1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 63 Recording a new album, the first Cantonese hit!
Early March.

Just when Zhang Peiren was preparing to continue to promote the mainland rock project, the Rolling Stones headquarters summoned Zhang Peiren, one of the veterans, to return to Taiwan due to the financial crisis.

Zhang Peiren said to his brothers: "Wait for me for three years, and I will come back." Then he handed over the mainland Moyan Culture Company to another colleague of Rolling Stone to take care of it.

But you and I both know that everyone has different ideas and views on one thing, and the newcomer did not continue what Zhang Peiren had done before.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaofeng also bid farewell to Taohong, left Yanjing, and came to Xiangjiang.

In Xiangjiang, an international metropolis with a lot of money, the general Xiangjiang stars, especially TVB actors, basically live in apartments or village houses, and only a very small number of stars who have made a fortune can afford to live in luxury houses.

For example, Wang Fei, not long ago, she spent 4200 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the luxury house "Bao Song Yuan" in Jiudu Mountain, Xiangjiang.

The agent, Chen Jiaying, took good care of Jiang Xiaofeng and rented him a luxury house with a monthly rent of 3 yuan on Bricker Street, Kadoorie Hill.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng is not yet a big star in Xiangjiang, he is still well-known, and he is even a popular male singer in mainland China.

But when he signed the contract with Chen Jiaying, he didn't ask her for a penny for the signing fee, nor did he ask her for any excessive demands, which made Chen Jiaying quite surprised and pleasantly surprised.

Therefore, after Jiang Xiaofeng came to Xiangjiang, Chen Jiaying did not treat Jiang Xiaofeng badly, and spent 3 yuan a month to rent a luxury house for Jiang Xiaofeng.

However, what Chen Jiaying didn't know was that Jiang Xiaofeng didn't ask Chen Jiaying for a signing fee, not because he didn't want to, nor because he was kind, but mainly because he was inexperienced.

Because when I was in the mainland, most of the record companies didn’t care about your life or death. There was no signing fee. It would be nice if a record company was willing to sign you, and what bicycle was needed.

This mansion is not very big, the upper and lower floors add up to less than 200 square meters, but Jiang Xiaofeng feels very satisfied. This is Xiangjiang, and many ordinary people still live in coffin houses.

At any rate, she is a fellow villager, and also a senior sister and younger brother of the same school. On Jiang Xiaofeng's first night in Xiangjiang, Wang Fei invited Jiang Xiaofeng to have dinner at Fulinmen in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Jiang Xiaofeng was also grateful for Wang Fei's generosity.

You must know that Fulinmen is not an ordinary restaurant, but a high-end restaurant known as "Regal Canteen" by Xiangjiang people.

Many big names in the Hong Kong circle regard this as a foothold, such as the elder brother Leslie Cheung, who usually likes to meet with friends and go to Fulinmen to eat and rub hemp.

Rich people even use Fulinmen as a good place for three meals a day. The gambling king He Hongsheng, the richest man Li Jiacheng, the entertainment industry tycoon Liu Luanxiong, etc. are all the top VIPs here.

Especially Da Liu, the annual consumption in Fulinmen is as high as 400 million Hong Kong dollars, either in Fulinmen or on the way to Fulinmen.

At this dinner, agent Chen Jiaying also introduced Jiang Xiaofeng to Liang Rongjun, a famous producer of Xiangjiang, which shows that Chen Jiaying attaches great importance to Jiang Xiaofeng.

However, Liang Rongjun was not very happy to help Jiang Xiaofeng make the record at first. After all, a gold medal producer like him has made many big names popular in the circle. The album "The Most Famous" that made Wang Fei popular in Xiangjiang was also produced by himself. make.

Fortunately, Chen Jiaying and Wang Fei had been helping Jiang Xiaofeng with good words, and Liang Rongjun reluctantly agreed after listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's previous album "Jiang Xiaofeng".

Because Jiang Xiaofeng is from Cantonese, he grew up listening to Cantonese songs. Although he is not very fluent in Cantonese, it is not difficult to communicate with Chen Jiaying and Liang Rongjun.

Without language barriers, Jiang Xiaofeng and Liang Rongjun also exchanged their thoughts on the new album.

In fact, Liang Rongjun hadn't thought about what kind of record he wanted to help Jiang Xiaofeng create, because Jiang Xiaofeng's image and singing voice were not particularly outstanding in the entire entertainment circle.

In Liang Rongjun's view, Jiang Xiaofeng looks handsome and masculine, and is more suitable for singing inspirational songs, such as Hacken Lee's "Red Sun", which is especially suitable for his image.

However, this matter is not absolute. For example, Faye Wong is not an easily hurt woman, but with the song "Vulnerable Woman", she became popular in Hong Kong. Who is to blame for this.

Therefore, Liang Rongjun felt that there was no need for Jiang Xiaofeng to be so inspirational all the time, and he could try to follow the path of a bitter singer and change his style.

Because love songs are basically bitter, and I dare not recognize love songs that are not bitter, and bitter love songs are also very popular in Xiangjiang in this era.

Thinking of this, Liang Rongjun said to Jiang Xiaofeng: "This record of yours takes the route of bitter love songs, what do you think?"

