Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 101: Broken Defense, the God of Song Broke Defense

Just when the "Fairy Tale" MV caused a viewing craze in Hong Kong.

"Fairy Tale" was also broadcast and promoted in mainland China.

Compared to Hong Kong, where it took two days for word of mouth for "Fairy Tale" to develop and resonate with the audience, in mainland China, it only aired on major television and radio stations on the same day and caused a huge sensation.

As I said, Zhou Ziheng is more popular in mainland China.

It is not an exaggeration to even call him the king of mainland pop.

On the day it was released on the radio, "Fairy Tale" directly topped the song request charts of major radio stations.

Among dozens of radio stations in mainland China that have music channels, the song "Fairy Tale" is always the number one song.

On television, the song's MV caused an even bigger sensation.

The people in the mainland at this time were relatively simpler than those in later generations.

An MV like "Fairy Tale" which has caused a lot of trouble in Hong Kong will naturally be more powerful when it is put on the mainland.

On the same day, after the MV was broadcast on major TV stations, countless families burst into tears that night because of the MV. They were all moved by "Fairy Tale".

The day after the MV was aired, it was listed on the Oriental Horizon Golden Melody Chart of last week published by China Television News.

"Fairy Tale" directly ranked third, becoming the first song since the establishment of the Oriental Horizon Golden Melody Chart to be ranked in the top five or three of the Golden Melody Chart just the day after the MV was played.

What made Zhou Ziheng and Pacific laugh and cry was that, because the MV of "Fairy Tale" was so popular, the on-demand data on major TV stations was extremely high.

This even caught the attention of the video studio.

Several local video hall owners in Guangzhou approached Pacific directly, hoping that Pacific could make the MTV of "Fairy Tale" into videotapes and sell them to them for rental.

They directly treated the "Fairy Tale" MV as a small movie.

Pacific was very interested in this because the video hall actually offered a pretty good price of ten thousand yuan a year.

Although mosquitoes are small, they are still meat!
However, Zhou Ziheng personally intervened and refused to release the videotape.

The people in these video halls have a good plan.

Now everyone knows that "Fairy Tale" is a huge hit and fans are eagerly waiting for the release of this album.

If he releases the video, what about his album?
"Fairy Tale" is an important part of his album and is the title song.

If it were made into a videotape and released, indeed, it would surely do well in the videotape market.

But what about his album then?
Everyone went to rent the video tape to watch it, who would buy his album just because of this song?

In addition, the MV of a song is actually made into a videotape and released, which is actually suspected of cutting leeks.

Anyway, Zhou Ziheng doesn't want to do this kind of thing.

However, he himself realized one thing.

That is, the audience is very eager for "Fairy Tale" to be released as soon as possible.

Whether it was the music and video stores in the mainland that kept calling to place orders for stock, or the video halls in the mainland trying to take advantage of the situation, it all showed that this song was extremely popular in the market.

So, on the 18th, when "Fairy Tale" was officially released in Taiwan and other regions, Zhou Ziheng held negotiations with Pacific and EMi Records.

It was finally decided to release "Fairy Tale" ahead of schedule, moving the release date originally planned for mid-month directly to December 1st.

Although this is a bit rushed, it's still in time.

Because Zhou Ziheng's MV has been filmed, Pacific and EMi can prepare for full distribution.

Just when Zhou Ziheng, Pacific and EMi decided to release the album "Fairy Tale" in advance.

On the same day, "Fairy Tale" was officially broadcast on television and radio stations in Taiwan and Singapore.

Zhou Ziheng still has a certain appeal in Taiwan and other places.

His album "Pacific Heartbreak" has sold nearly three million copies in other parts of Asia.

This data is based on the fact that a large number of fans like it.

After these people buy the records, whenever they listen to them, they will inevitably come across the name Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng has an outstanding appearance, not an ordinary one.

Although I don’t think I make a living by my looks.

But even Zhou Ziheng himself has to admit that his appearance is actually one of the reasons for the success of the album.

It is even an important factor that makes fans remember him.

Therefore, when "Fairy Tale" was broadcast on TV and radio, a large number of Wanwan and Singaporean fans who had paid attention to him before immediately watched the MV of "Fairy Tale" and listened to it on the radio.

The power of "Fairy Tale" is needless to say.

In just two days, "Fairy Tale" successfully opened up the Taiwanese market and achieved very impressive results on statistical charts such as the song request chart.

There is no doubt that a trend called "Fairy Tale" has quickly swept across the Chinese-speaking regions.

A large number of fans began to pay attention to the song "Fairy Tale" intentionally or unintentionally.

The song "Fairy Tale" is actually not that difficult to sing.

Especially the climax part, if you have listened to it two or three times, ordinary people can sing it.

