Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

If someone is willing to help bear part of the cost of record production, and do it for free, Zhou Ziheng would certainly be willing to do so.

So, he began to focus on this new album.

Zhou Ziheng's new English album is still modeled after the previous one, just grab it from anyone he can find.

The styles of songs by the same singer are similar, which can avoid problems with record styles.

Although in recent years, the requirement that songs in an album must be of the same style has begun to decline around the world.

But there are still many old-fashioned people in Europe and the United States who always believe that the style of songs on an album should be unified.

If the songs in someone's album are of a different style, it can easily cause criticism from music critics.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng's new album continues to choose to copy one person's work.

Considering that the previous album still has a strong youthful atmosphere, if the style is suddenly changed this year, it will cause dissatisfaction among fans. As for the target of profiting from his new album, Zhou Ziheng directly chose Westlife, whose popularity was similar to Backstreet Boys in his previous life.

First are the four main songs.

Two main and two deputy.

The two hits are "My Love" and "You Raise Me Up".

Among them, "My Love" is the most famous song of Westlife, and can be called their first representative work.

However, the original singer of "You Raise Me Up" was not Westlife.

This song was originally sung by the British band Mystery and released in 2000.

After the song was released in the UK that year, it won several major European awards in the UK.

Moreover, after its release, this song was covered by singers from many countries.

American singer Josh Groban covered the song and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

In addition, Korean singer Park Jung Hyun also adapted and covered the song. The Korean version is called "Prayer~You Raise Me Up".

Of course, the Chinese version is indispensable. The Wanwan band Shin band covered it and adapted it into "Unsinkable".

Including the version by Westlife, there are many versions of this song.

The next two secondary hits are "Nothing's Going to Change My Love For You" and "Seasons in the Sun".

They are all representative works of Westlife.

Especially "Seasons in the Sun".

To a certain extent, this song may even surpass "You Raise Me Up" in terms of popularity.

However, in terms of significance, "Seasons in the Sun" is not as good as "You Raise Me Up", so it was placed as the secondary title.

In addition to four songs that were popular in his previous life, Zhou Ziheng also selected six other songs by Westlife to be included in the album.

These songs will be the top songs of Westlife on QQ Music in the future.

Music platforms of later generations do not arrange singers' songs randomly.

It is arranged according to real-time heat and popularity.

Westlife also has a large audience in China, and their songs are frequently played by fans on the platform, which shows that the quality of these songs is not weak at all.

In fact, most of these songs can actually be included in other people's albums as the main songs.

……

"Zhou, I've said it before, you are a genius, I can't describe you in words anymore.

The media is right, you are the Michael Jackson of the East!"

Guangdong Zhou Ziheng Studio.

After learning that Zhou Ziheng was going to start producing songs for his new album, Nie Anda, who had been paying attention to this matter, rushed to Guangzhou again.

He said he came to see Zhou Ziheng.

In fact, I want to see the specific quality of Zhou Ziheng's songs.

Although Zhou Ziheng's first English album was a success and sold well, it gave everyone in EMI a great boost of confidence.

But without seeing the quality of the songs with their own eyes, they felt more or less uneasy.

So, Nie Anda came over in person.

After arriving at Zhou Ziheng's studio and watching the song, Nie Anda immediately started shouting.

After watching the song, he was convinced.

Completely conquered by the Chinese man in front of him. "I told you a long time ago, you don't have to come over, I will show you the song when it's finished.

Now you know it was all in vain! "

Zhou Ziheng was arranging a song and couldn't help but complain when he heard his praise.

Again, the contract model between Zhou Ziheng and EMI is cooperation.

Zhou Ziheng is responsible for his own album.

This allows for a lot of freedom.

For example, the choice of songs.

If it were any other signed singer, EMI would review the song before it was produced.

But Zhou Ziheng doesn’t need to do that. He can just make the record directly and then show it to EMI, and they will decide whether to release the record.

"Zhou, I apologize for not believing you.

You are a trustworthy creator, and your creation has conquered me once again.

But please don't take it to heart, it's just a small matter.

If you don’t like it, I’ll wait until you finish your song next time.”

Nie Anda hurriedly apologized.

"Mr. Anda, you are too polite. I was just joking."

Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Nie Anda, who suddenly became a little nervous because of his words, as if he was worried that Zhou Ziheng would mind.

This is the industry of singers and actors.

When you are strong enough, everyone will hold you in their hands.

This environment of the survival of the fittest is more easily reflected in Europeans and Americans.

As for the film and television industry, Zhou Ziheng has not seen it yet, but he has seen an interview with Jet Li in his previous life.

It is said that when he is popular and when he is not popular, he presents two completely different faces in Europe and America.

When he was popular, the other party regarded him as a father.

When he is not popular, the other party will sweep him away like garbage.

When he becomes popular again, the other party will appear again, with no shame at all, and may even fawn on you like a lapdog.

Although Zhou Ziheng and Nie Anda have always had a good relationship, he doesn't think the other person is that kind of person.

But it was obvious to the naked eye that Nie Anda's attitude towards him was actually changing subtly.

Just like today.

Zhou Ziheng had never seen it before.

And all this is brought about by strength.

His rage and the huge interests he represented were so great that even a single complaint from Zhou Ziheng was enough to make Nie Anda reflect on where he had gone wrong.

……

While recording songs in the studio, Zhou Ziheng also kept an eye on Hengyu Film.

In December, "Volkswagen" directed by Benny Chan was released.

The film received good reviews.

However, the box office was average because there were no top-tier stars in the cast, and it ultimately grossed 12 million.

I made some money, but not much.

In addition, Zhou Ziheng's favorite drama is "The Conjuring".

This movie is the fundamental movie that Hengdong Cinemas uses to compete with other cinema chains in Hong Kong this year, so its quality is very important.

However, Zhang Yimou is the future national master after all, even though he has never made a crime film.

But the camera sense is very good, and the resulting movie effect is said to be very good.

Zhou Ziheng plans to go to Hong Kong in two days to see the finished film in person.

(End of this chapter)