Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 277 Shortlisted for the Grammys, invited again for the Spring Festival Gala

January 1995 was lively.

In the film industry, Chow Yun Fat's "God of Gamblers 2" and Chen Qiming's "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony" continued to sell well.

The two films earned 100 million and 500 million respectively at the box office, becoming the hottest movie in this Lunar New Year file.

Chow Yun-fat, Chen Qiming, Liming and others have greatly increased their popularity because of these two movies.

Chow Yun-fat once again proved that he is still the top box office caller in Hong Kong even after a year off.

Chen Qiming is directly promoted to the top existence, and he can head-to-head with Cheng Yili on Double Monday in terms of box office appeal.

Liming ushered in a sharp increase in his net worth. Originally, he starred in a movie in Hong Kong, and the salary for a movie was only 250 million.

Because of the huge sales of "The Wind and Cloud Heroes of the World", his film funding directly rose to 400 million, keeping pace with Andy Lau among the four heavenly kings.

When "God of Gamblers 2" and "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony" continued to sell well, Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Journey to the West" and Jackie Chan's "Red Fan District" began to gear up and start large-scale publicity, wanting to enter the market and make a big splash.

Apart from these few, Jet Li, like last year's Lunar New Year file, once again encountered a cold reception at the box office.

"Fist of Heroes" was released for more than ten days, squeezed by "God of Gamblers 2" and "The Wind and Cloud", the box office suffered Waterloo, only 400 million box office was released hastily.

However, after "Jing Wu Heroes" failed at the box office in Hong Kong, the Chinese star immediately made another movie to succeed "Jing Wu Heroes".

This movie also starred Jet Li, and invited Hong Kong's popular child stars Xie Miao, Anita Mui, Yu Rongguang, Lu Huiguang, Zou Zhaolong and others to help out.

Obviously, China Star intends to use this drama to restore Jet Li's dignity in Hong Kong.

It's just a pity that this movie is actually very good, both martial arts and literary dramas are currently at the top of the industry.

But Wang Jing is self-willed, and gave the movie a very literary name "Letter to Dad".

The name is too literary, and as a result, the audience mistakenly thought it was a literary film, and most of the audience did not go to the theater to watch it. As a result, the box office of the film did not meet expectations after its release.

"Jet Li's Lunar New Year films have failed frequently, does it no longer have box office appeal? "

Various news reports questioning Jet Li flooded Hong Kong and Taiwan.

While the film world is lively, the music world is not to be outdone.

In December last year, the Three Heroes of Moyan from the Mainland held a concert in Hung Hom, Hong Kong.

The concert was very successful. On that day, many singers from Hong Kong were present, and even the four kings did not miss it.

But the concert also sparked controversy.

That is, He Yong, one of the three masters, publicly stated that "Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Jacky Cheung is still a singer, and the others are all clowns. If you have the ability, you can learn from Chen Qiming, that is the real ability!"

These remarks caused an uproar in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

Up to now, more than ten days have passed since this incident, and it is still a topic that the media and the audience like to talk about.

The Four Heavenly Kings, the Three Heroes of Moyan, Chen Qiming and others frequently appeared in media newspapers and were compared by the media.

And just when the entertainment industry was bustling with excitement, on January [-]th, a piece of news from the United States once again added fire to the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan this winter.

On January 1994, the Grammy Awards, the music awards presented by the National Academy of Recording and Science, announced the nominees for the [-] awards.

Among them, Chen Qiming was impressively listed.

Chen Qiming was shortlisted for this year's Best Newcomer, Best Blues Song, and Best Country Song awards in the comprehensive category.

When this list from Europe and America spread to Hong Kong and Taiwan, there was an immediate uproar.

Especially among the media.

Compared with ordinary audiences who don't know about the Grammy Awards, the media, especially journalists who know something about music, still know more or less.

But just because of understanding, this suddenly makes people feel incredible.

It is indeed a very surprising thing that Chen Qiming can enter the top ten of the US Billboard, but relatively speaking, this is not incredible.

Because the American Billboard is the same as the Japanese Oricon, there is no restriction on the language of the song, and there is no restriction on the singer.

Billboards may be unfair, but one thing is for certain.

That is all songs, as long as there are sales and radio on-demand data, then you can be on the list.

While it will be difficult to get into the top ranks, it is not impossible.

The Grammys are different.

This is the most authoritative award in the United States.

Even, to a certain extent, because of the current influence of the United States, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the world's most authoritative music award.

The songs selected for this award are all songs released in the United States.

And how many records are released each year in the United States?

According to incomplete statistics, tens of thousands of albums are released in the United States every year.

Among them, there are not many first-class singers from English-speaking regions.

Just like Chen Qiming's first album sold well in Hong Kong, but the Hong Kong music scene watched it coldly, as if he hadn't seen it.

According to the expectations of Hong Kong and Taiwan media and colleagues, the same is true for Chen Qiming in Europe and the United States.

He may be very popular in Europe and the United States, but awards, other awards in the United States are possible, Grammys, no one expected it at all.

Unexpectedly, when the news of Chen Qiming's Grammy nomination came back, it immediately caused an uproar in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In order to confirm the authenticity of the matter, many media not only called Chen Qiming to confirm, but also sent people to contact the Grammy organizers to confirm.

And the results obtained are of course true.

After confirming that it was true, the Hong Kong and Taiwan media collectively fell silent.

Of course, silence is silence, and the report still has to be published.

And it still needs to be published on a large scale.

In just a few days, the entire Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment newspapers were full of news about Chen Qiming's Grammy nomination.

"The Light of the People, Chen Qiming was nominated for the Grammy"

"Miracle, the first Chinese to be shortlisted for Best Newcomer and Best Song in Blues and Country"

"Chen Qiming really did go international"

"Historical moment, the first Chinese singer nominated for Grammy appeared"

When Hong Kong and Taiwan frantically publicized this matter, causing Hong Kong and Taiwan fans to collectively coll for Chen Qiming, the mainland was not idle.

Many media reports in the mainland also began to report that Chen Qiming was shortlisted for the Grammys.

However, for mainland audiences, they have no idea what a Grammy is.

Therefore, this incident did not cause any waves among the mainland people, it just made them feel that Chen Qiming is awesome and very popular abroad.

People don't know it, but some cultural people definitely know it.

Such as the Spring Festival Gala.

When the news of Chen Qiming's Grammy nomination reached Zhao An, the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

The director who had directed the Spring Festival Gala many times before did not hesitate, wrote a letter himself, and sent it to Chen Qiming.

Why say it again?

Because he was invited to the Spring Festival Gala before, but because Chen Qiming continued his tour in January and had no time to participate in rehearsals, he declined the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala

(End of this chapter)