The news that rising singer Xiang Nan gave up the opportunity to make quick money through acupuncture and chose to go to school for further study was reported by the media and was quickly regarded as a model by the relevant departments and focused on publicity.
The reason for this is mainly because in the 1990s, the domestic performance market was really chaotic. Artists, no matter how big or small they are, are all proud of making money and doing acupoints.
This also raised a series of questions. For example, song and dance troupes of state-owned units have lost a large number of members, and all of them have gone to work, causing normal performances to be affected;
Tax evasion by artists is serious, causing heavy losses in national tax revenue. Most of the acupuncture performances are cash transactions, private transactions, and it is difficult to collect taxes. According to incomplete statistics, the amount of tax evasion in the performance market reaches nearly 2 billion yuan every year.
Therefore, the relevant departments have long wanted to rectify the domestic performance market, bring order out of chaos, and restore normal order. That's why Xiang Nan is regarded as a typical example.
"People's Daily", "Guangming Daily", "China Youth Daily", "Wen Wei Po" and other official media all reported in the entertainment section, praising Xiang Nan's move as a wise move and a responsible performance for himself and his fans. .
The high praise from the official media has brought Xiang Nan's popularity, image, and status to a new level, and he has become a new generation benchmark figure in the entertainment industry.
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In mid-March, Xiang Nan's first album, with a total of twelve songs, was recorded.
In order to better publicize and gain sales, Song Bing plans to invest another 50,000 yuan to help him shoot a MV, which will be broadcast on TV stations in the future.
This was a very common propaganda method at the time, and Xiang Nan would naturally not refuse it.
However, in the 1990s, most mainland music videos were relatively crude. For example, MVs for love songs usually feature scenes of the male and female protagonists being romantically involved; MVs for rock songs mostly feature scenes of the singers being bohemian... very clichéd.
Xiang Nan naturally didn't want to be so hasty about his first MV.
So he thought of a MV script and gave it to Song Bing.
This MV has a complete story, telling a story about a person who bids farewell to his hometown and his lover when he was young, and travels to a distant place to pursue his dream. After many years, he returned to his hometown exhausted and weathered, only to find that things had changed.
"Yuan Hua, I didn't expect you to have some ideas." Song Bing said with a smile after reading the script.
This MV is short, concise and meaningful, which is more interesting than those clichéd MVs.
"Brother Song, this script is based on my personal experience." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I am this young man who came to Yanjing for my dream. I hope that after many years, I will not return to my hometown with nothing."
"Don't worry, it won't happen." Song Bing said with a smile, "As long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to make a breakthrough."
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Song Bing then accepted Xiang Nan's suggestion, and then began to select a director for the MV.
After several screenings, Huo Jianqi was finally chosen.
Xiang Nan has never heard of this name, but Song Bing said that he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy and had been an art designer for many years, and his standards were quite good.
As for the heroine of the MV, Song Bing left it to Xiang Nan to choose.
The MV of a love song needs the male and female protagonist to have a sense of CP. The heroine chosen by others may not be to Xiang Nan's taste. If he doesn't like it and doesn't call when the time comes, then the MV won't feel right when it's shot, so it's better for Xiang Nan to choose it himself.
Xiang Nan nodded, then took a large stack of model resumes and started sifting through them.
There are many art schools and performance groups in Yanjing, and together with the hundreds of thousands of people living in Beijing, it has formed a rich resource of artists. Any production crew that recruits people will get a few sacks with similar resumes.
And I have to say that there are really many beautiful girls in the entertainment industry.
Coupled with artistic photos and some modifications, girls who originally have a six-point appearance can reach a seven-point or eight-point appearance. It seems that everyone is Wang Zixian, and everyone is Li Jiaxin... Picking and choosing, Xiang Nan was dazzled.
Seeing that he really couldn't pick the best one, Xiang Nan simply did the opposite and picked the least impressive one.
"This girl looks too ordinary." Song Bing glanced at her and curled her lips and said, "Yuan Hua, do you want to choose another one?"
The photos of other girls are all very beautiful and textured. The photo of this girl is very ordinary, probably taken with a point-and-shoot camera. It made her look quite ordinary and inconspicuous among the beautiful women.
"No need." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "If you look at the photos of other girls, they are artistic photos taken by famous artists in big photo studios. They must have been beautified. This shows that they are not confident enough in their own beauty. .Otherwise, there is no need to spend so much effort.
This girl, on the other hand, took photos with an ordinary camera and dared to put them on her resume. She is obviously very confident in her beauty. According to me, this is the real beauty. "
Song Bing smiled, and there was some truth in Xiang Nan's words.
Then, he called the girl named Zhang Jing.
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That afternoon, Zhang Jing came to Maimiao Records.
Xiang Nan was startled when he saw it.
He knew this girl. She was none other than Zhang Jingchu, a mainland actress who had become a hit with films such as "Peacock", "The Disciple", "The Witness" and "Wushuang".
When he looked at the photo before, he felt that it was somewhat kind.
Now that he saw the real person, he couldn't help but feel enlightened.
"So it's her." Xiang Nan thought to herself, "Zhang Jingchu should be her stage name."
Song Bing was also very satisfied after seeing Zhang Jing.
This girl is not particularly beautiful, she is not the kind of person who is so glamorous that one will be taken away from her just by looking at her. But he looks very comfortable, very attractive, and has a demure and refined temperament.
"Yes, Yuan Hua, you are really discerning." He whispered to Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan smiled.
Zhang Jingchu herself is very beautiful. When she debuted, she was known as Xiao Zhang Ziyi. And his acting skills are quite good, and he has been nominated for many film awards such as the Academy Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, and Hundred Flowers Awards.
It's really a blessing to work with her on the MV.
"Hello, Ms. Zhang, I invited you here just to shoot the MV." Song Bing introduced simply, "The MV was shot for the title song of Yuan Hua's first album, "Once Upon a Time". The male protagonist is Yuan Hua, you play his girlfriend. Have you heard of him, right?"
"Of course. He is the most popular singer in the mainland right now." Zhang Jing nodded and said, "I like to listen to his "Meet Me in 1998" and "Your Answer", and I am honored to be able to collaborate with him. "
After Xiang Nan became famous after participating in the Spring Festival Gala, the video of his previous participation in the Haiyan Cup singing competition was borrowed by major TV stations for broadcast.
Although doing so violated copyright, no one cared about this in the 1990s. And by doing this, the song "Your Answer" quickly became popular, and it also raised Xiang Nan's popularity to a higher level.
"There will be intimate scenes such as holding hands and hugging in the MV. I wonder if you would mind?" Song Bing added.
"No problem, I don't mind. I'm an actor. No matter how large-scale it is, as long as it's necessary for the plot, I understand." Zhang Jing waved her hand.
"Okay." Song Bing nodded, "Then you meet Yuan Hua first, have a chat, and cultivate a tacit understanding."
"good."
