Because of the influence of countless classic blockbusters in the future, Zhang Shaojie has a high vision and rarely watches movies in the early 80s. But in order to understand the market, Zhang Shaojie still often reads movie review information. At least "Ming Pao Weekly", the flagship magazine of Hong Kong entertainment information, Zhang Shaojie will read every issue.

In early October, there was a movie review in "Ming Pao Weekly", the content of which made Zhang Shaojie very interesting.

"In the Hong Kong film market last week, two new films entered the weekly box office list. is the first masterpiece directed by John Woo "Modern Funny Times", with the help of the "modern" concept of "Modern Bodyguard" not long ago, this "modern" new film box office in the first week was 1.14 million Hong Kong dollars, overwhelming the crowd, and director John Woo was extraordinarily proud. Another new film, the youth literary film "Applause", in which singers such as Chen Baiqiang and Leslie Cheung participated, also earned a beautiful box office of HK$575,000 in the first week.

When Zhang Shaojie saw the name "Modern Funny Times", he immediately felt tears.

John Woo, it's really speechless!

The "Funny Times" is so smooth to listen to, but I want to add the extra word "modern" in front!

As for another box office hit "Bravo"! Zhang Shaojie has no impression of this movie, but in a movie, there are two future popular kings in the music industry - Leslie Cheung and Chen Baiqiang, which makes Zhang Shaojie surprised.

Leslie Cheung forgot it, and later the music industry, film and television were amphibious development. Although Chen Baiqiang has sung a lot of classic love songs, among the male singers in Hong Kong's future love songs, no one can surpass Chen Baiqiang in 30 years. However, these two got together to shoot a youth idol drama, and Zhang Shaojie watched it very dazzlingly!

"Has the world collapsed?" Zhang Shaojie was a little skeptical.

John Woo's "Funny Times" has become "Modern Funny Times", and now I see Leslie Cheung and Chen Baiqiang getting together to act in idol dramas

These two pieces of information are combined in one comment.

Of course, Zhang Shaojie is rare and strange.

The movie "Bravo" was drowned in the tide of countless classic Hong Kong films in the 80s, and its reputation was not obvious. But as soon as Leslie Cheung debuted, he did not plan to be a singer, but acted in more movies and sang less.

For example, in a third-level film such as "Spring in Red Mansions" in 77, Leslie Cheung is the leading actor. And Chen Baiqiang has not become popular yet, and it is difficult to maintain his livelihood in Hong Kong by singing, so he often makes money by acting in movies.

Zhang Shaojie has always admired Chen Baiqiang, especially wanting to enlist him.

However, Chen Baiqiang joined the international record giant "EMI" at this time, and in the Asian music scene in the 80s, EMI Records' influence was not as good as that of Polygram. But for any pop singer, signing a long-term contract with a big company like EMI Records is more reliable than signing a contract with Longteng Entertainment Agency and letting the agent arrange a future for him.

Longteng Company has been grinding hard for a few months, and the company's agent Ai Luen even became good friends with Chen Baiqiang, but Chen Baiqiang was still more cautious in terms of job hopping and did not agree easily.

Never mind!

Zhang Shaojie believes that sooner or later he will impress a potential singer like Chen Baiqiang.

The credibility of Longteng Company depends on the financial resources and power of the company's boss Zhang Shaojie himself! With more knowledge in the next 30 years, and with a future laptop computer that can be compared to a library with abundant resources, Zhang Shaojie's future prospects are obviously promising.

As Zhang Shaojie's strength becomes more and more obvious, the Longteng Entertainment Agency with his support will also have great attraction.

Zhang Shaojie dialed the phone number of Longteng Brokerage Company and said, "Xiaowan, is Elune not there?" ”

"Sister Ai is not in the company for the time being!" Su Xiaowan took the phone and replied a little happily.

Zhang Shaojie said: "Okay, when Elune returns to the company, you can remind her." Chen Baiqiang will let it go for the time being, first easy and then difficult, and dig up those talented youth bands of Huang Jiaju! ”

"Yes, got it! I'll tell her! Su Xiaowan spoke softly, looking very good.

