HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 440 [440] Why does that bastard Qi Yuan always eat so well?

Previously, six songs from the album "Wishing for Rain in the Empty Mountains" entered the top fifteen of the Hong Kong music charts.

They are "Blue and White Porcelain", "Special Person", "Stubborn", "Young and Promising", "Cheers", and "The Ordinary Road".

Qi Yuan's voice boosted the album's and his own popularity in Hong Kong, with "Blue Lotus" becoming one of the top 15 songs, while Dr. Chen's "Shall We Talk" was squeezed out of the top 15.

Qi Yuan occupied seven spots on Hong Kong's music charts.

Those who proudly declared a few days ago that the Hong Kong music scene would not be conquered by Qi Yuan have all fallen silent.

In a place where Cantonese songs are the mainstream, it's surprising that Qi Yuan achieved this result using Mandarin songs.

The Taiwanese music scene is having a good time; we're all dominated by Qi Yuan on the charts, and the Hong Kong music scene can't escape either.

However, the Hong Kong music scene still wants to make a comeback.

After all, Qi Yuan's new song occupies less than half of the top fifteen spots on the charts, which is a bit short of half, and it's still a long way from dominating the charts.

Hong Kong radio stations began promoting songs such as Joey Yung's "Painful Love," Miriam Yeung's "Sisters," Andrew Hui's "Mud," and Andy Lau's "Summer Fiesta."

They shifted more promotional resources toward songs by local Hong Kong singers, and even Wang Jie's "Unromantic Crime" was pulled out and put back on the charts.

They wanted to defend the dignity of the Hong Kong music scene and prevent Qi Yuan, a mainland singer, from dominating the entire Hong Kong music charts.

No singer in the Taiwanese music scene has ever been able to achieve this in Hong Kong before. Even Lo Ta-yu couldn't do it, and Chi Yuen wouldn't allow it either.

Their approach proved effective; aside from "Blue and White Porcelain" firmly holding the top spot on the charts, the rankings of several of Qi Yuan's songs fluctuated.

"Stubborn" was pushed down to fourth place, "Young and Promising" dropped from seventh to eighth, and "Blue Lotus," which had just become popular in Hong Kong, had not yet secured its fifteenth place position before being pushed down to sixteenth place by Andy Lau's "Summer Fiesta."

Surprisingly, the list has returned to the pattern where Qi Yuan only occupies six of the top fifteen spots.

This boosted morale, and the Hong Kong music scene was even more excited.

Do you really think that Hong Kong's music scene is like Taiwan's music scene, where Mandarin songs dominate?
In Hong Kong, Cantonese songs have a very large market.

Qi Yuan, you think you can dominate the charts in Hong Kong? Go back and release a Cantonese album before you try again.

They did not question Qi Yuan's musical talent; they believed that Qi Yuan had the ability to create a phenomenal Cantonese album.

So what was the cost of creating such a phenomenal Cantonese album? Selling 500,000 copies would be considered an unbeatable achievement.

They didn't believe that Qi Yuan and Warner would be so foolish as to spend months or even longer creating a Cantonese album just to achieve the empty fame of dominating the Hong Kong charts.

As long as Qi Yuan doesn't release this stuff, they can say that the Hong Kong music scene will never be completely conquered by Qi Yuan, and they can retain a bit more dignity than the Taiwanese music scene.

Zhang Hao realized this and said to Qi Yuan, "It is indeed difficult for Mandarin songs to replicate your success in Taiwan in Hong Kong. We will do our best. It's just a chart-topping achievement, right? Losing it won't affect our profits. Hong Kong is such a small market."

Qi Yuan didn't say anything.

Tomorrow, "My Sassy Girl" will be released, and Warner Bros. will send two versions of "I Believe" to the charts.

He has confidence in "My Sassy Girl" and "I Believe".

In fact, he is fully capable of releasing a Cantonese version of "I Believe" for the Hong Kong market.

He didn't choose to do that because he felt it was unnecessary.

He aims to dominate the Hong Kong music scene with a mix of authentic Mandarin and English songs, shattering the last vestige of pride in the Hong Kong music industry.

If Qi Yuan wins with a Cantonese song, they can continue to play the game and say that Qi Yuan, who dominates the charts in Hong Kong, should also adapt to local customs and sing Cantonese songs.

Qi Yuan wanted to leave them no room to even play and learn. Oh, by the way, Yinghuang's new recruit, Asa, is treating Qi Yuan to dinner tonight.

Qi Yuan happened to be free tonight, so he decided to keep the appointment.

When he went to Taiwan, he drank a lot of Taiwanese bubble tea.

It's only reasonable to come to Hong Kong this time and try some authentic Hong Kong milk tea, right?

The Twins duo debuted in May of this year and released their first self-titled EP, "Twins," in August. With their youthful image, they quickly became popular throughout Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, it's easy for investors to make a newcomer with outstanding looks famous, especially in an era when traditional media dominated.

Hong Kong is too small.

Miao Kexiu, the first goddess of Hong Kong, was promoted by Golden Harvest, which hung a huge poster of her in the Star Ferry Pier corridor, the busiest place in Hong Kong, for two months.

Within two months, everyone in Hong Kong remembered her face.

Zhang Manyu, who co-starred with Qi Yuan in "Hero", had a huge poster of her hung in Kowloon's largest department store before participating in the Miss Hong Kong pageant.

She's known to most people in Hong Kong; it would be hard for her not to get a good ranking.

In large markets like mainland China and the United States, there's a saying that minor success depends on promotion, while major success depends on fate.

In small towns, it's possible to create a regionally popular star through packaging and marketing.

This can be seen in South Korea, where top idols are replaced every few years. With proper packaging, a few catchy songs, and a few decent Korean dramas, top idols can be mass-produced.

Of course, these assembly-line stars can never become true superstars.

Perhaps these top celebrities can rival superstars in popularity during their peak, but when it comes to getting fans to spend money to support their idols, the fans are all silent.

The same applies to Twins; they are very popular, but EP's sales figures are seriously mismatched with its popularity.

This is also why Asa has always wanted to curry favor with Qi Yuan.

She also wanted to improve. Fan Xiaopang, Li Bingbing, Liu Tao, Lin Zhiling... Qi Yuan had helped a group of people's careers take off, so it was her turn, right? She was already eighteen years old.

Speaking of Asa, she's feeling down. Actually, she turned eighteen last November.

At the time, Qi Yuan was busy with work and didn't have time to come to Hong Kong. Even when she did come, she couldn't stay for more than a few days, so she never had the chance.

This time, Qi Yuan is in Hong Kong to promote her new album and support "My Sassy Girl," so she will be staying for a longer period of time, and she must seize the opportunity.

Asa arranged to meet Qi Yuan at the Butterfly Tea Restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui, which has a slightly British ambiance.

Qi Yuan had never been to this place before, and he was too lazy to look at the menu, so he simply asked Asa to order for him.

The last items served were smoked salmon sandwiches, chestnut cream parfaits, chocolate snacks, and Hong Kong-style milk tea.

Hong Kong is a small place, and Asa is quite popular in Hong Kong. Qi Yuan is a superstar in the same league as everyone else in the country. Their outings are always closely watched by paparazzi.

Soon, a group of professional paparazzi located them.

The paparazzi are jealous again. Being a big star is great! They sit on the second floor drinking milk tea and picking up girls, while they're stuck downstairs squatting in the cold.

Asa is a pure goddess in the hearts of many young people in Hong Kong! I hope that bastard can eat so well every time.

(End of this chapter)