I started to become more self-disciplined at the age of 30

When the program team announced the latest voting rules.

Many people thought that the votes for the first and last place might be very different.

but……

They didn't expect the gap to be so huge.

Haley, Oldman, and several other executives of the show heard that a contestant had fainted. They quickly learned about the situation and sent him to the hospital.

"More than a dozen tickets... If it were me, I would probably not want to live... This is in front of the whole world... There are tens of thousands of people at the scene alone..."

Guo Haitao shook his head, his face full of admiration, but his eyes were full of gloating.

Not far away, there were several representatives sent by the copyright holders from Baseball. Each of them had a very unhappy look on their face. Their players were the first to be eliminated, so naturally the benefits they would get would not be much.

Moreover, the number of votes was only in the double digits, and it just passed the double digits, and there was a risk of single digits, which was a huge loss of face in front of the whole world.

You know, there were 2,000 votes from the audience in Baseball alone.

This shows that the players from Baseball didn’t even get tickets from their own country, they only got a dozen or so tickets!

Jiang Chen, who came in first, took away more than 15,000 votes. The players from Baseball really didn't even get a fraction of Jiang Chen's votes.

of course!

It also indirectly proves how brilliant Jiang Chen's performance is, conquering audiences from all countries in the world.

It also shows that music knows no borders or languages.

As long as your music is good enough and touching enough, even if many people may not understand the lyrics, they will be moved by your music and singing and vote for you.

Jiang Chen proved this this time.

The other players watched the Baseball player faint and be sent to the hospital, and everyone had a grim look on their faces.

There was almost no gloating.

Because the votes of the other eight contestants were not high either, adding up to only more than 4,000 votes, less than one-third of Jiang Chen's.

Although they were not eliminated, they had no chance of winning the championship.

This number of votes...

It means that most of the audience have been conquered by Jiang Chen.

It will be very, very difficult for them to make a comeback later!

Rambo, Nakajima Sane, Diana and others all frowned and thought hard.

In the end, everyone decided that since it was already difficult to compete for the championship, they might as well follow Jiang Chen's style.

Jiang Chen sings his own new song!

Well, they also sang new songs.

Jiang Chen sings rock songs.

They sing rock songs too!

Maybe this will be recognized by many people.

Even if there is no possibility of defeating Jiang Chen, he can still take advantage of Jiang Chen's rock storm, accumulate some popularity, and lay the foundation for his future debut.

As a result, the other contestants who advanced began to contact the management companies behind them, planning to release their own original songs!
Haley, Oldman and others also quickly began contacting the media to hype up this episode as well as the next one!
Jiang Chen brought them such a huge amount of traffic, they would not waste even a penny of it!
A lot of media reports began to appear frantically.

Jiang Chen, who had rarely appeared in the media before, suddenly appeared on the front pages of major media, almost monopolizing the pages of many entertainment media around the world!

“Two original rock songs, belonging to two extremes of rock, both will become rock classics.”

"Stairway to Heaven, the Rock Bible!"

"Rock has been silent for ten years. It's time to let people know about it again."

"Jiang Chen from China tells people of the new era what real rock is."

"The biggest difference in votes in a talent show in history comes from China's Rock Storm."

"The rock fire has been reignited, are you ready?"

"The biggest surprise in the World Singing Contest!"

“I’m tired of hearing cover songs. The original storm is coming.”

“Breaking the digital music download sales record!”

“The first day sales exceeded 100 million!”

…………

Many media began to hype Jiang Chen's rock and Jiang Chen's original works crazily.

This night.

Many European and American musicians can’t sleep.

While listening to Jiang Chen's two rock songs, studying the details and music, he also observed the sales of Jiang Chen's Stairway to Heaven.

Rambo discussed with two top rock creators in the villa for an entire night.

Solo is already in his fifties. He formed a band when he was young, but the band disbanded after only two albums. He then began to focus on music creation, mainly in rock style. He has composed songs for several mainstream bands and is one of the top creators in the rock field.

The other Casa is already in his sixties. He was very popular forty years ago. The band he founded was one of the mainstream bands at the time. He released five albums, two of which sold tens of millions of copies. Unfortunately, he later broke his arm and could no longer play the bass and drums, so he retired and started to create behind the scenes.

Both of them were hired by the agency behind Rambo at high prices.

The three of them gathered together and broke down Jiang Chen's two songs word by word, syllable by syllable.

Solo said admiringly: "His music is not difficult. Stairway to Heaven is a bit showy, but not difficult at all! We Will Rock You is the simplest rock song I have ever seen, with the simplest beat and the singing is similar to rap. However, it is the best rock performance."

"These two songs of his would have been classics even if they were released during the peak rock era 30 or 40 years ago, and they are no less than any other classics handed down from generation to generation."

Solo likes Jiang Chen's two songs very much.

Kasa nodded and said, "It's really excellent. It's hard to imagine that there are rock songs like this now. Rambo, do you want to work with us to create such a work?"

Rambo said with red eyes: "Yes, I also want to sing a piece of this style."

Solo shook his head and said, "You think too highly of me. My masterpiece is not even this good."

Kasai also fell silent. Although his previous band had very good performances, it did not have two masterpieces like these. The few classic masterpieces left by his band were not as good as these two songs.

Asking them to create such works is really asking too much!

If they can create such works, they don't need to cooperate with Rambo. They can find their own band to perform and earn more money.

Rambo shook his head and said, "I know that such works are hard to come by. However, I just want one in the same style. Thank you for your help!" Solo and Casa looked at each other.

Kasa asked, "How many sales did Stairway to Heaven have? Did it exceed 100 million on the first day?"

Rambo nodded affirmatively: "It exceeded 100 million an hour ago. It only took ten hours!"

