Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 140: King Bomb English Album

Zhou Ziheng’s idea was that if possible, he wanted to kidnap Pana and Tony Jaa.

However, his idea was ultimately shattered.

According to Pana, Thai films need him.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't want to develop in Hong Kong and plans to stay in Thailand.

His attitude was very firm. Zhou Ziheng saw that he really didn't want to leave Thailand, so he finally gave up.

Yes, going to Hong Kong where you are unfamiliar with the place does seem to have a bright future, but at the same time, the possibility of failure is also very high.

Just as it is not easy for Chinese people to make their way into Hollywood, it is also not easy for Thai people to make their way into Hong Kong.

The language is different, but the culture and skin color are more important.

Although Zhou Ziheng repeatedly assured him that he would not let him lack filming opportunities.

I also told him a lot of benefits of developing in Hong Kong, but it was all in vain.

If others disagree, Zhou Ziheng certainly cannot force them, so he can only give up persuading them and instead make friends with them and exchange contact information with each other.

At the end of the banquet, Zhou Ziheng saw that Future had a certain degree of fame around the world.

He is also known as Tony Jaa, the third superstar to make a name for himself in Hollywood after Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Tony Jaa was only 18 years old at that time.

His face was very childish. When he met Zhou Ziheng, the superstar singer from China, he spoke very reservedly and did not have the superstar style of later generations at all.

Zhou Ziheng is still very interested in this person.

However, he never mentioned inviting him to develop his career in Hong Kong again.

Tony Jaa is now a member of Pana's martial arts team.

If Pana doesn't go to Hong Kong, then Tony Jaa obviously won't go either.

Moreover, compared to Pana's behind-the-scenes talent, Tony Jaa's talent is mainly concentrated as an actor.

His action scenes are unique and he has carved out his own path.

But one thing is very important.

If he had gone to Hong Kong to develop his career, his achievements might not have reached the level he has today.

After all, his appearance is too Thai. If he goes to Hong Kong and Taiwan to film without being famous, the audience will obviously not accept him.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng did not invite him to Hong Kong to film.

However, he still left his contact information with him on the grounds that he got along very well.

If possible, when his film and television company is established in the future, he might invest in Thai movies, make Ong Bak, and invite Tony Jaa to be the star.

……

After attending the Thai film awards ceremony, Zhou Ziheng began to focus all his energy on his concert.

First up are two concerts in Thailand.

Compared to Wanwan, the scale of the two concerts in Thailand is actually not that big.

The total number of people was about 12,000, with an average of more than 6,000 people per game.

The performance went smoothly. Although it did not cause a sensation, it still attracted considerable attention in Thailand.

Zhou Ziheng only found out afterwards that a member of the Thai royal family had reportedly appeared at his concert, which caused a certain amount of heated discussion in the Thai entertainment industry.

However, Zhou Ziheng was not very clear about the details and did not try to understand it.

After the performance in Thailand, he immediately moved to Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada and other places.

In terms of concert attendance alone, except for one in the United States which reached tens of thousands of people.

The number of people attending concerts in other places remained between 6,000 and 8,000.

Overall, he did not live up to the superstar title that the media gave him.

When he was in Japan, Zhou Ziheng was contacted by many Japanese firms.

What he meant was that he hoped Zhou Ziheng could develop in Japan.

However, Zhou Ziheng refused.

His plan is to release his next album directly in English rather than in Japanese.

If he could have succeeded with an English record.

If he goes back to Asia, the effect will definitely be better than if he goes to Japan and starts as a newcomer.

In early July, Zhou Ziheng's first round of concerts since his debut officially came to an end.

This round of concerts had a good influence.

It not only officially announced Zhou Ziheng's current appeal to the media and the public.

At the same time, it also earned Zhou Ziheng a very considerable profit.

Adding up all the concerts, Zhou Ziheng earned a total of 13 million yuan.

In addition, in recent times, several of his albums have begun to generate copyright income, as well as subsequent settlement of the records.

In July, Zhou Ziheng's assets increased by more than 20 million.

With the inflow of a large amount of funds, Zhou Ziheng currently has a cash flow of more than 40 million.

After leaving 20 million as a reserve, Zhou Ziheng immediately invested the remaining 20 million in purchasing real estate.

