Chapter 824: The Audition Footage Can Also Win the Ratings! ?

The first generation singer in Xiangjiang can only be Xu Guanjie.

This man whose English name is Sam is superb whether he is acting in movies or singing.

Hui Brothers Film Company relied entirely on his reputation to become famous, and it dominated the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s and 1980s.

In fact, the most important reason why everyone buys it is because before Xu Guanjie acted in movies, he was already famous overseas for his singing. His albums were sold overwhelmingly, and in the 1970s, he set a local sales record of more than 500,000 copies in Xiangjiang.

At that time, there were only about 4 million people in Hong Kong, so one out of eight people bought Xu Guanjie's record.

Such a record, even in 2020, no one can break it.

Um.

This is bullshit.

In the age of digital music, records are so cheap that if they sell more than 200,000 copies across the country, they will be so excited that they cry and repay their vows, let alone Xiangjiang.

To have 50,000 copies is the kind of treatment only a singer can get!

So you see, Jacky Cheung never released albums at that time. He only held concerts to maintain his divinity.

In the past few years, Xu Guanjie's focus has gradually shifted to movies. For example, "The Best Partner", which was filmed last year and released on January 1 this year, took him less than half a year. As a result, the time for making music will naturally be reduced. not enough.

It's just that Xu Guanjie, if you say he is greedy for money, you are right. The condition of 2 million Hong Kong dollars plus Japanese box office dividends made him jump from his brother's film company to Xinyi City without hesitation. This is greed for money. Well.

But he has a very good character, he is never harsh, and he is gentle to everyone, especially the fans and Leslie Cheung.

Yes.

It's Zhang Guorong again.

Zhang Guorong was completely killing both men and women in Xiangjiang.

Huang Zhan particularly liked him, Luo Wen liked him, Xu Guanjie also liked him, and the gambling king also admired him.

As for women, Mei Yanfang likes him, Sandra Ng likes him, and He Chaoqiong also likes him.

Li Bihua, one of the four major female literary youths in Hong Kong, liked him extremely much. Books such as "Farewell My Concubine" and "Rouge Button" were all written with him as the leading actor. Li Bihua also publicly promoted that all his books All her works must use Zhang Guorong as the male protagonist, otherwise she will not sell the film rights.

That is to say, Xu Ke and others encouraged Zhang Guorong to come to Li Bihua to ask for help. Otherwise, Li Bihua would not let people like Zhao Wenzhuo star in the two movies "Green Snake" and "The Seduction of the Monk".

Xu Guanjie didn't praise Zhang Guorong only after seeing him become popular.

In his previous life, Xu Guanjie praised Zhang Guorong from the moment he debuted and promoted him many times. However, Zhang Guorong's luck and temper prevented him from getting up for 6 years.

In this life, Zhang Guorong was much more prosperous than in his previous life. Xu Guanjie was still kind to him. He invited no one to the concert but Zhang Guorong.

Zhang Guorong, if you give him face, he will give you a lot of face.

Xu Guanjie gave him face like this, and of course he also gave his full support. At the same time, he had a good relationship with Xu Guanjie.

Kylin TV has been promoting "Hong Kong Idol" since February. Among the three judges, the singer Xu Guanjie is indispensable.

At first, Xu Guanjie had various concerns and was unwilling to come.

Even if Liu Tianci, who is in charge of this program, raised the price to HK$2 million, he did not agree - this is Liu Tianci, Yin Jun's friend. Otherwise, the original idea was HK$1 million, who would dare to raise such a high price privately? Amplitude?

In the end, Zhang Guorong accidentally heard the news from Huang Zhan. Thinking that it was a program produced by Ajun, he went to persuade Xu Guanjie, and Xu Guanjie finally agreed.

After the three mentors were selected, the promotion of "Hong Kong Idol" was immediately upgraded.

Deng Lijun.

Xu Guanjie.

Huang Zhan.

It has never happened before for such a combination of super-big divas, superstars, and songwriters in the Chinese music industry to serve as judges for a variety show.

Don't say anything else.

Just putting Teresa Teng’s name out there would make countless people crazy.

Although the prize for winning the award is the opportunity to make a record, "Hong Kong Idol" said that the winner will not only become the fourth singer of Kirin Records after Tan Yonglin, Chen Baiqiang and Fei Xiang, And Yin Jun will tailor a song for the champion!

In this way, the level will be completely different!

Yin Jun is a genius in screenwriting, but he is also a genius in lyrics and music!

Think about how Deng Lijun was promoted to the global queen by him!

If you want to become the second Teresa Deng, if you don't hug Yin Jun's thigh tightly, why are you still sitting around?

There is no need to talk about Teresa Teng. Think of Leslie Cheung, think of Tan Yonglin, think of Chen Baiqiang. Even if you can't become Teresa Teng, it would be great to be one of them!

