Chapter 424: Named and mentioned, envied, jealous and hated by the whole world
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Staples Center to the 49th annual Grammy Awards, and now we welcome the host of this evening, Cheryl Cheryl, with applause and cheers. Ms. Hickibo! β
In fact, the process of the award ceremony is similar all over the world, almost all of them are sent first to a program that can refresh the excitement ~ emotion, well, it is either a big-name performance or a classic reproduction.
Then, just after the audience's emotions are mobilized, the master of ceremonies will appear on the stage to play tricks.
Make a summary of last year, tell some jokes and be funny, and then invite the award presenters, give an award and perform a performance, and then award another performance .......
Therefore, Brother Chic is actually not very keen on programs outside his awards, because he participated in it once in the mainland and once in Hong Kong, so there is nothing new at all.
However, the politeness of tonight's awards ceremony seems to be a little different.
"Friends, live, in front of the TV, friends all over the world watching the live broadcast, welcome to the world's grandest music feast, the Grammy Music Awards!"
Just as the voice on the radio reached her ears, a blonde in a sexy royal blue sundress walked along the edge of the stage to the center of the stage as she spoke, and then, to the applause of the audience, she stood smiling for a while, and finally, after the applause subsided, she spoke again: "The performance of the police band after a long time is very exciting, right?" β
"Whoa, whoa......"
The audience responded with howls, screams, and applause, and it was clear. Everyone is very satisfied.
And this time. A camera on the scene was also pointed at the director's order, which had been disbanded for 20 years. Several members of the "Police Band", who collaborated again tonight.
These people are all in their 60s, and when they founded the band 40 years ago, they were all in their prime, and later they were still one of the European super bands, but now they still have to serve the old, and only the lead singer is still active.
Brother Chic and Ivanka are also smiling and applauding, for this kind of old-timers who have been famous for decades, they must be given full respect and admiration, even if they have never heard of their works and deeds. It's a matter of politeness.
But don't really say it, I don't know what the director of the ceremony thinks, anyway, Brother Xiao felt that there was a rocker design machine, which was aimed at himself almost all the time, well, it could also be aimed at his position, which made him a little unnatural, for fear that he would do a little rude without paying attention.
You know, this ceremony is a real 1 billion viewers watching! If he dares to pick his nose now, he is guaranteed to become the laughing stock of the whole world tomorrow. The photo will definitely be on the cover of N many gossip newspapers.
So, he had to tilt his head slightly. whispered to Ivanka: "Honey, there is a camera pointed at us all the time, we must pay attention!" β
ββ¦β¦ I've seen it a long time ago! β
Ivanka replied with a slight movement of her lips, but the smile on her face stiffened slightly.
There is no doubt that she is not comfortable with someone's attitude, although she has long said that she will develop slowly and cannot be disclosed to the media, but this is really uncomfortable!
Brother Chic is not a 'love saint', and he is still under the 'public', so he didn't see the fleeting bitterness on Ivanka's face, but kept smiling, watching Cheryl play tricks on the stage, and occasionally applauded with the crowd, showing a gentlemanly demeanor out of ten.
No way, the cultural differences are really too big, the hostess's American jokes can amuse most Americans, but in his opinion, there is nothing funny at all, but he feels a little inexplicable, and he can't understand why an ordinary sentence causes laughter.
Could it be that the Yankees have low laughs?
Just when someone felt a little bored, they heard the host Cheryl say: "Compared with the previous dozens of editions, this year's Grammys have actually changed considerably, so for the first time, we have added the important award of "Best Record in Asia" to our awards. β
In a round of applause, she smiled and continued: "For a long time, due to the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, our Grammy ceremonies are almost always a gathering of musicians from Europe and the United States, and there have never been Asian musicians to join, which is a very abnormal thing, because music is the world, even if we can't understand the lyrics, but we can enjoy the songs, just like the piano, violin and other instruments played!" β
"Bang Bang ......"
This time the applause was particularly loud, and even many celebrities stood up and applauded vigorously, all of them were smiling, and they didn't know what they were happy about.
Brother Chic doesn't have much enthusiasm, because what he wants is not a mere "chicken rib" best record in Asia, but wants to win awards such as Best Male Pop Singer, Best Album of the Year, and Best Single of the Year.
