Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 73: Will History Change or Not
Zhang Yu, "Sad Romance", EMI;

Shen Lang, “Ten Years”, Yanjing Music Radio;

Li Sisong, "Dark Sky", Warner;

Li Zongsheng, "Twelve Floors", Rolling Stone;

Jay Chou, Lovely Woman, Boardman.

They are all masters of songwriting.

The camera is focused on the five finalists.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, the award presenter opened the envelope, looked at the list and read out: "The winner of the 12th Golden Melody Award for Best Composer is... Li Sisong of "Hei Hei"! Congratulations!"

Unexpectedly, it makes sense.

After all, the Golden Melody Awards is a local award based in Formosa Province.

To be precise, compared with the Golden Horse Awards, the Golden Melody Awards are more local in positioning.

The judges for the Golden Horse Awards generally include many people from the film industry outside of Taiwan, while the judges for the Golden Melody Awards are basically from the music circle of Taiwan, so the aesthetic orientation of the judges naturally tends to favor locals.

The registration requirements for the Golden Melody Awards are more stringent than those for the Golden Horse Awards. The album must be first released or released simultaneously in Taiwan Province. The Golden Horse Awards do not require that films must premiere in Taiwan Province to participate in the Golden Horse Awards.

Here, Shen Lang's album "Shen Lang·Radio Love Song" took advantage of a loophole and was released simultaneously across Asia. However, due to limited funds and channels at the time, it was prioritized for distribution in the mainland.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that all awards will be given to locals.

There are exceptions.

For example, the upcoming Best Lyricist Award.

Na Ying won the award with "Sad Romance", beating Lin Moumou's "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting", Li Zongsheng's "Twelve Floors", Fang Wenshan's "My Wife" and Shen Lang's "Ten Years".

She was so happy that her mouth almost stretched to the back of her head when she received the award.

"Thank you Golden Melody Awards, oh, this is too much, I never thought I could win a lyricist award, today you made my dream come true!"

Na Ying also became the first mainland female singer to win this award.

That's her personality.

It's meant to show off.

Lin, Li Zongsheng and Fang Wenshan clapped with forced smiles.

This can still be lost.

Who can I talk to to reason with you?
Shen Lang looked indifferent.

He knew the result.

What he didn't expect was that singing the song "Ten Years" could not change history.

However, the following Best Arranger Award finally broke the curse.

Shen Lang's "Jiangnan" defeated Wu Qinglong's "Sad Romance", Zhang Yadong's "Chanel", Huang Zhongyue's "Zero Flaws", Mac Chew's "Twelfth Floor" and Zhong Xingmin's "Tornado".

Stefanie Sun, who was standing by, clapped her hands loudly, as if she was even happier than when she won the award.

"Congratulations!"

"Thank you."

Shen Lang hugged Sun Yanzi, with a gentle smile on his face, and walked onto the stage with firm steps under the gaze of everyone.

The moment he took the trophy, ripples began to appear in his calm heart.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't happy or excited about winning the award.

"Thank you Yanjing Music Radio, thank you Midnight Music Talk, thank you Golden Melody Awards, thank you to everyone who supports me, thank you!"

Shen Lang didn't say much, just bowed and walked off the stage.

Then the last album award will be presented, the Best Album Producer Award.

Li Sisong and Li Weisong, "Sad Romance";
Zhang Yadong, Wang Jingfei, and Alvin Leong, “Fable”;
Li Zongsheng, "Mo Wenwei on the 12th Floor"
Jay Chou's "Jay"
Shen Lang "Shen Lang·Radio Love Song".

Among the five shortlisted groups, only Shen Lang and Zhou Jie are newcomers, and the rest are all big names.

The result can be imagined.

Captured by Li Zongsheng.

This marks the end of the first half of the award ceremony.

Jay Chou went on stage and sang a song.

Wu Zongxian is here to do another talk show.

"Shen Lang, here."

"It's only been an hour and a half, and you've already drunk two bottles of water. What will you do if you need to pee urgently when you go on stage to receive the award?"

"Oh, you don't want me to be better. I'm nervous, and when I'm nervous, I want to drink water."

Shen Lang took the bottle of mineral water from Stefanie Sun, and he had only drunk half of the bottle that was given to him. Stefanie Sun opened her bottle of mineral water, drank two sips, covered it and put it behind her seat, saying, "The second half is all about the big awards, the first one is the 'Best Album Award', I think you have a great chance."

Shen Lang shrugged and said, "Not necessarily."

His opponents include Na Ying's "Sad Romance", Wang Jingfei's "Fable", Mo Wenwei's "Mo Wenwei on the 12th Floor", and Zhou Jielun's "Jay".

In terms of quality, every album is good.

However, in terms of sales and reputation, he has some advantages.

In the original time and space, Jay Chou beat out many other divas to win this award.

Let’s see today, who will win the prize in the end given the uncertainties.

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

"The award presenters are Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui!"

The whole audience applauded and screamed.

The two are superstars who are popular throughout Asia and also have many fans in Formosa Province.

The atmosphere on the scene gradually reached a climax.

"We came here last year, but we are here again this year. Will everyone get tired of us?"

"can you?"

Everyone started shouting, “No!”

"And last time it wasn't you and me. You were with your snow friends, and I was with Ouyang Feifei."

"So, among the five nominated singers today, who do you like best?"

"I won't talk about Ah Fei and Na Ying, they were just poker friends, how could they sing? Karen, she has been working very hard, and the other two kids are also very good. Fortunately, I won't participate in any music awards, I won't have the chance."

Only someone at Zhang Guorong's level could make fun of Wang Jingfei and Na Ying.

Anita Mui smiled and said, "Okay, let's see who can win the Best Album Award!"

Zhang Guorong opened the envelope, looked at the list, and read: "The winner of the 12th Golden Melody Award for Best Album is..."

Having said that, he handed the list to Mei Yanfang.

Mei Yanfang took a look and immediately showed joy on her face. She said loudly: "Congratulations, Shen Lang, "Shen Lang Radio Love Song"."

The reason he won this award is, first of all, his album sales are good and his songs are of high quality. Then he got an extra bonus in that he is not only the producer, but also took care of all the lyrics, music, arrangements and singing.

Shen Lang let out a sigh of relief.

Influenced by Stefanie Sun, he also felt a little nervous.

However, the moment the announcement was made, the tension dissipated.

"congratulations!"

The singers around congratulated him.

"Thank you."

Shen Lang smiled and thanked him.

Sun Yanzi, who was even more excited than him, took the initiative to give him a hug, and whispered: "See, I was right!"

Shen Lang smiled and said, "Sure, I'll give you half of the trophy later."

As he said this, he left his seat and walked towards the stage.

"Congratulations."

"Congratulations, Alang."

"Thank you, Sister Mei, thank you, brother."

Anita Mui admired Shen Lang very much and was happy for him that he won this award.

This was Zhang Guorong’s first meeting with Shen Lang and she didn’t know much about him, but in terms of musical talent, he was undoubtedly worthy of praise.

Shen Lang scored twice, and the feeling was a little different from before, but his acceptance speech was the same.

Go backstage and give the trophy to Du Ting for safekeeping.

He came to the side of the stage again.

The Best Newcomer Award is about to be presented. The five nominees will gather here and then the host will introduce them one by one.

The award presenter was host Wu Zongxian, whose style was much more relaxed: "Wow, everyone is great. Since Lin Fan is in the United States now, he can't come, so there are already four people standing by."

"Well, when we are old hands, we can give them a little trouble."

"Okay, the four of you, please take a step forward if you think you will win the prize!"

(End of this chapter)