Those who engage in artistic pursuits are least afraid of a lively scene.

  Like Wang Huaiyu, he traveled extensively in the countryside of Jinan Prefecture with his own folk music ensemble for many years, making a big name for himself. Was it really because his suona was among the top ten nationwide and his sheng among the top three?

  Don't be kidding!

  Don't mention how many people will seriously listen to and appreciate Wang Huaiyu's suona and sheng playing at the lively wedding ceremony, to be honest, even if they do listen carefully, it's not necessarily that anyone really thinks he's that good.

  In the art circle, no matter what, once it's said to be at a national top level, only insiders can really tell the difference. For the vast majority of ordinary listeners, Wang Huaiyu's suona playing is not necessarily better than those wedding company suona players in county towns.

  In fact, Li Qian had only learned from him for a few days before he started taking on major responsibilities. The people who were in charge of the wedding didn't think that Li Qian was bad at all; instead, they thought that this young man had great energy and spirit when blowing the suona, with a lively rhythm and high level of skill.

  So Wang Huaiyu's reputation as a folk band actually relies half on his voice.

  He is a man of many talents, able to talk and laugh, no matter where he goes, he can quickly get along with the people around him. That loud and clear voice is indeed rare, so his reputation is well-known.

  In the past, he would sing on this side and then someone on that side would shout for an encore. He wouldn't refuse, and could easily come up with another segment, thinking it was quite interesting to be so lively. But today, the other party clearly came for the little girl in his band, so he couldn't help but make decisions, and had to turn around to look at Wang Jinglu, ultimately falling on Li Qian's shoulders.

  Wang Jinglu was startled by the words and subconsciously waved her hand quickly, then wanted to hide behind Li Qian.

  Li Qian smiled and pulled her over, saying in a low voice: "How about you come up with one too? It's nothing. Everyone just wants to have some fun and see how pretty you look!"

  Wang Jinglu was indeed a bit flustered, shaking her head repeatedly, but when Li Qian said that, Wang Huayu's gaze also filled with encouraging meaning. She hesitated for a moment, looked around timidly, and found that the eyes looking at her were all shining brightly, with a somewhat fierce and intimidating tone. Subconsciously, she shrank back again and said: "I... I won't sing opera..."

  Someone shouted loudly, "Then sing!"

  Many people immediately followed with cheers, "Right, singing is okay too! Go ahead and sing!"

  Wang Jinglu turned her head and exchanged a glance with Li Qian, who smiled and said: "You're going to be an actress in the future, how can you be afraid of people? How can you not dare perform in front of others?" He asked loudly: "Which family in the village has a guitar?"

  Really someone responded: "I have it, I have it. It's in my home!"

  Li Qian nodded and said: "I need a guitar!"

  He immediately said: "Wait, I'll take it for you, one minute, at most one minute!"

  The man ran away with a rustling sound, and the crowd burst into laughter.

  Li Qian also smiled and glanced over there, saying to Wang Huaiyu who was walking back: "Leaving someone else's bride just like that at the door of their home, is it really okay? Doesn't the girl's family have any opinions about this?"

  Wang Huaiyu chuckled and said, "It's an old tradition on our side. Actually, it means the same thing as 'to block the sedan chair', it's just a term for those shrewish women in ancient times. The new daughter-in-law hasn't even entered the door yet, but they're already giving her a warning shot, and once she enters the house, it'll be easier to control!" As he spoke, he looked at Wang Jingluo and laughed, saying "Haha, feudal remnants, feudal remnants indeed!"

  Wang Jinglu twisted Li Qian's sleeve, her face smiling but not quite smiling, tightly stretched.

  Li Qian smiled and asked her: "What are you singing?"

  Wang Jinglu thought for a moment, turned her head to look at Li Qian, and said with some sparkling things in her eyes: "I want to sing that song you recorded on tape for me, okay?"

  Li Qian was about to nod and say no problem, but hesitated for a moment, and then had some difficulty saying: "This rural wedding, everyone wants to be festive, just like many wedding singers have to know several LOVE-YOU foreign songs. They don't care if you're DON'T-LOVE-YOU or T-LOVE-YOU, as long as there's LOVE-YOU it's fine. So, that song 'When You Are Old', whether it's the lyrics or the melody, isn't it not quite suitable?"

