169. Signed with Su Rui
House Records, located in Kowloon, Hong Kong, can only be regarded as a mid-range record company in Hong Kong, but this record company has a foreign background, is an international record company, and is not strong in Hong Kong, but it is quite famous in Japan.
Su Ruifen is a signed singer under House Records, although he has signed a contract with the record company for more than a year, he is not very valued within the company, he doesn't even have a special agent, and he doesn't have his own songs, so he usually helps the company cover English songs.
Today, as usual, after recording a song at House Records, she is ready to leave for the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, Su Ruifen got a signing fee in House Records is only enough for her usual life, in order to make money and to be able to have more opportunities to be famous, she works in the record company and sings at the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel.
'Hello, are you Miss Su Ruifen?'
'Yes, I am, may I ask who you are?? Su Ruifen looked at the foreigner in front of her with puzzled eyes, she noticed the other party as soon as she came out of the door of the company, the location of the house record company is not a commercial street in Hong Kong, there are not many people coming and going, a foreigner standing there is still very attractive eye, Su Ruifen didn't expect this foreigner to stand there to wait for himself.
'Hello Miss Sue, this is my business card, my name is John? Briscoll, you can call me John, I'm the deputy general manager of Rolling Stone Records'
Taking the business card handed over by John, Su Ruifen looked at the titles on the business card suspiciously, the general manager of the Great World Cinema, the executive vice president of S.D.W, and the deputy general manager of Rolling Stone Records. She looked like a liar, and she thought she had met a liar.
'Mr. John doesn't know what you're looking for me'
"Miss Su, you see that this place is a little inconvenient, I don't know if you have time, let's find a place to sit down and talk."
'I'm going to sing at the Hilton later, so I only have a little time'
"It's okay Miss Su, I won't talk for too long, why don't you think this is okay, let's go to the Hilton Hotel to talk, so you won't be afraid of being too late." Let's go, I'll take you over,' John said as he asked Su Ruifen to get into the car.
Although she has never heard of Rolling Stone Records, but the other party is also a record company, Su Ruifen does not want to refuse the other party rashly, and also wants to hear what this foreigner has to say, in fact, she still has a little expectation in her heart when she hears John, a foreigner, say that he is the vice president of the record company, thinking that maybe something good is going to happen, Su Ruifen's development in the record company is not very smooth now, and she doesn't want to let go of any opportunity. So after a little hesitation, she agreed to talk to the other party.
Su Ruifen is Su Rui, Su Rui is her later stage name, Su Ruifen grew up in an ordinary working-class family in Taipei, Taiwan, with four older brothers and two sisters. She is the youngest child in the family, and in 1968, Su Ruifen skipped class to participate in a singing competition and was selected to join the Zero choir to sing Western songs. Started a singing career. Later, he joined the Action Choir and began to tour throughout Taiwan Province. Resident singing locations include the well-known 77 and Hong Kong Western Restaurant and other high-end venues.
After graduating from high school in 1971, Su Ruifen and Huang Yingying went to the Qingquangang American Military Club (CCK) in Taichung to sing and became friends. By 1973, she became the first female singer-in-residence at Hilton Taipei. In 1975, he was recommended to perform at the Hilton Hotel in Hong Kong. He has been singing in Hong Kong for more than a year. He participated in the Hong Kong TVB competition and won the Best Performance Award. In 1976, he signed with Hong Kong House Records.
Although Su Ruifen, who is only twenty-five years old now, is not very old, she already has rich social experience, in fact, her current singing strength is still very good, but there has been no Bole to find her piece of precious jade, and it is also because of the lack of opportunities, which makes Su Ruifen's singing career has been in a tepid state, until 83 years with a song that took the wrong car to be familiar to the majority of fans, it can be said that Su Ruifen is a late bloomer.
John is Chen Yihua's subordinate, of course, he came to Su Ruifen because of the instructions of Chen Yihua, the boss, Rolling Stone Records now has only one Wenner band, Chen Yihua wants to establish Rolling Stone into the world's largest record company, of course he can't let this state continue like this, Su Rui is one of the target figures set by Chen Yihua.
Su Rui, as the most famous and accomplished representative of the powerful singers in the 80s, from the 90s to the later generations of Chen Yihua, Su Rui still has a lot of masterpieces handed down, she has directly influenced generations of singers and music fans across the Taiwan Strait, and her musical charm has lasted for a long time. It is no exaggeration to say that where there are Chinese people in the world, there will be Su Rui's voice.
The quality and strength of Su Rui's voice are unmatched. She greatly elevated the status of female singers. In the past, female singers could only sing soft, innocent moaning, and feminine tunes, but Su Rui could sing songs that were more masculine than men. Su Rui can be said to be a musician and artist who has established a clear musical style in the entire Chinese song scene, and if the standard of Chinese singing is established, Teresa Teng is one and Su Rui is another. Her songs are sonorous and breathtaking, an explosion of emotion, an explosion of art and skill.
