Although Liang Liang and his group faced considerable pressure, they were not without support.
This group of people were just waiting to see how arrogant this Zhang Yong really was.
However, another group of people were more supportive of Zhang Yong.
They were unaware that Zhang Yong's band, Black Island, only performed one song at this concert, spending the rest of the time providing accompaniment for others.
The Hong Kong music scene has been too stifled by commercialism in the past two years, especially after the emergence of the Four Heavenly Kings, who almost monopolized all the award ceremonies, which made other singers resentful.
These people usually wouldn't dare to speak out, or couldn't speak out at all. Now that someone has said this, it seems like they've vented their anger, so they've expressed their support for Zhang Yong.
This includes Douwei's Hong Kong star girlfriend, Wang Jinwen.
When Liang Liang and the others were rehearsing, she brought a group of Hong Kong singers to visit them.
Among these people are singers with the surnames Lu and Lü.
Liang Liang didn't really like the singer named Wang Jinwen.
At first, he thought the female singer was someone else; it was a coincidence.
But reality slapped him in the face rather harshly.
This singer is the same person as the singer from the previous life.
The difference is that she came to Hong Kong earlier in this life, in 1989. In this life, Douwei was not famous at all, not to mention in 1989, even last year.
Liang Liang's only hope is that after Dou Wei meets her, he won't have those dark dreams or anything like that.
If he goes on to have dark dreams again, he'll be going down the same old path as in his previous life. This kind of thing needs to be stopped. Liang Liang doesn't want Dou Wei to make those kinds of fairy music that few people listen to again.
The closer the concert got, the more intense the hype became from both sides, which in turn boosted the concert's popularity to its peak, saving a lot on advertising costs.
Jin Haole's legs were agape... his mouth was agape too.
That's tens of thousands of dollars in advertising costs! We've saved on that!
On the afternoon of the 14th, they had a rehearsal, and the final dress rehearsal will be held tomorrow.
Black Panther Band led the way, followed by Hanchuang Band, then Xu Wei and Black Island Band, and Blue Shark Band headlined the finale!
For the guests, Liang Liang invited the B An Band.
Inviting the B An Band was based on multiple considerations: their future enormous influence and the fact that Chen Min's son was in the band.
They also prepared a new Cantonese song for them called "It's All Your Fault".
This song is the Cantonese version of "The Moon Caused the Trouble".
Liang Liang didn't even bother to change the lyrics; he just copied them directly.
Liang Liang has only just realized that Hong Kong and Taiwan songs really lack any intellectual depth; they're nothing but love songs, typical of the "music-centric" mentality.
B's early songs had some intellectual depth.
As soon as B An Band received the song, they rehearsed it at top speed.
They were naturally present during the rehearsal.
While the other bands were rehearsing, Liang Liang was on the sidelines having a conversation about music with Huang Jiajun.
B An Band is preparing to enter the mainland music scene. Huang Jiajun is asking Liang Liang about the situation in the mainland music scene, focusing on issues related to rock music.
"I believe that after your Hong Kong Coliseum Chinese Music Power Concert, rock music will definitely become very popular in mainland China. This is why our band is preparing to enter the mainland market."
Liang Liang frowned.
Did rock music become popular in mainland China after this concert?
On the contrary, after this concert in the previous life, rock music not only failed to become popular in mainland China, but it was completely extinguished.
Could the decline of rock music in China be related to this concert?
Why did Douwei say in his previous life that Rock Records' signing of the Magic Rock Three Heroes and Kai's concert was a conspiracy?
There do seem to be some problems here; I'll have to sort them out properly when I have time.
"If you're going to develop your career in mainland China, shouldn't you prepare more Mandarin songs?" This was Huang Jiajun's concern.
"That's not absolute. As long as you have good works, it doesn't matter whether it's Mandarin or Cantonese. But if you want to quickly gain recognition from mainland fans, Mandarin is faster."
Huang Jiajun nodded in agreement.
Just before the B-An Band went on stage for rehearsal, Liang Liang began to carefully recall the grand performance at the Hong Kong Coliseum concert in her previous life.
After the Hong Kong Coliseum concert, Chinese rock music also entered a period of decline, and there must have been some connection between the two.
I recalled everything from the people involved to the pieces of music.
Could it be due to the music?
The songs performed at that influential concert in my previous life were generally decadent and rebellious. Most of the sixteen songs not only had no connection to the themes of high spirits and aspirations, but were actually all...
Well, it's a long story.
While these songs might seem reasonable at the time, they were definitely not justifiable.
It must be because of this. When the propaganda department saw this, they thought, "What kind of rubbish are these rock singers singing when they go to other places?"
What impact will the public's acceptance of these songs have?
then…
Liang Liang took a deep breath, feeling that this concert had played a role in pushing Chinese rock music out of its slump.
At that time, if Hong Kong and Taiwan pop songs wanted to completely dominate the mainland market, they would inevitably face strong resistance from the northern rock forces.
Could those Green Island artists deliberately sign singers who write songs in this style and hold a concert like this in order to achieve the goal of burying rock music?
With this explanation, Douwei's conspiracy theory seems to make sense.
Liang Liang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately began to organize the program list for his side of the concert.
After sorting through the music, he breathed a small sigh of relief. Most of the songs played by these bands were related to love. There weren't any particularly decadent songs or songs that talked about how bad reality was, but there didn't seem to be any particularly uplifting songs either.
It's necessary to add a main theme song.
Liang Liang began to recall which mainstream songs she could choose.
Half of the songs, including "I Love You, Motherland," immediately stood out.
Singing such a song in a capitalist backwater would surely have a powerful effect.
Before the handover, Hong Kong had a large number of patriots, and this song will definitely resonate with them.
That's it, change the song!
Liang Liang wrote down the sheet music as quickly as possible, then began arranging the music and assigned the task to the band members.
Liang Liang's decision to change the song surprised the band, especially since it was a song they had never performed before.
But once Liang Liang made the decision, the band immediately started practicing.
The song that was replaced was "The Fake Monk".
Of the five songs Blue Shark Band was to perform, "Missing You Is a Knife" was the least thought-provoking and was originally supposed to be replaced. However, considering its popularity in Hong Kong, Leung Leung kept it and removed "The Fake Monk".
The following day, the Blue Shark band rehearsed the song with all their might. However, the rehearsal was not effective, and the song was not rehearsed during the dress rehearsal.
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