[originaltext]W: It’s fantastic to meet you here, John. I’m also your fan.M: T

W: It’s fantastic to meet you here, John. I’m also your fan.
M: Thank you.
W: Before we start the interview, could you please sign my favourite CD for me?
M: My pleasure.
W: Tons of thanks. All these years, there must have been a lot of music companies asking you to join them.
M: Yes, you are right.
W: Then why did you choose Rock?
M: It was mainly because of their sincerity. They agreed that I do not need to do too many promotions, and they also give me freedom. Besides, I do mind whether the media only concentrate on how much money I earn when I sign a contract.
W: But isn’t money important to you?
M: I think money for me is not the most important issue. Rock is a Taiwan-based company, but they make me, a Hong kong singer, feel .that I am yew important to them. They really touch me.
W: Also, you can see that they have put in effort into making singers’ albums.
M: Yeah, the quality is quite high. If I were a consumer, I would buy a high-quality product.
W: Your point is well taken. However, not many fans in Hongkong know how to distinguish between good and bad music. Maybe your target market is not them.
M: I don’t really care about the Hongkong market. I know it is very irresponsible to say this, but it is true. My next album is going to be a Mandarin one.
W: A Mandarin one?
M: Yeah. I was also very surprised when Rock approached me and asked me to concentrate on Mandarin albums. Previously, my songs were all in Cantonese. If you were the head of the company, would you ask me to produce Cantonese albums rather than Mandarin ones?
W: Of course, and the songs will be very commercialized, too.
M: It proves that Rock doesn’t treat me as a money-making artist.