z sat in the first row, chatting animatedly with Dave & Jim's executives.

Chuidiu Daddy's seat was not far from them, and young rappers kept coming up to him to chat.

He looked at Li Ang with a provocative look, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Look at the way these guys look at you, like they want to eat you." Mars kept chattering, "Man, why didn't you just find two professional gunmen to kill Didi directly?"

His eyes were full of disdain, as if to say: My grandma is a better shooter than those two guys from the South Side of Chicago.

This surprised Li Ang. "Is there something going on between you and Didi?"

Although Mars is not Diddi's younger brother, the benefactors on his road to fame are more or less related to Diddi.

Sean Kingston, Wiz Khalifa, Flo Rida
They have all received favors from Didi.

"Beef?" Mars shook his head. "Bro, I'm an easygoing person. No one will share beef with me."

"Oh, it sounds like you have a lot of opinions about Didi." Li Ang asked the waiter in the venue for a glass of champagne while chatting casually.

"Bro, do you think I'm black?"

The unexpected question made Leon stunned for a moment. He took a sip of champagne and looked Mars up and down.

The other party has both curly hair and dark skin.

But the head looks a little big, the lips are not thick enough, and the skin does not reach the noble black gold color.

"Honestly, man, you seem to be lacking something." Leon said truthfully.

"Fuck! Look, even you say that!" Mars' face turned purple. "Didi and his gang always mock me for not being a pure black person!"

"Are black people also divided into different levels?" Li Ang shook his wine glass, revealing a rather interested expression.

"Of course!" Mars explained the chain of contempt among black people with a serious face.

In American society, those at the top are the native black people, descendants of the beneficiaries of the emancipation movement.

They call themselves the Stars and Stripes of Old America.

The second tier is the black people who crossed the ocean from Africa before and after World War II in search of the American dream.

At the bottom of the contempt chain are mixed-race people like Mars.

And it’s a strange new breed of mixed-race Jewish-Puerto Rican.

"Wow, that's quite interesting." Li Ang exclaimed while listening to the popular science lecture.

This fits perfectly with his stereotype of this skin color being extremely double-standard.

While they shout against racial discrimination, they discriminate against all other new immigrants fairly.

While the two were chatting, the award ceremony officially began.

Rihanna, Eminem, and Lately GaGa lead the nominations with 18, 16, and 12 nominations respectively.

The opening performance was Lady Gaga's hit single "Bad Romance".

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
A series of strange human voices mixed with synthesized audio.

Lady Gaga, with silver hair, appeared on stage wearing 18-centimeter high heels and her signature weird costume.

The diamonds and sequins on her body swayed with the movement of her body, making people dazzled under the spotlight.

Her unique music is completely integrated with her personality.

"I want your ugliness, I want your sickness, I want everything about you."

"Just be free, give me your love love-love-love, give me your love~"

"I want your love and your revenge~"

"You and I could make a bad romance~"

The rhythmic drum beats made all the guests clap along with the beats.

At a relatively later position, Cardi B was already dancing happily to the melody.

"I like this girl." Li Ang exclaimed.

"Is she your type too?" Mars' eyes widened. "Bro, I thought you only liked girls with long legs and curvy curves."

"That's not the case." Ariana protested with a pout.

What Li Ang said about liking someone is from the perspective of a record company boss.

Lady Gaga has top-notch creative ability and works hard in commercial performances.

Together with Kesha and Rihanna, he brought the electronic dance music genre to new heights.

She is like a tireless money-printing machine, and no record company would dislike such an artist.

Compared to Apocalypse Music, Robbie's creative ability is zero, and his future is uncertain under the shadow of emotional gloom.

Cardi B has only released one EP.

The only thing we can look forward to is Ariana. Whether she can deliver a satisfactory answer will have to wait until her first album is released to know.

What made Leon jealous was that the head of the agency department of Vision Records, the record company that Lady Gaga signed with, was none other than Grey, the old woman with whom he had a grudge.

It is reported that Imagine Dragons lead singer Dante was ruthlessly abandoned by Grey after being deprived of his inspiration.

Now I can only make a living by performing in bars.

Soon, the first major award was announced.

Justin Bieber defeated competitors including Kesha, Mars and Nicki Minaj.

Won the Best Newcomer Award.

Bieber stood up and jogged off.

First, instead of heading to the main stage, he came to Diddy and gave him a loving hug. Sitting in the back row, Li Ang could clearly see Diddy's rough black hand pinching Bieber's butt.

"It makes me feel sick." Li Ang spat.

"Shxt, this kid's music is bullshxt!" Mars cursed, "baby~baby~baby~even if he had a day of proper education, he couldn't write lyrics like this!"

At last year's American Music Awards, Bieber became the biggest winner, which made Li Ang scoff.

Curse the shamelessness of the judging panel and Didi’s behind-the-scenes manipulation.

But the data of the Billboard Awards is rigorously calculated and monitored.

This left Li Ang speechless.

This catchy song to please little girls became a global hit and gained market recognition.

For a long time afterwards, I watched Eminem and Bieber take turns walking onto the stage to receive their awards.

"Next up is Best Radio Song."

Leon and Ariana sat up straight at the same time.

Mars was also shocked, as his work was also selected for this award.

Radio data is an important indicator for the annual Grammy Awards selection. Whoever wins this award usually represents the popularity of the work.

