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Chapter 478 I said whoever is qualified is qualified, I don’t agree!

Grammy

An award that has been around for fifty years.

In this era, it is hailed as the highest temple of world music.

This is not like the film industry, which has three major European film festivals, as well as regional but globally influential film awards such as the Oscars to share this "highest" honor.

Among music awards, especially pop music or popular music, the Grammy is the most influential and widely spread award.

none of them!

Other awards such as the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, the Brit Awards, the Juno Awards, etc. are either regional awards or cannot be compared with the Grammy Awards due to their marketing nature.

Every region envies the United States for having such a music award that can influence the whole world.

At the same time, many people are also aware of how profound an impact the Grammy Awards has on people all over the world on the world music stage.

This top-down cultural influence is subtly making people all over the world accept their theories.

Many people are envious and wary.

This time, the Grammy Awards unprecedentedly handed the right to host this award to China, a country whose pop music has only been developed for a short time, and even gave this award to a young man who is only in his early twenties.

But because the Grammy Awards suffered a heavy blow to its reputation last year and Zhang Chen's return to the Grammys has given them hope, everyone thinks it is reasonable to let Zhang Chen take charge of this award.

This kind of absurd yet reasonable thing really makes many people in the world feel novel.

They don't understand why the Grammys and the forces behind them would willingly give up their power.

But they are very curious about what role Zhang Chen played in this Grammy power struggle.

"Zhang Chen, I see this place is quite large and luxurious." A reporter pointed at the place they were in and asked, "Is this the venue for the Grammy Awards next month?"

"Yes." Zhang Chen admitted straightforwardly.

There was a commotion among the reporters.

Although I had guessed it when I first entered the door, I still felt unbelievable when Zhang Chen admitted it himself.

The old Grammy Awards ceremony, although it had a serious style, also made people feel that it was tied to the Grammy Awards.

But it is precisely because of the binding relationship that many viewers who pay attention to the Grammy Awards have become aesthetically fatigued.

Now that there is such a classical decoration with oriental charm, and the space is large enough to accommodate thousands of people, many people, especially Westerners, have a strong sense of anticipation.

At the same time they also created a new problem.

"Then," a reporter from Sakura Country weakly raised his hand and asked, "Excuse me, Chen-san, where are the costumes?"

After asking the question, the reporter looked at Zhang Chen expectantly.

Zhang Chen was also stunned by the question.

He really hadn't thought about this seriously.

In fact, many times, everyone has reached a consensus on the national stage.

Men's suits and women's dresses have become the standard attire for important occasions.

Just like the Grammys, the dress code is the same.

Women's dress.

The requirements for men are a little higher, requiring a fixed black color scheme and a black bow tie.

This is also to provide a neater picture presentation in one of the major features of the Grammy Awards - the Grammy slow motion.

It’s not like some other award ceremonies, although they also want to copy the Grammy’s slow motion.

But the strange clothes and colorful clothes worn by the men in the background make the whole picture look messy and lack the beauty of the Grammy pictures at all.

Some things also require time and constant trial and error.

The Grammy Awards have achieved all-round leadership after so many years of development and continuous improvement.

Now the question raised by the Sakura reporter also touched upon the core point of aesthetics.

Especially since he is an East Asian, this question becomes even more interesting.

Zhang Chen also pondered for a moment and gave the answer.

"Ladies can wear whatever they want, and men can wear white traditional clothes and use elements from their own ethnic costumes."

It would have been fine if this request had not been made, but Zhang Chenyi's request left the reporters stunned.

Even the audience in front of the TV, especially those in the United States, were puzzled.

National elements of the United States?

Costume?

Come on, they themselves don't know what the national elements of their country are.

They are a country of immigrants, a country made up of immigrants from other countries, a country with the thinnest history books. What kind of history can they have, and what kind of national costume elements can they have?
Could it be that they want to bring out the local ethnic costume elements that are almost disappearing?

"Is Lyon's request embarrassing our beautiful country?"

"I don't even know what my ethnicity is, I just know I'm African American."

Many singers in the United States are actually watching the live broadcast.

