Chapter 223 "Past and Future"

"What will be announced next is the 2016 Japan Record Awards Annual Gold Award!"

Host Yosuke Toriyama's excited words resounded throughout the hall, and every guest in the seat looked at Luo Quan, who was sitting in the first row, as if they already knew the result.

Luo Quan's expression was calm, because before this, she had already won many awards such as Best Arranger, Best Composition, Best Newcomer, and Best Singing Award. Half of tonight's award ceremony was She gave a speech on it.

At the beginning, she could change her tricks and give everyone different tasks.

In the end, she really didn't have much left in stock, so she could only say her acceptance speech all over again.

There is no way, she won too many awards tonight.

Finally, the Record Awards came to an end, and the most important award was the Gold Award, which is also the most valuable award in the pop song category in Japan.

In previous years, this was the most competitive award among singers, but this year it was a surprise. As early as half a year ago, the suspense of who would win the 2016 Gold Award had already been lost.

The organizers of the Record Awards didn't have any intention of showing off, and directly displayed the words "Don't Give Up" on the projection screen.

"really."

"Deserved."

"Be convinced."

In the audience, a group of singers, composers, lyricists, and music producers were all nodding, and no one questioned the result.

Ryosuke Toriyama said in a magnetic voice: "Last summer, Japan suffered major earthquakes with a magnitude of over 7.5 for three consecutive days. At that time, many people felt that Japan's unprecedented 9.5-magnitude earthquake was about to come. The entire society has fallen into an atmosphere of negativity and fear.

It was in such a desperate environment that a singer encouraged the people with her singing, telling them not to give up or admit defeat. Before tomorrow comes, there is still hope for everything! "

Ryosuke Toriyama paused for a moment and turned his gaze to Luo Quan, who was not far away: "I believe everyone knows who this girl is. Now I will announce that the song that won the gold medal in 2016 is "Negative けないで", please Luo Quan." Quan came on stage to deliver his acceptance speech!”

There was thunderous applause. Luo Quan, wearing a crisp and wide T-shirt, trotted onto the stage and took the microphone from host Ryosuke Toriyama. As before, she patted it and tried it out to see if it was good or bad.

Host Toriyama did not stand aside immediately, but turned around and said angrily: "You have already filmed six or seven times tonight. You have no faults in the filming, but you will find faults."

The whole audience burst into laughter, and Luo Quan himself laughed sheepishly.

This is a little habit of hers. As long as she goes on stage to speak, no matter whether she has used the microphone before or not, she will pat it once it is in her hand.

"Simi Marseille, I will be gentler next time." Luo Quan apologized and said he would dare next time.

Ryosuke Toriyama shook his head and laughed, turned around and stood behind Luo Quan, handing the stage to her.

"If I remember correctly, this is my seventh time on stage." Luo Quan said, looking at an empty seat next to his own seat, which was filled with trophies, and counted them.

Luo Quan nodded: "It is indeed seven, and this one is the eighth."

She took a breath and exhaled softly: "I still want to thank the judges for their recognition of me. When the song "Negative Naked" first came out, I thought that maybe it would achieve some success because of the environment at that time. In addition, I There is a meaning in it to encourage the people.

Therefore, I am not completely devoid of utilitarianism, and I feel that there is nothing to hide in this regard.

I don’t want to prove anything by saying this, I just want to tell everyone that I am actually just an ordinary person with selfish desires, an ordinary person like everyone else, so please don’t mythologise me again, otherwise I will never dare to do so in the future. A mistake was made. "

The audience burst out laughing, feeling that it was rare for Luo Quan to live so understandingly at such a young age.

Luo Quan smiled and said: "In addition, I also sincerely believe that these awards not only belong to me, but also to every musician who is serious about making music.

Good music does not necessarily have to be proven by winning awards. All the ordinary things now are actually for the future.

I believe that there will be more young and new faces who can stand on stage in the future!

thank you all! "

Luo Quan bowed, and the audience burst into applause again.

