Chapter 106: The First Collision of the Two Zhus (2)

To be fair, as a Singaporean Chinese, Sun Yanzi felt quite disgusted by this approach from the Taiwan side.

Especially since the victim was Zhou Yi, someone she knew well, her disgust was even greater.

Being mentally prepared is one thing; actually encountering it is another matter entirely.

"I was just thinking about how many trophies I can take home tonight." Zhou Yi lightly patted the back of Sun Yanzi's hand, signaling he was fine, and said with a low, light laugh.

Sun Yanzi immediately shot him a sideways glance: "You're getting arrogant. What, do you want to take all six trophies in one go?"

"It's not impossible; it just depends on whether the Golden Melody Awards are willing to give them."

"Go have your spring and autumn dream. Even if Li Zongsheng and Luo Dayou merged into one, it wouldn't happen. Do you really think the Golden Melody trophies are wholesale Chinese cabbage? Others come to compete; you come to stock up..."

When the Best Vocal Group Award presentation began, the idle Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi started aimless chit-chat, making it hard for Sun Yanzi to even focus on clapping for the people on stage.

Zhou Yi was truly not very interested in this; he had hardly even heard of the winning group, Beiyuan Mountain Cats.

He did recognize the winner of the upcoming Best Band Award — Mayday, who released the album "Fighting for Love" last year and belonged to Rock Records.

"The lead singer of this band is quite capable; I heard he handles both the lyrics and composition." Sun Yanzi leaned her head close to Zhou Yi, sharing the news she knew about the Mayday group.

Zhou Yi, acting as the listener, nodded repeatedly.

Mayday, well, he was familiar with them.

But to be fair, the first time he knew Mayday in his previous life wasn't from this band, but from a website with the same name...

After Mayday won the Best Band Award, the ceremony moved to one of tonight's main events: Best Female Mandarin Singer, commonly known as the Golden Melody Queen.

At this point, Sun Yanzi, who had been chatting with Zhou Yi, visibly tensed up. Say what you will; unless the gap was as huge as Zhou Yi's Newcomer Award, no one who was nominated didn't want to win.

Even if the hope was slim.

Just look at this year's Golden Melody Queen nominee list; it was a battle of gods.

Wang Fei, Mo Wenwei, Zhang Huimei, Na Ying.

Speaking of which, the fact that Sun Yanzi, who had only debuted for a year, was qualified to be nominated alongside these four famous divas for the Golden Melody Queen list was an honor in itself, sufficient to show how high her vocal expression talent was; one could only say she was indeed a top student of Li Weisong Music School.

In contrast, Zhou Yi and Zhou Jielun, who also debuted last year and were considered latecomers to the music scene, didn't even make the list for Best Male Mandarin Singer.

"The winner of the 12th Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer is... Na Ying! 'Bittersweet Romance'! Congratulations!"

With the final result revealed, the tense expression on Sun Yanzi's face relaxed immediately. She then generously embraced Na Ying, who had defeated herself, Wang Fei, Zhang Huimei, and Mo Wenwei, to offer her congratulations.

Having won her first Golden Melody Queen trophy for the first time, Na Ying's expression was somewhat excited.

Zhou Yi clapped along with the crowd.

Although many called her a "dog brain," and her own marketing was steering in that direction.

It had to be admitted that Na Ying, currently at the tail end of her peak, was indeed among the best mainland female pop singers in terms of vocal ability, and her commercial results were the best of all, without exception.

Since her, no second mainland-born female singer has ever achieved the feat of being crowned Golden Melody Queen.

From a capital perspective, Warner signing Na Ying soon was no mistake.

She could make money.

A very cruel reality in the music industry is: if you get critical acclaim but no sales, no company is willing to lose money to release your album; just roll into the underground and pretend to be high and mighty.

Even Wang Fei, with her strong commercial abilities, had to include a few songs fitting the mainstream public's musical aesthetics in her concept albums, such as the song "Laughing and Forgetting" in her album "Parable," which was selected for this year's Golden Melody Awards.