Zhang Chen's request made these singers feel troubled.

The United States really doesn't have much historical heritage to show for itself.
The reporter from Sakura Country who asked the question sat back contentedly.

Anyway, there are no singers from the Land of Sakura participating in this Grammy Awards.

In other words, in history, there have been few singers, or even Asian singers, who have been able to enter the Grammy Awards.

This is also one of the reasons why the Grammys are easily criticized.

Although it is the highest temple of world music, few songs in languages other than English can win the award.

This is also the main reason why Zhang Chen was nominated for a Grammy with a Chinese song and attracted widespread attention from the world, especially from non-English speaking countries such as Asia.

This is an innovation for the Grammy Awards themselves, and for singers from other regions, it is a test of whether they can enter the Grammy Awards in the future.

If a world-famous superstar like Zhang Chen, who has already firmly established himself as the world's top singer, cannot win a Grammy Award with a song in his native language,
The Grammy Awards can now be renamed the "English Grammy Awards".

There is no need to hold this award so highly in the future.

Because it no longer represents world pop music.

Actually, it’s not just a simple exchange of the Grammy awards venue.

But there are still many twists and turns behind it.

Zhang Chen, the central figure of the incident, is naturally aware of this.

"As you can see, the venue this time is very large." Zhang Chen gestured to everyone.

Many reporters holding cameras also cooperated to stretch the lens again so that the audience in front of the TV could see clearly how big the venue was.

In the camera, there are "white clouds" all around.

In the main area of the first floor filled with smoke, there are hundreds of "desks" like Zhang Chen's, with two or three corresponding cushions behind them.

This is the standard seating arrangement for ancient Chinese scholars to sit in during gatherings.

And around, counting layer by layer, there are six floors as high as there are.

The second floor has the largest protruding part, extending to four-fifths of the distance from the center point.

The edge of the third floor is a little inside the second floor. Measured by the distance from the center point of the first floor, it is about three-fifths.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth floors are arranged in the same manner. The top floor is also different from other places. It feels like a "VIP box" in a stadium and is a fully enclosed accordion.

A rough estimate of all the seats shows that it can accommodate at least 6000 people.

It is an absolutely large venue.

Zhang Chen and other reporters took panoramic photos of the entire venue before he spoke slowly.

"With so many places, the audiences from previous Grammy Awards wouldn't be enough to fill this venue."

"Could it be."

Zhang Chen nodded directly and said, "Yes, I will invite influential singers from all over the world to participate in this award ceremony."

This is also what Neil, the chairman of the Grammy Awards, wanted to do but couldn't do. One reason is the venue.

After so many Grammy Awards, the venue can only accommodate about 2000 people.

Over the years, these seats have been limited.

It has already been divided up by each session's nominees, winners, guest performers, music industry figures, media reporters, etc.

It is too difficult to free up some seats for influential singers from various regions.

Although there are opportunities for singers from all regions to participate among the nominees, winners, performers, and music industry figures.

However, due to the limitations of the Grammy Awards, or the dominance of "English" in pop music in the world and the impression of the jury behind it, the Grammy Awards rarely invite non-English singers to participate in this award.

Now Neil has made up his mind to restore the reputation of the Grammy Awards, which plummeted last year. He also wants to increase the television ratings, which have been declining year by year in recent years and have been replaced by other forms of entertainment. He needs to take an unconventional approach.

This is also the reason why Neil allowed Zhang Chen to “attract new customers”.

Neil is confident about this, and Zhang Chen also agrees with it.

He also doesn't want this year's Grammy Awards to be cut from the same mold as previous ones.

Now that the hosting rights are in his hands, he naturally wants to do something fancy.

"What's the scope? Who is qualified? Ayumi Hamasaki from our country should be qualified, right?"

"Does Zhang Chen have a standard?"

“Everyone is eager to know what the criteria for admission and participation are.”

The reporters became agitated.

Regardless of their stance.

In this occasion, with millions of people watching behind them, they naturally want to strive for some possibilities for their singers.

This is also the question that many fans and singers in front of the TV want to ask. As reporters, they naturally have to grasp the psychology of their audience.

