The next day, Chen Mubai received a call early in the morning.
"Hello……"
Chen Mubai discovered that it was an unfamiliar number. It was a private mobile phone number that most people didn't know. For business matters, they would contact Yang Guo.
"Chen Mubai! I am Hu Kai."
"Teacher Hu Kai, why did you remember to call me?"
Chen Mubai smiled and said that when he was in "Dream Singer", Hu Kai said that he owed Chen Mubai a favor, and the two exchanged contact information.
"I know you came to Xiangjiang. I gave you a good night's rest yesterday and came to see you today. I am very familiar with this place. Can I show you around?"
Hu Kai's hearty voice came.
"OK."
Chen Mubai agreed that his rehearsal would be in the afternoon and he would still have time to walk around in the morning.
Moreover, Hu Kai had helped him in the competition before and said that he owed him a favor. He took the initiative to invite him and it was not easy to refuse.
Hu Kai found out about the hotel where Chen Mubai was staying and arrived quickly.
After Chen Mubai talked to Yang Guo, he left with Hu Kai.
"How about it?"
Sitting in the car, Hu Kai asked with a smile.
"well enough."
"You've been very popular recently!" Hu Kai said with a smile: "It's really surprising that you actually crossed over to film an online drama. However, your results are still very good. You are really surprising!"
"Have you never been to Xiangjiang?"
"Um."
The original owner has indeed never been to Xiangjiang in his life. When he was a child, he only attended Guangdong University.
"I'll show you around. I'll be your tour guide today. People here speak mostly Cantonese, but Mandarin is not that good. You must not be used to it when you come here for the first time!"
"Thank you very much, teacher."
"The show is over, why are you calling me teacher?" Hu Kai said: "I haven't taught you anything. You are better than me. I am older than you. If you don't mind, call me Brother Kai!"
"Brother Kai!" Chen Mubai opened his mouth and said.
"Okay, you kid..." Hu Kai said with a smile, but he didn't expect Chen Mubai to change his tune so quickly.
Hu Kai's character is quite forthright. This can be seen from his appearance on the show. Even if he was obviously treated unfairly, he didn't say anything and just tried his best to do his job well.
Chen Mubai won praise and applause for him, and he immediately returned the favor and owed Chen Mubai a favor.
"I'll take you to see where the awards will be given tomorrow first!"
Hu Kai knew that Chen Mubai was a guest performer at the Golden Melody Awards. This news had already exploded on the Internet. In fact, he himself was a guest presenter at the Golden Melody Awards.
The Golden Melody Awards will be held not far from Chen Mubai Hotel, which is also the official location.
Hu Kai took him to confirm the specific venue, and spent the morning taking him around Xiangjiang, taking him to the famous scenic spots and areas in Xiangjiang, and at the same time explaining the history and culture to him.
He didn't know many allusions. Even though he lived here in his previous life, he still didn't know much about them. It was because he didn't have time to understand them at that time and was too busy fighting for life.
At noon, the two of them had dinner at a place with special dishes, which is also a relatively famous restaurant.
"I have an appointment in advance."
Hu Kai and Chen Mubai entered the private room under the guidance of the waiter.
"I'll take you to eat some special dishes, they're very famous!" Hu Kai said.
Then, he told the waiter: "Shrimp wonton noodles, bowl of wings, beef balls..."
The waiter wrote them down one by one and said, "What else do you want?"
Chen Mubai said: "That's enough, let's take more first."
After the waiter wrote it down, he went out to place the order.
Celebrities often come to eat here, and they are used to it.
Hu Kai was surprised and said: "Can you speak Cantonese?"
Chen Mubai replied: "My hometown is in Guangdong Province. I grew up there when I was a child. Later I moved to Shanghai to settle down. I haven't been back for many years. I almost forgot how to say it."
"Are you speaking very well? I thought you didn't understand Cantonese. You are really stupid." Hu Kai laughed.
"Brother Kai served as my tour guide today, and I really don't even know the culture he talked about..."
"How many awards do you think you can win?" Hu Kai asked.
"I don't know, I'm very happy to win an award." Chen Mubai said with a smile.
"It's not like your style!" Hu Kai said: "You can definitely win the prize, but I don't know how many you can win. I don't know if you can win the gold-rich ones."
Generally speaking, the most valuable and most watched awards in the Golden Melody Awards are the Best Album Award, the Most Recent Male Singer Award, and the Most Recent Female Singer Award.
The album represents the sales volume in the market, while the male and female singers represent the popularity. It is an award for the public, and it is also the award that has the greatest influence on fame.
