Chapter 31: The Long Age
"yes!" Adams excitedly made a cheering celebration, and said to Lin Feng beside him with a smile, "Long, although this award is a little lower than the previous Best Newcomer, it is also a very important award, and you deserve to win this award." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
On the other side, Lao Huate also congratulated Lin Feng, and the audience's eyes were focused on Lin Feng at this time.
"Let's invite this year's Grammy Best R&B Male Singer Long to the stage to accept the award!"
The host and award presenters on the stage also applauded and congratulated and invited Long to the stage.
Lin Feng stood up and hugged Adams beside him, walked to the podium again, and then took over a "golden record player" in the hands of the award presenter again.
Although the host was a little worried, he still had to routinely hold the microphone and ask Lin Feng: "Long, you have won two major awards now, how do you feel about this?"
Lin Feng took the microphone, glanced at the host who was obviously a little nervous, and said with a smile: " I won a total of four nominations for the Grammys this time, I originally came to the awards party today with 100% confidence, but I didn't expect that the newcomer award I valued the most was missed by me, which made me feel a little regretful, for the two awards I have won now, I can only say that I am very grateful to the judges who voted for me, of course, the most grateful is the majority of fans and friends who support me, with your support, in fact, it doesn't matter if I win the award or not. Thank you!"
Lin Feng's words were not as sharp as the previous sentence, but they were still a little harsh in the ears of the organizer and the host.
Lin Feng finished his speech and was about to step down the stage, but the host stopped him and asked with a smile: "Long, please stay on stage for the time being, we should ask you a few questions at the request of the audience in front of the TV, and please give your fans and the audience a satisfactory answer." β
To be honest, the host is very reluctant to take advantage of this work, but the person in charge of the organizer, as well as the TV advertisers, and of course, the hundreds of millions of viewers in front of the vast number of TV sets, all of them want to get a glimpse of what Long Zorro really looks like behind the mask. This can be said to be the common desire of everyone now, where there is demand, of course, there is a market, and there are ratings before countless advertisers come to invest money. In order to increase the ratings of the program, the organizers have long arranged a session to ask questions on the spot.
Of course, Lin Feng had been prepared to be asked in advance, and Adams had also warned him in advance that if he was asked a sensitive or difficult question, let him refuse to answer. Lin Feng didn't come to participate in the Grammy's declaration next time, and undoubtedly slapped the Grammy organizer's mouth fiercely, maybe this time the question will deliberately make things difficult for Lin Feng.
Although Lin Feng knew that there was this possibility, he had nothing to worry about, so it was a big deal not to answer.
Lin Fengdang even stopped his steps and continued to stay on the stage, waiting for the host's question.
The host quickly took out the pre-prepared note from his bosom and asked the first question: "Long, we are all very curious about your real identity, can you tell us your real name? Or can you just take off your mask and officially reveal your identity to the public?"
Lin Feng shrugged his shoulders and refused directly: "I'm sorry, I can't agree to these two requests." Since I came to the party wearing a mask this time, it was because I didn't want my true identity to be exposed. Please respect my privacy. I don't want too much interference in my private life. β
Lin Feng's answer, the host, including most of the people, had expected it in advance, although they all felt a little disappointed, but they could understand it.
"Okay, then let's move on to the next question: Long, can you tell us your age and race? I can see that you are not black, may I ask if you are white?"
Lin Feng couldn't help laughing and said, "You guessed right, I'm not black, I'm not white, what I can tell you is that I'm a yellow race." β
"Oh God, please forgive me for my presumptuousness, it's so surprising, is your ancestry Japanese or Korean?" the host was dumbfounded, and the audience at the scene and in front of the TV was shocked. It's also completely understandable, because he's the question we voted for online: Long, your debut self-titled album "Long" has a total of nine songs, but there are several genres. Can you tell us where your inspiration comes from?"
