Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 86 Bad News Good News
War clouds were brewing on Xie Tingfeng's side.

For Lu Jiang, the sky is full of dark clouds.

On May 5, Zhou Jianhui brought relevant information when he came to visit the set.

In a word, the situation this year is much worse than last year.

Last year I was just aiming for the top spot, so the resistance I encountered wasn’t that great.

This year he wanted to maintain his status as the king, but encountered such a big obstacle, and he did not have the leisure time that Richie Ren had when he maintained his position.

Lu Jiang’s current situation is that he is fighting a group of people alone.

The opponents are strong in both men and horses. If it doesn’t work this time, there will be next time. If it doesn’t work next time, there will be the next time.

Unless you remain strong, you will eventually be worn out.

This kind of situation where a group of people join together to encircle and suppress, especially those targeting people from the mainland, really makes people feel that it is a bit unethical.

However, this kind of thing is indeed not something that can be handled with martial ethics.

The cake is so small, and they've been eyeing it for a long time, so how can they just watch you compete with them? Even if you're a mainland singer, eating your own cake is just right in their eyes, and they have to come up and say a few words.

And now, Lu Jiangyi, a mainland singer, not only eats his own food and competes with them, but also rushes out and grabs food on their territory, grabbing a large piece of everyone's original cake. This is definitely intolerable.

Lu Jiang couldn't help but shake his head. It was really hard to be the number one in the mainland.

In fact, it’s not just him. In the next ten to twenty years, more and more outstanding mainland artists emerged.

Which of these emerging outstanding artists has not been blocked and suppressed by them?
While blocking the attack, they also use their advantages in behind-the-scenes teams, advertising and marketing, media and other aspects to seize every opportunity to promote their new generation of actors.
And the bad news doesn't stop there.

Zhou Jianhui then moved on to the next thing.

The concerts and autograph sessions in Taiwan still have not passed the review.

Even the release of the new album in Taiwan is stuck in the review stage.

It is normal that the distribution of all audio-visual products, including albums, must be reviewed and approved by relevant local departments.

In the past, Warner could get it done in five days at most.

As a result, it has been a month since the new album was recorded in early April, and it is still under review.

The key is that many of the songs in it have already been reviewed because they were planned to be included in the previous album.

The only new songs that need to be reviewed are a few Cantonese songs and "You Are a Song in My Heart".

Lu Jiang couldn't help but ask: "Is the situation sensitive, or is it deliberately targeting me?"

Zhou Jianhui shook his head: "As for the situation, the attitude of the industry over there is actually on your side."

But we have to face Lu Jiang.

Business competition is one thing, and this kind of thing is another.

So many Taiwanese artists are counting on the mainland market, can they just watch things become more extreme?

So Zhou Jianhui said: "Everyone is trying their best for this Golden Melody Awards. The specific results will be known in a week."

This time, Lu Jiang encountered not only problems with his new album, but also obstacles with his old album.

As expected, "Lu Jiang: Chinese Style" is poised to win several prestigious awards at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards this year. While the Golden Melody Awards aren't the most prestigious in the current Chinese music scene, the competition is heavily fragmented across mainland China, and the Hong Kong Jade Solid Gold Awards are relatively isolated. The Taiwan Golden Melody Awards are relatively the most prestigious.

The Golden Melody Awards also intends to enhance the authority of the awards, so they have made repeated reforms in recent years, trying their best to uphold the professional perspective of judging and achieve further relative fairness.

Fairness alone is not enough, it also needs the support of fame.

The largest market for Chinese music right now is the mainland. If the mainland doesn't recognize your award, you definitely won't win.

Their original plan was to market the authority of the award through local Taiwanese singers.

But now Lu Jiang has shown great strength and dominance in the Chinese music scene, so the plan has become to make the Golden Melody Awards famous through the strong performance of Lu Jiang, the king of mainland China, and make the award recognized as the highest award in the Chinese music scene in mainland China.

It seems to be a mutually beneficial situation, but in fact, if we look at the long term, unless Lu Jiang continues to perform at a high level, the beneficiaries will still be Taiwanese singers. After all, there is indeed a gap in music development between the mainland and Taiwan, and for a long time in the future, the singers who will emerge will basically be from their side.

But this year is fucked.

"Lu Jiang·Chinese Style" involves traditional culture, and the most important thing is that the content of the award-winning short film "Not Drunk" was suddenly considered extremely sensitive.

Under the current circumstances, it is basically impossible for Lu Jiang to win the award.

But if an album like "Lu Jiang·Chinese Style" can't even win an award, or only wins a few minor awards, how can the Golden Melody Awards be of any value?
Fortunately, things did not reach a dead end.

Again, the other side is not a monolithic entity.

As long as it involves the mainland market, compromises must be made. This involves all walks of life, not just the entertainment industry, and it is not a trivial matter.

The mainland is also continuing to exert pressure.

I'm afraid that the big leader won't be able to remain tough for much longer.

Therefore, if the Golden Melody Awards can proceed as planned without any external factors, it will mean that everything in the music industry will see a turnaround.

In response, Lu Jiang simply said to Zhou Jianhui: "Then wait a week. If there is really no improvement, don't blame me for turning the table."

The new album was originally planned to be preheated in late June through concerts, variety shows, etc., and then released simultaneously in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia on July 6st.

If Taiwan delays you for another half a month or a month, the genuine albums will not be able to be sold at all, and the world will be dominated by pirated copies. Even now, it seems that pirated copies may not be released by then.

And it's not just a matter of sales.

With so many Hong Kong and Taiwan singers surrounding him and him losing the opportunity to release his works simultaneously, he will definitely fall into a more passive position in Taiwan.

So instead of waiting passively, it is better to expose the matter directly.

Lu Jiang didn't dare to think whether this would arouse public sympathy, but at least it could freeze the performance in the Taiwan market and cut off the possibility of the media making a fuss about Taiwan's sales.

Zhou Jianhui had no reason to object to Lu Jiang's idea. After all, Warner suffered the biggest loss, so he was more anxious than Lu Jiang.

After Zhou Jianhui left, Lu Jiang continued filming and everything went smoothly. Two days later, he finally received good news.

But it’s not related to the music industry, but to TV dramas.

The relevant person in charge of Macau Cable TV said that the broadcast time has been determined. If Lu Jiang can make it in time, it can be arranged to be broadcast as early as early July, with four episodes a week, but it will be broadcast in the midnight time slot. If it is chosen in August, it will be broadcast in prime time.

Due to the policy support after the return, "Meteor Garden", a co-production between mainland China and Macau, can be broadcast in Macau first.

(End of this chapter)