Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 86 PolyGram is scared, the God of Songs is scared
Jacky Cheung is very afraid that a large number of fans will know that most of his songs are covers.

Although the whole of Hong Kong is singing covers, this has become a norm.

However, it should be said or not. If some things are exposed, as the hole gets bigger and bigger, all kinds of bad influences will follow.

Jacky Cheung has become very famous in Hong Kong in recent years.

PolyGram also gave him the title of "God of Songs".

The deification movement had just begun, and suddenly Zhou Ziheng revealed that many of his songs were not his own. This was not only a question of whether the deification could continue.

If this matter is not handled properly, Jacky Cheung's status in the hearts of his fans may even be greatly reduced because of this incident.

After all, fans have always thought that the songs of the God of Songs are his.

As a result, now suddenly someone tells them that these songs are not his but come from other countries.

Does this make fans feel cheated?
The answer is definitely yes.

You know, it was not until the Internet developed to a certain level that the Hong Kong superstars of the original time and space were exposed as porters.

It has been more than ten or twenty years since then.

Even after so many years, when many people learned that the songs Xiang Jiang listened to when he was a child were all covers, they were very upset and frequently mocked the singers of the 1990s on the Internet.

And now is the time when these singers are the most popular.

If this happens when it’s at its hottest.

What would it be?
In the words of the future, it means the collapse of the house.

What will happen if the top streamer collapses?

Putting aside other things, the collapse of word of mouth is a small matter.

The more likely possibility is that a large number of loyal fans will quit.

Therefore, PolyGram attaches great importance to this matter.

Keep running around for this matter.

Contact the media not to publish this news.

Try your best to publicize the friendly aspects of Zhang Xueyou.

For example, "Goodbye Kiss" is an original song and is very popular, so they promote this song to offset the crisis of "cover artists".

That evening, PolyGram also arranged for the composer of "Goodbye Kiss" Yin Wenqi to appear on a TVB interview program to talk about the creation of this song.

PolyGram wants to suppress all the news, but that is obviously impossible.

Therefore, their goal is very clear, to change their focus and let fans downplay Zhou Ziheng's shocking remarks.

However, it is inevitable that Zhou Ziheng's words still had a great impact on the fan group.

Shiu Man-kei has been a fan of Jacky Cheung since 91.

As a record enthusiast.

Compared to Andy Lau, Leon Lai and other superstars.

She likes Jacky Cheung more.

She thinks Jacky Cheung’s songs are better and his singing skills are better.

then.

Then on this day, she saw Zhou Ziheng's interview video.

Of course she hated Zhou Ziheng.

This damn bastard actually slandered Jacky Cheung like this.

Yes, she felt it was slander.

It wasn't until her father came home and saw the news that he actually burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, finally someone dares to tell the truth!"

Of course Shao Wenqi was not convinced that her father actually supported Zhou Ziheng, so she argued with her father.

But the news she received from her father, who was in the music industry, completely destroyed her worldview.

It turned out that her favorite song "Distant Her" by Jacky Cheung was a cover of a Japanese song.

"Li Xianglan" is a cover.

"Love Is Gone" is a cover.

"I Only Want to Love One Person in My Life" is a cover.

"Love You a Little More Every Day" is a cover.

"Breakup Always Happens on a Rainy Day" is a cover.

……

After counting carefully, she suddenly discovered that most of her favorite songs by Jacky Cheung were actually covers.

If these covers were removed, she found that Jacky Cheung no longer had a few songs she liked.

At this moment, she was silent.

Then, that night, she tore off all the Jacky Cheung posters above her bed.

……

However, there are actually very few fans like Shao Wenqi.

After all, this is not the Internet age, and it is difficult for most people to access foreign records.

Therefore, many people still have doubts about Zhou Ziheng's statement.

They are swinging.

At the same time, some fans even defined this incident as Zhou Ziheng's slander.

The next morning, many of Jacky Cheung's fans organized into a group and ran directly to the opposite side of the Entertainment Film Company.

I don’t know where they got the news, but knowing that Zhou Ziheng was here, they actually came here specifically to block Zhou Ziheng.

As luck would have it, they were stuck.

"Zhou Ziheng, you damned mainlander, you must be jealous of our Jacky Cheung."

"Apologise, apologize!"

"If you don't apologize, we will make you pay!"

When Zhou Ziheng got out of the car at the entrance of Yineng Film Studio, he saw a group of Jacky Cheung's fans blocking the door in indignation.

They held up signs with insults against Zhou Ziheng written on them.

