Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 32: First Album Released (Please Collect and Read)

Since the stormy night, time has passed quickly, and more than twenty days have passed in the blink of an eye.

The TV series "Desire" is still on the air, and the song "The Long Years" is floating in the streets and alleys.

At this time, there was only one week left before Cao Jian’s first album "Walk Away with Style" was officially released.

During this period, Cao Jian was sentenced to prison for having a wife, and he was affectionate with Yang Yuying after get off work. However, apart from occasional eye contact in the company, they usually behaved normally.

Only Wu Songjin knew the most about their relationship. Everyone in the company only knew that they were in love, but no one was aware of the specific development of the relationship.

Yang Yuying is a singer who is being trained as a priority by the company, and she keeps her love life strictly secret.

During this period, New Era Audio and Video also began to promote Cao Jian's first album.

Although the album's title song is nice, boss Li Qiang is a little dissatisfied with the cover design chosen by Cao Jian.

Wearing a long robe and holding a fan, do you think you are Chu Liuxiang?
It’s no wonder that Li Qiang is not very satisfied. The main reason is that the current mainstream aesthetic is modern and contemporary, not retro.

If this look wasn't consistent with the MV, he really wanted to change to something more trendy.

"I don't think this album will lose money. I just wonder how many copies it will sell by then."

Li Qiang actually had no idea.

Therefore, in the past few months, he has been quite dissatisfied with Cao Jian.

In his eyes, people who are disobedient and have strange ideas all the time are not signed.

The most popular song right now is the theme song of "Desire", and Cao Jian is an unknown newcomer whose style is so out of touch with the trend. How can his album sell one million copies?
But even if it is 500,000 tickets, Cao Jian has made enough money.

Li Qiang, the boss of New Century Audio & Video, was not optimistic about Cao Jian's first album, so he did not invest much in its promotion.

His attitude is to make as much money as he can, and Yang Yuying's album will be the focus at that time.

As for Cao Jian, just write a few more good songs.

Therefore, only 300,000 copies of the first album were produced, and the number would increase if the sales were good.

This situation also made other people in the company not have much hope for this album.

Who told you, Cao Jianniu, not to sign a contract with the company? You can't blame anyone for this treatment, you can only blame yourself for being too arrogant.

It’s just a pity that the song "Walk Away with Style" was lost.

"Happy New Year!"

On New Year's Day, Cao Jian and Yang Yuying cooked a table of delicious food at home and opened a bottle of red wine.

After finishing a glass, Yang Yuying said, "My dear, the company doesn't pay much attention to your album this time. If you don't consider signing a contract, I heard that the company didn't even arrange any commercial performances for you."

"Signing a contract is impossible. This company has no future."

Cao Jian shook his head and said, "I was thinking that after you perform on the Spring Festival Gala, you should consider joining a larger record company."

"The boss is okay with me, but I will consider your idea."

When Yang Yuying signed the contract, she was indeed tempted by the Spring Festival Gala.

Since Cao Jian didn't sign the contract, he must want to go to another company. Since the two of them are already together, she actually wants to follow Cao Jian.

It's just that the penalty for breach of contract is 300,000
If my boyfriend's first album sells less than one million copies and his share of the profits is only 15%, I don't know if it's enough to pay for custom-made clothes and start a clothing company.

Thinking of this, she asked, "The company only produced 300,000 copies of your album. How many do you think you can sell?"

"Haha, this is the boss's vision, three hundred thousand haha"

Cao Jian knew this number, and now he could only sneer.

Three hundred thousand, who are you looking down on?
In the south in winter, it is cold outside and even colder inside. If you want to survive the winter, you have to be righteous and shiver constantly.

Thanks to Cao Jian having a girlfriend to hug, he had a relatively comfortable winter.

But in the North, the situation is completely different.

There are stoves and kangs in the countryside. If you sit on them, your buttocks will be burned.

There is heating in some places in the city, so sometimes after staying indoors for a long time, you need to go out to cool down.

On New Year's Day in 1991, a heavy snow had just fallen in the northern city of Chang'an, making the ancient city look even more solemn.

In a girls' dormitory on the campus of Nanjiao Finance College, several girls were learning to knit sweaters while chatting.

The tape recorder on the table was playing Su Rui's "Follow Your Feeling".

In this kind of weather, it’s most comfortable to stay in the dormitory, listening to music and chatting.

"Qianqian, are you planning on giving these little gloves to your children in the future?"

"What nonsense, giving birth to a child?" After Yan Ni left, Chen Qian, who had become the most beautiful girl on campus, glared at her roommate and said with a smile, "This is for my beautiful niece Dongdong."

Roommate A: "You are such a nice aunt."

Roommate B: "Praising your niece for being pretty, is that praising yourself for being pretty?"

"My niece is really good-looking."

Chen Qian thought of her four-year-old niece Chen Dong, and her hands moved faster.

At this time, a roommate who was out shopping came in with a few envelopes in his hand.

"Chen Qian, there's a letter for you!"

"Where did you send it from?"

"From Yangcheng."

"Why didn't you give it to Yan directly? Why did you give it to me?"

Chen Qian muttered as she took the letter, but found that it was addressed to Chen Qian, not to be forwarded to Yan through herself.

She opened the envelope and found an exquisite New Year's postcard inside.

"What a beautiful postcard. It must be from your boyfriend."

The students around started to make a fuss when they saw the postcard with silver powder sprinkled on it.

"no!"

Chen Qian immediately denied it.

In her opinion, if it was Cao Jian, whom she had met last time, who handed it to her, it must be a thank you for his previous help.

But she doesn't like Cao Wei.

Although he could feel that the boastful rural youth was interested in him.

But a guy who only graduated from junior high school wants to pursue me?
I glanced at the beautiful New Year pattern on the postcard, turned to the back, and it was indeed Cao Wei.

I threw the postcard into the drawer in disappointment and continued knitting.

My roommate, who had just returned from outside, pulled out a new cassette from his pocket. As he unwrapped the cover, he introduced it, saying, "Today I passed by a cassette store and heard a new song that I thought was great, so I bought it. Let's listen to it together."

As he said this, he put the tape into the recorder.

A classmate asked, "Whose song is this?"

"Cao Jian"

"what is it call?"

When Chen Qian heard the name "Cao Jian", she suddenly raised her head and grabbed the tape box.

Her roommates didn’t understand why she reacted so strongly. Was there something special about this name?
On the cover of the tape, a young man in a blue robe, waving a paper fan, was smiling at him.

The young man was the one he met a few months ago in a dumpling restaurant and watched a movie with.

"He actually sang?"

Chen Qian was in a daze when a song slowly came out of the tape recorder.

"The world is vast, travelers are in a hurry, the tide rises and falls"

This voice is very familiar, and the song is really nice.

Everyone else in the dormitory was attracted by the singing and gathered around, wanting to see what the singer looked like.

Chen Qian suddenly said, "I know this person!"

"you know?"

The roommates were stunned and asked, "How do you know each other?"
Chen Qian nodded and said, "Not only do I know him, but Yan knows him too. We've even had dinner and watched a movie together."

"Wow, no way."

"real."

Chen Qian took out the playlist on the tape, and sure enough, the first song on side B was actually the song called "Love".

I glanced at the lyrics and found that it was exactly the one Cao Jian sang for himself and Yan Ni last time.

She stared blankly at the lyrics and murmured in her heart, "I wonder how Yan would feel when he sees this song."
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(Today there are three more)

(End of this chapter)