After the acquisition of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Wang Jie merged this cinema chain into DreamWorks Cinemas, so that DreamWorks Cinemas has 34 cinemas, including 12 leading cinemas, 16 medium-sized cinemas and 6 small cinemas, and DreamWorks Cinemas has also become the largest cinema chain in Xiangjiang, accounting for most of the Xiangjiang cinema line.

Wang Jie threw everything in the theater to Shi Nansheng, and he seized the time to complete the post-production of "The True Color of Heroes" as soon as possible.

On April 6, 1983, after nearly a month of intense preparations, the first issue of "The Voice of Nature" led by Chen Shufen was finally officially launched in the prime time of Jiayi TV's variety channel. In fact, it is difficult to choose the four mentors of "The Voice", mainly because "The Voice of Nature" is jointly developed by DreamWorks Records and Jiayitai, and the singer will be signed by DreamWorks Records first after becoming famous.

If you invite singers from other record companies to be mentors, you are training new talents for their competitors, which big company is willing?

For example, Xu Guanjie is very popular in Xiangjiang, and his qualifications are sufficient, so it is very suitable to invite him to be a mentor. But Xu Guanjie is now signing with Polygram, and Polygram's request is that Xu Guanjie can be the "judge" of the show (Polygram people understand it so), but the newcomers unearthed by this show, Polygram Records can be selected together with DreamWorks Records.

DreamWorks Records flatly refused, saying that they would pick the rest before giving it to Polygram, and in the end the two sides broke up unhappily.

After some discussion and selection by the program team, the four mentors were finally put together, namely Teddy Robin, Teresa Teng, Lin Zishen and Zhang Guorong.

Teddy Robin has been debuting for more than a decade, and his Teddy Robin and the Playboys were among the top bands of the '60s. In recent years, as the person in charge of DreamWorks Records, he has unearthed many powerful singers, who are enough to serve as mentors.

Although Lin Zishen's record sales are not too high, he is both a singer and a music producer, and he is more qualified than Zhang Guorong in terms of professional nature, and he has also had a lot of influence in the film industry in recent years.

Not to mention Zhang Guorong, he is the most popular Xiangjiang singer in recent years, and Principal Tan, who had a lot of fun fighting with him in the original time and space, can only eat ashes behind his back now. Although Teresa Teng's reputation in Xiangjiang is slightly inferior to Zhang Guorong, she is an out-and-out diva in Bay Island and other Chinese areas.

The most important thing is that none of these four people are obstructed by the record company behind them.

Teddy Robin himself is the director of DreamWorks Records; Lin Zishen's wife is the general manager of Warner Records in Hong Kong, and he is free and easy to release records and receive movies, and he lives a very chic life; Zhang Guorong needless to say, the first brother of DreamWorks Records, is still one of the "double beauties" of DreamWorks; as for the rest of Teresa Teng, although she herself is the pillar of Polygram Records, Teresa Teng has always been alone, and everything is taken care of by the agent, this time it was Teddy Robin and Lin Qingxia who invited her to participate in "The Voice of Nature" , besides, it was not bad to cooperate with Jiayi in "Xiangjiang Idol" before.

Speaking of "Xiangjiang Idol", although this show is good and has high ratings, it may not be as popular as later generations because the Xiangjiang pattern is too small, and Jiayi has not found any great talent in it.

In an apartment building in Wan Chai, nine-year-old Chen Yixun threw down his pen and urged his father to say: "Lao Dou, quickly change to the Jiayi Variety Show!"

Chen Joda yawned and said, "What to change?" "Happy Tonight" is about to start. ”

Chen Yixun hurriedly said: "Jiayi Channel's "The Voice of Nature" will be broadcast today!"

"What's a good voice?" asked Joda Chen.

""The Voice of Nature", a singing show, Teddy Robin, Lin Zishen, Teresa Teng and Zhang Guorong are guests!" Chen Yixun said.

