Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 72: Kiss Goodbye

"Hello! Which tape is the song playing now? Where is it?"

Liu Qiangdong walked up to the salesperson and asked.

"You mean 'Pacific Heartbreak'? It's over there!"

The salesperson was a young girl with a very good service attitude. After hearing Liu Qiangdong's question, she kindly pointed to a shelf not far away.

Liu Qiangdong walked over there.

When he got closer, he found that there were already quite a few people here.

"This tape by Zhou Ziheng is so thoughtful! There are several covers to choose from."

"This cover photo taken at the beach and this one on a motorcycle are both so handsome, I think I want both."

“Then buy them all!”

"No, I don't have enough money. I want to buy another copy of 'Kiss Goodbye' with the remaining money!"

"I'm not going to buy 'Kiss Goodbye', I'm going to buy an extra copy of 'Sad Pacific'. My mother likes Zhou Ziheng very much, so I'll play the extra copy for her at home."

There were quite a few people around the shelf where Zhou Ziheng's tapes were.

But Liu Qiangdong soon discovered a peculiar problem.

That is, there are more women here.

These women are of all ages. Some are in their thirties and look like young married women, while the youngest are sixteen or seventeen years old and are still in school.

A group of women gathered together, chattering about which cover was the best looking.

Liu Qiangdong walked to the shelf and took a look.

I have to say that it is normal for Zhou Ziheng to be liked by women.

The cover style of his tape clearly has the Hong Kong and Taiwan style, which perfectly shows his handsomeness.

I looked through several tapes.

Liu Qiangdong was still a little hesitant.

I hesitated whether I should use my only ten dollars to buy this album "Sad Pacific".

Just then, the song playing in the sales area stopped for a moment, and then another song started playing.

“I Always Blame Myself”

“Shouldn’t have done that”

"I often regret not having you stay"

"Why do we love each other?"

"We still have to separate in the end"

……

When hearing this song, Liu Qiangdong's eyes lit up, and he also liked this song.

He asked the salesperson, "Hi, whose song is playing now?"

The saleswoman probably remembered that Liu Qiangdong had asked her just now, and she replied directly:

"It's still Zhou Ziheng's song, called "How Much Love Can Come Back", and it's the same as the previous song "The Moon Causes Trouble", both of which are from the tape "Sad Pacific"."

Hearing this, Liu Qiangdong looked down at the back of the tape, on which was written the track number of the tape.

"Sad Pacific"

"The Trouble Caused by the Moon"

How Much Love Can Come Back

Sea and Sky

……

Seconds (Cantonese)
The Edge of Love and Pain (Cantonese)
"Also in Cantonese?" Liu Qiangdong became even more interested in the tape.

He simply gave up choosing and found a corner to quietly listen to the songs on the speakers.

Half an hour passed quickly, and my classmate Wu Cheng had already left. He bought a copy of "Goodbye Kiss".

It was only then that Liu Qiangdong walked to the shelf and selected a tape of "Sad Pacific" with a nice cover.

"How much?" He walked towards the payment area without hesitation.

He had listened for so long that he had already made a decision.

He didn't know much about music, but he was sure of one thing: the tape was really good.

No matter whether it is the first few main songs, or the non-main songs in the middle, such as "Sea and Sky", or the last Cantonese song, Liu Qiangdong thinks every one of these songs is very nice.

Holding the tape, Liu Qiangdong rushed to the school quickly.

He couldn't wait to listen to the tape on his recorder.

What "Goodbye Kiss"? Go to hell! Zhou Ziheng is the best.

When he returned to the dormitory, Wu Cheng, who had just gone with him to buy tapes, was already wearing headphones and listening to music with his head shaking.

Liu Qiangdong ignored him and found his recorder.

His audio system is not a Walkman and he doesn't have any headphones.

Fortunately, today is a holiday, so I don’t have to worry about disturbing other people’s rest.

He inserted the tape and pressed play.

"Zizzizi..."

“Is leaving really cruel?”

"Or gentleness is shameful"

"Squeak..."

……

The old tape recorder was like an old cow that was unable to bear the weight, making all kinds of noise, but the singing was still clearly audible.

Listening to music, Liu Qiangdong lay on the bed with a look of enjoyment on his face.

The feeling of listening to your own tape recorder and tapes is just different.

The tape started to turn, and "Sad Pacific" ended quickly, followed by "It's the Moon's Trouble".

