The number one playboy on the Peninsula!

Chapter 218 Sweeping the MAMA Awards Ceremony
On October 30, Twice released their first full-length album "Twicetagram", which included 13 songs and performed extremely well in the local music scene in the peninsula. The title song was the youthful and lively "LIKEY", which immediately ranked second on major music websites.

The first is the unshakable "Peaches" & Tarot.

Nowadays, solo artists and groups under major management companies in the Peninsula have become immune to the number one singer's almost year-round dominance on the charts, and their standards for other groups have also changed from the initial marketing press releases of "xxx suddenly landed at number one, a huge comeback..."

It becomes, "xxx lands at number 2, a huge comeback!" Then add at the end of the marketing, "According to statistics, it's about to surpass 'Peaches & Tarot' and take the number 1 spot..."

However, the public and fans didn't take it seriously. Tarot and his songs only stayed on the charts for a long time, and were rotated between other released songs. It was rare for other local artists to reach number one...

The major award ceremonies of 2017 are about to kick off, and the buzz is unlike anything seen in previous years. Fans and the public are speculating about which artists will sweep all the major awards this year, and in the buzzing forums, they're analyzing various music and album sales data...

Instead, everyone was speculating whether "Tarot" would sweep all the major awards, even though their fans had shut up and were quiet. Gong Cheng's album sales and music performance this year were well known to the public without having to publicly reveal the data.

Someone has shown the sales figures of Gong Cheng's two albums released this year, one is his first solo album, and the other is his first album with the group Bombardment Meteor, not counting the group album.

"Shape of You," one of the title tracks from her first solo album released in the first half of the year, became the best-selling song worldwide this year, with single sales reaching 26.6 million copies, enough to eclipse the combined comeback album sales of all K-pop groups and artists for the entire year...

Compared to the citizens cheering with pride for "Great Cold Nation," countless male and female groups and solo artists looking at these streaming data and album sales figures feel powerless and suffocated...

Tarot's first full-length album, Wheel of Fortune & X, saw its two singles, "Rockstar" and "Shape of You," simultaneously top the charts in multiple countries worldwide, reaching number one and number two, breaking records in both the UK and US. They also topped the iTunes charts in a combined 128 countries and quickly surpassed 560 million streams worldwide.

……

This year's K-pop season has come to an end with the return of Twice and a series of other groups...

On November 30, Gong Cheng, who had disappeared from the public eye for a month, appeared at the Hong Kong International Airport in China. The Mnet Asian Music Awards fired the first shot in the year-end award ceremony.

Outside the terminal, countless fans speaking Mandarin held up cheering signs and excitedly shouted at the tall boy in a white down jacket in front of the camera. Under the flash lights, standing next to him were his fellow travelers Twice and Got7.

At this year's MAMA, many artists under JYP took the same flight.

Park Jin-young stood in the front row and greeted the camera with a smile...

“Tarot!!”

"Miya Cheng Oppa!! I want to give birth to your baby!"

"Twice!"

"Gorilla, please hold a fan meeting for my Miya Makoto Oppa!"

"..."

Amid the deafening cheers, Park Jin Young's face froze. Was it because I didn't want him to open the car?
Gong Cheng smiled brightly. For the past month, he'd been practically confined to the composing studio. Besides releasing the single "Paris in the Rain," he'd been working on Taylor's sixth album, which was expected to be finished by mid-December and released at the end of the month... or he'd be hanging out with Zhao Meiyan, his pabo, cheering her on! Her debut was coming soon...

The girls of Twice have been busy on various music stages for their comeback, winning more than a dozen No. 1s, and they are all very busy.

"Oppa, you are the most cruel Chinese man! You haven't shown up for a month!"

"..."

One fan complained and cried, holding up a support sign. On the white cardboard, they wrote in Chinese using a colored brush: "Oppa, I have never seen a Chinese man as cruel as you. Please meet with us more often~"

Shouts erupted throughout the Hong Kong International Airport. The security personnel responsible for maintaining order looked at the boy surrounded by spotlights and couldn't help but take a few more glances. He was so handsome that even men thought he was handsome...

During his two days of duty, he'd seen quite a few singers and bands from the peninsula arrive in this city. Initially, he'd thought these fans were completely insane! Damn, now that the fan base was practically unstoppable, it was clear they were even crazier...

"..." Dozens of microphones from media outlets and reporters were passed around Gong Cheng, practically drowned out by microphones with various banners hanging on them: "Sina Weibo," "Daily News," "Entertainment Weekly," "Peninsula Sports"...

