Chapter 120: Xu Kong, No. 4: I won the prize, why are you excited?
Xu Kong and Su Zhi's seats were next to each other.
I don’t know if the organizer knew that the two had a good relationship and deliberately gave them to the camera, or if there was some other way of sorting them.
Of course, in addition to Su Zhi, he is also surrounded by Bai Mintao, who was also nominated for the Best Male Singer of the Year, as well as several other first-line singers.
Xu Kong is the most conspicuous in this circle.
Youth is secondary, but mainly he is the only pure newcomer in the music scene.
The rest of them, including Su Zhi, have been in the industry for at least a few years, and have even participated in Laodeng for who knows how many times.
"The process of this Chinese music festival is still the same, smelly and long"
In the live broadcast room, watching Fat Bird starting the so-called opening performance on the stage, he couldn't help but complain.
Obviously, with such a high level of enthusiasm, the award presentation alone would probably not last an hour.
The organizer has attracted a lot of sponsorships. No matter what, the brand must still be guaranteed exposure.
Moreover, except for a few singers, none of the singers who are actually shortlisted to receive the award will participate in the opening performances.
With such a huge amount of attention, even a warm-up performance represents a huge amount of exposure.
This can be regarded as a resource that many domestic entertainment artists will compete for.
For example, the person performing on the stage right now is a certain top performer in domestic entertainment.
I won’t say whether the singing is good or not, but the popularity is definitely there.
It is estimated that after the awards are over, fans will still be talking about performing at the music festival for some time.
"Welcome to the awards ceremony of our Chinese music festival"
It’s Bai Ziyang again.
Xu Kong looked at the two hosts on the stage. The female host was also a well-known local station host in the industry, and the male host was Bai Ziyang from Mango.
He also discovered that since time traveling, it seems that no matter what program he participates in, he can always meet each other.
And it’s not limited to Mango’s own shows.
It's really a strange fate to meet him even at an award ceremony like a music festival.
The host is just there to control the situation, and the real guests who present the awards are some seniors in the industry.
Some are singers, producers, or senior directors of music companies.
Leaving aside whether the award presentation is fair and reasonable, judging from the organizer's personal connections, this Chinese music festival is indeed quite strong.
There is a reason why it has such great influence.
"The next award is the Newcomer of the Year Award."
"The shortlisted singers are."
"Please look at the big screen."
The two hosts on the stage sang in harmony, and their cooperation was a tacit understanding.
Because the award was for the best newcomer, the camera had already been pointed towards Xu Kong from the beginning.
No way, this year's Rookie of the Year award is probably the least suspenseful ever.
The main reason is that Xu Kong's performance in the past six months has been too impressive. In comparison, many of the names of other shortlisted singers are not well known to the public.
At this time, the video prepared by the organizer was playing on the screen, and the first one was Bai Ran, whom Xu Kong knew.
Bai Ran's song rang out, which was the song "Say Goodbye to You at the End of the World" that he sang on the "Our Song" program.
However, because Xu Kong himself was far away from Bai Ran, he didn't encounter them after he came in.
"Fang Guanghua"
"Xiao Dan."
As the names passed one by one, Xu Kong's name finally appeared.
"It rained all night, and my love overflowed like rain"
"The fallen leaves in the yard are filled with my thoughts"
The song "Qili Xiang" that everyone is very familiar with rang out.
The number of singers nominated for Best New Artist is the largest, with a total of eight.
Compared with subsequent awards such as Best Male Singer, the number of people has doubled.
But in comparison, this award is also the least suspenseful.
"The winner is. Congratulations to Xu Kong!"
As Bai Ziyang read out the name on his manuscript, the chorus of "Qili Xiang" sounded again.
Xu Kong tidied himself up and stood up from his position calmly.
But what was a little embarrassing was that Xu Kong acted so calmly, but some people were quite excited.
That's because Bai Ran was shortlisted and had a lens on the big screen.
I saw him standing up from the chair excitedly, and his excitement was palpable.
"Why are Bai Ran so excited?"
"He won't hear Xu Kong's name as his own, right?"
"No, you can tell from the "Our Song" program that this guy is very pure and can't even act well. He's a complete bastard."