Zhang Shaojie didn't feel it and said: "That's right! Xiaowan, you remind Elune! I'm not satisfied with her poaching progress! Huang Jiaju and others should be fast rather than slow! I'm waiting for her good news, that's it! ”

"Yes!" Su Xiaowan quickly took notes and wrote down Zhang Shaojie's explanation.

Soon after.

Zhang Shaojie hung up the phone.

Su Xiaowan felt sorry for herself alone, like an abandoned woman: "I hate it, this has no conscience!" It turns out that calling people is just to explain their work, and they never care about their mood and emotions! Hey, they're your personal secretary! ”

Although she complained, Su Xiaowan also had a strong sense of responsibility. In the afternoon, after Elune returned to the company, he conveyed Zhang Shaojie's opinion.

Elune had a headache and said, "Alright! Dig Huang Jiaju first, right? The old lady is out of the way, even if it's a seduction, she has to dig it up! ”

Su Xiaowan praised Elune's determination: "Support you! Sister Xiao Ai, with your beauty plan, a young man like Huang Jiaju will definitely throw himself into the net and be willing to sign a contract with our company! ”

―――――――――― night, the city lights up brightly.

Elune's car came to a halt from the road.

Wearing sunglasses, she turned her head and walked into a bar in Causeway Bay.

The shop was dimly lit, and a group of men and women were drinking.

There is a band playing in the center of the stage.

The bar is small, and the daily drink money can only earn 1,000 yuan, and the band's appearance fee is only 100 yuan.

Only wandering singers, or amateur singers, will come to earn some pocket money!

Huang Jiaju, Huang Jiaqiang, Huang Guanzhong, Ye Shirong, Deng Weiqian are on stage, passionate rock!

In one night, they have to sing for more than 2 hours in a row, and they make very little money, only enough for them to go to the food stall for dinner once after the show. However, they are also very happy and emotionally singing.

Because, there are more than a hundred listeners in the audience.

But

After singing more than a dozen songs in a row.

No applause, no scolding!

"Let's go!" At the end of the song, Huang Jiaju and others packed up their musical instruments and exited a little disappointed.

In the middle of nowhere, there was a burst of applause.

"Good!" A woman's voice.

When Huang Jiaju and the others heard this, they smiled and said, "Sister Ai, why did you meet you again?" ”

Elune smiled, "We have an informant in our company, provide information!" ”

"I see!" Huang Jiaju smiled bitterly, "We are just some very amateur bands, we usually have our own jobs, and we only go out at night to entertain ourselves and consume free time!" Sister Ai, why do you focus on a few of us? ”

Elune smiled, "Trust me! You're going to be red! If you are willing to develop professionally in music, sign up with us Longteng Entertainment! ”

"However, we just want to play purely original music, which is not in line with the current trend of pop music. Speaking in bars and on the street is the stage of rock 'n' roll! Ye Shirong said hesitantly.

"And our music creation is more about expressing our own emotions! It doesn't seem to be suitable for commercial packaging, right? Huang Guanzhong also said.

Elune smiled: "I fully understand your concerns, although our agency will also package and hype artists!" But it's not just about creating that pop singer, in fact, we appreciate you rock singers who stick to your own name and are original. Although you are a small niche, you are so fresh and unique to the current impetuous music industry! There will always be people who will identify with your style of music in the future! ”

"However, we prefer to perform live rather than make records in the studio!" Huang Jiaju said.

"Yes! The company can support you to form a band and tour the show! As for the record, it can be recorded live! Elune smiled.

"What, you really agree with us forming a band?" Huang Jiaju and others were surprised.

Elune laughed, "What's not to do?" The previous Wenner band was all the rage! ”

Performing in the form of a band is still a non-mainstream form in the Hong Kong music scene at this time. Even Alan Tam's "Wenner Band" in the 70s created the trend of band singing.

However, at present, only the "Wenner Band" has been successful in the Hong Kong music scene, and other bands are not accepted by the music industry.

In the 80s, the band began to disband, and the members of the band only got together every few years to perform a few more times.

It is precisely for this reason that Hong Kong's record companies do not advocate the signing of bands!

