Volume II The Commodity Society Chapter 169 Grammy Outlook
After Chen Feng said these words, his head was dizzy and he couldn't bear it anymore.
"I ...... I'll go to the bathroom......" Chen Feng said and stood up a little shaky, Zhang Qiangguo and other three bodyguards hurriedly stepped forward and supported him.
"It's okay! I'll walk ...... myself."
Chen Feng insisted on walking a few steps by himself, but suddenly felt that everything in front of him was spinning, but fortunately, Li Qiangguo beside him was supported, otherwise he would definitely fall.
Chen Feng still had a little clarity in his mind at this time, and he felt that he was really embarrassed, although the cocktail was good, and he drank a lot of alcohol, but he couldn't be greedy
After leaving the box, of course Chen Feng didn't want to go to the bathroom, but after he had time to say vaguely to Zhang Guoqiang to send him back to the room, he was completely drunk.
After Chen Feng left, Ai Li couldn't help frowning and said to Mike: "Mike, you bad boy, you still can't change your character of teasing people, you get drunk, if he doesn't pay, you come!" ”
The crowd laughed.
Mike said innocently: "It's not long that he provoked us first, we were choked a lot, I was almost deceived by him just now, but he was really good, even drinking so many cocktails I made, especially the 'Blue Danube' and 'Drunken Paris', actually had a seizure at this time, it is very remarkable, what he just said can knock a group of us upside down, but it is not an exaggeration." ”
The keyboardist on the side, but gloating: "Mike, don't run away from the topic." Long is drunk now, will you pay for it later? ”
Seeing this, the rest of the people all echoed the inquiry, and Mike said with a miserable face: "Everyone spare me, if I come to invite this meal, I will be ruined." ”
Seeing that it was almost there, Adams smiled and said, "Alright, alright." Spare poor Mike. The company will pay for this meal. However, your bonuses. But you have to deduct the points appropriately, after all, the cost of this meal must be considerable! ”
When everyone heard this, they all angrily shot their eyes at poor Mike, and Mike's expression was even more tearless.
However, it didn't take long for Mike's mood to improve, because Zhang Guoqiang came with the Chinese female student who was working as a waiter. And told them to go back to their room to rest, but the money for the meal was still on his head, so that everyone could continue to enjoy it.
Chen Feng slept in a daze until the early hours of the morning... It took me a long time to wake up, and I couldn't help but curse "****" in my heart, I was a human being for two lives, and it was the first time I was poured down, and I was a foreigner. Damn Mike, I'm going to get this field back next time. Chen Feng secretly swore in his heart.
Chen Feng felt some pain in his head. I massaged myself for a while, but it didn't have much effect, so I simply got up from the bed and started the "Luohan Eighteen Styles", after all the hard work, Chen Feng has already made these eighteen movements. Practicing to the eighth, this achievement is really a big improvement for Chen Feng, because these postures are more and more ** in the back, which is completely against the physiological structure, if Chen Feng really feels that this "Arhat Divine Skill" brings great benefits to himself, he really doesn't want to practice, because practicing this "Divine Skill" can be said to be a completely masochistic and self-harming behavior, and it is really difficult for people who are not particularly firm in their will to practice. That's not to say. Chen Feng's willpower is so good compared to ordinary people. It's really because Chen Feng has gained a lot of unexpected wonders from this set of "divine skills", and **'s magic skills have catalyzed **'s abilities. For example, the strength has become greater, the brain has become more flexible, and the body has improved a lot, especially the male * function that Chen Feng personally feels, which seems to have been enhanced a lot, and more importantly, he has gained the best memory ability and recall ability after practicing this set of magic skills. Therefore, although this set of magic skills is very masochistic, Chen Feng is willing.
After spending nearly half an hour and practicing the eight movements, Chen Feng sweated all over, feeling comfortable all over his body, and his head that had a headache just now because of a hangover was healed without medicine.
It was almost five o'clock in the morning, and on the other side of the ocean, it happened to be five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Feng called his family, who knew that as soon as he connected, he was trained by his parents and parents. It turned out that he was drunk last night, and it had been reported to them by Zhang Qiangguo and the others. Although Chen Dayong and his wife do not object to their son's drinking, they must also have a degree, and of course they must be disciplined if they are drunk.
Chen Feng could only innocently explain that he was cheated by that foreigner named Mike, otherwise he wouldn't have been drunk. However, then again, if he wasn't particularly confident in his one-and-a-half-pound of alcohol at that time, and wasn't curious about the taste of cocktails, how could he fall for the other party's way?
Then Chen Feng contacted Hongye on the Internet with MSN, and Hongye also knew about his drunkenness, so naturally he was inevitably verbose, and then, knowing that Chen Feng had finished recording the album and went back today, of course he couldn't help but be excited, and Chen Feng was of course very much looking forward to the reunion with Hongye Xiaobie.
After chatting with Hongye for nearly three hours, Chen Feng got up and washed up, changed his clothes, and first called the airline to book a ticket to return to China in the afternoon, and then came out of the room.
