National Tide 1980.

Ning Weimin was puzzled by Feixiang's neglect in the Mainland.

Inadvertently came up with a god.

Zhao Changqing is also a person in the business scene, so of course he has the ability to read words and deeds.

He quickly discovered Ning Weimin's extraordinary interest in this album from Ning Weimin's expression, and couldn't help asking.

Ning Weimin half-truthfully said that he had watched Fei Xiang's performance video overseas, and he seemed to have won some kind of record award.

Personally, I feel that Feixiang has a magnetic voice and his professional qualities are very good.

So I really can’t believe that this artist with such outstanding appearance and voice is not popular in the mainland?
Will his music album be unsalable?

This seems to be an unreasonable thing, could it be a mistake...?
As a result, these words immediately aroused Zhao Changqing's deep sympathy.

Not only nodded in agreement, but also expressed that they very much agreed with Ning Weimin's point of view, saying that they had considered it that way at the beginning.

And as if he had found a confidant, he also talked to Ning Weimin about his sufferings.

From the perspective of a professional music producer, he patiently explained to Ning Weimin how the release of this album was bumpy, and it was a bit of bad luck.

Only then did Ning Weimin gradually understand what was going on.

After all, the root of this is still the music event that just happened in the mainland music scene in May this year - the "Let the World Be Full of Love" Concert of 5 Singers.

That's right, when Fei Xiang first arrived in the mainland at the beginning of this year, the music scene at that time was still very favorable to him.

At that time, there were not many pop music in the mainland that could enter the theater, and the performances were basically in a semi-underground state.

For example, Tian Zhen, the future "first lady in the music industry", is not yet famous, and she is currently singing Leslie Cheung's "Monica".

Even at this time, her competitor was not "that sister", but Zhang Die who sang "Genghis Khan".

Among all the pop stars in the country, the most popular are the so-called "North and South Zhangs" - Zhang Qiang in the north and Zhang Xing in the south.

But even for the two of them, all the songs they sang were cover songs, mainly from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

At that time, even the mainland's "godfather of rock" was still in a period of silence, and at most he only made a small name among foreigners in the capital.

As for the major audiovisual publishing units in the mainland, they are trying their best to find newcomers everywhere.

We try our best to package these singers in a more fashionable way, but the result is often "earthy and fashionable".

Album production is also a common mode in the industry.

For Hong Kong and Taiwan songs and foreign songs, fill in the lyrics again, and sing them immediately.

It can easily sell for hundreds of thousands, and no one cares about originality.

At this time, it can be said that it is the easiest time for audiovisual publishing in the mainland to make money.

As long as the machine is turned on, it is ten thousand taels of gold, printing money in a hurry.

Therefore, genuine "imported products" like Feixiang.

Moreover, he has become famous overseas and has proved his strength with the "Golden Disc Award".

Simply the rarest treasure.

It can be said that as long as he is willing, any mainland audio and video publishing house will chase him and release an album for him.

In this way, in the end Pacific Records not only spent a lot of money to sign a recording contract with Fei Xiang.

No matter in terms of soundtrack, recording, styling, photography, cover production, etc., they have tried their best to find top experts to ensure the production level is excellent.

And they did not hesitate to invest a large amount of money, breaking the rules and directly setting a circulation of 150 million tapes for Feixiang's first album in mainland China.

In short, Fei Xiang's mainland debut album has a very high start, and Pacific Records has invested a lot, and it can be regarded as a big production in the mainland.

In fact, even at the next step, the production process of this album is very smooth.

Because the recording was completed in just a dozen days, we were waiting for the factory to start working.

If the factory can really be started in time and the goods will be on the market in April, then this matter is likely to be a happy ending.

It's a pity that many things are often just a little bit worse.

As the saying goes, Xiao He succeeds and Xiao He fails.

It is precisely because the audiovisual publishing business in the mainland is so popular. Everyone is releasing tapes, and factories are overwhelmed.

As a result, the factory that Pacific Records cooperates with rescheduled the construction period and freed up hands to make the tapes, and the time was already in late May.

But at this time, the "Singing Voice Across the World" was released, and its situation seemed extremely sad.

Don't look at the fact that it was only delayed for a short month, but don't forget that in mid-May, the China National Recording Corporation and the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe had jointly held the "Let the World Be Filled with Love" concert of 5 singers , and with great success.

This has led to earth-shaking changes in the environment of the mainland music scene. It can be said that everything is different.

