Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 75: Chorus

On the second day, Zhou Ziheng went to meet Zhang Peiren to negotiate the release of the album "Sad Pacific".

Unfortunately, the Rolling Stones let him down.

No matter how much the Rolling Stones negotiated, they were only willing to give a buyout fee of $600,000.

Six hundred thousand. Zhou Ziheng would rather put this tape aside than sell it.

In the end, the two parties broke up unhappy.

In fact, Zhou Ziheng also roughly understood what the Rolling Stones were thinking.

Compared to Yieng Dongyin, a company that was just re-established after closing down.

The Rolling Stones are an established record company and they have no shortage of hit records.

For them, although Zhou Ziheng's tape may bring them great benefits, it may also lead to failure.

As a big company, they didn't need to spend a lot of money to introduce such a risky record.

But the sounds of art are different.

This record company was re-established after closing down, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a new company.

As a new record company, what they lack most is an album that can make them famous.

Although they have Alan Tam.

But it is undeniable that Alan Tam is not as good as before.

Whether in terms of record sales or other aspects, he is no longer as good as the previous Alan Tam.

Alan Tam is not suitable, and there are no other popular singers under their company, so they naturally have to think of other ways.

Coincidentally, Zhou Ziheng's "Sad Pacific" came out at this time and became as popular in the mainland as "Goodbye Kiss".

Plus, as Zhou Ziheng said, this album is indeed very suitable for release in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

So, they inevitably wanted to take a gamble on this record.

……

The offer from the Rolling Stones was too low, so Zhou Ziheng naturally didn't want to argue with them any further.

The next day, he met Chen Jiaying again.

This time, Zhou Ziheng already had the intention to cooperate with Entertainment Dynamic Music, so the discussions went much faster.

After some discussion, the price of "Sad Pacific" was finally determined.

Art Music offered HK$1.15 million to purchase the distribution rights for the tape "Sad Pacific" for a period of five years.

For five years, Entertainment Music can continue to release this tape, produce new versions, and use the copyright of all songs on this tape, except for authorizing others to perform them.

Five years later, Zhou Ziheng's personal studio took back the copyright.

At the same time, in order to avoid the situation where entertainment companies buy the distribution rights and then do nothing.

Zhou Ziheng added two clauses.

For example, Yineng Dongyin must release this tape within three months, otherwise Zhou Ziheng has the right to take back the distribution rights.

At the same time, the publicity and distribution costs of this album in Hong Kong and Taiwan by Art Music must not be less than HK$500,000.

Because these two clauses were for the release and sales of this tape, Entertainment Dynamic Music agreed without hesitation.

Of course, Zhou Ziheng has terms, and so does Yineng Dongyin.

For example, during the release of "Pacific Rim" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Zhou Ziheng had to cooperate with entertainment companies in promoting it.

These are all necessary conditions for the issuance contract, so Zhou Ziheng did not refute at all.

The 23rd.

Zhou Ziheng officially signed a contract with Entertainment Dynamic Music.

The cooperation was reached, and Zhou Ziheng was very happy. He had taken the first step towards entering Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Next we will wait for this tape to be released in Hong Kong and Taiwan to see what kind of results it can achieve.

If the sales are good, Zhou Ziheng will naturally benefit greatly and can use this opportunity to visit Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The sales are poor. In the next few years, no record company in Hong Kong or Taiwan will dare to import his tapes, even if his tapes sell well in mainland China.

Zhou Ziheng was happy, and Chen Jiaying and several people from Entertainment Dynamic Music who came to sign the contract were also smiling.

They were very confident about "Sad Pacific" and felt that this tape would definitely sell very well in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

That night, Zhou Ziheng, as the host, treated them to a night of fun.

I only earned 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to 0.8 RMB at the current exchange rate of :.

This is also a very considerable sum of money for Zhou Ziheng.

……

On the 24th, Chen Jiaying and others returned to Hong Kong.

Art Music will speed up the printing of "Sad Pacific" in the hope that this tape can be released in Hong Kong and Taiwan before its popularity in the mainland has died down.

Zhou Ziheng also began to focus on the promotion of "Pacific Rim".

A Pacific singers' medley performance was organized in the Pacific, and he needed to go with them.

This should actually be considered a way for Pacific to take advantage.

They call it publicity.

In fact, he became the main force in this compilation performance.

