To a certain extent, anything in this world is easy to become self-enclosed.

  Without external stimuli, all evolution and progress will be arduous.

  Specifically in the cultural and artistic fields, it was precisely because of hundreds of years of national wars, foreign invasions, and the cultural collisions between different ethnic groups in life-and-death situations that we had the magnificent poetry of the Tang Dynasty. It was precisely because of the emergence and development of capitalist sprouts, and the massive appearance of the urban class, that we had the Renaissance in Europe.

  No era is lacking in genius, but it is the external stimulus and change that are missing, countless geniuses will be extinguished in the slow evolution of self-enclosure without being known.

  Take Li Qian's domestic music scene in a time and space he once experienced.

  In the past, people enjoyed listening to "The East is Red" and watching landmine battles and tunnel warfare, but then Teresa Teng's voice arrived, young people started wearing bell-bottom jeans and sunglasses. Later, everyone watched on TV "A Man from Atlantis", "Shanghai Beach", and "Huo Yuanjia". Afterwards, they also listened to many urban love songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan. After being completely conquered by Hong Kong and Taiwanese singers, a singer named Fang Linyun appeared in the domestic music scene, using her Northwestern Wind style to sweep away the softness of Hong Kong and Taiwanese accents. Then, someone named Gu Jianfen established a vocal training center under extremely difficult conditions, since then, the Chinese music scene has had another kind of bold voice.

  Thirty years later, looking back, if there hadn't been the arrival of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers' voices at that time, who would dare say that domestic popular music could have developed to the same extent as it did in the 21st century, with a hundred flowers blooming together?

  In the time and space where Li Qian is located, after his careful observation for more than half a year, to be honest, compared with the same period of time, the economy in this time and space is much more developed than the one he experienced in 95 and 96. However, it's hard to say whether it's because of the lack of stimulation from Hong Kong and Taiwan music of the same culture, but in this time and space in 95, the mainstream of popular songs at home was still folk songs and ballads, even urban love songs that should have been thriving with economic development and urban prosperity were difficult to succeed.

  Although the government does not restrict record companies from importing foreign music records, which can be put on sale domestically after censorship, various domestic propaganda channels, including radio stations, television stations, newspapers and magazines, are all in the hands of the government. They will obviously not promote foreign music.

  Lacking powerful propaganda, although there are still people who go to listen to foreign music abroad, to be honest, in the whole society, these people are too few, and it's impossible to have any impact at all.

  So, under such a big environment, Chinese music has been moving forward slowly along its own inherent tunes. Although it occasionally makes some pleasant changes, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the huge inertia of the entire society and become extinct.

  Perhaps... Li Jian had thought that if there was no one, including himself, to bring some stimulation and change to the domestic music scene, perhaps it would have to wait until the arrival of the Internet era, with the extreme convenience of communication, and the invasion of foreign culture, before the domestic Chinese music scene would really be forced by fans to make some changes.

  He didn't know and couldn't guess either.

  At least in the current 1995 and 1996, apparently. Although the computer technology of this time and space seems to be more advanced than that of the original time and space, and the process of internetization is also faster, but it will take a few more years to reach the level of universal access to the Internet.

  But then Li Qian arrived.

  As early as when Liao Liao's five songs became extremely popular, Li Qian couldn't help but think that perhaps, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the outstanding works he brought from another space-time would play a catalytic role.

  Fortunately, Liao's face turned red!

  Whether it's the light rock love songs of "Determination" and "Wildflower", or the Chinese style of "Unfinished Love", or the pure Northwestern folk song "My Hometown", they have all won recognition from domestic music fans in this era.

  Then, Li Qian signed a production contract with Hua Ge Records.

  He would rather bring out a song like "See You Off" that the few girls from SNH48 can't hold with their singing skills, than to push fast songs into this time and space and this era.

  He worked hard to shape those five girls into a national idol in the domestic music scene of this time and space!

  If these works from another time and space can really become a stimulant to accelerate the evolution of the domestic music scene, then even if there will inevitably be many voices disturbing from all sides, Li Qian is still fearless.

  As a musician, as a music lover, he urgently wants to see and know that when facing the sudden invasion of such mature and commercial music, the outstanding musicians and quasi-musicians in the current domestic music scene will produce what kind of music works to fight back under stimulation!

  Perhaps this is the greatest significance of his rebirth in this time and space, isn't it?

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  On the first day of 1996, famous pop star Liao Liao quietly visited Li Qian's parents in Jinan Prefecture and had lunch at their home under the warm hospitality of Li Dad and Li Mom. Before leaving, he also signed autographs and took photos with a dozen or so children waiting downstairs in the neighborhood, then sat on the back seat of Li Qian's bicycle and left Shengshi Huayuan Community.