There was a barrage that told the truth.
That's right, Bai Ran was even happier to see Xu Kong win the award than he was to win the award.
Fat Bird watching the live broadcast was also dumbfounded.
Naturally, he could see that on the "Our Song" program, Bai Ran had a very cold attitude towards Xu Kong on the surface, and even when interviewed alone, he was somewhat disdainful in his words.
But every time Xu Kong performed on stage, Bai Ran alone in the backstage lounge was the most excited.
After giving Su Zhi a gentle hug, the first-line singers sitting around Xu Kong also shook hands with Xu Kong and said congratulations.
Xu Kong could clearly feel that Bai Mintao was obviously somewhat reluctant when shaking hands with him.
However, the two of them didn't know each other at all before, and he didn't take it seriously.
"I didn't expect that I would win the award, but I'm very happy. First of all, I want to thank my fans"
Xu Kong said his prepared acceptance speech.
Just those official scenes.
In fact, Xu Kong was not too surprised to win the award.
But when it’s time to be humble, you still have to be humble.
The awards for the best newcomer ended quickly, and the subsequent awards themselves did not attract much attention.
They are all behind-the-scenes productions or special contribution awards.
The person receiving the award has a high status in the industry, but most of the audience does not know him.
It lasted for about ten minutes, and finally the prize that attracted more attention was finally received again.
"The best rock single of the year."
To be honest, no one paid much attention to this award.
Mainly because Xu Kong was shortlisted, and the song "Last Dance" relied on the exposure of the TV series "Want to See You", which was too out of the circle.
"The winner is Xu Kong, "LastDance"!"
"Congratulations!"
Still no big suspense.
The popularity of domestic rock music is very low in China, and it is almost impossible for a rock song to become popular for a long time.
Most of the time, it’s the entertainment of the niche fans in the industry.
Xu Kong's "Last Dance" has a crushing advantage over other shortlisted songs in terms of popularity and all aspects.
And what is quite rare is that although it is a pop rock song, this song has unexpectedly high recognition in the domestic rock circle. Excluding some niche people who are trying to show off, even many rock fans still recognize the gold content of this song.
Even many rock fans wonder why Xu Kong stopped writing new rock songs in the future.
"Two out of five hits!"
"Damn it, Xu Kong can't really win all the five shortlisted awards, can he?"
"Don't worry, where is this? There is no suspense about these two awards. The next three awards are the key."
Different from his first acceptance speech, Xu Kong used a different set of words of thanks this time.
If you compare it a little, you will find that there is not much difference.
It's nothing more than a slight change of some words and word order, but the general meaning hasn't changed much.
For Xu Kong, he didn't even need to memorize a manuscript, it was just a matter of speaking.
And just as many viewers who watched the live broadcast said, the competitors who were nominated for Best Composer again by Xu Kong were obviously much stronger.
"Xu Kong, "Qili Xiang""
"Shi Shiluan, "Lights Out""
"Qian Ruolin, "No Way Back""
"Zeng Minfang, "Morning, Dusk and Afternoon""
Except for Xu Kong's name, many people watching the live broadcast didn't recognize the names of the other three people.
Fat Bird introduced him very responsibly.
"Big brother Luan Shishi, graduated from the Huaxia Conservatory of Music and was once the king of singers."
The remaining three are all figures with high status and reputation in the songwriting industry.
Even if they don’t know him personally, most people have heard some of the songs he composed.
And apart from that, the remaining three shortlisted songs, although not as popular as "Qili Xiang", can still be regarded as this year's hit singles.
"According to the behavior of the organizers of the Chinese Music Festival and the judging panel, Xu Kong will not be given the chance to compose the music."
Seeing a bunch of question marks appearing on the barrage, Fat Bird, who came to the conclusion first, immediately started to explain.
"I'm serious, don't ask questions, otherwise where do you think the nickname of the Water-Draining Ceremony comes from?"
"Under normal circumstances, Chinese music festivals cannot give too many awards to the same person. The more awards that are nominated, the lower the probability of winning some awards."
"For example, for the Best Composer award this time, there is no problem for "Qili Xiang" to win, but the key is that Xu Kong's song was also shortlisted for the Best Single of the Year."
