Dreams of the Fragrant River

"Laughing like laughter like misery,

How can we separate the false from the true. [;Starting]

There is neither love nor hatred,

Bright shadows have darkness.

Don't remember the past, don't care about the past,

How much pain and joy in life.

After cherishing the present hope,

Go through hardship and adversity together

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Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, Xianlin Dance Hall.

The **** the stage held the microphone in her hand, twisted her body slightly, and sang Xu Xiaofeng affectionately. On the dance floor below the stage, the guests hugged and danced, and no one paid any attention to what the singer was singing on the stage.

After singing several songs in a row, Anita Mui retreated backstage, ready to take off her makeup and go home.

Anita Mui's father died of illness when she was four years old, and her mother survived by running a dilapidated dance hall to support four children under the age of 10.

Less than a month after her father's death, Anita Mui performed with her mother and sister on stage, and helped with cleaning when there was no performance. Until Anita Mui was thirteen years old, an accidental fire broke out in the dance hall at home, and the whole family returned to a state of poverty again. From then on, Anita Mui had to drop out of school and run around all day to make money by singing in various dance halls and nightclubs. In addition to supporting the whole family, she also had to support her two older brothers to study.

"Yihua, someone is looking for it!" the manager of the dance hall shouted at the backstage door.

Yihua is Anita Mui's stage name as a singer. When she and her sister were young, they were often ridiculed by teachers and classmates for singing.

Anita Mui tidied up casually and walked over with her bag, only to see her mother and sister coming over, and asked in surprise, "Mom, sister, why are you here?"

Anita Mui's mother is getting old and can't sing anymore, or the guests don't like listening to old women sing. Therefore, she usually helps her two daughters contact the venue to negotiate the price, and is regarded as her daughter's "agent" and nanny.

Sister Mei Aifang happily came over to hold Anita Mui, pointed at Deng Yimin behind and said, "This is Mr. Deng, the general manager of Fengxing Records. Mr. Deng came to the house in person today and said he wanted to help you make a record."

"Help me make a record?" Anita Mui's eyes widened in disbelief. I thought my ears had heard it wrong.

Some time ago, Anita Mui saw the advertisement for the first Chinese Rookie Singing Contest held by tvb and Huaxing Company. She thought she sang well, and immediately ran to sign up for herself and her sister. But the result disappointed Anita Mui. She was eliminated in the knockout round, and her sister didn't even enter the knockout round.

Fengxing Records is an old-fashioned company. Anita Mui, who can sing hundreds of songs before the age of 10, often saw the words Fengxing Records written on the records when she was a child.

Deng Yimin looked at Anita Mui carefully, and found that this girl was inferior to her image on stage, and could only be said to be pretty. Slightly disappointed. By comparison. On the contrary, her elder sister Mei Aifang is prettier.

However, Kang Jianfei ordered the task. Deng Yimin couldn't refuse. At the same time, he still had some doubts in his heart, and wanted to know why Kang Jianfei liked this girl.

"Let's find a place to talk." Deng Yimin said.

What else can Anita Mui say? She is still floating in the mist, and she can only keep nodding her head.

Find a cafe and sit down. Deng Yimin said, "I also saw Ah Mei's performance in the singing competition. To be honest, there are some problems with singing..."

Mei Aifang suddenly interjected: "Mr. Deng, my sister was sick that day and her voice is not very good."

Deng Yimin was interrupted, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Can you listen to me?"

The mother quietly patted Mei Aifang and said with a smile: "Mr. Deng, you said that children are ignorant."

Deng Yimin continued: "I can hear that your voice should be good, but you may not have received formal training. There are many small problems when singing, which are completely wild. Of course, these small problems can be corrected. It still feels great.”

Mother Mei has been living in the dance hall for decades, and she is very good at observing words. Knowing that Deng Yimin had decided to sign his daughter, he quickly said, "Yanfang, thank you Mr. Deng for giving you this opportunity!"

Anita Mui also reacted, realizing that this was a moment that changed her life, suppressed her excitement, stood up and bowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Mr. Deng!"

Deng Yimin smiled and said, "Thanks, I don't have to. It was Mr. Kang who insisted on signing you."

