1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 90 The Fifth Heavenly King?No, Mr. Jiang singled out the Four Heavenly Kings alone!
7 month 10 day.

Jiang Xiaofeng's latest album "Cross Era" has a total sales volume of 20 copies in Xiangjiang, becoming the only Chinese record in the Xiangjiang music scene in 1996, the only one with a sales volume of over 7.

Ranked second on the sales list is the song god Zhang Xueyou. His Cantonese album "Love and Symphony" has also exceeded 3 copies since its release in March.

Ranked third is Andy Lau, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. With the Cantonese album "Care About You", the sales volume exceeded 10 copies.

And Jiang Xiaofeng also reached the top of the sales chart for the first time in the Xiangjiang music scene by virtue of the sales of the album "Cross Era".

That night, 7:30.

Jiang Xiaofeng held a 10-minute small thank-you meeting in Mongkok, Xiangjiang, to thank the loyal fans who bought the new album "Cross-Era".

As a result, Xinyibao Records still underestimated Jiang Xiaofeng's popularity in Xiangjiang. It was originally estimated that there would be hundreds of people in the venue, but thousands of people came, and dozens of security guards were needed to help maintain order on the scene.

In addition to interacting with the fans at the scene, Jiang Xiaofeng also sang the two songs "The Heart Is Too Soft" and "Twilight" to thank the fans who came and supported them, and won enthusiastic screams and cheers from the fans.

However, when Jiang Xiaofeng sang these two songs, bid farewell to the fans, and was about to leave the scene, a dramatic scene happened.

"Maple!"

"Maple!"

"..."

All I saw was that thousands of Xiangjiang local fans surrounded the scene of the appreciation meeting, crying and shouting Jiang Xiaofeng's name, not willing to let Jiang Xiaofeng leave.

In order to prevent accidents, Jiang Xiaofeng could only go back to appease the fans, and sang an extra song "Today Next Year" to repay the fans who supported him, which made the fans' emotions a little more stable.

However, from the enthusiastic and frantic screams of the fans, it can be seen that Jiang Xiaofeng's current popularity in Xiangjiang is definitely not inferior to the Four Heavenly Kings, or even surpassed.

As early as 1995, many media positioned Jiang Xiaofeng as the "Fifth Heavenly King" after the Four Heavenly Kings, but since this year, no one has said that anymore.

Because Jiang Xiaofeng's momentum in the Chinese music scene is not weaker than any of the four heavenly kings. He has even crushed the two heavenly kings Guo and Li, slightly surpassed Liu Tianwang, and is on par with the "God of Songs" Zhang Xueyou .

Zhou Huajian, who is known as the "King Killer", is of course also very popular, but his popularity is similar to that of Zhang Xueyou. They are both powerful celebrities, purely relying on singing skills and works, but his ugly appearance is already doomed. He cannot be like Jiang Xiaofeng. , like Liu, Li, and Guo, the three heavenly kings, are popular among thousands of girls.

It is worth mentioning that Jiang Xiaofeng's current popularity is also very different from Lin Zhiying who became popular three years ago.

Back then, Jimmy Lin became famous so fast that it took only two months to sweep across Asia like a whirlwind, and was dubbed the "Asian Little Whirlwind" by the outside world.

To put it bluntly, just relying on the two songs "Not Every Love Song Has Good Memories" and "17-year-old Rainy Season", Lin Zhiying's sunny, clean and handsome face, crooked brows and eyes when he smiled, made countless boys and girls fall into the trap , became popular in the entire Chinese-speaking circle, and his status in the entertainment circle was comparable to that of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

However, Jimmy Lin's popularity, just like his title "Little Whirlwind", came and went quickly.

As the saying goes, come in a hurry and go in a hurry.Because of enlisting in the army at the peak, Lin Zhiying's popularity quickly fell to the bottom, and when he returned to the entertainment industry again, he had become a past singer.

And Jiang Xiaofeng's popularity belongs to the steady and steady style of popularity. It is because of one high-quality record after another, one hit song after another, that the current popularity has been accumulated over a long period of time.

Obviously, Jiang Xiaofeng's current popularity is much more stable and solid than that of Lin Zhiying back then, and it also made colleagues in the circle feel fear and uneasiness.

Because looking at the entire history of the Chinese music scene, there has never been a top male singer like Jiang Xiaofeng who is handsome, top-notch, and good at singing.

It is true that Luo Dayou, the godfather of music in Taiwan Province, is definitely higher than the current Jiang Xiaofeng in terms of creative standards and humanistic influence, but his appearance and singing skills are far worse than Jiang Xiaofeng, especially the sound like a broken gong. Fans couldn't accept it at all.

Qi Qin at his peak, although his composition and appearance were good, and his singing skills were not bad, but generally speaking, his momentum back then was still slightly worse than that of Jiang Xiaofeng today.