Lin Feng thought to himself, of course, that his creative inspiration came from the memories of his previous life. Of course, he could not tell the world about this fact, and replied casually: "Inspiration is called inspiration because it is something that is difficult to touch, and I can only say that my creative inspiration comes from God's gift to me, and maybe one day, he will take it away." At that time, I can also retire from the music scene. β
"No!no!no!" the host hurriedly said, "I don't think we all like God to take away your creative inspiration, at least until you break the Grammy's personal award-winning record, or after you turn seventy." β
The audience laughed when they heard it, and Lin Feng said politely: "Then thank you for your auspicious words." β
Okay, let's get down to business, and let's move on to the next question. This question is also one of the questions polled on the Internet: long, how old are you now? Do you have a girlfriend? I think this question is a question that many people are very concerned about. I'm guessing you're certainly not over twenty-five. β
Lin Feng nodded and said, "You guessed right, my age is indeed not more than twenty-five years old, and besides, I don't have a girlfriend." Lin Feng added to himself in his heart, "However, I have a fiancΓ©e." β
The scene suddenly resounded with cheers of surprise and surprise, and the host looked like he was about to fall down very praisefully, and then said to Lin Feng: "Long, how is this possible? You don't even have a girlfriend? You are such an excellent person, how can you have a girlfriend? Don't those women in your life have vision? Or rather, you ......"
Of course, Lin Feng knew what he meant, and immediately declared: "I can only say that I have good facial features, sound limbs, and my sexual orientation is also normal. β
"Long, can you tell us why you don't have a girlfriend yet?
Lin Feng smiled silently. It's also equivalent to default. Seeing this, the host didn't break the casserole to ask the end, and went directly to the next question: "Long, now I want to ask the last question: Long, among the previous Grammy winners, which artist do you admire and like the most?"
Lin Feng didn't think about it and said, "Of course it's Jackson." He's my idol. I love his music, but what I appreciate most is that he is passionate about philanthropy, and many people misunderstand him, slander him and even frame him, and what I want to say here is that please also those who demonize Jack, stop your despicable behavior, and stop hurting a good person. β
The host and the audience obviously didn't expect Long to say this, and after a few seconds of silence in the audience, they each woke up and gave Long a warm applause for his speech as soon as possible. In any case, Long's words are purely out of protection for a good person, and this act deserves everyone's encouragement.
"Long, thank you very much for answering these questions. The host was really afraid that Lin Feng would say something amazing, so he hurriedly politely signaled that Lin Feng could step down.
It took almost five minutes to ask Lin Feng on the stage just now, which was of course very preferential treatment for Lin Feng. After all, the Grammys have limited time for the awards ceremony, just like the Chinese New Year Gala, but every second is expensive. The Grammy organizers were able to ask the host questions about him and gave him such a long time, which made countless artists blush.
And Lin Feng and Adams were a little surprised, the questions asked by the host were not very sensitive, let alone sharp, which undoubtedly showed that the Grammys did not want or dared to give Long a riposte now. Think about it, this is a live broadcast in front of hundreds of millions of global viewers, and there are at least tens of millions of viewers in front of these TV sets who are fans of Long, if the organizers of the Grammys give Long a moth, this is an act that harms others and is not beneficial to themselves, and it is also a stupid act to smash their own signboards, of course they will not do it, and they dare not do it.
After stepping off the stage and returning to his seat, Adams whispered to Lin Feng: "The organizers of the Grammys still gave you face, so they didn't make it difficult for you." β
Lin Feng nodded in agreement.
"Long, it's only about twenty minutes before your performance, so let's go to the backhouse to prepare now. Adams reminded.
Lin Feng naturally agreed.
So, the two got up from their seats and walked backstage.
When he came to the backstage, Lin Feng took out the collector's version of the Martin acoustic guitar, and finally tried the strings, and after confirming that it was correct, he was relieved. After all, in the face of such a live TV broadcast with hundreds of millions of viewers, Lin Feng is of course cautious, otherwise he will not be able to mix in the United States in the future.
When there were still fifteen minutes before Lin Feng's performance time, the relevant staff came to him.
The closer he got to the time of the performance, Adams became visibly a little restless, and began to pace back and forth in the lounge, shaking Lin Feng a little impatient.
