1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 67: Becoming famous in Hong Kong and confronting Guo Tianwang head-on!

Author: Lone Orange on the Moon

Chapter 67: Becoming famous in Hong Kong and confronting Guo Tianwang head-on!

On May 28, 1995, more than 200,000 Taiwanese people took to the streets to bid farewell to Teresa Teng with countless fans around the world.

There is a cemetery called "Jun Yuan" in Jinbaoshan, Taiwan Province. This is the resting place of Teresa Teng, and "Jun Yuan" is taken from the "Jun" in Teresa Teng's original name.

Since then, Teresa Teng, a generation of singing queen, has completely disappeared from the world.

On June 1st, Guo Tianwang was the first to bear the brunt and released his latest Cantonese album - "Legend of Innocence" in Hong Kong.

In the first week of its release, the film sold 20,000 records, crushing all the singers who released films at the same time.

When Jiang Xiaofeng learned from Chen Jiaying that King Guo Fucheng's new album "Legend of Innocence" had only sold 20,000 records in one week, he was a little surprised and felt that this sales performance was really not that good.

Because Jiang Xiaofeng clearly remembers that the first Mandarin tape record "Jiang Xiaofeng" he released in Xiangjiang also sold about 25,000 copies.

Faced with Jiang Xiaofeng's question, Chen Jiaying also told him frankly: "It's different. There's no way to compare. You used to sell cassette records, while others sold CD records. There's a lot of difference in price."

"If you can sell 20,000 copies of "Listening to Maple" in a week like Guo Fucheng did, I will open champagne for you to celebrate!"

Hearing Chen Jiaying's words, Jiang Xiaofeng said with confidence: "Sister Katie, it may be difficult for my album to break 20,000 copies in a week, but with total sales, I think it should be no problem to break 50,000 copies."

Chen Jiaying smiled and said sincerely: "Xiao Feng, it is a good thing for people to be confident, but they cannot be blindly confident."

"You may not know the record market here in Hong Kong. In our city, according to IFPI standards, 25,000 is a gold record, 50,000 is a platinum record, 100,000 is a double platinum record, and 150,000 is a triple platinum record."

"Generally speaking, for a newcomer in the music scene like you, there is no fan base in Hong Kong. Let alone selling 50,000 records, I would be very satisfied even if I could sell 25,000 records and achieve the gold record."

After listening to Chen Jiaying's words, Jiang Xiaofeng realized that if a CD could sell 50,000 copies in Hong Kong, it would be a very remarkable achievement.

In addition, Jiang Xiaofeng only learned after coming to Xiangjiang that the prices in Xiangjiang are very high. The price of a Cantonese CD is usually about 100 yuan, which also shocked her.

In fact, not only records in Hong Kong are expensive, but records in Taiwan are also equally expensive. There are four main reasons why records from Hong Kong and Taiwan are so expensive.

First: the reason for the small quantity; record companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan are very conservative when releasing records, generally only producing 10,000 to 20,000 to put them on the market

Second: Records from Hong Kong and Taiwan are mostly hand-packaged and made with perfect workmanship, and the printing quality and costs in all aspects are relatively high.

Third: Xiangjiang and Taiwan Province are in a rapidly developing social consumption level and appreciation level, so the threshold for cultural products is very high, so the requirements for packaging, sound quality, and packaging are particularly high.

Fourth: In order to ensure the profit margins of each sales link, the prices issued by record companies are mostly around 70 Hong Kong dollars, and the retail price is between 100 and 150 Hong Kong dollars!

After getting to know the record market in Xiangjiang, Jiang Xiaofeng realized that he was looking at the sky from a well, and his expectations for the sales of his album "Listening to the Maple" were therefore lowered a lot. He thought he could sell 30,000 copies and get a gold record.

With the result, everything is fine.

June 7, morning.

This day is a rest day in Xiangjiang.

Jiang Xiaofeng held a new album signing conference at a record store called "Sky Music" in Sino Center in Mongkok, Hong Kong, to promote his first Cantonese album - "Listening to Maple".

What surprised Jiang Xiaofeng was that at the press conference, he actually saw more than 20 loyal fans holding his posters and records, and shouting his name loudly in authentic Cantonese.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Xiaofeng was really moved. Although his first tape record "Jiang Xiaofeng" sold fairly well in Hong Kong, he had been in Hong Kong for three months and rarely met fans who knew him.

Fewer people ask for autographs or photos.

As a result, what Jiang Xiaofeng did not expect was that so many fans would come to the new album launch conference today. For Jiang Xiaofeng, who had just come to Hong Kong to develop his career, this was a timely help.

In addition, many Hong Kong media and some fans of Wang Fei came to the scene. They came to Jiang Xiaofeng's new album launch purely because of Wang Fei.

Seeing Jiang Xiaofeng's flattered look, Chen Jiaying said bluntly: "Don't be impressed by yourself. These fans of yours are all hired by our company with money."

