Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Time has entered November, and Chen Qiming has entered the busiest period since his debut.

While on tour, I also have to go into the studio to record a new album.

In fact, because there was no time to go back to Hong Kong to record, Chen Qiming had to find a recording studio to record in the place where the concert was held.

This kind of life that requires rehearsals, concerts, and recordings makes Chen Qiming miserable.

After a month or two, he even lost a lot of weight.

Sometimes, Chen Qiming even thought about not recording records at all.

Push back recording plans.

But this approach simply doesn't work.

Because, his album plan was completely planned in advance.

If we don’t record this year, the recording will have to be postponed to next year.

But for next year, his work schedule is already full, and he can't squeeze out any spare time.

Therefore, even though sometimes he was too busy to even eat, he still chose to persevere.

This time when recording, Chen Qiming still recorded the same two albums.

One in Mandarin and one in English.

Different from the past, all ten songs in this album are composed by Chen Qiming himself.

Chinese style.

Chinese-style songs can already be seen in Chen Qiming's records in the past two years.

Each chapter of his album will have one or two Chinese-style songs to test the market.

These songs have basically been recognized by the market.

Therefore, this time, after Chen Qiming began to prepare the album, he set the album style as Chinese style.

When talking about Chinese style in the future in dreams, Jay Chou is naturally the one who cannot be avoided.

Therefore, among several Chinese-style songs, Chen Qiming chose three Chinese-style songs by Jay Chou.

The first one is "Lanting Preface".

Chen Qiming likes this song very much. He thinks the lyrics of this song are really beautiful and artistic.

"The calligraphy in Orchid Pavilion is like running clouds and flowing water..." It is like a poem with profound artistic conception. When people hear this word, they feel as if they can travel through time and space and be in ancient times.

The second song is "Blue and White Porcelain".

Like the preface to Lanting, what stands out about this song is the beauty of its artistic conception.

The combination of lyrics and music is perfect, and it is the pinnacle of ancient songs.

The third song is "Fireworks Easily Cold".

The combination of the desolate and sad music style and the lyrics makes it seem like you can see a woman in green standing at the gate of the ancient city looking into the distance, quietly waiting for the return of her sweetheart.

In addition to Jay Chou's songs, Chen Qiming also selected two songs by another singer from Dream Future Dream who is good at ancient songs.

Xu Song.

A singer who was defined as an Internet singer in the early stage of the dream, Jay Chou imitated people.

I don’t know if I imitated Chen Qiming or not.

But it is undeniable that this singer's songs are actually very good, and Chen Qiming likes many of his songs.

From Chen Qiming's personal point of view, among the future singers.

When it comes to ancient songs, apart from Jay Chou, Xu Song is definitely No. 1.

His ancient lyrics are really amazing.

It was so stunning that Chen Qiming almost thought he was a poet.

Among his songs, Chen Qiming selected "Broken Bridge with Remaining Snow" and "Luzhou Moon" to add to his album that focuses on Chinese style.

In addition to the above five main songs, Chen Qiming chose "Not a Hero", "Know or Not", "Nine Zhangji", "Drunk Red Cliff" and "Chi Ling" for the remaining five songs.

There is no doubt that this will be another album that is at the forefront of the times.

Chen Qiming can already imagine the craze for ancient music that will hit the market after his album is released.

However, being ahead of the curve also comes at a price.

Obviously, as the first singer to propose the concept of ancient style, Chen Qiming will be reviled by many people.

Just like Jay Chou in the dream.

This is not impossible.

Because when Chen Qiming was recording this album, Chen Xiunan, as the company's gold medal producer, protested and did not recommend that Chen Qiming release this album.

In his opinion, the type of this album is too advanced. If you are not careful, Chen Qiming's album will be ruined.

And whose album is this?

It belongs to Chen Qiming.

As the number one player in the current Chinese music scene, if Chen Qiming's album fails, what impact will it have?

It is certain that if Chen Qiming's album fails, countless people will see hope, add insult to injury to him, and attack his throne as the number one person in the Chinese music industry.

Therefore, Chen Xiunan did not agree with Chen Qiming's release of this album.

But he couldn't help it if he didn't agree.

Chen Qiming is a stubborn and sometimes authoritarian person.

Even though he knew that Chen Xiunan disagreed, Chen Qiming still promoted the recording of this album.

In mid-December, as the concert in Africa officially ended, Chen Qiming's album recording was also announced to be completed.

