Although Zhang Qianjin drove very slowly, it was a car after all, and no matter how slow it was, it was still faster than a motorcycle.
In addition, there were fewer cars and fewer pedestrians at night, so it only took less than four songs for the car to arrive at the Peking Hotel.
After arriving at the Peking Hotel, Cao Zhiqiang took Yu Yuanyuan directly to the front desk, and then opened another room in his own name, and specifically asked for the room next to his own.
Since Cao Zhiqiang is a regular customer of the Beiping Hotel and is still staying at the Beiping Hotel, there is no need to write an additional letter of introduction this time. He can just pay and sign.
After completing the formalities, Cao Zhiqiang did not let the waiter lead the way, but took the key and personally took Yu Yuanyuan to her room.
"Sister, this is your room!"
Cao Zhiqiang, who was the first to enter the room, looked around and felt it was okay, so he asked Yu Yuanyuan: "What do you think of this place? If you are not satisfied, we will change it."
"No need." Yu Yuanyuan shook her head, "It's very good here. There's no need to change."
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "The room next door is my room. If you need anything, you can ask me. If I fall asleep, you can also call the waiter."
Yu Yuanyuan nodded: "I understand."
Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Sister, you should go to bed early. I suggest you take a hot bath first and then have a good sleep. When you get up tomorrow, everything will be fine."
"Yes." Yu Yuanyuan nodded again.
"Then you rest." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I'm leaving first."
After saying that, Cao Zhiqiang put down his keys and left.
Seeing Cao Zhiqiang about to leave, Yu Yuanyuan suddenly said: "Wait!"
"What's wrong?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.
"I, I..." Yu Yuanyuan stopped talking after saying a few words, as if she didn't know what to say.
Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Don't think too much about it, sister, have a good rest. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Yu Yuanyuan just nodded this time and said nothing.
Seeing Yu Yuanyuan's appearance, Cao Zhiqiang gently shook his head again and left without saying anything.
After returning to his room, Cao Zhiqiang let out a long breath, not knowing whether he was doing the right thing or not.
But soon, Cao Zhiqiang became determined again.
"What I did was right! Keep Sister Yuanyuan away from the scumbag and nip it in the bud. What's wrong with that?"
"Hmph, that Yang Weiguo, no matter how good his academic qualifications are, it will be useless if his character is not good."
"It has nothing to do with me, that's all, but since Sister Yuanyuan is my god-sister, I can't just sit idly by and watch!"
"Yes, what I did was right, I did it all for Sister Yuanyuan's benefit!"
Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang breathed a sigh of relief, then put on his slippers and took off his coat, then whistled and went to take a shower.
After Cao Zhiqiang finished taking a bath, he came to the table whistling in a bathrobe, took out a small notebook and ballpoint pen, and was about to write something more before going to bed, when the door suddenly rang.
"Who is it?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "Looking for me at this time?"
Although he was a little unhappy, Cao Zhiqiang still came to the door.
Looking out through the peephole, it turned out to be Yu Yuanyuan.
After being stunned for a moment, Cao Zhiqiang quickly opened the door, and then said to Yu Yuanyuan, who was still wearing the same clothes: "Sister, why are you here?"
"I, I..." Yu Yuanyuan lowered her head, bit her lip, and said in a mosquito-humming voice, "I, I'm afraid of being alone."
Speaking of this, Yu Yuanyuan subconsciously crossed her arms, seeming a little cold.
Cao Zhiqiang then remembered that Yu Yuanyuan had been caught in the rain before and hadn't changed her clothes until now. Wasn't it cold?
"come on in!"
Cao Zhiqiang quickly let Yu Yuanyuan in, closed the door and said, "Sister, didn't I tell you to take a bath and change clothes? You've been caught in the rain, so it's easy to catch a cold."
Yu Yuanyuan raised her head and smiled with a red face: "It's okay, I...ah, sneeze!"
Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said, "You still said it's okay?"
Yu Yuanyuan shook her head: "It's just a sneeze. Besides, I don't have any clothes to change."
Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile: "There is a bathrobe in the bathroom. It's the one I'm wearing. You don't know, right?"
"Ah?" Yu Yuanyuan was stunned, "That's right, I, I don't know, no, I forgot."
Cao Zhiqiang said: "Otherwise, you can take a shower here. I just finished taking a shower and it's still warm inside."
"Is this appropriate?" Yu Yuanyuan bit her lip.
"What's inappropriate about this?" Cao Zhiqiang said, "Just right, there's a bathrobe inside, you can change into it."
"This..." Yu Yuanyuan said with a red face, "This, this is not good."
Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Sister, why did you come here to see me?"
"I..." Yu Yuanyuan lowered her head and said, "I just don't want to be alone and want to talk to you."
"Okay." Cao Zhiqiang said, "But you have to take a shower first, otherwise it's not good to catch a cold."
Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said: "In this way, I will go to the back room and put on my pajamas. After you finish washing, call me and I will come out again. This way there will be no embarrassment."