However, he saw Jay Chou and Hou Peichen in his spare time, and also saw Ayumi Hamasaki, the highest-selling person in Japanese history, known as the "Queen of Change", well, she is quite beautiful, and her permed blonde hair makes her look like a doll.
As for South Korea's Jung Ji-hoon (Rain), I didn't see it, so I guess he was sitting on the other side of the stage.
When he was looking around a little, the host said: "Last year, although the global record market continued to experience a decline in sales, the United States alone fell by 12% of physical sales compared with 05, and the average decline in the world was nearly 18%, but we are deeply pleased that there is a super newcomer in the far East who has sold 35 million physical albums in just one month, he is the global idol China Tang!" β
"Papa......"
"Whoa, whoa......"
I'm going, why did the award go to my brother? Someone really doesn't know that the Grammys still have this link!
However, hearing the applause and cheers of the audience, he still showed a slight smile, and waved to the camera in a chic and handsome manner, of course, this scene also appeared in the eyes of the audience who were watching the live broadcast around the world.
"My God, the Chinese seem to be really rich, 35 million records, or sell them in a month? God, it's incredible! I'm afraid that the United States can't do it! β
"Damn, it seems that a large population is really good! A newcomer can sell 35 million copies, so wouldn't all the old people sell hundreds of millions of copies? But why the world's best-selling record is Michael. What about Jackson created instead of a Chinese singer? β
"Damn, I can't imagine that the Yankees will also envy the chic brother? Haha, I'm afraid they still think that the Chinese market is very profitable, and they can sell millions of copies casually, right? β
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Viewers around the world who are watching the live broadcast, I don't know how many people are sighing at that moment, some say that Chinese are rich, some say that Chinese have a large population and a large market, anyway, all kinds of envy and jealousy!
However, only Chinese audiences know that Tang Xiaosheng was able to sell such a terrifying sales this time, which is a complete miracle, and the fundamental reason is that the fight against the D version is too good, especially the control of the online D version.
After all, before Tang Xiaoshi, including the singers who recently released new albums, they only released new albums in the morning, but they could download them for free in the afternoon, so that the manufacturers who produced the D version of the disc could not survive.
Nonsense, being able to spend a penny without spending a penny, and it's very convenient, who would be stupid to spend money on a physical CD? It's not worth even a few bucks!
"Dear Don, how much did you make selling so many records?"
When the host on stage announced the first award, Ivanka suddenly whispered in his ear.
Uh, is this the beginning of the inventory of my brother's family?
Tang Xiaosao's heart skipped a beat, and she glanced at Ivanka on the left, but saw that she was seriously looking at the award presenters on the stage pulling the envelope, no one could have thought that she was actually whispering to the man next to her!
After hesitating for a moment, someone secretly thought: "It's not impossible to say this thing, after all, Ivanka is the New York real estate tycoon Donald. Trump's only legal heir, the family fortune is as high as more than 2 billion US dollars! What's more, our relationship is like that, even if we tell her, it doesn't matter! β
Thinking about it like this, Brother Chic whispered: "It's about 50 million US dollars!" β
At this time, the exchange rate of the renminbi against the U.S. dollar has dropped to 7.8:150 million, which is almost close to 400 million yuan, and it is indeed the same.
"That's it?"
Ivanka covered her lips and almost screamed, she couldn't believe it.
She thought excitedly: "It's just a little bit like 40 million copies, but a record only earns $1.2?" It's still an indie studio! How is that possible? There's more to it than that! β
Chick, do you think records in China are as expensive as in the United States? And Chinese retailers can make much more money than their American counterparts.
Brother Chic smiled bitterly and was about to explain the reason, but he saw a staff member walk up to him and said very politely: "Miss Tang, there are still two shows that are up to your performance time, now please go backstage to make up and wait for the stage, do you see it?" β
Of course, Brother Chic would not object to this reasonable arrangement, so he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Of course there is no problem!" Then let's go now! β
"Hey man, are you going to get ready for the show? I wish you all the best! β
The dashing brother looked back at Amy. Turner, the old black, smiled and nodded at him. (To be continued......)