Not only was he drafted into the army to attract fans to buy tickets, but he also didn't get a penny.

Zhou Ziheng was helpless about this.

Just think of it as preparation for my own solo concert in the future.

To put it simply, a compilation performance is just a group of singers getting together to hold a concert.

This is a very popular method in the mainland.

Since mainland singers generally do not sell tickets, major record companies, in order to make money from concerts, have come up with the idea of ​​bringing together all the singers in the company to hold concerts.

In previous years, Pacific’s concerts weren’t particularly popular.

Many times, even the tickets cannot be sold out.

But this year is different.

In the promotions of several known concerts, Zhou Ziheng was the main guest.

With his current huge popularity, all the tickets for this round of concerts were sold out.

In a few places like Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ticket scalpers have even raised the price from 20 yuan to 70 or 80 yuan, and they are never hard to sell.

Because the tickets were selling so well, Pacific Records even wanted to temporarily increase the originally planned seven shows to ten.

Upon hearing the news, Zhou Ziheng immediately became unwilling.

It would be fine if we could just perform seven shows for free.

Plus!

They really treat him as free labor!
That day, he rushed to Liu Zhiwen's office.

"Brother Zhiwen, what you did was not fair.

You said this tour was to promote "Pacific Heartbreak", I agree.

Now another show is added at the last minute, what’s going on?

Do you really think I'm a fool? I didn't say anything in the first seven games because I felt that our cooperation was very pleasant. Now you want to add more games. You really treat me as free labor!"

In Liu Zhiwen's office, Zhou Ziheng questioned Liu Zhiwen angrily.

He was very grateful to Liu Zhiwen.

His contribution to the publication and success of "Wandering Song" is indispensable.

But now his behavior made Zhou Ziheng feel a little disappointed.

Now he is extremely glad that he did not sign with Pacific.

If he really signed it, he would probably become a worker working for Pacific.

Not only is the income low, but they also have to help plow the land like cows to create income.

Hearing Zhou Ziheng's question, Liu Zhiwen felt unusually embarrassed.

This is indeed not fair in the Pacific.

It's fine if they just use Zhou Ziheng's name to sell tickets for concerts without paying.

There are actually three more games to come.

Anyone would be angry if this happened to them.

"Ziheng, you can't blame me for this. It's a requirement from above. You know, I'm just the deputy manager." He smiled bitterly.

“I don’t care whose idea it is, I will be there for the first seven games.

You can find whoever you want in the next three games."

After saying that, he left Liu Zhiwen's office without even looking back.

"Tsk, let's see how you end up now!" Liu Zhiwen was not angry because of Zhou Ziheng's departure. Instead, he looked upstairs with a playful expression.

Although he couldn't see what was happening upstairs, he could already imagine the difficult situation that would follow.

……

On the 27th, the first stop of the Pacific Star Gala officially opened in Tianhe, Guangzhou.

Because Zhou Ziheng was the main promoter of this round of concerts, and according to surveys, most fans came for him, so Pacific also arranged the most songs for him.

There are many Pacific singers, and there are more than twenty singers who are qualified to participate in this concert.

With so many people and more than two hours, everyone can sing almost a song.

But Zhou Ziheng was different, he was directly assigned five songs.

All the songs are from the currently most popular album "Sad Pacific".

His first song was the first one after the chorus at the opening.

"Hi! Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Ziheng."

Speaking of which, although he has participated in the Spring Festival Gala, this is his first time performing in a concert.

Plus there were indeed a lot of people today, so all of the more than 8,000 seats in the stadium were filled.

Under the gaze of so many people, Zhou Ziheng felt a little nervous, which was unusual for him.

There was sweat on the palm of the hand holding the microphone.

"Zhou Ziheng!"

"Hengzi!"

"Oh oh oh..."

When they saw Zhou Ziheng, the audience burst into thunderous cheers.

"With this popularity, he can already hold a solo concert!"

"Yes! I heard that the Tianhe Stadium was fully packed this time, almost all thanks to his efforts."

"Lin Yilun is not bad either. Many people come here for him."

Backstage, seeing the audience burst into applause for Zhou Ziheng, the singers under Pacific began to discuss in low voices.

“Thank you very much for coming to support our show.”

Zhou Ziheng bowed to the audience and thanked them, then continued, "What song do you want to hear?"