You know, this concert can be said to be an epoch-making sign that the original pop music in the mainland is no longer dormant, and is officially rising.

During the live performance, it was not just Guo Feng's "Let the World Be Full of Love" and Cui Jian's "Nothing" that shocked the mainland audience and firmly remembered them.

There is also the song "Xin Tian You", a collaboration between Guangdong musicians Xie Chengqiang and Liu Zhiwen, sung by Hou Dejian, which will also be spread all over the world!
Although the song "Xintianyou" sings about ravines and cave dwellings, and the "flowers bloom and fall" Shandan flowers, it is in the style of urban pop songs, and it also expresses a kind of nostalgia of modern urbanites.

It expresses people's search for the past years and the remembrance of the ancient simple life.

And the key is in the concept of music, "Xintianyou" shows a great sense of innovation.

It is even a kind of rebellion against the soft pop music of Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as the "breathing singing" in the pop music industry in the past few years.

Although its special "singing" method is different from the style of songs created by Cui Jian who introduced European and American rock.

However, the singing has a clear color of emotional catharsis, which clearly explores and absorbs the huge energy of local music in northern my country.
It can be said to be a compromise between country rock and traditional folk songs.

That's why they were able to conquer the mainland fans with their distinctive features, so much so that the mainland music scene was blown upside down, and the rough and strong northwest wind!

Indeed, from the perspective of originality, the artistic value of "Xintianyou" may not be as great as Cui Jian's rock music.

Unlike "Nothing", which directly shattered the fragile hearts of those traditional artists in the literary and art circles, it directly became the spiritual clarion call of the avant-garde youth.

But its influence is no less than that of Cui Jian's rock music.

On the contrary, because of the more catchy melody and the more simple and easy-to-understand lyrics, it is even worse than that.

It spread as quickly as the square dance divine song "The Most Dazzling National Style" 30 years later.

Complementing Cui Jian's rock music, it is deeply loved by all people and ordinary people, regardless of gender, age or child.

Undoubtedly, it was this concert of [-] singers that determined the direction of music development in an era.

Especially "Xintianyou" and "Nothing" also marked the mentality of an era.

It was precisely with this turning point that the mainland music scene began to clearly differentiate.

After this concert, the Hong Kong and Taiwan songs based on Teresa Teng's model have obviously dimmed.The decadent music is no longer favored, and cover songs are no longer sought after.

Mainland fans are more eager for vigorous and powerful original music from the mainland, giving up tenderness and romance, and instead pursuing toughness and toughness.

There are even a hundred singers to choose from, which makes people’s eyes dizzy.

So Feixiang, a Hong Kong and Taiwanese artist, produces a cover album specifically to appeal to the preferences of mainland audiences. How can it still be a good one?
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Naturally, it was affected, and the sales volume was completely overturned.

His debut album has been on the market for three months, and only about 40 copies have been sold nationwide.

This is an unprecedented fiasco no matter for Fei Xiang personally or for Pacific Records!

No way, the market trend suddenly changed. This was something no one expected!

Now even Teresa Teng and Liu Wenzheng are not listened to, who would listen to Fei Xiang who is not well-known in the mainland?
The only exception is Zhang Qiang.

Because of her unique voice and her own electronic sound, she can sing any song with her own unique style. Her cover songs are still listened to and are still popular.

This is called eating by the throat, but isn’t that the only one in the country?Who can compare with her?
Having said this, Lu Changqing, general manager of Pacific Records Beijing Branch, was more and more impressed by Ning Weimin's keen eye for discovering talents like Zhang Qiang.

I can't help but suck my teeth, just like a toothache, worrying about the shortfall of my company.

However, some people were worried and others were laughing. Ning Weimin was calm on the surface, but in his heart he was secretly happy.

First, he didn't expect Fei Xiang, a male god, to have such an experience of "walking to Maicheng" when he first arrived in the mainland.

In this case, it's too bad luck to talk about it.

That's really a good comparison, just like the mainland held "Japanese Film Week" and released "Manhunt" back then.

That Japanese movie made Takekura Takakura, who played Du Qiu, popular, but in turn, it suddenly made the "Four Creamy Boys" from the mainland fall out of favor.

For a few of them, it was like setting a negative example.

Whenever someone praised Takakura Ken's heroic spirit, they would be scolded as if they were tied up.

Who provoked whom?
The same goes for Fei Xiang, he is still the "young him".

I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything, I haven't waited for "Xin Er He He He He".

Overnight, it became a sweet pastry and a stinky dung.

