Chapter 327

Early the next morning, Wei Ming finished his meal at the hotel and went downstairs, preparing to start a busy day.

Then he saw Tan Tan Yonglin waiting for him in the lobby.

"Alan, are you looking for me for something?"

Tan Tan Yonglin said: "A-Ming, didn't you say before that you wanted to make a compilation of these songs you wrote for us?"

Wei Ming: "I'm actually hesitating too. After all, this might affect the sales of your albums."

Tan Tan Yonglin was very moved: "There might be some, but you gave us the songs for free to use. How can we still care about these? And this is for charity."

"Do B-Gor, A-Wing, and the others think so too?"

"Yes, and PolyGram is also willing to undertake this matter and is willing to take out the profits to donate to the disaster area."

Wei Ming said hurriedly: "Your PolyGram doesn't want to squeeze me dry, right? Let's say it first, after finishing this ticket, I might not want to write songs for a year or two. I feel like vomiting when I see a staff now."

He could probably guess why PolyGram was so eager. A musician like Wei Ming who writes fast and well, and is proficient in both lyrics and music, is simply too suitable for squeezing. But this time, writing so many songs in one breath was also a kind of torture for Wei Ming himself. Writing lyrics is easy, but music is not easy.

"No, no, our general manager just admires what you have done and hopes to get to know you." Tan Tan Yonglin grinned and laughed.

"Is it Cheng Tung-hon?"

"Yes, do you want to meet?"

Wei Ming: "Alright, lead the way." Several singers participating in the concert this time are from PolyGram, so it's time to go over and say thank you.

However, Wei Ming was still strange about why Tan Tan Yonglin ran this trip himself. It's not like he didn't know his hotel phone number.

When leaving the hotel, he revealed: "A-Ming, that song 'Only Time' was actually written by you. Do you know the shock I felt when I heard that song? It's simply amazing, holy, mysterious, and soul-stirring!"

"You know I wrote it?" Wei Ming was surprised.

"Uncle Tung told me. It seems it was told to him by someone from the headquarters, so he is very curious about you."

Wei Ming thought to himself, could it be that he came for "Only Time"?

He smiled: "You like it so much, then use this song when you get married."

Tan Tan Yonglin agreed with his mouth, thinking, you don't know, actually I'm already married, but it's a hidden marriage.

Wei Ming thought to himself, you also don't know, actually I know you're already married. I'm talking about your second wife.

It doesn't mean remarriage, it's one husband and two wives. Otherwise, why would they get along so well?

Tan Tan Yonglin drove in front, and Wei Ming followed behind to PolyGram.

At this time, PolyGram had already firmly sat as the number one record company in Hong Kong. Besides the talented musicians, the technical support from the headquarters was also very important. Of course, this also couldn't be separated from Cheng Tung-hon's management methods.

Wei Ming couldn't see any shadow of Ronald Cheng on Cheng Tung-hon's face. That child is not like his father.

Cheng Tung-hon is very powerful. At the age of 24, he was already the general manager of PolyGram Hong Kong and successfully helped Teresa Teng break into the Japanese market, the second largest in the world.

And the point he admires most about Wei Ming is that he can also be like a fish in water in the United States, the largest market in the world.

At this time, leftist newspapers hadn't started promoting the fact that Wei Ming was the creator of "Only Time." Cheng Tung-hon knew it from PolyGram's London headquarters.

And the London headquarters saw it in "The Times."

"The Times" the day after the Prince's wedding published a report interviewing Diana the day before the wedding.

The report mentioned and thanked the couple David and Elizabeth Emanuel who designed her wedding dress, as well as the one who created an "Only Time" for her wedding.

Fearing they wouldn't know him, it also recommended his two books, "Jumanji" and "The Lion King," saying that people of her age were also reading them and learned courage from them.

"Unfortunately, this outstanding artist from far-away China could not come to the wedding scene to listen to the song he created in person, in order to raise funds for the disaster-stricken people of his motherland."

Given the space provided in the report, as long as readers saw it, they would probably be curious about him, his two books, and why a Chinese person could write such an excellent English song.

