Chapter 40 Music is more than music
Zhang Lei is just an ordinary Hong Kong taxi driver, who drove out of Yangmingshan Villa this morning as usual and was on the road. The white clouds www.biquge.info are a flowing landscape, quietly enjoying a new day in the sky above Hong Kong Island.
Zhang Lei stopped at the traffic light at the first intersection, saw through the front windshield that it was a red light, and just turned the radio to FM94.7.
This radio station is Zhang Lei's favorite channel to listen to when driving, this is the second channel of Radio Television Hong Kong, which usually broadcasts music and entertainment information.
Next up is Caritas by the Tins group. A soft female voice came from the tape recorder in the taxi.
"Tins?" Zhang Lei felt so familiar with the name, frowned and thought about it, and suddenly slapped the steering wheel as if he suddenly realized, thinking that the day before yesterday was also the radio station that said that this group had just released an album.
Zhang Lei had just turned down the sound of the radio, when he heard a car horn behind him, looked up and saw that it was already a green light, and immediately put down the handbrake and started the car.
Before he could drive far, Zhang Lei's car became slower and slower, and finally stopped next to the green belt on the side of the road. If there are passengers sitting next to Zhang Lei at this time, you can see his somewhat stunned eyes, and the eyes are a little complicated.
When the song Tins was released less than thirty seconds, Zhang Lei was shocked, he hadn't heard such a song for a long time!
He's not a young man, and he's not particularly fond of loud music, but this piece is different, and the rhythm of the song is as similar to that of a dance hall in his memory.
Autumn is a good season for Hong Kong, which has just cooled down.
Zhang Lei was only more than ten years old and secretly followed behind his father. His father was a teacher at the Hong Kong Dance Hall, teaching young people how to dance at that time.
Standing in the far corner of the hall, watching the people under the lights dance to the music, a strong sense of rhythm but not fast, everyone's footsteps stepped on the rhythm point, as if playing a game, that was the last funk of that era, and it was also Zhang Lei's last clear memory of his father.
The young Zhang Lei sat quietly next to his mother who was crying, he didn't know what happened to his father who was lying inside, he only felt that the long and white corridor was always so oppressive.
His father, who was killed in a car accident, gave him the last memories of his childhood, and the musical breath was like his father's soul lingering in a dream for a long time, never dissipating.
Zhang Lei didn't understand music, he didn't know what music was in that era, he just stubbornly listened to 94.7, and one morning, he heard such a similar feeling, as if he had returned to his childhood and stayed in the corner and listened quietly.
Zhang Lei lifted his face buried in the steering wheel, quickly rubbed his eyes that couldn't stop tears with his hands, and took out a small notebook from the bag next to him, which was his record book for recording life consumption, and took out the pen, Zhang Lei wrote the name of the song with some trembling, and his mouth was still muttering: "Tins...... Tinsβ¦.Tinsβ¦β¦..β
Wiping his face again, Zhang Lei immediately started the car and drove towards Wangzai's largest DVD store, he found the memory of his memory, the car that was speeding all the way, bringing up the father's love that had disappeared.
Good music isn't about being good, it's about telling everyone.
In just three days, the album "Tins" began to sell well in Hong Kong. The moment the song appears, it brings young people all the labels, rhythms, indulgences and love that youth needs.
But what has been brought to the earlier generation is the memory that has long since disappeared, and with a powerful symbol of the times, the album Tins can be said to have truly inserted into the hearts of Hong Kong people.
Yang Shoucheng was lying on the sofa at home, gently closing his eyes, and there was a DVD player in the living room, and the music in it was the title song of the Tins album.
Hong Kong music has been in line with European and American music for a long time, bringing a variety of musical styles, and the funk music genre that was popular all over the world at that time was the enduring melody of Hong Kong's dance halls of that era.
Yang Shoucheng came out of that era, and hearing the familiar music also shocked the softness of the young era in his heart, the era of youth and wantonness.
A good piece of music brings everyone not that kind of pleasure, but after listening to it, it is like talking about oneself, narrating oneself.
"This kid. Yang Shoucheng suddenly laughed softly, this young man regardless of the album results, he gave Hong Kong the best gift of this era!
Funk can be said to have influenced a whole era, and POP is the most popular, Bai Kaifeng's ambition can be said to be very big, he knows that in order to succeed, the most important thing is not only to sell albums, but also to touch the hearts of those insiders, so that the music can be full of the characteristics of the times, and no lyrics can only start from composition.
And apparently, Bai Kaifeng succeeded.
"Guess the results!" At this time, Mani looked at Bai Kaifeng with excitement on his face, Zhong Xintong and Cai Zhuoyan were also very nervous at this time, sitting next to Bai Kaifeng and looking at Mani who pushed the door, seeing the joy on their faces, the two of them naturally knew that it was a good thing and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Bai Kaifeng also smiled, and then said, "Four thousand?" Mani glanced at him after hearing this, and said disdainfully: "Why are your works so unconfident." With a loveless expression, he then looked at the Tins group and said loudly: "Break 10,000!"
"Yay!" Hearing this result, the two girls didn't care who was next to them, and jumped up directly, unable to hide the joy in their hearts. In fact, the most pressure during this period of time is still them, after all, if their first album fails, it will be a big blow to the two of them, and now the good news is frequent, and they have also let go of the stone in their hearts.
However, the two little girls also stood in front of Bai Kaifeng at this time, bowed very formally, and then solemnly said thank you.
Bai Kaifeng was stunned by the actions of the two people, and then grinned and touched the hair of the two people in front of him, "Why are you so polite with me." β
Mani was also very excited at this time and continued: "At the current progress, we are very likely to surpass Ho Yunshi's album sales! We may even be nominated for the Gold Award for Best Album of the Year! You are a newcomer! Oh my God!"
The more he talked, the more excited he became, Mani was a little dancing, but Bai Kaifeng was still very calm, "The competition this year can still be said to be relatively fierce, the film and television newcomer Zhang Bozhi also released an album, and last year, relying on the reputation of the movie, the album sales are estimated to be higher, and it is also a person to be vigilant about, as well as newcomers like Li Xuemei, who have good singing skills, they still can't be too relaxed." β
Mani also nodded approvingly, then looked at Zhong Xintong and Cai Zhuoyan and said, "I still can't reduce the publicity during this time, and I will go to Times Square for autograph sales in a few days." β
Bai Kaifeng is naturally very relieved about the strength of Emperor Star-making, and Bai Kaifeng is also very pleased that the beginning of this album is smooth.
At a well-known Hong Kong magazine in Hennessy Road, the editor-in-chief was very satisfied with the headline in his hand, and then said to his assistant: "Just print it like this, and it will be released tomorrow afternoon." β
The female assistant nodded and walked out the door.
The lights on the side of Hennessy Road shone silently through the glass on the editor-in-chief's desk, and the name that had just been confirmed.
"The sun and the moon shine. β