Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 120 Attending the Spring Festival Gala

"This is Zhang Jie. We're from the same company. You just met him."

Embarrassed Xue Zhiqian found a shield and pulled Zhang Jie to introduce him to Wu Zhuo.

"Hello, just call me Ah Zhuo."

Wu Zhuo didn't pay much attention to what Xue Zhiqian said.

What Xue Zhiqian wants to say is that he is young, unlike other old-timers from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"I'm Zhang Jie, ah... hello Ah Zhuo!"

Zhang Jie was quite uncomfortable with this because he was not like Xue Zhiqian who had already tasted the feeling of being famous.

Now he is actually a completely unknown person in the entertainment industry.

The reason why he appeared at this event today was because the organizer invited Xue Zhiqian and offered a buy-one-get-one-free promotion.

As an invisible person in the entertainment industry, he feels a little insecure when facing Wu Chao, a currently popular Hong Kong and Taiwan artist.

"Where are your agents?"

At this time, Xue Zhiqian discovered that the group of people who had been following Wu Zhuo had all disappeared.

Although Wu Chao does not have the condescending attitude of other Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, his style when traveling is equally good.

His team members, including assistants and agents, total thirteen in total, six of whom are bodyguards, all of whom are burly men dressed in suits and sunglasses, giving him a feeling of being in The Matrix.

And now, none of these people are here.

"I asked them to go back, but they attracted attention by following me."

In fact, in Beijing, if Wu Zhuo had not announced in advance that he was going to hold an event.

Normally, when Wu Zhuo walks on the street, as long as he covers himself a little, he is not that easy to be recognized.

Before, when Wu Chao attended events in other cities, he often went out alone.

"Then let's go eat roast duck!"

Without Wu Chao's team around, Xue Zhiqian felt more relaxed.

……

As January arrived, Wu Chao's personal autograph session came to an end.

However, even though the personal autograph session is over, it doesn’t mean Wu Chao can take a break.

Since January, several music awards have announced their shortlists.

The Chinese Original Music Pop Chart, commonly known as the Sprite Music Chart, fired the first shot.

For this award, Wu Zhuo was nominated for the Most Musical Talent Award (Taiwan Province) and the Best Newcomer Award (Taiwan Province).

Fahrenheit was nominated for the Best Group Award (Taiwan Province) and My Favorite Popular Idol Award (Taiwan Province).

In addition, "You Are a Song in My Heart" sung by Wu Zhuo and Zhuo Wenxuan was shortlisted for the Best Chorus Song Award (Taiwan Province).

After the Sprite Music Awards announced the shortlist, a series of awards including the Taiwan Provincial HITO Pop Music Awards and the China Pop Music Awards also announced their shortlists, and Wu Chao and Fahrenheit were both on the list.

Because there are so many awards, and the awards are almost all held after January 1th.

It is simply impossible for Wu Zhuo and Fahrenheit to win every award.

Huayan had to make a cut and give priority to attending some more influential awards.

It goes without saying what the consequences of doing so will be.

As per convention, if you attend after being shortlisted, you should have a chance to win the award.

But if you don't attend, there is an 80% chance that the award that originally belonged to you will go to someone else.

Of course, Huayan does not choose influential awards blindly.

Before confirming attendance, Huayan will communicate with the award party again and again to confirm whether it is confident of winning the award.

If they are confident and have a good influence, then Fahrenheit and Wu Chao will definitely be there.

If you are being vague, just say you will know when you come.

Then there is no need to hesitate, Huayan will refuse to attend.

This kind of award, which used to be a foil, will not help increase its popularity even if it has a great influence, Wu Chao and Fahrenheit will not help increase its popularity.

Of course, there are some awards that are so influential that they cannot be refused.

For example, the Global Chinese Music Chart and the Chinese Original Music Pop Chart.

The influence of these two awards is particularly great in both Mainland China and Taiwan. The List of Lists has a good status in all Chinese regions.

Sprite is the only pop music award recognized by the Ministry of Culture, and its value is also very good...

Wu Chao counted himself and found that he was nominated for a total of 23 music awards in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a beautiful sight.

The announcement of the shortlist for these awards can be regarded as a further enhancement to Wu Chao's reputation as one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

After a large number of award shortlists were announced, even the doubts online about whether Wu Chao was qualified to be one of the new Four Heavenly Kings disappeared.

However, among male singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Wu Chao is not the most successful.

The most successful ones are Jay Chou, Leehom Wang, David Tao, and Eason Chan.

The four are strong contenders for the Most Popular Male Singer award on the shortlists for most awards.

Therefore, it received a lot of media coverage.

Next are Wu Zhuo, JJ Lin and other singers who follow closely behind.

Among female singers, Jolin Tsai and A-Mei Chang are far ahead.

Angela Zhang and Rainie Yang followed.

In fact, seriously speaking, as Chen Huiying said, if Wu Chao was not a newcomer, he would definitely be a strong contender for the most popular male singer this year.

pity……

There’s nothing to regret, at least that’s what Wu Chao thinks.

He is one of the most popular male singers in the Chinese-speaking world this year.

This is not what he thinks.

It is CCTV certified.

In early January, CCTV invited Wu Chao.

He was invited to participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala, and his performance program was "Rice Fragrance".

This can be regarded as a direct acknowledgement of his popularity this year.

After receiving the invitation from CCTV, Wu Chao went to the CCTV studio on January 1th to report and rehearse for a few days.

On the 18th, he finished rehearsing and rushed back to Taiwan to reunite with Fahrenheit.

As soon as I got off the plane and got into the company car, I saw a newspaper next to it.

I picked it up and saw the title:
Eason Chan wins the Most Popular Male Singer Award at Jade Solid Gold Awards

After taking a look at the title, Wu Zhuo lost interest.

First of all, Eason Chan has been a dominant singer in Hong Kong in recent years. Among other singers, only Leo Ku and Hins Cheung can shake his status, so this news is not surprising at all.

Another reason is that this award is purely for self-entertainment.

In the 90s, the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs also included songs from mainland China and Taiwan.

After entering the new century, this award and the Jade Solid Gold Award have completely let go and become a thing of the past. If you are not a Hong Kong singer, you have no chance of winning the award at all.

That is why, now even the Metro Music Awards and HITS Music Awards are more influential than them.

"Brother Jiang, don't go to the company, just take me home."

After taking a glance at the road outside, Wu Zhuo gave instructions.

His record promotion trip lasted almost two months. Grandma knew he was coming back today, so she had already prepared food for him.

"Ok!"

Lao Jiang responded.

Just as he was about to close his eyes and take a rest, Wu Zhuo suddenly remembered something, knocked on the co-pilot seat, and told his assistant Xiao An:

"Tell the company to replace Alan."

"Ah? Why?" Xiao An looked confused.

“His aesthetic doesn’t match mine!”

"But the company currently doesn't have a suitable stylist..."

"Just find someone who can do hair, and I'll try to match the clothes myself."

(End of this chapter)