Chapter 398: That's it, dare to provoke me
Chen Qiming's condition that he could write songs for Xu Zhian and his girlfriend Zheng Xiuwen successfully attracted Xu Zhian.
In addition, Chen Qiming mentioned that if Xu Zhian was not likely to join the starting point record, he would not have contributed to Xu Zhian's record in November.
This made Xu Zhian find Chen Qiming only one day later after weighing his interests, and promised to join Starting Point Records after the contract with Huaxing Records ended.
successfully pried the corner between Huaxing and Polygram and hit the opponent, Chen Qiming was very happy.
happened to be Li Jiaxin back from South Korea that day, and the two fought directly for 300 rounds.
And compared to Chen Qiming's happiness here.
Zheng Donghan and Zheng Zhongji on Polygram's side looked very depressed and even disgusting.
After Chen Qiming agreed to write two songs for Xu Zhi'an, Huaxing's side revealed the news to the media the next day in order to build momentum.
Again, Chen Qiming's talent has been verified by the market.
Hong Kong and Taiwan, no, in the whole of Asia, Chen Qiming's creative talent is one of the best.
Known as the golden song maker, whether it is the songs he writes for himself or the songs he writes for others, he has basically been a big seller.
Li Jiaxin, a Hong Kong sister with almost no musical literacy, can become a popular Asian singer who has entered the Korean market under the promotion of Chen Qiming.
Not to mention people like Xu Zhi'an, who have debuted for many years and have won the top ten Chinese golden songs.
Therefore, when the news came out, the industry generally believed that Xu Zhian's new record would definitely be a big hit.
Hong Kong is so big, and the release date of the records of several companies and singers is generally transparent as long as it is not deliberately concealed.
Polygram can naturally find out that Xu Zhi'an will release songs at the same time as Zheng Zhongji.
is obviously just a small opponent worth mentioning, but suddenly because of Chen Qiming's interference, he became a fierce beast, and it is no wonder that Polygram is not disgusting.
In addition, Zheng Donghan is very interested in Xu Zhian.
He thinks Hui Zhian is a singer with great potential.
That's why after Huang Baigao left Warner Records and invested in Polygram, he immediately asked Huang Baigao to dig into the corner of Huaxing, wanting to pry Xu Zhian over.
Oh! By the way.
Because Xu Zhian and Zheng Xiuwen are in a couple's relationship, it is almost certain that as long as Xu Zhian changes jobs, Zheng Xiuwen will follow.
Although Xu Zhian and Sammi Cheng can only be regarded as second-tier singers at present.
But if the two join Polygram, it can still alleviate the situation of Polygram's talent pool to a certain extent.
Therefore, he also attaches great importance to the matter of poaching Xu Zhian and the others.
But ......, Xu Zhi'an's side had already moved and wanted to join Polygram.
As a result, because of Chen Qiming's intervention, Xu Zhian actually refused to join Zhengdong Records.
PolyGram has been in Hong Kong for many years, and Xu Zhian's refusal can naturally be seen that it is not because he still wants to stay in Huaxing, but for other reasons.
As for this reason, nine times out of ten it has something to do with Chen Qiming.
The son's debut album suddenly appeared with a tough opponent, and the company's long-term poaching plan was shattered.
The combination of the two things made Zheng Donghan extremely disgusted, and he was dissatisfied with Chen Qiming.
Regarding Zheng Donghan's dissatisfaction, Chen Qiming naturally foresaw it.
As a person with dreams of the future and a record company owner, he knows better than most people in the outside world that PolyGram is weak now.
What was Polygram like in the past?
Eighties to early nineties.
Andy Lau, Li Ming, Jacky Cheung, Beyond Band, Grasshopper, Faye Wong, Chan Wai Han, Hui Guanjie, Alan Tam and other Hong Kong first-class figures are all in PolyGram.
In addition, Chen Huixian, Zhou Huimin, Guan Shuyi, Liu Xiaohui, Wang Xinping, Tang Baoru and Li Ruien and other Polygram Seven Little Flowers are also famous.
It can be said that during the period from the late 80s to 1993, Polygram can be said to have attracted most of the popular singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
It's just that, just like the Huaxing Records of that year quickly entered a period of decline after its heyday, Polygram is no exception.
Xu Guanjie retired, Chen Huixian made an unsatisfactory debut after retiring, Andy Lau and Beyond switched to Warner, Alan Tam's exposure decreased and his influence decreased.
The departure and fall of a large number of big names, coupled with the fact that Polygram Seven Little Flowers began to be unpopular.
This made Polygram directly enter the situation of lack of success.
So far, in addition to the two kings of Liming and Jacky Cheung, as well as Faye Wong and Zhou Huimin who have developed on Treasure Island.
It's almost impossible to get a good hand.
Polygram is known as the world's No. 1 music label.
It is indeed the largest in the world.
But the volume is huge, and the expenditure is naturally huge.
The poor sales of its singers' records, and the emergence of VCDs and DVDs in recent years, have made the production of discs no longer so difficult, which makes Polygram's record production factory almost no longer have external orders.
The benefits are not proportional to the expenses, and even PolyGram can't afford it for a few years.
In such a situation, any small mistake can be called a strain for Polygram.
Anyway, for Chen Qiming, he couldn't be too happy to see Polygram deflated.
I don't look at my current situation, I dare to provoke him.
If you don't die, who dies!
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At the end of September, Chen Qiming came to Huaxing Records in person.
He brought two songs to Xu Zhi'an.
One song "Slowly", one song "A, B, C, D".
Among them, Chen Qiming will participate in the chorus of the song "A, B, C, D", which can be regarded as increasing Xu Zhi'an's exposure.
With his joining, not to mention that Xu Zhian's record has sold millions of copies, at least it can attract a lot of attention.
This is also Chen Qiming's benefit to Xu Zhi'an.
Now that Xu Zhian has decided to join Starting Point Records.
Then he naturally can't be too stingy.
Of course, as a well-known copyright collector in the Chinese music scene, Chen Qiming naturally cannot give the copyright of his two songs to Huaxing.
When he came, he negotiated with Huaxing that the copyright of these two songs belonged to Chen Qiming.
Huaxing only has the right to use.
Well, it probably means that Chen Qiming authorized Xu Zhian to use his song, and Huaxing gave a copyright royalty.
In Huaxing, Chen Qiming also met Xu Zhian's girlfriend Zheng Xiuwen.
This future first-class diva in the Chinese music scene is still in the second tier at this time, and she is not as down-and-out and generous as she will be in the future, but a little introverted.
In fact, this is also the norm in the entertainment industry.
Many celebrities are very cheerful and lively in front of the public.
But in private, there are many people whose personalities are different from those under the camera.
One of the exemplars is Stephen Chow.
Who would have thought that he would be a stuffy person who wouldn't say a word for half a day in private, who was neurotic under the camera.
"Chen Sheng, I haven't congratulated you on the sales of your new record exceeding 4 million!
Congratulations! ”
After meeting in the office of Huaxing Records, Chen Qiming walked to the recording studio with Xu Zhi'an.
On the way, Xu Zhian congratulated with envy.
Just yesterday, Chen Qiming's sixth Chinese record officially surpassed four million sales two weeks after its release.
Judging from the direction of the data, this will be another record that is difficult for ordinary singers to achieve.
"Thank you! I'm going to have a celebration next week, and if you and Miss Zheng are free, you can come and sit down. ”
Chen Qiming smiled and nodded.
He didn't make a fuss about his sales.
It's just the norm.
(End of chapter)