Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Huang Qihui?

Yu Dongqing has heard of this name.

Aged in his forties, this Mesozoic musician in the Xiangjiang music scene of this time and space is good at writing Cantonese songs. As the older generation musicians such as Xia Wenxi and Liu Guoliang gradually retired, Huang Qihui became increasingly active and gradually became a leader in the music scene, a bit like the original Xiangjiang music of this time and space. People from Wu Lecheng.

Huang Qihui is different from the older generation Xia Wenxi and others who are respectful and modest. He likes to express some personal opinions on entertainment, and sometimes his comments are shocking, but this does not affect his status in the music world.

It seems that it took a lot of effort for Huangdu TV to invite such a person to participate in the Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony.

But Yu Dongqing just asked casually and didn't care much.

I have seen the glory of Xiangjiang music in the original time and space of the 1980s and 1990s. Even though Xiangjiang music in this time and space is not too sexy, it is still far behind.

Since she has decided not to participate in this year's Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony, Yu Dongqing's recent focus is on writing the two fairy tale books.

Of course, there is no rush. We are not the Internet writers of the original time and space. We write tens of thousands of words every day.

Of course some people are anxious.

Xia Chunqiu, the general manager of Shengshi Graphics, once called to ask, but it turned out that he had written only 6,000 words in a few days. I felt anxious, but there was nothing I could do.

Yu Dongqing doesn't care, but the mainland music industry is talking about it. Having such a heavyweight Hong Kong musician participating in the award ceremony will undoubtedly increase the popularity and influence of the top ten golden song awards.

On March 5, the annual Chinese Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony was held in the Golden Hall of Tower C of Yanjing Hotel.

Many big-name musicians and singers in the domestic music scene all participated. Except for Yu Dongqing, who declined due to illness, another member of the band, Zhang Yang, participated on behalf of the band.

Although Yu Dongqing did not appear at the award ceremony, his name was mentioned repeatedly.

Ten of the newly released songs by my band last year were shortlisted, excluding songs written by Yu Dongqing for other singers.

For example, "Awakening Ten Minutes" written for Hong Kong singer Wu Jingqi, "Mortal Song" written for famous mainland singer Zhou Wei, and "Two Two Looking at each other" and "My Future is Not a Dream" written by three singers in his studio And the song "Sweet Honey" - finally officially sung by Zhao Yawen.

The results of the awards were no surprise. Five songs written by Yu Dongqing including "Chengdu", "Looking at Each Other" and "My Future is Not a Dream" won the top ten golden songs.

"Yu Banbi" is indeed worthy of his name.

The award-winning singers thanked Teacher Yu Dongqing for writing such a good song in their speeches when receiving the award.

In a word, although I am not in the world for the time being, my legend is everywhere.

In addition, the arrival of Hong Kong's famous musician Huang Qihui has become a major highlight of this award ceremony.

It is also the target of interviews that reporters have been chasing after.

After the award ceremony, Zhang Xiaoyan from the Huangdu TV Entertainment Channel finally seized the opportunity to squeeze in front of Huang Qihui and asked: "Mr. Huang, I am a reporter from the Huangdu TV Entertainment Channel. How did you feel about your trip to the mainland? ?”

"The mainland audiences and fans are very enthusiastic. The organizers have made thoughtful and meticulous arrangements. I would like to express my gratitude." Huang Qihui said in broken Mandarin.

"Then what's your opinion on the top ten Chinese hits tonight?"

"Basically, they represent the highest level of the mainland music scene last year."

"How does that compare with your top ten hits in Xiangjiang?" Zhang Xiaoyan raised a hot topic.

The surrounding reporters also perked up and turned their microphones on Huang Qihui.

Huang Qihui was silent for a moment, with a smile on his face. He did not answer Zhang Xiaoyan directly but asked: "Miss reporter, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth."

"With all due respect, although mainland music has made great progress in the past two years, it still has a long way to go compared to Xiangjiang, including these top ten golden songs!"

"Mr. Huang, what you mean is that the top ten hits from the Mainland are not as good as your top ten hits from Xiangjiang?" Zhang Xiaoyan pointed out the words directly and looked at the other party.

Huang Qihui smiled and did not answer.

But the look on his face said it all.

Soon: "Hong Kong's famous musician Huang Qihui believes that the top ten hits in the mainland are not as good as the top ten hits in Hong Kong" became a hot search topic the next day, causing netizens to discuss it.

Some people say that he is too arrogant, while others say that although his words are a bit unpleasant, they are true.

The mainland music scene has made great progress in recent years, but compared with Hong Kong, the overall level still lags far behind.

Let’s take the top ten Chinese hits. Five of them were written by musician Yu Dongqing. It is said that if it weren’t for the private restrictions of the hit song selection committee, the songs written by Yu Dongqing would have won more awards.

But does this mean that mainland music lacks talent?

Looking at Xiangjiang, the older generation includes Xia Wenxi, Liu Guoliang and others, the Mesozoic generation Huang Qihui and others have already taken the lead, and there are also a large number of new generation musicians who are beginning to emerge.

In a word, there are too few people in the mainland who can fight.

What's the use of Guangyu Dongqing alone?

Of course Yu Dongqing also knew about this. Many fans rushed to his Weibo to leave messages, expressing their indignation against Huang Qihui and hoping that Yu Dongqing could stand up and say a few words for mainland music.

Yu Dongqing did not respond.

What Huang Qihui said makes sense.

The current music in China and Hong Kong is very similar to the relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong in the early 1990s.

The struggle for supremacy between Principal Tan and his brother ended, Alan Tam faded out of the Hong Kong music scene, Leslie Cheung moved to the film industry, but the four kings suddenly emerged and swept the Hong Kong and mainland music circles.

As for female singers, there were three people competing for supremacy, namely Michelle Yeh, Lin Yilian and Faye Wong. Later, Peng Ling, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen suddenly emerged. There has never been a shortage of superstars in the Hong Kong music scene.

At this time, there were also stars such as Hacken Lee, Andy Hui, and Cheng Zhongji.

On the other hand, in the mainland, "Northwest Wind" has declined, campus folk songs are still limited to low-pitched singing in schools, and rock and roll is still gathering strength underground.

There is no point in having a war of words. Everything has to be explained by the works.

However, the heat of this matter quickly disappeared as the award ceremony ended. Huang Qihui is from Hong Kong, and he is not the only one who looks down on mainland Hong Kong musicians.

Everyone got used to it.

But unexpectedly, another thing happened that brought up the old things again and caused even greater waves.

In fact, it also came from an interview.

After Huang Qihui returned to Hong Kong, Miss Lin Meiwen, a famous reporter from Xiangjiang Universal TV Station, conducted an exclusive interview with Huang Qihui.

In the luxurious office of Huang Qifui's personal studio in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, the two of them drank coffee and chatted about music life, and naturally they talked about mainland music.

"Mr. Du, you just participated in the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Award Ceremony held in the Mainland not long ago. You were interviewed by a Mainland reporter. You believe that the Mainland's Top Ten Golden Songs are not as good as the top ten popular music in Hong Kong. Compared with Xiangjiang, there is still a long way to go. I’m leaving, is that really the case?”

Huang Qihui crossed his legs and said with a smile: "Ms. Lin, that's what I said in a polite way. We also have to give others some face."

"Then Mr. Du, what would you say if you were rude?" Lin Meiwen asked:

"There is only a singing scene but not a music scene in the mainland."

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