Chapter 93 Planning
I don’t know if it’s because of working too hard when he was young, but as he got older, Mr. Xie Jinshun’s body quickly collapsed. After he completely retired, he almost never went out, only in spring and autumn when the weather was particularly good. Only then will I go out to bask in the sun with the company of my family.
According to domestic traditions, young sons and daughters can arrange themselves relatively freely when they grow up, but most eldest sons choose to stay with their parents to take care of and accompany them.
Xie Mingyuan returned to China for this reason.
After about two decades of development, the general order of the domestic pop music scene has been basically determined, and a framework has been formed for Sony, Huage, and Cinda, the three major record companies headed by Sony Records, to dominate the pop music scene.
Of course, Sony Records has a Japanese background, but it is not the same as the time and space that Li Qian experienced. In this time and space, although there were wars between China and Japan, and there were two wars, the place of the final battle But in the Korean Peninsula and the Indochina Peninsula, although the Fusang Kingdom briefly invaded Northeast China, it was repelled within three or two years before it could do evil. Hate, but far less serious than the time and space that Li Qian experienced.
At least, among the people of China and Japan, the common people do not have too much hostility and hatred, but the common people in the country are hard to change the thinking of a big country that has lasted for thousands of years. They habitually think that Fusang is still a vassal state of China, and Fusang Because of its developed economy and rapid rise, China has been trying to in turn increase its influence on China, but it has not been very successful. When the reform and opening up was implemented in China, Fusang Country was the first choice for the introduction of capital and technology in China.
Therefore, at the beginning of opening up the record market in China, in order to cultivate this market as soon as possible and bring the development of the domestic music scene on the right track as soon as possible, Mr. Xie Jinshun considered that the entertainment culture in Fusang country was relatively developed at that time, and the cultural backgrounds of the two sides were very close. He went east to Fusang three times, and finally invited Sony Records to open a branch in China.
In 1986, with the growing prosperity of the domestic music market, Sony Records headquarters wanted to increase investment in China and promote the CD technology they had recently developed and planned to promote to China. There are still considerable restrictions. In the end, the other party chose to invite a large number of musicians headed by Mr. Xie Jinshun to invest in the shares, and completely Chineseized Sony (China) Records. The other party only retained 45% of the shares, and it was completely rooted.
In 1991, Mr. Xie Jinshun's eldest son, the internationally renowned violinist Xie Mingyuan, returned to China and became the music director of Sony China. Since then, he has been in charge of the leader of the domestic pop music scene.
Xie Mingyuan is tall, handsome, and enjoys a high reputation in the entire international music scene. Since taking charge of Sony Records, his performance has been quite good, and the industry's evaluation is extremely high. It can be said that even Liu Mingliang, Zhao Xinfu, and Zhen Zhen are of this level The singer must be obedient in front of him, and during his work, he, a famous artist, is indeed a very dignified person. Otherwise, Sony China also has a general manager who is in charge of everything. How could a music director be considered one of the Big Three in the domestic recording industry?
However, after returning to his home, facing his parents and a pair of children, he has a completely different face. Not only is he talking and laughing freely, but in many cases, he is completely a big boy.
He traveled and performed in Europe in his early years, and settled in Paris for several years. During this period, he married a local French female teacher and gave birth to a son and a daughter. The grandchildren love her very much, but she has always had problems with her daughter-in-law.
Moreover, when he was young, the old man was obviously a very cheerful person, and he was known for his generosity, but for some reason, he was very stubborn about the family lineage. For example, when he was negotiating to buy shares in Sony, he Just insisting that Japan's shareholding must not exceed 50%, otherwise he would refuse to buy shares. It seems that he has indeed retained the concept of family and country in the bones of many older generation Chinese.
In the end, because of his old age and illness, Xie Mingyuan decided to return to China to serve his parents. Because of the old man's stubbornness, he was always picky about the foreign daughter-in-law, and there was indeed a problem of cultural integration. In the end, the French The female teacher came to China for less than a year, and left sadly. After the two divorced, they returned to France alone.