There are few surnames Kang, and Kang Jianfei is the only one famous in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. As soon as Deng Yimin said it, the mother and daughter of the Mei family knew who it was.

Mei Aifang asked happily, "Is that Mr. Kang who took the photo?"

These are the two most popular movies in Hong Kong today. Although the Mei family and their daughters have not seen them, they have heard the names of the movies many times.

Deng Yimin nodded and said, "If you want to make a record, then come to the company to sign a contract tomorrow."

Deng Yimin left the company address and left, leaving the three mothers and daughters of the Mei family staring wide-eyed in the cafe.

Anita Mui asked, "Mom, why did this Mr. Deng suddenly come to me?"

Mother Mei said, "I don't know either. He came to the door all of a sudden. Maybe he watched your singing competition."

Mei Aifang said, "Didn't Mr. Deng say that it was Mr. Kang who wanted to sign Xiaomei? The songs written by Mr. Kang are great. He must have liked Xiaomei's voice."

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"One two three four, two two three four..."

In the training room of Fengxing Records, Li Meifeng, Li Yanshan, Li Lizhen and Xie Ning are practicing dance steps according to the dance teacher's password.

After the release, the original sound record sung by Xie Ning sold well, and several of them also formed a happy girl group, and also participated in some live performances.

However, due to the average singing ability of several people, only some young fans joined in, and the influence has always been consistent.

In today's music world, it's not popular to sing and dance. The reason why you have to practice dancing every day is because Kang Jianfei insists on doing so. Even Deng Yimin can't understand it.

"Dong dong dong..."

The knock on the door interrupted the dance teacher's password, and Wen Bixia stuck her head into the training room and said, "Teacher, I'll report."

The dance teacher nodded and said, "Come in."

"It's Wen Bixia!" Li Meifeng, Li Lizhen and other four girls suddenly exclaimed.

Wen Bixia is the heroine of the first part, and the four of them are the heroines of the second part, and they will pay attention to each other quietly.

Wen Bixia was very confident because she lived in Kang Jianfei's house. Looking at the four beautiful girls, she had an inexplicable sense of superiority, and said in a bold tone like a big sister: "I'm here to join the happy girls group. , if you need any help in the future. Feel free to come to me."

Wen Bixia has now acted in nearly ten plays. Although many of them are supporting roles, they are much more famous than Li Lizhen and the others. So as soon as these words came out, they didn't provoke a few people's disgust, but felt cordial because they had all acted.

Just when the girls were training dance steps, Deng Yimin was in the office, staring at the ten songs in front of him in astonishment.

These songs were all brought by Kang Jianfei today. With such a large number of songs at once, Deng Yimin felt that his boss was really too powerful.

Kang Jianfei turned over the sheet music and said, "The eight songs here are for the Happy Girls group. The other one is for Anita Mui. After a certain popularity, you can find someone to compose and compose new songs for Anita Mui. Then Release the record with those two singles."

Kang Jianfei was very lazy, and the eight songs he wrote for the Happy Girls were all copied from the third and fourth albums of another time and space group. Ayumi Hamasaki appeared in the lyrics of the title song Wei, Kang Jianfei also changed it to the three words "The Queen of Heaven", and other songs also had some minor changes.

As for Anita Mui, it is not the Mandarin version of Feng Feifei, but the Cantonese version of Liu Dehua's movie episode.

Deng Yimin asked, "Mr. Kang, I still don't understand, what are you doing with the Happy Girls Group to learn to dance?"

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "In their album, every song will be accompanied by a specially choreographed dance to show their youthful vigor."

Deng Yimin still didn't understand. Said: "But these dances, apart from live performances, fans can't see them either."

Kang Jianfei asked, "Have you ever heard of what v is?"

"?" Deng Yimin asked.

Although Kang Jianfei can't speak English, he still understands these two words. He nodded and said, "What I mean is. Make a v for all the eight songs, and intersperse the dance with some scenes of life and campus."

Although v has not yet become popular in the world, whether it is in the United States or Hong Kong, v has already appeared. For example, Xu Guanjie has made v for his own songs.

It's just that the content of the current v is very simple. Most of the singers are singing to the camera, and there are not many storylines.