A sea of ​​cameras and flashes darted at his face, illuminating the partially dark night like daylight. Gong Cheng wanted to say something, but the fans' relentless shouting made it difficult for the microphone to mute...

"Tarot, this is your first time attending the MAMA awards ceremony in Hong Kong. Do you have anything to say?"

"Tarot, can I see you in Lan Kwai Fong tonight?"

"Tarot, please tell me..."

"Welcome back to China, to Hong Kong, China..."

Twice, Got7 and others got on the nanny car first. Sana Minatozaki leaned against the car window and received the envelopes handed by fans in mid-air. In her sparkling eyes, her boyfriend, who had been so honest and a little weird recently, was still surrounded by microphones and reporters.

PDnim and Daewoo Oppa, along with their managers and bodyguards, struggled to gather around their man, wanting to take him away. PDnim was so anxious that he jumped up and down, temporarily acting as security guard...

"..."

More than ten minutes later, Gong Cheng got into the nanny car and sat next to Minatozaki Sana. Chou Tzuyu and Kim Dahyun were also sitting in the back seat of the car, while the other members were in other nanny cars.

Park Jin-young got into the passenger seat cursing, "Oh my god, these media and reporters are too crazy!" He was so angry about what happened just now that he didn't care about his identity as the president and cursed a few times.

He bent down and brushed the dust off his legs. He had no idea which bastard had kicked him twice in the chaos and cursed him, "Grooved Gorilla~" He was speaking in Chinese, but the force of the kick made him know clearly that it was definitely not a nice thing to say.

"After returning to Seoul, Tarot's bodyguards will be increased by three more people, and the security positions will receive salary increases..."

Park Jin-young took a deep breath. The MOS style he had specially arranged to have stylisted in Hong Kong had been messed up. Being this guy's bodyguard was really hard...

"Yes, President." Jin Dae-woo was also very tired. He got into the car and drove straight towards the hotel and stepped on the accelerator.

Minatozaki Sana had just witnessed pdnim being stabbed by someone to vent her anger, and she immediately turned her head to check Gong Cheng's body with concern, "Are you hurt?" As she said that, she took advantage of the night and the dim light of the carriage, raised her hand and held Gong Cheng's fingertips.

"It's okay..." Gong Cheng recalled the scene with a wry smile.

"Oh my god, how could he be okay..." Kim Dahyun turned on the flashlight and carefully checked the oppa's clothes to see if they were torn by crazy fans or something. After all, the scene just now was too chaotic.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Ziyu nervously leaned over to look.

Hearing this, Park Jin-young and Kim Dae-woo, who were driving in the front row, also became nervous. They knew very well that extreme fans could do anything, otherwise they would not have attached so much importance to Gong Cheng's security.

Gong Cheng's overseas trips were almost always accompanied by a full entourage, all trembling with fear, except for the makeup artist staff who were completely bored...

"What's wrong? You shouldn't be hurt?" Gong Cheng was also a little shocked. He felt that he didn't suffer any harm throughout the whole process. He was just pushed and shoved by the crowd. There were even normal fans who spontaneously protected him and helped him clear the way.

"Oh no~" Kim Da Hyun smacked her lips with an intriguing expression, "You should take off your down jacket and let me see..."

"Isn't that crazy?"

Gong Cheng took off his white down jacket after hearing that. After Jin Dae-woo turned on the lights in the car, he saw that the white fabric on his back was covered with lip prints of various colors. The lip shapes were different, red, orange, pink...

When Sana Minatozaki saw the masterpieces left by the fans, her heart immediately tightened. She quickly stretched out her slender hand, pinched Gong Cheng's chin and lifted it up. Then, after noticing the gazes of the members and pdnim, her face flushed and she pretended to be calm: "Hurry and check if there is anything on you..."

"Right, right, right..." Jin Dae-woo quickly agreed. As a good manager, artists can't drink water or food handed to them by strangers. Everything must be prepared by their managers to ensure the artist's personal safety.

If a stranger really kissed Gong Cheng, it would be very scary. After all, extreme black fans are very bad and can do anything. What if there is some bacterial or infectious disease?
Zhou Ziyu and Kim Daxian also felt a chill in their hearts. This had to be checked carefully, so with Park Jinying's tacit approval, Minatozaki Sana and the other two, some holding his head, some holding his arms... kept checking...

Zhou Ziyu stroked Gong Cheng's head from behind and looked at his cold, white neck. There were no lip marks. OK! Then she leaned over to Gong Cheng's side and looked at his cheeks and Adam's apple. They were clean! OK!