Her heartfelt words can be said to have touched the hearts of many musicians who are not yet well-known.

Japan has such a big music market, and there are countless singers who make music, but in the end, there are really not many who can really succeed.

Just like Korean idols and Chinese actors, there will always be only a handful of people who have both strength and luck.

After Luo Quan stepped down, the applause continued for more than ten seconds.

The trophy is the judges' recognition of Luo Quan's talent, and the applause is the recognition of Luo Quan by all the guests.

From now on, the title of the Japanese pop diva can be said to be well deserved.

As for why she needs to be younger, it's because she is too young, not yet twenty years old, even though her talent and moral character are already up to standard.

If she wants to truly become a diva, she may have to wait a few years. After all, she has yet to hold a serious solo concert.

In fact, Director Ishimura mentioned the concert more than once, and fans on Twitter have been asking. Every time this kind of question comes up, it gets tens of thousands of likes, so is it easy to buy and sell tickets? There is no need to worry about not being able to sell it.

But Luo Quan just refused to do it and had no idea in this regard.

There is no reason, just because I am afraid of being tired.

A concert starts at least three hours. Before, she sang less songs, and it only took more than an hour to finish her two albums.

But now it’s no longer possible. There are nearly thirty songs, and most of them are relatively difficult. If I really have to sing for three or four hours, my voice won’t be able to withstand it.

What's more, for a concert, it's definitely not appropriate to just sing on it. Dancers and interaction with the audience are definitely required.

Singing and dancing for four hours, Luo Quan felt that with her small body, she might faint from exhaustion in the middle of the performance. She was not a stamina monster like Wen Xia, who had been exercising all year round.

Therefore, no matter how many people bring up the matter of holding a concert, Luo Quan just replies that if you want to listen to music, come to her live broadcast room and she will sing live.

It's free, and the sound quality is better than that of a concert. When the barrage and gift effects are fully activated, it will even be more lively than the concert.

It's hard to imagine how helpless Luo Quan's fans felt when they saw these comments. They had no choice but to follow her. They were already fans of her, and now it seems impossible to lose their fans.

Fortunately, Luo Quan was never lazy when he should be hardworking.

After the award ceremony, Luo Quan flew back to the capital overnight.

In the cab home, she announced the album’s release via Twitter:

“In response to requests from my fans, and in order to give back to my fans for their long-standing support, I decided to produce a mini album.

The album will be completely free, so stay tuned. "

Naturally, netizens in Japan have known about it for a long time, because they fought for it around Luo Quan in the afternoon.

However, fans in the West and China don't know this. Everyone is amazed by Luo Quan's extremely strong creative enthusiasm and how prolific he is.

How long has it been since then? A new album is out!

Soon, Luo Quan sent another tweet, detailing the mini album:

"This mini album has four songs, and the album is called "Past and Future." Everyone will know the specific theme after listening to the song.

As for the songs, two of them are bilingual in Chinese and Japanese. They are the same as "The Wind Rises". They have the same melody but a different experience. I hope you like it. "

Before these remarks came out, Japanese fans were quite proud and kept saying to Chinese fans, look how favored we are, Luo Quan will write songs for us when he returns to Japan.

As a result, now that the details of the song have come out, Chinese netizens are feeling proud again.

Fans who listen to English songs enjoy watching the whole show. When listening to "Love", they don't care who is favored or not.

Although the album is completely free, the platform still has to spend a lot of money to obtain exclusive licensing.

With Luo Quan’s current celebrity status, as long as the song is released, it will generate huge traffic. Regardless of whether the song is paid or free, the platform will definitely make money, so Penguin Music still gave Luo Quan a good price and won it. Licensing fee.

However, it was not an exclusive authorization. The reason was that Station B also had a hand in it. Boss Cheng's invitation to chat and Zhou Yangwen's call came at the same time. Luo Quan directly opened the forum and held a three-party meeting.

