Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 108: Double Major

Yanjing, Dasanyuan Restaurant.

"Wow, Brother Lang! Are you coming here to eat?"

"Well, have you eaten yet?"

"I ate it. I must try the spring pancakes and pork elbows here."

"Really? Then I'll give it a try."

"Brother Lang, can you sign a 'Dream Chaser' for me? I'm a die-hard fan and I saw you perform at the Wulihe Stadium."

"can."

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Chen Yaochuan came over today, and Shen Lang brought him some Cantonese cuisine from Yanjing.

This is the nth wave of fans I've met along the way.

I got to know him or fell in love with him because of the song "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart" he sang at the celebration party.

Chen Yaochuan was really impressed by Shen Lang's growing popularity.

Having a group of loyal fans is important, but popularity among the general public is equally important.

The impact of public popularity on celebrities is significant. It not only enhances the social influence of celebrities, but also guides public opinion and influences the public's cognition and preferences.

"Your popularity in China has been greatly increased by singing the Olympic theme song and the national football team's marching song. Other singers are envious of you. All kinds of hype and marketing cannot match your two songs."

"It was just luck that I happened to catch up with him."

Chen Yaochuan disagreed and said, "Although luck is part of strength, when an opportunity comes, you must also have the ability and strength to seize it."

Shen Lang did not argue. If he succeeded, everything he said would be right. If he failed, everything he did would be wrong.

After entering the private room and ordering the dishes, Chen Yaochuan said, "With the support of these, the sales of the new album "Next Year Today" and the new single disc "Olympics and World Cup" will definitely reach more than 200 million copies."

Shen Lang smiled slightly and said, "I hope so."

Tomorrow is November 11st, and he will release two albums at the same time.

This is very rare in the Chinese music scene. The most recent album only released after ten days or half a month.

Of course, fans would like you to release more albums.

The album "Olympics and World Cup" only includes two songs: "Together Towards the Future" and "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart".

It's a little less, but you have to release it. Piracy has now developed to the point where people use the audio you hear on TV or radio to make pirated copies.

If you don't release the authentic version, then people who want to listen to it won't be able to buy it, and they will have to patronize pirated copies.

If they earn this money, it would be a huge loss.

Xinso Records is well aware of this, which is why they released both albums together.

Chen Yaochuan changed the subject and asked, "What do you think of Cai Yilin?"

Cai Yilin has a conflict with Global Times, and Xinsuo wants to take the opportunity to poach people.

Shen Lang pretended to be confused and asked, "What does this 'how' mean?"

Chen Yaochuan smiled and poured him some tea, saying, "It refers to your future in the entertainment industry and your talent in music."

Shen Lang remained calm, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea before saying, "You're already a little queen, how could you be any worse?"

Chen Yaochuan thinks that he has a keen eye in the entertainment industry and can never make mistakes in judging people.

The problem is that Cai Yilin's singing and dancing style overlaps with Li Wen, and there may not be matching resources after signing him.

He asked Shen Lang for his opinion to test whether Shen Lang was willing to write a song for Cai Yilin.

"Do you have a song suitable for her?" Chen Yaochuan did not hesitate.

"Yes." Shen Lang answered without hesitation.

"Your words are enough." Chen Yaochuan smiled with relief. He is currently in a creative slump and it is difficult for him to find inspiration to write songs.

The key point is that we have Shen Lang, who can be called a "song-writing machine", in the company, so why should we do it ourselves?

What he was worried about was that Shen Lang's contract was complicated and the price of the next song was expensive, making it difficult to convince the top management.

Today's New Cable is different from the past. It has more and more artists and has the same internal strife problems as Warner and Universal.

But he is only the general manager of the Chinese music department and has relatively little say.

If it weren't for the excellent performance he had accumulated in the early days with his outstanding musical talent, it would have been difficult to persuade the management to sign Shen Lang.

Of course, Shen Lang’s conditions were too harsh.

If it is to sign Cai Yilin, he can still make the decision.

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11 month 1 number.

Hong Kong, a place where the entertainment industry is very prosperous.

However, Wong Ka Kui once said: "There is no music scene in Hong Kong, only the entertainment industry."

In a sense, this statement is correct and to the point.

Wang Jie, who has experienced the peak and trough of Hong Kong music, said frankly: "In the past, fans would buy genuine records. A good singer's record could easily sell 100 million copies, and a lesser singer's record could only sell 20 or 30 copies."

At that time, singers, record companies and music fans all paid great attention to the quality of each song. Even young singers who had just debuted persisted in their musical dreams despite setbacks and difficulties.

But this kind of environment did not last long. Since when, the atmosphere among artists and the media in Hong Kong has become increasingly biased. It is difficult for female artists to appear in the newspapers unless they expose their breasts, allow others to secretly photograph them, or cause other negative news. Male artists are forced to change girlfriends every day and have scandals from time to time.

The media and artists relied on these to attract attention, which led to the prevalence of this trend. From then on, people no longer paid attention to songs, which led to the decline of Hong Kong's record industry.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and this is still one of the main markets for Chinese singers.

Of course, this market is relatively biased towards Cantonese songs.

So even if an album like Shen Lang's has sold millions of copies in the mainland and Formosa Province, his fame in Hong Kong is far less than that of Xie Tingfeng.

But today is different.

Shen Lang’s new Cantonese album “Same Time Next Year” is now available in music and video stores of all sizes on the streets of Hong Kong.

Anita Mui and Zhang Guorong also attended his book signing event.

"Alang's Cantonese is very good, please support him."

"Have you listened to "Youth in the Past"? He wrote it, so there is no need to worry about the quality of this album."

The king and queen of pop arrived, and the fans at the signing event went straight into crazy mode.

You know, Anita Mui and Zhang Guorong are now in semi-retirement and rarely appear in such occasions.

If it had not been anticipated and security had not been stepped up, the signing event would definitely not have been able to go on.

The media acted very quickly.

The book signing event started at 10am and the news came out at 11am.

The Hong Kong media is not as conservative as the domestic media.

Shen Lang released a Cantonese album, and the Hong Kong media headlined: [Big waves hit Hong Kong, no Hong Kong star dares to stop it! ]

Anita Mui and Zhang Guorong supported Shen Lang and then had dinner together. The headline of Hong Kong media was: [A man who eats someone’s food is grateful, and a man who takes someone’s money is grateful. Anita Mui and Zhang took and ate, and Shen Lang won a favor from the great man with one move! ]

The titles they chose are precise, venomous, mean, exaggerated, and immoral, but they also hit the nail on the head. Their imagination and creativity are so high that they are breathtaking.

In this era when traditional media is still the mainstream, the public can't help but watch while complaining.

(End of this chapter)