"Sad Pacific"

"Wandering Song"

"Second Hand"

"On the Edge of Love and Pain"

"The Moon's Trouble"

……

The fans in the audience roared at the same time, and almost all the names of Zhou Ziheng's songs were read out.

"Sad Pacific, right? Okay, I'll give you a song called Sad Pacific."

On the surface, it seems that Zhou Ziheng listened to the suggestions of his fans.

Actually!
The fact is that it was planned to sing "Sad Pacific" before the concert started.

The reason for asking the fans again is actually just to give them a sense of participation and make them feel that Zhou Ziheng is willing to listen to their suggestions.

Now and in the future, Zhou Ziheng's approach has always been something that many singers like to do.

Singers often ask fans loudly on stage what songs they want to hear.

Then, after the fans have spoken, he will go back to singing the songs he originally planned.

This practice is generally not seen through.

Because there are often tens of thousands of fans at concerts.

They will definitely not sing a song in unison.

Even if everyone is shouting the name of a song.

The singers have ways to deal with it, too.

They would point in a direction and say, "I'll sing '...' as you say."

At this time, Zhou Ziheng adopted this method.

This way of interacting with fans can easily arouse their emotions.

The live band began to play.

The melody of "Sad Pacific" sounded.

Zhou Ziheng shook his head to the rhythm of the melody.

Before the song started, he shouted to the audience:

"Can you sing along?"

"Okay..." This time the audience responded in unison, which was rare. It was obvious that they were very familiar with "Pacific Rim".

Yes, this song is everywhere in the streets and alleys. If you are not familiar with it, then you may be a caveman.

“Is leaving really cruel?”

"Or gentleness is shameful"

"Or lonely people don't care"

"Day and night, no conditions"

Zhou Ziheng walked around the stage while singing.

There was almost no rehearsal for this concert.

He had not communicated with the dance team, so he did not need to consider the rapport with them.

All he had to do was sing.

“The ship I’m waiting for hasn’t arrived yet”

“The person I’m waiting for doesn’t understand yet”

"Loneliness silently sank into the sea"

"When I recall you are no longer here"

After singing to this point, Zhou Ziheng paused for a moment and shouted again:
"Sing together!"

“One wave has not subsided yet”

"Another wave is coming"

"A sea of ​​people and a violent storm"

Zhou Ziheng was just interacting.

What he didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, the fans at the scene actually started singing along.

Their singing was somewhat uneven and obviously out of tune.

But the sound was deafening.

And this song sung by thousands of people is full of passion.

"Brilliant!"

"It was clearly a concert for all the stars, but he turned it into a solo concert."

“It’s mainly because his songs are so popular.”

"I heard that his tape has already signed a contract with a record company in Hong Kong, and it won't be long before it's imported and released there."

"I'm so envious. I wish my song could be this popular."

"A popular song doesn't necessarily mean it has appeal. Wasn't Jiang Dawei's song "Where is the Road" popular?

That's when everyone knows it, but there's still no one singing along at his concerts."

"I heard that Senior Jiang Dawei and Zhou Ziheng have a conflict, and they ignore each other when they meet in the company. Is this true?"

"It seems to be true, but it seems that Senior Jiang Dawei has terminated his contract with the company and joined China Record Company."

The chorus initiated by Zhou Ziheng shocked the other singers behind him.

They all stared at him on the stage with envy, wishing they could take his place.

Zhou Ziheng didn't know about this.

But he knew that some people were jealous of him.

Because his records were so popular, and he signed a profit-sharing contract with Pacific, his record income was far higher than many people.

This makes many people envy him while also slandering him behind his back.

This is why he has few friends in the Pacific.

Of course, one of the reasons for this is Jiang Dawei.

Ever since that person made some direct criticisms of Zhou Ziheng after his first album was released.

He just treated this person as a passerby.

We never say hello when we meet.

This further angered the old-fashioned man, and he spread the word in the company that anyone who got close to Zhou Ziheng was against him.

Because of Jiang Dawei, many people in Pacific kept their distance from Zhou Ziheng, fearing that he would cause them trouble.

That was why Zhou Ziheng vaguely told Liu Zhiwen some time ago that he didn't want to see Jiang Dawei.

Then, not long after, he did not renew his contract with Pacific Records and instead signed with China Records.

(End of this chapter)