Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 129 New Era Wants to Take Over Hengdong New Records

"How's your company doing?"

As the car drove along, Faye Wong asked about Zhou Ziheng's record company.

"The stage has been set, and the company's first record will be released in May."

Zhou Ziheng said casually.

"Were you involved in the production?" Faye Wong asked curiously.

“Yes, I wrote two songs, Chen Xiaoqi and Li Haiying wrote one, and the singer is my cousin.

You should know Chen Xiaoqi and Li Haiying!"

"I know them. They are the most famous producers in the country, but I don't know them personally. If you have a chance, please introduce them to me."

……

Speaking of Hengdong Records' first album, at the beginning, Zhou Ziheng planned to write only one song for He Jin, which was "Little Flower".

But after his first concert, he made some changes.

There is no way but to change!
The song "Little Flower" did not receive a very good response.

In the first two concerts, Li Chunbo and Gan Ping are veteran singers who are already well-known.

He Jin and the Shanying band are both considered newcomers.

The Shanying Band has a lot of appeal in Sichuan, but is not famous at all in the south.

But after they sang their songs "Torch Festival in July" and "Out of Daliang Mountain" at Zhou Ziheng's concert, they caused quite a stir in Guangdong the next day.

Many media outlets have reported on this rock band composed of ethnic minorities.

On April 1st, their first official album "Daliangshan Rock" was released.

Upon its release, "July Torch Festival" directly topped various music charts in the south.

The order volume for the record is also very good.

The first batch of orders was as high as 100,000.

On the contrary, He Jin is also a newcomer.

But his "Little Flower" did not receive any response at all.

The next day, only a tabloid in Dongguan reported the song.

This is because the lyrics and music of this song are written by Zhou Ziheng, and He Jin is from Dongguan.

Hengdong Records also visited the fans who attended the concert that night and asked them what they thought of the song.

The final conclusion was that everyone thought that this song had a high degree of overlap with "Xiao Fang", but was not as simple as "Xiao Fang", so no one liked this song very much.

In this situation, another meeting was held within Hengdong Records.

Finally, it was decided not to use this song as the title song for He Jin's new album.

Zhou Ziheng also couldn't stand He Jin staring at him pitifully every day.

I could only write a new song for him.

This time, Zhou Ziheng did not do it perfunctorily, but seriously referred to He Jin's tone.

He Jin's voice is actually very good.

Especially the vocal range is very high.

It's not even just generally tall. At present, in the entire Chinese music scene, perhaps only Zhang Yusheng is taller than him.

His vocal range is almost on the same level as Sun Nan's.

So, Zhou Ziheng thought about it and directly wrote the song "Come Back Soon" from Sun Nan's "Northern Lights" released in 1999 to He Jin.

Zhou Ziheng planned to make He Jin like Sun Nan, but there was no need to do any work, just give him Sun Nan's songs directly.

Sun Nan still has many good songs.

Giving his songs to He Jin should help him become famous.

Speaking of Sun Nan, he actually had some interactions with Zhou Ziheng.

Sun Nan should be one of the few singers from mainland China who signed with a Hong Kong record company very early on.

He also developed in Guangdong in the late 1980s.

In 92, when Zhou Ziheng was becoming famous, he was discovered by Yi Neng Dong Yin and signed with the band. In October 1993, he released his first album "We Are All Sad People".

Unfortunately, the response was mediocre.

It can be said that Sun Nan's development in the entertainment industry has always been mediocre.

It was not until the late 1990s, when his art company was acquired by BMG, that he reached the climax of his life.

The concert was not to start until the next day, and Zhou Ziheng was not too busy today, so he took Faye Wong around Shanghai.

In the evening, the two of them made an appointment with a few local friends to go to the local nightclub.

Faye Wong is still the same and likes to go to nightclubs.

……

The Shanghai concert arrived as scheduled.

Actually, there is nothing worth talking about.

In the first show, the guest singer was Lin Yilun, and the response was good.

Speaking of Lin Yilun, he is similar to Li Chunbo.

After the song became a hit, he became keen on taking on commercial performances.

In fact, he is more powerful than Li Chunbo.

Although Li Chunbo likes to take on commercial performances, he knows that records are the key to his popularity, so he still maintains the frequency of releasing one record a year.

As for Lin Yilun, he was completely immersed in commercial performances. After "Love Bird" became popular, he stopped recording albums and just went for commercial performances every day.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s actually normal.

This person is different from Li Chunbo.

