1979 Golden Age

There are many independent musicians in Hong Kong and Taiwan. They gathered a few friends to set up a studio and produce their own albums. But after production, they have no distribution capabilities and usually have to cooperate with major record companies.

This pattern is very common.

Ou Dingyu is a producer in an independent music studio and recently changed jobs.

It’s not that he wanted to jump, but he was given too much: a gold-medal record that made him famous due to his good voice, hired him to be the music director, not to mention a high salary, and the exaggeration was that the company promised to pay him after a certain number of years! house! son!

If he hesitates for even a second, he is disrespecting the thousand-foot mansion.

Historically, the studio where Ou Dingyu worked worked closely with PolyGram, and later he switched jobs to PolyGram. He was basically responsible for the albums of the two aces Zhang Xueyou and Priscilla Chan.

Now that Gold Medal Records has arrived, PolyGram has lost a major player. Early in the morning. Ou Dingyu comes to work in the company.

The company manager is Liang Dexian, who is responsible for administrative affairs. He smiled and said: "The new people who have been signed will come to the company. Let's get to know each other. Our business has officially started. Are you confident?"

"I never miss an episode of The Voice. Those newcomers are so great. After I agreed to come, I was thinking about what route they would be suitable for."

Ou Dingyu said: "Zhang Xueyou has a good voice, but lacks technical experience and sings slow love songs. Lin Yilian has small eyes and is very cute. Try the Japanese style. Huang Kaiqin is more artistic, and Priscilla Chan is the best. I thought she was suitable for the school idol type. She sang "Genghis Khan" in the final "I was surprised that she can sing fast and slow!"

"Since you have an idea, feel free to do it boldly. You are the music director."

Liang Dexian paused, then suddenly pulled out a piece of paper and said, "I have collected a lyric, which was written by an enthusiastic audience member who watched The Voice and liked Priscilla Chan. I named her to sing it."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Ou Dingyu took a casual look, and the song was called "Everyone Has a Dream": "One person has a dream, two people love each other and become confused, three people have three kinds of love and are looking for their own ideals." The writing is really good, and the signature is very strange, called Dongfang Ren .

"Who is this?"

"The screenwriter of "Qi Men Dun Jia" and "The Scary Man" is very famous. He rarely takes the initiative to write lyrics. He also said that he knows a thing or two about composing music and has some ideas about the melody (for fear that the music will be different from the original version). To do this We need to communicate during the song.”

"D."

Ou Dingyu felt weird and read the lyrics again. It was indeed good. I wanted it. "OK! For the sake of the lyrics!" Liang Dexian's expression became even weirder. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

If one were to list the top 100 Cantonese song classics, "Everyone Has a Dream" would definitely be among them. The original singer was Lai Rui Rui, who is also a member of PolyGram. It happened that she was trained by PolyGram to fill the gap left by Priscilla Chan's schooling.

She was tepid and retired early. "Everyone Has a Dream" is her most classic masterpiece. Chen Qi now copied it and sang it for Priscilla Chan, taking the first step in becoming a lyricist!

As for the music, he would compose it if the company could, but if it didn't work, he would just hum it and find someone to compose it. After a while, everyone arrived.

Priscilla Chan's father accompanied her. She felt that the company was a bit crude, but the EMI subsidiary was right. They entered the conference room together, and Liang Dexian introduced Ou Dingyu to them. He mainly said two points:

First, everyone signed an 8-year record contract. The company does not pay salary, only royalties. This is the practice of all record companies. The share ratio is very low. At his peak, Jacky Cheung could get 10%, which was already the highest in Hong Kong.

It is lower for newcomers, about 1%-3%, but as the market value increases, this standard will also increase.

The second point is that they don’t have an agent, so they can entrust Gold Medal Records to handle their music affairs. Gold Medal Records will also help them negotiate some business activities and take a 30% commission.

The others had no objections.

The others had no objections.

Priscilla Chan's father inquired and found out that this was indeed a common rule among record companies and he had no objection.

The meeting ended briefly. After those people left, Priscilla Chan and her daughter were left alone. Liang Dexian asked: "Axian, how do you speak Mandarin?" "It's just average. I don't know how to speak it well."

