The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 57 Competitors
Of course, Zhang Chen, who was far away in the United States, had no idea what happened in Hong Kong Island. Even if he knew, he would just take a closer look. Although it was unknown whether his influence on the world would change Xie Tingfeng's relationship, the decline of Hong Kong Island's entertainment industry was an irreversible process.

Now that the mainland has successfully completed market entry negotiations, it means that the economy is about to take off.

The booming economy will naturally lead to rapid growth in the entertainment industry.

In this case, how can a small island with less than 10 million people compete with a huge emerging market with more than one billion people?
Now, the most important thing for Zhang Chen is to focus on the upcoming Grammy Awards.

This year's Grammy Awards were dominated by big names, and the country's first media outlet broadcast the entire event. If he hadn't won an award, who knows how the media would have portrayed him.

8pm in the beautiful country.

Amid the expectations of all the music figures in the world, the majority of fans around the world, and the curiosity of the domestic mainland audience, the 41st Grammy Awards ceremony was held as scheduled outside the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, not far from Zhang Chen's Beverly Hills.

Compared to the lack of attention Zhang Chen received on the red carpet last year, the many media that came to the Grammys this year clearly showed great enthusiasm for this young man from the East.

As a prolific and talented singer who won a Grammy Award for his first album and was nominated for multiple awards from many predecessors in the second year, Zhang Chen has proved with his strength that although he is still young, his strength is not inferior to his predecessors who have been dominating the music scene for many years, and he has surpassed 99% of the singers in the world.

As long as Zhang Chen can maintain his current momentum, even though he is of Chinese descent, he may be able to ascend to the throne of "World Pop King".

Compared to last year's Grammy lineup, the singers on the nomination list are generally much stronger this year.

Among them are two famous female singers, Madonna and Celine Dion.

Also nominated for "Best Male Pop Vocalist" like Zhang Chen is Eric Patrick Clapton. This legendary figure from the United States, who debuted in 1970, has won more than 10 "Golden Gramophone" awards at the Grammy Awards alone.

He was later named "one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time" and also has three achievements in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The above three are all heavyweight singers who are in competition with Zhang Chen:

Single of the Year: Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"

Best Album of the Year, there is this year's biggest dark horse, Hill, who received 9 nominations, blocking the way
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Eric Patrick Clapton is competing for the award

For the Best Pop Vocal Album, she is competing with Madonna from Warner Music.

Zhang Chen also received two nominations, which are exclusive to a singer-songwriter, namely "Best Composition Award" and "Best Arrangement Award".

For these two awards, the former has another person competing with Zhang Chen, Bela Fleck, "recognized as one of the most innovative and technically proficient pandora players in the world."

The latter, however, has no well-known arranger to compete with him.

At the last Grammy Awards, Zhang Chen attended the awards ceremony with the attitude of gaining new insights and did not pay special attention to his competitors.

But after winning two awards in the last session, this time under the watchful eyes of the whole country, he conducted a thorough investigation of the award ceremony.

I don't know if I don't see it, but I was really shocked when I saw it.

It was also from that moment that Zhang Chen had a more intuitive feeling about the phrase "Grammy, the highest temple for world musicians". A group of singers standing at the top of the pyramid in the world are competing on the same stage tonight. This kind of competition that is not superficial is difficult to feel the tension and excitement without experiencing it personally.

"Leon, look here!" The reporters around were pressing their camera flashes frantically, leaving Zhang Chen with only a dazzling white screen in front of his eyes.

However, he was still cooperative and stayed on the red carpet for a while longer to let them take pictures.

What he was wearing today was rather simple. Since he hadn't contacted the brand yet, he wore a top-quality custom-made pure black suit, which was also the safest color to wear in formal occasions.

He wore a pure white shirt inside, and when it came to choosing a tie or a bow tie, Zhang Chen chose a pure black bow tie because bow ties are more formal than neckties at banquets. Although simple, it looks exquisite.

He is not here to grab the red carpet. He has works, is an Oriental, handsome, young, an all-round musician, prolific, and of high quality. For the media, putting these adjectives on the same person is equivalent to money.

After passing by a high-speed camera and recording a slow motion video, Zhang Chen came to the autograph wall.

"Leon, long time no see. How many awards do you plan to win this time?" the red carpet host asked dutifully.

"How many awards? Shouldn't you ask the organizing committee?" Zhang Chen responded with a smile, "But it's still the same as last year, the more the better."

Low profile? Why low profile? Last year was a new comer for him. Although he is not the most popular singer this year, he is definitely a shining star among this group of top singers.

Other singers may be disliked by others because they are too arrogant, which makes it difficult for them to get singing contracts with others, and thus leads to a dim star path.

But for Zhang Chen, I am a prolific composer of fine music myself, so what is there to be afraid of?
Even if one is high-profile in wanting to win multiple awards but ends up with nothing, it is still a topic of discussion.

For example, if a business receives 12 nominations but ultimately wins nothing, this piece of news will definitely surpass all the winners and top the hot topic list. However, the hot topics may be both good and bad, so it depends on the strength of the team behind it and where they direct the topic.

"Haha, Leon is still as confident as ever. I look forward to you winning many awards today." The host was also conducting a routine interview. There were a lot of people waiting for him behind him, so he couldn't keep holding on to Zhang Chen.

So with the host's blessing, Zhang Chen came to the backstage of the Grammy Awards.

That's right, he is the guest of tonight's opening show. According to the Grammy's default rules, any singer who sings at the Grammy Awards ceremony will be guaranteed to win an award as long as he participates in this year's Grammys.

This is also the reason why he had the confidence to say the more the better during the interview.

The guaranteed minimum is there, isn't it normal to expect to get a few more?
"Hey, Leon." Just as Zhang Chen was having his makeup touched up by the makeup artist, someone came backstage and found Zhang Chen as soon as he got there.

"Madonna?" Zhang Chen's tone was filled with surprise and confusion.

　I'll see if I can finish typing out the extra 1 words soon. From now on, I'll have at least three chapters a day, totaling 6000 words. It may be more, depending on my condition.

　　Finally, in consideration of my efforts, can you please give me some monthly tickets? The monthly tickets have been doubled recently. If you have tickets, please vote, if you have recommendations, please vote, if you have favorites, please also collect them, and recommend them to your friends. Thank you very much!

　　
　
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