"This is the American College Choice Awards!!!"
"Here, representatives from all universities in the United States, delegations from 16 top universities, and thousands of underage youth network representatives gathered together."
“The stars are shining here!”
“Here, we will give the fairest recognition to the bright stars and outstanding contributors from all the entertainment, sports and cultural industries in the United States over the past year!”
"Everything is subject to online voting!"
"It's a big summer swimsuit party! It's a big beach party!"
"Let's welcome the teenagers' favorite superstars of the past year!!!"
As soon as the host finished speaking, the camera turned towards the red carpet.
Ettinger, the talk show host who was very active in the American entertainment industry last year, just happened to come over.
The host smiled and asked, "Ettinger, are you happy today?"
Ettinger: “It feels great!”
“It would be even better if I was the host on the scene.”
As he said this, he pointed his index fingers at the host, and his narrow smile made it clear that he was of course joking.
The host also joked: "That's great, but I've already received my salary, how about you host the show and I'll be in the audience?"
Ettinger laughed out loud: "Brother, you should come. I like your hosting very much."
Then an award-winning actor walked over with the leading lady from his TV series last year.
The host gave a warm welcome.
The U.S. television market is beginning to show signs of an explosion.
In the past, the best actor was always inferior to the second-rate movie stars.
Now the American TV King has also begun to receive a lot of cheers.
However, during the interview, the crowd started screaming crazily.
Last year, Han Zhou arrived late. When he arrived, the interview had already ended. He walked on the stage alone, and not many people noticed the huge noise from the fans.
This year, Han Zhou arrived early.
At the scene, the sound of "Hotel California" was heard.
"Welcome to the Hotel California..."
The interview had to be interrupted due to the loud noise.
The TV King joked: "It seems that a superstar has arrived and I have to give up my position."
The host laughed: "Niles, go get your autographs. Welcome!"
Sure enough, at the corner, Han Zhou showed up among the enthusiastic fans.
Today, Han Zhou arrived hand in hand with a girl.
When the host looked over, all he felt was beauty.
Really beautiful.
Han Zhou did not stop again to respond to the fans because he had already responded when he got off the plane.
This time Han Zhou just waved, and then walked onto the red carpet with An Lan.
The host looked at Han Zhou, who was wearing fancy clothes, and An Lan, who was wearing a black dress, and couldn't help but walk forward to meet them.
But he didn't ask An Lan's opinion at all.
"Han Zhou! Welcome!"
Han Zhou smiled: "Thank you."
"I thought I was coming here, just like coming home, and I didn't need a welcome."
The host leaned back and laughed: "Han, you have already learned American jokes, hahahaha."
Han Zhou smiled and reached out to pull out the rose from the pocket of the host's short-sleeved shirt: "Wow, this flower is nice."
The host laughed and said, "If you like it, I'll give it to you."
Han Zhou did not refuse and smiled: "Thank you."
Then he turned around and stuffed the flower into An Lan's hand. If roses didn't have thorns, he would have put the rose on An Lan's ear.
The host got the guest information, and An Lan's information was on it.
In just one year, he became popular in China, his first album sold all over Asia, and his song "Faded" became popular all over the world. It is still the electronic music song with the highest number of plays and real-time listening rate.
The host thought he knew enough about the entertainment industry, so he didn't even look at the information.
I didn’t recognize it, so I just ignored it.
But now Han Zhou put the rose in An Lan's hand, and the host became interested: "Excuse me, are you a couple? If so, how sad would thousands of fans be."
An Lan glanced at Han Zhou, smiled happily, and then answered very officially and cleverly: "We have played lovers and couples in many TV dramas and movies."
The host's eyes lit up: "So, they are a golden pair. No wonder they came together today."
Han Zhou smiled: "Let's go get some autographs and then go in. We have a performance to prepare for."
The host smiled: "Please."
This time, Han Zhou will not perform, but An Lan will perform.
After thinking for a long time, Han Zhou felt that the United States could make some preparations.
And this preparation was led by An Lan.
Why?
Because no matter whether it is the best actor, the king of pop, or the superstar, the competition among male stars for these positions is very fierce. It can be said that once a new king comes to power, the old king will have to die.
When a company loses a superstar, the result is a sharp drop in profits.
Female artists, singers and movie stars are much better in this regard.
Even the most powerful female movie star earns only a fraction of what the top ten or twenty movie stars earn. Because there are not so many dramas with female protagonists, their entire yearly income may be only one-tenth of that.
