Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

On the 15th, Zhou Ziheng attended a television interview on Japan's NTV TV station.

Also invited were Japan's most popular male idol Takuya Kimura and the new popular singer Shizuka Kudo.

The program was a temporary production, and its name translated into Chinese is roughly "Close Observation of Superstars".

Before the show started, Zhou Ziheng chatted with Takuya Kimura and Shizuka Kudo.

In fact, it was just a polite exchange. He was not very familiar with these two people.

When they entered the studio, the stage had already been set up by the program team. Zhou Ziheng and the other two sat on a chair each, opposite the host.

This person is actually not a small figure. He is very famous in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan relied on him for their livelihood a few years ago.

This person is none other than the famous Japanese creator Shinji Tanimura.

He is now a host at NTV.

In fact, this phenomenon is not uncommon.

Many TV stations invite some famous creators or behind-the-scenes personnel in the entertainment industry to serve as hosts, and even create programs specifically for them.

In the late 1980s, Hong Kong's Asia Television invited four of Hong Kong's most talented people, including James Wong, to host a program.

Because of their high status in the circle, programs hosted by these behind-the-scenes people are often more daring in asking questions and speaking, which makes it very easy to attract audiences.

Back then, James Wong and others asked many secrets in "Tonight Without Defense" that the media usually dared not ask or could not ask.

Rosamund Kwan even said in "Defenseless Tonight" that she has slept with all kinds of men, whether old or young, fat or thin.

Later, Sandra Ng once said that a certain female star in Hong Kong once wanted to collect stamps from the Four Heavenly Kings.

For a while, many people speculated that it was Vivian Chow, but in fact Rosamund Kwan was a greater suspect.

Let's get back to the point. In a nutshell, the purpose of NTV TV station letting Shinji Tamura be the host is self-evident. They hope that Shinji Tamura can ask the guests some unknown big news on the show.

"Mr. Zhou, welcome to my show.

Before I invited you, I thought you wouldn't come.

I didn't expect you to give me this much face!"

Before the camera was turned on, Tamura Shinji came over and greeted Zhou Ziheng and others.

"I didn't want to come at first, but when I heard that the host was Mr. Tanimura, I immediately decided to participate in the recording of this program."

Zhou Ziheng spoke with a smile.

"Haha! Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for giving me this honor."

"Mr. Tanimura, you're too polite. Actually, I'm still a fan of yours! I've listened to many of your songs after they were covered by Hong Kong and Taiwan."

After a brief chat, the program recording began.

Tanimura Shinji, who was sitting opposite, began to ask Zhou Ziheng and others questions one by one.

Of course, this kind of inquiry is not as stereotypical as that of a reporter, but more like that of "Tonight Without Defense".

This kind of program can be seen as a few old friends getting together to chat, and the topic of conversation mainly depends on the host.

Before coming, Zhou Ziheng actually thought about whether he should come.

After all, the questions asked in this kind of program are often very tricky, and something bad can happen if you are not careful.

But after thinking about it, Zhou Ziheng felt that there was really no need for him to be afraid.

As the saying goes, no one is perfect, but he believes that he has nothing worth hiding.

Even if it is a love affair, he is not afraid of being exposed.

So, he finally agreed to participate in this show similar to "Unguarded Tonight".

“Mr. Zhou, we all know that many of your songs are love songs, and as a songwriter, I know very well that the creation of a song basically has a source of inspiration.

Can you tell us about your creative source? Or, can you tell us who is the girl who inspired you? "

At the beginning, the questions asked by Tamura Shinji were very bold, directly asking who Zhou Ziheng's lover was.

"Well, how should I answer this question? I won't talk about the previous songs, let's talk about "My Love"! This song is actually related to a female singer in your country.

Yes, I was in a relationship with a singer in your country.

But you know, in this job, we either run around or work in the recording studio every day.

We didn't have time to be together in the first place, and we were in different countries, so it was naturally even harder for us to see each other.

Inspired by this, I created this song "My Love."

"Nani?"

After hearing Zhou Ziheng's words, not only did Tanimura Shinji look at Zhou Ziheng in shock, but even Kudo Shizuka and Kimura Takuya were also surprised.

Obviously, they didn't expect Zhou Ziheng to be really willing to talk about this topic.

