Perfect Life

"False Monk" is about to go on sale.

Qi Jie, who had ended her vacation before the Golden Melody Awards ceremony, and rushed back from Jinan Prefecture to sit in town, was both confident and nervous, but also a little regretful and a little helpless-she, and all the people in the company who had heard "The False Monk" "Almost all of the people who wrote this album gave a very high rating on this album!

In fact, even if there is no unanimous praise from everyone, just because there are nine songs on this album are lyrics and songs from Li Qian, and Li Qian himself sings, it is enough to give Qi Jie extremely strong confidence.

However, when the album is really going to be released, she still gets nervous.

Because almost every expert, when referring to the four beauties, always subconsciously sighs, saying that they, and their works, should have appeared more than ten years ago, and should have appeared in the heyday of rock bands. .

If so, the Four Beauties will be a rock band that can compete with the Flying Band, and "False Monk" may not be able to challenge Dugu's "Driving a Pig to the West".

but now……

When it comes to these four words, many people will sigh and then stop talking.

But their subtext, Qi Jie knew. She has been in the industry for more than two years, and from the very beginning, the starting point is very high. The people around her, from Li Qian to Liao Liao and He Runqing, are the most outstanding figures in the music circle, so she knows that What is the word that everyone didn't say.

But now... rock and roll is no more.

In other words, there is no market.

The current music world is already the era of love songs and the era of fast songs.

Therefore, while Qi Jie was full of confidence, she couldn't help but feel nervous.

She has confidence in Li Qian, but she is well aware of the power of the market, so she is very afraid that this album, which must be very good, will be coldly received by the market.

She looked forward to Li Qian's continued strength more than anyone else. She is also more afraid than anyone else that Li Qian will fail in music, even if it is only once - because in her heart, Li Qian can never fail!

So, even though she herself knew that the matter was over, it was useless to think about it. But when she's alone, she can't help but wonder: What if this album came out last November?

Probably... no, not probably.

There was "Nowhere" and "Nothing", when the album first came out. It will definitely trigger a wave of domestic rock frenzy - and now, there are only pirated copies on the market. Although it seems to be very hot and hot, what if everyone just simply liked these two songs, instead of Li Qian's rock and roll?

Human emotions are contagious.

As the general manager of the company, Qi Jie's face was sullen, and the whole company became nervous.

At this time, only Li Qian and Liao Liao can really take it seriously, right?

The two of them are still enthusiastically helping He Runqing make a new album... Even thinking about it makes Qi Jie feel helpless.

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in the domestic music scene. As long as rock music is mentioned, the name of Flying Band has to be mentioned.

Because they were not only the most influential and accomplished rock band in the heyday of domestic rock music, but were even regarded as the representative and banner of that era by many fans. Even internationally, they were regarded as Chinese rock music. representative, enjoys a very high reputation.

As far as the status of the rivers and lakes is concerned, in today's domestic music circle, Liu Mingliang, the king of male singers, and Da Zhenzhen, the eldest sister who has always been regarded as a banner figure among female singers. In front of him, they are all juniors, and they have always regarded themselves as fans of the Flying Band in all public occasions. It can be seen that they respect the flying band.

Moreover, aside from all the false things such as pioneering, historical achievements, and status in the rivers and lakes, we only talk about sales and market appeal. In the development history of the domestic music scene in the past 20 years, Feixiang Band is also absolutely 's head coffee!

They are the first in the history of domestic record sales to get six platinum, and this record was held by them alone for eight years. It wasn't until eight years later that he was tied by Liu Mingliang and Liu Tianwang - it was tied, not surpassed!

Of course, when the music world came to the mid-1990s, with the development of the economy and the explosion of the entire record market, new album sales records were continuously created. It is about to be broken, and now, the six-platinum sales have even dropped out of the top five in the history of record sales.

Liao Liao's three albums have been sold so far, all of which have exceeded the record of six platinum. Among them, her second best-selling album "The Sound of the Waves" has exceeded 10 million copies only by counting domestic sales. After switching to Minghu Culture, the first album "Grateful Heart", although it has been on the market for less than a year, has already sold an astonishing 7 million copies, and it is about to break 8 million. It can be said that in the future, this piece The album broke the 10 million mark, which is not a big problem.

Coupled with Wuxing Wusu's "Sister and Sister Stand Up" and "The Boy on the Opposite Look Over", it also successfully broke through the 8 million and 7 million mark, and continues to sell, He Runqing's " "Dream Chaser" has exceeded 5 million copies so far, at most in the first half of this year, it should be able to successfully exceed 6 million copies, and in the long run, her album has sold 7 million or even 8 million Zhang, it's all reasonable.

