Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 197 Sales take off

After Tang De's scenes were finished, they started shooting the final scenes.

Taylor Swift stood in the lake, with a woven wreath on her head, letting her skirt float with the water, and paired with the distant forest scenery, she looked as beautiful as an elf.

"Crack!" Tang De filmed this scene and planned to use it as the album cover.

After the filming was completed, Taylor walked to his family, while Scott found Donde.

"Don, do you think Taylor's songs can be sold?" Although he was quite confident in his daughter, he was still very nervous when the album was about to be released.

Tang De smiled and comforted: "Of course, there is no problem. I think Taylor will become the top female country music singer in the United States. The album will sell very well."

"Thank God then." Seeing that Tang De was so optimistic, Scott's worries eased a lot.

"Don, I need to trouble you to take more care of Taylor in the future. This child is so opinionated that she doesn't even want to listen to what we say. Fortunately, she is still willing to listen to you."

"Don't worry, she is like my sister, but I think Taylor will mature slowly."

Madden looked around and saw at a glance that the container was very different from the one a few months ago.

After talking to Tang De, Scott returned to his car.

Because Tang De has placed advertisements in all the advertising channels that Supreme Creative can reach.

"But that's right." Andrea sighed: "Tang De is tall, handsome, young, wealthy and famous. What woman wouldn't like such a man?"

But Scott obviously didn't think so, otherwise he wouldn't have said those words to Tang De without telling his wife.

This is indeed the lowest cut that Giorgio has ever signed, so there are a lot of restrictions set up for this.

"Don't worry too much, maybe Taylor is just temporary." Scott patted his wife on the shoulder.

"Yes, look there." Duval pointed to the TV set not far away, where a group of people were sitting around, seemingly waiting for something.

"Of course I said it. I said don't get close to my precious daughter. Stay away from her from now on, even if you are the boss!" Scott deliberately pretended to be fierce, causing Andrea to push him.

If global sales within a year are less than 1.2 million, Angel Declaration will give Republic Records another 10% share.

The bald black man Madden and the four-eyed boy Pucci came to Divar's music store again after a long time.

"Boss, are there any good songs recently?"

Meanwhile, music lovers everywhere are discussing Taylor Swift's work.

"Hey, are you still my buddy! How can such a warm body say such cold words!" Pucci turned his head and stared at Madden fiercely.

If global sales within a year are less than 1.5 million, the normal share ratio will be restored.

"That's the best." Although Andrea thinks Tang De is very good, she doesn't want her daughter to find a Hollywood guy. She hopes her daughter can find a simple boy who loves her.

The content of the advertisement is very simple, just a short piece of Taylor playing and singing and a cover.

Both of them are taking care of Taylor in their own way, but they are just different bedfellows.

"Of course not!" Pucci retorted: "We just got lost on the road of photography."

"Don't think..." Scott waved his hand: "She just likes Tang De."

Although it will continue to decrease in the future, according to the pattern of previous album releases, this album has steadily won sales of one million, that is to say.

"Why are they sitting so neatly?" Pucci adjusted his glasses: "Are they holding an illegal assembly?"

First week sales, 8!
When Giorgio learned about this sales figure, his head felt numb as if he had been hit with a hammer.

"Okay." Scott spread his hands: "I just vaguely expressed our worries about Taylor's relationship. He understands, don't worry. How can someone like him not have a girlfriend? Taylor is so young, he must be with He has no chance."

A few days later, Giorgio of Republic Records and Angel Declaration signed a new sharing agreement, with Angel Declaration taking 74% and Republic Records taking 26%.

"Hey, I thought you guys had been arrested by the police because of the debt." Duval joked while adjusting the vinyl record player behind the counter.

But the effect was very good, because the song was fresh and catchy enough. In just a few days, it sparked a wave of discussion in music forums in New York and California.

Striking while the iron is hot, Tang De took advantage of the gap this month when not many well-known singers released albums and immediately released the album "Taylor Swift".

