Taipei, Fuxing Middle School.
Fifteen-year-old Jia Jingwen walked outside the school with her schoolbag on her back and headphones in her ears, listening to music.
She is small in stature, but her eyes are big and bright.
In this era, the aesthetics throughout East Asia were relatively consistent.
It does not require a head-to-body ratio, nor does it care about the exquisiteness of the facial features.
I don’t like oval faces either. Everyone thinks round faces are beautiful.
As for your hair, it must be thick and dense, like clouds and waterfalls.
The requirements for eyebrows and eyes are very high, and a pair of big watery eyes can instantly capture the audience.
That’s why Zhao Yanzi became famous throughout Asia, killing both young and old.
Jia Jingwen, who has big eyes, also has her own era.
This kind of aesthetic has a unified name, called "Showa Yan".
In fact, this name is biased and should be called "East Asian Yan".
At that time, Chinese and Korean beauties also had this standard.
Let’s not talk about China. You see, South Korea’s Kim Hee Sun is also of this type.
But there is nothing we can do about it. Japan was the first to develop, and it was the first to popularize and carry forward this aesthetic through its own entertainment industry.
Naturally, it also has the "naming right".
Jia Jingwen walked out of the school gate, got on the bus, and found a seat.
When the car was about to start, a girl with short hair rushed up. She glanced inside the car, ran to Jia Jingwen and sat down next to her, breathing heavily.
Jia Jingwen glanced at her, took off her headphones and said, "Chen Yue'er, why are you running so fast?"
"You almost missed it."
"If you can't catch up, just wait for the next one!"
"I ran so fast just to chase you."
"What are you chasing me for?"
" Can I stay at your house tonight?”
“Okay, where are your parents?”
"You didn't even take me with you when you went on a trip!"
Jia Jingwen smiled, handed an earphone to Chen Yue'er, and asked, "Would you like to listen to it?"
"Whose song is it? ?”
“Dong Yang’s”
“I’m tired of hearing all his songs.”
"Isn't there a new song released recently? "Devil" and "The Lover" are all very nice!"
"It's like squeezing out toothpaste. I hope he releases a new album soon!" Chen Yue'er complained, still He took the headphones and put them into his ears.
Not long after, the two returned to Jia Jingwen’s home.
“Mom, I’m back!”
“Hello, aunt!”
Jia Jingwen's mother Lin Li said with a smile: "Yue'er is here, go wash your hands and get ready to eat."
A few minutes later, Jia Jingwen's younger brother Jia Pengli also came back. He is nine years old and is still in school. primary school.
After the family finished eating, they watched TV in the living room.
Chen Yue'er came to Jia Jingwen's house. One of her main purposes was to watch Channel 4 at her house.
Taiwan’s Channel 4 is still illegal, and each TV station only broadcasts within a small area.
It is said to be a TV station, but in fact it is a private workshop, and it is also a neighbor's business.
Otherwise, there would not be such a strange phenomenon in a small Taiwan with hundreds of TV stations.
Jia Pengli quickly turned the TV to channel 4, and then sat obediently next to her sister.
"Hey, what kind of station is this?"
The station logo is a star on a red gold background with the word "starry sky" written next to it.
Usually at this time, the station they watch will broadcast ATV TV series.
Although it was in Cantonese, they watched it with gusto because it was much better than the crappy drama on Laosan Channel.
On the TV, there was a hillside full of flowers. Five young men and women were sitting with their backs to the screen. The girl in the middle pointed at the sky.
Meteor shower falls from the sky, and then comes the MV of "Meteor Shower".
In a ball of starlight, the four handsome men appeared like a dream.
The handsome Nan in the middle, with long flowing hair, stretched out a finger to draw a string of small stars in the sky.
Then the ordinary Bai Gu appeared. He showed a charming smile and spread his hands gently, with stars shining in his hands.
Then with a cynical look on his face, Julian Cheung put his hand in his pocket and drew a starlight.
Finally, the relatively immature Sun Yaowei made a heart gesture with his hands, and the starlight followed his fingers.
The four handsome rivals made their debut, and both Jia Jingwen and Chen Xiaoyue were stunned.
Then, a warm song sounded...
The gentle starry sky should move you. I am behind you, laying out a sky for you.
I won’t allow you to be sad, I’ll help you deal with your loneliness, and leave all the weight of your dreams to me.
Hold your hand and follow me, no matter how strong the wind is, you have me and you will never lose your way again.
Watch the meteor shower with you, falling on this earth, and let your tears fall on my shoulders.
I want you to believe in my love and be brave only for you, and you will see where happiness lies.
......
Among these four people, Zheng Yijian and Sun Yaowei both sing very well and can be called professional singers.
Julian Cheung also made his debut as a singer, with hit songs such as "Modern Love Story".
