1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 44 Supply exceeds demand, sweeping major radio stations!
January 7, 28:8 am.

Yanjing, Tengfei Audiovisual Store.

The owner, Lao Song, came to the store leisurely, opened a bottle of Arctic Ocean, and picked out a cassette from the counter.

A moment later, Jiang Xiaofeng's deep and clear singing came from the stereo in the shop.

"Nothing can stop

your longing for freedom
An unrestricted career

your heart is free

through the dark years

I also felt anxious
......"

As the first title song of Jiang Xiaofeng's album of the same name "Jiang Xiaofeng", along with the hot sales of the "Jiang Xiaofeng" record, the song "Blue Lotus" has become one of the hottest songs at the moment, or even no one.

Although the album "Jiang Xiaofeng" has only been released for a few days, the songs on this album have already swept the streets and alleys of Yanjing quickly.

You know, there were already hundreds of audio-visual stores in Yanjing in 1994, especially in Xinjiekou, the famous Taodie Street in Yanjing, where there were more than a dozen audio-visual stores.

Of course, in the Chinese music scene in 1994, it was a year when gods fought. In the first half of the year, there were [-] or [-] hit songs, such as Andy Lau's "Forgetting Love Water", Lao Lang's "You at the Same Table", Wang Fei's "I Do", Naying's "Looking at Flowers in the Mist" and so on, have been popular for several months.

As for Jiang Xiaofeng's song "Blue Lotus", it can only be said that it has just become popular, and it can only be regarded as a popular song at the moment. Phenomenal hit song.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng's new album is not only popular with the song "Blue Lotus". Several songs such as "I Have You" and "I Believe" and "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" are also popular. Spend.

After drinking half a bottle of Arctic Ocean, Lao Song went to the shelf to stock up on the goods he bought in the next half year, and put the good ones in a conspicuous place, and put the unsalable ones in it.

While he was busy with work, two boys who looked like high school students, one tall and one short, came into the store.

"Boss, do you have Jiang Xiaofeng's new record?"

"Yes, there must be. His albums are the most popular these days."

"How many plates do you two want to buy?" Lao Song said, walking to the shelf.

"One set is enough, we take turns to listen."

"Come on, here you are! Take a look, is this one?" Lao Song took a record from the shelf and handed it to the tall boy.

The tall boy took the cassette, carefully turned it back and forth, looked at the black and white photo of Jiang Xiaofeng on the cover, and browsed the song catalog on the back, and after confirming that it was correct, he grinned happily and said, "This is the one, that's right. "

The short boy next to him was also very excited, and asked with a smile, "How much is it boss?"

"Old rules, 9 yuan and 8 cents!"

"Success! I'll give you 10 yuan!"

"Looking for your two hairs!"

After the transaction was completed, Lao Song looked at the excited two people, and said with a smile: "Jiang Xiaofeng's record is really good. It's good to have one or two songs on other people's records. As for him, there are at least five or six songs." I can hear it."

The tall boy nodded: "That's right, Jiang Xiaofeng has been very popular these days. There are many female students in our class who have started copying his lyrics..."

After a while, another young man came in and bought a pirated record of Zheng Jun's "Chi Guo Guo" for 6 yuan.

If we say that in 1994, there was a ranking of the ten most popular albums in the mainland music scene, Zheng Jun's "Chi Guoguo", "Campus Folk Song 1" by Dadi Records, and Jiang Xiaofeng's "Jiang Xiaofeng" would definitely be ranked first. .

In the album "Chi Guo Guo", Zheng Jun's lazy singing voice and charming and sexy idealistic lyrics are the characteristics of the album. The songs "Back to Lasa" and "Cinderella" in the album can be called red Very momentary.

The sales volume of Zheng Jun's "Red Fruit" is even more than that of Dou Wei's "Black Dream" and Zhang Chu's "Lonely People Are Shameful". 50 sheets.

As a law-abiding businessman, Lao Song wanted to sell genuine copies. The problem was that not long after Zheng Jun's "Chi Guo Guo" record became popular, pirated records began to flood the market.

Keyman’s pirated record is quite exquisite, with a hard cardboard case on the outside, printed with the album’s cover, and when you take it out, it’s packed in a plastic box with a light-packed tape, and a thick and beautifully designed lyrics book is stuck inside. Some will also be accompanied by a bunch of celebrity photos and copywriting, which are more like genuine records than genuine records.

