056 To create a double king of the Chinese music scene (3/3)
Taiwan Province, a certain apartment
"I'm so crazy about Ganlin. This group of media people only talk nonsense every day if they don't do anything."
Ren Xianqi's friend Jiukong angrily threw the newspaper in his hand on the ground. The title could still be seen in the half-wrinkled newspaper.
"Ren Xianqi: The ugliest Yang Guo"
"Forget it, you already know the virtues of this group of media, why are you still angry with yourself?"
Compared to Jiu Kong, who stood up for his friend's grievances, Ren Xianqi, the person involved, had a calmer attitude, or could be said to be insensitive.
On August 25, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring him and Wu Qianlian was broadcast in Taiwan Province, which immediately aroused a flood of criticism and scolding.
The media and the audience rated them as the ugliest Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu in history, and from time to time they compared them with the 1995 version of Louis Koo and Li Ruotong in various ways to hurt people.
Under the overwhelming negative comments, Ren Xianqi was angry at first, but later struggled to no avail and simply laid down Ren Cao.
However, everyone criticized Jin Yong's martial arts charm. The ratings of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were pretty good, which gave Ren Xianqi some confidence.
What makes him even more gratified is that the theme song "Ren Xiaoyao" and the ending song "Sad Pacific" were loved by many people and topped the charts in major Taiwanese charts.
Together with the new album "Love in the Pacific" released on the 28th, it has been selling like hot cakes, with sales exceeding 200,000 in just a few days. The results are extremely impressive.
Although he has begun to enter the film and television industry, Ren Xianqi's current main career is still a singer.
Compared with the performance of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", what he values more is the sales and feedback of the new album.
Based on the sales volume in the past few days, Ren Xianqi's appeal in Taiwan Province is worthy of the name of Taiwan's new king. He has swept all the way and can basically sit back and relax.
As for Xiangjiang, although it is not as good as those Cantonese albums, it almost meets expectations.
The only thing Ren Xianqi is more worried about now is the mainland.
Unlike previous years when the Chinese music scene focused on the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, although piracy still abounds in the mainland, the market potential that has exploded due to its huge population base is enough to make everyone pay attention.
Ren Xianqi is one of the first batch of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers to taste the benefits of the mainland market.
Therefore, both Ren Xianqi and the record company behind him, Rolling Stone, are very concerned about the mainland sales of "Love in the Pacific".
Before that, they had studied the current market situation in the mainland, and naturally discovered the strong Cao Xuan and "Starry Stars".
Speaking of which, Ren Xianqi is no stranger to Cao Xuan.
Last year, when the concept of "South Ren Ren Bei Cao" was just emerging, Taiwanese media interviewed him on this issue. Ren Xianqi did not know Cao Xuan at the time and did not speak rashly.
Later, I checked Cao Xuan's information, and after learning about it, although I didn't think Cao Xuan could be ranked with me, I didn't say anything bad.
It wasn't until this year that Cao Xuan became famous, and his new album pushed the two singing queens Na Young and Lee Moon to the ground and rubbed them.
For the first time, Ren Xianqi began to pay attention to this "Bei Cao" who was nine years younger than him. He even bought a copy of "Stars Dotted". After listening to it, he couldn't help but be shocked by Cao Xuan's talent.
So many fine songs were actually written by Cao Xuan alone. He had only seen such talent in two people.
Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng.
His junior fellow student Ashin is also very good at writing songs, but he has no outstanding results for the time being and cannot compare with the other three.
After listening to "Starry Stars", Ren Xianqi concluded that this album would be his biggest rival.
As expected, "Fairy Tale" and "Twilight" continued to dominate the major music charts in the Mainland, overwhelming other songs, and their momentum was unparalleled.
Ren Xianqi does not want to compete with Cao Xuan, but if his new album wants to open up the mainland market, it must hit the charts to increase the influence of the songs in the album.
There is bound to be a real fight between the two!
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Just as Ren Xianqi was thinking about this, the doorbell rang. Jiu Kong went to open the door, and his manager Ke Shangmin squeezed in with sweat on his face.
"Xiaoqi, the company has made a promotion plan for your new album in the mainland."
"How to say?"
"Remember last year when Cao from the South to the North was appointed?" Last time Cao Xuan touched us, this time we will take advantage of his power and directly start a North-South war with him to increase the popularity of your new album.
"This is not good..."
Ren Xianqi was hesitant, but Ke Shangmin knew that he was kinder and quickly persuaded him.
"Don't worry, this matter is beneficial to both of us. As our new album becomes more popular, they will also gain attention. And putting you two together to compete can be regarded as a disguised promotion of Cao Xuan's celebrity status."
"We are just taking advantage of the situation, and we are not making any extra moves. When the time comes, we will still rely on our true abilities to compete."
Jiukong also agreed and joked: "Last time Cao Xuan used you to hype you up, it's time for him to return the favor to us."
With the persuasion of friends and managers, Ren Xianqi agreed to this publicity plan.
Rolling Stone Records immediately put their efforts into action, and soon the relevant media began to hype the news of the head-to-head confrontation between Ren Ren and Bei Cao.
When other media saw it later, they immediately sensed the explosive situation and stepped out to help. In an instant, news about the civil war spread across the Taiwan Strait and three places.
Mainland’s popular fried chicken VS Taiwan’s new king
The fans were very excited, the general public also enjoyed it, and even people from all walks of life in the industry also watched the fun.
Warner also saw the intention of Rolling Stone, but as Ke Shangmin said before, this matter will be of great benefit to Ren Xianqi, and it will also help Cao Xuan a lot.
After Zhou Jianhui got angry with the senior management and Cao Xuan himself, he also started to add fuel to the fire.
In the mid-to-late 1980s, PolyGram launched "Tan and Zhang Zhenghe", and the entire Hong Kong music scene was dominated by Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung.
In the early 1990s, the Hong Kong music scene strongly supported the "Four Heavenly Kings", whose popularity surpassed all singers in Taiwan and mainland China at the same time.
Nowadays, Tan and Zhang are half-hidden in the music scene, and the Four Heavenly Kings are transforming one after another, and their glory is no longer there.
It happened that during this period, Ren Xianqi and Cao Xuan came into being, and unexpectedly reached a confrontation situation of [Southern Ren and Northern Cao].
Opportunities are rare. Warner and the Rolling Stones, old enemies, have a rare tacit understanding and plan to work together to make the saying "South Ren Ren Bei Cao" deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and create a new era in the Chinese music world where the two kings of the north and the south compete.
Ren Xianqi is Rolling Stone's own artist, so he naturally supports him at all costs.
Warner Zhou Jianhui wanted to sign a long-term cooperation contract with Cao Xuan, and he also showed courage and planned to let Cao Xuan see Warner's sincerity.
With the joint efforts of both parties, [Nan Ren and Bei Cao] appeared in the public eye again and again, and the fame of Ren Xianqi and Cao Xuan also increased.
Ren Xianqi, who was already popular, is now even more popular.
As for Cao Xuan, in addition to his surge in popularity in the mainland, he is also beginning to become famous in Hong Kong and Taiwan...
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ps: This chapter makes up for the missed updates due to the day before yesterday’s leave.
