Volume 1 Chapter 447 Crying
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
After a brief knock on the door, a middle-aged man then pushed the door and walked in, it was Zheng Donghan, president of New Asia Records.
"Lin Dong, it's a pity that we still couldn't sign the music diva Mei Yanfang."
In addition to the successful renewal of the Happy Girl Group and the UD Band, a number of singers have also been signed, but the real pillars of the king are only Chen Baiqiang and Zhang Guorong, and they are all male singers.
Although the record company signed the future queen of the music world Wang Fei, it is just that Wang Fei has just debuted at this time, and his singing is not outstanding, and he is still studying with Hong Kong vocal master Dai Sicong, so before she grows up, Xinya Records urgently needs several music divas to support the company's banner, and Mei Yanfang, the diva, is the one that Xinya Records has been chasing. However, Zheng Donghan is obviously going to be disappointed, because Mei Yanfang had the intention of quitting the music scene to concentrate on making movies two years ago.
Lin Xiaozhi saw that someone was coming again, and although he didn't like it, he didn't show it. After all, he is the boss of Media Asia, and this is still office time, and it is not uncommon for outsiders to come to his office during normal working hours, so he can only stop his movements.
"It turned out to be Mr. Zheng, Mei Yanfang is still not ready to sign a contract with New Asia? It's a pity ......."
Zheng Donghan sighed like him, the hottest music diva in Hong Kong in the 80s was undoubtedly Mei Yanfang, even Ye Qianwen, another music diva who gained infinite popularity through scandals, had to admit that she was inferior. So after her contract with Polygram Records expired, there were many record companies chasing her, among which Warner and their New Asia both offered tens of millions of contracts, but they still couldn't save her determination to quit the music industry.
"It's a pity, Mei Yanfang's determination to quit the music scene has been decided, and it is no longer something that can be persuaded by a sky-high contract. However, we are not without a little gain, she promised her Grasshopper group that she will sign with us at the end of this year after the end of her contract with Polygram."
"Grasshoppers?" Lin Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with a smile, "It's really 'the mulberry elm that was lost in the east, it's not bad"
The Grasshopper Band was founded by Cai Yizhi, Cai Yijie and Su Zhiwei in 85, and when they first debuted, they met a nobleman - Mei Yanfang, who was already a sister in the Hong Kong music scene at that time, she was optimistic about the three of them and gave a lot of help, so the Grasshopper Band in order to repay the favor after its official debut, not only held a disciple gift to Mei Yanfang, but also signed her as an agent, and later joined Mei Yanfang's own company to become a signed artist. Because the most popular boy band in Hong Kong in recent years should be grasshopper.
Although Lin Xiaozhi prefers the UD band signed by his company, he also has to admit that the limelight of the Grasshopper Band in the past two years has been overwhelming the UD band, which is very popular among young people in Hong Kong. Historically, the reason why UD bands went east to Japan was affected by the downturn in Hong Kong's local record market, but the direct reason was actually because they faced strong competition from grasshoppers in Hong Kong.
They are both group bands, and the Hong Kong record market is not large, so there is indispensable competition between Grasshopper and UD. Xu is because the U songs with inspirational lyrics and a sense of life are not as emotional as grasshopper's love songs to some young people, so in terms of the ranking and sales volume of new pop songs on various lists, UD has been suppressed by grasshoppers many times. Last year, when Xinya added Mandarin training to the UD band and began to record a Chinese version of the record for them, preparing to arrange for them to develop in Taiwan or the mainland, the enthusiasm of the four young people in the band was even higher than that of Xinya Records.
Even Lin Xiaozhi knew about this, and Zheng Donghan, who was in charge of Xinya Records, naturally knew better, and nodded with a smile, but failed to eat Mei Yanfang, the queen of the music world, but won Grasshopper, one of the hottest band groups in Hong Kong, and the harvest was also very big.
"Yes, if Xinya Records can get Grasshopper to join, we will really surpass Huaxing Records in terms of influence and become the No. 1 record company in Hong Kong, although Mei Yanfang nodded, I received news that Polygram is also actively seeking to renew them, so I am ready to modify the big contract originally prepared for Mei Yanfang to Grasshopper, this is just to tell you Lin Dong"
After saying that, Zheng Donghan looked away and didn't dare to look at him.
Among the companies under the Media Asia Group, New Asia Records has the lowest profits. The Hong Kong record market is not large, but several major international record giants Polygram, Warner, EMI, and Sony-Columbia are willing to spend money on singers in the Hong Kong circle, and after the listing received a huge amount of financing, Lin Xiaozhi originally thought that 50 million Hong Kong dollars would be allocated to New Asia Records, which was enough for them to use for a year. Who would have thought that it would cost more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars to renew the Happy Girl Group, UD Band, Zhang Guorong, etc., and signed some singers successively, plus some other expenses, the money has been almost spent.