As for Wang Jie at his peak, he was indeed a singer at the level of a king, but his creative ability was stretched and he passed away quickly. Coupled with the rise of the four kings and Zhou Huajian, he soon became a second-tier singer.

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If Jiang Xiaofeng were to evaluate himself, his development trajectory is a bit like Jay Chou of the later generations. He conquered thousands of fans by relying on his own originality, but his appearance is obviously much better than Jay Chou.

With Jay Chou's appearance and personality when he first debuted, if he can't sing and is still in the countryside, he might not be able to find a partner.

After the thank you meeting, Jiang Xiaofeng and his manager Chen Jiaying sat in the same car on the way back.

Chen Jiaying also took this opportunity to chat with Jiang Xiaofeng about the new album in Cantonese and the idea of ​​a concert tour.

The first is the new album in Cantonese. Chen Jiaying wants Jiang Xiaofeng to release at least one album a year, which will help maintain his status and popularity in the Hong Kong music scene.

Although in 1996, Jiang Xiaofeng had already released the well-received and well-received Mandarin album "Cross Era", but in the Xiangjiang music scene, if he hadn't released a brand new Cantonese album, then at the end of the year's major award ceremonies, he would only Being able to become a guest of honor, I watched helplessly as the four heavenly kings came to the stage to receive awards in turn.

This is definitely not the situation that Jiang Xiaofeng wants to face. He still has pursuits. A large part of the reason why he came to Xiangjiang in the first place was that he wanted to break the monopoly of the Four Heavenly Kings in the Xiangjiang music scene by himself.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaofeng's idea coincides with Chen Jiaying's, and he is more inclined to release a brand new Cantonese album, to see if he can compete for the most popular male singer award at various awards ceremonies in the Hong Kong music scene.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaofeng said to Chen Jiaying: "Sister Katie, I'm not good at composing Cantonese songs. I need to trouble you and Alvin to collect some good songs for me."

Chen Jiaying was still very optimistic about Jiang Xiaofeng's creative ability, and immediately persuaded: "Feng Zi, don't be too modest, you are not only good at writing Mandarin songs, but also very good at writing Cantonese songs."

"The two Cantonese songs "Next Year Today" and "Living Viva" written on your last album, I don't need to say how popular they are in Hong Kong. "Next Year Today" also won the top ten golden songs. The Golden Melody Award of the Year, what an honor, many singers have sung songs for a lifetime, but they can't win such a heavyweight award..."

After listening to Chen Jiaying's long speech, Jiang Xiaofeng also shared her thoughts with Chen Jiaying: "Sister Katie, it's not that I don't want to compose Cantonese songs. The main reason is that I really can't find inspiration in Xiangjiang, a fast-paced international metropolis. It’s hard to calm down and create.”

"Let me tell you the truth, under normal circumstances, it takes about a week for me to compose a Mandarin song, sometimes fast, sometimes slow."

"But it may take half a month or even a month for me to write a Cantonese song. For example, it took me about three months to write the song "Next Year Today"."

"However, it took so long to write the song "Next Year Today", mainly because I didn't have enough experience in writing Cantonese songs at that time. If you ask me to write Cantonese songs now, if the inspiration comes, I may be able to finish a song in a week. head."

In fact, only Jiang Xiaofeng knew in his heart that he wrote Mandarin songs and Cantonese songs at the same speed, and there was no so-called speed difference at all.

The reason why Jiang Xiaofeng has been emphasizing "inspiration" and the creative environment with Chen Jiaying is purely hoping that in the name of work, Chen Jiaying will let him go back to Yanjing for a long vacation.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, because the competition in the Xiangjiang music scene is too fierce, the four heavenly kings have to fight to death. They work 365 days a year, almost 365 days a year.

Zhang Xueyou and Andy Lau, in particular, are veritable workaholics. In order to maintain their current status and popularity, they simply cannot stop.

In the past year, "God of Songs" Zhang Xueyou has not only held [-] world tour concerts, but also released [-] albums.

In the past year, Andy Lau has held 35 concerts, released 6 albums, and participated in 6 movies. He is a proper model worker in the entertainment industry.

Although Li Tianwang is not as busy as Zhang Xueyou and Andy Lau, he has released 4 albums, held 24 concerts, and participated in 3 movies.

Guo Tianwang's workload is similar to that of Li Tianwang, but he is also very hardworking. Even if he is really busy, he will take time out of his busy schedule to exercise, play sports cars, and date girls. He knows how to enjoy life.

Jiang Xiaofeng's attitude towards life is similar to that of Guo Tianwang. In his view, work, making money, and life are all indispensable.

If 365 days a year, more than 350 days are spent at work, then Jiang Xiaofeng will feel very failed, this is not the life he wants.

(End of this chapter)