Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

A preliminary agreement has been reached with the Singapore Television in Singapore. Next year, Zhou Ziheng will play the role of Lu Dongbin in the TV series "Tong Hua Ji" produced by their mainland TV station.

Afterwards, Zhou Ziheng did not participate in the specific details of this project, but continued to promote his record.

Currently, "My Love" is selling well all over the world.

Although it may not be a groundbreaking album, it is worthy of Zhou Ziheng's title of international superstar.

Moreover, the new album’s data is better than the previous one to a certain extent.

Take the United States for example. The title song of this new album, "My Love", topped the American Bar Songs Chart in the fourth week after its release.

This is the first time Zhou Ziheng has won the championship on this list.

Last year’s album “Zhou Ziheng” didn’t achieve that.

It won the Billboard No. 1, and in its third week of release, the album's sales also beat Michael Jackson's album sales.

This made Zhou Ziheng's reputation reach its peak for a time.

By mid-May, the total sales of "My Love" officially exceeded eight million.

Although the album's sales data began to decline one and a half months after its release, the data trend remains strong.

Every week, the global data is still around one million.

On June 6, total record sales officially exceeded 10 million.

Following last year's "Zhou Ziheng", "My Love" became the second album by a Chinese singer to sell over 10 million copies.

With two albums in a row grossing over 10 million, from that moment on, Zhou Ziheng has truly earned the title of an international top-tier singer and superstar.

At the same time, the record sold well again, making Zhou Ziheng famous internationally.

He and Jackie Chan were selected by Time magazine as the most influential Chinese superstars in the 1990s, and both of them appeared on the front page cover of Time magazine.

On June 10, Zhou Ziheng returned to China after completing his global album promotion plan.

"Hengzi, 'My Love' has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and is expected to become the best-selling record in the history of Chinese music. What do you think? What are your subsequent work arrangements?"

"Thank you very much for the support of my fans. I will continue to work hard to bring you good songs. As for work, I will join the crew soon. In the second half of the year, I may have a movie to meet you all."

"Hengzi, as the world's most famous Chinese singer, what do you think of Jacky Cheung's Love and Symphony, which was released at the same time? After the release of Jacky Cheung's album, the reputation was very bad, and some music critics suspected that it was a money-making scam."

"How can I put it! Personally, I don't get along with Jacky Cheung, you all know that.

However, I personally still acknowledge his ability, especially in the past two years. Since the last time I said that his songs were all covers, he has rarely covered his songs in the past two years.

The album "Love and Symphony" is actually quite good. It is a live album of singing.

Live records cannot be compared with records recorded in the studio, but it cannot be denied that Jacky Cheung's live singing ability is outstanding.

Coming back to the record, I personally still appreciate this kind of live record.”

"Ziheng, many music critics say that you only write love songs.

Especially compared to Michael Jackson, whose songs have a very strong humanism, and you…”

"This is totally meaningless, Michael Jackson and I are two completely different types of singers.

Well, they're comparing me to Michael Jackson, so why are they nitpicking?

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At Guangdong Baiyun Airport, Zhou Ziheng dealt with a group of reporters outside the airport passage before getting into the car. Zhou Ziheng and Emi jointly organized a celebration banquet, which was scheduled tonight.

The banquet was held at the White Swan on Shamian Island.

When Zhou Ziheng arrived, the place was already crowded. In addition to people from major record companies, many reporters who had interviewed him at the airport before were also there.

"Let us welcome our Chinese pride, Mr. Zhou Ziheng, with warm applause!"

clap clap clap...

The applause was extremely enthusiastic.

Zhou Ziheng saw many familiar faces. Liu Zhiwen from Pacific Records, Li Qiang from New Era, Zhou Jianhui from Warner Records, Chen Jiantian from Red Star Production Society...

At present, people have come from all the record companies of a certain scale in the mainland.

Zhou Ziheng first followed the procedure, smashed the ice, opened the champagne, and then strolled in the hall to talk with the CEOs who came.

"Ziheng, you'd better hurry up and get the new Mandarin album. We are almost unable to make ends meet and we are counting on you to come back to school!"

Liu Zhiwen still urged Zhou Ziheng to release a Mandarin album as usual.

The Pacific Ocean has become increasingly difficult in the past two years.

It's not just Pacific Records; all the established record labels are having a tough time these days.

The rise of piracy, the entry of a large number of foreign record companies, and the outdated management model have made it increasingly difficult for large record companies like Pacific Records to survive.

Pacific Music is still doing relatively well, and has basically maintained its scale in recent years thanks to Zhou Ziheng's records.

Others like New Age Records are now on the decline, and their company size has begun to shrink again and again.

Although Zhou Ziheng helped to prolong Pacific's life, this kind of life extension could not last too long.

Currently, Zhou Ziheng’s contract with Pacific only provides him with the distribution rights for one Mandarin album.

In other words, after the next Mandarin album, Pacific's collaboration with Zhou Ziheng will officially end.

If Pacific cannot offer better conditions, or if Zhou Ziheng has other ideas, Pacific will be destined to miss out on Zhou Ziheng.

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhou! You really gave us Chinese a sigh of relief.

Now when we join the overseas music circles, everyone will give you a thumbs up when they mention you. "

Chen Jiantian from the Red Star Production Society also came over.

"This is Zheng Jun, the general of our company!"

Chen Jiantian, also known as Leslie, is the founder of Red Star Production Company.

He was not only the agent of the Beyond band, but also the first person to bring Faye Wong to Hong Kong. He also discovered the Black Panther band and helped them produce the famous album "Shame".

After discovering that there were many musical talents in the mainland, Chen Jiantian gave up his development in Hong Kong and established the Red Star Production Company in the mainland.

Red Star Production Company was originally a very small company with only one general manager, two staff members and one artist.

As time went by, Red Star Production Company gradually grew and became a huge company in the eyes of rock music fans.

Zheng Jun was the first artist signed by Red Star Production Company. His success brought great influence and success to Red Star Production Company.

To a certain extent, he is also a pioneering contributor to the folk music scene in mainland China.

He released "Naked" in June 1994.

It is his first album, and the works such as "Back to LS", "Naked", "Paradise" and "Cinderella" are still widely circulated in China.

It is also his most classic album and is listed as a classic record in the history of Chinese rock.

The album's legitimate circulation has exceeded 50 copies...

The main audience of Zheng Jun's album is between 18 and 30 years old, including high school students, college students, and young people who have just stepped out of school and entered the society. Zheng Jun himself is one of them.

He once had beautiful visions of life, career and love, but real life often made his dreams come to nothing. He was often self-contradictory, wandering between hope and disappointment, achievement and loss, which was a very typical mentality of this generation.

Zheng Jun expressed his true feelings boldly and simply in his music, which created a very strong resonance among young people.

“Hello Mr. Zhou, I like your songs very much. I started following you when you released your first album “Wandering Song”.

At that time I felt that you would definitely be the pillar of the future Chinese music scene, and sure enough..."

Zheng Jun did not seem restrained, but shook hands with Zhou Ziheng in a graceful manner.

(End of this chapter)