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"The Music Festival is scheduled to take place on the twenty-fifth of this year's end, and the Literature and Art Association does not want to drag it until next year. Mr. Lin's invitation for the festival has already been sent out, and the nominations for various awards will be announced today at eleven o'clock..."

Starlight Entertainment.

Lin Yuan's office.

Gu Dong was reporting the situation.

Lin Yuan nodded, feeling quite anticipatory within.

He had won twelve consecutive championships this year, and since the Music Festival essentially served as the annual report for the music industry, it was likely that he would be a nominee for most of the popular awards.

The more specific results would depend on the tastes of the Music Festival judges.

The waters here were deep.

Just like how a movie's box office success does not solely determine its awards, the Music Festival's prizes were not decided merely by seasonal rankings.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the Music Festival at all.

Everybody could merely take their seat according to the seasonal rankings.

Meanwhile, as Lin Yuan received his invitation, eyes from both inside and outside the industry were on him!

The Music Festival was Blue Star's most influential music event!

It was tied to the dreams of countless musicians!

At this moment.

All eyes in the music circle were locked onto the official account of the Music Festival!

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Midday.

Eleven o'clock.

An entertainment media company.

The chief editor sat in front of the computer, constantly refreshing the webpage, waiting for the announcement of the Music Festival's major award nominations.

The editors below were abuzz with discussion.

"Who do you think will be nominated this year?"

"Xian Yu is definitely going to have quite a few nominations."

"Lu Sheng's song might also be nominated."

"That means Matsushima Rain and Ito Makoto could also have a chance."

"Even though they lost in the seasonal rankings, the distribution of Music Festival awards is not certain, as the rankings don't represent everything."

"My article is already prepared in advance."

The magazine definitely needs to seize the news first; whoever writes faster will gain the traffic.

Just then.

The chief editor's voice was somewhat tense, "It's announced!"

Everyone immediately became serious, and their gazes turned towards the computer screen!

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Music Festival Best Lyricist nominees:

Ni Hongwu "Lost Paradise," Zou Jiaming "Fight for a Better Tomorrow," Yao Wang "Not Worthy," Xian Yu "Blue and White Porcelain"

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Music Festival Best Pop Composer nominees:

Mike "snow," Wu Long "Wound," Xian Yu "Blue and White Porcelain," Xian Yu "Nocturne"

...

Music Festival Most Popular Male Singer nominees:

Sun Yaohuo "Blue and White Porcelain," Lu Tong "Hollow," Shen Mao "Eyeing the Southeast Wind," Xian Yu "Nocturne"

...

Music Festival Best Arrangement nominees:

Xian Yu "The Seventh Chapter of Night," Cang Ming "Turn and Go Straight," Niu Baoli "Universe," Tunan "Fog"

...

After seeing only a few of the nominee lists, the editors were taken aback.

Xian Yu, Xian Yu, Xian Yu!

The frequency of this name's appearance was, dare we say, too high—was this the power of twelve consecutive championships?

"There's more!"

With an editor's exclamation, they continued to read and, sure enough, saw a bunch of nominations for "Xian Yu!"

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6..."

The more they counted, the more shocked they were, and in the end, they were utterly dumbfounded!

"11, 12, 13..."

Xian Yu had actually been nominated in thirteen different awards!

Damn!

This was the Music Festival organized by all five continents combined!

With so many top musicians across the continents, being able to enter the nominations in thirteen categories with one's own strength—could a person even achieve that?

On what grounds?

On the grounds of winning twelve consecutive championships?

Even with Xian Yu's twelve consecutive championships, it would not normally be possible to be nominated for thirteen awards!

The editors discussed feverishly!

The chief editor's eyes were glued to the computer screen, analyzing each award in turn, and then he suddenly slapped his thigh:

"I get it!"

"Get what?"

"The Literature and Art Association is intentionally boosting Xian Yu?"

"No, take a close look at these nominated categories!"

"Did you see? 'Sugar,' this song was nominated for Best Music Video. Do you think that has anything to do with composing..."

"And 'Blue and White Porcelain' was nominated for Best Lyrics."

"Under normal circumstances, the lyricist, composer, and even the singer are not the same person. It's just Xian Yu, the oddball, whose songs are all self-written, self-composed, and sometimes even self-sung, so in the end, all the awards go to him!"

