Dreams of the Fragrant River

The circulation of "Asahi Weekly" is extremely large. It even reached its peak of more than 1.5 million copies in the 1950s. Today, the average sales volume of each issue is still about 1 million.

This time, "Asahi Weekly" made Kang Jianfei and Sakai Quanshui the cover characters of the magazine, mainly because "Jurassic Park" was too sensational. Not only in Japan, the United States on the other side of the ocean also set off a dinosaur boom. The Japanese who have always regarded the United States as their father have touted Kang Jianfei to the sky, thinking that he is one of the greatest Asian directors so far.

Even the famous Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa has openly admitted that Kang Jianfei is the best Asian director.

As a result, "Asahi Weekly" reported Kang Jianfei's scandal, and even appeared on the cover of the magazine with Sakai Springshui.

"There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei is one of the greatest directors in Asia and even the world. His emotional experience is as exciting as his films. According to Hong Kong's "One Weekly" report, Kang Jianfei has at least eight rumored girlfriends and five illegitimate children at the same time. (Female), he has a mysterious attraction to women...

This time Kang Jianfei's gossip heroine is a Japanese actress. You may not be familiar with the name of Sakai Springs, but everyone in Zard may have an impression. Yes, Sakai Izumi is the female lead singer of the Zard band. Her "Don't Give Up" is now in hot sales and has won the singles chart for two consecutive weeks.

Izumi Sakai is a talented girl, and she wrote all the songs of the Zard band herself. Before the scandal with Kang Jianfei, I never heard that Sakai Quan-shui had a boyfriend, this time perhaps it was Kang Jianfei's talent that captured her heart..."

Japanese society is very contradictory, the atmosphere is both open and conservative. In particular, the tolerance for indecent romances of celebrities is very low, and extramarital affairs happens to be a type of indecent romance.

Therefore, some Japanese people are strongly critical of the scandal between Kang Jianfei and Sakai Springs, thinking that Sakai Springs has lost all face of Japan.

There are also some Japanese people who relish the relationship between the two. After all, Kang Jianfei is a foreigner. Moreover, he is also an internationally renowned director, and their exotic relationship is very romantic. There are even people who hope that Kang Jianfei can immigrate to Japan after his divorce, and officially become husband and wife with Sakai Quan Shui, so that there is another influential director in Japan.

The vast majority of Japanese nationals are purely onlookers, viewing this international scandal with a gossip mentality.

But no matter what. The biggest impact of the report of "Asahi Weekly" is to let more than 1 million Japanese readers know Sakai Springs, and with the follow-up reports of other media, the exposure of Sakai Springs has increased exponentially, and its popularity is no less than The emperor superstars in Japan. Even with her single "Don't admit defeat", sales also soared. The highest single-week sales once reached 380,000 copies.

In less than four weeks, "Don't Give Up" had sold more than 1 million copies, compared to the 400,000 platinum standard in Japan in the early 1990s (down to 250,000 after the record industry shrank).

In less than a month, the double platinum achievement is just the beginning.

In another time and space, even without the appearance of Kang Jianfei, this single by Sakai Quan Shui sold 1.6 million copies. And now Shizuka Kudo, who is popular all over Japan, has only sold more than 1 million new singles. Sakai Springs is the rhythm of a song.

With the scandal with Kang Jianfei as a catalyst, perhaps this single by Sakai Quan Shui will eventually sell more than 2 million copies. Even in Japan, the world's third-largest record market. This is definitely a musical miracle.

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Ai Hui music conference room, the president Matsuura Katsuto suggested: "Mr. Kang, Miss Quan Shui's image, singing skills and talents are very good, and her fame is skyrocketing now, I think she should go solo and become an idol singer, rather than being an idol singer. I was trapped as a lead singer in the zard band. There is only one trf band in Avex now. There is a lack of a leading female singer, and Miss Springs is enough to take on this role."

trf is a milestone band in the Japanese pop music scene. They brought electronic dance music to the mainstream of the Japanese music scene in the 90s. Aihui Music was able to grow and grow until one company had a 70% share of the Japanese record market. This is all due to the huge profits created by the trf band and the small room family in the mid-90s.

But trf can only barely rank among the first-class bands at this time, and there is still more than a year before it becomes popular in the Japanese music scene, so Aihui Music really needs a leading singer.

Before Kang Jianfei made a statement, the vice president Chiba Longping said: "I don't think Ms. Quan Shui is suitable for pop styles. She is a literary and artistic female singer. We should find another way in publicity and promotion. We can't be as frequent as ordinary singers. On the ground TV announcements, singing and catwalks, but to maintain a sufficient degree of mystery while vigorously promoting."

Kang Jianfei glanced at Chiba Longping in surprise. He found that the vice president, who owns 3% of the company's shares, had unique insights into the packaging and promotion of artists, and he revealed the characteristics of Sakai Springs in one sentence.

