Since the first Hong Kong Music Festival, every edition has attracted considerable attention. Every year on March 30, it has become an important festival in the music industry in Hong Kong and even Asia.
This year, the Hong Kong Music Festival has also moved from the former Lee Stage to the larger Hung Hom Stadium, allowing it to accommodate more guests and audiences.
Moreover, this year the jury has also undergone a major change to ensure greater fairness and prevent many awards from being monopolized by a certain force.
In the past few years, the recording industry in Hong Kong has been full of talents, especially the rise of the younger generation such as Wang Jie, Alan Tam, Chen Baiqiang, Zhang Guorong, Hua Tsai, Ip Sian Wen, Anita Mui, and Kwong Meiyun, which has brought the Hong Kong recording industry into a prosperous era.
The lineup of award-winning guests this time is also extremely strong. Each of them is a well-known tycoon in Hong Kong. Among them are Qiu Degen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Far East Film and Television Group, Shaw Run Run, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wireless Film and Television Group, and Director of Kowloon Film and Television Media Group.
The chairman of the bureau, Mr. Wang, also invited Stanley Ho, Li Zhaoji, Shi Huaiya, Li Jianhui, Guo Henian and others as award guests.
The host lineup for this ceremony is also very strong, including Jiayi Zhou Xiaoyan, TVB Chow Yun-fat, Sun Hung Wang Zuxian, and Kowloon Leung Ka Fai.
The biggest change this time is that members of the Kowloon Film and Television Group participated, and the Charter King became the guest of honor. If I say that it was not affected by the negotiations between the two parties, I am afraid no one will believe it.
Especially the host sent by Kowloon Film and Television. This person was once banned, but now he can serve as the host of such a grand program. It has to be said that the situation has changed very quickly.
Because this music festival is quite special, Li Jianhui did not refuse the invitation and came to the scene in person and became the guest of honor for the Most Popular Singer Award, which is also the most important award.
Li Jianhui, who came here to take advantage of the excitement, was not in a good mood during the entire awards ceremony. The New Male Singer Award was won by a newcomer from Far East Records, so Li Jianhui didn't say anything.
However, the winner of the New Female Singer Award was actually a newcomer from Sun Hung Records, which made Li Jianhui not very happy. You must know that the representative of Jiayi's products was Priscilla Chan, who was called Princess Xian in her previous life.
The 1983 Top Ten Song Awards made Li Jianhui even more dissatisfied. On the song list, Jiayi's hit songs by Wang Jie, Ye Qianwen, Kuang Meiyun and Pan Yueyun were all ranked in the top ten.
As a result, today only Ye Qianwen's title song "Blessings" won the award, and the other three nominees including Andy Lau were all unsuccessful.
The most popular award was also won by Mei Yanfang for her song "Red Temptation", while the two songs nominated by Jiayi also failed.
In the two awards of Best Lyricist and Best Composer, Jiayi Records also failed.
Fortunately, Li Jianhui still paid attention to his image, maintained his demeanor, and did not choose to leave midway.
…
On the way back in the car, Su Jiangting saw that Li Jianhui's face was not very good, so she specially persuaded him: "This award is of little use, record sales are the king, so why should you be angry about this.
As long as the fans in our company approve the singers, it doesn't matter whether the judges approve or not.
We have sufficient publicity channels and sales channels, and we do not need to rely on music festivals to increase exposure and influence."
"I'm not angry that my singer didn't win the award at this ceremony, and it's not like you don't know my inner attitude on this aspect.
If it weren't for the fact that we need a film and television media group to speak for us to enhance our influence, I would not have entered this industry at all.
What I am angry about is that several parties have jointly targeted us. In the past few years, I can say that I have been extremely benevolent to several parties. I have not specifically targeted and suppressed the industries of several parties because our Donghua Association is strong.
Even the Xianghua Association did not want to beat them to death with a stick. They just hoped that they could push the north to open up some industries faster.
As a result, these parties now feel that they have enough confidence to fight with us, and they actually started to unite against us.
Today is a music festival, but tomorrow it may be the right to issue Hong Kong dollar notes. I’m afraid tomorrow’s financial meeting will not be that simple. It’s hard to say whether our Xinjian Bank can get the right to issue Hong Kong dollar notes.”
Su Jiangting also sighed at this. He knew that Li Jianhui had never hoped that the competition among the major forces in Hong Kong would be too fierce, so that they could focus more on external market expansion to increase the overall strength of the major forces in Xiangjiang.
The past few years have been pretty good. Except for the fact that the Xianghua Club has not developed much due to special reasons, the assets of the Sun Hung Club, the New Asia Club and the Nanjiang Club have all doubled several times.
But now it seems that there is a tendency to breed tigers. These parties obviously do not want to be under the Donghua Society all the time, nor are they willing to let the Donghua Society become the leader.
As for whether there are other provocations behind these parties, it is not clear yet. After all, the parties are no longer the same as they were a few years ago. Although there is no political and economic research room and confidentiality office like the Xinjian Department, the precautions have been much stricter.
It is already very difficult for other forces to easily discover its important information.
Princes, generals, and ministers would rather have their own kind. This famous saying also means that no one wants to be inferior to others. No matter whether it is Xinhonghui or Xinyahui, including Nanjianghui, their core members are all people who are unwilling to be lonely.
They are all ambitious people and have never given up on one day leading their own power to surpass the Donghua Society.
One person is a dragon and three people are insects. Sometimes this saying is not unreasonable. The love of internal fighting is nothing new for this nation.
"Jianhui, our Donghua Association is now very popular, but we are also the target of all parties.
Now that several parties have jumped out, why don't we take a step back? This side is destined to return. Too much momentum is not a good thing for us. It will be better for us to let these parties rush to the front."
Li Jianhui did not respond immediately, but instead pondered the pros and cons of the Donghua Society. He also knew that he was the first to win. No matter how nice the words there are now, he would never want to see their major forces continue to dominate here in the future.
all aspects of.
But even if the Donghua Association wants to keep a low profile in some aspects, it cannot be because of force from several parties. This time several parties have joined forces. If the loss of the Donghua Association does not teach a profound lesson, I am afraid that several parties will take advantage of it.
Li Jianhui had not yet decided where to start. That night, it was reported that Nanjiang Bank had merged with Hang Seng Bank, and Xin Bank was named after Nanjiang Hang Seng Bank.
The merger of the two banks will directly surpass Dao Heng Bank, and its market value will rank fifth among local banks in Hong Kong, only behind the four major banks, HSBC, Xinjian, East Asia and K. Wah.
Ordinary citizens in Xiangjiang only regard it as a topic of conversation after dinner, but there is an undercurrent in the upper class of Xiangjiang.
All parties know what Nanjiang Hang Seng Bank, which has undergone two consecutive mergers and acquisitions, wants to do. Don’t forget that Hang Lung Bank, which was acquired previously, is controlled by the Mitsui Consortium, while Hang Seng Bank is controlled by the British Rose Consortium.
Because Hang Lung Bank has a low market value, the impact after the merger is not too great. However, the strength of Hang Seng Bank is similar to that of Nanjiang, which internally merged with Hang Lung Bank. Now that Nanjiang has merged with Hang Seng, there are many problems.
Moreover, the new bank is named after Nanjiang Hengsheng, and we can also see some meaning in it.
You must know that Hang Seng Bank once owned the right to issue Hong Kong dollar notes. Except that the new bank's market value is not as good as that of Xin Jian Bank, its other conditions are better than those of Xin Jian Bank.