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120 Xu Kong from the fourth nomination class: I won the award, why are you so excited?
Xu Kong and Su Zhi's seats were next to each other.

I don’t know if the organizers knew that the two had a good relationship and deliberately gave them shots, or if there is some other way of sorting them.

Of course, in addition to Su Zhi, he is also accompanied by Bai Mintao, who is also nominated for the Best Male Singer of the Year, and several other first-line singers.

Xu Kong is the most conspicuous in this circle.

His youth is secondary. The main thing is that he is the only pure newcomer in the music industry.

The rest, including Su Zhi, have been in the industry for at least a few years, and it’s unclear how many times they’ve participated in the Lao Deng.

"The process of this Chinese music festival is still the same, boring and long"

In the live broadcast room, watching the fat bird starting the so-called opening performance on the stage, he couldn't help but complain.

Obviously, with the popularity so high, it would probably take less than an hour just to present the awards.

The organizer has attracted a lot of sponsorship, and no matter what, they must ensure the brand's exposure.

Moreover, in segments like the opening performance, except for a few singers, the singers who are actually nominated to receive the awards will not participate.

With so much attention in itself, even a warm-up performance represents huge exposure.

This is also a resource that many domestic entertainment artists will compete for.

For example, the person performing on the stage now is a top star in the domestic entertainment industry.

Whether the singing is good or not is not the point for now, but the popularity has definitely been gained.

It is estimated that after the award ceremony, this performance at the music festival will be boasted about by his fans for a while.

"Welcome everyone to our Chinese Music Festival awards ceremony"

It's Bai Ziyang again.
Xu Kong looked at the two hosts on the stage. The female host was also a well-known local host in the circle. As for the male host, it was Bai Ziyang from Mango TV.

He also discovered that since he came here, he seemed to be able to meet the other person no matter what program he participated in.

And it is not limited to Mango TV's own programs.

It's really a strange fate that we can meet each other even at an award ceremony like a music festival.

The host is just there to control the situation; the actual award presenters are some seniors in the industry.

Some are singers, some are producers, or senior directors of music companies.

Putting aside whether the awarding of the prizes is fair and reasonable, judging from the connections of the organizers alone, this Chinese music festival is indeed quite strong.

There is a reason why it can have such a great influence.

"Next up is the Rookie of the Year Award."

“The shortlisted singers are.”

"Please look at the big screen."

The two hosts on the stage sang in unison and cooperated very well.

Because the award was for Best Newcomer, the camera was already switching to Xu Kong from the very beginning.

There's no way around it. This year's best newcomer award is probably the least suspenseful one.

The main reason is that Xu Kong’s performance in the past six months has been too outstanding. In comparison, many of the other shortlisted singers are not well known to the public.

At this time, the video prepared by the organizer was playing on the screen. The first one was Bai Ran, whom Xu Kong knew.

Bai Ran's song "Saying Goodbye to You at the End of the World" which she sang on the show "Our Song" was played at the scene.

However, because Xu Kong and Bai Ran were located quite far away from each other, they had never met after entering.

"Fang Guanghua"

"Xiao Dan."

As the names passed one by one, Xu Kong's name finally appeared.

"It rained all night, and my love overflowed like the rain"

"The fallen leaves in the yard are piled up with my thoughts"

The song "Seven Miles of Fragrance" that everyone is very familiar with was played at the scene.

The number of singers nominated for Best New Artist is the largest, eight in total.

The number of people who won the Best Male Singer award later on is exactly doubled.

But in comparison, this award is the least suspenseful.

"The winner is... Congratulations to Xu Kong!"

As Bai Ziyang read out the name on his manuscript, the chorus of "Seven Miles of Fragrance" sounded again at the scene.

Xu Kong tidied himself up and calmly stood up from his seat.

But what was a bit embarrassing was that Xu Kong acted so calm, but some people were quite excited.

That’s because Bai Ran was nominated and also had a shot on the big screen.

I saw him excitedly standing up from his chair, his excitement was beyond words.

"Why is Bai Ran so excited?"

"He wouldn't have mistaken Xu Kong's name for his own, right?"

"No, it was clear on the show Our Song that this guy is pure hypocrisy. He can't even act well. He is a complete Xu fan."

