Chapter 757 Don’t Ask Me What Disco Is Anymore

It was late at night, in the dormitory.

Chen Qi usually didn't drink Coke when working late at night, but would drink strong tea.

He knew that this habit was not good, but he was young and kept it up. When he was young in his last life, he ate and drank a lot, stayed up late to play games, went to bars, dated young models, and had no healthy work and rest.

Will he change in his next life?

Not necessarily, because it's really cool.

At this moment, Chen Qi was reading a TV drama synopsis written by Wai Ka-Fai, which was a common routine in Hong Kong dramas: in a family, the elder brother was upright and kind, the younger brother was cunning and cruel, and with a few women, a love affair unfolded.

He felt that this story was very familiar.

Historically, Wai Ka-Fai had done a famous TV series called "The Unforgiven" on TVB, starring Felix Wong, Deric Wan, Carina Lau, and Maggie Shiu. Deric Wan played a villain.

This story has the shadow of "The Unforgiven", but it is not completely "The Unforgiven".

Wai Ka-Fai followed him, and many things changed.

Chen Qi looked at it carefully and thought it could be done. If he cooperated with ATV, Kenny Kwan, Ng Chun-yu, Lau Ching-wan, Kathy Chow, and Ip Yuk-hing could all be included.

He put the outline aside and thought about Police Story again. In addition to the Spring Festival Gala, he also wanted to make the screening bigger, find more stars to help, and hold a premiere in the style of the 1980s.

Guangdong Province is at the forefront and is most deeply influenced by Hong Kong culture.

It's quite a story.

After the reform and opening up, the economic conditions of the people in some parts of Guangdong improved and they bought TVs, but there were too few programs on mainland TV stations, so they took the initiative to privately install fishbone antennas, plugged them on the roof and pointed southeast, and they could watch Hong Kong programs.

Almost every household has this fishbone antenna.

At that time, it happened to be the "elimination of spiritual pollution" campaign, and Guangdong Province became the target of public criticism and was publicly criticized: "Hong Kong TV is spreading poison every minute and every second! Guangzhou has been completely Hong Kongized!"

Then it was naturally necessary to rectify it, and the antenna was forcibly removed. The most interesting thing is that whenever a senior leader comes, a high-power interference radio station in Dongguan will emit a strong interference signal to stop people from watching Hong Kong TV.

But there are many foreign businessmen in Guangdong Province, and they are very dissatisfied. They say that if you don’t even allow people to watch Hong Kong TV, how can we have the confidence to invest?

Until 1983, a senior leader came to inspect.

Local officials printed out a list of all TV channels and placed it next to the TV in the hotel room. For several consecutive days, the senior leader did not raise any opinions. So, the fishbone antenna was lifted.

So the people in Guangdong Province are very familiar with Hong Kong TV series and music, but not movies, because videotapes have just become popular.

"Alan Tam, Anita Mui, and Priscilla Chan, three Hong Kong singers are enough. Find a few more from the mainland, Fei Xiang is OK, and Zhang Qiang should come too..."

Chen Qi has selected some guests to help.

Anita Mui is the heroine of "Police Story". The albums of Priscilla Chan and Alan Tam have been released in Guangdong Province. Fei Xiang is not to mention, and Zhang Qiang is now super popular in the mainland.

Relying on Zhang Qiang alone, the revenue of Dongfang Company this year has driven all its peers crazy.

Chen Qi was shocked when he received the report and repeatedly confirmed the amount. He still had to go back to Beijing to report to his superiors, and the superiors must have been shocked.

"I am not very comfortable this year!"

He scratched his head. The US dollar did not earn much foreign exchange, the Hong Kong dollar remained stable, but the RMB was soaring. He muttered: "The company's mission is to earn foreign exchange, not to earn RMB. I have to find an excuse to spend the money, otherwise I will be hated."

