"Music companies are beginning to explore more orthodox methods to produce albums," says Wang Xiaofeng. In the past mainland record companies either pirated music or made a few "greatest hits albums" gathering together a number of different singers. But, beginning in 1993, companies began to sign singers to contracts, and to establish planning, marketing, production, and star-manager systems to systematically commercialize artists.
「音象公司開始循正規方式出片」，王曉峰說，以前大陸的音象界不是「扒帶子」，就是多位歌手一起錄一盤「大拼盤」，九三年音象公司「簽約歌手」蔚然成風，各大城市唱片公司紛紛成立企劃、包裝、製作人、經紀人制度，為歌手進行商業化操作。