Chapter 36

In mid-November 1992, as Zhou Ziheng's cassette sold massively across the country, he skyrocketed to fame throughout Mainland China. On the pop music charts established by China Central Television, every single track from Zhou Ziheng's cassette broke into the top one hundred and rapidly climbed the ranks. Within just a single week, the hottest tracks—Wandering Song, New Migrant Worker Ballad, Child Far From Home, Outside the Window, Double Ninth Wine, and Ninth Ninth Daughter's Red Wine—had all surged into the top twenty, with Wandering Song even breaking into the top ten. Overnight, Zhou Ziheng became a household name nationwide. "Do you listen to Wandering Song?" "Have you heard of Wandering Song?"