Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Although Zhang Qianjin drove very slowly, it was a car after all, no matter how slow it was, it was faster than a motorcycle.

In addition, there were few cars and pedestrians at night, so the car arrived at the Peking Hotel in less than four songs.

After arriving at the Beiping Hotel, Cao Zhiqiang took Yu Yuanyuan to the front desk directly, and then opened another room in his own name, and specifically asked for the room next to him.

Since Cao Zhiqiang is a regular customer of the Peking Hotel and is still staying at the Peking Hotel, there is no need to issue any additional letters of introduction this time, just pay and sign.

After completing the formalities, Cao Zhiqiang did not ask the waiter to lead the way, but took the key and took Yu Yuanyuan to her room in person.

"Sister, this is your room!"

Cao Zhiqiang, who was the first to enter the room, looked around and found that it was okay, so he asked Yu Yuanyuan: "What do you think of this place? If you are not satisfied, we can change it."

"No need." Yu Yuanyuan shook her head, "This place is very good, there is no need to change it."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "The room next door is mine. If you need anything, you can call me. In case I fall asleep, you can also call the waiter."

Yu Yuanyuan nodded: "Got it."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Then sister, you should go to bed early. It is recommended to take a hot bath first, and then have a good sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, everything will be fine."

"En." Yu Yuanyuan nodded again.

"Then you rest." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I'll go first."

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhiqiang put down the key and was about to leave.

Seeing that Cao Zhiqiang was about to leave, Yu Yuanyuan suddenly said, "Wait!"

"What's wrong?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"I, I..." Yu Yuanyuan stopped talking after a few words, as if she didn't know what to say.

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Don't think about it too much, sister, have a good rest, and we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have something to do."

Yu Yuanyuan just nodded this time and didn't say anything.

Seeing Yu Yuanyuan like this, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head slightly again, and left without saying anything.

After returning to his room, Cao Zhiqiang let out a long breath, not knowing whether it was right for him to do so.

But soon, Cao Zhiqiang became firm again.

"I did the right thing! Tell Yuanyuan sister to stay away from scumbags and prevent problems before they happen. What's wrong?"

"Hmph, no matter how good the academic qualifications are, that Yang Weiguo's character is useless."

"It's fine that it has nothing to do with me, but since Sister Yuanyuan is my god-sister, I can't sit idly by!"

"Yes, I did the right thing, I did it all for the good of Sister Yuanyuan!"

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang heaved a sigh of relief, then put on his slippers, put on his coat, and whistled to take a shower.

When Cao Zhiqiang finished his shower, came to the table whistling in his bathrobe, took out his small notebook and ballpoint pen, and was about to write something before going to bed, the door suddenly rang.

"Who is it?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "You are looking for me at this time?"

Although a little upset, Cao Zhiqiang still came to the door.

Looking out through the cat's eyes, it turned out to be Yu Yuanyuan.

After being slightly taken aback, Cao Zhiqiang quickly opened the door, and then said to Yu Yuanyuan who was still wearing the original clothes: "Sister, why are you here?"

"I, I..." Yu Yuanyuan lowered her head and bit her lips, and said in a mosquito-snorting voice, "I, I'm scared alone."

Speaking of this, Yu Yuanyuan folded her arms subconsciously, as if she was a little cold.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang remember that Yu Yuanyuan was caught in the rain before, and she hasn't changed her clothes until now, isn't it cold?
"come on in!"

Cao Zhiqiang quickly let Yu Yuanyuan in, closed the door behind him and said, "Sister, didn't I tell you to take a bath and change clothes? You're getting cold easily because of the rain."

Yu Yuanyuan raised her head, blushing and smiled slightly: "It's okay, I... Ah, Ah Choo!"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said, "You still say you're fine?"

Yu Yuanyuan shook her head: "It's just a sneeze, besides, I, I don't have any clothes to change."

Cao Zhiqiang laughed and said, "There is a bathrobe in the bathroom, the one I wear, you don't know it?"

"Ah?" Yu Yuanyuan was stunned, "That's right, I, I don't know, no, I forgot."

Cao Zhiqiang said: "Why don't you take a bath here, I just finished washing and it's still warm inside."

"This, is this appropriate?" Yu Yuanyuan bit her lip.

"What's wrong with that?" Cao Zhiqiang said, "It just so happens that there is a set of bathrobes inside, you can change into them."

"This..." Yu Yuanyuan said with a red face, "This, this is not good."

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Sister, why did you come to see me?"

"I..." Yu Yuanyuan lowered her head and said, "I just don't want to be alone, I want to talk to you."

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang said, "but you have to take a shower first, otherwise it's not good to catch a cold."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said: "Well, I'll go to the back room, change into my pajamas, call me after you finish washing, and I'll come out again, so it won't be embarrassing."

Yu Yuanyuan thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "Okay, then I will listen to you."

