Chapter 1365 - Target: The Asian S-list!

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

Two days later.

Shanghai.

The annual Music Awards Ceremony was held.

The stars gathered and the awards were given out one after another.

“The nominees for the Best Lyrics Award are: Chen Guang, ‘A Small World’; Zhang Ye, ‘Exaggerated’; Zhang Ye, ‘I Really Love You’; Zhao Yunji, ‘Blossom of a Dream’; Sun Tiandong, ‘White Birch.’ And now for the announcement of the winner for this year’s Best Lyrics Award—the winner is…Zhang Ye! ‘Exaggerated!'”

Applause rang out!

Everyone gave their congratulations.

“Congratulations!”

“Haha, congratulations, Director Zhang!”

“This is a good start!”

“There was no doubt that Teacher Zhang would win this award!”

“Yeah, he has written so many good songs this year.”

“Yeah, if we really base it on the quality of the lyrics, it wouldn’t be too much even if Zhang Ye had ten of his songs shortlisted for the Best Lyrics Award.”

“For this award, Old Chen is still not a match for him.”

“Zhang Ye has total dominance here.”

“It’s time for the song composition award.”

“Let’s see who wins the Best Composition Award.”

Moving on.

The next award was announced.

“The nominees for the Best Composition Award are: Zhang Ye, ‘I Am What I Am’; Shu Han, ‘A Little Dance Tune’; Zhang Ye, ‘Because of Love’; Xu Qi, ‘Boundless Spring.’ Now to announce the winner of this year’s Best Composition Award. And the winner is…Teacher Zhang Ye! ‘Because of Love!'”

There was applause!

“Wow!”

“Another one!”

“Impressive, Teacher Zhang!”

“Director Zhang, you owe us three meals now!”

“You’ve won both the annual lyrics and song composition awards! Only two people have achieved this in the history of the music awards!”

“Yeah, only two people have won it simultaneously!”

“Don’t worry, there’s still the Song of the Year Award up for grabs.”

“Yeah, Zhang Ye might just become the first person in history to win all three of those awards!”

Finally, it was time to announce the Song of the Year Award.

“And the award for Song of the Year goes to—”

“Which is the first song that comes to everyone’s minds?”

“Which song will it be?”

“I hereby announce that the award for Song of the Year goes to—’The King of Karaoke!'”

Applause rang out through the venue!

A lot of people even gave a standing ovation and cheered Zhang Ye!

“This song is truly good!”

“He’s gotten the trifecta!”

“It’s the first time that this has happened!”

“Three of the most important awards have been presented to Zhang Ye!”

“It’s a pity that he did not win the Best Arrangement Award as well.”

“Other than the Best Newcomer, the Best Arrangement, the Best Band, the Best Group, and some of the other awards, Zhang Ye has gotten all that he could get!”

“Zhang Ye is definitely the biggest winner tonight!”

…

The next day.

Nanjing.

The Film Awards Ceremony was held.

The Best Actor, the Best Actress, the Best Director, the Best Screenwriter, the Best Adaptation, and other film awards were given out.

All of these awards naturally had nothing to do with Zhang Ye.

…

And the day after that.

At night.

The annual Best Director Award was given out.

This was a directing awards ceremony that was independent of the film industry awards.

“The annual award for Best Variety Director goes to—Zhang Ye!”

“The annual award for Best Film Director goes to—Li Ke!”

“The annual award for Best Director goes to—Zhang! Ye!”

This announcement for the final award shocked many industry insiders!

“What?”

“The Best Director Award was given to Zhang Ye?”

“Ah?”

“That is way too surprising!”

“The darkest dark horse has won!”

“This is a top award that covers all of the other Director Awards. It’s usually given out to a film director since the artistic qualities of a film definitely surpass those of the variety and TV industries. It’s always been the case every year, so why was it given out to a variety director this time? This is unprecedented!”

“It wasn’t given out to a variety director.”

“Then what is it for?”

“The highest honor in directing was given out to the gala director!”

“You mean the Spring Festival Gala?”

“So that’s how it is!”

“You’ve enlightened me!”

“It makes sense if that’s the case! So it was presented to the executive director of the Spring Festival Gala!”

“With the heights that this year’s Spring Festival Gala has reached, the presentation of this award is indeed faultless!”

…

On the same night.

At another awards ceremony that was held at the same time.

“The award for Best Dance goes to—”

“There’s absolutely no suspense to who’s winning this prize.”

“And the winner is—’Thousand-Hand Guanyin!'”

The “Thousand-Hand Guanyin” was awarded the highest prize in the dance category!

As the choreographer and planner of this dance, Zhang Ye went up on stage to accept the award with Qi Xiaomei and a representative of the deaf-mute dance troupe.

…

Another day later.

At the venue of an awards ceremony.

“Next, we will be announcing the Outstanding Artist of the Year Award.”

“And the winner is—Zhang Ye!”

…

One.

Five.

Ten.

Over several days, many awards were given out.

In this time, Zhang Ye collected so many awards that his hands went soft.