The melodious song flowed in his ears, and Liu Qiangdong listened with his eyes closed.

At first he even hummed a line or two along.

Slowly, sleepiness came over him and he fell into a deep sleep.

Vaguely, he felt someone sitting on his bed.

Then it seemed as if someone was talking.

"What are you doing?" He opened his eyes.

Then he found that there were a lot of people surrounding him.

"It rained deeply all night"

"Silent second hand"

"Gently feel this resonance for me."

"It rained all night long"

"The Stopped Second Hand"

The tape recorder is still playing, and it has reached the last song and is about to end.

"Qiangdong, where did you buy this tape? It sounds better than "Goodbye Kiss"!"

"Yes, there are only one or two good songs in 'Goodbye Kiss'. The songs on your tape are all very nice. Where did you buy it? I'll go buy one tomorrow."

When several classmates who were surrounding him saw him wake up, they all started asking questions.

Hearing these questions, Liu Qiangdong's mouth corners suddenly curled up.

Go straight to the tape box.

“It’s this tape, Zhou Ziheng’s “Sad Pacific”.

You know Zhou Ziheng, right? He was the one who sang “The Sound of Waves Remains Still” at the Spring Festival Gala.

"Hiss, it's actually Zhou Ziheng's."

"I was wondering why the voice sounded so familiar."

"Why didn't I see this tape when I went to buy it yesterday?"

"Yes! I have heard of "The Pacific Ocean" for a long time and have always wanted to buy it. I went to the newsstand the day before yesterday and asked, but they didn't have it for sale."

Hearing this, Liu Qiangdong puffed out his chest and said, "It seems like this tape was just released today.

I bought it at the electronics store on the next street, and Wu Cheng was with me at the time." "Wu Cheng, do you have this tape?"

"No, I bought 'Kiss Goodbye'."

"It's still early, should we go buy a copy of Pacific Heartbreak?
I really think it sounds good. How come I never realized that tapes from the mainland could sound so good before.”

……

On the first day of the release of "Pacific Rim", the sales data was not very good.

"Kiss Goodbye" was so popular that many fans went to buy it.

Therefore, on this day, the data of "Pacific Rim" did not look very good.

But this situation did not last long.

Starting from the second and third day.

It was obvious to the naked eye that the sales of this tape were beginning to improve in the market.

At the same time, the place where one can more clearly feel that this tape has the potential to become a big hit is the radio station.

Last year, the songs on the tape "Wandering Songs" were very popular.

But one reason that cannot be ignored is that the target audience of this tape is actually the grassroots audience.

Migrant workers are the largest audience for this tape.

Although there are many people in this group, it is undeniable that the economic conditions of this group of people are often not very good. Many people live frugally, and even if they like "Wandering Song", they will not take the initiative to pay for the tape.

These people don’t have a very high level of education, and many of them may not even know what chart-topping is.

Therefore, the on-demand data of this tape is actually not very high.

But Zhou Ziheng’s current album “Sad Pacific” is different.

The audience for this tape is all-encompassing.

Its audience includes men, women, young and old, elite groups, migrant workers, and even college students.

Many of these people understand what on-demand is and what chart-topping is.

And they are the main force.

As a result, in just two days, the songs on this tape received a large number of requests.

On May 8, "It's the Moon's Trouble" appeared on major song request charts. Although it was ranked at the end, it echoed "Sad Pacific", one was last and the other was second from the top.

On May 10th, "It's the Moon's Trouble" climbed a lot in the rankings, and "How Much Love Can Come Back" entered the list.

The three songs were on the charts at the same time, which accelerated the popularity of the tape "Sad Pacific".

On May 11, "The Edge of Love and Pain", "Second Hand" and the song "Sea and Sky" which Zhou Ziheng thought would not be popular in this era and was just there to make up the numbers also entered the list.

All six songs entered the song request chart and made a breakthrough to the top with extremely high popularity.

On May 13, "It's the Moon's Trouble" entered the top ten, ranking sixth, and several other songs also entered the top twenty.

Zhou Ziheng's six songs came with great momentum, attacking the championship throne of "Kiss Goodbye".

On May 15, in addition to being popular in Beijing and Shanghai, "Goodbye Kiss" once again lost its top spot on the song request chart in Hangzhou, and "Sad Pacific" won the championship again.

