The fourth song is "Red Sun", which is a classic work of an era and the song that made the original singer Hacken Lee famous. It made Hacken Lee, who was originally unknown and wanted to retire, rise again and accompany countless audiences through the turbulent years.
The lyrics are passionate and progressive, full of inspiring energy. Compared with the first three love songs, the lyrics of "Red Sun" are Wan Feng's favorite.
He looked over and over, picked up the music score, and studied it for a while. During this period, several senior executives of the company came in one by one, greeted Zheng Qian, and shook hands with each other. However, when everyone saw Wan Feng studying these songs seriously, they didn't respond.
Excuse me, just wait quietly for Wan Feng to finish reading.
After a while, Wan Feng took a deep breath and couldn't help smiling: "These four songs are all good. Each one can be used as a title song. Putting them all in one EP is a bit overkill - Qianzi, you
Don’t you think about it anymore? Come to me and your talents will be better displayed..."
Zheng Qian smiled and said nothing. When Wan Feng saw this, he sighed: "That's the case, I won't force it anymore, but you have to know one thing. We at Universal are only responsible for distribution, and you have to rely on you for subsequent publicity."
Zheng Qian said: "I understand."
Next, Wan Feng asked several colleagues to read the remaining four songs one by one. After some discussion, he said to Zheng Qian: "We decided to put six songs in this EP, which will be compared to the songs you sang in Hua Tsai
The song "Really Love You" that was sung at the party will also be used, what do you think?"
"Really Love You" has been in the top three of Radio Hong Kong's song request list for more than a month. Now, although it is gradually slipping, it is still lingering in the top ten. It has become a song that many Hong Kong people are familiar with. With this song
Zhang EP can also do promotion.
Zheng Qian nodded: "Okay!"
Subsequently, the two parties began to sign a contract for this cooperation. Since Universal Music is the producer and distributor, it takes the majority of the share. It will only take 70% of the settlement from the channel dealer, and the remaining 30% will be settled to Yuexiang Entertainment after tax.
, Zheng Qian had no objection. This was the final result after many bargaining discussions, and the two parties signed a contract.
The contract stipulates that 50,000 records will be printed in the early stage. Relying on Universal Music's strong distribution channels, these 50,000 records will be sold to Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and other places.
Without any announcement, the first printing of 50,000 mini-records is already very promising for Zheng Qian. After all, Zheng Qian is just a newcomer to the Southeast Asian market.
In the next week, Zheng Qian and his team stayed in Hong Kong to record six songs and shoot the EP poster.
In order to save costs, Universal Music did not attach images to these six songs. It only found suitable movie scenes in its copyright library to add. Each song is three to five minutes. Except for Zheng Qian's singing, there is no picture of Zheng Qian.
Among the photos, they are all of urban people and scenery, which can be said to be quite simple.
However, the cover of the album still bears a personal poster of Zheng Qian, while the surface of the record shows the track number.
On the fifth day, Zheng Qian had finished recording these six songs, and the rest was handed over to Universal Music for production. It is worth mentioning that not only was there no announcement, there was no signing event on the day of release.
schedule.
Absolutely self-destructive.
Of course, Zheng Qian would not sit still and wait for death. After recording the album, Zheng Qian got in touch with Andy. It would be a waste if he didn't use his connections. Besides, Andy is famous for helping others.
However, after hearing Zheng Qian's explanation of the cause and effect, Andy was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Gold will shine wherever it goes. You can get 30% of the share from Universal, which is already very good. Ordinary newcomers can
Without this share, even if I personally help you find other companies, it will probably be similar. However, Universal Music has the widest and most complete channels. It is the leading leader in the Hong Kong recording industry. If you cooperate with them, as long as the works are of high quality,
It will always become popular..."
After hearing clearly what Zheng Qian's purpose was, Andy agreed decisively, "I will help you contact Dage Radio Station, and then we will record a program together."
"Brother Hua, you are so generous!"
Zheng Qian raised his thumb and praised: "If you need my help with anything in the future, just ask! You know, I don't know anything else, but I am good at writing songs."
Andy smiled and waved his hand: "My focus from now on will be on film shooting, and I won't be producing a new album for the time being. But I can't say for sure what will happen in the future. Maybe I will need your help with the movie theme song in the future."
Liu Yihua has been in the Asian music scene for twenty years and has left countless classic songs. He has reached the top of the music world and his ambitions for the music world have almost dissipated. Now he just wants to achieve higher goals in movies.
After receiving Andy's accurate answer, Zheng Qian was relieved. However, he also made preparations for the second song. After the day of release, he hired a large number of trolls to frantically "paddle" in major forums in Hong Kong. He must use this song.
EP's reputation reached its highest level through word of mouth, and then developed more "tap water".
Of course, the premise is that the quality of the mini-album itself is good enough, otherwise anyone who uses this trick will definitely seek death.
In the entire entertainment industry, Zheng Qian is probably the only one who dares to pat his chest to guarantee the quality of this EP. He dares to say that every one of them is a classic among classics!
This small EP has collected the representative works of Beyond, Eason Chan, Leslie Cheung, Hacken Lee and other superstars. It also has Andy's personal endorsement. If it doesn't become popular, Zheng Qian vows to stand on his head to wash his hair.
Time passed in an instant.
A week later, Zheng Qian returned to the mainland and began to participate in the recording of the second audition of "Chinese Idol".
According to relevant reports, nearly half of the contestants from "Chinese Idol" have been eliminated during the preliminary round. However, the first producer audition was even more cruel. Many concealed information in the video materials and lip-synced in the video.
The contestants who were practicing music also suffered huge setbacks at the auditions. There were all kinds of weird contestants everywhere, so much so that after the first official audition, nearly 90% of the contestants failed to qualify and were eliminated.
There were originally 30,000 contestants in the Beijing competition area alone. After the first round of auditions, they were instantly eliminated to just over 3,000 contestants. Nearly ten times as many contestants were eliminated.
This time, the judges audition is divided into three stages. In the first stage, everyone will perform in groups of 5 in order of their numbers, and only one person from each group can advance.
In the second stage, the 600 players who have advanced will be divided into groups of 5 players in order of numbers, with a total of 12 groups performing PK performances. The top 20 players in the competition area will be directly selected by the judges.
The third stage is the battle for the top ten in the division.
It is worth mentioning that the top 20 in each division will be separated from the ground auditions. Players who perform well in the audition process will have the opportunity to have their personal performance shown on the newly launched TV show "Xiannan Satellite TV" from 6:00 to 6:30 every night.
It was broadcast in the column "The Idol is Coming".
This move means that Shonan Satellite TV begins to cultivate the popularity of popular contestants until the top ten in the competition area are selected.
By then, there will be two hours of "Chinese Idol" feature films every Friday night, which also means that a powerful star-making machine has begun to operate.