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Chapter 575 Best Music Producer - Chen Yan
A few minutes later, Lee Ji-eun's performance ended.

The girl quickly returned to her seat, looked at Chen Yan and smiled, "How was my performance, oppa?"

"It's good. Ji-eun, your dancing is not bad. You don't seem like a dance idiot."

When a girl asks you if you look good, you can't just answer "you look good." You have to give a specific answer so that she doesn't feel like you're just giving her a perfunctory answer.

Lee Ji-eun waved her hand smugly: "Hey~ Actually, I'm still pretty bad, I just practiced a lot."

Chen Yan smiled, then suddenly changed the subject: "Is this shirt yours, or from a certain brand?"

"My team specially ordered and bought this for tonight's performance, so what?"

"It's nothing, I just think it looks great and suits you very well."

Since I bought it myself, that makes things easier; I can change into it anytime at home.

While the two chatted, the awards ceremony continued on stage, with the Top 10 artists being revealed.

The presenter announced the results: "Miss A, G-Dragon, congratulations."

The artists sitting on the secondary stage all stood up and applauded.

Just like Lee Ji-eun had done earlier, Bae Suzy gently hugged Chen Yan beside her.

Meng Jia and the others did the same, giving Chen Yan a polite hug.

The four of them walked towards the main stage together with G-Dragon.

Chen Yan watched their backs as they walked away, and for a moment he couldn't help but find it a little funny.

It's estimated that this award was specifically given to Miss A by mleon, and it also reflects the easing of tensions with JYP.

If the relationship between the two sides does not improve, then even if miss A's online votes do make it into the Top 10, the award probably won't be given to miss A.

Even whether Chen Yan will receive the Best Producer Award is a question.

Now that relations between the two sides have eased, Melon also knows that Miss A will attend with Chen Yan.

Since they're here, and they're a popular girl group, it wouldn't be right not to give them an award.

If it were truly based entirely on the voting results, how could Girls' Generation, who are at the peak of their popularity, not be among the Top 10 artists?

It was an awards ceremony, yet it also reflected the principles of balance and human relationships.

On the main stage, after G-Dragon finished his acceptance speech, Bae Suzy put her mouth close to the microphone and delivered her acceptance speech on behalf of miss A.

After thanking Park Jin-young, her manager, and the other staff members as usual, the girl glanced at Chen Yan with bright eyes and said with a smile:

"I also want to give a special thank you to our Director Chen. Thank you for taking care of us all this time and for writing such great songs for us. Thank you~"

The four bowed in the direction of Chen Yan.

The stands erupted in cheers of gratitude: "Thank you, Chen PDnim!"

They are fans of miss A.

The camera instantly switched to Chen Yan's face.

With a somewhat helpless smile, he stood up and waved in the direction the voice came from.

After the awards ceremony concluded, the ceremony continued with performances by two more groups of artists.

Following the presentation of the two awards, the Top 10 artists were revealed.

The presenter opened the envelope in his hand, glanced at it, and brought it close to the microphone, saying, "EXO, f(x), congratulations."

A wave of sound suddenly erupted in the venue, several decibels louder than the cheers for the other artists, demonstrating EXO's immense popularity.

Chen Yan stood up and hugged Taozi, Zheng Xiujing, and others.

As I hugged Little Iceberg, I heard a soft hum from the girl.

She was clearly still bothered by the man's comment that her outfit wasn't as pretty as Peach's.

Chen Yan couldn't help but smile.

The senior and junior colleagues from the same company walked onto the main stage, received the trophies handed over by the award presenters, and f(x) gave their acceptance speeches first.

After Song Qian finished speaking, she suddenly glanced at Chen Yan on the other side.

Chen Yan, noticing this, immediately sensed something was wrong.

Sure enough, the next second Song Qian leaned closer to the microphone and continued smiling, "I also want to especially thank PD Chen Yan for writing the song 'First Wisdom Tooth' for us, thank you~"

A few seconds later, cheers of gratitude erupted again from the stands.

