Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The Duan brothers of Baiyang Records and Zheng Donghan Rolling Stone Records fully support Yang Ye's plan to improve the sound, because this fundamentally reduces the operating costs of the record company.

If it is true as Yang Ye said, that a singer can be made famous before his debut, then releasing the record will be 100% profitable.

There are only a few ways that record companies select singers now.

One is that the record company holds a singing competition. The winners are packaged and released as an album. For example, Wang Fei made his debut by participating in a singing competition held by Cinematheque.

One is to find someone who is already famous. Using his fame to release a record can guarantee a certain sales volume. For example, if you find a well-known actor to release a record, the actor can sing well and the fans will pay for it.

One is to rely on scouts to try their luck. For example, Xu Huaiyu was singing while hanging clothes on her balcony and was heard by someone from a record company, who pulled her in to record an album.

These methods are all relatively risky and often involve gambling on luck.

You may have chosen someone and think he is very good, but he just doesn't have audience appeal, or he hasn't found the right singing style, and his records don't sell, so you end up losing a lot of money.

Of course, there are also companies like Huaxing Records, which have their own TV stations and can hold larger-scale competitions, which have much greater influence than those held by the record companies themselves.

Singers like Anita Mui and Alex To became popular as soon as they debuted.

Zheng Donghan had always envied Huaxing, but Yang Ye did not support ATV in holding singing competitions. He only broadcast the "Hong Kong 18 Districts Amateur Singer Competition" held by the Hong Kong Radio.

Because Yang Ye received a lot of help from Zhang Minyi, he was willing to help her maintain the influence of the amateur singing competition.

Moreover, there are not many talents to be selected from the small pool of Hong Kong, so Yang Ye is not very interested.

Now that we have satellite TV, we can naturally expand beyond Hong Kong and make great strides.

Duan Zhongtan of Rolling Stone came to Hong Kong specifically for the meeting.

The division of labor was established at the meeting: Bai Yang would look for potential singers in Hong Kong and the Mainland, while Rolling Stone would look for potential singers in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Yang Ye also mentioned one thing: it’s time to go to the mainland to open a record company.

Duan Zhongtan asked: "Does the mainland's current policy allow the opening of a record company?"

Yang Ye said: “We can open it, but the distribution and production will be handed over to the state-owned audio-visual publishing house, and we can only earn some hard-earned money.

However, it is better to do this sooner rather than later, because policies will always be opened up step by step, and now is the time to grab market share.”

Duan Zhongtan was very interested and said, "That's not bad either. Zhang Peiren, the vice president of our Mandarin Division, is a rock fan. After listening to Nothing, he has always wanted to get in touch with rock youth in the mainland. It's a good opportunity to send him there."

The Rolling Stones were very pioneering. It wouldn't be long before they sent Zhang Peiren to Beijing to establish Magic Stone Records, single-handedly carrying the banner of Chinese rock.

Yang Ye said, "Then go ahead, but the mainland's record business is now mainly concentrated in Guangzhou. Otherwise, why don't we divide the work? Rolling Stone goes to Beijing, and Bai Yang goes to Guangzhou, and we each open a record company."

Duan Zhongtan said: "North and South echo each other, this is a good idea!"

"What does Dong Han think?"

"That's a good thing. Let Manager Chen go. He really likes rock music!"

Yang Ye looked at Chen Jiantian, the deputy general manager of Baiyang Records: "Are you interested, Tian?"

Chen Jiantian said happily: "Yes!"

In the original time and space, Chen Jiantian was the general manager of Jinshi, the Hong Kong branch of Rolling Stone. Now that Rolling Stone and Baiyang have become a family, Jinshi no longer needs to exist, and Chen Jiantian has become the vice president of Baiyang Company.

In the original time and space, Chen Jiantian was the agent of Beyond and Wang Fei, and Ka Kui even wrote songs for Wang Fei.

It was also in the winter of that year that six rock bands including "Tang Dynasty" and "Breathing" held a "90 Modern Music Concert" in Beijing in the name of raising funds for the Asian Games.

