783 [Farewell Record]
Wu Chuchu fell out with the Duan brothers back then, ran away from Rolling Stones and formed his own UFO record, but he didn't go far. The major shareholders of Rolling Stone Records and UFO Records are Wang Zijun, one on the 11th floor of Wang's [***] Building, and the other on the 12th floor of the building.
The two record companies are not far apart, and their general managers used to be good friends, so it stands to reason that the relationship is quite good. But the reality is that the two companies don't look at each other and compete with each other a lot of the time. The old singers of the two companies are okay, and they are kind to each other, but the new singers are affected by the atmosphere and even appear in public to satirize each other's company singers.
UFO Records, Meng Tingwei had just finished recording a single, and when she came out of the studio, she saw Chen Xiunan and Wang Jie, who were talking and walking towards her.
"Hello Teacher Chen, hello Brother Jie!" Meng Tingwei hurriedly nodded and said hello. Needless to say, Wang Jie, now Taiwan's prince of love songs, is also her predecessor; And Chen Xiunan's qualifications are even older, he played in the band with Li Zongsheng at the beginning, left Rolling Stone Records with his boss, and is now a gold producer of UFO Records.
When Chen Xiunan saw Meng Tingwei, he hurriedly beckoned to her: "Xiumei, I just have something to tell you, you come to my office." ”
Wang Jie said to Chen Xiunan: "Then I'll go to the recording studio first." ”
"Go ahead." Chen Xiunan nodded, took Meng Tingwei back to his office, and said, "Find a place to sit by yourself." ”
Meng Tingwei sat down a little apprehensively, she has only been in UFO Records for more than three months, and she has only sung two theme songs for TV series, and she is now about to record a single to test the waters. At this time, Chen Xiunan was looking for her, there wouldn't be something wrong, right?
Chen Xiunan smiled: "Don't be nervous, it's a good thing." You prepare, the company has decided to send you a big album in August. ”
Meng Tingwei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but sweep the sea and said, "Didn't you say that you will decide after watching the sales of the single?" ”
"Why, the company is not happy to decide to send you a record?" Chen Xiunan glanced at Meng Tingwei thoughtfully, took out a song sheet from the drawer and said, "You are lucky, Jun Ye wrote a song specifically for you, called "Come to Taipei to See the Rain in Winter". ”
"Master Jun? Which Jun Ye? Meng Tingwei asked a little confused.
Chen Xiunan said with a smile: "Which other Jun master?" ”
"Wang ...... Wang Zijun? Meng Tingwei's mouth opened wide.
Chen Xiunan smiled and didn't say more, although he is a veteran of UFO Records, he is still a junior compared to Wang Zijun. Wang Zijun is a singer who debuted in 1971, although he has not recorded for many years, he is still the idol of many singers now, plus he has shares in Haishan Records, Rolling Stone Records, and Flying Saucer Records, it can be said that his influence in Taiwan's music scene is unparalleled.
The scandal between Meng Tingwei and Wang Zijun's son spread last year, and no one can say to what extent, but Wang Zijun is now suddenly helping Meng Tingwei write a song, which is intriguing.
Is it to take care of the future daughter-in-law?
With Wang Zijun's care, as long as Meng Tingwei is not incomplete, then he will definitely become popular.
Meng Tingwei is in a complicated mood now, as a new singer, let alone Wang Zijun, even Wang Jie is a figure that she can only look up to. Now Wang Zijun suddenly helped her write a song, she was excited and inexplicable, others didn't know, but she herself knew, she and Lin Yi were innocent, and they weren't gossipy like the paparazzi wrote at all.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that UFO Records deliberately leaked the news. Within a few days, the news that Wang Zijun wrote a song for Meng Tingwei spread all over the world, and some gossip magazines even said that Meng Tingwei had visited Wang Zijun, and both parents recognized it...... Anyway, Meng Tingwei's record has not yet come out, and she has become the darling of the media again.
Wang Zijun actually didn't mean anything special, but when he was writing his farewell song, he suddenly remembered Meng Tingwei and copied a song. After all, UFO Records is his company, and Meng Tingwei is the only Taiwanese singer who can compete with the four kings of Hong Kong in record sales in the 90s.
In July, when "Holy War" was being released in Taiwan, the news of Mr. Li's deputy's corruption and bribery broke the news in the "Gongxin Daily". As Wang Zijun expected before, as soon as the scandal came out, it was not only the Li family that was hit, but the image of the entire KMT, and the already not very good reputation became even more stinky.
Wang Zijun doesn't care about this, he hasn't had a good rest for two years, he rarely relaxes, and has been staying at home to enjoy life, and occasionally goes to Hong Kong and the mainland.
UFO Records and Rolling Stone Records, which have been playing in the ring, also have temporary surnames, UFO Records signed Guo Fucheng, who came to Taipei to shoot commercials, and the song "Can't Stop Loving You" ** has spread throughout the Chinese-speaking region, coupled with the continued performance of the Little Tigers, UFO Records is in the limelight.