As the "black-clothed singer" and rock goddess in the Chinese music scene in later generations, how could Chen Yihua not be familiar with her, Chen Yihua could not let his Rolling Stone records let such a character go.
'Mr. John, I don't know what you're looking for me' and Su Ruifen went straight to the point.
"Hehe, Miss Su is really urgent, since Miss Su is so anxious, I will tell you the truth, we Rolling Stone Records want to cooperate with Miss Su."
'Mr. John, don't blame me for being a straight talker, you should know that I am now a contracted singer of House Records, and House is also well-known in Hong Kong, and I have never heard of your Rolling Stone Records, why do you think I will work with you?'
Su Ruifen's personality is like this, she likes to say anything, she has been very generous since she was a child, maybe because she has been singing in the hotel bar for a long time, and her personality has a bold spirit that many men do not have.
Hearing Su Ruifen say this, John smiled indifferently, he had already investigated the other party's background and personality before coming to Su Ruifen. So he wasn't at all surprised by the directness of the woman opposite.
"Miss Su, you're right, our Rolling Stone Records is a record company that has just been established for a short time, it's normal that you haven't heard of it, although our Rolling Stone is not famous now, but our company has a Wenner band to join, and our Rolling Stone has strong funds, we have a new and luxurious recording studio in Hong Kong, we also have a vinyl record production factory and a radio station under Rolling Stone, I believe that in terms of strength, House Records cannot be compared with our Rolling Stone."
'Mr. John. It seems that your record company can sign a band like Wenna, but even if you are very strong in Rolling Stones as you said, why should I cooperate with you, I am doing pretty well in the house now."
'Miss Su, the focus of House Records is on the Japanese market, and there is not a lot of attention to Hong Kong, as far as we know, there are several singers like you in the house, you can only cover some English songs in the house now, we Rolling Stone has just been established. There is only one band under the umbrella, but if you think about it differently, if there are fewer singers in our company, then you don't have to face so many competitors. Our company's resources will naturally be tilted towards you, and you will definitely be more valued when you come to us than you are at house."
John paused, he wanted to give Su Ruifen a little space to think, and after taking a sip of coffee, he saw that the other party seemed to be about to say something. John didn't give her a chance to continue, 'Miss Sue can only cover some English songs now, but if you come to our Rolling Stones. We will tailor songs for you, we don't have many singers under Rolling Stone, but there are many music producers, I don't know if Miss Su has heard the name Chen Yihua'
"Chen Yihua, Mr. John, are you talking about the Chen Yihua who wrote the songs "Half a Pound and Eight Taels" and "Holding Hands", you don't want to tell me that Chen Yihua is also your music producer of Rolling Stone, right?
Su Ruifen looked at John, a foreigner, with expectant eyes, if outsiders saw this scene and thought that Su Ruifen was admiring each other, in fact, it was no wonder that Su Ruifen would be so excited, she liked the four songs written by Chen Yihua very much, especially the one that held hands and had an appetite for her.
'Hehe, Miss Su can say that, Chen is not only the music producer of Rolling Stone Records, but also the big boss of our company' Ignoring Su Ruifen's surprise, John continued, 'It was Chen who asked me to come to you, he has heard you sing, he has taken a fancy to your talent in music, if you can come to our record company, Chen said, he can guarantee to write a song for you that will not fall into hand-holding, and he also promises to push you to the throne of a top singer'
Seeing the other party's hesitation, John decided to make persistent efforts, he wanted to capture the fortress of Su Ruifen in one fell swoop, "Miss Su, our Rolling Stone Records Company has very strong funds, you can rest assured in terms of treatment, how much House Records will give you, we Rolling Stone can give you more than five times the price they have, and if the record sales are good, we will also give you some shares."
"Mr. John, but my contract with the house still has two years to expire" Su Ruifen said hesitantly, listening to John say so much, in fact, Su Ruifen's heart has been moved, and now the reason why she is so hesitant is just because this matter came too suddenly, so that she is not prepared at all.
"Miss Su, you can rest assured, since we have decided to sign a contract with you, we will help you with these things, and we will help you solve the liquidated damages between you and House Records."
'Mr. John, can you let me think about it?'
"Of course, Miss Su doesn't have to reply to me so quickly, you can think about it for a few days, after all, there is no basis for what you say, Miss Su If you are free these days, I also want to take you to visit our Rolling Stone Records, I want you to see the strength of our company with your own eyes, and then you will know if I am lying."
'Mr. John, then I thank you in advance, I will go to your Rolling Stone Records, if I really want to join your company, Mr. John, I will ask you to take care of me then.'
'Hehe, for sure, I am very happy to meet a friend like you in Hong Kong, if Su can join our record company, I believe our cooperation will be very pleasantใใใใใ (to be continued......