1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 59 Finalizing cooperation, another New Year’s Eve.

January 6, morning.

Jiang Xiaofeng met Wang Fei and her manager Chen Jiaying in a coffee shop called "1901 Cafe" in Xicheng.

This cafe was renovated from the annex of Xishiku Cathedral, one of the largest and oldest churches in Yanjing. This annex was built in 1901, so this cafe is called 1901.

In the process of drinking coffee, the two parties communicated and gained some deeper understanding.

What makes Chen Jiaying satisfied is that Jiang Xiaofeng's conversation gives her a very low-key and down-to-earth feeling, unlike some rock singers who are frivolous and impetuous.

Everything was very pleasant. The only thing that was not communicated well was the contract issue between the two parties.

Jiang Xiaofeng's idea is to sign a one-year contract with Chen Jiaying.

What Chen Jiaying meant was that the contract should be signed for at least three years.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is not uncommon for artists and managers to sign contracts on a yearly basis, but they usually start in three years, mostly five years, and some even ten years.

In response, Chen Jiaying asked in confusion: "Xiao Feng, can you tell me why you are only willing to sign for one year?"

Jiang Xiaofeng said calmly: "Sister Katie, I think signing for one year is just right. One year is enough for us to get to know each other."

Chen Jiaying asked: "You don't believe in my ability?"

Jiang Xiaofeng denied with a smile: "Of course not, I know your strength very well, otherwise, Sister Fei would not follow you willingly."

When he said this, Jiang Xiaofeng glanced at Wang Fei, and Wang Fei's eyes flickered when he saw her.

"Sister Katie, let me tell you this. In fact, I am a person who likes freedom very much. I don't like to be bound by a contract for too long..."

Due to contract timing issues, the initial communication between Jiang Xiaofeng and Chen Jiaying did not make substantial progress.

In fact, Jiang Xiaofeng and Chen Jiaying both have the idea of ​​​​cooperating with each other. The difficulty lies in the various details of the contract and they have not reached an agreement.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng believes that his current situation in the mainland is not good, because since he got along with Dou Wei and He Yong, known as the "Four Elites of Magic Rock", they have been tied together, and it will be difficult to gain mainstream popularity in the short term.

recognition.

Several times before, Wang Jinghua wanted to promote him to perform on TV stations, but because of his identity as a "rock singer", the other party backed down.

If Jiang Xiaofeng can dominate Hong Kong in the past two years, he will become a superstar in Hong Kong and Taiwan just like Wang Fei, completing the packaging of "export to domestic sales".

In this way, when Jiang Xiaofeng returns to mainland China, he can basically be on any TV station.

Two days later, after repeated discussions and mutual concessions, Jiang Xiaofeng and Chen Jiaying signed a two-year contract, with Jiang Xiaofeng accounting for 70% and Chen Jiaying accounting for 30%.

In this way, Jiang Xiaofeng signed under Chen Jiaying's banner and became Wang Fei's fellow junior.

Immediately afterwards, under Chen Jiaying's recommendation, Jiang Xiaofeng signed a two-record contract with Xinyibao Records in Xiangjiang, and the Mandarin records in Taiwan were handed over to Foremost Records for distribution.

In other words, Jiang Xiaofeng's next two albums were mainly produced and distributed by Xiangjiang's Xin Yibao Records.

The task set by Chen Jiaying to Jiang Xiaofeng was to first release a Cantonese record to test the waters, and then release a Mandarin record in the first half of 1995.

Of course, there will be a dedicated producer to help him with the songs for the new album. If Jiang Xiaofeng has new songs of his own, as long as the quality is good and the songs are suitable for the market, they can be released in the new album.

Jiang Xiaofeng thinks that this production method is quite good. For a new album, he only needs to come up with one or two high-quality songs, and leave the other songs to the producer, which will not be so wasteful.

In order not to surprise Chen Jiaying and Huang Fei, Jiang Xiaofeng also revealed in this exchange that he is currently trying to compose Cantonese songs.

Chen Jiaying was very pleased when she found out. She smiled and praised: "Xiao Feng, it's a good idea for you to have this idea, because you are a very good musician yourself."

"I heard A Fei say that all 10 songs in your first album are your own original works. Am I right?"

Jiang Xiaofeng smiled and nodded: "Yes, Sister Katie, the writing is not good, it's ridiculous."

Wang Fei couldn't stand people showing off, so she laughed and joked: "Xiao Feng, being too modest turns into hypocrisy."

Jiang Xiaofeng immediately replied with a smile: "Okay Sister Fei, I won't pretend anymore, I'll show my cards, the songs I wrote are all great and awesome."

Wang Fei was also happy. She smiled and said to Chen Jiaying on the side: "Sister Katie, he said this himself, I didn't force him!"

After signing a contract with Chen Jiaying, Jiang Xiaofeng decided to spend the Spring Festival in Yanjing and then report to Xiangjiang.

January 30, 1995.

early morning.

New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve.

Just like the Spring Festival in 1994, Jiang Xiaofeng was alone with nowhere to go, so Taohong wanted to take him home for the New Year.

Jiang Xiaofeng was a little nervous at first. He told Taohong on the phone that it didn't matter if he was alone in the courtyard, it was no big deal.

In fact, Jiang Xiaofeng wanted to go to Taohong's house to celebrate the New Year, because she was worried that her parents would have objections, and she didn't want her neighbors to gossip.