At the end, when the inspection was finished, she couldn't help but narrow her eyes and smiled as she pinched his cheek. How cute!
"Ani, it should be fine." Gong Cheng glanced at his sister's smiling face and said nothing. Then, after everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Park Jin Young turned around and said, "Hey, let's hold a fan meeting after we return to Seoul!"

He said this with great conviction, "Once we get to the hotel, I'll call the company and start making arrangements. I'll take all the blame for you."

Park Jin Young said helplessly, obviously still upset about what happened just now. In fact, he also wanted to let Gong Cheng hold two more meet-and-greets, but this kid always said next time, next time. He has been too busy recently... Considering his situation, he is indeed very busy, so it has been delayed until now.

On the other hand, it was also because this guy was simply lazy. Artists from other companies would always be eager to make requests, and the company had more say, almost having the final say. However, the profits Gong Cheng created for the company were completely different, so he could only follow...

Besides, he's a bit lazy, not to mention his business ability...

……

After arriving at the hotel after a long journey, Gong Cheng spotted many familiar friends in the hotel restaurant, including SM's Red Velvet, EXO, and several members of Girls' Generation...

Apparently SM and JYP booked the same hotel.

Gong Cheng sat on the sofa, watching Kim Taeyeon, Lin Yuna and the others walking towards him, and suddenly remembered a little funny thing, "Taeyeon, do you want to go to Lan Kwai Fong with me tonight? I can hold my liquor well, I won't let you pass out drunk in the trash can..."

“???” Kim Taeyeon and the others had question marks on their faces, and the corners of their mouths twitched. What are you implying?
Before anyone could speak, Gong Cheng quickly and enthusiastically called out, "Joo Hyun~"

Bae Joo-hyun nodded, her face flushed. It was really amazing. With so many seniors around, you called her so intimately. In the past, you always called her a Daegu woman?
"Brother SUHO..." Gong Cheng greeted the SM artists, and then saw Wang Jiaer and Zhang Yixing walking in late. They looked tired, as if they had just returned to the hotel and put down their luggage and rushed over.

Soon after, Park Jae-bum and Lim Young-woong arrived at the hotel after getting off their flight. The entire Bombardment Meteor crew had arrived in Hong Kong. They found a table and started eating together. Park Chanyeol and Oh Se-hun joined them after greeting the XO crew.

In the restaurant, many artists and groups from the two major companies were sitting at various tables. At first glance, they were clearly separated, but they turned their heads from time to time to communicate.

Gong Cheng took a sip of orange juice and glanced at Jackson Wang and Lay Zhang, who were currently filming the domestic talent show "Idol Producer". I heard that the original plan of the director team was to start filming in January next year, but Bombardment Meteor's Asian tour at the beginning of the year was just around the corner, so they had to start recording early.

"How does it feel to be a mentor, Lay, Jackson?"

Everyone immediately became interested upon hearing this. As for the talent show "Idol Producer", everyone in the group was familiar with it. Initially, the director team had almost locked in all the members of their group as mentors, but due to their respective schedules, only Zhang Yixing and Wang Jiaer confirmed their participation.

For example, the rap instructors invited at the beginning of the show were Gong Cheng and Park Jae-bum, but Park Jae-bum was busy with his new album, and Gong Cheng was even more busy with his collaboration with Taylor, so they had no time...

For the rap mentor position, in addition to Jackson Wang, Chinese-American singer Ouyang Jing was invited. The other mentors invited were Chinese singer Li Ronghao, Cheng Xiao from Cosmic Girls, who also returned from Peninsular China to develop her career, and Zhou Jieqiong from last year's limited group IOI...

Wang Jiaer sighed and curled his lips, "It's hard to put it into words..."

"It's OK. The conditions are good, but my foundation is too poor." Zhang Yixing shrugged, thinking about the recent recordings, and then remembered the director's instructions before participating in MAMA. "The director also asked me to ask you if you have time, can you come and play for an episode..."

"Almost all of the fans back home are talking about wanting you to come on a show and make a guest appearance."

Gong Cheng was a little surprised: "Didn't they start recording before the show even aired?"

"The Reuters news has spread. It's official, and it's a given that Lay and I will be participating. It's inevitable that our fans will want you to be on an episode, right?" Wang Jiaer said, taking a sip of beer. "The Spring Festival Gala rehearsals are about to start, and you'll have to stay in China for a few days. If you have time, you can come and perform on one of our shows."

This year's Spring Festival Gala is on February 15th, and it only takes more than two months to prepare. Moreover, the rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala in China are very long, unlike the three major TV stations in the peninsula, which only need to record and rehearse a few times.