"Adams, can you sit down?"
"Oh, okay. I sat down. Adams hurriedly sat down, but he still looked restless, and stopped talking to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng said angrily: "Adams, don't worry, I won't drop the chain at a critical moment, and I don't know the live performance once, there will definitely be no mistakes." β
"That's good! That's good!" Adams said, but there was a worried look on his face. Long's current horror fame can be said to come very suddenly, and it is very easy, it can be said that he became famous completely overnight, because of this, Adams, who regards him as his company's cash cow and his own lucky star, will never allow it, and what is wrong with Lin Feng in this Grammy, especially his upcoming singing performance, cannot be tolerated. He knows that now is a very critical moment for Long, I don't know how many people in the outside world are staring at him and making mistakes, as long as there is a little mistake, they will seize it and expand it infinitely, so as to hit Long's fame.
Finally, it was Lin Feng's turn to perform. Although Adams was a little apprehensive in his heart, he still pretended to be calm and relaxed and sent his encouragement to Lin Feng.
Standing at the mouth of the curtain, the host on the stage was performing his talk show, and after making the scene laugh, he said back to business: "The next show to be performed, I think everyone is looking forward to it - Are you the one?The traveller in time who has come......" The host showed a live show, the words are round, and the bass is used, which is actually very good, "I think everyone knows, that's right, it's long's "are you." The One, a classic song that brought countless people to tears on the spot, is still in the ring on the Billboard with two other songs from Long, as if it has risen to the top spot again this week. Let us invite this year's super popular male singer - Long to bring us his original guitar playing and singing, "Are You the One" with the warmest applause. β
When the host's words fell, the whole stage was suddenly plunged into darkness, only a light above the stage fell, and then, in the light, a tall man wearing Armani casual clothes and a mask on his face, with a guitar on his shoulder, strolled over.
On stage this time, Lin Feng took off Zorro's hat and cape, and only wore the mask on his face, which gave the audience a refreshing feeling and was more infectious.
After Lin Feng stood in front of the microphone in the center of the stage and stopped, the tsunami-like cheers and applause on the scene suddenly stopped. Then, the sad and lingering melody flowed out of the guitar under the playing of Lin Feng.
"Are You the One" is just as sentimental and tear-jerking. The reason why Lin Feng can show the essence of this song is, of course, substitute his own feelings, that is, his personal experience of being dumped in college in his previous life, and I still remember that although there are some vicissitudes of life, the wound still seems to be there.
This live version was obviously interpreted by Lin Feng even more moving, and even had a feeling of breaking the intestines, many viewers at the scene shed tears unconsciously, and there were not a few viewers in front of the TV who were moved to tears, and many people who had a painful experience of falling out of love cried on the spot.
In short, when Lin Feng's song "Are You the One" ended, the audience was shrouded in a sad atmosphere, which made many people unable to extricate themselves, and it was even more strange that no one applauded Lin Feng for the first time. The stage lighting engineer who was originally in charge of the stage was obviously also infected by this song, and was originally scheduled to turn on the other lights on the stage after Lin Feng's performance, but now that Lin Feng's performance is over, the stage is still pitch black, and only the palm of the light above is lit alone.
"Thank you!" Lin Feng bowed slightly to the audience. This sentence, like the evening drum and morning bell, finally woke up a lot of people, and the scene began to sound applause again and again, and the lighting engineer also began to come back to his senses and turned on the lights on the stage.
When the audience saw the empty stage, they couldn't help but feel empty in their hearts. Whether you like Long or not, at this time, you have to admit in your heart that Long's singing voice seems to have some unknown magic, just like just now, which unconsciously made them fall into it and can't extricate themselves.
After the stage was empty for about ten seconds, the host hurriedly ran up to save the scene. The poor former comedy star and famous talk show host was a big disappointment at this year's Grammy Awards, and needless to say, he will definitely not have his share in the next edition.
