Prodigal System in the Flourishing City-Chapter 1323 - 1324: Boarding

The Grammy Awards, known as the Nobel Prize of the music world, certainly has quite a sway.

The foremost appeal is probably the fairness of the awards.

Of course, since this award is primarily from America, there’s a certain bias towards English songs and Western culture.

However, overall it’s not a big deal.

Just the nomination process has numerous rules, like timing, sales, and so on.

Yet, it’s not about strictly following rules.

After all, once everything becomes a rule, there’s actually a greater ease in exploiting them.

The most typical example, American lawyers know a term: procedural justice!

It means that regardless of whether something is truly right or not, as long as it’s procedurally fair and follows regulations, truth can be turned upside down!

Because of this, there’s room to maneuver outside the rules.

This approach is actually quite similar to some of Lu Xiaobu’s strategies for the Lu Group, where humanized regulation handles things better.

That is, besides the normal nomination methods, record companies can also recommend nominations.

This is the route the Lu Group took.

Well, to recommend songs, a record company was established.

The entire company only holds rights to the recording process of Singer’s Life, and nothing else!

Don’t ask why, it’s just their nature!

To the point where, upon receiving the recommendation, even the Grammy folks couldn’t help but chuckle.

This pure disregard for money, even for them, is somewhat befuddling.

Of course, they’re merely astonished; they’re not doing anything else since, after all, even if you get nominated, if it’s garbage, it’s useless anyway.

Post-nomination comes the review, shortlist, final selection, and other processes.

The qualifications even for the judges are incredibly complex.

The regulations state your name must appear as a creator or technician at least six times in publicly published works.

What’s more, choices and decisions from major music academies, alongside voting by over nine thousand members, are involved.

The process is unimaginably complex, so let’s keep it brief. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Finally, there’s winning the award.

The winner’s list is kept by Deloitte & Touche LLP accounting firm, confidential until the award ceremony, only revealed when the envelope is opened during the ceremony.

This strict confidentiality adds suspense and anticipation to the Grammy.

No wonder there are so many people nervously waiting before the announcement, bursting into tears of joy after finding out they’ve won!

Of course, everything mentioned above was completed before Singer’s Life was finished airing.

So today, we’re off to America for the Grammy Awards.

Airport.

"Young Master Bu." Chen Wen and Fang Li had just parked the car and, seeing Lu Xiaobu from afar, hurried over.

Both had uneasy looks on their faces, clearly taking the Grammys quite seriously.

"Is it that big a deal for you two?" Lu Xiaobu said speechlessly, "Isn’t it just an award?"

"Heh heh." Chen Wen and Fang Li both scratched their heads without saying much.

Yep, truly a couple, perfectly in sync.

Young Master Bu doesn’t care, but they do.

Even the Queen of Heaven, Sun Wanqi, hasn’t won such a Grammy!

"Where’s your kid?" Lu Xiaobu glanced around, not seeing the little one.

"At home with the family." Fang Li smiled, "Young Master Bu, you like kids so much, why not have one yourself?"

"Hey, who knows? I’m not actively avoiding it, but it just hasn’t happened. Who can you blame?" Lu Xiaobu shrugged.

"Uh... could it be..."

Chen Wen instinctively wanted to ask if it was infertility, but stopped halfway.

Such a stupid question.

After all, their infertility was cured by Young Master Bu; how could he be infertile?

Moreover, it couldn’t be female infertility, since it’s not... cough cough!

"Could it be what?" Lu Xiaobu asked.

"Nothing, nothing." Chen Wen awkwardly smiled, quickly changing the subject, "Look, Ye Haohan and Zhou Lei are here too."

"Young Master Bu!" The two hurried over and bowed before Lu Xiaobu, "Sorry for keeping you waiting!"

Here, the difference is noticeable. Chen Wen and Fang Li, having known Lu Xiaobu for a longer time, speak casually.

While these two bowed as soon as they arrived, appearing somewhat uneasy.

"Hmm." As Lu Xiaobu nodded, Sun Wanqi and Deng Shiyi arrived one after the other.

Deng Shiyi also started by bowing.

She bowed first to Lu Xiaobu, then to each of the seniors.

She was the youngest, and without the Iron Cavalry’s internal channels, she wouldn’t have this chance.

So this time, she was basically tagging along with the seniors.

"Xiaobu, why are you dressed so casually?" Wearing a formal dress, Sun Wanqi asked with a wry smile.

"Casually?" Lu Xiaobu tugged at his hoodie.

"Aren’t you supposed to be in a suit?" Sun Wanqi said helplessly.

"Why wear that? It’s restricting." Lu Xiaobu waved dismissively. "You guys are going on stage to accept the award, I’m just an audience member, no need."

Has anyone worn a suit before? Especially tailored ones, they’re like a prison, binding you tightly.

Big movements are impossible, and if you move too much, you’ll feel suffocated!

"Alright." The musicians exchanged looks and smiled wryly, saying no more.

Boarding the plane, first class, bound for America.

Oh, this time Su Luoxue accompanies Lu Xiaobu, Liang Lan is absent.

Since Lu Xiaobu became a hands-off shopkeeper again, Liang Lan has been overwhelmed with company matters.

After boarding, Sun Wanqi and the others kept greeting or being greeted by others.

This first-class cabin was filled with people headed to the Grammys.

Hence, they were somewhat familiar.

Of course, few were nominees; most were audience members, or assistants and agents of nominated artists, a crowd.

In comparison, Sun Wanqi and their six-member group seemed sparse, with just one assistant each, no agents.

No choice, since they’re accompanying Lu Xiaobu; a bigger entourage than Lu Xiaobu’s would be impolite.

The plane took off, quietly throughout, as everyone saw Lu Xiaobu had closed his eyes, not daring to disturb.

Thus, Lu Xiaobu peacefully arrived in America.

This was his second time in America.

Recall the first time, uh... the power of Qi! Hahaha!