Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 93 New Album Songs, Preparing for Jacky Cheung

On National Day in 1993, the whole country's attention was focused on the military parade in Beijing.

At the same time, Zhou Ziheng's "A Night of Full Moon and Flowers" quickly became popular during this period and became the champion song of major radio stations.

So terrifying.

It can only be described as horrible.

Everyone who follows Zhou Ziheng, including Zhou Ziheng himself, knows that he is very popular.

But I didn't expect it to be this popular.

In less than one day, his song "A Beautiful Night with Full Moon and Flowers" directly topped the charts of twenty-one radio stations.

Even though the tape was not released, "A Beautiful Night with Full Moon and Flowers" quickly became popular all over the country.

On the 1st and 2nd, all media were reporting on the military parade.

It was not until the 3rd that major media began to focus on Zhou Ziheng's song.

Yangcheng Evening News called him the undisputed most popular superstar in the mainland.

Southern Daily believes that he is a model of the rise of the mainland music scene.

China Television News promoted him extensively in an article titled "Mainland's Own Singer".

For a time, Zhou Ziheng, who had been silent in the mainland after "Sad Pacific", once again became the focus of mainland media.

When "A Beautiful Night with Full Moon and Flowers" became a hit and a large number of commercial performance invitations were sent to Zhou Ziheng, Zhou Ziheng did not go out for commercial performances.

He focused his work on his new album.

……

October 6th.

That morning, Zhou Ziheng was writing songs for his new album in his personal studio when suddenly Wang Ziqi ran in.

"Boss, someone came to you and said he wrote a song and wants to sell it to you to sing."

"Sell songs to me?" Zhou Ziheng looked surprised.

Everyone knows that Zhou Liangzai is a talented man and he has never taken the initiative to ask anyone to write songs for him.

Now there are people actually selling songs to him. Isn't this just showing off one's power in front of Guan Gong?
"I didn't want to talk to him at first, but he said he was a graduate of Tsinghua University, and I felt that he was a top student after all..."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng immediately understood.

In this era, the name Tsinghua is also very useful, representing top students and highly intellectual people.

Most people are easily fooled by this name.

"I'll go take a look!" Zhou Ziheng put down the work in his hands and walked out.

Someone from Tsinghua University came to Guangzhou, which made him curious about who he was.

There shouldn't be any scammers coming here to cheat him.

In the reception room of the studio, before entering the room, Zhou Ziheng saw a long-haired, slightly fat man with glasses sitting there, looking around.

"you are?"

Zhou Ziheng walked over and felt that the person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was.

"Mr. Zhou Ziheng, I'm Gao Xiaosong! Is this your studio? Was "Pacific Rim" produced here?
I think it’s just average!”

The long-haired man stood up and shook hands with Zhou Ziheng, then looked at the somewhat shabby studio with a slightly disdainful tone.

Gao Xiaosong?
Zhou Ziheng looked at him carefully and found that he was indeed the guy who was arrested for drunk driving and was boycotted and banned by the entire Internet because of his inappropriate remarks.

However, Zhou Ziheng frowned slightly at his tone that seemed to look down on his simple studio.

This mouth is so fucking annoying!

However, Zhou Ziheng did not show that emotion, but personally poured him a cup of tea and asked:
"My assistant said you have a song you want to sell me?"

Gao Xiaosong, who was still looking around the studio environment, straightened his face when he heard this and took out an A4 paper filled with music scores and lyrics from the bag next to him.

“Yes, I have a song for you to sing.

I can guarantee that the quality of this song will not disappoint you.”

Zhou Ziheng took the song and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"You, My Deskmate".

Among the many music genres in China, folk music is definitely one that cannot be ignored.

There are many categories of folk songs.

Among them, campus folk songs were definitely the most popular genre in the mainland music scene in the mid-to-late 1990s.

The song "You, My Deskmate" is definitely the No.1 song of this type.

It is a song that, like "Childhood", can be called a classic among classics.

Because when I learned about this song in my previous life, I knew that the melody was actually written by Gao Xiaosong as early as 1990.

So Zhou Ziheng never thought of copying it.

What he didn't expect was that this song would appear in his hands in such an alternative way today.

“My original plan was to give this song to my friend to sing.”

Gao Xiaosong saw the look on Zhou Ziheng's face, became proud, and said from the side.

"Then why did you sing it to me?" Zhou Ziheng asked after putting down the song.

