Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 325 The finals all sing songs by Chen Qiming

The Rookie Singing Contest started a week ago.

For the first two rounds of selection, TVB invited additional primary judges.

Until this last round, which is also the most important final, TVB wanted to broadcast it live on TV, so it was the turn of judges such as Chen Qiming and Leslie Cheung to take the stage.

On the same day, before the start of the competition, Chen Qiming and several other final judges met with Chen Qiming in his lounge.

They are all top figures in the industry and have been seen many times at various events.

Among them, Chen Qiming and Ye Qianwen should be the ones who have the most exchanges.

Both of them belong to the Warner camp, and they often interact with each other at Warner Records' large-scale events every year.

Therefore, after meeting, several people exchanged polite greetings and then parted ways.

Leslie Cheung, on the other hand, stayed after Anita Mui and Sally Ye left.

"Have you seen the player information?"

After Anita Mui and others disappeared, Leslie Cheung was the first to ask.

"You don't pay much attention, why? Do you have a favorite player?"

Chen Qiming is so busy during this period that he has no time to pay attention to the Rookie Singing Contest.

Although he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a great figure appearing in this year's rookie singing competition.

But no matter how great he is, is he still so great?

Not to mention that he is now a well-known superstar in the Chinese music scene.

The three major players under his record company are enough for him to pay attention to, and he really has no interest in the others.

A record label's resources are limited.

Didn’t you see that Andy Lau and other kings are jumping around repeatedly because of resource allocation issues.

Therefore, Chen Qiming does not intend to bring too many singers who will be prosperous in the future to Qidian Records.

At present, Qidian Records has signed future Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and hip-hop rap king Mu Ye in Europe and the United States.

In the Chinese music scene, there are his biggest fans Jay Chou and Wu Bai.

With the four trump cards in hand, it is enough for Qidian Records to toss.

As for female singers, Chen Qiming may sign one or two more because the company is too masculine.

But the male singer...

Therefore, even though he knew that a good newcomer would emerge in this year's TVB Rookie Singing Contest, he did not pay too much attention.

"There is a guy named Eason Chan who is very good and has very solid singing skills. Although his appearance is a bit disadvantageous, I don't think it's a big problem."

Leslie Cheung obviously understood Chen Qiming very well and did not pay too much attention to Chen Qiming's ignorance of the first two rounds of the Rookie Singing Competition. Instead, he directly expressed that he valued one of the newcomers.

really.

After hearing Leslie Cheung's words, Chen Qiming nodded secretly.

To be honest, he really admires Leslie Cheung.

As far as he takes care of newcomers, Chen Qiming can't even catch up with him.

Of course, this is also related to the current business issues between the two.

Leslie Cheung has been in the industry for many years and has long passed the period of being extremely concerned about his career.

He spends most of his time on movies now, and has a lot of free time the rest of the time. It is normal for him to support new people.

But Chen Qiming is different.

He has made every effort, and it has only been more than three years since he debuted, almost four years ago.

Now is the peak of his career.

At this time, he was full of energy and wanted to do anything.

This can be seen from his current career layout.

Filming, singing, being a screenwriter, writing songs, opening a film and television company, a record company, even a clothing company, a theater chain, etc.

It can only be said that Chen Qiming has too many things going on.

If he hadn't hired someone to take care of these companies on his behalf, he would have only paid attention to the accounts.

There are so many things to do that even cutting him in half would be too busy.

And even if he hired someone to help manage it, he would still be very busy.

Therefore, Chen Qiming has no energy to take care of things like supporting new people now.

Just like when Jackie Chan became famous, he was busy filming during the day and dancing at night.

Although he is different from him, he is also roughly similar.

When he is free, he would rather treat Li Jiaxin to eat dumplings, but he doesn't want to pay attention to the newcomers' problems.

Of course, this is just for now.

In a few years, I will be like Leslie Cheung.

Chen Qiming feels that he can actually set up a character to support newcomers.

Anyway, it seems like a good idea to help the newcomers.

"I want to see what kind of person actually gets such praise from you, brother!"

Chen Qiming roughly understood what Leslie Cheung meant.

Leslie Cheung's meaning is very simple, that is, he wants to support the newcomer named Eason Chan.

When the voting time comes, if possible, Chen Qiming can help.

"You'll like him!"

Leslie Cheung laughed.

Afterwards, he chatted with Chen Qiming for a few more words before saying goodbye and leaving.

