Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 1 Treasure Island 1992, Chen Qiming
In 1992, Taiwan Province, New Taipei County, Taipei City.

"When I was a child... squeak... there were many jasmine flowers in front of the door... sizzling... it exuded a faint fragrance... sizzling..."

The old tape recorder is like an overwhelmed old cow, driving the tape hard, making a buzzing noise from time to time.

Snapped!
A hand clapped on the recorder, the noise disappeared instantly, and the singing became clear.

"As I grew up, the jasmine flowers in front of the door have slowly withered and no longer sprout..."

"Come on, let's take a look, Jimmy Lin's "Not Every Love Song Has Good Memories", the last ten pieces, those who haven't bought it, come and see it!"

In front of the simple booth, Chen Qiming withdrew his hand from the tape recorder and yelled loudly at passers-by.

"Hahaha, Chen Qiming, there are only the last ten. Didn't you just get the last five yesterday afternoon? Why can't you sell out of your goods every day? Tell me, do you have a Tinker Bell pocket?"

Not far away, a middle-aged man who also sold tapes joked loudly.

Being ridiculed by the middle-aged man, Chen Qimingjun blushed and said angrily, "It's none of your business, can't my new ones work?"

"Hahaha!" The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Who doesn't know that you bought all the stock in the audiovisual store on this street? I heard that the old Liu from Liuji Audiovisual hates you to death. , Said that I will never sell you tapes again!"

"I said why it's so expensive!" A young man who was looking for tapes at Chen Qiming's booth couldn't help but say something when he heard the middle-aged man's words.

Chen Qiming gave the middle-aged man a hard look, then turned his head and said to the young man, "I'm the only one who has this record in a few streets around here. Rare things are more expensive, and the price is not expensive."

The young man cursed "profiteer!" He picked up a tape, threw down 80 Taiwan dollars, and left cursing.

Chen Qiming put away the money, raised his voice and shouted again.

This time, he didn't say that there were only ten.

Many people nearby heard what the middle-aged man said just now, so it would be meaningless to shout again.

"The out-of-print tape of "Not Every Love Song Has Beautiful Memories", I am the only one in the whole treasure island, don't miss it when you pass by."

Although the words were exaggerated, they did attract many people.

Recently, Jimmy Lin's album is really popular. About three weeks after its release, most audio-visual stores around the world are out of stock.

Therefore, when they heard that there was this record, many people gathered in front of Chen Qiming's booth.

"Boss, how do you sell this tape!" A female middle school student carrying a schoolbag asked.

"80 yuan, no bargaining!" Chen Qiming pointed to the price sign next to him.

"It's so expensive. The video store only sells it for 65 yuan. It's too expensive for you!"

Upon hearing the price, many people who originally wanted to buy were immediately scared off.

However, some people paid immediately.

Chen Qiming had expected this.

Ever since a car accident a few months ago, Chen Qiming has always had strange dreams.

These dreams are full of strange things, including news, music clips, and film and television clips. Anyway, most of them are about the entertainment industry.

Among them, the one that he still remembers is an article called "The First Record of Jimmy Lin, the Four Little Heavenly Kings of Treasure Island".

In the description of this article, Jimmy Lin debuted in 1992 and released his first album "Not Every Love Song Has Good Memories" in March.

This album Jimmy Lin not only achieved a million-selling miracle, but the title song also became the most popular song at home and abroad at that time.

Originally, Chen Qiming didn't pay much attention to the information in the dream.

Until one day when he went to the video store to pick up the record and put it on the street, he found the promotional poster of this record.

He found that some of these promotional posters were exactly the same as the posters in the article in his dream, and the songs played on the radio were exactly the same as in the dream.

This made him understand that the information in his dream might be true.

After that, he studied for a long time based on the information in the dream.

He quickly came to the conclusion that the information was true and that it was something that would happen in the future.

So, he set his mind on Jimmy Lin's record.

A week after the release of this record, he was sure that the record would indeed be a hit, and that it had already become popular, so he took out all his possessions of [-] Taiwan dollars and swept all the stocks of this record in several nearby video stores. .

