1979 Golden Age

Wen Wei Po.

Inside the newspaper office, editors were busy and reporters were coming and going with their bags, reporting news. Although Hong Kong is not big, there are a lot of things going on every day, otherwise it would not be able to support 70 newspapers.

"Have you finished writing the article for the rice shop rush?"

"No, no, don't look at it from the perspective of public panic, as if our mainland is a flood and beast!" "Has the Hong Kong British government expressed its position on the sharp drop in the Hong Kong dollar?"

"Teresa Teng will hold 6 consecutive concerts in Hung Hom in December, the first time in Hong Kong, follow up!"

Amid the busyness, an editor accidentally looked up and saw a guy staggering in, standing up and running over like a happy civet: "Comrade Chen Qi, why are you here?"

"I wrote a few articles, please post them, do I still have my column?" "Yes, yes! I've been saving them for you, you haven't written for a long time!"

"I've been too busy recently."

When the others heard this, they also turned into civets in the melon field and ran over. The nature of Wen Wei Po determines that news cannot be too gossipy, but it is okay to write columns. Chen Qi satisfied everyone's twisted pleasure and also brought sales.

Every time he scolded someone, the newspaper sales would soar. The 200 Hong Kong dollars per thousand words is not for nothing!

"Who are you scolding this time? Is it Mai Jia again? Don't scold him, his head is getting balder and balder, we are all tired of it." "I wrote three short articles first, send them in three days, and then I will write again."

Chen Qi took out the manuscript paper, and the editors took a look. Huh? This time he didn't write about Hong Kong movies, but music? Looking at the text again, the words used are all praises, and the yearning is beyond words.

"This is the first article, the second, and the third. Don't mess up the order." "Don't worry, we know that you always do things step by step." "I'm praising people!"

"It's all the same!"

Chen Qi left, and the editors discussed happily. He published the article, the newspaper brought sales, the music industry was praised, and everyone had a bright future.

The next day, Chen Qi's column was updated after a long absence.

He did not talk about movies, but music, contrary to his usual practice:

"Oriental Company was stationed in Hong Kong in 1981 and has been operating for more than two years. With the help of relatives and friends, it has achieved some small achievements.

At the beginning of the year, the company established a music department and released two albums in the mainland. One album sold just over 2 million copies, and the other only sold 800,000 copies. The results were mediocre and not worth telling to outsiders. Making music is based on comprehensive development considerations and is an important part of the company's strategy.

The mainland has a population of 1 billion and the largest Chinese-speaking market. The music environment is much more relaxed than that of movies. We can introduce overseas music, cooperate with Hong Kong and Taiwan singers to record albums and release them, and also share royalties.

Hou Dejian, a Taiwanese musician who surrendered not long ago, is producing an album for a singer in the mainland, and the royalties share exceeds 10%.

Hong Kong Cantonese songs are popular now, but there is also a market for Cantonese songs. Guangdong has a population of more than 50 million, which is ten times that of Hong Kong. Not to mention Mandarin songs. I heard that Hong Kong singers often release Mandarin albums for Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Why bother?

Why spend so much effort to please Taiwan, which is not worth mentioning?

Regarding movies, I said that Taiwan is not worth mentioning. We should go overseas to earn US dollars. The same is true for music. The real gold mine is in the mainland. The talent resources in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene are strong. We welcome every musician to return to the mainland to see and build a bridge of friendship with music. "

In addition to the article, Chen Qi swaggered and posted the album covers of "Spring Festival Gala Golden Songs" and "Li Lingyu Sweet Sweet" on it, and even listed the song catalog, one for 2 million and the other for 800,000, in huge fonts, bold and black.

Originally, when he published the article, all Hong Kong filmmakers were terrified.

As a result, it turned out that the lack of movies this time was about the music scene, so they gloated again, because this routine was too familiar.

