1997 may be destined to be an extremely lively year for the Chinese music scene.

People are screaming, and the heat is rising.

In mid-February, China's No. 1 girl singing group, Wuxing Wusu, released their fourth studio album, "The Boy Across the Side".

In the domestic entertainment industry in the current era, there is no program or media influence that can be compared with Huaxia TV's Spring Festival Gala, so there is no doubt that Hua Ge's publicity strategy for "The Boy Opposite" has succeeded again.

With the help of the successful two-and-a-half-minute performance at the Spring Festival Gala, of course, the most important thing is the quality of the song itself, and the accurate grasp of the psychology of the younger generation of fans by the song itself...... In short, the song "The Boy on the Other Side Looked" became an instant hit.

As if everything was repeating itself, when this fresh and beautiful youth wind blew, almost no one could stop it, "The Boy Across the Side" was directly airborne to the top of the sales list of Dongguan Bookstore in the week of its launch, and at the same time, "The Boy Across the Side", as the first title of the album, also directly topped the Voice of China Golden Melody On-Demand List without any suspense!

At this moment, the Five Elements seem to have re-emerged as the omnipotent and rule-breaking Five Elements. What Zhen Zhen, what Huang Yuqing, what Li Junru, what Huang Mai, all killed.

Subsequently, when "The Boy Across the Side" was becoming popular, some media revealed that the new film of the famous domestic new-generation director Yu Bojun was in preparation, and the heroine of his film had locked Zhou Pingping, who has always been known as the "electric eye beauty" in the Five Elements and Wusu combination. In an interview, Zhou Pingping frankly admitted the news.

In China, the film and television industry and the music industry have always been collectively referred to as the entertainment industry. In the eyes of the public, it seems that the two circles are very closely connected to each other, but they are not. The music industry and the film and television industry, of course, have a lot of intersections, and there is no shortage of cattle people, who straddle these two circles. As for singers who need to shoot MVs, film and television also need soundtracks, etc., it is even more where the two sides will definitely overlap, but to be honest, the overlap between the two circles is nothing more.

In the time and space that Li Qian once experienced, there was a special case, that is, the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Because of the small size and limited population, the entertainment industry is unusually prosperous beyond common sense. Therefore, in the most glorious years of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, there were many people who were so-called film and television stars, and there were also many artists who could combine many identities such as screenwriters, directors, actors, singers, etc., and released their all-round talents.

But that's really just the exception.

Look at the world, whether it's Europe or the United States. Or Japan, in this kind of market with a mature entertainment industry. Although there are many examples of acting and singing, or singing and acting, basically speaking, there are not many who can succeed in both aspects, singers act in film and television. It's often just occasional, or it's simply a cameo, and when an actor releases a record, it's often just for fun. The same is true at home.

Even in the country, some star actors release records. It's not just because it's fun, because they like music, they release albums, in fact, they just want to have a convenient commercial performance.

Therefore, Zhou Pingping suddenly took this step from a singer to an actor, and this step is big enough to directly play the heroine of the movie, in the film and television industry, maybe people don't feel anything, but for the music industry, it is extremely amazing news - many people think that this is a symbol that the five elements have become popular to the peak.

In fact, for many singers in the music industry, being able to act in movies, and also play the leading role, and since then embark on the road of film and television song development, it is indeed the envy of countless people.

In this regard, Hua Ge is naturally full of ambition and high-spirited.

However, there are many people who are popular.

In the past year, it can be said that since the group Wuxing Wusu became popular, domestic record companies have been eyeing several girls in their group, and the poaching action has been almost non-stop. At this time, as Wuxing Wusu became more and more popular, and the five-year brokerage contract they signed with Hua Record was about to expire, the poaching actions of various record companies became more and more crazy.

But in this regard, Hua Ge seems to be confident.

In an interview, Sister Wu, the agent of Wuxing Wusu, said with a smile on her face that considering that the contracts of artists such as Zhou Pingping and Sima Duoduo will expire before the end of this year, Hua Ge has prepared a new contract with extremely generous conditions for Wuxing Wusu, and several girls of Wuxing Wusu also said that of course they will continue to renew their contracts with the company.

However, in the gossip news circulating in the industry, Wuxing Wusu was quite dissatisfied with the new contract given by the company, but because when the company signed the five girls, they were signed separately, and then they were pinched into the Wuxing Wusu combination, so the name Wuxing Wusu and this combination actually belong to Huage Records, so the five girls will be afraid that once they leave this group, they will lose their popular capital in an instant, so they are extremely hesitant, neither dare to break with the company, nor dare to jump ship- But obviously, after receiving the invitation to the heroine of Yu Bojun's new film, Zhou Pingping's confidence suddenly strengthened, and at this time, she seemed to have suddenly become the eldest sister among the five girls.

In an interview at a promotional event, she mercilessly and directly bombarded Hua Records for squeezing artists, not only does the current contract treat artists like slaves, but the new contract given is still the same!

So overnight, Zhou Pingping's news of bombarding the company's oppression of artists became the headlines of major entertainment editions, and the entire entertainment industry instantly set off a huge storm - and Zhou Pingping, who was in the center of the storm, suddenly went to the next level, and it seemed that overnight, she had begun to get rid of the original impression of "a girl in the five elements" in the minds of domestic fans, and became the hottest and most popular number one actress in the domestic entertainment industry in the blink of an eye.

Her name began to go beyond the category of "combination" and became an independent existence, leaving a certain deep mark in the hearts of domestic fans.

Of course, this matter was then suppressed within Hua Opera.