Some comments told the truth.

That’s right, Bai Ran was happier to see Xu Kong win the award than if he had won the award himself.

The fat bird watching the live broadcast was also a little amused.

He could naturally see that on the show "Our Song", Bai Ran seemed very cold towards Xu Kong, and even during a private interview, there was some contempt in his words.

But every time Xu Kong went on stage to perform, Bai Ran was the only one who was the most excited in the backstage lounge.

He gently hugged Su Zhi, and the first-line singers sitting around Xu Kong also shook hands with Xu Kong and congratulated him.

Xu Kong could clearly feel that Bai Mintao was obviously reluctant when shaking hands with him.

However, the two of them had never met before, so he didn't take it seriously.

"I didn't expect to win the award, but I'm very happy. First of all, I want to thank my fans."

Xu Kong gave his prepared acceptance speech.

Those are just official rhetoric.

In fact, Xu Kong was not too surprised to win the award.

But you should still be humble when it is time to be humble.

The Best Newcomer award ceremony ended very quickly, and the subsequent awards did not attract much attention.

These are all awards for behind-the-scenes production or special contributions.

The person receiving the award has a high status in the industry, but most of the audience don't know him.

This lasted for about ten minutes, and finally the award that attracted a lot of attention came again.

"Best Rock Single of the Year."

To be honest, not many people pay attention to this award.

The main reason is that Xu Kong was shortlisted, and the song "Last Dance" became too popular due to the exposure of the TV series "Want to See You".

"The winner is Xu Kong, 'Last Dance'!"

"Congratulations!"

There's still not much suspense.

Domestic rock music itself is not very popular in China, and it has been difficult for a rock song to become popular for a long time.

Most of the time it is just for the entertainment of a small number of enthusiasts in the circle.

Xu Kong's song "Last Dance" has an overwhelming advantage over other nominated songs in terms of popularity and other aspects.

What is quite rare is that, although it is a pop rock song, the recognition of this song in the domestic rock circle is surprisingly high. Excluding some niche fans who are just trying to show off, even many rock fans still recognize the value of this song.

Even many rock fans felt sorry for why Xu Kong no longer wrote new rock songs.

"I got two out of five!"

"Shit, Xu Kong wouldn't really win all five awards he was nominated for, right?"

"Don't worry, this is just the beginning. There is no suspense about these two awards. The next three awards are the key."

Unlike his first acceptance speech, Xu Kong used a different set of words of thanks this time.

If you compare them a little bit, you will find that there is not much difference.

It's just that some words and word order have been slightly changed, but the general meaning has not changed much.

For Xu Kong, he didn't even need to memorize the script, as it was all basic skills that he could recite at will.

And just as many viewers who watched the live broadcast said, the competitors for the Best Composer award that Xu Kong was nominated for again were obviously much stronger.

"Xu Kong, "Seven Miles of Fragrance""

"Shi Shiluan, Turn Off the Lights"

"Qian Ruolin, No Way Out"

"Zeng Minfang, Morning, Dusk and Afternoon"

Except for Xu Kong's name, many people who watched the live broadcast did not know the names of the other three people.

Fat Bird introduced it very conscientiously.

"Master Shishi Luan, graduated from Huaxia Conservatory of Music, once sang to the King of Songs."

The remaining three people all have high status and fame in the songwriting industry.

Even if you don't know the person himself, most people have heard some of the songs he composed.

In addition to these, the remaining three shortlisted songs, although not as popular as "Seven Miles of Fragrance", are also considered to be this year's hit singles.

"According to the nature of the organizers and judges of the Chinese Music Festival, the writer's composition will probably not be given to Xu Kong."

Seeing a bunch of question marks appearing in the barrage, Fat Bird, who gave the conclusion first, immediately began to explain.

"I'm serious, don't ask questions, or where do you think the nickname of the Water-Bearing Ceremony came from?"

"Generally speaking, it is impossible for a Chinese music festival to give too many awards to the same person. The more awards one is nominated for, the lower the probability of winning some awards."

"For example, for the Best Composer award this time, there is no doubt that 'Qilixiang' will win, but the key is that Xu Kong's song was also nominated for the Best Single of the Year."

"According to my analysis, there is a high probability that the organizer will give Xu Kong the Best Single of the Year."

