Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 69 Shocking the Music World
The atmosphere at the charity performance was once again aroused by Cao Jian's song "The Sea".

This also made the song well-known to many Hong Kong people before it was released, and the audience also got to know this singer from the mainland.

After this song, the charity donations finally exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

The charity performance lasted from 3 pm to 10 pm, a full 7 hours, breaking not only the longest performance in Hong Kong history, but also the record for charity donations.

However, this is not over.

On the second day after the charity performance ended, a piece of news took advantage of the charity performance and appeared on the important pages of major newspapers.

That was Cao Jian, who performed music and sang at the charity performance yesterday. He made a bet with a Japanese that he would hold a concert in half a month and play a song similar to "The Original Scenery of Hometown".

Many people have heard "The Original Scenery of Hometown" at charity performances and on TV, and they all think it is a very good piece of music of high quality.

It seems a bit difficult to make another song of similar quality within half a month.

In addition, if Cao Jian succeeds, the Japanese will donate one million Hong Kong dollars.

This news spread like wildfire in Hong Kong, and Cao Jian's fame soared. Not only did people look forward to the album "The Sea", but even his pure music album "The Original Scenery of Hometown" sold tens of thousands of copies.

"Xiao Cao, are you really confident that you can create a good piece of music in just two weeks? Don't forget, the concert still needs at least a week of rehearsal."

After hearing about this incident, Cao Jian's teacher Hu Weili was worried about the student.

Time is too tight. If I lose, not only will I lose one million Hong Kong dollars, but my reputation will also be damaged.

"Teacher, actually, I have already written the song."

On the night of the charity performance, Cao Jian returned home and had already written two pieces of music.

He was worried that one song was not enough, so he wrote two songs as a double insurance.

"Has it been written?"

“Yes, actually, they were all written before.”

Cao Jian easily took out two songs and handed them to the teacher: "Please help me arrange the music."

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Hu Weili rubbed his head. It seemed that this guy came here today just to do hard labor for me.

However, the Japanese man was unlucky enough to be fooled by this student.

But, are these two songs better than "The Original Scenery of Hometown"?

He took the music and saw that the name of the first piece of music was "Xiaoxiangzi".

After listening to this piece of music, he felt that the melody was gentle and sad, touching the soul and fascinating.

In the song, Cao Jian also marked various musical instruments and a children's singing.

Just by looking at the music score, Hu Weili can fully feel the various aspects of life condensed in this music. Every note is like a mark of time, recording the joys and sorrows, happiness and anger, and sorrows of all things in the world.

If it weren't for "The Original Scenery of Hometown", he really wouldn't believe that his student could write such music.

Just this one piece of music is enough to win.

However, he still looked at the second song out of curiosity and found it very domineering, it was actually called "Seven Swords"!
When he saw the song, he didn't expect the music to be even more powerful than the name!

The majestic and galloping feeling exuded by the song gives people a feeling of excitement.

"Xiao Cao, you are truly better than your teacher!"

After watching the two songs, Hu Weili applauded.

These two pieces of music will definitely become classic soundtracks in movies or TV series in the future.

"Thank you for your praise, teacher. If it weren't for your guidance and teaching me more musical knowledge, I wouldn't have been able to write these two pieces of music so well."

Cao Jian was not lying. He was very familiar with these two pieces of music and had even seen symphonic music.

But if it weren't for Hu Weili's teaching during this period, he would never have been able to complete these two pieces of music.

Besides, how many precious historical documents were stolen in the past, and how much literature, medicine, music, and technology were plundered?

Now I just want to get some back. "You don't have to be modest. These two songs are really well written."

Hu Weili was very satisfied with the students' humble attitude.

That's how students should be.

He immediately said, "Don't worry, I'll try to finish the arrangement in three days. Ten days of rehearsal should be no problem."

With Mei Yanfang's help in preparing the music and the concert, Cao Jian didn't have to worry too much and focused his energy on the upcoming album "The Sea".

The film "The Banquet", which is being filmed to raise funds for charity, is also in preparation.

The director of this film is Xu Ke, and more than 200 stars from the Hong Kong film and television industry will participate in it.

However, there is an exception among them, and that is Cao Jian, who has only made a cameo appearance in "Twin Dragons" so far.

On July 3rd, Cao Jian's first album after coming to Hong Kong was finally released, much to the anticipation of many fans who fell in love with the song.

Cao Jian has already sung the title song "The Sea" at a charity performance, and coupled with the bet with the Japanese, this album has become very popular.

Thanks to effective publicity, 80,000 copies were sold in Hong Kong and 90,000 copies were sold in Taiwan on the first day of release.

Because it is a Mandarin song, the mainland market is also an important market for PolyGram, which is why they signed Cao Jian.

What PolyGram didn't expect was that this album sold more than 160,000 copies in just one day after it was released in mainland China.

This achievement directly broke the Hong Kong record sales record.

But the next day, the song "The Sea" had spread throughout China, and sales increased instead of decreasing, once again achieving a record of nearly 400,000 copies.

The sales volume in two days was nearly 800,000, which shocked not only the entire PolyGram company but also the entire music industry.

Warner, Rolling Stone and other record companies realized it later and felt that PolyGram had found a treasure this time.

Why didn’t I discover this talented young man back then?

Another record company under PolyGram, New Art City, also has a female singer from the mainland. Her name is Wang Fei, and her stage name is Wang Jingwen.

"Wang Fei, what do you think of Cao Jian's song?"

In the boss's office of New Art City, General Manager Chen Shaobao held the album "The Sea" and asked the girl opposite him.

The girl has short hair and wears a white shirt. She looks pure and quiet.

“It’s very well written.”

The girl named Wang Fei had long heard that the parent company PolyGram had signed a mainland singer named Cao Jian, but she had only heard of him but had never seen him in person.

However, she also admired Cao Jian's talent. He had only been in Hong Kong for more than two months, but he had already become so famous.

"If you have time, go to PolyGram and meet Cao Jian."

Chen Shaobao smiled and said, "Although you have released four albums, the sales are average. If you can ask him to produce a song that will sell well, maybe it will help you establish your position in the music industry."

After saying that, seeing Wang Fei hesitate, he continued, "You are both from the mainland, it's always a good idea to get to know each other."

"Mr. Chen, I'm going to study in the United States in a while."

According to the plan, Wang Fei was going to fly to the United States in the next two days, so he only sang a song in the middle of the charity performance that day and then left in a hurry. He didn't see or meet Cao Jian at all.

"The trip to the United States will be postponed for a week."

Chen Shaobao didn't give her another chance to refuse: "It's settled. You can arrange the time."

The main reason why he was so tough was that he had no choice.

Wang Fei has a very good voice, but the combined sales of her four albums have never exceeded 200,000.

This also made it impossible for Boss Chen not to be anxious.

It is understood that the songs Cao Jian wrote for another mainland singer, Yang Yuying, all sold more than two million copies. As long as the songs he wrote for Wang Fei could sell one million copies, he would be satisfied.

Wang Fei is from the mainland, and Cao Jian is also from the mainland. Wouldn't it be a waste if we don't take advantage of this relationship?
There will be four chapters today, and two more chapters later. I hope everyone can help vote for recommendations and monthly tickets to support me.

(End of this chapter)