HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 220 [220] Zhang Shaohan became famous with the song "Say I Love You".

"Say I Love You" blends pop dance music and R&B elements, which aligns with Qi Yuan's background as an artist who started in R&B.

As soon as the intro starts, a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere is created.

The song has a smooth melody and a strong rhythm. Zhang Shaohan's voice makes this song, which is 95 points, reach 100 points.

Warner Music made a music video specifically for this song, and the music video was broadcast on Taiwanese television stations to promote the song.

Zhang Shaohan's looks are outstanding among female singers. Her role as Huangfushan in "Romantic Princess" was loved by many young men and women.

A beautiful song, outstanding looks, plus Warner Music hiring the best teachers to teach Zhang Shaohan dance for several months.

In this music video, Chang Shao-han's dance moves are light and graceful, full of youthful energy, and her playful and cute charm is amplified infinitely.

By the way, when Warner Music was promoting Zhang Shaohan, they gave her a nickname: "Dancing Girl".

First, establish the image of singing and dancing, and then the albums sold very well, directly evolving into the 'Dancing Queen'.

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Universal Music Group.

When Tsai Yi-ling saw this music video, she had mixed feelings.

She vaguely felt that Zhang Shaohan's dancing girl image suited her better.

But the company wanted her to take a sweet and charming route, to be a heartthrob.

This track used to belong to Fan Xiaoxuan, but she changed careers, leaving a vacancy. Universal Music put Cai Yiling in, which achieved good results, but also generated a lot of controversy.

People will naturally compare the two of them when they compete for the track that Fan Xiaoxuan gave up.

When Cai Yiling first debuted, her professional skills were not on the same level as Fan Xiaoxuan's at all; her singing ability and stage presence were completely outclassed.

Cai didn't get any cosmetic surgery during this time, and she didn't look as good as she did later.

Taiwanese media recently compiled a list of the ten worst singers, and Tsai Yi-ling was included, which shows how controversial she is.

However, her albums sold well. Her first album was released last September, and so far, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the Taiwan market.

This is a very good result for a newcomer; it can be considered a big success.

The company comforted Tsai Yi-ling by saying, "So what if you get criticized? Being famous for being infamous is still being famous, and it's better than not being famous at all."

But if one could become famous without being criticized, who would want to take the path of becoming famous through controversy? Not everyone is a masochist.

Seeing the lucky Zhang Shaohan, Cai Yiling had a bold idea.

She believes that Zhang Shaohan's success in becoming famous is largely due to the musical talent Qi Yuan.

So here's the question: could she follow Zhang Shaohan's example and find a musical talent to help her?
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Linfair Records.

Fan Weiqi watched Zhang Shaohan singing and dancing on TV and couldn't help but feel envious, even jealous.

Why?
Everyone here came back from overseas to develop their careers in Taiwan.

She signed a contract with Fu Mao in the first half of last year, earlier than Zhang Shaohan.

At that time, Zhang Shaohan was working as a part-time worker in Canada.

A young woman who never went to college and worked odd jobs somehow got lucky and was chosen by Qi Yuan to be the female lead in "Nocturne". She then gained attention by singing a new song with Qi Yuan, and now she has released her first single.

Her start was clearly a hundred times better than Zhang Shaohan's, and she is still receiving training from Fumao.

For some reason, Fan Weiqi just couldn't stand Zhang Shaohan.

Lin Longxuan, a producer at Fu Mao, complained to the company's senior management: "Last year, when Zhang Shaohan returned to Taiwan to participate in the finals, I said that this girl had potential and recommended her to you, but you hesitated to sign her. Look, Zhang Shaohan was discovered by Qi Yuan and became famous overnight."

Last year, Zhang Shaohan was invited back to Taiwan to participate in the finals. Lin Longxuan was a judge at the time, and he was the judge who praised Zhang Shaohan. In her previous life, it was also Lin Longxuan who introduced Zhang Shaohan to the senior management of Fu Mao, and it wasn't until 01 that Fu Mao officially signed Zhang Shaohan.

