1979 Golden Age

After The Voice ended last year, Gold Medal Records formed a fan club under Chen Qi's instruction.

This club is separate from the leftist film club. After all, they are two companies on the surface, but the model is similar. They also register for membership and have membership levels. The level increases as the contribution value increases.

It cost no money and took advantage of the popularity of the good voice to attract thousands of members. Priscilla Chan took half, and Zhang Xiaoyou, Lin Yilian, and Huang Kaiqin divided the rest.

They don't have an album, don't have many activities, and only hold a few fan meetings.

Today is Sunday.

In the morning, Lin Shanshan, a freshman at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, came to a small theater. Before the door opened, there were young men and women gathered at the door. They all looked a bit student-like, but a few of them exuded the temperament of professionals.

Today is a meeting for 100 people, which is quite large.

"A-Xian is finally going to release an album! I thought she would release it last year, but who knew she would wait until now."

"Yeah, she was so popular last year. She took advantage of her success and released an album that was almost a hit. What kind of bad record company?

No planning at all. "

"After half a year, I wonder if there are any results?"

"The song is good, so of course people will buy it!"

Everyone was talking, and Lin Shanshan also found friends she met at the club, two college students, two high school students, and an old man who was already working, eh. An 18-year-old looking at a 25-year-old is like looking at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses...

After a while, the door of the small theater opened.

Everyone rushed in and took their seats. There was no process. After waiting for about ten minutes, Priscilla Chan arrived.

She was wearing the clothes on the album cover and a white skirt. She was less than 160cm tall and looked pure and cute. She looked down and said, "Wow, it's you again! You were the ones who came to several meetings. I remember them all." Stay!”

There was a chuckle below.

"I heard that I have 2,000 members. I'm afraid that people from the company lied to me. In fact, you are the only one who supports me?"

"No, no!"

“Everyone may not have time!”

"Many people love you!"

There were shouts from below, and Priscilla Chan smiled and said: "Okay, I'm just kidding. To be serious, everyone knows that I'm about to release my first album, so I'm extremely nervous. Actually, I didn't expect the impact of good voice. Everything has changed." I was caught off guard, and that’s how I got into the industry.

I am also a student myself, just starting preparatory school, and I also want to go to university, but since I have done it, I have to do it well---This album is really good, and we put a lot of effort into it--"

The lines are her own true voice, which were later processed by the company. They focus on positive energy, allowing fans to see a good idol who is hard-working, positive and optimistic.

Especially at the end, Priscilla Chan said: "Today's meeting is just to meet you and gain some strength from you so that I can face tomorrow's release date and the next month's promotion period.

Because I know that no matter what happens to me, you will stand behind me and support me, thank you! ’

After speaking, she bowed.

Nothing like this is done in Hong Kong!

Everyone was greatly moved and started shouting again. Priscilla Chan waved her hands and said with a smile: "Since everyone is here, I thought, "No! "

The company staff said from the side: "The album hasn't been released yet, so you can't sing!"

"But they are all here, how about singing a song? How about singing a song? Oops, how about I sing a few lines a cappella?"

Under her coquettish offensive, the company staff reluctantly agreed, so she took the microphone and sang: "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 -·

"Okay, okay, that's enough!"

As soon as everyone got a taste of it, they were interrupted by company personnel. After chatting for a while, Priscilla Chan took a few photos with everyone and ended the meeting.

but!

About 30 people, including Lin Shanshan, were kept, half men and women.

She was confused when she heard a company employee say: "Hui Xian has just debuted and has few activities, but everyone here has participated in every activity, most of them are level 2 members, and some are even level 3 members.

The album will be released tomorrow, I am not forcing everyone to buy the album! I want to say that Hui Xian will officially start promoting tomorrow and will go on the radio to sing a song, the song "Everyone Has a Dream" that she just sang.

The radio station will make a list every week based on the number of calls, and the winner of the weekly championship will automatically be included in the top ten Chinese hits of the year.

Hui Xian is a newcomer with limited resources. The company believes that she can achieve good results with her ability, but if she can get one of the top ten Chinese hits, it will be even more powerful for her career.

Hui Xian is a very, very hard-working child. To make this album, she slept in the office for a month and had to study for homework after recording the songs. Her father did not agree with her singing, so she promised not to delay her studies, so she reluctantly gave it a try.

She keeps things in her heart and won't tell you. I am telling you now because the only people Huixian can trust and rely on are you! "

boom!

The flames are burning!

Lin Shanshan clenched her fists, eager to jump into the battle immediately. She did not feel that this was cheating at all, but felt that she was helping her idol. This is very clear, more on-demand is 0K!

This kind of thing is very common. Everything that needs to be listed is done by the company through communication with the fans.

Don’t take the Hong Kong music awards too seriously either.

Any award ceremony cannot avoid behind-the-scenes manipulation. In the 1980s, the Hong Kong music scene was always accused of having shady dealings. For example, Alan Tam was accused of buying awards every time he won an award. Of course, it is not clear whether he bought it or not. It may also be a smear campaign by his rivals.

Jacky Cheung also publicly said: "There was no credibility in the past. The award ceremony was divided into factions. The award was given to the singer with whom you had a good relationship. If the singer did not come, there would be no award."

Later, in the early 2000s, the Independent Commission Against Corruption intervened and took away 22 bigwigs including Emperor Entertainment Group boss Albert Yeung. Nicholas Tse, Eason Chan and others were also called to cooperate with the investigation. The charge was "bribing to buy awards."

Giving shopping cards, luxury goods, paying taxes on behalf of others, etc., all kinds of methods were investigated but no evidence was found, and finally nothing was done.

At the moment, it's just asking everyone to hit the charts, which is a piece of cake.

The company staff spoke sincerely and revealed a lot of information, which made everyone feel satisfied and deeply touched at the same time.

It was as if they saw Ah Xian crying secretly because she was alone and helpless, failed to promote her songs, and had poor sales.

We can only rely on ourselves!

This trick is called fan abuse, which is very useful.

After the meeting, no one left. Lin Shanshan has strong organizational skills and immediately communicated with several girls: "Let's form a team and support Ah Xian together, how about it?"

"K!"

"It's just a phone call, simple, I can find dozens of people!"

"I can do it too. There are many people in our school who like Ah Xian, but they don't join the club because it's too troublesome, but it's okay to make a phone call."

"Not just one call!"

Lin Shanshan is probably a natural fan, and she understands it very thoroughly: "The weekly Dragon and Tiger Chart, the heat must last at least for a week. Ah Xian will be on the show at 9 o'clock tomorrow night. Let's count the number of people who can call first, and then meet tomorrow.

How about the specific distribution?"

"Okay!"

"Sure!"

Several people quickly reached an agreement. Thanks to the popularity of landlines and telephone booths in Hong Kong, otherwise it would not be possible to make the list.

Female fans are more involved in this kind of thing. In later generations, there is usually a special name called "data female workers"