To be serious, no matter what profession a person is in, once they reach a certain level, there really isn't anyone who completely disregards awards - especially those involved in literature and art.
Since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.
In ancient societies, you talked about martial arts values. It was simple: just pull out and fight, whoever wins is the strongest. In modern society, if you're into sports, your 100-meter dash time can be under seven seconds, then you're a great runner, possibly others no matter how hard they try can't run as fast as you. Your high jump can reach a certain height, others may not be able to achieve it even after a lifetime of effort - all these are quantifiable, and above them, there's still the world record.
But literature and art have their own strengths and advantages, and in a sense, once they reach a certain height, it's only about the size of the audience, there is no real high or low, so the selection of awards seems more meaningful.
So in modern society, there is the Nobel Prize in literature, the Pulitzer Prize, the Grammy Awards in music, and the Oscars in film. In China, there are also the Golden Melody Awards for music and the Great Wall Awards for film.
If the bestseller chart and the Golden Melody Chart prove a singer's popularity among the general public, then the Golden Melody Awards will be proof of a song, an album, or a singer's reputation within the music and art circles, to some extent, also representing their artistic level.
Only the former, no matter how popular you are, in the circle of fame, your status will always inexplicably feel half a head shorter than others. If only the latter, then the phrase "called good but not called to sit" is enough to make any singer worried. Only when both the former and the latter come together can a singer be considered truly successful, able to confidently face anyone anywhere.
From Li Qian's perspective, he naturally hopes to win the award as well. If he can win it, it doesn't mean that he has gained some honor or won a certain status for himself. What is more crucial for him is that this will represent the world he currently lives in and give recognition to the works he brought from another time and space.
This is especially important for him.
But to be honest, he knew that he was only seventeen years old this year and would turn eighteen next year. Firstly, his age was indeed still young, and secondly, his experience was also very shallow. Although the works were definitely good, even with a pioneering meaning for this time and space, there were many good works in the domestic music scene in the past year. So, in his own view, although he was nominated for many awards, the probability of actually winning was not too high.
Of course, Li Qian is not in a hurry either - he has many good works in his hands!
It's precisely because he has this confidence in his heart that, facing the numerous nominations for this Golden Melody Award, Li Jian has expectations but doesn't really take it to heart.
So when Cao Yun, a veteran of the music industry, analyzed each award and its chances of winning, he listened with a somewhat distracted mind.
However, as a member of the Golden Melody Awards selection committee, Lao Cao is supposed to avoid conflicts of interest. Once his own work is nominated, he has to withdraw from the final evaluation stage. Only standing committee members are qualified to participate in all stages of evaluation. For example, this year Lao Cao had a song he wrote for Zhang Chan nominated for the top 10 Golden Melody Awards, so after participating in the nomination stage yesterday morning, he left immediately. Still, as an experienced insider, his predictions are quite credible and roughly match Li Qian's own guesses.
For example, in the top 10 golden songs, although Liao Liao has been popular for half a year and still has several songs on the Golden Song Chart, the three songs "Determination", "Wildflower" and "Cheers, Friends" were nominated at the same time, but because of their similar style, if they enter the top 10 golden songs, only one can be selected. The judges of the Golden Melody Awards would not allow a second song with the same style by the same person to win unless they are brainwashed.
Considering the audience and market response of those three songs, it's likely that "Zhí Zhuó" with its more powerful atmosphere will become the representative work.
Of course, the principle of choosing only one among works with similar styles is the same. Even if you are already very popular and can be nominated directly with just one album, it's still difficult to get a second nomination in the top 10 golden songs. Although "My Hometown" is definitely a positive energy song that will be loved by the selection committee members who have been through the folk music craze era, but between "Devotion" and "My Hometown", at most it's just one or the other.
So, Liao Liao got one of the top 10 songs, which was almost a sure thing, but the second one was almost hopeless. No matter how good your song is, no matter how popular it is, even if it's groundbreaking or can instantly kill other singers' works, it doesn't work. In the eyes of the Golden Melody Awards selection committee, having one top 10 song is already a sufficient compliment.