If there were Weibo in the UK at this time, it would probably have already rushed to the top of the hot search list.

Cheng Tung-hon was also curious. The key is that his own company had already cooperated with him last year, but he didn't know this person was so capable.

So after receiving the order from the headquarters to contact him and take down "Only Time," he hurriedly asked Tan Tan Yonglin, who had the most contact with Wei Ming, to invite him over, and agreed to help with the album.

However, it was a pity. After the pleasantries, Wei Ming stated directly that "Only Time" now belonged to MCA.

Cheng Tung-hon wasn't surprised. After all, the first English song Wei Ming cooperated on was with them, and it was made into a blockbuster. Unless MCA cheated him out of his money, it was highly likely that they would continue to cooperate. MCA isn't stupid.

"It doesn't matter. I just hate myself for being blind before and failing to recognize A-Ming's value."

Wei Ming was afraid he would say something like raising the price or continuing to write songs for their company, but Cheng Tung-hon didn't say such things.

He turned to ask: "Mr. Wei, did you say that as long as a singer is willing to participate in the concert, you will write a new song for him for free, and it will be tailor-made."

Wei Ming was stunned, thinking, this guy wouldn't be letting his company's artists use this method to fleece his wool, right?

"General Manager Cheng, the situation is like this. The concert time is limited, and there is also a fundraising segment to arrange, so the number of singers is actually already enough."

There are about fifteen or sixteen singers confirmed now. Two songs each is more than 30 songs, arranged fully.

Cheng Tung-hon: "Can't we add one more? I heard that there is no band for this concert yet."

Indeed, there is no band. The Wynners couldn't reunite because Danny Yip and Peter Chan weren't interested. Beyond thus kept a representative work.

"Band? Are there still bands in Hong Kong now?" Wei Ming asked.

"Not current bands, previous ones," Cheng Tung-hon stood up, took off his glasses, and said somewhat excitedly, "Can you write one for our Playboy Band? Although we are middle-aged, we can still rock!"

Cinema City.

Raymond Wong was reading a newspaper, the entertainment section. One of the items was that Blue Bird Film Company's new film "Boat People" was preparing to start filming. The director was Patrick Tam, and the cast included Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan, and a newcomer named Ye Tong. It looked like it still had some market appeal.

Just as he was looking, Teddy Robin came in.

"I know who wrote that song!"

"What song?"

"It's the red carpet song for Princess Diana," Teddy Robin said. At that time, they watched the Prince's wedding together and gave that song such a nickname.

However, Raymond Wong didn't have high musical talent and wasn't interested, so he asked casually: "Oh, who wrote it."

"Wei Ming, it's that mainland guy Wei Ming!"

"Ah!" Now Raymond Wong couldn't stay calm either, "Is this guy's connections reaching the sky?"

"The key is that the work is good!" Teddy Robin said, "Just this one song, I couldn't write it in my whole life."

Seeing him praise that kid so highly, Raymond Wong pushed up his glasses: "I heard that his charity concert promised that whoever participates will get a tailor-made new song for free. You wouldn't be moved, would you?"

The short Teddy Robin turned and jumped onto the sofa and sat down: "Even you know?"

"Karl Maka just persuaded George Lam a few days ago," Raymond Wong smiled, "That kid made him lose a lot of face."

Teddy Robin: "Then wouldn't it be fine if he didn't let him know."

With the efforts of leftist newspapers, the fact that Wei Ming's new song "Only Time" was designated by the British royal family as the exclusive song for the Prince's wedding spread wildly in Hong Kong.

Later, neutral newspapers like "Ming Pao" and right-leaning newspapers like "Oriental Daily News" also started reporting, but "Oriental Daily News" was a bit yin-yang when discussing this matter.

Wei Ming became famous again, and the sales of "Ming Pao," which serializes "The Legend of the Book of Heaven," as well as "Ta Kung Pao" and "Wen Wei Po," also soared.

Along with this strange news, of course, was his charity concert. Hong Kong citizens became more and more interested in this concert, but it was still unclear which singers would be there and where to buy tickets.