"It's better to explain it well. You see, Zhang Xueyou and Lin Yilian are both good at Mandarin. In the future, they can release Mandarin albums to Taiwan. The Taiwan market is bigger than Hong Kong, and it can also connect Singapore and Malaysia. Let's do this. The company will hire a teacher for you, and you will come every week. How was the last class?"

Priscilla Chan looked at her father, who nodded and said, "OK! A bigger market is a good thing."

"Okay, you go back and wait for the news. We will make your album first. You are very popular now, so we need to strike while the iron is hot." After sending them away, Liang Dexian called an unnamed evil god to report.

This evil god has a very high status, and he was born as: Sequence 0 - a time traveler! Talent skill: Omniscient Eye! It was naturally Chen Qi's intention to let Priscilla Chan learn Mandarin.

The most popular singers in Hong Kong have to distinguish between Cantonese albums and Mandarin albums. Mandarin albums are aimed at Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets, and there are many classic songs. Even Aaron Kwok, who is terrible at Mandarin, has a song "I love you". Endless love.

Priscilla Chan is a rare exception. She only has one Mandarin album, and the market is limited to the Cantonese area. Chen Qi will reveal his identity in the future and move these people to the mainland. How can he do it if he doesn't know Mandarin?

As for Zhang Xueyou, Lin Yilian and others, leave it to Ou Dingyu, especially Zhang Xueyou, who has been a golden partner with Ou Dingyu in history.

Zhang Xueyou also went through a period of frivolity when he was young. He drank too much, and his wine was not good enough. He acted like crazy when he was drunk. His career was at a low point, and Luo Meiwei broke up with him. Only then did the prodigal son turn around and pursue Luo Meiwei back.

Then I got a lot of debt.

Chen Qi put aside the matter of the gold medal record for the time being and picked up a newspaper to continue reading. This news is very interesting. It talks about Taiwan: This year, China Film Group Corporation Taiwan produced a story-style movie "My Son's Big Doll".

One of the stories, "The Taste of an Apple," tells the story of a Taiwanese who was hit by a U.S. military officer and had his leg broken in a car accident. It was originally a bad thing, but the officer ended up sending him to a high-end hospital, where he received high-end care and even ate apples.

He satirized the relationship between Taiwan and the United States and was reported.

China Film Corporation was afraid of itself and deleted many sensitive scenes. After it was exposed by the media, filmmakers and media people supported the film and scolded the relevant departments, bowing to the pressure of public opinion. The film was released without any cuts.

Known in history as the "Apple Peeling Incident"!

This shows that Taiwan's environment is slowly moving from martial law to loosening.

"The whole world knows that the Yankee is your father, what's there to be stressed about?"

Chen Qi shouted and sighed, wondering what will happen to Sister Haha and Jianguo in the future? Is there a return of the king in Jianguo? The United States is so big that it can accommodate two presidents!

He shook the newspaper and thought about it seriously.

Taiwanese films are in a transitional stage, and the more sensitive the subject matter, the more popular it is.

Next year is a good time. If he wants to get rid of the Liberty Association, he must at least make the right wing lose its deterrence. To truly establish the left, he must make the Liberty Association stumble and completely collapse.

Thinking of this, he immediately called Zhuang Cheng.

Zhuang Cheng was working on "Mr. Zombie", and Chen Qi asked: "Does the president say that there will be bonuses for making Mandarin films?" "It's only NT$300,000. Mr. Chen, you won't focus on this little money, right?"

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, not to mention it can show loyalty. I'll give you a story set in Taiwan in a few days. Please prepare it. President Tong will definitely be very happy. Maybe he will talk to you about the script at night!"

Hiss!

He could hear Zhuang Cheng trembling through the phone and said: "Don't be kidding, President Tong is as old as my grandma! You are the boss, you can shoot whatever you say!" "Don't be anxious, it's very difficult. You will be able to regain your health soon, and there will be no need to cover up anymore.”

Chen Qi hung up the phone, got up and moved around in the room. He stood at the window and looked at the studio outside. Suddenly he thought of Fei Xiang. He should have returned to Taiwan. I wonder what songs he would look for?