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And Japan’s Seiko Matsuda became very popular in Japan thanks to Yin Jun’s songs. He is like a new generation of diva singer.

After Korea's silly Lee Soo Man from "Police Academy" starred in the movie, Eun Jun gave him a song, and as a result, he has now dominated the charts for 17 consecutive weeks! !

Then again.

Even if Yin Jun cannot create songs for himself on the record, wouldn't it be the same if Yin Jun is interested in playing a role in one of his movies because of the show "Hong Kong Idol"?

People in Xiangjiang are all smart people.

Thousands of people have this idea, so there are also tens of thousands of people who come to the eight audition sites of "Hong Kong Idol" to sign up for the competition.

The entry criteria for "Hong Kong Idol" are not limited to young people like the "Rookie Singing Contest", but the age range is relaxed to 16-60 years old.

As long as you have the passion for singing, as long as you like to sing, no matter whether you are beautiful or ugly, rich or poor, young or old, you can come and sing for everyone.

Fang Yihua, general manager of TVB, sneered at the gimmick of "Hong Kong Idol".

"Just wait and see, gimmicks can only be gimmicks. Look what their names are? Xiangjiang idols! Can an old man become a Xiangjiang idol? Can a student who hasn't grown up yet become a Xiangjiang idol? I really don't understand! Everyone should come and take a look at our new singer! Amei is a very good singer and will definitely beat their champion..."

It is said that Fang Yihua is very proud of herself recently.

As Shao Yifu suddenly announced that he had purchased 23.6% of each of Hutchison Whampoa and HSBC Bank, plus his own 5%, his shares suddenly exceeded 52%, becoming the largest controlling shareholder.

Then, Li Lu Yanqun immediately announced that he would give up his position as a director of TVB and would only quietly become a shareholder.

Naturally, the two children of the Li family left TVB in despair, and compensated Huang Xingxiu and Miao Qiao for their huge medical expenses.

Now that he has become the sole master of TVB, no one else can resist him in whatever he does in the future, and there is no one to check and balance him. How can Fang Yihua be unhappy?

So on many occasions, what she said became more and more arrogant.

Unexpectedly, Liang Shuyi, the general manager of Kylin TV, did not attack his enemy.

She was waiting, waiting for "Hong Kong Idol" to slap Fang Yihua in the face with actual results.

Although there are only three main judges in "Hong Kong Idol", there are dozens of auxiliary judges.

Among the 8 registration audition points, this group of musicians from Qilin Records are in charge.

Although people like Li Zongsheng, Luo Dayou and others are young, their musical talents are innate. There is no problem in identifying the rough jade from a group of ordinary people.

Auditions are the most complicated and cumbersome, often lasting from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for two consecutive weeks.

Of course, we can't let the three major judges do this kind of hard work. Firstly, they don't have so much time, and secondly, the price doesn't drop that much.

Each contestant in the audition has 2 minutes to perform. The most important thing is of course singing, but it would also be good if you can sing and dance well, or play and sing by yourself.

Yin Jun gave them all orders to let the contestants perform for two minutes as long as possible and not to interrupt others rudely.

This is similar to Super Girl, which became popular in 2005. Those pretentious judges often ring the bell after someone else sings for more than ten seconds, and then there will be a burst of cynicism to show how good and professional he or she is.

You are so good, why don't you go to heaven?

Even if the player is not good enough, you can wait until they finish singing and then say a few words.

Interrupting in the middle is really rude and disrespectful.

On the other hand, this is also Yin Jun planning for the highlights of the game.

There are five cameras inside and outside each registration audition point to capture the performance of contestants and judges from various angles.

Of course, most of them are boring and boring scenes, but there are always interesting, funny, or amazing shots.

All of these were selected and edited by Liu Tianci’s staff and broadcast on Kylin TV in their free time.

It starts with a half-hour broadcast after the noon news.

But what they didn't expect was that just a few days later, the ratings for this period suddenly shot up, falling by 30%.

So Kylin TV quickly adjusted its time and placed it after the 9 pm slot and before the variety show slot.

As we all know, this 9-11 o'clock time slot has always been TVB's flagship program - "Happy Tonight" in the world. Even though there are constant pressures from ATV and Kylin TV, it is still holding on very tenaciously. The two-year average ratings were over 35%.

Originally, they felt that Kylin TV was giving away the market in this time period by showing some highlights of the audition.

But Wireless TVB was immediately surprised.

33%...43%...50%...57%...62%...

The audition highlights of "Hong Kong Idol", without any hesitation and without any difficulty, exploded the ratings of "Happy Tonight" in two or three days, and dominated the broadcast time period with overwhelming momentum!

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(It was a long time ago. Supergirl was the most popular that year. When it comes to the behind-the-scenes footage, the ratings were indeed frighteningly high. It ranked first after 12 noon.)