"Zhang Guorong is a guest? He rarely appears on TV recently!" Chen Qiuda quickly changed to Jiayi Channel, their whole family is Zhang Guorong's fans, and there are really not many people in Xiangjiang who don't like Zhang Guorong at this time.

Chen Yixun said excitedly: "Yes, this time Jiayitai is really generous. Teresa Teng and Zhang Guorong, it's hard to invite one, but the two of them were invited together. ”

The father and son waited expectantly for a few minutes, and "The Voice of Nature" finally officially began.

"Hello, everyone, and welcome to the ...... of "The Voice" broadcast by Rolex Watches"

The show started as a gorgeous stage, and the audience was densely packed with people. Chen Yixun and his son were stunned after just one glance, where is this TV show, such a big scene is simply a concert.

After Jiayi TV moved to DreamWorks Studios, its hardware strength increased greatly, not only purchasing five sets of the world's most advanced broadcast equipment, but also setting up three modern luxury studios, each hall can undertake a 50,000 or even 10,000 people party. "The Voice of Nature" was recorded directly in Studio 1. After prior publicity, the names of Teresa Teng attracted a lot of fans, and these fans bought tickets to enter the show and became the live audience of the show.

The high tutor invitation fee of 600,000 yuan has been released, and Jiayi TV naturally doesn't care about those reels anymore, and directly uses six cameras when recording the show, which is more luxurious than most movies in Xiangjiang.

Fortunately, you can earn back a lot of money by selling tickets for the audience, otherwise Jiayitai would not be able to recover the cost at all. That is, Wang Jie, the boss, is very rich, and Liang Shuyi has always been bold, so "The Voice of Nature" has received so much support.

After the opening host finished a series of advertising titles, Teddy Robin, Teresa Teng, Lin Zishen and Zhang Guorong four superstars sang on stage continuously, everything was made according to the specifications of the concert, and the thousands of fans who bought "cheap tickets" to enter the venue were so excited that they screamed.

Immediately after the instructor finished singing, he sat on four chairs and faced the audience, while the host began to explain the rules of the show.

"Can you really become their disciple?" Chen Yixun felt itchy and regretted that he was too young to sign up for the competition.

The so-called disciples are naturally gimmicks, but they do receive limited guidance from the four mentors.

For those young people who love to sing, being able to catch up with Zhang Guorong and others is simply a soaring rhythm.

The most interesting thing is that this show only listens to the singing and does not look at the looks, which makes the audience feel extremely novel.

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"The wind continues to blow, I can't bear to stay away, I have tears in my heart, I don't want to look at you with tears, how many happy memories in the past, why not chase ...... with you"

Zhang Weijian on the stage was playing and singing affectionately, while the four mentors who turned to face the audience had different reactions. Teddy Robin was tapping his fingers lightly with the beat, Teresa Teng hummed softly along with the song, but Zhang Guorong and Lin Zishen were interacting in a funny way.

"Shoot, this contestant's singing skills are not bad!" Lin Zixiang smiled.

Zhang Guorong said: "You shoot." ”

Lin Zishen said: "My team has a similar style. ”

"Listen again, listen again!" Zhang Guorong said and grimaced at the camera.

Chen Yixun's father, Chen Qiuda, in front of the TV, was stimulated, and jumped up in surprise at his age and said: "Zhang Guorong is grimacing, Zhang Guorong is actually grimacing at me......"

Zhang Weijian on the stage was obviously a little anxious, seeing that a song was halfway sung, no mentor turned around, and suddenly broke the tone when singing the B section.

In "The Voice of China" in the original time and space, most of the songs sung by the contestants have been re-arranged, giving the audience a refreshing feeling, and even feel that it is better than the original song. Unfortunately, MIDI technology in 1983 was not yet popular, and it was very troublesome to rearrange and sing a song, and the cost was almost equivalent to making a single for a star singer.