"I used to be half a fan of Long, because my family is all his fans, so I had to be half of his fans, but today, just now after I listened to his song "are you the one", I became his loyal fan, I plan to get an autographed CD of Long after the award ceremony, if I can, I want to ask for more, I think this is the best gift for my family. Long, you probably won't refuse my little wish as a loyal fan. β
The host's funny appearance of a standard fan finally made many people at the scene laugh, dispelling a little of the sad atmosphere brought by Lin Feng's song just now.
Lin Feng obviously didn't hear the host's request to him in front of hundreds of millions of viewers, because he returned backstage after the performance and left the center of the venue first at the suggestion of Adams. This is done purely for security reasons. After all, the scene of being besieged by those crazy fans before was really heartbreaking.
This is also a kind request from the Grammy organizers and the police, of course Adams and Lin Feng have no opinion, anyway, this awards party is only more than half an hour away from the end.
Sneaking out of the safe passage, he got into the extended Lincoln car that Adams had arranged for him and left the Staples Center without any problems.
At this time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, and Ariel Lin had already returned to the Four Seasons Hotel first. Lin Feng handed over the two golden record players he obtained this time to the company for safekeeping, and he got off the bus directly at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Originally, Lin Feng planned to go to New York early tomorrow morning, but Adams must have asked him to say goodbye to his family before leaving, so he had to revise his itinerary to tomorrow afternoon.
Back in the hotel room, Ariel Lin was watching the Grammy Awards on TV, and when he saw Lin Feng coming in, an enthusiastic and unrestrained flew over and hugged Lin Feng tightly.
Lin Feng pretended to exaggerate and said: "Lighter! I'm almost overwhelmed by you, when did you become so strong?"
Ariel Lin pouted mischievously: "I already have a lot of strength! β
She said so, but under her hands was much more relaxed.
Lin Feng laughed, and immediately hit her vital part with both hands, the armpits, Ariel Lin couldn't help but itch immediately, giggled, and immediately let go of Lin Feng. Lin Feng was unrelenting, took advantage of the victory to pursue, continued to tickle her, chased Ariel Lin all over the house, and finally was grabbed by Lin Feng in the bathroom, carried on his shoulder, and looked like a bandit went down the mountain to rob his daughter-in-law and returned to the mountain victoriously, carried Ariel Lin back to the main room, and then threw her on the soft bed in Ariel Lin's screams.
"Baby, I'm here!"
Lin Feng pounced on Ariel Lin on the bed, and Ariel Lin screamed "Ah!", narrowly dodging away......
After a long period of playing, the two of them each lay down side by side on the bed.
"Xiaofeng, you are amazing! I saw you on TV like I was in a dream. You performed so well, the song you sang "are you the one" was so sad that it made me cry again. β
I don't want to sing so sadly, but who knows that when I perform live, I sing like this unconsciously. Lin Feng didn't lie, he really didn't want to sing this song so sadly at first, but the collector's guitar seemed to have magic, and with its rhythm and melody, the song ended up singing like that.
"Xiaofeng, are you disappointed that you didn't win the Newcomer Award and the Best Single Award this time?" Ariel Lin turned his head to look at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng also turned his head, kissed her forehead, and said with a smile: "Your husband is not so fragile, besides, I am Chinese, this Grammy Award is really dispensable for me, if I get it, it is my luck, if I don't get it, it is nothing." β
Ariel Lin also smiled: "You can see it." I've read all kinds of reports about the Grammys on the Internet, and many of our domestic celebrities are very excited because they are invited to participate, and they hype up the media. If they win the same award as you, then they don't know where their tails go?"
Lin Feng said more pertinently: "Actually, it can't be said that these stars are too vain and worship foreigners. It's just that the Grammys are like the Oscars, and many of our famous directors in China don't want to win the Oscars? The Grammys are the Oscars in the field of music, and their influence is all over the world, and those singers in China are invited to participate, of course, it is worth being happy. β
"Anyway, you are now the first person in our country to win a Grammy Award, and if your identity is made public in the future, you will definitely become a national treasure. Ariel Lin said with honor.