"I only have the Best Pop Vocal Album Award left; I definitely can't beat you there. It looks like I'll be running alongside without winning this year."

Watching her second individual nomination miss out again, while clapping for Na Ying, Sun Yanzi couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed. But soon she cheered herself up; after all, she had only debuted a year ago and still had plenty of time.

The future is promising!

After changing her mood, Sun Yanzi started focusing on calculating Zhou Yi's biggest competitor for this year's Golden Melody Awards: Zhou Jielun. According to the nomination data provided by the organizers, Zhou Yi actually had one more nomination than him in Arrangement and Lyrics.

When the singer named A-Di-Zai defeated Wang Lihong, Yu Chengqing, Yuan Weiren, and Su Yongkang to win the Golden Melody King, Zhou Jielun, as a creator, immediately perked up.

He subconsciously glanced toward Zhou Yi, who was chatting idly with Sun Yanzi.

Tonight's main event was about to begin.

First up was the Best Composition Award.

"The nominees for the 12th Golden Melody Award for Best Composition are:

"Zhang Yu / Song 'Bittersweet Romance', Album: 'Bittersweet Romance'."

Accompanied by the passionate broadcast voice from the speakers, the camera immediately cut to Zhang Yu, nicknamed the "King of Sad Love Songs," who was dressed in white and smiling.

"Li Zongsheng / Song 'Twelfth Floor', Album: 'Mo Wenwei's Twelfth Floor'."

"Li Saisong / Song 'It's Getting Dark', Album: 'Sun Yanzi'."

Li Zongsheng, sitting behind Mo Wenwei next to Luo Dayou, and Li Saisong, sitting behind Sun Yanzi next to Zhou Jianhui and others, immediately appeared on the large stage screen.

Finally, there were the two young men surnamed Zhou.

"Zhou Jielun / 'Cute Woman', Album: 'JAY';"

"Zhou Yi / 'Flower Field Mistake', Album: 'Zhou Yi'."

As the voice fell, the camera swept over the two young men under the gaze of the crowd. Zhou Jielun's expression showed a hint of nervousness, while Zhou Yi appeared even more relaxed, even chatting and laughing with Sun Yanzi. Seeing the camera sweep over, Zhou Yi immediately straightened his collar, putting on a serious expression.

"The winner of the 12th Golden Melody Award for Best Composition is — Zhou Yi! 'Flower Field Mistake'! Congratulations!"

As Wu Zongxian's passionate voice fell, the melody of "Flower Field Mistake," which matched perfectly, rang out in the venue.

"The mistake made in the flower field!"

"Agreed to forget it all~"

The highly distinctive melody made everyone present's spirits shake. Wu Zongxian then read out the Golden Melody Awards jury's evaluation of Zhou Yi's song on stage.

"This is a perfect attempt at combining Peking Opera with modern pop music, blending the currently popular R&B style with opera without any sense of discomfort.

"Chinese ancient instruments and modern instruments, perfectly matched, shine together in the whimsical melody. This is a groundbreaking, pioneering genius idea..."

Zhou Yi, in a suit and leather shoes, stood up. After hugging the happy Sun Yanzi, he immediately walked onto the stage again.

Along the way, he gave a comforting pat on the shoulder to Milk Tea Lun, who had a clearly disappointed look on his face.

As a creator, the awards he valued most were undoubtedly those in the creation category.

Passing in front of Li Zongsheng, a titan of an era in the Mandarin music scene, the man raised his hand to push the glasses on his nose bridge, then actively extended a hand toward Zhou Yi in encouragement: "Congratulations, Zhou Yi."

"Thank you."

Zhang Yu, an original singer who also dominated the previous era, sighed generously after offering his congratulations: "The waves of the Yangtze push the waves ahead; the young people of today are truly remarkable."

A newcomer attending the Golden Melody Awards for the first time, with six nominations, and already won two so far.

That is somewhat terrifying.

(End of this chapter)