364th Palm 2nd Song Auction (Part I)

In the afternoon, the Sheraton Hotel, the second song auction was officially held.

In this year's song auction, the auctioneer was changed from Huang Zhan to Yu Zheng, which was also specially arranged by Han Jin to enhance her popularity.

In addition to representatives of major record companies and singers, there are also reporters from major media in Hong Kong, who have gathered here to witness the moment of miracle.

Surprisingly, although Warner Records was not invited this time, Chen Baiqiang participated in this song auction in a private capacity, which immediately attracted the attention of the media.

The song auction was officially held at three o'clock, and there were already people waiting here an hour beforehand. Representatives of major record companies also probed each other, and they all wanted to ask each other which song they wanted to bid on, and what the psychological price point was. However, the answers are mostly true and false, and no one is willing to tell the truth.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the scene of the auction of the song "Ghost Horse and Flying Man". I'm auctioneer Yu ...... Zheng, today I am responsible for smashing the price for everyone! Yu Zheng walked up to the auction table and said with a smile, "Long story short, now we are bidding for the first song, please raise the sign in your hand!" ”

"The first song is "The Speech You Can't Hear", with a starting price of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and a brand of 5,000 yuan!" Yu Zheng announced, "Please raise your cards!" ”

"The Speech You Can't Hear" is a classic masterpiece of Lu Fang in 85, and after its launch, sales have also reached a good result of double platinum. At the same time, this song also won the 8th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award, the 3rd Top Ten Golden Melody Award, as well as the Best Lyrics Award and the Best Arrangement Award. It can be said that this is a high quality. The classic song with good sales is also the representative song of Lu Fang's singer's career.

A good song like this naturally attracts the attention of many record companies, especially this song is very suitable for singers with good singing skills, and it will definitely be a good song that will last for a long time.

Although there was a wave of adaptation in the Hong Kong music scene last year, the record company bought the copyright of European and American pop dance music, and then rewrote the lyrics and handed it over to the singer to sing, although the sales were good, so that the record company and the singer made a quick profit. But high-quality slow songs like "The Speech You Can't Hear" are not unappreciated.

In fact, if a singer wants to be popular in the music world for a long time, he can't always think about singing saliva songs. At the very least, one or two long-lasting songs are needed. Because saliva songs can only be popular for a while. At that time, I just enjoyed listening to it, and it didn't go to my head at all.

"Fifty-five thousand!" "Sixty thousand!" "Sixty-five thousand!" "Seventy thousand!" ...... "One hundred and fifty thousand! "One hundred thousand!" ...... "One hundred and fifty thousand! "One hundred and fifty thousand!" ……

Yu Zheng kept shouting, and the price was also rising rapidly. This year, no one is shouting a fixed price anymore, because this time everyone has already eaten a trench and grown wise. Even if you want to speculate, you may not be able to get your hands on it. So everyone is bidding honestly in this auction. It's all about strength.

The price of the song "Unheard Talk" was quickly raised to 210,000, and the most fierce competition is currently Huaxing Records, Polygram Records and Chen Baiqiang himself.

Huaxing Records wanted to give this song to Lu Fang to sing, and he was the champion of the second rookie singing competition in '83. But it was not like Mei Yanfang who debuted at that time. Instead, he studied vocal music with the famous Hong Kong music teacher Dai Sicong for a year, and he is only going to release an album this year.

Han Jin guessed that the reason why he couldn't make his debut was not because of his bad singing skills, but because Lu Fang's appearance was too ordinary. Now the popular youth idol singers in the Hong Kong music scene are as handsome as Han Jin, Zhang Guorong, and Chen Baiqiang. Lu Fang's appearance can only be regarded as an ordinary person, and he is also relatively short, looking like a child.

Huaxing Company also took great pains to support his debut, first let him film in TVB for two years, and it was not until last year that he participated in "Senior Brother Xinzha" and became well-known with the role of "Gao Laoquan", so he considered launching a new album for him.

This "Unheard Speech" is a lyrical slow song, which can show his singing skills to the fullest, and he doesn't need to jump around, so that he can play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses and play his greatest strengths.

Polygram Records wanted to hand over the song to Zhang Xueyou to sing. He won the Hong Kong District 18 Amateur Singer Competition last year, and after a year of hard training, Polygram Records intends to push him to make his debut this year. In order to ensure that the young singer can become an instant hit, the company plans to help him buy a few good songs. And Han Jin's songs are naturally their choice.

Chen Baiqiang wanted to buy this song by himself, and he knew that if he didn't catch up, he would soon be completely left behind by Zhang Guorong and Tan Yanlin. So this time, even without the support of the company, he decided to pay the money to buy the song himself.

The song "Unheard Talk" is very much to his taste, and with his melancholy princely temperament, it is also appropriate to sing this lyrical slow song. So he decided that no matter how much it cost, he had to buy it.

Now the three-way scuffle, the bidding has reached 230,000. Huaxing Company already has the intention of giving up. Because it holds a rookie singing contest every year, singers grab a basket of baskets, and they don't have to worry about lack of talent at all. Therefore, Lu Fang was not very valued by Huaxing Company, otherwise he would not have been hung for so long.

Polygram Records, on the other hand, continues to bid upwards because the company pursues a boutique strategy. Although there are few singers, every one of them is a great singer, such as Tan Yilin, Zhong Zhentao, Cai Guoquan and so on. Since the company has decided to support Zhang Xueyou, it naturally does not hesitate to spend a lot of money.

