Chapter 5 Recovery of the Mainland Market
Zhang Ziqi is on fire.
Overnight, Zhang Ziqi became popular all over the country. The two songs he sang are well-known, and his fame is in full swing.
In an instant, all the names of popular singers in 2002 were suppressed.
In the entire Chinese pop music scene, it seems that there is only one Zhang Ziqi left in an instant.
Once as a quasi-first-line singer, people's impression of Zhang Ziqi is still there, you say she, the one who sings XXX, oh, it's called Zhang Ziqi. Out of 10 people, only 3 people know her name, and 7 people have heard her songs and are slightly impressed.
But now.
Zhang Ziqi was born with her "First Dream", and she really achieved the taste of no one in the world who knows you.
On the morning of July 12, Zhang Ziqi got on the plane in a very low-key manner.
The same song package round-trip ticket fare, first class. At that time, she was wearing a pair of sunglasses, and her assistant Bao Xiaomei was next to her, in fact, as a star, the assistant was only responsible for life and had no power to interfere in the work of stars. These are what agents should do, but no star in Taomu has his own personal executive agent, and the same is true in the entertainment industry, there can be many stars under one agent. But a star, rarely has only one agent at his service. Generally, only the top big names can enjoy this kind of treatment. So this is the reason why Bao Xiaomei can always follow Zhang Ziqi and meddle in her work.
The company's broker will always only consider the company's interests. And Zhang Ziqi's assistant Bao Xiaomei will only think from Zhang Ziqi's point of view. Like the last time Hanyu contacted Zhang Ziqi to change jobs, Bao Xiaomei was very positive. Because Zhang Ziqi jumped to Hanyu, it will be of great help to her.
If Zhang Ziqi is promoted to the status of a first-line star, then Bao Xiaomei will also rise, and it is even very likely to become Zhang Ziqi's personal broker.
"Ziqi, your vision is really accurate."
On the plane, Bao Xiaomei sighed: "If you had jumped to Hanyu, you might not have the opportunity you have now. As soon as the album "The First Dream" came out, the show was boiling, and the influence was no less than holding dozens of concerts across the country, after all, there was no TV station to broadcast solo concerts. ”
Zhang Ziqi smiled and didn't speak, he refused Hanyu and chose to stay in Taomu, but now it seems that it is a very wise decision. But she won't tell Bao Xiaomei that the reason why she stayed in Taomu in the first place was far from being as simple as missing the old and wanting to repay the kindness.
It was already 12 noon when I got off the plane, and the motorcade of Taomu Company came to pick up the plane.
Liang Xiaoyue drove his car, with the 2002 Audi A8 as the front, followed by three Audi A6s, which were worth 1.5 million in 2002 The luxury car was quite eye-catching all the way to the airport parking lot.
Among the three shareholders of Taomu, only Liang Xiaoyue is not a rich second generation in the traditional sense. He was born in a musical family, his father is an authority on Western music and classical music in China, and he graduated from the top three conservatories in the world abroad.
Such a family, although the social status is relatively high, is difficult to have too much wealth. However, after Liang Xiaoyue returned to China, after nearly ten years of hard work, even if he did not count Taomu's shares, his assets had already reached more than 10 million. If you buy an Audi A8, you can still get your hands on it.
Just like Lin Ming's Mingran Technology, who hasn't ordered other assets?
Surprisingly.
After Zhang Ziqi got off the plane, the first thing he saw was not Liang Xiaoyue, but the extremely well-informed news media that flocked to him.
This was the first time Zhang Ziqi had encountered such a battle, and long guns and short cannons poured up and surrounded Zhang Ziqi. It attracted countless passers-by around to stop, and many passers-by who didn't know what to do also crowded over to join in the fun, causing a lot of waves in the airport.
"Miss Zhang Ziqi, how do you feel about being famous on CCTV this time?"
"Miss Zhang Ziqi, was the original dream written based on your deeds?"
"Miss Zhang Ziqi......"
In 2002, CCTV's influence was enough to make an ordinary person famous throughout the country overnight.
That's where it stands in the country.
Hunan Provincial TV still has a long way to go if it wants to catch up, at least for now. It is far from being a big drama that can be compared.
Right now.
Zhang Ziqi experienced this feeling.
used to be a quasi-first-line singer, although he is not as unknown as a second-tier singer, but at least he has had some opportunities to be interviewed by entertainment news media.
But it was with the help of the company, and I was interviewed face-to-face by a media outlet alone. And it's not big media, it's generally a medium local program, and a lot of it is a small media like lace magazines and small radio stations. Far from such an exaggerated battle as today.
A rough count shows that almost all of the dozens of most influential media in China, large and small, are present, and the scene is enough to hold a press conference. And it's not like Lin Mingkai last time, which only has some influence in the southern region, it's a national press conference, and after it's over, the whole country will know about it tomorrow.
Don't look at Zhang Ziqi's composure when he performed on CCTV, but on the stage of CCTV, even if the audience below felt crazy on the spot, there was no overwhelming momentum oppression caused by countless people coming over like this, which made Zhang Ziqi affected by this momentum, and retreated several steps in a panic, and under the protection of Bao Xiaomei, he retreated to the exit of the plane, and did not even dare to go out of the airport door. If it weren't for the security guards at the airport, who saw that these news media were blocking the passenger roads, they crowded in and kept expelling these media reporters, indirectly protecting her. Zhang Ziqi may have been eaten alive by these crazy news media reporters who went crazy in order to grab tomorrow's news headlines.