And it turns out he was right.

A few days after he bought all the stock in the nearby video store, the record "Not Every Love Song Has Good Memories" exploded completely. In the next week, this record directly became Baodao's The best-selling records are even out of stock in many places.

And he also took this opportunity to take out his inventory and start selling it at a price increase.

The record priced at 65 yuan in the video store, he sold it directly for 15 yuan, a full [-] yuan more expensive.

Even so, there are countless little girls who come to him to buy goods.

So far, almost all of the more than 800 stocks he bought have been sold out, leaving less than a hundred.

"Little brother, can you tell me, how did you know this record would be popular?"

The records on the booth sold out more than a dozen more in a short while, and sent away a few girls who struck up a conversation. When Chen Qiming was raising his head and counting how much he could earn from this gambling, a female voice pulled him out of his thoughts. back.

Looking up at the middle-aged woman in front of him, Chen Qiming rolled his eyes, "I said I discovered it from my professional perspective, do you believe it?"

"Do you know music?" The middle-aged woman looked curious.

"I started learning piano when I was five years old, and I wrote a nursery rhyme when I was 13 years old, and won the title of the best gifted boy in the school. Do you think I understand?"

For this kind of people who don't sell things and want to chat, Chen Qiming will never give them a chance to directly attack.

Of course, what he said was not false, but a fact.

Chen Qiming's experience is very similar to that of Wu Qilong in the Little Tigers. He grew up in a wealthy family, and then the family suddenly went bankrupt, resulting in a poor family and had to work and study on his own.

Although he is down and out now, he was once a rich second generation, and he also learned professional knowledge of music theory.

"That's it!" The middle-aged woman nodded thoughtfully.

Then, she took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Chen Qiming, "I'm Ge Fuhong from Fulong Company, are you interested in signing a contract with our company as a singer?"

As she said that, she took a good look at Chen Qiming, and said with satisfaction: "You have a very good appearance and height, and you also know music. If you sign with us, I promise to make you an idol of the times like Lin Zhiying!"

"Ge Fuhong from Fulong Company?" Chen Qiming looked puzzled.

He is indeed interested in music and movies, but he really doesn't know a few entertainment companies in Baodao.

He knew that UFO and Rolling Stones were two record companies that hit the sky from the ground.

"Yes, our Fulong is a brokerage company." As she spoke, she glanced at Chen Qiming with a smile on her face, "If you think I'm a liar, you can find someone who is familiar with the entertainment industry to ask about me, my name A lot of people should know about it.”

Chen Qiming was silent for a while, took the business card from her hand, glanced at it, and saw that besides the phone number, there was also written on it:

Ge Fuhong, general manager of Fulong Brokerage Company.

Seeing the position above, Chen Qiming couldn't help asking: "General manager? Is your brokerage company so involved? Even the general manager is out to run business?"

"Roll?" Ge Fuhong was taken aback, obviously not understanding what it meant.

Chen Qiming explained: "It means fierce competition!"

Sometimes he doesn't understand why he always speaks some words that don't match this era, he can only attribute it to the influence of those broken dreams.

"A very appropriate word!" Ge Fuhong said with a smile: "I'm not out to run business, my home is nearby, and a friend in the audio-visual store said that a boy predicted that "Not Every Love Song Has Good Memories" will become popular." , I bought all the stock of this record in this street, and I was a little curious, so I came to take a look."

The more he talked, the more Ge Fuhong smiled, "I thought you were just a marketer with a keen sense of the market, but I didn't expect you to know music. You are a good material to become a star."

Ge Fuhong was indeed very satisfied. She originally planned to come and see what her friend said was a marketing genius. If possible, she would recruit Chen Qiming to the record company under Fulong Company to be responsible for publicity and distribution.

But what she didn't expect was that Chen Qiming not only had good looks, but also knew music.

At this moment, an idea immediately appeared in her mind, that is, this big boy is a treasure.

The appearance is not inferior to anyone in the Little Tigers and Jimmy Lin, and even surpasses it.

Coupled with his own knowledge of music theory, this is simply a treasure given to her by God.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming nodded suspiciously, and raised the business card in his hand, "I will seriously consider it, and if I have an idea, I will contact you!"