So, even though it was only broadcast on the radio.

No record was released.

But the song quickly became popular.

"I want to be in a fairy tale"

"The Angel You Love"

"Open your hands"

"Turning into wings to protect you"

These lyrics began to spread among the general public in a short period of time.

Many people who don’t know the song will ask about the name of the song after hearing others humming it and thinking it sounds good. Then the person humming it will tell them the name of the song.

Through word of mouth, "Fairy Tale" became more and more popular, and it seemed that it would directly explode the market.

November 21st.

"Fairy Tale" continues to be popular, surpassing the most popular song "Happy Birthday, Lover" from Andy Lau's album "Love" released in November in Hong Kong.

In Singapore, it surpassed the song "Gently Say I Love You (Single Version)" by Eric Moo, the most popular singer in Singapore.

In Wanwan's case, it suppressed Zhang Yu's "Good Intentions", and even Meng Tingwei's "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" was able to compete with "Fairy Tale" only because it had already been released and was selling well in the market.

It has to be said that November and December every year are the most intense times in the record market.

The same is true this November.

In addition to the above albums.

Others include Jimmy Lin, Pan Meichen and others.

Even Faye Wong released an EP "Like the Wind" in November.

In addition, the upcoming December will also be full of competition. Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, three of the Four Heavenly Kings will release albums in December.

Plus Zhou Ziheng.

December hasn't even arrived yet, but a feeling of gunpowder has already hit us.

However, Zhou Ziheng was not afraid at all.

On the 21st, he released the second hit promotional song in the album, "Has Anyone Told You?"

The song was simultaneously broadcast on major radio stations across Asia.

When "Fairy Tale" became a huge hit with its MV and killed all other songs, this song took advantage of its power and went straight into the top ten as soon as it was released on the radio.

In Hong Kong, the movie "Happy Birthday" with Andy Lau was very popular.

In Singapore and Taiwan, it quickly caught up with Zhang Yu's "Good Intentions" and Meng Tingwei's "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind".

Judging from the list, there is no doubt that the quality of the list in the Cantonese-speaking region this year is slightly inferior to that of Taiwan.

The Mandarin market has produced many hit songs, with several popular songs competing on the charts almost every month.

In the Cantonese market, the number of golden songs this year can be counted...

In terms of sentiment, "Has Anyone Told You" is definitely not as good as "Good Intentions" and "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind".

But in terms of musical innovation and popularity, "Has Anyone Told You" is in no way inferior to these two songs.

In addition, the MV of "Fairy Tale" brought tears to fans and attracted a large number of fans for Zhou Ziheng.

This made "Has Anyone Told You" compete closely with "Good Intentions" and "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" on the charts in Taiwan and other regions.

Although at a disadvantage, it still has great potential.

This continued for five days.

On the 26th, Zhou Ziheng played the song "Those Years" again. As soon as this song about school memories appeared on the radio, it was immediately welcomed by young people who had left school for a while.

It has become another masterpiece that recalls youth.

And on the charts, this song is also very powerful.

Whether it is Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, or the mainland.

This song has been ranked in the top ten of various charts due to its excellent quality.

Then, a strange thing happened.

On the music charts in the Chinese-speaking regions, Zhou Ziheng's album has not been released yet, but three of his songs are on the charts.

And it's not over yet.

In the following days, Zhou Ziheng did not play by the rules.

Start releasing a song every two days.

No. 28 "Let Tears Turn into Rain of Lovesickness".

Number 30, "Courage".

After the two songs were released on the radio, they quickly entered the top ten.

Among them, "Courage" was a huge hit, and it directly killed its way up, entering the top five on the same day. Together with "Has Anyone Told You", it was eyeing "Good Intentions" and "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind".

……

Zhou Ziheng's new album has not been released yet, but his songs are already hot on the charts.

This undoubtedly attracted the attention of major media.

In particular, the Hong Kong media, which had been sarcastic and mocking some time ago and thought that EMi Records would suffer huge losses, have now been collectively slapped in the face.

But it is obviously shameless to expect the media to do so.

They were not at all embarrassed by being slapped in the face.

The next day, he changed his tone and began to praise Zhou Ziheng.

Oriental Daily: "Zhou Ziheng is definitely the biggest pride of the Chinese music scene this year. His achievements will be no less than the Four Heavenly Kings."

Ming Pao: "Zhou Ziheng's courage to face Jacky Cheung is not arrogance, but he has the ability to do so."

New Era: "How does Jacky Cheung deal with Zhou Ziheng? The release date of his album with Zhou Ziheng is not far away."

Yes! What does Jacky Cheung think?

Many media outlets are very curious about this issue.

On the same day, the media found Jacky Cheung.

"Jacky, have you paid attention to Zhou Ziheng's new album?

