Shen Huai returned to the room. Ye Cang heard the noise and immediately put down the pen and guitar in his hand and walked towards Shen Huai: "You just..."
He frowned before he finished speaking: "What happened? You don't look happy?"
Shen Huai responded softly, sat on the sofa, and was silent for a moment before telling Ye Cang what An Yuanjie said.
Ye Cang was full of anger and simply couldn't believe it.
The career he fought for all his life and couldn't let go even after his death was just a commodity that could be bought and sold at will in the eyes of these people. What's more disgusting is that they not only treat art as a commodity, but also people as commodities.
They looked down from above and laughed at these people who gave everything for art, and regarded themselves as gods who could control other people's lives.
They used such despicable methods to destroy other people's dreams and mess up the music market, but they were still complacent.
This was not only greed, but also crossed the bottom line of being a human being.
Since his resurrection, Ye Cang has never been so angry. Whether it was being framed in "Star of Tomorrow" or being chased by sasaeng fans later, it was not as angry and hateful as this moment.
Ye Cang said angrily: "Do they think they can do whatever they want just because they have money? The reason why our country's music market has become like this is all because of them. Thirty years ago, the stage was not so sophisticated, and there were not so many singers, but there were so many good songs. As a result, the audience's pursuit made these businessmen see the profitability, so they all rushed in..."
Shen Huai sighed lightly. "In fact, capital is not a bad thing. Only when capital is promoted and a complete industrial chain is formed, this industry will become more and more prosperous. It's just that these people rely on capital to disrupt the market and try to use bad money to drive out good money to achieve profits, so the current situation has occurred."
Ye Cang actually regretted it after he finished speaking. He knew that what Shen Huai said was correct, but he was too angry, so he spoke without thinking.
Shen Huai also understood his mood, so he patted his back soothingly: "If they do this, they will be backfired by the market sooner or later."
Ye Cang calmed down and regained his rationality.
He understood that Shen Huai would never let this thing continue, and since he told him these things, he must have already made plans.
So Ye Cang asked, "What are you going to do?"
Shen Huai smiled faintly, "Since they worship capital as God, I will use capital to play this game with them."
If Shen Huai is still a novice player in the entertainment circle, then in the capital circle, he is a top expert. He is called "God of Wealth" in the circle. Although there is a bit of ridicule, his strength in the field of investment can also be seen.
Huayu is unwilling to do its old business honestly and insists on pulling the battlefield to where Shen Huai is best. When they are out of the game, they can only blame themselves.
——With
Shen Huai's words, Ye Cang put his heart back in his stomach. After all, he has known Shen Huai for so long, and he has never seen Shen Huai do anything he can't do.
Soon, it was the day of the Columbus Award.
As the most important award in the rock circle, the Koren Awards do not have any dress code requirements. After all, the spirit of rock is freedom and no compromise, so as long as you are not naked, you can wear anything.
For example, Nick Garcia, as an old friend of the Koren Awards, has been wearing a floral shirt, trousers and flip-flops on stage for several years.
However, Ye Cang cannot dress so casually. After all, the Koren Awards is an international award. Ye Cang not only represents himself, but also represents China, so he should be more cautious.
So Shen Huai had chosen clothes for him early on. It was a dark blue suit with Tang suit elements. It looked simple in design, but the fabric was made using a long-lost technique, and it was low-key yet luxurious.
Ye Cang was tall and had an upright posture, so he could be said to be the best clothes hanger.
As soon as he got out of the car, the eyes of the reporters on both sides of the red carpet lit up, and their cameras kept flashing.
This time, Shen Huai couldn't beat Ye Cang, but followed him onto the red carpet. The two wore the same style of clothes, but Shen Huai chose a more low-key gray. But even so, the two walking side by side on the red carpet was enough to kill all the reporters' films.
The Cologne Awards started in the afternoon, and it was just dawn in China. I don't know how many people set the alarm clock, got up sleepily, and squatted in front of the computer to watch.
