Chapter 325: 800 Million Global Audience, Mr. Why is Here to Sing

Wei Ming didn't expect that he would return to Hong Kong so soon. A-Min was ecstatic.

However, Mr. Liao made sense. Communication was inconvenient now, and messages being passed back and forth wasted too much time, and he couldn't accurately grasp the thoughts of those Hong Kong singers.

So Wei Ming agreed and prepared to go to Hong Kong for the second time.

Of course, Mr. Liao would also send a letter to let our side in Hong Kong assist. It was equivalent to Wei Ming going over with a "Shangfang Sword." Everyone would try their best to cooperate with him. Mr. Liao hoped to hold this charity concert in August.

Wei Ming indicated: "Before I go, I also want to ask the Guangzhou Pacific Audio & Video Company for a favor. I wrote a song for the disaster area. This song will be sung by Hong Kong singers in chorus. Our own people can't be idle either. I hope Pacific Company can widely invite well-known domestic singers to sing in chorus, cheer for Sichuan, and then donate the profits of the cassette tape to the Sichuan disaster area."

With the current hunger for good music in the mainland, and with such special significance, this song should have no problem selling millions of boxes, right? The profit was expected to be over ten million.

It was equivalent to using the money of the part of the people who got rich first in the country for tens of millions of disaster victims.

"Oh, what song is it? Did you bring it?"

Wei Ming took out the lyrics: "I'll sing it to you directly."

Other songs Wei Ming didn't have confidence in, but he had sung this song I don't know how many times. Even if he couldn't sing, he could sing it roughly correctly.

Of course, singing the whole thing was difficult; there were still a few high notes. Wei Ming sang a segment, and Mr. Liao looked at the lyrics, listening to Wei Ming's sincere teenage voice, and couldn't help but applaud.

"Good song, good song! I'll call Pacific Company right now, hoping this song can be released as soon as possible to give everyone a shot in the arm." He looked at the secretary, and the secretary immediately went out to make a call.

The matter was settled like this. This would be a patriotic charity activity initiated by the people and supported by the government, united around Comrade Wei Ming.

Wei Ming was leaving the day after tomorrow. Because he didn't know when he would return, after telling his parents about this matter when he got home, he locked himself in the study.

First, he wrote the first part of the new fairy tale he promised Aunt Xiaoyan, and handed it to him together with the *Black Cat Detective* episode where One-Eared was caught.

At Uncle Ping'an's house, Wei Ping'an knew that his nephew had talked directly to Mr. Liao and had received Mr. Liao's appreciation and support. His face was full of brilliance. This—this nephew of his was also too strong.

The Peking University president should let him be it, and let himself be a regent.

Afterward, Wei Ming went to make another overseas long-distance call to Melinda, telling her to find Wei Lingling directly if she wanted to contact him. They had contact information.

"You're going to Hong Kong again. Who exactly is in Hong Kong?"

"There is a Hong Kong singer who is drooling over me." After joking with Melinda, Wei Ming asked her: "Are there any results for those two songs?"

Melinda: "Not yet, still waiting for news."

During this period, Webber recorded these two songs and sent them to the royal family. One was sung by Sarah Brightman, and the other found Phil Collins, the lead singer of the Genesis band.

The father of this Snow White was 31 years old this year, leading the rock band Genesis to start leaning toward the mainstream. And their band also did operas, rock operas, so they knew Webber and got this opportunity.

After talking about the situation in the UK, Wei Ming also talked about his true purpose for going to Hong Kong.

"Oh, dear, you are shining in my heart!" Melinda praised sincerely and asked, "Do you want Sarah to go over and support your scene?"

Although Brightman was a newcomer, she became famous with one song. That was a noble international singer.

"Oh, is this appropriate? *Cats* is still being performed, right?"

"But she has very few scenes. There is a B-cast. If her singing voice can ring out at the Prince's wedding this time, I think she will be very grateful to you."

Wei Ming said: "Then let's wait until after the wedding." So many people wanted to show their faces at this wedding; he didn't know if they could be selected.

This was a set-topic composition, and it also restricted the style. Of course, it wasn't forced; the key was to be selected.

