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, regardless of their status, were all proud of making money and performing tricks.

This has also caused a series of problems. For example, state-owned song and dance troupes 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 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 to the chaos, and restore normal order. That is why Xiang Nan is regarded as a model.

"People's Daily", "Guangming Daily", "China Youth Daily", "Wen Wei Po" and many other official media 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 increase sales, Song Bing planned to invest another 50,000 yuan to help him shoot a music video that would be broadcast on TV stations in the future.

This was a very common propaganda technique at the time, and Xiang Nan would naturally not refuse it.

However, in the 1990s, most of the mainland music videos were relatively crude. For example, the music videos for love songs were shot of the male and female protagonists being romantically involved; the music videos for rock songs were mostly shot of the singers being bohemian... very clichéd. .

Xiang Nan naturally didn't want to be so hasty about his first music video.

So he thought of a mv script and gave it to Song Bing.

This MV has a complete story. It tells the story of a young man who bid farewell to his hometown and his lover, and traveled to distant places to pursue his dreams. After many years, he returned to his hometown exhausted and weathered, only to find that he was no longer the same person. Human beings are not.

"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 cliche 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 to pursue his 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 proposal and 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 I heard from Song Bing that he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy and has been an art designer for many years, and his standards are quite good.

As for the heroine of the music video, Song Bing left it to Xiang Nan to choose.

The MV of a love song requires that the male and female protagonists 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 like it when it's shot, so it's better for Xiang Nan to choose it himself. .

Xiang Nan nodded, then took a large pile of model resumes and started sifting through them.

There are many art schools and performance groups in Yanjing, plus hundreds of thousands of people from Beijing, forming a rich resource of artists. As long as any crew recruits people, similar resumes can collect several sacks

.

And I have to say that there are really many beautiful girls in the entertainment industry.

Coupled with the artistic photos, there are some modifications, so that girls who are originally six points in appearance can reach seven or eight points. It seems that everyone is Wang Zixian, everyone is Li Jiaxin... pick and choose, and you can choose the right one.

Nandu 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 were all very beautiful and high-quality. But the photos of this girl were 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, "The photos of other girls are artistic photos taken by celebrities 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 time.

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. In my opinion, she is a real beauty."

Song Bing smiled, Xiang Nan's words did make some sense.

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 movies 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 would be distracted by her appearance. But she is very comfortable, 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 first debuted, she was known as Xiao Zhang Ziyi. Her acting skills are quite good and she 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 music video.

"Hello, Ms. Zhang, I invited you here just to shoot the music video." Song Bing introduced simply, "The music video 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.

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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 this violates copyright, no one cared about this at all in the 1990s. And by doing this, the song "Your Answer" quickly became popular, and it also made Xiang Nan's popularity even higher.

"There will be intimate scenes such as holding hands and hugging in the music video. I wonder if you would mind?" Song Bing said again.

"No problem, I don't mind. I'm an actor. No matter how big the scale 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."
Chapter completed!