Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Perhaps because she was busy with her love life, Zhou Ziheng clearly noticed that Yang Yuying was not in good shape.

She had sung the song "Heart Rain" countless times, but when it came to rehearsal, she actually forgot the lyrics!

To be honest, forgetting lyrics is a very normal thing for a singer, especially a singer with a large number of songs.

Many singers in the entertainment industry forget lyrics. Many singers even spend time memorizing lyrics during concerts to avoid the embarrassing situation of forgetting the lyrics.

However, the situation of forgetting lyrics in the entertainment industry often only occurs in songs that are not sung frequently.

Every singer usually remembers his or her most popular songs very well.

Zhou Ziheng had never seen anyone like Yang Yuying who had forgotten the lyrics of her own masterpiece.

Fortunately, Yang Yuying did not forget the entire song, although she would forget the lyrics during the first few rehearsals, and it was different each time.

After practicing several times, Yang Yuying began to get into the state.

The party begins at eight o'clock in the evening.

One by one, the performers began to appear.

Singers of songs that were popular all over the country in 1995, such as "Chinese Folk Songs", "You Once", "Shaking the Sun", and "Thirteen No Kissing", appeared one after another.

Zhou Ziheng also appeared midway and sang "Heart Too Soft".

In fact, in terms of popularity, the popularity of the above-mentioned popular songs is similar.

Catch anyone on the street and they will almost certainly be humming the above song.

But compared with other songs, "Heart Too Soft" has a much greater influence.

As for the reason, it’s nothing more than sales.

With the success of the previous albums, "Heart Too Soft" immediately became a huge sales hit after its release.

So far, the sales of this album in mainland China alone have exceeded three million copies, not counting other regions.

This is still due to the impact of piracy.

If it is considered piracy, this data would probably be multiplied several times.

Therefore, when Zhou Ziheng came on stage to sing "Heart Too Soft", he was warmly welcomed by the audience and the viewers watching the live broadcast on TV.

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At around 8:30, Zhou Ziheng and Yang Yuying came on stage again and sang "Heart Rain".

The golden boy and the beautiful girl on the same stage attracted a lot of attention.

The next day, this topic was almost the only thing on all major media outlets.

Many media outlets are speculating whether the golden boy and girl are going to reunite.

Some people even asked Zhou Ziheng about this.

"This is just an ordinary concert together."

In response to reporters' questions, Zhou Ziheng gave a clear explanation.

Just like Jacky Cheung doesn’t like the title of Four Heavenly Kings.

Zhou Ziheng actually doesn’t really like the title of golden boy and jade girl.

If it weren't for the fact that he had a decent personal relationship with Yang Yuying, Zhou Ziheng would never have chosen to perform on the same stage with her at the New Year's Eve party if it was someone more unfamiliar.

In Zhou Ziheng's opinion, it was enough for Yang Yuying to be on the same stage with him and bring him some attention.

He couldn't keep letting Yang Yuying ride on his popularity.

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The MV for "Chinese" didn't take too much time to shoot.

Although the production of this MV is excellent, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and inviting professional lion dance and drum teams to cooperate, the total shooting time took less than three days.

On January 6, Zhou Ziheng returned to Guangzhou after visiting his godsister in Beijing.

As soon as he returned to Guangzhou, Zhou Ziheng immediately plunged into the recording studio.

He's been working really a lot on music lately.

"The Conjuring" has already started post-production.

Zhou Ziheng was required to compose the soundtrack for the film. Although the music video for "Chinese" was shot, the song had not yet been produced and he also needed to record it.

Last but not least, he has to prepare an English album.

It’s been a year since his last English album was released.

A year may not be a long time, but it is a long time for the entertainment industry, where dynasties change like changing clothes.

Although fans don't have a seven-second memory, if you don't know the performance time of your favorite singer, they will slowly lose interest in you.

Zhou Ziheng finally became a hit in the European and American music scene.

He doesn't want to waste all his efforts.

Therefore, his English album must be released before April this year.

This is not just Zhou Ziheng's idea.

The same is true for emi.

In fact, they are more anxious.

Last year, after Zhou Ziheng's first English album was released, it sold a total of 13 million copies worldwide.

This figure cannot be compared with the Backstreet Boys' original single album which generated sales of over 10 million in the United States, but the global total sales of 13 million is also among the top among all singers last year.

Among the world's best-selling albums in a single year last year, "Zhou Ziheng" ranked fifth.

Data is data. No matter how impressive the data is, it will be useless if it does not bring profits.

But, this record made money, and not just ordinary money.

Among all the albums released by EMI Records last year, "Zhou Ziheng" was the best-selling and the one with the highest sales.

This album brought Emi more than 40 million US dollars in profits in one year.

Converted into RMB, it is close to 300 million yuan.

How much did it cost EMI to sign Zhou Ziheng?

The total amount is less than 20 million RMB.

It can be said that EMI made a fortune by signing Zhou Ziheng.

Because he insisted on signing Zhou Ziheng, who brought more than 40 million in revenue to EMI in one year, Nie Baida was directly promoted to head of the Asia region in the second half of last year.

The original person in charge was directly promoted to a senior position at headquarters.

For Nie Baida and EMI's senior management, Zhou Ziheng's album has become one of the company's most important projects this year.

If they could not force Zhou Ziheng.

They may have even asked Zhou Ziheng to release an album in the second half of last year.

There's nothing I can do, it's just too much profit.

Since mid-last year, emi has approached Zhou Ziheng more than once, trying to persuade him to release an album as soon as possible.

Zhou Ziheng kept delaying it until now.

Therefore, after learning that Zhou Ziheng had started preparing for a new album, EMI immediately came to him.

In order to get the album out as soon as possible.

Also for Zhou Ziheng to stop dragging his feet.

Nie Anda directly patted his chest and said that as long as the album can be released before April, Emi can help Zhou Ziheng directly take charge of the investment in the MV shooting of this album.

Well, in the cooperation model between Zhou Ziheng and EMI, Zhou Ziheng is responsible for the production of the record himself.

This means that Zhou Ziheng has to bear all the investment in record production himself.

Now, in order to allow Zhou Ziheng to release an album earlier, they directly took on part of the investment for Zhou Ziheng.

In addition, Nie Anda also promised that they would help Zhou Ziheng invite at least one of the top female stars in Hollywood to be the female lead in the MV.

It can be said that EMI has put a lot of effort into releasing the album as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)