Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 37 Let me sing "The Waves Remain" and "Late Autumn"?
Pacific Building, Liu Zhiwen’s office.

When Liu Zhiwen heard Zhou Ziheng say he wanted to see the songs on the tape, he did not hide anything and took out a notebook full of lyrics and music and handed it to Zhou Ziheng.

"That's all. Some of the songs are classics from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and we bought the cover rights. Some were created by creators from our two companies."

Zhou Ziheng took the notebook.

As soon as he flipped through the first song, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he quickly flipped through the other songs.

After reading it, he couldn't help but nodded.

Pacific and New Age do attach great importance to this tape. Although most of the songs in it are covers, they are all classic songs. They should have paid a lot for the copyright fees alone.

There are ten songs on this tape.

In terms of quality, from Zhou Ziheng's perspective, it is also very good.

All ten songs are marked as chorus, sung by Zhou Ziheng, and sung by Yang Yuying.

Among them, he needs to sing five songs.

The first song is "The Waves Remain".

This song was written and composed by Chen Xiaoqi. It was originally supposed to be sung by Mao Lin and included in his album released in December this year.

But somehow, the New Age has now taken it upon itself.

The second song is also Mao Lin’s, "Late Autumn".

This song is considered a cover song. The original version was created by Xu Jianqiang in 1988 and sung to Chen Rujia in 1990. It is a Cantonese song and its original name is "Wish to Keep Your Heart".

Just a few weeks ago, on November 1st, Hong Kong singer Huang Kaiqin also covered this song and achieved very good results on the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Chart, making him successfully popular in Hong Kong.

Obviously, New Era saw that this song was a big hit in Hong Kong. Coincidentally, the song's creator was also the producer of New Era, so they put the Mandarin version of the song on the agenda and gave it to Zhou Ziheng to sing.

If Zhou Ziheng had not appeared, this song would not have been given to Mao Lin to sing until late 1993, and would have become one of Mao Lin's representative works.

The third song Zhou Ziheng was going to sing, "Cowherding at Dusk", was also a cover.

The fourth and fifth songs are duets with Yang Yuying.

They are "Heart Rain" and "I Quietly Cover Your Eyes".

Among them, the original singer of "Heart Rain" is Taiwan singer Li Bihua. This song was released in 1987 and has a very good popularity in Taiwan.

Then, the remaining songs are all Yang Yuying's songs.

Zhou Ziheng took a quick look and the only song he knew was "Tell You Gently". The others were some less well-known songs and covers of Hong Kong and Taiwan songs.

"How is it? I think you are satisfied with the songs on this tape!
Especially "The Sound of Waves Remains Still", which we originally prepared for Mao Lin."

Li Qiang said with a little pride.

Obviously, this song is generally favored by the new generation.

And so it is.

In his previous life, Mao Lin became famous all over the country with this song. Together with "Late Autumn", the two songs directly sent him to the top of the 94 new generation. He even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala for many consecutive years and became one of the most popular male singers in the 90s.

The combination of "The Waves Remain", "Late Autumn", "Heart Rain" and "Tell You Gently" sung by Yang Yuying, may not be a classic, but it can be called a hit album.

In addition, although many of the songs are covers, it actually has little impact.

This is not a casual cover.

Record companies are not fools. They would not choose to cover songs that are already popular.

The songs selected by Pacific and New Era were either published in mainland China but not widely circulated, or songs like "Heart Rain" that were very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan but almost no one had ever heard of them in mainland China.

Even, for the song "Late Autumn", there was a time when some people in later generations couldn't tell who was the original singer.

Some people in mainland China believe it was Mao Ning, while people in Hong Kong and Taiwan believe it was Huang Kaiqin.

As for the original singer, it seems that many people don’t know it.

The reason for this is naturally because the original version has a small distribution range.

Zhou Ziheng estimated that after he sang this song, for many years to come, there would probably be people who would think that he was the original author of the song.

“They are some really good songs!”

Zhou Ziheng followed Li Qiang's words.

Then he asked them, "When is the recording?"

Liu Zhiwen said: "We have already prepared the pre-production accompaniment for the tape. If you have time, you can go into the studio and start recording tomorrow. If there is enough time, we will choose to release this tape in January."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng said no more and nodded in agreement with his arrangement.

Next, Liu Zhiwen explained some things to Zhou Ziheng.

For example, they would conduct newspaper publicity in his name and even help him get TV interviews.

Zhou Ziheng had no objection to this.

This is good for him too.

Although he could only get 100,000 yuan for this album named "Golden Boy and Jade Girl".

But this tape is of good quality and should achieve good results after its release.

He won’t get any share of the profits, but he can increase his fame and influence.

With his increased fame and influence, his next self-made tape will naturally achieve better results.

In short, this tape was a joint production between Pacific and New Age, although he did not receive any share of the profits and did not have the copyright.

But just the influence brought by the release of the tape and the singing rights of the song were of great benefit to him.

After talking about the tape "Golden Boy and Jade Girl", Zhou Ziheng did not stay long and left the office with the lyrics and music.

He needs to take the lyrics and music back and familiarize himself with them to avoid problems with singing proficiency during recording tomorrow.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou!"

While waiting for the elevator, a woman next to him saw Zhou Ziheng and greeted him with a smile.

"Hello there!"

Zhou Ziheng nodded, then lowered his head to continue reading the lyrics and music.

"Mr. Zhou, is this the song from your new tape?"

The woman next to him seemed very interested in him and moved closer to him.

Zhou Ziheng put away the notebook and nodded, "I guess so!"

As he spoke, he looked at the other person.

When he saw the other person's face clearly, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

They are actually acquaintances.

It’s not that they know each other, but they know each other.

This woman is none other than Yehenara, who is jokingly called the 50-year-old woman guarding the national goal.

When he saw the other person, Zhou Ziheng remembered that the other person seemed to be in Pacific Audio and Video during this period.

However, she is not a contracted singer of Pacific, but Pacific sometimes pays her to help record songs and tapes.

One song costs hundreds or thousands of dollars, and the only job is to sing.

"My name is Na Ying, and I'm also a singer. Speaking of which, Mr. Zhou and I have a good relationship. I'm also a resident singer at Butong 100.

The last time you performed at the Botong, I was in the audience. "

The elevator came, Zhou Ziheng walked into the elevator, and Na Ying followed closely behind him. After entering the elevator, she said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you!"

Zhou Ziheng nodded, but he wasn't very interested in talking to her.

He somewhat looked down upon this man.

She herself actually started out as a resident singer in a nightclub.

It can be said that he is also a singer who climbed up from the bottom.

As a result, in the future, she became proud of her success.

Not only do they form cliques, they also mock this person's songs as being rustic and that person's songs as not high-end.

He really had no interest in making friends with this kind of person, so he seemed a little absent-minded and spoke in a perfunctory manner.

(End of this chapter)