Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

October 1996, National Day.

This month is still very important for Zhou Ziheng.

On October 3rd, Emi Records reported that Zhou Ziheng's album "My Love" had officially exceeded 13 million copies sold worldwide, surpassing the previous "Zhou Ziheng".

With his second consecutive album selling over 10 million copies, Zhou Ziheng’s prestige in the country reached its peak.

Some media officially proposed in newspapers that Zhou Ziheng is China's number one singer.

Although this statement is not recognized by most singers.

After all, people in the same industry look down on each other.

But it is undeniable that Zhou Ziheng's fame among the general public has once again soared.

The news came as the English album once again sold 13 million copies and temporarily ranked third on this year's global annual sales list.

Throughout Asia, Zhou Ziheng's previous albums have once again seen a surge in sales.

Including several Mandarin albums including "Wandering Song", "Fairy Tale" and "Sad Pacific", they are widely sung in Japan, South Korea and other countries, and have made outstanding contributions to the export of Chinese culture.

The data of English albums exploded and were widely mentioned in Asia, which indirectly led to Zhou Ziheng having to temporarily stop working on the album.

There is no way, because of the popularity in Europe and the United States, some programs and activities in Asia have come to us again.

Some programs really cannot be promoted.

First, Guangdong TV called him specifically and invited him to be interviewed on stage.

Then the People’s Daily also wanted to do a personal interview.

Then, he was invited by the Golden Disc Awards in South Korea to serve as a judge for the award.

Domestic interviews are easy to arrange, as Zhou Ziheng basically stays in the country, so as long as we make an appointment, we can do it anytime.

The trouble is the Korean Golden Disc Awards.

The Golden Disc Awards is currently the most authoritative and professional music award in South Korea, and is held in late October.

Time is very tight.

As for rejection.

To be honest, Zhou Ziheng really had no reason to refuse.

First of all, his popularity in Korea is inseparable from the support of local TV stations.

And the most important thing is that this is a good opportunity to spread influence and export culture abroad.

You know, this is the first time that the Korean Golden Disc Awards has invited Chinese people to serve as judges, and they are not ordinary judges, but judges with very great authority.

At the same time, this will also greatly enhance Zhou Ziheng's personal status and influence.

……

Taking the Korean market into consideration, as well as many other factors, Zhou Ziheng stopped working on the album on the 5th and rushed to Korea.

This is Zhou Ziheng's second visit to South Korea this year.

Compared to when I came here at the beginning of the year, there seems to be not much change.

The only change is that there are more posters of him on the streets of Seoul.

Zhou Ziheng is currently the spokesperson for Samsung mobile phones.

Samsung's status in South Korea is self-evident.

Almost all over South Korea, there are posters with Zhou Ziheng holding a Samsung phone.

"Mr. Zhou, welcome to Korea."

The Golden Disc Awards sent a special person to pick up Zhou Ziheng.

She is a young lady, and according to her own introduction, she is also an artist.

As for why she was sent.

Needless to say, Zhou Ziheng could guess what it was for.

It's nothing more than a game played by some consortiums.

In the evening, Zhou Ziheng refused the service of the female artist and made an appointment with Kim Hee Sun to go out to the Korean night market.

Unfortunately, Zhou Ziheng's face is extremely conspicuous in South Korea.

Just a few minutes after entering the night market, he was discovered and a group of people surrounded him and asked for his autograph.

Finally, Zhou Ziheng had to call the team for help before escaping back to the hotel.

By the way, I also brought Kim Hee Sun back to the hotel.

……

The next day, after seeing off Kim Hee Sun, Zhou Ziheng immediately rushed to the Golden Disc Awards jury to begin the three-day award selection process.

In the past two years, the Korean music and film industries have shown signs of rising.

In terms of music, many talented singers have emerged.

Jin Jianmo is one of them.

This guy debuted in 1992. After the great success of his first and second albums, the release of his third album made him a top singer in Korea.

Then this year he released his fourth album "Wrong Encounter".

After the release of this album, sales broke the record of 280 million copies, leaving him a glorious legacy in the Korean music scene.

280 million copies. This is South Korea.

To achieve such high sales in a place with a population of only tens of millions is enough to show how popular it is in Korea.

That is why he is the most popular candidate for this year's Golden Disc Awards.

Of course, this doesn't mean that his opponent is weak.

To a certain extent, his opponents are actually not weak.

This year's Golden Disc Awards is truly filled with top performers.

Almost all the singers with super high influence and status in Korea at that time were shortlisted.

Noise, nominated for "".

Park Mi-kyung brought "."

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Shin Seung-hoon's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Jo Gwan-woo's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Choi Baek-ho's, Kuron's and so on.

Most of these people will play an important role in the future Korean music scene.

Now, they all gathered together in this award.

On the first day of the award selection, Zhou Ziheng and a group of Korean judges did not start judging the awards right away, but instead discussed the quality of the songs.

Of course, sales and influence are also taken into account.

No matter what award it is, if you want it to last long, you have to bow to the market.

Following the market's general popularity is a good award.

The Korean Golden Disc Awards did a very good job in this regard.

In addition to quality and the public relations of the singer's company, market popularity plays a large role in their award selection.

Because Zhou Ziheng didn't know much about the popular market in Korea this year, the organizer sent him an assistant to help him explain the ranking of each song on major Korean charts, as well as sales data.

Then Zhou Ziheng will judge and select based on the quality of the songs.

"Mr. Zhou, who do you think will win the grand prize among the nominated singers?"

In the afternoon, after coming out of the award room, the famous Korean musician Cho Yong-pil approached Zhou Ziheng and chatted with him.

He is very famous in the Asian music circle and is one of the few well-known Asian musicians in Korea.

I have worked in Japan and participated in the Japanese Red Song Festival twice.

He is also good friends with the famous Hong Kong singer Alan Tam, and Alan Tam's song "Can't Say Goodbye" was composed by him.

"I think it's Kim Gun-mo. His songs are popular, sold well, and are of high quality. I'm leaning towards him winning the award."

Zhou Ziheng did not hide his thoughts and spoke them out directly.

"I think so too. Gongmo's songs have a great influence in Korea. If he doesn't win the award, the audience will definitely not buy it."

Zhao Rongpil said with deep sympathy.

(End of this chapter)