Many deceived fans don't know that the copywriting and photos in many pirated records are actually added by the pirates themselves, and there is no such content in the genuine tapes.

Most of the time, if the audio-visual store wants to make quick money, it has to stock up the goods a week or two before the album is released. Otherwise, the pirates who see the profit later will frantically print pirated copies and sell the original records. Living space squeezed down.

So, seeing that Jiang Xiaofeng's new album "Jiang Xiaofeng" is so popular this time, Lao Song had stockpiled 200 discs in stock two days ago, and was just waiting to make a fortune in the next few days.

And Jiang Xiaofeng's album of the same name "Jiang Xiaofeng" did not disappoint Lao Song. In less than five days, all 200 discs were sold out.

After all, it's not a big store like Audio World, and Lao Song didn't dare to stock up too much, for fear that he wouldn't be able to sell it, and it would be a waste of work if it fell into his hands.

But this time, Lao Song's worries were obviously superfluous, because Jiang Xiaofeng's "Jiang Xiaofeng" album had already broken through the 20 mark within ten days of its release, surpassing the 11 sales of "Black Dream" and surpassing It sold 5 copies of "Lonely Are Shameful".

When Lao Song looked back and wanted to replenish the goods, he found to his dismay that the record company had no time to supply them because of insufficient preparation.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaofeng's album was selling so well, Zhang Peiren used all available resources. He wanted to arrange for Jiang Xiaofeng to appear on TV, but his relationship was not in place. album to promote.

In addition, Zhang Peiren also cooperated with newspapers, books and other media to vigorously promote the concept of "Four Heroes of Magic Rock", and also promoted the new albums of Jiang Xiaofeng, Dou Wei, He Yong, and Zhang Chu respectively.

The concept of the "Four Heroes of Moyan" with the characteristics of the ancient Huaguo was quickly established, and to a certain extent, the four rock singers Dou Wei, Jiang Xiaofeng, Zhang Chu, and He Yong were made like the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Xiangjiang. rivalry, competition.

Fueled by the media, many irrational young fans, especially mainland rock fans, like to compare the "Four Heroes of Magic Rock" and quarreled because of the ranking of the four of them.

Some rock fans believe that among the "Four Heroes of Magic Rock", Dou Wei should be ranked first, Jiang Xiaofeng is second, and it doesn't matter who is third and fourth.

Another group of fans think that Jiang Xiaofeng is the hottest now and should be ranked first among the "Magic Rock Four Heroes", while Dou Wei can only be ranked second, and it doesn't matter who is third or fourth.

Therefore, regarding the ordering of the Moyan Four Heroes, Jiang Xiaofeng's fans are mainly arguing with Dou Wei's fans. He Yong and Zhang Chu's fans have no sense of existence. Anyway, someone must be at the bottom, why can't it be them.

"I think Dou Wei's style of rock and roll is the most authentic, and Jiang Xiaofeng doesn't have that taste at all!"

"Jiang Xiaofeng sings folk songs, does he know what rock and roll is?"

"Dou Wei is a rap singer, he knows rock 'n' roll!"

"Dou Wei is also a senior. When the Black Leopard was on fire, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't know where to ask for alms."

"Dou Wei made his debut early, if Jiang Xiaofeng also made his debut so early, he might not lose to Dou Wei!"

"..."

All in all, the name of the "Four Heroes of Magic Rock" has been completely established in the mainland music scene, and Jiang Xiaofeng has also begun to have a group of loyal fans.

With the support of fans, several radio stations in Yanjing became Jiang Xiaofeng's new album on demand.

Almost all of the 10 songs in the "Jiang Xiaofeng" album have been ordered one by one, including the relatively unpopular songs "When the Snow Comes" and "Don't Talk", which are frequently ordered by the audience.

After the album "Jiang Xiaofeng" came out, it swept the charts of more than 35 radio stations in the mainland, and soon sold more than [-] copies. This sales figure is still increasing.

At the same time, the sales volume of Dou Wei's "Black Dream", He Yong's "Junk Dump", and Zhang Chu's "Shameful Lonely Man" has also increased to a certain extent due to the marketing of the title "Four Heroes of Magic Rock". growth of.

However, in fact, the media prefers to compare Jiang Xiaofeng with Zheng Jun, and call them the "Double Swordsmen" in the rock circle, because their popularity seems to be similar, whether it is record sales or The number of hit songs, and even the appearance, are relatively close.

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