Zhou Ziheng's mouth twitched when he saw this scene.

As expected, there are sasaeng fans in every era.

"Should we go in from the back?"

Florence Hui asked.

"No need, they are just a bunch of little brats, why should I be afraid of them?"

As he spoke, Zhou Ziheng looked at the several strong men around him, "Brother Jiu, just protect me, don't hurt them."

At this time, there were six seven-foot tall men around Zhou Ziheng.

They were all brought by Zhou Ziheng from the mainland.

After all, Hong Kong is not their own territory. If they want to be a little wild, then they must ensure that everything is done properly.

He doesn't want to be killed by the local gangs.

So, he specially contacted Liang Yaohui in Dongguan and asked him to help him find some bodyguards.

All of these people are veterans.

At the same time, they have another identity. They have more or less some face in Guangzhou and can help Zhou Ziheng block some things.

After giving instructions to the bodyguards, Zhou Ziheng walked towards the group of Jacky Cheung's fans.

He asked with a smile: "You said I'm jealous? What am I jealous of him for? Am I jealous that he has so many covers?"

"Damn! You bastard!"

"You bastard!"

Zhou Ziheng's words directly broke the defense of many fans.

The more their defenses were broken, the happier Zhou Ziheng was.

He took out a magazine directly from Florence Hui's bag and said, "This is a report from Guitar Magazine. When I say he is a cover singer, I am not slandering him. This is the fact. This is a report from Guitar Magazine about your idol's cover songs.

To be honest, even I was shocked when I saw the video. He sang so many covers.”

Handing the magazine to one of Jacky Cheung's fans who cursed him the most, Zhou Ziheng smiled at them and quickly walked into the entertainment company.

Even Zhou Ziheng didn't expect this.

He just said yesterday that Jacky Cheung is a master of cover songs.

As a result, major magazines actually began to collect evidence.

Among them, "Guitar" magazine was the most active, directly listing all the songs that Jacky Cheung had covered over the years.

Really, Zhou Ziheng was shocked when he saw the song above.

There are so many of them, he is worthy of being the king of cover songs.

As for why Guitar magazine is so active.

In fact, Zhou Ziheng roughly understood why.

"Guitar" magazine is one of the few rock magazines in Hong Kong.

It is a magazine that focuses on originality. When Beyond debuted, they were widely favored by Guitar Magazine.

It’s a pity that since the late 1980s, the Hong Kong music scene has entered the era of cover songs, and original works are very rare.

Guitar magazine is almost going out of business.

Now, suddenly someone becomes a pioneer and directly exposes the abnormal state of Hong Kong music scene, so they are naturally happy.

I wish Zhou Ziheng would fight against all the heroes and wake up the Hong Kong music scene with his scolding.

"I noticed that you sometimes behave like a real child.

There's no point in arguing with a bunch of kid fans."

When Florence Hui saw Zhou Ziheng mocking Jacky Cheung's fans when he came in, she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Although I'm not a child, I'm not an old man either. I'm the same age as you, just twenty-one." Zhou Ziheng responded with a smile.

"It's Zhou Ziheng!"

"This idiot had a quarrel with Jacky Cheung yesterday, and today all the news is about them."

"I don't understand. Why is he so arrogant when he's just a mainlander?"

When many employees in the entertainment company saw Zhou Ziheng come in, they immediately started whispering to each other.

Zhou Ziheng stayed for a moment on the faces of those guys who spoke ill of him, then went straight upstairs with Huo Wenxi and others.

The reason why I came to the entertainment industry today.

It’s mainly about signing a contract with Chen Kexin.

Entertainment Group holds Zhou Ziheng's commercial agency contract in Hong Kong, so he cannot avoid them when it comes to starring in movies.

They need to talk to Chen Kexin on behalf of Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng had just sat down in an office on the second floor when someone came to invite him, saying that Alan Tam and Cheung Kwok-chung wanted to talk to him.

Zhou Ziheng roughly understood what they wanted to talk about.

It's just about asking him not to get involved in PolyGram affairs.

And so it is.

When I arrived at Zhang Guozhong's office, Alan Tam and Zhang Guozhong were both there.

Alan Tam spoke first, "Hengzi, please stop bringing up the issue of singing covers.

This can easily offend the entire circle.”

Zhou Ziheng sat on the sofa opposite.

"I don't care, as long as they don't mess with me."

"PolyGram has strictly prohibited Jacky Cheung from attacking you again, so let's end this matter here!

