1990: Starting from Baojia Street

The box office performance of "Time Traveler" in Japan was so amazing that "Independence Day", which was originally scheduled to be released in mid-June, was postponed to July.

The reason announced by the distributor of "Independence Day" was that there were some technical issues with the Neon version and it needed to be adjusted before it could be released. However, everyone knows that this adjustment is definitely related to "A Time Traveler".

The technical issues faced by the movie when it is released in Japan are nothing more than subtitles and dubbing. These things should have been done before, and even if there are some problems, they can be adjusted very simply, and the release date will not be postponed for a month at all.

The earliest release date for "Independence Day" was December last year, but it was postponed to June this year due to special reasons.

In fact, when "Independence Day" announced the postponement of its release date, all parties were a little confused at first, because in the eyes of the public, there was no need for "Independence Day" to be afraid of "Time Travelers".

Since its release in North America last year, "Independence Day" has almost swept all major box office locations around the world.

In North America, it grossed over 300 million U.S. dollars, and subsequently won the box office championship in many countries. To date, the film's global box office has exceeded 600 million U.S. dollars.

Some organizations predict that the final global box office of "Independence Day" is expected to exceed 800 million US dollars.

Such a powerful movie should not be afraid of "Time Traveler".

In fact, the distributor of "Independence Day" is not afraid, but still chooses to be safe. After all, there is the precedent of "Sleeper" and they want to prevent the risk of failure.

Although the global box office of "Independence Day" is much higher than that of "Sleeper", but "Time Traveler" can easily beat "Sleeper", so it may not be impossible to beat "Independence Day".

The most important thing is that the sudden slogan "Keep the championship in the East" made the distributor of "Independence Day" feel a little wary.

This kind of thing can be big or small. If this trend really blows, it will not be about the appeal of the movie itself. At that time, the Japanese audience will be excited and will rush to boost the box office of "Time Traveler".

No matter how strong "Independence Day" is, if it falls into this vortex, its box office will inevitably be affected.

There is no need for them to take this risk. It would be safer to wait until a month after the trend dies down before releasing the film.

The adjustment of the release date of "Independence Day" was also widely reported by the Japanese media.

Some media said that this was a temporary success. Since "Independence Day" knew how to avoid the sharp edge, it means that "Time Travelers" has already impacted them.

……

The war in Japan is still burning, and suddenly there is good news from North America - "About Time" will be released in North America on July 18th.

North American movie fans have been looking forward to "About Time" for a long time.

Interestingly, on the same day that the release date of “About Time” was announced, Mariah Carey’s new song “Bleeding Love” was also officially released.

Mariah Carey's new album was originally scheduled to be released in September, and the title song would definitely come out around September. The new song is now out, naturally to coincide with the news of the release of "About Time".

In fact, "About Time" will be released in July, and Mariah Carey is very happy because she had originally thought about releasing the album earlier.

Everything for the new album has been prepared, and it can be released anytime after July. There is no problem with releasing either a single or the entire album ahead of schedule.

……

Early in the morning on June 13, Olivia turned on the radio and tuned to their favorite radio program "Music Time", because the radio station had already announced that Mariah Carey's new song "Bleeding Love" would be released today.

At 7:40, the show officially begins.

Olivia quickly pulled the still sleeping Salori out of bed, "Hurry up, we're going to miss the premiere of Maria's new song."

Saloli got up in a daze, then lay down next to the radio, waiting for the new song with Olivia.

After the show started, Rivers said with a smile, "Welcome everyone to listen to "Music Time and Space" on Friday morning. I am your good friend Rivers. The weather in New York is very good today. When I was going to work this morning..."

This is the style of host Rivers. After the show starts, he likes to chat with the listeners for a while and is not in a hurry to get to the point.

Listeners who often listen to his shows have become accustomed to this style and are not very anxious.

After chatting for a while, Rivers changed the topic and said, "I wonder if any of you who are listening to the program know about traditional Chinese programs. A few days ago, I saw people celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival on the road. It seems to be a very important festival for Chinese people... The reason why I talked about the Dragon Boat Festival is that the song I want to introduce to you today is related to China and the Chinese people."

"The song we are about to hear is called "Bleeding Love". It is a song composed by Y-chou and sung by Mariah Carey. Friends who know Y or Maria should know that this is the third song that Y has collaborated with Mariah Carey."

"This song, like the previous two songs "Young and Beautiful" and "Someone Like You", is an interlude in the movie. Coincidentally, just now, 21st Century Fox announced that they will co-distribute "About Time" with Tomson Pictures, and the movie will be released on the 18th of next month."

Olivia and Salori didn't know the news of the movie's release yet, so when they heard Rivers' words, they were both cheered up.

Salori, who was still dazed, sat up straight away, "He said that About Time will be released next month?"

Olivia nodded with a smile, "You heard it right, About Time will be released on the 18th of next month."

"Haha, I was wondering why Bleeding Love was suddenly released ahead of schedule. It turns out it was to promote About Time. OK, OK. We will be able to see the movie in more than a month."

They have been waiting for the new movie for so long, and finally they got it.

There was news before that "About Time" might be released after September this year. When Olivia and Salori heard the news, they were extremely disappointed.

Now, the release date has been moved forward by at least two months.

"I don't know if the cinemas here have a lot of screenings."

The films directed by Y before had average screening schedules in the United States. Many cinemas only had one or two shows a day, and some cinemas didn't show them at all.

It's better for them living in New York, as there are many cinemas in big cities and there are always some movies scheduled.

But it is said that in some small cities, it is not easy to see Y's movies, and often one has to wait until the midnight show.

