Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 90: A Beautiful Night with a Full Moon

"Hello, Mr. Zhou! I am Zhou Huajian."

“I’m Nicky Wu!”

"Tong Ange!"

.........

While Zhou Ziheng was talking to Zhang Yusheng, several other people came over and shook hands with Zhou Ziheng.

Although Zhou Ziheng has only released one album in Hong Kong and Taiwan so far.

But just because he independently wrote the lyrics and composed the music for his own album, he deserves the respect of those who respect originality.

Besides, this is the mainland.

Zhou Ziheng currently enjoys a very high reputation in the mainland music scene.

Two original albums with sales of over 1.5 million, plus the one he collaborated with Yang Yuying.

The success of the three albums has brought Zhou Ziheng's reputation to a level that ordinary singers can hardly achieve.

The Guangzhou media even claimed that Zhou Ziheng was the mainland's Luo Dayou.

This shows how great Zhou Ziheng's influence is in the mainland now.

Someone once told Zhou Ziheng.

At present, among students who like to listen to music in schools of all sizes in mainland China, his popularity has even surpassed the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong to a certain extent.

And within the music industry, he also enjoys very high popularity and prestige.

It is said that in this year's Youth Song Contest popular competition, his songs were the most popular among contestants.

Even Lin Yilun, who sang "Love Bird", sang his song "How Much Love Can Be Relived" when he participated in competitions after the song became popular.

Therefore, even though these people on the opposite side held a pivotal position in the Taiwanese music scene, he did not look down on Zhou Ziheng.

"Are you guys going to the party?" Zhou Ziheng asked immediately when he saw that they were all dressed formally.

"Yes, the program director informed us that our repertoire has been received and asked us to go over to learn about the situation and then we can rehearse."

Wakin Chau said.

"Those guys go ahead first. I may have to come over after I finish checking in." Zhou Ziheng didn't want to disturb them.

Upon hearing this, Wakin Chau and the others did not continue chatting with Zhou Ziheng. After saying hello to each other, they left the hotel.

Zhou Ziheng urged the hotel staff to speed up the check-in procedures.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is on the evening of the 30th, which is only two days away.

In other words, Zhou Ziheng actually only had two days to rehearse.

Although he is very confident in his singing skills, Zhou Ziheng does not dare to be careless.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was quite grand, and was not inferior to the Spring Festival Gala.

You have to be extremely careful in such situations.

He didn't want any accidents to happen during the performance.

Therefore, he also wanted to check in quickly and then go to the party venue for rehearsal.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is hosted by CCTV. Generally, the songs to be sung in galas hosted by CCTV are not decided by the singers.

Instead, it is the higher-ups who decide directly what song you are asked to sing.

In addition to your own songs, they may even ask you to sing old songs.

However, compared to others, Zhou Ziheng knew his singing repertoire in advance.

As early as when he was invited, the evening party informed him that he would appear twice, one of the songs he would sing was "It's the Moon's Trouble".

Although this song is a love song, it mentions the moon, which is quite consistent with the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As for the other song, the evening party hopes that Zhou Ziheng will compose a song that fits the mood of Mid-Autumn Festival.

Of course, if they can’t come up with a song, then forget it. They will arrange for Zhou Ziheng and another guest to sing "The Full Moon and Beautiful Flowers".

Then, in the middle of the month, Zhou Ziheng handed them the song he wrote, and it passed the review.

"A Night of Full Moon and Flowers".

This is the song written by Zhou Ziheng.

This song was originally composed and written by Richie Jen. It is a very classic Mid-Autumn Festival duet song between a man and a woman.

The original work is included in Miriam Yeung's album.

When asked about songs about the Mid-Autumn Festival, this is the first song that Zhou Ziheng thinks of.

……

The Beijing Workers' Stadium is where the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is held.

This is the venue where CCTV’s various galas are currently held.

Last year's Spring Festival Gala was also held here.

When Zhou Ziheng arrived, the gymnasium was already crowded with people coming and going, and people were busy everywhere.

The party had already known that Zhou Ziheng was coming, and arranged for someone to wait for him at the door.

As soon as he arrived, he was taken to the director's office, where Zhang Xiaohai, then chief director of CCTV's Art Department, was already waiting for him.

"Ziheng, we meet again!"

Seeing Zhou Ziheng, Zhang Xiaohai walked over with a smile.

Zhou Ziheng met Zhang Xiaohai during last year's Spring Festival Gala.

Well, he was introduced to me by his sister.

"Director Zhang!" Since others were polite, Zhou Ziheng shouldn't take himself too seriously, so he greeted him politely.

