"Wen Wei Po".
Inside the newspaper office, editors are busy and reporters are carrying bags and coming and going to collect and write news. Despite Hong Kong's small area, there are a lot of things going on every day, otherwise it would not be able to support 70 newspapers.
"Have you finished writing the manuscript for Mihang's rush sale?"
"No, no, don't act from the perspective of public panic, as if our mainland is a scourge!" "Has the British Hong Kong government expressed its stance on the plummeting Hong Kong dollar?"
"Teresa Teng will hold 6 consecutive concerts in Hung Hom in December, the first time in Hong Kong. Keep track!"
In the midst of all the busy work, an editor accidentally looked up and saw a guy wandering in. He quickly stood up and ran over like a happy turtle: "Comrade Chen Qi, why are you here?"
"I have written a few things. Could you please send them to me? Do you still have my column?" "Yes! I have kept it for you. You haven't written an article for a long time!"
"I've been too busy lately."
When other people heard this, they transformed into melons in the melon field and ran over one after another. The nature of "Wen Wei Po" means that the news cannot be too gossipy, but writing column articles is no problem. Chen Qi satisfied everyone's twisted pleasure and also brought up the
sales volume.
Every time he trolls people, newspaper sales will skyrocket. The royalties of HK$200 per thousand words are not free!
"Who are you scolding this time? Is it Ma Jia? Stop scolding him. His head is getting bald and we are tired of seeing it." "I wrote three short articles first and distributed them over three days, and then
I’ll write again.”
Chen Qi took out the manuscript paper and the editors took a look at it. Huh? Instead of writing about Hong Kong movies this time, I wrote about music? Looking at the writing again, the words used are all praise, full of praise, and the yearning is beyond words.
"This is the first, second, and third part, don't mess up the order." "Don't worry, we know you do it step by step." "I'm complimenting you!"
"It's all the same!"
Chen Qi left, the editor happily discussed it, he published the article, the newspaper brought sales, the music scene was praised, and everyone has a bright future.
The next day, Chen Qi’s column, which I haven’t seen for a long time, was updated.
Uncharacteristically, he did not talk about movies, but about music:
"Dongfang Company has been stationed in Hong Kong for 1981 and has been operating for more than two years. With the care of relatives and friends from all walks of life, it has achieved some minor achievements.
At the beginning of the year, the company established a music department and released two albums in mainland China. One sold just over 2 million, and the other only sold 800,000. The results were mediocre and not enough for outsiders. Making music is based on comprehensive development considerations.
An important part of the company's strategy.
Mainland China has a population of 1 billion and has the largest Chinese-speaking market. The music environment is much more relaxed than that of movies. We can introduce overseas music, cooperate with Hong Kong and Taiwan singers to record albums and release them, and we also get a share of royalties.
Taiwanese musician Hou Dejian, who recently voluntarily surrendered, is producing an album for a mainland singer, and the royalty share exceeds 10%.
Cantonese songs are popular in Hong Kong now, but there is also a market for Cantonese songs. Guangdong has a population of over 50 million, which is ten times that of Hong Kong. Not to mention Mandarin songs, I heard that Hong Kong singers often release Mandarin albums for Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
Why bother?
Spending so much effort to please Taiwan, which has three melons and two dates?
Regarding movies, I said that Taiwan is not worth mentioning. We should go overseas to make money. The same is true about music. The real gold is in the mainland. The Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene has abundant talent resources. We welcome every musician to return to the mainland to have a look.
Music builds bridges of friendship..."
In addition to the article, Chen Qi ostentatiously posted the album covers of "Spring Festival Gala Golden Melody" and "Li Lingyu Sweet Sweet", and even listed the song catalogue, one with 2 million, the other with 800,000, in huge fonts, black and bold
.
Originally, when he published an article, all Hong Kong filmmakers were frightened.
As a result, I saw that there was no movie this time, and it was about the music industry, so I was gloating because this routine was so familiar.
