Entertainment 1998

Chapter 383 382, ​​Hong Kong Director Has an Appointment

Showing its prowess for the first time.

How can it be? !
What Jiang Feng wants is to make a big splash.

He disregarded the moral code of society and was determined to take advantage of the superstar Michael Jackson; even if this music album could become very popular in the European and American music markets, the majority of fans might not know who the singer [FENG] is?
But Jiang Feng didn't care about all these. All he wanted was one word - sales.

With the support of a huge number of Michael Jackson fans, Jiang Feng's first English album "Natural" actually performed better than anyone expected.

As of September 9th, US Pacific time, "Natural" has topped the Los Angeles radio chart, and the fifth place is "numb", the sixth is "Believer", and the seventh is "New Divide"...

And not just in Los Angeles, the 14 songs in the album are also beginning to have an impact on radio stations in other California areas, including San Francisco, San Diego, and San Jose.

In particular, the title song of this album, "Natural", not only performed brilliantly on radio charts in various places, but was also even more popular in the discussion area of ​​the entertainment section of the Yahoo website.

The lyrics of "Natural" are ambitious and the melody is explosive, which is very popular among young people in the United States. When they learned that this song is very likely to be the new work of superstar Michael Jackson, they recommended it everywhere through phone calls, forums and even instant messaging software.

This song started to spread on the Internet in a very short time.

New York, Washington, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Miami... With the convenience of the Internet, the song "Natural" can be heard in big cities and small towns across the United States.

Frankly speaking, at the beginning, although Universal Music headquarters agreed to let Jiang Feng enter the European and American markets, all the senior executives of the headquarters did not attach much importance to it, otherwise they would not have focused their promotional efforts only on California.

They think that a Chinese person with yellow skin and black hair actually wants to enter the European and American music market. What’s going on?
This has happened before, for example, Jacky Cheung and Kwok-wing Leslie Cheung both released English albums, but no one was interested in them.

Take the recent singer Wang Fei for example. Her four English songs are all of good quality, but their sales volume is only over 100 million copies. Why?
Because the people who bought this album are basically Chinese.

Black or white people will just take a glance at the CD cover and immediately shake their heads and leave. As for the skinny and frail yellow people, we won’t even give you a second glance.

The reason why the top executives of Universal Music allowed Jiang Feng to release an English album in the United States even though they were not optimistic about him was to disgust Michael Jackson and his old rival Sony Music.

Michael Jackson, you are awesome, aren't you? We invited you to join us time and again, but you didn't come. Now we are using a yellow-skinned, black-haired Chinese to challenge you.

Sony Music, aren’t we old rivals?

As old rivals, I have to respect you and let you experience what it feels like to swallow a fly into your throat. It's disgusting when you swallow it, and it's also disgusting when you spit it out.

However, when senior executives at Universal Music headquarters saw that all 14 songs from the album "Natural" were on the Billboard Hot , their minds changed completely.

They found that they had underestimated this Chinese man. He was able to stand out from the vast number of new songs at the same time simply by copying Michael Jackson and the quality of his songs.

Mainly because Jiang Feng’s musical talent is so outstanding!

What’s more important is that his musical talent can not only be applied to Chinese music, but he can also create excellent English songs.

The top management of Universal Music even held an internal meeting for this purpose. Jiang Feng's value attracted their attention. Especially after they listened carefully to the 14 songs in the album "Natural", several music producers of the company gave high praise, and the music director Danny expressed it directly.

This is a Chinese version of Buckcherry!

Who is Buckcherry?

On April 1999, 4, the American hard rock band "Buckcherry" released its first self-titled album by DreamWorks Records.

The album ranked first on the US Billboard charts, with global sales exceeding one million copies in its first week. It was certified gold in the US and Canada, becoming DreamWorks' first gold record.

The single "Lit Up" ranked first on the Billboard mainstream rock chart for 180 consecutive weeks. Universal Music, aware of Jiang Feng's value, made a -degree turn in its attitude towards Jiang Feng's entry into the European and American music scene.

He immediately invested heavily in publicity and promotion, and made repeated phone calls to urge Jiang Feng to come to the United States as soon as possible.

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"Jiang Feng, the senior executives of Universal Music have notified you to go to the United States immediately!"

When Jiang Feng heard the news from his agent Wang Jinghua, he almost burst into curses.

Did the top management at Universal Music headquarters get kicked in the head by a donkey, or is it filled with paste?
The reason why the album "Natural" is so awesome now is because of the popularity brought by the superstar Michael Jackson. No matter how Michael Jackson and his agent deny it, many fans who have not listened to his latest songs for many years believe in their bones that this is the latest music work of their idol.

Don't deny it.

We all know that you have a difficult reason, isn't it because you have a conflict with Sony Music? That's why you gave your latest album to Universal Music for distribution under a pseudonym.

We all understand the logic behind this!

But I'm standing up now and saying, yes, this music album is mine. Believe it or not, no matter how good the quality of the songs in this album is, its sales will be halved immediately.

why?
This is because in the United States, whether black or white, they all express contempt for Asian yellow people and look down on them from the bottom of their hearts, especially in the music industry.

"Dangdangdang..."

Wang Jinghua, who was sitting in the Xinfusheng Restaurant on Xingtan Road, saw Jiang Feng staring out the window in a daze, so she knocked on the table with her chopsticks.

"Jiang Feng, what do you mean?"

"Um…"

Facing the inquiry, Jiang Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Hua, please tell President Zheng Donghan, and have him tell the top executives at Universal Music Headquarters that the reason why the album "Natural" is favored by many professionals in the European and American music industry is that they don't know who [FENG] is. For this reason, I don't even dare to shoot the MV now.

If they insist on having me go to the United States to promote this album as required by the contract, then I can guarantee that the sales of this album will be reduced by half.

Isn't it predicted by experts that this English album may sell over 1000 million copies? If the fans knew that the singer of this music album is Chinese, it is estimated that it will not even sell 500 million copies. "

"Well, that means you want me to tell the truth." Wang Jinghua naturally knew the pros and cons of this.

"Tell the truth!" Jiang Feng nodded.

"it is good."

Perhaps because she was afraid of forgetting, after talking with Jiang Feng, Wang Jinghua made a special note in her notebook.

After finishing the record and putting down the pen, Wang Jinghua felt much more relaxed. She picked up the red wine glass in front of her, clinked it with the red wine glass in front of Jiang Feng, and started chatting.

"Jiang Feng, today is September 9th. Your Chinese rock album "Fly Higher" has been recorded, and your internship in the freshman class of the Film Academy's acting department has also ended. What are you going to do next?
Because there is still a month before the filming of Saw 2, how about I help you arrange some temporary work first? "

"For example?" Jiang Feng asked.

"For example, if a Hong Kong director wants to invite you to make a cameo appearance in a movie, would you be willing to go and take a look?"

(End of this chapter)