The same goes for female singers.
So, although the status is the same, in reality the income and economic influence are completely on a different level.
In China, when An Lan released her album first and was crowned the Queen of Pop, Han Zhou had not yet received the title of Little King of Pop.
It was not until the May 68th concert that a small number of media outlets began to call Han Zhou the Little King of Heaven, and there is still no broad consensus on this.
An Lan's big flag is erected here, and Han Zhou is making money crazily behind it.
Anyway, with the big banner blocking the way, many people are blinded by it and cannot see it.
The real visible people could not pose a huge impact on Han Zhou.
Now that we are in the United States, it’s still the same old way.
An Lan's banner should be raised first, and then Han Zhou can make money.
Many people will see at first glance that a queen has come to China.
However, they did not realize that a giant gold-eating beast was wreaking havoc under the banner.
By the time they discovered that this gold-devouring beast had grown into a superstar and an actor, it was already too late.
In China, the two of them started their careers as singers and then worked in film and television.
In the United States, the path is completely opposite. The film and television industry is controlled by a group of people, so one has to first pursue the path of a singer.
This time, the American College Choice Awards is a good opportunity that Han Zhou is going to give to An Lan.
This time, let’s say hello to the world.
The award ceremony began soon.
Awards were given out one by one.
Even people around Han Zhou won awards.
"Most Popular Variety Show Performer, Dan Bross!"
When everyone stood up, Han Zhou realized that the man was sitting on the other side of the aisle to his right.
Everyone around congratulated me.
Han Zhou also smiled and congratulated.
Danbrook was quite outgoing. Seeing Han Zhou congratulating him, he came up with a black social three-piece suit and a fist-bump suit.
Fortunately, Han Zhou had also seen how this thing was made, and cooperated with him.
There were many screams at the scene.
As the best performing variety show performer last year, he is also very popular.
If compared with all artists, he should be in the first or second tier in popularity, and his position is at least that of a second-tier star.
There is no need to repeat how famous Han Zhou is in this place.
Soon, the host smiled and said, "Last year, a singer sang a song at our American College Choice Awards after winning the award."
"At that time, many people thought that song would win this year's award."
“It’s been called the first song to lock in the American College Choice Awards.”
"The song is called..."
The audience shouted in unison: "Castro Fair!"
The presenter smiled and asked, "What's the singer's name?"
"Han! Zhou!"
The presenter said: "Congratulations to Han Zhou for winning the 2023 American College Choice Award, the Best Male Singer Song Award, favored by all college students and all teenagers on the Internet!"
Last year it was not the Best Male Singer Song Award, but a consolation award. It was just that there were so many people voting that the small award received the same number of votes as the big award.
This year, Han Zhou won the first title of American King of Songs in his life.
The Best Male Vocalist Song Award is for the American College Choice Awards.
It's like the Best Male Vocalist Golden Melody Award to the Golden Globe Awards.
It's like Male Vocalist of the Year to the Grammys.
Although this is a pan-entertainment award and not a professional music award, it is decided by votes cast one by one.
Han Zhou stood up and the audience screamed.
Here, there are delegations from sixteen universities, as well as representatives of Internet youth, and they are all screaming.
In this world of fame and fortune, those superstars who dominated the American entertainment industry last year, even if they didn't know Han Zhou, had never heard of Han Zhou, or didn't like Han Zhou that much, all showed "sincere smiles".
An expression that said, "Brother, I was right about you. You are the winner!"
Han Zhou stood up. This year was the same as last year. An Lan bought the Hawaiian leisure suit shorts and Wang Xiya bought the Hawaiian leisure suit top.
It just seems a bit weird.
Because of the blue and green top and the red and yellow pants.
Han Zhou took another skateboard and approached the microphone: "Before I could only paddle on one board, but now I can paddle on two boards."
Han Zhou deliberately replaced the words for surfing with those for skiing.
A year has passed, and the young American audience at the scene already know how playful Han Zhou is, so they understood Han Zhou's jokes.
Han Zhou wanted to "pretend" that he was not good at English and make a fool of himself.
The people at the scene were very cooperative and laughed a lot.
Han Zhou smiled: "Thank you for your support."
“After last year, I’ve been working on some things related to contributing to youth entertainment.”
"For example, the first English script I wrote and the movie I shot, the youth love fantasy movie Twilight, is now in theaters. If you like it, you can go and watch it."
