Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

In short, after the establishment of Huaxia Audio-Video Co., Ltd., although Cao Zhiqiang was the actual person in charge because no one else knew music, a platform for making music was finally set up in a legitimate way.

This is like a team. It will be much more convenient for you to decide on the number first, and then recruit troops later, and no one will say that you are rebellious.

The next step is to find a place to record Cao Zhiqiang's songs into records.

In China in [-], there were very few units that could record records, but in Beijing, there were only a few units in total.

Of course, strictly speaking, it's not really a place where no records are recorded.

In fact, these days, it is not impossible to record a sound with a tape recorder, and then turn it into a tape for sale, but the quality is poor.

For example, those hawkers who sell audio tapes at the street stalls, the Hong Kong and Taiwan song tapes they sell are basically pirated copies of their own, and they are still selling well.

There are also some cross talk storytelling from the radio, which are also very popular.

But what Cao Zhiqiang wanted was not such shoddy goods, but regular high-quality records, so he had to find a regular unit.

As for the formal recording unit, China Record Company is of course the best, but this company obviously competes with Huaxia Music, and they don't usually have much contact with each other, so it's probably not easy to deal with.

So Cao Zhiqiang took his "original" song and approached Chen Hanyuan, the director of the editor-in-chief of CCTV, asking him to help him find a way to find a reliable place to record the record.

Unexpectedly, Director Chen is an enthusiastic person. After hearing that Cao Zhiqiang actually established a joint-stock record company with private shares, he was already very surprised. He also heard that Cao Zhiqiang also created many songs. Records are even more surprising.

As a result, Director Chen contributed very enthusiastically to the CCTV studio, and used the CCTV studio to record songs for Cao Zhiqiang.

Of course, it's not free, but it costs money, and it can't be used during the day, only at night, that is, after all the programs on CCTV are over.

In addition, CCTV can not only help Cao Zhiqiang record songs, but also help Cao Zhiqiang record a large number of commercial tapes, and even provide blank tapes, just need a friendly price from Cao Zhiqiang.

That is to say, from on-site recording to mass recording of records, and even the production of covers for tapes, etc., all the production matters are covered by CCTV, and they don’t care about the distribution. Cao Zhiqiang, or Huaxia Audiovisual Do it yourself.

This is of course no problem, or rather, this is beyond Cao Zhiqiang's imagination.

After all, it is CCTV, and it has the best facilities at present. It is a great honor for CCTV to help me record the record.

Not only that, Director Chen also said, not to mention audio tapes, they can even buy MTV video tapes, as long as they give money.

After asking again, I found out that CCTV is also facing reform now, and to put it bluntly, it wants to find ways to generate income.

But for a TV station, there are only a few projects that can generate income, and they are nothing more than shooting advertisements.

But people in this period did not have private companies, they were basically state-owned enterprises, collectives or township enterprises, and the advertising awareness of these enterprises was quite indifferent, and not many people approached CCTV to advertise.

And helping Cao Zhiqiang record records is undoubtedly a way to make money. Although it looks inconspicuous, as long as the number increases, there will be a lot of money.

In this way, under the guidance of Chen Hanyuan, Cao Zhiqiang and the two people in charge of post-production introduced by Chen Hanyuan, a total of three people, with the help of the studio of CCTV, started the recording process of the record together.

Because of the poor pre-conditions, he didn't want to make any big productions. Cao Zhiqiang just wanted to play guitar and sing by himself.

In addition, in order to avoid trouble, Cao Zhiqiang chose the main theme of the song at the beginning, which is the so-called red song.

Although, after the popular broadcast of "Hometown Love" in the Spring Festival Gala in 1983, many so-called banned songs have been lifted, and some popular songs such as love songs are no longer called the music of the decadent and banned, but always To put it bluntly, at the beginning of 1983, when Inland wanted to release records, it still had to be careful.

Simply put, different places have different policies. In some places, such as the southern region, pop songs have been completely liberalized, but in some places, such as some places in the north, pop songs are still skeptical.