Of the many awards given out, only a few of them counted as the highest awards and would count towards the popularity score in the celebrity rankings. Most of the other awards did not contribute any points to a celebrity’s popularity, like the Most Outstanding Artist of the Year, which may sound quite important, but was in fact just a prize that was given out by some local organizations rather than being some national award. Then, there were the awards like the online Most Talked About Person Award or the Most Popular Weibo Figure Award, which Zhang Ye also won, and could still be considered honorable prizes. This clearly showed the affirmation from the organizations and the people of Zhang Ye, so it didn’t really matter whether it would contribute to the popularity scores or not.

All kinds of random accolades.

All kinds of mainstream prizes.

All kinds of the highest awards.

Zhang Ye had won a total of twelve of them and was ranked third among all of the celebrities to receive an award!

…

The netizens were very surprised:

“Zhang Ye is on a crazy streak!”

“Why is he winning so many awards!”

“With him winning all of those awards, can he even fit everything in his house? Hahaha!”

“Last year was a harvest for Zhang Ye, ascending to the S-list and winning all kinds of awards. There isn’t anyone else who’s had it more glorious than him.”

“Yeah, even though Sister Zhang has garnered more prizes than Zhang Ye, most of her awards are related to the film industry. Zhang Ye wasn’t even involved in any films or TV series, but if he really acted in them and didn’t do too badly, he would likely get more awards than Sister Zhang.”

“That ex-Heavenly King can’t catch up anymore!”

“Yeah, their popularity scores have pulled apart from each other!”

“Zhang Ye has finally stabilized his position in the domestic S-list rankings!”

“It’s the new year now. What do you guys think Zhang Ye will do?”

“Who knows?”

“He’s already near the top in the domestic market, right?”

“Could Zhang Ye be gunning for a place in Asia next?”

“That sounds likely!”

…

On this day.

The final awards ceremony concluded.

At night, Zhang Ye drove home. The moment he opened the door to the villa, he jumped at the sight before him. The interior of the large house had been decorated and brightly lit!

Pop!

Pop!

Confetti streamed down!

A big crowd of people were applauding and screaming!

“Director Zhang!”

“Congratulations!”

“We’re here to celebrate for you!”

“Let’s enjoy this together!”

“Hahaha!”

“We were fantastic last year!”

Wu Zeqing stood on the side with a smile and watched everyone as they enjoyed themselves. Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, Little Wang, Tong Fu, and the other employees from the studio had all come over. All of them looked really happy.

Zhang Ye also smiled. “What’s with all of this?”

Ha Qiqi said, “We’re here to throw you a party, of course.”

Zhang Ye said happily, “Well, thank you.”

“There’s also a cake.” Little Wang hummed a tune as she pushed the cake over. “Director Zhang, please cut it.”

Zhang Ye looked at Old Wu. “Did you arrange this?”

Wu Zeqing smiled. “It has nothing to do with me. It was them who arranged this for you.”

Zhang Zuo laughed and said, “You’ve reached the summit of the entertainment circle, yet we still haven’t officially thrown a party for you. Now you’ve won so many awards, of which five are even the highest awards! This has helped our popularity score pull away by a large distance and there isn’t a need to worry about being caught up to. We can finally celebrate in peace now.”

“Let’s have some cake.”

“Here comes the wine.”

“Come, cheers!”

“Everyone, cheers!”

It was extremely lively inside the house and everyone was very excited.

Becoming a Heavenly King!

Winning countless awards!

These were the results and harvests of Zhang Ye’s past year!

Ha Qiqi, who had had a few sips of red wine, was already starting to ramble quite a bit. “Director Zhang, we’ve already achieved the goals that were set last year, and even completed them beyond expectations. Now that the ‘Reach the Summit’ plan has been realized and we’re into the new year, why don’t you set a new target for us? What shall we do this year? Which direction should we head in? We’re at your disposal!”

Zhang Ye smiled and said, “This year? It’s probably time to make a push in Asia?”

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

“Asia?”

“Alright!”

“We should have aimed for the Asian region long ago!”

“Compared to the popularity we’ve domestically, we’re still quite far behind on the Asian stage.”

“Yeah, we might also be on the A-list in Asia, but our ranking is very far at the bottom. Moreover, once we head out of our own country, we’re actually not that well-known to others. We’re actually just somewhat on par with the other Asian B-listers because a large part of the popularity score is influenced by our ranking domestically. Since our popularity score in the country is rather high, it was this that pushed us up forcefully on the Asian rankings.”

“Right, there’s potential for development in Asia!”

“Yes, there’s a lot of potential actually.”

“Alright then, it’s settled!”

“We’ll listen to Director Zhang for orders.”

Everyone got very excited and was full of confidence like never before.

Ha Qiqi said, “What a coincidence then, Director Zhang. We’ve just received an invitation at the studio that we haven’t had time to tell you about. An event is about to take place in Asia, and since you haven’t traveled out of the country before, why don’t we take this opportunity to make an appearance in Asia? We can increase our visibility, and maybe scout out some opportunities along the way?”

Zhang Ye agreed, “That sounds great.”

Ha Qiqi nodded. “Alright, I’ll reply to them then.”

“Come! Let’s make another toast!”

“Our target is the Asian S-list!”

“Alright, the target is to become an Asian Heavenly King!”

“Cheers!”

“Cheers!”

And just like this, the goal for this year was set!