Li Chunbo produces all his own records. Like Zhou Ziheng, he signs profit-sharing contracts with record companies.

Although his share was very low, far less than Zhou Ziheng's, it was still a considerable amount, so Li Chunbo was naturally willing to continue releasing records.

But Lin Yilun is different, he is the singer found by Pacific.

I heard that he was paid a certain amount for singing "Love Bird".

After "Love Birds" was finished, he didn't have the ability to compose songs himself. If Pacific didn't create songs for him, he would basically have no chance.

Therefore, you would be a fool not to make money from "Love Birds" while it's still popular.

Compared to the first concert, the response was average.

The second game was quite heated.

After all, the guest is Faye Wong.

In the past two years, Faye Wong has been very popular in the Chinese music scene.

She won major awards at several music awards events that just concluded in Hong Kong.

To a certain extent, she has even begun to surpass Sally Yeh, who is gradually retiring, in popularity.

The Mandarin version of her song "Obstinate" from last year has recently become very popular in mainland China.

Therefore, due to her high popularity and her status as a singer from Hong Kong and Taiwan, her attendance at Zhou Ziheng's concert attracted a lot of attention.

At the concert, she sang one of her new songs.

Faye Wong is a singer of PolyGram.

Logically speaking, the relationship between PolyGram and Zhou Ziheng is very tense, and it is impossible for them to let Faye Wong support Zhou Ziheng.

The reason why PolyGram did not speak this time.

The main reason is that Faye Wong is going to release a new album.

On the 8th, her first Mandarin album will be released throughout Asia.

Since it is a Mandarin album, it naturally needs to be promoted in mainland China as well.

In mainland China today, there is no bigger publicity channel than Zhou Ziheng’s concerts.

Therefore, PolyGram did not say anything when it came to Faye Wong attending Zhou Ziheng's concert.

Actually, it’s normal.

The feud between Zhou Ziheng and PolyGram mainly comes from Jacky Cheung.

He has no grudges against other singers.

Even Faye Wong and Leon Lai are his good friends.

No matter how much PolyGram hates Zhou Ziheng, it cannot prevent the second brother and the first sister of the two companies from interacting with Zhou Ziheng.

All they could do was watch silently.

The new song that Faye Wong sang at Zhou Ziheng's concert is called "I Do".

This song should be considered one of Faye Wong's many representative works.

It was this song and "Obstinate" that opened up the Mandarin market for her, making her one of the most popular Mandarin female singers in the 1990s.

It was also from this song that Faye Wong officially began to become widely popular in mainland China and later became a queen of her generation.

Zhou Ziheng's concert is indeed a good publicity channel.

The next day after the concert, Faye Wong's "I Do" became a song that mainland media rushed to report.

PolyGram's partner company in mainland China also took advantage of the situation and pushed the song to major radio stations the next day. In just a few days, the song climbed into the top five on major song request charts.

However, this has nothing to do with Zhou Ziheng.

After having a meal with Faye Wong and saying goodbye, Zhou Ziheng continued his concert tour.

Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Tianjin, and then Beijing.

Two venues in one place.

By the time all the concerts in mainland China were over, it was already May.

During this period, Zhou Ziheng's concerts have also been reported a lot.

Especially some of the concerts with tens of thousands of people.

However, with the two concerts in Guangzhou before them, although the subsequent concerts attracted much attention among fans, their popularity in the media was visibly declining.

However, although the coverage is obviously much less than when it first started, the impact is still great.

Influenced by Zhou Ziheng, the Four Heavenly Kings including Jacky Cheung have contacted the mainland one after another and are about to start their mainland concerts.

Even in Taiwan, many singers have been contacting venue organizers in the mainland and are planning to hold concerts there.

To a certain extent, Zhou Ziheng is really leading the trend.

His concerts were so popular that other singers were eager to come to the mainland to make money.

Of course, the specific effect is unknown.

……

The concert in the mainland is over, and the next stop is Southeast Asia.

However, Zhou Ziheng still has a few days of rest before leaving.

He took advantage of this time to return to Guangzhou and prepare to release the company's first album, which was He Jin's first album.

Hengdong Records, founded by Zhou Ziheng, is about to release a new album, and this news has attracted the attention of several major record distribution companies in the mainland.

Although He Jin is a newcomer.

But people in the circle are well-informed, and most people know that this is Zhou Ziheng's cousin.

Even several behind-the-scenes creators of this album were dug out.

Zhou Ziheng, Chen Xiaoqi, Li Haiying.

