Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 68: Who can compete with Ziheng?
“Has the album been titled?”

Liu Zhiwen took the master tape and walked to the Pioneer stereo system next to him and inserted the tape into it.

"Let's use the title song 'Sad Pacific' as the album name!" Zhou Ziheng said.

"Sad Pacific?" Hearing this name, Liu Zhiwen couldn't help but look at Zhou Ziheng, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Are you dissatisfied with Pacific?"

Zhou Ziheng's mouth twitched.

Why do people always associate "Sad Pacific" with Pacific Audio and Video?

Chen Xiaoqi asked the same question when he first saw this song.

"The Pacific Ocean in the song does not refer to Pacific Corporation, but the Pacific Ocean among the four oceans." Zhou Ziheng replied helplessly.

Hearing this, Liu Zhiwen breathed a sigh of relief.

He also thought that Zhou Ziheng was dissatisfied with Pacific Records, so he wrote this song.

At this time, the prelude of "Sad Pacific" sounded.

The sound of an electric guitar played with effects is very catchy.

At the same time, the melody of the song is also very uplifting.

As soon as this prelude melody came out, Liu Zhiwen immediately understood why Zhou Ziheng said that the quality of this tape was even better than "Wandering Song".

This melody and this style of music have almost never been heard in the mainland today.

“Is leaving really cruel?”

"Or gentleness is shameful"

"Or lonely people don't care"

"Day and night, no conditions"

“Is it really dangerous ahead?”

……

The song "Sad Pacific" ended quickly.

Liu Zhiwen was silent.

He knew he was not qualified to judge the song.

The only word he could say was "nice".

The tape continues to play.

Songs such as "The Moon's Trouble", "How Much Love Can Come Back", "The Edge of Love and Pain", and "Second Hand" were played one after another.

Before he knew it, Liu Zhiwen had actually finished listening to the entire tape.

On the sofa opposite him, Zhou Ziheng was already dozing off.

After turning off the stereo system, Liu Zhiwen looked at the sleepy Zhou Ziheng and said:

"I agree to your proposal to publish and sell this tape in May.

However, time can’t really match up with “Kiss Goodbye.”

"Kiss Goodbye" is number one, and your "Pacific Heartbreak" should be released on the 6th. We need time to produce duplicate tapes, and we also need time for promotion."

"That's no problem." Zhou Ziheng nodded.

"Do you have any other questions about the sale of this tape?" Liu Zhiwen asked.

Although he was still very worried that this tape would be affected by "Goodbye Kiss" and lead to poor sales.

But the quality of the tape still won him over.

At the same time, because of the quality of the songs in the tape, he paid more attention to Zhou Ziheng.

“There are no other questions, there is only one thing I want to make clear.

I will find a company to distribute this tape in Hong Kong and Taiwan."

Zhou Ziheng looked at Liu Zhiwen and said.

"You look for it yourself?" Liu Zhiwen looked surprised. "Do you have any connections in this area?"

"Yes!" Zhou Ziheng nodded.

The contract Zhou Ziheng signed with Pacific was for mainland distribution.

Hong Kong and Taiwan are not included.

Therefore, if Zhou Ziheng was unwilling to hand over the distribution of tapes in Hong Kong and Taiwan to Pacific, he could hand it over to other companies.

Speaking of which, regarding the distribution rights in Hong Kong and Taiwan, this should actually be considered an omission when Pacific Company signed the contract with Zhou Ziheng.

Maybe they never thought that Zhou Ziheng's tape would do well in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

So when signing the contract, when Zhou Ziheng proposed to sign with them only for the mainland distribution rights, they agreed without thinking.

This also gave Zhou Ziheng the opportunity to find Hong Kong and Taiwan companies to distribute his tapes in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"Do you think your tape will have a market in Hong Kong and Taiwan?" Hearing this, Liu Zhiwen's heart skipped a beat and he asked.

