Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 157 Should we bring Li Ming to Hengdong?

The outside world is actually unaware of PolyGram’s internal meetings.

However, through the song promotion of several singers under PolyGram in the following days, the media and peers were able to roughly deduce the reasons.

It was obvious to the naked eye that in the following days, the major radio stations promoted very few songs by Leon Lai and Vivian Chow very little.

The songs of Jacky Cheung and Faye Wong received more exposure.

With this kind of exposure, Jacky Cheung's "Half a Lifelong Love", which originally did not rank very high on the major charts, began to move up on the charts visibly.

Even started to attack the top three.

Unfortunately, the third on the Hong Kong chart is Zhou Ziheng's "Laughing in the Wind".

In November, after the TVB drama "Laughing in the Wind" was broadcast, this theme song sung by Zhou Ziheng for the TV series has been ranked among the top five due to the popularity of the TV series.

By January, with the help of the popularity of English albums, the song moved up two places and is currently ranked third.

The first one is Andy Lau's "The Destiny" and the second one is Wakin Chau's "Swords Like Dreams".

"We have received news that PolyGram has reached a consensus within the company to promote the songs of Jacky Cheung and Faye Wong."

Nie Anda said this when he called Zhou Ziheng.

"If he can squeeze out "Laughing in the Wind and Cloud", then let him do it. It won't have much impact on me."

Some of Zhou Ziheng's English songs are actually quite popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In particular, the songs “As Long As You Love Me” and “I Want It That Way” made it to the top of several charts that include English songs.

But to be honest, the major charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan actually have restrictions on English songs.

The reason for this restriction is mainly to protect local songs.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng did not expect these English songs to win the championship in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Compared with winning the championship, Zhou Ziheng pays more attention to sales.

"The company also thinks so. Instead of investing resources in Hong Kong and Taiwan to compete for the championship, we might as well prioritize resources in Europe, the United States and Japan."

Nie Anda on the phone said, and congratulated with a smile:
“Congratulations, As Long As You Love Me and I Want It That Way have done very well on the Oricon charts in Japan.

In addition, news came from Europe yesterday that several of your songs have entered the top ten charts in several English-speaking countries.

With this album alone, you have already entered the top ten of authoritative charts in more than twenty countries.

If you keep going at this pace, you will definitely become the first international superstar from Asia in the future.”

At the same time, the album "Zhou Ziheng" exploded in sales in Europe and the United States.

The songs from this album have topped the charts in various countries.

This data is absolutely unprecedented.

This is the first time that Chinese people, or even Asians, have achieved such good results in so many countries.

If he was not a complete newcomer to fans in many other countries, he could now even proudly shout out slogans like, "I am a superstar."

“I would also like to thank EMi for their support. Without your support, this album would not have achieved such success.”

Zhou Ziheng thanked him.

His gratitude was genuine.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the strong support of EMi, which has invested a lot of resources in countries around the world, it would be difficult to achieve the current results even if Zhou Ziheng's album was of good quality.

There is never a shortage of good albums these days, what is lacking is a lot of investment in publicity.

Many high-quality albums released in this era were ultimately limited to one place due to insufficient promotion, or even failed to sell well in that place.

"Haha, this is what we should do. This is a win-win situation for both of us."

Nie Anda responded with a smile.

After a brief pause, he continued, "Are you on good terms with Liming?"

"Well, we are both from the mainland, we have a common language, and we are friends." "As far as we know, Leon Lai's contract with PolyGram will expire in May.

We would like you to help us arrange a chat with him. If he is willing to join EMi Records, we are willing to give him a signing fee of 30 million. "

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zifei immediately understood what Nie Anda was trying to do.

Isn't this just wanting to be a lobbyist?

"You guys are really willing to spend so much. When I joined, the signing fee was only 15 million."

Zhou Ziheng felt a little sour.

"Don't get me wrong, you are unique in our EMi Records and no one can take your place.

Not to mention Asia, even if you look at the world, there are few people who can replace your position in EMi.

As for the signing fee, if it were you now, we would only give more, 50 million, 100 million would not be a problem. "

Nie Anda seemed worried that Zhou Ziheng would overthink it, so he hurried to explain.

The success of the album "Zhou Ziheng" has fully demonstrated that Zhou Ziheng is no longer just a top singer in the Chinese music scene.

Instead, it is an existence that can compete with those international superstars in the global market.

EMi now completely dares not and is unwilling to offend Zhou Ziheng because of some trivial matters.

"I understand how much EMi values ​​me. Don't worry, I'm not that petty."

Zhou Ziheng thought for a moment and said, "I'll call him for you, but whether he's willing or not is another matter.

In fact, in my opinion, if he wants to leave PolyGram, he probably won't choose to sign with other companies.

He may choose to start his own company.

If you really have feelings for him, you can consider acquiring the rights to distribute his records."

Zhou Ziheng had a general understanding of Li Ming's thoughts.

This guy had repeatedly asked him about the record company.

Zhou Ziheng even found out that this guy was flirting with Raymond Lam of Warner.

Obviously, if he had his own business, he would probably have brought it into his business.

"Is Liming really going to leave PolyGram?"

As soon as Zhou Ziheng hung up the phone, Florence Hui asked.

At this time, the two were rehearsing for the Spring Festival Gala in Beijing.

Zhou Ziheng came back the day before yesterday. After coming back, he didn't even have much rest and rushed directly to Beijing to start preparing for the Spring Festival Gala.

"It's almost certain. PolyGram's current resources are all given priority to Jacky Cheung. Leon Lai's resources at PolyGram are even less than those of a second-tier star. If it were me, I would not renew my contract either."

Zhou Ziheng said.

In fact, the dawn of the previous life was actually renewed.

I don’t know what conditions PolyGram offered.

But in this life, Zhou Ziheng felt that the possibility of Leon Lai renewing his contract should be even smaller.

Because of his intrusion and becoming good friends with Dawn, it had a great impact on Dawn.

To a certain extent, it also intensified the competitive relationship between Leon Lai and Jacky Cheung.

With a free-spirited guy like him as a beacon, it would be strange if Dawn still stayed in PolyGram.

"Tell me, do you want to bring him to Hengdong?"

Florence Hui said after a moment of hesitation.

(End of this chapter)