Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 128, Shen Lang "Year"

On December 12, Shen Lang finished work in the afternoon and went straight to the Capital Gymnasium.

In 2001, while Hong Kong and Taiwan singers continued to be popular in the domestic music scene, a group of talented singers from the mainland held solo concerts, and the scale, creativity, and stage production were close to or not inferior to those of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, forming a highlight of the first year of the new century.

In addition, the performance forms of concerts are also becoming more diverse.

Tian Zhen's "Brilliant Yanjing" concert created the "best" solo concert for mainland singers. It was also the first time that a mainland singer held a large-scale national tour based on his personal strength.

The high investment of 3200 million yuan, the all-metal stage production, the perfect lighting and sound, the wonderful arrangement and the well-known songs, the enthusiastic shouts and chorus of tens of thousands of audiences who came in the snow...

Today is the second show and also the last show of Tian Zhen’s concert tour.

After singing the closing song of the first half, "Cheers, Friends", she thanked the fans and the band.

Then, he said to everyone: "Today we have a special guest, a brother I admire very much. Please welcome, Shen Lang!"

Due to the heavy snow in Yanjing, the attendance rate was greatly affected. Yesterday's show was only 50% full.

The weather was better today, and since it was the last show, the attendance rate increased to 70%.

Tian Zhen did not use Shen Lang as a gimmick to promote his concert, and no one knew he would come.

"Wow, Shen Lang is here!"

"Haha, luckily I bought the ticket for this show."

"See, it was right not to let you refund your ticket. This level of coldness is nothing. You almost missed Brother Lang."

Tian Zhen and Shen Lang have a good relationship and have worked together before, so their fans overlap.

Shen Lang's appearance made the cold winter day instantly warm.

Everyone screamed and shouted.

"Friends here, how are you?"

"Friends up there, how are you?"

"Friends in the back, how are you?"

As soon as Shen Lang came on stage, he ran left and right and interacted with the fans.

Actually it’s cold. Move around and warm up first.

What followed was a singing medley of three "heart-warming man songs": "That Girl Told Me", "Absolutely Crazy" and "Seven Friends".

In this era, warm-hearted men have not yet become "suck-ups".

Everybody likes this kind of songs.

"The girl told me that I was a thief..."

"Even though I knew it was impossible for you to leave his world, I still foolishly waited for the day when a miracle would happen..."

"The only consolation we can get is that after the lovelorn person is saved, he or she will be grateful to the loyal dog..."

The fans at the scene were also singing along, making it like Shen Lang’s concert.

"Every time I try to understand you better, we become more distant..."

After the medley, Tian Zhen returned to the stage and sang "I Want to Understand You Better" with Shen Lang.

"Applause to Shen Lang!"

"Thank you, Sister Tian, ​​thank you everyone, goodbye!"

After Shen Lang finished his work, he left the gymnasium directly and rushed home in a hurry.

As the saying goes, "A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold."

After finishing work, Gao Yuanyuan returned to the city and waited for him at the villa.

I don’t know if it was because the heating was too strong or too hot, but I started taking off my clothes as soon as I entered the house.

Then there are all kinds of...

Finally they fell asleep in each other's arms.

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By the end of the year, the Chinese music scene had become less vocal. The prince of love songs, Zhang Xinzhe, released a new album, "I Want to" (I Want to), which was of high quality. The songs "Someone" and "Love Is Just One Word", the theme song for the animated film The Lotus Lantern, were both great successes.

On the same day, Lin Yilian released her first album "It Turns Out..." after experiencing the pain of losing her mother. This album was also the first time she served as a producer herself.

Thus, the Chinese music scene in 2001 came to an end.

This year, singers competed fiercely and released numerous albums.

Veteran singers maintain their basic base and look for breakthroughs amid difficulties.

The new singers are becoming more and more courageous and are determined to become the masters of the new era.

It seemed like an ordinary year, with ordinary songs, new artists appearing and superstars fading away, and everything was moving step by step towards the peak a few years later. Who would have thought that each song would reach a height that future generations would look up to.

Among them, Shen Lang stands out.

Mainland annual album sales chart:

1. Shen Lang, “Fairy Tale”;
2. Shen Lang, “Olympics and World Cup”;
3. Shen Lang, “Waves”;
4. Shen Lang: The Most Beautiful Voice;
5. Shen Lang, “Same Day, Next Year”;
Took the top five.

……

Hong Kong Annual Album Sales Champion Award:
Gold Award, Shen Lang, “Same Day, Next Year”;
Silver Award, Sammi Cheng, “Complete”;
Bronze Award, Eason Chan, “Shall We Dance? Shall We Talk!”;
Win the championship with great force.

……

Taiwan Province's annual record sales ranking:
1. Shen Lang, “Fairy Tale”;
2. Shen Lang, “Waves”;
3. Sun Yanzi's "Silence";
4. Jay Chou in "Fantasy";
5. Stefanie Sun's "The Happiness I Want"
The first five or three albums are about him.

……

The only thing he didn’t win was the single album sales champion in Asia.

It was just a little bit better than F4's "Meteor Shower".

However, the total record sales in a single year exceeded 1000 million copies, making it the undisputed number one in the Chinese music scene in 2001.

A singer's income and worth are directly linked to factors such as sales.

Shen Lang's income from music alone exceeded 3000 million, and his net worth also soared.

If we include endorsements, advertisements, commercial performances, etc. brought about by the influence enhanced by music, the income has doubled.

In comparison, acting doesn't make that much money.

After all, it had just started and it had already aired a drama called "Love Across Time and Space".

"The Sky of Eighteen Years Old" did make some money, but it still can't compare to the music business.

The big ones are "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", "The Story of a Noble Family" and "Blind Well", but this one is from 2002.

This year's television circle.

Shen Lang came in second.

In this era, Qiong Yao drama is indeed hard to surpass.

Although "My Fair Princess" is a cliché, people haven't watched many TV dramas of this type and were deeply attracted by the plot.

In addition, with the popularity of Return of the Condor Heroes 12, Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin, Alec Su and others are in the limelight.

Moreover, there will be another "My Fair Princess 3: Heaven and Earth" next year.

And to the film industry.

Since the day foreign films were allowed to enter mainland China, it has become an indisputable fact that American blockbusters have stolen the limelight of the film market.

The past year was a "bad year" for Chinese films, with almost no good mainland films to speak of.

Although the mainland was only allowed to import a quota of 2001 foreign films in 10, the box office rankings show that the competition between domestic films and Hollywood blockbusters is still an asymmetric war between "ants and elephants."

"Pearl Harbor" topped the box office with 1.05 million, surpassing Feng Xiaogang's "Big Shot" by nearly 6000 million.

After a year of noise has faded, looking back at the entertainment industry in 2001 is like a super cool drama.

There are surprises and sorrows, endless beauty and bad luck, a small matter that causes a storm bigger than a hundred acres of watermelon fields, and the futile pursuit of watermelons without even getting the seeds.

It can be seen that being in the entertainment industry, the ups and downs of career, the uncertainty of the future, and the pressure from the public are all very great.

However, there was one person who was an exception.

(End of this chapter)