From that day on, it was like a chain reaction. In the following days, "Goodbye Kiss" was popular on the song request charts in other regions.

What’s even more frightening is that Zhou Ziheng’s six songs all made it into the top ten on the song request charts of dozens of radio stations in the mainland.

And that's not the end.

On the 18th, on multiple charts, "Goodbye Kiss" not only failed to regain the first place, but even the second place was lost to "It's the Moon's Trouble".

Even on the song request list of Guangdong Music Radio, "Goodbye Kiss" ranked fifth.

The top four are "Sad Pacific", "The Edge of Love and Pain", "The Moon's Trouble" and "Second Hand".

Just as Zhou Ziheng had originally thought, the two Cantonese songs made him a success in the Cantonese market.

These two original songs have become widely sung by Cantonese song lovers.

"Second Hand" has even become a must-order song in major karaoke bars.

"Goodbye Kiss" was bombed, so it can't possibly get it back.

This is Zhou Ziheng’s goal.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhou Ziheng began to participate in a large number of television and radio interviews starting from mid-May.

With Zhou Ziheng's current popularity, it will not be difficult for him to appear on TV and radio.

Whether it is Pearl River TV, CCTV or other local TV stations, they all took the initiative to invite Zhou Ziheng to appear on their programs.

In addition to appearing on the show, Zhou Ziheng also held a total of seven autograph sessions from Guangdong to Shanghai to Beijing.

This round of autograph session was not hosted by Zhou Ziheng himself or Pacific Records.

Instead, it is the responsibility of audio and video distributors in each region.

They ordered a large number of tapes from Pacific, and in order to make more profits, they specially paid Zhou Ziheng to help them sell the tapes.

The first show is naturally in Guangzhou, which is his turf and his fans are very supportive of him.

In the eyes of many fans in Guangzhou, he can now even be called the number one singer in Guangdong.

The signing event in Guangzhou was held in Yuexiu Park, and the organizer was Guangdong's largest tape distributor, New Yangcheng Records, a record distributor company with a large number of specialized classics in Guangdong.

On that day, Zhou Ziheng arrived at the park early.

"so many people!"

When Zhou Ziheng and his group arrived at the park, they were immediately shocked by the scene before them.

A sea of ​​people were crowded together. The exact number of people was unclear, but it was at least a thousand.

There are thousands of people attending a book signing event, which is absolutely rare in the mainland.

It is no exaggeration to say that there has never been so many people attending a mainland singer's autograph session.

This kind of scene can usually only be seen among singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Zhou Ziheng was so excited by the scene that he sat directly behind the signing table before the scheduled signing time and asked the staff to organize fans to start the signing in advance.

New Yangcheng Records is still very reliable.

A lot of security was arranged to maintain order at this signing event.

There was no riot at Zhou Ziheng's first autograph session.

The signing session was moved up and the fans were very excited and started lining up as instructed.

The first person to be let in was a little fat boy.

He came to Zhou Ziheng with excitement, blushing and said:
"Hengzi, I like you so much, your song "Sad Pacific" is so beautiful.

Can I touch you?

The first part of the conversation was normal, but the second part made Zhou Ziheng completely confused.

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took the initiative to reach out and hold his fat hand, “Thank you very much for your support.

Now, you have touched me."

"Yeah! That's great, I'm the first person in our school who has touched you, that's awesome!"

The little fat boy was extremely excited, and his fat face turned as red as an apple.

"What do you need me to write on it?"

Zhou Ziheng took the tape from him with a smile.

The tape was unopened and had just been purchased at the door.

The purpose of this book signing event is to sell tapes.

The signing will be limited to those who purchase the tape on site.

In fact, Zhou Ziheng had also thought about allowing fans who had previously bought tapes to bring their old records for autographs.

But considering that New Yangcheng paid 30,000 yuan for him to attend the signing event, he did not raise this issue.

However, he has already planned that after this round of book signings is over, he will definitely hold a few free book signings.

It can also be regarded as some benefits for the fans who support him.

"Just write, Li Zichao is the most awesome! No, or write, Li Zichao is more handsome than me."

"Pfft..." Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Hey, little fat boy, you are really shameless.

He ignored the fat boy's ridiculous thoughts and wrote directly on the tape:
"I wish Li Zichao good health and all the best!"

Signed by Zhou Ziheng.

Each chapter will be 4,000 words from now on. I’ll tell you about it here.

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