Just like that, Cao Zhiqiang went into the back room of the suite to continue writing songs, while Yu Yuanyuan went into the bathroom to take a bath.

Cao Zhiqiang went into the back room and changed into pajamas, then lay down on the bedside table and began to write, no, he copied the song.

At first, Cao Zhiqiang was a little worried about Yu Yuanyuan.

But it didn't take long for Cao Zhiqiang to write songs and write them into God. He concentrated on transcribing songs and entered a state of concentrating on work.

Cao Zhiqiang not only wrote songs and scores, he also wrote some singer notes next to each song.

For example, after writing a song, it is also necessary to write whether the song should be sung by a man or a woman, what style and voice it should be, or what type of singer is better at singing, etc.

To put it bluntly, Cao Zhiqiang is comparing the memories of his previous life to give these songs the best matching singers, so as to restore the glory of those songs to the greatest extent.

Because Cao Zhiqiang believes that the songs that were once popular must have some truth, and it is better to try to restore the original situation of those songs.

As for the later creations, try not to mess around.

At the same time, Cao Zhiqiang roughly divided the songs into categories.

This classification is not simply divided into love songs and popular songs, but into the main songs in the early stage, and the main songs in the later period.

For example, some famous songs from later generations, such as "Dream Chaser", "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", and "The Lonely Brave", he ranked behind and counted as the main songs in the later stage.

But songs like "I Only Care About You", "Lover", and "The Star Blinks at Me" are all in the front row, and they are considered the main songs in the early stage.

The reason for this is that although the top songs are not Cao Zhiqiang's favorite, they are hit songs that have withstood the test of history.

I won't mention "I Only Care About You", and even Cao Zhiqiang doesn't know the exact sales volume, anyway, it must be several million records.

As for "The Stars Blink at Me", Cao Zhiqiang was deeply impressed by this song.

Because his father in his previous life liked this song very much, and because of him, he knew that this song sold 250 million copies in [-] without much publicity. sales.

Of course, singer Zhang Qiang contributed a lot to the overwhelming sales of "The Stars Blink at Me", but in the final analysis, it is not difficult to find a singer with a pure voice, it is the melody and lyrics that are difficult.

Cao Zhiqiang's plan is to use the songs "The Lonely Brave" as a reserve, and when he is rich and powerful, he will directly find the symphony orchestra to make a big production.

For example, "The Lonely Brave", he not only has to make CDs and tapes, but also has to make high-standard MTV videotapes, so as to live up to the song.

As for the song at the beginning, I still use a safer song.

You like "I only care about you", "The Shy Rose Blooms Quietly" and other songs are all slow love songs, even Cao Zhiqiang can play and sing by himself with a guitar.

In the initial stage of entrepreneurship, this is the most cost-effective way.

"The Star Blinks at Me" can take a while and find a suitable female singer later.

And this song seems to have been banned before, just because it described pulling hands or something.

This is different from songs like "I Only Care About You". This kind of song can be regarded as a personal fantasy, without specific actions, and it is more serious than hometown love, so it should not be banned.

In short, Cao Zhiqiang is very clear that the songs he personally likes are actually songs that are decades older than this era. Under the background of this era, they may not necessarily be popular, or even if they can be popular, it would be a waste of resources to release them hastily.

It's better to come up with some songs that are in line with this era first, and make money first.

Red songs start, love songs follow, this should be no problem.

Although the red songs are good, they have to be love songs that last for a long time.

It was decided that after the wave of single "Blood-stained Style" became famous, they would continue to release the two songs "I only care about you" and "The Shy Rose Blooms Quietly".

We no longer sell album by album, I just sell singles.

The single is sold out, and I will continue to make an album and continue to harvest leeks.

If this method is used in later generations, it may not be beneficial, but this era is different.

Because in 1983, the supply of audio tapes in mainland China was still in short supply, and it was not that simple to rip tapes. At least the rips of blank tapes used by self-employed individuals, no matter in terms of quantity or cost, could not be compared with a unit like him that directly went to a tape factory to produce records. Compare.

In particular, Cao Zhiqiang also knows that the current tape factories are a seller's market because the supply exceeds demand, and it doesn't matter that they can't get a lot of tapes at all.

That is to say, at this time, it is not impossible to make money by ripping popular songs with blank tapes, but it is extremely rare, because the supply of blank tapes is insufficient.

Otherwise, most of those people who made money by ripping tapes in history would not have been in the late 80s.

Without him, the supply of tapes determines that it is difficult to form a wave of tape piracy in this era.

From this point of view, at least until there is a sufficient supply of tapes, there is no need to worry about some tape pirates, because they can't get enough tapes.

Even Cao Zhiqiang, who has an official unit and connections, can get goods directly from the tape factory. It takes less than half a month to stock up on 50 tapes for recording a single.

He couldn't believe it. An ordinary self-employed person could get more tapes than himself.