"According to my analysis, there is a high probability that the organizer will give Xu Kong the best single of the year."
"After all, according to the rules of the awards, "Qili Xiang" is the song with the best various data this year, and its quality is also very high. The recognition from the music industry is okay. It is unjustifiable not to give "Qili Xiang" the best single."
"Given the more valuable award of Best Single, it is reasonable to give the Best Composer to someone else."
As soon as Fat Bird finished speaking, the results of the award were announced.
"The winner is Xu Kong, "Qili Xiang"!"
"Congratulations!"
Fat Bird's expression instantly froze in the live broadcast room.
He really didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly.
"Hahahaha, anchor, don't be so full of words next time."
"Are you slapped in the face? You are a little anchor, can you guess the thoughts of the organizer and the judging panel?"
"According to your conclusion, the next best single shouldn't be Xu Kong?"
Fat Bird looked awkward for a few seconds, and then suddenly became confused.
"That's not right. According to the list of songs shortlisted for the Best Single of the Year this year, there is no reason why "Qili Xiang" should not win the award."
According to the organizer's stupidity, Xu Kong won the best composer, and there is a high probability that Xu Kong will not win the best single in the future.
However, for the best single of the year, in addition to considering the quality of the song itself, what is actually more important is the market's feedback and performance.
Qilixiang has collected millions of songs on the two major music platforms in less than two months.
It is almost the song that leads the popularity and data gap this year.
That's why Fat Bird was so sure just now that the organizer would not award Xu Kong the best composer.
Xu Kong didn't even look too happy when he won the award. On the contrary, Bai Mintao, who was sitting in the same row, was overjoyed.
He also had a song nominated for Single of the Year this year.
Originally, he himself had no hope because Xu Kong's song "Qili Xiang" was indeed too popular.
Who would have known that the organizers would actually arrange it like this? If Xu Kong won the best composer, then his chances of winning the follow-up best single would be much greater.
He must still be here for Best Male Singer.
But if it can win more singles of the year, this will be the icing on the cake.
Even when Xu Kong was giving his acceptance speech, Bai Mintao had already begun to celebrate in advance.
Soon, the final awards for arrangement were handed out, and finally it was Xu Kong’s fourth nomination for the Best Single of the Year award.
"The shortlisted ones are."
"Xu Kong, "Qili Xiang""
"Bai Mintao, "Freedom after Embrace""
"Huang Zhenwei, "Scenery""
"If it were not "Qilixiang" among the four shortlisted songs, it would be hard to say who would win in the end."
"But judging from the market data and spread of the song, Bai Mintao's song does have the greatest opportunity"
Before Fat Bird himself finished his guess, the host read out the result.
"Xu Kong, "Qili Xiang", congratulations"
"It rained all night, and my love overflowed like rain"
As the familiar song "Qili Xiang" sounded for the third time.
This time, it wasn't Fat Bird's smile that was frozen on his face, but Bai Mintao who was sitting not far from Xu Kong.
On the big screen, you can clearly see the changes in the other person's expression.
From the excitement and apprehension at the beginning, to the smile that appeared in advance, he even stood up from his position.
Xu Kong also seemed a little surprised. He had learned about the habits of the organizers of the Chinese music festival in advance.
Logically speaking, this is the best single of the year. After winning the best composition, we don’t have high hopes.
Unexpectedly, I won the award again.
Calmly standing up from his position for the fourth time, Xu Kong couldn't help but glance at Bai Mintao, who was only two places away from him.
There was some doubt in his eyes.
As if asking: "Why are you excited when I win the prize?"
"No, Xu Kong actually asked the organizer to break his previous rules of carrying water?"
Fat Bird didn't expect Xu Kong to win the best single of the year.
The main reason is that according to the past habits of the other party, they have already given the best composer, and giving the best single a nickname is indeed not suitable for the Duanshui Festival.
"Anchor, tell me something, why did you guess wrong again?"
"Damn it, Xu Kong got four out of five!!!"
“You won’t just win the title of Singer in the end, right?”
Fat Bird also reacted at this moment. According to this trend, Xu Kong will not really win the final Best Male Singer of the Year, right?
(End of chapter)