Cao Yun and Yao Jianing set an alarm for 3 a.m. to watch the awards ceremony. When the alarm rang, they quickly got up, rubbed their red eyes and turned on their computers.
Yingtao has been busy with the second season of "Tomorrow's Star" recently, editing videos until the early morning, but even so, she did not forget the Columbus Awards ceremony. She drank a can of coffee, forced herself to wake up, and then turned on the live broadcast software.
There are many people like them. Some are Ye Cang's fans, some are rock fans, and some are nothing, just to join in the fun, but even so, they are all talking about it on social networks.
The entertainment forum has opened a special room for the Columbus Awards, and netizens are chatting enthusiastically.
23L: It's started! The red carpet has begun.
58L: I used to hate listening to rock music the most, and I felt I couldn't understand it at all. But after listening to Cang Cang's songs, I became interested in rock music for the first time, and I realized how much of a treasure I had missed before.
147L: I used to stay up all night only for football, but I never thought that one day I would stay up all night for rock music...
177L: My dad bought beer and peanuts last night, and for the first time, we reached a consensus on staying up all night to chase stars [laughing and crying][laughing and crying][laughing and crying]
298L: LS said that you chase stars with your dad, have you ever chased stars with your grandparents? ! Now the two old people have been asking me, when will Ye Cang come out...
354L: The studio released Cangzai's photo today, super handsome, okay! I'm ready to take screenshots at any time!
533L: It's just a nomination, but I didn't win the award. Is it necessary to exaggerate so much? Our Fei Yang was there too, as a guest, but he didn't make such a fuss. He is indeed a talent show winner, but he is petty.
534L: Get out, LS's brainless fans! Why are you trying to attract attention?
541L: The Columbus is a rock award, okay? What on earth is Zhuo Fei Yang, a pop singer, doing there?
596L: Zhuo Fei Yang's new song plagiarized Drizzt Hall's "darkness". You guys should respond first. Don't think that you can be so reckless just because you don't listen to English songs. You even dared to release it overseas, which is embarrassing for the whole country.
Seeing that the topic was about to go off the track, the LZ quickly changed the subject again, and then it calmed down.
But even so, Zhuo Feiyang had posted a Weibo long before, saying that he would attend the Cologne Awards as a guest, and fans cried out for half a month. Some fans were too proud and praised Zhuo Feiyang to the skies by stepping on others, which really irritated the Ye Zi fans.
Originally, Ye Cang's nomination for the Cologne Awards made them very proud, but who knew that not only was he being used to gain popularity, but he was also being dragged down by others. How could they bear this?
The two sides quarreled for half a month, and after the quarrel, most of the entertainment industry knew that Zhuo Feiyang would attend the Cologne Awards as a guest.
The Ye Zi fans realized that they had been fooled, but at this time there was nothing they could do.
Zhuo Feiyang's fans showed off their power and attracted a lot of hatred.
It's a pity that after walking the entire red carpet, there was no sign of Zhuo Feiyang.
A post suddenly popped up on the entertainment forum.
——Hahahaha, some people may not know that the Cologne Awards are not those film festival awards. Only the shortlisted candidates and the award presenters and performing guests who are [formally invited] will walk the red carpet. Since someone went to the scene but didn't walk the red carpet, there is only one possibility, that is, he just took advantage of the light to get gilded. How dare he call himself a guest? Even internet celebrities don't dare to brag like this!
1L: LZ insulted the internet celebrities. Internet celebrities who walked the red carpet also spent money to buy tickets. How can someone be so shameless!
In addition to the entertainment forum, Weibo and other places also began to laugh at Zhuo Feiyang.
Zhuo Feiyang is indeed very popular. Although he did not release any works last year, he has maintained a very high exposure rate and participated in many activities. In addition, he also won the Golden Melody Award for Best Singer. Even if there were similar things before, he had never been ridiculed so severely.
In the final analysis, although the public is used to following the crowd, a good song is good, and a bad song is bad. Even if they are temporarily deceived by marketing, they don’t like it. The long-accumulated disgust will eventually explode one day.