And after she left, Xie Mingyuan also vowed never to marry again, but he couldn't help but feel a little guilty for the two children. In front of this pair of children, he was always a loving father, but the old man loved him more than him. In the end, the two The child is really lawless, like a devil in the world. On the contrary, the child's grandmother is forced to stand up and become a black-faced god, so it is suppressed a little.
This year is the last day of the year. Perhaps Chinese people don’t pay much attention to the festival of New Year’s Day, but the two little ones of Xie’s family have been used to it over the years. Not only Christmas is celebrated, but New Year’s Day is also celebrated. So in the afternoon, Xie Mingyuan drove the two little guys out to play, and didn't come back until it was getting late and it seemed that it was going to snow.
The two little devils were tired from playing and fell asleep in the car. When getting out of the car, Xie Mingyuan had no choice but to pick up the older one and let the nanny carry the younger one into the house. Xie Jinshun, who had been a little dazed all day, When the old man heard the movement, he suddenly regained his energy. Seeing his grandson and granddaughter drooling from sleep, he kept grinning silently.
Putting the two brats on the bed, Xie Mingyuan told the nanny to keep an eye on the movement in the room before returning downstairs.
After dinner, Xie Mingyuan sat on the sofa and chatted with the old man, telling him some recent developments in the industry - although every time he finished speaking, the old man would say that I am retired, so don't tell me in the future, but that's just saying The old man would not say that after it was over, and before he said it, even Xie Mingyuan knew very well that, regardless of retirement, the domestic record market can be what it is today, it can be said that the old man has devoted his life to it, and he cares about it!
There are two things today.
First, as the sales of CDs increased in the second half of the year, it indicated that the market had not only accepted the high-definition audio format of CDs, but also as people’s lives became more affluent, fans began to care less and less about the slightly higher CD equipment. Therefore, the Japanese side once again took advantage of the situation and proposed to increase investment, and has been secretly contacting some shareholders who bought shares in the past, wanting to buy their shares at a high price, so as to realize Japan’s interest in Sony China. absolute holding.
Of course, Xie Mingyuan promised the old man that as long as he was in Sony for one day, he would never allow Sony Records to become a Fusang man and rule the world again.
The second thing is that Zhou Mo was divorced, and it was said that the other party had domestic violence, and Zhou Mo was beaten twice.
After hearing the first thing, Mr. Xie Jinshun remained silent, with a gloomy expression on his face, but after hearing the second thing, he sighed helplessly—Zhou Mo is one of his disciples, and don't look at that little girl It's as hard as a rock, but after the cooperation, the old man has always favored her.
So, after a while, he finally said, "She...is too infatuated!"
Xie Mingyuan nodded and did not speak.
After saying that, the old man seemed to be caught in some memories, but after a while, he suddenly came back to his senses and said: "Sometimes, I really hope that she will never fall in love in her life. Because of her temperament, it doesn't matter if she doesn't like anyone, as long as she likes someone, she will definitely give her heart to him, and in the end she will be covered in bruises... How stupid! How stupid!"
Xie Mingyuan nodded, as if he felt that the topic was too heavy, so he smiled and said: "By the way, do you still remember? I told you once that I judged that the domestic pop music scene probably has a sufficient foundation. It is very likely that I will enter the era of idols in the past two years. As a result, before I have any action on my side, someone really rushed to this path! Hehe, you know this person... Do you still remember the Liao Liao album?"
Mr. Xie Jinshun recalled it for a moment, and said hesitantly, "Li...Li...?"
"Li Qian!" Xie Mingyuan said with a smile: "He recently made an album for that girl group from Huage. The pulse is too accurate, and the way to do it is also very right, and... I don't know. How should I put it, he should have judged that the next music world is the sky for idols, so he made this record, but he is... too smart, he knows very well that even if he wants to be an idol, he can't Simply rushing to do it for idols, while being an idol, you must also produce some works with depth and precipitation, so that you can go for a long time. But, hehe, I don’t believe it when I say it. It's all right for a seven-year-old boy to have this intelligence, the key is the work he produced... Oh, by the way, there is a CD of his new album in the car, I'll get it for you!"
