Chapter 416: Before the red carpet, fans denounced the organizing committee
"Hello audience friends in front of the TV, this is the scene of the 49th Grammy Awards that Dragon TV is broadcasting live for you, I am the on-site reporter Ma Lin, who is doing a live report for you at the Staples Center in Los Angeles at this time, you can see that there are tens of thousands of people behind me, and both sides of this red carpet of more than 100 meters are crowded, and the police and security guards have dispatched a total of 4 or 500 people, but it still seems to be insufficient!"
On February 12th, Beijing time, there are only 5 days before the arrival of the Spring Festival, and this day is the day when the Grammys, known as the "Oscars of the global music industry", will be held.
Before this year, no TV station in Chinese mainland had ever conducted a live broadcast of the Grammys, at most, some TV stations bought the broadcast rights, and then took the video back to edit and process, and finally roughly broadcast the important award moments.
Oh, and the web portal New Wolf Network, they carried out the first text live broadcast as early as 2001, and it was like this every year in the next few years, and it slowly became a live broadcast of pictures and texts, and I heard that it will become a live video broadcast next year, but I don't know if this news is true!
This year, it is probably because Song Zhuying, Tang Xiaosheng and Jay Chou, three Chinese artists, have been shortlisted, and they are likely to win awards, so this year, Dragon TV has taken the courage to directly buy the live broadcast rights in the mainland, starting from the red carpet to the end of the awards party, Dragon TV will conduct real-time live broadcasts.
But in order to prevent accidents, the live broadcast signal is still about 10 seconds later than that of the United States, after all, who knows if the open old United States will make some mess at the ceremony? It's not good to affect harmony!
At this time. Due to the time difference. It's already night on the American side. But it is more than 9 o'clock in the morning in China, although many people in China are still working, but it doesn't matter, because at this time, universities and middle schools are on vacation, and countless young people fill the audience well.
And relatively speaking, the people who really like to watch the awards ceremony are actually young people. Especially the fans of Tang Xiaoshi and Jay Chou, everyone is basically born in the 85s and 90s, for such a super event with the participation of their own idols, it is a must-see!
Therefore, there is no need to worry about the domestic ratings, and at this time, I don't know how many young people are staying in front of the TV.
After the female reporter at the scene introduced these routine things, she took the microphone and said loudly: "There are still about a few minutes before the official start of the red carpet ceremony, and this time it is an honor that three artists of our Chinese singers have entered the shortlist of the award ceremony." Maybe they can't all win trophies, but that's okay. Because being shortlisted for the Grammys, the world's most influential competition, is actually a victory in itself, in short, let's all witness it together, and see if our three Chinese artists can achieve a breakthrough of zero awards in the upcoming awards ceremony, or even return with a big victory! ”
After the reporter finished speaking, the cameraman's partner at the scene pointed the camera at the fans on both sides of the red carpet who were excited and inexplicable, only to see that these fans were tall and short, fat and thin, beautiful and ugly, male and female......
Well, this is nonsense, anyway, in summary, these fans are basically young people, and middle-aged people also have them, but they are less than 1/10, and they are basically standing on the periphery, they are not as crazy as young people.
As for the elderly? Ahem, if they're not afraid of being suffocated, they can come here.
Now, these fans are making a lot of noise, one moment because of the grabbing of territory, there is a push, and the other time there is a dispute because of the idol, which makes the scene very noisy.
And in one corner of these very excited fans, there is a relatively quiet group of fans, they are also men and women, but they all wear a hat of the exact same color and style, and there is a conspicuous "Tang" written on it, which is a pure Chinese character.
At this time, they were waiting for the idol to appear, and they were discussing something with their own opinions.
"Miss Julie, do you think China Tang can get those two trophies tonight? You know, his album has sold nearly 40 million copies worldwide, which is even crazier than Britney Spears at the beginning! He should be the first super singer in the world to sell 40 million copies of his debut album, right? ”
"Yes, Miss Julie, although Tang's records have only sold 1.2 million copies in the whole of North America. Underwood (American Idol Champion) is much less, but Tang's records sell much more than her worldwide! Nearly 40 million copies of the horror sales, this is something that countless diva-level singers dare not imagine, I can't imagine that he was only shortlisted for the two small awards of Best Newcomer and Best Asian Record, the old fools of the Academy and the Scientific Committee (Organizing Committee) are really hateful! ”
"That's right, if they have the courage, they don't give the trophy to Tang, and when the time comes, I must call on more people to boycott this damn old garbage awards ceremony, so that they can be pragmatic and closer to the market and the general public, instead of pursuing the so-called artistry like they are now, this TM is just a shit-like excuse."
