Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 70: Nationwide Popularity
On May 1993, 5, Labor Day, Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye" was officially released in mainland China.

Frankly speaking, Jacky Cheung's album has also been criticized in some places.

Almost all the songs on this album are covers, with only three original songs.

However, this is also the norm for Hong Kong singers in this era. Except for a few, almost all others are cover singers.

In addition, the current difficulty in disseminating information means that the fact that the songs in this album are covers is not a problem at all.

As soon as "Goodbye Kiss" was released, it immediately became a hot-selling movie.

Whether in Guangdong or other provinces in the mainland, it has been extremely popular among fans.

On that day, people buying "Goodbye Kiss" could be seen almost everywhere in major bookstores, newsstands, and electronics stores that sold tapes.

And just when "Goodbye Kiss" was on sale.

That morning, CCTV’s new program “Oriental Horizon Golden Melody Chart” was officially launched.

Seven o'clock in the morning, Beijing.

Wang Mei was woken up early by her mother. Today was Monday and she had to go to school.

She was half-sleepy and in a bad mood, and quickly washed up amid her mother's scolding.

Then I went to the living room to prepare for breakfast.

In the living room, Dad is watching TV.

Wang Mei was surprised when she saw the pictures on TV.

She gets up very early every day, but because her home is close to the school, she stays at home for a while after getting up.

She was bored and wanted to watch TV.

But at around seven in the morning, all TV channels were blue screens and there were no programs to watch.

I didn't expect that there would be a show today.

Thinking of watching TV, she immediately skipped over to sit next to her father, grabbing the fried dough sticks on the table and putting them into her mouth while staring at the TV.

"Happy holidays, audience friends!"

Female host: "I am Shi Yi."

Male host: "I am Zhaohui"

Female host: "From today on, we will host the Golden Melody Chart program for you all"

Male host: "Our Golden Song Chart program is directly for pop music lovers"

……

The two hosts briefly introduced the features and content of the program.

This greatly attracted Wang Mei's attention.

Because her family is well-off, she has time to buy some tapes according to her hobbies and listen to them at home. She has a tape player in her room.

"Dad, will this program be broadcast every day in the future?" Wang Mei looked at her father.

“It should be broadcast every day!”

Wang Mei's father is also a tape enthusiast.

Well, in this era, there is basically no one who doesn’t like tapes.

After all, this is a rare form of entertainment.

In order to listen to music, Wang's father even spent more than 10,000 yuan to buy an expensive stereo system that can not only play tapes, but also laser records and vinyl records.

Wang Mei's love for music is largely influenced by her father.

Zhaohui: "Dear audience, the reason why we launched these two rankings is, on the one hand, to comprehensively introduce the development of Chinese pop songs.

On the other hand, the main purpose is to promote the continuous improvement of the level of domestic pop song creation."

Shi Yi: "In addition, we will launch a column called "Sunday Horoscope" every Sunday, where audience friends can see what the singers are like in their daily lives."

Immediately afterwards, Zhaohui made the final hosting:

“Dear audience friends, this is roughly the arrangement of our program.

If you have any requests or suggestions, please let us know. We will continue to meet your requests and suggestions in future programs."

After the host finished speaking, an exquisite opening segment began to appear in the program.

Then, the show started playing MTV.

In the picture, a man is standing on a yacht and looking into the distance.

The camera moves in and his appearance appears on TV.

"It's Zhou Ziheng!" Father Wang suddenly said.

As he was speaking, subtitles appeared on the TV screen.

"Sad Pacific"

Lyricist: Zhou Ziheng
Composer: Zhou Ziheng
Singer: Zhou Ziheng
At the same time, the accompaniment began to sound.

"This guy is amazing. He took care of the lyrics, composition and singing." Father Wang couldn't help but sigh.

He works for China Television News and is quite familiar with the music industry.

As far as he knows, there are only a few singers in the whole mainland who can write lyrics and compose music, sing, and have good looks like Zhou Ziheng.

Not to mention, Zhou Ziheng has also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and is very popular across the country.

It is no wonder that CCTV favors such a rare singer and directly uses the MTV of his unreleased song as the first song of the TV program.

“Is leaving really cruel?”

"Or gentleness is shameful"

"Or lonely people don't care"

……

"It sounds very nice!" Wang Mei couldn't help but have her eyes shining as she watched the handsome Zhou Ziheng on TV and this song which was very different from previous mainland songs.

Compared to his daughter's love affair, Wang's father thought about more.

He lowered his head and began to think.

"Is there a conflict between Zhou Ziheng and Pacific?"

"The newspaper is planning to set up a record distribution department. Do we have a chance to get Zhou Ziheng's record distribution rights?"

……

Wang Mei's family's situation was not an isolated case. At this time, the MTV "Sad Pacific" was playing in countless families across the country.

Composed by Japan's national treasure singer Miyuki Nakajima, this song established Richie Jen's status as the last superstar in the 1990s. The power of this song is unquestionable.

Many people were attracted by the song and remembered its name - "Sad Pacific".

Even though they are just remembered, once the tape is released, they will all be converted into sales of this tape.

……

[Zhou Ziheng's new song "Sad Pacific" is popular all over the country and ranks in the top ten of many national charts]

[Does Zhou Ziheng have any grudges against Pacific? Is he going to leave Pacific Audio and Video? ]

[Zhou Ziheng fired the first shot of the counterattack, "Sad Pacific" was more popular in Beijing and Shanghai than "Kiss Goodbye"]

CCTV is worthy of being CCTV, as soon as the "Oriental Horizon Golden Melody Chart" was broadcast.

"Sad Pacific" quickly began to spread across the country.

In the Beijing and Shanghai areas, the popularity of this song has even surpassed "Goodbye Kiss" to become the most popular song.

This is not to say that "Pacific Heartbreak" is better than "Goodbye Kiss".

There is no high or low ranking for songs.

Especially for classic songs, it's really difficult to tell which one is better.

Because everyone's hobbies are different.

But in Beijing and Shanghai, Zhou Ziheng is indeed more appealing than Jacky Cheung to a certain extent.

First, this place is not close to Hong Kong and Taiwan, so it is least affected by the culture of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Except for Leon Lai, the other four heavenly kings are popular here, but their appeal is not much stronger than Zhou Ziheng.

The second is the support from CCTV.

Yes, even Zhou Ziheng himself could see that he was favored by CCTV.

In the Beijing-Shanghai area, the ratio of active radio broadcasts of "Sad Pacific" and "Kiss Goodbye" is 6:4.

"Sad Pacific" 6, "Goodbye Kiss" 4.

It can be seen that compared with the Four Heavenly Kings, Beijing and Shanghai radio stations, including CCTV, are actively promoting Zhou Ziheng and tilting the radio promotion resources towards him.

And "Pacific Heartbreak" did not disappoint their preference.

After receiving resources from these radio stations, it spread quickly and was widely loved by listeners.

A reader reminded me that the first version of "Bewitched" was released in 92, so I changed "Bewitched" in the album to "How Much Love Can Come Back".

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