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    Every time I love you, I don¡¯t want to relax. Every time I love you, I feel a surge in my heart. It¡¯s as hot as fire. ¡°It¡¯s so good to sing.¡±  She is a talented woman. The description is so accurate. When I listen to her singing, I feel warm all over, from my ears to my heart, everything feels comfortable. " "She sings well and writes well. It is said that Shen Caishen is the most talented person in Hong Kong.  All the songs in this album were composed by him." Shen Chong was sitting in the last row of Jiahe Theater, listening to the occasional chatter, while enjoying Leslie Cheung's live singing, while secretly feeling ashamed.  This song "It's Hard to Control Yourself" is actually a cover of the classic English song "'utTTaIAbIt" from 1970. However, he didn't know when he plagiarized it, so he just wrote it casually. Fortunately, when making the album, it was picked up by PolyGram  General manager Zheng Donghan discovered it and promptly contacted the original author in the United States, thus avoiding a copyright dispute and plagiarism scandal.  If he had waited until after the album was released to find out, he, "the most talented person in Hong Kong", would be in tragedy Fortunately, the remaining 9 songs are all "original". This oolong incident was replaced by "I was too busy at the time, forgot to indicate it, unintentional"  "It's a mistake" is used as an excuse to cover up, but no one suspects it "It's hard to control yourself" is a song released in 1995. I thought it was foolproof, but unexpectedly something went wrong. If you commit plagiarism in the future, you must be careful and careful said  Come on, this time Li Gui met Li Kui, there was no trouble, thanks to Shen Chong's idea of ??celebrating success.  He plagiarized 10 songs and gave them to Leslie Cheung in Los Angeles. On the surface, he said they were "inspiration" from the plot of the movie "Love at Dawn", but in fact they were taken from the classic song released by Leslie Cheung in his previous life in 1995.  The disc "Beloved" is the core, plus several other golden songs to form a hodgepodge.  In the Hong Kong entertainment circle, whether it is making movies or releasing albums, it has always been famous for its high efficiency. Each of the 10 songs created by Shen Chong are good songs that have been circulated for many years. They have excellent lyrics and music, and PolyGram is very popular.  An experienced and established record company can produce a record in a dozen days if they go all out, but it was plagiarized from the beginning of May and not released until the end of August, which took more than three months. There are two main reasons.  The first reason is that Shen Chong plagiarized the 10 songs, some of which were Cantonese songs, and some of which were Mandarin songs. They were very messy, and he also clearly requested that Leslie Cheung¡¯s album be released in both Mandarin and Cantonese versions. The big boss wrote it himself.  PolyGram naturally attaches great importance to the song, so it invited lyricists from Hong Kong and Taiwan to write Cantonese lyrics for the Mandarin song and Mandarin lyrics for the Cantonese song. This greatly increased the difficulty and time of production - "It's Hard to Control Your Love"  The oolong was discovered when Zheng Donghan asked Shen Zhi, a famous Taiwanese lyricist, to write Mandarin lyrics.  Cantonese is a dialect, and it is far inferior to Mandarin songs in terms of market capacity and spread. In the previous RU era, Hong Kong's major record companies only valued Cantonese but not Mandarin. This was absolutely short-sighted. Leslie Cheung was dragged down by this business strategy.  , has not achieved higher achievements in the music world. His singing skills and music taste are second to none in the Chinese music world, but most of the good songs he sings are Cantonese songs, and there are relatively few widely circulated Mandarin songs. After entering the 1990s, his performance in the Chinese music world  Its influence and popularity are not as good as those of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is a pity.  Shen Chong is not a short-sighted person, so after acquiring PolyGram, he issued a fatal order that all his singers must learn Mandarin and be able to sing Mandarin songs. Anyone who doesn't learn will leave on their own, because Cantonese songs are now the most popular.  Mandarin songs are the future.  The second reason is that Shen Chong wanted to organically combine movies and music and play a comprehensive marketing role, so after the album was completed, he worked on it for more than half a month, waiting for the release of "Love at Dawn" a week before it was released.  , because in this album, "Unruly Wind" is the movie promotion song, "Eyebrows Come and Go" is the Cantonese version of the theme song, "Lovely Embrace" is the Mandarin version of the theme song, and "Uncontrollable Love" and "Red Beauty and White Hair" are movie interludes.  , the movie and the album are closely related, have similar artistic conceptions, and are released on the same schedule, which will produce the effect of one plus one being greater than two.  "" "" "I love you" "Look at those little girls, they are crazy." "Bruce Lee was not so popular back then." "Times have changed. In the past, even if we met when we were fifteen or sixteen years old,  When seeing a big star, they will greet them politely. Today's young people don't care about etiquette and rules. When they see a star, they shout and chase after them with all their strength. "Ladies and gentlemen, they are more fanatical than the Red Guards."  