Having one hit song was luck. If he could have two, Wei Ming's creative talent would inevitably be recognized, and earning foreign exchange in the European and American music scene would also be easy.

The wedding was held at the end of the month, only half a month away. He needed to create, needed to familiarize himself with the song, needed to rehearse. Anyway, time was very tight. It was a pity Wei Hong couldn't contact Wei Ming for the past two days, so she had to wait for him to return.

Wei Ming's brain ran fast. In his previous life, he had attended too many weddings, wearing out his friends into married people. Later, he even had to attend the weddings of their children.

He had heard too many songs at weddings, both Chinese and English. This really didn't stump him; what was difficult was that there were too many, and he didn't know how to choose.

He chose one and wrote the lyrics first. Composing the music would take some time.

He originally wanted to go find Sister Xue and Sister Lin after returning, but he could only delay it. He had to earn this money from the British royal family first.

In the evening, Wei Hong and Long Xiaoyang returned, and they even brought their cousin Qi Delong back.

Wei Ming first reimbursed the train ticket money for Xiao Yang's arrival: "Now you can rest assured and live in Yanjing. Wait until your hometown is completely safe before going back. I will find a way to contact them."

Long Xiaoyang nodded solemnly: "Tomorrow I want to go to Sister Yunyun's place to help. The business at New Territories is really big!"

"Fine, then let your Brother-in-law Culture pay you a salary."

Wei Ming looked at Qi Delong again: "You're leaving tomorrow. How do you feel about coming to Yanjing this time?"

Qi Delong hung his head: "I don't want to farm even more. I also want my children to go to the Children's Palace from a young age."

Wei Ming patted this sturdy boy: "Then study hard. You only have this one path. I heard you got fifth in your class this time, a big improvement from last year. I hope next year you will be participating in the study tour based on being in the top three in your grade."

He had mixed his way into a train ticket to Beijing this time by using the connections of his old uncle, Jiefang.

After dinner, Old Wei sent Qi Delong back to Li Guangfu's house and stayed there directly. He still wanted to brag to Qi Kexiu and the driver master about his experience of taking a plane.

It was a pity that it was Li Guangfu's house. Li Guangfu, who was holding a big bowl of noodles, directly said: "Plane, I've also taken one."

Jin Yong considered for a moment and said: "I can help you pass the word, I'm just afraid they won't be okay with it."

Wei Ming didn't care; it didn't matter if it didn't work out.

Hong Kong's television ownership is very high now, with about 80% of households having televisions. Television media has greater influence, so he also hoped Jin Yong would help introduce him to people from Rediffusion and TVB to talk about the topic of television broadcasting for the concert.

Television media is also an important means of expanding this concert.

Jin Yong said: "I am a fellow Zhejiang native with Boss Shao and have some friendship. I can help you ask. Have the time, location, and lineup for this concert been determined?"

"Not completely determined yet. I will give you the accurate information when the time comes."

After discussing business, Jin Yong stopped Wei Ming, took some banknotes from the drawer, and put them into an envelope: "This is the reprint fee for 'The Legend of the Book of Heaven'. It will start serialization at the end of the month. Seeing you today also saves postage."

Wei Ming felt it; it wasn't thick. However, Jin Yong and Run Run Shaw could become friends because they had some things in common, such as being stingy.

Jin Yong was stingy to authors; Yi Shu often demanded raises. Run Run Shaw goes without saying; similar deeds are countless. He also missed out on Bruce Lee because of stinginess, fulfilling Golden Harvest.

So Wei Ming took Mao Mao Amin out to have a big meal with this bit of manuscript fee, and they didn't even finish it in one meal.

"How about we go see a movie?" Mao Mao Amin suggested. Recently, besides "Old Master Q," there was also Xu Ke's "All the Wrong Clues." It's the summer vacation season, so there are many good movies.

However, Wei Ming's heart was full of the concert and work. How could he watch a movie? He didn't come to Hong Kong to fall in love.

"Mao Mao Amin, let's not watch the movie. Can you do me a favor?"

"What is it?"

"Aren't you in your school's choir? Can you gather these people during this summer vacation? I hope you can also participate in this charity concert."

"Ah, us, can we!"