Cao Zhiqiang is a newcomer, a new song and a new company. The first batch of songs to start a business, there is no need to follow the policy and the wind direction as soon as it comes up. Naturally, the red songs will lead the battle first. This is the safest way of operation.

After choosing and choosing, Cao Zhiqiang decided to use the two songs "Blood Stained Style" and "Red Flag Fluttering" as pioneers.

Of course, the songs that touched Uncle Xu and Uncle Wang before, such as "Proud Boy", "Dream Chaser" and so on, will also be recorded.

But if those songs want to be sung, they need a lot of mixing, or at least a small band to cooperate. If they just play and sing by themselves, it feels almost impossible.

So, Cao Zhiqiang decided to release the two songs "Blood-stained Style" and "Red Flag Fluttering" as singles first, first to see the market acceptance, and then slowly release "Proud Boy".

In order to make money conveniently, all these songs must be released as singles one by one.

After releasing the single, add a few more new songs, and then make a hit album, which will be officially released during May Day.

He had already thought of the title of the album, and it was called "Those Things That Man That Year".

"Manager Cao, Manager Cao?"

Hearing someone call his name, Cao Zhiqiang, who was flying in the sky, opened his eyes and found that it was Chen Guangming who was called Chen Gong.

At the same time, his apprentice Xiao Wang was also looking at him.

"Ah, are you done discussing?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"Yes, we're done discussing." Chen Gong smiled.

"Manager Cao, the recording is now complete. I have listened to it several times just now, and it is perfect. I can record it directly.

Then it's getting late, do you think we're going to end? "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, stood up directly, and shook hands with the two of them: "You two have really worked hard."

"No way." Chen Gong said with a smile, "You introduced us to business, and you can still hear such a good song. We are really grateful to you."

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

Indeed, there is money to be paid for recording songs, and Cao Zhiqiang also privately gave a lot of benefits to those post-recording personnel, of course they are happy.

This is not considered corruption, because Cao Zhiqiang did not give money, but a Shanghai brand watch, so it was just an exchange of gifts between friends.

"Okay." Cao Zhiqiang stretched his waist, "It's getting late, it's time to go back."

After a short pause, Cao Zhiqiang asked again: "By the way, how is the record recording of that song yesterday?"

"Don't worry about this." Chen Guangming said with a smile, "After the song was recorded yesterday, I worked overtime to record the record. I don't know the exact number, but there are ten to twenty thousand."

Upon hearing the number, Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

It can rip [-] to [-] tapes a day, which is already very good in terms of the current domestic technology.

Of course, the recording speed of developed countries in the West must be faster, but there is no such thing in China at present.

Cao Zhiqiang remembers that the first domestic production line with an annual output of 800 million audio cassettes was in 1984, and the specific tape factory is not clear.

Before that, the domestic tape production lines, the best Shanghai Tape Factory and Beiping Tape Factory, had an annual output of more than 700 million tapes. Excluding holidays and the like, they could produce about [-] tapes a day.

Anyway, as far as the current situation is concerned, the transcription of audio tapes in Beijing is basically handed over to the Beiping Tape Factory.

That's right, large-scale production of records during this period was handed over to tape factories for production.

Specifically, the production unit, such as CCTV, handed over the master tape to the tape factory, and the tape factory then directly produced the tape for transcribing the content of the master tape, instead of producing a blank tape first and then recording.

In this way, from the source of production, the music tapes produced by the tape production line have faster production speed and better sound quality.

Even, the tape factory can even do the packaging for you. You just need to design the packaging, and when the tape comes out, you can directly find workers to paste the packaging cover for you.

The cover is easy to handle, it is nothing more than asking CCTV to send out a few people and take a few profile photos of Cao Zhiqiang holding a guitar.

In fact, according to Cao Zhiqiang's original intention, he didn't want to show his face.

But there is no way, the singer is Cao Zhiqiang, if he doesn't show his face again, what if someone impersonates him in the future?

It's not impossible. People in this period have a very low limit.

