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Chapter 211 The Latest Trendsetter in the Global Music Industry - Morning Light Music

[On February 2, more than 15 cities around the world, with about 600 million people participating in protests against the US war against Iraq. During the candlelight vigils after the demonstrations, protesters from many countries spontaneously sang the song "One Day" written by Zhang Chen a few years ago.]

"I was wondering why the number of downloads of this song has suddenly increased so much recently. It turns out that these protesters downloaded it?"

As soon as Zhang Chen got off the plane, he saw the news that tens of millions of people were marching back to the station.

In addition to the numerous countries and cities, as well as the huge number of people, the most eye-catching thing in this news is Zhang Chen’s previous work "One Day"

“For the people to say
I hope people can shout out loud

that we don't wanna fight no more
We don't want to be involved in war anymore
there'll be no more wars
The world will never be in flames again.
and our children will play
Our children will play freely
"

This song was originally written by a squid from the United States, with the intention of allowing the squids to continue to play the victim and gain sympathy in front of people all over the world.

Now that this song has appeared in this demonstration, Zhang Chen feels that this song has been used in the right place.

"Leon, your song was used in an anti-war march. May I ask if you were the one who instigated this massive demonstration?"

As soon as Zhang Chen walked out of the Los Angeles airport, he was blocked by reporters who were waiting there.

And he asked a question that left Zhang Chen speechless right at the start.

Can he call on 600 cities to hold such a demonstration?
"I was not aware of this before today, but I think the fact that so many people around the world have spontaneously organized demonstrations is the most sincere wish from the peace-loving people of the world."

"So what is your personal opinion on this war?"

“I’m on the side of the majority of the world.”

"Do you think the United States is the unjust party?"

"Is this a question that needs to be asked?"

Zhang Chen looked at the other person as if he were a fool.

There is a problem with the United States, which is that they always think they are on the side of justice in everything they do.

"I'm doing this for your own good, so I'm going to destroy your country" That's their logic.

"But this song has received hundreds of millions of new plays and nearly 10 million downloads, which has generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue for you. Does this prove that you, Leon, have taken advantage of others' love of peace to make money for yourself?"

The reporter also used the fact that Zhang Chen made money from his songs to accuse Zhang Chen.

At first glance, it seems that Zhang Chen did make a lot of money from this incident.

But the key point is that the demonstrators organized themselves spontaneously and chose songs spontaneously, and they chose his song by coincidence.

So even though he made a considerable amount of money, the word "exploitation" could never be attributed to Zhang Chen.

But now that this reporter has exposed this issue, if Zhang Chen still keeps the money, then this false accusation will be confirmed.

"You make sense. I will donate this money to those who have lost their lives because of the United States."

This money was indeed taken passively, and Zhang Chen should not have taken it.

But who to donate to is another matter.

The United States has done a lot of things like this in recent years.

The people he refers to who lost their lives could be large or small.

"Okay, I have things to do, bye everyone."

Under the protection of security, Zhang Chen finally walked to his private car.

After saying goodbye to the reporters, he got into the car.

As soon as the car door was closed, the chattering questions around disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Chen's ears were also much quieter.

"Xiao Xue, go and calculate how much revenue the song 'One Day' has generated in the past few days, and donate all the money when the time comes."

Now that he has made the promise, if he does not take some practical actions, he will probably be labeled as a person who does not keep his word and is taking advantage of others' misfortune, and Zhang Chen's entire reputation in the world will be ruined.

It's not easy to be a big star that attracts worldwide attention.

"Donate to Yi?"

"Didn't I tell you to donate to those who lost their lives because of the United States?"

"The boss said"

"Well, give some compensation to the families of those most lovely people, even though the amount is not much. Remember to save some money and donate it there as well."

"How much to keep?"

"You decide. Just make it sound reasonable."

This money has to be spent. Donate tens of millions of dollars to our own people and leave a small amount for the other side.

He earned the money through his own ability, so it is reasonable for him to distribute it however he wants.

Apart from this major event, the movie that has attracted much attention in the entertainment industry is "Hero".

Because of this movie, Zhang Yimou missed the Golden Bear Award at the 53rd Berlin Film Festival two days ago, and only won the "Alfred Bauer Award", which is an award to encourage film innovation.

In a corner that no one paid attention to, director Li Yang won the "Silver Bear Award for Artistic Contribution" for "Blind Shaft", and Wang Baoqiang officially entered the film and television industry.