In the downstairs restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel, Chen Feng and Zhang Qiangguo were eating steamed buns and drinking soy milk together, and Han Yan, a female student who was a waiter, stood aside, through the contact of guò in the past few days, Han Yan already vaguely knew that the young male compatriot in front of him was a VIP of the Four Seasons Hotel, and he was a very rich master. The chances of a polite little handsome fellow are still very small.
Chen Feng finished eating slowly, then stood up, looked at Han Yan on the side, and out of politeness, Chen Feng still said to her: "Han Yan, I am going back to China today, see you next time." ”
Han Yan was slightly stunned and surprised: "Ah! Mr. Chen, are you going back to China today? ”
Chen Feng nodded and said with a smile: "I hope to come next time." You've become a full-time employee at Four Seasons. ”
"Thank you!" Han Yan said with a respectful smile.
When Chen Feng stopped talking, he took Zhang Guoqiang and a few people out of the restaurant, and when he passed by the hotel lobby, Chen Feng asked for a letter and envelope at the service desk, and wrote a brief letter of thanks in English, of course, thanks to Han Yan, a female compatriot, for the first-class service in the past few days.
Give this thank you to the lady at the front desk and ask her to pass it on to the manager. Chen Feng planned to go back to his room to pass the time online.
But at this time, Adams called. Asked if he would be returning home today, and after receiving an affirmative answer, Adams invited him to his house for lunch. Because her mother Barbra, his wife Suzanne and daughter Emily all had parting gifts for him, which was also a gift exchange, because Chen Feng had given them gifts before he came.
Chen Feng couldn't refuse this invitation, thinking that he wouldn't be able to eat Barbara's grilled chicken thighs for a long time in the future. It's really a little reluctant!
Chen Feng simply didn't go back to the room, and took a car directly to Adams's house.
At this time, Adams hadn't gone home yet, but Barbara and the other three were there, and when they saw Chen Feng coming, they all greeted Chen Feng enthusiastically, and Emily also took the initiative to come forward and hold his hand, and said with a very reluctant look: "Brother Chen Feng." I heard that you are leaving again, can you stay a few more days and play with me? ”
Chen Feng's forehead suddenly broke into a cold sweat, and he reluctantly smiled: "My brother still has something to do at home, next time I come over with your sister Hongye and play with you, okay?" ”
Emily blinked with bright eyes. After thinking about it, he said, "Okay, next time you come with Sister Momiji, you must spend more time with me." ”
"Good, good! I will definitely accompany you next time. ”
Chen Feng hurriedly agreed.
After eating some desserts and drinking tea at Adams' house, Adams finally came home.
Of course, this parting lunch was very rich, and according to Chen Fengdi's preference, Barbara roasted a lot of chicken thighs, and if he couldn't finish it, let him go back to China to eat. Of course, the gifts before parting were also given by each of them, and the gifts given by the three adults were all gifts with American characteristics. Not very valuable. But it's all their heart, and Emily is even simpler. She gave her red leaves her doll last time, and this time she asked him to give red leaves a crystal ball that she loves very much, and she also gave Chen Feng a watercolor painting, which made Chen Feng a little flattered.
When I went to the airport, Adams was with him. In the car, Adams's personal friendship and work were correct, and he explained the company's plan to Chen Feng, intending to release Chen Feng's eponymous album in advance on Christmas Eve, and it will take less than two months to complete the later production task, which will take at least a week or so, that is to say, from production to publicity and distribution, there is only a little more than a month. As for the reason, of course, it is because of the record company's great confidence in Chen Feng's album, and it was released in time for Christmas, of course, because it wanted to make a lot of money. The circulation of Chen Feng's album was originally set to be 500,000 copies, but since Chen Feng recorded the first three songs, Adams decided to double this number, and when the recording was completed, Adams held a special meeting for this purpose, as long as the senior leaders who had heard Chen Feng's album demo tape, they all agreed that the first release of 1 million copies was too conservative, and this number should be doubled again, so the circulation of Long's first album of the same name reached a terrifying 2 million, which is all sold out, It's double platinum.
"Chen Feng, after the release of this album, you are destined to become a superstar. So, are you really not going to reveal your true identity? ”
Seeing Adams looking very curious, Chen Feng couldn't help but smile in his heart, in the eyes of these Americans, of course, there is no word "low-key", which is somewhat contradictory to their cultural values.
"Of course, I've already stated this in our contract. I also hope that you will keep the people who participated in the recording work this time very tight-lipped about Long. ”
"Rest assured, they have signed confidentiality agreements, and if they break the contract, they will pay a huge financial claim. Chen Feng, I'm just curious, why do you want to hide your own identity? This seems to me to be very unnecessary. Adams still had an incomprehensible expression.
"Adams, didn't I tell you before? I'm just a student. I don't want my normal life to be disturbed too much. Chen Feng patiently explained.