  Wang Jinglu originally had her own little plan, thinking that at the wedding scene, although it was someone else's wedding, after all, it was a wedding. At this time, singing Li Qian's song "When You Are Old" which was written for herself, how much atmosphere would it have? Of course, when Li Qian said so, she hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Then I'll sing 'Wildflower'."

  Li Qian smiled and nodded.

  At this time, the young man in the village had already run back panting and handed over an ordinary folk guitar.

  Li Qian took it over, found that the guitar's sound was not accurate in many places, and the speaker should have been dampened, but there was no choice at this time. He quickly adjusted the sound, stepped on a long bench in the middle of the road with one leg, turned his head to look at Wang Jinglu, indicating that he had made preparations for accompaniment.

  Wang Jing stepped out timidly, it was clear that she couldn't even catch her breath, and her body was a bit stiff. However, after a moment's hesitation, she still opened her mouth to say: "Then I'll sing a song for everyone, for this new couple, 'Wildflower', wishing you a hundred years of harmony, and an early birth of a noble son!"

  "Good!"

  It's no wonder that idol dramas have a market, with good looks and an aura that naturally attracts attention. With just a few simple words from Wang Jinglu, the surrounding young women and men were already cheering loudly.

  As the applause subsided, Li Qian's guitar sounded, and he first squeezed out a beautiful melody.

  There were not a few people around who whispered: "This young man is quite handsome, I guess they are a couple, look at them, how well-matched!" Some also said: "This young man plays the suona pretty well, and can even play the piano, what a talented person!"

  Yes, Wang Jingluo's pure beauty is universally appealing to men and women of all ages. Li Qian, on the other hand, seems to attract more young girls and married women. If you look closely, you'll find that most of those who praise him are young maidens and newlywed wives.

  Wang Jinglu had not previously collaborated with Li Qian, but she was a piano major and her older sister is a professional singer, so even if it's just osmosis, she learned a thing or two about entering the singing point and accompanying, which came naturally to her.

  "The wildflowers on the mountain bloom for whom and wither for whom, quietly waiting to see if anyone will pick them. I'm like those flowers, waiting for him to come, pat my shoulder and I'll listen to his arrangements..."

  At first, she seemed very nervous and sang in a dry tone. However, after a few sentences, she opened up and sounded much smoother. What surprised Li Qian was that he thought she was a shy and timid little girl who was afraid of the stage, so he had been encouraging her earlier, but now he realized that once she got on stage, she was only nervous for a moment and quickly adapted, and instead had a more and more uninhibited flavor.

  Well, just talking about singing skills, don't even mention comparing with Liao Liao's level, Wang Jinglu is not even on the same level as Xie Bing and Sun Ruoxuan, although she should have learned some breathing techniques too. Her singing skills are really hard to listen to. However, her voice is pure and clean, a bit like Wang Jingxue's clarity. But more of it is just a sweet and sticky little girl flavor.

  If the Liao Liao version of "Wildflower" is a bit self-satisfied in the air, saying that it's waiting for people to come and pick it, but actually, there's a hint of "you love to come or not" in its bones. Then Wang Jinglu's version of "Wildflower" is really like a small white flower growing alone in the wild, waiting for someone to care for and pick it.

  But at this level, combined with her appearance, it's absolutely no problem to attract some brainless fans.

  The song ended. The surroundings were filled with thunderous applause!

  Some people still wanted to make trouble, but Wang Huaiyu spoke up, "Are you here to get married or attend a concert?" The crowd burst out laughing. This matter was settled then.

  The man's family surprisingly sent over six red envelopes at once, specifying that two of them were for the little girl who sang and the boy who played the guitar. As for the woman's family, they seemed to have not prepared extra ones, but instead gave the usual four red envelopes.

  After the bride entered the house, the newlyweds finished their worship and entered the bridal chamber. The band members were able to catch their breath for a moment. Wang Huaiyu smiled and said to Li Qian and Wang Jinglu: "Xiao Qian, make an album for Xiao Lu, she can be famous with this style!"

  Li Qian smiled and turned his head to look at Wang Jinglu.

  Wang Jinglu blushed and smiled, quickly shaking her head.

  Then Wang Huaiyu and Li Qian both smiled and let the matter drop.

  …………

  The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the Little New Year.

  Following the annual tradition, the Chinese Voice hosted, and the Huaxia Music Academy and other 13 national music schools, the National Recording Industry Association, the Chinese Musicians Association, the Chinese Writers Association, and the Chinese Literary and Art Workers Association co-hosted the Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony was successfully held, and on the same evening announced more than 20 awards for this year's Chinese Golden Melody Awards.

