Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 372 Blooming Life

Unknowingly, time soon came to the hot summer day of July.

"The cicadas are chirping. I haven't heard them for a long time. I miss them so much."

Listening to the chirping of cicadas, Cao Zhiqiang, who was wearing a vest and holding his hands behind his back, calmly looked up at the big locust tree in the courtyard and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"What's so nostalgic about this?" Hao Shuwen, who was wearing a yellow bat shirt, a blue one-step skirt, and red plastic slippers on her feet pouted, "Every summer isn't like this? It's annoying to scream every day.

Already."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly and continued to raise his head with his hands behind his back: "You don't understand, you don't understand."

Well, he was actually talking about himself in his previous life.

Because when Cao Zhiqiang was a child in his previous life, he could indeed hear the chirping of cicadas, but when he grew up, it was difficult to hear the chirping of cicadas in the city.

Even in the capital, when he grew up in his previous life, within the third ring road of the capital, you could hardly hear the chirping of cicadas in summer.

But in this era, even in the Second Ring Road, cicadas are everywhere in the summer, which makes Cao Zhiqiang think of his childhood in his previous life, and of course he misses it.

It's a pity that he couldn't tell Hao Shuwen about these things, so he could only continue to move himself like this.

"Yes, yes, I forgot that you are a great literati and poet." Hao Shuwen stretched out, walked over from behind, and patted Cao Zhiqiang on the shoulder, "Hey, what do you think of my new clothes? Do they look good?

But products from the South, I heard they are very popular there.”

Cao Zhiqiang turned his head and glanced at Hao Shuwen, only to find that she was only wearing a thin Doliang bat shirt on her upper body, with no underwear underneath.

That's all, the key point is that she also pinched the collar of the bat shirt on her chest with her hands and kept flashing it, which was something.

Seeing this scene, Cao Zhiqiang frowned, quickly turned his head again, and continued to look at the old locust tree in the yard.

"Sister Hao, isn't it good for you to dress like this? How do you look decent?"

"What's wrong?" Hao Shuwen didn't care, but smiled softly, "This is my home, and there are no outsiders, so what are you afraid of?"

"Then why don't you wear underwear underneath?" Cao Zhiqiang continued to frown.

"It's too hot to wear underwear." Hao Shuwen pursed her lips, "On such a hot day, you gentlemen can just wear a vest or even go shirtless. We women have to wear a bra first and then a skirt and clothes.

There are so many, it’s so unfair.”

Cao Zhiqiang said angrily: "Then you can go out shirtless if you can."

"Huh, who's afraid of whom?" Hao Shuwen glared, "I'll take it off for you right now!"

After saying that, Hao Shuwen took off her bat shirt on the spot.

Seeing that Hao Shuwen really wanted to take off her shirt, Cao Zhiqiang was startled and quickly went up to hold Hao Shuwen's hands: "No, sister, I can't help it, and we can't do this at home."

Hao Shuwen rolled her eyes at Cao Zhiqiang: "You finally looked at me? Huh, after eating and wiping it clean, you just put up your pants and don't recognize me, right? Or do you think I'm too old and yellow to be in your eyes?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled bitterly: "Sister, where do you start with these words?"

"Hmph!" Hao Shuwen once again bumped Cao Zhiqiang's chest with her shoulder in dissatisfaction, "You said you haven't been here for how many days, huh? I see, your wings are stiff and you think I'm useless, I guess.

You dumped me, right?"

Speaking of this, Hao Shuwen said with a sad face: "Qiangzi, if you really don't like me, just tell me directly. I will never pester you, don't avoid me so deliberately!"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled bitterly: "Sister, where do you start talking about this? How could I not want you, how could I deliberately avoid you?

Actually, I have something really busy these days. I am really busy.

Now I am busy every day without even touching the ground. I am busy every day.

No, I just finished my work today and I will be the first to see you.

I've already been like this, and you still say that to me?

It’s so hard for me!”

What Cao Zhiqiang said is true, because he is really busy now, but he is not busy with the convenience kiosk project, but other things.

Although the convenience kiosk project is indeed a very important project in the near future, it is only important to Director Li and others, but to Cao Zhiqiang himself, it is not what he pays most attention to.