"Oh right, where exactly do you buy tickets?" At Madman Comics, Wong Kwok-hing asked in confusion. They also wanted to go to the concert. It is said that the boss wrote dozens of new songs at once.

"Yeah, I want to go too. I've been writing for so long, I want to relax too." The youngest Feng Zhiming said.

At this time, the company's second boss, Liu Rulong, came in from outside, holding a handful of tickets.

"I have heard everyone's voices. Now the tickets are here. As long as you finish your work before 5:00 PM on August 8th, you can go listen to the concert."

"Ah!"

"Great!"

"Long live the boss!"

"Long live Brother Long!"

The scene boiled over. A-Long said again: "However, this is a charity concert. Buying tickets is to save the disaster area. It's not appropriate to get tickets for free."

"Then how much is a ticket?" Niu Lao asked.

"100."

"What, one hundred!" The few who came from the mainland couldn't stand it first. How could it be so expensive? This is equivalent to their monthly salary on the mainland.

Actually, this price is already considered cheap in the Hong Kong concert market. This is also considering it's a charity nature, and it's an open-air venue, so such a low price was set.

However, even at such a low price, it was still not cheap for young comic apprentices.

A-Long smiled: "Teasing you. A-Ming has already paid for the tickets."

"Damn, Boss Long, you can actually joke too." Someone shouted, and then hurriedly shrank into the crowd.

Liu Rulong: "Alright, I'll keep the tickets first. A-Ming paid for the tickets, and I'll pay for the late-night snack after listening to the concert."

The scene boiled over again. A-Long gradually grasped the technique of managing a company.

At this time, concert tickets hadn't officially gone on sale. Wei Ming bought a batch of tickets in advance at the original price to give away.

To Madman Comics, to Langning Toy Factory, to Blue Bird Film Company, to the Yuan Clan, to Holiland Fast Food Restaurant, oh, and also gave some to Tsui Kam-kong, letting him give them to classmates or friends.

Tsui Kam-kong thought the tickets wouldn't sell, and couldn't help but worry about A-Ming's concert. In the office, Song Duanwu, Zhao Liuyi, and others were also a bit worried. Don't let the tickets not sell, or not be able to sell out.

They had already prepared to mobilize all their own people in Hong Kong to buy tickets. Absolutely couldn't let this matter fall to the ground. Those right-wing forces were all waiting to see their jokes.

August 5th is the day of official ticket sales!

August 4th, Wei Ming met a singer from Taiwan at a hotel~

His name is Peter Chen, born in '43. He was born in Chengdu, which is his mother's hometown, while his father was in the Air Force.

Later, because of the war, he and his parents came to Taiwan and lived in a military dependents' village.

When he was young, Peter Chen also formed a band with a person named Tao Dawei. Tao Dawei has a son named David Tao.

Although Peter Chen didn't have much fame in later generations, he had high popularity at this time. His "Tearful Smile" was sung in the streets and alleys of Taiwan, and a song "Ali Baba" was also popular for a while.

However, he is both a singer and a composer, often writing songs for others, such as Fei Yu-ching's "One Plum Blossom" and "Several Times of Sunset Red," Liu Wenzheng's "Late" and "A Piece of Love," etc. This is also an important reason why his popularity wasn't that high; the classics were all sung by others.

Later, in '88, the two sides of the strait opened up, and Peter Chen returned to his hometown immediately, and then focused his work on the mainland.

At this time, he was also concerned about the mainland. He learned about the Sichuan flood from foreign newspapers very early, was very worried about it, and even published some proposals hoping that the people of Taiwan would donate to the mainland.

However, there were few responders. The people of Taiwan had long learned to be obedient. During those three years, they had donated, but what was the result? Not much was used, and the rest went into the Chiang family's pockets.

However, his proposal was noticed by Great-Grandfather Wei, so he pointed him to a bright path: go to Hong Kong, and I will help you handle the rest.

Meeting for the first time, Peter Chen said: "I admire Mr. Wei Ming's talent very much. I have heard those Mandarin songs of yours, as well as these two English songs, especially the recent red carpet divine song, which is truly beyond the reach of our generation. But I am also a musician myself, so I don't need your songs, otherwise, it will be hard to explain when I return to Taiwan."