Deng Yimin reminded: "There are not many households with VCRs in Hong Kong. V's videotapes cannot be sold much, and the production costs are too expensive."

Indeed, at this time, whether it is a TV program or a video, it is all shot on film, which is a huge expense, unlike the digital video cameras of later generations that can be recorded casually.

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "I know your worries, but I'm not only using these videos to sell videotapes, but to broadcast them on TV stations."

Deng Yimin asked, "It's another sum of money to be on TV."

Kang Jianfei said: "It can be counted in the promotion fee of the record."

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"Dong dong dong..."

Secretary Deng Yimin's voice came from outside the door: "General Manager, Anita Mui is here with her mother."

Deng Yimin said, "Let her come in."

It was Anita Mui's mother and daughter who came. After she smiled and thanked the female secretary, she opened the door cautiously and went in. At a glance, she saw Manager Deng, whom she had seen yesterday, and Kang Jianfei, who often appeared in newspapers.

"Hello Mr. Kang, hello Mr. Deng!" Mother Mei quickly greeted with a bow.

Kang Jianfei nodded and smiled, "Sit down."

Deng Yimin handed over the prepared record contract: "You guys have a look first, and if you have any questions, you can ask."

Mother Mei carefully read one by one, then nodded after half an hour and said, "No problem, but can I ask, if we sign a contract, when will Yanfang be able to release a record?"

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Are you worried?"

Mei's mother smiled and said, "Why would you be worried, but after all, it is a 15-year contract signed, it is better to ask more clearly."

Yes, Anita Mui's record contract is more ruthless than that of DreamWorks. One sign is 15 years. Including Su Rui's contract, it was also revised during the recording, and it also signed a 15-year sales contract.

Although a 15-year sales contract is too long, it is very common in Hong Kong at this time. Even 20 or 30 years later, 15-year long-term contracts often appear both in China and abroad.

For stars who have become popular, a 15-year long-term contract is a deal, but for a newcomer like Anita Mui, it is a good opportunity that has to be seized.

To put it a bit harsher, most of the bottom-level singers who make money by running arenas, even if they want to sign a sales contract, no record company is interested in them.

Deng Yimin handed Kang Jianfei's writing to Mu Mei, and said with a smile, "Look at it, this is a song written by Mr. Kang himself for A Mei, you should rest assured now."

Mei's mother is a sales singer who has sung songs for decades. She even knows better than Deng Yimin what is a good song and what is a bad song. Only after singing the two songs silently a few times in her heart, Mother Mei knew that this was a rare good song, and smiled happily: "Yanfang, thank you two gentlemen for your care."

Anita Mui didn't know the content of the song, but she thanked her quickly, and soon signed her name on the 15-year contract.

Deng Yimin said to Anita Mui: "Amei, go to see Sister Zhang next door later, she will help you arrange a singing teacher and correct some minor problems when you sing. After about half a month, the company will record a single for you, You have to prepare well."

Anita Mui has been singing on stage since she was 4 years old. She has sung other people's songs for more than ten years. She dreams of being able to sing her own songs. Now that she has just signed a record contract, she was told to record a song in half a month, which made her feel as unreal as a dream.

The mother and daughter left with great gratitude, while Deng Yimin and Kang Jianfei continued their previous conversation.

The final result~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is of course Kang Jianfei who persuaded Deng Yimin.

Even if Deng Yimin is dissatisfied, he has to take it orally, because Kang Jianfei is the real boss of the company. After sitting down and making a decision, Deng Yimin, a small shareholder, can't refute.

Moreover, Kang Jianfei's suggestions so far have all been successful, and he already has a kind of authority in front of Deng Yimin.

As this album sold more than 1.2 million sales in Taiwan alone, it surpassed the superstar Liu Wenzheng and set a new record for the sales of a single album in Taiwan.

Together with Taiwan and other countries in Southeast Asia, the total sales volume is more than 2.6 million copies.

This is a very, very scary number. Even Teresa Teng, who is now popular in Southeast Asia, is far from selling such a terrifying single album sales.

It has even been said that Su Rui's has opened a new era of Chinese pop music, which is actually the case. Influenced by Su Rui, a large number of young singers abandoned the old style and became Su Rui's followers and supporters.