Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

(PS: The Ring is a Japanese novel, so I changed the script writing process to purchasing the copyright from Japan)
The record market was not hot in November this year.

This month, there are many big-name singers releasing records, including Jacky Cheung, Wakin Chau, Faye Wong and Andy Lau.

But there are almost no hit songs.

Of course, this is relative to Zhou Ziheng's "Heart Too Soft".

The song "Heart Too Soft" was released in mid-1996, which is not much different from now.

At that time, as a newcomer, Richie Jen became popular all over the country with this song.

Now that Zhou Ziheng is a popular superstar, he has a lot of attention. Naturally, this song will be more popular since it is sung by him.

Before the album was even released, this song had already attracted huge attention in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and other places, becoming the most popular song at the moment.

On November 1st, "Heart Too Soft" was officially released.

Less than a week after its release, the album topped the sales charts in various regions.

In offline music and video stores, clothing stores and other places where songs are often played, there are:
"You are always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted"

Three weeks after its release, the album had sold 2.6 million copies in the Chinese-speaking regions, becoming the hottest album of the year.

"Too Soft Hearted" is extremely popular.

Especially in the mainland, this song is sung by almost everyone, young and old, male or female.

In school, students sing.

Everyone comes up and passers-by hum.

Even the old man selling popcorn would say in broken Mandarin, "You are always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted..."

There is no doubt that Zhou Ziheng has once again proved that he is the most stable singer in the current Chinese music scene.

That's really the case.

Along the way, Zhou Ziheng has released many albums that can match his record sales.

In 93, there were Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye" and Wakin Chau's "Flower Heart", and in 94, there was Andy Lau's "Love Water".

The sales of these albums are not much inferior to Zhou Ziheng's albums.

But there is one thing worth saying.

That is, these records do not belong to one person.

If "Goodbye Kiss", "Blessings" and "Stealing Hearts" are Jacky Cheung's Mandarin trilogy.

"Forget Love Water" and "The Destiny of Heaven" are two Mandarin-language films that represent Andy Lau's next level of performance.

Then, "Sad Pacific", "Fairy Tale" and "Too Soft Hearted" are Zhou Ziheng's trilogy.

Moreover, his trilogy is even more powerful.

All three albums were extremely popular upon their release and topped the Chinese music scene.

In response to this, some mainland media directly joked that Zhou Ziheng single-handedly fought against the three superstar singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Wakin Chau.

The Hong Kong and Taiwan media naturally disagree with this statement by the mainland media.

The two sides directly argued about this matter.

However, the mainland media still has the upper hand.

Because their statement is well-founded.

The data and popularity cannot lie.

Zhou Ziheng debuted in 1992, and it has only been three years.

In three years, he has released a total of five official solo albums.

"Wandering Song", "Sad Pacific", "Fairy Tale", the English album "Zhou Ziheng" and now "Too Soft Heart".

Almost every one of the five albums has sales figures at the top of the industry.

During this period, "Sad Pacific" directly collided with Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye" and shared the same popularity.

Whenever mainland media mention this result or this data, Hong Kong and Taiwan media will keep silent.

Even "Wandering Song", which has the lowest sales among these five albums, has data that few other singers' albums can achieve.

This album was initially only popular in mainland China, selling over two million copies.

Later, as Zhou Ziheng became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan with albums such as "Sad Pacific" and "Fairy Tale", this album was re-released in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This time, with the support of huge fame and popularity, this album also achieved very impressive results in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and achieved a total sales of more than four million in all Chinese-speaking regions.

Sometimes it's like this. At the beginning, Zhou Ziheng was not famous, and "Wandering Song" was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Everyone thought the songs in this album were a bit rustic.

But after Zhou Ziheng became popular, he gradually became a representative of popularity.

Gradually, no one said that this album was tacky anymore, and instead some people started to pick on its merits.

Everyone says this album is down to earth.

Even if some people don't like this album, the wording has changed, from "rustic" to "immature creative techniques", and there is already a trend of great talent in creating pop songs.

This is like Jay Chou of later generations.

When Jay Chou released his first album, it was severely criticized by music critics due to its style.

Then, a few years later, when Jay Chou became successful, people would look back at his first album and say that it was actually very good, because at that time Jay Chou had already begun to establish his own style.

Zhou Ziheng's "Wandering Song" is not that exaggerated.

But the fact is, three years later, suddenly, you will find that no one says this album is tacky anymore.

People also say that Zhou Ziheng is a master, but his first album resonated with everyone and its sales reached levels that ordinary people could not achieve.

Because there are so many people praising it.

The songs in this album have been covered by many people.

The company of Taiwan's famous cover singer Zhuo Yiting even found Zhou Ziheng, and after obtaining Zhou Ziheng's authorization, they covered all the songs in the album "Wandering Song" without changing a word.

Zhuo Yiting's cover of "Outside the Window" has topped Taiwan's major song charts several times.

……

"For her sake, I force myself to talk about love again."

“Cheer up again and comfort others.”

"If it's difficult to get back together, let go of everything as soon as possible."

“Let’s talk about how you can still love yourself when you don’t have a lover.”

On the radio, the DJ is playing "Seven Friends".

If "Too Soft-Hearted" was a huge success in Mandarin-speaking regions.

"Seven Friends" is the song that has recently swept the Cantonese-speaking areas.

Whether it is Guangdong or Hong Kong and Macao.

This song has received unprecedented popularity among Cantonese listeners.

In Cantonese-speaking areas, this song even dethroned "Heart Too Soft" as the top song.

“It seems that this song is definitely the best Cantonese song of the year.

I have to admit that Zhou Ziheng's creative ability is really amazing."

Listening to the song and looking at the buildings outside the car window which had undergone tremendous changes compared to last year, Andy Lau couldn't help but sigh.

"I talked to him once, and he is indeed a guy with amazing creative talent."

Sitting next to Andy Lau is his personal composer Chen Yaochuan.

Andy Lau, Chen Yaochuan and Li Anxiu began their collaboration in the second half of 1993, and released hit songs such as "Forget Love Water" and "Heaven's Will" last year, allowing Andy Lau to continue to sit firmly among the top singers in the Chinese music scene.

"By the way, you really don't plan to invite Zhou Ziheng to your concert this time?

You know, the mainland is his territory, and with him on board, tickets will sell better.”

"I actually want to invite him, but you know, I am also a member of the Hong Kong circle. If I invite him..."

Having said this, Andy Lau stopped talking.

But Chen Yaochuan understood.

It's just that they are worried about offending other people in the Hong Kong circle.

"I don't think it's necessary. Aren't the Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland circles all Chinese? Why target them like this?"

"I think so too, but sometimes I really can't help myself. Most of the people in the circle are targeting him. It would be fine if I didn't speak out, but if I go and get involved with him again, I'm afraid the circle will exclude me.

So, all I can do now is not get involved.

As for the concert, let’s invite other people for now!”

"That's the only way. What a pity. I was originally thinking that if there was a chance, I could collaborate with Zhou Ziheng to create a song..."

(End of this chapter)