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Chapter 212: New Ways to Play at the Grammy Awards—Giving Awards to Yourself
"Welcome, welcome." Seeing that the guests at the scene were still not quiet, the host said welcome several times in a row.

It was not until the fifth “welcome” that the host spoke: “I don’t know what you think, but I can’t think of a more appropriate way to start.”

After another round of screams, the host said helplessly: "From such a distance, they thought I was Justin Timberlake. Of course, I would rather you think I am Leon, after all, it makes me look younger."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the person you have been waiting for for a long time, after a year, he is here!"

With the host's loud shout, the lights on the main stage came on.

As the live band played, Zhang Chen's voice also rang out:

“Picture perfect memories,

(Record good memories)
Scattered all around the floor,

(The photos were scattered on the floor)
It's a quarter after one,

(It's already 1:15 in the morning)

I'm all alone and I need you now.
(I'm alone and I need you now)

Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control
(Told me I wouldn't call but I lost control)
and I need you now.
(I need you right now)

"

Zhang Chen's live performance of a new song "Need You Now" led many of the audience to hum along.

The host of Capital Music Radio in the broadcasting room on the second floor also dutifully introduced the song to domestic fans: "The song that Zhang Chen just sang was ranked first on the Billboard chart in the first week of the album's release, and has been at the top of the Billboard 200 singles chart for three consecutive weeks since then.

In addition, the song also ranked first on the Morning Light Music New Song Chart in as many as 45 countries and regions including North America, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea.

Because the song is new, Morning Light Music has not yet provided a paid download function for the single, but the album "Time Cooks Rain" which includes the song has sold 800 million copies in the first week in less than a month. So far, the album has sold over 2000 million copies worldwide.

A world superstar released an album all over the world, and the sales data is so terrifying.

Currently, the only ones who can do this are Michael Jackson, Madonna and Zhang Chen. If we count down, Britney, who is currently the most popular, is still a long way behind.

Album sales exceeding 10 million is a threshold, and exceeding 10 million in the first month is a height that only a handful of people can achieve.

Zhang Chen is one of them.

"Leon, many people are saying that you are in love. Look at the songs in your album last year and this year. They all seem to be related to love. My favorite song is "Shape of You". I love the phrase 'I'm in love with your body'."

Award presenters in Europe and America really dare to make fun of anything.

He quoted the lyrics from Zhang Chen's previous album and teased Zhang Chen about whether he was in love.

In his previous album, Zhang Chen wanted to boost sales, but also because of his age, he didn’t care about other things and just put pornographic songs in it.

Young people in Europe and America like this.

Young people in China have only one requirement for European and American songs, which is that the melody is catchy. As for what the lyrics mean?
They don't care.

Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, many Chinese people have been listening to European and American songs whose lyrics are more or less explicit.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, but I'm really not in a relationship."

"Oh, come on, isn't that the one I'm thinking of? The Avril who was sitting next to you just now?"

"She is my employee. Please believe in the relationship between the boss and the employee, okay?"

"Boss and employee? Oh——"

The host said "oh" meaningfully, and many people at the scene burst into laughter.

In the workplace in Europe and the United States, especially in the entertainment industry, the relationship between employees and bosses is extremely complicated.

Zhang Chen reacted and rolled his eyes helplessly: "Hurry up and give the awards, how can you be more gossipy than a woman."

The more you explain this thing, the worse it gets. It's enough to explain it once. If you explain it again, it will seem guilty.

This is also the disadvantage of him writing this kind of song.

People always have some unnecessary misunderstandings about him.

After all, how can one write such lyrics without having experienced certain things?
They don’t believe it anyway.

“Okay, okay, Leon is angry, let’s present the award. It just so happens that this award needs you to announce it, so tell everyone.”

The host pretended to take out an envelope, as if suddenly inviting Zhang Chen to present the award.

In fact, this was arranged in advance.

The first award was originally scheduled to be presented by Zhang Chen.

"Nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album are:
Light/Leon Zhang

Come Away With Me/Norah Jones
Let Go/Avril Lavigne
Rock Steady/No Doubt
"

Zhang Chen opened the envelope and first announced the list of five nominees, including this year's biggest dark horse Norah Jones and Avril Lavigne. This award also staged a competition drama between the boss and the employees.

