Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 158 The Star-studded Spring Festival Gala
“I also thought about signing him to Hengdong.

But this is unlikely, Leon Lai will definitely not sign with another company this time."

Zhou Ziheng said this and called Li Ming to briefly explain that EMi wanted to sign him.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Liming immediately refused.

In his words, he wanted to go it alone.

Zhou Ziheng was simply asking on behalf of EMi, and after getting the answer he did not try to persuade anyone. After chatting for a while, he told Nie Anda the answer from Liming.

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The 1994 Spring Festival Gala should not be 1995, because the Spring Festival Gala was already held in 1995.

Compared with last year's Spring Festival Gala, which was called the worst in recent years by the audience, the entire gala was constantly sensational and people could not feel the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of previous Spring Festivals.

This year's Spring Festival Gala is completely different.

To a certain extent, it can be called the most classic Spring Festival Gala in recent years.

If 1993 was the year when China began to try to get pop singers to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage, then this year, this model began to be officially used. From this year on, pop singers began to become an indispensable part of the Spring Festival Gala.

In addition, this year's Spring Festival Gala did not continue the sentimental tone of previous years, but returned to the previous festive and cheerful theme. At the beginning of the party, comedians greeted the New Year. Teacher Zhao Lirong led a group of comedians including Zhao Benshan, Huang Hong, and Guo Da to greet the New Year, and Niu Qun and Feng Gong hosted the show.

Guo Da wishes his fellow workers a happy new year, Huang Hong wishes his fellow soldiers a happy new year, and Zhao Benshan wishes his fellow farmers a happy new year...

A passionate performance by a group of comedians and comedians.

Coupled with the gathering of popular singers in the country at that time, this year's Spring Festival Gala looked very star-studded.

Most of the singers who are currently popular in the country have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

And everyone brought their own classic work.

Zhou Ziheng sang "Fairy Tale" and "My Deskmate", which were popular all over Asia in 1994.

I originally wanted to sing "Courage", but in the end the management didn't agree, so I continued to sing "Fairy Tale".

Yang Yuying sang "Tell You Quietly", which was released in 1993 and is still popular across the country.

Xie Dong brought "Smiley Face". In 1994, many singers became popular, and Xie Dong was definitely one of them.

"Smiley Face" is a bit similar to "Xiao Fang" and "Love Bird" of the year. It became popular all over the country after its release and successfully brought the unknown Xie Dong to the ranks of domestic first-line singers.

Meng Tingwei performed "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind", which once caused a lot of trouble for Zhou Ziheng's "Fairy Tale". This was her first time on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Meng Tingwei has indeed been very popular in recent years. Of course, her songs are also really nice. She has many representative works, and they are all very popular.

But after she sang "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" on the Spring Festival Gala stage, this song became her most representative work in many people's hearts.

Na Ying performed "Seeing Flowers in the Mist".

This song was originally written by Mr. Yan Su specifically for CCTV's "1993" Gala in 3.15.

But what really made this song famous and left a deep impression on the audience was the MV of this song.

At this time, TV stations would play MVs at around six or seven in the morning, or around five or six in the afternoon. The MV of "Seeing Flowers in the Mist" looked very shocking at this time, with a sense of mythology, which brought quite a shock to the audience.

Then there is Song’s “Hot Girl”.

This song later won the Golden Melody Award in the "Singing for 70 Years - My Favorite Hunan Golden Melody" selection activity and is a memory of an era.

"Chinese Folk Song" sung by Sun Hao is not like other songs that have been released before. Instead, it is a song that Sun Hao directly submitted to the Spring Festival Gala program team.

After performing on stage, Sun Hao, an unknown newcomer, became an instant hit with his catchy tune and lyrics and was recognized by people all over the country.

Then there is Andy Lau's "Forget Love Water".

This is not Andy Lau's first time participating in the Spring Festival Gala, but like other Hong Kong singers, he has appeared in recorded performances before. This year should be his first time to come to the live show.

To a certain extent, this is of great significance. It is also since Andy Lau that singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan have begun to participate in the Spring Festival Gala no longer in the form of recorded broadcasts, but in real life on the spot.

At this time, Andy Lau was at the peak of his career in the Chinese music scene.

Both the albums "Forget Love Water" and "Heaven's Will" were successful.

The popularity of the two songs has made him the most popular singer among the four heavenly stars.

Even Zhou Ziheng couldn't understand why this guy, who seldom came to the mainland, was almost as popular as himself in the mainland.

You know, Zhou Ziheng has been operating in the mainland for several years.

Almost a classic and best-selling album is released every year.

The other three of the Four Heavenly Kings were all hung up and beaten by him in mainland China.

Unfortunately, Andy Lau is not among them, but is on par with them in popularity in mainland China.

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Although Zhou Ziheng performed well in this year's Spring Festival Gala, his singing did not win any of the top ten programs of the Spring Festival Gala.

There's nothing I can do, there are too many good shows this year.

However, Zhou Ziheng's popularity remained high during the Spring Festival.

First of all, his song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" was sung again during the Spring Festival.

Secondly, his English album collaborations have conquered Europe, America, Japan and South Korea.

Almost every week, good news comes from Europe and the United States.

Today the sales volume broke the record of Asian singers in Europe and the United States, and tomorrow the song will be on the authoritative chart of a certain country.

The most gratifying thing is undoubtedly that both songs "As Long As You Love Me" and "I Want It That Way" successfully entered the top ten of the US Billboard.

Although it did not make the top five, "As Long As You Love Me" ranked sixth and "I Want It That Way" ranked ninth.

But this result is actually enough to make people excited.

After all, this is the first time that a Chinese has achieved this result on the Billboard charts.

No, even in the whole of Asia, Zhou Ziheng is only the second person to achieve this result.

No one else has achieved this result on the American Billboard charts except Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto in the 1960s.

By mid-February, two months after the release of Zhou Ziheng's album, total sales had reached seven million copies.

Some experts predict that the global annual sales of this album may be around 13 million.

Thirteen million. To be honest, this is the first time that such an amazing record has appeared in the entire Chinese music scene or even in Asia. Even Sakamoto Kyu’s sales are not that high.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng recently won a new nickname.

【Light of Asia】

This was created by the Japanese media.

Even the Japanese think that the global success of Zhou Ziheng's album is bringing glory to Asians.

Because Zhou Ziheng's record sales are so high.

Jacky Cheung made almost no comment. Just before the Chinese New Year, he approached the International Children's Fund to donate the two million yuan he had promised in the bet.

There is nothing to say about Jacky Cheung in this regard.

Although Zhou Ziheng was hostile to him, he had to admit that the other party was not wrong in this regard.

(End of this chapter)