Although Jiang Xiaofeng had listened to many Cantonese songs in the memory of her previous life, there were not many truly classic hit Cantonese songs.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Liang, I'll listen to you, so I'll thank you for collecting songs for me."

At this time, Wang Fei suddenly remembered that Jiang Xiaofeng told her and Chen Jiaying that he was trying to write Cantonese songs when he was in Yanjing, so he asked with great interest: "Xiaofeng, didn't you say you were writing Cantonese songs?" , how did you write it?"

Hearing Wang Fei's words, Chen Jiaying also remembered, and asked curiously: "Yes, have you written your Cantonese song? If you have written it, you can ask Alvin (Liang Rongjun) to listen to it and ask Alvin to give you advice. Give pointers."

Liang Rongjun felt that Jiang Xiaofeng couldn't speak Cantonese well, so he wanted to write a good Cantonese song.

Jiang Xiaofeng arrived here for the first time, and he was not in a hurry to express himself. He said modestly: "Sister Katie, I'm really sorry, the Cantonese song I wrote is still in the process of creation, and there are still many unsatisfactory parts. Wait for me to modify it. Let Teacher Liang give me some pointers."

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng's answer, Wang Fei was a little disappointed. In fact, she had always admired Jiang Xiaofeng's creations and had expectations.

Seeing Jiang Xiaofeng being so modest, Chen Jiaying was very relieved, and praised: "Xiaofeng, it's not a bad thing to have high demands on my own works. Work harder and keep working hard."

Jiang Xiaofeng vowed: "Thank you sister Katie, I will try my best to write the song well."

Liang Rongjun just smiled and said nothing. He didn't care anyway, and he didn't expect Jiang Xiaofeng to write any good Cantonese songs.

For the next month, Jiang Xiaofeng kept running back and forth between Xinyibao's recording studio and his own residence.

As a record producer, Liang Rongjun has always had high requirements for singers' singing skills, especially when he is used to Wang Fei's high-level singing, the standards are naturally much higher than ordinary people.

Therefore, during the time when Jiang Xiaofeng was recording songs in the recording studio, he was criticized by Liang Rongjun.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't take it to heart either. In fact, he was very aware of his own level, and he really didn't have much singing skills. Many songs he sang, such as "Dream Chaser" and "I Believe", all relied on his gifted voice and Lung capacity roared up.

Jiang Xiaofeng's singing skills are not high enough, and Jiang Xiaofeng can't be blamed. When he was in Moyan Four Masters Records, Jiang Xiaofeng's singing skills were already ranked second, second only to Dou Wei, and Zhang Chu and He Yong were not better than 01:30 points.

Fortunately, Jiang Xiaofeng had a good understanding. Under Liang Rongjun's guidance, Jiang Xiaofeng's singing skills also improved greatly in a short period of time.

However, to Jiang Xiaofeng's disappointment, Liang Rongjun asked him to record 8 Cantonese songs, including "Deep Love" and "I Can't See You Again", which were all unpopular songs that he had never heard in his previous life memory.

In other words, these songs written by Liang Rongjun are basically not likely to become popular, and can only be regarded as mediocre Cantonese songs.

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that this could not go on like this. If the new album didn't have a single hit song, wouldn't it be a waste of work?
After much deliberation, Jiang Xiaofeng decided to take out a golden Cantonese song that he likes very much from his song library, and put it in his new album.

This morning, Xinyibao recording studio.

Wang Fei and Chen Jiaying happened to be free and came to the recording studio to visit the class.

Jiang Xiaofeng also took this opportunity to take out the demo of the new song he had recorded before, and let Liang Rongjun, Wang Fei, and Chen Jiaying listen to it together.

As the melody of the song sounded, accompanied by Jiang Xiaofeng's low voice, Jiang Xiaofeng's Cantonese song was immediately overwhelmed by the other three present.

"Next year today, don't lose sleep again

Mattresses are changed, if lucky enough to meet
or at the feast of the newlyweds of the companions

anxiously waiting for you to appear
Today next year, I haven't seen you for a year

Who is willing to change and leave you for 60 years
I wish I could recognize your children
......"

The song that Jiang Xiaofeng took out to play was called "Today Next Year", and it was a rare Cantonese classic.

The warm and gentle style of music and the affectionate but not sentimental chorus melody, coupled with the lyrics like the pictures of the drama, are expressed just right through Jiang Xiaofeng's deep and affectionate voice.

In the process of listening to the song "Next Year Today", both Wang Fei and Chen Jiaying were stunned, and Liang Rongjun couldn't help but look at Jiang Xiaofeng with admiration.

"...

I can meet you in the moment of my life
spent all my luck

Only found out today
had breathed air. "

The song is over.

Wang Fei let out a "tsk" and couldn't help admiring: "Xiaofeng, this song is so beautiful."

Chen Jiaying also nodded: "That's right, it's really beautiful."

In fact, in the process of helping Jiang Xiaofeng make this record, Liang Rongjun also felt that this record would hit the street in all likelihood, because there was really no song that could be played, and basically good song resources were all taken by the four major music companies. The king of heaven has monopolized it.

Now Jiang Xiaofeng has written a Cantonese song with excellent lyrics and music.

After listening to the song "Next Year Today" by Jiang Xiaofeng, Liang Rongjun didn't say anything, just smiled happily, then lit a cigar, took a strong puff, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)