As a newcomer, Chen Mubai is not eligible for these awards, which is also the rule of the Golden Melody Awards.
The three most valuable awards consider all aspects of influence. Newcomers are not as influential as seniors in terms of popularity, influence, qualifications, background and fans.
Newcomers can only compete for the Best Newcomer Award. Although it is valuable, it does not attract as much attention as the above three awards.
"Your lyrics and music for "East Wind Breaks" and "Sunny Day" will definitely win awards, but I don't know which one they are."
As someone who has been in the music scene for many years, Hu Kai naturally has certain predictions about works that will win awards.
"The Best Newcomer Award is also mysterious. In previous years, it would have been you, but this year there is a super fierce newcomer." Hu Kai said with a smile: "Your girlfriend, Tao Yaoyao!"
Tao Yaoyao's first album reached platinum status, which is a terrible thing. It is almost difficult to achieve in this era.
She is also a newcomer to the industry this year, so she is also Chen Mubai's biggest opponent!
As newcomers, only this award is relevant to them. Those awards are all for veteran singers, and the other awards are not as valuable as this one.
There is another award that is also very valuable, but the competition is fierce, and that is the Best Song of the Year Award.
This award is a selection of all new songs released this year. Some of the songs are the title songs of the best albums, and there are many songs in the shortlisted albums. You can imagine how difficult it is to choose one song from hundreds of songs!
Generally speaking, if there are more nominations, there may not necessarily be many awards. The awards will be more evenly distributed, and one person will not be allowed to win too many awards. It will be more comprehensive.
For Chen Mubai, the best awards are the Newcomer Award and the Song of the Year Award, but the competition is also very fierce. Lyrics and music should win, but these two are not valuable enough...
"If you don't think about it too much, it will only increase your worries." Chen Mubai said: "The results are important, and the process is also important. Just see the world."
Hu Kai smiled bitterly and said: "You have a good attitude, but with your ability, you can definitely come again next year. Let's see how far you can go by then, maybe you can win the best male singer!"
Chen Mubai smiled, the waiter began to serve the dishes, and the two began to eat, talking and laughing during the process.
In the afternoon, Hu Kai accompanied Chen Mubai to a rehearsal. There were not many people at the rehearsal. The main rehearsal time was separate and everyone would not rehearse together.
Hu Kai took Chen Mubai to meet several well-known singers in Xiangjiang, and everyone greeted them.
It’s not uncommon for people to come to the Golden Melody Awards. There are very few people who look down on others and can easily offend others.
"Hu Kai, who did you bring to rehearsal?" A frivolous voice sounded.
"Qin Li, this is Chen Mubai, a new singer from mainland China." Hu Kai introduced with a smile.
"Is he the one who scolded Yingna?" Qin Li said with a smile.
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed. This was to cause trouble.
"What do you mean?" Hu Kai looked ugly.
"It's nothing, just to see who the new guy is so bold. I thought he had three heads and six arms, but it turns out he is just a pretty boy, and he doesn't know how big the world is!"
When Hu Kai saw Qin Li ridiculing Chen Mubai in front of him, his face became a little confused and he was about to speak.
Chen Mubai stopped Hu Kai and said with a smile: "I didn't look at the almanac when I went out. I met a dog. It's really unlucky."
"My mother once taught me to stay away from dogs that don't bark, don't bark from dogs that bite, and don't bite from dogs that bark."
Chen Mubai was saying that Qin Li was a dog and responded to his sarcasm.
"You..." Qin Li was angry and prepared to step forward and say something more.
"Enough!" Hu Kai said angrily: "I don't care what grudges you have with Chen Mubai, but he came to me today, you have gone too far!"
Although Hu Kai is not as famous as Qin Li, he has been in Xiangjiang for many years and is somewhat famous. Seeing that he was angry, Qin Li didn't say anything and left with a dark face.
"This matter is not over yet!"
After Qin Li left, Chen Mubai thanked Hu Kai. In any case, Hu Kai did offer to protect him. At first, Hu Kai didn't know that he was here to cause trouble.
"Thank you so much, Brother Kai."
"It's my fault, I didn't expect him to be like this."
"His name is Qin Li. He is a star of Huiying Entertainment and a veteran singer in Xiangjiang. He is very famous in the mainland and Xiangjiang."
Hu Kai and Chen Mubai said: "He was the one who brought Yingna up before. The two of them seemed to have been in love. You had a relationship with Yingna last time. I guess he came here to take revenge for her."
"Huiying Entertainment." Chen Mubai secretly wrote down the name of the company.