"Alright then, I respect your decision. However, I still hope that you will try your best to cooperate with the company's promotional activities, and your single "All Sun" released this year has already been nominated for Best Single of the Year and Best R*B Song, and you yourself have also been nominated for Best New Artist and Best R*B Male Artist, so you should definitely attend. What are you going to do? ”
Chen Feng thought to himself: "What should I do? Cold salad. ”
For this Grammy Chen Feng although he knows that this is a big award, especially for American musicians. This award is their lifelong goal, but Chen Feng himself is not so attached to this award, after all, he is not an American, and he is not a real musician. If it weren't for Adams' insistence, he would have immediately refused to attend the ceremony.
"I'll just bring a Zorro mask on when the time comes. I'm sure it's going to make a splash. ”
Thinking that he must have been very funny when he wore a mask to participate in the Grammys, Chen Feng couldn't help laughing.
Adams listened to the answer. I couldn't help laughing: "This is also a way." It's a pity that your eponymous album has passed the selection time of this year's Grammys, and you can only wait until the Grammy Awards ceremony the year after next year to get the greatest honor you deserve. At that time, you will definitely make a huge splash in the whole world music scene. ”
Chen Feng smiled confidently: "It's not bad every year, I'm still very young, I can wait." ”
"Well, I'm looking forward to your performance at the Grammys next year. If there are no accidents. I think that when your self-titled album is released, at least the two awards of Best R*B Song and Best New Artist will be indispensable to you. ”
The two chatted in the car until the airport, and it was only half an hour before the plane took off, and after saying goodbye to Adams, Chen Feng and his party finally embarked on the journey back to China.
Although it was only a few days, Chen Feng felt that it was still quite a long time.
When I return to the country. It happened to be the weekend again, and Chen Feng was of course very happy, which meant that he and Hongye had a lot of time to spend with me.
After the two lingered in the room for a while, Hongye suddenly said worriedly: "Chen Feng, in the past few days, the head teacher has been very angry with you for asking for leave for a week without authorization, and has looked for me several times, asking if you really went to the United States and what are you going to do?" I was told by you, and of course I didn't tell her the truth. She hasn't looked at me very well these days. I see, wait until next week after school. You might as well apologize to her. ”
Chen Feng frowned when he heard this, this Su Yan is really too conscientious, can't he learn from Zeng Xiaobo, the head teacher of his junior high school? In the past, Chen Feng still felt that Zeng Xiaobo was incompetent as a class teacher, but now it seems that a competent class teacher is often a class teacher who is very dissatisfied with the students. This Su Yan in front of him is an example, he talked to her so thoroughly last time, she was still haunting herself, which really gave Chen Feng a little headache, if it weren't for the disagreement of his family, and he didn't give up his wife Hongye, he really didn't want to read this Laoshzi book, and it was really unlucky to have such a head teacher.
In order not to make it difficult for Hongye, the middleman, Chen Feng had to nod and say, "Okay, after school next week, I will apologize to him and solve the misunderstanding." ”
"That's good, you don't know, the head teacher's face is so ugly these days, and when he was in class, he actually got angry twice, which made everyone tremble."
Chen Feng's brows furrowed even more when he heard this. Thinking that Su Yan, the head teacher, seemed to be very angry with herself this time, she definitely didn't expect that she would ask for leave when she said that she would ask for leave, and it didn't matter whether she agreed or not, she would go for a week. It seems that I really want to talk to her next week, so that he knows that he is not a student in the traditional sense, but a self-conscious and self-assertive cross-century high school student in the new era.
Chen Feng's guess is good, Su Yan was really angry with Chen Feng this time, he really didn't come to class for a week as he said, and other teachers were of course very concerned about Chen Feng, a top student "star student", and found that he didn't come to class, they all asked about the reason why he didn't come, as the head teacher Su Yan faced the inquiries of her colleagues, but couldn't come up with a specific explanation, she always suspected that Chen Feng did not go to the United States, but had something ulterior to ask for leave. In addition, she is a very honest girl, and she is not good at lying, so she can only awkwardly generalize that Chen Feng has something at home. In the end, of course, this matter also alarmed the school leaders, in the face of the school leaders' questioning, of course Su Yan could no longer deal with this general excuse, and confessed in a fit of anger that Chen Feng did not have her consent, so he asked for a week's leave, I thought that the school leaders would also punish Chen Feng's unorganized and undisciplined behavior, but when the school leaders heard Chen Feng's behavior, they were busy calling Chen Feng's house to inquire, and learned that Chen Feng really went abroad, but he would come back to class again in a week. The school leaders were obviously relieved, and after hanging up the phone, they also told Su Yan, the head teacher, to care more about Chen Feng, a "good student", in the future, take special care of him, communicate more with him, and avoid conflict with each other. The matter of punishment, of course, is over. This made Su Yan, the head teacher of the "betrayal" of her students, feel very faceless, and she was not in a good mood for a few days, and because she was already an "older young woman", her family has been forcing her to go on a blind date in the past few days, which can be described as "internal and external troubles", and her work, career and family are not smooth, of course she is not in a good mood, so that she got angry in class twice.