The old man didn't speak, but Xie Mingyuan got up and walked away two steps, but stopped again, raised his wrist to check the time, he simply came back, and after sitting down, he said: "Forget it, I won't take it anymore, the time is coming, let's Why don't we just watch the party, Dongfangxing sent back news that a song by that girl group was directly used for the opening of the party, and it is said that the scene...was very shocking, so I think, why don't we just Listen to that version!"
While talking, he found the remote control, turned on the TV, and tuned to the channel of Oriental Satellite TV.
It was already around 7:40, and it was less than 20 minutes before the party started. The old man asked him where he took the two children today and what they did. As he talked, the time was about the same. It's eight o'clock.
Seeing the opening credits of the New Year's Eve concert, both father and son stopped talking.
After the opening credits, the camera cuts directly to the stage. There is no customary singing and dancing, and there are only five extremely beautiful girls standing in the center of the stage. After a while, a girl sang: "Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, there are green grass and green sky."
With just this sentence, Mr. Xie Jinshun's squinted eyes instantly opened.
It should be said that after successive rehearsals and recordings, firstly, the tension of the five girls became less and less intense, and secondly, their performances became better and better. When the staff of Oriental Star TV selected the girls from the two recordings, Cut out the best version, and the last broadcast version is obviously the best.
After listening to the first time, Mr. Xie Jinshun's hands trembled uncontrollably, but when he opened his voice for the second time, he couldn't control it anymore, and the corners of his eyes began to moisten.
People who are older, more experienced, more knowledgeable about music theory, and more talented are more likely to be moved by this work with a simple and melodious melody and sad and beautiful lyrics—in the time and space that Li Qian experienced, this It has been verified thousands of times.
When the whole song was over, the five girls left the stage, and the host came out in beautiful clothes, Xie Mingyuan turned his head and took a look. Seeing that the old man's eyes were cloudy with tears, he picked up the remote control and turned off the TV.
Leaning over, he took the old man's big hand covered with age spots, pulled a tissue and handed it over.
The old man took the tissue and wiped away his tears. After a while, he let out a long sigh.
Xie Mingyuan patted the back of the old man's hand, but said nothing.
After a while, the old man said: "The few songs he made last time were very good! This time, even better!"
Xie Mingyuan nodded, and said with a smile: "Listen, do you think of your old friend? Hey, old man, how old are you, still crying? Are you ashamed? Who said you want to set an example for your grandchildren?"
Xie Jinshun smiled, raised his head and looked upstairs with a kind face, pointed to the TV screen that had been turned off and said, "This is a great talent!"
Xie Mingyuan smiled and said, "It is said that he is full of personality!"
Mr. Xie Jinshun turned his head and glanced at him, and asked, "Can you be more individual than you were a few years ago?"
Xie Mingyuan laughed and said, "I'm not as good as him!"
After a pause, he said: "Liao Liao's songs, He Runqing's, and this one, this year's Golden Melody Awards, he will definitely not be able to escape him, but the problem is, it is said that the reason why he is unwilling to make his debut is because he wants to Entrance to university! Hehe, I want to wait and see if he wants to continue to take the university entrance examination, or he is willing to be a guest professor at the Conservatory of Music."
Xie Jinshun was silent for a moment, and said: "People who have lost their individuality cannot do good things!"
Xie Mingyuan nodded, remained silent for a moment, and said: "Unfortunately, he is still a little young, he doesn't know, it doesn't mean that if you have the ability, the other party won't cross the river and tear down the bridge, and what's more, he helped those girls This album gives too much!"
Mr. Xie Jinshun fell silent without listening to the whole album, but after a while, he said, "So, isn't it the best opportunity for you?"
Xie Mingyuan laughed proudly when he heard the words, "That's right! Huang Zhongda and Du Xiaoming are both smart people, but people who are too smart are often not kind enough! At that time, it's time for me to reach out!"
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