"Of course, but it's just the harmony for a chorus song," Wei Ming said. Of course, Mao Mao Amin could stand with the stars and sing; she was different.

Mao Mao Amin said: "My teammates are all very kind. I believe they will be willing, but the address book is at home."

Wei Ming: "Why not go directly to your choir teacher and let her organize it."

"Good, but the teacher's phone number is also in the address book, so I still have to go home."

The teacher was initially worried that her favorite student was being deceived. What charity concert? Mao Mao Amin, aren't you too naive? Society is very sinister.

"Teacher Bai, don't worry. Tan Yonglin and Chen Baiqiang will participate, and it will be broadcast on TVB, so it definitely isn't fake. And you can see A Lun during rehearsals."

This Teacher Bai was a fan of Tan Yonglin. Upon hearing this, she immediately agreed to help Mao Mao Amin call people. Although some classmates couldn't participate due to traveling abroad or other reasons, gathering most of them was no problem.

Summer vacation had passed for nearly a month, and students began to change from initial excitement and joy to boredom and numbness, even looking forward to school starting soon.

Now that there was such a meaningful thing for them to do, and they could be on the same stage as popular stars, everyone was of course willing.

While Teacher Bai was calling people, Wei Ming took out the song and taught Mao Mao Amin line by line. This was a Mandarin song, which was also a difficulty for Hong Kong stars and these students.

But for Gong Xue, Zhu Lin, and the others, it was no problem at all. They were all from literary and artistic troupes, and singing and dancing were not a problem. After a day of learning with Teacher Gu, they were going to start official recording today.

Liu Xiaoqing walked out of the room and knocked on the door next door. She didn't know how Zhu Lin and Gong Xue slept yesterday, but she didn't hear any sounds of fighting or scolding.

She didn't understand what these two were thinking. They clearly didn't like each other, yet they insisted on staying in the same room.

Hearing the knock, on one bed, Gong Xue nudged Zhu Lin: "What time is it?"

Zhu Lin opened her eyes: "Oh my, we have to record the song today!"

With one sentence, Gong Xue was completely awake: "Why are you in my bed?"

Zhu Lin: "This is my bed, you forgot. You spilled water and wet the bed, so I kindly took you in."

Gong Xue remembered and praised: "You are actually quite kind."

Zhu Lin laughed and shouted outside: "Who is it?"

"It's me, your sister Xiaoqing."

Gong Xue: "Xiaoqing, wait a moment, we're coming out."

In the cafeteria, they were pleasantly surprised to see Wei Pingan, Wei Xi, and Wei Le. They arrived last night.

Because Lu Xiaoyan was busy with the inaugural issue of "King of Fairy Tales," and Wei Pingan didn't have much to do because school was on vacation, he was responsible for bringing his daughter to record, and Xizi was just tagging along.

Xizi was very happy to see Mother Xue and threw herself into her arms. Gong Xue couldn't help but think of the plot of "Mother, Love Me Once Again" and hugged Xizi tightly with some emotion.

Seeing Lele staring blankly at her brother, Zhu Lin hurriedly went over to tease Lele, and Lele also sensibly called out "Sister."

Seeing Gong Xue and Zhu Lin appear at the same time, Wei Pingan's heart skipped a beat, and a thought emerged: Little Ming is in danger!

However, seeing that the two were getting along on the surface, they probably didn't know that their nephew was also a good friend of the other party. Sigh, this brat, he's not like his father at all, and I don't know who he takes after.

Most of the singers had already arrived yesterday, and those who hadn't would arrive today, so they started recording the songs now, starting with individuals.

Although it was one line per person, Teacher Gu required everyone to record the whole thing completely, then have a chorus, and then piece together a song from these audios.

And when recording, they had to record video, paying attention to facial expression management.

The environment and equipment of Pacific's recording studio were the best in the mainland. Manager Liao put a lot of effort into it, and the effect went without saying. Wei Pingan, who was listening, felt very encouraged.

The day wasn't over, and tomorrow would be about the same.

After finishing work in the afternoon, Liu Xiaoqing, who came to prosperous Guangzhou for the first time, suggested: "Why don't we go out for a stroll? My deepest impression of Guangzhou is the food at the Beiyuan Restaurant that Wei Ming wrote about. Let's go there for dinner."