"I know it well. It will probably be January before we return to China. Don't forget that we still have to go to the Red and White Song Festival in Japan at the end of December..." Gong Cheng mentioned the heavy schedule at the end of the year and looked at the members at the circle table. Actually, he was fine. But the members who were busy with other schedules in China or overseas would have a hard time and would have to fly back and forth.

Wu Sehun and Park Chanyeol looked at each other and suddenly asked, "Maknae, if you are going back to Korea to record the Spring Festival Gala, will it be in January?"

"Yes, it should be around this time. Mama ends tomorrow, and I have to go back to finish Taylor's sixth album. Plus, the company added a fan meeting at the last minute, plus I have a trip to Japan at the end of the month, so I have to return to China in early January to start rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala..."

"I'll probably have to stay in the country for a few more days after the rehearsal. I need to negotiate with the local cultural and tourism department about the details of next year's concert in the country and an event in May..." Gong Cheng leaned back in his chair and talked about his itinerary.

In the past two days, he received an invitation from China. The cultural and tourism department of SD wanted to plan a concert in the local area on the May Fourth Youth Day in May... He agreed, so he had to stay in China for two days to communicate the specific address of the concert, as well as the overall planning and layout.

Gong Cheng hadn't expected his first concert to be a standalone event, not part of the world tour plan... However, aside from the special commemorative significance of the festival, he also wanted to meet more fans in China...

Wu Sehun nodded, crossed his arms and said, "Chanyeol and I are taking a break, and we just happened to think of visiting Lay's hometown." As he said that, he turned his head to look at Park Jae-bum and Lim Young-woong, indicating if they wanted to go out for a walk together.

The two of them thought about it, "Okay, let's go together then. It just so happens that the maknae, Lay, and Jackson's Spring Festival Gala performance has just finished. According to the schedule, we're going on the Asia tour in March. Let's relax..."

After finalizing the matter, Park Jae-bum suddenly turned his head and remembered something: "I heard from Cheetah that the production team of Produce 48 is inviting you to be the representative producer?"

"Yes, we're still discussing it." Gong Cheng said truthfully. Cheetah is the rap instructor of the PRODUCE 101 series and has always been a good friend of Park Jae-bum. After she knew about the contact between the program crew and herself, she probably asked Park Jae-bum.

"I think he'll probably go, so I asked Lay and Jackson what it's like to teach the trainees."

He chuckled and then heard the shouting from Kim Taeyeon's table. The hotel restaurant staff started serving the dishes.

"Oh my god, this kind of place really isn't suitable for you to stay any longer, maknae." Wang Jiaer glanced at Bae Joo-hyun, Im Yoona, and the nine members of Twice's table not far away. The rumored ones, the real ones, were all in this restaurant. He quite admired the maknae's calmness and composure...

"Would you like to go for a drink tonight and I'll show you around Hong Kong?"

Afterwards, Wang Jiaer withdrew his gaze and asked. He was from Hong Kong and was very familiar with this area.

"Oh, my dear, I won't go. I'm a serious man..." Gong Cheng put away his smile and stared at Wang Jiaer's back seriously. The people at the table around him held their cups and tried to hold back their laughter.

Park Jin-young stood behind Jackson Wang with his hands behind his back and patted his shoulder with a half-smile, "Jackson, why don't you go have some fun too?"

……

On December 1, the "2017 MAMA in Hong Kong" awards ceremony was held at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, China.

The day's coverage by major entertainment media outlets was widespread across Asia. The Mama Awards, which had previously been criticized by G-Dragon for its excessive "pork" content, was now receiving widespread online criticism, raising the question of whether all the awards would be won by a single "Tarot"...

If not, it is still "dividing pork"...

Gong Cheng's fans are not worried about this. Originally, the grand prize that EXO won at Mama last year should have been Bombardment Meteor, but due to his absence, the award was given to EXO who were present at the event.

The MAMA awards are generally not given to artists who are absent. As for the "sharing of pork", fans don't really care. In the final analysis, MAMA needs their own oppa to prove its value, not their oppa needs a MAMA award...

They are certain that if the grand prize winner tonight is not their own oppa, then the whole world and Asia will turn against MAMA, and MAMA's already limited value and credibility will plummet to freezing point...

What's rare is that the entire K-pop community actually unanimously believes that Gong Cheng will sweep all the awards, and is always ready to siege MAMA if a "pork division" situation occurs...

At the award ceremony, Gong Cheng and Twice and others got out of the car and walked onto the red carpet. Facing the overwhelming flash lights, he stood straight and greeted the fans with a smile.