"Wife, in fact, your husband has long been a national treasure, have you forgotten that your husband is not only a singer, but also a writer?" Lin Feng said with some pride.
"I know you're amazing, Lin Guobao. Ariel Lin pretended to be coquettish.
"Wife, in fact, your husband and I have become national treasures, aren't you the lady of national treasures?" Lin Feng teased.
Ariel Lin suddenly asked, "Why did you say you don't have a girlfriend?"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Of course I don't have a girlfriend. He had long expected that Ariel Lin would not be able to help but ask him questions, but he didn't expect her to ask so directly.
"You ......" Ariel Lin's face turned angry and pouted, "Am I not your girlfriend?" Are you afraid that if you say it, you will lose a large number of fans?"
Lin Feng shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course it's not because of this reason, aren't you my girlfriend in the first place?"
Ariel Lin's face immediately changed slightly, and then he suddenly realized, blushed, and said angrily: "You hate it to death, you always play tricks on me." Hmph!"
Lin Feng teased: "Wife, the conscience of heaven and earth, I really didn't fool you, you were stupid and didn't figure it out." "You're stupid, you're a big fool!" Ariel Lin raised his pink fist and slapped Lin Feng fiercely. Lin Feng immediately turned over in retaliation, pressed her to the rest, raised his hand to his mouth and deliberately sighed, ready to tickle her, which frightened Ariel Lin "lost her face" and hurriedly begged for mercy.
This time, the two of them were entangled in their limbs, and soon they rubbed a raging fire, Lin Feng began to tear Ariel Lin's clothes very roughly, and Ariel Lin wanted to refuse and half refuse to welcome and let out a coquettish moan from time to time......
The two lingered overnight, but Lin Feng finally had moderation this time, working slowly and meticulously, and quality was better than quantity. The next day, Lin Feng got up early in the morning, but Ariel Lin was still lying in bed, Lin Feng ignored her, and started routine exercise activities in the room.
When it was almost half past eight, Lin Feng, who had finished exercising and washing, called Ariel Lin to get up. This time, Ariel Lin was very conscious, obviously frightened by Lin Feng's rough "way of calling the bed" yesterday, after Lin Feng shouted a few times, he reflexively climbed up from the bed by himself, and then, sleepy-eyed and sad, began to get dressed.
Ariel Lin in the morning, with two points of laziness, three points of coquecy and four points of charm, is obviously one of her most beautiful moments, every time Lin Feng will swallow saliva at her at this time, never get tired of looking at it. And Ariel Lin is obviously not the first time that he has been stared at by Lin Feng, and he will get used to it after watching it more times.
Lin Feng called room service for the two, and after Ariel Lin finished washing, the two stood in front of the window of the customer service, drinking warm milk, eating authentic French toast, and leisurely looking at the scenery outside the window......
What they didn't know was that on this day, almost all the major news media in the world reported on the large-scale fan riot that occurred at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night, and many well-known newspapers and media published the news on the front page. As the only superpower in the world, the United States has of course attracted special attention to the mass incidents that occurred in its own country, and the fan riots themselves can be regarded as both entertainment news and political news, and the combination of the two is difficult not to attract the attention of the world.
As the initiator of this fan riot, the American cutting-edge super popular idol Long, has been reported at length, and it can be said that it has made a global promotion for Long for free. It is conceivable that after the world's major media rushed to report on it, those people who had not heard Long's songs because of time, region, culture and other aspects, and who did not know who Long was, would definitely want to listen to Long's songs for the first time, buy his albums, and understand him as a person. At that time, the days when Lin Feng will truly establish himself as a world superstar are numbered.
Compared with this fan riot, the reports about this year's Grammy Awards are a bit dwarfed, and several newspapers mainly reported on the causes of the fan riots, and repaid them by the way, especially in those countries that were unexpected in Europe and the United States, the Grammys are really not as interesting and selling as a political event.
