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Because this EP was made by a new singer and it sold millions of copies in Asia in just half a year. In addition, after being evaluated by professionals from the head office, these three songs are of top quality and will be passed down as classics.

However, considering that Huang Ze's identity might not be able to adapt to the local environment, Warner Music Group took a safe approach and decided to test the waters first, giving Huang Ze some publicity resources according to the standards of a third-tier singer.

The first step was to prepare 50,000 EPs and distribute them through Warner Records’ distribution channels!

The second step is to contact sister departments, go on TV, radio, and newspapers. These are all your own resources, and the benefits should be kept within the family.

The publicity in these media is exaggerated. Huang Ze is called "the Magic Voice of the East" and "the Michael Jackson of the East", borrowing the title of the most popular male pop singer in the world today, and the exaggeration is as great as it can be.

The most important thing is to attract the audience first.

They have studied and found that these three songs have the potential to become big hits.

As long as they give it a try, it should be able to attract a considerable number of listeners to buy the record.

Besides, even if it fails, it will only mean the loss of a new Asian singer. The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, so it's worth taking a gamble.

Along with these reports came Huang Ze's English name, Jerry Hwang.
This was the name Huang Ze originally gave to him in Hong Kong Island.

The accent there is similar to "Huang" and "Wang". Generally, the English name of Huang is "Wong", but Huang Ze always felt like he changed his surname to Wang.

As for Jerry, I thought of Jackie Chan as Jack Chen and Li Lianjie as Jet Lee, so I gave him a name with the pronunciation of Jie, which is different from them.

This name is not only used as my English name, but also as the name of this English EP that is entering the European and American markets, in an effort to make a name for myself.

……

Los Angeles.

Tom, who is in high school, is at home flipping through the TV channels, trying to find a program that he is satisfied with.

When he switched to a channel, a catchy melody suddenly appeared in his ears, which made him stop pressing the remote control.

Looking at the TV, I saw a man wearing sunglasses and a denim jumpsuit singing a song.

"Never gonna give you up."

“Never gonna let you down.
As the man twisted his body, Tom felt that his body sitting on the sofa could not help but want to twist a few times.

"When did an Asian singer emerge? Why haven't I heard of him?"

Tom looked around the corner.

“My name is Jerry Hwang.”

"Jerry?" Tom was immediately interested. "Just based on your name, I, Tom, will buy you a record to show my support."

After buying the record, Tom listened to "Never gonna give you up" again. Then he listened to the other two songs with great interest. He finished listening to "love will keep Us alive" and "Right Here Waiting", and then he was shocked.

It felt like the whole body was washed by the stream of notes, making me feel refreshed.

“My god, the quality of the other two songs is also so high!”

"What kind of singer is this?"

"Even a veteran fan like me has never heard an EP of this quality."

"I discovered a future superstar. I want my classmates to know these three songs too!"

Apart from the audiences who were occasionally interested, at the beginning, half of Huang Ze's EPs were bought by Chinese people from all over the world.

Because of their financial resources, after hearing about a new Chinese singer, they couldn't help but buy an EP to show their support.

But no matter what, the 50,000 EPs didn’t even last two weeks.

More people who like these three songs also started to request this song on the radio.

Huang Ze began to gain momentum in a small area in the United States.

……

In early November.

Half a month after Huang Ze’s EP entered the European and American markets, his most magical song “Never gonna give you up” successfully entered the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart!

It collects the 100 most popular singles in the United States every week in real time based on sales and radio on-demand rates.

It can be said that if you enter this list, you will enter the eyes of all fans. Especially for some veteran fans, I may not buy the albums, but I have to listen to these songs.

I bought an EP and listened to one song. It would be a waste not to listen to the other two songs. The quality of the other two songs is high enough, but they are not as easy to spread as "Never gonna give you up".

There was a song that led to the popularity of the song, and it quickly became popular among fans.

Five days later, all three songs entered the Billboard Hot 100.

"Never gonna give you up" - No. 85.

"Right Here Waiting" - No. 93.

"Love Will Keep Us Alive"——No. 99.

The row of Jerry Hwang attracted more and more listeners to listen to the songs of this singer whose name they had never heard of before.

There was even more shock inside Warner Records.

I was just thinking of testing the waters, but how could I have achieved this?
The key is that this singer writes the lyrics, composes the music and arranges it all by himself.

Such singers are even more charming in the eyes of fans.

Even Huang Ze’s Chinese identity is not a problem.

As long as you can sell it and make me US dollars, what's the disadvantage?
The biggest disadvantage of a singer is that he doesn’t make money!
Isn’t it difficult to find a few advantages?

This is the leverage for Warner Music to expand its presence in Asia. His skin color will help Warner Music to gain a foothold in the Asian market.

As for China.

Our relationship with the United States is good now, so this is not a big problem.

Even promoting him will be beneficial to cultivating the Chinese market.

Yes, that market is not easy to enter, but it is a huge market with a population of over one billion and is gradually opening up. Can you just say you don’t want it?

This not only concerns the interests of Warner Records, but also a series of products such as movies, TV series, animation, etc.

In short, don't stop me from making money!

Whoever stops me from making money will be the murderer of my father!
……

At this time, Huang Ze didn't know that all his songs had entered the billboard.

He doesn't care about this, movies come first, songs are just a tool to make money.

Finally, the finished film of "Good Will Hunting" was produced. Huang Ze called the crew members and Director Xu to come to the screening room.

As the beam of light shot out, the words "Good Will Hunting" appeared on the screen.

Next is a pile of open books, with an illusory light, giving people a feeling of swimming in a sea of ​​books.

Gradually, a human face appeared behind these books. It was a man who was reading a book with a cigarette in his mouth, and looked a bit unruly.

He threw the books randomly on the ground.

"This is a good beginning!" Director Xu, who was sitting next to Huang Ze, nodded. "The beginning directly points out the protagonist, and also lets me know the protagonist's attitude towards knowledge, as well as the protagonist's personality."

"Not bad!"

Right now, his reviews are just decent.

But after a few minutes, as the professor's problem was solved, he stopped commenting and his entire attention was focused on the screen.

In the end, the protagonist finally came out of the New Year and went to take the college entrance examination. He, like Zhang Mu, played by Jiang Wen in the play, showed a trace of relief.

“Great movie!”

“It has a different feel from most domestic films nowadays.”

"The story is good, and the quality is good." Director Xu patted Huang Ze's knee with satisfaction, "The eight hundred thousand was not wasted!"

"You get what you pay for. Spending more money is the easiest way to improve quality. If the cost is $500,000, I definitely won't be able to achieve that kind of effect in many places, because my primary goal is to make a complete film within the budget limit."

(End of this chapter)