Chapter 351 Golden Melody Awards Ceremony
Three days later, at 6 pm.
Taipei Arena.
The lights of the arena poured out, reflecting on the faces of the audience holding tickets and queuing to enter. Everyone was smiling, and their faces were full of excitement to see the stars.
The 16th Golden Melody Awards ceremony of the Chinese music scene is about to begin.
One after another, the celebrity nanny cars slowly drove in, and the stars in the cars rolled down the windows and waved to the fans in line.
"Ahhh! Zhou Luo!"
"Sun Fengzi, I love you!!!"
"Brother Luo, Brother Luo!!!"
The local stars in Taicheng were particularly popular, and the cheers were endless. The cheers of the mainland singers nominated for the Golden Melody Awards dropped significantly, except for one person.
"Oh yeah brother, I love you!"
"Oh yeah brother, I want to give birth to a baby for you!"
"Best! Best!!!"
Lin Zhixing looked at the fanatical fans through the car window, with a bright smile on his face, and waved back.
He had been in Taicheng for two days. Song Ge, Dong Chen and Ji Yu were busy with wedding-related matters and did not come with him this time.
The car gradually moved away from the crowd and entered the venue...
After Lin Zhixing got off the car, he looked at the direction of the bustling entrance and walked in with firm steps accompanied by the staff.
The goal of this trip was very clear, to take a few awards home and shut up some people who used awards to measure their strength.
...
Backstage of the event hall.
"Zhixing!"
Lin Zhixing had just walked out of the dressing room when Zhou Luo greeted him with a smile, grabbed his hand, and said, "I heard that good things are coming. You have taken wedding photos, right?"
"Yes."
Lin Zhixing smiled and nodded, reached into his pocket and took out a wedding invitation and handed it to Zhou Luo.
Before, Zhou Luo had greeted him backstage at the Spring Festival Music Gala and said that he wanted to join in the fun.
"28th?"
Zhou Luo opened the wedding invitation and took a look, then smiled and said, "It will be soon. I will definitely go to support you! Who has been invited in the music circle now? I will see if there are any acquaintances."
Lin Zhixing said, "There are quite a few people invited. So far, 52 invitations have been sent out..."
"Wow!"
Zhou Luo's eyes widened after hearing this, "Doesn't that mean half of the music industry will come?"
Lin Zhixing smiled and shook his head, "That's exaggerated..."
"Brother Luo!"
"Hello, Brother Luo!"
While chatting, a familiar figure walked into the rest area, and most of the singers waiting stood up and nodded to greet him.
Lin Zhixing looked up and saw that it was Luo Desheng, followed by his apprentice Hua Futing.
Although the two responded enthusiastically to the singers who greeted them, it could be seen from their expressions that they were not in a good mood.
They were both nominated for the Golden Melody Awards, and Hua Futing's album was released half a year ago. However, the hope of winning was slim, and he didn't want to attend the award ceremony. However, since the establishment of the Golden Melody Awards, no nominated singer has been absent, and it is not easy to break this rule.
"Hi, Zhou Luo! Hi, Lin Zhixing!"
The female singer Sun Fengzi, who participated in the Spring Festival Music Gala, smiled and waved and walked over. She was wearing a dress tonight, which made her particularly charming.
Zhou Luo saw her coming, raised his hand to say hello, and instinctively shrank to Lin Zhixing.
At the award ceremony, Zhou Luo had a headache when he saw her.
It was as if there was a curse that as long as he competed with her for the award, he could not escape the fate of losing to her.
When the two debuted at the same time, Zhou Luo lost to Sun Fengzi in the "Best Newcomer Award", which a singer can only win once in his life.
At the Golden Melody Awards ceremony after that, as long as Sun Fengzi did not release a song, the award would be Zhou Luo's. As long as she released a song and was nominated together, Zhou Luo would always be the second.
The curse of eternal second place has actually happened to many singers, the most famous of which is Jay Chou.
In 2000, "Tornado" lost to "Courage", in 2001 "Simple Love" lost to "Green Light", in 2002 "Peninsula Iron Box" lost to "Absolutely Crazy", in 2003 "Dongfeng Po" lost to "Dusk", and in 2004 "Seven Miles Fragrance" lost to "Jiangnan".
In 2005, he went on stage to receive the award at the Grand Prix, but lost to "Fairy Tale". In 2006, "Thousand Miles Away" lost to "Invisible Wings", and in 2007, "Blue and White Porcelain" lost to "Love Transfer".
In 2008, "Rice Fragrance" lost the most unfairly, losing to the Olympic song "Welcome to Beijing".
"Hi!"
Lin Zhixing smiled and waved in response.
I really didn't talk to her on the show. In my impression, she is a powerful female singer. Except for the beginning of the show when she sat in the second row, she has always been in the first row since then. She is a hot favorite to win the championship.
"Zhou Luo!"
Sun Fengzi looked at Zhou Luo with a smile and joked: "I will challenge you in the next episode, I have wanted to challenge you for a long time!"
"Come on, who is afraid of you!"
