Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 20 Chen Kai, the boss of Butong 100
Chen Xiaoqi took the lyrics and music written by Zhou Ziheng and read them carefully.

While checking it out, he also hummed along with the melody.

"Flowers Flying All Over the Sky"

"Snow turns into water lilies"

"The leaves are falling, the boat is turning, and my heart is sad"

"Twilight shines on the village"

"Raindrops hit the eaves"

……

As he hummed, he became excited, his face even flushed, "Great lyrics, great lyrics! This way of writing, these lyrics are like ancient poetry... Great..."

Zhou Ziheng was stunned when he saw that he was talking incoherently.

He didn't expect that an ordinary song in later generations would make Chen Xiaoqi so excited after being sung by him.

Taking a glance at the old-fashioned street outside the door, Zhou Ziheng suddenly understood something.

Again, the mainland music scene was just getting started in the 1990s.

The lyrics and music he wrote were mostly flowing songs.

This is not Zhou Ziheng's disparagement.

But it is what it is.

Looking at the entire mainland music scene, the songs from the 1980s to the 1990s were mostly flowing songs because they were just starting out.

It was only in the late 1990s that mainland music developed to a certain extent and came into contact with a large number of talented creators from Hong Kong and Taiwan, which enabled mainland music to evolve into a music with connotation, commonly known as high-level music.

Moreover, at the beginning of the century, mainland music had not yet reached the level of competing with Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The reason why mainland music at that time gave people a sense of rise.

The main reason is that a large number of singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan have entered the mainland. They have mixed in with mainland singers, giving people the illusion that mainland music has become awesome.

If you are careful, you will find that at the beginning of the century, there were actually very few music created by mainland musicians, and the music that existed was relatively vulgar.

Instead, it’s those singers who have entered the mainland market.

For example, Jay Chou, JJ Lin, Leehom Wang and so on.

Each one of them is more awesome than the other.

Of course, whether it is Hong Kong, Taiwan or the mainland, they are all part of China, so the distinction is not that obvious.

But what is undeniable is that it took 10 years for mainland music to gradually catch up.

It’s a pity that by that time, the music industry was already dead, and even then, due to the demise of the record industry, it was no longer profitable and there were no more truly good songs.

But even so.

Even if this song "Sheng Sheng Man" created in 18 is not so amazing in the future.

But its lyrics are based on the ancient style popularized by Jay Chou.

This kind of lyrics, with its ancient poetry flavor, was absolutely unprecedented in the 1990s, especially in the mainland.

In this way, Chen Xiaoqi's excitement is not so strange.

"Do you really want to give me this song?"

Although Chen Xiaoqi was asking, his hands were tightly holding the lyrics and music, as if he was afraid that Zhou Ziheng would snatch them back.

"That's natural. A real man should stick to his words. If I say I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you.

Don’t you like it, Xiaoqi?”

Zhou Ziheng said this, looking at Chen Xiaoqi with a joking expression.

"I like it, of course I like it!" Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaoqi's face immediately lit up. He folded the paper solemnly and put it in his wallet.

"Ziheng, I have to say, I really envy your creative talent!" Chen Xiaoqi looked envious, "Also, I can see that you have wild and unconstrained ideas, which are not comparable to ordinary people."

"I'm young after all! I like innovation!" Zhou Ziheng joked.

"You..." Hearing this, Chen Xiaoqi pretended to be angry and pointed at Zhou Ziheng, "You are saying that I am old!" "Haha!"

……

The two of them ate and drank in the teahouse, chatting as they ate.

Several hours passed by unknowingly.

Chen Xiaoqi didn't go back to work either. After eating, he took Zhou Ziheng to meet the person he said he wanted to introduce.

Facts proved that Zhou Ziheng was not wrong. The person Chen Xiaoqi wanted to introduce to him was Chen Kai.

However, Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi were not the Chen Kai they met at Butong 100.

But in his home.

Chen Xiaoqi took Zhou Ziheng directly to Chen Kai's home.

Chen Kai himself actually has nothing to do with music, but it can be said that he is a fan of pop music and also a businessman.

In the 1980s, popular songs by Teresa Teng, Jenny Teng, Leslie Cheung and others were sold to the mainland, especially in Guangdong Province, where cover singers and imitators abounded.

At that time, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui's new songs were sung publicly on the first day, and people in Guangzhou began to perform them on the second day.

Everyone thinks Guangzhou needs a big stage.

It was under such circumstances that in the winter of 1978, a concert in which local actors sang Hong Kong and Taiwan songs was held in the Oriental Hotel Concert Hall. This attracted huge attention and attracted a large number of local actors and singers, as well as rich people who liked to listen to songs but had few opportunities.

The concert was a huge success, so many hotels followed suit and the trend of music booths began.

Chen Kai was the first one to do so.

He took out 300 million yuan to build a large dance hall with an 80-square-meter stage and a 60-square-meter dance floor.

Please bring first-class lighting, first-class sound equipment, and a first-class band.

This band was one of the best bands in Guangdong Province and even in China at that time. It was the Art Troupe of Yangcheng Company of China Record Corporation, which gathered the essence of pop music. It also provided accompaniment for the Youth Song Contest and the Spring Festival Gala.

The later program called "I Am a Singer" once claimed that they had the best lighting and the best sound system, which is indeed possible, but they are by no means groundbreaking. As early as more than 100 years ago, Butong had already achieved this goal.

Although Butong 100 is a karaoke bar, it is also a stage for top singers.

Your appearance here proves that you are definitely a top-notch singer in Guangdong Province.

A large number of record companies will come here to inspect.

If you are lucky, becoming a singing star is not a luxury.

After the establishment of Butong 100, its fame quickly spread across the country, and even Hong Kong and Taiwan had heard of it.

If Hong Kong and Taiwan producers want to discover good singers, they will often come here.

Therefore, Chen Kai has become a special figure in the Guangzhou music scene.

Some famous singers regarded him as a benefactor, while those who were not famous regarded him as a railing for their advancement. For a time, he was very popular in the Guangzhou music scene.

But such a person seems very ordinary.

When Zhou Ziheng saw him, the guy was wearing flip-flops and shirtless, enjoying the cool under the lychee tree in his yard.

"Brother Xiao Qi!"

It can be seen that he seemed to respect Chen Xiaoqi more. After seeing Chen Xiaoqi, he stood up on his own initiative.

"Didn't I tell you I would introduce someone to you?"

Chen Xiaoqi looked at the young man opposite him speechlessly.

This guy said he wanted to introduce a friend to him, but instead of dressing up, he actually went shirtless.

"I'm at home, it's so hot, what's wrong with me being casual?"

Chen Kai didn't care about his image at all. He looked at Zhou Ziheng and said, "You are the Zhou Ziheng who sang "Wandering Song". You are really a handsome man!"

As he said that, he shook his head again, "What a pity, I was just a little bit behind!"

(End of this chapter)