In other words, the sales volume in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia is at least 150, and the total is close to 5 million!

It’s no exaggeration to call him the King of Asia.

So what’s wrong with the “Year of the Heavenly King”?

But this is just an ideal state. After all, Jiang Yan did not enter the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets in 1998.

Those who hold objections, in addition to questioning the sales performance, also focus on the indicator of awards.

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At the end of 1998, awards ceremonies in major music circles have also become active.

In the Mainland, Jiang Yan is naturally the number one target at major award ceremonies.

Awards from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong Province, TV stations, radio stations, and corporate background award ceremonies all sent invitations to Jiang Yan. Anyway, there were a lot of awards.

If these people hadn't invited Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan wouldn't have known there were so many awards in the country.

However, the value of these awards is not very high, and many awards are temporary or specially organized for a certain group.

Among the factors that influence awards, song quality often takes a back seat, while the sponsor's preference, the judges' preference, and the singer's personal qualifications account for a larger proportion.

Sometimes the sponsor changes, or the judges change their minds, the final result of the award will also change, and even the entire award ceremony will change into a different format, or even be discontinued in serious cases.

Jiang Yan even received a call from some award-winning organizers who said directly that as long as you can come, the grand prize is easily negotiable.

So to put it bluntly, these are basically pheasant awards, forget about credibility and authority.

But if you want to say that the awards ceremony in the Mainland is not authoritative enough, then Hong Kong and Taiwan’s award ceremony is enough?

In fact, I just rely on my peers to support me.

For example, the Wanwan Golden Melody Awards are more stable, and the custom of standing in rows to share the fruits is less intense than in the Mainland, so the authority of this award has suddenly increased.

However, although the list of this year's Wanwan Golden Melody Awards has not yet been announced, Zhou Jianhui has received news that Jiang Yan may not even be nominated.

The reason is also very simple, because "DNA" was not released in Wanwan, so Jiang Yan did not meet the Wanwan Golden Melody Award judging criteria.

This reason is very reasonable, after all, Jiang Yan did not have this qualification in 1998.

So this year’s Wanwan Golden Melody Awards is a relief.

Otherwise there is really no suspense.

Awarded to you, Ren Xianqi and all the male singers will have to kneel down.

If it is not awarded to you, it means that the credibility is gone.

So just use this reason to keep working hard next time.

This year's Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong followed the same example and did not give Jiang Yan a nomination.

The Hong Kong and Taiwan music circles, which think highly of themselves, did this.

This has led some people to start making trouble out of it.

You see, Jiang Yan is only considered powerful by the mainland media. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, he wants sales but not sales, and he wants awards but not awards.

To put it mildly, he is the self-proclaimed king of the mainland.

The level of popular music in the Mainland is nothing, so what’s the value of this?

As for the next album?

Look, it's him who Jiang Langcai is talking about.

This is actually unreasonable and short-term speculation.

I never thought about what would happen next year if I was slapped in the face.

But Zhou Jianhui also understands this kind of behavior. After all, it is not in his own interests to admit that others are strong and advertise to others.

If he were the media, although he wouldn't be so disgusting, he would never mention Jiang Yan. Wouldn't it be better to leave all the attention to his own stars?

But Jiang Yan was with him now, so Zhou Jianhui held his breath.

He said: "Jiang Yan, you have to fight for your reputation. The fate of mainland pop music and our Warner Bros. are all in your hands!"

In fact, Jiang Yan is not only related to Warner's strategy in Asia, but also related to Zhou Jianhui's future.

After all, he fought for film resources with his teachers and the group.

So although the cooperation talks went smoothly, Zhou Jianhui sacrificed most of his credit here.

Even people from Sony think Zhou Jianhui is crazy.

But if this were not the case, how could Zhou Jianhui win over Jiang Yan?

So if Jiang Yan dies in the next volume, Warner may not necessarily die, but Zhou Jianhui will definitely die with him.

This is why Zhou Jianhui came here.

He had to know what Jiang Yan meant. If he really didn't have time to write songs, he would collect them for Jiang Yan as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if all the specialties are released in March, the quality will not be good by then, and everything will be over.

Jiang Yan smiled and said: "I actually don't pay much attention to external evaluations."

As he spoke, he changed the subject again and said: "But I am still willing to do such a thing as crushing."

Zhou Jianhui was delighted when he heard this and said, "Have the songs been written?"

"Of course!" Jiang Yan said with a smile, "In addition to Chinese, there is also English. Even if you want Japanese, I can add it temporarily."

"It's good in English? But it's of no use in the Chinese music scene." Zhou Jianhui asked.

"Of course it's not used in the Chinese music scene." Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Don't those media look down on mainland awards? Then let's create an award for foreigners and see how they slap their face."

"Jiang Yan, you need to calm down!"

Zhou Jianhui adjusted his glasses. He knew that the English album was specified in the contract, but Jiang Yan said that it was too exaggerated to rely on this to win foreign awards. After all, you are Chinese!

However, Jiang Yan said: "I'm very calm. If we can't get awards from foreigners, then let's just focus on sales. Sales can tell everything, right?"

"That's right. No Chinese can make a mark in the European and American pop music circles yet. If your songs can make some hits, you can use them for publicity." Zhou Jianhui agreed, but then he added

I asked, "But it's still the same question. After all, it's not the Chinese entertainment industry. Can you handle the style, rhythm, etc.?"

Jiang Yan smiled slightly and turned on the computer.

Soon, a piece of music with a distinctive rhythm came out.

A few minutes later, Zhou Jianhui's eyes widened and he looked at Jiang Yan like a god.

"How is it?" Jiang Yan asked.

"Did you really write it?"

"nonsense!"

"Then I have to find my teacher, just wait..."

Zhou Jianhui called excitedly.

And Jiang Yan began to think about which songs he would need for the Chinese album.

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Regarding the choice of Chinese songs, Jiang Yan has actually decided on a few.

The first song "Chi Ling" was originally included in the previous album, but was eventually removed due to Jiang Yan's singing skills and the Spring Festival Gala. However, this time, Jiang Yan would not miss it.

At the same time, now that we have the skill of Purple Gandan, just one song "Chi Ling" can't be enough, so let's play another song "Silk String Opera".

It is also a drama style similar to "Wukong". With "Wukong" as the background, the audience should be able to accept it.

The biggest controversy is probably the conversion of male to female voices.

However, with the support of opera masters such as Teacher Zuo, some noise will probably not become a problem.

Besides, Jiang Yan doesn't care about the noise. He just sings and advances the progress as he pleases.

Of course, fans' expectations still have to be guaranteed, so the entire album won't just have this style.

So the third song is the more modern Chinese style: "Jiangnan".

This song can be regarded as Junjie's masterpiece, one of the most popular songs in 2004.

In fact, the biggest reason for choosing this song is because of Zhou Zhiruo.

Last night, Zhou Zhiruo asked what songs he had written, and Jiang Yan said that one of them was inspired by her.

Zhou Zhiruo was excited on the spot and then asked Jiang Yan to sing.

There was no other way, so Jiang Yan had no choice but to sing Jiangnan.

After listening to it, Zhou Zhiruo said that the song was beautiful and she liked it very much, but she was also confused as the song seemed to have nothing to do with her.

Jiang Yan suppressed a smile and said: "It's a circle, a circle, a circle, your name is already in it, what do you want to do!"

Zhou Zhiruo instantly transformed into a tigress...

Speaking of ancient Chinese style, Brother Shan Gao can't escape his clutches, so the fourth song is "Broken Bridge with Remaining Snow".
To be continued...