In other words, Bai Gu's singing is relatively mediocre, but he has also acted and sung, and released several albums. One of his songs, "Destiny is the Highest", was also considered a hit song that year.
His level is at least no worse than the original four.
Moreover, since they were selected to form F4, they naturally also practiced their Mandarin well.
With both appearance and singing skills surpassing the original version, this MV quickly captured the audience in front of the TV as soon as it was released.
"So handsome, who are they?" Chen Xiaoyue's eyes were filled with little stars.
“F4, didn’t I write it already!”
Fortunately for Jia Jingwen, her father opened a restaurant called "Tianjin Wei". Because of its good reputation, many celebrities have visited it.
She has seen many celebrities since she was a child, including Yang Ye, Chen Long, Lin Qingxia and so on.
So although she thinks the four boys on TV are all handsome, celebrities are not so mysterious in her eyes, and they will not be as crazy as Chen Xiaoyue.
“Which one do you think is the most handsome?”
“The first one!”
"I think the second one is more handsome!"
"They are both handsome, and the song is also very nice. It was written by Director Yang!"
"Ah, is that right?"< br>
"When the subtitles were released, it was written that he was the one who wrote the lyrics and composed the music. He must be a newly launched artist from his family!"
When a song is finished, it is time for an advertisement.
Although Star TV has just been established, it has also attracted a lot of advertisements due to Yang Ye's reputation. The first one is Lindt chocolate.
Yang Ye is the spokesperson of Lindt and Sprüngli, and this time he took advantage of the situation and launched a new version of the advertisement.
To be able to have a big international director like Yang Ye personally shoot an advertisement is a real treasure for Lindt.
There are countless classic chocolate advertisements in the future, and Yang Ye picked them up casually, which is not a big deal.
Next is the advertisement for the "Pocket Genie" game console endorsed by Wang Zuxian.
After two minutes of commercials, the screening of "Meteor Garden" officially started.
At the beginning of the TV series, Chu Yuxun, played by Yi Nengjing, appeared on the screen riding a motorcycle.
Chen Xiaoyue said in surprise: "It's Yi Nengjing!"
Girls' Generation is so famous in Taiwan, especially the three Taiwanese members Wang Zuxian, Xiao Qiang, and Yi Nengjing.
They are now well-known in Taiwan.
However, compared to Wang Zuxian's great success in the film industry, Xiao Qiang also released good movies such as "If Love Has a Will".
In addition to releasing albums with the group and the girl group movie "Happy Ghost", Yi Nengjing has never had any well-known works.
He is the weakest of the three.
Nevertheless, her appearance still attracted many Taiwanese audiences to stop and watch.
Next, two funny girls showed off their wealth, making the audience laugh.
Then a classmate named Ashu offended F4 and was forced to drop out of school.
The teacher came over and asked what was going on. When he learned the reason, he was furious: "Such a black sheep will never be allowed in the school!"
Then he walked up to Ashu angrily and said to him : "Ashu, don't be a black sheep in the future!"
Jia Jingwen and Chen Xiaoyue laughed until their heads dropped. At this moment, the F4 driving a luxury car made a brilliant appearance...
"Boys Over Flowers" is Japan's best-selling shojo manga. This story has been popular in Asia for thirty years, so there is certainly something special about it.
Although the plot seems very childish to many adults, after one episode was broadcast, two adolescent girls, Jia Jingwen and Chen Xiaoyue, were fascinated by it.
Chen Xiaoyue said without saying anything: "No, I wonder if there will be a second episode!"
There was no second episode. After the commercial, a variety show was broadcast.
"Hello everyone, welcome to Star TV, I am Cai Kangyong, the host of "Entertainment Star Broadcast"."
Jia Jingwen said in surprise: "Star TV actually speaks Mandarin!"
Now they know that this TV station is called Star TV, although they don't know what satellite TV means.
Since Star TV is a Mandarin channel, it has recruited a group of new hosts from across the Taiwan Strait and three places, and Cai Kangyong is one of them.
Cai Kangyong’s father was friends with King Hu, and was also friends with the Duan brothers of the Rolling Stones.
Cai Kangyong was able to attend graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles, only because of Hu Jinquan’s recommendation letter.
Universities in Europe and the United States have a recommendation letter system. Obtaining recommendation letters from awesome people can increase your admission limit.
For example, Yang Ye is a cultural celebrity and a serious knight. His recommendation letters are very valuable.
With the relationship between Hu Jinquan and the Duan brothers, Cai Kangyong, who was about to graduate from graduate school, was naturally recommended to Yang Ye.
Although Cai Kangyong loves movies and is a major, Yang Ye knows that his talent actually lies in hosting.
He is very good at talking and understands the art of language, so Yang Ye asked him to start as a host.