  After the nominations are announced, after fermentation and discussion throughout the society, on the second day of February, the Dragon's Head Raising Day after the Lunar New Year, the Chinese Golden Melody Awards will be officially awarded.

  It can be said that the entire pop music scene has worked hard for a year, and during the Spring Festival, it's time to reap honors and review the overall performance of the past year.

  This afternoon, Li Qian took Wang Jinglu to two weddings in a row and finally let her indulge enough. Then, he sent Wang Jinglu back home and ran to his parents' place to grab a meal. Just as he hadn't sat down yet, the phone kept ringing nonstop.

  Liao Liao's, Xie Bing's, Sun Ruo Xuan's, Sima Duo Duo's, Wang Jing Xue's, Zhou Ping Ping's, Li Jin Long's...... and He Run Qing's.

  In short, one sentence: Congratulations!

  Li Qian also replied with just one sentence: Same to you, same to you.

  He Runqing said a few more words, but didn't actively bring up the matter of her agent Liu Mei coming over that day. Obviously she's a smart person who knows that some misunderstandings, once they arise, can't be resolved with just a few words on the phone. Even if she wanted to talk about it, she'd have to wait until everyone met in person and had a heart-to-heart conversation face-to-face. Only then could any misunderstandings be cleared up. So although her words were apologetic in tone and conveyed that meaning, since she didn't bring it up, Li Qian pretended not to know, and they both congratulated each other on a few things before dropping the matter for the time being.

  At least, with He Runqing's proactive phone call, it means she doesn't want to have any more conflicts with Li Qian. Although Cao Yun's initial phone call was almost a scolding, it really didn't give this sweet song queen much face. To know that the agent represents the artist themselves when they go out, Cao Yun said he wanted to break off relations with Liu Mei, and although he repeatedly stated that he had nothing to do with He Runqing, she couldn't be happy about it.

  …………

  The second day, Wen's bookstore.

  Wang Jinglu stayed on the second floor reading and drinking coffee, while Li Qian followed Cao Yun to his reception room on the third floor.

  As soon as they sat down, Cao Ting asked with a sly smile: "How was it? Was it refreshing?"

  Li Qian smiled and said, "It's just a nomination!"

  Yes, if we only look at this year's nomination list, Li Qian and the songs he wrote last year can be said to have achieved a rich harvest.

  The top ten golden songs, always three options for one, so just nominated there are thirty. Li Qian wrote five songs for Liao Liao all on the list, He Runqing's "Half a Bottle of Silk" on the list, Wu Xingshu's eight works by Li Qian also have "Love Bird", "Sisters Stand Up", "Ice Sugar Gourd", "Moscow Suburbs in the Evening", "Let's Row Together" and "Farewell" six songs together on the list. That is to say, among the thirty nominated golden songs, Li Qian's works account for nearly half!

  Then, closely related to him, "Liao Liao" and "Sisters Stand Up" were also shortlisted for Album of the Year, while Liao Liao was nominated for Female Singer of the Year.

  There were two nominations belonging to him personally.

  One is the best lyrics of "Farewell" and "My Hometown in Hot Love".

  Another is the best composer of "Farewell" and "Devotion".

  It can be said that although it is currently only a nomination, whether or not it will win is still uncertain, but just looking at this list of nominations, the organizers of the Golden Melody Awards have indeed fully affirmed Li Jian's contributions to the music scene over the past year.

  Thirteen songs were nominated for the annual top ten golden song, two albums were nominated for the annual best album, and the female singer he supported was nominated for the annual best female singer. He himself also had two works nominated for Best Lyricist and Best Composer. For a musician who has been working behind the scenes in the music industry, this is already the greatest recognition.

  No need to say more, if even half of these awards can be realized, considering the huge influence of the Golden Melody Awards, Li Qian, this low-key musician behind the scenes, may really become as well-known as a front-stage star among ordinary music fans.

  But as for this, Li Qian was almost hopeless.

  And when he said: "If there is, then give face to the other party, if not, then don't." Cao Ting also followed with a smile.

  PS: For three consecutive nights, 37.8°, taking ceftriaxone doesn't work, today I really can't hold on anymore, went to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor said it might be mumps (parotid gland inflammation?), even if it's not mumps, lymph nodes are all swollen like cherries, need to get an IV... Poor and miserable me!