Zhou Luo shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "But I don't have time next time, we are going to have a rap showdown, right Zhixing?"
"Ah?"
Lin Zhixing was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes."
He did tell himself that there would be a chance to have a rap showdown, but he didn't say it would be next week.
Zhou Luo looked at Sun Fengzi who was smiling and said confidently: "Don't worry, I will eliminate you sooner or later!"
Sun Fengzi smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you!"
"Dear singers!"
The uniformed staff walked into the rest area, clapped their hands, gathered the singers' eyes, and said: "It's almost time, everyone, let's go into the infield!"
After hearing this, the singers stood up and lined up to enter. Lin Zhixing and Zhou Luo walked side by side and asked curiously: "Is what you just said true? What's the next challenge?"
"I can do it any time."
Zhou Luo said seriously: "I hope you can show your best condition!"
The challenge rules will be canceled in the next quarter-finals, then the next quarter-finals, and the next quarter-finals.
Lin Zhixing thought about it for a while.
Eliminating the new four kings will gain a lot of popularity and is also the wish of the fans. There is not much time left to challenge them. I can really compete with him next time.
Lin Zhixing said: "Then let's go to the next issue!"
…
…
6:50 p.m.
The luxurious auditorium was as bright as day.
The shortlisted singers sat in the front row, the male singers wore handsome suits, and the female singers wore gorgeous dresses.
The stands were divided into two, with staff and celebrities watching the ceremony sitting behind the singers, and ardent fans sitting in the back half of the stands.
They held flashing signs with their idols’ names, waved light sticks, stood on tiptoes, looked at their idols, and cheered for them.
"Zhou Luo Zhou Luo, you are the best!!!"
"Sun Fengzi, I love you!!!"
"Oh brother come on!!!"
The celebrities that fans can usually only see on TV appeared in front of their eyes this time, with excited hearts, trembling hands, and hoarse voices.
The shortlisted singers sitting in the front row chatted and laughed, and exchanged business blowbacks.
"This album of yours sounds great, I like it so much! I think I will run with you this year."
"No way, your title song is so beautiful, and the MV is so touching, I almost cried while watching it. This year's best MV award must be yours."
"Haha, really? I worked very hard on the MV!"
…
At seven o'clock sharp.
Under an exciting background music, He Ling, wearing a suit and leather tie, walked onto the stage with a smile. With the appearance of the host, the Golden Melody Awards ceremony officially began.
Photos of the shortlisted singers were displayed on the stage screen. The stage was very simple, with only an award podium and two microphones standing on the table.
A simple awards podium is not simple for the singers in the audience. The pressure is huge and the tension is even greater than that of a concert with tens of thousands of people.
As the host entered, the joking singers all fell silent, and the fans from all the houses stopped cheering, all worried about their idols.
"In the past year, many new generation forces have emerged in the Chinese music scene. Young singers are constantly improving and catching up, and the old singers are not to be outdone..."
As He Ling spoke the opening remarks, the photographer's camera panned towards the singer's seat.
When the term "new generation" was mentioned, the camera focused on Lin Zhixing.
Lin Zhixing, who was sitting in a blue suit, was leaning on the back of his chair with his shoulders clasped very loosely. He didn't seem to be nervous at all, and seemed determined to win the award.
Speaking of "old singers", the photographer focused his lens on Luo Sheng.
He was staring at the stage now, his eyes a little dull, as if he was caught in a memory.
…
After the host made his opening remarks, he pointed to the backstage and said, "Now are the presenters for tonight's awards, Dong Dehua and Zhang Wuying!"
Grand music sounded.
Wearing suits, the two walked onto the podium while waving to the audience.
The four old kings invited two of them to present the awards. The audience, including the singers, were very surprised, and there was a sensation in the audience.
"Dehua, I love you!"
"Wuying! I have liked you for ten years, ahhh!"
Amid the enthusiastic applause and cheers of the audience, Dong Dehua and Zhang Wuying walked to the center of the stage, smiled and pressed their hands to signal the applause to stop: "Thank you to the friends present for the enthusiastic applause, and also to the event organizer for inviting us. We feel very honored to be the award presenters at this important ceremony..."
After some words of thanks...
The photographer's lens was shown on the stage and big screen.
The video starts to scroll.
"The singers shortlisted for the Best Album Producer Award at the 16th Golden Melody Awards are Lin Zhixing's "Listen to Mom"!"
Music starts.
"Listen to mom and don't let her get hurt."
"I want to grow up quickly so I can protect her."
The fans in the audience were immediately shocked.
"Zhou Luo's "Lovely Man"!"
"Rod wins "The Last Stand"!"
The scrolling playback of each shortlisted song aroused cheers from the fans in the audience.
After the eight shortlisted songs were announced, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and all eyes were focused on the award-giving guest in the center of the stage.
Dong Dehua pulled out a card from the envelope on the awards stage. After reading it for a moment, he announced with a smile: "The winner of the Best Album Producer Award at the 16th Golden Melody Awards is..."
"Lin Zhixing, "Listen to Mom"!"