Rambo's eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.

The sales volume exceeded 100 million in ten hours, and with sales of over 100 million US dollars, Jiang Chen could get at least 50 million US dollars.

Who in the entertainment industry wouldn’t be jealous of this speed of making money?
In the North American entertainment industry, those with an annual income of 50 million US dollars are considered top figures, and there are only about ten of them at most!

After hearing this, Kasa and Solo both trembled slightly. They took out their mobile phones in disbelief and saw that the sales of Stairway to Heaven had reached more than 103 million, which was indeed over 100 million.

The two looked at each other and fell silent again.

There are hundreds of songs that the two of them can enjoy digital copyright sharing, but the total copyright sharing income of these hundreds of songs is only millions of dollars.

Yes, hundreds of songs, and the total revenue from digital sales copyrights that they have earned over the past decade is only millions of dollars!

Of course, their share is very low, only about 5%.

A stable income of around $100,000 per year is actually enough for them to enjoy a good retirement life.

but……

If they have a song that can sell over 100 million copies, then their share of the sales of this song alone will be millions of dollars.

Unfortunately, the combined sales of the hundreds of songs that they can enjoy digital profits from do not even reach 100 million!

And their results are already quite good.

Many singers have a large number of songs available on digital download platforms, but they make almost no income, perhaps only tens or hundreds of dollars a year, or even only a few dollars for some, and almost no one downloads them.

The 80/20 rule is most applicable in the entertainment industry!

A small group of top people took away more than 80% of the popularity and benefits, while the rest of the people got less than 20% of the popularity and benefits.

Solo immediately said: "I can take out some of the inspirations I have accumulated over the years and combine them into my creations. I will do my best. However, I want 20% of the copyright share!"

Kasai also immediately said: "I want 25% of the copyright share!"

This is the core reason why the two are willing to cooperate with Rambo.

Rambo is not a big-name singer. He is just an out-of-date singer who failed in his debut before. He has become popular again by participating in the show. However, thanks to the previous North American competitions and the current world competitions, he is very popular all over the world. If he releases a song, it will definitely achieve good sales.

They can take the initiative in the cooperation and demand higher copyright shares.

If they can really create one or two hit singles, their retirement life will be more comfortable and they can also leave a fortune for their children and grandchildren.

Rambo shook his head and said, "You guys should talk to the company about the profit sharing. I'm not in a position to promise you this!"

Rambo had just signed a contract with the company not long ago. Although it was not a rookie contract, it was not a big-name contract either. It was just a second-tier contract and did not give him much autonomy.

However, he knew that over the past week, music creators in the rock field had indeed become more popular.

In this era of information explosion, most people just follow the trends.

Once something becomes popular, many people will come over to grab a bite.

just now……

The original rock storm brought about by Jiang Chen is the current popular trend.

Therefore, creators in the field of rock music now charge quite a bit of money.

However, Rambo didn't care about it because he wasn't asked to pay for it anyway.

Rambo said seriously, "Time is of the essence now. If you miss this storm, even if your share is high, you won't make much profit. However, if you can take advantage of this storm and get higher sales, even if the share is slightly lower, you will earn more."

"For example, 20% of 10 million or 10% of 50 million, which one is more?"

The two were silent for a moment, then looked at each other, stood up and said goodbye, preparing to go back to make a small sample first, and then they could negotiate the price with the company after they had the product.

…………

This week, the European and American pop music circles are in turmoil!

The sales of Jiang Chen's Stairway to Heaven continued to rise, exceeding 100 million in ten hours, with sales on the first day reaching a terrifying 110 million. There were still tens of millions of sales every day thereafter, and weekly sales were expected to reach a terrifying 150 million!

Last week's sales of We Will Rock You also increased steadily, also heading towards 150 million.

In comparison, the sales of other contestants' cover songs seemed insignificant. Just like the number of votes after the performance, the sales of the other nine people combined were less than one-third of Jiang Chen's.

Even for the most popular Rambo, the sales of his cover of classic songs were only a few million on the first day, and the weekly sales are expected to exceed 15 million, which is already an excellent result.

but……

The weekly sales of Jiang Chen’s Stairway to Heaven can reach 150 million!

This makes everyone in the pop music circle's eyes turn red.

Many rock bands that are still active now are even more excited and agitated, and have begun to release their new songs in a high-profile manner, but the response is mediocre. The highest first-day sales are only tens of millions, and the lowest are only a few thousand...

This has made many people who want to follow the trend and imitate others sober up and realize that it is not so easy to follow the trend and achieve high sales. Just look at the works of those rock bands whose sales are not very good.

Jiang Chen's rock works have an attractive core!

…………

Jiang Chen spent this week in a relatively regular manner, gradually adapting to the time and living habits in North America.

Every day I exercise in the manor, read a book, and treat Lily on time.

James still visits his daughter on time every day. He sees that his daughter is recovering better day by day, smiling more and more, and he can already chat and laugh with his daughter.

Every time he enjoys chatting and joking with his daughter, he feels that no matter how much money he spends, it is worth it.

"Dad, I want to go see Mr. Jiang Chen's live performance this weekend."

Lily made her request to her father James, looking at Jiang Chen who was sitting in the shade of a tree not far away reading a book, her eyes full of admiration.

James frowned slightly and said, "It may not be suitable for you to go to places with too many people now."

Lily: "Then wait until I recover better, can I go? Mr. Jiang Chen will have many performances, I will definitely have the opportunity to watch his performances live and cheer him on!"

James' eyes sparkled with anticipation.

Jiang Chen treated Lily for only twenty days, and she recovered enough to take care of herself.

He felt that in another twenty days, Lily might even fully recover, so it would be okay to go to the performance site to watch Jiang Chen's performance. (End of this chapter)