"It's also because he sometimes sings his own songs that he was nominated for Male Singer of the Year."

"As for Best Arrangement, Xian Yu was nominated too, but the nominated song is 'The Seventh Chapter of Night.' Not every Maestro understands arranging, but Xian Yu does, and he understands it very well!"

The editor-in-chief observed closely.

With such an explanation, everyone gradually came back to their senses!

Holy!

It's true!

Why does everyone find Xian Yu's numerous nominations somewhat unscientific?

Because not all of his nominated categories are related to a Maestro's role!

Lyric writing...

Arranging...

Singing...

Even music videos...

Where on earth are these awards a Maestro could win?

Obviously, these categories are all intended for lyricists, arrangers, singers, and other musicians!

That's the crux of the matter!

Although Xian Yu is a Maestro, he is too versatile: proficient in lyric writing, composing, arranging, and singing!

Just take a look at the examples to see the pattern.

Could the music festival not nominate 'Blue and White Porcelain' for Best Lyrics?

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Could the music festival not nominate 'The Seventh Chapter of Night' for Best Arrangement?

It's not about whether the nominee is Xian Yu or not. It's that these works themselves have reached that standard!

Not to mention, there are some special cases.

For instance, there is an award at the music festival called "Best Official Promotional Song."

This award, 'Qin Continent Welcomes You' was a sure nominee!

Was there any suspense in that?

The official promotional song of Bluelympics this year!

Not giving the award would be like not giving face to Bluelympics, right?

Then there's the Best Anime Soundtrack award - 'Until The End Of The World' was easily nominated.

If the music from 'Slam Dunk' was missing from this year's animation soundtrack categories, that would be weird, wouldn't it?

Not to mention, Xian Yu has a nailed-on Maestro award.

This has led to Xian Yu's unprecedented nominations for thirteen major awards!

Yes.

Unprecedented!

Although the music festival has many awards, one person being nominated for thirteen major awards at once had never happened before!

Now there was a big commotion!

The reaction of this magazine was just the tip of the iceberg amid the huge sensation.

When the music festival announced the list of nominees this time, the entire industry was stunned!

"My God, Xian Yu was nominated for thirteen major awards at once?"

"Am I seeing this right?"

"This is the music festival we're talking about, not some third-rate awards for any Tom, Dick, or Harry!"

"This has never happened before!"

"The previous record was held by a top Maestro from Zhong Continent who was nominated for eight categories, and Xian Yu just topped that Maestro by four additional nominations!"

"Even a twelve-time champion can't be this crazy!"

"The main thing is that Xian Yu is so spectacularly unusual; he's clearly a Maestro but insists on competing for awards reserved for singers, lyricists, and arrangers!"

At the same time!

Tribe bloggers and netizens on major online platforms were also collectively shocked!

The music festival is an annual event, and anyone with a bit of common sense knows what it means to be nominated for thirteen rewards!

"Well played, thirteen major awards at the music festival; is this what a world of the powerful looks like?"

"The terror of a twelve-time champion!"

"I only knew Xian Yu as the recipient of the twelve-time champion, and that he would definitely be the main star of this music festival - but I never imagined he would straight-up be nominated for thirteen major awards, not even sparing the categories of singing, lyric writing, and arranging!"

"This guy is truly an all-rounder!"

"I surrender, Fish Papa is a real multifaceted warrior!"

"Give some awards to other musicians, pretty please!"

"Can't even find a weak spot anymore. Other songwriters collaborate with various creators, yet he handles all the tasks alone, and if he's in a rush, he simply sings himself - and happens to sing even better than many Kings of Singing!"

Before, there had also been discussions about Xian Yu's all-around musical capabilities.

But because his Maestro halo was too dazzling, it overshadowed Lin Yuan's achievements in other aspects.

And today.

The music festival made everyone in the lands of Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Han realize just how versatile Xian Yu was in music!

All-rounder!

Multifaceted warrior!

This description is damn fitting!

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ps: Some people may not understand what an all-rounder means: Once upon a time, the island country's media exclaimed with shock that Marlon was an all-rounder. It meant that Marlon had maxed out core attributes in table tennis such as speed, power, technique, defense, serve, and experience. In other words, Marlon had no weaknesses in his table tennis skills, and all his indicators were the strongest.