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Chapter 502: New rules released, South Koreans jump up and down

The future direction of world music.

This is a hot topic in the world these days.

Ever since Zhang Chen had a tacit conversation with Neil, the chairman of the Grammy Awards, at the Grammy Awards.

The two have already told singers and music-related people all over the world.

The future of music will begin to change when Zhang Chen wins an award for his Chinese song.

And this change was led by Zhang Chen, who held the title of "Honorary Chairman of the Grammy Awards."

Because Neil clearly stated that Zhang Chen would be responsible for the selection of music from all regions.

In other words, future Grammy Awards will largely follow Zhang Chen's advice.

So the reporters really wanted to know what Zhang Chen’s attitude towards this was.

They know that the music in the future world will change, but in what specific direction?

English songs continue to lead the pack, followed by Chinese songs and music in other languages.

Or will Chinese and English songs go hand in hand, with other music serving as a backdrop?
Or should we allow a hundred flowers to bloom, allowing professional musicians from more regions to join the selection process, and let everyone vote for the "best" every year like the United Nations?
These questions have been on their minds lately.

The singers were more anxious than the reporters.

But due to Zhang Chen's status, no one dared to ask.

For fear of offending Zhang Chen, Grammy, which had finally opened the door to them, closed the door for him alone.

To be on the safe side, they tacitly asked the reporters to ask Zhang Chen the most pressing questions at today's press conference.

Fans also want to know whether their favorite singers will have the opportunity to receive awards at the Grammy Awards in a dignified manner like Zhang Chen did a few days ago.

So don’t be fooled by the fact that there are only a few thousand reporters here today.

But there are quite a few people who are secretly paying attention to this matter.

The reporters who had the honor to witness the starting point of the world music landscape for the first time all looked at Zhang Chen on the stage with burning eyes.

The fingers holding the pen turned slightly white due to excessive tension and excitement.

Many people were so nervous that they bit their lips.

But they were unaware of what was happening to them.

Because their attention was completely focused on Zhang Chen who was in deep thought on the stage.

When the scene was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, Zhang Chen finally spoke.

“The future of world music is not decided by me alone.”

Zhang Chen shook his head seriously: "I can't represent the music of the whole world by myself. There are still too many music styles that I need to keep learning."

No one spoke, just listened to Zhang Chen quietly.

They understand humility.

After all, no one dares to say that he knows more music than Zhang Chen.

But what he said about there being many more musical styles to learn didn’t sound fake.

As for the songs that Zhang Chen has sung and written so far.

The genres I've covered are basically limited to pop, rock, folk, country, etc.

Even in the Grammy Awards, which focuses on Western music, Zhang Chen still has not created many music categories for the awards.

For example, blues, R&B, soul, classical, etc.

Some Chinese journalists even know that there are countless types of music in China alone.

If opera is also classified as music, there will be separate singing styles for Peking opera, Yue opera, Henan opera, etc.

Not to mention that among China's 56 ethnic groups, many have their own distinctive music.

Looking around the world, how many ethnic groups are there, and how many types of music can be explored from these ethnic groups?
“Without a certain amount of experience, you can’t feel the charm of a lot of music.”

Zhang Chen's words made many people fall into deep thought.

The Chinese reporters immediately thought of some operas they had listened to in their childhood.

In the past, I thought those humming and humming singing styles were unpleasant to the ear.

But only when I got older did I truly understand why the older generation loved listening to opera so much.

It really fits what Zhang Chen said: without a certain life experience, it is impossible to appreciate the beauty of art.

"but!"

coming!

The reporters knew that here came the point!
After so much preparation, it’s time to get to the highlight.

How does Zhang Chen integrate so many complex factors together to establish a set of truly convincing evaluation criteria?

If too many of the current mainstream music categories are squeezed out to make way for "unpopular music", the current group of singers who occupy 99% of the market will definitely not be happy.

It is hard to say whether they will continue to support Zhang Chen in the future.

If Zhang Chen didn't create hope for these music, or even maintain their original form.

