Huayu 1995

Chapter 209 Eat shit! (Seeking monthly votes)

Ten minutes is simply not enough time for an interview.

Unfortunately, Su Chao had other commitments and had to end the interview as soon as possible.

The media did not continue to make things difficult for him.

Media outlets with a bad reputation were not invited at all.

Su Chao also made plans with Kelly Chen and Jacky Cheung today.

If you ask a girl out, and the time is too late, then the purpose might not be just to have dinner.

However, if you bring a boy along, the romance immediately disappears.

Inviting both of them together doesn't seem out of place.

Kelly Chen's record label is East Asia Records, managed by Paco Wong.

This company is a subsidiary of PolyGram Records. It was founded by Wong Pak-ko at the invitation of PolyGram President Cheng Tung-han, and its first singer was Kelly Chen.

Yes, Zheng Donghan is the father of Crown Prince Ji.

Unfortunately, he and Princess Lin didn't click.

Prince Ji seems to prefer flat boards.

Jacky Cheung is a singer under PolyGram Records.

After filming two commercials after her debut, Kelly Chen participated in the filming of Jacky Cheung's music special "Stealing Heart".

Kelly Chen can be seen as Jacky Cheung's junior sister.

"Nice to meet you~"

Su Chao shook hands with the two men, and then they each took their seats.

"Did you just finish an event?"

This is obvious at a glance, since Su Chao's hairstyle and clothes haven't been altered.

"Yes, the book signing event just finished."

Su Chao wasn't tired at all; he was still full of energy.

Unfortunately, this trip to Taiwan cost a lot of money.

There has been a serious overspending.

He was hoping to make amends through Kelly Chen.

"What a pity!"

Kelly Chen really felt it was a pity; if she had known earlier, she would have attended Su Chao's autograph session.

This will definitely increase your favorability.

"It's a small place, don't worry about it. Let's eat, I'm getting a little hungry."

Su Chao just bought two songs from Kelly Chen.

"Arctic Snow" and "Notebook".

The two songs cost 70,000 yuan, mainly because "Notebook" was valuable.

There was another script for "Big Event" that Su Chao wasn't interested in.

That movie was actually pretty good. Richie Jen and Kelly Chen starred together. Don't get me wrong, they didn't have any romantic scenes.

One was a policeman, and the other was a ruthless criminal.

Richie Jen's period dramas are a mixed bag, but he has quite a few classic roles in modern dramas.

Jacky Cheung also has two songs: "My Hair is Messy" and "I Want to Go for a Breeze with You".

In addition, there are 10 points for singing ability.

Attribute points, oh crap.

I can't afford it, I simply can't afford it.

In fact, besides his amazing singing skills, Jacky Cheung's acting skills are also superb.

It's not impossible to buy acting experience points and attribute points from him.

Su Chao spent 150,000 yuan to buy both songs.

The song cost him 220,000 yuan.

If it weren't for the million yuan his wife's family gave him, he wouldn't be able to make such large-scale purchases like this.

There's a high probability that they can only buy one song and sell one song at a time.

Su Chao ate while chatting with Kelly Chen and Jacky Cheung.

Jacky Cheung is no stranger to Su Chao.

When a new album comes out, as long as the quality isn't particularly bad, he'll basically buy it and listen to it. He even built a large cabinet specifically to display all kinds of records or tapes.

I listen to music when I have nothing to do.

He naturally bought Su Chao's new album as soon as it was released.

After all... he had already heard about Su Chao writing a song for the princess.

Creators are a very special group

If you are a superstar, a singing god, and you are very confident in yourself, you can look down on a new singer.

But the creator...

No matter who you are, it's best to be polite to them, after all, you never know when they might produce a golden poop.

Someone who can write songs for a princess must be extraordinary.

Su Chao's later songwriting for Andy Lau and Emil Chau added even more legendary flair.

Jacky Cheung's agent even suggested that they take the initiative to contact him.

A top-tier songwriter suddenly appears, and he's the kind who's unaffiliated—meaning he hasn't established a dedicated working relationship with any singer—and even a superstar can't remain indifferent.

After all, who knows if you might miss out on a hit song?

Just when they were worrying about how to contact Su Chao, Lin Xi said that Su Chao wanted to meet with Jacky Cheung to discuss a collaboration.

When someone is sleepy, a pillow is offered to them; of course, Jacky Cheung wouldn't refuse.

And so, today's dinner party came about.

However, Su Chao was indeed eating seriously. He ate very quickly, but not in a rude way. On the contrary, the food tasted very good, and you could easily eat too much with him without realizing it.

Kelly Chen touched her lower abdomen, her face almost turning green.

Holy crap, she ate a bowl of rice today!
How much exercise would it take to burn that calories?

"The main reason we invited you two this time is that we think there are a few songs that are quite suitable. You can choose one."

Su Chao had almost finished eating, and everyone had finished chatting, so they started taking the cassette tapes out.

The songs given to Kelly Chen were "Notebook", "Arctic Snow" and "When Love Is Near".

Actually, there are also songs like "Take Advantage of the Early Time" and "Rain Butterfly" sung by female singers, but Su Chao felt they weren't suitable for Kelly Chen, so he didn't include them.

The songs given to Jacky Cheung were naturally "My Hair Is Messed Up", "I Want to Go for a Blow in the Wind with You", and "Your Name, My Surname".

Su Chao didn't leave any for himself.

