Seventy-sixth Huaxing Records

"Huaxing? Chen Shufen? When Chen Lang heard the word Huaxing, he was stunned, because this name may not mean anything now in 1981, but it is famous in later generations.

Since its official establishment in 1971, many superstars have been recruited by TVB, such as Lo Wen, Jenny, Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. In the 70s and 80s, Huaxing Records, which was a hit, had dozens of singers at its peak, and in the 80s, it was on a par with Polygram (now Universal Music).

In 1971, Huaxing Records was officially established, initially mainly for concerts and TVB* album releases, and no Hong Kong singers joined and released albums.

From 1982 to 1988, Huaxing sprung up with the support of TVB, in addition to the annual Hong Kong Rookie Singing Contest to discover talents, it also recruited a large number of superstars to join it, and became the largest and most dynamic Chinese-funded record company in Hong Kong, and BMG, Polygram, Warner, and EMI are known as the five major record companies in Hong Kong.

Huaxing's greatest contribution may be the "Rookie Singing Competition" held since 1982, and it is precisely because of this competition that it has won the reputation of "1/3 of the superstars in the Chinese music scene come from Huaxing".

Nearly 100 Hong Kong film and television singers have entered the entertainment industry through the springboard of the "Rookie Singing Contest", the most famous of which include: Anita Mui, Zhou Huimin, Yang Qianhua, Coco Li, Sammi Cheng, Li Ming, Jacky Cheung, Xu Zhian, Eason Chan, Wen Zhaolun, Li Keqin, Chen Haomin, Zhang Weijian, Su Yongkang, etc.

In addition to discovering many superstars in the music industry through its rookie competition, Huaxing Records has also launched many singers' albums in various ways, including the training of Andy Lau, Liming and Aaron Kwok among the four kings, and Jacky Cheung also stepped into the music industry through the Huaxing Rookie Competition.

The eldest sister of the Chinese music scene, Da Mao Amin, also signed a contract with Huaxing Records in 1993, and Chang Kuan, another rock singer in the mainland, signed with Huaxing in 1991, and at the same time, Luo Wen, Zhen Ni, Wang Mingquan, Leslie Cheung, Zheng Shaoqiu, Chen Meiling, Weng Meiling, Lin Yilian, Gu Tianle, Zhou Haimei, Tony Leung, He Chaoyi have more than 30 singers or artists have recorded songs or records for Huaxing Records.

If there is no Huaxing Records, it is difficult to estimate whether there will be such a large number of superstars shining in today's entertainment industry, so some people say that the growth of Huaxing Records is connected with the development history of the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.

As for Chen Shufen, as long as you know that she will be the one who will carry Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui and Jacky Cheung in the future, and plan to help them ascend to the throne of the king and queen of heaven, you can roughly understand this person's ability, but the current Chen Shufen is not the ace agent in the future.

"Yes, I am now the person in charge of Huaxing Records, and I am calling this time mainly because our company now wants to sign a record contract with you and release records for you, I don't know what you think?" Chen Shufen on the other side replied.

"What is the relationship between Huaxing and wireless?" Chen Lang also knew about Huaxing in his previous life, but he had only heard of it, and he didn't know much about other aspects of the company except that there were many superstars and they were developing very well.

"Huaxing is now a subsidiary of TVB, which is part of TVB. It's not convenient on the phone, why don't we find a place to sit down and talk in detail? ”

Hearing Chen Shufen's explanation, Chen Lang was also prepared, after all, TVB's care for himself during the competition was obvious to all, and now he really showed his back move, wanting to sign a record contract with him.

"That's fine, then you can tell me a place, and I'll rush over." Chen Lang is still very happy in his heart, God let himself be reborn, and naturally he will live as gorgeous as a summer flower. And it seems to be a good choice to become a high-profile generation of superstars and grow into a national male god.

If you make money, writing novels is enough for your own life, but if you want to leave your own mark in history and become the collective memory of a generation, combined with your own golden finger, singers and actors are undoubtedly the best choice, so Chen Langcai wants to break into the music scene, and the national male gods start with singers.