"Black Panther" also wanted to participate, but Zang Tianshuo thought the songs they wrote were shit and refused to let them play.

That night, the audience cheered so loudly that more than 2000 chairs were broken.

Several members of the Black Panther group were sitting at the scene, looking at the roaring audience, and were so angry that they left halfway through the show.

I went to Xizhimen to have a meal to express my dissatisfaction and then started rehearsing frantically.

At that time, Dou Wei had long hair and was extremely handsome, which made women dazzled when they saw him.

Dou Wei's girlfriend Jiang Xin later wrote an autobiographical novel "The Days When My Hair Flyed", in which she wrote a passage describing the first time she met Dou Wei:

"A boy wrapped in a black windbreaker that was almost dragging on the ground came over like the wind. I couldn't see his face clearly under the flickering lights, but I noticed his long hair flying with the rhythm... He danced very well and very sensationally. His hair, his windbreaker, and even his person, all gave people a strong aura."

Wang Fei was also confused when he saw it. At that time, Wang Fei was not famous yet. He was not happy in Hong Kong and would return to Beijing when he was in a bad mood.

We all play music, so it was easy to get to know each other.

But Dou Wei had a girlfriend at that time, Jiang Xin, who was also a singer.

Jiang Xin was still a minor when she followed Dou Wei, and her parents did not agree with them being together.

Dou Wei assured Jiang Xin's parents: "We are truly in love and will get married when we are old enough."

Wang Fei is the girlfriend of Luan Shu, another member of "Black Panther".

So, how did Dou Wei and Wang Fei abandon their partners and get together?
Now that I have come this far, let me dig up the five-character story of Dou Wei, Wang Fei, Jiang Xin, Luan Shu and Gao Yuan for your enjoyment.

Because Wang Fei in this time and space was sent to the United States by Yang Ye, she will take a path that is different from the original time and space.

I don’t know if I will have any interactions with the “Black Panthers”. Their bloody stories...maybe they won’t happen again.

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According to Jiang Xin's novel "The Days of Flying Hair", there is also the story of Dou Wei's later woman Gao Yuan.

Dou Wei was at least having three relationships at the same time. If he hadn't accidentally gotten Wang Fei pregnant and married her with the baby, he could have kept the relationship going without any setbacks.

It’s so fucking awesome!
Dou Wei’s fans like to brag about how much influence Dou Wei has had on Wang Fei’s musical aesthetics and how much he has helped Wang Fei in his career.

This is just awkward bragging. It definitely has some impact and help, but it’s not that big.

Dou Wei only wrote two songs for Wang Fei.

"Tong" was written for their daughter, with lyrics written by Wang Fei and music composed by Dou Wei.

A song called "Oath", with lyrics written by Wang Fei and composition co-composed by Wang Fei and Dou Wei.

On the contrary, Wang Fei was of great help to Dou Wei's career and also helped Dou Wei establish his musical style.

It can even be said that without Wang Fei, Dou Wei might not have been able to make his debut.

The source of China's rock's five-year glory lies in two women.

The first one is the head of Maxim’s restaurant, Ms. Song Huaigui, the “godmother of Chinese fashion”.

At that time, the rock music players in Beijing were so poor that they had nowhere to go.

After Ms. Song came into contact with them, she found this group of people quite interesting and provided them with shelter.

Every night, after Maxim's Restaurant was opened, Ms. Song would invite people from the Beijing rock circle to perform in the restaurant.

Everyone lifted the carpet, played drums and pianos vigorously, and screamed at the top of their lungs until dawn.

Maxim's has become a holy place for rock music, and even Godfather Cui has to respectfully address Ms. Song as "Madam Song".

The second one is Wang Fei.

At that time, rock music could only exist underground and could not be performed publicly.

As the Asian Games were approaching, this group of rock musicians came up with a good idea.

They officially held the performance under the guise of a charity show to raise funds for the Asian Games.

When applying for the performance, they cunningly changed the rock music to modern music. This was the "90 Modern Music Concert".

However, because the destructive power was too great and some were banging on tables and smashing chairs, they were immediately stopped and the performance could not continue.