Fortunately, Station B had a lot of investment from Penguin, so it was considered half of its own. Zhou Yangwen didn’t particularly care about exclusive licensing, so he finally decided to share the copyright of the album equally with Station B. Of course, the licensing fee was also divided in half.

As for the licensing in Japan, of course it was obtained by Sony Records. There is nothing to say. The relationship between the two parties is quite strong. Even a little queen in the Japanese music scene who is as big as Luo Quan has no words every time she releases a song. Music companies came to her to ask for permission, and they didn't even come up with an offer.

They probably knew that it was impossible to compete with Sony Music, so they simply didn’t waste their efforts.

As for Universal in the English-speaking region, this time they didn't have much interest in Luo Quan's Japanese album. They just mentioned it and didn't ask any more questions after knowing that the album authorization had been obtained.

After all, their business focus is on the English market, Japanese and Chinese. In fact, they are just niche markets for them, and it doesn't matter whether they win or not.

This night, Luo Quan naturally appeared on the hot search: "Luo Quan won eight trophies!"

The content is very brief. Luo Quan won eight trophies at the Japan Record Awards without any suspense, becoming the first newcomer to win eight trophies in the history of the Japan Record Awards. His achievements in this year alone were It has exceeded the lifetime achievements of countless singers.

Immediately following this hot search was the news that Luo Quan is about to release a new album.

Obviously, the following hot search is more interesting to fans and passers-by.

Comment area:

"Am I reading that right? There's a new album coming out?"

"I strongly suspect that Luo Quan has mastered the formula of songwriting. This new album has been released too frequently."

"There is a formula for this. Luo Quan has written so many songs, how many of them have you seen with the same style?

Certain singers have mastered the formula. Apart from the lyrics, the tune is almost exactly the same as Luo Quan's song, and they are also praised by a bunch of idiots! "

"Indeed, it is a tragedy for the music industry that these people who blatantly plagiarize are still popular. The key is that none of the platforms care."

"Then what should we do? The general environment is like this. If you can make money without thinking, why do you need to create your own work like Luo Quan?"

"Don't think too highly of these people. I think the speed at which these people are fired is probably not as fast as Luo Quan's songwriting speed. There is an essential difference between genius and waste."

"So I listen to her songs, which are available in Chinese, Japanese and English, and cover various music styles. Isn't this great?"

"It's just a bit expensive."

"The good news is that this album gives back to fans at no charge."

"I would like to call Luo Quan the conscience of the music industry!"

"I will be a fan of this kind of singer forever!"

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Judging from the comment area, Luo Quan's image is becoming more and more positive. From being disliked by everyone on the Internet, he has become praised by everyone on the Internet.

In the past, he was given the nickname: "Pioneer of Internet Bullying Amateurs", but now he has evolved into "The Conscience of the Music Circle", which is simply a qualitative leap.

Although she didn't like either title, the former made her seem like a low-quality villain, while the latter seemed to flatter her and treat her as a target.

In Japan, she could barely accept the title of "conscience of the music industry".

After all, she has works, usually there is no negative news, and her fans are relatively common. Most of Japan has played her songs on a loop, so she is well-known.

But in China, to be honest, it has never reached this point.

Although her ten songs are all of high quality, it takes time to truly reflect their value. After all, those songs are not at the level of masterpieces such as "Farewell Time" and "My Heart Will Go On".

But in the Chinese music scene, the quality of these songs is definitely top-notch.

However, Chinese people have always favored the past over the present, and never admit that today's singers are better than those in the past.

Under such a premise, Luo Quan wants Cheng to be the "conscience of the music industry", which is really a bit arrogant. After all, there are many seniors in the industry, and each of them is quite capable.

Luo Quan didn't know what the person who gave her this nickname was thinking, or whether he was sincerely praising her or trying to bring trouble upon her.

But now that the matter is over, she will definitely not appeal to fans not to promote this nickname, as that would be too contrived.

In any case, strength and works are the most powerful proof against all doubting voices!

Ps. Thanks to book friend Xiao Xiaoyu for the book coins!