  But this matter, apart from having a certain impact within the Shengshi Garden community and several nearby schools, is almost unknown to others.

  But just as Liao Liao quietly followed Li Qian to visit Li's parents and then stayed home for lunch, something that was destined to shock the domestic music scene, even destined to be recorded in the annals of domestic music history, happened.

  On that morning, many people - including students in their teens, young adults in their twenties, and middle-aged people who looked like they were already in their thirties or forties - went to the music stores they usually visited during the New Year's holiday, took out their wallets, and bought a disc called "Sisters Stand Up".

  Although just over a dozen hours ago, they knew nothing about this song or the person singing it.

  But they came anyway.

  Some people may ask: Is there an album of Wu Xing Wu Su? This is easy to find.

  Some people may ask if there is a song called "Sisters Stand Up"? This can also be easily handled.

  But there are still some people who will ask, is there a song called "See You Again"? The one sung by the five girls, do you know which album it's in?

  At first, most salespeople were a bit confused, but soon they realized that everyone was asking about the same album!

  In the first two days after the national release of "Sisters Who Make Waves", distribution companies across the country were frantically sending goods to various stores, as per usual. If they couldn't sell or didn't sell well, as long as they weren't unsealed, they could be returned within a month. The common practice was to sell first and pay later, so despite countless record stores having no good feelings towards this massively distributed album, most of them still accepted it.

  However, apart from taking out a copy to put on the shelf, everything else was thrown into the warehouse. Many stores didn't even dare to open a box for trial - once opened, they would have to pay for it.

  In fact, Wu Su's new album did not have the fame of the past as its foundation. Nor did it have the support of hardcore fans, and at that time, there was no promotional work whatsoever. The only thing that could be considered promotion was the large number of free promotional posters sent to various audio-visual stores, which were mostly stuffed directly into storage by the audio-visual stores. Therefore, before the New Year's Eve concert on Oriental Star Satellite TV, this album indeed had very few sales.

  On December 26, the album was officially released nationwide. Within two or three days, Huaying Music had shipped over 1.6 million copies across the country - according to the publicity department's estimated sales performance. They produced a total of 2 million cassette tapes and 400,000 CDs, hoping to sell out within a year.

  However, considering that Liao's album was affected by the out-of-stock situation during sales and impacted the final sales performance, Huaying Records finally decided to adopt a strategy of releasing half of the goods at once. Let each store sell slowly.

  It later proved that this strategy helped them a lot!

  On New Year's Day, everyone is on holiday, but it's also the busiest time for the service industry and the best time for business. No one would be foolish enough to close their doors on this day, and record stores are no exception.

  Then, when the audio-visual store opened its doors, when the first person came in to ask, when the second person came in to ask, when many people started coming in to ask, from ordinary salespeople to the boss, one by one they were quickly startled.

  So those tapes and CDs that were originally thrown into the warehouse waiting to be returned were quickly taken out.

  At the same time, almost all audio-visual stores on the street noticed something unusual, and almost all audio-visual stores started playing the same tape, the same CD!

  On this day, from the northeast where heavy snow is falling to the Lingnan where fine rain is drizzling, from the capital city of Beijing to Kunming in Yunnan Province, the voice of "ten men, seven foolish, eight stupid, nine wicked, and one most lovely" spread throughout the streets and alleys of the Yangtze River.

  It can be said that as long as you step out onto the streets on this day, whether it's a bustling metropolis or a slightly backward small town, basically, you'll definitely be brainwashed by this song.

  That day, several staff members sent by Hua Ge Records returned to the company after completing their street survey and almost unanimously believed that the company should immediately raise its sales forecast rating for this album.

  It was also on this day that, after attending the New Year's Eve concert recording, they received an invitation from the Oriental Star Satellite TV variety channel and were stranded in Songjiang Prefecture. The Wu Su combination went out to investigate the sales of their album and was discovered by fans who were buying albums, which quickly led to a siege and onlookers, causing traffic paralysis on the street they visited. In the end, it was the timely appearance of the police that rescued the frightened girls.

  After more than 20 days, the national sales data was released. After being certified by the National Association of Record Industry, it was confirmed that the album "Sisters Stand Up" sold 174,391 copies on this day!

  With just one day's sales, "Sisters Who Make Waves" has already directly topped the domestic music chart's weekly album sales historical ranking at 17th place!

  It was on this day, many years later, that 1996 was called the inaugural year of domestic song idols!

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