In the subsequent promotional campaign for the new album. Zhou Pingping began to be absent, and the remaining four girls, in the face of these tricky problems, especially the renewal of the contract, all said that they were "satisfied with the contract given by the company" and "there are some small problems." We have been working together for several years, and we can negotiate a solution."

And then, some media broke the inside story - it is said that the reason why Zhou Pingping was absent from the subsequent publicity was not because she was blocked or temporarily suppressed by the company, but because the company was urgently negotiating a new contract with her.

It is also said that considering Zhou Pingping's "special contribution" in the group of Five Elements and Wusu, Hua Ge has decided to adjust her personal treatment to a certain extent.

In other words, everyone is a member of the Five Elements Combination, but the contract will be different.

Two "supposedly" broke the news. Hua Record immediately denied it, and said that the company must treat the five girls in the group equally, and there will never be any "special treatment", because everyone is an indispensable one in the group. And Zhou Pingping, who reappeared in the group's promotional itinerary, also recognized this statement with a smile, and said that she did not get any special contracts, and she had bombarded the company before. It's just to get a better treatment for the sisters.

When the host of a program asked the question of whether she would change jobs, Zhou Pingping smiled directly and said no. He also said that he was very grateful to the company for his cultivation and love, and he was willing to stay in Huahua Songs all the time and never change jobs.

However, in such an episode of the show, people with a heart have begun to discover that almost half of the scenes in the entire show are for Zhou Pingping alone. The other four girls in the Five Elements were almost completely ignored. Even, even the host's questions, most of them were about Zhou Pingping and other girls. It's rare to get a chance to speak - it seems that the combination of the five elements and the elements is really a combination that has begun to be led by Zhou Pingping and turned into Zhou Pingping.

Moreover, almost all attentive viewers can find that they are all smiles, and the smiles on the faces of Sima Duoduo, Sun Ruoxuan and other girls are obviously not as bright as the smiles on Zhou Pingping's faces.

And just then, the news that Li Qian heard from Wang Jinglu was: Hua Ge did offer a special contract for Zhou Pingping, with more generous treatment and fewer restrictions, compared to their current contract, it is simply a leap forward, and the contract for several other girls, including Wang Jingxue, is only slightly higher, and Zhou Pingping's contract is a lot worse- Of course, when Hua Songs held an internal meeting, it was very clear that Zhou Pingping is now taking the path of development on both sides of film and television, which has a huge effect on the popularity and influence of the entire group, so it is natural that her personal treatment is better.

Moreover, this matter is an internal secret of the company, and no one is allowed to disclose it to the outside world.

When things came to this point, after learning the news, although Li Qian did not express the slightest opinion in front of Wang Jinglu, he couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.

She knew that the once-brilliant combination of the Five Elements and the Five Elements had already faced disintegration.

Because Mencius's sentence has been verified countless times for thousands of years, and it is absolutely correct.

Mencius said: Do not suffer from widowhood, but suffer from unevenness.

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At the end of March, Zhou Ye's first solo album "Rainy Day" was officially released.

coincided with the fact that most of the song recording of Liao Liao's new album had been completed, and Li Qian happily let Liao Liao go to promote his fellow countryman - Zhou Ye's album, which focuses on pop style, has two love songs, which is still quite high-quality in Li Qian's feeling, and the key thing is that Zhou Ye's personal high-pitched and loud voice is fully revealed in this album, at least in the domestic music scene, he is already a non-negligible existence with this voice alone.

It's a pity that although his voice is very distinctive, the album is also well-made, and during the promotion period, there are big friends like Liao Liao who took the initiative to stand up and help tout, but it can only be regarded as mediocre in terms of market sales.

Moreover, even in the music critics' circles, the evaluation of his album is mixed.

Detractors believe that he has an excessively "show throat" in this album, resulting in his voice completely masking and suppressing the emotions that the song itself needs to convey. And those who praise it believe that such a good voice is what the domestic music scene needs the most. It was a loud and high-pitched, man's voice.

Of course, whether it is positive or negative, the music critics unanimously praise the song "The Crooked Moon". In an interview with the radio, Zhou Ye also took the initiative to break out the gossip, saying that he invited Sister Liao Liao to join and produce it for him, which was the first show of Liao Liao's behind-the-scenes work. Moreover, according to him, this song was originally reserved by the producer for Sister Liao Liao and was going to be included in her new album, but then Liao Liao heard that his new album was still missing a song, so he generously gave this song to himself - I have to say that he was very smart, so he took the initiative to make the song for Liao Liao and helped to produce this, which not only praised Liao Liao, but also directly aroused the curiosity of many fans. At least after hearing the show, everyone will want to know what kind of song this "Crooked Moon" is, and what is unique about Liao Liao's so-called behind-the-scenes production debut.

Although in fact, not many fans can hear what Liao Liao left behind in this song, at best, fans with a higher level can feel that this song is incompatible with the atmosphere of the main pop style of the whole album.

However, "The Crooked Moon" is still a small hit.

So, to the surprise of Zhou Ye and the record company, and to Li Qian's surprise, this song actually became the most popular song in Zhou Ye's new album. To a certain extent, for Zhou Ye, who only has this album at present, this song "The Crooked Moon" can even be said to be his masterpiece.

So, after finishing a few promotional trips, he ran more diligently to Li Qian's studio.

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When the time entered April, He Runqing's new album officially completed the production of the studio stage and moved to the later stage.

And at this time, the long-awaited first album after Zhou Yan's comeback was finally released.

And as soon as it was released, the album directly set off a sales frenzy. (To be continued......)