He has released five first releases, all of which are of good quality and are deeply loved by fans. Currently, they have entered the top ten on major music charts in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and even the mainland.

And you haven't made any movement yet, are you afraid of Zhou Ziheng?"

Jacky Cheung was very happy as he had just negotiated a movie invitation with Wong Jing.

As soon as I went out, I met reporters.

Then the reporter really brought up something irrelevant and asked him directly about Zhou Ziheng, the person he hated the most.

On the spot, his face immediately turned red and warm, as if steam was evaporating.

"I don't pay attention to these. My record will be released on the 5th, and the first song will be on radio and TV tomorrow."

Jacky Cheung didn't want to say more.

I really don't have confidence now.

Although he said that he didn't pay attention to Zhou Ziheng's songs.

But the fact is that he has contributed a lot to the listening rate of Zhou Ziheng's radio songs.

Zhou Ziheng is now more familiar with several of his current hit songs than his own songs and he can even sing them.

That's why he is a little unconfident.

Although PolyGram and he both claimed that "Blessing" was an album that was as good as "Kiss Goodbye".

But in fact, he and his company both understand that his album is actually inferior to "Kiss Goodbye".

The few songs Zhou Ziheng has released so far are not only of good quality, but also very popular.

He was really worried that he wouldn't be able to do it.

In fact, the company had considered withdrawing the film from the schedule so as to avoid a face-to-face conflict with Zhou Ziheng.

They are not worried about the sales of their album.

What they were worried about was that if their sales volume was not higher than Zhou Ziheng's, EMi would definitely hold on to this matter and step on him madly.

EMi is different from entertainment music.

Yineng Dongyin used to be a subsidiary of PolyGram, so there was a relationship between them. Moreover, Yineng Dongyin's distribution channels were actually established with the help of PolyGram. They did not dare to offend PolyGram too much, for fear that PolyGram would get angry and directly withdraw their distribution channels.

But EMi is a different company.

EMI is the number one record company in the UK, and PolyGram has to temporarily avoid it.

In the United States and other places, PolyGram is also suppressed by EMI.

It can be said that other companies may be afraid of PolyGram’s British background, but EMI is not afraid, and they even dare to hit PolyGram.

In this case, if Zhou Ziheng really surpasses Jacky Cheung in sales.

It can be predicted that EMi will definitely take advantage of the situation and let Zhou Ziheng step on Jacky Cheung's corpse to get to the top.

Jacky Cheung is now one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and usually others are the ones who are stepped on by him.

Now, there is a sudden possibility of being stepped on by others. In order to stabilize Jacky Cheung's reputation, PolyGram naturally does not want this to really happen.

Therefore, PolyGram considered withdrawing the film from the schedule to avoid a clash with Zhou Ziheng.

However, PolyGram is now in a difficult situation.

Who made them speak out against Zhou Ziheng just when he announced that his new album would be released in December and madly stepped on him?

Jacky Cheung even said in front of the media, "Talking is not a skill, if you have the ability, come to the market and try your luck."

This statement could be considered a declaration of war.

The declaration of war has been made, if Jacky Cheung dares to retreat now.

He assured me that the media would write him off.

"Zhou Ziheng's songs are so popular right now, there's no way you haven't heard them, Jacky Cheung, just say a few words!"

"Do you still have the confidence to defeat Zhou Ziheng?"

"Do you still think Zhou Ziheng is just a passing meteor?"

"Are you afraid of Zhou Ziheng?"

When the reporters saw Jacky Cheung's appearance, they immediately became excited.

They don’t care if Jacky Cheung feels unhappy.

For them, tomorrow's headlines are all that matters.

Therefore, when they saw that Jacky Cheung ignored them, they chased after him and asked questions loudly.

The problems are more acute than one another.

“I told you, the truth will be revealed in the record market. We’ll know whether it’s a mule or a horse when it’s pulled out.

Zhou Ziheng's album hasn't even been released yet, why is he so crazy?

Even when my album "Kiss Goodbye" sold so many copies, it was never this crazy."

Jacky Cheung said angrily.

“But the sales of “Sad in the Pacific” are not much worse than yours. Although your sales in the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets are higher, in mainland China, “Sad in the Pacific” is higher than “Goodbye Kiss”.

They have similar sales, why do you think you are better than him? "

the reporter asked loudly.

Hearing this, Jacky Cheung instantly became furious and couldn't help but spit out curse words, "Cao Nima! I..."

The defense is broken, the God of Song is broken.

Seeing this scene, the reporter who was scolded was not angry at all. Instead, he took two steps forward on his own initiative, as if he was putting his face forward for Jacky Cheung to hit him.

Other reporters excitedly pointed their cameras at Jacky Cheung and took pictures crazily.

(End of this chapter)