Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 47 North-South Singer Competition

Chapter 47 North-South Singer Competition (Seeking Follow-up Reading)
At ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhou Ziheng and his party, led by Chen Xiaoqi, arrived at Heping House, one of the most famous karaoke bars in Beijing.

This is the site of the great competition between singers from the north and south, also jokingly called the North-South Singers Championship.

After parking the car, the group walked in.

"You guys went around Beijing yesterday. How did you feel?" Chen Xiaoqi asked everyone as they walked.

"The musical atmosphere is very strong. I saw people performing on the road in many places, but most of them sang rock music," said Zhou Ziheng.

“That’s for sure. Beijing is the rock center of the mainland, so naturally there are more people playing rock music.

The only pity is that there are not many rockers in this competition." Chen Xiaoqi looked regretful.

Indeed, the so-called North-South rivalry.

Most of the rock singers in the North didn't participate.

This will naturally greatly reduce the value of this so-called competition.

But, this is actually normal.

Although Beijing is currently the rock center of the mainland, it has a large number of great rock people.

For example, Cui Jian, Black Panther_Tang Dynasty, the Three Masters of Magic Rock, etc.

But to a certain extent, they are not actually mainstream.

Haven’t you seen that there is not a single rock performance on the Spring Festival Gala in recent years?

The mainland is a good place to identify the current mainstream.

If you want to determine the mainstream of the market that year, just watch the Spring Festival Gala.

It is basically clear at a glance how many singers performed on the Spring Festival Gala that year and what genres they sang.

As far as Zhou Ziheng knows, the mainstream music in the past few years was still that of Song Zuying.

Only with this year's Spring Festival Gala will there be a major reshuffle.

Because starting from this year and in the next few years, the Spring Festival Gala in mainland China will become a permanent venue for pop singers.

As they were talking, the group entered Peace House, which is also a hotel that combines accommodation, restaurant and karaoke bar.

They went straight to the cabaret.

At this time, quite a few people had gathered here.

There are singers and producers, basically everyone in the industry.

The main purpose of this so-called competition is actually communication, and it is held to promote the progress of popular music culture between the north and the south.

Competition is not the goal, learning is the most important thing.

At this time, the models in the north and south were not quite the same.

The South has begun to adopt a large-scale signing model to absorb Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Singers release albums by signing contracts.

As for the capital, things are quite chaotic.

There are singers who work for state-owned record companies, independent singers who produce independently and then hand over the tapes to publishing houses or record companies for distribution, and some who are signed to companies like the one in Guangzhou.

Anyway, there are different types, and the purpose of this exchange is to learn from each other's strengths to promote progress in both places.

"Everyone is here early!"

Seeing so many people who had arrived early, Chen Xiaoqi smiled and took Zhou Ziheng and others to say hello.

By the way, introduce Zhou Ziheng to them.

Of course, the singers there were also introduced to Zhou Ziheng and others.

After this introduction, Zhou Ziheng immediately discovered that there were indeed some powerful singers among the singers from Beijing.

Especially Gu Jianfen’s disciples.

Mao Amin, Su Hong, Li Yong, Xie Xiaodong, etc.

Others include Liu Huan and others.

If we look at the influence of future achievements, the opponent seems to be even more powerful.

After all, there are big brothers and sisters in the music industry like Liu Huan and Mao Amin.

And, most importantly, the current Liu Huan and Mao Amin have actually come to the fore.

The two of them are already considered top-notch singers in mainland pop music.

Especially Mao Amin, her status in the mainland at that time was like Anita Mui in Hong Kong. She was the big sister and was indispensable in various important evening parties and events.

"Is this Zhou Ziheng?"

Chen Xiaoqi introduced everyone to the producers and singers present.

When he came in front of Gu Jianfen, the godmother of the music industry, she suddenly set her eyes on Zhou Ziheng.

"He is Zhou Ziheng!" Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaoqi pulled Zhou Ziheng in front of him.

"The tapes are selling well!" Gu Jianfen looked at Zhou Ziheng and praised with a smile.

Then he ignored Zhou Ziheng and continued talking with Chen Xiaoqi.

Zhou Ziheng was quite happy about this. He didn't expect that he had already entered the sight of these bigwigs.

The good sales of this tape really worked.

There are actually no rules for this exchange competition.

It's just that one person from the south goes up to sing a song, and one person from the north goes up to sing a song.

Then, several important figures in the mainland, such as Chen Xiaoqi and Gu Jianfen, will serve as judges and give scores.

Zhou Ziheng went up and sang Danny Chan's "I Just Like You".

He has an outstanding voice and his singing is well-controlled. He scored 9.1 points and is one of the few people who scored above 9 points.

"You're lucky to have found a genius who can sing and write!"

Below the stage, Gu Jianfen and Chen Xiaoqi sat together.

When Zhou Ziheng finished singing, Gu Jianfen couldn't help but look at Chen Xiaoqi.

"Ziheng is really good. He has mastered all kinds of songs very well. His creative ability is not inferior to mine. With time, he will become a great talent."

Chen Xiaoqi did not refute, but nodded in agreement.

"I don't quite understand. He can obviously handle all kinds of songs. Why would you let him sing a song like "Wandering Song"?"

When talking about wandering songs, Gu Jianfen frowned.

Although Zhou Ziheng's "Wandering Song" sold well in the market and broke the tape sales record for mainland singers.

But she didn't like most of the songs on the tape.

"He wanted to sing it himself. Don't underestimate him because he is young. He has his own ideas and plans for his own path."

Chen Xiaoqi said.

Shaking her head, Gu Jianfen sighed, "Young people will suffer if they don't listen to advice."

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"Ziheng, good job!"

As soon as Zhou Ziheng came down, Li Chunbo and others came up to greet him with applause.

Before that, Mao Amin and Liu Huan from the north had both performed there.

Both of them scored above nine points.

But in the south, there is not even a single 9 point score.

Zhou Ziheng now has nine points, which has narrowed the gap a little.

"I was just taking a shortcut by singing in Cantonese. If I had sung in Mandarin, I might not have gotten such a high score," Zhou Ziheng said with a wry smile.

There is no shortage of people with good voices in China.

Zhou Ziheng has a good voice, but the singers present today also have their own characteristics.

As for singing skills, Zhou Ziheng was just a student at a music college in his previous life. Although he had good singing skills, he had not yet reached the world-class level.

He himself had to admit that he was far inferior to Mao Amin and Liu Huan.

But the good thing is that he can speak many languages.

Since he couldn’t do it in Mandarin, he sang in Cantonese.

"You actually sang very well. Even if it wasn't in Cantonese, we wouldn't necessarily be able to beat you."

A voice sounded behind him and Zhou Ziheng turned around to look.

It turned out that Liu Huan had gotten here at some point.

"Meet Liu Huan!"

He smiled and reached out to Zhou Ziheng.

"Zhou Ziheng!" Zhou Ziheng shook hands with him.

"I know! I've listened to your tapes."

"I know you, too. I've listened to your tapes."

"Haha!" Upon hearing this, the two couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.