"Eason Chan?" Thinking about the name of this popular singer this year, Chen Qiming couldn't help but touch his chin.

What a new one.

I'm afraid there will be a situation in this entertainment industry where a bunch of people named Chen can be crushed to death with one kick.

Your surname is Chen, my surname is Chen, and he is also surnamed Chen. People surnamed Chen are like a hornet's nest, one pokes a nest...

After struggling in the lounge for a while, Chen Qiming and several judges were invited into the studio by TVB staff.

The 1995 Rookie Singing Contest began.

how to say!

Chen Qiming thinks TVB is too stingy.

This year's Rookie Singing Contest is obviously highly publicized.

The judges directly invited him, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeh, four of the top kings and queens in the Chinese music scene.

The joining of the four people has brought the popularity of this rookie singing competition to an unprecedented level.

In addition to the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and other areas where most Chinese people gather are basically familiar with this rookie singing competition.

This is a program that is almost universally known, but it was unexpectedly screwed up by TVB.

Cantonese!

The Rookie Singing Contest only focuses on Cantonese.

As a TV talent show in Hong Kong, it is understandable that it attaches great importance to Cantonese.

But now the Mandarin market is the mainstream. This has almost been the consensus in recent years.

With such a good foundation, TVB actually stipulated the bizarre condition of singing in Cantonese during the preliminary stage of the Rookie Singing Competition.

Because of this condition, many talented new Chinese singers who had planned to take this opportunity to debut were directly blocked from the door.

And the result of this is.

Thunder, little rain.

In publicity, it is called Potian.

As a result, there are not many truly talented singers.

No way, Cantonese does have a lot of audiences.

The prosperity of Hong Kong movies played a great role in promoting Cantonese.

But compared with Mandarin, Cantonese is still too niche.

Most of the people who can speak fluently are concentrated in Hong Kong and Macao.

However, a large number of people from Hong Kong and Macao have already entered the Hong Kong music scene.

Even the huge publicity campaign is useless this time.

Chen Qiming observed the finalists.

Good guy, apart from Eason Chan, there is only one Miriam Yeung that he has some impression of. He doesn't know any of the others, and he doesn't even have any memory of them in his dreams.

As for Miriam Yeung, according to the memory in the dream, she seemed to have debuted in this rookie singing competition at the same time as Eason Chan.

After working on it for a long time, TVB spent a lot of money to invite him, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeun to come to this rookie singing competition. It was basically in vain.Although he felt sorry for TVB's scan operation, Chen Qiming rarely suggested that TVB should change its model.

He just collects money and does things.

What TVB does has absolutely nothing to do with him.

Moreover, maybe TVB actually knows that it is time to pay attention to Mandarin.

But what if you just don’t want to abandon the glory of the past?
At the beginning, Cantonese songs were able to spread throughout East Asia and even have a certain influence in the United States and Canada, and TVB was indispensable.

There is something to say.

You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.

This should be the case with TVB now, still silent when Cantonese songs are popular in Asia.

【If someone asks me, I will tell】

[But no one came]

【I look forward to helplessness】

[I have something to say, but I can’t get it loaded]

On the stage, Eason Chan chose a song that was difficult to sing.

Yes, it was the song "Exaggerated" that was supposed to be his first song in the dream, but now it was released ahead of schedule because of Chen Qiming.

Eason Chan sang well, but Chen Qiming shook his head slightly.

Eason Chan is not Chen Qiming after all.

In the dream, when he sang the song "Exaggerated", he had been working in the music industry for many years and had his own singing style.

But now, Eason Chan is still a newcomer after all.

Therefore, even though the song "Exaggerated" should have been very suitable for his tone, because his style has not yet been formed, his singing is not outstanding.

Of course, this lack of prominence is equivalent to Chen Qiming.

Preconceptions in songs are very easy for fans to lead into.

Under normal circumstances, if someone is the original singer of a song and the next person sings the song, the audience will subconsciously compare it with the original singer.

And a cover should surpass the original song, unless it is a re-adaptation.

Otherwise, it will definitely be very difficult to surpass the original song.

And that's how it is now.

Because Chen Qiming’s version comes first, and this song is very popular in Hong Kong.

Therefore, now that Eason Chan is singing again, he has not adapted it again. Instead, he is imitating Chen Qiming because he is a newcomer.

This makes his singing seem too imitative.