Lin Longxuan was one of the producers of Zhang Shaohan's first album released in 04. He is Zhang Shaohan's mentor and manager.

However, Lin Longxuan remained loyal to Fu Mao, and when Fu Mao later pulled some dirty tricks to sideline Zhang Shaohan, he, as her agent, did not provide much help.

He chose the company over his apprentice, which ultimately led to a breakdown in their master-apprentice relationship.

Lin Longxuan only felt sorry for missing out on a good prospect.

The senior executives at Fu Mao Group were dismissive: "Isn't she just Zhang Shaohan? Is her success due to her own abilities? It's because Qi Yuan behind her is capable."

Qi Yuan invited her to sing a duet, wrote a single for her, and even helped her promote it.

With Qi Yuan's support, even a dog could become famous. But once Qi Yuan stops supporting her, she'll immediately revert to her original state.

The company was right not to sign her. She's no match for Weiqi at all. Once Weiqi releases her album this year, she'll definitely be more popular than her.

That's very Formosan Sherlock Holmes's vision.

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Mainland China.

Qi Yuan also received a message from Zhang Hao.

"Say I Love You" broke into the top ten of the Taiwan music charts, and Zhang Shaohan's popularity soared.

The first step for the Dancing Queen: the image of a dancing girl has already been established.

If her album does well when it's released this year, she can definitely market herself as a "Dancing Queen".

While Li Wen is focusing her career on the European and American music scene, Zhang Shaohan needs to quickly establish herself in that market.

In mainland China, besides the album's huge success, Li Xue brought Qi Yuan some good news.

Even before her third album was released, many companies wanted to hire Qi Yuan as their spokesperson.

Qi Yuan has always been very cautious and doesn't accept just any random endorsement.

This time, Wuliangye, a famous domestic liquor brand, wants to invite Qi Yuan to be its spokesperson.

These days, liquor manufacturers are very wealthy, even richer than coal mine owners; it's just that they're not interested in investing in film and television productions.

In 95, Kongfu Banquet Wine won the CCTV advertising bid with a price of 3079 million yuan.

The "top bidder" refers to the winner of the bidding for prime-time advertising slots on CCTV. Winning the bid guarantees your product advertising during the best time slots on CCTV.

The year Kongfu Banquet Wine became the CCTV advertising champion, it earned 9.18 million yuan and was once one of the three most famous wines in China.

CCTV has an enormous viewership.

In 1996-1997, Qinchi Liquor arrived and became the top bidder with a price of 6666 million yuan, leading to a surge in sales.

In 1998, the CCTV advertising king was Aido VCD, endorsed by Cheng Long.

Jackie Chan truly lived up to his reputation as a "endorsement killer"; a few years later, the owner of Aido was imprisoned.

Seeing the success of Kongfuyan Wine and Qinchi Wine, Wuliangye also had the idea of ​​competing for the title of champion.

Aido VCD sold out after hiring Jackie Chan as its spokesperson. If Wuliangye hired Qi Yuan as its spokesperson and aired ads on CCTV during prime time, wouldn't it also sell out?
Wuliangye then spent a whopping 1.26 million yuan to win the title of the 2000 bidding king, and had someone contact Xingyuan Studio, willing to spend tens of millions of yuan to hire Qi Yuan as the spokesperson for Wuliangye.

Having already spent over 100 million yuan, spending another 10 million or so to invite Qi Yuan is nothing.

Baijiu manufacturers are already this arrogant. In a few years, it will be even more outrageous. When big directors like Jiang Wen and Zhang Yingmou make movies, as long as they agree to let baijiu appear in the film, they don't need to read the advertising slogans. They just need to agree to give it a few shots, and millions of yuan will be in their accounts immediately, without any hesitation.

(End of this chapter)