Then what is Zhang Chen here for?
The most frightening thing is giving people hope and then letting them down.

If Zhang Chen really did this, he would probably make a lot of people hate him for no reason.

Don’t say that Zhang Chen doesn’t owe them anything.

Some people are the kind who equate "not giving benefits" with "bullying".

The key is that you can't reason with these people.

Having survived their entire lives on the charity of others, they have long forgotten that dignity is something that one must earn by oneself.

Now the "empty pie" drawn by Zhang Chen and Grammy has been seen by them and has been stuffed into their mouths.

It is impossible to expect them to spit it out without any reluctance.

"However, the times are progressing, and any art that needs to be recognized by others needs to be verified by the market."

Zhang Chen didn't give anyone a chance to interrupt, and continued speaking despite everyone's puzzled looks.

"If someone thinks that his art is only appreciated by those who understand it, and is unwilling to change with the changes in the market," Zhang Chen said seriously, "I respect that."

Then he continued, "But I personally think that if you want to compete with others for the Grammys, you have to gain public recognition."

"Or, you continue to be self-admiring with the idea of finding a soulmate.

Otherwise, you can show your attitude that you want to change and gain public recognition!
Don't say 'you don't understand my art' while shamelessly asking for awards!"

Zhang Chen's long string of words shocked the reporters below and they didn't know where to start.

this attitude
Isn’t that too tough?

Zhang Chen seemed to see through everyone's heart and sneered: "Do you think I'm too tough?"

Everyone nodded silently.

Shouldn’t more musicians be encouraged to get involved and strengthen the Grammys’ momentum?
No matter if there's a prize or not, just lure them in first.

Without enough supporters, how can we lead these people to change?
"I know you want to know about the future plans of the Grammys, so I'm going to tell you now."

Zhang Chen looked at the reporters who were still in a daze and sighed helplessly: "Why don't you take your notes?"

Only then did the reporters react.

Today was not like the usual interviews, Zhang Chen did not give them the chance to use the microphone.

In other words, today's interview has returned to the era of print media.

All interviews were required to be written down by hand. The bosses had not used paper and pen to record interviews for a long time, and they almost forgot the feeling of handwriting interviews.

However, judging from Zhang Chen's attitude, he didn't give them any chance to give their opinions.

I could only put on a sad face and pick up a pen and paper, just like when I first started working.

The students had bitter faces, as if they were waiting for the teacher to arrange the exam content, which really made Xue Yining, who was standing beside them, laugh out loud.

"cough!"

Zhang Chen glanced at Xue Yining and signaled her to pay attention to her image.

Then, with Xue Yining's serious expression and the expectant and painful eyes below, the main content of today began.

"first."

Zhang Chen talked for a full hour.

To sum up, there are only a few points:
1. The Grammy Awards will maintain its current selection rules but will expand the size of the jury.

2. The size of the jury is allocated according to market share.

3. Market share is based on the music sales data of Morning Light Music in various regions.

For example, the United States currently accounts for 30% of the world's sales on Morning Light Music, so the United States accounts for 30% of the judging seats in the Grammy Awards.
This one was come up with by Grammy, Zhang Chen and the shareholders of Morning Glory Music.

The Grammys aren't particularly keen on distributing awards evenly.

Zhang Chen saw that this rule was linked to his own wallet and did not raise any objection.

Once this rule is released, it is foreseeable that singers from all over the world will frantically rank on the Morning Light Music platform to ensure that their country can occupy more juries and guarantee their chances of winning.

Zhang Chen naturally had no reason to refuse this kind of gift of money.

You said that in supporting the unique music of different countries, we can’t just focus on money?

While ensuring that he could make money, Zhang Chen also stated the fourth point.

4. Each country or region shall have at least one judging seat.

This is an opportunity for other singers who have never had the opportunity to enter the Grammy Awards to show their love for music.

As for what you said is not strong enough?
Let’s expand our own country’s market first.

A music that is pursued, loved and can create value.