He focused on purchasing real estate in the capital.

We also bought some in other places like Hong Kong.

There are also many storefronts.

After Zhou Ziheng took over these storefronts, he did not keep them all empty, but rented them out.

……

After returning to Guangdong, Zhou Ziheng did not immediately start working on his new album.

Instead, I gave myself a vacation and rested for a few days.

By the way, I went to Hengdong to learn about the development of the record company.

In May, Hengdong's first album "Newcomer He Jin" was successfully released in mainland China.

After the album was released, with the help of the publicity and promotion capabilities of New Era Records, the album quickly achieved good results in Guangdong.

The album's title song "Come Back Soon" peaked at number two on the Guangdong Music Voice chart.

Orders were then placed at an ordering conference, and in two months, the total order volume had reached more than 600,000 pieces.

Compared with Zhou Ziheng's dazzling results, this result is obviously a little worse.

But compared with most singers in mainland China, this data is still very good.

If the trend continues, the final sales of this album will probably exceed one million copies.

Sales of a million is obviously a very impressive result in mainland China, and it is difficult for most singers to achieve this result.

"New Era has reached cooperation with Japan's Nikko Company, Yang Yuying will officially enter Japan"

"New Era Audio and Video is very creative. They all know that they are promoting Yang Yuying to Japan."

At Hengdong Company, Zhou Ziheng inspected the company's situation and found a newspaper to check the latest current affairs in the mainland entertainment industry.

The first piece of news aroused his great interest.

The report was about New Era’s cooperation with Japan’s Nikko Records and its plan to promote Yang Yuying to Japan.

“You are extremely popular in Asia, a superstar, so other companies are naturally jealous.

Yang Yuying is the most popular female singer in the mainland, so Xinshidai naturally hopes that she will achieve success in Japan. "

Florence Hui is sorting out the company's income statements.

Zhou Ziheng trusts her very much and lets her handle some of the company's financial issues.

After putting some reports aside, she walked over to sit opposite Zhou Ziheng and said solemnly:

"I think we need to talk."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Ziheng was stunned.

This is the first time I see her so solemn.

"About your new record!"

"You also don't agree with me releasing an English album?" Zhou Ziheng frowned.

“It’s not that I disagree, but I think there is no need to invest so much money.

A full four million is enough to make three Mandarin albums.

Is it worth investing so much money into an English album? "

Florence Hui asked solemnly.

Although the album has not yet started production, the preliminary preparations have already begun.

Zhou Ziheng invested 4 million RMB in producing this new album.

Invest 4 million RMB to produce an album.

To be honest, this is absolutely rare in the current Chinese music scene.

But this is also a very helpless thing.

After all, it is an English record, so the production of the record must be done by a European and American production team. The production costs of these people alone are very high.

To a certain extent, this is the investment after Zhou Ziheng compressed the costs. If not, the investment would be higher.

"There was also a call from Pacific, and they don't want you to release an English album either," Florence Hui continued.

“I don’t know how to convince you, but please believe me, I am not the kind of person who has no sense of propriety.

The reason I chose to make an English record is because I really feel confident that I can make a good quality English record.

If I succeed, how much will this help my career?"

Zhou Ziheng suppressed his depression and explained to Florence Hui.

He is really depressed.

Why don’t you all believe in yourself?
EMi did this. In order to stop him from releasing English albums, they even asked Nie Anda to come to Guangdong in person to discuss the matter with him.

The same is true across the Pacific.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the Pacific Ocean.

The reason why Pacific doesn't want Zhou Ziheng to release an English album.

This is entirely because Zhou Ziheng has not released a Mandarin album since "Fairy Tale" in December last year.

If we were to produce an English album now, it’s almost certain that we wouldn’t be releasing a Mandarin album this year.

If no Mandarin albums are released, it means that Pacific will have no performance this year.

In other words, there is no money to be made, so how could Pacific be willing?

Therefore, even though the English record had nothing to do with them, they asked Liu Zhiwen to come and persuade Zhou Ziheng.

They even found Chen Xiaoqi, hoping that he could persuade Zhou Ziheng.

It would be fine if the two cooperating record companies disagreed, but now, Florence Hui also vaguely disagreed.