At this time, Liang Xiaoyue and the staff of the Taomu Company had already squeezed in frantically. Liang Xiaoyue shouted while squeezing hard: "Everyone let go, please let go." I am from Miss Zhang's company, and I will hold a press conference in the afternoon, please don't block the airport exit, thank you. ”
As a new entertainment company, Momoki still lacks the experience to deal with this kind of big battle. If it was a large domestic company, it might have sent someone to guard the exit, protect Zhang Ziqi and them first, and then announce the press conference after leaving.
In fact, Liang Xiaoyue has not worked in a top entertainment company, but he didn't expect that the same song played last night would be intercepted by so many reporters the next morning, which surprised them.
So there was no way, Liang Xiaoyue could only squeeze in desperately. With the help of the accompanying staff, they quickly squeezed to the exit, where the security guards stopped them.
Liang Xiaoyue explained the situation to the security guards, and was let go by them, and then came to Zhang Ziqi's side.
"I'm sorry Ziqi, I'm late."
Liang Xiaoyue gasped and was discouraged.
"Clothes."
Zhang Ziqi laughed "fluttering", because Liang Xiaoyue's image at this time was ugly. The suit was crumpled, the gold wire glasses were squeezed to the ground and stepped on, and when I touched it back, I broke one of the brackets, and hung diagonally on my ears, and from time to time I had to put them back on, which was in stark contrast to the appearance of Sven in the past.
"Uh." Liang Xiaoyue patted the ash on his body, flattened the suit, and couldn't take care of his messy hair, and said, "Let's go." In the afternoon, the company held a press conference, and you have to attend. ”
"Okay."
Zhang Ziqi nodded brightly, looking at him with a smile like a flower.
The press conference was held at 3 p.m.
At the press conference, not only Zhang Ziqi answered the questions of all the reporters present, but Taomu Company also killed three birds with one stone, announcing the news that the young boys group would release their albums today, as well as the news that Wen Hu and Zhao Yue's albums were about to be released this month, which made the media reporters present full of expectations.
It's a pity that Liang Xiaoyue called Lin Ming, Lin Ming was studying at Li Yi's house at that time, and unfortunately refused this opportunity to become famous.
Because the reporters on the scene were full of curiosity about the original dream creator, they asked Lin Ming for information many times.
However, although Lin Ming did not appear, many reporters who participated in the last press conference still had an impression of his sharp and stern words. suddenly remembered the high school student who was popular in the new era, and after going back, these people invariably frantically dug up Lin Ming's information and put it on the news section as the headline of the next day.
Soon.
The creator of the album "The First Dream", the creator of the album "My Sky", the creator of the annual heart-piercing comedy "It's Not Because You Don't Look Good" that has been circulating on the Internet for a long time, and a series of halos are reflected on Lin Ming's head and shown on the news section page.
Nanfang Daily even put a photo of Lin Ming standing on the stage of No. 4 Middle School and singing the brightest star in the night sky on the front page of the headline, with a big headline next to it - Godfather of inspirational songs in the future pop music scene!
In that photo, Lin Ming held his head high, standing on the stage holding the microphone and singing, and below was countless hands raised to cheer for him.
Maybe the editor thinks that the godfather of the pop music scene in the future is a bit exaggerated, but when it comes to the godfather of inspirational songs, it is estimated that no one will question it. Because this year is simply an inspirational year of positive energy songs, first "My Sky" was born, which inspired countless college entrance examination students, and reminded many young people who have taken the college entrance examination or have graduated from high school for three years of hard work. It was "The First Dream" that stood on the stage of CCTV and awakened the dreams in the hearts of countless people, making many people who were stumbling in life and doing nothing have the courage to forge ahead for their dreams. The two albums were extremely influential in 2002, attracting songs everywhere in the streets.
Even the official media People's Daily felt that the two albums brought a lot of positive energy to people, and reported the two albums and the singers New Era and Zhang Ziqi on the second page. The influence of the two albums has increased again, which can be regarded as official recognition.
In addition to the increase in influence and fame, the sales of "The First Dream" also soared to an extremely terrifying level in an instant.
The weekly sales exceeded 300,000, breaking the record of weekly sales that year.
Some people may wonder that the annual sales champion of Baodao in 1999 was Tao Zhe, with only 400,000 sales in a year. Why can Zhang Ziqi break 300,000 a week, is it fake that the piracy market is rampant? In fact, there is a misunderstanding here, that is, in the 90s, the music scene of Baodao was the most prosperous, much more prosperous than Hong Kong City, because in the early 90s, the music market in Hong Kong City shrank seriously, and the mainland market has always been a forbidden place for records because of piracy. So during that period, Baodao has always occupied the largest share of the Chinese music market. In the 90s, many people dominated the Baodao market, and directly regarded the sales champion of Baodao as the sales champion of the Chinese entertainment industry, making it a flaunted existence.
Since 2001, there has been a recovery in the mainland music scene, a typical example is that Dong Chou's "Fantesi" released in 2001 exceeded 1 million sales in the mainland, and "Octave Space" released in 2002 also exceeded 1.2 million copies.
Therefore, after the turn of the millennium, the mainland music market rose in a straight line, reaching its peak in 2005 and 2006. It wasn't until the impact of MP3 that it fell off the altar, and it wasn't until the rise of the digital market in later generations that it recovered for the second time.
Therefore, this period is also known as the last dawn of mainland physical records.