"Because you are famous!" Gao Xiaosong made no secret of his purpose. "You are the most popular singer in the mainland, and even have a huge reputation in Hong Kong and Taiwan. I will not let this song down by giving it to you to sing."

"The song is really good!" Zhou Ziheng nodded. "Tell me, what do you want?"

It would be fine if he hadn't encountered it, but now that he had it and had the chance to get this song, Zhou Ziheng certainly wouldn't give up.

"You know the quality of my song." Gao Xiaosong reiterated the quality of the song, and then said: "I heard that you signed a profit-sharing contract with Pacific.

In this way, I will let you sing this song and you will give me 20% of your record profit.

Also, I will be the producer of the record.”

Zhou Ziheng didn't say anything and just looked at him like a fool.

Is this guy here to sell his brother or to recruit workers?

So, he wanted to take away most of Zhou Ziheng's money with just one song.

“I’ll give you 20,000 yuan, and your name will be credited as the composer of the song, and the copyright will belong to me.

If you like, I can arrange for someone to sign the contract right away.

If you don’t want to, forget it.”

Gao Xiaosong is really crazy to get a share of the profits from him.

If the song wasn't really good, Zhou Ziheng would have kicked him out just because of this sentence.

Do you really think that a Tsinghua student who doesn't get a diploma is so awesome?

None of this works for him.

Besides, he didn't really need this song.

Zhou Ziheng didn't care at all, and his expression showed that he had no choice but to accept his condition.

Gao Xiaosong looked a little unhappy.

He has heard the saying that big stores bully their customers.

I saw it today.

In fact, this is the norm in this circle.

For record companies and big-name singers, there is never a shortage of songs.

They have a large number of songs in their music library, or when they want to make a record, they just notify the public and a large number of creators will immediately come to their door to tailor-make it for the singer.

For songwriters, if you are not famous, even if you bring a song of extremely high quality that even the record companies think is a good song, they will not pay attention to you. You either accept their conditions or take your song to find another company.

This is the situation Gao Xiaosong is facing now.

Zhou Ziheng’s songs are actually dispensable to him.

If we can get it, that would be great.

If he fails to get it, he won't regret it.

"20,000 yuan, and I must be the director of the song's music video. This is a song I wrote about my first love, and I know the story better than anyone else."

After thinking for a long time, Gao Xiaosong raised his head and said.

"Okay, but you can't authorize anyone else to use this song. Of course, you can sing it yourself!" Zhou Ziheng thought about it, thinking it would be profitable, so he nodded.

The reason why he is not allowed to authorize others to use it is to ensure exclusivity.

This kind of situation is not uncommon in the mainland nowadays.

There are very few cases where a song is sold several times.

A typical person is Chen Xiaoqi.

Zhou Ziheng only found out about it some time ago.

It turns out that the song "The Waves Remain" he sang was not the first or second hand, but the third hand.

Yes, it is third-hand goods.

It turns out that as early as 1991, Chen Xiaoqi had given the song "The Waves Still Remain" to a singer named Zhao Zhenyu to sing, but Zhao Zhenyu went abroad to study after recording the song.

After Zhao Zhenyu's version was released, it did not cause any impact in Guangzhou at all and almost no one knew about it.

So, Chen Xiaoqi sold the song back to New Era.

As a result, before the New Era had even recorded the song, he recorded it in Gan Ping's album.

It can be said that when it comes to waste utilization, this guy can be called the ancestor.

Since Zhou Ziheng has bought the copyright of "You, My Deskmate", he naturally wants it to be exclusive.

He definitely didn't want to see a new edition coming out within a few days.

"Okay!" Gao Xiaosong nodded.

Then, he rubbed his hands and said, "Can the money arrive sooner? I'm a little short of money recently."

Zhou Ziheng didn't mind this at all. He asked Wang Ziqi to get the contract, and after Gao Xiaosong read the contract, he directly took out 20,000 yuan in cash and gave it to him.

"I'll let you know when the song's MTV is recorded!"

Zhou Ziheng gave instructions when sending him away.

After he left, Zhou Ziheng took the song back to the room where he had written it.

"You, My Deskmate" was added to the originally confirmed song list.

From Zhou Ziheng's perspective, the tracks of the eleven songs were extremely clear.

The first song, "Fairy Tale" was released in 2005. It made countless people cry and its MV can make people cry.

