Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 81 Help from Dawn

Just as Chen Jiaying said, the promotion efforts that ArtNation gave to Zhou Ziheng, no, to "Pacific Rim" were definitely beyond the reach of a newcomer.

Not to mention purchasing a large number of newspaper headlines for publicity.

The fact that he was able to appear on the prime-time music recommendation programs of the three major radio stations at the same time is not something that ordinary singers can do.

As the three most famous radio stations in Hong Kong and Macau, whether it is Hong Kong Radio, Commercial Radio, or the newly established New Town Radio.

It’s not easy to get on their prime-time music recommendation programs.

A large number of records are sold every month throughout Hong Kong.

Naturally, not just any song can be recommended by the three radio stations.

If it's not beneficial to the radio station, why would they let you on?

Anyway, you either have connections or you have money.

Both are indispensable.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng did not expect that "Sad Pacific" would be broadcast on three major radio stations at the same time and be promoted prominently.

In his opinion, the best he could do is to focus on promoting the album on one radio station, which would actually be considered a great effort for the album.

But I didn’t expect that three radio stations would promote it at the same time.

However, if you think about it, it is actually very normal.

You know, Entertainment Music spent a lot of money on the album "Sad Pacific".

The buyout fee for the release is 1.15 million, plus the 500,000 for publicity, which adds up to 1.65 million.

This is just the initial investment.

If you include the cost of burning tapes and other materials such as laser discs, the investment is obviously even greater.

With so much money invested in arts, we can’t just invest it in vain!
The reason they bought "Pacific Rim" was to make money.

Now that all the money for the initial investment in the record has been spent, if the record doesn’t sell, won’t they lose a lot of money?
No one wants to lose money, let alone Entertainment Music.

They are not big record companies like PolyGram and Warner, so they cannot afford to make investments like this one.

If you really lose money, it will be very devastating.

Therefore, in order to prevent this album from losing money, Yineng Dongyin naturally had no choice but to bite the bullet and increase its investment.

Then, there was the incident where three major radio stations promoted "Sad Pacific" at the same time.

And this is not the final investment in entertainment.

They also contacted TVB's most popular music show, Jade Solid Gold, for Zhou Ziheng.

Jade Solid Gold Songs is actually the selection channel for the Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Songs Awards.

Held once a week.

At the beginning, the program content mainly consisted of interviews with singers and playing MTVs of new songs.

Some changes were made in the mid-1980s. Two singers would be invited to compete on stage, and singers with new songs would be invited to help out. The winners would receive a lot of prizes.

At the same time, when the weekly program is coming to an end, the host will announce the top 10 list of this week's "Jingge Gold Chart". The songs on the list are usually Cantonese or Mandarin songs that have recently been released by local Hong Kong singers. Of course, there are also Chinese songs by singers from other places on the list.

Generally speaking, once a song on the list is elected as the champion, it will not appear on the next list again.

After the list is announced, the singer who won the championship song this week will sing the championship song on the show.

Of course, the championship song has nothing to do with Zhou Ziheng. He came on this stage as a guest to sing a new song.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Zhou Ziheng arrived at the TVB studio in Kowloon Tong accompanied by Florence Hui.

"Sure enough, it's still more comfortable to stay in Guangzhou!"

Behind the scenes of the show, the two singers who will be competing tonight, Shirley Kwan and Andy Hui, were sitting together and chatting with several supporting guests.

Only Zhou Ziheng, who didn't know anyone and no one wanted to pay attention to him, could only sit in the corner and stare at Florence Hui.

"Zhou Ziheng!"

Just when I felt like peeing, I heard a shout from not far away.

Zhou Ziheng turned around and immediately showed a surprised expression. It was Liming.

"Brother Liming!" When the people who were chatting enthusiastically over there saw Liming, they all stood up and greeted him.

This is what the cards are.

Li Ming nodded slightly to a few people, then strode towards Zhou Ziheng.

"Are you here to sing a song?"

"Yes, 'Sad Pacific' is on the charts today, and the entertainment company arranged for me to come here to help." Zhou Ziheng stood up and hugged him, "What are you doing..."

"My song 'Summer Is Burning' is the champion of this issue." Leon Lai said with a smile.

Zhou Ziheng then remembered that Leon Lai had a song on the charts recently.

Also, we have to admit that Leon Lai was really popular in Hong Kong during this period.

Zhou Ziheng heard that his song "Summer Passion" had just won the championship a few weeks ago.

Not long after that, another song won the championship.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh that singers in Hong Kong release songs so quickly.