It can be expected that Liao Liao's "Unfinished Love" will have no chance at all, and instead, He Runkui's single "Half a Jar of Silk" - even if it is just to affirm the new Chinese style, after suppressing Liao Liao's "Unfinished Love", the chances of He Runkui's "Half a Jar of Silk" winning will suddenly increase greatly!
As for the Five Elements, I am naturally...
Alright, it's likely that even those girls themselves have to admit that the path they're taking - idols, dance, youth, fast songs... is really hard to get the approval of the Golden Melody Awards selection committee, a bunch of academics.
The song "Sisters Stand Up" is too popular, very red and purple, but even so, wanting to get the top 10 golden songs can only be said to be a 50-50 chance. On the other hand, "Farewell", although the five members' singing skills have been ridiculed by many in the industry, putting aside their singing skills, this song is definitely enough to move the Golden Melody Awards judges.
So they either can't get any or most likely can only get "Farewell".
As for the best album, Cao Yun said with confidence that the possibility of Liao Liao's album winning the annual best album is over 70%. Because in the past 1995, in terms of work maturity, market popularity, and word of mouth within the circle, Liao Liao's album was almost without a rival.
As for Liao Liao's Best Female Singer of the Year... according to Cao Yun's words, unless the Golden Melody Awards intentionally want to play a trick, otherwise, the possibility of Liao Liao winning the award in the end is even greater than 90%!
In the second half of 1995, Liao Liao shone so brightly that it seemed like she was the only star left in the entire domestic music scene!
Of course, as for Li Qian's best lyrics and best composition... In Cao Yun's words, although relying on the song "See You Off", even if he won both awards, no one would have any objections. However, Li Qian's chances of winning are at most only half.
In response, Cao Yun couldn't help but feel indignant for Li Qian and refute those boring and shameless so-called default rules one by one. However, Li Qian just smiled at this.
Awards selection? That's a game for the entire circle. If there isn't some black curtain, what's the point of giving awards?
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They sat on Cao Ting's side for almost half a morning and left when it was nearly noon.
As a result, the two were eating rice noodles in that rice noodle shop they had been to twice before. Li Qian received a call from Qi Jie.
Within a few days of arriving in Shuntian Prefecture, she had already called to discuss the contract with Changsheng Records. The contract was finalized and only needed Li Qian's signature, so her main task for this trip north was essentially complete. She stayed in Shuntian Prefecture mainly to use Liao Liao's help to promote her identity as Li Qian's agent. In recent days, she hadn't called Li Qian much because there wasn't much going on.
When the phone was connected, Li Qian had just finished a bowl of rice noodles, wiping his mouth while still chewing on the rice noodles in his mouth.
On the phone, Qijie's tone was as concise as before: "There are two things. The first thing is that although I myself don't have much chance to hear it, but according to Liao Liao, recently in the music circle, there are some unfavorable rumors about you, and it's said that many people are talking about it, all with vivid details."
Li Qian was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, "My rumors? Hehe... tell me, what did they say?"
"On the other end of the phone, Qi Jie said: 'There are many, all sorts of them. Some are obviously unbelievable to anyone with a bit of brains, such as saying you plagiarized, saying you stole songs, saying you hired ghostwriters... although there are still people who say these things, Liao Liao says that this is fundamentally not worth paying attention to - only idiots would believe it. And besides, you have so many works, and will be releasing even more in the future, especially after her new album comes out - this kind of talk will collapse on its own. But there are also some other things...'"
Li Qian wiped his mouth clean and gradually became cold, saying lightly: "Go ahead, it's just a rumor, are you afraid that I'll be hurt if I hear it?"
After a moment of hesitation, Qi Jie said: "Some people say that you are arrogant and self-important. You've been in the industry for half a year, but you've never come to Shuntian Prefecture, not even when making an album for Wu Xing's Five Elements. The people from Huage Records had to go all the way to Jinan Prefecture to accommodate you. Some people also say that you are very greedy, just because you became famous after promoting Liao Liao, and suddenly gained some fame, you opened your mouth wide and demanded 15% of the album's copyright from Huage Records. It is even said that someone has called on all major record companies to boycott you."
It was okay at first, but when he heard the last part, Li Qian almost burst out laughing.
"Boycott me?"
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The first update! (.)