Along the way, I met many domestic artists and K-pop groups, including WANNA ONE, EXO, BTS, Red Velvet, Song Ji-hyo, Kim Yoo-jung, Kwon Yul, NCT127, Karen Mok, and Ronald Cheng...

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the award ceremony began... The front row of guest seats was composed of long sofas, with one seat for each group. Gong Cheng and Park Jin Young sat together on Twice's sofa, chatting casually.

The big screen on the stage kept switching to his face, leaving him no chance to even have a private word with the bunny girl.

Gong Cheng sat on the sofa and glanced at Li Zhien who had just taken a seat in the aisle. As soon as the guy came over, a row of men and women from the group stood up and saluted. He curled his lips and asked, "Long time no see, Zhien."

He stood up and moved to the table next to Lee Ji-eun, who always sat alone at award ceremonies. It had been three or four months since he'd last seen her. The last time they'd met was before Coachella, when Bae Suzy took them out for dinner and karaoke.

"Long time no see, what have you been up to lately? I haven't seen any of your letters, and I haven't even been to Gangnam much." Lee Ji-eun was wearing a white dress. The fabric was exquisite, but the hem wasn't exaggerated enough to drag on the ground, which surprisingly suited her short figure. She had fair skin, light makeup on her eyebrows, her hair was tied up in a bun, and her earrings were dangling non-stop...

Gong Cheng leaned back on the sofa, arms folded across his chest, and started chatting with her. Sometimes he felt that the year-end music festival and awards ceremony were actually a chance for friends to meet and connect. If he hadn't run into Sister Hand Slip today, he would have almost forgotten they even knew her. "Producing an album for Taylor..."

"What about you? Haven't you returned to filming recently?"

"What else? Do you think everyone is like you? Who can hand you a script whenever they want to film a movie?" Lee Ji-eun curled the corners of her lips, which were painted with light pink lip gloss. Other artists have to adjust their schedules before filming a movie or appearing on a show, but the guy next to her has to make others cooperate with his schedule.

"Are you really not going to film anymore?" Gong Cheng glanced at her. "I've never said that before. I can't say that casually, or my teacher will kick me out. Who knows, maybe there will be another chance to work with you in the future?"

"Haha, second time? Your fans should just quiet down..." Li Zhien was speechless when she mentioned this. After all, she was the most popular female solo artist on Peninsula, right? In the mouths of these fans, she was actually just a "radish"...

EXO performed the song nominated for Song of the Year on the stage, and the cheers from the audience were loud.

But the director cut the camera to Gong Cheng and IU's faces like a jerk. The two of them greeted the camera with a smile... A sharp explosion sounded again in the audience...

Gong Cheng listened helplessly to the screams. Sometimes it's hard to get what makes fans tick. If they're handsome, they scream. If they sing well, they perform well. If they scream, they understand. But tonight, he'd chatted with a lot of artists, directed every shot, and the screams would get even more intense...

He had specifically asked Kim Min-woong before, and the answer he got was, "For fans, if oppa has a lot of connections and good relationships, and knows a lot of artists, fans will be happy and feel great..."

"Besides, the richer Oppa is, the happier his fans will be..."

"..."

Interspersed with the performances of various groups, the MAMA awards ceremony began one after another. The winner of the Male New Artist Award was Wanna One, who debuted through the PRODUCE 101 audition this year.

When the 11 members of Wanna One took the stage and gave speeches respectively, Gong Cheng glanced at Park Ji-hyo who was sitting next to him in surprise, his eyes fixed on one of the juniors.

"?" A bold idea emerged in Gong Cheng's mind, and he poked Yu Jeongyeon beside him while trying to hold back his laughter.

Yu Jeongyeon followed his gaze and saw her team staring at Kang Daniel on the stage with smiles on their faces. Then she sighed and whispered in Gong Cheng's ear, "In contact..."

Gong Cheng finally understood what was going on: "Did you meet him on the show?"

"Yes." Yu Jeongyeon curled her lips and shrugged. There was nothing she could say about it. With the three-year dating ban about to be lifted, it was understandable that the members wanted to date. "We first met once on the show, and then I heard that it was Jihyo's friend who introduced us, so we just happened to get in touch..."

Gong Cheng nodded in understanding. He hadn't expected that the usually impulsive Park Ji-hyo would be the first member to fall in love? Of course, this didn't include the bunny mother, the little tiger, and the little dog...

Secret relationships don't count...