He plans to find someone to learn about the company later, if he can...

……

In the afternoon, Chen Qiming, who had sold all the tapes, went back to school.

The school he attended was Formosa University, a school that enjoys a certain reputation in the world.

He studied in the Department of Foreign Languages, which is more free than other departments.

Of course, the main reason is that Chen Qiming knows what he should learn, so he can skip class on Tuesday, the school time, to sell tapes.

When he came to school, Chen Qiming first went to his tutor Lin Zhenxing and paid back the tuition he had borrowed from him.

Ever since my dad lost his company by speculating in stocks and committed suicide by jumping off a building when he was 13 years old, the conditions of his family have been very poor.

From the age of 15, Chen Qiming started working part-time to subsidize his family.

This year, because the tuition fees of the younger sister Chen Qirui became higher after entering middle school, it was very difficult for the family to provide tuition for the two of them, so Chen Qiming borrowed some money from his tutor to pay the tuition fees.

"You don't have to give it to me so quickly. I know your family's situation very well. You can use the money to subsidize your family first, and then return it to me after you graduate and work!"

Lin Zhenxing is an old man who looks very old-fashioned. Usually, his classmates are afraid of him and think he is old-fashioned and mean.

But only Chen Qiming knew that this man was a very good person.

Although he is very strict with his students, he is also very gentle in private.

Just like now, when Chen Qiming handed over the money to him, he didn't take it immediately, but asked Chen Qiming to take the money back to subsidize his family with earnestness.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Teacher, just take it! I have already found a good job!"

"Work?" Hearing this, Lin Zhenxing frowned, "Qiming, the most important thing for you now is to study, and it's best to wait for work after graduation."

"Teacher, please don't worry, I'm not doing a messy job!" Chen Qiming explained: "A brokerage company has taken a fancy to me, and they want to sign me as a star, that is, a singer or an actor! Although this business is a bit busy, but This is a proper career, and it can make money. I learned music theory when I was a child, and I have a good musical literacy. I don’t think this line of work will bury me!”

An afternoon is enough for Chen Qiming to inquire about Fulong's agency and Ge Fuhong.

But the result of inquiring out surprised him.

Fulong Brokerage Company is a well-known brokerage company in Baodao, and has a close relationship with UFO Records.

Aaron Kwok, who became popular in the entire Chinese-speaking area with his song "I Can't End My Love" in Baodao the year before, is the Fulong brokerage company that signed the contract.

In addition, Ge Fuhong is not an unknown person.

As she said, many people will know her by name.

Her name is very well-known in the entertainment circle of Baodao.

She is the mother of Baodao's variety shows. She and Wang Weizhong co-produced Baodao's popular variety shows, "Serial Cannon" and "Super Sunday".

In addition, she herself is also the owner of Fulong Brokerage Company, and she also owns shares in Taiwan media giants such as UFO Radio and Times TV.

It can be said that her name can be described as famous in Baodao.

After learning about Ge Fuhong's deeds, Chen Qiming knew that this was an opportunity for him.

If he misses this opportunity, he doesn't know when he will encounter such an opportunity to soar into the sky again.

So, he decided to go to Fulong Brokerage Company tomorrow according to the address on the business card.

"Are you an entertainer?" Lin Zhenxing is not someone who can't keep up with the times. He naturally knows that there has been a huge entertainment trend in Baodao and even the whole world in recent years.

Let’s talk about Xiangjiang, the Hollywood of the East is famous all over the world, and it once pushed Xiangjiang’s economic GDP to a very high level.

It can even be said that if it weren't for the film industry, Xiangjiang would have sunk in the RB economic bubble a few years ago.

It is relying on the export income of movies that keeps Xiangjiang's economy stable at the forefront of the Four Tigers.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhenxing couldn't help but nodded, but he quickly realized, "Then you mean to ask for leave again?"

Chen Qiming smiled mischievously, "Yes, tutor, I would like to ask you for a period of leave!"

"This is not negotiable!" Lin Zhenxing turned his back directly, "When you gain a firm foothold in this industry, come and ask me for leave."