What they didn’t expect was that the heroine of the song “My Love” was actually a Japanese female singer.

"Can you tell us who this female singer is?"

Tanimura Shinji said, looking unconvinced, "I want to know who on earth actually got Zhou San, who tens of millions of Japanese women dream of."

"Ha ha!"

Zhou Ziheng smiled and said, "I won't mention her name. We've broken up now and I don't want to cause her any trouble. I can only say that she's a very popular singer in Japan in recent years. Well, she can be considered a national singer."

"Um, Mr. Zhou, can't you give me a little more hint?

I think the audience watching on TV are very curious.”

Tamura Shinji wanted to dig deeper, but Zhou Ziheng would not give him another chance. Instead, he smiled and shook his head.

"In fact, I already roughly know who it is!"

Shizuka Kudo beside her suddenly spoke.

"Oh? Miss Kudo, have you guessed who it is? Can you tell me?"

Tanimura Shinji's eyes lit up.

Kudo Shizuka glanced at Zhou Ziheng and shook her head, "Mr. Zhou doesn't want to talk about it, so I'd better not offend him."

In fact, although Zhou Ziheng did not say the name, it was not difficult for everyone present to guess who this person was.

There are very popular female singers in Japan, at the national level, but there are actually not many who have contacts with Zhou Ziheng.

Therefore, the people on the stage actually already knew what was going on.

As for why Tamura Shinji is pretending to be ignorant, it is just for the effect of the show.

Their guesses were definitely not as interesting as the names Zhou Ziheng said himself.

"A Closer Look at Superstars" was broadcast on NTV Entertainment Channel the next evening.

Because the three guests of this show are all very famous in Japan, the ratings of this show are very high.

After the show was broadcast, the most eye-catching topic was undoubtedly Zhou Ziheng's girlfriend.

Fans are guessing who the other person is.

The media is also guessing.

Because the news was so popular, a few days later on a Japanese review program, the production team even invited several people to compete on the show to guess who the Japanese female singer who was dating Zhou Ziheng was.

These guys directly listed most of the Japanese female stars and analyzed them one by one on the show.

It’s no wonder that this kind of gameplay attracted a lot of attention. The show’s ratings that evening ranked first among all TV stations in Japan that day.

Everyone is guessing who this female singer is.

However, Zhou Ziheng did not continue to devote any energy to this matter.

Whenever reporters asked him questions, he would not answer and would continue promoting his record.

The Japanese branch of emi records is still very strong.

Great efforts have been made in television publicity, newspaper and even offline publicity.

With this large-scale promotion, the sales of "My Love" in Japan continued to rise. In the first week of its release, this album directly ranked first in the Japanese sales chart with a single-week sales of 300,000 copies, surpassing all other Japanese singers.

In response, Japan exclaimed, "Zhou Ziheng has gone crazy with killing!"

In addition to Japan, the sales of "My Love" in other countries and regions are also very good.

In just one week, this album sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.

However, Zhou Ziheng did not win the championship on the global sales list.

The champion was none other than Michael Jackson, whose "They Don't Care About Us" sold 2.3 million copies that week.

However, Michael Jackson's album was a temporary explosion this week.

He was received by the Queen of England this week. The news was extremely popular and as a result, the sales of his album exploded again this week.

Next week, his numbers will 100 percent drop very badly.

Of course, Zhou Ziheng’s album will definitely drop next week.

Only relatively speaking, it will certainly not be as severe as Michael Jackson's decline.

After all, Michael Jackson's album has been released for nearly a month today, the market has gradually become saturated, and subsequent sales will return to stability.

Zhou Ziheng’s album had just been released for a week, which was when the data exploded.

But to be honest, judging from this week's data, it is clear that the sales of the album "My Love" will exceed 10 million.

It is even possible that this album will surpass the previous one.

On the 22nd, Zhou Ziheng ended his trip in Japan and flew to Singapore to continue promoting his project.

He did not start work immediately that day, but was dragged by Florence Hui to watch a movie.

I was watching "Young and Dangerous 2: The Way of the Dragon".

You have to admit that Wang Jing is a quick shooter.

