Chapter 471

Jiang Yuyue laughed, looking very happy.

"Let's go!" Jiang Yuyue waved her hand and turned to jump out of the room.

Zhou Andong followed behind her, left the winery, didn't take a car, and walked along the curb.

"I'll graduate in half a year." Jiang Yuyue suddenly said: "Xiaotong said, put the company in Yangcheng, that is the paradise of pop music. So, after graduation, we'll go to Yangcheng."

Zhou Andong pondered for a moment: "Can I give my opinion?"

"Alright!" Jiang Yuyue walked with her hands behind her back, jumping and kicking a pile of snow from time to time.

For a long time, domestic pop music had been in a desert era, and many people were exploring. Until a few years ago, the four major record companies in Yangcheng—Zhongchang, Pacific, New Era, and White Swan—launched songs like "Xintianyou" and "Loess Plateau," opening the door to Chinese pop music in one fell swoop.

Immediately after, countless funds poured into the pop music scene like a flood, pushing this newly emerging industry into a red sun.

At this time, the best singers, the best lyricists and composers, and the best producers in China were all in Yangcheng.

If you threw a brick, you might hit three people, and two of them might be doing music.

It can be said that Yangcheng was creating nationwide influence, occupying the highest point of Chinese pop music.

By next year, Yangcheng pop music would reach its peak.

A group of young people who were not yet worldly-wise came to Yangcheng to pursue their music dreams, just in time to meet a group of talented lyricists and composers.

Coupled with the emergence of the star-making model, their lives blossomed for the first time.

However, since ancient times, no one has been able to escape the words "fame and fortune."

Especially at this time, the agency system was not mature, and after singers became popular, it was easy for disputes to arise with production companies.

Of course, living in this era, piracy was rampant, and production companies were also helpless because the profits all went into the pockets of pirates.

Under these circumstances, popular singers terminated their contracts one after another.

In addition, there was an even more important point: Yangcheng's cultural heritage was not enough. Although it made many pop singers popular,

the songs mostly revolved around themes of family affection, nostalgia, and homesickness, and creation entered a repetitive state, with no room for expansion in lyrical aesthetics.

Compared with Yangcheng, although the market response of the Jingcheng music scene was flat, its strong sense of exploration and cultural heritage were radiating unique charm.

Moreover, many national-level media, most music production, and art colleges were gathered in Jingcheng.

When someone climbed to the mountain peak within sight, they discovered that there were higher peaks waiting for them in the north.

Those who really wanted to do music could only come to Jingcheng, and then there was the "south crossing and north returning."

In 1994, Yangcheng pop music reached its peak, and a large number of excellent musicians and singers left Yangcheng to find better development opportunities in Jingcheng.

"What's wrong?" Not hearing Zhou Andong speak, Jiang Yuyue turned her head in surprise: "Didn't you say you'd give me an opinion? Why are you silent?"

Zhou Andong came back to his senses, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it: "Stay in Jingcheng. Yangcheng's cultural heritage is not enough. It looks like it's developing well now. In two years, many musicians and singers will definitely return north to find opportunities."

"So sure?" Jiang Yuyue asked.

Zhou Andong said: "Believe me, I won't be wrong. But if you guys want to go, it's nothing. At worst, you'll just come back, it's just a loss of time and money."

Jiang Yuyue said very readily: "I believe you, not going to Yangcheng, saving the trouble of running back."

Zhou Andong smiled and said: "Better take a taxi, otherwise it will be midnight by the time we get to the cinema."

"Alright!" Jiang Yuyue said: "Wait for a car while walking."

The two chatted and walked for more than ten minutes before seeing a Mian'e (bread van) coming.

Zhou Andong hurriedly reached out to stop it, and then the two got in the car.

By the time they finished watching the movie, it was almost ten o'clock. Zhou Andong sent Jiang Yuyue home before returning to the winery.

January 4, 1993, lunar December 12, Monday!

"Bang bang bang..."

Zhou Andong had just finished washing up and put on his cotton-padded coat when the door was knocked on heavily. He picked up the key, walked over, and opened the door, seeing Gu Bing raising his fist, about to smash the door.

"Brother-in-law, can we knock on the door a bit lighter in the future?"

Gu Bing said: "I was afraid that if the sound was small, you wouldn't hear it."

Zhou Andong didn't pay any more attention to him, closed the door, and walked downstairs.

"Hey!" Gu Bing asked behind him: "Where did you run off to last night? I came to find you after eight, and you weren't back."

Zhou Andong said: "I went to watch a movie with a beauty."

Gu Bing curled his lips: "Which beauty is blind enough to find you to watch a movie together."

Zhou Andong sighed: "When I lie, you believe it, and when I tell the truth, you don't believe it."

Gu Bing snorted: "I don't believe anything you say."

The two left the dormitory and happened to run into Qian Zhen, who was carrying breakfast back.

"Uncle Qian!"

Zhou Andong greeted him.

Qian Zhen said: "Going out to eat?"

Gu Bing nodded: "Going out to eat together?"

"I've already bought it, not going." Qian Zhen walked into the unit door, suddenly turned back and shouted: "Wait!"

Zhou Andong asked: "What's the matter?"

Qian Zhen said with a smile: "Gong Kailin has been arrested."

"Gong Kailin?" Zhou Andong frowned, unable to remember who this person was for a moment.

Qian Zhen said: "The Deputy County Magistrate of Jinli County."

Zhou Andong suddenly realized. When acquiring the Jinli County Winery, it was this guy who looked at him with displeasure.

"Because of what?"

Qian Zhen said: "He is Gong Jimin's nephew. Didn't expect that, right."

Zhou Andong was stunned, and immediately laughed: "That really surprised me."

Qian Zhen said: "I was also very surprised. I estimate that not many people in Jinli County know."

Zhou Andong asked: "When did this happen?"

"Just last night!" Qian Zhen said: "He was involved in Gong Jimin's case."

"A bit interesting!" Zhou Andong couldn't help but laugh again: "I estimate that before the winery was acquired by us, there must have been his black hands in it too."

"I think so too." Qian Zhen waved his hand: "Alright, you guys hurry up and go eat, I have to go in, otherwise it will get cold."

Zhou Andong turned and walked with Gu Bing towards the factory gate: "When acquiring the Jinli County Winery, this Gong Kailin looked at me with displeasure and strongly opposed it. I now suspect that Gong Jimin targeting me also had Gong Kailin's shadow."

The two filled their stomachs at a roadside stall and then returned to the office.

Gu Bing had nothing to do, so he came to Zhou Andong's office together.

"I'm going to Jingcheng tomorrow, are you going back?" Zhou Andong poured tea for himself and Gu Bing.

Gu Bing said: "There's still half a month until the New Year, let's go back. Anyway, there's nothing for me here."

Zhou Andong said: "Then let's go together, drive my car."

"Ding-a-ling..."

The phone on the desk rang. Zhou Andong picked it up, and Chen Zhanjun's voice came from the receiver.

"Tomorrow, the case of Gao Qingkui and Liu Jian and others will be in court."