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At least a dozen fans poured bitter water around a tall, good-looking white beauty, or asked, complained, and even angry.
Although there was a suspicion of being spitted, this white beauty didn't care so much, nor did she feel bored or angry, she always smiled and listened to everyone's speeches, until these people finished speaking, she nodded and said: "Guys, I have to say that you are all great, really, because of your efforts, Tang's pure Chinese record can sell millions of copies in our entire North America and 700,000 in Europe, It's finally in the top 100 of the annual Billboard (North America) rankings! ”
She paused, saw that everyone was smiling, and continued: "Everyone knows the rules of the Grammys. It must have been released in the United States and not sell too badly. Finally, there must be a record company to make a recommendation. Only then will the music be able to enter the eyes of the judges, followed by nominations and votes, which do not care about sales and the popularity of the singers....... ”
"Miss Julie, wait, we all know these things, what do you mean?"
A stout bald guy scratched his scalp in confusion, how could he hear what it meant, Miss Julie was defending the old guys?
It shouldn't be! We should all speak out against those guys. Because they've shut Tang out!
In fact, not only was this bald guy confused, but the others were also a little angry, because everyone felt betrayed.
God, how can you talk to those goddamn old guys at the Recording Academy? You're the president of the North American Support Association of the Chinese Tang, leading hundreds of thousands of people!
"Guys, take it easy, okay? I actually understand your feelings, because we are all the same! ”
The white beauty is not mentally retarded, of course she felt the changes in everyone's attitude and psychology, but she was not in a hurry, but smiled and said: "Yes, I was also very angry at the beginning. I wish all the judges were going to die, because Tang was my first idol. His work is also very good, hehe, although I can't understand what he sings, but I can hear it from the melody, these songs are very good! ”
As she spoke, her eyes caught sight of a fat black man, who was still holding a lantern sign with the Chinese character "Tang" composed of small colored tubes, which was still custom-made in Chinatown, a total of 50 pieces, large and small.
Of course, this thing was not the reason for her surprise, the important thing was that she saw a female reporter with a microphone standing next to the black fat man, and behind her there was a videographer with a camera on his shoulder, among which, most importantly, both reporters were yellow.
So, she stopped explaining, raised her hand and pointed to the female reporter who was smiling at her, and asked loudly, "Hey, friend, are you Tang's fellow countrymen?" Or is it...... Japanese, Korean? ”
Why do you ask?
It's very simple, because at this year's Grammy ceremony, only 5 Asian singers were shortlisted, Song Zhuying, Tang Xiaoshi, Jay Chou, this is a Chinese singer, Japan's Ayumi Hamasaki, and South Korea's is the recently super popular Rain, except for these five, other Asian singers are not qualified.
Generally speaking, if there are no singers from their own countries shortlisted, Asian countries actually rarely send reporters to the scene, and they prefer to buy the recording rights directly, just like the domestic TV stations in the past.
"That's right, we are from the same city as China Tang, and we are both in Shanghai!"
This female reporter is Ma Lin, who was sent by Dragon TV to do the live broadcast, and after she answered happily, she immediately took the microphone and said in Chinese: "You can see it, these people we see now are Tang Xiaosheng's fans in the United States, there are at least more than 200 people, although this number is not the largest fan group today, but it is also quite good, haha, now I will interview them, please lock the channel!" ”
After she finished saying something similar to an advertisement, she immediately took the cameraman to squeeze in front of the white beauty who had become much friendlier, stretched out her right hand and said: "Hello Miss, I am a TV reporter in the city where Tang is located, and I am also a fan of him, and I have also received his signed poster, it is a pleasure to meet you!" ”
"Oh, I'm glad to meet you, too!"
The white beauty shook hands with her warmly, but said with some discomfort in her mouth: "But I am very disappointed, because China Tang did not come to the United States to hold a book signing, and many of us guys have no way to get his signed CD!" ”
What can Marlene say? Of course, she had to pretend not to hear, and quickly translated to the domestic audience, and then said with a smile: "There will definitely be a chance in the future, eh, can you accept my interview?" There is still some time. ”
"Well, for the sake of your fellow Chinese Tang!"
The white beauty agreed without hesitation, and emphasized in her mouth: "I am the president of the American Support Association of China Tang, my name is Julie, you can also call me like that!" (To be continued......)