Jay Chou Expecting Too Much?

This year’s Golden Melody Awards is slated for show this Saturday, the 27th of June, and Jay Chou who garnered the most nominations, has been confirmed to be absent from the ceremony, igniting much debate. When he appeared for an event in Mainland China on the 20th, he straightforwardly expressed that “If the Golden Melody Awards are fair, I’ll win awards without even having to be there.”

With the ceremony approaching, almost all of the A-lister stars have been confirming their no-shows, and Jay Chou who has been nominated for eight of the major awards is also not turning up. This has led ceremony host Matilda Tao to exasperatedly say, “Even the one with the most nominations isn’t coming, I really can’t see the passion of our musicians here”, seemingly implying that these singers are too focused on earning money, thus ignoring the state of the music industry back home.

Jay Chou also responded to this during his event on the 20th, stating that he wants to attend the ceremony personally, “But once the contract’s signed, I can’t breach it, so my absence is definitely not because I want to earn money.”

Apart from this, Chairman Chou (周董), who has once criticized the Awards for not being fair enough, also remarked that if everything is fair and just, he will still win despite not turning up. When asked about the ongoing debate by netizens and fans alike, he stayed true to his cool personality and commented that “Fans’ support are the most important to me.”

Jay Chou sound cocky to you? Not to me. And no, it's not just because I'm a huge fan. I mean seriously. If you know Jay Chou (and how would you not?) you know he wins over 20 music awards every single year. The man is simply a performing arts genius. Is there really any doubt that he'll win almost every category he's been nominated in?
Jay Chou works extremely hard for his music, I'm sure we ourselves can't even begin to comprehend how hard. Jay Chou keep on doing what your doing! I support you & really hope you'll get what you deserve! I understand that he's simply stating that stars who do not attend the awards, usually do not get it, only because they do not show up, even though they truly won it. He's speaking up for all his fellow stars, but of course in his answers he only speaks for himself. He understands he can't just pull everyone else into his answer, as that'd be rude. He's not arrogant. Just speaking the truth.