Wei Qishan stood aside uneasily, lowering her head and not daring to speak. There were other people in the office. The music producer who usually had a bad temper and often yelled and scolded Wei Qishan was now facing Fang Yihua with a cold face and did not dare to say a word.
explain.
As the champion of the first Chinese Rookie Singing Competition, Wei Qishan is undoubtedly a lucky one. Not only did she successfully sign with Huaxing Company, but she also quickly released her first album. Although this album only has 6 songs, 4 of them are
It's a cover of an old song, but Wei Qishan herself is very satisfied.
The record has been on the market for more than a week and sales have reached more than 8,000 copies, which is very rare for a new singer.
Today, the single album sales record holder for Hong Kong singers is Xu Guanjie's "Half a Catty Eight Liang" five years ago, which sold more than 400,000 copies in Hong Kong. This record was not broken until Kang Jianfei passed through, and later Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye"
The sales volume also exceeded 400,000, but it still did not surpass "Half a Category".
After Xu Guanjie, we have to count Xu Xiaofeng. In recent years, Xu Xiaofeng's sales of three consecutive records in Hong Kong have exceeded 300,000. Next in the back row are Alan Tam, Chen Baiqiang and others, with sales of between 50,000 and 300,000.
A platinum album with a sales volume of over 50,000 is considered a first-line popular singer. Generally, if a new singer can sell over 10,000 copies, he or she has become an instant hit.
If Anita Mui's "A Thousand Thousand Que Songs" had not appeared, then the first record result of Wei Qishan, the champion, would have brought a successful conclusion to the first Chinese Rookie Singing Contest.
But there is no "if" in reality. Anita Mui's songs are playing all over the streets now. Especially the song "Qian Qian Que Song", whether it is a karaoke hall, nightclub, dance hall, coffee shop or video store or department store
, that familiar melody can be heard everywhere.
Although Fengxing Records did not announce the sales volume of "Qian Qian Que Song", there is no doubt that the singing competition champion lost to Anita Mui, the eliminated person.
Fang Yihua was silent for a while with a sullen face, but finally she didn't curse. She waved her hand and said, "Everyone, please go out. Ah Fen and Ah Quan stay."
Wei Qishan and her producer were amnesty and fled the office quickly, leaving only the two heads of China Star Records, Chen Shufen and Chen Liuquan.
Fang Yihua stared at them and said: "Your singing competition was very good this time, Anita Mui was just an accident. Now "Qian Qian Que Song" is very popular, we don't need to compete with pop records to win a bloody battle.
.The most important thing is to discover good singers and write good songs. We need to find a young singer who has potential but is not too popular right now and focus on cultivating him."
Chen Shufen then added: "LiTV has a contracted singer and actor named Leslie Cheung. I think that youngster has great potential and is quite good-looking."
Fang Yihua is now in charge of TVB. Her biggest rival is Lai TV. Naturally, she is very familiar with the situation at Lai TV. As soon as Chen Shufen mentioned Leslie Cheung, she immediately had an impression.
Fang Yihua thought deeply: "Zhang Guorong is well-known for his TV dramas in LiTV, and he is highly valued there. It should be difficult to recruit him."
Chen Shufen explained: "I have a good relationship with Leslie Cheung's singing teacher Li Xiaotian. Some time ago, he revealed that he wanted to take Leslie Cheung away from Lishi."
When Fang Yihua heard that he could poach popular celebrities who were his rivals, he suddenly became excited and asked, "Is there such a thing?"
Chen Shufen said in detail: "Leslie Cheung was the runner-up in the LiTV Singing Contest 4 years ago and was rated as the most promising newcomer by the newspaper at the time. However, after signing with LiTV, LiTV's packaging and promotion of him were never enough, and the
Leslie Cheung did not have a correct positioning, which resulted in Leslie Cheung's records not selling well. Li Xiaotian was very dissatisfied with this. In addition, there were recent disputes within LiTV, so he wanted to take Leslie Cheung away from LiTV."
Fang Yihua did not agree immediately, but said: "Bring Zhang Guorong's record and let me listen to it."
Chen Shufen immediately went out and found some records of Leslie Cheung after more than ten minutes. Chen Liuquan took out the record player and started playing songs in the office.
When she was young, Fang Yihua was a beautiful singer in Southeast Asia. Later, she was taken to Hong Kong by Shao Yifu. He originally wanted to hide her in a golden house. However, Fang Yihua quickly showed her management skills. So she was taken to Hong Kong by Shao Yifu.
Arranged to join Shaw Brothers and climbed up to his current position step by step.
Fang Yihua's music appreciation is even much better than that of Chen Shufen and Chen Liuquan. After listening to a few of Leslie Cheung's songs, she immediately decided: "We must sign this singer, and his teacher Li Xiaotian ("The Great Wall Will Never Die").
Come over with the songwriters of "To"."
Chen Shufen said: "I'm afraid there's no rush now. Leslie Cheung's contract with Lishi won't expire until next year. It will cost hundreds of thousands more to poach people now."