Therefore, Liao Liao's three super albums, and Wuxing Wusu's two super albums together, undisputedly occupy the top five in the history of album sales, making Liu Mingliang and Feixiang band jointly maintained Six platinum sales records, can only fall back to sixth and seventh.

Next, let's not talk about new albums, just talk about albums that have been released. He Runqing's "Dream Chaser" needs no more to say, surpassing the record of Feixiang Band is no longer a problem. Last year, Xinfu Zhao's "Dream Chaser" was no worse than He Runqing's "Dream Chaser". The sales volume even surpassed that of "Dream Chaser". It may not be used for a year, and it is only a matter of time if it exceeds seven platinum.

Although Li Xinru's famous album "Marry Me" has some lack of stamina, it will hardly sell after 4 million, but it will not be a problem if it breaks through the five million and six million mark over time. .

And Huang Yuqing is thick and thin. Don't look at it as if it is not as strong as Li Xinru's momentum, but he has more stamina. It has been nearly a year and a half since the album was released, and it has easily exceeded 6 million copies. Gradually, he has the momentum to become the king of heaven, and will soon surpass Feixiang Band and Liu Mingliang one by one.

In this way, to put it bluntly, the sales of six platinum seems to be becoming less and less valuable.

But if you analyze it a little, you will understand: when the Feixiang Band sold to six platinum. How big is the big market of the entire record industry?

You must know that in the most prosperous years of the Feixiang Band, they were once called "half of the country" in the domestic music scene! Although this statement is definitely exaggerated, but it is the so-called peeping leopard, but it can be seen from this, how important their six platinum record is!

It can be said, to be honest about the quantity. When it comes to influence on the entire music scene, there is probably only one Liao Liao. Three consecutive albums have been sold for sale. In more than three years, he has contributed a total of more than 27 million records to the entire domestic record market. The total sales volume can barely compare with the Flying Band.

As for the others, even Wuxingwusu has contributed more than 18 million copies to the record market in the past few years, which is still slightly less than the 6 million copies of the Flying Band. inferior.

simply put. During the heyday of Feixiang Band, almost everyone in China listened to Feixiang, and there was a feeling of "what kind of fan are you as a fan if you don't listen to Feixiang Band". And red is like the five elements. not reach this level.

However, how did the popularity of the Feixiang Band and the absolute status of the Feixiang Band come about?

The first is the trend of the whole world.

With the advent of the era of industrialization, rock and roll is a music with a rebellious spirit in its bones, a music style full of all kinds of ridicule and criticism of the industrial era. It soon swept the world.

The Flying Band, as the representative and banner of domestic rock music, just conformed to this trend at that time.

Second, of course, because Flying Band's rock is good enough.

Like "Driving Pigs to the West", it is even a masterpiece that can make domestic rock music enter the world's rock music hall! It is a super day dish that has been branded into the soul of the domestic music scene!

However, the Flying Band was still around, and rock and roll was in rapid decline.

When many people mention rock music, they will say: rock is not dead!

So, the decline of rock music in China, even at its worst, when only two rock albums were released in a year, is it because rock is dead?

Obviously not.

Music is always inseparable from the soil of life.

The rapid development of the economy can certainly cover up many social contradictions, but the contradictions will always exist, even about money, about morality, about the conflict between industrial society and agricultural society, about freedom, about love... and so on. The topic has even become more and more prominent with the rapid development of the economy.

It can be said that the things that rock music can criticize have always been there, and the things that rock music can praise have always been there.

They just lack a pair of eyes that can find them, a pen that can write it all down, and a mouth that can scream everything.

The status of Feixiang Band in the domestic music scene is unparalleled, but after a few years of its heyday, after a few albums that were almost unattainable for future generations, they quickly disappeared.

For several years, no album came out.

Rock and roll, also with the withdrawal of the Flying Band, and the decline of the West Mountain, even fell rapidly at a speed far faster than when it rose.

In the final analysis, it's just because the Flying Band has put all their talents into those few hall-level albums, and with the big hits, with their fame and fortune, they gradually separated from ordinary people's life. For them, they can no longer write a handed down classic like "Driving a Pig to the West".

Over the years, countless fans, especially those of the older generation who have experienced the booming era of rock music, have been looking forward to the comeback of Flying Band almost all the time, almost all the time, looking forward to the rebirth of rock music. It is prosperous, shouting its shouting, lonely and angry.

However, it turns out that although the talent is now exhausted and declining, the Feixiang Band is indeed a group of musical geniuses that no one in domestic rock music can match. Before them, domestic rock was just underground music, and after them. Rock music is still forced to return to underground music.