If you continue to make trouble, it will be bad for both you and him."

Zhang Guozhong interrupted.

"PolyGram surrenders so easily? They're not planning to get me into trouble!" Zhou Ziheng said in surprise.

"Hold it back?" Alan Tam and Cheung Kwok-chung didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.

"They won't endure it now and then think of more cruel ways to deal with me later!" Zhou Ziheng explained.

In fact, in Zhou Ziheng's opinion, this is absolutely 100%.

Who is Jacky Cheung?
PolyGram's own son.

I exchanged insults with him and also directly revealed a big piece of information to him, which had a huge direct and indirect impact on him.

It would be strange if PolyGram could really endure it.

“Don’t worry about this. We are in contact with Warner Records now, and will be affiliated with Warner and cooperate with them in the future.

By then, no matter what tricks PolyGram has, we will be able to handle them."

Zhang Guozhong explained.

"I understand!" Zhou Ziheng nodded, but he still said: "I still say that, I can stop rubbing salt into Jacky Cheung's mouth.

But he'd better keep his mouth shut.

He should be very clear about his own level.

I have a big mouth, so if I say something unpleasant by mistake, you can’t blame me.”

Zhou Ziheng said this to Alan Tam.

It is well known in Hong Kong that Alan Tam and PolyGram Asia President Cheng Donghan are good friends.

I think the reason why Alan Tam is here today is because he was commissioned by Zheng Donghan.

As for why PolyGram suddenly gave in.

It's actually very simple.

It’s just that the information Zhou Ziheng revealed was a bit too big.

If you want to know the best cover singer, PolyGram is the one to go to in Hong Kong, China.

PolyGram is the largest cover song base in Hong Kong.

If you look closely, you will find that the company that does the most cover songs in Hong Kong is actually PolyGram.

There are indeed many famous singers under PolyGram.

But almost all of these people became famous by covering Japanese songs.

If the issue of cover songs is completely exposed.

Although several other record companies will be affected, PolyGram will definitely be the most affected.

The saying "one dies, the whole nest dies" refers to PolyGram.

Why PolyGram records gradually became unpopular in their original time and space.

Even the beautiful Hong Kong is like this.

Because since 1995, major awards and radio stations in Hong Kong have been encouraging original songs.

Cover songs will be disqualified from winning the award.

This gave PolyGram a big slap in the face.

Since then, PolyGram has lost the support of cover songs, and its revenue in the Asia-Pacific region has been decreasing, and finally it even suffered losses.

Then in 98, it was finally packaged and sold to Universal Music along with many of the main company's businesses.

Therefore, if we were to say who is most afraid of the window paper of cover songs being completely exposed, PolyGram is definitely the one that is most afraid.

"Don't worry, Jacky Cheung won't attack you again. PolyGram has already done some ideological work on him."

Alan Tam spoke up.

"Didn't I hear that he was going to hold a press conference today? Did he cancel it?"

Zhou Ziheng asked curiously.

He received the news last night.

It is said that Jacky Cheung is going to hold a press conference.

Any smart person could see that he was preparing to have a public argument with Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng had originally thought about paying attention to him at noon to see how he would criticize him.

Then formulate a strategy and launch a counterattack.

did not expect……

What a pity, I really want to criticize again.

"His press conference will go on as normal, and he may still answer your questions, but he won't say anything bad about you.

You both need to exercise restraint.”

Zhang Guozhong said.

"Okay! I'll keep my mouth shut for now, as long as no one messes with me."

Zhou Ziheng said, and suddenly asked: "How is the sales of "Sad Pacific" now? I think you don't mind telling me!"

Hearing this, Zhang Guozhong and Alan Tam looked at each other.

Zhang Guozhong smiled and said, "Of course, no problem. This record has been released for three weeks and the sales in Hong Kong have reached 150,000.

The sales in Formosa are 200,000, and combined with the sales in other places, the total sales are around 400,000."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This Zhang Guozhong is not honest.

He had received gossip that the album's sales in Asia had exceeded 700,000.

When it came to Zhang Guozhong's mouth, it turned out to be 400,000, almost half less.

Fortunately, I didn't sign a profit-sharing contract with them.

Otherwise, you will definitely suffer a huge loss.

But I don't know why Zhang Guozhong hid it from me.

Zhou Ziheng roughly understood why.

Isn’t it just to lower the price when you buy your own record publishing rights next time?

Unfortunately, I am not a fool.

The next album, with two million missing, is not even worth talking about.

(End of this chapter)