“Whether there is a market or not can only be known after it is released.

The distribution company that you helped contact for the release of "Wandering Song" was very irresponsible.

Due to insufficient publicity, there was no success in the charts.

I don’t want to work with them anymore.”

Zhou Ziheng himself didn't know what kind of success this tape would achieve in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But he was sure of one thing: he had to find a big company. Before that, he wanted to contact the Rolling Stones through Zhang Peiren and sign a contract with them for the distribution rights in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But now, he has a new goal.

PolyGram, where Faye Wong works, is a good choice.

It just so happens that Faye Wong is currently very popular in PolyGram and has a good say.

If he asks her for help, she should be able to help him get good distribution conditions.

……

The master of the tape was given to Pacific.

After Pacific decided on the publication date, it moved quickly.

While they started printing tapes, they announced to the outside world that Zhou Ziheng's new album would be published and released in May.

Once this message was sent.

It immediately attracted the attention of all Guangdong media.

Recently, Guangdong media have been hoping that a Guangdong singer can stand up and prove that the Guangdong music scene is no pushover.

But the people released by major record companies are worse than each other, and it is clear that they are just used as cannon fodder.

Now, there is finally a heavyweight who is going to stand up to Jacky Cheung and restore the reputation of Guangdong music scene. How can they not be excited?

Then, just as Zhou Ziheng said.

After he, the most popular singer in Guangdong and even in the mainland last year, announced that he would perform Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye".

All major media outlets were in an uproar.

Golden Boy

"Zhou Ziheng announced that his new album will compete head-on with Kiss Goodbye"

"Jacky Cheung, please accept the challenge!"

"When Ziheng appears, who can compete with him?"

Wow, looking at the articles reported by Guangdong media.

Zhou Ziheng was so embarrassed that he almost got cancer.

He also didn't expect that the mainland media in this era would come up with such a corny headline.

What he didn't expect was that when musicians generally believed that he was here to commit suicide, these media actually had high expectations for him.

Everyone hopes that he will defeat Jacky Cheung.

Zhou Ziheng was of course very happy about their trust in him.

But he is also under a lot of pressure!
That's "Goodbye Kiss".

One of the best-selling albums of the 1990s.

A record of Jacky Cheung's preaching.

It was the reputation and popularity of this album that gradually earned Jacky Cheung the title of God of Songs.

To cut it down.

Even though the songs on his tape were classics, he couldn't guarantee success.

The Guangdong media were like being injected with chicken blood, and they all came to support Zhou Ziheng, publicize him and cheer him on.

In just two or three days, the atmosphere was created to be extremely hot as Zhou Ziheng was about to go head-to-head with Jacky Cheung, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Even Jacky Cheung himself in Hong Kong received the news.

In an interview on the 25th, he was asked by the Hong Kong media about a person named Zhou Ziheng from the mainland who was challenging him.

Well, that's the challenge.

From the perspective of the mainland media, Zhou Ziheng was the most popular singer in the mainland last year.

He is qualified to compete with Jacky Cheung.

But in the Hong Kong media, Zhou Ziheng is an unknown person.

That’s why they used the word “challenge”.

When asked, Jacky Cheung did not step on Zhou Ziheng.

The entertainment industry is like this. If there is no grudge or hatred, no one will directly attack you unless they are an idiot.

Zhou Ziheng didn't know whether Jacky Cheung knew him.

But the other party's EQ is really high after being questioned by reporters.

He directly praised: "Zhou Ziheng is a very good singer, I am looking forward to his tape."

It's a normal compliment and everyone in the circle understands it.

But the mainland media don’t understand.

After learning Jacky Cheung’s answer.

They are more passionate.

Dongguan Daily, the newspaper of Zhou Ziheng's hometown, even wrote an article that made Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Mainland China's No. 1 singer, Jacky Cheung directly calls himself a fan of Zhou Ziheng."

(End of this chapter)