It’s been less than a month since Leon Lai’s “Summer Passion” was released, and he has a new album.

Although "Summer Is Burning" is only a single disc with only four songs in total, the release speed is indeed fast.

"I heard that your song 'Sad Pacific' has good play data on the radio station. It may enter the top 20 on the on-demand chart tomorrow."

Li Ming found a seat next to Zhou Ziheng and sat down to chat with him.

"I didn't pay much attention to it, but it didn't surprise me." Zhou Ziheng smiled and said, "I have always been confident about this album of mine."

"I specially asked someone to get this tape of yours yesterday. I have to admit that it is indeed a very good album. I like many of the songs in it."

Dawn is not being polite.

It was really after he met Zhou Ziheng that he went back and asked someone to get this tape for him.

Originally, he was not convinced by Zhou Ziheng's reputation as the most popular person in mainland China, who combined talent and handsomeness.

After listening to the tape, he was convinced.

Especially for his talent, he really admired it.

There are very few people like him in the entire Chinese music scene who wrote the lyrics and composed the music for an entire album all by himself, and the quality of the songs is very high.

Anyway, he hasn't met many of them.

……

At six o'clock, the Jade Solid Gold program begins.

Zhou Ziheng is Andy Hui's guest performer, so he doesn't need to appear on stage in advance. He just needs to wait backstage until Andy Hui and other singers have finished some interviews and game sessions before it is his turn to appear on stage.

So, after everyone else went on stage, he stayed backstage.

Of course, he had someone with him.

Leon Lai only needs to appear at the end of the show, so he has nothing to do now.

So the two of them watched the previous program on the TV in the backstage while chatting occasionally.

At half past six, Zhou Ziheng appeared as a guest singer and sang his song "Sad Pacific".

"Sad Pacific" itself is a golden song level song, and Zhou Ziheng's voice and singing skills are very good.

Therefore, this time he successfully helped Xu Zhiwen defeat Guan Shuyi's helpers on the opposite side.

Zhou Ziheng actually had no interest in the outcome.

His main purpose of coming here tonight was to expose "Pacific Heartbreak".

The program "Jingge Jinqu" is very popular and its ratings are among the highest among many TVB programs.

Singing songs on this platform will give you a lot of exposure.

Regardless of the outcome, as long as the song is attractive, a large number of viewers watching the show will naturally notice the song, and then vote for the song in the next week, allowing it to enter the top ten of the Jade Solid Gold Songs.

At the same time, fans who are interested in this song will go to the radio station to request the song.

However, Zhou Ziheng was naturally happy to win.

No one likes to lose, and Zhou Ziheng is no exception.

Besides, there's a small benefit if you win.

The program team will have an interview, and singers can take this opportunity to introduce themselves and also advertise their songs.

The person conducting the interview was the host of the show, Liang Rongzhong.

A host that Zhou Ziheng had no impression of at all.

No matter it is the previous life or this life.

"Mr. Zhou, I heard that you are from the mainland?" Liang Rongzhong asked.

"Yes, Guangdong!" Zhou Ziheng stood next to him with a microphone.

“As far as I know, the song “Sad Pacific” that you just sang has achieved impressive results on many mainland charts.

Your album will be released in Hong Kong soon. What do you think the performance of this album will be?" Liang Rongzhong asked with a smile.

"I can't predict this, but I believe the audience will like this tape." Zhou Ziheng shook his head.

"So confident?"

"Yes, if you don't believe it, go listen to this tape." Zhou Ziheng said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Liang Rongzhong was speechless for a moment.

You don't believe it. I'm even giving you money for a tape. Do you think I'm stupid?
The interview was brief, just a few sentences.

After the interview, Zhou Ziheng returned to the backstage.

After returning to the backstage, Zhou Ziheng did not leave immediately, but found a place to wait for Leon Lai.

Liming asked him out for food.

After a while, the show came to an end and Leon Lai came out to sing his "Summer Is Burning".

Then he accepted an interview with the program team.

"Thank you very much for supporting "Summer Is Burning". Here, I would like to recommend a song to you. Friends who like it can go and listen to it. This song is "Sad Pacific" sung by Zhou Ziheng who appeared earlier.

This is a very good song. In addition to this song, there are several other very nice songs in Zhou Ziheng's upcoming tape.

This is probably the best album I've heard this year.

I recommend it to everyone and hope everyone will support this album!"

Zhou Ziheng was doing nothing backstage, but he couldn't help but be stunned after hearing Liming's words.