Yu Yuanyuan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Okay, then I'll listen to you."
In this way, Cao Zhiqiang went into the back room of the suite to continue writing songs, while Yu Yuanyuan went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Cao Zhiqiang went into the back room and changed into pajamas, then lay on the bedside table and started writing, no, copying songs.
At first, Cao Zhiqiang was a little worried about Yu Yuanyuan.
But it didn't take long for Cao Zhiqiang to write songs and write them down. He concentrated on copying the songs and entered a state of concentration on work.
Cao Zhiqiang not only wrote songs and scores, he also wrote some singer notes next to each song.
For example, after writing a song, you also need to write whether the song should be sung by a man or a woman, what style and voice it should have, or what type of singer sings better, etc.
To put it bluntly, Cao Zhiqiang compared the memories of previous lives to assign the most matching singers to these songs, thereby restoring the glory of those songs to the greatest extent.
Because Cao Zhiqiang believes that songs that were once popular must have a certain truth, and it is better to try to restore the original situation of those songs.
As for those that will be re-created later, try not to mess with them first.
At the same time, Cao Zhiqiang also roughly classified the songs into categories.
This classification is not simply divided into love songs and popular songs, but divided into early title songs and later title songs.
For example, some famous songs from later generations, such as "Chasing Dreams", "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", and "The Lonely Brave Man", which he personally liked, were ranked at the back and counted as later hit songs.
But songs like "I Only Care About You", "Lover", and "Stars Wink at Me" are all ranked at the front and are considered early lead songs.
The reason for this is that although the songs at the top are not Cao Zhiqiang's favorites, they are popular songs that have withstood the test of history.
I won't mention "I Only Care About You". Even Cao Zhiqiang doesn't know the specific sales volume. Anyway, it must be several million records.
As for "The Stars Wink at Me", Cao Zhiqiang was deeply impressed by this song.
Because his father in his previous life liked this song very much, and because of him, he knew that this song had sold 2.5 million copies in 1985 with a new artist without much publicity. Zhang’s sales.
Of course, singer Zhang Qiang contributed a lot to the overwhelming sales of "Stars Wink at Me", but in the final analysis, it is not difficult to find a singer with a pure voice. What is difficult is precisely the melody and lyrics.
Cao Zhiqiang's plan is to use songs like "The Lonely Warrior" as a reserve, and then when he gets rich, he can directly find a symphony orchestra to make a big production.
For example, for "The Lonely Warrior", he not only had to make CDs and tapes, but also high-standard MTV videos, so that he could live up to the song.
As for the song at the beginning, I still use a safer song.
Songs like "I Only Care About You", "The Shy Rose Blooms Quietly", etc. are all slow love songs, and even Cao Zhiqiang can play and sing by himself while holding a guitar.
In the early stages of starting a business, this is the most cost-effective way.
"Stars Wink at Me" can be slowed down for a while, and then we can find a suitable female singer later.
And this song seems to have been banned before, just because it describes holding hands and so on.
This is different from songs like "I Only Care About You". This kind of song can be regarded as a personal fantasy without specific actions. It is more serious than nostalgia and should not be banned.
In short, Cao Zhiqiang is very clear that the songs he personally likes are actually songs that are decades ahead of this era. In this era, they may not necessarily be popular, or even if they are popular, it would be a waste of resources to release them hastily.
It’s better to put out some songs that are in line with this era and make money first.
If it starts with a red song and follows with a love song, it should be fine.
Although red songs are good, the ones that will endure for a long time must be love songs.
It was decided that after the single "Blood Stained Style" became famous, they would continue to release the two songs "I Only Care About You" and "The Shy Rose Blooms Quietly".
We no longer sell albums one by one, I just sell singles.
After the single was sold out, I continued to work on the album and continued to harvest leeks.
This approach might not be of any benefit in future generations, but this era is different.
Because in 1983, the supply of audio tapes in mainland China was still in short supply, and ripping tapes was not that simple. At least for self-employed individuals to rip blank tapes, both in terms of quantity and cost, they could not compete with companies like him that directly went to tape factories to produce records. Compare.
In particular, Cao Zhiqiang also knows that the current tape factory is in a seller's market because supply exceeds demand. It doesn't matter that it is impossible to obtain a large number of tapes.
In other words, if you want to make money by ripping popular songs from blank tapes, it is not impossible, but it is extremely rare. The reason is that the supply of blank tapes is insufficient.
Otherwise, most of those who made money by ripping tapes in history would not have been around in the late 1980s.
Otherwise, the supply of tapes determines that it is difficult to form a wave of tape piracy in this era.
From this point of view, at least until the supply of tapes is sufficient, there is no need to worry about tape pirates because they cannot get enough tapes.
Even Cao Zhiqiang, who has an official unit and connections, can purchase goods directly from the tape factory, would need less than half a month to stock up on half a million tapes to record a single.
He didn't believe it. Ordinary self-employed people could get more tapes than he did.
Cao Zhiqiang does not know the specific time when the supply of audio tapes exceeded demand in the mainland, but it must have been after 1985.