Needless to say, these three names alone are enough to attract the attention of several major record companies.

At present, these three are the top creators in the southern music scene.

Li Qiang has been very busy recently, as he has been busy with Yang Yuying's upcoming concert.

But after knowing that Zhou Ziheng had returned to Guangzhou, he went to his house as soon as possible.

“Ziheng, please let us at New Era release this Hengdong album!

We have worked together before, and you should know that we are fully capable of promoting this record nationwide."

After the meeting, Li Qiang directly proposed that he wanted to take over "Newcomer He Jin".

"Newcomer He Jin" is the name of Hengdong's new album.

"How do you plan to cooperate?"

Zhou Ziheng asked someone to serve Li Qiang a cup of tea and sat down on the chair behind the desk.

at last.

Finally, the day came when I wasn’t the one sitting on the sofa in front of someone else’s desk.

Now I am the one behind the desk.

As the position changes, the status represented also begins to change.

“Although He Jin is not me, I am confident in this album.

So I won’t follow the template of ordinary newcomers in terms of profit sharing.”

When Li Qiang heard this, he not only did not frown or retreat, but he became more energetic.

He was not afraid that Zhou Ziheng would ask for a large share, but was worried that he would not ask for it at all.

As we all know, Zhou Ziheng has been cooperating in the Pacific.

Now that Zhou Ziheng is willing to discuss profit sharing, it means that he has not excluded other record companies.

"How much do you want?"

Li Qiang's tone was gentle, even a little eager.

This year, New Era's sales data has dropped significantly compared to last year.

Whether it is Mao Ning, the new generation golden boy who succeeded Zhou Ziheng, or Yang Yuying, who is extremely popular.

This year's figures have all dropped significantly.

Especially Yang Yuying.

The quality of the songs in this year's record of this Jade Queen is average, and coupled with the fact that she has been busy with her love life recently, her sales figures have dropped significantly this year.

New Era now desperately needs a hit record to boost morale.

Although everyone has been saying that the new era has the potential to transcend the Pacific.

But it’s potential.

In fact, New Era is much weaker than Pacific.

This is true for both the singers and the team behind the scenes.

Especially after Chen Xiaoqi came to Pacific Records as the record director, he brought many singers from China Records to join Pacific Records.

The joining of Li Chunbo, Gan Ping and Cheng Lin has greatly increased Pacific's strength, and none of the many companies in the south can be its rival.

In the new era, apart from Yang Yuying and the half-dead Mao Ning, there are no other singers worth mentioning.

Therefore, Li Qiang really hopes to reach a cooperation with Zhou Ziheng and get this album from Hengdong Records.

"50-50 split, you guys will be responsible for publicity. If you agree, we can discuss the follow-up."

Zhou Ziheng said seriously.

The current domestic distribution channels are not within the reach of private companies.

Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with a distribution company like New Era.

Although Pacific also expressed its willingness to distribute "Newcomer He Jin" and said it was willing to discuss the distribution share in detail.

But Zhou Ziheng would never think that money is too much.

He won't put all his eggs in one basket.

He will give the records of several major domestic record companies to whoever has the best conditions.

If Xinshidai can accept a 50-50 split, then he will naturally be willing to cooperate with them.

"Can I listen to the record?"

It’s too high. This share is already astronomically high for a newcomer.

But Li Qiang did not refuse directly, but asked to listen to the record.

"no problem."

Zhou Ziheng nodded, found the recorded master tape and inserted it into the record player next to him.

“I can’t tell whether it’s urban or rural”

“Can’t tell whether it’s night or day”

“Is there a mirror where I can see myself?”

……

"This is "People Go High" written by Xiao Qi. It may not be widely sung, but the quality of the song is beyond reproach."

Zhou Ziheng explained beside him.

After the song ended, the singing continued, this time it was "Come Back Soon" written by Zhou Ziheng.

"Without you, the world would be in vain"

“I’m stuck where I am”

"Let the memories gather"

As soon as the song started playing, Li Qiang immersed himself in it wholeheartedly.

"come back quickly"

“I can’t handle it alone”

"come back quickly"

……

When the climax came, Li Qiang felt goosebumps all over his body.

Looking across the entire mainland, I'm afraid only Liu Huan has that kind of penetrating voice.

"I don't need to listen to it. Just based on this song, I believe this record will be a big hit."

Li Qiang looked at Zhou Ziheng.

"So……"

"Fifty-fifty split. I agree." Li Qiang said directly.

(End of this chapter)