Chapter 98: The MV Female Lead is Too Seductive, We Need Someone Pure and Spiritual
Guys might just think Shen Qing is cool.
But girls have more thoughts; some girls who like handsome guys decided to become fans of Shen Qing in just two seconds.
Handsome people gain fans quickly.
But these kinds of fans come and go quickly.
Ultimately, to keep them, one must rely on skill!
For example, that singer who combined a “gray middle-parted hairstyle, suspender pants, basketball, and Jay Chou” – even if he were turned to ash, his little fans would recognize him.
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Tonight, the first award is for the 【 Best Lyricist Award (Mainland China/Hong Kong & Taiwan) 】, with five nominations for each region.
For Mainland China—
Shen Qing: 《 Myriad Lands 》
Liang Mang: 《 Gift 》
Wang Rong: 《 Dad and Mom 》
Yang Kun, Liang Mang: 《 I Am More Lonely Than Before 》
Yu Quan: 《 Which Stop 》
For Hong Kong & Taiwan—
David Tao: 《 The Sun and Moon in My Heart 》
Fang Wenshan: 《 Hair Like Snow 》
Li Zhuoxiong: 《 The Art of War 》
Li Ruixun: 《 A Thousand Years Later 》
Lin Xi: 《 Tears Turn into Poetry 》
Finally, the presenter announced, “Mainland China, Shen Qing; Hong Kong & Taiwan, Fang Wenshan.”
Applause filled the venue.
These two awards were the least suspenseful.
Shen Qing’s 《 Myriad Lands 》 had already been validated three times on the Super Girl, Anti-Japanese War Gala, and Spring Festival Gala stages.
Every time Zhang Liangying sang it, she received extremely high praise from the audience.
If a song like this were to lose, the awards ceremony hosted by Guangxian wouldn’t need to be held again.
Don’t you have this much awareness?
As for Hong Kong and Taiwan, although 《 The Sun and Moon in My Heart 》 and 《 A Thousand Years Later 》 were also strong, Fang Wenshan’s 《 Hair Like Snow 》 could still dominate.
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Another heavyweight award, the 【 Most Popular Male and Female Singer Award (Mainland China) 】, was presented by Brother Hu and Pace Wu.
When Brother Hu opened the teleprompter and saw the familiar name Zhang Liangying, he smiled knowingly, “I knew it was her, no suspense.”
As for the male singer, the winner was Sun Nan.
Zhang Liangying and Sun Nan went on stage to accept their awards.
Sun Nan was quite gentlemanly, letting Liangying give her acceptance speech first.
“Thank you to the organizing committee, thank you to Brother Hu and Pace Wu, two handsome and beautiful people. I am truly happy to receive this award today. This is the first major award in my life, and it means a lot to me…”
“Here, I want to solemnly thank one person. Although he is very young, three years younger than me, he is already my manager, hairstylist, stylist, music producer, and more importantly, my life mentor. Without him, I wouldn’t be where I am today…”
“Shen Qing, I want to say to you…”
At this moment,
countless touching words flashed through Zhang Liangying’s mind, bringing tears to her eyes.
But the words at the tip of her tongue were swallowed back.
If I say something too touching, will people think that Qing and I are dating? I don’t mind, but Qing will definitely be unhappy. He doesn’t like being too ostentatious…
Thinking of this~
Zhang Liangying changed to a smiling face and said in a playful tone, “Oh, no words can express my feelings. How about I sing a song…”
The performance guest after this round of awards was Zhang Liangying.
She sang 《 In My Song 》.
Actually.
The lyrics already explained everything. Sina’s editors were already drafting interpretive articles – “You exist in the depths of my mind, in my dreams, in my heart, in my songs.”
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The ceremony continued, and award after award was presented.
Best Composer Award (Hong Kong & Taiwan and Mainland China)…
Annual Best Pop Band and Group Award…
Most Popular Male and Female Singer Award (Hong Kong & Taiwan)…
Song of the Year…
One by one, major awards were presented. Shen Qing and Liangying also went on stage several times to accept awards. They won a total of 5 awards, truly returning with a full haul.
Jay Chou, Stefanie Sun, and others all received awards.
The most outrageous was David Tao…
He won 5 major awards for his explosive album 《 The Prosperous Era 》 last year, but he didn’t attend…
The most difficult to bear were fellow Super Girls Zhou Bichang and Li Yuchun. If Zhang Liangying hadn’t won any awards, it would have been fine, but the more she won, the more uncomfortable the others felt.
Moreover, Zhang Liangying’s performance of 《 In My Song 》 earlier almost made Zhou Bichang and Li Yuchun feel like they were back on the Super Girl stage. That fear of being dominated by Zhang Liangying’s original songs, after more than half a year, why was it still there!?
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The awards ceremony didn’t conclude until 11:30 PM.
As the host, Shen Qing invited Jay Chou, Pan Weibai, Elva Hsiao, and Brother Hu and He Jiong, with whom he had collaborated on Happy Camp, to party until past midnight before dispersing.
The next day, news about the awards was flying everywhere.
Who won how many awards and who went home empty-handed became hot topics among fans.
Especially on the 【 Super Girl Bar 】, it was extremely lively. Fans of Li Yuchun and others cried foul play and unfairness, claiming that the 4 awards Zhang Liangying received were bought with money…
These little haters are really disappointing.
Liangying’s fans certainly wouldn’t tolerate them, and their various taunts and mockery directly broke through the defenses of many corn fans and Biqin fans.
“Our Liangying has all representative works, do you have any?”
“Two people can’t even put together half a song, and you dare to ride on our Liangying’s popularity? Truly shameless!”
“Stop with these little tricks. Seriously improving your skills is the right way. Keep it up!”
