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Chapter 51 Magic City Video Store

The people who entered the video store were Xu Xiaoxin, a student from a college in Shanghai, and her best friend Ren Mengmeng.

Both of them are natives of Shanghai. One of his parents is a civil servant, and the other's father works in a state-owned enterprise.

With such a family background, their lives have been relatively comfortable since childhood, and their parents have given them much more pocket money than their peers.

So they have extra pocket money to buy records, tapes, posters and chase stars.

Basically every month, Xu Xiaoxin and Ren Mengmeng would come to the video store to package up new and good-sounding albums and take them home.

Today is New Year's Day and school is on holiday, so they made an appointment to go out together today.

However, after looking at the dazzling array of products in the video store for a long time, they couldn't find what they wanted, and they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The main reason is that they come to purchase albums every month, such as the albums released last year.

For example, "Look at My 72 Transformations" by Cai Yiling, "Ye Huimei" by Zhou Jielun, "The Moment" by unpopular singer Sun Yanzi, etc.

These albums that were released last year with high quality and good reputation have already been included in their collection.

That's why they feel distressed about not being able to find good records.

Xu Xiaoxin and Ren Mengmeng are both regular customers of the video store.

With many experiences of cooperation, Lao Wang understands the behavior of these two guests.

These two have some social fears.

As soon as he makes a sales pitch, the other party will run away after just a few words.

Customers are God, and those who do business must do whatever God feels comfortable with.

So Lao Wang remained silent the whole time, letting Xu Xiaoxin and Ren Mengmeng make their own choices.

Anyway, based on past experience, as long as they pick something they are satisfied with, the two of them will come to the counter to pay, and they never bargain.

Lao Wang likes customers who do little but are generous.

Xu Xiaoxin and Ren Mengmeng were busy with theirs, while Lao Wang was busy with his own.

Lao Wang moved the speaker to the entrance of the store and prepared to play some popular songs to attract customers.

I thought that as soon as I opened the door today, my partner sent me a few boxes of "Ghosts-Original Soundtrack".

Just put this new thing in and try the effect.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, not many singers release albums. He has played the songs that were popular last year countless times.

It is estimated that passers-by who pass by the store every day can memorize the lyrics.

It's a good time to put on a new record to adjust the taste.

After thinking about it, Lao Wang opened a cassette tape and started playing it.

The first song in "Goblin - Original Soundtrack" is the title song, and it is also the most explosive "Stay With Me".

This is a duet song between men and women. The male voice is sung by Hu Yanbin, and the female voice is sung by Zhang Shaohan, a female singer in Taiwan who is producing her first album.

Hu Yanbin's "Civil and Military" was released simultaneously in the Mainland, Taiwan Province and Hong Kong Island.

He had been to Taiwan Province during the promotion period and naturally knew some people in Taiwanese circles.

Zhang Shaohan initially debuted as an actor.

It wasn't until last year that the company she was signed to produced her first album, which has yet to be released.

There is really nothing to say about Hu Yanbin’s aesthetic taste in music.

He found that Zhang Shaohan's voice was very good and very suitable for the song "Stay With Me", so he asked Zhang Shaohan to sing the chorus.

The ear-catching intro can make people's skin crawl as soon as it sounds.

After the prelude ended, Zhang Shaohan's female voice started. The female voice with high recognition, bright timbre and strong impact immediately attracts people.

After Zhang Shaohan's singing ended, Hu Yanbin's singing immediately connected. This is a rap with a strong sense of rhythm.

Hu Yanbin's voice is distinctive, and he was born in R&B.

His rhythm is very strong, and his mixing skills are at the top level among famous singers.

In addition, his articulation is clear, his pronunciation is beautiful, and he has a strong control over details.

This is definitely a very explosive song.

First of all, the melody is ear-catching, the quality of the songs is very high, and there are two powerful singers, Hu Yanbin and Zhang Shaohan, singing. I can't say it's awesome enough.

Xu Xiaoxin and Ren Mengmeng, who were selecting records in the store, were stunned.

They have listened to Hu Yanbin's "Civil and Military" and are half of Hu Yanbin's fans.

Isn't this... Hu Yanbin's voice?

They haven't heard that Hu Yanbin has plans to release an album recently!
  They can be sure that this song is definitely a new song. They have never heard this song in Hu Yanbin's previous album.

The owner of the video store, Lao Wang, was born in the 60s and is already in his early s.

He heard Hu Yanbin's rap and Xu Xiaoxin's and Ren Mengmeng's surprise reactions were completely different.

He frowned, thinking that he was thinking the same thing when he killed a chicken to worship the gods and invited the gods to eat during the New Year.

He was confused. Do young people today like to listen to this kind of chanting songs?

I really can’t understand it. He still prefers Hong Kong’s old songs from the 1980s and 1990s. He thinks those are classics.

"Boss, has Hu Yanbin released a new album? That voice just now was clearly his."

Xu Xiaoxin seemed to have discovered a treasure, and he looked a little excited when talking to Lao Wang.

The name Hu Yanbin must be familiar to Lao Wang. He has sold Hu Yanbin's "Civil and Military Completeness" and "Civil and Military Completeness Upgraded Edition", and the sales were very good.

"Hu Yanbin released... No, this is a new record that someone sent me this morning. It's called "Ghosts - Original Soundtrack". It didn't say it was Hu Yanbin's new record."

Lao Wang was confused and felt something was wrong.

If it were Hu Yanbin's new album, how could it not be printed on the outside of the package with Hu Yanbin's slutty haircut and a slutty expression?
  Lao Wang took out a CD of "Ghosts - Original Soundtrack" from the carton. On the front was a photo of Li Xin, played by Zu Feng, and Tang Churan, played by Liu Shishi.

The man is so elegant and the woman is pure and beautiful. She is obviously not Hu Yanbin.

When I turned to the back, I saw the name of the song and the name of the singer. The singer was indeed Hu Yanbin.

There are fourteen songs in total, and eleven or two of them have Hu Yanbin’s name on the back.

In fact, this is quite normal. This is itself the soundtrack of the TV series "Goblin".

The album highlights the TV series itself, not Hu Yanbin as a singer.

All the soundtracks of TV series or movies are like this, using the name of the TV series or movie as the album title.

Ren Mengmeng's reaction was very fast. She stamped her foot, grabbed her best friend Xu Xiaoxin's hand, and said, "I know, this is the episode Hu Yanbin sang for the TV series Ghosts, just like the romantic "Destiny"."

Xu Xiaoxin's eyes lit up after hearing his best friend's words, and he immediately reacted.

She and Ren Mengmeng have both watched Full House.

After watching it several times on TV, they found it not satisfying enough, so they bought a pirated DVD and watched it twice more.

As a fan of the show Full House, she naturally knew that the latest work by the director of Full House, called Ghosts, would be aired this winter vacation.

Ghosts, good songs, Hu Yanbin, there are so many surprises.

Xu Xiaoxin decided on the spot: "Boss, give me the two CDs you mentioned."

(End of this chapter)