The shortlist is as intense as a superhero brawl.

Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are," Rihanna and Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie," and Usher and Pitbull's "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love."
Plus Ariana and Robbie's work.

The winner of the award is unclear.

Ariana hugged Leon's arm tightly, her palms full of sweat from nervousness.

"The winner is Margot Robbie for 'Faded'!"

"Wow" Ariana showed a disappointed expression at first, but quickly recovered and stood up to applaud.

Almost no one could have imagined that a Hollywood actor who changed his career halfway through would actually beat out a number of big names in the music awards selection.

But Li Ang was not surprised.

The popularity of "Faded" is comparable to Kesha's "Tik Tok" back then.

The melody of this song can be heard almost anywhere in the world.

Robbie walked down the aisle in a white dress and paused when she passed by Leon.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Leon's smile was very carefree, but Robbie's was a little forced.

"Congratulations Robbie~ You did it, your mother will be proud of you~"

"Thank you." Faced with this compliment from a stranger, Robbie didn't know what to say.

"Fxxk, this kid has a really sharp eye for discovering new talents." Leonard, who was sitting in the first row, stared at Robbie with his eyes almost spitting sparks.

Only three artists were signed to one label.

All of their works have entered the Billboard TOP 10, and Robbie and Ariana Grande have both launched global hits.

This is something that many major record companies cannot do.

Robbie stood in the center of the stage, the spotlight shining on her.

She first thanked her parents, company, and agent in a conventional way.
Then he specifically thanked Taylor Swift.

At the end of her speech, she finally mentioned Li Ang's name amid everyone's anticipation.

"I want to thank Leon. What he taught me is very important." Robbie weighed the trophy in his hand, "even heavier than this trophy."

There was warm applause.

Entertainment reporters took photos while trying to figure out these confusing remarks.

Does this count as a score or not?
"You can still laugh~" Taylor walked to Leon.

She was about to go backstage to prepare for the next performance.

"Why not? She looks great." Leon still kept smiling.

"You're such a heartless guy! It would be a disaster for any girl to date you." Taylor glanced at Ariana intentionally while speaking.

After Taylor performed "Love Story", Li Ang held his breath.

His moment is coming.

The competition for the Best Radio Artist award was fierce.

Rihanna, Usher, Mars and Katy Perry were all nominated for the award.

At the moment, it seems that Li Ang's biggest competitor is Rihanna.

This new-age Diva just switched to JAY-Z's ROC Kingdom at the end of last year, and is now considered a fellow student of Li Ang.

JAY-Z is frantically buying data for Rihanna on major radio stations across the United States.

At the critical moment of Li Ang's contract renewal, the ownership of the award is extremely important to JAY-Z.

He sat in the front row and excitedly rubbed his wife Beyoncé's thigh.

He wanted to take this opportunity to tell Li Ang: Without me, you get nothing!
"The winner of the Radio Artist of the Year award is..."

"Leon Smith!"

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For a moment, cheers and boos merged into one.

There were also harsh curses.

JAY-Z's eyes were blank, and he couldn't figure out where his millions of dollars in radio public relations fees had gone.

This is a victory of traffic over money.

Ever since the Second East-West Coast Gang War began, every music radio station has used Leon's exaggerated stories as the best way to attract listeners.

This is an effect that cannot be achieved by spending money.

"Congratulations, Bro." Mars stood up and hugged him.

This time he was quite convinced of his defeat.

Leon hugged Ariana, Taylor and Robbie one by one.

Then he walked slowly to the front row and hugged Beyoncé in front of JAY-Z.

"I don't know what to say~"

“Enjoy your moment~”

The closeness between the two goes far beyond that of ordinary friends.

JAY-Z stared with lifeless eyes, and was so angry that he didn't say a word.

In the center of the stage, Li Ang did not need an expensive haute couture suit, he was just wearing a white Adidas sports suit.

Even so, he still exudes a strong aura, like a new king ascending the throne.

"Thank you everyone." Li Ang took the trophy, and his first words stunned the audience.

When did this kid become well-mannered?
“There are so many people to thank that I don’t know where to start.”

"I would like to first express my gratitude to one person in particular, Mr. Sean Combs."

The guests didn't react at first to who Li Ang was talking about, and only started whispering to each other ten seconds later.

The whole place was filled with discussion.

Diddy clenched his back teeth, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Sean Combs is his real name.

He has stated many times that no one can call him by his real name except his mother and JAY-Z!
The entertainment reporters went crazy in an instant, scrambling for the best shooting positions around the stage.

"I have to thank Sean. Without him, there wouldn't be endless news about me on the radio and on the Internet."

"He owns half of this trophy." Leon said as he kissed the trophy.

"Sean." Leon looked at Diddy, "Promise me you won't stop and let our wonderful story continue."

This provocative speech heated up the atmosphere.

"I don't understand what he means."

"Does this white trash really want to be shot?"

Beside Diddy, Pitbull and Lil Wayne couldn't help but curse out loud.

But the real owner Didi never said a word.

Li Ang once again chose the most traffic-generating gameplay under the attention of the whole world.

　Thank you for your monthly tickets.

　　There will be a chapter later.

　　The main reason for slowing down is that I am afraid that the events will not connect naturally and the pace will be too fast.