This time it's for f(x) fans.

The camera cut back to Chen Yan's face, and the helplessness in his smile was noticeably greater than before.

He never expected that his usually composed older sister would also start learning from him.

Upon seeing his expression on the big screen, a burst of laughter erupted in the venue.

Laughter erupted from the artists' seats, with members of Apink and Girl's Day covering their mouths and laughing.

Other artists who were not familiar with Chen Yan and had never worked with him were also laughing.

This is how many times they've heard fans express their gratitude to Chen Yan tonight.

But as they laughed, they suddenly realized something.

That's Chen Yan's influence; it seems a bit terrifying.

Among the top 10 artists representing popularity, he has collaborated with several groups, including Girl's Day, Apink, IU, miss A, and f(x).

Even Girl's Day and Apink owe their current popularity and recognition as top 10 artists largely to his work.

"Thank you, PD Chen!!!"

At that moment, a shout of thanks, louder than the previous ones and deafening, rang out, startling the artists back to their senses.

It turned out that EXO's leader, Kim Junmyeon, was giving his acceptance speech on stage, and he also gave special thanks to Chen Yan for writing the song "Growl" for them.

The artists suddenly realized.

Oh right, and there's also the phenomenal hit song "Roar," which is also a work by Chen Yan.

Therefore, 6 out of the Top 10 artists are related to Chen Yan.

Wow, why do they suddenly feel like they're surrounded by Chen Yan's people?

After the awards ceremony on stage, SISTAR took the stage to perform.

After the performance, the four MCs came on stage.

Actress Lee Yoo-bi exclaimed, "Wow, SISTAR's performance was absolutely amazing!"

Park Chanyeol chimed in, "Yeah, I was secretly dancing along with my seniors backstage just now."

Kim Jongin glanced at the cue cards in his hand and continued, "Yes, the seniors' performance was wonderful, and the songs were also very good."

Lee Yoo-bi smiled and took over the conversation: "Yes, it's because of the beautiful songs and the perfect dances of our seniors that we have such a wonderful stage."

Baekhyun then chimed in, "So we should thank the PDs who created these great songs."

Park Chanyeol smiled and looked at the camera: "Yes, so the next award to be presented is—Best Music Producer Award." He finished speaking.

"Swish" "swish" "swish"

All eyes in the artists' section fell on the man in the front row.

So many hit songs were released in one year, including a phenomenal hit like "Roar".

It really doesn't make sense that this man isn't a winner.

Chen Yan's companions, Bae Suzy and Lee Ji-eun, as well as Peach and Jung Soo-jung behind him, all wore smiles.

My oppa is going up on stage to receive an award!

The list of finalists then began to play on the big screen.

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When Chen Yan's face appeared on the big screen to the music of "Roar".

"Ahhhh!!!"

The cheers and support erupted simultaneously from all directions, far exceeding those of the previous finalists, resounding throughout the entire venue.

The cheers were so loud that even many of the artists in the artist section were taken aback, their eyes showing surprise.

Chen Yan himself was also taken aback by this wave of noise.

"Wow~ our oppa is so popular."

Bae Suzy smiled, revealing her two rabbit teeth.

On the main stage, the award presenter walked to the microphone, said a few words of acceptance speech, and then opened the envelope in his hand and glanced at it.

Seemingly aware that this was an award that the entire audience was eagerly anticipating, he glanced around the room and delayed announcing the award.

The scene suddenly fell silent, almost completely quiet.

Knowing that he had raised the level of anticipation and tension among the audience both at the venue and in front of their televisions to a new level, he smiled.

Then, glancing at the paper in the envelope, he brought the microphone closer and announced, "The winner of this year's Melon Music Awards' Best Music Producer Award is—"

He paused for another second.

"Congratulations, Chen Yanxi!"

On the big screen, Chen Yan's face reappeared to the sound of "Roar".

"Ahhhh!!!"