Zhang Shaojie insisted on signing Huang Jiaju and others, that is ambitious!

He naturally knows that there will always be times when a single singer retires and his popularity declines. But a band, like a football club, after the old players quit, new members are brought in to join the band.

Make fans fall in love with a member of the band, or even the band as a whole.

Later, during the Great Depression of the world music market in the 21st century, the model of band groups showed great vitality and went against the trend and flourished.

The BEYOND band is not the key, the key is that Zhang Shaojie needs to establish a band group like beyond that maintains its original and self-style, and take beyond as an example to support more popular band groups!

What is a record? Maybe in this day and age, records are a powerful tool for making money!

But in the 21st century, the record industry is basically losing money. The release of records is just to hype up singers, but to make money, it is up to singers to participate in commercial concerts and advertising endorsements!

Knowing the trend of the music industry in the future, Zhang Shaojie naturally attaches more importance to the band model! This model is actually a more mature profit model than hyping a single singer!

―――――――――――――――― Kai Tak Airport. One plane after another, taking off and landing.

flew closer, with a vigorous roar. Fly far, if the wild goose is lonely in the sky.

Zhang Shaojie is always afraid of flying in the sky, but that doesn't mean he hates planes and airports.

In fact, Zhang Shaojie is quite impressed by the invention of the airplane. This means of transportation has profoundly changed the global communication environment.

In ancient times, people often died of old age and did not get along, and went to other places thousands of miles away, as if it was a death penalty.

And now many busy people in society sometimes become trapeze artists, traveling thousands of miles or tens of thousands of miles!

For example, Ba Jin often leads teams to countries around the world for cultural exchanges, sometimes taking more than a dozen planes a year.

This time, Ba Jin and the editors of the People's Publishing House flew back to Yanjing.

Ba Jin is the chairman of the Writers' Association, and now the Chinese literary and artistic circles are in a stage of drastic changes, and Ba Jin has too many things to be busy with.

Before Ba Jin left, Zhang Shaojie gave him a copy of "Resident Evil" and said with a smile: "Ba Lao! This book is my new work, and it has only been the first book for the time being, which has caused a certain amount of controversy in the Hong Kong market. Overall, this is a work with a relatively strong sci-fi surname! ”

Ba Jin looked down at the cover, which was a man and a woman, holding pistols, showing a vigilant posture.

The cover of "Resident Evil" is an original illustration by the painters of Tianxia Publishing Company.

The whole cover is extremely visually striking.

The cover design alone is not only several levels ahead of the current domestic publishing industry, but even in the current publishing industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the book cover design is far less trendy and sci-fi than "Resident Evil".

"Hehe, domestic science fiction is still just emerging, and there is a long way to go! Shaojie presented a sci-fi masterpiece, which is really timely rain! Ba Jin smiled very happily, "I forgot to bring my previous works this time, since Shaojie gave me a masterpiece!" When I go back, I'll send some of my previous works, which can be regarded as making friends with literature!"

Zhang Shaojie smiled: "I have always wanted to have the opportunity to read Ba Lao's articles!" "The longer he has been in the industry, the more Zhang Shaojie feels that it is broad and profound, it is easy to enter the industry, but it is extremely difficult to become a master!

The master in Zhang Shaojie's mind is the kind of person who doesn't need a plot, doesn't need creativity, just writes a plain paragraph, and can produce beauty!

Zhang Shaojie's popularity is far from enough, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to improve!

Reading the works of an old-timer like Ba Jin, and getting some subtle inspiration from his words and sentences, is also a means of self-improvement.

Perhaps Ba Jin's imagination is not as weird and changeable as Zhang Shaojie, but Ba Jin's pure attainments in words are far from being comparable to Zhang Shaojie.

The literati give new works, and it is not enough to match the identity.

In particular, China's domestic publishing industry has been closed to the outside world for too long, and it is indeed necessary to communicate more with authors in Chinese-speaking circles such as Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The genre in the mainland is now constantly thawing. In the future, more and more market-competitive writers such as Zheng Yuanjie, Liu Cixin, Nanpai Third Uncle, Tian Silkworm Potato, Mao Greasy, Guo Jingming, and Han Han will be active on the historical stage. Some of these writers write fairy tales, some write science fiction, some write tomb robbing, some write fantasy, some are literary youth, some specialize in the youth market, and some are "contemporary Lu Xun"!