Next is Meng Tingwei's "Come to Taipei to See the Rain in Winter", which sold 300,000 copies in Taiwan alone, and the sales in mainland China represented by Everbright Music reached more than 4.5 million copies, plus more than 1 million copies in Nanyang, the total sales volume was close to 6 million.
This data shocked the eyes of industry insiders, Taiwanese singer Han Baoyi's record sold the best in the mainland, but it was only more than 3 million, and Meng Tingwei actually sold 4.5 million copies, which is simply against the sky. There are also sales in Taiwan, and the records of Wang Jie, the prince of love songs, can only sell 200,000 copies, and Meng Tingwei's debut record can sell 300,000.
So some media began to say that Meng Tingwei must have Wang Zijun's strong support behind him to achieve such results. And Meng Tingwei's fans reacted a little loud, and the unanimous voice was to let Lin Yi stay away and don't disturb their goddess.
Statistics from Taiwan's tourism department show that the number of overseas tourists in Taipei that winter increased by nearly 40% compared with the same period last year. A large part of these new tourists decided to travel to Taipei in winter after listening to "Come to Taipei to See the Rain in Winter".
As a result, Meng Tingwei naturally became the image ambassador of Taipei tourism.
"Come to Taipei to See the Rain in Winter" immediately won 4 awards including Best Song of the Year and Best Chinese Album of the Year at the 2nd Golden Melody Awards that year. As the guest of honor, Wang Zijun will release his last farewell album in the New Year after the awards ceremony.
There have always been some fans who think that Wang Zijun's withdrawal from the entertainment industry is just talking, and now Wang Zijun has announced that he will release his farewell record, and finally feels that Wang Zijun is playing really, and the fantasies of fans suddenly burst.
"Brother Jun, Dayou, the sentence just now, 'Confidant said goodbye and went to this city', and this paragraph was re-recorded." Zhang Aijia took off her headphones and said.
“OK!” Luo Dayou gestured.
Luo Dayou completely quit Rolling Stone Records half a year ago and opened his own "music factory", specializing in making songs for movies and TV series, and occasionally releasing albums and singles.
Wang Zijun released a farewell record this time, and used Luo Dayou's divine comedy "Queen's Road East" in advance, and specially found Luo Dayou to sing with him.
Eh, plagiarizing other people's songs, and letting the original author be the supporting singer, our Jun Ye has no pressure on this. Anyway, Luo Dayou will be banned by the mainland because of this song, and it was not until 2000 that he was approved to develop in the mainland, and Jun Ye thought that he was helping him by copying this song.
There is a saying that if you don't die, you won't die, Lao Luo actually used a great man's avatar in the MV back then, and it's strange that the mainland doesn't block him. Wang Zijun is not stupid enough to do such a thing, as long as he doesn't use the portrait of a great man casually, although this song has insinuations, it will definitely not reach the level of being banned.
Wang Zijun's farewell album is called "Dream Chaser", with a total of 8 songs, "Queen's Road East", "Pompous", "Birch Forest", "Dream Chaser", "Norwegian Forest", "In the Name of the Father", "Apologize", and "Cotton_Eye_Joe". Among them, there are 2 Cantonese songs, 4 Chinese songs, and 2 English songs, adhering to his consistent album style. Of course, it can also be divided from song types, such as rock songs, country music, etc., among which "Cotton_Eye_Joe" is a folk song that has been circulated in the United States for more than a century, and has been covered by various singers dozens of times, and does not belong to Wang Zijun's "original work".
"Brother Jun, it's so strange that you are in the name of your father!" After recording "Queen's Road East", Luo Dayou listened to the sample of "In the Name of the Father" and said.
Wang Zijun smiled: "Is it strange? Just listen to it for fun. ”
Luo Dayou shrugged, Wang Zijun's album is not only this one strange, the whole album is very mixed, and the styles of each song are completely different, but he is really playing music, and he is not afraid of affecting sales at all.
Although Wang Zijun doesn't care about sales, the production is not playing, not only Luo Dayou was found to sing together, but the producers also let Zhang Aijia and Chen Sheng take the role.
"Master Jun, it's been a day of recording, and you're tired of singing, this is a tea that specializes in moisturizing your throat." As soon as Wang Zijun sat down, a young girl came in with a cup of tea, but it was Liu Ruoying, the female apprentice and follower assistant just accepted by Chen Sheng and Zhang Aijia.
Luo Dayou is friends with Chen Sheng and Zhang Aijia, and naturally she is also the chief female disciple who knows them, and joked: "Why does Jun Ye have it, I don't have two masters with you?" ”
"What are you anxious about?" Liu Ruoying turned around and went out, and soon came in with three cups of throat tea.
Wang Zijun saw that Liu Ruoying was busy, and said with a smile: "Why does Xiao Liu want to be behind the scenes?" With your appearance, you can be an actor. ”
Chen Sheng said with a smile: "Ruoying is a talented woman who studied vocal music at the University of California, and making music is her profession." ”
Liu Ruoying said: "I sometimes think about being an actor, I think it's fun, but I don't have any acting experience, so no director will ask me to film." ”
Wang Zijun smiled: "Why don't you be my MV heroine." ”
(To be continued)