He also didn't expect that after singing his champion song, this person did not express his feelings, but directly recommended his "Sad Pacific".

"Are you related to Liming?"

Florence Hui looked at Zhou Ziheng in surprise.

"Not relatives, but friends!" Zhou Ziheng said.

"You're such a great friend that he actually recommended your record during his championship song speech!" Florence Hui rarely smiled.

Zhou Ziheng was silent for a moment.

In fact, he and Liming had only met a few times.

Only twice to date.

But even with this person whom I had only met twice, he recommended his own song in his champion song speech.

Don't think that Leon Lai is simply recommending an album.

But just this simple sentence from him has given more help to "Pacific Rim" than any amount of money could ever give.

At this time, the dawn in Hong Kong was bright red.

His every word and action is the focus of media attention.

If I recommend it during a normal interview, these media may not pay much attention.

But where is this place?

It is the weekly champion of Jade Solid Gold.

This is like at the Best Actor award ceremony, after winning the award, the actor actually thinks that his opponent's work is the best.

Zhou Ziheng can imagine the news in major media in Hong Kong tomorrow.

Because of Leon Lai's words, the news about "Sad Pacific" will definitely appear in the top magazines and newspapers in Hong Kong tomorrow.

……

In a villa in Hong Kong.

Zheng Donghan was playing mahjong at this time.

"Win, big four!"

"Old Zheng, what kind of shitty luck do you have!"

"You're not going to steal the cards!"

"Stop talking nonsense and give me the money." Zheng Donghan was smoking a big cigar with a arrogant look on his face.

After receiving the money, he was shuffling the cards when the servant came up to him with a phone and whispered something to him.

He frowned and could only say to the others, "Wait a minute, I'll take a call."

As he said this, he walked aside with the phone.

"Mr. Zheng, something has happened. Leon Lai just recommended a song and an album during the Jade Solid Gold Songs Champion Speech Session."

As soon as the call was connected, the person on the other end spoke anxiously.

"I recommended it, so what? This is not an emergency! Why are you looking for me for such a small matter?"

Zheng Donghan frowned immediately.

"No, what he recommended was 'Sad Pacific', which is the album by Zhou Ziheng from mainland China." The person on the other end of the phone said hurriedly.

silence.

The sudden silence made the other end a little nervous.

"Mr. Zheng..."

"Is he crazy? E-Music is no longer a subsidiary record company of PolyGram, but an independent record company. They no longer belong to PolyGram. Doesn't he know that?"

Zheng Donghan said, suppressing his anger.

He was really angry.

The singer from his own company actually recommended a song from a rival record company at such an extremely important moment.

This made him feel as if he had eaten shit.

“Ask TVB if they can cut that part out and not broadcast it.”

After thinking about it, Zheng Donghan explained.

“I asked, but they said it had already been sent for broadcast and couldn’t be edited.”

"Then tell the media we are friends with not to report on it."

Zheng Donghan said again.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Donghan walked back to the mahjong table.

He looked at the man opposite for a long time, and without rushing to shuffle the cards, he said directly: "Alan, I helped you a lot, how do you plan to report me?"

"What favor? The few hundred bucks I won tonight?"

The person sitting opposite was none other than Principal Alan Tam, who asked with a smile.

"A few hundred dollars are nothing. The favor I'm doing you may make you hundreds of thousands or even millions." Zheng Donghan leaned back in his chair, took out another cigar and lit it.

"What do you mean?" Alan Tam looked confused.

"Didn't you buy the mainland album of "Sad Pacific"?

Leon Lai will be participating in Jade Solid Gold tonight, and his song "Summer Is Burning" is this week's champion song.

I asked him to recommend this album to you on the championship speech.

Leon Lai is very popular right now, and he is from PolyGram. Once he is recommended, it will definitely attract media attention, which can at least save you hundreds of thousands of dollars in publicity fees."

Zheng Donghan took a long puff of cigarette and exhaled. The smoke made his face unclear.

"What do you want?" Alan Tam hesitated for a moment.

"A favor! You owe me one." Zheng Donghan raised a finger.

"Haha! That's no problem!" Alan Tam laughed.

"It's settled!" Zheng Donghan said.

"At once……"

Just as Alan Tam was about to speak, his phone suddenly rang.

"Let me take the call first." He stood up.

"It's settled! Don't regret it!" Zheng Donghan shouted from behind.

Alan Tam looked at him suspiciously and answered the call.

"You mean..."

"I understand!"