At that time, there were not only traditional publishing and periodicals, but also cutting-edge Internet publishing, as well as mobile phone publishing, which was more cutting-edge than Internet publishing.

But not yet!

Take Liu Cixin, the only person who can do it in the field of science fiction in China, he started writing short stories in the 80s and began to win a bunch of science fiction awards. However, it was not until the publication of "The Three-Body Problem" at the beginning of the 21st century that it officially entered the first-rate writer industry in terms of royalties.

The reason why Liu Cixin can become a leading figure in Chinese science fiction is that he really continues to absorb scientific nutrients, and the works he writes are logical and very self-consistent, which is very different from pseudo-science fiction such as Ni Kuang in Hong Kong!

Needless to say, the significance of science fiction novels is not only for scientific inspiration, but also for the label and business card of a country's high-tech products!

The United States ranks first in the world in the production of science fiction novels, and science fiction movies and games also occupy half of the global science fiction field. Many of the company's innovations and inventions later looked to fiction for inspiration.

The export of American science fiction works to other countries has also driven the share of American high-tech products in the global market.

Whether it is the PC industry, or the later smartphone industry, American science fiction works, which contain a large number of soft advertisements for American technology products!

China's science fiction, it's a pity that it's crooked. In the science fiction of the 80s, too many feudal superstitions, pseudo-science, and political satire were written under the banner of science fiction.

This kind of pseudo-science fiction with too low "scientific and technological content" and too strong "feudal superstition", especially a large number of political views, private goods, and complaints, is far from the purpose of science fiction! Science fiction should be a kind of scientific discussion, it should be a kind of imagination of science! It shouldn't be something that wraps old things, political things, in some scientific terms, and claims to be "science fiction"!

Since the 90s, China's censorship has suddenly become stricter, and science fiction has been slammed by policy because it contains too much politics. Major publishing houses have reduced the publication of science fiction works, so the science fiction genre suddenly became cold and depressed later.

In the 90s, the cultural policy was strict, and Zhang Shaojie did not comment on whether it was good or bad, after all, it was also a liberal arts student who had too many science fiction writers at that time, and few people created science fiction works with scientific imagination and scientific discussion attitude!

In order to avoid the historical tragedy of science fiction works, Zhang Shaojie also took great pains!

Zhang Shaojie thought to himself that in the 90s, the root cause of the policy suppression of science fiction in the mainland was that many writers imitated Ni Kuang.

Ni Kuang's works are not so much science fiction as curiosity and adventure. The feudal superstition component in it is greater than the scientific discussion component, and the logical self-consistency is not as solid as hard science fiction.

In addition, Ni Kuang's inside, the habitual surname criticizes the system problem.

Originally, in the 80s, the literary youth were used to criticizing, and the political axe also connived at this kind of criticism, and even rumor-mongering was tolerated. But at the end of the 80s, this kind of article with a very bad impact really had an extremely bad impact on society, and the political axe no longer connived at the literary and artistic circles, but increased control!

If a publishing house frequently produces works that have a very bad impact, the leaders of the publishing house will definitely be held accountable, transferred to the cold yamen, or even invited to "drink tea" by the higher authorities, and the publishing unit with serious problems will be disqualified from publishing! For fear of trouble, the leaders of the publishing house stopped publishing many themes, such as a large number of science fiction involving politics. There was an author who often caused trouble to the publishing house, so the publishing house blacklisted and stopped publishing his books.

Zhang Shaojie sent a copy of "Resident Evil" to let Ba Jin and other artists of the older generation see a more pure science fiction!

For example, in "Resident Evil", the political axe is just a background, and all the protagonists do is fight the umbrella company, fight the zombies, and save the survivors. The degree of science fiction of this kind of article is much stronger than that of Ni Kuang science fiction represented by the Wesley series. However, "Resident Evil" didn't complain about any institutional problems, social problems, institutional problems and the like!

(To be continued)