"We were planning to use your song "A Beautiful Night with Full Moon" as the opening, but New Era refused to cooperate with you. We could only contact Meng Tingwei from Wanwan. I think it should be OK on your side!"

Zhang Xiaohai asked Zhou Ziheng to sit down and poured him a cup of tea.

"That's fine, it's not bad to be with Meng Tingwei!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng nodded.

Zhou Ziheng had an idea as to why New Era refused.

Last year, he and Yang Yuying were popular for a while as the combination of golden boy and jade girl.

But by the middle of this year, Zhou Ziheng began to rarely attend events hosted by Golden Boy and Jade Girl.

In order to fill the vacancy of Zhou Ziheng, Pacific had to push Mao Ning to form a "New Golden Boy and Jade Girl".

At first, fans and audiences were very dissatisfied with Mao Ning replacing Zhou Ziheng.

They just don't buy it.

But with the continuous publicity of the new era, as time passed, the audience gradually accepted Mao Ning as one of the new golden boy and jade girl.

Now, the new golden boy and jade girl have just stabilized, and Yang Yuying is working with Zhou Ziheng again. Who knows what kind of trouble will come out.

Therefore, Xinshidai would naturally not agree to let Yang Yuying and Zhou Ziheng perform together at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

For this reason, they are even willing not to attend this Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

"Has Meng Tingwei arrived?"

Zhou Ziheng asked.

If Yang Yuying is the sweet song queen of the mainland.

Then Meng Tingwei should be the sweet song queen of Wanwan.

She debuted in 90 and has become extremely popular in recent years, surpassing many veteran female singers. She is currently the most popular female singer in Taiwan.

"She's here, but she's not with Wakin Chau and the others. Her flight won't arrive until the afternoon."

After a pause, Zhang Xiaohai continued, "According to my estimation, she should be able to rehearse with you tomorrow."

“You can ask the staff to give her the song first so she can familiarize herself with it.

This song doesn't have many lyrics and the melody isn't difficult. As long as she reads it carefully and rehearses for another day tomorrow, there shouldn't be any problem with the performance."

Zhou Ziheng didn't care when she came.

As long as it doesn't delay the performance.

They are, after all, a chorus and also the opening act.

If something goes wrong with just one person, it can easily turn the entire show into an accident.

He doesn't want problems.

"Don't worry, I will arrange this matter." Zhang Xiaohai nodded.

……

After coming out of Zhang Xiaohai's office, Zhou Ziheng began to rehearse under the guidance of the staff.

As the opening song, its specifications are very important.

It almost represents the level of the entire performance.

Therefore, the dance team arranged for Zhou Ziheng and his team at the party was the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, the country's top dance team.

……

Before going to rehearse with the song and dance troupe, Zhou Ziheng took a quick look at the other singers who were currently rehearsing.

The lineup is indeed huge.

In addition to Taiwan's big names such as Wakin Chau, Nicky Wu, Zhang Yusheng, Zhao Chuan, and Ange Tong.

On the mainland side, there are Mao Amin, Teng Geer, Xie Xiaodong, Na Ying, Li Lingyu and others.

Among them, Tengger is not yet the Tengger in the future who will make you forget the original singer.

At this time, he was still galloping on the road of his folk songs.

Come to think of it, if Zhou Ziheng hadn’t traveled to this world, he might not have known this.

It turns out that Tengger is the first singer from the mainland to hold a concert in Taiwan.

Yes, it's that surprising.

Last year, Tengger became the first singer from the mainland to be invited to hold a concert in Taiwan.

The results were quite good and to some extent caused a sensation in Taiwan.

After all, his galloping voice is really unique enough.

After briefly understanding the lineup of the evening party, Zhou Ziheng quickly immersed himself in his rehearsal.

In fact, we were mainly rehearsing "A Beautiful Night with a Full Moon".

He sang "It's the Moon's Trouble" in mainland China and in Hong Kong, and he has already memorized it by heart.

On the contrary, it is "A Beautiful Night with a Full Moon", which has few lyrics.

But after all, it was a large occasion and it was his first time singing, so he was more or less worried that something might go wrong.

Because his real partner Meng Tingwei had not arrived yet, Zhang Xiaohai arranged for a female singer from the art troupe to sing for Zhou Ziheng.

Female voice: "The spring breeze blows into my heart"

"My heart is pounding because I miss you and I can't fall asleep"

"Why don't you understand the meaning of falling flowers?"

“I can only look at the bright moon outside the window”

Zhou Ziheng: "The moon is high in the sky, curved like your eyebrows"

"My heart that misses you can only move forward and not retreat"

"I'm telling you, do you know that flowing water is not heartless?"