This is also a very normal thing. After all, American movie theaters rarely show foreign language films. Previously, the screening schedule for Y movies was much higher than other foreign language films.

Saloli said optimistically, "About Time is so popular this time, don't cinemas want to make money? The screening schedule will definitely not be low, and we are in New York, are we afraid that we won't be able to watch the movie?"

If New York can't see this movie, then other cities may be in trouble.

In recent years, the screening schedule of Y movies has been getting higher and higher, so Salori is very optimistic. There is also good news, that is, this time 21st Century Fox and Thompson are distributing it together, Fox will definitely be able to help the movie get more screenings, otherwise, is it necessary for Fox to get involved?

"Yeah, I hope there will be more screenings." Olivia smiled, "This is the movie I'm most looking forward to this year."

"It's also the movie I'm most looking forward to." Salori nodded.

While the two were talking, Rivers' voice on the radio never stopped.

After Rivers talked for several minutes, he suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, it's time to listen to the song. Next, let's all hold our breath and listen to the beautiful music."

After he finished speaking, the sound of piano began to play.

After the twenty-second prelude, Mariah Carey's soft voice sounded.

“closed off from love i didn't need the pain
once or twice was enough but it was all in vain
......"

At the beginning of the song, Mariah Carey's slightly hoarse voice perfectly matches the lyrics, and immediately makes the audience feel the slightly sad tone of the song.

It's in the key of F major, 4/4 time, at a moderate tempo. The arrangement of the whole song is simple and elegant, without anything fancy.

Salori and Olivia looked at each other, and both of them smiled.

Sure enough, Mariah Carey’s songs written by Y are always beautiful when sung, and she did not disappoint them this time.

This song only uses the prelude and the first two sentences to bring the audience into the song, feeling the struggle, pain and determination expressed in the lyrics.

Mariah Carey's powerful vocal ability is fully demonstrated in this song. She performs high notes, switching between true and false voices, and breathy voices with ease, which fits the love song in the lyrics very well.

The lyrics tell the story of a person who is in love and who, despite being questioned and blocked by the outside world, still firmly loves the other person, and who never backs down even when his heart is in pain like bleeding.

To be honest, if they didn't know that this song was an interlude in "About Time", Olivia and Salori would have doubted whether the lyrics had any special meaning.

There have been rumors about Y and Mariah Carey. Although it has quieted down a lot in the past two years, similar news still comes out from time to time.

This time when Mariah Carey released a new song, the rumors about the two of them reappeared as expected.

The feelings described in the lyrics of the song "Bleeding Love" are somewhat like a true reflection of Mariah Carey's inner thoughts.

Soon, a song ended and Rivers' voice sounded again.

"It's a very nice song. I believe that everyone, like me, fell in love with it after listening to it only once. The lyrics of this song tell a story..."

Olivia asked Salori with a smile, "Which of the three songs that have been released for "About Time" do you think is the best?"

Saloli bit her lip and looked troubled. "It's not easy to choose. Each of the three songs has its own characteristics. I like them all very much."

"What if I have to choose?"

"If I had to choose, I would probably choose "How Long Will I Love You"."

"Why?" Olivia asked curiously.

"Because among the three songs, this song sounds the best. The other two songs sound a bit sad. I still want to feel better. Besides, isn't "How Long Will I Love You" the theme song of the movie? I must keep the theme song."

Olivia smiled and said, "I can't choose either, but I can tell you that Bleeding Love is definitely the best."

Salori nodded, "I agree."

Although they could not choose their favorite song from the three, they were able to judge that this song performed the best. The reason was simple: it was sung by Mariah Carey, the undisputed number one female singer in North America in the past two years.

It is no exaggeration to say that Mariah Carey is the most popular singer in the world today. In terms of sales data, she is in the lead by a large margin.

As long as it's her song, the results will not be bad.

You know, "Someone Like You" won 17 Billboard weekly championships in a row, breaking the record set by Mariah Carey herself.

Celine Dion is also quite popular, but she is still far behind Mariah Carey.

"All of Me" also performed very well, winning the championship for a total of seven weeks, but these seven weeks were not consecutive because one of the weeks was taken by "How Long Will I Love You".

Holding the championship for seven weeks is an achievement that most singers will never be able to achieve in their entire lives. Even Celine Dion herself has never achieved such a result before.

"How Long Will I Love You" only won the championship for one week, but it remained in the top ten of the Billboard charts for ten consecutive weeks, which is also a remarkable achievement.

With this song, Wang Lihong also became the first Chinese singer to win the Billboard weekly championship. Before this, no Chinese singer had ever won this honor.

In the past, let alone a Billboard champion, there wasn’t even a top spot.

If Wang Lihong wasn't a newcomer, the result would definitely be better this time.

The song won the championship because, firstly, it was really good, and secondly, it was because of the popularity of Zhou Yan and the movie, and the Backstreet Boys helped promote it at the time.

This time, Mariah Carey released a new song, which became popular before it was even released. Everyone thought it would top the charts and win the championship in the first week.

As for how many championships it can win in the future, and whether it can surpass "Someone Like You", I don't know.

If "Bleeding Love" can win the weekly championship more than ten times, then the total number of Billboard championships won by songs created by Y will exceed fifty.

This means that in the past two years, the songs written by Zhou Yan have been at the top of the charts for one year.

Of course, most of this was contributed by Mariah Carey alone.

If "Bleeding Love" can stay at the top of the charts for more than ten weeks, then in the past two years, Mariah Carey will have stayed at the top of the charts for more than sixty weeks.

The four singles from her last album, Daydreaming, topped the charts for more than 30 weeks. It can be said that Mariah Carey has dominated the Billboard charts in the past two years. (End of this chapter)