Just like Shen Huai said, crooked ways will not last long. Even if they gain benefits for a while, they will be backfired sooner or later.
However, the emergence of truly excellent singers such as Ye Cang and Li Zihang has made this process come a little faster.
——At
this time, in the backstage of the Cologne Awards, Zhuo Feiyang, who was dressed brightly and beautifully, had a very unhappy face. He questioned An Yuanjie: "Why didn't you tell me that I couldn't walk on the red carpet!"
An Yuanjie frowned: "This is the rule of the Cologne Awards. Didn't your agent tell you?"
Zhuo Feiyang: "..." His agent did tell him not to talk nonsense, and the company would have publicity arrangements later. However, Zhuo Feiyang was a showy person, so he couldn't help but post such a Weibo.
An Yuanjie knew what happened as soon as he saw his expression. He frowned and cursed him as an idiot in his heart, but said on the surface: "Okay, go sit down. There are cameras everywhere here. Don't embarrass yourself!"
Zhuo Feiyang was angry, but he was not stupid enough to disobey An Yuanjie. He went to his seat with a dark face.
An Yuanjie sat next to him, but his eyes were fixed on the candidate's seat area.
From his angle, he could see Ye Cang and Shen Huai sitting together. Both of them were not short, and they still stood out even among a group of Westerners.
An Yuanjie knew in his heart that whether Ye Cang could win the award this time would have a very different meaning for the domestic music market.
After all, the sales legend that Ye Cang created last year still makes the entire Chinese Entertainment Records sigh. It can be said that Ye Cang has stirred up the stagnant Chinese music market with his own strength.
Although it is only April now, the number of records released on the market is more than that in the first half of last year, and the sales are much higher.
This kind of phenomenon, which can be called a miracle, has also happened once in the past few decades.
That time was thirty years ago, when Lu Yang, who was called the "Rock Tyrant", rushed into the extremely competitive record market with a record, completely made a name for himself, and set off a rock fever that has not subsided for decades.
At this time, Ye Cang is exactly the same as Lu Yang back then.
Even if An Yuanjie says that he looks down on these artists, if Ye Cang really wins the Koren Award, his status will be completely different. After all, the domestic music market has been sluggish for so long, and the appearance of Ye Cang is like a shot in the arm. If he really continues to be unstoppable, he can even completely change the entire domestic music market.
This is also the reason why An Yuanjie came to the Koren Award in person this time. After all, no matter how high the status of Huayu Records is in China, the Koren Award will not buy it at all.
An Yuanjie clasped his hands tightly, and said in his heart: Ye Cang can't possibly win the award, he is a yellow man, and it's his first time to be nominated. According to convention, he won't be given the award...
Shen Huai, who was stared at closely by An Yuanjie, also thought of the same problem as him.
But although he understood how much advantage Ye Cang would bring to them after winning the award, he couldn't bear to put pressure on Ye Cang, and comforted him instead: "There are too many factors that affect the award. Whether you can win the award or not doesn't prove your strength. Don't be nervous, everyone knows how good you are!"
Ye Cang touched his chin and looked surprisingly relaxed: "Ahuai, I'm not nervous, but I think you are more nervous."
Shen Huai was stunned.
Ye Cang laughed: "Isn't this called caring too much and causing confusion?"
Shen Huai: "..."
At this time, the host on the stage had already announced that the next award was the biggest suspense of the night, the winner of the Best Album, and the award-giving guest, Nick Garcia, had already come on stage wearing his big pants and flip-flops.
Shen Huai suddenly forgot about arguing with Ye Cang, and couldn't help but clench his hands on the armrest.
But Ye Cang held his hand, put it to his lips and kissed it gently.
In Shen Huai's stunned and panicked eyes, his voice was gentle, but it made a sound.
"Ah Huai, I will get this award."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nick had already opened the envelope.
"The winner of the Best Album is - "Rebirth", from China, Ye Cang."