It is not a fluke that Aihui Music can develop into the world's largest independent record company. There are not only a visionary president like Matsuura Katsuto, but also a gold-medal music producer like Komuro Tetsuya, and Chiba Ryuhei who can package by artists. vice president.

"I very much agree with Vice President Chiba's opinion," Kang Jianfei echoed, "We want to create such a contrast, that is, let the Japanese people know the name of Sakai Springs and have heard her singing, but they are not Few people have seen her on camera. The only chance for fans to get in touch with her is at Spring's solo concert, try not to show up at ordinary times, but always maintain a high enough exposure."

Matsuura Katsuto said thoughtfully: "Mr. Kang, the packaging promotion method you mentioned is really different and challenging. If it succeeds, then Miss Quan Shui's style will be much higher than other singers."

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "I believe in the abilities of you and Vice President Chiba."

Chiba Ryupei said: "Because of the scandal, Ms. Quan Shui's exposure rate is enough. The best thing we should do is to take advantage of the fact that the single "Don't admit defeat" has not been taken off the shelves, hurry up and record a picture of her. The album, and strive to be released when the popularity has not subsided."

Kang Jianfei said: "Don't worry about this, I have already written 9 songs for Quan Shui's solo album, and the rest of the work can be handed over to Mr. Tetsuya Komuro."

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When Kang Jianfei returned to Hong Kong, the recording of Sakai Quanshui's solo album had already started, and at the same time, she also followed the company's arrangement and disbanded the Zard band to fly solo.

When leaving Tokyo, Kang Jianfei bought the apartment rented by Sakai Quanshui and gave it to her as a token of love. This gift is really well-chosen. If it were replaced with other valuables, Sakai Springs would probably not accept it, but that apartment was where she had lived for two years, and she had already developed a relationship, and she also had a relationship with Kang Jianfei. There are many happy memories without shame in the house. Giving this as a gift has both weight and sincerity, which Sakai Springs can't refuse at all.

Until the Lunar New Year, Sakai Quanshui's single "Don't admit defeat" has sold 1.83 million copies, which is better than the original time and space. It's a pity that this single was released after New Year's Day and could not be included in the singles sales list in 1992.

In 1992 Japan's single-selling champion was Mimi Club's "As Long as I Have You", which sold more than 2.76 million copies. As for the second place, it only sold 1.7 million copies, which is lower than Sakai Quan Shui's "Don't admit defeat".

The popularity of "Don't admit defeat" has set off a boom in the bfm legion in Japan, and its influence has surpassed the song itself and has become a phenomenal existence. Sakai Quan Shui has also won the recognition of Japanese music fans. She is no longer regarded as a gossip singer who borrowed Kang Jianfei's fame to hype, but a first-line female singer.

Sakai Izumi's "Don't admit defeat" topped the Japanese singles sales chart in 1993, and it was not until April that it was surpassed by bz's new single.

Taking advantage of the hot sale of the single, Aihui Music released a new solo album "Winter Love Song" for Sakai Quan Shui. The title song is the "Winter Love Song" that she co-wrote with Kang Jianfei.

Tokyo street.

Ono shook the snow on his body, walked quickly into the roadside video store, and asked the clerk, "Does your store have Sakai Springs' new album for sale?"

"Yes, the goods just arrived this morning." The female clerk asked with a smile, "Do you want tapes or CDs?"

In 1992, the Japanese economy was very sluggish, but the music scene was even more prosperous, with various styles of music and singers blooming. At the same time, the audio technology has also become more and more mature, and 160 million CD players and cassette recorders have been sold.

This is only one year's sales, with 160 million units sold in one year, which is more than the population of Japan. It is conceivable how developed the Japanese music market is (ignoring the purchase of overseas tourists~www.wuxiaspot. com~ give me a cd." Ono took out his wallet and said.

Holding the CD box of Sakai Izumi's solo album, Ono did not open it immediately, but carefully looked at the track list on the back of the package.

The album has a total of 12 songs. Ono was surprised to find that 9 of them were composed by Kang Jianfei and Sakai Quanshui, and the title song "Winter Love Song" of the same name was composed by the two of them.

"This must be their love song." Ono couldn't help thinking.

As a loyal fan of Kang Jianfei, Ono only began to pay attention to Sakai Quanshui after the two had an affair, and quickly became her fan. In Ono's mind, he always thought that Kang Jianfei and Sakai Quan Shui were a good match, and that they were a natural pair.

A work of love between a talented Hong Kong director and a popular Japanese female singer, this is the special meaning given to the album "Winter Sonata" by the Japanese media.

And the high sales of this album made Aihui Music's president Matsuura Katsuto feel very emotional - Kang Jianfei's trip to pick up girls actually created a female singer for the company. (To be continued)