"Also, next month there will be a movie made specifically for teenagers to help you understand this world. Lord of War is about to be released. Oh, and it's rated R, so remember to bring your parents with you to get in."
The R rating is different from the NC-17 rating. The nature of the R rating is the same as the PG-13 rating. It just reminds parents of teenagers under the age of 17 to pay more attention to films of this level, but teenagers under the age of 17 are not allowed to watch films of this level independently in the cinema.
Lord of War combines almost all the conditions that may trigger an R-level review, so it is difficult not to be reviewed.
However, this movie is not to be feared by teenagers, because the direction is correct, only there are censorship elements in the performance.
After Han Zhou finished speaking, he felt like he was infected by Lin Xiaoxing.
How can I advertise at a time like this? This is wrong! This is all because of Lao Lin!
Seeing Han Zhou carrying a surfboard and about to leave the stage, the audience screamed, “Sing, sing, sing!”
Han Zhou turned around, leaned forward, and leaned closer to the microphone: "This year I also have a song for you all, but it's not sung by me, but by the original singer of Faded, my friend An Lan."
The audience was instantly satisfied.
And, I was having fun again.
Originally, the original singer of "Faded" was a mystery to American listeners.
Everyone has heard this song and has had a blast with it. Even at major music festivals, there are teams playing this song.
But the original singer has never appeared in the United States.
I heard that the original singer’s performance fee is so high that no electronic music festival can afford it.
And today, An Lan, the original singer of "Faded", came, and the song was also written by Han Zhou.
Satisfy everyone's double curiosity at once.
Of course that's interesting enough.
In the hearts of electronic music lovers, the letters an and han are the perfect match of the century.
Now, does this duo have new songs to perform live?
They had already figured out Han Zhou. Whenever Han Zhou released a song, it must be a new song. It was impossible for him to perform "Faded" again.
So, everyone is looking forward to it.
The stage also darkened slightly.
An Lan, who was wearing a black dress, was already prepared when Han Zhou received the award.
At this time, standing on the stage.
The screen behind the stage gives song information.
"Hello"
Lyrics and composition: Han Zhou
Produced by: Han Zhou
Singer: An Lan
When An Lan came on stage, she did not produce the clear and high-pitched voice of "Faned" that the audience was familiar with. Instead, her voice was very charming, magnetic, thick, and even metallic!
"Hello it's me
How are you? It's me.
I hesitated whether to call you, I'm not sure if you would still want to see me after so many years
Would you like to come and chat and reminisce about the past?
People say time heals all wounds, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for me.”
This song topped the charts in Europe and the United States for a very long time in the past life. It ranked first on the Billboard chart for ten weeks and topped the charts in England for three consecutive years.
Soul music, piano music.
The high-end feeling at the beginning made the audience quiet down.
The audience knew very well that this would be a spiritual cleansing.
But they didn't expect that this was a shock to the soul!
"Hey, are you listening?
I will dream of the past, beautiful California, beautiful us
We were so young and yearning for freedom.
I almost forgot, but reality brought it all back to my mind
The gap between us is becoming more and more obvious
It’s like a world of difference…”
Many people thought that the original version of the previous life was a love song, but it is not. The original singer himself said so when he participated in writing the song.
This is a greeting to the friends in the past who have lost touch with us.
When this lyrics came out, the audience could feel that Han Zhou wrote it for himself!
Specially written for fans.
It is also An Lan's greeting again to her fans who fell in love with her when she sang "Faded".
And then, this is the terrifying announcement.
An Lan’s voice was extremely high-pitched, with a metallic and tearing feeling, which was very full, deep, stable, and her terrifying singing skills were suffocating: “Hello from the outside!
At least I can say that I've tried to tell you!
I still want to call you, even though we are miles apart
Even if I call you a thousand times, I still want to call you
I'm sorry for everything that happened to me.
But it seems that every time I call, there is a busy tone and no one answers
But this call from thousands of miles away..."
Judging from the context, 'Hello from the outside' should be translated as, 'I'm calling you from outside'.
If we consider the accuracy and elegance of the translation, it should be translated as 'I still want to call you, even though we are far away.'
But if you consider that this song is actually written for those past relationships that have lost touch with each other, this sentence should be translated as 'I want to say hello to you, from outside your world'.
For An Lan, this sentence should be translated as 'hello, although I have never been to this country, (from today on, you should know me)'.
For Han Zhou, this sentence should be translated as 'This is a greeting from another world'.