Hearing Chen Jiaying's words, Jiang Xiaofeng's heart froze, and he said in a confused voice: "Isn't it right, Sister Katie? These are the fans you bought for me? Why are they so enthusiastic? They spent a lot of money, right?"

Chen Jiaying reminded: "Don't worry about these things. Every singer goes through this when he first debuts. The most important thing for you now is to adjust your condition and give me a good performance later."

Jiang Xiaofeng sighed helplessly: "Okay, Sister Katie, I understand."

Subsequently, Jiang Xiaofeng and Huang Fei made a grand appearance at the press conference amidst the flashes of media reporters and accepted interviews from reporters.

When being interviewed by reporters, Wang Fei also responded that she admired Jiang Xiaofeng, thinking that he was a very good singer-songwriter, and suggested that everyone buy his record.

Jiang Xiaofeng was also at the press conference and thanked Wang Fei for her help and support.

After answering a few questions about the album "Listening to Maple", the reporters started to become gossipy and asked a lot of questions that had nothing to do with the album.

Because Jiang Xiaofeng was not well-known in Xiangjiang, and there were no scandals to ask about, the reporters focused their interviews on Wang Fei, who was sitting next to Jiang Xiaofeng.

Reporter: "Hello Wang Fei, have you returned to Yanjing recently to meet your boyfriend?"

Wang Fei didn't want to steal Jiang Xiaofeng's limelight, so she replied: "I think you should stop asking me. You should ask some questions about the album "Listening to Maple"."

However, a good reporter did not let Wang Fei go, and then asked: "Hello Wang Fei, will the relationship between you and your boyfriend being separated for a long time affect the relationship between you?"

Wang Fei is the most annoying reporter asking about personal matters, and today is Jiang Xiaofeng's home field, his new album launch conference. She is here to support Jiang Xiaofeng, and she really doesn't want to overwhelm the guest, so she just says: "What does it have to do with you?"

The reporter was choked up and said: "Your fans are very concerned about it. They all want to know."

Wang Fei wanted to get angry, but for the sake of Jiang Xiaofeng, she held back and said, "It has nothing to do with them. I don't think you should ask me. You should ask questions about the album "Listening to Maple".

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Seeing this situation, Chen Jiaying, who had been standing by, was also very angry and was ready to call and scold the boss of these reporters.

Fortunately, after Chen Jiaying came forward, the reporters on the scene began to restrain themselves a little and were no longer as outrageous as before.

After the reporter's interview, Jiang Xiaofeng sang the two title songs of the new album, "Today Next Year" and "Living Viva" at the press conference.

"The fast song is so exciting!"

"Not bad. The two songs he sang are much better than Guo Tianwang's new songs."

“His Cantonese singing is very standard!”

"He is handsome and sings well. I am almost becoming his fan."

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Some reporters in the audience, even fans of Wang Fei, and some professional fans, after listening to the two songs "Today Next Year" and "Living Viva" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng, were involuntarily conquered by Jiang Xiaofeng's singing.

In addition to the new album signing conference, Chen Jiaying also took Jiang Xiaofeng to variety shows and took him to the radio station to hit the charts.

Soon, after being promoted by TV, radio, and the media, Jiang Xiaofeng's song "Next Year Today" quickly topped the Xiangjiang Radio Chart and became the champion of that week.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaofeng's album "Listening to Maple" sold 15,000 copies in just one week due to the popularity of the song "Today Next Year".

Although the sales volume of 15,000 records per week is still a little behind the "King of Heaven" Guo Fucheng, as a new singer who has just debuted in Hong Kong and achieved such results, it is already considered very outstanding.

It is true that Hong Kong is an international metropolis, but it is also a small place. When a song becomes popular, it can easily spread throughout Hong Kong.

The song "Today Next Year" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng quickly overwhelmed the title song of Guo Fucheng's new album of the same name "Legend of Innocence" without losing his temper at all.

However, the king is the king after all. Although Guo Fucheng's "Legend of Innocence" album did not have any hit songs, he relied on his super popularity to sell more than 50,000 copies in just three weeks, close to

60,000 copies sold.

In the second week after the release of "Listening to Maple", due to the popularity of the song "Next Year Today" in Hong Kong, 16,000 copies were sold again, and the total sales exceeded the 30,000 mark, chasing Guo Fucheng's more than 50,000 copies.

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And Jiang Xiaofeng became an instant hit in Hong Kong with the song "Today Next Year".

Because of the song "Next Year Today", many Hong Kong media, fans, and even new and old singers in the music industry began to notice that there was a male singer from mainland China who was rapidly becoming popular in Hong Kong.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng's popularity did not attract the attention of the Four Heavenly Kings, because they have become accustomed to it and have become numb. Basically, every once in a while, a newcomer like Jiang Xiaofeng will suddenly appear in the music scene and then quickly fall away.

ps. Thank you book friend Feng La Xieyang for your support. Thank you. I am now ordering 600 pieces for the first time. Thank you all for your gratitude. Thank you.

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