Because although the convenience kiosk project was initiated by Cao Zhiqiang, he had already revealed all the plans and had established relationships long ago. There was no need for him to personally carry out the rest of the implementation.

Therefore, while others were busy running convenience kiosk projects and preparing for magazine publication, Cao Zhiqiang's main focus was still on writing songs, singing and producing records.

Although in the past, due to Cao Zhiqiang's lack of understanding of the characteristics of the times and technology, the sales of the first album single were not satisfactory, this did not hinder Cao Zhiqiang.

In fact, the so-called unsatisfactory sales of the first single were only unsatisfactory according to Cao Zhiqiang's personal expectations. According to the normal domestic record releases during this period, it was already very good.

Only two weeks after the release of the first single, more than 30,000 audio tapes and more than 18,000 vinyl records were sold. This achievement has exceeded that of many veteran singing artists.

The key point is that Cao Zhiqiang's pricing is very high. His single recording tape is priced at six yuan a piece, and his vinyl record is ten yuan a piece, so it is really good to achieve such results.

Unfortunately, Cao Zhiqiang was very dissatisfied with this result, very dissatisfied.

So half a month ago, he listened to Xiang Dongfang's suggestion and decisively changed his sales strategy.

According to Cao Zhiqiang's plan, since the price of the first single was too high and it was not cost-effective to have only one song, resulting in low cost performance and poor performance, then it would be sold in limited quantities and made into a commemorative edition with collectible significance.

As long as the quality of music tapes is good enough and they are issued in limited quantities, there must be added value. This is the same as luxury goods.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang decided that for the release of his first single "Flowing Red Flag", the audio tape will be sold in a limited edition of 50,000 copies, and the vinyl record will be sold in a limited edition of 30,000 copies, with the price remaining unchanged until sold out.

In order to let people know about the limited release of his first single, he also spent money on China Central Radio to place a brief advertisement. The content of the advertisement was that "Red Flag Fluttering" published by Huaxia Audio and Video Company was a limited edition, and

The singer Aqiang is the poet Qiangzi.

That's right, for the sake of sales this time, Cao Zhiqiang did not play the new vest trick. Instead, he directly told the truth that the singer Aqiang was the poet Qiangzi in the form of advertising, and thus used the identity of the poet Qiangzi to give "

The single "Red Flag Fluttering" increases the popularity and attracts everyone to buy it.

In addition, he is still working overtime to produce his next new album, which is called "Blooming Life"!

Yes, Cao Zhiqiang directly copied the album from his previous life, Mr. Wang. Of course, there were some minor changes in the lyrics to make the lyrics more relevant to the times.

The reason why he copied albums like "Blooming Life" was because he felt that Mr. Wang's songs were particularly suitable for this era.

First of all, the songs in "Blooming Life" are all in the rock style, which was the favorite music style of domestic young people during this period.

Secondly, the songs in this album are not only passionate and progressive in style, but also have positive lyrics, and they can all be regarded as patriotic songs.

Finally, the songs in this album are very consistent with the current popular elements of severely rectifying the public security situation, and they also magically overlap with Cao Zhiqiang's personal growth experience.

For example, the hesitation in "Chang'an Street", the confusion in "Like a Child", the helplessness in "To Let Life Go On", the breaking of the cocoon in "Star", the determination in "Snow Bell Flower", and the awakening in "Blooming Life"

, and then to the sublimation of "I Love You China".

The entire series of songs has lows and highs. It is a story about growth and awakening. It is very inspirational, very healing, very positive, and of course very nice to listen to.

Although there is also "Journey" in it, which is known as the song of a scumbag, the lyrics are not that positive. Cao Zhiqiang also thought about whether to eliminate this song or simply change the lyrics.

But later, Cao Zhiqiang thought about it again and again, and decided to keep the song and keep the lyrics unchanged.

The reason is that he feels that this song has a free and easy style, but the core is to promote "I love you but love freedom more". It seems to have some kind of PUA ability, and is especially suitable for women like him...

There was no way, because of various force majeure reasons, Cao Zhiqiang finally embarked on the road to the harem.

Of course he knows that this is a Shura field. Even though he has given these women good material conditions, the women he provokes are not ordinary people.