Now you can sign a record, and releasing an album is undoubtedly the reward of Chen Lang's efforts in the past few months, and Chen Lang had also heard of the prestige of Huaxing Records in his previous life, so he readily agreed to this meeting.

"Then we'll meet at the Kowloon Jinhua Tea Restaurant at nine o'clock, do you think it's okay?" Chen Shufen proposed.

"Nine o'clock at the Kowloon Jinhua Tea Restaurant, okay, I'll be there on time." Chen Lang agreed, and then hung up the phone.

"Who are you going to see at nine?" Sister Chen Yun asked curiously, and Chen's father and Chen's mother also cast inquiring eyes.

"The people from Huaxing Records, they want to sign a contract with me and ask me to meet at the Kowloon Jinhua Tea Restaurant."

"So, little brother, you'll be able to release a record soon, right?" Sister Chen Yun was excited, and it seemed that she was very happy and proud that her younger brother could be a big star.

"If the signing goes well, I think I'll be able to release a record, but at least I won't think about it until I'm done in the finals and after my final exams." Chen Lang is also very excited to be able to release a record, but it shouldn't be so simple to release a record, at least in the second half of the year.

"Looks like I'm going to have to go, then?" When Chen's father heard Chen Lang's words, it seemed that he was negotiating a contract again, Chen Lang was only 15 years old this year and was still underage, so he had to go out as his father.

"I'm almost your signatory." Father Chen smiled when he saw his son nodding, "But I still have to take a leave." ”

Originally, my sister Chen Yun also wanted to go, but now May is the time for the Hong Kong Certificate of Secondary School Examination, so my sister Chen Yun can only continue to study and prepare for the entrance examination. After Chen's father asked for leave, he and Chen Lang walked directly to the Kowloon Jinhua Tea Restaurant, because this tea restaurant was at the end of the street in the community where Chen Lang's house was located.

When Chen Lang and Chen's father arrived at the tea restaurant, they found a quiet corner and sat down, and at the same time asked the waiter to serve two cups of tea.

"I don't know what the contract Huaxing gave you is? I'm afraid it's the same as TVB's contract, it's a deed of sale. Chen's father looked at his son and frowned slightly, obviously because of his son's affairs, Chen's father also began to pay attention to the affairs of the entertainment industry, and also learned a little about the contract situation in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

"If it's really a deed of sale, then we can only talk about it again, and if we can't talk about it, we can only give up." Chen Lang is also a little bottomless, because TVB's harsh contract has caused a lot of ups and downs.

The most famous may be that in 1985, Andy Lau, who was popular, was refrigerated by wireless because he was dissatisfied with the contract of wireless and refused to renew it, it is said that during that time, Andy Lau was arranged to sell tickets for Alan Tam's concert at the ticket window under the introduction of his agent, and his daily income was only 200 yuan.

"That will only depend on the situation then."

The two waited for a while, and then saw a man and a woman walking over under the leadership of the waiter, and the woman should be Chen Shufen from Huaxing.

The distance between the two sides is still far away, Chen Shufen stretched out her hands to shake hands with Chen's father, and seeing that Chen Lang did not stretch out his hand, she also smiled and nodded to Chen Lang, "Hello Lang Lang, this should be your father, hello Mr. Chen." I am Chen Shufen, the person in charge of Huaxing, and Chen Liuquan, who is also the person in charge of Huaxing, I am very happy that you can be invited. ”

Chen's father greeted the two cordially, Chen Lang just smiled and nodded and said hello, Chen Lang is not very suitable for such politeness, he has only met Manager Liu before, he is also a sincere person, the two sides do not have so many politeness, after a period of greetings, finally entered the topic.

"This is the contract we brought this time, you two can take a look at it first." Chen Shufen took out the contract prepared in advance.

Chen Lang and Chen's father got together and watched it, mainly about the years and profit distribution, and of course, there were also Huaxing Company's specific deduction arrangements for Chen Lang.

It's just that the arrangement of these three aspects is still unacceptable to Chen Lang, so before he finished reading the contract, the two of them frowned, and Chen Shufen, who had been observing the two of them, saw the frowning of the two, and she also had a headache.