Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 44 Small Circle

Compared with Zhou Ziheng, a southern singer who often appears in Bu Tong, Cui Jian, who is only heard of but never seen in the south, is obviously more curious.

As soon as we arrived at the nightclub, the other resident singers came running over to say hello.

Actually this is not surprising.

After all, Cui Jian has achieved great success. He is almost the number one singer in China and has also made it into the international arena.

Well, that’s how it is in China. Performing a few shows abroad is considered as breaking into the international arena.

This is caused by people of this era's lack of self-confidence and their yearning for foreign countries.

But no matter what, the bottom line is that Cui Jian has great prestige in mainland China.

Therefore, even pop singers who look down on rock music respect the father of mainland rock music.

After all, Cui Jian did not come to Butong to perform.

He simply met Chen Kai at a business dinner and was pulled over.

I came here purely for the sake of Chen Kai, the local boss.

So, he was in the audience for the whole night.

Zhou Ziheng was also with him.

Although Zhou Ziheng is now a pop singer, he does not discriminate against rock music and can sing it himself.

The song "Second Hand" that I sang at the Friendship Salon before was considered rock.

Therefore, there was no barrier when chatting with Cui Jian.

In fact, because Zhou Ziheng can always come up with some super rock ideas.

For example, rock music is not rebellion, but an attitude.

This view was strongly supported by Cui Jian.

The two had a very pleasant conversation and finally exchanged contact information. Cui Jian also suggested that if there was a chance, Zhou Ziheng should release a rock album.

……

In December, "Wandering Song" continued to be popular.

The title song of the same name even won the championship in the mainland pop music chart, and other songs also achieved good results. Among the ten songs, six were ranked in the top 20 of the chart, and three of them were even in the top ten.

Such achievements also made Zhou Ziheng famous throughout the mainland and he was hailed by the media as the biggest surprise in the mainland music scene this year.

In mid-December, Zhou Ziheng and a group of singers from Butong, including Chen Ming, Zhang Mengmeng, and Li Chunbo from China Records, Yang Yuying and Mao Lin from New Era, newly signed singers Lin Yilun and Zhang Mengmeng from Pacific Records, Gao Linsheng from White Swan Records, and Mai Zijie, the first singer from Guangzhou in the mainland to sign with PolyGram Records.

A group of more than 30 people rushed to the capital to attend the gathering of singers from the north and south.

From the perspective of the future, this group of people in the south seem to be just like that, and it seems that few people will know them in the future.

But in this era, this lineup is not weak at all.

These people almost make up most of the new generation of 1994 in the mainland in the next few years.

Moreover, even now, the people here are still quite famous in the mainland music scene.

Although many of them have never released their own original official albums, most of them have transcribed songs for record companies, and the tapes of their transcribed songs have sold well in mainland China.

Maybe the audience doesn’t know them, but in the industry, they are all somewhat famous.

Take Na Ying for example. Even though she is currently a resident singer at Butong, she still has some achievements.

She is the winner of the 1991 National Top Ten Most Popular Singers Award and the National Top Ten Film and Television Singers Award.

In addition to the song works, he also has two songs. The song "Shan Gou Gou" was once popular in the mainland for a period of time and even won many awards.

In addition, many of these people have participated in domestic music competitions, and either won championship or runner-up.

If we don't compare sales but only seniority, Zhou Ziheng is a junior among them.

But that was before.

In the past two years, as the mainland has gradually learned from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the judgment of a singer is no longer based on a group of bureaucrats who do not understand music to criticize the singer's quality, but is left to the audience and the market to decide.

Therefore, although Zhou Ziheng is the youngest among the group, he is the most famous and has the feeling of being the leader of southern singers.

There's nothing we can do about it. The 1.5 million tape sales are there. 1.5 million.

Don't underestimate the number of tapes available in the mainland at this time.

This data represents that people all over the country listen to Zhou Ziheng's songs.

This is status and influence.

In this music scene where the market is gradually becoming king, he undoubtedly has a huge influence.

……

On the afternoon of the 12th, the group landed in Beijing.

Chen Xiaoqi and Chen Kai, who were responsible for leading Zhou Ziheng and other singers, arranged accommodation for everyone and then left.

This gathering of singers from the north and south was apparently a private gathering.

But there are actually a lot of things in it.

This is an official gathering to promote the progress of music culture between the north and the south.

Generally speaking, there are many things that need to be dealt with.

After Chen Xiaoqi and the other person left, Zhou Ziheng and the others were not idle either. They planned to go out and stroll around the capital.

There is a saying that goes, the circle is not big, but there are many factions.

Even though these thirty-odd people are all from the South, there are still many dirty things among them.

Because of the different companies and social circles, people were divided into three groups.

One wave was headed by Yang Yuying, and included people from the new era such as Mao Lin, people from White Swan, and some singers from Butong.

The first wave is led by Na Ying.

Even though Na Ying seems to always want to get close to Zhou Ziheng, as if she wants to please him.

But this woman still has a certain prestige among the crowd, and her methods are not weak.

At this time, she had already demonstrated her extraordinary means.

With the help of her title as one of the top ten singers and her background as Gu Jianfen, she attracted some of the thirty people and formed a small circle.

As for the last group of people, they were the group led by Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng is actually not interested in factions.

But some things are not something you can decide just because you want to or not.

When a group of people gather in a circle.

Whether you admit it or not, a factional circle has emerged.

And Zhou Ziheng is the most popular person in his circle.

Therefore, although it was not stated explicitly, everyone showed an attitude of following his lead.

"I don't know where the New Era group has gone. Na Ying should have gone to look for her friends here. Where should we go?"

After watching Na Ying and others leave the hotel, Li Chunbo looked at Zhou Ziheng.

"We are unfamiliar with the capital, and we can't even find our way around when we go shopping. We need to find a local.

Do you know anyone from Beijing?"

Zhang Mengmeng asked.

Although Zhang Mengmeng's name sounds feminine, he is actually a man, and he used to be a rock musician.

I don’t know if he has any representative works, but he is one of the few rock singers under China Record Company, so it is not difficult to imagine that he actually has some talent.

"I know Cui Jian. When he came to Guangzhou a few days ago, he asked me to come to Beijing and call him.

I'll ask him if he's in Beijing, and if he has time, I'll ask him to take us around."

Zhou Ziheng pondered for a moment and spoke.

(End of this chapter)