The word "making ends meet" is the best realistic portrayal of Xinya Records today, no wonder he is a little uncomfortable in the face of Lin Xiaozhi.
Lin Xiaozhi was just about to reply, when he felt that his hand suddenly vibrate, and then the phone rang, and when he looked down, he saw that it was the mobile phone that he had already got in his hand when he went out, and it rang at this time.
His heart sank suddenly, he had probably guessed who was calling, and after making a gesture to Zheng Donghan with his eyes, he pressed the phone.
Sure enough, as he thought, as soon as the phone was connected, a soft female voice came from there, and the voice was also a little painful, it was Zhou Huimin. I only heard her say: "Husband, where are you?" My stomach suddenly hurt so badly, Dr. Liu and they have already prepared the delivery room for me, I may be about to give birth."
Lin Xiaozhi's heart tightened, and he couldn't wait to fly to her side immediately. Have a few words of comfort, there is also a Zheng Donghan beside him, and he said urgently: "I was about to go over here, and I encountered something temporarily and delayed the meeting, you have to listen to the doctor's arrangement, I will be there immediately"
It was this phone call that made Zheng Donghan realize that Lin Xiaozhi was neatly packed and looked like he was ready to go out. Seeing that he hung up the phone quickly, although he couldn't finish his words, he still asked: "Lin Dong has something to go out?" ”
"Well, it's a bit of a rush. The contract for the grasshopper can be handled by the record side, but I also have to remind you to pay more attention to the thoughts of a few young guys on the side of you, and comfort both ends. Let's talk about it in detail another day, I'm in a bit of a hurry to go out today."
He said so, Zheng Donghan naturally wouldn't delay him any longer, and after saying a few sorry words, the two went out of the office together, and only separated at the elevator, one was going to the fifteenth floor, and the other went straight to the basement garage, ready to kill the hospital.
Chow Wai-man's maternity hospital is on Hong Kong Island, but the Bank of Kowloon Building, where the Media Asia Group is located, is in Kowloon, which is not close. Along the way, although Lin Xiaozhi drove the car very fast, he even had to be stopped by the traffic police and ate a ticket, and it took more than 40 minutes to rush to the hospital. When he entered the hospital, Zhou Huimin had been transferred from the delivery room to the intensive care unit, because she was healthy and properly protected, she gave birth to a six-pound baby smoothly.
Because the mother's body is still very weak after the new operation, and the newborn baby has little resistance to the bacteria outside, although he was anxious to see the newborn baby, Lin Xiaozhi still had to follow the doctor's instructions, and after being in the disinfection room, he changed into a clean protective suit and entered the intensive care unit.
"Sir, you're here"
Lin Xiaozhi pushed the door in, and a caregiver who was holding the baby and carefully coaxed him immediately saw him and greeted him with a smile.
"Husband......"
Zhou Huimin, who had just given birth, was pale, lying on the bed weakly, her eyelids were a little unable to open, it could be seen that the effect of the anesthetic on her body had not completely dissipated, but her spirit was very good, and when she found that Lin Xiaozhi was coming, she cheered up and smiled sweetly, "It's a girl, her eyes are big, not like me at all"
A few years ago, she was myopia, and the glasses were removed after Lin Xiaozhi accompanied her to laser correction surgery in the middle of last year. Although her eyes seem to others to be big, Zhou Huimin always thinks that her eyes are not big enough, and they are still a little worse.
"Daughter?"
It was the same as the hospital's speculation during the previous ultrasound examination, but Lin Xiaozhi just smiled at this, and didn't care much about whether he had a boy or a girl. After all, he is only thirty this year, and he is at the most energetic time in his life, and the huge business he has laid by himself is far from the time when he needs to think about cultivating a successor.
"Thank you for your hard work, take a good rest, I'm here here"
Fingers gently brushed her pale cheeks, Lin Xiaozhi's guilt flashed in his heart, and his movements became more and more gentle.
"Hmm" She nodded slightly, but there was a bit of loss in her eyes, and she seemed to care more about the fact that she hadn't been able to give birth to a boy than he was.
"Sir, do you want to hug her?"
The nurse who was holding and coaxing the newborn baby hummed a lullaby and walked towards him, "The baby is very well-behaved, except for the newborn crying for a while, it has been quiet"
"Let me come" The new father Lin Xiaozhi couldn't bear the excitement in his heart when he heard this, nodded and smiled and took the initiative to reach out, wanting to bring the baby over and take a closer look at what the little guy looked like.
The caretaker moved slowly and gently, as if she were holding some treasure in her arms, and slowly handed the baby into his arms. Who would have expected that Lin Xiaozhi had just taken it, and before he could see the little guy's appearance clearly, the little girl who was still giggling immediately cried at the top of her throat, "Wow, ah, ah......"