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Chapter 141, Walking CD [Please subscribe, please vote]

Every industry has its own reward ranking system to recognize, reward, and encourage outstanding representatives within the industry, and the entertainment industry is particularly populous. Perhaps this is because this industry is crowded and busy, and it is usually responsible for providing most of the people with leisure and entertainment after meals.

In the entertainment industry, there has always been a saying that "male stars depend on box office performance, while female stars depend on awards." This means that as long as a male star has good box office performance, he will have status, while the improvement of a female star's status depends mainly on awards.

Shen Lingyou does not take winning awards lightly, but strives to win them early and more.

The reason is simple. For artists, awards are a recognition of their hard work, and they also increase their status, popularity, and pay.

But awards do not represent everything, nor are they the only criterion for measuring whether one is a good artist.

There is a saying: Gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the people.

Indeed, for an artist, it is a very happy and honorable thing to play one or many classic roles that the audience can remember or are familiar with, and to sing one or many songs that the audience can remember or are familiar with.

Whether an artist can win an award depends not only on absolute strength, but also on the aesthetic taste of each judge. It is a matter of both strength and luck.

Shen Lingyou hopes to gain something from the major music award ceremonies this time and increase his popularity and value.

"The guaranteed new artist award is a foregone conclusion. Then you have to win at least one of the top ten golden songs. You have to win at least one of the composer, lyricist and arranger awards. So, you have to win three awards at least." Jiang Qinqin had already made arrangements for Shen Lingyou.

"Almost." Huo Wenxi also thought so.

"Don't praise me too much. If I fail to achieve anything, I'll be embarrassed." Shen Lingyou said with a smile.

After all, it is hosted by Hong Kong, and they have the final say. There is nothing we can do if they refuse to give it.

However, as Jiang Qinqin said, it would be unreasonable not to give him the new artist award given the performance of his past few albums.

As for other awards, it all depends on luck.

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On November 11th, Hong Kong, Jade Channel, the Jade Solid Gold Awards Ceremony.

Today it can be described as a "gallery of stars", as all the stars who dominated the Chinese entertainment industry in the 90s are here.

The four kings of the 90s are Andy Lau, Lai Ming, Anthony Wong and Zhang Yuanyu; the four queens of the 90s are Wang Jingfei, Phoebe Chow, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen.

There are also predecessors such as George Lam, Sam Hui, Patrick Tam, Anita Mui, Sally Yeh, Sandy Lam, and Priscilla Chan.

There are also many newcomers, such as Xie Tingfeng, Zhang Huimei, DRY and so on.

Shen Lingyou was the only mainland singer at the scene, excluding Lai Ming and Wang Jingfei who debuted in Hong Kong.

He was able to be nominated thanks to that Cantonese album.

"I thought you were too busy and couldn't spare the time to join us." Zhang Guorong found Shen Lingyou backstage.

"What was he busy with? He just went to Formosa Province to appear on two variety shows. He also imitated Fei Yuqing's singing, which made me laugh so hard." Wang Jingfei also came over.

"Uh..." Shen Lingyou laughed dryly and said, "It's just that I'm not particularly busy. I can take a day or two off, but no more than that." Then he changed the subject and said, "Brother, I didn't expect you to come."

Zhang Guorong was humiliated by Huang Zihua at the Hong Kong Film Awards this year and was ridiculed by Qin Han at the Golden Horse Awards, which conflicted with the award ceremony.

"I just won't accept the award, not that I won't give out awards," Zhang Guorong said with a smile.

His reaction at the time was quite surprising. He watched the clown's performance on the stage very calmly without showing a trace of anger, but it more or less went into his heart, and his depression worsened a little.

The good thing is that he had accepted Shen Lingyou's advice and bought a courtyard house in Yanjing. He lived very comfortably and his mood improved a lot.

Also, Shen Lingyou’s songs and singing voice have an indescribable power that inspires him.

At this moment, they were talking and laughing enthusiastically. Looking at other places, although there were also groups of three or four, they were not as lively as this one.

In the entertainment industry, many stars are just acquaintances, and there are very few real friends.

The most common thing is that one party says the wrong thing, embarrassing the other party, and the friendship is ruined.

Just like Andy Lau, who said Stephen Chow was his idol one moment, but when Stephen Chow offended some big shot, he changed his words and said he was not familiar with him.

The reason is simple. Those good friends who sit together at a table with just one phone call at a dinner party do not necessarily mean they are "sincere". From a utilitarian point of view, they are even "worthless". They only prove that you are doing okay.

How to use limited "resources" to maintain as many relationships as possible and how to balance interests and inner feelings have become compulsory courses for celebrities.

Therefore, Shen Lingyou divides his resources into two types: using hard resources such as time and money to operate useful channels; and using sincerity and care to irrigate the hearts of friends.

It’s not the number of friends that matters, but the ones who stick with you through thick and thin.

He currently has several roommates, including Chen Jiantian, Zhang Guorong, Wang Jingfei, and Zhao Jiping, which is quite a few.

In a blink of an eye, the award ceremony began.

The host of this session is Cheng Tanshui.

The opening was a simple song and dance show.

Then we got straight to the point and presented the top ten golden songs.

The first winner was Lai Ming's "Only Love Me for One Day", followed by Zhang Xueyan, Guo Fucheng and Liu Dehua. It is indeed an era ruled by the Four Heavenly Kings.

Next came Wang Jingfei's "Promise", Chen Huilin's "Star Dream Love", Pang Ling's "I Have My Own World", and Zheng Xiuwen's "Intimate Relationship", which showed the strength of the four queens.

Now eight are out, leaving only two seats.

Huo Wenxi, who was backstage, had his heart pounding at the moment and his palms were sweaty with nervousness. When an artist wins an award, it is also a recognition of the ability of the agent.

She naturally hoped that Shen Lingyou could win more awards.

Moreover, he is not satisfied with just a rookie award.

At this time, the ninth group of award presenters came on stage, they were George Lam and Sally Yeh.

The awarding was very efficient. I opened the envelope and took a look.

George Lam: "Who won the 1997 Top Ten Golden Songs Award?..."

Sally Yeh: "Shen Lingyou, Under the Mount Fuji..."

Shen Lingyou closed his eyes for a second, then opened them again, stood up with a smile on his face, thanked the artists around him for their polite congratulations, walked up to the stage, took the trophy from George Lam, shook hands with Sally Yeh, and then gave a concise and to the point acceptance speech.

While being happy, he was neither humble nor arrogant, showing the demeanor of a great general.

Then, they sang the winning song on the stage, which is a regular performance for every winner.

Everyone present here knows that Shen Lingyou sings very well in the album, and on the surface he seems very talented, but when the same singer sings live, his abilities are different. Sometimes he can sound amazing, and sometimes he can seem less than satisfactory.

Therefore, they wanted to test Shen Lingyou's true strength on the spot with the microphones on.

As a result, what emerged was a "walking CD" and the singing was not much different from that in the studio.

George Lam: Very stable.

Sally Yeh: The young are to be feared.

Everyone: The pressure is coming!
(End of this chapter)