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The buzz generated by the awards ceremony went far beyond fans having their moment of glory.
It exceeded Shen Qing’s imagination…
Many media outlets, uncharacteristically, began to sing a dirge for Happy Boy, and the attention on Come On! Boys further increased.
【 Shen Qing’s latest excellent work, 《 Chase the Dream 》, was released last night. Its melody is passionate and inspiring, and 《 Come On! Boys 】 soared to success 】.
【 Mango TV’s proud selection show moat has collapsed. The number of applicants for Happy Boy fell short of expectations, while the audition site for Come On! Boys was exceptionally hot 】.
【 Hong Kong singer Deng Ziqi, signed by Shen Qing, has confirmed her participation in 《 Absolute Singing 》. Last year’s 《 Super Girl 》 contestant Han Zhenzhen appeared at the Nanjing audition site 】.
【 … 】
Dragon TV has only two words right now: Happy!
Their affiliated newspapers and radio stations began a comprehensive promotion of the Come On! Boys theme song, 《 Chase the Dream 》. This song quickly spread across the country, especially in junior and senior high schools.
Many middle school students, while eating lunch, heard the song playing on the campus radio station and felt as if they had been injected with chicken blood. After eating, they would rush back to complete a set of practice papers.
For a time.
When people heard 《 Chase the Dream 》, they immediately thought of 《 Come On! Boys 》. It was hard for the popularity of the talent show not to soar.
Furthermore, with the revised format, the lack of flashy points of contention, and the positive theme, its reputation completely overshadowed 《 Happy Boy 》.
Next, the real winner would be determined by the quality of the national finals.
Whichever show had higher ratings, produced outstanding contestants, would win the 2006 talent show crown and could then lie down and earn advertising fees!
Excellent variety shows make much more money than film and television dramas.
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In addition.
Zhang Liangying’s hidden commercial value was also recognized.
The next day.
Some TV drama directors even came knocking personally, wanting to invite Shen Qing and Liangying to film a youth idol drama together.
Not to mention endorsements and commercial performances.
Shen Qing’s phone was ringing off the hook…
Among them were Pepsi and Sprite.
As everyone knows.
Pepsi’s marketing strategy in China was to find celebrity endorsements and use overwhelming advertising to capture Coca-Cola’s market share.
And Sprite is a product under Coca-Cola’s parent company!
Naturally, they couldn’t just sit back and wait.
They also adopted Pepsi’s approach, inviting various celebrities for endorsements. Next year, Jay Chou would terminate his contract with Pepsi and switch to Sprite.
The reason is truly ridiculous.
Pepsi signed Jay Chou for five years at 20 million in 2002, but signed Korean star Rain for 50 million this year.
Jay Chou was directly triggered!
Why is Rain worth two and a half times mine?
From this point on, Jay Chou openly disliked the Korean wave. Once, at an awards ceremony, he directly said: “Don’t let the Korean wave become more and more arrogant. Chinese culture is the coolest!”
Now, Shen Qing held invitations from both Pepsi and Sprite. After a brief consideration, he decided to contact Sprite, as many people liked drinking Sprite.
It was a good opportunity to have Jay Chou and Zhang Liangying endorse Sprite simultaneously. Jielun’s popularity would surely further boost Liangying.
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The next day.
In the morning, Shen Qing and Liangying had no scheduled activities. They came to the newly renovated studio to hold a meeting.
The studio was named ‘Qingying Studio’, a homophone of their names, located near Chaoyang Park on the East Third Ring Road.
This would be their base from now on, where they could prepare albums, negotiate commercial performances, sign endorsements, and even record demos.
In the meeting room.
Shen Qing, Zhang Liangying, Zhang Lu, and other behind-the-scenes producers for the album were watching the MVs for the 13 songs one by one.
MVs were important in this era.
Because fans who genuinely bought CDs would play them on VCD players at home. If the MV was terrible, it would definitely affect positive reviews and, consequently, sales.
Shen Qing: “There are a few points that need adjustment. First, add more shots of Zhang Liangying; second, 《 Myriad Lands 》 isn’t grand enough. I want elements like the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Yellow River, and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor; third, the female lead in 《 What I Miss 》, Liu Yan, is too seductive. Everyone is looking at her chest, who will listen to the song? I need a pure female lead…”
Zhang Lu couldn’t help but laugh, “It is indeed a bit large…”
Shen Qing: “How about this, let’s find a delicate, pure, and spirited girl and reshoot it as soon as possible.”
Zhang Lu: “Okay, I’ll go find someone later.”
Filming MVs is fast. If there are no special effects or grand scenes, it can be done in a day or two.
The most important thing now is to find a suitable female lead.
Pure and beautiful!
The first person Shen Qing thought of was Gao Yuanyuan…
But Gao Yuanyuan has been plagued by negative news recently, with media outlets reporting all sorts of gossip about her.
Choosing her at this time might not be ideal, right?!
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Shen Qing really knows too few actresses.
He looked at his phone’s contact list for a long time. Besides Gao Yuanyuan, the only other person was Liu Yifei, whom he met when writing 《 Peerless Under Heaven 》.
However, Liu Yifei is currently at the peak of her career. The recently aired 《 The Return of the Condor Heroes 》 is extremely popular and is about to be broadcast on satellite TV, making her incredibly famous.
But it is also from this year that her resources began to decline, so she attempted to enter the music industry, releasing her first self-titled album 《 Liu Yifei 》, which did not receive much positive feedback.
Choose her?
If she could come, it would be ideal.
But the difficulty is very high…
An actress of this caliber would not easily film an MV.
Too lazy to think about it.
Leave this matter to Zhang Lu and the MV director!
Anyway, his requirements have been clearly stated – she must be pure, beautiful, and preferably have a touch of spirit.