That's fine with the others, but Jin Xiuying and Yu Yuanyuan are both time bombs.

Especially Yu Yuanyuan, although she was finally calmed down by Hao Shuwen's methods, it seems that there is no big problem for the time being.

But it is a time bomb after all, who knows when she will change her mind again.

Later, she thought about it and felt that when it comes to matters between men and women, it is better to focus on the heart.

In other words, women like Jin Xiuying and Yu Yuanyuan should be allowed to change or sublimate their love.

The key here is to let people know that Cao Zhiqiang is a prodigal son with unparalleled talents.

Just like Xu Damao, he was positioned as a villain from the beginning, so when he bothered to provoke many women, everyone was not surprised and didn't think it was a problem.

Take Qin Jingru, for example. When she was with Xu Damao, didn't she know that Xu Damao was hooking up with other women?

She actually knew that, but even so, she still tried her best to win over Xu Damao, just to make Xu Damao rich.

Of course women like Yu Yuanyuan and Jin Xiuying are not as superficial as Qin Jingru, but they are also women who are deeply influenced by traditional thinking. With a little transformation, they should be able to ignore Cao Zhiqiang's shortcomings of being carefree and focus on his many

On the advantages.

Therefore, to use songs to clarify one's ambitions, only by making these women think that Cao Zhiqiang's philandering is a matter of his uninhibited nature and love of freedom, rather than a matter of personal moral character, then they will weigh the trade-offs carefully and finally make the decision "What else can be done, of course"

It’s a choice like “forgive me”.

On the contrary, if you create a character who is single-minded and infatuated from the beginning, it will easily cause other women to have some unrealistic ideas, and then think about using various means to dominate Cao Zhiqiang, which would be a bad thing.

In short, out of my own thoughts, the song "Journey" was also added intact, which can be regarded as a completion and a hint.

Cao Zhiqiang believes that with this hint, the women around him will "forgive" him.

As for how outsiders see it, that's easy to handle. The lyrics don't say anything specifically, so there can be many explanations, so it's not a problem.

Anyway, Cao Zhiqiang is thinking that at least in this era, Cao Zhiqiang's set of songs is guaranteed to be able to beat the domestic people who have just changed it and be completely immersed in it, and really gain some insights and strength from it.

After all, the domestic public in this era has just woken up from isolation, has not been bombarded with too much information, and is relatively simple.

At the same time, this is an era of change. Everyone is eager for change, eager for rebirth, and eager to live a better life.

The songs in the album "Blooming Life" can just meet the public's spiritual needs at this time.

In addition, this album can also be said to be Cao Zhiqiang's autobiography.

Because Cao Zhiqiang was indeed a social gangster in the past, but now he is a famous poet and publishing house president.

With that kind of stark contrast, it makes for a good story.

As long as his personal growth experience is polished, this personal growth story can bring a lot of deeper connotations to the song.

This can not only appease some outsiders' doubts about his rapid transformation.

This can also make people more curious about him, quickly increase his reputation as Cao Zhiqiang, and also make this album popular.

The only disadvantage is that if this happens, he may have to show his face and take the star route for the first time, which is inconsistent with his original intention of developing in a low-key manner.

But later he figured it out.

I want money, but I also want to keep a low profile. There are so many good things.

Is it okay to have both?

If you want to make money by singing, you have to be famous first.

Moreover, the star halo can also bring many benefits, which will reduce many obstacles when he does things in the future.

As for the disadvantages of celebrities' lack of privacy, at least in this era, celebrities can still have some privacy without having a large number of crazy fans.

Because the songs in albums like "Blooming Life" are all ready-made by Cao Zhiqiang, and the interpretation of these songs is relatively simple. For some simple songs, he can play and sing by himself with a guitar, which is very trouble-free.

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Of course, it is not troublesome for the sound engineer to record the master tape. The entire album has eleven songs and only takes four or five days in total.

The later re-production of the album tapes did not require his own hands, that was a matter for the tape factory.

What Cao Zhiqiang is really busy with these days is something that many people didn't expect.

The thing is, he is busy preparing to make a movie.

A movie he wrote and starred in!

(End of chapter)