"After all, according to the award rules, 'Seven Miles of Fragrance' is the song with the best data this year, and its quality is also very high. It has been well recognized by the music industry. It is unreasonable not to give the Best Single to 'Seven Miles of Fragrance'."

"Since the Best Single award is given to someone else, it is reasonable to give the Best Songwriter award to someone else."

As soon as Fei Niao finished speaking, the winning results were announced.

"The winner is Xu Kong, 'Seven Miles of Fragrance'!"

"Congratulations!"

Fat Bird's expression in the live broadcast room froze instantly.

He really didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

"Hahahaha, anchor, don't be so confident next time."

"Isn't this embarrassing? You are just a little anchor. Can you guess what the organizer and the judges are thinking?"

"According to your conclusion, the best single in the future shouldn't be Xu Kong?"

Fat Bird looked awkward for a few seconds, then suddenly confused.

"That's not right. According to the list of songs nominated for the best single of the year this year, there's no reason why "Seven Miles of Fragrance" wouldn't win an award."

According to the nature of the organizer, after winning the Best Composer award, Xu Kong will most likely not win the Best Single award in the future.

However, when it comes to the best single of the year, in addition to considering the quality of the song itself, what matters more is the market feedback and performance.

In just less than two months, Qilixiang's songs have been collected by over one million songs on the two major music platforms.

It is almost the song that leads in popularity and data this year.

That's why Feiniao was so sure just now that the organizer would not award Xu Kong the Best Composer.

Xu Kong didn't even show too much happiness when he won the award. Instead, Bai Mintao, who was sitting in the same row, was so happy that his expression was beyond words.

He also has a song nominated for Single of the Year this year.

Originally, he himself had no hope because Xu Kong's song "Seven Miles of Fragrance" was so popular.

Who knew that the organizer would arrange it like this. Since Xu Kong won the Best Composer award, his chances of winning the subsequent Best Single award became much greater.

He must be here for the Best Male Singer award.

But if he could win the single of the year award, that would be icing on the cake.

Even when Xu Kong was giving his acceptance speech, Bai Mintao had already started celebrating in his heart.

Soon, the final arrangement awards were presented, and finally it was Xu Kong's fourth nomination for the Best Single of the Year award.

“The finalists are.”

"Xu Kong, "Seven Miles of Fragrance""

"Bai Mintao, "Freedom after Embrace"

"Huang Zhenwei, Landscape"

"If it weren't for 'Seven Miles of Fragrance' among the four nominated songs, it would be hard to say who would win in the end."

"But judging from the market data and popularity of the songs, Bai Mintao's song does have the greatest chance."

Before Fat Bird could finish his guess, the host read out the result.

"Xu Kong, "Seven Miles of Fragrance", congratulations"

"It rained all night, and my love overflowed like the rain"

As the familiar song "Seven Miles of Fragrance" sounded for the third time.

This time, it was not Fat Bird’s smile that froze on his face, but Bai Mintao who was sitting not far from Xu Kong.

On the big screen, you can clearly see the changes in the other person's expression.

From the initial excitement and nervousness to the early smile, he even stood up from his seat.

Xu Kong also seemed a little surprised, as he had learned about the habits of the organizers of the Chinese Music Festival in advance.

Logically speaking, after winning the Best Composition Award for the Best Single of the Year, there wouldn't be much hope.

I didn’t expect to win the award again.

Standing up calmly from his seat for the fourth time, Xu Kong couldn't help but glance at Bai Mintao, who was only two seats away from him.

There was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

It's as if he's asking, "I won the award, why are you so excited?"

"No, Xu Kong actually made the organizer break his previous rules of keeping things balanced?"

Feiniao didn't expect that Xu Kong would win the best single of the year.

The main reason is that according to the other party's past practice, they have given the award to the best composer. Giving it to the best single is indeed somewhat inconsistent with the nickname of the Water Balancing Ceremony.

"Host, please say something. Why did you guess wrong again?"

"Fuck, Xu Kong got four of the five recommendations correct!!!"

"Will you not win the title of Singer King in the end?"

Feiniao also reacted at this moment. According to this trend, Xu Kong would not really win the final Best Male Singer of the Year award, right?

(End of this chapter)