So Cao Zhiqiang made a compromise. After putting on makeup, he only took pictures of the side of his face, so that he would not be impersonated, and he would not show his face completely.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang only plans to release records, and does not plan to hold any live concerts everywhere.

Firstly, the concert is too time-consuming, and secondly, it is easy to get into trouble.

For example, the original singer of "Blood-stained Style" had many problems because of the funding for the live concert.

People these days like moral kidnapping very much, so the best way is to only release records and not go to any concerts.

Even if you can earn more money at a time, you can't go to the concert.

Especially those who sing popular songs like Cao Zhiqiang, if you are asked to go to the army for free, will you go or not?

Of course, it's not that we don't want to hold concerts, but Cao Zhiqiang can't go.

Cao Zhiqiang thought it all over.

In the early days of the record company, in order to make a name for himself, Cao Zhiqiang could only write, play and sing by himself, and the pursuit of the highest cost performance was the priority.

But when the record company produces a few popular works, and has a certain reputation and funds, he will find a way to audition singers and artists.

Then, from now on, I will only be responsible for writing songs, lyrics and packaging, and then pushing these artists out.

In the future, I will give these in-house artists to hold concerts and so on.

As long as the contract is signed, there will be no problem.

Anyway, in this period, artists are the least valuable, and it's not just what the record company says.

Of course, this will all be done in the future. At this stage, I still have to rely on myself.

But even if Cao Zhiqiang had to rely on himself, he couldn't sell himself cheaply, at least not holding a concert is the bottom line.

As for the future, when I become famous, it is not impossible to hold one or two concerts occasionally.

In other words, if there is a chance, it is still possible to go to a foreign country to hold a concert. After all, it is to earn foreign exchange, not to be cheap, and there is no moral kidnapping. How wonderful.

After bidding farewell to Chen Gong and Wang Gong, Cao Zhiqiang left the CCTV building and walked towards a Citroen CX20 car parked on the side of the road.

Before approaching, Zhang Qianjin jumped out of the driver's cab, and then graciously opened the co-pilot's door.

Cao Zhiqiang just nodded to him with a smile, and then got into the car on his own.

After getting in the car, I found that there was no smell of smoke, only some strong tea smell.

From the looks of it, Zhang Qianjin didn't dare to smoke in the car, he always went out to smoke, and at most drank tea in the car.

When Zhang Qianjin returned to the cab, Cao Zhiqiang said softly, "Thank you, Lao Zhang."

"It's all as it should be." Zhang Qianjin smiled.

Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile: "Not much to say, let's drive and go home!"

Zhang Qianjin nodded with a smile, started the car, and went straight to Hongguang Publishing House.

Yes, Cao Zhiqiang is still living in the publishing house, and has not returned to Qinghong's house, nor has he returned to Cao Lili's house.

The reason is very simple, the mother-in-law has not left, and it is not suitable for Cao Zhiqiang to continue living under the same roof with Qinghong, it is too inappropriate, after all, he is not married yet.

Besides, Qinghong is busy studying now, and Cao Zhiqiang himself is also very busy, so it is inappropriate to interrupt her rashly.

If Cao Zhiqiang went back to Qinghong's place, he would definitely not be able to resist looking for Qinghong's slimy, coming and going again and again, what a waste of time.

Especially if the mother-in-law finds out when doing something, it will be even more embarrassing.

So just in case, just don't go back to Qinghong's part directly, out of sight and out of mind, so as to save yourself the itch of being close to the water.

As for Cao Lili, it's the same. It's not appropriate for Cao Zhiqiang to go back now.

Since Qiao Simi was officially adopted by Chen Jiabang, although she has become a formal native of the capital, her life has not changed substantially.

That is to say, Qiao Simi still lives with her own sister Cao Lili, and Xiang Dongfang still lives there.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang didn't pay much attention to these things.

But after returning to the capital from Nanjing, Cao Lili once found herself quietly, saying that Qiao Simi’s feelings for him and Cao Zhiqiang were very strange. It seemed that it had gone beyond the ordinary relationship between siblings. up.

