Chapter 471: Press Conference
After the 8th Hong Kong Golden Disc Awards Ceremony ended, rumors were revealed that it was about to be suspended, and the organizers did not directly refute the rumors, but only answered reporters' questions with "no comment", which instantly made everyone talk about it.
Later, Xu Guanjie and Chen Lang announced at the same time that they would not renew their contracts with their old clubs, which directly detonated the Hong Kong music scene and major media, and the Hong Kong music scene in June was very lively.
However, in the continuous reporting for more than a week, both the organizers of the Golden Record Awards Ceremony and the two music kings no longer showed up to respond, which made everyone's enthusiasm retreat a lot, but the competition between Chen Baiqiang and Leslie Cheung became more and more fierce.
The two who released the record on the same day, in the first week of the competition, Chen Baiqiang won, but the sales gap was only 5,000 copies, Leslie Cheung can be said to have lost, and it also made everyone begin to re-examine this "newcomer" whose singing career has just improved.
Because the gap between the two in the first week was very small and exceeded everyone's expectations, it made people who followed this competition more curious about the Hong Kong album list in the second week.
"This week's Hong Kong album chart champion comes from Leslie Cheung's "Monica", after losing last week and falling to the runner-up, this week achieved a reversal, rising one place to become the champion, selling 70,862 copies this week, with a two-week release time, a cumulative sales of 200983 copies, and successfully obtained 4 platinum certifications.
The runner-up on the list is Chen Baiqiang's "Top 100 84", which fell one place from last week, with a sales volume of 70,569 copies this week, a two-week release time, and a cumulative sales of 206211 copies, also reaching 4 platinum, and the second week of release of "Top 100 84" only missed the championship with a slight gap of 293 copies.
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After the latest issue of the Hong Kong album list was released, it shocked everyone again.
In the first week, Chen Baiqiang broke out with sales of 130,000 copies, which once again let everyone see the charm and popularity of the melancholy prince, but Leslie Cheung, who only had one famous record before, also broke out with 130,000 first-week sales, which obviously stunned everyone.
However, although Leslie Cheung was able to get 130,000 sales in the first week, everyone was surprised and inexplicable, but everyone thought that the gap between the two should be widened in the second week, and Chen Baiqiang's years of experience obviously exceeded Leslie Cheung too much.
But after the sales came out in the second week, it once again exceeded everyone's expectations, Leslie Cheung actually surpassed Chen Baiqiang and reversed to the top, this result may not be expected by Leslie Cheung himself and Huaxing Records.
For a while, many people in the industry said that they were confused and could no longer see the current laws of the Hong Kong record market, how could such a situation occur?
Because the current industrial system of the Hong Kong music scene has been perfected, it has obviously entered a period of assembly line star-making, and idols are better than powerful factions.
The crazy star-chasing of fans, the era when the new generation of singers can have a huge fan base in a short period of time has arrived, and from then on, appearance will become more and more important.
No matter how puzzled everyone is, it has become a fact that Leslie Cheung defeated Chen Baiqiang in the second week, and for a while, Leslie Cheung's name resounded throughout the Hong Kong music scene, and he was directly promoted to a level with Chen Baiqiang.
After everyone's confusion and shock, the third week of the Hong Kong album chart came again as scheduled, and everyone was staring at the list, because no one knew what would happen.
As a result, the list in this issue is finally "normal", and Chen Baiqiang's "Top 100 84" has regained its genus with a weekly sales of 38,521 copies
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) to their own champion.
It's just that Leslie Cheung's "Monica" performed equally well, although it gave up the first place on the list, it also won 34,201 sales.
Then the two records were still entangled throughout June and July, but Chen Baiqiang, with his years of fame, was never able to give Leslie Cheung a chance to successfully turn over after losing in the second week, and he has been stubbornly suppressing the eye-catching Leslie Cheung.
Although "Monica" has been suppressed by "Top 100 84" since the second week, the gap between the two records has been very small, and the gap is still not large until the two records have passed the hot/sell period.
In the end, "Top 100 84" won more than 310,000 sales, and Leslie Cheung obtained the six platinum certification for the first time, although it was only able to break through 300,000, but this has broken the sales record of Leslie Cheung's records, and also made Leslie Cheung successfully enter the six platinum club, and now there are no more than 10 singers in the Hong Kong music scene who can enter this club.
Chen Baiqiang won the competition as expected, and the sales of 310,000 copies also showed the popularity and market appeal of the melancholy prince, worthy of being one of the leaders of the new generation of singers, but in front of the suddenly rising dark horse, Chen Baiqiang no longer seems so dazzling.
Leslie Cheung, who has just emerged in the music scene with his previous record "The Wind Continues to Blow", has shown incredible popularity and market appeal in this competition, and has become the only two big dark horses in the Hong Kong music scene this year.