The second song, "Has Anyone Told You?"

Chen Chusheng's representative work of later generations may be a little ahead of its time, but it's not a big problem, after all, the melody is moving.

Moreover, sometimes, if you want to achieve greater success, you have to take some risks and make some innovations.

The reason why Wang Jie was so popular back then was because his song "A Game, A Dream" was a bit ahead of the times compared to the 1980s.

But it was his advanced nature that made him the idol of a generation.

The third song, "Illusion of Love", is a song with a strong melody and was once popular all over the country.

The fourth song, "Those Years", sung by Hu Xia, is also a campus song, which echoes the last song "You, My Deskmate".

The fifth song, "Unrequited Love for a Flower", was Zhang Yu's work in the same album as "The Moon's Trouble". It was later covered by Hu Yanbin and Bai Jugang and became popular again.

The sixth song, "Let Tears Turn into Rain of Lovesickness", is a song by Nanhe Wendou.

The seventh song, "Big City, Small Love", is one of Wang Leehom's representative works, a song with a touch of sweetness.

The eighth song, "Meteor Shower", allowed F4 to hold dozens of concerts with just this one song.

The ninth song, "Courage", is it Liang Jingru who gave you the courage? In the future, will it become Zhou Ziheng who gave you the courage?

The tenth song, "A Night of Full Moon and Flowers", was sung by Zhou Ziheng at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. This song is currently very popular in mainland China and can be added to the album to attract attention.

Then the eleventh song is "You, My Deskmate".

There are eleven songs, and overall the quality is relatively similar.

However, Zhou Ziheng still designed a theme song for it.

The first hit song is undoubtedly "Fairy Tale". After the MV of this song is shot, it will definitely bring tears to a large number of fans.

The second hit song is tentatively scheduled to be "Meteor Shower", after all, it is also a popular song and is quite popular.

For the third hit, Zhou Ziheng hesitated between "Courage" and "You, My Deskmate", then gave up "Courage" and decided on "You, My Deskmate" as the third hit.

Although I did not write this song myself, I have purchased the copyright. It is indeed a good song and can even be placed as the first hit.

The fourth hit song was "Has Anyone Told You?". Zhou Ziheng didn't know what others thought, but personally, he thought this song was really good. The slow-paced lyrics were really contagious.

There was a time in his previous life when Zhou Ziheng played it on loop every day and never got tired of it.

The fifth hit is "Big City, Small Love".

The reason why five main songs were released was actually mainly due to Zhou Ziheng's selfish motive.

In December, Jacky Cheung will release his second Mandarin album this year, "Blessing".

In his previous life, Zhou Ziheng had known Jacky Cheung.

Don't underestimate him, he was indeed a cover singer in 1993.

But starting in 1993, he really began to change.

After the huge sales of "Goodbye Kiss", PolyGram followed up with another Mandarin album "Blessing" for him.

Thanks to the popularity of "Kiss Goodbye" in Asia, this album immediately exploded the market upon its release, with sales exceeding three million copies.

To a certain extent, Jacky Cheung can truly be credited with singing.

It all depends on his Mandarin trilogy from 93 to 94: Goodbye Kiss, Happiness, and Stealing Hearts.

The sales of these three albums reached more than two million copies, which once allowed Jacky Cheung to surpass several superstars.

If Andy Lau had not continued his efforts in 94 and produced the classic album "Forget Love Water", it is not certain that Jacky Cheung would have surpassed the Four Heavenly Kings.

Jacky Cheung is so amazing.

Zhou Ziheng is stubborn and is determined to have a good fight with him in December.

Of course there needs to be a strategy.

Zhou Ziheng has already decided that he will try his best to finish the songs for this album as early as possible and then start promoting it half a month in advance.

This is true whether in the mainland or in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

He wants to compete with Jacky Cheung in all aspects.

He just didn't like him and wanted to cause trouble for him.

Maybe Jacky Cheung actually has the same idea.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have always urged Zhou Ziheng to stop talking nonsense and let his records speak for him when Zhou Ziheng was still in Hong Kong.

Although "Sad Pacific" and "Goodbye Kiss" competed in mainland China, "Sad Pacific" came from behind and surpassed "Goodbye Kiss" in sales.

But in Hong Kong and Taiwan, due to the time element, the two records do not match.

Therefore, after Jacky Cheung lost the fight with insults, he would definitely want to speak with his strength.

(End of this chapter)