The song meant something different to everyone in the room.
Some people thought of their former lovers whom they could no longer call.
Some people remembered their lost childhood playmates.
Some people simply want to say hello to this country, saying 'I came, I saw, I conquered'.
Some people want to bring greetings from another world to this world.
"Our past will never come back again
This call from afar, even if I call it thousands of times
I also want to tell you that I'm sorry
I'm sorry for everything I've done.
But it seems that every time I call, there is a busy tone and no one answers..."
An Lan on the stage was so terrifying that it made the American female singers at the scene feel nervous.
It was so terrifying that even the male singers at the scene were shocked.
This song spans a terrifying range of notes, from B3 to D5, but every word is still pronounced in the modern way. A large number of sounds are not transpositions, but are pronounced cleanly.
And the texture is very full.
When you want a tearing feeling, there is a tearing feeling; when you want a metallic voice, there is a metallic voice; when you want it to be deep, it is deep; when you want it to be high-pitched, it is high-pitched.
Pure showmanship!
None of the people at the scene knew An Lan, and didn't know how terrifying An Lan was. They didn't know that among all practitioners in the world, An Lan was one of the few who could span more than four vocal ranges.
But after hearing this song, they probably figured it out.
Such ease and such fullness across such a large vocal range; even if it were a little higher, or a little lower, or the texture was a little weaker, it would still be almost as good as any female singer.
This person...
fear!
The singers at the scene had a feeling that this song would be popular across America and even the world.
This song is bound to top the Billboard charts.
Although according to Han Zhou's usual habit, this song may not sell, and without sales data it can only stay at the top for one day before falling out.
But this song will definitely stay on the playlist for several months or even more than half a year!!!
What kind of pervert is the person who wrote this song?
Who is the one singing this song, God's favorite?
An Lan was very relaxed on the stage and continued to sing the last part: "But this call from thousands of miles away
At least I can tell you how much I miss you without any regrets.
I wanna say I'm really sorry for breaking your heart
But maybe it's fortunate that
No one will make you sad again
No one will ever make you sad like I have..."
The fans at the scene understood.
Han, you didn't make us heartbroken! We were willing to wait for you!
You are the god of music!
No wonder the fans call Han the God of Han!!
By the end of the performance, the audience was no longer able to form any verbal shouts and could only scream wildly.
An Lan smiled slightly and stepped down.
After An Lan stepped down from the stage, he and Han Zhou sat there quietly, waiting for the award ceremony to end.
What kind of a pair of gods are they?
The next day, Han Zhou had to rush back to start filming "Burning Sun".
And An Lan still needs to inspect here.
Because they are discussing cooperation with their nominal parent company Universal.
When An Lan came this time, Universal recalled almost all of its senior executives to discuss many things with the group represented by An Lan and the group sent by Mailang.
This meeting took three days to finalize the overall situation.
The overall situation was settled, and An Lan was about to return home.
The rest will be discussed by the team.
During these three days, "hello" topped the Billboard charts with an unrivaled attitude.
Because there was no sales data, it fell the next day.
But on the broadcast list, it ranks first, with seven times more daily broadcasts than the second place!
Seven times!
It’s even increasing!
Countless people are playing this greeting on repeat.
Countless people are promoting this song to their friends and family.
Airport.
An Lan was blocked by a large number of media.
The staff of Universal China were more aggressive than each other. They directly blocked the media and pushed them out.
But the media no longer cares about these things and rushes forward madly , asking all kinds of questions.
An Lan, wearing sunglasses, was not prepared to answer any questions.
Because Han Zhou told An Lan that he would only leave his works behind this time, and the next time he came, he would officially land.
If you want to gain a foothold in the United States and reach the top, you must proceed step by step.
Therefore, An Lan does not plan to leave too many languages ​​and too many stories in the United States.
Until the Fox reporter broke through the first layer of security and was stopped by the second layer of security, when he was more than one meter away from An Lan, he shouted and asked: "An Lan, do you have the confidence to become a queen with this song "Hello"?!"
At such a close distance, it’s impossible to pretend not to hear.
An Lan turned around, looked at the reporter, smiled slightly, and answered : "I am the queen of pop."
The media was confused.
By the time they figured out why, An Lan had already boarded the plane back home.
The media just found out that An Lan is the only singer in the world whose album sales have exceeded 10 million in the past five years.
The next day, Fox News:
"The world's youngest queen says hello from the top of the world!"