The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 143 Everyone Stands Up
On May 5, Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards was held at Gaoxiong Cultural Center

Since the last Golden Melody Awards went against public opinion and awarded the grand prize to a non-big-name singer, this year's Golden Melody Awards attracted more singers.

In fact, singers also suffer from the lack of an authoritative and prestigious Chinese music award.

The emergence of the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards gave them hope.

The Golden Melody Awards did not disappoint them.

Here, you can see from the list of nominees that two newcomers, Jay Chou and Stefanie Sun, are competing for the "Best Pop Vocal Album Award" with Princess Wang and Na Ying.

You can also see the newcomer Jay Chou competing with Li Zongsheng for the "Best Composer Award".

So since the moment the nomination list was announced, many musicians have experienced what it means to speak with music. If the music is not good, then veterans in the music industry may lose to newcomers.

At 7 pm, the Golden Melody Awards red carpet
One after another, well-known singers began to enter the venue.

In a Bentley car not far from the red carpet, Zhang Chen was looking helplessly at Zhou Jianhui who was sitting opposite him.

"I say, Lao Zhou, there's no need to drag me here, right?"

I said I wouldn't come to the Golden Melody Awards, but Zhou Jianhui called me yesterday and invited me to come.

The reason he used was something like "supporting the development of the Chinese music scene."

"Don't you have a deal with many record companies at home and abroad?"

"How did you know?"

"I just heard about it recently. I have to say that you have a longer vision than us."

"Just thinking about it."

In the past few years, I have obtained the exclusive online copyright of music from almost all record companies. With the recent booming development of the Internet, more and more pirated digital music have appeared on the Internet, which has attracted the attention of some people.

The most effective way to curb the development of online pirated music is to establish a music platform with formal copyright while submitting a lawyer's letter.

But when everyone was thinking about suing, they discovered that their company's online music copyrights had unknowingly fallen into Zhang Chen's hands.

However, Zhang Chen did not seem to have taken any action, resulting in the sales of genuine albums now having to face the double-sided attack from both physical album pirates and online digital music piracy.

The longer time passed, the more anxious the record companies became. They all hoped that Zhang Chen could seize the time to eliminate the pirated music on the Internet.

This is a matter of interest and major companies have to pay attention to it.

"Zhang Chen, tell me something, do you already have a plan?" Zhou Jianhui looked at Zhang Chen seriously.

"Yes, but it's not ready yet." Zhang Chen nodded, confirming Zhou Jianhui's guess.

He was not afraid that Zhou Jianhui would know his plan now. After all, the matter had been settled and only the finishing touch was needed.

He has also tied most of the record companies to his chariot and signed relevant profit distribution agreements.

Therefore, when the major record companies saw that this matter could only be done by Zhang Chen and that there were additional benefits to be gained, they all looked forward to Zhang Chen getting this done.

"It's good that you're prepared. Today, while all the people from the major record companies are here, you can have a good chat with them and see if there's anything they can do to help you."

"Then there's no need to drag me to the Golden Melody Awards. I'm not even nominated." Zhang Chen complained.

"Everyone is here. When the award ceremony is over, we can have a meal together."

"As for inviting you to the Golden Melody Awards, even though you weren't nominated, it's still okay to present the award to those people."

“This costs extra money!”

"Given our relationship, this isn't necessary, is it?"

"Let's put it in perspective. It's impossible to work for nothing."

Zhang Chen has teamed up with Penguin to establish a company last month. Although it is still in its early stages, things are progressing steadily.

If you want to handle music copyright issues properly, you need to take steady steps.

First of all, in today's era of wild development of the Internet, it is necessary to effectively curb the proliferation of digital pirated music.

To do this, we need a formal platform to launch music authorized by major record companies.

At the same time, all those informal music websites will be strangled in the cradle.

Now Zhang Chen has received the online copyrights from major record companies. As long as he takes his time, he will be able to get it done.

Second, while maintaining the existing online music copyright, a steady stream of new music needs to be added to the online platform.

This requires signing another agreement with the major record companies. After all, it can be said that Zhang Chen took advantage of a loophole before and obtained the authorization at a very low price. However, if the platform can make a profit in the future, they will not be so stupid as to continue selling to Zhang Chen at a low price.

This is also something Zhang Chen will take the initiative to discuss with major record companies in the future, but he didn't expect that Zhou Jianhui has keenly noticed his intention and wants him to push the matter forward quickly.

For him, the more rampant piracy resources are on the Internet, the less money he can make.

Zhou Jianhui was hoping that Zhang Chen could come up with a feasible plan tomorrow so that they could get a share of the digital album sales in addition to the physical album sales.