Originally, it was an activity for three beautiful stars, not bringing the cream-faced young man and the thick-eyebrowed big-eyed ones.

As a result, Xizi pestered Gong Xue, and Xizi and Lele were inseparable. Wei Pingan couldn't let his children out of his sight, so the three father and children were added.

Liu Xiaoqing was someone who could organize, so she hailed a taxi and headed straight for the destination.

As a result, when they arrived, she was dumbfounded by the price. Wei Ming only said that these delicacies were very particular, but he didn't say they were so expensive!

A dish cost more than ten yuan. Is this something normal people can afford!

Seeing Liu Xiaoqing wanting to back out, Wei Pingan, who had the highest salary, the highest position, and was the oldest, said: "I'll treat this meal."

Liu Xiaoqing immediately took the opportunity to flatter Director Wei: "When I was filming with Brother Jiefang, he often praised you as a literary star descended to earth." The two had collaborated on "Cow and Cow Two."

Gong Xue and Zhu Lin didn't say anything either. In their view, Wei Pingan was an elder, and it was reasonable for him to treat the younger generation to a meal.

Uncle Pingan only had an extra third of an old western-style house now and could collect some rent every month, otherwise, his heart would ache. One meal, and a third of his monthly salary was gone.

However, these dishes were really like what was written in Little Ming's prose—particular, too particular!

During the meal, Liu Xiaoqing talked about her roommate Zhang Yu at the hotel.

"I heard from Zhang Yu that Chen Chong has already arrived in the United States. School hasn't started yet, and she is washing dishes in a restaurant to earn living expenses." Zhu Lin: "Really or fake? She is so popular in the country, and she washes dishes over there?"

"Even if she washes dishes, she earns more than us. I guess one day is worth a month's salary for us," Old Qing fantasized, "I heard from Zhang Yu that she also wants to go abroad, but she doesn't know how to speak English. Now she often holds a vocabulary book and studies."

Chen Chong is an English major at the Foreign Studies University, and her parents also have experience going abroad. At this time, her mother is studying and working in the United States, and the place where she works is where the guy who shot at Reagan is being held.

Gong Xue was a little embarrassed. She hadn't filmed for a while, but she was actually learning English. Little Ming asked her to learn, saying that she could go out and see the world in the future.

While eating, Liu Xiaoqing talked from Chen Chong and Zhang Yu to Gong Xue and Zhu Lin.

"The new generation replaces the old. The most popular in the country now are the two of you. Zhu Lin, has any film studio asked you to film recently?"

Gong Xue answered for her: "Yes, quite a few. She has already accepted two films from the Changchun Er Yingchang."

"Oh?" Liu Xiaoqing indicated that the person who knows you best is indeed your enemy!

Learning that Zhu Lin had two film contracts afterward, Liu Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, she shouldn't participate in the competition for "Behind the Curtain," right?

Gong Xue and Zhu Lin, who have the best relationship with Wei Ming, are not participating. Relying on her own friendship with Ma Xiaowei and Old Wei, this round is stable.

Returning to the hotel, Gong Xue's bed was already dry, and she wanted to sleep alone today.

As a result, seeing her reciting English words, Zhu Lin came to her bed again: "Can you understand?"

"I have annotations." Chinese annotation method.

"Did he ask you to learn?"

Gong Xue said "Um."

Zhu Lin was happy. He didn't ask her to learn. Could the brat be thinking of tricking Little Xue abroad in the future? Then wouldn't only she be left in the country!

Zhu Lin, who was immersed in spiritual victory, was satisfied and reached for the Guangzhou local newspaper at the head of the bed.

This Guangzhou is different. Many are talking about doing business, and there is content involving Hong Kong. The atmosphere is so open.

"Oh my!"

"What's wrong?" Gong Xue asked.

Zhu Lin: "The concert that Ma Xiaowei organized is reported in the news!"

"Let me see." Gong Xue immediately leaned over.

"August 8th, 20,000-person stadium, Wei Ming invites, Hong Kong's top male and female singers gather together!"

As the two were looking, someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Zhu Lin guessed it was Liu Xiaoqing again.

