Chapter 7: It's on Fire
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The second time he came to the Haima Song and Dance Hall, Li Qing set a price for himself: 100 yuan for a song.
Don't be too expensive, if you don't need a reason to stay in the Seahorse Cabaret, and the money is really not loose, or give Li Qing 10,000 yuan for a song, Li Qing will not serve them - as a reborn person, in this golden age everywhere, what is not faster than being a resident singer to make money?
Someone may ask, for such a high price, will anyone order Li Qing to sing?
Yes.
And there are no less.
There is no shortage of rich people in any era, especially in such entertainment venues.
As soon as he heard that Li Qing dared to ask for a hundred yuan a song and only sang three songs every night, rich people who were curious about Li Qing or for the purpose of showing off began to try to order Li Qing to sing.
Then, they were shocked by the three good songs of "Dream Chasing Pure Heart", "Love and Hate", and "Wukong", which are very different from this era, and "Dream Chasing Pure Heart", "Love and Hate", and "Wukong" also began to spread like a plague......
At the same time, Li Qing is rumored to be more and more divine - what Li Qing is a music professor invited back from abroad by CCTV, what Li Qing is a genius musician who returned from abroad, what Li Qing has held a concert at WYN, etc., etc., etc......
As a result, someone will order Li Qing to sing every night, and Li Qing's three-song limit is almost no time left, and later it has developed to the point that people are proud to be able to order Li Qing to sing.
And what these people order the most is "Love and Hate", an English song that they don't understand but feels extremely hot - sometimes, Li Qing sings three songs every night, all of which are "Love and Hate".
It is actually understandable that Li Qing is so touted - the current period is a craze for going abroad, just like the film and television works such as "BJ People in New York" and "Chinese Partner", all Chinese people at this time are proud to be able to go abroad, even if it is to go abroad to brush dishes.
Therefore, as long as it has something to do with foreign countries, people feel that it is very fashionable, and then they desperately tout.
Li Qing is so popular, Ma Weidu, who hired Li Qing as a resident singer for 200 yuan a night, not only did not lose money, but he could also make some money.
Moreover, this is not counting the derivative benefits brought by the guests who came in the name of Mu Li Qing.
In this regard-
Ma Weidu's old face was as happy as a blooming chrysanthemum, and Ma Weidu was even optimistic that the seahorse dance hall was saved, and then took the initiative to befriend Li Qing, in order to use friendship to envelop Li Qing and not change jobs.
Not only did Ma Weidu befriend Li Qing, but Wang Yu and others gradually acquiesced to Li Qing, who was very talented in music and unassuming, as a person in their circle.
And the closest one to Li Qing among them is Feng Xiaogang.
The reason why Feng Xiaogang got closest to Li Qing is because of one thing, it can also be said that it is because of a movie, a good movie that has been forgotten by most people in later generations.
The name of this good movie is "The Great Satan", which is a romance film directed by Xia Gang, written by Feng Xiaogang and Zheng Xiaolong (in fact, Wang Shuo), and starring Ge Wei and Xu Fan.
In the last life, this movie made "The Great Satan" nominated for Best Feature Film at the 13th China G Film Golden Rooster Awards, Xia Gang won the Best Director at the 13th China G Film Golden Rooster Awards, Feng Xiaogang and Zheng Xiaolong were nominated for Best Screenplay at the 13th China G Film Golden Rooster Awards, Ge Wei won the Best Actor at the 13th China G Film Golden Rooster Awards, and Xu Fan was nominated for Best Actress at the 13th China G Film Golden Rooster Awards.
Don't think that it would have been easy to achieve this in 1992.
In 1992, a total of 179 films were released on the mainland, and this is only available for later generations, and in addition to those that could not be released or could not be verified for various reasons, at least 300 films were produced in the mainland in 1992.
Moreover, among these films, there are some more special films - co-productions.
Co-productions are films invested by foreign producers (including Hong Kong and Taiwan producers), which are generally well-funded and have the conditions to make them exquisite, so they are not at the same starting line as the films invested by various domestic studios.
As far as 1992 is concerned, the most famous co-production is Zhang Yimou's "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit".
But although "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" occupies the time, place, and people, it is only on a par with "The Great Satan".
From this, we can see the excellence of "The Great Satan", and we can also know how amazing Xia Gang, Feng Xiaogang and Zheng Xiaolong are.
Speaking of which, what does "The Great Satan" have to do with Li Qing?
Of course it matters.
Xia Gang is satisfied with the finished filming of "The Great Satan", but he is very dissatisfied with the soundtrack of "The Great Satan", especially the ending song - in the previous life, Xia Gang, who really couldn't find the ending song he wanted, simply didn't use the ending song in the end.
One day, when Li Qing and Wang Yu were eating and farting together, Feng Xiaogang inadvertently said something about it.
The reason why Li Qing came to the Seahorse Song and Dance Hall as a resident singer was to enter the Kyoto cultural circle.
And Li Qing's purpose in entering the Kyoto cultural circle is to use this circle as a step to enter the film and television circle.
Let's ask, how could Li Xing, who has such a purpose, not cherish this opportunity?
The next day, Li Qing sang a new song to Wang Yu, Feng Xiaogang and others - "Kiss Goodbye", combined with the movie "Big Satan" with slightly changed lyrics "Kiss Goodbye".
The melody of "Kiss Goodbye" is poignant, and it vividly expresses the reluctance and entanglement of lovelorns who are in love but not in love, and it immediately moved Wang Yu, Feng Xiaogang and others.
Of course, Wang Yu and the others understand the meaning of Li Qing singing this song "Kiss Goodbye" at this time, which is consistent with the artistic conception of "The Great Satan".
This kind of effortless favor, Wang Yu and others, who have a good impression of Li Qing, will naturally be able to send it, not to mention, "Kiss Goodbye" is really very good, and it is really very suitable for the ending song of "The Great Satan".
So, with the help of Wang Yu and others, Feng Xiaogang took Li Qing out of his own pocket to find Xia Gang the tape of "Kiss Goodbye" recorded in the studio the next day.
Two days later, Feng Xiaogang came to inform Li Qing that Xia Gang wanted to ask Li Qing to be the soundtrack of "The Great Satan" and participate in the post-production of "The Great Satan".
As an executive director with excellent professional skills and an understanding of music, Li Qing is familiar with more than 200 classic soundtracks from ancient and modern China and foreign countries, so he can easily satisfy Xia Gang, a mainland director in the 90s, and praise Li Qing, which makes Feng Xiaogang feel very face-saving when he introduced Li Qing, and then he is getting closer and closer to Li Qing.
As soon as "The Great Satan" was released, it was widely acclaimed, especially its ending song "Kiss Goodbye", which was sung by everyone in the streets and alleys, and Li Qing also became a well-known figure in the mainland music industry because of "Kiss Goodbye"!
It is precisely because of this that two famous record companies in the previous life found Li Qing.
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