Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

At eight o'clock in the morning, Huang Weimin stepped into Oriental Daily on time.

"Editor-in-chief, good morning!"

"morning!"

"Editor-in-chief, who should we send to Aaron Kwok's side?"

"You go with Ah Hua! Remember to be careful with your words and don't offend him. If you offend him, you won't be able to get an interview, and I can't take it for granted."

Huang Weimin walked through the newspaper staff area and came to his office, where he took out the breakfast he had just bought.

Two buns and a cup of soy milk.

While eating breakfast, Huang Weimin turned on his computer.

In the past two years, computer technology has become increasingly advanced, making life much more convenient for media professionals like them.

At least when writing, you don't have to write every word in a notebook.

Bang bang bang!
The knock on the door was a little urgent.

"Enter!"

Huang Weimin looked towards the door.

"Editor-in-chief, big news, big news! Big news on the headlines!"

The man rushed in in a hurry.

Huang Weimin frowned, "Big news? How big is it? The President of the United States is dead?"

"No, but for the entertainment industry, it's probably not much different."

The visitor looked excited, "My friend at Emi told me that Zhou Ziheng, Liming and my brother are going to form a group!"

"Heh..." Hearing this, Huang Weimin couldn't help but sneered, "You probably didn't sleep well last night and you were dreaming in broad daylight.

Do you know what you are talking about?

Do you know what the current status of these three people is?

They form a combination.

You might as well say the President of the United States is dead."

"Editor, it's true!" The visitor danced excitedly, "I checked, Emi, Rolling Stone, Sony and Zhou Ziheng's Hengdong Records have established a new company.

The company is called Superstar Records.

I found out that this record company has another shareholder called "Epoch-making Group".

So I went to check the establishment information of this group.

The group was formed in the manner of a band label company.

The members are Zhou Ziheng, Leon Lai, and Leslie Cheung. "

Huang Weimin was stunned when he heard this. "How is this possible? The status and popularity of the three of them..."

"It's impossible, we all think it's impossible, everyone thinks it's impossible.

But that’s the way it is.”

The visitor's excitement could not be calmed down.

"Wait for me to call and confirm."

call……

As he spoke, Huang Weimin found the phone book, found a phone number and dialed it.

"Hello, Miss Huo, I'm Mr. Huang from Oriental Daily! How are you doing recently? ... It's like this, I heard that Mr. Zhou has formed a group... Is it true?"

Hearing the answer from the other side, Huang Weimin stood up suddenly and took a deep breath.

"Ms. Huo, can you reveal some information? I'll treat you to dinner some other day..."

After a while, Huang Weimin hung up the phone, still in a daze.

"Editor-in-Chief..."

"Go, hurry up, and remove the evening paper headlines that you have prepared."

"But the evening paper's headline is about Jacky Cheung's film Snow Wolf Lake, and PolyGram paid a lot for the headline..."

"Quit it now, quit it now. The evening paper is writing about Zhou Ziheng and his new group on the headlines."

“No, I will write the manuscript myself, and you can come and get it in half an hour.

We at Oriental Daily News have read this news.”

……

While Oriental Daily was busy changing its headlines, similar scenes were happening in a large number of newspaper offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Formosa, Singapore and other places.

Zhou Ziheng, Leon Lai, and Leslie Cheung, three kings of pop, and someone even more superb than the king of pop, are going to form a group.

This news swept across the entire Chinese music scene like a hurricane.

This news is so shocking.

It was truly a major earthquake in the music industry.

These three are no small figures.

One is the best-selling person in the current Chinese music scene.

One is one of the Four Heavenly Kings, although Leon Lai’s popularity has declined a lot in recent years.

But the title of the Four Heavenly Kings means popularity.

Wherever he walked, he was still the focus.

Then there was Leslie Cheung.

This one should not be underestimated either.

The rivalry between Tan and Zhang in the 1980s is still vivid in our memory.

Although Leslie Cheung retired from the music scene many years ago, he only returned to it last year.

But his status and popularity remain.

He is still one of the strongest figures in the Chinese music scene.

Now, these three people are actually going to form a band. How can this not be scary?

Not just the media.

All the singers and actors who heard the news pinched themselves at that moment and asked the people around them if they were dreaming.

Obviously, this is not a dream.