Look at this bad luck, it's a completely unfounded disaster.

If you think about the historical development according to the original plan, this guy sang "A Fire in Winter" a few years later, and people regarded him as the "culprit" of the Daxing'anling fire.

Later, in order to correct the "mistake", I just sang the song "Little Rain Comes Just in Time".

Unfortunately, the following year was followed by torrential rains and floods across the country.

It is even more certain that this guy is 100% an unlucky guy with extremely bad luck.

Isn't that funny enough?
I've seen bad luck, and it's not so bad luck.

This is like being under a curse. Will Feixiang always have to take the blame for the catastrophic climate in the mainland in this life?
Second, of course Ning Weimin knew that Fei Xiang would not be silent forever.

He knew very well that Feixiang's real encounter was actually at the 87 Spring Festival Gala.

With the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, at most half a year later, he will become famous in one fell swoop, and truly become the national idol of the mainland in the next year.

This handsome mixed-race boy, with his angular silhouette, handsome deep eyes, bright sunny smile, and tall and straight figure, will not only fascinate thousands of young girls.

It can even be said that he created the first batch of real star fans in the mainland.

And his afro and bell-bottom pants have led the fashion trend for several years, and his singing and dancing are constantly imitated.

If there was anyone in the mainland who could be called a "superstar" in the 80s, it must be him.

To put it bluntly, Feixiang's fame is definitely not just because of how good he sings or how good he dances!

In fact, his most outstanding advantage is his personal quality and demeanor, as well as his expressiveness in front of the camera.

His fans love him more than his songs, and even have a good impression of him regardless of gender, this is the real national idol.

Therefore, his true starlight and charm cannot be reflected by just such a tape. What he needs is the platform of the Spring Festival Gala and the carrier of the TV screen.

In other words, what Ning Weimin saw in front of his eyes was a sumptuous meal that unexpectedly fell from the sky.

No!He wasn't thinking of eating alone on this batch of tapes.

That is inconsistent with his personality, and when people realize it, he will be hated.

And the benefits he saw were by no means the millions of economic benefits brought by the mere 100 million temporarily unsalable tapes!

In fact, Feixiang will be very popular in the next three years, with unparalleled influence in the mainland and the huge commercial profits it can create.

What better time to give charcoal than now?

If Zhang Qiang, Cui Jian, and Fei Xiang can finally establish a good relationship of mutual trust and cooperation with him because of the favor they owe him, and agree on the obligation of brokerage agency, then he will really become the uncrowned in the mainland music scene The emperor.

How fragrant is this big piece of meat?
He wants to eat!
So he showed that spring breeze smile again, and spoke to Zhao Changqing in an extremely gentle and kind tone.

"It seems that Manager Zhao is very worried about this matter. But it doesn't matter. I just took a tour and listened to you talking about so many things that I don't know. I think some immature suggestions may be useful to you. Help, but I don’t know whether to say it or not?”

"Yo, tell me then."

"I still think that Feixiang is of good quality, and he is likely to become popular again. He is a leader across the strait. This time, it is just because the trend of the mainland has changed, and he suffered from bad luck. It is not because of him. It really doesn’t work, so this tape can still be saved.”

"How to help?"

"I can't tell you this right now. However, I would like to cooperate with your company. For example, how about I buy half of these unsalable tapes at the cost price? At least you can settle the account and explain it first." In the past. Then we will discuss how to sell the tapes to make money."

"Really? Can you still make money? Are you kidding me?"

"Of course it's true. I never joke when talking about business. But there is a condition. You have to introduce me to Fei Xiang. If you want to sell the tape, he must also try his best to cooperate with us in publicity."

Zhao Changqing thought about it, wouldn't he be stupid if he didn't agree to such a good thing?
So he agreed without hesitation.

Not only did he agree, he was also moved to death.

I feel that Ning Weimin is really a kind person, trustworthy, admirable, and can be called a benchmark in the industry.

Think about it, with Ning Weimin's strength, he could obviously ask for a heavy discount to buy the tape and keep all the profits himself.

But they didn't do that. Not only did they settle the account for him at the cost price, but they also took him to make money together.

Who is not a saint, how could he handle such an embarrassing situation?
As for losing money, it’s impossible!
Just because Ning Weimin was able to discover Zhang Qiang with one hand!
To be able to bring my own singer to Japan to make such a high-level music album.

It is enough to prove that this person is not only a great expert, but also has the ability to turn decay into magic. (end of this chapter)