The most typical point is that Cao Zhiqiang will be more scrupulous when in contact with Qiao Simei. Some unnecessary contact, such as cuddling and hugging, can be avoided if possible. The most is to touch the other party's head or pull the other party's hand .

But as in the past, the actions of hugging Qiao Simei, carrying Qiao Simei on his back, or putting Qiao Simei on his shoulders are no longer.

What's more, with Xiang Dongfang as an outsider, Cao Zhiqiang is even more unsuitable to live with Cao Lili.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang had already bought the house where Cao Lili lived three days ago.

Although the buyer's name is still Cao Zhiqiang, it doesn't matter.

Cao Zhiqiang has already decided that once Cao Lili becomes an adult, he will transfer the ownership of the school family building to Cao Lili.

Therefore, in Cao Zhiqiang's heart, that house actually belonged to Cao Lili, and it was also Cao Lili's home, so he should be regarded as a guest.

Because of this, it is inconvenient for Cao Zhiqiang to live with Cao Lili.

Maybe you want to say, isn't there another Kim Soo Young?

The place where Jin Xiuying lives is indeed good, but the relationship between Jin Xiuying and Cao Zhiqiang is unclear, so Cao Zhiqiang doesn't want too many people to know about Jin Xiuying, at least he doesn't want people like Zhang Qianjin to know.

Therefore, even if Cao Zhiqiang went to Jin Xiuying's house, he would ride his bicycle secretly and never let anyone drive him there.

This is different from Wu Qinghong.

Although Wu Qinghong hasn't married Cao Zhiqiang yet, everyone who cares knows that Wu Qinghong is Cao Zhiqiang's object. It's just because they are too young and Wu Qinghong is preparing for the exam, so they are not married. But as long as they are insiders, they have already agreed that Wu Qinghong is Cao Zhiqiang's lover. .

In other words, Wu Qinghong can say it clearly, but Jin Xiuying can't.

The biggest problem with Jin Xiuying is that she has a criminal record. If she makes it clear to Cao Zhiqiang, many people will oppose it, which is very detrimental to Cao Zhiqiang's career.

What's more, Cao Zhiqiang himself has a complicated attitude towards Jin Xiuying, and he doesn't know how to define Jin Xiuying's status.

Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang and Jin Xiuying have no real relationship, they can still be regarded as friends, so they just continued like this.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang didn't ignore Kim Soo-young, but found a coach and a tutor for Kim Soo-young, so that Kim Soo-young could practice volleyball privately, and at the same time make up cultural lessons to prepare for her return to the volleyball team in the future.

The reason is simple. In a situation like Kim Soo-young, it is very difficult to get into a regular volleyball team. After all, she has a criminal record, and ordinary volleyball teams don't want her.

So the best way is to pass the college entrance examination and then join the volleyball team of the Sports University.

The college entrance examination does not care whether you have been in a juvenile prison in the past.

Of course, this method is impossible for ordinary people. After all, even if it is to take the sports university entrance examination, the score requirements are very high. Normally speaking, it is impossible for Jin Xiuying's kind of brain.

But with the help of Cao Zhiqiang, who helped Jin Xiuying solve the questions in advance, everything was naturally not a problem.

As for where the questions came from, why Cao Zhiqiang asked Jin Xiuying to brush the questions for the college entrance examination, there is no need to explain this, just keep a mysterious smile, she will naturally make up her own mind.

In short, everything is almost ready now, let's see the performance of Huaxia Audio Video Company's first work, the single "Blood Stained Grace", after it is officially released two days later.

Although it has not been officially launched yet, and there has not been any advertising promotion before, Cao Zhiqiang believes that once this historically tested red song is released, it will definitely become a hit.

As long as the songs released this time create brilliance again, then besides young poets, I can set up a young composer, a young lyricist, and a young singer.

With the protection of many people, coupled with the protection of fame, and the myths created by each success, it is natural that there will be no taboos in doing things in the future!