They Gave the Golden Melody Award to a Pretty Boy, So I Tore Into the Chinese Music Scene

At the Golden Melody Awards, frontrunner Shen Che arrived full of confidence with his song Blue and White Porcelain. He went home without a single award, as the committee handed Best Song directly to a popular young idol.

In an interview with reporters, Shen Che angrily wrote the poem Dead Waters, lashing out at the hopeless state of Chinese-language music.

"This is a ditch of dead water, despairing and still. A gentle breeze cannot stir the slightest ripple."

Then he announced that his songs would never again be entered in any awards competition.

Later, when songs like Night's Tale, Ten Years, and Sunny Day were released, people finally realized that it wasn't Shen Che who needed the Golden Melody Awards. The Golden Melody Awards needed Shen Che.

The committee: "Please, bring a song and enter it in the competition. You can have every award."

Shen Che: "I no longer need awards to prove myself."

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