A week after Mayday's album was released, the band Ocean Waves' album "Don't Be Lonely" was finally released.
We have to release it now, or the New Year will be here.
We've already stockpiled quite a few belts; we have to sell them.
Releasing an album at this time is not a good idea, as there are only about twenty days left until the Lunar New Year. Due to the time constraints, some remote areas will not be able to obtain the tapes before the New Year.
Even so, the album was still released.
Pacific Audio & Video had high hopes for this album by the Sea Waves.
The album features a selection of ten songs.
The title track is "Don't Be Lonely," which is a song with a slightly altered lyric from "Eyebrows Dancing." Following that are other energetic songs like "Sisters Stand Up," "Treading the Waves," and "Ding Dong."
Liu Wen believes this will be a revolutionary album that will break many records in the market and create an unstoppable musical tide.
However, he also lamented that the timing of their album releases over the past month or so was a bit too close to that of Jinmeng's, which would affect some of their album sales.
Because of the short time between the Lunar New Year and the release of "Don't Be Lonely," the release of the book took place almost simultaneously in Hong Kong and mainland China.
The release trend of "Don't Be Lonely" is much stronger than that of Mayday's album "Believe in Yourself".
On the day of release, the 150,000 tapes prepared by Pacific for sale in mainland China were snapped up by distributors across the country in just over two hours.
The factory started working overnight to rush production and processing, hoping to sell more before the end of the year.
The situation in Xianggang was a little slower, but 50,000 units were still shipped on the first day of issuance.
This time, Green Island finally caught up. On the third day after the release in Hong Kong and mainland China, the Green Island version was also launched.
The entire market was quickly dominated by the Sea Waves' album.
The Mayday album that was playing just a moment ago was quickly replaced by the cheerful and lighthearted music of the band Ocean Waves.
But regardless of who replaces whom, around the Spring Festival of 1994, these two bands would have a strong say in what kind of sound devices could be produced on the streets and alleys.
No matter how you look at it, they are the winners.
While the Impression Market was bustling with activity, Liang Liang and the Blue Shark Band were comfortably staying in the Maritime Ballroom.
Their albums are almost sold out, and there won't be many more sales to come.
The mainland version of "My Hometown" is expected to sell over a million copies, while other regions are estimated to have sold seven or eight hundred thousand copies.
Liang Liang was somewhat dissatisfied with the sales figures not exceeding two million.
For every album sold, they get a 1.5 yuan bonus. If they sell 200,000 fewer albums, they lose 300,000 yuan in bonuses, which is tens of thousands of yuan for each person.
Before the Chinese New Year, Liang Liang stayed put and stayed here until the 25th of the twelfth lunar month when he would go home for the holiday.
On average, the Haiyun Dance Hall brings him 13,000 to 14,000 yuan a night, plus the band's average income of over 1,000 yuan a night, so his daily income is around 15,000 yuan.
This made him feel like he had gained two or three hundred thousand yuan in assets without doing anything.
February arrived in the blink of an eye, and the first day of the month was the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month.
Han Chui sat opposite Liang Liang in his office, listening to Liang Liang assign tasks.
Liang Liang took out 30,000 yuan.
It's almost Chinese New Year, and there are some people who need to be taken care of.
Half of the money was used to bribe some useful people, and the other half was used to buy gifts for the nightclub employees during holidays.
"I believe you can handle these things well. If you can't, you don't need to come during the New Year. And you're not allowed to embezzle!"
Han Chui chuckled as he stuffed the money into his pocket, without making any promises.
He would never embezzle a large sum of money, but he would definitely steal two packs of cigarettes to keep for the New Year.
Two packs of good cigarettes would only cost a hundred or two hundred yuan, and he knew that even if Liang Liang knew, he wouldn't say anything.
Everyone understands the unspoken rule of not crossing the line.
"Let's go! Let's get this done quickly, once it's done, we'll have something to worry about."
No sooner had Han Bangchui stepped out of Liang Liang's office than a group of beautiful women poured into it.
The moment the Sea Waves band entered the room, the atmosphere became several times more lively.
After more than a month apart, they were all dressed up in their finest attire.
Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao ran up to Liang Liang and rubbed against him.
"Why are you back? Didn't they prepare a New Year's Eve party or something for you back in Guangzhou?"
The originally lively atmosphere was dampened several degrees by Liang Liang's words.
The overall atmosphere of the Sea Waves band is declining.
"Don't even mention it. On New Year's Eve, President Liu made us attend the Guangdong Province New Year's Eve party. It was so boring." Xiao Yao pouted.
The rest of the people sighed and groaned.
"Be content! It's not like we're not giving you money. We wanted to participate but no one invited us!"
Since CCTV started hosting the Spring Festival Gala, local TV stations have followed suit, and it's been almost ten years now.
However, in the early 1990s, local TV stations had limited financial allocations and didn't provide much money, so Liang Liang wasn't very interested in participating in local TV station Spring Festival Galas.
Li Zhizhou even contacted him to participate in the Lianwan City Spring Festival Gala, but he refused.
Qin Wenju also called to ask him if he would participate in the Yahe City Spring Festival Gala, but he refused.
One problem is the lack of money, and the other is that the songs they sing are subject to multiple layers of review.
He wouldn't hesitate if it were CCTV or a provincial TV station, but a city-level TV station is out of the question.
He longed to go home and spend the Lunar New Year with his family, but that was far less appealing.
He doesn't need to rely on a prefecture-level city's platform to expand his reputation.
The Sea Waves Band shared the same idea as Liang Liang; they also wanted to go home for the Chinese New Year.
"Don't even think about spending the Spring Festival at home anymore. It's not going to happen for at least the next five or six years."
Liang Liang's demoralizing words were met with a chorus of sighs.
They could stay at home for four or five days before heading to Guangzhou for rehearsals. So, after saying goodbye to Liang Liang, Ming Hongling, Zhang Hua, and Lan Zhi hurriedly went home.
Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao live in the same city. Instead of going home, they stayed in Liang Liang's office and secretly ate Liang Liang's tofu every now and then.
Finally, Liang Liang got angry and chased them out like chickens.
Why don't you go home to see your parents during the holidays? What's the point of just hanging around before the New Year?
With the year-end approaching, there are so many things to do, I don't have time to chat with you guys.
There are indeed too many things to do before the New Year. The company is giving employees holiday benefits, and he needs to make plans for when to start work after the New Year and for the band to plan for the coming year.
Fortunately, Han Bangbang was there to carry out the task; otherwise, he would have been extremely busy.
It's already the 25th of the twelfth lunar month in the blink of an eye.
After distributing the staff's belongings and paying their wages early in the morning, Liang Liang announced that the employees would have a holiday.
During the Spring Festival, the job of guarding the dance hall was handed over to Xing Chenghu and his partners.
During the Spring Festival, Liang Liang paid them double wages.
After the arrangements were completed and the employees had all left, Liang Liang gave Xing Chenghu a few instructions before taking a car back to Yahe with Wang Fan.
Sitting in the car, Liang Liang thought of a movie song: "Whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year."
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