It was precisely because of this problem that many reporters who were wearing headsets to receive news from the central station were surprised to find that the ratings of their TV stations were constantly rising.

From the moment they walked in, to when Zhang Chen talked about the clothing issue, to now wanting to expand the number of Grammy admissions.

One new Grammy award after another was presented to everyone, and many people began to drag their friends around to watch the live broadcast.

According to conservative estimates, there will be about 2 million people watching this live broadcast through various channels.

Now many people, especially singers who claim to be qualified to get a spot, are looking forward to Zhang Chen "marking the way".

"Qualifications"

Zhang Chen paused here, then looked at the camera and smiled, "There is no standard."

“No standards?!”

"This"

"Then how do we choose?"

"We can't just draw lots, that would be too much of a joke."

The reporters below began to whisper.

Singers watching the live broadcast.

For example, Chinese people like Jay Chou, Sun Yanzi, Na Ying and others felt lost.

Ayumi Hamasaki, who thought she was the most qualified student in Sakura Junior High School, frowned even more.

They couldn't figure out Zhang Chen's intentions.

People in the industry basically know which singers from each country and region are qualified and which are not.

At least those in the first department cannot meet the 2000 additional places beyond the 3000 original Grammy members.

If we talk about global album sales, as long as Zhang Chen says a number and sets a standard, it can become the threshold for entering the Grammy Awards ceremony.

But, no standards?
What choice does Zhang Chen want to make?
Many Chinese reporters seemed to have thought of something.

Could it be that we are going to hold a report performance?

But they know that at many award ceremonies in the country, there are more guests than audiences.

Some people are so desperate to gild their own family that they don't care about their reputation.

Is Zhang Chen also going to do such a tasteless thing?
If the Grammy Awards were to be hosted by China, who knows what kind of jokes people from other countries would make about it.

They looked at Zhang Chen with some concern.

I was expecting Zhang Chen to explain something.

Zhang Chen watched the reporters below discuss without saying anything.

But this did not last long. In just a dozen seconds, the scene returned to silence.

Because they found that no matter how they discussed it, they couldn't come to a conclusion, so they might as well let Zhang Chen explain it.

Everyone raised their heads in unison and looked at Zhang Chen who was “high above”.

Many people rubbed their necks subconsciously.

My neck became sore from looking up at Zhang Chen all the time.

The staff members holding the cameras kept switching shoulders to carry the cameras.

Zhang Chen looked at these people, grinned, and gave these reporters who had worked hard all the way a "big news".

"Do you feel confused?" Zhang Chen laughed and looked at them seriously. "I have the final say on the qualification! Whoever I say is qualified can enter this door."

"what?"

The reporters exclaimed.

What kind of standard is this?
Zhang Chen smiled as he watched these people's expressions lose control. He leaned forward and stared at them, as if he was staring at everything in front of the TV.

"Why, do you think I am not qualified to decide who is qualified?"

The reporters were speechless and could only look at each other in bewilderment.

They didn't know whether Zhang Chen was qualified or not.

But they knew that if Zhang Chen was not qualified, then no one in the world would be qualified.

Zhang Chen is currently the only recognized "number one" in the music industry in the world.

Especially in the past two years, this position has become increasingly stable.

Because Michael Jackson faded out of the music scene even more completely than Zhang Chen.

At least Zhang Chen will appear in the public eye from time to time, and will release at least one song that becomes popular all over the world every year.

But Michael Jackson hasn't released any new songs in many years.

If the achievements as a singer are not enough for Zhang Chen to bear the title of "number one".

Then the identity of "Morning Light Music shareholder" is enough to make all the singers in the world shut up.

Now, no singer dares to offend Morning Light Music.

This is already their biggest source of income today.

As one of the founders of this platform and a partner of the world's eight major record companies, Zhang Chen's words carry great weight.

That's why Zhang Chen dared to say this.

Because he was sure that no one would dare to say no.

"I disagree!"

But the slap in the face came so quickly that as soon as Zhang Chen finished speaking, someone sang a different tune.

Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes and looked in that direction.

"Um?!"