Star Avenue came to a successful conclusion, with the biggest highlight surprisingly being the grand finals.
Jiang Hua's performance of "Melody" directly helped a contestant secure a spot in the top 3.
However, he also counted as having reconciled with the fans.
Immediately after, NetEase Cloud Music announced that the song would be completely free.
People who had purchased the single earlier could get a refund.
If they chose not to get a refund, they would donate double the amount to the Women and Children's Foundation in the name of Miss Melody.
The scale suddenly became grand.
This wave of operations directly immortalized the song.
The title of "Chinese number one ex" was directly confirmed.
What about using a first love to make money? This was the answer.
The popularity of "Melody" reached such a degree that it was played in stations, waiting halls, jukeboxes, and even schools.
It even directly surpassed the hit song from South Korea that had swept across Asia.
Of course, this was limited to Chinese-speaking regions.
Jiang Hua also reconciled with Miss Melody's fans.
However, after finishing the show, this guy disappeared without a trace.
The annual Chinese Music Chart of Charts was held as scheduled.
Originally, this chart no longer had such a big influence.
After all, the older generation of singers had retired, and the music scene was full of K-pop and H-pop.
However, this year brought changes. Jiang Hua's album incorporated many musical elements.
Especially the operatic ancient style, directly opening up the combination of ancient style and pop.
By the way, "Hair Like Snow" also directly opened the door to Chinese style due to the beautiful combination of lyrics and composition.
Jiang Hua's recent popularity was also high enough.
This event garnered a lot of attention, with everyone waiting for Jiang Hua to win an award.
The organizers were also quite tactful, sending Jiang Hua an invitation. Was this implying they would give him an award?
To be honest, he was quite looking forward to it. From a young age until now, he had never even received a certificate.
"Boss, the organizers hope you can take the stage and sing a song."
Singing - Jiang Hua liked the feeling of being on stage, but how to say it, going on stage for no apparent reason...
The other party also didn't provide a performance fee, as if he was an employee of the system who didn't need money.
You're not CCTV, you can't even give me a scheduling notice.
"Are they giving an appearance fee?"
Jiang Hua asked. Without money, who would be willing to go? Just look at the recently popular newcomers.
The appearance fee for a single song "Just Because You're Too Beautiful" had broken 2 million. He couldn't be lower than that, right?
After all, his goal of 100 million hadn't been achieved yet.
The agent said, "They didn't say, but the other party is also a public institution."
These words left Jiang Hua speechless. The organizer of this chart seemed to indeed be a public institution.
But Jiang Hua wasn't willing to give them this face.
They didn't even say they would give me an award, what was this?
"Is there a list of winners? Did I win an award?"
"This... this the other party didn't say."
Jiang Hua hugged his head, leaning on the sofa. He had recently even outlined a novel and handed it to the company.
He was really very busy. The new album also wasn't finished yet.
NetEase Cloud Music's incident this time helped a lot, giving him such a big face. Jiang Hua wasn't someone who didn't know his place.
When he wasn't popular yet, they had treated him with courtesy.
They had even paid a high price, allowing Jiang Hua to get through a period of financial difficulty.
"I don't have time recently, but I still have to give face to a public institution. Anyway, there aren't any awards. When the time comes, let's go at the last minute and leave halfway through."
The heat was high this time, with many big stars going. Jiang Hua couldn't make many waves either.
After all, he was just a newcomer. Although his debut was quite a while ago, those were all old stories.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements then. The Audi company side hopes you can take some time to record the MVs for the two advertisement songs. They have high hopes for these two songs. The other party gave a $2 million service fee."
Look, this was the right scale. The units were all in dollars.
Added up, it was over 10 million again, one step closer to the small goal.
"Alright, I'll go the day after tomorrow."
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At the scene of the Music Chart of Charts, one big star after another walked the red carpet, making the scene glitter.
Many fans gathered.
Jiang Hua's supporting fans, on the other hand, didn't seem that prominent.
How to say it... it was a matter of foundation. Many long-established stars had a huge fan base.
Most of his fans were casual fans. However, Jiang Hua didn't need fans either.
He was ultimately not a person of this circle. No matter how wild he was outside, he was still a person of the opera circle.
When the time came, he would still go to pay respects to the ancestors with Jun Xiao and the others.
Haha, thinking of this, Jiang Hua opened WeChat and chatted with Jun Jun.
This girl was doing a solo activity this time and actually lost her plane ticket. She ran around everywhere looking for it.
In the end, it was a kind passerby who found it for her.
"Jun Jun, did you keep your plane ticket safe? It doesn't matter if you bring luggage or not, as long as you bring yourself back."
"Jiang Hua, you're laughing at me too, humph!"
She was becoming more and more cheerful and even knew how to talk back. Before, she was just a girl with no self-confidence.
"Alright, is the recording of this show finished? Let's meet up in Hangzhou and take a vacation together."
"Oh no, not yet. The recording of this show will take a few more days. I'm so annoyed."
Jun Jun started complaining on the other end. This woman was also a chatterbox.
Of course, she was also socially anxious. She really didn't say much to unfamiliar people.
"By the way, Jiang Hua, are you going home for the New Year?"
Jiang Hua paused. What else could he do if he didn't go home for the New Year?
"Yes, but I probably can't stay long. We still have to rehearse our new play. One new play per year to maintain freshness."
"Great, great. Then we can act together again. I love that atmosphere. Recording shows is no fun at all."
Haha, this girl was a complete acting maniac.
She didn't care about anything else and was a complete novice in life.
Fortunately, she had good girlfriends. When going out, Yun Xiao took her. In the art troupe, it was all Cai Cai taking care of her.
"Boss, we've arrived at the venue. Let's go in."
Jiang Hua put down his phone, then tidied his suit a bit.
To be honest, he didn't like wearing suits. It felt very restrictive, but there was no choice. This was also about image.
Jiang Hua got out of the car, with his agent following behind.
"Jiang Hua, Jiang Hua, look this way and smile."
These people were all social butterflies, making demands casually. How could Jiang Hua possibly satisfy them?
They weren't my fans either.
Jiang Hua tilted his head, smiled and greeted them, then quickly entered the venue.
The female host outside the venue stopped him and gave him a pen.
This counted as one of the procedures of the event.
Jiang Hua signed his name with a few strokes, then prepared to go in. How could the female host possibly let him off?
"Jiang Hua, may I ask if you're confident about this Chart of Charts?"
"Confidence?"
Jiang Hua felt this chart was probably just a gimmick. The organizers definitely wouldn't distribute things evenly.
"There should be, I guess."
"Ah, Kun Kun, Kun Kun!"
A loud cheer erupted from outside the venue. Perhaps there would be changes.
The times had changed. Traffic flow was king!
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