Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 50: Countermeasures for Records
China Record Planning Department.

Li Guangping, Li Chunbo and Gan Ping sat together on the sofa, watching Chen Xiaoqi put a tape into the tape recorder.

"Lao Chen, you called us over here just to let us listen to the tape?"

Li Guangping was a little dissatisfied when he saw Chen Xiaoqi called them over and asked them to sit down and listen to the tape.

He's been very busy lately.

He was the producer of Gan Ping's new tape "Eternal Sounds", and he wrote the lyrics for the title track "Wet Heart" himself.

He attached great importance to this tape, hoping that it would help him get promoted to a higher level.

To this end, he has been meeting with people from major radio stations and news magazines to discuss promotion matters these days.

As a result, early in the morning, Chen Xiaoqi called him to the company, and without saying anything, he asked him to listen to the tape.

"Listen to it first!"

Chen Xiaoqi was still fiddling with the tape recorder.

He inserted the tape into the recorder and pressed play.

"Take A Fish Fire"

"Let it warm my eyes"

"Leave a true love"

"Let it anchor by the Maple Bridge"

……

Some familiar melody sounded, and when the singing appeared, Li Guangping was stunned.

"How did you get the tape of Zhou Ziheng and Yang Yuying?"

"Don't worry about it! I have my own channels." Chen Xiaoqi said, sitting on the sofa next to him and looking at Gan Ping. "You have also sung this song, how do you feel about it?"

Gan Ping hesitated for a moment, "It's better than my version."

"Yes, you are right, Zhou Ziheng's voice is good, and this song is more suitable for male voice.

Obviously, his version is better than yours."

Chen Xiaoqi said with a serious expression, "Besides, I have a feeling that his version may not only be better, but it may also be a big hit."

"So, you mean that Chunbo and Gan Ping's tapes will be affected?" Li Guangping frowned.

Chen Xiaoqi didn't say anything, but looked at the recorder.

Seeing this, everyone understood what he meant. He wanted everyone to continue listening.

The recorder continues playing.

After the first song "The Sound of Waves Remains", the second song immediately followed.

This song is "Tell You Gently" sung by Yang Yuying.

After listening to this song, Li Guangping frowned even more tightly.

Before he could say anything, the third song started playing.

This song is also by Zhou Ziheng.

It’s “Late Autumn”.

Compared with Chen Rujia's original version of "I'll Keep Your Heart in Me", Zhou Ziheng's version has slightly changed the composition and becomes more attractive.

After listening to it, combined with the song "Heart Rain" that was already playing on the radio, Li Guangping took a deep breath.

“Pacific and New Era, is it because there are so many hits in the music library that you can’t choose?

So many hit songs all on one tape?"

"I don't know whether Pacific and New Era have many hits. I only know that we might be in trouble. Chunbo and Gan Ping's tapes collided with this tape containing many hits. I'm afraid we will be greatly affected." Chen Xiaoqi said while knocking on the table.

"What should I do? Does my "Xiao Fang" need to be postponed?" Li Chunbo asked with a wry smile.

They are all professionals, and they can tell whether a song is popular and whether it sounds good.

Although most of the songs on the tape "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" are covers.

But most people in mainland China have hardly ever heard the original version.

Even though the original version of "Late Autumn" "Wish I Could Keep Your Heart" was published in mainland China, it was only slightly famous in Guangdong and could not be called a big hit at all.

Now, this song has been given to Zhou Ziheng for a cover.

It would be fine if Zhou Ziheng's singing was just average, but Zhou Ziheng's version is even better than the original.

Coupled with the fame of Zhou Ziheng and Yang Yuying, it is obvious that these songs are not far from becoming a big hit.

Competing with a tape with many hits and a famous singer was very disadvantageous to him and Gan Ping. So, subconsciously, Li Chunbo thought that Chen Xiaoqi called him over to postpone his tape.

"I don't think it's necessary to delay the release of the tape."

Li Guangping suddenly spoke.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he expressed his thoughts.

"This tape is really amazing. We must admit that it is an unprecedented golden song tape in the current mainland.

I'm afraid even Zhou Ziheng's previous album "Wandering Song" may not be able to compare to it.

But this may not be our opportunity.”

Li Guangping looked like he had a clear mind:

“There are so many hits on this tape, what will New Era and Pacific do?
If it were me, I would definitely distribute resources to push all these songs up.

And this is our opportunity.

Pacific and New Times do have more advantages than us in Guangdong media.

But with so many songs, if the promotional resources are spread out evenly, how much promotional resources can be left for one song?

As for us, we only need to focus our resources on promoting one song, and use that one song to drive the sales of the entire tape."

"So, you want to ruin the list?" Chen Xiaoqi asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, it's about smashing the charts and pushing "Xiao Fang" and "Wet Heart" to the top two on all major radio station charts." Li Guangping said.

"But you forgot one thing. We are promoting two songs at the same time. Isn't this also a dispersion of resources?"

Chen Xiaoqi hit.

“Indeed, our resources have been dispersed, but Lao Chen, don’t we still have you?

You have such a good relationship with all the major radio stations. As long as you take action, I think all the major radio stations will give us more promotional resources!"

Li Guangping looked at Chen Xiaoqi and said seriously.

"Let me try!" Chen Xiaoqi pondered for a long time before saying with a frown.

……

Just when China Record Corporation was discussing how to deal with "Golden Boy and Jade Girl".

Pacific's Liu Zhiwen and New Era's Li Qiang also brought Zhou Ziheng, Yang Yuying and some senior executives of the two companies to discuss how to deal with China Record.

Snapped!
Liu Zhiwen put his hand on the recorder to pause it.

Then he looked at the crowd.

“Comrades, we can’t take it lightly, the two albums released by China Records this time are both of high quality.

If we are not careful, we may fall behind in sales.

Pacific and New Era are sister companies, and we are also the champion and runner-up companies in annual tape sales this year.

I think you all don’t want to be outshined by China Records next year!

The fact that sales are weaker than the Chinese album is a minor matter, but affecting your year-end performance bonuses is a major matter.”

Many people came today, most of them are senior executives from Pacific and New Era.

There are various directors, ministers, and also producers of the company.

Zhou Ziheng was just a supporting role in the film.

So he picked a corner spot.

Sitting next to him was Xu Jianqiang.

That is, the original author of "Late Autumn".

He is one of the new era producers.

However, he is an external employee.

Like Zhou Ziheng, he did not join a record company but is an independent producer.

He also set up a music production studio last year, contracting the production of various music albums.

The tape "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" was contracted to be produced by him.

"Brother Jianqiang, haven't Xiao Fang and Gan Ping's albums been published yet? What's the matter with these two?"

Zhou Ziheng's focus was on why the tape, which had not yet been published by China Records, appeared here in Pacific.

Asked quietly.

(End of this chapter)