Considering that the guests needed to have enough time to walk the red carpet, Zhang Chen's car was not driving very fast. When the Golden Melody Awards officially started, Zhang Chen just arrived at the red carpet area.

"Finally we're here. I shouldn't have believed your lies. It would have been better for me to wait for you to come to me." Zhang Chen buttoned up his shirt and prepared to get off the car.

"Should we notify the off-site host to wait for you?"

"No, there's no need to make such a big fuss. It's best if no one knows I'm here. Give them a surprise."

But speaking of it, Xiao Zhou is present at this year's Golden Melody Awards, so the award ceremony shouldn't be so boring.

Around the Golden Melody Awards red carpet, after the media on both sides finished filming the last guest who entered, they carefully compared the list and found that there seemed to be no more stars worth paying attention to, so they began to pack up their equipment and prepare to leave for a rest.

"Why didn't the Golden Melody Awards invite Zhang Chen? Many colleagues have wanted to interview him recently."

"It's hard to tell where he is. He's in the country right now, but he might go abroad soon."

"Without Zhang Chen, this year's Golden Melody Awards feels a little less formal."

"That can't be helped. Zhang Chen's albums have never been released in Taiwan first, and given his personality, would he take the initiative to sign up for a domestic award ceremony?"

"I think it's not that he doesn't want to sign up, but there are too many awards that have emerged in the past two years, and he doesn't have the time to participate in them one by one."

While they were still talking about Zhang Chen, a Bentley car had just stopped at the end of the red carpet not far away. As the driver opened the door, a man walked out.

"Wait a minute, is that Zhang Chen?" A sharp-eyed reporter immediately spotted Zhang Chen, who was wearing casual clothes.

"Didn't they say that he wasn't nominated? What is he doing here?"

Although they said so, all the media reporters were not slow in their actions.

Almost immediately, the flash lights that had been silent for a long time began to flash wildly at Zhang Chen.

From Zhang Chen's perspective, there was only a vast expanse of white in front of him.

Helplessly, he could only stop and let the media take pictures for a while.

After about half a minute, the number of flashes still shooting decreased, and Zhang Chen slowly moved towards the auditorium.

It wasn't that he walked slowly on purpose, it was just that his eyes were a little dazzled by the blinding light just now, and his vision hadn't fully adjusted yet.

"Zhang Chen, are you here to receive the award at the Golden Melody Awards this time?"

When Zhang Chen passed the media area, the media on both sides of the isolation zone found an opportunity to ask questions.

Zhang Chen ignored them and just waved at them without stopping. After his eyes adjusted to the suddenly dark environment, he quickened his pace and walked towards the sign-in area.

There were no staff members in the sign-in area except for a few sign-in pens scattered on the table.

"I should have asked them to stay with a few people. It's so desolate and lonely here."

After muttering something, Zhang Chen picked up a sign-in pen that looked pretty good, walked to the sign-in wall, and signed his name in a place with more patterns.

One of the things that celebrities should pay attention to when signing is not to sign in a separate blank area.

Otherwise, one day, this star may suddenly have a lot of debts and contracts coming out of nowhere.

"I am really becoming more and more low-key. I need to maintain this mentality." Zhang Chen muttered to himself and walked towards the inner field.

At this time, many Chinese singers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Hong Kong, Macau and even Southeast Asia were gathered in groups of three or four to greet each other.

It can be seen from each small circle that singers are also in the industry of sticking together.

For example, people from the mainland hang out with people from the mainland, and people from the mainland like Na Ying who debuted in Taiwan will also bring their good friends to deal with people from Taiwan.

Every circle has a core, and each core knows each other.

These circles are interconnected and form the current big circle of the Chinese music scene.

"Zhang Chen? No, Brother Chen?" Jay Chou, who was sitting in the corner at the door, was still thinking about how to greet the seniors in the venue. Unexpectedly, the person he wanted to see the most walked directly into the door.

"Hmm? Jelun?"

Zhang Chen didn't expect that he would meet the most interesting person here as soon as he entered the door.

"Why are we sitting here?" Zhang Chen looked around and it seemed to be the middle and back row of the auditorium.

"I'm not very familiar with other people." Jay Chou scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"That makes sense. I'll sit here too."

But before he sat down, someone had already noticed him.

"Zhang Chen, come here!" The princess in the front row laughed the happiest and shouted loudly for him to come over and sit down.

Everyone else heard the princess's shout, and they all turned around at the same time.
Everyone stood up.

　I was really stuck on whether to attend the Golden Melody Awards. Finally, I thought about it and decided to get in touch with Jay Chou at this time, otherwise it would be difficult to get a chance in the future.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)