Cao Zhiqiang does not know the exact time when the supply of audio tapes exceeded demand in the interior, but it must have been after 1985.

So for at least another two years, he doesn't have to worry about record piracy at all, because limited by the number of record media, even if there is piracy, it will be a straggler, and it will not pose a threat to him at all.

The real threats to Cao Zhiqiang are other audio-visual companies, but as long as the music content of those companies is not as good as his own, it will be useless.

For example, in [-], there were many domestic audio-visual publishing houses that produced records, but there were only a few that could really make a lot of money, especially the Yunnan Audio-Visual Publishing House.

Didn’t the Yunnan Audio-Visual Publishing House make money for Mao in the past because they accidentally found Zhang Qiang and released a hit album “Tokyo Night”?

The sales volume of 250 million records was the best in China in 1985.

And "The Stars Blink at Me" is the hottest song in "Tokyo Night". It can be said that the popularity of that album is basically due to the title song "The Stars Blink at Me". .

Cao Zhiqiang believes that in 1983, the sales volume of his "Blood-stained Style" and "Red Flag Fluttering" will definitely exceed one million, at least 50 copies.

This is also the reason why Cao Zhiqiang must stock up enough 50 copies before releasing the album.

In fact, Li Youfu has already helped to contact other tape factories, and production has already started.

If there is no accident, it will take less than a month for the two singles "Blood Stained Style" and "Red Flag Fluttering" to produce 100 million tapes respectively.

At that time, you can happily cut leeks.

Therefore, in late May, it was the time for Huaxia Audiovisual Company to make efforts. Before that, he had to hold back, wait patiently, and concentrate on continuing to make songs.

In addition to the need to accumulate knowledge, there is another reason, that is, the college entrance examination preliminaries are about to begin.

Cao Zhiqiang had to take the preliminaries first, and after the preliminaries were over, he would release the song to the public.

In addition, before the college entrance examination, he mainly planned to promote popular songs, such as "Red Flag Fluttering".

After the college entrance examination is over, he will push love songs again, so that he can maximize his benefits.

After all, the people who love to listen to love songs the most must be young people and students.

If love songs were promoted before the college entrance examination, it is estimated that many old pedants would come out to make trouble.

Pushing love songs after the college entrance examination should not be a big problem, and it just corresponds to the summer vacation.

No matter what, in the early stage, Cao Zhiqiang must go to battle in person.

After all, in this era, the signing system is not yet popular in China. If you sign a singer rashly, if you become popular and make others cheaper, then you will be in trouble.

This is why Cao Zhiqiang signed Hao Shuwen first, and before the content was released to her, he first signed her to Huaxia Audiovisual Company, which is considered a contract worker.

Because of this, Hao Shuwen is nominally a contract worker of Huaxia Audiovisual Company, a serious employee of a state-owned enterprise, similar to actors in film studios who get a fixed salary.

Of course, once Hao Shuwen's singing becomes popular, the share she can get will definitely be enviable, but in any case, she will have relevant contract restrictions and cannot just change jobs.

This is different from the Yunnan Audio-Video Publishing House in the previous life who signed a contract to buy out Zhang Qiang for three months. At that time, Zhang Qiang was not a full-time employee of the Yunnan Audio-Visual Publishing House. He was less restricted and could change jobs at any time.

"Well, these songs are about the same." Cao Zhiqiang looked at the songs on the small book and nodded.

"First do these few songs well, and then we can make money, and what happens after that depends on Masashi Sada's situation.

In this year, the real earning money from singing still depends on overseas markets, especially the Japanese market and the European and American markets.

But this is not something that can be done overnight, it has to be done slowly. "

After putting away the small notebook, Cao Zhiqiang stretched his waist, looked at his watch, and found that an hour and more than 40 minutes had passed.

Suddenly, Cao Zhiqiang frowned, feeling something was wrong.

Because he realized that it was a little too quiet outside.

"Sister?" Cao Zhiqiang called out, "Are you there?"

After yelling twice, Cao Zhiqiang came to the reception room carefully from the bedroom when he found that there was no sound.

When he came to the reception room, or the living room, he frowned when he found no one there.

If not in the living room, is it still taking a shower in the bathroom?
Even if the girls take a longer bath, they don't have to stay out for an hour and four or 10 minutes, right?
Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang came to the bathroom door again and knocked on the door: "Sister, are you in?"

After knocking on the door a few times in a row and shouting a few more times, but there was no response, Cao Zhiqiang had a bad feeling in his heart.

Reminiscent of Yu Yuanyuan getting wet in the rain before, trembling and sneezing...

"No, it can't be a cold and fever, and you fainted inside?"

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang knocked on the door again and shouted: "Sister, are you inside? Sister, Sister Yuanyuan!"

After finding that there was still no echo inside, and the door bolt could not be opened even by twisting, the inside had been locked.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang take a deep breath, took two steps back, and then slammed into the bathroom door fiercely.