Despite this, the "Black Panther" who was not qualified to perform was also very envious.

They rehearsed frantically, vowing to improve their skills.

More than a year has passed, and the circle is still stagnant, doing what needs to be done.

Wang Fei appeared.

Wang Fei brought the Black Panthers to a concert in Shenzhen and introduced them to Chen Jiantian.

Chen Jiantian decided to sign the "Black Panthers", and so overnight this group of poor guys got a rehearsal space, good musical instruments, a pager for each person, and a salary of several thousand yuan.

Then he started recording the album, which is the masterpiece "Black Panther" that cannot be ignored in the history of Chinese rock music.

Black Panther was released in Hong Kong, and Don't Break My Heart became popular in Hong Kong. Then it entered the mainland, and the mainland audience thought it was a Hong Kong band.

This album sold 150 million copies in mainland China, and Black Panther became a legend overnight.

Zhang Peiren, who was far away in Taiwan, became jealous. He rushed to Beijing and established Magic Rock, a subsidiary of the Rolling Stones, and signed all the rock artists.

We released records for them and helped them to organize performances, and Chinese rock became popular.

In 1994, "It's a Shame on the Lonely", "Black Dream" and "Garbage Dump" were three huge hits, and the "Magic Rock Three" brought the commercialization of rock to a new level.

The media also began to relax. "Oriental Horizon" played Zhang Chu's "Sister", and rock music officially took the stage.

The rollers also became rich because of this, and each of them made a lot of money.

So, if Wang Fei had not taken action, it would have triggered a series of subsequent reactions.

Those poor rock musicians might still be performing under the bridge.

But these grandsons don’t know how to cherish.

After getting money, he started smoking, gambling, visiting prostitutes, and doing all kinds of bad things.

In just five years, some went crazy, some died, some became immortals, and some were ruined.

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Rock music came from the West.

At that time, the mainland was very isolated, and if people wanted to learn about popular music from outside, they had to "copy song tapes".

"Piracy" is a special term in the 80s, which simply means plagiarism and imitation.

During this period, there were very few original works in the domestic pop music scene.

Since I have never come across it, I don’t know how to do it.

So they recorded the melodies and instruments of European, American, Hong Kong and Taiwan songs by copying them, and let local singers re-interpret them.

Even this... is very difficult, because the music they have access to is so limited that they can only listen to mainstream stuff.

Some unique music cannot be accessed by them because pirates do not pirate them, and they have no place to buy it.

Creation is a process of learning, imitating, integrating, innovating, and developing one's own style.

If you don’t even have any learning materials and just work behind closed doors all day, how can you expect to create?
And Black Panther was the person with the most learning materials in the Beijing rock circle during this period.

Because Wang Fei, who was far away in Hong Kong, sent them various tapes in boxes.

Wang Fei bought all the music albums he could find on the market in Hong Kong, packed them up and sent them to Black Panther, which greatly broadened their horizons.

Later, Wang Fei was signed by Luo Dayou and sent to the United States to study, where he was exposed to more first-hand music and absorbed a lot of nourishment from it.

After returning to Hong Kong, Wang Fei released the album "Coming Home", which incorporated many Western music styles and formed his own drawn-out singing style, which became an instant hit.

When Wang Fei was in the United States, he also sent boxes of various music albums he had collected to Black Panther.

The Black Panthers were very grateful and wrote letters to Wang Fei together. Dou Wei had good writing skills and his letters were unique. The two began to communicate privately without telling Luan Shu and Jiang Xin.

Jiang Xin tells this story in "The Days When My Hair Was Flying":

One day, Jiang Xin was home alone when she received a package pick-up slip from the postman. The address was the United States and the sender was Wang Fei.

When Dou Wei returned home, he took the list to the post office to retrieve the package, which was a box full of CDs, a beautiful knitted hat, and a letter.

The letter said something like "I'm in a bad mood recently" and ended with, "Can you please stop calling me Xiao Wang from now on?"
It is obvious that at this time, Dou Wei and Wang Fei began to have an ambiguous relationship.