The Hong Kong music scene noticed this article, but they were inexperienced and didn't realize what it represented. And soon after, the second article was published, which was still beautiful and touching.

"I recently bought an album by Alan Tam and an album by Anita Mui. The owner of the record store said that they were the most popular. I asked how many copies were sold, and the owner proudly told me that one was 4 platinum and the other was 5 platinum.

I know a little about this. In the United States, a record that sells 1 million copies is called a platinum record, and 10 million copies is called a diamond record.

I also listened to it, and it was really great. No wonder it sold millions of copies. I am proud that such an excellent singer has appeared in my Chinese music scene. Later, someone told me that the standard in Hong Kong is different. 25,000 copies are gold records, and 50,000 copies are platinum... I was so happy.

I heard that the standard in Taiwan is the same. Taiwan has a population of 20 million after all. , how can you have the nerve to be the same as the 5 million people? The most popular Hong Kong and Taiwan singers in the mainland now:

Teresa Teng is unique. You are in Hong Kong, you really don’t know how much people like Teresa Teng’s songs. She herself may not know.

Many people listen to Liu Wenzheng and Pan Anbang. Roman Tam is popular. Jenny Tseng also knows that this year’s “Heroes of the Storm” was introduced. The song “The Great Wall Will Never Fall” has spread all over the country.

There is also George Lam’s “Genghis Khan” sung by The Voice of China, which is also liked by many people.

I don’t know the specific sales of these singers, but I sincerely invite you to develop in the mainland. 50,000 platinum records are a bit too low.

Alan Tam, Anita Mui, Sam Hui, Danny Chan.....those who sing in Cantonese, come to Guangdong, you can get there after passing the checkpoint, it's close. Taiwanese singers are also welcome, if Teresa Teng released an album in mainland China, it's possible to sell 10 million copies.

Then the music industry reacted, and then they were unhappy. The truth hurts the most.

How many singers struggle for a platinum record? How many singers release an album, but only sell a few thousand copies or even less? If you can get 1 platinum, it means you are famous, 2 platinum can hold a celebration party, 3 platinum 4 platinum is incredible, you are a popular singer!

Jenny Tseng's "Struggle" sold 800,000 copies, no one in Hong Kong can match it! Li Lingyu also sold 800,000 copies, who is Li Lingyu?

Everyone holds the newspaper and looks at the song list of Li Lingyu's album. I haven't heard "Childhood" or "Treading the Waves". They are all covers of Taiwanese songs. How can it sell 800,000 copies? Of course, Hong Kong albums are released with vinyl records and tapes, and the sales of tapes are converted into record sales at a certain ratio. Even so, it is not comparable.

And what about the 2 million sales of "Spring Festival Gala Golden Songs"? It's like a fantasy.

And those who were named were all terrified. Most of them have film careers. After seeing the newspaper, they immediately asked all parties. "The mainland's Mr. Chen who is spreading rumors has called me. You have experience. What should I do?"

"Wait, I will find you. You just need to pay some tribute and write a letter of guarantee." "Then will it affect my music?"

"It shouldn't be. I don't know. I don't make music. Hahaha!" "What are you laughing at?"

"Can't I gloat over the misfortune? That guy finally got you singers. Do you know how we feel now?" The newspapers of the left and right factions read each other every day.

Collect important news and send it back to Beijing and Taipei for the leaders to refer to. Once Chen Qi published this article, it naturally attracted the attention of the rightists. Others didn't care, but he mentioned Teresa Teng several times.

Taiwan Central News Agency Hong Kong Branch.

The person in charge is Xie Zhonghou. He put down the newspaper and asked: "Teresa Teng will hold a concert in Hong Kong in December?" "Yes!"

"Is she in Hong Kong now?"

"No, she will come next month."

Xie Zhonghou nodded and started writing a report. He didn't think that Teresa Teng would go to the mainland as soon as the leftists said so, but this matter must be stopped from the root. Any Taiwanese artist can go, except her.