That afternoon, the news about "epoch-making" swept the entertainment newspapers throughout the Chinese-speaking world.

Whether it’s major newspapers or tabloids, the headlines are all [Era-shaping].

[Shocking news, the three giant kings are about to form an unprecedented giant-level combination]

[Era-breaking, truly epoch-making]

[Who can stop the birth of a giant group]

【【Era-defining】was established, Zhou Ziheng, Leon Lai, Leslie Cheung and an unknown newcomer formed the label group Era-defining】

……

"Fuck, I'm going to play with you!"

PolyGram, after Zheng Donghan heard the news, he was stunned and then couldn't help but burst into cursing.

Zhou Ziheng alone is already awesome enough, and if you add Leslie Cheung and Leon Lai to form a group, how the hell can the others play?
This is even more shocking than when the Four Heavenly Kings were established.

You know, these people in [Epoch-making] formed a group, similar to a band.

The four heavenly kings at the time were just living together, but in reality they still played their own games.

"Mad men, damn it, I'll kill you!"

Zheng Donghan had lost his mind and started cursing.

"No, we can't let this group get together. If they do, how will the others play?"

After venting his anger, Zheng Donghan immediately realized that this group could not be established.

If this group is really established, the attention of the entire Chinese-speaking world will probably be attracted to this group.

The record market has been declining in the past two years.

After this group is formed, with the appeal of these three people, they will definitely occupy most of the entire market.

Everyone goes to their concerts and listens to their records, so who still listens to other people’s records?

Therefore, this combination must not be allowed to form.

Thinking of this, Zheng Donghan immediately called Leslie Cheung.

In the late 1980s, Leslie Cheung had a conflict with Huaxing and spent the next few years at PolyGram.

Therefore, he has a good relationship with Leslie Cheung.

The call was quickly answered.

As soon as the call was connected, he said directly: "Arong, quit! It's meaningless for you to do this."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then someone spoke, "Brother Donghan, we don't mean to target anyone."

“I know you have no intention of targeting anyone, but if you do this, you will almost take up half of the market. How can other singers survive?
A Rong, don’t you attach the most importance to the development of new people?

You have to know that you guys are doing this..."

"Hello, Mr. Zheng? I'm Zhou Ziheng.

Mr. Zheng is so unkind! What do you mean we can't let other singers live?

The market is so big, everyone relies on their own abilities.

Are you blackmailing your brother by saying this?"

Upon hearing that hateful voice, Zheng Donghan became even angrier and could not help but angrily said:

"What do you mean by relying on one's own ability? You are destroying the market rules." "I don't think so. The strong prey on the weak. We three groups are playing together, but it doesn't hinder you.

PolyGram is so awesome, why don’t you form one yourself? "

Zhou Ziheng spoke on the other end of the phone and hung up.

"Grass!"

Zheng Donghan smashed the phone to the ground.

……

In addition to PolyGram, Warner was also very annoyed at this time.

The appearance of Zhou Ziheng in recent years has greatly affected Warner's profits.

Now, Zhou Ziheng is using this tactic of combining powerful superstars again, which is totally messing with people's mentality.

"Let him go crazy. The market is so small that it's not enough for one person. And they have three of them together. When there's not enough to eat, this crappy group will be finished sooner or later."

Someone analyzed.

But analysis is analysis.

In fact, everyone is worried about the emergence of a revolutionary event.

Just change it to someone else.

Zhou Ziheng is in this group!

This guy just released a 10 million selling album.

He has successfully proved that the Chinese-speaking region can accommodate sales of tens of millions.

With this precedent, who can be sure whether he will release another record worth 20 million?

One thing worth mentioning here is.

This year, affected by Zhou Ziheng's sales of tens of millions, the sales of other singers have dropped by at least 20% to 30%.

As for why the market fell, it is not that the market suddenly shrank by 20% or 30%.

This is because the listeners who were supposed to buy their albums went to buy Zhou Ziheng's records.

Again.

There are only so many people who can buy records.

Many listeners only buy one or two records a year.

If they bought Zhou Ziheng's records, they naturally wouldn't buy other people's records.

In this way, when Zhou Ziheng's record sales exploded and the data soared, naturally, the sales of other singers would decline.

Therefore, if [Era-defining] releases another hit album, other singers will definitely be affected.