The first Young and Dangerous movie was just released in January. Because the box office performance exceeded expectations, Wang Jing's Best Partner Company immediately started filming the second movie.

In just over a month, the sequel to this movie was completed and began to be released.

Because the first part was extremely popular throughout the Chinese-speaking regions, the second part received a lot of attention.

After its release, this movie directly dominated the market in April when there were few popular movies.

Because this movie has been talked about everywhere lately.

Florence Hui liked this movie very much, so Zhou Ziheng accompanied her to the cinema to watch it.

Seriously speaking, without talking about the negative influence of Young and Dangerous, just speaking of movies, this series is actually really good movies.

It feels like one of the cool online novels of later times.

Zhou Ziheng personally likes to watch this kind of exciting movie.

While watching the movie, Zhou Ziheng's cell phone kept ringing and someone was sending him text messages.

He opened a few messages and read them, all of which were blessings and congratulations from friends.

Leon Lai: "Brother, I heard that your new album has sold so well. Congratulations! Keep it up and beat Michael Jackson!"

Faye Wong: "My baby is about to be born, so I'll leave the godfather position to you!"

……

The data of the new album has been transmitted back to China.

2.2 million in the first week.

Note that this is the first week, not the total data.

This data caused a huge stir in the Chinese music scene.

Those who had originally predicted that Zhou Ziheng's second English album would fail were all slapped in the face.

Zhou Ziheng received news that the People's Daily had reported on him.

This is not only true in the mainland, but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

His data is almost a dimensionality reduction blow to the entire music industry.

Even Jacky Cheung, who has always been at odds with Zhou Ziheng, said in a rare interview:
“I didn’t like him, but I never disowned him.

As a Chinese, I want to say congratulations to him!"

Because the newspapers were all about why his new album was selling like hot cakes around the world, his friends sent him text messages one after another.

There were too many, so Zhou Ziheng could only choose to reply to the important ones.

Replying to Leon Lai: "Comrades: Almost a Love Story is well made. You are the winner of the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor this year. You are the best among the Four Heavenly Kings!"

Reply to Faye Wong: "I am still a child, forget about being a godfather, I will treat you to a drink when I come back."

"Hello, Director Liu, I'm at the theater! What can I do for you?"

Singapore TV station director Liu Yuwen called and Zhou Ziheng ran to the bathroom to answer the call.

"In the evening! Sure, I'm free in the evening."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ziheng pondered for a moment.

Director Liu invited him to dinner in the evening.

To be exact, I invited him to dinner.

Logically speaking, although he knew this person, they didn't interact much. This time the other party suddenly invited him to dinner, maybe something happened.

However, it doesn’t matter anymore.

Ever since he became famous, especially after he became famous worldwide, many people want to ask him to do things for them.

This is not surprising today.

As for Zhou Ziheng, he has always had a good relationship with Singapore Television.

Usually, those who appear on the shows here usually go through privileged channels.

Therefore, since the other station director personally invited him to dinner, if it was not an important matter, Zhou Ziheng did not want to refuse directly and cause any changes in the relationship between the two parties.

Back in the theater again, the filming of "Way of the Dragon" was almost over.

Throughout the entire movie, what impressed Zhou Ziheng the most was probably Shu Qi's outfit.

Deep cleavage, mature lady style, very attractive.

"The director of Singapore TV is inviting me to dinner tonight. I think he wants to cooperate with me. You can decide the situation. If it's not right, please decline it on my behalf."

After leaving the theater, Zhou Ziheng explained to Huo Wenxi.

He really needs to take precautions himself.

If the other party is unwilling to cooperate but you don't want to damage the relationship between the two parties, then you can only let Florence Hui be the bad guy.

"Liu Yuwen?" asked Florence Hui.

"Yes, you talked to him about my appearance on the show before." Zhou Ziheng nodded.

Florence Hui thought for a moment and guessed, "I think they might want to invite you to film a TV series!"

"Filming a TV series? Don't they know that I usually don't film TV series?" Zhou Ziheng was a little puzzled.

"That's because the price is not enough. If the remuneration is paid, will you really not shoot it?"

Florence Hui asked back.

"This one……"

Zhou Ziheng touched his nose and stopped talking.

If the price is right, it is not impossible to let him star in a TV series.

(End of this chapter)