As for when the two of them got together, there is a widely circulated joke on the Internet.

Once, Wang Fei returned to Beijing to meet with the Black Panthers. Dou Wei went out to buy things and Wang Fei followed him, and then the two never came back.

Dou Wei felt sorry for his brothers, so he cut his long hair, quit Black Panther, and never sang Black Panther songs again.

But...he and Jiang Xin did not break up.

Dou Wei, Jiang Xin and Wang Fei maintained a three-person relationship.

The story of "The Days of Flying Hair" is as follows:
One afternoon, Dou Wei's grandmother, sister and Jiang Xin were making dumplings. Dou Wei received a phone call and went out.

Not long after, Wang Fei returned home, dragging a suitcase with him.

The three of them ate at a table and chatted until late at night.

In Jiang Xin's book, Dou Wei said:

“I know you love me and I love you, but, to be honest, I don’t think there is any contradiction.

I can give you everything you want from me, so I really don’t understand why we should make ourselves suffer.

I never dared to say these words, and kept them in my heart, because I was also asking myself, is it normal to think this way? Is it correct?

It’s not like I haven’t overthrown myself before and forced myself to make a choice, but afterwards I always feel guilty…”

Dear readers who want to have three wives and four concubines, you should learn from Master Dou’s words.

The three of them sat in silence, politely filling each other's glasses with water.

Wang Fei asked Jiang Xin: "Do you think he loves you?"

Jiang Xin said: "If you don't love each other, why are you together?"

Wang Fei said: "But he also told me that."

This relationship lasted a long time.
When Wang Fei returned to the capital, Dou Wei went to look for Wang Fei.

Wang Fei returned to Hong Kong, and Dou Wei went to find Jiang Xin.

At that time, Wang Fei had already become a queen of the music scene. One morning, she was photographed while going out to empty the toilet in her pajamas. The Hong Kong media hyped the incident up and ridiculed Wang Fei severely.

However, Wang Fei did not regret it and even wrote a song to express his aspirations. This song is very famous and nice to listen to, it is called "Obsession".

The later hit TV series "Fang Hua" also specially quoted this song.

"This time I face it stubbornly and indulge myself willfully. I don't care whether it's right or wrong. Even if I'm deeply involved, I'll do whatever it takes. Even if I'm obsessed, I'll be obsessed and never regret it."

In 1996, Dou Wei accidentally got Wang Fei pregnant.

Damn, this is trouble. Dou Wei has no choice but to break up with Jiang Xin completely and marry Wang Fei with the baby.

However, he was unwilling to get married. On the wedding day, he was still hesitant and said to Wang Fei: "Actually, I'm not a good man. Think carefully about whether you want to marry me!"

This caused Wang Fei's agent to slam the table and almost get into a fight with Dou Wei.

They got married and had a daughter, but it didn't last long and ended in divorce.

Although Dou Wei no longer has Jiang Xin, he still has Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan was a journalist. A long time ago, when he went to interview the Black Panther, he started having an affair with Dou Wei.

Therefore, she is not the third party between Dou Wei and Wang Fei.

Therefore, Dou Wei once dealt with three women at the same time, and he was like a fish in water and handled it with ease.

Just ask you if you agree?

Dou Weigaoyuan continues to have an affair!

It was La Yin who took Wang Fei to catch the adulterer.

In 1999, Wang Fei held a concert at the Tokyo Budokan.

Dou Wei happened to have something to do in Tokyo and also appeared at the celebration banquet, but the two sat at separate tables and did not communicate at all.

The reporter immediately smelled a divorce.

Wang Fei's team tried their best to deny it, but Dou Wei appeared at the event holding Gao Yuan's hand and generously admitted: "Her name is Gao Yuan, she is my lover!"

6!
Dou Wei also publicly stated that he suspected that Wang Fei's marriage to him was simply a conspiracy.

He blamed Wang Fei for putting too much emphasis on his career and neglecting his family, buying him a car and a house, which corroded his will, eroded his creative talent, and ruined him musically!
Fog! (End of this chapter)