1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 63 Recording a new album, the first Cantonese hit!

Early March.

Just when Zhang Peiren was preparing to continue to promote the mainland rock plan, the Rolling Stone headquarters summoned one of the veterans, Zhang Peiren, to return to Taiwan due to financial crisis.

Zhang Peiren said to his brothers: "Wait for me for three years and I will come back." Then he handed over the mainland Magic Rock Culture Company to another colleague of Rolling Stone.

But you and I both know that everyone has different thoughts and opinions on one thing. The newcomers have not continued what Zhang Peiren did before.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaofeng also said goodbye to Taohong, left Yanjing, and came to Xiangjiang.

In Xiangjiang, an international metropolis where every inch of land is at a premium, most celebrities in Xiangjiang, especially TVB actors, basically live in apartments or village houses. Only a handful of stars who have become successful can afford to live in luxury houses.

For example, Wang Fei, not long ago, she spent 42 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the "Bao Song Yuan" mansion in Jiudu Mountain, Hong Kong.

The agent Chen Jiaying also took good care of Jiang Xiaofeng and rented him a mansion with a monthly rent of 30,000 yuan on Bulligan Street in Kadoorie Mountain.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng is not a big star in Hong Kong, he is still somewhat famous and is even a popular male singer in mainland China.

But when he signed a contract with Chen Jiaying, he didn't ask for a penny in signing fees, nor did he make any excessive demands from her. This made Chen Jiaying quite surprised and pleasantly surprised.

Therefore, after Jiang Xiaofeng came to Xiangjiang, Chen Jiaying did not treat Jiang Xiaofeng badly and spent 30,000 yuan a month to rent a mansion for Jiang Xiaofeng.

However, what Chen Jiaying didn't know was that Jiang Xiaofeng didn't ask for a signing fee from Chen Jiaying, not because he didn't want to, nor because he was kind, but mainly because he had no experience.

Because when you are in the Mainland, most record companies don't care about your life or death. There is no signing fee. It would be great if a record company is willing to sign you, and you also need a bicycle.

This mansion is not very big, the upper and lower floors combined are less than 200 square meters, but Jiang Xiaofeng feels very satisfied. This is Xiangjiang, and many people still live in coffin houses.

After all, they were fellow villagers and fellow seniors. On the first night Jiang Xiaofeng came to Hong Kong, Wang Fei invited Jiang Xiaofeng to have dinner at Fulinmen in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Jiang Xiaofeng was also grateful for Wang Fei's generosity.

You know, Fulinmen is not an ordinary hotel, but a high-end restaurant known as the "Rich Canteen" by Xiangjiang people.

Many big names in Hong Kong regard this place as their home base, such as brother Leslie Cheung. He usually likes to meet up with a few close friends and go to Fulinmen for a meal and a massage.

Rich people even regard Fulinmen as a good place to have three meals a day. Gambling king He Hongsheng, the richest man Li Jiacheng, entertainment tycoon Liu Luanxiong, etc. are all top VIPs here.

Especially Liu, his annual consumption at Fulinmen is as high as 4 million Hong Kong dollars, either at Fulinmen or on the way to Fulinmen.

At this dinner, agent Chen Jiaying also introduced Jiang Xiaofeng to Liang Rongjun, a famous producer in Hong Kong, which shows that Chen Jiaying attaches great importance to Jiang Xiaofeng.

However, Liang Rongjun was not willing to help Jiang Xiaofeng make records at first. After all, a gold medal producer like him has made many big names in the industry popular. He also personally produced the album "The Most Fei" that made Wang Fei famous in Hong Kong.

Make.

Fortunately, Chen Jiaying and Wang Fei always put in good words for Jiang Xiaofeng, and Liang Rongjun reluctantly agreed after listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's previously released album "Jiang Xiaofeng".

Because Jiang Xiaofeng is from Guangfu and grew up listening to Cantonese songs. Although he is not very fluent in Cantonese, he has no difficulty communicating with Chen Jiaying and Liang Rongjun.

There was no language communication barrier, Jiang Xiaofeng and Liang Rongjun also exchanged their thoughts on the new album.

In fact, Liang Rongjun has never thought about what kind of record he wants to create for Jiang Xiaofeng, because Jiang Xiaofeng's image and singing voice are not particularly outstanding in the entire entertainment industry.

In Liang Rongjun's view, Jiang Xiaofeng looks handsome and masculine, and is more suitable for singing inspirational songs, such as Hacken Lee's "Red Sun", which is particularly suitable for his image.

However, there are no absolutes in this matter. For example, Faye Wong is not an easily injured woman, but she has successfully become popular in Hong Kong with the song "Easily Injured Woman". Who can explain this?

Therefore, Liang Rongjun feels that Jiang Xiaofeng does not need to be so inspirational all the time. He can try to be a sad singer and change his style.

Because love songs are basically about bitterness, I don’t dare to recognize love songs that are not bitter, and bitter love songs are also very popular in Hong Kong in this era.

Thinking of this, Liang Rongjun said to Jiang Xiaofeng: "This album of yours will follow the path of bitter love songs. What do you think?"

Although Jiang Xiaofeng has listened to many Cantonese songs in his past life, there are not many truly classic and popular Cantonese songs. It can be said that there are quite a few, and there are even fewer that can be copied.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't dare to make excuses, and then nodded and said: "Okay, Teacher Liang, I'll listen to you, so I'll just help you collect the songs for me."