It will take about another three to five years before MIDI technology will mature and popularize in Hong Kong and Taiwan, greatly reducing the cost of composing music, saving a large number of band players various expenses, and shortening the working time in the recording studio. The composition, orchestration, and recording of a whole TV theatrical evening only need a music choreographer and a recording engineer to compose (arrange), orchestrate, and perform instrumental music, and the recording work is all completed.

It was then that the record industry boomed, with small labels and studios popping up, and piracy becoming more rampant.

Jiayi TV's "The Voice of Nature" is limited to the times, and there is basically no special arrangement, and it is directly the original record song sung. Due to the star singer Zhuyu in front, it is difficult to highlight the personal characteristics of the contestants when singing the original arrangement, which also makes the competition between the contestants extremely fierce.

"Turn, turn!"

Seeing that Zhang Weijian's song was about to finish, but none of the mentors turned around, the audience couldn't help shouting.

Participating in the recording of a program is completely different from sitting in front of the TV and watching TV, which takes two or three hours to record an hour-long program on TV, and even six or seven hours for a more strict program director.

These live audiences were supposed to come for the four mentors, who paid the equivalent of two movies to buy tickets to enter. After the recording of the show began, they gradually turned their attention from the four masters to the stage, and when they saw their favorite singers, they couldn't help but encourage the mentors to turn around.

Chen Yixun also shouted in front of the TV: "Turn, turn, don't turn if you sing so well!"

"Keep every tear in your eyes, why is it still intermittently silently weeping, why is it still intermittently silently ......"

When he sang to the last paragraph, seeing that there was still no mentor turning around, Zhang Weijian's heart was cold. After being a little depressed, he simply abandoned the superfluous thoughts in his heart and sang quietly, singing all the hardships and dreams of singing for many years through singing.

"Why do you still linger ......in silence?"

Just when Zhang Weijian sang the last sentence, Lin Zishen and Teresa Teng suddenly photographed the mechanism at the same time, and the electric swivel chair made for 100,000 Hong Kong dollars turned around.

"Boom!" Seeing the two instructors turn around at the same time, many of the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV stood up excitedly.

When the last note fell, Lin Zishen and Teresa Teng's swivel chairs were completely turned, and Zhang Weijian shed two lines of tears on the ground.

Teddy Robin and Zhang Guorong also turned around after singing, and seeing Zhang Weijian in tears, Teresa Teng comforted: "Adjust your emotions and take your time." ”

Zhang Weijian pulled his sleeves horizontally, wiped away all his tears, and choked up with red eyes: "Okay." ”

Lin Zishen said: "Introduce yourself first. ”

Zhang Weijian took off the microphone and said, "My name is Zhang Weijian, and I am 18 years old this year. ”

"Are you still a student?" asked Teresma. In fact, she has an information form of the contestants in her hand, although Zhang Weijian's information is not completely recorded, but the staff has drawn a red line in her career column to prompt the four mentors to directly ask more topical questions.

Zhang Weijian shook his head and said, "No, I have dropped out of school." ”

Teresa Teng asked, "Is it because you don't do your homework well and don't like to read?"

Zhang Weijian said excitedly: "Although my homework is not very good, I also want to continue to study like other students. However, I had to earn money to support my family, so I had to drop out of school and work. ”

Zhang Guorong asked, "What about your parents? What do they do?" ”

Zhang Weijian said: "My old bean used to drive a boat, and he would go home for three months every year, but as soon as he came back, he would beat my mother. When I was 13 years old, Lao Dou ran away with a woman and never came back, and my mother supported our three brothers and sisters by working as a maid and taking care of the children. ”

Deng Lijun asked: "So you are the eldest brother in the family, and you have to drop out of school to work and earn money to support your younger siblings?"

Zhang Weijian nodded and said, "Yes, my younger brothers and sisters are better at homework than me, and they will definitely be able to be admitted to university." ”

The TV screen cut to the front row of the audience, and a member of the program team invited to wipe the eye drops and began to be "moved" to tears, and then everyone began to applaud.