"It's me, Zhang Yu. Have you seen Liu Xiaoqing?"

The two opened the door and saw the righteous Zhang Yu: "Isn't it time to sleep? I found that Liu Xiaoqing hasn't come back yet."

Gong Xue said: "We had a meal outside and came back together, but before entering the hotel, she said she wanted to buy some southern fruits."

Zhang Yu pointed to her wrist: "What time is it? Won't something happen?"

Nothing happened. Half an hour later, Liu Xiaoqing strolled back. As for why she was delayed, she told Gong Xue the next day.

"If you ask me, Chen Chong and Zhang Yu are stupid. If you want to make money, you have to go abroad. Yesterday, I walked into a place. Some people were drinking tea, some were drinking alcohol, and some were singing. Do you know how much money you get for singing a Cantonese pop song there?"

Gong Xue: "How much?"

Liu Xiaoqing held up a palm: "Five yuan! One song! It only took a few minutes!"

Her monthly salary was only 50 yuan. Old Qing's worldview collapsed last night. She only knew that making money in the south was so easy. Isn't it just singing? She can do it too. She is a star herself.

At this moment, the seed of going out to perform and make money was buried in Liu Xiaoqing's heart.

When the recording work was completed, Gong Xue and Zhu Lin prepared to go back. They looked into the distance toward Hong Kong, but unfortunately, they couldn't see anyone even when they reached Shenzhen.

At this time, the lineup of Wei Ming's concert added a few more big shots.

One is the female singer with the highest appearance fee in Hong Kong, Xu Xiaofeng, and TVB's sister Wang Mingquan also announced her participation. This made Mao Mao Amin very happy; she liked Wang Mingquan very much.

Wang Mingquan is not only responsible for singing but also for hosting. Her partner is the new generation host and actor Zheng Yuling, who will play Mao Mao Amin's mother in the future.

Because Zheng Yuling's ancestral home is Zigong, Sichuan, which is also a disaster area, TVB pushed her.

Rediffusion sent Li Xiaotian to act as host. Li Xiaotian can not only write songs but is also a good host.

This evening party was jointly broadcast by the two major television stations. For this, Wei Ming put in a lot of effort.

Run Run Shaw finally agreed to the broadcast but demanded exclusive broadcasting.

Later, Wei Ming gave up the broadcast fee, which facilitated the cooperation between the two television stations, but he demanded that Run Run Shaw attend and watch, and he agreed.

As long as the person arrives. Besides Run Run Shaw, Wei Ming also sent invitations to many big tycoons in Hong Kong, of course, in the name of the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch, very formally.

77 Broadcast Drive, Kowloon Tong, TVB Chairman's Office.

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If you say Run Run Shaw is stingy, at least he has a pattern. Fang Yihua is even worse, and she saves money from various details, which can be considered learned in place.

Run Run Shaw waved his hand: "If the stage effect is really good, it doesn't matter if you donate a little. If you want to give me a political lesson, then sorry, not a cent."

Hearing him say this, Fang Yihua was relieved. She was just afraid that the old man would get carried away.

Run Run Shaw said again: "The most urgent task now is the broadcast on the 29th, and there must be no mistakes."

"I understand."

July 29th is the wedding day of Prince Charles and Diana. As a colony, Hong Kong's two television stations will broadcast this wedding at the same time.

Not only Hong Kong, but countries such as Canada, Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, and Malaysia, which also belong to the Commonwealth, will also broadcast this grand occasion on national television.

Even in the United States, which has already broken away from the United Kingdom, many people are interested in this wedding.

As for the major European countries such as Germany, Italy, and France, they will inevitably watch on television what this legendary beautiful princess looks like.

So Prince Charles's wedding is a global carnival. Even if the global viewing population is not one billion, there are still seven or eight hundred million.

On July 29th, after finishing the concert work, Wei Ming arrived at Madman Comics before dark. A Long and A Ying were both there.

After coming here for these days, A Ying has gradually adapted to life in Hong Kong and has greatly broadened her horizons. No wonder everyone wants to run out. Here, materials are abundant, and as long as you have money, you can buy everything without being limited by various tickets.