In the K-pop world, dating is pretty straightforward: if you're attracted to each other, you get in touch, and that's it. But things can also break up quickly. After all, they're both artists, and schedules and other factors can hinder their exposure, making it difficult to meet in person. It's more like a fast-food relationship, where everyone gets what they want.

Otherwise, Park Jin-young wouldn't have lowered the company's previous dating ban to three years. After all, they're both young, beautiful boys and girls, and it's impossible to control them... SM is even more extreme. Lee Soo-man supports dating within the company because it makes it easier for the company to handle subsequent issues...

Looking at the Kpop artists sitting in this venue, Gong Cheng recalled the gossips he had talked about with Wu Sehun in the past, and almost 80% of them were about dating.

As for the idea that oppa and unnies are so busy that they have no time for dating or relationships in the eyes of fans... that's not true. The only exception is that woman from Daegu like Bae Joo-hyun, who is really free and has no time for dating...

"What's his name?" Gong Cheng glanced at the man who was giving his acceptance speech on the stage.

"Kang Daniel." Yu Jeongyeon said softly.

Gong Cheng yawned and then stopped paying attention. Whether Park Ji-hyo was dating or not had nothing to do with him. Instead, it was just some gossip.

Yu Jeongyeon suddenly turned her head and stared at Gong Cheng with a strange look in her eyes, "Oppa, are you dating?"

Only then did she remember that the oppa sitting next to her, whom she had known for so long, was the biggest love-star on the entire peninsula. When he had private meals with friends outside the group, this guy had always been involved in scandals.

Gong Cheng looked at the gossipy eyes under Yu Jeongyeon's short hair and curled his lips. "There are too many people who like me. I'm considering it..."

Seeing Gong Cheng didn't want to answer, Yu Jeongyeon tactfully shut up. She glanced at her friend Lim Nayeon beside her and sighed inwardly. Since a certain point last year, she noticed that her friend's attitude towards her oppa had changed drastically.

This year, she's become even closer to Gong Cheng. She knows her friend likes this oppa, and she's secretly asked Nayeon a few times if they're dating, but her friend always shook her head and denied it...

Yu Jeongyeon wondered if she should help her friend. But after thinking about the other members' attitudes towards this oppa, she felt it was not a good idea to act rashly. She had a feeling that the younger members of the maknae line also had some strange feelings towards this oppa...

……

"The winner of the Best Dance Performance Female Group Award is Twice!"

Park Bo Gum on the stage called out the winning group, Gong Sung stood up with a chuckle and applauded the members beside him. The nine members had just changed into white dance costumes in the lounge today, white trousers, a white vest that exposed their belly buttons, and a small white jacket.

The whole group of people in white walked onto the stage to receive their awards after the celebration, looking dashing and beautiful.

After receiving the award, everyone gave their acceptance speeches one by one. When it was Chou Tzuyu's turn, she greeted her Chinese fans in the audience in Chinese.

Park Jin-young sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, sighing, "It's a shame that the Twice girls didn't win a grand prize... But the lack of a grand prize doesn't negate their success..."

"It's a pity." Gong Cheng nodded, and his face, smiling as he looked at the stage, flashed on the big screen.

"We still have to celebrate properly." Park Jin-young looked at the stage where Twice was performing with a smile. In his opinion, all the artists who came here tonight were just runners-up, regardless of whether they won the championship or not...

Even the current top girl groups Twice and Bombardment Meteor are the same. Gong Cheng next to him may really sweep all the awards, but Park Jin Young feels that he deserves everything.

"Best Male Vocalist Award - Tarot!"

"Best Female Vocalist Award - IU!"

In the guest seats, almost all the artists stood up and congratulated the two winners. The two walked onto the stage together and held up their respective trophies.

……

"The Best Dance Performance Male Group Award went to Da Wu, who returned in glory in 2017. The once dazzling Asian meteors have expanded from 4 to 7, and their return has broken the Asian boy group sales record and created a huge sensation! They are—BBBBBBombardment Meteor!!!"

"Best Men's Group Award - Bombardment Meteor!"

"Global Fans' Choice Award for Group – Bombardment Meteor!"

"Best Girl Group Award - Twice!"

Under the live camera of the MAMA awards ceremony, the two current top-ranked groups almost swept all the group awards. The other groups in the guest seats who kept standing up and applauding had a somewhat stiff smile on their faces...

On the stage with flashing spotlights, the seven members of Bombardment Meteor walked from their seats to the corridor leading to the podium.

Their seating order was completely disrupted. Some walked out from GOT7, some from EXO, some from separate seats, and Gong Cheng walked out from TWICE's seat...