"Today, we are honored to invite the creator of "Meteor Garden" to our studio. Next, let us welcome Ms. Yi Nengjing and F4 with warm applause!"
Yi Nengjing brings four handsome rivals Enter the studio and greet everyone warmly.
"Hello, viewers of "Entertainment Star Broadcast", my name is Yi Nengjing, nice to meet you!"
The next step is F4's self-introduction, the two girls are now Only then did I learn their names.
“It turns out his name is Zheng Yijian!”
"It turns out his name is Louis Koo!"
Cai Kangyong first interviewed Yi Nengjing: "What is Xiao Yi busy with recently?"
"Recently, she is mainly busy with the promotional activities of "Meteor Garden", and also Are you preparing a new album? "
"Is your group releasing a new album? "
"It's not our group, it's my first solo album, it's called "The Love You Want." ”, I hope everyone will support me when the time comes. ”
Yi Nengjing first advertised for herself. Knowing that fans actually wanted the girl group to release an album, she made another point and said: "However, our Girls' Generation's new album is also in preparation and will probably be available to the audience next year. Let’s go!”
Girls’ Generation is currently busy on their own and rarely gets together.
Yang Ye plans to announce their disbandment after helping them release their last album.
After the interview, Cai Kangyong dug out a lot of interesting things about her girlhood from Yi Nengjing's mouth, which made the audience in front of the TV watch with gusto.
However, the main thing today is to promote "Meteor Garden" and F4, and we can't overdo it, so the focus quickly turned to the TV series and F4.
As a result, all kinds of interesting things during the filming of "Meteor Garden" were recounted by the five leading actors.
For this kind of program, the scripts have been reviewed in advance, including the characters of several leading actors, and the jokes that come out of their mouths are all designed in advance, so the audience naturally looks very interesting.
Time passed quickly, and before you knew it, the show was over. Jia Jingwen and Chen Xiaoyue were rushed to do their homework by Lin Li.
Two girls were sitting in the room. They couldn't write a word in their homework, and they kept talking about "Meteor Garden" and F4.
We were still chatting when we were sleeping in bed.
...
Star TV broadcasts animation, music, TV, and movies 24 hours a day, providing viewers with a large amount of entertainment information.
The celebrities in Yang Ji all acted as human advertising machines, and they never forgot to promote Star TV wherever they went.
Not only that, they also took turns to be guests on Star TV, which naturally attracted a large number of fans.
Even Yang Ye appeared on Star TV and told the audience the behind-the-scenes story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Secret of the Dragon".
The popularity of "Meteor Garden" is definitely an artifact to boost ratings.
Although in Taiwan it is broadcast pirated by Channel 4, the ratings are difficult to calculate.
However, during the broadcast of "Meteor Garden", the ratings of the third channel collectively fell by 5 percentage points, which shows how terrifying the influence is.
"Meteor Garden" is completely popular!
Suddenly, people from all over Asia continued to send invitations to Yang Ji, hoping that F4 and Yi Nengjing could perform.
Rolling Stone Records took advantage of the situation and released F4's first album "Meteor Shower".
In addition to the movie theme song and three interludes written by Yang Ye, this album also has the three kings Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, and Xiaochong working hard to create it. It can be said to be a classic, giving them four Singing alone is a bit wasteful.
However, the sales volume is gratifying. After it was launched during Taiwan’s Double Ten Festival, 100,000 copies were sold on the first day, and it was immediately out of stock, which shocked the industry.
You must know that sales of 50,000 copies in Taiwan are considered platinum albums. It would be ridiculous for a new singer to get a gold album for his debut album, let alone platinum album.
F4 went straight to double platinum on the first day, this is such a great success!
Fans who had not bought the album called Rolling Stone Records one after another to urge the album. As a result, Rolling Stone Records' phone number was inundated, and the HR department did not resume repairs until midnight.
After this battle, F4 instantly became the number one team in Asia. What kind of little tiger team? Step aside.
The Little Tigers are not unpopular, but they are not blessed by super popular TV series like F4.
This kind of terrifying explosive power is simply unmatched by the Little Tigers.
The people at Rolling Stone were a little confused. They knew it would be a hit, but they didn’t expect it to be so popular.
In the conference room, Duan Zhongyi sighed: "Now I finally understand what Director Yang said about letting singers become famous first, and then release records."
Li Zongsheng said: "Actually, these people are not fans. They are Don’t you care what F4 sings?”
Duan Zhongtan said: “But our album was sold, and the songs you wrote were heard.”
Xiao Chong said: “ At the beginning, Director Yang said that he was creating a boy band, but now it seems that this is the second Girls’ Generation!”
Li Zongsheng said: “I am looking forward to next year’s “The Voice of China”!
Duan Zhongtan said: "What are your plans next?"
Duan Zhongyi waved his hand: "Let's have a concert!" (End of this chapter)