After returning to Baodao, Chen Qiming immediately started preparing to shoot the MV for the Chinese album.

Chen Qiming plans to vigorously promote this Mandarin album in other countries such as Europe and the United States.

So the album’s MV is also very important.

Different from the careless MV of the previous Mandarin album, for this album, Chen Qiming directly spent 100 million Hong Kong dollars on shooting the MV.

In this era, investing 100 million to shoot a MV is probably something only Chen Qiming can do.

His move directly caused an uproar in the entertainment industry.

"Chen Qiming is walking on the path that Michael Jackson walked. Michael spent tens of millions to shoot the MV and raised the standard of the MV to the movie level.

Now, Chen Qiming has also started to do this, and I am mourning for other singers in the industry.

They and Chen Qiming belong to the same era, which is something to be proud of, because in the future, when they chat with their sons and grandsons, they can proudly say: "I attended an event with Chen Qiming." Or maybe You can tell them that you once competed with Chen Qiming for an award.

However, they are also sad, because Chen Qiming has dominated an era. Not only that, he is constantly raising the fans' aesthetic appreciation of songs, causing a large number of unsatisfactory singers to be eliminated directly.

Now, Chen Qiming has obviously started his operation to raise the level of his fans again.

100 million Hong Kong dollars is enough to invest in a super luxurious movie. Currently, the average investment in Hong Kong is less than five movies every year with more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

Now he actually invested 100 million to shoot the MV.

It’s hard to imagine the quality of Chen Qiming’s album. I can’t wait for February to come and listen to this album..."

When Chen Qiming's album release date was announced and he announced an investment of HK$100 million to shoot the music video, Gu Jiahui, the famous Hong Kong composer and Golden Needle Award winner, made this statement directly in the contemporary music scene.

Indeed, Gu Jiahui's words made so much sense.

When they heard that Chen Qiming was going to invest 100 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot the MV, the whole circle was in mourning.

Countless big-name singers, second-tier singers, and even low-level singers are whispering curse words.

Andy Lau, Liming, Zhang Yusheng... and others all called Chen Qiming.

Andy Lau: "You are awesome, you are rich, you are a rich man, but you don't give us a way to survive."

Liming: "I just want to ask, does the MV need a guest role? This is a historical MV in the Chinese music world. I want to have a guest role." Zhang Yusheng: "Are you fucking sick? If you do this, how can we film in the future?" MV?”

……

Chen Qiming's MV investment has caused a stir in the industry.

In newspapers, music critics praised Chen Qiming one after another, saying that Chen Qiming is simply a conscientious figure among singers and never treats his fans badly.

On TV, some singers who were asked this question laughed and said they were looking forward to Chen Qiming's album, while secretly scolding Chen Qiming for being unkind.

When this incident caused a stir in the industry, Chen Qiming did not pay much attention to these public opinions.

After he returned to Treasure Island, he immediately began to select the heroine for the record's MV.

Ten songs, each with a female protagonist, adding up to ten.

This time, Chen Qiming does not plan to invite famous actresses to participate in the shooting of the MV.

He plans to discover new people.

In the future, Zhang Yimou will have a famous girl, and Stephen Chow will have a famous girl, so Chen Qiming should also have a famous girl.

Therefore, it has become one of his pleasures to use newcomers to discover a wave of beautiful girls who can dominate the entertainment industry in the future.

On December 12, Chen Qiming announced a news in a large number of newspapers in Baodao. On the 15th, Chen Qiming will hold a competition called Ming Girl Selection Contest in Taipei.

Well, just like that, Chen Qiming directly named this selection as the Ming Girl Selection.

This selection competition is only open to women between the ages of 16 and 25. They are required to have skills, outstanding appearance, and elegant conversation.

Rankings will be listed at the tryouts.

Among them, the first, second and third place will have the opportunity to be the heroine of the MV for Chen Qiming's new album.

The news was published in major newspapers.

As soon as it was published, it caused an uproar in Baodao.

A large number of women who were confident about their appearance called to sign up and rushed to Taipei at the same time.

"Mr. Chen, we have to interrupt the registration channel. There are too many, too many people are participating.

Since yesterday, as of this afternoon, thousands of people have signed up.

If it doesn't stop, the total number of people may be even higher.

With so many people, the selection alone may take us several days.

This will affect the subsequent MV shooting. "

In the CEO Office of Qidian Records in Taipei City, Li Xiaowen was reporting to Chen Qiming on the situation of this audition.