These two dark horses, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung are really similar, both of them have debuted for many years, but their previous performance can only be regarded as average (Alan Tam's performance after flying solo is okay but not outstanding, as for Leslie Cheung, he really hit the street and rushed to his grandmother's house), and then gained a lot of success and attention in the previous record.
Just when everyone thought that these two still needed a few records to accumulate, there was a sudden explosion, Alan Tam's "Fog Love" perfectly showed Lun's love song for the first time, and Leslie Cheung's "Monica" carried forward the energetic song and dance, and then the two sprung up.
The two records of the two can be regarded as classics, and in Hong Kong, a golden society, they can achieve sales of more than six platinums, showing strong earning ability, and are naturally sought after by fans and companies.
Among the current new generation of male singers, in addition to Chen Lang, Chen Baiqiang, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung have become the second group after Chen Lang.
The fierce competition between Chen Baiqiang and Leslie Cheung attracted the attention of many people, and Chen Lang was able to no longer be harassed by the media and live a leisurely life for two months.
But now Chen Lang has to face the media again, and he took the initiative to hold a press conference, because the time has come to August.
On the fifth floor of an office building in Kowloon, there were many reporters in a conference hall.
"Old Wang, you're here too."
"Lao Li, you're pretty early, did you come here after receiving Chen Lang's notice?"
"Yes, it's strange to say, Chen Lang never took the initiative to contact media reporters except for promoting records, but today he actually took the initiative to invite us to the press conference, which is really strange."
"Who says it's not, you see, today's battle is not small, and there are many big newspapers."
At this time, the conference hall is full of eyes
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) a lot of media newspaper logos, "Oriental Daily", "Ming Pao", "Sing Tao Daily", "South China Morning Post", "Hong Kong Economic Daily" and several other high-selling newspapers all appeared, as for other tabloids even came.
"With such a big scene, it seems that Chen Lang has big news to release."
"Is Chen Lang going to sign a new record company?"
"Maybe, but if we sign a contract with a record company, it should be the record company that notifies us, right, how could it be Chen Lang who notified us?"
"This ...... I don't know, I don't understand. ”
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Chen Lang, who has never liked to appear in front of the media, suddenly notified everyone that he was going to hold a press conference, which made everyone curious, although he vaguely felt that it would be a big news, but the specific content was unknown.
In everyone's anxious waiting, the hand of time finally pointed to nine o'clock, Chen Lang and Chen Shufen appeared at the same time and walked to the rostrum.
Seeing the two appear, many reporters were surprised, not because of Chen Lang, but because of Chen Shufen.
Everyone speculated that Chen Lang was likely to announce his record signing company, but they saw that Chen Lang had made it clear that he would not renew the general manager of Huaxing Records, could it be that Chen Lang changed his mind?
Chen Shufen ignored everyone's surprise and doubts, sat directly on the rostrum, and then picked up the microphone and said, "Thank you very much for coming to today's press conference, today's press conference will be hosted by me, first of all, we will announce a few news, which is also the main content of today's press conference, and then I will leave time for you to ask questions." ”
"The first news to say is the issue of Lang Lang's record contract, which everyone has been very concerned about, just last night, Lang Lang has officially signed a record contract with a record company." Chen Shufen looked at the reporters who were full of anticipation and excitement in the audience and said with a smile.
"Which record company is it?" As soon as Chen Shufen's words were finished, the reporters in the audience asked in unison.
"I signed to Oceanine Rolling Stones." Chen Lang said.
Seamount Rolling Stone Records? Is there this record label in Hong Kong? Many reporters were puzzled when they heard about this record company.
"Lang Lang, is this Haishan Rolling Stone record company the giant record company in Taiwan?" A reporter asked uncertainly.
"Yes, Haishan Rolling Stone Records is a Taiwanese record company, but it has set up a branch in Hong Kong, and it is this branch that I signed a contract with."
So what made you give up Huaxing in favor of a Taiwanese record label? Although Haishan Rolling Stone Records is one of the giants in Taiwan, it is obviously not as advantageous as Huaxing in Hong Kong, is it a huge contract, or Lang Lang are you ready to switch to the Taiwanese music scene? A reporter from Sing Tao Daily stood up and asked.
Hearing this question, everyone was also curious, the best local company in Hong Kong is Huaxing, because it has the huge advantage of wireless, and if you want to choose a record company outside the country, the powerful Polygram is the first choice.
With Chen Lang's status and achievements in the Hong Kong music scene, it is obvious that any record company will be robbed, and it is easy to get a big contract, how can he choose a Taiwanese record company? Do you really want to go to Taiwan for development?
"Actually, the reason is very simple, because I am one of the shareholders of this branch." Chen Lang shrugged and said.
(End of chapter)
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