Chapter 189 Walking the Red Carpet(1/2)
The night breeze brings a little coolness.
Lu Xiang'er tightened her jacket and pulled herself even tighter.
Fang Xing pulled out her hand, touched it, and asked, "Is it still cold?"
Lu Xiang'er quickly withdrew her hand and wanted to hide it.
"You can't even hold hands now?" Fang Xing deliberately kept a straight face.
"No..." Lu Xiang'er said calmly.
Fang Xing reached into his coat, took out her left hand, rubbed the calluses on her fingertips, and said with a smile, "Just to hide this?"
Lu Xiang'er has been practicing violin since she was a child. She has to press the strings with her left hand, so her fingertips have a layer of calluses.
Although it is said that the more standard the fingering method of pressing the strings, the thinner the calluses will be, but in the past six months, I have been preparing for competitions and practicing for a long time, so the calluses have also become thicker.
Girls all like to have a pair of delicate and smooth hands, but there is a layer of thick calluses on her hands, so she naturally doesn't like to be discovered by her beloved.
Fang Xing grabbed her left hand and wanted to put it in front of his eyes to take a closer look.
"Just pretend you didn't see it." Lu Xiang'er quickly blocked Fang Xing's eyes with her right hand, trying to withdraw her left hand.
However, Fang Xing held on to her left hand, lowered his head and rubbed the calluses, and said with a smile: "What's there to be afraid of? It's normal to get calluses while practicing the piano, and...it's quite fun."
While talking, Fang Xing pressed her cocoon with his fingers.
Lu Xiang'er pursed her lips and said, "Reduce the frequency of practicing the piano in the future, and the calluses will gradually disappear."
Just as the two of them were whispering.
A female voice shouted in a loud voice: "Okay, you two guys who value sex over friends actually sneaked out to have sex with each other."
Lu Xiang'er quickly put her feet down from the bench and said, "How can I? We just came out to get some air."
In fact, there are always several groups of couples making out on the school lawn at night.
Ning Xiaoyun laughed and said: "I'm just kidding you guys, Professor He asked me to come out to see you. The party is almost over and we have to go on stage to take a curtain call."
In fact, if there is no curtain call, it is not impossible to leave early.
However, since it was Professor He who gave the lecture, it would be better to go back and take a bow.
After the party, Fang Xing drove the two girls home.
As soon as Ning Xiaoyun got off the car, she slipped away very simply: "You guys take your time, I'll go back to sleep first."
After Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er came out of the basement, they lingered under the big banyan tree for a while.
Lu Xiang'er reluctantly went home: "I really want to go back."
Fang Xing suddenly didn't want to let her go back.
I have forgotten the last time I wanted to keep someone by my side so strongly.
"If you don't go back, my mother will call and ask."
Lu Xiang'er kept talking, but he lingered for a long time before saying goodbye reluctantly.
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The next period of time.
The top ten record companies in the country are all trying their best to compete for the Oriole Award.
Judging from the shortlist, Songshi Records is undoubtedly the one with the most awards.
However, in the past thirty years, the three major Golden Melody Awards have happened many times. A certain singer was shortlisted for many awards, but in the end received nothing.
Therefore, being shortlisted for the Oriole Award is not the end, just the beginning.
To this end, Songshi Records held a meeting with all departments of the company to discuss the publicity work for the next period of time.
Marketing Director of Songshi Records: "The selection of the Oriole Awards will take into account market response, so seizing the time to promote and increase the popularity of the songs can increase the probability of winning."
Various departments began to discuss publicity work.
Later, Qiao Yinghong told the news she had just received: "I just received the news that Puxiang Records and Mailin Records are actively lobbying the judges."
The director of the music production department responded: "This is normal. At Puxiang Records, Qi Xiuna's new song has also been shortlisted for three important Oriole Awards. They lobbied the judges, which is normal."
Qiao Yinghong shook her head and emphasized: "The situation this time is different from the past.
"If Qi Xiuna was shortlisted for the Oriole Award in the past, Puxiang would definitely take action, but it wouldn't be like this time.
"Even if Qi Xiuna is competing for the Oriole Award, she actually doesn't have much competition with us. She is shortlisted for the female singer award. Even if there is competition, she is competing with Caiwei.