This movie, for some reason, it is still unknown when it will be released in mainland China.

And a week later, Zhang Chen, who will appear at the Grammy Awards again after a year, is also attracting much attention in the world music scene and the entire entertainment industry.

Because this year, three singers, including Zhang Chen, received more than 5 nominations.

The 23-year-old singer Norah Jones won all four awards, including Best Newcomer.

"Single of the Year"

"Album of the Year"

"Album of the Year"

He has received five individual awards including , and three album award nominations, for a total of eight Grammy nominations, and is expected to hit the "Big Four", which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in every singer's life, that is, the "Grand Slam" honor of winning four comprehensive awards at one Grammy.

The other singer was Avril Lavigne, the future "Asian Queen" signed by Zhang Chen throughout the year, who won

"Best Female Rock Vocalist"

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

"Best Newcomer"

"Single of the Year"

There are five nominations for "Best Pop Vocal Album".

Avril was born in 1984, just like Zhang Chen, but her birthday is 17 days younger than Zhang Chen, on September 9th.

But this is also an achievement that has attracted worldwide attention. After all, there is only one Zhang Chen in the world, and Avril was able to receive five Grammy award nominations at the age of 18, which has surpassed 5% of singers in the world.

February 2, Madison Square Garden, New York

The 45th Grammy Awards ceremony, broadcast live by Columbia Broadcasting System and rebroadcast domestically by Capital Music Radio, officially kicked off.

At this year's Grammy Awards, the brightest new stars are undoubtedly Norah Jones and Avi Lavigne who is standing next to Zhang Chen.

“Leon, how many awards do you think I can win this time?”

Waiting in the slow-motion shooting area of the Grammy Awards, Avril, with her blonde hair and heavy cyber-style makeup, looked a little nervous.

She completed the production of her first album last year with the help of Zhang Chen.

Although the sales of this album are very good, the Grammy Awards are not a place that only looks at album sales.

It remains to be seen whether those academic judges will like cyber-style rock music.

So she had no idea whether she could win the award.

"Emm, I should be able to win a prize, right?"

Zhang Chen couldn't say for sure about this, because Avril Lavigne's record at this year's Grammy Awards was 5 nominations and 0 wins.

The next session saw 3 nominations and 0 wins.

The angry Canadian princess refused to submit an application to the Grammy Awards for the next 20 years.

However, with Zhang Chen's participation this time, the situation is different.

"Girlfriend", which was originally scheduled to be released in a few years, appeared at this year's Grammy Awards, so it is hard to say whether it can win an award.

After all, there is a "daughter" of this year's Grammy Awards, Norah Jones. Among the 8 nominations, there are many awards that overlap with Avril Lavigne.

It seems that in every Grammy Award, the competition among female singers is always more intense than that among male singers.

The female singers in the European and American music scene are too curly.

"Let's go, it's our turn."

Although it was only a year ago, everyone who was familiar with Zhang Chen was absent from this year's Grammy Awards.

Celine Dion, Will Smith, Madonna and other regular Grammy winners did not release new albums last year and did not attend this year's Grammys.

With no other options, Zhang Chen could only ask his familiar employees to chat with him.

However, this year's Grammy Awards did produce many singers who became famous in later generations.

Britney Spears, Coldplay, Eminem and others are already seated at the venue.

After Zhang Chen and Avril entered the backstage, the singers all greeted Zhang Chen.

Since the launch of Morning Light Music last year, Zhang Chen has become another "boss" of these singers.

“Please, Leon, can’t you move my song up a few spots on the new song chart?”

As a rising pop queen in Europe and America, Britney is very concerned about the ranking of her songs on Morning Light Music.

You should know that ranking does not only mean fame, but more importantly, it means the recognition of the majority of fans. It is also the best publicity channel to increase album sales.

Now with the popularity of the Internet, although Billboard can still be a weather vane for the North American music scene, more fans have already regarded the rankings of Morning Light Music as another important indicator for judging the popularity of songs.

among them:

The "New Songs Chart", "Global Songs of the Year", "Download Chart" and "Listening Chart" in various continents have become the latest indicators for fans to choose songs for consumption.

"Haha, I can't even do anything with my own song. What do you think?"

Zhang Chen still needs to maintain the authority of the list.

Britney curled her lips and said nothing more.

But anyone who really believed what Zhang Chen said would be a fool.

Any list could be falsified, and she didn't believe that Zhang Chen had no way of moving up the ranking of a certain song.

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