The Hong Kong music scene noticed this article, but they were inexperienced and did not realize what it meant. Then, the second article was published, and it was still beautiful, moving, and sincere.
"I recently bought an album by Alan Tam and Anita Mui. The owner of the record store said it was the most popular. I asked how many copies he had sold, and the owner proudly told me that one was 4 platinum gold and the other was 5 platinum gold.
platinum.
I know a little bit about this. One million copies sold in the United States are called platinum records, and 10 million copies are called diamond records.
I also listened to it, and it was really great. No wonder it sold millions of copies. I was proud of the emergence of such an excellent singer in our Chinese music scene. Later someone told me that Hong Kong standards are different. 25,000 copies are gold records, and 50,000 copies are gold records.
Zhang is platinum...Bai is happy.
I heard that the standards are the same in Taiwan. After all, Taiwan has a population of 20 million. How can it have the same shame as one with a population of 5 million? The most popular Hong Kong and Taiwan singers in mainland China:
Teresa Teng is unique. You are in Hong Kong. I really don’t know how much everyone likes Teresa Teng’s songs. She may not even know it herself.
Liu Wenzheng and Pan Anbang are also listened to by many people, Luo Wen is popular, and Zhen Ni also knows that "The Hero Huo Yuanjia" was introduced this year, and the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall Down" has spread all over the country.
There is also Lin Zixiang's "Genghis Khan" sung by The Voice, which is also liked by many people.
I don't know the specific sales of these singers, but I sincerely invite you to come to the mainland to develop. Platinum records of 50,000 copies are a bit too low.
Alan Tam, Anita Mui, Sam Hui, Chen Baiqiang... Cantonese singers come to Guangdong. They are just over the border and are very close. Taiwanese singers are also welcome. If Teresa Teng releases an album in mainland China, it is possible to sell 10 million copies.
oh.
Now the music industry reacted and became unhappy. The truth hurts the most.
How many singers strive for a platinum album? How many singers release albums and only sell a few thousand or less? Being able to get 1 platinum means that you are famous, and 2 platinums can lead to a celebration party, but 3 platinums and 4 platinums are not enough
Oh, red singer!
Zhen Ni's "Struggle" sold 800,000 copies, unrivaled in Hong Kong! Li Lingyu also sold 800,000 copies. Who is Li Lingyu?
Everyone is holding newspapers and looking at the song list of Li Lingyu's album. They have never heard of "Childhood" or "Walking on the Waves". They are all covers of Taiwanese songs. How can they sell 800,000 copies? Of course, the Hong Kong album is a vinyl record
+ The cassettes are released together, and the sales of the cassettes are converted into the sales of records at a certain percentage. Even so, it can't compare.
There is also 2 million for "Spring Festival Gala Golden Songs", which is like a fantasy.
The people who were named were all panic-stricken. Most of them had film careers. After seeing the newspaper, they immediately asked various questions. "That Mr. Chen from Mainland China who is suffering from the disease has called me. You have experience, what should I do?"
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"I'll always find you when I'm waiting. Just pay some tribute and write a letter of guarantee." "Then will my music have any influence?"
"Probably not, I don't know, I don't do music, hahaha!" "Are you kidding me?"
"Can't I just gloat? That guy finally got you to sing. Now you know how we feel?" The left and right newspapers read each other's newspapers every day.
Collect important information and send it back to the capital, Taipei, for the reference of leaders. As soon as Chen Qi published this article, it naturally attracted the attention of the right wing. It didn't matter to others, but he mentioned Teresa Teng several times.
Taiwan Central News Agency Hong Kong Branch.
The person in charge was named Xie Zhonghou. He put down the newspaper and asked: "Teresa Teng will hold a concert in Hong Kong in December?" "Yes!"
"Are you in Hong Kong right now?"
"No, I'll come over next month."
Chapter completed!