The seven figures, standing tall and proud, were reflected on the big screen, ablaze with colorful ribbons. Compared to the end of last year when they swept the various reward points, the number of figures who had originally won the grand prize had increased from four to seven.

Park Chanyeol, Oh Sehun, and Jackson Wang walked amidst the ribbons, their gaze fixed on the awards stage a few meters away. It felt like the road ahead was incredibly long. They knew that this year's grand prize would go to the youngest member, and the trophies they had now practically represented the grand prize for the entire K-pop group.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"Bombardment Meteor!"

"Bombing Meteor~ Bloom~!!!"

The screams like the waves made the whole hall agitated.
The video on the stage's giant screen showed Bombardment Meteor expanding from a four-member band to a seven-member group. Familiar posters flashed by, until the Coachella stage video faded to black, and bursts of colorful fireworks burst out from the pitch-black screen...

In the audience, seven people's seven-colored cheering sticks looked like a sea of ​​flowers, shining brightly like stars...

The big screen showed seven people, their outfits different, just like they had come from different seats when they first took the stage, but ended up standing together here. Gong Cheng stood off to the side, wearing a white hoodie and jeans, quietly smiling as he gazed at the fans in the audience and listened to the members' acceptance speeches.

"..."

When Wu Sehun pushed him in front of the microphone, Gong Cheng held the Best Male Group trophy belonging to Bombardment Meteor and lowered his head slightly: "I think this year is a precious year for Bombardment Meteor..."

"We've won a lot, like the Billboard Hottest Social Artist and the Best Male Group Award..."

Park Bo Gum stood aside and asked with a smile, "Will you be satisfied? Many people say that Bombardment Meteor is a plundering pirate..."

Under the spotlight, Gong Cheng smiled brightly. Before he could speak, a wave of screams rang out from the sea of ​​colorful cheers from the audience: "We Need More!!!"

Bombardment Meteor's slogan rang out in the huge venue, and Gong Cheng and his companions shouted in unison in Chinese: "We need more!"

Afterwards, Wu Sehun thanked fans in Chinese for their support. He took a long time to elaborate on his acceptance speech: "We are bombing meteors. Make a wish to us, and the meteors will grant your wish. We Need More..."

……

"Female Newcomer Award – PRISTIN!"

"Best Rap & Urban Music Performance Award - Tarot!"

"Best MV Award - Tarot!"

"Best OST Award - 'Stay With Me' Tarot!"

"..."

The MAMA Awards ceremony drew to a close. Presenter Kim Yoo-jung stood on the stage, staring at the script card in her hand with a distressed expression: "The next major awards are: Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Singer of the Year..."

“Do you want to present them together?”

She looked at the camera and the fans in the audience with a smile on her face.

What responded to Kim Yoo-jung was the screams and roars of thousands of fans in the audience. The original seven-color cheering sticks were instantly switched to silver-gray and flowed and waved in the dim audience seats.

The director cut the camera to Gong Cheng's smiling face, and many fans and artists understood what was going to happen next...

Park Jin-young sat next to Gong Cheng and complained, "Oh my god, you should have dressed more formally!"

As he spoke, he helped Gong Cheng adjust the brim of his hoodie, then put his hand down with a smile, "Are you ready?"

When fans saw on the big screen that JYP's president, Gorilla, was personally tidying up his oppa's clothes, they were so happy that their screams became even louder and louder...

In the comments during the MAMA live broadcast, there were comments like, "Oh my god, the gorilla finally did something human.", "He can still distinguish between the big and small kings...", "What the hell, a president is licking an artist like this? He's not as good as us at SM.", "Let Lee Soo Man come, Lee Soo Man licks the artist even more, idiot!"

On the stage, Kim Yoo-jung stared at the introductory text that covered almost the entire white surface of the script card. Her scalp tingled, but she chuckled as she read out each word. Because no one in Asia had ever read out a title so confidently as she did:

"The artist who won the Best Singer of the Year award is the one who topped the B-list in 2017 and broke records by winning the number one single and number one album on the B-list..."

Amidst cheers, the lines and titles read aloud brought the atmosphere of tonight's awards ceremony to a climax. The big screen kept cutting to Gong Cheng's face, while on the stage, a special effects light column resembling a Rubik's Cube continuously emerged with the names of artists and groups such as Twice, BTS, EXO, and Bombardment Meteor...

Kim Yoo-jung didn't rush to announce the Best Singer winner. Instead, she continued reading, "The winner of the Best Album of the Year is—with their first full-length album, which broke global streaming records, set a new record for album sales by an Asian artist, and produced two number-one singles..."

