Huayu: The Unbelievable Matching Mechanism of Jay Chou's Love Songs

Wang Xinling is used to calling it "tomato and egg stir-fry," but Feng Zheng is more used to calling it "foreign persimmon and egg stir-fry." Because he doesn't like sweet flavors, he specially grabbed a handful of salt and sprinkled it in after he got home, and then he ate it with rice and ate it with gusto.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Feng Zheng lay on the balcony basking in the sun for a while. During this time, he seemed to have made a decision and muttered to himself:

"I guess I'll still have to go down the music path."

It's been about a week since Feng Zheng transmigrated to this day. During this time, he frequently visited record and cassette stores, doing some "market research," and discovered something very strange...

That is, some of the "famous representative works" that should exist now are still missing.

What song was popular in 2000?

"Darkness Falls" by a relatively unknown pop diva, "Later" by Milk Tea Sister, "Courage" by Liang Jingru, the timeless classic "At Least I Still Have You"... and so on.

These well-known works were likely released this year, and these singers did release albums this year, but...

These songs are not available!

Regardless of the reason, it gave Feng Zheng an "opportunity." Without much thought, Feng Zheng naturally took it as his "transmigration perk" and drafted a musical score yesterday, which he then submitted to several record companies.

Unsurprisingly, I received replies from many companies today, including some of the biggest ones!

For example, Huayan International, Shanghua Records, Fumao Records, and the most famous Rolling Times Records of this era.

These record companies are all very powerful. We don't need to say much about Rolling Stones. Zhou Huajian, Li Zongsheng, and Ren Xianqi are all well-known singers who have spanned several eras...

Let's talk about the remaining three companies.

Fu Mao Records, an established company founded in the 1960s, is known as the "Palace of the Queen of Heaven". Famous artists such as Zhang Shaohan, Fan Xiaoxuan, and Harlem Yu are all from this company.

Shanghua Records, a major player in traditional love songs and film and television OSTs of this era, has launched singers such as Qi Qin and Xu Ruyun, and is very competitive in the upcoming period of "idol drama" popularity.

Huayan...

Haha, actually it can't be called Huayan. Huayan is the name that will be finalized around next year. This year they are still called "Yuzhou International Music", which is a new company that was established at the beginning of this year.

Don't underestimate this new company. Most of its members are former employees of Shanghua Records, and they are all professionals with many years of experience in the industry. Moreover, the artists who became popular later on are no less than those from the previous companies. Just take the three sisters of S.H.E. for example; their cross-generational popularity is no joke.

Normally, an inexperienced newcomer would blindly choose one of these companies, but Feng Zheng had his own considerations.

Well...

These are all big companies and established record labels, so their resources are definitely top-notch. But the problem is that these big companies are not short of talent. In addition to promoting new artists, they also have to take care of the new albums that veteran artists need to release every year. Feng Zheng is afraid that he will write songs but not be able to release them himself and will have to let someone else release them.

Wouldn't that be such a terrible injustice?

Instead of that, why not choose a startup, like Huayan, and aim to become a "pillar" of the company!

Just as Feng Zheng was hesitating about which option to choose, suddenly...

"Ring ring..."

The cheap mobile phone on the coffee table next to me started ringing with an incoming call.

Feng Zheng picked it up and glanced at it; it was an unfamiliar number…

In this era when the internet was not very developed, "telecom fraud" wasn't that common. At most, they'd try to scam you out of some phone credit over the phone. But if someone actually got tricked into transferring money to a bank, that kind of idiot was beyond saving...

So Feng Zheng had nothing to hide and directly clicked the green "Answer" button on the left.

"Hey, hello, are you Feng Zheng?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was a man's, with a standard Taiwanese accent. However, Feng Zheng felt that the voice sounded somewhat familiar, and he had a feeling that the next second he would be thinking, "I want a six-pack and a V-line!"

"It's me," Feng Zheng asked. "Are you...Brother Geng Hong?"

Liu Genghong, on the other end of the phone, was clearly surprised that Feng Zheng recognized him just by his voice: "It really is you! You still remember me?"

"Of course I remember..." Feng Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. Damn it, the night before he transmigrated, he had a sore neck and even opened Coach Liu's live stream and danced along for a few hours before going to bed. How could he not remember?

The "remember" he mentioned was clearly different from the "remember" Liu Genghong mentioned.

The reason Feng Zheng knew Liu Genghong in this era was simply because he was really short of money a few days ago, so he sold a signed copy of Leslie Cheung's "Hot" album that his deceased parents had collected. They met in a record store.

In this era, autographed albums by celebrities are physical copies, which have a certain collectible value and are quite valuable. For example, Feng Zheng's album sold for nearly 10,000 New Taiwan Dollars, which is about 3,000 RMB.

"How did you know my number?" Feng Zheng asked curiously.

If he remembered correctly, the two had only done a simple transaction and had not exchanged phone numbers. He was quite surprised by Liu Genghong's sudden call.

"Oh, I was hanging out at a friend's company, and he was handling some work. I saw the song you submitted there, and the name was the same, so I wondered if it was you. I didn't expect it to be you..." Liu Genghong said, "I didn't know you could write songs! And you're not bad at all. Would you be interested in coming to our company to take a look?"

Liu Genghong is a very straightforward and warm-hearted person, which is well-known in the industry. Otherwise, Jay Chou wouldn't have been able to support him for so many years.

Haha, after all these years of trying to make him famous, he's only gotten more and more obscure. But then he suddenly became a national sensation after doing a few random live streams. What a talent!

"Your company?"

Upon hearing Liu Genghong mention his company, Feng Zheng's thoughts drifted for a moment...

Liu Genghong was actually doing quite well during that era. He boarded Wu Zongxian's ship and released his third album, "Wanna fLY," with the group "Shubi Duhua." He had already gained some popularity locally and was constantly appearing on variety shows and in entertainment programs.

Many people may not know this group, and the album name is also relatively obscure, but many people will definitely know one song from this album, which is "The End of the World", written and composed by Jay Chou and eventually included in his solo album!

(The sky is so gray, will it make me forget who you are?)

As for Liu Genghong's company, it goes without saying that it's Wu Zongxian's "Alfa Records"!

Thinking of this, Feng Zheng chuckled: "Damn it, how could I have forgotten about them..."

There are many companies that promote artists these days, and compared to those big companies, Wu Zongxian's company is indeed a bit of a joke, but then again...

When this guy promotes someone, he really does it. Back when he was promoting Jay Chou, he spent 40 to 50 million yuan, regardless of cost. He gave almost all the resources he had to the artist he wanted to promote, and he actually had a lot of resources!

The most important point, and the one that Feng Zheng values ​​most, is the burning of the groin...

That means the core copyright of the artist's work can be held by the artist personally!

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