Teresa Teng asked, "Then what are you doing now?"

Zhang Weijian wiped his tears and said: "I was a singer in a bar, but I was fired some time ago, and I set up a stall in front of a school to sell fish balls in the past two months." ”

Lin Zishen asked, "What is your dream?"

Zhang Weijian said: "My dream is to become a professional singer, I can make a lot of money by releasing records, so that my mother no longer has to be a maid, and my younger siblings can go to the best school." ”

"Papapa......" was another round of loud applause.

Teresa Teng wiped her tears and said, "You can do it, Ah Jian, you are now standing on the big stage of the Taiping Theater." ”

Lin Zi pointed to Zhang Guorong and said to Zhang Weijian: "You just sang Rong Zai's song, then you must be his fan!"

Zhang Weijian bent down and bowed to Zhang Guorong.

Lin Zi patted Zhang Guorong and said, "Rong Zai, encourage young people." ”

Zhang Guorong did not speak, but left the table directly and came to the stage and gave Zhang Weijian a wordless hug.

If anyone gets Zhang Guorong's hug at the concert, it will definitely be a scream from the audience, but now it is thunderous applause.

Chen Yixun and his son also cried in front of the TV, in Xiangjiang, I don't know how many people were moved by this at this moment.

As an international metropolis, there are indeed many wealthy people in Hong Kong, but there are also countless grassroots families like Zhang Weijian, and Zhang Weijian's experience represents countless grassroots individuals in Hong Kong. empathize, I don't know how many viewers became supporters of Zhang Weijian at that moment.

At the grassroots level, young people are even more moved by Zhang Weijian's experience, inspiring these impulsive young people to pursue their dreams.

Similarly, the audience was also very impressed by the four mentors. In the past, stars were all high and did not eat the fireworks of the world, and under the deliberate packaging of the record company, the stars were far away from ordinary people.

But the funny, frolic, and crying of the four mentors in the show made them turn back into vivid ordinary people, and suddenly shortened the distance between them and the audience. While the participating singers became famous, the four mentors also soared in popularity.

Then it was time for the reversal of power, and it was Zhang Weijian's turn to choose a mentor.

Lin Zishen took the lead in canvassing and said, "Ah Jian, do you know why I turned around at the last moment?"

Zhang Weijian smiled reluctantly: "I didn't sing well before." ”

"Yes," Lin Zi said in detail: "You have a lot of ideas after you come on the stage, and your singing skills are already very proficient, but you have never been emotionally involved in singing, and you feel that people and songs are separated." After that, you start to get nervous, not only do you have a broken sound, but you don't have enough breath. It wasn't until the last few lines that you got into the groove, and I turned around for your last song. ”

Zhang Weijian bowed and said, "Thank you, teacher." ”

Lin Zishen said: "Come to my team, you know that I also have an identity as a music producer, I can help you change some small problems, and I can also help you overcome stage fright and nervousness." ”

Teresa Teng also began to canvass for votes, "Ah Jian, like you, I am a fan of Rong Shao, and I know the resident singer very well, we must have a common topic." Come on, come on my group!"

Lin Zixian interrupted: "Ah Jian, can you sing Chinese songs?"

Zhang Weijian said: "I can sing some, but I'm not very good at it." ”

"That's right," Lin Zixian said with a smile, "Ah Jun sings Chinese songs, you are not all the way." ”

Teresa Teng said hurriedly: "Hey, I can also sing Cantonese, I have also released Cantonese song albums." ”

"Yes? I don't know. Lin Zixiang looked like a scoundrel.

……

Zhang Weijian finally chose Lin Zishen as his mentor.

"Lalala......" Lin Zixiang made a villainous look, ran to Deng Lijun's seat to dance and celebrate, and Deng Lijun was speechless by Lin Zixiang, and the two made the audience laugh again.

Chen Yixun's father, Chen Joda, also laughed in front of the TV, he thought the show was too interesting.