Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 64 Faye Wong: The mainland singer I most look forward to working with is Zhou Ziheng

A restaurant near the China Records.

Zhou Ziheng met Li Chunbo, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Wow, this dude has made a lot of money recently and started to dress fashionably.

She was wearing a suit of foreign brand names and had a thick gold chain around her neck.

She had a small leather bag on her waist and a mobile phone in her hand.

He looks like a nouveau riche.

As soon as he entered the door, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating without any hesitation.

While putting it into his mouth, he complained:
"You guys are so rude. You started eating without even waiting for me."

Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi stared at him in amazement as he drank most of the bowl of seafood soup.

"Why don't you wait before eating?" Chen Xiaoqi asked hesitantly.

"I attended an event in the morning and didn't have time to eat. I'm very hungry," said Li Chunbo.

At this moment, the door of the private room was opened and the hotel waiter walked in.

He looked at Li Chunbo strangely, then said to Zhou Ziheng embarrassedly:

"Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry, I'm too busy today. I'll start cleaning up now and serve you the food right away."

Hearing this, Li Chunbo was stunned.

He glanced at the messy dining table and silently put down his chopsticks.

"Hahaha……"

After the waiter cleaned up and left, Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Li Chunbo looked unhappy. "You guys just looked at it like that, and didn't you even think of reminding me that this was left over from the previous table?"

"We would like to! But you sit down and start eating. It's too late!"

Zhou Ziheng almost laughed to tears.

Chen Xiaoqi next to him was a little concerned about Li Chunbo's face, but he couldn't help but lower his head and chuckled.

"Stop laughing, there's nothing funny about this!"

Li Chunbo felt a little embarrassed and his round face turned darker.

"Okay, okay, stop laughing!"

Zhou Ziheng said while trying not to laugh.

The episode passed quickly.

Li Chunbo seemed to be really hungry. As soon as the food came, he started to eat it with big mouthfuls.

After eating and drinking his fill, he lay back in his chair and looked at Zhou Ziheng.

"Ziheng, you have seven songs nominated for the Guangdong New Songs Chart this time. How many songs do you think will win awards in the end?"

The Guangdong New Songs Chart that Li Chunbo mentioned does not refer to the radio chart.

But it is the Guangdong New Songs Chart Awards that will be held soon.

This award is based on Hong Kong's Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs and Top Ten Hit Songs.

Ten golden songs are selected every year.

"I don't know either, but I shouldn't leave with nothing!"

Zhou Ziheng said this and looked at Chen Xiaoqi.

He really didn't know how many songs won the awards.

But there is one thing that everyone in the industry, including him, is very sure of.

That means he will definitely have a song that wins an award.

If he can't.

Then the fairness of this award may be questioned.

However, these are still unknown, and you have to ask Chen Xiaoqi for details.

He is one of the judges for this year's Sound of Music Awards, and he should be very clear about this.

Li Chunbo also looked at Chen Xiaoqi.

"'Xiao Fang' was the song I promoted. To avoid suspicion, I did not participate in the voting, so I don't know the result.

As for Ziheng, I cannot tell you the specific situation due to the regulations. I can only say that the result will not disappoint you."

Chen Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment and said.

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng looked calm.

Li Chunbo frowned.

There were many hit songs last year.

Zhou Ziheng alone has eight or nine songs shortlisted.

With the addition of Yang Yuying and other Guangdong singers, the competition is more intense than in previous years.

And "Xiao Fang" is a typical folk song.

Like Zhou Ziheng's "Wandering Song", it is popular among the general public, but in the eyes of the elite and professional musicians, it is a representative of folk songs.

Although this kind of song has explosive sales, it is extremely difficult to win an award.

After all, as we all know, although pop music has begun to rise in the current music scene, traditional musicians still occupy the mainstream and have a large number of award resources.

He originally hoped that Chen Xiaoqi could help the song win the award, but now it seems that this hope will be dashed.

It seems that Chen Xiaoqi did not contact his friends to promote this song.

“The Sound of Music is the radio station that promotes pop songs the most.

Their goal is to match TVB's Top Ten Songs and they intend to focus on commercial purposes.

So I think it’s not a big problem.”

Zhou Ziheng saw that Li Chunbo must be dissatisfied with Chen Xiaoqi, so he quickly knocked on the table and said.

"I hope so! My song has sold so well, it would be disappointing if it doesn't win an award."

Li Chunbo glanced at Chen Xiaoqi and said in a deep voice.

Music awards.

You say it's important, but it's actually just that important.

But if you say it is not important, it is very important.

It is an important tool to promote a singer's status.

In Guangdong, there are two important awards.

One is the Lingnan Top Ten Golden Songs, and the other is the Guangdong New Songs Chart.

Both of these awards can greatly help singers improve.

Whenever an award is won, at least the winning singer has gained unanimous recognition from the industry, regardless of anything else.

At the same time, the appearance fee can also be increased.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Li Chunbo is so keen on winning or not winning the award.

only……

Zhou Ziheng glanced at Li Chunbo and Chen Xiaoqi.

I felt a little helpless.

People are like this, their desires are endless.

The sudden success of Li Chunbo's "Xiao Fang" inevitably made him feel a little dizzy.

He has been very high-profile recently.

Not only did he frequently go in and out of high-end entertainment venues, he also had a vague sense of resistance to some of the arrangements made for him by Chen Xiaoqi.

This undoubtedly made Chen Xiaoqi very dissatisfied with him.

Zhou Ziheng heard Chen Xiaoqi complaining about him more than once.

This time, whether "Xiao Fang" can win the award is actually very simple for Chen Xiaoqi.

Even though he cannot directly participate in the voting for this song.

But with his connections, it would be hard for "Xiao Fang" not to win an award if he wanted to.

But it seems that Chen Xiaoqi obviously did not contribute to this matter.

The two of them already had some problems in their hearts.

Because of this incident, I'm afraid the gap will get bigger.

Zhou Ziheng sighed, not knowing how to be a peacemaker, so he could only change the subject:
"I heard that the organizer invited singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan to the awards this time. Do you know who they are?"

"I don't know about the others, but there are two things I can be sure of. One is Andy Lau, who will be the presenter of the Best Male Singer award.

Another one is Wang Jiawen. We don’t know which award she will present, but it has been confirmed that she will perform.”

Chen Xiaoqi took off his glasses and wiped the dust off them.

As he said this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "In fact, Wang Jiawen's coming here has something to do with you."

"Me?" Zhou Ziheng was stunned.

What does it have to do with him whether Faye Wong comes or not?
Although he knew Faye Wong and had her contact information, they would occasionally contact her.

But he didn't invite Faye Wong to participate in this award.

"Some time ago, Audio and Video World interviewed Faye Wong and asked Wang Jiawen if there was a mainland singer she most wanted to work with. Do you know what she said?" Chen Xiaoqi looked at Zhou Ziheng with a smile.

"It can't be me?" Zhou Ziheng hesitated.

“Yes, Wang Jiawen said that the mainland singer she is most looking forward to working with is you.

So, The Sound of Music invited her to attend the awards ceremony.

If nothing unexpected happens, the organizers should arrange for you to perform a song together on the same stage on the day the awards ceremony begins."

"It seems like this is not a waste of my year!" Zhou Ziheng joked.

(End of this chapter)