"The winner is me?"

Zhang Chen saw in the envelope that the award-winning title was "Light/Leon Zhang", so he simply shortened it to a single word "Me".

Moreover, his expression at this moment was full of question marks. He was giving an award to himself?

This was the first time Grammy had done this, and it caught him off guard.

He thought that since he was the one to present the award, it was no longer his chance to win.

"I will present the award to myself?" Zhang Chen held up the trophy that was originally going to be given away and looked at the host not far away with an amused face.

The host did not have a microphone in his hand at this time, so he could only extend his hand to indicate "please feel free".

Since the Grammys wanted to create some atmosphere, Zhang Chen was happy to cooperate, after all, the award was given to him.

"Well, since it's called an awards ceremony, then someone has to hand the award to me. Avril, come up here. I'll let you touch this trophy that you missed."

Zhang Chen looked at Avril, who was feeling depressed, with a sly smile on his face.

As soon as Zhang Chen finished speaking, the camera on the scene instantly captured Avril's slightly disgusted expression.

However, she still slowly walked onto the stage amid the laughter and whistles of the seniors around her.

"Come, let me touch you first."

Zhang Chen held back his laughter and handed the trophy to Avril, letting her share in the good fortune.

I don’t know how Avril will win awards in the future. If she still follows the original historical trend, she should have won 5 out of 0 nominations. So his current behavior will undoubtedly help Avril successfully step onto the podium.

Although, she was the one who "presented the award".

But it has also been a chance to show my face in front of music lovers all over the world, which is much better than not winning any award at all.

Moreover, Zhang Chen's move is also telling the fans present here and around the world.

This singer is under the protection of Zhang Chen.

It can clear away many obstacles for Avril in the music industry.

"Come, take this envelope again and you can give me the award."

Zhang Chen motioned Avril to stand over to the microphone and let her read the name in the envelope.

"The winner is Avel Lavigne!"

Avril opened the envelope reluctantly at first, but when the name was read out, she suddenly changed her mind and shouted out her own name loudly. After that, she looked at Zhang Chen provocatively, and walked away with Zhang Chen's trophy in her hand.

Girls who play rock music are not docile little white rabbits.

As for the trophy, it was her boss's trophy, so she could keep it for a while longer without losing anything. "Well, thank you again to the Grammys for giving me the award, and thank you to my fans for their continued support. I will bring more works to express my gratitude to you, thank you!"

Seeing his unruly employee, Zhang Chen could only finish his acceptance speech alone on the stage.

After he finished speaking, he returned to his seat and said to Avril, who was playing with the trophy, "Are you so disrespectful to your boss?"

"It's as if my boss really helped me."

Ever since Zhang Chen signed Avril Lavigne in 01, Zhang Chen has been letting her do whatever she wants in terms of songwriting, recording, and collecting songs.

On the one hand, Avril herself is a Maple Leaf citizen, and it is very inconvenient for her to live in China.

On the other hand, her main market is in North America. Although Zhang Chen has a company in North America, he rarely comes to North America.

As a result, Avril didn't see Zhang Chen many times during the entire year of making the album.

Not to mention the help on the album.

“Have you finished your next album?”

Zhang Chen thought about it and agreed. Since he had signed Avril, he should help her to the best of his ability. Besides, some of the songs in his memory were only suitable for girls to sing.

“You want to write a song for me?”

At this point, Avril stopped playing with the trophy and stared at Zhang Chen without blinking.

Initially, her purpose of signing with Zhang Chen's company was to get closer to Zhang Chen, and she didn't give much thought to her singing career.

However, after devoting herself to music creation over the past year, her desire to get close to Zhang Chen faded, but her desire to ask Zhang Chen to write a song for her became more and more intense.

The more I learn about this industry, the deeper my understanding of Zhang Chen, the world's pop king.

It can be said that Zhang Chen’s songs are basically equated with “big sales” or “award-winning”.

There are so many people in this world who want Zhang Chenge, but so far, it seems that only Madonna has obtained "half" of the song "The Phoenix".

Moreover, this half song also allowed Madonna and Zhang Chen to stay on the Billboard chart for a full 23 weeks.