Fang Yihua has a better control over costs than Shao Yifu. When he heard this, he immediately said: "Then let's talk about it first and then start poaching people next year. Besides Zhang Guorong, are there any other candidates?"
Chen Liuquan hesitated for a while and couldn't help but said: "Xu Xiaofeng's record contract will be expired next year."
Fang Yihua had the urge to roll her eyes and said directly: "Xu Xiaofeng, don't even think about it. Now Huaxing Records has just started and focuses on discovering new talents."
Chen Liuquan coughed awkwardly and said, "Yes, I will pay attention to discover new people."
Why did Fang Yihua refuse to poach Xu Xiaofeng?
Because Xu Xiaofeng is a well-deserved sister in the Hong Kong music scene today. Not only has her record sales exceeded 300,000 in a row, but the company she signed with is a giant record company like Columbia. Last year, Xu Xiaofeng sang in a nightclub, and her singing fee reached 100,000.
The price is sky-high. I heard that a private party even costs 200,000 yuan.
How much does a record cost now? It only rose to more than 20 yuan this summer.
An ordinary singer would have to sell 100,000 records before he could get paid by Xu Xiaofeng for singing in a nightclub.
How can China Star, which has just transformed into a regular record company, be qualified to sign such a diva-level singer? That is just asking for trouble.
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St. Stephen's Church Middle School is holding a grand celebration event.
The voice of the student host came from the stage: "There is a program over there. Jiang Hongyan, a classmate from Form 3 Class 2, sang "Qian Qian Que Song" for everyone..."
"cut!"
Before the host finished speaking, the students in the audience had already responded with a burst of disdainful boos.
Zhou Huimin, who was preparing backstage, asked nervously: "Awei, why is it that you are singing "Qian Qian Que Song" again? What number is this?"
Awei said in a funny voice: "This is the fifth one. Fortunately, I chose Sister Amei's "Heaven Is Loved" (Cantonese version of "Dream Chaser"). But Amin, you are in trouble. You have to choose the song with so many people."
Crash."
We cannot blame the organizers of the performance, because the students signed up for the performances themselves, and the performers decide what to perform.
As a result, a total of more than 40 people signed up for the performance, and 26 people actually chose to sing "Qian Qian Que Song". Excluding those whose talents were too poor to be on stage and those who were persuaded to sing other songs, there were still 11 people left. They had to live or die.
Sing "Qian Qian Que Song".
The song was so popular that the first few students who sang it won bursts of applause from the audience no matter how well they sang.
As for now, everyone is booing because everyone is impatient.
The person who just sang "Qian Qian Que Song" ran off the stage in a panic after singing, but the host said again: "... Zhou Huimin, a classmate from Class 21 of Youqing Middle School, sang "Qian Qian Que Song"..."
"Is there any mistake? Come back!"
"Please, don't ruin this song anymore."
"Get off the stage!"
"..."
Zhou Huimin came on stage amidst such boos. She was so stressed before she started singing that the first line of the lyrics was off-key, and the boos from the audience became even louder.
Zhou Huimin will not turn 14 in more than a month. At this time, although her skin is as smooth as milk, she does not have many friends in school. Because her father died before she was born, and her family has been poor since she was a child, so her expression has always been
He is cold and doesn't like to smile, giving people the feeling of being thousands of miles away.
Not only that, 13-year-old Zhou Huimin is slightly chubby, has baby fat on her face, and has short hair. She is far from the word "beautiful".
Growing up like this, Zhou Huimin has only two good friends, Awei and Yaqin, who have played together since childhood.
The noise in the audience became louder and louder, and Zhou Huimin's mind was in a turmoil. She forced herself to calm down and finished the song. In the end, she didn't even know how to get off the stage.
After Zhou Huimin stepped off the stage, she didn't even come back to her senses and couldn't even figure out the direction. Her good friend Yaqin came over and hugged her and said, "Amin, you sang so well!"
Zhou Huimin said in confusion: "No help? I don't know what I'm singing."
Soon Awei came over after her performance and said in surprise: "Amin, Yaqin, just now I heard from the girl in the next class that Sister Amei will be on TV tomorrow night."
Yaqin couldn't wait to ask: "Which station?"
Awei smiled and said: "Of course it's LiTV. The last time Sister Amei did a show was also on LiTV. Moreover, I also heard that as long as the viewers successfully call the TV station within an hour after the show ends tomorrow,
10 lucky people will be randomly selected, and no one will get a signed record of Sister Amei for free. The one with the best luck can also be a guest at Sister Amei’s concert.”
"Sister Amei is also going to have a concert?" Zhou Huimin asked excitedly, she was completely different from her usual cold self.
Awei explained: "It's not a large-scale concert, it's a small fan club."
Yaqin said: "Then what are you waiting for? Go home and make a phone call."
Awei said speechlessly: "The call will be valid only tomorrow, what are you in a hurry for?"
Zhou Huimin asked: "How much is Li's TV station?"
Ah Wei said: "Tomorrow Sister Amei's program will tell her her phone number. You can call her as soon as the program is over."
