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Chapter 198: Copyright Dispute Over the Gold-Stamped Invitation?

However, just as Xia Shen was continuing her shameless life and planning to take a whole month to rest and recuperate, an invitation disrupted all her plans.

This invitation comes from Los Santos, San Andreas, America!
This city is incredibly familiar to anyone in the world, as it is none other than America's second-largest city! As an international metropolis, it attracts top leaders from all walks of life to invest there, and it is also an extremely special city for the entertainment industry.

Because the world-renowned Hollywood is there, as the benchmark of the global film and television industry, Hollywood's existence is like a mountain standing in front of us.

Of course, the same applies to the music industry; the Grammy Awards, currently the most prestigious global awards for contemporary pop music, are also held there.

As one of the highest awards in the music industry, the Grammy Awards, along with the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for drama, are collectively known as the four major American entertainment awards.

The Grammy Awards cover a wide range of music genres, including pop, rock, R&B, rap, country, gospel, jazz, Latin, and classical, with winners determined by votes from professionals.

Its most important awards are the four general categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Newcomer.

Furthermore, they have a complex and rigorous voting system, with the organizers inviting over 150 industry professionals to participate in the voting each year.

The voting will also be conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the judges will vote to select five nominees for the four general fields and 30 other sub-fields (each judge can vote for nine sub-fields in this stage).

In the second stage, the judges select the winners of the annual grand prize and the winners of each sub-award from the nominees. In this stage, each judge can vote for 8 sub-awards.

In addition to voting and discussion, the American Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has also established the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individuals and works with outstanding achievements and lasting historical value.

It can be said that winning a Grammy Award is the ultimate dream for every musician.

Although, in recent years, the Grammy Awards may have lost some of its reputation compared to previous years.

But no matter what, no matter how much its value declines, it is still the benchmark and gold standard of modern music at this stage!

And now, the invitation Xia Shen received was none other than an invitation from Los Santos.

This wasn't the first time he had received invitations and mail from abroad.

The last one was a trophy for being among the world's top 100.

This time, it's the Grammys.

Honestly, it would be impossible for Xia Shen not to be shocked and his heart not to flutter.

As a musician, how could he not want to win a Grammy?

But now, he's only been in the industry for two years, and he's already received it?
Although this is just an invitation, it doesn't guarantee that he will win an award or that he will definitely be able to take home that golden record player trophy. All of this is still uncertain.

But even receiving an invitation is a guarantee that you'll at least get a nomination!
After all, he's not an American musician. Although he has been making music overseas, he has never been involved in the world music scene and is a complete native of the Chinese music scene.

And they were the most rustic kind of natives.

Given this fundamental premise, it's highly unlikely that the organizers would consider him when inviting guests to the ceremony.

"Xia Shen, you've really made something of yourself! This is a Grammy!"

In his office, Liao Jun, the current president of Deep Space Entertainment, held the gold-embossed invitation in his hands, looking at it over and over, as if trying to read every single word clearly.

After all, it just doesn't seem real at all.

Just a year ago, this young man in front of me had only just entered the industry.

Or perhaps his whole being exudes a foolish yet clear and innocent look in his eyes.

Then, with great nervousness, I presented them with the sheet music and demo of a song.

He still clearly remembers that Xia Shen looked apprehensive and uneasy as she tentatively said, "This song is called 'Stubbornly Obsessed'."

After a moment, he added, "DJ version." Then he and Old Chen nodded with satisfaction, looking at him with admiration at his promising young man.

At that time, Xia Shen stood like a lackey, and was as innocent and simple as a blank sheet of paper.

At that time, they hadn't yet realized what kind of monster they had brought into the Chinese music scene, what kind of nuclear bomb they had brought in.

It is extremely attractive.

Even now, Liao Jun has gone from being the other party's big brother to their little brother, becoming a beast of burden, working overtime to the point of exhaustion every year.

Time flies, and everything changes too fast.

Who would have thought that one of the four most notorious scoundrels from Douyin and Kuaishou would be able to perform on the Grammy stage?
"Sometimes I really want to cut open your brain and take a good look at it, to see how it's structured."

Liao Jun sighed and handed the invitation back, saying, "With you here, it seems there's absolutely no need to worry about the company's rapid progress."

Xia Shen shrugged and accepted the invitation: "I originally planned to take a good month off, but I haven't really had much rest since my debut."

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Upon hearing this, Liao Jun was speechless for a moment.

Isn't he the one who has the right to say that?

Which artist with his level of fame isn't booked up for the next year or two?
Who doesn't fly from one place to another every day, sometimes flying to three or four provinces in a single day just to catch up on a gig?
Who isn't so busy that their feet never touch the ground?
With this kind of intensity, you still have the nerve to say you haven't rested?

That's barely any intensity.

However, if you think about it carefully, although Xia Shen has few gigs, he is the boss and no one can make arrangements for him.

Even during the visual effects phase, he retained a high degree of freedom.

But actually, he probably still wasn't having an easy time.

After all, what is Xia Shen most famous for?
It's just high yield, isn't it?

When others release songs, many people release them one by one.

He might release an album after two or three years.

But Xia Shen is different.

He's sending out piles and piles of hair.

Moreover, while increasing speed, it can maintain extremely high quality and a high degree of market relevance.

This is a terrifying thing.

The number of songs he releases in a year is probably equivalent to the total number of songs many musicians release in their entire career.

This kind of high-intensity creative work is probably not good for brain cells. Xia Shen probably only appears to be not busy, but in reality he is already physically and mentally exhausted.

“This is a good opportunity for you to go out and see what the world music scene is really like now,” Liao Jun said. “It’s actually time for you to take this step and truly become an international musician.”

However, as he was talking, Liao Jun changed the subject again: "Oh, right, there's actually one more thing."

"What's wrong?" Xia Shen asked. "What major event has happened this time?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Liao Jun shrugged and said, "It's just a copyright dispute. There's an internet celebrity on Douyin and Kuaishou called Wangzai Erqiao, who specializes in cover songs. She sang some of your songs, but she bypassed the copyright and didn't ask us for authorization. She sings them every day in her live streams and voice chat rooms. What do you think? Do you want to pursue this matter?"

(End of this chapter)