That's why Avril was so excited when she heard Zhang Chen's question.

"I have this idea. I will try to write a song for you later. I just don't know if it is suitable for you to sing."

Zhang Chen nodded, confirming Avril's guess.

This Asian queen has impeccable character. When China was in distress, she was one of the celebrities in the world who donated the most money.

It can be considered as a reward for him to help this future queen.

"It's right, it's right, it's definitely right."

Avril didn't think too much about it. She was completely stunned by the sudden surprise and nodded in response hurriedly.

"Shut up, the camera is coming."

Avril, who was about to jump up and scream, hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands and blinked at the camera after Zhang Chen reminded her.

The audience in front of the TV saw the beautiful girl's action and were all very curious about what had just happened.

"What's the name of this cool, pretty, and kind of cute young singer?"

This is the voice of many viewers in front of the TV.

She is beautiful because of her delicate features.

It's cool because of the rock girl's dressing style.

The cuteness comes from the expression of covering the mouth and blinking the eyes.

"Next up is Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, nominees are
Craig David, 7 Days
Elton John - Original Sin / Elton John
John Maye 《Your Body Is A Wonderland》
Sting《Fragile》
Leon Zhang《Shape of You》/Leon Zhang
The winner is Leon Zhang! Congratulations! "

It can only be said that there was no suspense at all, and everyone at the scene applauded.

If this award was taken by someone else, that person would be called a "dark horse". Unfortunately, the award fell to Zhang Chen. There is no dark horse in the popular male singer award.

Zhang Chen’s dominance in pop music is still as terrifying as ever.

After Zhang Chen gave another speech, it was the turn of "Best Female Pop Singer"

"Sheryl Crow" "Soak Up The Sun"
Norah Jones, Don't Know Why
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Pink
Britney Spears "Overprotected"

Just looking at this list of nominations, you can tell how fierce the competition is for this year's Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

There is this year's dark horse Norah Jones, the new European and American queen Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, the new rock queen of the Maple Leaf Country, and Cher Crow, a frequent Grammy guest who can incorporate various elements into rock music.

Of the two, Avril is the youngest.

“The winner is.”

Zhang Chen could clearly feel that Avril beside him was very nervous, with her hands tightly grasping her trouser legs.

"Norah Jones, Don't Know Why, congratulations!"

When Avril heard the presenter reveal the answer, she felt completely deflated.

She also knew that it was extremely difficult to find a way out of this situation.

But she was still a little unwilling to accept losing to Norah Jones, who was only four years older than her and also just made her debut.

"It's okay, there will be opportunities later."

This was all Zhang Chen could say to comfort her.

After all, he didn't know whether Avril would be beaten up by a group of divas would continue to happen.

While Avril was anxiously waiting, Zhang Chen would go up from time to time to receive an award.

There are three awards in total: Best Male Pop Vocalist, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Rock Song.

As Zhang Chen expected, Avril was first defeated by Norah Jones, then beaten by Britney Spears, and then lost the award to her mother.

Her mood also changed from initial nervousness to final disdain.

"What? You think the Grammys are involved in this?"

After the award ceremony, Zhang Chen took Avril away from the scene.

Looking at her indignant look, I couldn't help but ask.

"That Norah Jones won four comprehensive awards, including the 'Best Single of the Year' and 'Best Album of the Year' which beat you. The Grammys really lost their face for their beautiful singer."

While Avril was frustrated that she did not win the award, she also felt sorry for Zhang Chen being defeated by a newcomer.

"Awards ceremonies are always like this. What's the big deal about winning a Grand Slam? Michael, Madonna and I have never won one."

"Just forget it?"

"Don't be anxious, there will be people who are more anxious than me."

There are only two situations where this happens:
1. Mocking Norah Jones for winning the award unfairly and being unworthy of her position.

2. Mocking Zhang Chen, saying he is out of date and cannot even compare to a newcomer.

But if you carefully look through the data of each of Zhang Chen's albums, as well as his rankings on some charts, I believe the public and the media will make a fair judgment.

Wang Sunglasses’s goddess of News, Norah Jones, is probably going to be in trouble.

　Chapter 8000 is here. I still owe words. I'll see how much I can write in the middle of the night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)