It's just that the language barrier still needs to be overcome. Fortunately, there are immigrants from Shanghai in the shops downstairs where they rent, so they can barely live by speaking Shanghai dialect.

"Have you written to your sister?" Wei Ming asked.

"Um, I sent letters to home and Beijing, reporting safety."

Wei Ming: "Knowing that you are doing well here, they will be relieved."

"Good is good, but it's too idle. I want to go out to work," Gong Ying said. She is not good at comics and can't help much at Madman Comics.

A Long held his girlfriend's hand and said: "I asked her to learn Cantonese well before going out to work, but she can't sit still. Look, you're anxious again."

Wei Ming laughed: "I can introduce you to work at Ms. Xia Meng's clothing factory, but you might not be able to be a designer at first."

"No problem, even the income of female workers here is not bad," Gong Ying said happily.

"Okay, then tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm going to Qingniao, and I'll ask for you by the way."

"Teacher Wei, do you want to come and watch TV? Everyone is watching the Crown Prince's wedding," Ma Rongcheng came in and said.

"Oh, has it started?"

It's time to get off work, but no one wants to leave.

One is wanting to draw more. Besides the basic salary, Madman Comics also adopts a piece-rate system. Drawing one is the money for one, which can mobilize the enthusiasm of employees.

Another is that the families of these children are not good. Many belong to the 20% of users without televisions, and they can watch TV here.

What is on TV is TVB. It is said to be a broadcast, but there is not much delay. Now there are at least hundreds of millions of televisions watching this scene in front of them.

In the picture, the road is full of cheering crowds, and in the middle of the road is a luxuriously decorated carriage, with knights riding tall horses in front and behind.

The carriage has no windows, and you can see the bride wearing a veil and the mature prince. Several colleagues from the mainland watched most carefully. This kind of Crown Prince wedding has disappeared in China for decades. Rare, truly rare.

Niu Lao laughed: "Don't say, this princess is really beautiful."

The veil is very thin and cannot block Diana's youthful and beautiful face.

Wei Ming nodded, A Long didn't dare to comment.

"This wedding dress is so long, so beautiful!" Gong Ying couldn't help but sigh when she saw Diana's wedding dress, and even had the idea of designing a wedding dress for her own wedding in the future.

And a classmate of A Long just wanted to say that this was about the same as wearing hemp and filial piety, but hurriedly swallowed the words back.

He asked: "Is this the Louvre?"

Teacher Chen Qing said: "The Louvre is French, this should be Buckingham Palace."

Wei Ming corrected: "The wedding is not held in the palace, it's in the church."

This is St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Wei Ming just went there a while ago. It is Baroque style and is the second-largest cathedral in the UK.

When entering, the musical instruments began to play. Wei Ming was curious about when the song he wrote would be played, while looking for Melinda through the video. She called back before, saying she was going to attend the wedding of the century.

Wei Ming also carefully looked at the two maids helping Diana carry the tail of the wedding dress. It wasn't her.

He did see Camilla flash by in the crowd watching the ceremony. Hey, this woman.

"Why does the camera always give to this old lady in blue?" asked a guy from the Shanghai Er Yingchang.

Huang Guoxing laughed: "Wei Ge, that's the Queen of England."

"Oh, just her." There was no deliberate respect in the mainlanders' tone.

"Then who is this old man holding the princess's arm?"

Li Zhiqing said: "It must be the princess's father."

On the long red carpet, Earl Spencer held his youngest daughter's hand with a firm expression. At this time, Wei Ming heard the familiar melody prelude.

At Zhou Huimin's house, there were her, her mother, and Old Ghost.

Mao Mao Amin called Uncle Ghost to watch TV and watch the excitement together. Unfortunately, A Ming didn't know where he went, otherwise, it would be even more lively.

Seeing the father taking his daughter down the red carpet, Mao Mao Amin sighed softly. Even if she gets married in the future, there will be no father holding her arm. What a pity.

At this time, the music switched. The front was classical chanting, and this part was like pop music. The prelude gave people a holy feeling, and even a little faint sadness.

Then came a familiar female voice, she sang "who can say / where the road goes / where the day flows / only time..."

The song is named here, "Only Time," only time...

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