Seeing this, Chen Qiming sighed, he knew it would be like this.

Lin Zhenxing is a more pragmatic person.

Even if Chen Qiming talked about what he was going to do in the future, if he didn't come up with real results, it was absolutely impossible for him to let Chen Qiming delay his studies.

That's what he is, people hate and love him at the same time.

Hate him for not being flexible, love him and protect himself, and don't want his future to be destroyed.

After school in the afternoon, Chen Qiming and the students who were also speeding on bicycles merged into a torrent and drove away in the direction of home.

The sounds of playing and fighting are all around the ears, making people unable to help but sink into this youthful atmosphere.

"Chen Qiming, Chen Qiming, wait a minute!"

Chen Qiming had just ridden a certain distance when he heard someone calling him.

swoosh...

Using his foot as a brake to stop the car, he turned to look at the person coming.

"Chen Qiming, you run so fast after school every day, are you rushing to reincarnate?"

The person who came was a girl, and she chased after her on a bicycle with difficulty.

"I'm very busy, and I have to go back and help my mother look after the store. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. If you have something to say, hurry up." Chen Qiming said impatiently.

The girl in front of her is Zeng Baoyi, a rich girl. Once she was rescued by Chen Qiming because she was bullied by hooligans outside the school, she fell in love with Chen Qiming, either writing love letters to him or confessing to him face to face.

To be honest, Zeng Baoyi's appearance is actually not bad.

It's a pity that Chen Qi is busy making money every day, so he doesn't have time to play house love with her.

Just like Zeng Baoyi said every time he asked him why he rejected her, "Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword", he didn't want it to affect his earning money to support his family.

"You're going home to shop again!" Hearing Chen Qiming's words, Zeng Baoyi couldn't help but said in frustration, "I've joined the TV Planning Department of Zhenyan Society as an executive producer, and I want to talk to you about TV production."

Although Zeng Baoyi was annoying, Chen Qiming would often chat and eat with her.

During the period, Chen Qiming talked with her about some TV episodes in his broken dream, and he said it clearly.

Therefore, in Zeng Baoyi's case, Chen Qiming belongs to the kind of all-around talent who knows astronomy first and geography secondhand.

When she went to the Zhenyan Club for an interview last week, she asked Chen Qiming for advice.

Chen Qiming also taught her two tricks to impress the interviewer.

"You're really annoying!" Chen Qiming muttered, jumping off the bicycle, "I'll give you 10 minutes, let me tell you first, my time is precious, you have to buy a popsicle!"

All right!Another reason why Chen Qiming is often with her is that Zeng Baoyi is rich and generous, and she basically pays for the two of them together.

"This is no problem!" Hearing Chen Qiming's words, Zeng Baoyi couldn't help showing a smile, and quickly ran to the nearby canteen to buy an ice cream, then opened her schoolbag, took out a pineapple cake from inside: "Here you are!"

"Hurry up and talk about your problem. Also, I can't guarantee that I can solve it for you!" Chen Qiming took the things unceremoniously, and said while stuffing them into his mouth.

"It's like this. My boss asked me to complete a script outline of a realistic theme independently. I have no idea, so I want to ask you how to write it?" Zeng Baoyi said, sneaking a glance at Chen Qiming who was eating pineapple cake.

"This pineapple cake tastes really good!" Chen Qiming praised the snack, and then said: "It's very simple, you go to Mengka for a stroll, and you can write ten articles like this!"

As he said that, he stared lewdly at Zeng Baoyi, "A beautiful girl like you went there, tsk..."

It has to be said that Chen Qiming is very talented in acting, and his appearance as if he was going to eat Zeng Baoyi made her unable to resist the conditioned reflex to hide back.

"You're scaring me again!" Zeng Baoyi said angrily after realizing it.

"Remember! Remember your fear just now. When you go back, you can write a script about an innocent girl being bullied by unscrupulous Taiwanese. Of course, you have to think about the specific development of the situation!" Chen Qiming ignored her anger and said nothing. As soon as he stepped on the bicycle, he walked straight away.

