Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

"Sometimes I really admire you. Why is it that when others take years to write hit songs, you can write them in piles just like an assembly line?"

Pacific Records continues to attach great importance to Zhou Ziheng's new album. For this album, Liu Zhiwen almost stays at Hengdong Records and visits whenever he has time.

That day, Zhou Ziheng had just finished recording "Blue and White Porcelain" when he came again.

After listening to the song, I couldn't help but admire it again.

Finally, he took the initiative to bring up the MV.

"What do you think of the music videos for the new album? I think all ten songs on the album can be filmed."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng glanced at him strangely, "Don't you urge me every day to make the record quickly?
It would take quite a while to shoot MVs for all ten songs, aren't you afraid of wasting time?"

Liu Zhiwen shook his head, his expression slightly serious.

"I really hope you'll have the record ready tomorrow.

But I also hope that the quality of your album will be the best.

This is related to whether the record can sell better. "

Liu Zhiwen’s words surprised Zhou Ziheng.

This guy has been urging him every day recently. He has always thought that this guy no longer cares about the quality of the record in order to get it out as soon as possible.

I didn't expect he would have such awareness.

However, his words made Zhou Ziheng's mind active.

In recent years, he has made MVs for his Mandarin albums, but except for "Fairy Tale", the MVs of other songs are still inferior to those of the songs in his English albums.

Liu Zhiwen's words gave Zhou Ziheng different ideas.

"If you are not in a hurry, I can spare more energy to make it."

Zhou Ziheng paused and said, "You should be prepared. Shooting all ten MVs will definitely take some time. If this is the case, the original plan of releasing it in early December will definitely not be possible. The earliest date will be late December."

"That's no problem. I will convince the other executives at Pacific. We still hope that your album will sell well. MVs have accounted for an increasingly important part of albums in recent years. If you make a good MV, it will definitely have a significant impact on sales."

Liu Zhiwen had no objection to this at all.

……

After deciding to shoot MVs for all ten songs, Liu Zhiwen immediately returned to Pacific to persuade the company's top management.

As for Zhou Ziheng, while recording the song, he also had someone send out an announcement to recruit the female lead for the MV.

Originally, Zhou Ziheng was thinking of just interviewing a few female leads for the MVs, and didn’t think of inviting famous actresses.

After all, any famous actress would definitely receive a lot of pay if invited.

In this way, the investment budget for the MV will definitely increase.

Zhou Ziheng doesn't want to invest too much in the MV, it's not cost-effective.

Of course, if Zhou Ziheng wanted, he could also invite his friends to perform for free.

But that seems too stingy.

Zhou Ziheng later thought about the previous play "The Tazza" and felt that there was something wrong with it.

At that time, many people performed in that play for free. In the end, he gave out a lot of red envelopes and owed many favors to them.

After this incident, Zhou Ziheng learned his lesson and no longer plans to invite any friends for free.

No matter how good a friend is, as long as he/she invites you, the pay will never be reduced by a penny.

Therefore, for the filming of the MV, Zhou Ziheng did not think of inviting his friends. He only planned to recruit a few actors from all over the mainland.

However, what Zhou Ziheng did not expect was that after he posted the advertisement to recruit female lead actors for MVs nationwide, the situation became somewhat different.

……

"Mr. Zhou, I heard that you are short of a female lead for your MV? I have a few good actresses here, why don't you take a look and see if they are suitable?"

"Ziheng, I have a very good junior sister. I heard that you need a female lead for your MV?" "Boss Zhou, you know my Wing Kei, right? She's the one who played the female lead in "The Ring" for your company. I heard that you need a female lead for your MV. Our Wing Kei really wants to work with you."

Zhou Ziheng had not expected that after he posted the advertisement for the female lead in his MV, he immediately received a large number of calls.

Without exception, they all came to ask about the heroine in his MV.

Because there were too many acquaintances who called, including those from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, Zhou Ziheng was a little overwhelmed to choose, so he simply replied to these people directly and asked them to come for an audition.

MV audition.

To be honest, this should be the first time in the Chinese music scene.

In the past, other singers’ MV shooting mostly involved contacting one or two models or artists from their own company.

When it comes to Zhou Ziheng, he is simply overwhelmed with choices.

There's even an audition going on, which is unprecedented.

This matter became a hot topic in the circle.

Some people are envious and think Zhou Ziheng is awesome.

There are also people who are jealous of Zhou Ziheng and think that he is pretentious.

However, no matter what outsiders think, the selection of the heroine for Zhou Ziheng's new album MV has caused a lot of controversy.

A large number of actresses from all over the world gathered in Guangzhou.

Among these people, there are already famous actresses, some who have signed contracts with companies but are not very popular yet, and some who are still studying in art schools.

"Wow! So many people!"

On September 21st, Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi went to the company together. Today was the day for selecting the female lead for the MV.

As soon as they arrived at the company, both Zhou Ziheng and Chen Xiaoqi were shocked by the scene before them.

Hengdong Records is located on Renmin North Road in Yuexiu District, close to Yuexiu Park, and is close to Pacific Records and Guangdong TV Station.

This is a bustling commercial area. Hengdong Records did not rent an office building, but used Zhou Ziheng's own property, a three-story building, as the company's address.

Today, the company’s entrance was filled with people, many of them beautiful girls with great temperament.

Many of them have appeared on the screen.

Seeing so many people, Chen Xiaoqi was stunned. He looked at Zhou Ziheng and said, "I'm a little jealous of you. It's great to be a big star! You have extraordinary appeal..."

Zhou Ziheng was also surprised.

This should be the most lively one since the establishment of Hengdong Records.

It was even more lively than the last time Zhou Ziheng selected the young actress for "The Man from Lone Star".

"Hello, Mr. Zhou. I am Wang Li from Wanwan Fulong Company. These are some of our actresses, including Ruby Lin and Lin Chiling..."

"Mr. Zhou, I'm Chen Yaohai from Singapore's Sony Entertainment Company. We've met before in Singapore. This is our actress Fann Wong. She won the Best Actress Award at the Singapore TV Star Awards..."

……

Seeing Zhou Ziheng coming, the crowd that had gathered together immediately surrounded him.

Several agents who had interacted with Zhou Ziheng came up to him and expressed their greetings.

Zhou Ziheng glanced through the crowd.

Wow, a group of beautiful girls gathered together, vying with each other for beauty, and there were many acquaintances among them. It was actually a bit difficult for him to keep up for a while.

"That looks like Li Bingbing! So thin!"

"Oh my god, Mr. Fan is here too!"

……

(End of this chapter)