The major media in Europe and the United States have reported on the grand occasion of this year's Grammy Awards at considerable length, but they are more than praise, and the concentrated point is that the injustice of the Long Best Newcomer Award and the Best Single Award is unanimously agreed that the failure of the Long Best Newcomer Award is the biggest failure of this year's Grammys, and it will make the world doubt the fairness of the Grammys. And the biggest highlight of this year's Grammy Awards is also about Long, that is, his live guitar playing and singing "Are You the One" moved everyone to tears and overshadowed other performers, making this year's Grammys wonderful because of Long alone.
The New York Times in the United States made a special column for Long with the title of "One Man's Party", introducing Long's fame process and his specific performance at this year's Grammy Awards, praising him as the most anticipated super newcomer king in the American music scene and even the world music scene.
As a local "Los Angeles Times", it also opened a special column for Long, and praised Long with "Long - The Beginning of a Legend", and even flaunted him as the pride of Los Angeles, the "City of Angels", and naturally identified Long as an Angelenite.
Other major newspapers in the world have reported on Lin Feng very positively, and they all agree that Long is about to change the pattern of the entire world music scene and create his own era.
Adams certainly expected the reaction of the world's major media today, but he didn't expect Long to be so popular with these media, and all of them were positive, and the criticism of him was almost minimal.
He got up early in the morning to rush to the office today, and then asked his subordinates to buy and hand over to him all the newspapers of the day that could be collected on the market, and he sat in his president's office like this, reading the newspapers one after another, and reading all the reports about Long. Every time he reads a copy, he is in a happier mood. In the end, because there were no less than dozens of newspapers, he really couldn't finish reading them, but his psychology had been greatly satisfied. Long's current achievements are his achievements, and now who in the outside world doesn't know that he Adams had a vision of heroes and categorically signed Long on very generous terms.
In addition to being happy, Adams of course did not forget to call Lin Feng to report the good news.
When they received the good news call from Adams, Lin Feng and Ariel Lin were finishing breakfast and planning to go to his house in clothes to say goodbye.
"Long, have you read today's newspaper? Any newspaper? No, let me tell you, you certainly didn't expect that you were on the front page of the major newspapers today. It's all about last night's fan riot, and it was reported that dozens of people were injured in last night's riot, but fortunately, they were all minor injuries and did not cause bloodshed. But its impact is not insignificant, last night's harassment affected more than 36,000 people, and at one time affected the nearby traffic ......"
Adams was a little self-talking, and reported the news he got to Lin Feng, Lin Feng was still a little interesting at first, but then he repeated similar praise to himself, so he had to interrupt: "Thank you, Adams, I know, your decision yesterday was very right, the company should take advantage of this good time to release my first album to the world." β
Adams couldn't help but laugh smugly, "Of course, as soon as I came back last night, I started to prepare, and I will hold a meeting soon to fully deploy the global release of the "Long" album." My intention is to increase the circulation by another 10 million in the United States, and in Europe the United Kingdom will increase the circulation by another 5 million, and the other countries will do the same......"
Lin Feng interrupted again: "Okay, this matter is personally arranged by you, the president, and it will definitely not be wrong." β
"Haha, long, the newspaper is right, you are creating a legend, I believe that it will not be long before you will break the achievements of the Beatles, Jackson and other predecessors, and create a new era of your own - the Long era ......"
Adams was obviously too excited, and said with some hands dancing.
"Adams, thank you for the compliment. Lin Feng had no choice but to interrupt him helplessly again, "I'm going to your house now and say goodbye to your family." I've booked a flight to New York at 2 p.m. β
"Oh God. Adams was very disappointed and said, "Long, can't you stay in Los Angeles for a few more days? I want to share the joy of success with you, and I'm going to give you a celebration." β
Lin Feng explained: "Adams, I also want to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days, but I have already made an appointment with a friend to meet in New York tomorrow. Moreover, I have to return to China as soon as possible. β
Adams was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Okay, but I want you to sit at my house a little longer while I go back for lunch." β
"OK, no problem. Lin Feng agreed. Barbara's cooking skills, Lin Fengke is very appreciative.