Coquettish Rebirth

After persuading Wang Koulan here, Jia Hongjian began to continue to perfect the ideas in his head.However, when perfecting ideas, you still have to work. Today he came to Rolling Stone Records, because the Duan Zhongyi brothers said that the Grasshopper band in the company wanted to disband...

That's right!Grasshopper!This Hong Kong and Hong Kong band has been relatively famous from the 80s to the 90s. The band that sang "I'm Sorry Baby" and "The League of Broken Love", the theme song of "A Fairy Wife", three members are going to go solo for the time being.The Grasshopper formed by these three people, since it is said to be a band from Hong Kong, how could it come to the Rolling Stones?It turned out that in 97, their contract with the well-known Polygram Records in Hong Kong expired, and then they felt that Polygram’s previous publicity or a series of things were a bit uninteresting, and in the 90s they basically stayed Wanfa Development—like the two well-known songs, they are both Mandarin albums, and if Dawan Development no longer works, how could their song become the theme song of Dawan TV series?So I simply had to jump to the record company of Dawan, and then I just threw myself into the Rolling Stones.

After signing with the Rolling Stones, Amei came to celebrate in person.Who is Amei?It's not Zhao Wei in "Shaolin Soccer", but Anita Mui!That's right!This sister of Hong Kong can be said to be the "master" of this grasshopper!Originally, in the 80s, when the Grasshopper team debuted, they participated in the Hong Kong Rookie Singing Competition, and then in that competition, Du Dewei won the championship. It can be said that the Grasshoppers are Du Dewei and his wave!Later, Grasshopper worshiped under Anita Mui's banner and developed in Hong Kong.Later, I saw that the Mandarin market in Dawan was bigger than that in Hong Kong—after all, Dawan has more than 2000 million people.There are only a few million people in Hong Kong, so I went to Dawan to develop, and then under the four kings, I won the status of a singer in Dawan after Zhou Huajian!

After signing with the Rolling Stones for the past two years, this Grasshopper is making money by touring in mainland China. Basically, within two years, each of the three of them has earned tens of millions of RMB a year!Then, they usually make guest appearances as the mentors of "The Voice of China", or participate in the "Chinese Singer Professional League" to increase their popularity. Those days are called nourishing!But behind the moisture.There is also a bit of difficulty - the so-called people know how warm or cold the drinking water is.If you are glamorous in front of others, everything will not necessarily go well in the future!

According to what Duan Zhongyi reported to Jia Hongjian on the phone, it was said that the Grasshopper Trio had released two new albums in mainland China and Dawan Bay in the past two years. not so good.Then what.They want to fly solo.

Duan Zhongyi and his brothers really persuaded Grasshopper.But it was useless, so at the critical moment, they thought of Mr. Jia who had shown his magical management skills before.So I asked Mr. Jia to come and have a look.After Jia Hongjian came over, the three Grasshopper Brothers were of course waiting for Jia Hongjian in the office. "Mr. Jia," the three of them stood up and greeted Jia Hongjian. "Well, you guys do it." Jia Hongjian said with a smile.

The three people sitting in front of him are the Grasshoppers.This grasshopper band is composed of three people, namely Cai Yijie, Cai Yizhi and Su Zhiwei.As for Cai Yijie and Cai Yizhi, those are two brothers, and Su Zhiwei and them are good buddies who have known each other since they were kids.After the three of them grew up, they formed a small band called Grasshopper Boys, which means little grasshoppers. When they debuted, they changed the name of the band to Grasshoppers, which means little grasshoppers at the beginning. grown up now.And there is a reason why their band was named Grasshopper - because the names of the three people all start with grass!

"Why do you want to go solo all of a sudden? Tell me? Could it be because the album didn't sell well? It's not an important thing!" Jia Hongjian said very openly and openly at the beginning.After all, Rolling Stone's profits now mainly come from the stars' share of their concerts in mainland China, so whether the album sells well is not that important. Relatively speaking, the album is more like a way to attract everyone's attention and maintain exposure. exist.

"Mr. Jia, it's not because the album didn't sell well...Actually..." Cai Yizhi began to speak at this time. His Mandarin or Putonghua was okay, except for a few words that were a little bit inaccurate and a little tongue-tied. The pronunciation is quite stable. After all, they have also released n Mandarin albums. After all, they have also developed in Dawan for several years. "In fact, we feel that we are a little behind the times, so we want to find some fresh inspiration and see how the market develops..."

Hearing what Cai Yizhi said, Jia Hongjian was taken aback at that time, "Behind the times, what do you mean?" "Hehe...Mr. Jia, you should have noticed that after 95, the sales of albums in the Chinese music scene have gradually declined... "Cai Yizhi sighed at this time and said, "It's not just us, other singers are similar. When everyone analyzed it, they all said that it was due to piracy. We also know that it is piracy, but on the other hand, I personally feel that It should be that everyone’s style of music is too fixed...or maybe the music world is too static, and maybe some audiences and consumers are tired of it...the two albums we put our heart and soul into didn’t sell well. This gives us the feeling that we can't grasp the fans' aesthetics, and we can't grasp what songs they think are good, so we want to separate, choose a path and try it out, and see if we can find a suitable path. ..."