When the group of rock bands led by the Flying Band fell one after another, the number of people playing rock and roll in China will only increase in the past ten years. It has never decreased, and there are some who have released albums. However, there is not even one that can resonate with the entire market. Not even an album that has sold more than 2 million copies has ever been released.

Until the sudden appearance of "Nothing" and "Ashamed of Nowhere", it can be said that almost all the fans who came from that era were refreshed.

How popular are these two songs?

Although all the products currently sold on the market are definitely pirated copies, and they are definitely not pirated copies from one family, the sales volume cannot be counted at all, but the ranking of the Golden Songs on Demand List of the Voice of China Radio Station can be used as reference data.

Since last November at He Runqing's concert. These two songs appeared, and soon after Shuntianfu TV broadcasted the live video of the concert, pirated copies of these two songs began to appear quickly.

Then, on the Golden Melody On Demand chart, these two songs rushed up almost overnight.

At the beginning, "Nothing" directly aired to the top, and "No Place" ranked third, but soon, "No Place" went back and surpassed, and since then. "Nowhere to Be Ashamed" first, "Nothing" second, these two songs began to dominate the charts for 12 weeks! Until now in March. Nearly four months and sixteen weeks have passed, and "No Place" is still ranked third, and "Nothing" is still ranked fifth!

Many people in the industry have said that if at that time, even if they randomly added another eight songs, this album would be released. So, even with the impact of piracy, the sales of this album are now at least three million copies!

If that's the case, the Four Beauties will become the first rock band in China to sell more than 2 million albums in the past 12 years!

As for the sales of pirated copies - just look at the street video stores in cities big and small in China in the past few months, almost every one of them is playing these two songs. It is estimated that these two songs are related to " The sales volume of "The Big Collection", at least it has to have a sales volume of seven or eight million, or even ten million.

It's just a pity that it seems that the four beauties didn't pay much attention to the pirated version of the pirated version. They just let the pirated versions of the two classics sell wildly in the market, while slowing down. Slowly making their albums, and thus missing out on the sales boom that would have been brought about by those two songs.

And now, finally, the album they slowly made is going to be released.

After "Nothing" and "Ashamed of Nowhere", can they still come up with works of the same level, let alone beyond? How will their new album start?

It can be said that although there is no fanfare, the entire music world is extremely concerned about this album.

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For the first time, the major record companies have already obtained "The False Monk" which was first listed.

For the first time, musicians, singers, and music critics in the music circle also got this album one after another.

And the first time, no matter how busy people are, they immediately came to their listening device.

On the morning of March 14, 1998, it can be said that almost all professional musicians in the domestic music circle held such a freshly released album in their hands.

On its cover, the five members of the four beauties are arranged in an upside-down "ren", with Yu Bojun in the back left, Wang Huaiyu in the back right, Cao Zhan in front of Yu Bojun, Liao Liao in front of Wang Huaiyu, and Li Qian, standing in front of it. In the midst of them, arms crossed. Each of them looked straight ahead with a blank expression—and this photo was in black and white.

In the middle of the photo, there is a graceful and neat small script, which reads - Fake monk.

Of course, there is no doubt that the calligraphy, of course, is black.

A rock album, with a black and white cover, this is not the slightest problem, even a cliché, but the neat brush strokes seem to be a bit contrary to common sense.

Rock music, and calligraphy... It doesn't seem to have much to do with it.

Therefore, many people were subconsciously surprised when they opened the plastic packaging.

Of course, that's not the point, as everyone knows, the point is the song inside.

As long as the work is good, no matter what kind of cover it is, it will be regarded as a classic by fans, and as long as the work is not satisfactory, no matter how characterful the cover is, it will also be scolded to the point of scorn.

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At Sony Records headquarters ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ When the album was bought, Xie Mingyuan rubbed it in his hand for a moment, and then ordered the company's producers, singers and management to be summoned and the audition room opened.

As a result, Xie Mingyuan, Watanabe Kazuichi, as well as a group of producers, executives, and Zhao Xinfu, Zhou Ai, Feng Feifei, and Zou Wenhuai who happened to be at the company at the time came to the audition room one after another.

At Huage Records, Huang Dazhong stared at the album for a few minutes in a complicated mood, but then he could only sigh, and also called everyone to the audition room, ready to listen to this powerful new album together.

At Cinda Records...

On Asian Records...

On Longevity Records...

Many play buttons were pressed back and forth, and after a moment of silence, a piece of music that was not intense began to sound.

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The recommendation ticket is too bad, can you give me a few recommendation tickets? (To be continued.)