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As for the fact that Universal wants to spend 2 million in a big way...

In fact, it's normal, because this company is crazy about finding a big brother who can write songs independently. Pan Weibo, the younger brother who is currently being promoted, is said to be a songwriter, but in fact his popular songs are all covers and lyrics.

The audience doesn't know this, and Universal, as a music library provider, shouldn't be too clear about it.

This is why after Daolang became famous by releasing records through pirated channels and was ostracized by the mainland music circle, Universal Music signed him despite the criticism and even sent one of its old-school Gotham artists, Tan Yonglin, to support Daolang.

Because Daolang is a big brother who can write his own songs, while Tan Yonglin is in the Hong Kong music scene.

but……

Speaking of which, since "Mouse Loves Rice" has become popular, "The First Snow in 2002" should also be released soon, right?

Rubbing his chin, Zhou Yi began to recall the music scene in 2004.

If I remember correctly, the album "The First Snow in 2002" should be released two days later?

Because he didn’t want to sign with a traditional record company without being famous, Daolang directly chose the desperate strategy of debuting through pirate channels——

Many people in later generations have a different filter for Daolang because they hate Naying. They almost praise her as a saint, something like being suppressed by the mainland music industry headed by Naying.

But in fact, the awards ceremony in the mainland music scene is also very interesting for Daolang, who immediately put on the skin of a regular army as soon as he became famous. He has won many major awards, regardless of whether they are valuable or not, but at least he has not lost anything. .

At that time, at most, almost all the musicians who were creators in the Mainland did not want to cooperate on any level with Daolang, which was in full swing at that time. As a result, he could only rely on the Hong Kong scene——

For example, Tan Yonglin, whom Daolang fans love to brag about, approached him to invite him to sing, and Li Zongsheng offered him the role of producer. One is from Hong Kong and the other is from Taiwan, but there is no one from the mainland.

There was no way, you have to know that Song Ke tried to help introduce Daolang at that time, but in the end only Li Zongsheng from Taiwan was willing to help, and Tan Yonglin was found by Universal.

Even for someone like Da Zhangwei who was exposed as a plagiarist, many mainland creators were willing to lend a hand, but none of them were willing to help Daolang.

Because he used pirate channels to debut, he was actually digging a grave for the already dilapidated mainland music scene. This can be seen from the genuine sales of his album.

It was released in early January 2004. By July, it had become extremely popular. However, in the actual half-year period, only 200,000 genuine copies were sold. This was used to build his reputation, and the rest was eaten up by other pirated channels.

With such a successful experience being praised, pirates who think that singers are just that, become even more unscrupulous.

Daolang himself was not unaware that he would be ostracized. Therefore, after his bet became popular, he quickly signed a contract with Universal Music Group in September 2004, which came to him. He transformed himself into a regular soldier and attempted to use this identity again. Enter the mainland music scene.

As a result, the pirate channel was offended again. They thought Daolang was betraying and running away midway.

We agreed that we would give you a name, but you would give us benefits?

You forced to play Infernal Affairs with us? Jumping sideways repeatedly?

So it became a situation where both sides couldn't please each other.

It would be great if the singers in the mainland music scene here don't add insult to injury, but the huge network of pirate dealers over there is still trying to get away with it.

Naying, who has always been criticized for being a slut, has never actually said, "Only farmers can listen to Daolang's songs." This rumor was actually made publicly by Da Peng on his own show. , and then grafted onto Na Young’s head.

Yes, that’s right, it’s the big friend who plays the role of a diaosi man.

Daolang's obsolescence is not due to the so-called suppression and unpopularity of the mainland music scene. It is purely because his style can only be fresh and popular for a while.

After the freshness wore off, many listeners thought that the style of his album songs was too homogeneous and there was no breakthrough, so they naturally chose to abandon it, and he became a shooting star.

However, a shooting star will be a shooting star, and the shining is indeed shining.

This year, if he hadn't brought out "Blue and White Porcelain" and the New Year limited song "Gong Xi Fa Cai", he might not have been able to suppress "Mouse Loves Rice" and "The First Snow in 2002".

In fact, just as Zhou Yi expected -

A week later, under the dumbfounded gaze of countless industry insiders, "Rat Loves Rice" surged into the top ten of several authoritative lists in the mainland with unrivaled momentum.

On Enlight Media's weekly music charts, "Mouse Loves Rice" not only completely killed Adu, who had released a new album, but also kicked out Elva Hsiao's "Compromise" along with it.

Sun Yanzi's album song "I'm Not Sad" was originally going to be in the top ten, but now it was forced to drop one place.

The most important thing is that the top ten songs are basically names that are familiar to fans——

Zhouyi: The first one is "Blue and White Porcelain", the second one is "Qili Xiang", the seventh one is "Write a Poem for You";

Sun Yanzi: "Meeting" is third on the list.

Jay Chou: "Sunny Day" ranked fifth;

Elva Hsiao: No. 8 "Rewind" on the list.

Chen Yixun: No. 4 "Ten Years";

Servant Tree: List 6 "Born Like a Summer Flower"

Cai Yilin: No. 9 "Look at My Seventy-Two Transformations"

Yang Chenggang (Wang Qiwen): "Mouse Loves Rice" ranked tenth.

In addition to "Mouse Loves Rice", there is another song called "Lonely Northern Hemisphere" that is also rapidly rising in the ranking through the spread of the Internet. It has now directly entered the top 20, and its momentum is not as good as "Love Rice". Second, they can be called the Internet heroes at the beginning of 2004——

All the while chopping melons and vegetables.

"Fuck! Wait a minute! What kind of magic is this "Mouse Loves Rice"? I didn't pay attention to the rankings. Why is the increase so terrifying?"

"Sad, my Jiulin's "Look at My Seventy-Two Transformations" has been knocked down."

"This song is very nice. I've been listening to it and I can sing it after listening to it once. It's not surprising that it ranks high."

On the 13th, "Mouse Loves Rice" defeated Cai Yilin and Xiao Yaxuan, and was only one step away from Pushu, who ranked sixth.

On the 15th, "Mouse Loves Rice" officially surpassed "Birthday Summer Flower" on the chart, constantly approaching the chrysanthemum of Jay Chou's "Sunny Day"...

Looking at the growth rate, it is only a matter of time before Jay Chou is surpassed.

Everyone in the domestic record industry, who had never seen this scene before, was shocked and hurriedly studied what this model was about, and why online songs had defeated so many well-produced album songs.

At the same time, a batch of pirated discs were quietly put on the shelves in many audio and video stores. The covers of the discs clearly read "Liu Huan's New Song·The First Snow in 2002", "Knife" Titles such as "Wolf's New Song: The First Snow in 2002";

In Jincheng, Shanxi Province, a director, screenwriter and musician named Niu Chaoyang had just returned to his hometown to prepare for the New Year when he saw this strange ranking situation. He rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought, and then made a phone call——

"Lao Zhou, I think I have an idea for the episode of our TV series after this year."

As a versatile songwriter, he has many songs that he has written but not yet released.

Some of them he thought were tacky and he didn't want to show them, but judging from the current situation, it seems that tackiness is not bad - no matter how tacky it is, can it still be worse than the hit "Mouse Loves Rice"?

"Have you thought of a new song?" Zhou Yaping, founder of Imperial Birdman Art Promotion Co., Ltd., wondered.

"No, no, no, use old songs that haven't been released yet."

Niu Chaoyang shook his head: "The song is called "Two Butterflies". Please help me find a singer with a memorable voice."