Rebirth of the Tech Madman

There are many record companies in Xiangjiang, both local and foreign. It is not an exaggeration to use Jiang Zhiqing to describe it. At present, the most powerful international operation is Polygram.

As the most famous and largest record company in the world in this century, Polygram has the longest history, which can be traced back to Deutsche Grammophon, which is Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, which is often abbreviated as DGG, but more It was called DG at the time.

In 1898, German Emil Berliner, the inventor of the disc record, and his brother Joseph founded DG in their hometown of Hamburg.

Prior to this, Bellina had applied for patents for phonographs and records, and established the British Gramophone Company in London, the predecessor of EMI Records, and DG Company was its subsidiary.

In 1914, the First World War broke out and Britain and Germany fought. Germany confiscated the British-owned DG company. Since then, DG company has separated from the parent company in London and started to operate independently.

In the 1920s and 1930s, DG Company also established a Polydor trademark that released records abroad.

When the German Nazis came to power, DG's business was greatly affected, and finally declared bankruptcy in 1937.

In the 1940s, Germany's Siemens and Haskell Electric acquired DG and changed its name to Polydor International.

In 1949, Polydor launched the famous yellow tulip plaque trademark, and wrote Deutsche Grammophon, which means Deutsche Grammophon. Therefore, most consumers are still accustomed to calling it DG, but they are relatively unfamiliar with Polydor, and the trademark has also become a classic for classical music lovers. The most famous brand identity in our minds.

In 1962, Siemens of Germany and Philips of the Netherlands merged DG and Philips, which were subsidiaries of the two companies, into DGG/PPI Group.

In 1972, the two record companies of DG and Philips officially merged and named it PolyGram International, which was formed by splicing the poly of Polydor and the gram of Phonogram, thus forming a multinational music company headquartered in London. Enterprise - Polygram Group, but the brands of DG and Philips remain unchanged.

It can be seen from this that PolyGram is playing the role of a company name more, and musicians under its name will be used by DG, Polydor, and Philips when they publish their works.

DG, founded by the inventor of disc records, has always played an important role in the development of record technology. In 1951, it officially launched the first batch of LPs, namely compact records, and in 1958 it began to record records with stereo technology.

After the merger, the PolyGram Group helped Philips invent and create cassette tapes in the 1970s, and at this stage has begun to actively promote a new record format-CD.

Tang Huan is asking his subordinates to develop sound cards for microcomputers to prepare for the multimedia platform of personal computers. Naturally, he pays more attention to Polygram who develops various technologies behind the scenes.

What's more, Deng Lijun also has a contract relationship with Xiangjiang Polygram and Japan Polydol.

Under the influence of these factors, Tang Huan and Polygram have been in contact for a long time. The release of this record,

It was handed over to Xiangjiang Polygram.

The other party was quite enthusiastic and took the initiative to send someone over to help, but Tang Huan felt that he was just playing with tickets, so it was better to keep a low profile.

So Tang Huan made it clear, Seeing that the New Year is coming, and you are quite busy, don't bother too much, just arrange for someone to come, preferably younger, so that there is no pressure when everyone communicates.

As a result, the next day, Tang Huan couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw the young man sent by Polygram. The young man was actually younger than himself.

The helper was a little embarrassed and introduced himself, Mr. Tang, hello, my name is Xiang Xuehuai.

Tang Huan looked him up and down, shook hands with him, and asked, Your original name is Chen Jianhe, right?

How did Mr. Tang know? Xiang Xuehuai asked in surprise.

I heard that Xu Guanjie admires your talent in writing lyrics very much. Xiangjiang has such a big circle, so I have heard of it. Tang Huan smiled and greeted the other party to get in the car. At the same time, he thought that Polygram was still very serious. He is young, but his strength cannot be underestimated.

When Xiang Xuehuai was still studying electronic engineering in 1977, she worked in the Polygram recording studio. His talent for writing lyrics was discovered during this period, and he was recommended by Xu Guanjie to PolyGram's senior management, and since then he has entered the music scene.

Since 1978, Xiang Xuehuai has had record collaborations with Chen Qiuxia and Teddy Robin respectively.

According to the historical development, the famous Xiangjiang singers who cooperated with him are all famous for a while, including Chen Baiqiang, Alan Tam, Jacky Cheung, Liming, Hacken Lee, Xu Xiaofeng, Li Ruiyan, Peng Ling, Grasshopper and so on.

In addition, Xiang Xuehuai also entered the top management of the record company. From 1985 to 1997, he successively served as the record producer of Polygram and the director of the artist production department.

All in all, Xiang Xuehuai is now a talent with unlimited potential. For the still empty-handed DreamWorks, he is really the best target to win over.

However, Tang Huan is not in a hurry. After observing for a while, side businesses such as DreamWorks can develop step by step. It will not be too late to make efforts after Deng Lijun confirms the detailed comeback plan for this year.

Have you heard the arrangement, what do you think of this record? Tang Huan asked casually.

I've heard it. Zhang Delan's demo is also out. As far as the quality of lyrics and music is concerned, it's very good, but I don't dare to make a judgment on whether it will be a hit. Xiang Xuehuai replied cautiously.

Tang Huan smiled relaxedly, It's okay, don't feel pressured, I'm just playing around, and I'm very open.

In addition, there are only eight songs in the whole album, which is a bit small, and only EP can be released, which may also be a disadvantage. Xiang Xuehuai continued to analyze, But the ingenious style of Peking Opera can definitely cater to some people. taste.

