Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 62: Cause trouble as soon as you appear
March has quietly gone, and April is coming with warmth.

A quarter of 2001 has passed.

A new round of competition has begun in the Chinese music scene with Shen Lang's single "Fairy Tale".

In three months, this album has been leading the market with sales of 200 million copies across Asia, and has been at the top of the charts for 12 consecutive weeks.

It’s not like the other singers didn’t make any moves.

On January 1, Liu Ruoying released her sixth solo album "Years", and the song "Chengquan" in the album became one of her representative works.

9 days later, Penny Dai released her second new album "How". The title song of the same name "How" will still be a song that can deeply touch the heart in the future.

On February 2, Mo Wenwei's Cantonese album "A Golden Flower" was released. From this album she began to move towards the sexy route.

On the first day of March, Zhao Wei released the TV soundtrack "Deep Love in the Rain" with her new drama "Deep Love in the Rain". The theme song "Deep Love in the Rain" and the interlude "Little Enemy" were all sung by her. It seems that the previous clothing incident did not affect her.

Ten days later in Japan, Xie Tingfeng released the commemorative album "Senses", which included fifteen popular works composed by him.

On March 3, Eason Chan released a series of albums, "Shall We Dance? Shall We Talk?". Why do I say "one after another"? Because his former agency held the copyrights of these songs, so they took the opportunity to release several compilations and made the most of the money for the last time.

In April, Elva Hsiao started to fight to the death. Because her previous album "Red Rose" was a big hit, she released a new album "The Theme Song of Love" on the 4st. The theme song of the same name is a song from Shen Lang, which instantly became a hot topic, making the song enter the top ten of major music charts in one day.

"Oh my god, it was really created by Shen Lang!"

"Two of the four divas from Formosa Province have collaborated."

"It's going to be a hit again. Whoever wins Shen Lang's songs will win the Chinese music scene?"

"Why can't it be that whoever wins Shen Lang wins the entertainment industry?"

"The dance music is here, I just want to know what other styles of songs Shen Lang doesn't know how to sing?"

"A bit omnipotent, a bit invincible."

……

There has been no news since Shen Lang released the single "Fairy Tale". Now that he has appeared, he is causing trouble and attracting everyone's discussion.

And this is just the beginning.

On April 4, a new advertisement for Huiren Shenbao appeared on CCTV-3.

"After overwork, my waist and legs ached, I felt listless, and my body felt hollowed out. I was afraid that I could no longer give her stable happiness..."

Someone noticed that the singer in the background music looked very much like Shen Lang.

His voice is so recognizable.

Then the single "Steady Happiness" was released.

Also today, a new advertisement for Mengniu yogurt appeared on CCTV-1.

"Nutritious and high-quality milk source, sweet and sour pure juice, smooth and refreshing taste..."

And this advertisement was shot by Shen Lang.

There are also advertising songs sung by him.

The single "Sweet" was released shortly afterwards.

Also today, a new Coca-Cola advertisement appeared on CCTV-5.

"I opened the sky with my right fist and transformed into a dragon, moving the mountains and rivers to fill the cracks..."

The advertisement was also shot by Shen Lang.

He also sang the advertising song.

Also released was the single "Dragon Fist".

Three ads and three advertising songs in one day, leaving no time for people to react. Because everyone was still discussing Elva Hsiao's "Theme Song of Love" from the day before yesterday.

Suddenly three bombs were thrown at us, and everyone would be stunned.

"Shenbao tablets can be related to songs? Shen Lang is really a talent!"

“I feel like my brain is hollow now.”

"'Steady Happiness' is Shen Lang's specialty, a slow love song, nothing much to say. 'Sweet' has become a lighter style which is also acceptable, but what the hell is 'Dragon Fist'? He actually knows Hip-Hop!"

"Not only can they sing, but they can sing at a very high level, quickly and clearly, and every sound is pleasant to the ear."

"Theme songs for TV series, commercials for various brands, title songs for other singers' albums. If I'm not your friend, you'll take on any job, right?"

"Is there nothing he can't do? He's studying broadcasting? He's 22 years old?"

……

This caused an uproar inside and outside the circle.

Either there is no news at all and no one knows what they are doing, and then when they show up, there is overwhelming news about them, causing an earthquake in the Chinese music scene.

Can we still have fun together?

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Formosa Province, Tiaobei.

"Have you read the latest entertainment news?" Na Xing, who had just returned to the hotel from outside, asked Na Ying.

"Where can I go to see what happened?" Na Ying asked.

"That Shen Lang has occupied all the front-page headlines of the music industry. I don't know what he was thinking. At such a young age, he went on to write songs for Shenbao tablets. This really lowers the standard of Chinese singers." Na Xing complained.

"Don't they have anything to report? Just this trivial thing has occupied the entire front page of the music section?" Na Ying said speechlessly.

"That's not the case. He wrote the title song for the new album of that little diva Elva Hsiao, and also wrote commercials for Mengniu yogurt and Coca-Cola. Several of his songs have been hyped up." Na Xing said angrily.

"Oh, media are like this, they like to exaggerate. The heat will die down in a few days." Na Ying said nonchalantly.

"I don't want to admit it, but it's a bit difficult. The song 'Fairy Tale' has been at the top of major music charts for three months." Na Xing said gritting his teeth.

"That's normal. There weren't many talented singers releasing albums or singles in the first half of the year. You'll see in the second half of the year if he can still win the championship." Na Ying chuckled.

"That's right. Now that you've signed with Warner, your first album will definitely be fully resourced, so he won't have anything to do with it." Na Xing said with a smile.

Na Ying finally parted ways with EMI Records.

The previous cooperation was quite pleasant.

It was the plummeting sales of the third album, "Sad Romance", that created a rift between the two parties.

Then the signing fee negotiation broke down and they went their separate ways.

As an agent, Na Xing had good business skills and sent Na Ying to Warner Records.

In fact, after reversing its downward trend with Stefanie Sun, Warner has been further developing the Asian market.

The singer Sammi Cheng, who was signed not long ago, became the queen of Hong Kong, and then they signed the queen of Formosa Province, Zhang Huimei, in a high-profile manner. Warner then began to focus on the mainland, which happened to be when Na Ying left EMI.

The two parties hit it off and signed the contract on April 4st.

In order to highlight its importance to Na Ying, Warner spent as much as one million Hong Kong dollars on the contract alone.

The shortlist for the 12th Golden Melody Awards was also announced on the same day. This time, Na Ying was nominated for multiple Golden Melody Awards for "Sad Romance", including the grand prize representing "Queen of Pop", "Best Mandarin Female Singer Award".

It can be said that it is in the limelight!
(End of this chapter)