Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 41 The time for the reunion of singers from the north and south is determined
The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk.

The dim evening light shone down and landed on the reflector, emitting dazzling rays of light.

The radio was playing "Will You Come Tonight" by Leon Lai.

"Maybe I have to meet you in my lifetime"

"It's not a coincidence that we met in such a vast sea of ​​people"

"Although I know that one day you might leave me and go away"

"I always want to love you forever"

After all, Guangdong is a Cantonese-speaking region. Here, Mandarin songs have a market, and Cantonese songs have an even larger market.

There are even singers in Guangdong who only release Cantonese tapes.

The four kings of Guangdong in the future were the best among them.

Therefore, in Guangdong, most of the popular Cantonese songs from Hong Kong are very popular here.

The same is true for Leon Lai, as one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

In fact, Leon Lai was the first of the Four Heavenly Kings to become popular in mainland China.

He himself was born in the mainland and is naturally popular with mainland audiences.

To a certain extent, the other four heavenly kings were able to become popular in mainland China thanks to Leon Lai's fame.

The term "Four Heavenly Kings" appeared in the middle of this year.

1992 was the most popular year for the new generation of Hong Kong artists after they replaced Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung.

This year, Leon Lai became very popular in Hong Kong and also had considerable influence in mainland China.

Andy Lau had the blessing of movies and his record became very popular after it was released, and he was called an idol of his generation.

Jacky Cheung is a veteran of PolyGram. He was already ranked first after Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung in the late 1980s. Although he had ups and downs in between, he quickly rose again after Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung retired and became the most representative male singer in Hong Kong.

Aaron Kwok became popular in Taiwan in 1990 with "I Can't Stop Loving You". He returned to Hong Kong in 1992 and successfully established a place in Hong Kong with the popularity of "I Can't Stop Loving You".

The new generation is so bright that the Hong Kong media began to brag about it in various ways, and all kinds of limericks swept across major newspapers.

Therefore, under the operation of capital, the term of the Four Heavenly Kings was proposed by the "Father of Concerts" Zhang Yaorong.

In fact, some people also say that it was TVB's Fang Yihua who proposed it.

But no matter who they are, the name of the Four Heavenly Kings has been completely formed.

The final list is Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Jacky Cheung and Aaron Kwok.

At that time in mainland China, Leon Lai was relatively the most famous.

After hearing about the Four Heavenly Kings, mainland audiences were curious and wanted to know who could be as famous as Leon Lai.

Then, slowly, the other four heavenly kings became more and more famous in mainland China, and in a short time became the top stars of this era.

"I don't know when Leon Lai will come to Guangzhou for a concert. I really want to go to his concert."

In the passenger seat, Wang Ziqi was praying with a crazy look on her face.

Leon Lai is known as the young women killer, his elegant and easy-going temperament is very attractive to women.

Not to mention Hong Kong, even in the mainland, there are many women chasing after him.

Obviously, Wang Ziqi is one of them.

“Instead of praying that he comes to play a concert, you should pray when I play one.

If I hold a concert, I will definitely raise your salary."

Zhou Ziheng said unhappily.

This Wang Ziqi is good in everything.

What makes him unhappy is that people always like to worship other singers in front of him.

"I also want you to hold a concert sooner! But it's too difficult if you don't sell tickets."

Wang Ziqi glanced at Zhou Ziheng and said.

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng was a little angry, but he could do nothing about it. Wang Ziheng was indeed right, he would not sell tickets.

Not only does he not sell tickets, but basically all singers in mainland China don't sell tickets now.

Compared to singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, their concerts in mainland China are always packed.

Almost no mainland singers have ever held a formal concert.

Most of the concerts in mainland China nowadays are compilation-style concerts.

There are two reasons.

First, mainland audiences are not interested in mainland singers; they prefer Hong Kong and Taiwan singers.

The second reason is that mainland record companies are unwilling to take the risk of holding concerts for individual singers.

The combination of the two means that if mainland singers want to hold concerts, they will have to wait at least another one or two years, until mainland singers begin to emerge in large numbers and revitalize the entire market.

"I will definitely be the first person in the mainland to have every concert sold out. Just wait and see if you don't believe me!"

After parking the car on the street opposite Qingping Hotel, Zhou Ziheng made a bold statement as he got out of the car.

"Tsk...Ziheng's goal is not small!"

Just as Zhou Ziheng finished speaking, a voice came from behind him.

He looked back and saw Chen Xiaoqi and his group.

"Brother Xiaoqi, Brother Guangping, Sister Ganping, Brother Chunbo!"

Zhou Ziheng greeted each of them one by one.

"What? You want to hold a concert just after releasing a tape?" Chen Xiaoqi walked over with a smile.

"Concert! Who wouldn't be looking forward to it!" Zhou Ziheng said with a smile.

Indeed, as a singer, who doesn’t want to hold a concert?

Performing in front of thousands of spectators is both a proud and exciting thing.

"I'm optimistic about you! Sooner or later you will hold your own concert." Chen Xiaoqi patted Zhou Ziheng on the shoulder and then said:
"But don't think about it for the time being."

Zhou Ziheng nodded. He was just thinking about it and had no plans to hold a concert in the near future.

Putting aside whether anyone would buy tickets, he couldn't even get enough songs for a concert, so how could he hold one?
"Butong has teamed up with the capital to organize a gathering of singers from the north and south. You should have heard about it!"

Several people walked towards the hotel together, and on the way, Chen Xiaoqi asked.

"I heard about it. I was wondering, if I wasn't even invited, how can it be considered a gathering of singers from the north and south?" Zhou Ziheng looked as if he couldn't do without me.

"Haha! You..." Seeing this, Chen Xiaoqi couldn't help but point at Zhou Ziheng and didn't want to say anything.

He knew Zhou Ziheng was joking.

"We have confirmed the date, the 13th. The location was originally planned to be in Butong, but due to some other reasons, it has now been changed to the capital.

It just so happens that our planning department has a plan to promote a singer, and Beijing is the main promotion location, so this time we will just go there to check it out."

Zhou Ziheng had heard about the promotion meeting of the planning department of China Records in his previous life.

In 1993, Chen Xiaoqi brought four singers, Gan Ping, Li Chunbo, Chen Ming and Zhang Mengmeng, to the north and held a singer promotion conference for the Guangzhou company of China Record Corporation in Beijing and Shanghai.

Although the response in Shanghai was lukewarm, it caused a warm response in Beijing.

It is said that the promotion meeting was held at the Poly Theater in Beijing. The electric fan in the theater happened to break down that day, and it was extremely hot. However, the enthusiasm of the media was no less than the temperature that day. A total of seventy or eighty media outlets were present to interview, including important media such as People's Daily and Guangming Daily.

At the promotion meeting, Chen Xiaoqi introduced the work of the Planning Department of China Record Corporation and its singers, which aroused great interest from the media.

It brought great shock to the music industry in Beijing.

It also indirectly promoted the rapid development of the Beijing music industry in the following years, and around 95 it officially surpassed Guangzhou to become the first cultural center in the mainland.

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