"Wait, there is one more thing, can I make the story you told last time into a script?" Zeng Baoyi shouted from behind.

"You can do whatever you want, but you have to pay the original copyright fee!" Chen Qiming replied while speeding away on his bicycle.

Chen Qiming's home is on the outskirts of Xindian District, which is a bit like a slum area, and the people who live here are basically poor people like Chen Qiming.

On the way, there are also students who are on the same road as Chen Qiming, and there are people who are familiar with each other, and everyone will say hello to each other.

"Bitter sand, the feeling of blowing on the face, like my father's scolding, my mother's crying, I will never forget it. When I was young, I liked to be alone by the sea..."

The bicycle passed through the streets and alleys, and Chen Qiming was humming "Sailor" while pedaling rapidly.

This year has just passed the end of the year, and the competition in the music scene is unprecedentedly fierce.

Jimmy Lin was popular in Baodao with the song "17-year-old Rainy Season" before, followed by the beginning of April, and Zheng Zhihua, who just joined the flying saucer last year, immediately came out with the song "Sailor", making the whole of Baodao Get caught up in the inspirational story of the sailor.

To be honest, compared to Jimmy Lin's "17-year-old Rainy Season" and "Not Every Love Song Has Good Memories", Chen Qiming prefers this song "Sailor".

Because, from this song, he seemed to see himself.

He lost his father when he was young, and his mother is not well-educated, so he can only do some hard work. He also has a sister who is waiting to be fed. He started working to earn money at a young age. He is just like the sailor in this song, strong and brave.

A few minutes later, Chen Qiming returned to the alley where his house was located.

"Mom! I'm back!" After locking the bicycle, Chen Qiming went straight to the storefront.

It is said that it is a storefront, but it is actually just a small house isolated from it.

It is filled with various audio-visual products, all of which are records of some popular singers.

"Ahem...I'm back, wait a minute, your sister hasn't come back yet, wait for her to come back before eating!"

In the hut, Huang Xiaomei was packing the tapes.

Looking back at Chen Qiming, after saying something, he was busy putting the tapes on the shelf back into the cardboard boxes one by one.

Because there is no door in this hut, every morning, Huang Xiaomei would take the tapes out of the inner room and put them on the shelf, and put them away again at night.

"I've sold all those tapes. This is the money. These are leftovers after I paid back the tutor's money!" Chen Qiming took out the money from the recent sale of tapes from his schoolbag and handed them to his mother.

"How come there are so many?" Huang Xiaomei took the money and counted it, and couldn't help being surprised.

"Haha!" Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help laughing, "I sold all those tapes for 80 yuan each, and I made a total of about [-] yuan!"

"Ahem...you sell it too expensive, will others buy it from you in the future?" Huang Xiaomei coughed and blamed.

Huang Xiaomei suffered from hard work in the past few years. In the past two years, she has been in poor health. Not only can she not do heavy work, but she also coughs.

Therefore, Chen Qiming changed this small storefront for her and asked her to sell tapes right in front of her house.

There is no audio-visual store near Chen Qiming's home, so although his small audio-visual store is not as popular as the big stores on the street outside, he can still earn some money every month to subsidize his family.

This money, together with the money Chen Qiming earned from working part-time and selling tapes in his spare time, was all the family's income.

The money is not much, but it is enough for a family to live on.

"It's okay, they are not regular customers!" Chen Qiming said indifferently.

After a pause, he felt that he should tell his mother about his plan to visit Fulong Brokerage Company, so he said again: "Today I met the boss of a brokerage company, and she asked me to sign with their company. , she will pack me up for debut."

"Really?" Huang Xiaomei worried.

The mother who travels thousands of miles is worried. As a mother, even though Chen Qiming has never worried her in the past few years, she still can't help but worry that he will meet a liar.

"Don't worry! I've found out that I can't be wrong!" Chen Qiming said.

As he said that, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face and said: "Mom, do you know the Little Tigers? Maybe I will be as popular as them in the future. At that time, let's move directly. I will buy a big villa. Our family Let's live together."

"Do your best!" Huang Xiaomei cursed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)