Giorgio doesn't think Taylor's album can achieve such sales. To be honest, achieving platinum sales is already a very impressive debut result.

"Come on, Scott, I don't know you yet, but you haven't offended anyone at work."

Seeing Taylor and Austin taking photos in the distance, her mother Andrea put down her usual smile and said with some worry: "I think Taylor seems to have fallen in love with Tang De."

"Be careful what you say, four-eyed boy!" A buddy next to him scolded him: "We are just waiting to watch Taylor's MV."

But sadly things never go the way he envisioned.

Because if nothing unexpected happens, the sales volume of this album will reach 30 that month.

Those new songs are dazzling.

"Okay, did you just go and talk to him? What did he answer?"

"Excluding me, I was preparing for the exam." Madden stretched out his hand in a gesture of surrender, indicating that he had not been led astray by Pucci.

Republic Records may really have to get paid at a very low share!
"Damn it! Ah!" Several golf clubs were broken in Giorgio's office that day.

"Okay, okay, whatever." Madden put down his hand and walked into the store.

"Jingle Bell."

Because last week's CD was sold out quickly, many people were waiting for the goods, and they could only rely on the MV in the store to relieve themselves.

"What MV has such power?" Pucci grabbed Madden's sleeve and walked over, taking a seat.

"Where should I sit?" Madden looked and saw that there seemed to be no free space, so he could only stand.

"You sit on my lap." Pucci patted his thigh and said seriously.

Madden quickly refused: "Forget it, I don't have such a weird hobby."

"Then sit down and I'll sit on your lap."

"FXXK! I'm not gay!"

After a while of chatting and fussing, Madden finally sat on the ground.

Anyway, he is tall enough, even if he is sitting on the ground, he is about the same height as Pucci.

At the same time, Taylor Swift's new song, "Tim McGraw," was also playing on the TV.

When the guitar intro sounded, a pink sky and large reeds appeared on the screen.

Taylor Swift, wearing a pink dress, was lying by the lake, holding a tape recorder, and her eyes reflected the floating clouds.

Then Tang De appeared in a car. When he appeared, several girls around Pucci immediately exclaimed.

"So handsome!"

"Yeah, he's more handsome than Tom Cruise!"

"What's his name? Why is he not on the list?" Hearing these words, Pucci curled his lips in disdain and whispered: "A woman with big breasts who only cares about handsome men and no brains!"

Madden grinned: "You can speak louder if you can."

"You're so annoying!" Pucci glared at him, and a sweet singing voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"He said my blue eyes were twinkling, eclipsing those Georgia stars."

"It sounds great!" Puqi's eyes widened and he turned around. He instantly forgot all those messy things and was attracted by the singing.

On the screen, Taylor also officially started singing. Since the entire lyrics are basically memories and love scenes, the intimacy between Tang De and Taylor took up most of the time.

But it was beautifully shot.

Taylor sometimes sat among the flowers and sometimes beside the lake.

She is like an elf living in the mountains and forests. She has a big tree house in the woods and sits on an original swing made of tree branches.
Play and sing at the same time.

The most impressive shot is of her lying in the lake, slowly drifting with the water, while playing and singing on the guitar.

"how did you do that?"

Pucci was puzzled, but he had to admit that all the scenery was very beautiful, and the people were also beautiful.

"You said my blue eyes were twinkling, darkening those Georgia stars, and I laughed and said, 'That's a lie.'"

It didn't take long for the song to pass by, leaving the audience in front of the screen with constant aftertaste.

"Hey, why don't you play it again! I haven't heard enough!" Pucci took the lead in standing on the chair to resist Divar.

Duvar shook his head: "If you plan to buy the album, yes. Otherwise, just wait for another half hour. Also, if you continue to step on my chair, you will have to pay me."

"Half an hour! Damn it!" After hearing the money, Pucci immediately jumped out of his chair and said to Madden: "Let's go to other music stores. As long as we find the right time, we can watch this MV over and over again."