"The song of the year was awarded to—it topped the iTunes charts in 128 countries, with single sales of 2660 million copies worldwide..."

A series of crazy and shocking titles, coupled with the data reflected on the big screen, almost made it clear who will be the winner of tonight's award.

Kim Yoo-jung put away her script card, looked at Gong Cheng in the front row of the guest seats with a smile, and shouted, "The champion has his own name—it's called Tarot!"

"Best Vocalist of the Year – Tarot!"

“Best Album of the Year – Wheel of Fortune & X & Tarot!”

“Song of the Year – ‘Shape Of You’ & Tarot!”

After Kim Yoo-jung announced the winners of the three major awards, the wave of screams from the back row made many artists in the front row feel a tightness and suffocation in their chests. The large magic square light column on the stage instantly dissipated the names of all the nominated groups and singers...

"Tarot!" The word quickly filled the entire lamppost!

The resounding fireworks banged on Gong Cheng who had just stood up. The two members who stood up on the sofa beside him clapped excitedly to congratulate him. They had already expected the current result.

Gong Cheng gazed at the sky full of colorful ribbons. The bunny girl grinned, her lightly made-up eyes sparkling with joy for him. The same was true for the puppy and the tiger cub. Ming Jingnan, who usually only smiled calmly in front of the camera, also curled his lips with a hint of excitement...

He walked over and hugged Lin Nayeon in front of the camera, then whispered in her ear: "Be happy for me, dear~"

Amid the deafening shouts, he wasn't worried about being heard by anyone else, as long as his mother could hear him.

Then, in order to hide from others, he came to Yu Dingyan who was standing beside him, hugged her, and came to the puppy: "Be happy for me, dad~"

Little Tiger: "Be happy for me, dad~"

Mingjing Nan: "Aiyigu, your smile is so beautiful..."

After all nine people hugged each other, Gong Cheng and Park Jin-young gave each other a big hug. Park Jin-young thought that this kid was really a man who showed his family love at such a glorious moment...

Then Gong Cheng hugged a few Bombardment Meteor members who were nearby... to avoid being discovered...

"JYP! JYP!"

"%..."

The fans in the audience couldn't help but cheer after seeing the JYP family spirit. Almost all of the awards tonight were swept by JYP alone, while the other companies, aside from a few minor awards, really seemed to be just runners-up...

However, even fans of the runner-up groups would not feel that this award was unfair, because it was so fair, so fair that even the voices of "dividing the pork" disappeared... It might as well be "dividing the pork"...

In the barrage, many Akanas made smiling comments: "I feel like MAMA will still have to give out pork in the future? If not, what will happen if no one comes to the ceremony?" "MAMA: Who said I should give out pork? Okay, I won't give out pork this year, are you satisfied? Don't ask me for pork next year..." "Oh my god, this year it feels like some people are shining, but some are shining even more..."

In the audience, many fans, waving glowsticks, watched Gong Cheng gradually walk onto the stage under the spotlight. They had lost count of how many times they had seen him accept awards tonight. Even non-fans were astonished by the level of his presence. It felt like they could edit a video of him constantly receiving awards, with the host chanting "Tarot!" "Tarot!"...

On the big screen, Gong Cheng's hair and the collar of his sweatshirt were still dangling with colorful ribbons. He felt a bit overwhelmed by the three glittering golden trophies.

Kim Yoo-jung stepped forward and stood beside him, helping him take the grand prize trophy. It was the first time she had seen an artist unable to take home a trophy, and it was a bit funny to say, but this scene had only happened to this senior next to her...

She is an actress from Peninsula, born in 99. She was invited to be the award presenter at just 18 years old. Gong Cheng, who is beside her, is a man worthy of her pursuit, both in his career as a singer and in his acting career...

Gong Cheng let out a long breath, gazing at the thousands of fans and artists who had spontaneously stood up. Honestly, all the trophies he'd received tonight meant very little to him right now. This year had been exhausting, but it had flown by so quickly, so quickly that he no longer needed the big prizes to prove himself. But holding the trophies still brought him joy...

“Tarot!!!!”

Amidst the countless shouts, Gong Cheng lowered his body. The spotlight shone on his newly dyed black hair. The eyes that appeared on the big screen seemed to carry memories and warmth. His gentle voice, neither too loud nor too soft, reached the ears of everyone in the venue and the live broadcast room:
"Thank you for your hard work along the way...Arkana..."

Screams...

"Stargazer,"

"And Tarot..."

(End of this chapter)