However, he is a newcomer after all and cannot be too harsh, so after he finished singing, Chen Qiming did not act like Charlotte, but praised him as the original singer.

"Miriam Yeung's singing is very good, I will give her my vote! What about you?"

At the last moment of the finals, the contestants had finished singing their songs.

While they were standing in rows on the stage waiting for the judges to decide the winner, second and third place, Chen Qiming and several judges were discussing on the stage.

Leslie Cheung was very firm and believed that "Exaggerated" sung by Eason Chan should be the champion.

After he said he wanted to vote for Eason Chan, Anita Mui also gave her choice.

After telling her choice, she looked at Chen Qiming and Ye Qianwen.

Ye Qianwen said nothing, but turned to look at Chen Qiming.

Among the four people present here, Chen Qiming is definitely the youngest in terms of seniority.

But there is no way, the three players who are currently performing the best, Eason Chan, Miriam Yeung and Xu Jianbang, all sing songs by Chen Qiming.

It's so dramatic.

In the finals, the three strongest contestants actually sang all songs by Chen Qiming.

"Pompous" sung by Eason Chan.

"Kiss Everywhere" sung by Miriam Yeung.

Another contestant that Chen Qiming was not familiar with, Xu Jianbang, sang "Legend of the Wild Wolf".

The three songs are all by Chen Qiming, and they are all composed by Chen Qiming himself.

Therefore, among the four people on stage, naturally no one's vote is as important as Chen Qiming's.

Ye Qianwen's plan is simple.

She was going to see what Chen Qiming would choose.

She would choose whatever Chen Qiming chose.

Anyway, what you are singing are Chen Qiming's songs, and his advice as the original singer and part-time author is definitely the most professional.

I'll just follow suit.

When the time comes, even if there is any dispute, you can just go to Chen Qiming.

"Based on the performance just now, I actually prefer Miriam Yeung's "Kiss Everywhere". The female version of "Kiss Everywhere" is very flavorful.

but……"

After a pause, Chen Qiming glanced at Eason Chan, who was a little restrained on the stage, "However, the song "Exaggerated" should be a more difficult song among my songs.

I rarely hear anyone else sing this song, flawed though it may be.

But, I decided to give him my vote! "

Actually!Both men performed similarly.

Chen Qiming himself didn’t know how to choose.

So, when he was choosing, he turned his pen around and found Eason Chan on the left and Miriam Yang on the right.

Unfortunately, Eason Chan was lucky, and the pen tip happened to be turned on his side.

Therefore, although Chen Qiming voted for Eason Chan.

Actually!Eason Chan, Chen Qiming likes his songs very much.

but……

Chen Qiming does not like his Typhoon.

Well, maybe it was influenced by the guy in the dream.

The guy in the dream went to Eason Chan's concert.

As a result, after watching it all night, he was made drowsy.

According to some memories in the dream, Eason Chan's Typhoon can be called a stand-up output.

And this kind of typhoon is really unpleasant to be honest.

Following Chen Qiming's vote, Michelle Yeh followed closely and voted for Eason Chan.

In the end, consistent with the message in the dream, Eason Chan won the championship.

However, the difference from the dream is that Miriam Yeung was not third, but the runner-up.

After the championship, second and third place were selected, Chen Qiming said goodbye to Leslie Cheung and others before preparing to leave.

"Mingzai! Please wait!"

As soon as I walked to the door of the TVB studio, a voice came from behind me.

Chen Qiming looked back, a little surprised.

It’s Miriam Yeung, who just won the runner-up spot.

"Hello Mingzai, I really like your songs. Can... can you give me your autograph?"

Another future big fan.

Chen Qiming's lips curled up.

I could see these dazzling kings and queens standing in front of me in my dream, asking for autographs.

To be honest, it feels really good.

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you, you can sing very well!"

Chen Qiming took the record she handed over. It was not a Chinese record, but the English record "Eternity".

"I rarely meet people in Hong Kong and Taiwan who ask for my English album to be signed!"

Chen Qiming signed the record quickly and smiled as he handed the record back to her.

"I also like your Chinese album, but I think your album has a higher commemorative meaning.

After all, this was the first album to sell well in the global market! "

Looking at Chen Qiming's signature on the record, Miriam Yang said happily.

"try hard!"

Chen Qiming smiled and wanted to reach out and pat her shoulder, but then thought it was inappropriate, so he waved goodbye instead.

(End of this chapter)