Everyone, welcome to the RU era of crazy star chasing. This is the era when fans fight for idols. This is the era when fans commit suicide for idols. This is the era when idols hide their marriages to maintain their popularity Shen Chong muttered to himself, and then asked Zhang Aijia  He turned sideways and said with a smile: "Looking at this scene, I underestimated his charm when I said he could bring in 00,000 box office." Zhang Aijia slantedShe glanced at him with a cartoon character-like sense of comedy and asked: "Don't you have confidence in the box office?" Shen Chong liked this look that seemed to be angry but not angry. He held her hand and said with a smile:  "It's okay to brag at home. If you brag outside, if your bragging is exposed, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me, the God of Wealth? It's better to be humble." "If your bragging is exposed, just wait to be dealt with by me." "Who  Who knows what to do with it yet" Brigitte Lin on the other side turned her head and glanced this way. Shen Chong made an exaggerated grimace and raised his hand to make an apology gesture. Lin Qingxia smiled slightly and nodded in return, her posture and expression as if  The lotus flowers in the summer night are soft and moving.  Leslie Cheung said some words of thanks to the fans for their support, appeasing the excited and enthusiastic audience, and then bowed and left the stage. Then the lights in the theater were dimmed in preparation for the official screening of "Love at Dawn".  Shen Chong looked at the elegant Leslie Cheung, touched his chin, and said, "If this movie of yours can turn someone into an idol star, even if the box office is not ideal, it will still be worth it." Zhang Aijia was stunned for a moment and asked  "He is so famous, but he is not considered a star?" "Not really." Shen Chong shook his head and said, "At most, he is considered a star of tomorrow." Zhang Aijia was laughed at by him and asked, "Then what is a star?"  "As long as a name is printed on the poster, the audience will willingly buy tickets and enter the theater. Then you are called a star. It has potential, but without the support of high-quality and influential masterpieces, it is not a star The same goes for you and HrIt."  Shen Chong lightly beat his chest and said eloquently: "Men are envious in every way, and women are in love with them. My words and deeds captivate the whole city. Currently, I am the only star in Hong Kong." "Don't be shameless." Shen Chong chuckled.  laugh.  Since the birth of television, the entertainment function of movies has been continuously eroded. By the RU era, going to the theater to watch movies has become a leisure choice with a strong social purpose, either as a couple or with friends.  It is rare for a man or woman to go to the movies alone. In this environment, stars with box office appeal have become an indispensable element in the film industry. Men usually go to the theater for fierce fights or spectacular scenes.  , and what about women?  They will only go to the theater for attractive stars, and as we all know, when couples go to the movies together, it is usually the woman who makes the decision If you capture the hearts of female moviegoers, you will seize the golden key to the future movie market  ¡­ However, in 19RU, there were only three actors with real box-office appeal in Hong Kong: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Xu Guanwen. The first two were kung fu stars, and the latter was a comedy star. Neither of them were idol stars who relied on their appearance and charm to stand out for women.  The appeal of movie audiences is not strong enough, especially women between the ages of 16 and 25, who are one of the most important groups in the film market.  Therefore, Shen Chong has been vigorously promoting Leslie Cheung since the Academy Awards at the beginning of the year, planning to turn him into a charming superstar famous in Asia ten years in advance, injecting new vitality into Hong Kong movies - in Hong Kong in the early RU era, in addition to Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat  , there is no candidate more attractive to female movie audiences. Although Chow Yun-fat has good acting skills, he is tone deaf and has no musical talent. He needs suitable movies to become popular, while Leslie Cheung can grow more quickly by combining music and movies.  Although in a sense, this method of using historical celebrities as NPCl is a bit unkind, it is ultimately a good idea to allow superstars to have more room to perform, produce more classic works and achieve higher artistic achievements.  A good and harmless thing.  When Shen Chong was distracted, the big screen lit up, and the GO of Oriental Charm Film Company with red letters on a white background appeared, followed by the GO of "Jiajia" Film Studio. The two characters "Jiajia" in this GO came from Zhang Daqian.  It was taken from the title of the Jiajia Performing Arts Center in Taipei. It is simple and majestic, powerful and generous, and very beautiful.  "Every time I see the word Jiajia, I feel weird and a little embarrassed." "How about changing it to Chongjia?" "It's not as good as Jiajia Besides, I'm not Yue Lingshan." Attending the premiere.  Before the ceremony, Shen Chong had not seen the edited sample of "Love at Dawn", so when the actor played by Leslie Cheung appeared on the big screen, he stopped chatting and watched it intently.  The plot of the movie is very simple. Leslie Cheung plays a Chinese young man who grew up in the United States. On the flight to Los Angeles, he meets Brigitte Lin who is traveling. At first, the two just chatted in general. Later, the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they decided to go sightseeing together for a day.  So I walked through the streets of Los Angeles, sightseeing and chatting, chatting and chatting for 100 minutes "Love at Dawn" is a movie released in 1995. In that era of satellite TV, the Internet and globalization  In an era when both have appeared, a movie like this where the chatterbox is all about chatting seems quite niche and avant-garde. Not every audience can understand and like it, not to mention that it is based on thinking and eyes.The year 19RU was relatively cramped, so when the movie was only a third of the way through, there was a slight buzz in the theater.  "What does this movie mean?" "Just two people talking about it, they have no idea what they are doing." "It feels so stuffy, a bit boring." Hearing these comments, not only Zhang Aijia was a little uneasy, but even the person next to her at night  Lin Qingxia, who was very quiet and calm, also sat upright, pursed her lips, and showed a solemn look. After all, this is her first comeback work after half a year of retirement, so there is no room for failure.
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