"However, this time Puxiang and Mailin Records seem to have teamed up with three other record companies to use their influence in a targeted manner for several important awards that Fang Xing has been shortlisted for.
"So, I suspect that the incident with "Skylark" last time prompted the Chen family to use their connections to deliberately target us."
Chen Lipeng is a shareholder of both Puxiang Records and Mailin Records. This is no secret in the industry.
Large companies themselves have influence on the three major Golden Melody Awards.
This time, Puxiang Records and Mailin Records have joined forces with several entertainment companies such as Chaoyin Culture and Changwhale Records to make joint moves. It is obvious that they want to suppress Songshi Records.
To be more precise, he wanted to suppress Fang Xing.
Because of Fang Xing's appearance, the pie-sharing pattern in the recording industry was completely broken.
Originally, the major record companies Puxiang Records and Changwhale Records divided the cakes for the three Golden Melody Awards based on the performance of their own singers that year.
Occasionally there are one or two singers from small record companies, and it doesn't hurt to take away one or two awards.
But this year is different.
Fang Xing's appearance, just looking at the shortlist, is on pace to sweep the Orioles Awards.
All major record companies are feeling the pressure.
Originally, Songshi Records was only a moderately powerful record company, all supported by the golden brand name of Liang Yusong.
Liang Yusong is actually older and has passed his period of high productivity, so before Fang Xing appeared, Songshi Records was only a moderately powerful record company.
However, after Fang Xing appeared, something went wrong.
The songs released by Songshi Records have been on the charts again and again this year, and even half of the songs on the music charts were from Songshi Records.
This tsunami-like momentum sweeping the music scene has made every major record company feel threatened.
The major record companies have already divided their rankings and get a piece of the cake every year.
But suddenly a shark entered the pond.
No one wants to be hit by the sudden emergence of Pine Rock Records.
The Chen family also took the lead in joining forces with Puxiang Records, Mailin Records and Chaoyin Culture, and joined forces with major records to prepare to attack Songshi Records and Fang Xing at the Oriole Awards.
Qiao Yinghong said seriously: "This time Puxiang and Chaoyin Culture are working very hard. If nothing is done, the final result may be very different from what we predicted."
Liang Yusong nodded and said: "The methods of Puxiang and Chaoyin Culture are difficult to deal with. However, we also have our own connections, and we can do what they can do."
Fang Xing thought about it and said, "Actually, we don't need to persuade the judges to support us. It is enough to eliminate the influence of popular and Chaoyin culture on the Oriole Awards."
Liang Yusong nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have been in the music industry for so many years and I still know a few people. I am not good at making small moves, but it is not difficult to maintain the fairness of the Orioles Awards."
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It's getting closer and closer to the Orioles Awards.
The organizers began to send invitations to major record companies and entertainment companies.
Since there are four or five singers and crossover singers shortlisted for each award, all the awards combined cover many entertainment companies.
This award ceremony was very grand. King Liu Hongsheng and Queen Qi Xiuna both expressed in public that they would attend the Oriole Awards ceremony.
In addition, diva Zhang Huiying also said that she would attend. Although she did not have a new song to compete for the Orioles Awards, she was invited by the organizers of the Orioles Awards to serve as an award presenter.
Zhang Huiying's first Golden Melody Award was won at the Oriole Awards, so the Oriole Awards were the starting point for her to become a queen.
For this reason, whenever there is an invitation from the Orioles Awards, Zhang Huiying will participate as long as there is no job that she cannot refuse.
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The time will soon come to December 20th.
The day when the three major Chinese Golden Melody Awards and Orioles Awards are presented.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the stars gathered and began to walk on the red carpet.
The red carpet of the award ceremony is just like a catwalk.
Especially the female stars, all of them compete for beauty.
The first one to enter was Qi Xiuna.
However, Qi Xiuna stayed at the entrance of the red carpet for a while.
Not long after, a male star appeared, and it was Li Siqi.
Li Siqi walked next to Qi Xiuna, held Qi Tianhou's hand in a very gentlemanly manner, and walked together on the red carpet.
The combination of top domestic celebrities and divas immediately caught the eye.
To be continued...