This made Zhou Ziheng feel lonely instantly.

Fortunately, this feeling didn't last long.

"This is one chance. If this English album of yours doesn't work, I don't want you to think about releasing an English album again.

If you still don’t give up after failure, I will choose to resign.”

Florence Hui said seriously.

"I will succeed." Seeing her serious look, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but smile bitterly and could only agree.

In fact, he knew that Florence Hui was doing this for his own good.

After all, it is really difficult for Chinese people to achieve success in the European and American music scene.

……

Since no one believes he can make a good English album.

All Zhou Ziheng could do was to take out the finished product and place it proudly in front of them.

"Listen, this is the English song I made. Do you still think I can't release an English album?"

To slap in the face.

No, it’s not a slap in the face. After all, those who advised him had good intentions.

It can only be regarded as a response to doubts.

In order to respond to everyone's doubts about him.

Zhou Ziheng ended his vacation early and began preparing for his first English album.

Still the same as before, choosing songs from my mind.

Since it is the first album, its popularity will naturally be prioritized.

He wants to make a splash.

He wanted to let everyone know that he could produce good English songs, and that these songs could be widely sung in Europe and the United States.

Soon, Zhou Ziheng selected the songs for the English album.

For this English album, he did not choose songs randomly, but copied any singer he could find.

The ten songs he picked were all songs by the Backstreet Boys who later became popular all over the world.

The reason why I chose Backstreet Boys.

First of all, the songs of Backstreet Boys are just suitable for young people like him, and they are popular and easy to spread.

Secondly, it can achieve a unified style.

Ten songs.

The first is the classic song "As Long As You Love Me" released by Backstreet Boys in 1997.

The second song is "I Want It That Way" released in 1999.

The third song is “Larger Than Life”.

The fourth song, "Everybody".

Track 5, "Shape Of My Heart"

The sixth song, "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely".

The seventh track is "Get Down (You're the One for Me)".

Track 8, "Drowning"

Track 9, “Inconsolable”

Track 10, "Just Want You to Know"

In fact, Zhou Ziheng has thought about making a mixed classic album.

But after giving it some thought, I decided to give up. It’s my first English album, so it’s better to be safe.

Moreover, these ten songs are actually pretty good.

Almost all of them are Backstreet Boys' most famous songs.

Especially the first four songs, which are widely sung all over the world.

However, considering the style of Backstreet Boys.

This album is mainly aimed at attracting popularity.

Zhou Ziheng did not expect to win a Grammy Award.

Just like his first Mandarin album, he had to accumulate popularity first.

Only when you have popularity can you indulge in advanced styles.

And the Backstreet Boys were perfect for him.

These songs were released by Backstreet Boys from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Their style is consistent with the 1990s and is not ahead of its time.

Even if there are one or two songs that are ahead of the times, it’s no big deal as long as there are others as a foundation.

Wrote the lyrics of the song.

The European and American producers invited by Zhou Ziheng also arrived.

Zhou Ziheng immediately rented the country's top music equipment from Pacific and began to compose the song with the invited European and American teams.

……

When Zhou Ziheng devoted himself to the production of an English album.

The outside world didn’t know who spread the news that his next album would be an English album.

This immediately caused an uproar.

All major media outlets have begun discussing this matter.

[Zhou Ziheng's new album has been confirmed to be an English album]

[Is it self-confidence or arrogance? Zhou Ziheng's new album is ready to enter the European and American markets]

[Can Zhou Ziheng achieve good results in Europe and the United States? 】

[Zhou Ziheng's new album investment is as high as 4 million, not including publicity]

All major media outlets reported the news.

Then, various doubts immediately followed these reports.

Many music critics spoke out after seeing the news.

"To be honest, I am very optimistic about Zhou Ziheng as a singer. He is talented and has good singing skills. In time, he will definitely be one of the most important members of the Chinese music scene. Unfortunately, he is too confident.

However, I think this is not necessarily a bad thing for him.

He's been so successful that he needs some setbacks to grow."

This is a comment from a music critic, who said, "Zhou Ziheng, you have to listen to your seniors."

In addition to him, many music critics also commented on this matter.

There are even quite a few singers among them.

Most of it is full of cynicism.

……

(End of this chapter)