Wei Ming laughed. He was about to take out "One Plum Blossom."

"Alright then, thank you Mr. Chen for your righteous help." Wei Ming held Peter Chen's hand tightly.

Peter Chen said: "But I still ask Mr. Wei to do a small favor."

"Please speak."

Peter Chen: "When I came to Taiwan, my grandmother and younger brother were left on the mainland. After more than thirty years, the connection was broken. I don't know if my grandmother is still alive, or if my younger brother survived this flood. So after the flood recedes, can you help me find them."

Wei Ming had only four words: "Duty-bound."

Hearing Wei Ming's resounding promise, Peter Chen gave him a piece of paper with the address, as well as the names of his grandmother and younger brother.

Afterward, Peter Chen followed Wei Ming to a drill ground to participate in the first formal rehearsal. Zhou Hui and her choir classmates were all there.

When hearing one new song after another that they hadn't heard before, Peter Chen, Zhou Hui, and her classmates were all shocked.

This, so many excellent songs were all written by A-Ming alone. This is simply a miracle!

Although Peter Chen's strength is Mandarin songs and English songs, he can also tell good from bad. These songs are almost comparable to the most classic tracks of these singers, and even exceed the best songs before.

Even if he started writing from the beginning of the flood, it has only been a month. In one month, he wrote a room full of classics. No wonder the British Princess praised him endlessly. I don't know when the Taiwan music scene will produce such a figure.

On this day, "Ming Pao," "New Pao," "Ta Kung Pao," "Wen Wei Po," "Economic Daily," as well as TVB and Rediffusion announced the lineup of the charity concert.

"Tomorrow Will Be Better" Charity Concert!

Performing guests:

Playboy Band, Paula Tsui, Roman Tam, Johnny Ip, George Lam, Liza Wang, Tan Tan Yonglin, Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan, Cheung Ming-man, Danny Chan, Johnny Ip, Leslie Cheung, Johnny Ip, Carol Cheng, etc.

There was an uproar for a while. Is it, is it really this luxurious!

This wasn't even a complete list. Sarah Brightman was a surprise guest, not written down. Peter Chen, for the sake of being low-key, wasn't mentioned either.

When the lineup was announced, Cinema City's Karl Maka couldn't find Teddy Robin.

And Raymond Wong, Tsui Hark, and others prepared to secretly buy a ticket to go see it. It's only 100 yuan. Usually, listening to Paula Tsui and Johnny Ip's concerts costs two or three hundred. This cost-effectiveness is simply absolute.

For the fans, the only regret is that this concert is mainly based on new songs created by Wei Ming for these singers. As old fans of these singers, who wants to listen to your new songs? We want to listen to the classics!

August 5th.

Several wealthy families in Hong Kong successively received invitations to the "Tomorrow Will Be Better" concert: the Fok family, the Li family, the Cheng family, the Hui family, the Pao family, and the Ho family.

And the vast number of Hong Kong citizens bought tickets at three ticket points: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories.

Excluding the tickets bought by Wei Ming and Xinhua News Agency, about 20,000 tickets were sold.

At the ticket point in Kowloon, Tsui Kam-kong went to queue early in the morning.

He distributed those gift tickets to his classmates, and even the one he prepared to keep for himself was given to Tony Leung Ka-fai. He said he was going with a girl and wanted two tickets.

So Tsui Kam-kong prepared to buy one himself to support his friend.

However, he didn't expect that there were so many people queuing. This, this, this, isn't it worried that it won't sell?

Wei Ming: I was worried you wouldn't be able to buy it, so I gave it to you!

"Hey, can you not cut in line." Tsui Kam-kong saw someone queuing in front and reminded them in a low voice.

The other party snorted coldly at him and showed the tattoo on his arm. Tsui Kam-kong shrank his neck: "I'm fine."

As he retreated, he felt the queue in front getting longer and longer. Tsui Kam-kong had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, when it was his turn, the person said.

"Gone."

"How could it be bought, how much is this." Tsui Kam-kong couldn't accept it.