In other words, music that can help more people support their families is the art that is worth passing on.

Anything that cannot create value can only be classified as "dross".

Even if it's not money, it must be positive feedback on the spiritual level.

What’s the difference between something that doesn’t even have the function of creating emotions for people and something that produces garbage?
Even if it is the belief of some people, it is a value.

So is your faith sincere?
Are you willing to pay for him?
This is the logic of the shareholders of Morning Glory Music, and it is also the attitude that Zhang Chen tacitly agrees with.

Because any flattery from the mouth cannot compare to the support of real money.

In a market economy, everything is determined by money.

Anything that consumers are unwilling to pay for is just a castle in the air.

No matter how much you brag, you are still garbage in the eyes of capitalists.

For some things, either you pay for it or you sacrifice your life to prove it.

Otherwise, no matter what you say, it’s all empty talk.

Just like P. Diddy swiping the votes.

Even if you get second place by voting, but there is not a corresponding number of fans paying for your album, your ranking is not an honor but a joke.

Both P. Diddy and TVXQ are destined to be a joke in the history of world music.

And this joke will be mentioned and flogged over and over again as the music evolves.

In addition to the above rules regarding judges' seats, there are some other details.

5. In addition to the existing Grammy awards, seven additional "Best Continent Awards" will be added according to the seven continents.

6. According to the existing language system of the world, a "Best Song" award for the corresponding language family will be added.

The prerequisite is that the language has its own language, writing, history, and is spoken by more than ten million people.

This one item directly adds nine awards.

There are currently 9 languages spoken by more than million people in the world:
Chinese, Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German.

As for the so-called "Korean" language, which is spoken by over 10 million people, it was directly excluded because it has no history of its own.

"This is not fair!"

A reporter from South Korea jumped up after hearing Zhang Chen's explanation.

“Why can’t our Korean songs be included in the award list?”

Zhang Chen turned around and saw that the reporter who had asked the question rashly was waiting for his answer with a red face.

"Because the history of Korean is only a few decades."

"Nonsense! Korean was created by our Tan Jun 8000 years ago! It is the oldest language in history!"

This statement was met with laughter from all the reporters present.

"What the hell? 8000 years?! 8000 years ago, there wasn't even a monkey in your land!"

"Who is Mr. Tan? Why haven't I heard of him?"

"That's a South Korean myth, but it was taken seriously by a group of South Korean intellectuals who defied fate."

"So sometimes the more you lack something, the more you want to prove it. How can a country with only a few decades of history still want to have an ancestor with an 8000-year history?"

"I remember that a few years ago, Lyon had someone introduce the history of various countries. If I remember correctly, the Peninsula has always been a vassal. South Korea can't even be called a vassal, because North Korea is the one who truly inherited the history, right?"

"Yes, that popular science video was widely circulated at the time. How come people in South Korea haven't seen it?"

"I don't think it's because they haven't seen it, it's because they don't want to believe it!"

"It's disgusting that a place that spends all day and night thinking about stealing other people's history and creating history out of thin air!"

The waves of ridicule made the reporter who asked the question and the dozen or so South Korean reporters around him blush.

However, the security guards watching closely beside them made them dare not say anything rude again.

The speech they just made was made with all their courage.

Now they saw a dozen burly men standing beside them.

They wouldn't dare to do anything rash even if they had a hundred guts.

However, those pairs of eyes filled with dissatisfaction were fixed on Zhang Chen on the stage.

It's like they're saying, we won't let this go unless you give us an explanation.

Zhang Chen looked speechlessly at these reporters who were even more timid than mice.

I just wanted to ignore these clowns.

But seeing the thousands of pairs of eyes looking at him like they were watching spectators below the stage, he could only sigh helplessly.

Since they wanted to be slapped in the face, Zhang Chen could only reluctantly take off his shoes and slap them in the face.

"The language of your country is a branch of Chinese according to the new rules - Korean."

After saying this, Zhang Chen looked at the dozen or so reporters with anticipation.

Come on, start your performance.

(End of this chapter)