Whoops I rub!After hearing this, Jia Hongjian was really shocked!Why are you surprised?Because he suddenly felt that what Cai Yizhi and the others said was sincere and reasonable!Why did Jay Chou suddenly become popular at this time in history?Even Tao Zhe, Tension, Bad, etc. R&B singers and groups were all popular in the early 21st century!Why are people on fire?If you think about what Cai Yizhi said, it is estimated that the style of music in the music world has been fixed for more than ten years, which has caused fans to get tired of listening to it. They sing all these things, and fans want something new. !

Ever since, when new r&b songs appeared.It immediately attracted the love of fans, and then singers and groups with this style of music suddenly became popular and sold!Later, when r&b was being sung in the streets and alleys, Jay Chou started playing Chinese style again, and the antique tone suddenly attracted the audience and fans again!So from this perspective, maybe the grasshopper trio's sense of smell is really correct!However, people felt that the market was going to change in advance, but maybe they didn't accurately grasp the trend of r&b, or they were not suitable for singing and composing such a style of music, so they gradually went behind the scenes in history?

Thought of here.Jia Hongjian basically confirmed this idea—after Jielun Tao Zhe and others became popular in history last week.Why didn't the grasshopper trio talk about trying r&b again?Why didn't it become popular again?Maybe it's because people tried it and found it not suitable for them. The so-called "Lei Ming" and Guo Fucheng among the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the 90s gradually couldn't sell their albums after 2000.Then Liming and Guo Fucheng went to act one by one.After Guofucheng arrived, it even went to the mainland to develop.He has become a professional actor-a former king of heaven.But he went to act as an AIDS patient, and he was also an AIDS patient in the countryside, so he was dressed in a rustic way!But the acting is really good!And after they moved to the big screen.Indeed, he won the title of Best Actor several times!

Guo Fucheng is one of the four heavenly kings, and none of them can withstand the general trend of market changes. It can even be said that not only him, but also Liming, and even Liu Dehua can't resist—although Liu Dehua is still releasing records, but he Like Guo Fucheng and others, his business center has been changed to the movie!None of the four heavenly kings can resist the changes of the times, so they can only find their own way. Could this grasshopper be able to resist the general trend?Can grasshoppers stand on the front line for thousands of years?How can it be!

So at this time, Jia Hongjian had no intention of persuading others.The back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and the front waves died on the beach. As a historical figure, no matter how beautiful he was, there will always be a day when he will withdraw from the stage of history.It's like Cheng Long, who was so awesome and desperate in history, but he couldn't make it through the years. Seeing that he was getting old and unable to move, he was also worried and wanted to transform, but he couldn't make it well. What about others?

"Okay, then go solo. What are you going to do solo? Do you want to act?" Jia Hongjian readily agreed, but the Grasshopper trio couldn't accept it!The three of them originally thought that Mr. Jia would come here to persuade him in various ways, and they even thought about it. If Mr. Jia's persuasion is too strong, they will temporarily give Mr. Jia a face and try to release another album.As a result, who knew that Mr. Jia would agree immediately after hearing this!

"Ah? Ah... Ajie and I are still planning to make music, but we just try other music genres, and Zhiwei wants to act a little...By the way, Mr. Jia, look at your China Satellite TV, can you give A position for Zhiwei? Let him play a small role or something? He just married his wife last year, and now his wife has a big belly, so he can earn some milk powder money for the future child, hehe..." Cai Yizhi asked Jia half-jokingly at this time Hung-chien said.

"Zhiwei?" Jia Hongjian took a closer look at Su Zhiwei. To be honest, among the Grasshoppers, Su Zhiwei didn't want to be a singer the most—the hair of the other two was all wavy, and suddenly At first glance, although you may not be able to see his face clearly, at least he should be quite handsome when he looks at the release.But this Su Zhiwei was different. He was the same size all year round, and he looked like an ordinary person!And this buddy, his appearance is not too strange, not too handsome nor too evil, generally speaking he is still sunny, and he still has the aura of ordinary people, so he won't play someone like the superstar Zhang Weijian It's like playing yourself.So from this point of view, if Su Zhiwei really has some acting skills, it's not difficult to arrange one or two roles for him in TV dramas!

So, Jia Hongjian simply nodded! "Okay, then give it a try. If it really doesn't work, then, Zhiwei, the company will pay for you and send you to the Shanghai Theater Academy to learn acting. After you come out, we will be graduates! Don't worry, I will give Take care of a way out!" This Jia Hongjian is really like the big brother at this time, that is called a caring brother!At this time, of course Su Zhiwei hurriedly thanked Jia Hongjian, but after thanking for a long time, this guy suddenly made an unfeeling request—"Mr. The one who played the particularly aggressive Dongxing thug in Young and Dangerous...can he also go north to develop?" (To be continued...)