"Today's is gone, tickets will continue to be released tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, I'm not free tomorrow."

The ticket seller said: "Then you go to the ticket point in the New Territories, maybe there is still some there."

Tsui Kam-kong immediately rushed to the ticket point in the New Territories, but it was also sold out here.

Helplessly, Tsui Kam-kong found that kid Tony Leung Ka-fai again.

"A-Fai, that, that ticket..."

"Thank you, the ticket has been given to her, my girlfriend likes it very much." Tony Leung Ka-fai patted Tsui Kam-kong on the shoulder, his face sincere.

Tsui Kam-kong hesitated, but finally said: "That, you don't mind if I accompany your girlfriend to listen to the concert, right?"

Tony Leung Ka-fai didn't speak, just one expression. Tsui Kam-kong retreated: "Then forget it, I'll think of another way."

Xinhua News Agency.

They had already received the statistics at noon. The 5,000 tickets for the first day were all sold out, and all three ticket points reacted that it wasn't enough to sell, so they immediately arranged to brag in the newspapers.

And decided not to release 5,000 tickets every day. The next day, they released all the remaining 15,000 tickets.

Even so, on August 6th, all the tickets were sold out, and Tsui Kam-kong, relying on the sufficient number of tickets, finally bought one.

When he finished buying the ticket, many scalpers had already appeared outside the ticket point. They wanted to sell the tickets in their hands at a high price. When Tsui Kam-kong left, he had already heard a price of 300 yuan.

It turns out I underestimated A-Ming. This guy has some stuff.

August 7th, The Peninsula Hotel.

The newly promoted global top-tier Sarah Brightman checked in here low-key.

After a month, her work topped the global music market again, as if a fairy had descended to earth.

Just now, "Only Time" parachuted to the number one spot on the US Billboard singles chart!

It was number one in the first week on the charts. The global music scene exploded.

For the safety of Sarah, who came to China for the first time, she also brought a bodyguard this time.

"Melinda, are you sure you don't want to stay in the same room with me? You said you wanted to be my bodyguard. How can a bodyguard stay in the room next door?" Sarah said playfully. Actually, she understood the reason.

Melinda rolled her eyes: "Hurry up and pack your luggage. Let's go out to eat something. The food in Hong Kong is still quite good."

When she returned to the UK before, she often transferred in Hong Kong, so she wasn't unfamiliar with this place.

Rehearsal field.

Having just completed the final rehearsal, Wei Ming said to all participants: "Very perfect. Thank you all for taking so much time to participate in this concert. I'll leave it to everyone tomorrow."

After speaking, he bowed, and warm applause erupted throughout the venue, especially A-Min, whose palms were red from clapping.

However, when she proposed to go eat with A-Ming after the show ended, he refused.

"A-Min, Sarah came to Hong Kong today. I have to go pick her up. Let's do it another day."

"I like her so much, then you have to help me get an autographed cassette!"

"Leave it to me." Wei Ming pounded his chest.

A few hours later, on the big bed of the Peninsula Hotel, Wei Ming, after the clouds and rain, said: "Later, let Sarah get some autographed tapes. She is still very popular in Hong Kong, so you can give them to people."

Melinda pounded him: "You're still talking. I told you to say hello to her first, but you were in such a hurry."

"You don't understand. I've been under a lot of pressure recently. I set a goal for myself. This concert must raise 10 million for the disaster area."

Under a lot of pressure, and without sex for half a month, he urgently needed to release.

Melinda stroked gently: "Then how much is it now?"

"Now it's just the ticket money, sold 2 million, but costs have to be deducted."

Many people don't need remuneration, but venue fees are needed.

The remaining gap of more than 8 million depends on whether those big wealthy tycoons take the bait.

August 8th.

Wei Ming didn't linger on the Simmons mattress and Melinda's soft fragrance at the Peninsula Hotel. Early in the morning, he arrived at the scene. Huge banners fluttered in the venue.

"Tomorrow Will Be Better, Hearts of Chinese People Worldwide Connect!"

(January 8000, 9000 monthly ticket extra update)

(End of chapter)