After Su Chao finished eating, the two of them had also finished listening to all the songs. "I want them all! Can I have them all?"

Kelly Chen couldn't hide her excitement. She had thought she would have something to gain tonight, but she never imagined the gains would be this great.

She and her agent felt that having one good song would be enough.

Who would have thought that there would be three songs at once?

Moreover, the quality of all of them is very good, especially "Notebook" and "When Love Is Near," which are songs that could be used as main tracks.

"Arctic Snow" is also good, and it's a duet between a man and a woman.

"Sure, HK$300,000, plus 2% royalties."

Su Chao showed no mercy to such a big customer; that's right, he raised the price again.

"it is good!"

Kelly Chen didn't even hesitate for three seconds before decisively accepting the price.

Jacky Cheung listened more attentively than Kelly Chen.

So after he finished listening, Kelly Chen couldn't wait to start writing checks, as if she was afraid he would steal the song.

However, Jacky Cheung was indeed very curious about what song she received.

Jacky Cheung was also very satisfied with the songs he received, feeling similarly to Kelly Chen that all three songs were excellent.
It was beyond my imagination.

"My Hair Is a Mess" is a Cantonese song.

Actually, this song comes from Jacky Cheung's personal Cantonese music album "Release Yourself" produced by Yuan Weiren in 1998.

The song is a cover of "Honey" by singer Park Jin-young, with lyrics by Wyman Wong.

However, "Honey" is also in Su Chao's hands.

If he doesn't take it out.

If Park Jin-young wants to sing this song, he'll have to buy the cover rights from Su Chao.

Similar to the previous song "Summer Fruits," this can also be considered a kind of reversal of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

In most cases, it's Hong Kong and Taiwan singers who cover Japanese songs, and there's even a saying that Miyuki Nakajima single-handedly supports half of the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene.

While that might be a bit of an exaggeration, it's true that many classic songs are covers.

This includes many singers' signature songs.

Even his only representative work is like that.

Su Chao quite liked to use the method of pulling up radishes to remove the original singer.

However, he couldn't tell which songs were covers of others. In his past life, he simply liked to sing, and he didn't care whether someone was covering foreign songs or not.

"I Want to Go for a Breeze with You" is also quite good.

This song is the title track of Jacky Cheung's tenth album. With this album, Jacky Cheung became the first Hong Kong singer to win the Best Mandarin Male Singer award at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.

This honor is special because of its special nature.

That's because this song forced the Golden Melody Awards authorities to change their judging rules.

The locals in Taiwan wouldn't be satisfied if the award wasn't given to Jacky Cheung.

As for "Your Name, My Surname," this is actually the song that Jacky Cheung values ​​the most.

He has already spoken with many top music creators, wanting to compose a suitable song for his wedding next year.

May Lo stayed by his side during his lowest point and helped him out of his career slump.

Moreover, in 93, she gave up her career and willingly stayed behind the scenes.

If Jacky Cheung is not mistaken, Su Chao's song was written for him and his wife.

Although decades later, I heard that this lady lost billions in the stock market, forcing her sixty-year-old husband to hold frequent concerts, singing, dancing, and even doing splits and backbends, it was quite a sad story.

But looking at it from another perspective, if it weren't for Mrs. Luo, fans wouldn't have so many opportunities to attend concerts.

They also captured a number of fugitives.

“I heard from some creators that you had this need, so I gave it a try. As for whether it’s good or not, you have to judge for yourself.”

Su Chao didn't particularly like this song; Jacky Cheung has so many great songs, this one doesn't even come close.

The symbolic meaning outweighs the music itself.

However, this song has won many awards.

Su Chao took it from Lin Xi, and since there was nowhere else to sell it, he naturally had to return it to its rightful owner.

"I'm very satisfied with this, thank you so much."

Jacky Cheung smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"What about the other two?"

Su Chao was a little unaccustomed to interacting with Jacky Cheung.

His mind was filled with images of Jacky Cheung from movies like "Curry and Pepper" and "The Eagle Shooting Heroes".

Cousin~
His cousin, whom he couldn't win over, is now going to act in a movie with Su Chao.

There's also that very popular "Eat shit" meme.

However, in private, Jacky Cheung is a very gentle person who doesn't smile much, especially when talking about songs, he gets a bit too serious.

"The other two are also very good, I'll take them both! If there are any other suitable ones, I can buy more."

Three songs are enough.

He can listen to all thirty songs.

"That's all for now. Let's talk again when we meet next time I come to Hong Kong."

The next time will be at least next month.

Although Su Chao planned to tone it down and stop focusing on purchasing goods, he wouldn't mind taking advantage of any opportunity to steal some items.

Being a porter of nature isn't bad either.

Not only can you make money, but you can also maintain your connections with music industry superstars. Why not?

Is it the same price as Kelly?

Jacky Cheung felt that Su Chao's pricing was rather arbitrary.

It's like they don't take good songs seriously, and they can just casually put a price tag on them and put them on the shelf.

You might even see something on the shelf whose actual value far exceeds its price tag—like the song "Your Name, My Surname," which he would buy even if it were more expensive.

"Yes, 300,000, 2% royalties..."

The royalty value will definitely be different for different singers.

With Jacky Cheung's sales so high, 2% is no small amount.

Su Chao didn't ask for royalties for his previous songs.

There was nothing he could do; he wasn't famous before.

No upstart creator can demand record royalties.

(End of this chapter)