However, Madden rejected him.

"Forget it, man, I'm going to pay for an album." Madden shrugged his shoulders: "My goddess has changed from Avril Lavigne to Taylor Swift!"

"OMG, man, you turned traitor so quickly."

Pucci said with disdain: "You are such a fickle man."

"I'd better give this to you. You said you were loyal to Cindy before, but now you've gone to see the hot angel's photo shoot."

Pucci, who was caught with a sore leg, jumped up on the spot and gave Madden a headache: "Shut up! Bald head!"

After the fight, Madden came to the counter.

"Boss, let's play "Taylor Swift"!"

"Sorry, it's out of stock right now. Let's wait until tomorrow. It goes on sale at eight o'clock." Duval said this countless times that day.

"Okay." Madden frowned.

"I told you, just follow me to other stores to watch the MV." Pucci persuaded Madden, adhering to the habit of never spending too much money.

But he shook his head: "It's only one day, I can get the album tomorrow..."

The next day, when Madden got up early and went to the Duval store to buy an album, he realized that what he said yesterday seemed impossible to come true.

Because he saw a long queue.

"What's going on?" Madden was a little confused, walked into the store through another door, and found that they were queuing up to buy Taylor Swift's album.

"WTF! Why are there so many people!" Madden was shocked.

He thought the album would sell well, but he didn't expect it to be so hard to grab!

He hurried out and stood in line, waiting impatiently.

An hour and a half later, Madden finally entered the store.

But at this time, Duval suddenly took out a board and placed it on the counter with a paragraph written on it.

"Today's "Taylor Swift" has been sold out and will continue to be sold at eight o'clock tomorrow."

"God! I've been waiting in line for so long!" Madden covered his head, expressing his helplessness.

Others had equally helpless expressions, but even so, there were no spare albums, so they could only disband and go to other stores to try to buy.

Of course, there are also some clever people who grab the album and sell it directly at the door.

Madden was about to leave when he was stopped by someone. The guy opened his clothes and revealed a disc: "Brother, I just grabbed it, it's fifteen dollars a piece."

"FXXK! So expensive!" Madden shook his head quickly. Although he liked this album very much, it didn't feel like he was being ripped off.

But some people are willing to pay dollars to avoid waiting in line again.

The out-of-stock phenomenon of "Taylor Swift" album isn't just happening in New York.

In fact, this scene happened in every city in the United States.

In the office of Republic Records, Giorgio was also asking Tang De about the significance of doing this.

"It's just hunger marketing." Tang De sat on the sofa with his legs crossed.

"But won't this make fans angry?"

"I release albums every day, why should they be angry?" Tang De smiled.

Although he used hunger marketing, it was not that he couldn't buy it for a long time, he just needed to grab it.

This helps promote the album. Because many people didn't grab it, more people learned about the album's existence through complaints.

"Then when will we increase the volume?"

"Look at the scalpers..." Tang De knocked on his knees: "When more scalpers appear on the market, we will supply them in large quantities."

"Tsk..." Giorgio squinted his eyes and looked at Tang De: "You are so bad."

"Thank you for the compliment."

A week later, the "Taylor Swift" album was in large supply, and 90% of fans in demand had purchased the album.

This resulted in many scalpers losing their albums and selling them at low prices.

At the same time, due to hunger marketing, the sales of the "Taylor Swift" album also increased significantly after the supply was restored.

In one month, its sales have reached 45!
Sprinted directly to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts!
When the Taylor family learned the news, they were all in a state of disbelief.

"Have I really become famous? Mom?" Taylor looked at the table full of music magazines, which had all kinds of praise for her album. After just reading two books, she was almost happy. Passed out.

"Really! Baby!" Andrea was also very happy. She hugged her daughter and said, "Our little Taylor will soon become the most famous female country music singer in the United States!"

(End of this chapter)