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Chapter 213 This is the first step [25 updates]

Upon seeing Alex again, both of them paused for a moment before greeting each other.

It's been almost half a year since we last met on the show.

Actually, they had some contact via text message before. Alex had told him that he had returned to America.

In his own words, he has figured out his obsession, and now all that's left is motivation; he wants to go back and continue to delve into his music.

Moreover, Alex is the owner of a record company; he can't leave, and the company needs him to manage affairs.

Neither of them had informed the other beforehand about their meeting at the event.

However, after only a brief moment of surprise, the two of them burst into laughter, sharing the same thought.

Yes, it's perfectly normal for him to be here.

'He's a world-class music producer, after all; he's produced Grammy-winning works before.' That was Xia Shen's thought.

'A rising star in global electronic music, the most energetic new producer, who can rival him this year?' That's Alex's thought.

"Hi, long time no see."

"It's been a while since we last met."

Xia Shen smiled and nodded, looking at this old acquaintance: "How have you been lately?"

"It's alright. Apart from a few new singles, the results have been pretty good. My ranking should rise a bit more this year," Alex said quietly.

"This is a good thing," Xia Shen said.

At the same time, he also felt somewhat suspicious and strange.

According to him, achieving results is a good thing, but he felt that Alex's gaze was a little strange.

It's that kind of hesitant, stammering feeling, tinged with a hint of resentment.

She looked at him with a deeply gloomy and resentful gaze, like a young woman confined to her room.

Is there something on my face?

This was Xia Shen's first thought.

Or is Alex in a bad mood?

But didn't I hear that he and Angelina recently made their relationship official? The two are officially together, and it's been making headlines in China for quite some time. With such a happy occasion, what is there to be unhappy about?
He had no idea that Alex had, at this very moment, completely given up on the award he had been hesitant about.

Before coming to the Grammys, he thought that under Xia Shen's encouragement, he had been in a superb state, producing several outstanding singles with good results.

There is a good chance of winning the award.

But after seeing Xia Shen, he gave up that idea.

He definitely can't beat this monster!
As for how popular the songs "faded" are globally, he, as an American, can say he knows better than Xia Shen, the original composer, because he has truly seen and heard them played to death in various places.

And putting aside everything else, just consider their astonishing speed of mass production.

During his months in China, he learned several Chinese words.

One of the phrases is: "High productivity, like a sow."

This phrase perfectly describes Xia Shen.

He's been working at a breakout level for the past few months, producing only three or four singles, which has already consumed all his energy.

But Xia Shen, he can maintain a pace of releasing an album about once a month. An EP album has at least five or six songs, and an LP album has more than a dozen.

Moreover, while being highly productive, he also maintains extremely high quality, as if the concept of creative exhaustion simply does not exist for him.

Even more terrifying is that he single-handedly supported the development of a record company.

Yes, that's right, one person wrote a song for an entire company.

In other words, he had figured it out a long time ago: Xia Shen was not someone he could defeat by force, so there was no need to treat him as an enemy.

It perfectly describes the kind of thing he was obsessed with called online novels when he was in China. There's a line in it that's quite fitting to describe Xia Shen: "I'll give you time to catch up, until you can't see me anymore."

If this kind of person were placed on the path to becoming an emperor, they would be the kind of person who could suppress an era, make everyone despair, and then seal themselves away, waiting to be reborn in the next life.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Alex returned to his seat.

The venue was also filled with cameras, broadcasting the images to every corner of the world.

As the host took the stage, it signified the start of this grand event.

All I can say is that a world-class event is a world-class event. After the awards ceremony began, those who went on stage to receive their awards were basically all familiar faces.

However, the first awards presented were for popular music and other genres.

These awards have nothing to do with Xia Shen, and none of his Chinese pop songs were nominated.

This caused many Chinese viewers in the live stream chat to express their regret.

However, as some Chinese netizens have said, there's nothing that can be done about it.

The language barrier is there. For Chinese music, which emphasizes words over melody, not everyone can understand the profound content of the Chinese language. If you want to understand a good Chinese song, the price is extremely high for those who have zero Chinese language skills.

The natural barriers are there.

Secondly, Europeans and Americans are not really interested in other languages. Even in European countries, which are also part of Europe and America, singers and musicians do not use their native languages ​​and write English songs in order to have a market.

If Xia Shen hadn't also written English songs, his popularity would have dropped by at least half.

As for songs like "Wealth Comes from All Directions" and "Great Ambitions," they are a small number of exceptions, extremely rare exceptions, and should not be confused with other songs.

Until a comment appeared in the live chat: "Perhaps things will improve in the future, but we still need to work hard. China is proving with its actions that we are getting better and better, and we are indeed becoming more and more undeniable. Perhaps many years from now, we will hear Xia Shen's Chinese songs on the Grammy stage, or even see other musicians! At that time, we can truly say that the Chinese music scene is not bad, and the people in the Chinese music scene are not bad."

The task is arduous and the road ahead is long; this is the thought in the minds of all the Chinese netizens who have turned around at this moment.

Especially when they flipped through the page and saw all sorts of anti-freezing content being pushed to them because of their Chinese IP addresses, they felt both angry and incredibly hopeful.

Just watch, Chinese people are stepping onto the world stage. This is just the first step, a small step that shows the bigger picture. They will get better and better in the future, until the voice of China truly resounds!
Let's get started!
And then, the moment everyone has been waiting for has arrived.

The host announced: "Okay, next up is the Best Rap Award!"

The nomination list includes "

The host read out the names of more than a dozen singers!

The spotlight swept across the guest seats, and guests kept standing up to wave to the camera.

Finally, the host announced: "SKYINDEEP, Shen·xia!"

He paused, then continued, "The winner of our Best Rap Award this year is our—"

SKYINDEEP, Shen·xia, From China! "

The moment Xia Shen stood up from his seat, it ignited a frenzy across the ocean!
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