Chen Baiqiang thought about his acting career, and he didn't want to give up like this. So after calling 250,000 again, after Huaxing Records withdrew, Polygram Records was still fighting with Chen Bai.

The two sides shouted all the way until 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Polygram Records didn't dare to shout any more. Because the price of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars is really too high, if Zhang Xueyou's new album can't sell platinum records, then the money will probably not be recovered.

So they lifted it up twice, and when it was 320,000, they gave up, and Chen Baiqiang obtained the right to use the song.

The first song was sold at a high price of 320,000 yuan. It is more than double that of last year, which made many record representatives and media reporters present also staggered.

"Smack! Congratulations to Danny for getting the right to use "The Unheard Talk" for 320,000! Congratulations! Yu Zheng couldn't help but be a little soft when she dropped the hammer, and the sky-high price of 320,000 yuan for one song really made her unimaginable. You must know that the musicians who are now famous in Hong Kong have only created songs for a few thousand yuan. Han Jin's song is enough for them to struggle for several years.

But now she doesn't have time to sigh anymore, because the second song is about to be auctioned!

"Now auction the second song, "Japanese Doll"!" Yu Zheng began to say again, "The reserve price of this song is 50,000 yuan, and each time you raise a card, 5,000 yuan, please bid enthusiastically!" ”

"Japanese Doll" is a classic song released by Xu Guanjie in 85. The lyrics are funny, and the melody is light and witty. Ironically, the Japanese culture that has become popular in Hong Kong in recent years.

Because of the rapid growth of Japan's economy in the 80s, Japanese culture also swept the world. Nowadays, there are many young people in Hong Kong who like to use Japanese products, drive Japanese cars, and be fascinated by Japanese singers. I watch Japanese anime. Eat Japanese food. If you learn from Japan, the crazy Cheng dù is no less than the Hahan family in the new century.

This "Japanese Doll" also resonated a lot after its launch because of its satire on the disadvantages of the times. The sales volume is also above the platinum record, and it also won the 3rd Top Ten Golden Melody Award.

"Fifty-five thousand!" "Sixty thousand!" "Sixty-five thousand!" "Seventy thousand!" ...... "One hundred thousand! "One hundred and fifty thousand!" "One hundred thousand!" "It's fifteen thousand!" ……

There aren't many record companies bidding for this song, because it's a typical ghost horse song. There are not many singers singing ghost horse songs in Hong Kong, and there are only a few of them, so the competition is not too fierce.

However, the price is still rising steadily, and many record companies are holding the psychology of coaxing, and they have joined forces to raise the price. When the time comes, the record company spends more money on this song, and the money that can be used on other songs will naturally be less.

Now there is only one Kang Yi Chengyin who really wants to buy the song, and he is ready to buy it to sing for his first brother Xu Guanjie. However, now that the price has been coaxed to 200,000, the representative of Kang Yi Chengyin Records can't help but hesitate.

Because their record label is just a small company, they can't come up with much cash at once. And this time they want to buy more than that, if this song costs too much money, then the following songs can no longer be bid.

Xu Guanjie saw that the record company was not very good, and he stopped shouting the price when he reached 200,000 yuan, and he was about to be robbed by EMI Records. Their company has singers such as Ye Zhentang, Ou Ruiqiang, Jia Sile, etc., and every singer is suitable for singing this song. If they really take it to sing, it will be a pity for themselves.

"Two hundred and twenty thousand!" Xu Guanjie shouted directly.

As soon as Xu Guanjie stood up by himself, several record companies suddenly stopped raising prices. It's not because he can't afford to pay for it, but because he wants to give Xu Guanjie a face. Because he is a well-known Mr. Good in the Hong Kong music scene, his connections in the circle are first-class.

He didn't stand up before, and these record companies could still pretend to be stupid, but now that he has stood up on his own, other record companies naturally don't dare to shout anymore.

"Congratulations to Ah Sam for winning the song "Japanese Doll" at a price of 220,000, congratulations!" Yu Zheng said with a smile, she was also very happy to see the right song fall into the right hands. In her opinion, there will be no second person in Hong Kong who is more suitable to sing this ghost horse song than Ah Sam.

"Okay, now bid for the third song, "Sunset Song"!" Yu Zheng announced, "The reserve price is 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the card is 10,000 at a time, please raise the card!" ”

"Eighty thousand!" "Ninety thousand!" "One hundred thousand!" "One hundred thousand!" "One hundred and twenty thousand!" ……

From the beginning of the auction, this "Sunset Song" has been strongly sought after, this is Han Jin's Japanese song "Xiyan けの Song" re-lyrics song, and it is also a very classic song, once won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award and the Top Ten Golden Melody Award, and once made a double yellow egg with Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que".

In fact, "Song of the Sunset" and "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" are both very good works, although the tune is the same, but because of the different lyrics, the artistic conception is also very different. "Song of the Sunset" has a more atmospheric feeling, while "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" is even more touching.

The two songs were launched in the same year, and the competition was particularly fierce. In the end, Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" won because she chose to leave the music scene after the release of this song, which made this song particularly meaningful.

At that time, because of the double yolk eggs derived from this song, Mei Yanfang and Chen Huixian were both criticized by each other's fans, especially when Mei Yanfang won the highest award of the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony "Golden Melody Gold Award" with this song, she was scolded by fans for TVB's bias towards her own family and was suspected of giving and receiving it privately, so Mei Yanfang's career was stained with a huge stain, and her popularity also declined subsequently.

Han Jin just didn't want this kind of tragedy to happen again, so he wanted to stagger the song so that there would be no double yolk eggs. (To be continued......)

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