At this time, Wang Fei suddenly remembered that when Jiang Xiaofeng was in Yanjing, he told her and Chen Jiaying that he was trying to write Cantonese songs, and asked with interest: "Xiaofeng, didn't you say you were writing Cantonese songs?"

, how is the writing going?"

Hearing Wang Fei's words, Chen Jiaying also remembered it and asked curiously: "Yes, have you finished writing the Cantonese song? If you have written it, you can let Alvin (Liang Rongjun) listen to it and let Alvin give you guidance.

Guidance.”

Liang Rongjun felt that Jiang Xiaofeng was not good at speaking Cantonese, so he wanted to write a good Cantonese song. It was simply a dream, and he had no expectations for his creation at all.

Jiang Xiaofeng had just arrived, and he was not in a hurry to express himself. He said modestly: "Sister Katie, I'm really sorry. The Cantonese song I wrote is still being created, and there are still many things that I'm not satisfied with. Wait until I revise it, so I won't bother you anymore.

Teacher Liang, please give me some advice."

Wang Fei was a little disappointed when she heard Jiang Xiaofeng's answer. In fact, she had always admired Jiang Xiaofeng's creations and had high expectations.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaofeng was so humble, Chen Jiaying was very pleased and praised: "Xiaofeng, it's not a bad thing to have high standards for your works. Work harder and keep working hard."

Jiang Xiaofeng vowed: "Thank you sister Katie, I will work hard to write the song well."

Liang Rongjun just smiled and said nothing. Anyway, he didn't care, and he didn't expect Jiang Xiaofeng to write any good Cantonese songs.

In the next month, Jiang Xiaofeng kept traveling back and forth between Xinyibao's recording studio and his residence.

As a record producer, Liang Rongjun has always had high requirements for singers' singing skills. Especially since he is used to Wang Fei's high-level singing, the standard is naturally much higher than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, while Jiang Xiaofeng was recording songs in the recording studio, he also received criticism from Liang Rongjun.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't take it seriously. In fact, he knew his level very well and really had no singing skills. Many of the songs he sang, such as "Chasing Dreams" and "I Believe", were all based on his gifted voice and

The lung capacity has increased.

Jiang Xiaofeng's singing skills are not high enough and cannot be blamed. When he was in the Magic Rock Four Records, Jiang Xiaofeng's singing skills were already ranked second, second only to Dou Wei, and not a little bit better than Zhang Chu and He Yong.

Fortunately, Jiang Xiaofeng has a good understanding. Under Liang Rongjun's guidance, Jiang Xiaofeng's singing skills have also been greatly improved in a short period of time.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng was disappointed that the eight Cantonese songs Liang Rongjun asked him to record, including "Love Is Deep" and "I Can't See You Again", were all unpopular songs that he had never heard in his previous life.

In other words, these songs that Liang Rongjun asked people to write basically have no chance of becoming popular and can only be regarded as mediocre Cantonese songs.

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that he could not go on like this. If the new album didn't have a single hit song, wouldn't it be in vain?

After much thought, Jiang Xiaofeng decided to take out a Cantonese song that he liked very much from his song library and put it in his new album.

This morning, Xinyibao Recording Studio.

Wang Fei and Chen Jiaying happened to be free and came to the recording studio to visit the class.

Jiang Xiaofeng also took this opportunity to demo the new song that he had recorded before and let Liang Rongjun, Wang Fei, and Chen Jiaying listen to it together.

As the melody of the song sounded, accompanied by Jiang Xiaofeng's deep singing voice, Jiang Xiaofeng's Cantonese song was immediately stunned by the other three people present.

"Next year today, don't lose sleep again

The mattresses are changed, if you are lucky enough to meet

Or at the wedding feast of companions

Waiting in panic for you to appear

Next year today, I haven’t seen you for a year

Who is willing to change and leave you for sixty years?

I wish I could recognize your children

…”

The song Jiang Xiaofeng played was called "Today Next Year" and it is a rare Cantonese classic.

The warm and gentle music style and the affectionate but not sentimental chorus melody, coupled with the lyrics that resemble the scenes in the drama, are perfectly expressed through Jiang Xiaofeng's deep and affectionate voice.

While listening to the song "Today Next Year", both Wang Fei and Chen Jiaying were stunned, and Liang Rongjun couldn't help but look at Jiang Xiaofeng with admiration.

"...

I can meet you in my lifetime

Spent all my luck

Only found out today

Breathed the air."

The song is over.

Wang Fei made a "tsk" sound and couldn't help but admired: "Xiao Feng, this song is so beautiful."

Chen Jiaying also nodded: "Yes, it is indeed very beautiful."

In fact, in the process of helping Jiang Xiaofeng produce this record, Liang Rongjun also felt that this record would most likely be sold on the street, because there really wasn’t even a single song that could hit the market, and basically all the good song resources were sold by the big four.

The King of Heaven has a monopoly.

Now Jiang Xiaofeng has written a Cantonese song with excellent lyrics and music. It is as if there is no way out after mountains and rivers, and there is a bright future in another village. It takes no effort at all.

After listening to the song "Today Next Year" by Jiang Xiaofeng, Liang Rongjun didn't say anything, he just smiled happily, then lit a cigar, took a big puff, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of chapter)