EP stands for Extended Play, which is called mini-album in Chinese, and is a form of music distribution between singles and albums.

Generally speaking, a single is generally recognized as containing 1 to 3 tracks; while an EP usually contains 5 to 8 tracks. Still, this number of tracks was not enough to warrant the release of the record as an album.

This is the situation Tang Huan is currently facing.

Okay, as long as you can sell a few copies, it's all right. If it doesn't work, I'll secretly buy a few for myself. Tang Huan's joke made several people in the car laugh out loud.

When he arrived at the recording studio, Tang Huan saw Li Xiaotian and Zhang Delan who had been waiting there for a long time.

Originally, Tang Huan planned to ask Gu Jiahui to arrange the music, but the other party politely refused because he was too busy recently, but in fact, TVB secretly exerted pressure. Tang Huan was very upset about this kind of stinginess.

TVB has Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan, and Lai TV has Li Xiaotian and Lu Guozhan.

So, Tang Huan, who still had many choices, didn't need to be serious, so he approached Li Xiaotian out of spite.

In the original time and space, due to successive changes in Li's TV equity and uncertain prospects, Li Xiaotian switched to China Star under TVB in 1982, and successively made popular Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Lu Fang and others.

But in this time and space, Li's TV has not changed hands yet, and Li Xiaotian is still staying at Li's TV.

Li Xiaotian, who is in his thirties this year, can be said to have a strong family background. His father is composer Li Caotian, his mother is writer Yang Lijun, and his younger sister is modern dance choreographer Li Haining.

He himself went to study in the UK at the age of 16. He has been the foreman of the orchestra since the 1960s. After winning the third place in the first TVB Composer Invitational Competition in 1973, he began to compose and arrange music.

Together with the lyricist Lu Guozhan, Li Xiaotian arranged many theme songs for Li TV dramas in the 1970s. Among them, The Change of Heavenly Silkworm and Drama Life were selected into the top ten Chinese golden songs. Dip neck and neck.

Tang Huan invited Li Xiaotian, a senior person, to arrange music for him. It might as well slap TVB, which still has a cooperative relationship, and remind the other party not to think that they have monopolized all the resources.

Li Xiaotian can be regarded as versatile. He became a movie child star when he was 5 years old. He joined Li TV in 1975, hosted the variety show Jiayan and Xiaotian with Xue Jiayan, and released a record.

At an ATV celebration in the previous life, Li Xiaotian was still playing soy sauce in the Huangmei Opera Xifeng co-starred by Teresa Teng and Xu Xiaofeng, sweeping the floor in the background, extremely funny.

Therefore, Li Xiaotian was quite easy to deal with. Tang Huan chatted with him for a while, and then they joked with each other.

Compared with Li Xiaotian's sophistication, Zhang Delan, who has just turned 21, looks very quiet and shy. This is the first time Tang Huan has seen this little girl who can occupy a place in the early Cantonese music scene.

After chatting with Zhang Delan for a few words and listening to the other party's DEMO, Tang Huan was deeply satisfied.

Thanks to his rich performance experience since he was a child, Zhang Delan is not ignorant of Peking Opera, and in terms of his own ability, it is completely sufficient.

According to Tang Huan's plan, this record will take three to four days to complete.

In fact, the progress is also the same. Although Tang Huan is not even an amateur singer, he does not slow down his work at all, which makes others both surprised and admired.

Tang Sheng is very talented in music. Why don't you take advantage of this advantage to invest in the entertainment industry and try your hand at it? Anyway, you are young and rich, and you don't care about temporary gains and losses. During a lunch, Li Xiaotian Suggest with a smile.

How do you know what I'm doing? I'm planning to buy TV from your owner, Li, before the end of this year.

Tang Huan secretly smiled inwardly, but nodded solemnly on the surface, I do have this intention. I have already registered an entertainment company and are gradually developing this business, but at present I mainly serve myself. If Mr. Li has time, You might as well come to be a consultant and give me some pointers.

As long as Tang Sheng doesn't dislike my lack of knowledge, of course I'm willing to help. Li Xiaotian readily agreed.

After all, Xiangjiang is a materialistic society, and Li Xiaotian finally met a financial backer like Tang Huan, so naturally he would not give up the opportunity to make extra money. In his opinion, Tang Huan is just playing for tickets, and the work must be very easy.

Xiang Xuehuai, Zhang Delan, if your time permits, you can also work part-time in my company. It's always good to get an extra salary. Tang Huan also offered an olive branch to these two young people.

Xiang Xuehuai nodded with a smile, while the good girl Zhang Delan showed a look of embarrassment on her face, I signed a contract with Eternal Records, so it's not good to run on both sides.

If you think it's troublesome, I can come forward to help you terminate the contract, and then go to my company to concentrate on development. Tang Huancai said boldly: I have already thought of a new way of packaging singers for you.

Tang Huan is not talking empty words. Deng Lijun will definitely go international. The resources of DreamWorks in Hong Kong are not fully used, and it is absolutely possible to support another local Cantonese singer.

Compared to female singers like Xu Xiaofeng and Zhen Ni, Zhang Delan, who is still relatively young, is undoubtedly a good candidate. And according to the position given by the good people in the previous life, she can be trained to become the first generation of female singers.

Zhang Delan blushed, and replied awkwardly, I need to think about it.

Li Xiaotian chuckled and squeezed his eyes, Tang Sheng, you are too eager to scare the little girl.

You are an old and disrespectful guy, pay attention to your words. Tang Huan cursed with a smile, thinking that my brother wants to train a beautiful female singer, which is not as wretched as you think.