"Carry you to the palace in the sky"

Chorus: "On this beautiful night with a full moon"

"Two hearts are in harmony with each other"

……

The beautiful melody is like the slowly flowing river, making people feel as if they are on a night with flowers and a full moon.

Although CCTV's rehearsal rooms are separated from each other, the sound insulation effect is not very good.

As soon as Zhou Ziheng started rehearsing, the singers in the two rehearsal rooms next to him heard the singing.

Both of them stopped rehearsing temporarily and walked out of the rehearsal room.

Tong Ange nodded to Wu Qilong sitting opposite him, and just stood quietly at the door listening to Zhou Ziheng rehearsing his singing.

Crack, crackle...

Zhou Ziheng had just finished singing once and felt that he had lost some beats in sync with the dance troupe behind him. He was about to sing again when he heard applause coming from the door.

"Mr. Zhou, is this song your new work?"

After Tong Ange finished clapping, he asked curiously.

"Yes, it's a song specially created for this year's party!" Zhou Ziheng said directly without any shame.

“It’s a perfect piece of work. I think it will be a regular guest at evening parties across the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong in the future!”

Tong Ange praised without reservation.

"Thank you! I hope so."

In fact, this song has been a regular at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala since it was created in 2004.

Until Zhou Ziheng traveled through time, the song still frequently appeared in major evening party programs, making it an enduring evening party song.

“I often heard your name when I was in Wanwan.

The media said that you are arrogant and don’t know how to respect your predecessors.

In fact, in my opinion, they are blind and don’t recognize the real Baoyu.

How can a genius like you with outstanding creative talent be compared with the Four Heavenly Kings?

The four of them are just..."

Tong Ange was about to swear, but stopped halfway and looked around.

To be honest, even he is hailed as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan by the Taiwanese media, on par with Wakin Chau, Jacky Cheung, and Chyi Chin.

But in terms of popularity, he is still far behind the Four Heavenly Kings.

This made him extremely careful when he talked about the Four Heavenly Kings, for fear of accidentally getting into trouble.

Zhou Ziheng expressed his understanding of this.

It was only after he came to this era that he discovered that the private fans of those popular stars in later generations were actually nothing.

The fans of the Four Heavenly Kings of this era are truly awesome.

If you dare to say bad things about them, writing a letter to scold you is no big deal.

Their usual method is to block you directly.

Zhou Ziheng has experienced all of these.

When in Hong Kong, Engyodongyin received hundreds of letters every day.

Half of them come from his own fans, and the other half come from Jacky Cheung’s fans.

Of course his fans say all kinds of things they like about him.

As for Jacky Cheung's fans, the letters they sent contained either obscene and abusive language or threatening words.

Zhou Ziheng even heard that a fan of Jacky Cheung placed a doll at home that pricked him with needles every day to curse him.

As for blocking people.

Anyway, ever since Zhou Ziheng criticized Jacky Cheung, there have been many people passing by the entrance of Yineng Dongyin, and most of them are fans of Jacky Cheung.

Maybe they are still waiting there today, waiting for Zhou Ziheng!
In short, the fan base of the Four Heavenly Kings is the four largest sasaeng fan groups in this era.

Except for troublemakers like Zhou Ziheng, ordinary people don't dare to provoke them.

"Anyway, between the Four Heavenly Kings and you, I support you!"

In the end, Tong Ange did not say any swear words, but said something relatively nice.

"Brother Tong, you are from PolyGram. If you support me, aren't you afraid that PolyGram will cause trouble for you?"

Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but laugh.

"I have nothing to be afraid of. I am from PolyGram Taiwan, which is different from PolyGram Hong Kong.

Besides, being in the same company doesn’t mean I like them.”

Tong Ange said.

"That's true." Zhou Ziheng agreed.

Although the senior management of PolyGram hates Zhou Ziheng.

But what is undeniable is that I have a very good relationship with several people in PolyGram.

Faye Wong and Leon Lai are the ones who firmly stand on his side.

In order to support him, Leon Lai even became a traitor to PolyGram, helping Zhou Ziheng to spy on the enemy within PolyGram. He would inform Zhou Ziheng the first time there was any movement, big or small.

"Let's exchange contact information! Next time you come to Wanwan, be sure to let me know and I'll treat you to Wanwan's most delicious specialties."

Tong Ange looked at his watch and knew it was time to rehearse, so he took the initiative to ask Zhou Ziheng for his contact information.

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng took out his phone from his clothes not far away and left his contact information with Tong Ange.

Wanwan is definitely going to go. Having a friend there to serve as a guide will make things much easier for him.

(End of this chapter)