One person's entertainment

Chapter 153: Don’t you think it’s infuriating?
No one could have imagined that a TV series soundtrack could sell so well.

10 days, 30 copies.

Although the sales volume was not as strong as Shen Lingyou's previous albums, it still beat the albums released by many singers at the same time.

For example, Ren Xianqi’s last album “Ren Xiaoyao” only sold 30 copies in more than half a year.

This also made the two dramas "Never Forget Me" and "My Fair Princess" popular before they were aired.

Qiong Yao said she couldn't understand it.

What don’t you understand?
Album sales.

She was one of the first to make TV drama soundtracks, but she only sold a few thousand or ten thousand copies each time.

It’s not that there are no good songs. "A Dream of Red Mansions", "On the Other Side of the Water", "Green Grass by the River" and so on were all very popular songs at the time, but only the albums released by the singers at that time sold better.

Now seeing that Shen Lingyou’s works can sell hundreds of thousands of copies with just one release, he is extremely jealous.

This can make a lot of money, and the key is that some of the songs were composed by Shen Lingyou at her expense.

In other words, I made money twice from these songs.

You say it's irritating or not.

And if there is popularity, there will naturally be people who are happy.

Shen Lingyou was in a very good mood when he saw the sales report. He said to Huo Wenxi, "It exceeded my expectations. I initially thought that the total sales would be around 20. After all, this is a compilation album, and Lai Zi, Qin Qin, Xian Liang and others are all newcomers in the Chinese music scene."

Huo Wenxi lifted her hair and smiled, "You underestimate the songs you wrote. 50 copies are the minimum. Look at my brother's new album "I". With the help of the title song you wrote, it has surpassed the others and has sold 82 copies. The sales in Asia are heading for 300 million copies."

Shen Lingyou listened to this album. Among the ten songs in it, the quality of "I" is indeed unique. If there was no this song, the sales volume would be similar to that of the previous album "Red", about 20 copies.

He is not flattering himself, this is the truth.

It is impossible for all songs in an album to be title songs.

For economic and market considerations, a singer's record company usually only promotes 3 to 5 songs from an album. If all the songs in an album are made into title songs, it means spending several times the budget on album promotion, but these budgets are often very difficult to recover.

Record companies are businessmen and it is impossible for them to do anything that will lose money.

Before a song becomes popular, neither the record company, album producer nor the singer can be sure which song will become popular.

Listeners all have their own preferences, and most people's music preferences are not static. In addition, listeners are actually relatively passive in listening to music. Basically, they will not take the initiative to look for songs on their own, but listen to songs through radio, music charts, television, etc.

To the extent that it is already very difficult to have one or two very popular songs in an album.

Of course, Shen Lingyou is an exception.

His album is a collection of one or two very popular songs from other people's albums, which is equivalent to a whole album containing title songs, so every song is very popular.

This is also one of the reasons why others think he is amazing and admire him.

"I have something to tell you..." Huo Wenxi took out a folder and said, "A few days ago, with the introduction of Brother Huan, I met with Director Chang and got the script of "The Lotus Lantern". I thought it would be easier for you to create with this as a reference."

"Thank you." Shen Lingyou did not say that he did not need the script. After all, this was Huo Wenxi's good intention.

"Director Chang mentioned some requirements, such as expressing the son's longing for his mother. I wrote it and put it on the first page of the script," Huo Wenxi added.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyou nodded in response.

"This cartoon is expected to be released in the middle of next year. You still have plenty of time, so don't rush." ​​Huo Wenxi said again.

"It doesn't matter whether the time is more or less. I'm going to start writing and it will only take a few days to finish." Shen Lingyou said with a smile.

"I know you're fast." Huo Wenxi smiled and continued, "Sister Mei and my brother got the song "Your Youth" you wrote and praised it to the sky. They want you to sing it at Sister Mei's world tour this year."

"As long as you like it." Shen Lingyou always sang songs based on the audience, and it was basically easy for him to grasp it.

It has to be said that Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui are two unfortunate superstars in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Zhang Guorong's depression can be treated with a solution, but Anita Mui's cervical cancer is a medical problem.

Even if he wanted to help Anita Mui, he didn't know where to start.

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January 1th, there are 19 days left until New Year’s Eve.

In the morning, Shen Lingyou sent Jiang Qinqin to the airport. The 100-year-old Runfa advertisement and the MV of "Dongfeng Po" have been completed.

After spending three days with Shen Ling in the Liulichang courtyard, Jiang Qinqin was about to set out on her journey home.

"Think about me every day."

"If not every day, how about every minute and every second?"

"You've passed the test. You're on your own in Yanjing, so take good care of yourself."

"That's almost it. Let's go in."

"Bye-Bye."

"Bon Voyage."

……

Jiang Qinqin resolutely entered the passage and boarded the plane, shedding tears of reluctance.

Shen Lingyou looked at her disappearing figure, pondered for a moment, then turned and left.

When friends become lovers, the emotions are different, and every separation is filled with reluctance.

Shen Lingyou drove to the CCTV building.

Today is the fifth rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala and also the final one.

At the last time, the personnel and program changes were completed.

This time, all the cast members rehearsed in makeup, with an audience present, and began recording a backup tape.

Shen Lingyou's program was later, and it was already early morning when he returned.

Huo Wenxi went home and he was the only one in the courtyard.

Snowflakes were flying and the wind was cold. Living in such a big courtyard was a bit lonely and scary.

He tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep, so he opened the system panel, which he hadn't looked at for a while.

[Entertainment Industry Opportunity System——

Force: 41 (Excellent)

Acting: 57 (Excellent)

Singing skill: 79 (professional)
Dance: 9 (weak)
Creation: 41 (Excellent)

Photography: 30 (good)
Life: 55 (Excellent)

Tasks: 6 (not completed), 0 (completed). 】

[Military Strength] and [Creation] were upgraded from good to excellent, [Acting Skills] was upgraded from 5 points to professional, and [Singing Skills] was upgraded from 2 points to master. The main skills have all been improved to a certain extent.

When Shen Lingyou saw that the number of unfinished tasks was "6", he was stunned for a moment, then immediately clicked to check.

Sure enough, in addition to the special opportunity that helped Zhang Guorong get out of depression, there were two more.

Special Opportunities——

1998年，1月1号~12月31号，随时随地。

It is recommended that the [Singing Skills] and [Composition] skills must be above professional level, and that the applicant has successfully composed the music for a mainstream Japanese anime, with the song topping a well-known music chart at least once.

Get an album of selected songs from Japanese anime. 】

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Special Opportunities——

1998年，1月1号~12月31号，随时随地。

It is recommended that [Singing Skills] or [Acting Skills] reach professional level or above, successfully enter the Korean market, and earn at least 18.67 billion won.

Get three classic Korean drama scripts. 】

(End of this chapter)