Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 188 Public Opinion Against the New Four Heavenly Kings
As the filming entered the later stage, the crew of "Magic Sword Life and Death Chess" also began to rush the work.

The reason for the rush to finish the work was largely because Wu Zhuo asked for leave several times during the process.

So he had no complaints about the rush work, and even though he was physically exhausted from shooting too many action scenes, he still cooperated with the crew to complete the filming.

Today's shooting lasted until around eight o'clock in the evening.

After finishing the filming, Wu Chao changed his clothes and left the crew, dragging his somewhat tired body.

A group of reporters had gathered at the door, guarding it.

There are not many fans left.

After answering a few questions and sending the reporters away, Wu Chao got into the car and returned to the hotel.

After arriving at the hotel, he washed up and changed his clothes before going out to keep his appointment with Liu Tao.

What’s interesting is that the place Liu Tao made the appointment was not the restaurant she mentioned.

It's another hotel.

Maybe the eating she was talking about wasn’t that kind of eating!
……

In mid-June, Wu Chao took another day off to attend the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.

I went there with great expectations, but returned with great disappointment.

He was nominated for four major awards: Song of the Year, Best Newcomer, Best Composer, and Best Album Producer.

In the end, he didn't win any of the biggest awards, but just took home the Best Newcomer award.

Although he had expected this, Wu Chao still couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

The next morning, the Golden Melody Awards winners list began to cause heated discussions across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau under the media publicity.

Among them, the new Four Heavenly Kings are the most discussed.

Everyone feels that this year's awards are not fair to the New Four Heavenly Kings.

"I feel that the Golden Melody Awards are too unfair. It feels like they are targeting the New Four Heavenly Kings."

"The most unfortunate thing is Wang Leehom. His "Heroes of the Universe" is definitely a classic album with many very nice songs, but he didn't win a single award."

"The Best Male Singer is the worst. Not to mention Jay Chou, Wang Leehom and Wu Zhuo who were not nominated, JJ Lin who was nominated is much better than Lee Kyu-cheol."

"Yes, who is this Li Jiuzhe? I've never heard of him."

"There's nothing much to say. The Golden Melody Awards are famous, but they are actually an award specifically for underdogs. It's impossible for a popular singer to win the grand prize."

"The person above said, isn't 'Marry Me Today' sung by David Tao and Jolin Tsai? Aren't they considered popular singers?"

"It's a pity for Wu Zhuo. I really like his "My Personal Style". There is not a single bad song in this album. Any song can be used as a hit by others."

“It’s a pity indeed. Just because I’m a newcomer, even if I’m shortlisted for the grand prize, I have no chance of winning it. I can only hope for next year.

If Wu Zhuo's new album this year is good enough, he will definitely win good prizes in the major awards next year."

Wu Zhuo didn't read the discussions on the Internet, but he could roughly guess it.

The Golden Melody Awards have always liked to create underdogs.

It is called art.

This makes the annual list of winners of this award always subject to complaints and criticism.

However, as netizens said, this year's Golden Melody Awards does have a feeling of targeting the New Four Heavenly Kings.

The achievements of the new Four Heavenly Kings last year were obvious to all.

In terms of record sales, the four of them are at the top of the Chinese music scene.

In terms of influence, the four of them are all blessed with creative talents, which makes them have a large number of fans in the Chinese-speaking regions.

On the quality of the songs.

Jay Chou's "Thousand Miles Away", Wang Leehom's "The Mistake in Flower Field", JJ Lin's "Cao Cao", and Wu Chao's "Rice Fragrance".

These songs are top-notch in terms of lyrics and music.

In terms of singing, the four singers’ singing abilities are actually quite good. Even so, they only won two awards at the Golden Melody Awards.

If this happened in the 1990s, they would definitely be a big hit this year.

For Wu Zhuo and the other three, not winning the award is not the most important thing.

What’s important is that the failure at the Golden Melody Awards brought the rising reputation of the New Four Heavenly Kings to a sudden halt.

The four's rivals took this opportunity to start trampling on the New Four Heavenly Kings.

“Can the new Four Heavenly Kings really be compared to the Four Heavenly Kings of the 1990s?”

"When the Four Heavenly Kings dominated the music scene in the 1990s, no other male singer could compete with them. Even talented singers like Hacken Lee had to give in because of the Four Heavenly Kings.

What about the New Four Heavenly Kings? They just have higher sales figures, but they are not at that level in terms of awards and influence. "

“Heavenly King, this is an honorific title. To be called a Heavenly King, one must often surpass his peers.

Among the new four heavenly kings, except Jay Chou, no one else has reached this position. "

"It's a tragedy in the music industry that a new artist is given the title of a superstar just because he is popular. This is really ridiculous."

Reports targeting the new Four Heavenly Kings popped up like bamboo shoots.

In just two or three days, it spread across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau.

Because of these reports, more and more voices questioning the new Four Heavenly Kings began to emerge on the Internet.

It seemed as if overnight, the new Four Heavenly Kings became the target of public criticism.

Names like the Four Heavenly Kings are inherently impressive and can attract attention.

But it is also a target.

There were many great figures in the music scene during this period.

Who would be willing to be oppressed?
The events of the 1990s are still fresh in my memory.

At that time, the emergence of the Four Heavenly Kings squeezed the living space of other singers to the point where there was almost no living space left.

Many singers who were very outstanding at that time were buried for many years because of the Four Heavenly Kings, and some even had to switch to other industries.

Therefore, it is very normal that other singers dislike the New Four Heavenly Kings and want to destroy them. Even if they cannot destroy them, they want to make sure that they have no value.

"Wu Zhuo, the outside world thinks that the new Four Heavenly Kings are far inferior to the Four Heavenly Kings of the 1990s. What do you think?"

"Some people think that as a newcomer, you are not qualified to be on par with Jay Chou and others. What do you think?"

"you……"

The filming of "Magic Sword: Life and Death Chess" will be wrapped up in two days, and the crew has now vacated the rented filming studio.

But the most important scene where Ren Qianxing plays chess with Yan Zangfeng has not been filmed yet.

The crew had no choice but to rent the hotel lobby and set it up as a shooting location, then add special effects after filming was completed.

After a day's shooting, Wu Zhuo felt stuffy in the hall and came out to get some fresh air.

As soon as they came out, reporters guarding the door surrounded them and asked all kinds of questions about the new Four Heavenly Kings.

Since he had nothing to do, Wu Zhuo didn't refuse and answered some of their questions directly here.

“The new Four Heavenly Kings and the Four Heavenly Kings of the 1990s are in a completely different time period, you can see it as a different era.

The physical record industry was well developed in the 1990s, but now the physical record market is shrinking, so the two are not comparable.

Also, whether we can compare with them, I don’t think we can judge it at all now, it depends on time. ”

“As for whether I can be ranked alongside Jay Chou.

They are my seniors and I respect them very much. I also often listened to Jay Chou before my debut.

But I don’t think I’m any worse than them.”

Wu Zhuo was also a little annoyed by the recent public opinion and spoke a little aggressively.

(End of this chapter)