Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 52: Street Beggar

The publicity and promotion of "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" is in full swing.

Zhou Ziheng also benefited greatly from this wave of publicity.

During this promotion, he frequently appeared on major radio stations, magazines and television, allowing more people to get to know him through this wave of promotion.

To a certain extent, he and Yang Yuying have become household names in the Pearl River Delta region.

time flies.

Amid the publicity spree, 1992 quietly became history, and 1993 is approaching people with a vibrant atmosphere.

Nearing 1993.

Major media outlets also began to summarize the year of 1992.

In a word, full of vitality.

Whether in terms of economy or other aspects, China is moving forward for the better.

The same is true for the Chinese music scene.

This year, the Four Heavenly Kings are officially crowned kings and are about to begin their era.

This year, Taiwan's music scene has continued to gain momentum, showing signs of becoming the center of the Chinese music scene.

It was also in this year that, with the promulgation of the Copyright Law, the mainland officially began its own journey of creating stars and successfully established outstanding examples such as Zhou Ziheng, Yang Yuying, and Gan Ping.

In the same year, Hong Kong and Taiwan musicians began to pay attention to the mainland music market.

A large number of musicians entered the mainland, and some selected outstanding talents to enter Hong Kong and Taiwan, or established record production companies in the mainland.

Examples of this include China Fire, a brand under Rolling Stone Music, and Red Star Records, founded by Beyond's former manager Chen Jiantian.

In the same year, two original albums produced in mainland China and with sales exceeding one million appeared on the mainland music scene.

Zhou Ziheng's "Wandering Song" and Yang Yuying's "The Wind is Full of Love and the Water is Full of Smiles".

This gave the entire mainland music community a boost, and everyone realized one thing: the mainland could also create original works and sell them better.

This marked the beginning of the mainland pop music scene.

……

January 1993, 1, New Year's Day.

After a long period of promotion, the tape "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" was officially released.

In fact, for the record company, this is not considered an official release.

Their official sale has already begun.

They are connected with major orderers, and from the moment the orderers place an order, the tape is considered to be on sale.

However, for the general public, January 1st is the official release date.

Because, on this day, they saw this tape in major electronics stores, audio and video stores, and major bookstores.

However, this day is also important for record companies.

Because the sales volume of tapes on this day will directly affect subsequent orders.

If the tape is popular in the market, it is obvious that the orderers will increase the order quantity in order to make money.

On the contrary, if the tape is unpopular and no one buys it, the orderers will not only not continue to place orders with the record company, but will also return previous orders to the record company.

And if this situation really happens.

New Era and Pacific are bound to suffer heavy losses.

The investment in the tape "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" was too huge.

This tape is definitely the most expensive tape ever produced in mainland China.

Needless to say, the adaptation fees for some of the cover songs are high.

New Era invested a huge amount of money just in production and promotion.

Apart from anything else, this tape of Zhou Ziheng singing earned him 100,000 yuan!

But New Era and Pacific’s investments go beyond this.

There is also the initial cost of tape duplication!
Even if Pacific has its own factory, the cost is not high.

But this time, "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" was copied and printed on nearly 100,000 tapes at one time.

If I can't sell them, I'll just have to waste them.

Of course, this is unlikely to happen.

Although the mainland's own music cannot compare with that of Hong Kong and Taiwan, the mainland has begun to mature in the market.

As long as the quality of tapes was not too bad, they would generally sell well. Let's put it this way: the mainland tape market at this time was almost equivalent to the Hong Kong film market in the 1980s.

The demand is greater than the supply. As long as you make it, you won’t have to worry about not being able to sell it.

It is also because of this money-grabbing factor that joint venture companies such as Guangdong Cailing emerged and a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan tapes were introduced into the mainland.

Besides, Zhou Ziheng and Yang Yuying are very popular now, so it is unlikely that their tapes will not sell.

But relatively speaking, the results on the 1st will more or less affect the subsequent plans of New Era and Pacific Records.

……

The early morning sun shines straight down, illuminating the billboards all over the street.

People are hurrying along the street, and the aroma of various breakfasts fills the entire street.

“Barbecued pork buns, delicious barbecued pork buns!”

“Fried rice noodles, fried rice noodles…”

"Huayuan Factory is hiring. The salary is high and the work is simple. You just need to know how to screw in screws!"

Various sounds mixed together to form a vibrant picture.

On the street, Wang Mei was carrying her bag and moving quickly among the crowd.

She was wearing a fashionable white dress in Hong Kong and Taiwan style and had a tall figure. She attracted a lot of attention when she walked on the street.

"The wanderer misses you outside"

"Dear Mom"

"Wandering footsteps travel all over the world"

'No home'

……

"Everyone, please be kind!"

"Good people live in peace!"

From the corner of the street came the singing voice that she could hear everywhere recently, and she looked over there reflexively.

I saw a man with missing legs kneeling on the ground in an open space not far away, begging passers-by. Next to him was an old tape recorder, from which a sad song was coming out.

The already sad song, coupled with the man's missing legs and dirty appearance, gives people an extremely miserable feeling.

Many passers-by were infected by this miserable appearance and took out their change and threw it into the cardboard box in front of the man.

"Damn liar!"

When she saw that man, Wang Mei frowned and couldn't help cursing inwardly.

This guy has been begging here for more than a month.

At first, she felt sorry for his miserable life and gave him some money.

Until a few days ago, she came home late from get off work and saw a shocking scene in an alley not far away.

It turned out that the man was not disabled at all, but now it looked like he had broken both legs.

But in fact, he pressed his legs under his body, making it difficult to tell whether it was real or fake.

Not only is he not disabled, he also has money.

Wang Mei saw him come out of the alley and get into a Santana, although it was a bit shabby.

But no matter how broken or second-hand it is, it is still a car!

He can afford a car, so he is much richer than most people on the road.

Seeing that many people threw a lot of money into the cardboard box because of the other party's misery, Wang Mei took a few steps towards that side. She wanted to expose him.

However, after taking two steps, she hesitated.

She saw two men who got on the bus with the fake disabled person that day.

The two men were standing in the corner not far from the beggar, smoking cigarettes one by one.

After thinking about it, she gave up the idea of ​​exposing the other party.

She has been in Guangdong for several years and is very familiar with the place and understands the rules of survival here.

Sometimes, it’s better not to know what you shouldn’t know.

Even if you know, you have to pretend you don't know.

A friend of hers was stabbed three times and almost died because she was nosy.

(End of this chapter)