After listening to what he said, Chen Qiming couldn't help but rub his chin to figure it out.

He also didn't expect that his appeal would be so terrifying.

In two days, thousands of people signed up. At such a scale, it is almost comparable to Miss Hong Kong in Hong Kong.

However, Chen Qiming was not at all worried about so many people signing up.

On the contrary, he also began to think about whether he could take this opportunity to obtain other benefits.

Suddenly, Chen Qiming's eyes lit up.

He suddenly thought that since there are so many people participating in Baodao.

What about Hong Kong? What about Singapore? What about the mainland?

Can I take this opportunity to expand the scale of this audition, which was originally just for selecting the female lead in the MV?

"Don't stop." Chen Qiming's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he stood up directly, "Inform the newspaper and add a line to the published content. Anyone who gets a ranking, from tenth to sixth, will each receive a Prize money of NT$100,000.

From fifth to first place, in addition to receiving bonuses, you will also have the opportunity to obtain a guaranteed contract with Pacific Entertainment. "

"This is..." Li Xiaowen looked confused.

"Just do as you are told." Chen Qiming gave the order directly without explaining.

"Okay!" Li Xiaowen really didn't understand what Chen Qiming meant.

Didn’t I say I chose the MV heroine? Why did they suddenly add bonuses and give them guaranteed contracts?

Is this a welfare gift?

After Li Xiaowen left, Chen Qiming thought about it for two minutes, then immediately picked up the phone and started making calls.

In his thoughts just now, his thinking became more and more divergent.

Finally, he thought of a way that would be of great benefit to him.

He wants to expand the selection of Ming girls this time.

He will not only hold trials in Baodao, but also in Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland and other places.

As for the purpose, in addition to adding outstanding heroines to his music videos, he can also make money through this selection, and he can also add a large number of outstanding female artists to his Pacific Entertainment Company.

Among them, making money is a key point.

How to make money?

Of course it is like Miss Hong Kong and future idol talent shows.

How much profit can Miss Hong Kong bring to the organizer in a year?

No one thinks that Miss Hong Kong is just for selecting actresses for TVB, right?

TVB doesn't need actresses.

The reason why Miss Hong Kong is held every year is simply because this show makes money.

Needless to say, there are sponsorship fees from major jewelers and clothing companies. When this talent show is broadcast on TVB, the advertising fee is a huge amount.

Chen Qiming's idea is to turn Ming Girls into a large-scale talent show. While soliciting sponsorship, he will also sell the live broadcast rights to TV stations.

Now, Chen Qiming is calling sponsors.

"Max, you must have heard that I am holding a Ming girl tryout, right? Is your company interested in being the clothing sponsor for this tryout?"

"Mr. Zhou, have you heard about the Ming Dynasty Girl Competition? This is what I do, and I plan to hold it in many places in Asia.

There are currently so many applicants, as many as Miss Hong Kong.

I plan to contact the TV station and let the selection be broadcast on TV. I will leave the jewelry sponsorship to you. Will you do it? "

……

Chen Qiming made calls one after another.

The people he called were all businessmen he was familiar with and had worked with. Some of the companies he called were even their spokespersons.

For example, Hong Kong Saturday Blessing.

Chen Qiming has been the spokesperson for this jewelry company for five years, and the cooperation between the two parties has always been very pleasant.

There was an introduction by Chen Qiming, and according to Chen Qiming, the Ming Dynasty Girl Trials seemed to be attracting a lot of attention.

So it was almost unnecessary for Chen Qiming to say anything. The people he called were all the same to sponsor this trial.

After calling the sponsor, Chen Qiming immediately called Qiming Film and Television and asked them to send a filming team over.

He plans to contact the TV station to broadcast it after completing the filming of the trials.

He's not worried that no TV stations will buy the rights.

He, Chen Qiming, is the judge of this selection competition and the person who worked hard to create this selection competition.

With his influence, regardless of the quality of subsequent trials, as long as he is willing to sell TV broadcast rights, a large number of TV stations will come to him.

No TV station would let go of a program featuring Chen Qiming.

Because, Chen Qiming is the guarantee of ratings.

Whenever a superstar like him appears on TV, a large number of fans and passers-by will contribute to his ratings.

In addition to the ratings, a large number of advertisers will come to the TV station to buy advertising space for Chen Qiming's name.

This can be seen from Chen Qiming's past endorsements and advertising appeal.

(End of this chapter)