After a few seconds of silence, the stadium erupted in cheers that filled the entire arena.

All the artists in the artists' section stood up at the same time, bowed and applauded.

Bae Suzy, Lee Ji-eun, Tao, and Jung Soo-jung had bright smiles on their faces and their eyes were full of pride.

At that moment, cheers erupted in the living room of Girls' Generation's dormitory as the results were announced.

Kim Tae-yeon, Jessica Jung, and Soon-kyu, who were sitting in the middle, immediately hugged each other tightly.

On the other side of Seoul, at a high school, on the set of "The Heirs".

Sitting in her chair with her eyes glued to her phone screen, Yoona instinctively clenched her fist when she heard Chen Yan's name.

"Yes!"

Watching her man smile as he stood up, surrounded by everyone in the video, she narrowed her doe-like eyes, a look of pride flowing through them.

At this moment, the only thing she and the three girls from Girls' Generation's dorm that felt a little regretful about was that they were not there to witness this moment in person.

At the event, after hugging Bae Suzy and others, Chen Yan walked towards the main stage.

He bowed slightly to the award presenter, accepted the trophy from his hand, and then walked to the microphone.

Another round of cheers erupted from the crowd.

Chen Yan stood there with a smile on his face, waiting for the cheers to subside while mentally rehearsing his acceptance speech.

After the cheers subsided, he leaned close to the microphone and began to speak:

"First of all, I would like to thank Melon Music and the fans who like my music for their recognition, which allows me to receive this award. Actually, I feel like I have received many thanks tonight."

A burst of laughter erupted from the audience, everyone knowing that Chen Yan was referring to the thanks expressed by the fans of various groups to him earlier.

"Actually, fans don't need to thank me specifically; I should be thanking these artists."

Chen Yan gestured towards the artists' section, saying, "It is because of their outstanding talent that my music was showcased so well, gaining more popularity and enabling me to receive this award. Thank you, he and you both deserve a share in this award."

Cheers erupted again from the crowd.

The camera panned across the artists' seats, and those who had worked with Chen Yan stood up, clapping and returning the gesture to express their gratitude.

"Thank you, Brother Zhenying, for your tireless training after I joined the company. I would also like to thank the listeners who like and support my music. This award also belongs to you."

He concluded by saying, "I will continue to work hard to bring you more and better musical works. Thank you!"

After bowing 90 degrees to the camera, Chen Yan got up and prepared to return to his seat.

"Director Chen, please wait a moment."

Several MCs rushed onto the stage, and Lee Yoo-bi called out to Chen Yan.

Before the awards ceremony officially began, the MCs received instructions from the organizers to chat with Chen Yan for a while when he went on stage to accept his award.

Backstage, the awards ceremony's producer, watching the real-time viewership ratings on the monitor rise to levels comparable to EXO's performance, instructed several MCs via walkie-talkie to keep Chen Yan around a little longer.

On the main stage, the four MCs walked up to Chen Yan, and Lee Yoo-bi spoke first: "Congratulations to Director Chen for winning Best Music Producer."

Chen Yan took the microphone from Park Chanyeol and smiled, replying, "Thank you."

"Actually, I am also a fan of Director Chen. I have listened to all of your musical works."

Park Chanyeol, Byun Baekhyun, and Kim Jongin, who were standing next to him, nodded quickly, indicating that they were too.

Lee Yoo-bi glanced at the audience and said, "I believe that the audience here also really likes Director Chen's music, right?"

"Yes~"

The audience responded enthusiastically.

Chen Yan thanked him again with a smile.

"So I'd like to ask on behalf of everyone here and those watching on TV who also love your music: when will we be able to hear your new work again?"

"Um"

After listening to Lee Yoo-bi's question, Chen Yan pondered for a moment, then looked towards the artists' section.

"Ji-eun, can I tell you now?"

The camera immediately cut to Lee Ji-eun in the artist section.

The girl paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

She knew what her oppa meant.

(End of this chapter)