This is also why PolyGram and Warner are so angry.

There's nothing we can do about it, since they are the two companies that occupy the largest market share in the Chinese music scene every year!
……

Zhou Ziheng doesn't care what other companies think.

The rule of the survival of the fittest was set by the previous record company.

He is just playing by their rules now.

As for breaking the rules, sanction him.

Sorry, he's not afraid at all.

This is why he brought in Emi and Sony.

With the endorsement of these two companies, he is not afraid of any tricks they may play.

At this time, Zhou Ziheng was discussing the concert with Leslie Cheung, Leon Lai, and Jay Chou.

They plan to hold a round of concerts first and then release an album.

"By the way, brother, you should be able to sing the songs in PolyGram, right?"

Zhou Ziheng asked.

"I've got the authorization, in black and white."

Leslie Cheung nodded.

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng looked at Liming again.

"That's fine with me. I have the performance copyrights to my songs, so as long as they are not republished, there is absolutely no problem."

Dawn said.

"OK, that's basically no problem. We've initially scheduled 39 concerts this time.

Needless to say, China, Japan, South Korea, Europe, the United States and Canada are also included. "

Zhou Ziheng began to talk about the plan.

“However, since the three of us have formed a team, there must be a certain level of tacit understanding.

So, before the concert started, I mean we trained our chemistry for a month.

Performances start in mid-December.”

"What about the New Year? Aren't you going home for the New Year?"

The little unknown Jay Chou suddenly interrupted.

Seeing that several people were looking at him, he immediately lowered his head.

“There will be no performances in the first and second half of the month before and after the Chinese New Year.”

Zhou Ziheng explained, and then he said: "Jay, you have to work harder and learn all the classic songs of the three of us."

"Ah..." Upon hearing this, Jay Chou's face suddenly became sad.

There are hundreds of songs by Zhou Ziheng, Leon Lai and Leslie Cheung.

Even if you only learn the well-known ones, that would be a huge project.

Jay Chou glanced at Zhou Ziheng carefully.

Zhou Ziheng has the most songs.

There is no unknown song of his. Any song you pick out will be the kind that readers can sing.

If he doesn't know how to sing any of these songs, he will probably be criticized to death.

Of course, Zhou Ziheng's songs also have one advantage.

That's because they are basically widely sung, so there are quite a few of them.

……

November 8th.

Just when the whole of China was excited about [Era-shaping], a piece of news briefly snatched away [Era-shaping]

headlines.

On the 8th, Mr. Lin Zhengying, a generation of zombie Taoist priest, died of liver cancer.

This incident caused a sensation in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Lin Zhengying's zombie movies are the best-selling discs since the advent of VCDs.

Many people, big and small, have seen his films.

His death attracted a lot of attention.

On November 13, Zhou Ziheng also attended his funeral.

Zhou Ziheng actually didn’t know Lam Ching-ying.

When he debuted, Lin Zhengying's zombie movies had already declined.

After filming a few movies, Lin Zhengying retired behind the scenes like Sammo Hung. It was not until 1996 that he came out again and filmed a TV series "Mr. Vampire" on ATV.

However, although I don’t know him.

But Zhou Ziheng was willing to give him a ride as a stranger.

After all, he had actually seen his zombie movies in his previous life!

Even in this life, my previous incarnation has seen it.

……

The news about Lin Zhengying suppressed the popularity of "Era-Landing" to a certain extent.

But among offline fans, the news about this group is very hot.

Fans of Zhou Ziheng, fans of Leon Lai, fans of Leslie Cheung.

Fans of the three discuss this group almost every day.

And because the three of them are about to become members of a group.

The fans of the three began to merge together in a vague manner.

Those who like Zhou Ziheng, out of love for him, also start paying attention to the other two.

The same goes for the fans of the other two.

With this kind of fan support, the three people's records briefly experienced a wave of hot sales.

Among them, Leslie Cheung's "The Wind Continues to Blow" ranked first on the radio on-demand chart in the third week of November.

What is different from the three people's scenery is.

The last member of the group, Jay Chou, has been questioned a lot.

The media and fans of the other three members questioned why he was allowed into the group.

Because Jay Chou is so new.

This even led many fans to say, “I can do it, too.”

(End of this chapter)