On the phone, after declining Taohong's invitation, Jiang Xiaofeng stayed in the courtyard to play the tragic leading role.

After being rejected by Jiang Xiaofeng, Taohong was so angry that she rushed over from home.

As soon as she saw Jiang Xiaofeng, Taohong said angrily: "Are you going or not?"

Jiang Xiaofeng sighed and said: "We are not married yet, so we always go to your house, which has a bad influence on you. There are also uncles and aunts..."

Before Jiang Xiaofeng could finish speaking, Taohong interrupted: "Don't talk to me about this. I'm not afraid of any repercussions. What are you afraid of?"

"Let me ask you one last time, do you want to go home with me? If you don't go home with me, I will ignore you!"

Now that Tao Hong had reached this point and took the initiative to invite her, it would be a bit unkind for Jiang Xiaofeng to shirk it again. He stopped coyly and went home with Tao Hong directly.

Because we spent two New Year's Eves at Taohong's house, relatives, friends and neighbors all knew about Jiang Xiaofeng and said that the Tao family's parents had picked up a son.

Compared with last year when no one cared about it, this year at Taohong’s house during the Chinese New Year, many children from relatives, friends and neighbors, especially middle school students, came to ask for photos and autographs with Jiang Xiaofeng, the “rock singer”.

Seeing Jiang Xiaofeng being so popular, Tao's father and Tao's mother also saw it and were happy in their hearts.

Moreover, Tao's father and Tao's mother also listened to the songs sung by Jiang Xiaofeng on the recommendation of Tao Hong. Most of them are very healthy and inspirational, and the songs contain more than just love and love.

In addition, aside from other things, Jiang Xiaofeng has a very good temper and is quite gentle and considerate towards Tao Hong.

When he was at Taohong's house, Jiang Xiaofeng was also very proactive. Apart from not liking cooking, he almost did all the swearing and tiring work.

8pm.

Jiang Xiaofeng and Taohong's family of three were enjoying the 1995 Spring Festival Gala while having New Year's Eve dinner.

This year's Spring Festival Gala, in addition to launching new talents and new works, also paid special attention to star effect, gathering most stars in the film and television industry.

It is no exaggeration to say that the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1995 was the most awesome Spring Festival Gala in history.

First of all, there are language programs, which can really be said to be more exciting than the last.

For example, Zhao Bensan and Fan Wei's "Uncle Niu Lifts the Gun", on the Spring Festival Gala stage this time, Zhao Benshan regarded the important burden of "bullshit" as his trump card, and did not reveal it in many rehearsals until the performance.

For example, Guo Donglin bought Hongmei's "You Speak Again", which really proves that the saying "Guo Zi is as strong as iron, and his sister-in-law is as smooth as water" is by no means groundless.

There is also the sketch "Father" by Cai Ming and Guo Da, which has a particularly happy ending and a tragic ending. It is funny at the beginning and sensational at the end, and Cai Ming knelt down on the stage and cried bitterly. After watching it, Jiang Xiaofeng thought "Father" was the comedy.

The originator of the sad-headed-tail sketch.

However, the work was not criticized this year and instead moved hundreds of millions of viewers.

There is also "Packaging Like This", a collaboration between Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin, which is also a rare classic sketch and is worthy of the title of King of Sketch.

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Then there are the song and dance programs, which are really real fights between gods, and each song is more popular than the last.

On the Spring Festival Gala stage in 1995, the song "Tell You Softly" made Yang Yuying famous.

"Hot Girl" is also one of Teacher Song's most classic representative songs. The whole song is full of Hunan flavor.

Then there are Meng Tingwei's "There is a Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind", Gao Linsheng's "I Am the One Who Cares About You", Xie Dong's "Smiling Face", Lao Lang's "You at the Same Table", Yu Wenhua and Yin Xiangjie's "The Sky"

"When it's not raining or windy, there's sunshine in the sky", each song is a hot phenomenon.

In addition, the line "Lend me a pair of eyes" in Naying's song "Smoke in the Sky" also completely became popular across the country.

Even Andy Lau, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, came to the Spring Festival Gala for the first time and sang the classic hit song "Forgetting Love".

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Originally, Jiang Xiaofeng had no interest in the Spring Festival Gala, but because of the classic songs one after another and the wonderful cross talk, he and Taohong's family of three watched this year's Spring Festival Gala from beginning to end.

It's quiet at night.

Jiang Xiaofeng did not go home or stay in a small guest room. Instead, he sneaked into Taohong's boudoir and slept on the same bed with her.

Lying on the bed, Jiang Xiaofeng hugged Taohong, recalling the year 1994 that had just passed, which could be said to be full of gains.

In the first half of 1994, when "Campus Ballads 1" first became popular, Jiang Xiaofeng, like Lao Lang and others, was the flagship figure of campus ballads. As long as ballads were discussed, besides Lao Lang, Jiang Xiaofeng was also the name they could not avoid.

In the second half of 1994, with the release of the album "Jiang Xiaofeng", Jiang Xiaofeng transformed from a folk singer and became not only one of the famous "Four Magic Rocks", but also a leader of the new generation of Chinese rock music.

Although there was no big success this year, Jiang Xiaofeng is very satisfied with the current situation and cherishes such a beautiful and simple time now, because he knows very well that such simple and happy days are gradually leaving him, and he will surely face the

Come to the pinnacle of your acting career...

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