Entertainment 1998

Chapter 326 Chapter 325, Go witness the birth of the king of pop

Walking into Xinfusheng Hotel, Jiang Feng felt a little guilty!

It was supposed to be a nice gathering of famous directors, where they could eat hotpot and sing songs; but because I messed it up, it immediately became the miserable scene it is now.

In the restaurant where shouts and the sounds of finger-guessing games could be heard one after another, three people were sitting at a table by the window in the southeast corner: Zhang Yimou, Li An and Han Shanye.

Seeing them, Jiang Feng walked over and was about to apologize, but before he could say anything, Han Shanye stood up and patted him on the shoulder, indicating that he should not say anything and that they could talk about something else.

Li An, Zhang Yimou and Jiang Zhiqiang who came with Jiang Feng had the same attitude. They thought that Director Kaige was narrow-minded and it had nothing to do with you.

Besides, it’s all in the past, we can talk about something else.

Let’s talk about something else… What should we talk about?

So, Jiang Feng, who had just sat down, asked, "Director Li An, are you familiar with the Formosa Golden Melody Awards organizing committee? If so, can you ask them to give me the Best Composer, Best Lyricist, Best Chinese Male Singer, Song of the Year, and Best MV awards for this year's Golden Melody Awards?

After all, it’s not easy for me to travel thousands of miles to attend the Golden Melody Awards ceremony this time…”

"Ha ha…"

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, Han Shanye, Zhang Yimou, Li An and others burst into laughter.

"Jiang Feng, you kid!"

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The relationship between film and television awards, music awards and celebrity artists is basically complementary. Sometimes the awards make the artist successful, and sometimes it is the artist who increases the popularity of the award.

For example, before the Formosa Golden Melody Awards, ordinary people in mainland China didn’t know much about it. Even some netizens on the Tianya Forum who considered themselves very professional didn’t pay much attention to it.

On the one hand, they don’t care. Many people don’t even know who the singer is when they listen to the song. So who would care what award the singer won?

On the other hand, information is not circulated and there are barriers between each other. Not to mention that the Internet was not well developed in that era, even when the Internet became popular later, weren't there still many local people in Taiwan who believed that the seats on the mainland's high-speed railways had no backrests?
The Golden Melody Awards are well-known in mainland China, all thanks to a group of singers including Jay Chou, Elva Hsiao, Cai Yiling, SHE, Angela Chang, F.I.R, and Christine Fan. The fans of several new generation superstars are fighting for the spotlight, and it only takes a few rounds to hype up the Golden Melody Awards in major media.

In addition, the Top Ten Golden Songs of Hong Kong are basically for self-entertainment, while the major music awards in the mainland like to play the game of dividing the pork, and this pork is not distributed every year.

As a result, the Golden Melody Award of Formosa Province has become the most prestigious music award in the Chinese music scene. Some people even compare it to the Grammy Award in the Chinese music industry.

Of course, it is only 2000 now, and the influence of the Formosa Province Golden Melody Awards is limited to Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Singapore in Southeast Asia. In the mainland, only some fans or ordinary people in Guangdong Province, Fujian Province and other places close to Formosa Province know about it through media reports.

But this does not mean that the Golden Melody Awards are not popular. On the contrary, in today's powerful entertainment circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Golden Melody Awards of Formosa Province have their own B-level status. In the past, there were no mainland singers winning the awards, so the mainland media was too lazy to report it, and the people did not care about those Golden Melody Kings who they had never heard of.

But this time it’s different. Jiang Feng, a singer from the mainland, received five nominations in a row, including the heavyweight Song of the Year, Best Chinese Male Singer, Best Composer, and Best Lyricist.

As soon as the news came out, many mainland entertainment reporters were eager to go and applied for tourist visas or work visas, determined to go to Taipei to witness Jiang Feng ascend to the throne of the Chinese pop music king.

In the past, saying that Jiang Feng was the little king of the Chinese pop music scene was basically a self-congratulation by the mainland entertainment media, because the media reporters in Hong Kong and Taiwan did not recognize him and only believed that the reason why Jiang Feng's albums sold well was entirely because he had a good girlfriend.

Jiang Feng and Wang Fei's every move can get coverage in entertainment magazines in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and with coverage in entertainment magazines, the album's sales will be high.

But now it's different. As long as Jiang Feng can win some heavyweight music awards, he can become a genuine king of the Chinese entertainment music scene like Richie Jen and Zhou Huajian. What if Jiang Feng can't ascend to the throne?

Jiang Feng can’t ascend the throne and become the king of music…, what’s the matter?

Please take a look at the sales rankings of Chinese music albums in Formosa Province in 1999:
No. 5, William So, “It’s So Hard to Love Someone”, 50 copies.

No. 4, Alex To, "99 Lovers", 52 copies.

No. 3, Jacky Cheung, "Walking Through 1999", 55 copies.

No. 2, Zhang Huimei, "Can I Hug You? My Love", 100 million copies.

And what is the number 1?
No. 1, Jiang Feng, "Twilight", 174 million copies; "He Must Love You Very Much", 157 million copies.

两张唱片，不管是1999年1月1号在宝岛正式发行的《黄昏》，还是1999年9月份发行的音乐专辑《他一定很爱你》都对别的歌手的唱片销量形成碾压之势。

In this case, you tell me that Jiang Feng can't win any heavyweight awards, how is it possible? There is no Yehenala Sakura in Formosa Province, and no one has said that Jiang Feng's songs have aesthetic views.

Well, also, because of the torrent of water that hit Nantou on September 9 last year, Jiang Feng was the first musician to compose a song for this disaster, so fans and ordinary people in Taiwan have a natural liking for him.

Therefore, before boarding the plane, mainland entertainment media reporters basically wrote their manuscripts in advance.

"Chinese pop music's new king Jiang Feng is on a roll and has won big awards"

"That night, Jiang Feng is the most handsome guy in the Chinese music scene"

"Jiang Feng has proved to the mainland pop music scene that the Chinese music scene is not limited to singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan"

"Jiang Feng, the only mainland singer who won the Golden Melody Awards this year, I saw a figure walking against the tide"

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Unlike some excited mainland entertainment media reporters, Jiang Feng behaved very normally when he set off for Hong Kong Island early the next morning. He just took a day or two off from the "Swordsman" crew to visit the motherland's treasure island.

While traveling, I also stopped by the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall to meet with friends in the Taiwan music industry.

As for whether or not to win the award, Jiang Feng didn't care much.

Because compared to winning awards, he cares more about the actual sales of music albums. After all, only with sales can you make money.

Because of the business endorsement, Jiang Feng did not go alone to Baodao Province this time, but brought a whole team with him, including agent Li Xing, assistant Guo Xiaofeng, bodyguard Qin Chuan, makeup artist Mark, business assistant Ji Xiang, etiquette instructor Zhang Xiaolong...

Sitting on the plane flying to Hong Kong Island, Jiang Feng looked around, looked at the team following him, and sighed.

I never expected that one day, I would become the person I hated the most in my previous life. I went out to attend an award ceremony and brought so many staff members with me.

(End of this chapter)