So for at least two years, he doesn't have to worry about record piracy at all, because due to the limited number of record media, even if there is piracy, it will be a straggler and not a threat to him at all.
The real threats to Cao Zhiqiang are other audio and video companies, but as long as the music content of those companies is not as good as his own, it will be in vain.
For example, in 1985, there were many audio and video publishing houses in China that produced records, but only a few could really make a lot of money, especially Yunnan Audio and Video Publishing House.
When Yunnan Audio and Video Publishing House made money for Mao, didn't it happen that it accidentally poached Zhang Qiang and released a hit album "Tokyo Nights"?
The sales volume of 2.5 million records was an unparalleled sales volume in China in 1985.
"Stars Wink at Me" is the most popular song in "Tokyo Nights". It can be said that the reason why that album became popular was basically due to the title song "Stars Wink at Me". .
Cao Zhiqiang believed that in 1983, the sales of his "Blood-stained Style" and "Red Flag Flying" would definitely exceed one million, or at least more than 500,000 copies.
This is why Cao Zhiqiang must stock up on 500,000 copies before releasing an album.
In fact, Li Youfu has already helped contact other tape manufacturers, and production has begun.
If nothing unexpected happens, one million tapes of the two singles "Blood-stained Style" and "Flowing Red Flag" will be produced in less than a month.
At that time, you can happily cut leeks.
Therefore, late May was the time for Huaxia Audio and Video Company to exert its efforts. Before then, he had to hold back, wait patiently, and concentrate on continuing to make songs.
In addition to accumulating hard work, there is another reason: the college entrance examination preparatory examination is about to begin.
Cao Zhiqiang has to take the preliminary exam first, and then release the song to the outside world after the preliminary exam is over.
In addition, before the college entrance examination, he mainly planned to promote popular songs, such as "Red Flag Fluttering".
After the college entrance examination is over, he will promote love songs, so as to maximize benefits.
After all, those who love listening to love songs must be young people and students.
If love songs are promoted before the college entrance examination, many old scholars will probably come out to cause trouble.
There shouldn't be much of a problem if you recommend love songs after the college entrance examination, and it also coincides with the summer vacation.
No matter what, in the early stage, Cao Zhiqiang will definitely have to fight in person.
After all, the signing system was not popular in China at this time. If you sign a singer rashly, if you become famous and benefit others, you will be in trouble.
This is why the first person Cao Zhiqiang signed was Hao Shuwen, and before the content was released to her, he signed her to Huaxia Audio and Video Company first, which is considered a contract worker.
Because in this way, Hao Shuwen is nominally a contract worker of Huaxia Audio and Video Company, a serious state-owned enterprise employee, similar to actors who receive fixed wages in film studios. Even if they are not regular workers, they can at least ensure their income during droughts and floods, and it will sound good to others.
Of course, once Hao Shuwen becomes popular with her singing, the share she can get will definitely be enviable, but no matter what, she will have relevant contractual restrictions and cannot change jobs at will.
This is different from the previous life when Yunnan Audio and Video Publishing House signed a contract to buy out Zhang Qiang for three months. At that time, Zhang Qiang was not a formal employee of Yunnan Audio and Video Publishing House, so he had fewer restrictions and could change jobs at any time.
"Well, these songs are pretty much it." Cao Zhiqiang looked at the songs in the notebook and nodded.
"Let's finish these songs first and make money first. What happens next depends on Masashi Sada's situation.
In this day and age, to really make money from singing and singing, you still have to look overseas, especially the Japanese market and the European and American markets.
But this is not something that happens overnight, you have to take your time. "
After putting away his notebook, Cao Zhiqiang stretched and looked at his watch and found that an hour and more than forty minutes had passed.
Suddenly, Cao Zhiqiang frowned and realized something was wrong.
Because he realized that it was a little too quiet outside.
"Sister?" Cao Zhiqiang called outside, "Are you there?"
After shouting twice and finding no sound, Cao Zhiqiang cautiously walked from the bedroom to the living room.
When he arrived at the reception room, or rather the living room, he found that no one was there, so he frowned.
If you're not in the living room, are you still taking a shower in the bathroom?
Even if a girl takes a longer bath, she doesn't have to stay out for an hour and forty minutes, right?
Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang came to the bathroom door again and knocked on the door: "Sister, are you in there?"
After knocking on the door several times and shouting several times, but still getting no response, Cao Zhiqiang had a bad feeling in his heart.
Reminiscent of Yu Yuanyuan being caught in the rain before, shivering all over and sneezing...
"No way, it's not like you had a cold or a fever and you fainted inside, right?"
When he thought of this, Cao Zhiqiang knocked on the door again and shouted: "Sister, are you in there? Sister, Sister Yuanyuan!"
After finding that there was still no response from inside, and that the door bolt could not be opened even by twisting it, it was locked inside.
Cao Zhiqiang took a deep breath, took two steps back, and then slammed against the bathroom door.