Thinking of this, he simply wrote a letter to the mainland company:

Let Li Lingyu and Fei Xiang prepare to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, and let Zhang Qiang stop all activities and spend the New Year at ease. I will go back in December, and Dongfang Company will also have to change its headquarters, adjust its structure, and officially be assigned to the Ministry of Truth.

………………

The first snow in 1985 came earlier than usual.

At the end of November, snowflakes rose in Beijing.

Not big, fine and fragmented, scattered in the streets and alleys. The cold weather could not stop the enthusiasm of young people. Early in the morning, a long line formed in front of the Xinhua Bookstore in Dashilan.

"She sends out cassettes too quickly, right? This is the third one this year. I have spent all the money I have saved up on buying cassettes!"

"She sings well! I will buy more no matter how many she sends out."

"Will she come today?"

"Of course. Do you know who is the manager of this store? Chen Qi's mother!"

"Who is Chen Qi?"

"Gong Xue's lover! He runs a company. Zhang Qiang works for him!"

"Ouch——"

Across the door, Yu Xiuli looked at the kids coldly in the store and snorted, "What's so good about disco? It's noisy and noisy. That girl has a popcorn head. It's as ugly as it can be."

"Sister, that's called an afro!"

"It's all the same! I think Teresa Teng is still the best. I don't understand the young people nowadays."

Yu Xiuli is now very powerful. She is the manager of this branch. Although she has borrowed the light of her son, her length of service and ability cannot be ignored. Seeing that there would be another bloody battle today, we made all the arrangements early and even asked the police station to help.

Qianmen Dashilan was originally famous for its historical traditions and various time-honored brands, but because a phoenix flew out, it had another hat.

When Dashilan is mentioned, the surname is Chen!

The whole street knows it.

When the factory owner enters the cabinet in the future, the big courtyard will also be considered his former residence.

"It's time, open the door!"

At Yu Xiuli's command, the door of Xinhua Bookstore opened. She went out with a loud speaker and shouted, "Everyone line up, don't crowd! Zhang Qiang will be there on time at nine o'clock. You are all here to see people. You must keep order, otherwise the event will be cancelled!"

"Cancel it if you say so?"

"Why don't you try?"

Yu Xiuli glared at the other person, who shrank back. The state-owned service staff were still in a state of being beaten and scolded by customers.

Everyone quickly lined up and went into the store to buy the album.

The first person who got the tape exclaimed, "Wow, a swimsuit cover! It's Zhang Qiang after all!"

"Swimsuit? So bold?"

"Hurry up!"

The people behind him became more and more anxious.

This album is called "How Wonderful Youth Is", which is Zhang Qiang's third album this year. She released three albums a year, which sounds like a lot, but it's actually very little.

Historically, Zhang Qiang's first album was called "Tokyo Night".

It was planned to release 600,000 copies, but it was sold out as soon as it came out. In the end, it sold 2.5 million copies, creating a sales myth at the time.

The second one was even more amazing, selling 4.2 million copies.

The staff of the audio-visual company worked in three shifts, the machines were all smoked, and the distributors stayed up all night, loading and shipping the printed copies immediately. In order to compete for Zhang Qiang, audio-visual companies from all over the country broke the convention of paying 10 yuan for recording a song, and raised the price wildly, paying 6,000-10,000 for recording an album.

In two years, Zhang Qiang recorded 16 albums and sold 20 million copies.

In 1986, the American "Time" magazine announced the top six lists of "the world's most popular female singers" based on the global singers' record sales. She ranked third and was the first mainland artist to appear on "Time".

She basically has no original songs, all of them are covers.

But it doesn't matter, her electronic voice is disco, and everyone loves to listen to it. She also sang "A Fire in Winter"...

Now Zhang Qiang has signed with Oriental Company, which is an exclusive monopoly, and the album sales have shocked everyone.

Even without Chen Qi's instructions, the company didn't dare to send her any more. The first two tapes sold more than 6 million boxes, with a profit of 2.5 yuan per box, and one person made more than 10 million yuan for the company!

It's scary.

So Chen Qi took the initiative to think about spending some money to avoid trouble.