One person's entertainment

Chapter 17, Big Mistake
Hangzhou, Shangmai Audio and Video Store.

The boss Chi Fu was in a particularly good mood. Despite the instability in the record industry in the first half of the year, he made a lot of money.

There is no other reason, it's just that he has a unique vision. He purchased a large number of albums, including Andy Lau's "Care About You" and "Bird of Love", Zhang Yuanyu's "Love and Symphony", Zhang Xinzhe's "Dream", Fan Xiaoxuan's "Little Witch's Magic Book", Xu Ruyun's "If the Clouds Know", and Tian Zhen's "Tian Zhen", all of which were hot-selling.

I opened the shop door, turned on the CD player and put in a disc.

"Let me take your heart off

Try to dissolve it slowly
看 我 在 你 心中 是否 美 美 无瑕

Are you still concerned about me?
Still in love with me
Is there a place in my heart that I have never been to?"

The voice is relatively straightforward and a bit rough. At first glance, it may even seem difficult to appreciate or accept. However, if you continue listening, you will magically discover that this voice matches the style of the song very well. The voice can fully bring out the vicissitudes of life in the song, and it is full of three-dimensionality, which can slowly get into people's hearts.

Since its release on June 6 this year, Wu Bai's "Norwegian Wood" has become popular in the streets and alleys overnight. It is also a song that Chi Fu likes very much. He recommends it to everyone he meets and it has been played on loop in the store for a long time.

In the history of Chinese music, there are probably only about 500 people who can start a concert with just a guitar, an electric fan and an opening line.

A few minutes after Chi Fu opened the door, a middle-aged man with a short flat head and neatly dressed walked in. He put his hands in his pockets and browsed the albums on the shelf.

He ignored her and was busy sorting out the goods that had just been delivered last night. He had to clear out a shelf to put them on, and also put up related posters on the wall.

The store will stock all new albums, whether they are old or new, well-known or unknown, but the stock is relatively small, ranging from a few dozen to a few hundred.

The middle-aged man looked around and didn't seem to find the album he wanted to buy, so he came to the cashier and asked, "Boss, do you have "Heart Too Soft"?"

"Too soft-hearted?" Chi Fu thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It seems not. Which singer's album?"

The middle-aged man blurted out, "Shenlingyou, the 'Shen' in Chinese means "three drops of water", the 'Ling' in Chinese means "hill", and the 'You' in Chinese means "game."

Chi Fu had never heard of it before, so he asked, "Is she a new singer?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Yes, it's a newly released album."

Chi Fu pointed to a shelf and said, "Go look over there. They're all albums of new singers. If you don't see any, I probably didn't get any."

The middle-aged man hurried over and looked carefully.

One row.

Another row.

Soon we reached the last row at the bottom, which didn’t feel good.

"Why did it take so long? Didn't it sell?" At this time, a middle-aged woman came into the store, walked up to the middle-aged man and asked.

"I didn't find it." The middle-aged man had finished looking at this shelf and said, "The boss probably didn't buy any goods. Let's go find another store and ask."

The middle-aged woman frowned and said, "This is the third one. Could this guy be deceiving us?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "No, I believe in my son."

The two people were Shen Lingyou's parents, Shen Yongchun and Jiang Xiuyue. The day before yesterday, Shen Lingyou called home and told them about the album release. They couldn't wait for it to be mailed, so they came to the music store early this morning to check. However, after asking three stores, they didn't sell it and had never even heard of it.

Just as they were about to leave, Chi Fu's voice came over: "Brother, what you're looking for is Shen Lingyou's "Too Soft Heart", right? It's here. Oh, it was delivered last night and hasn't been put up yet."

Shen Yongchun secretly rejoiced that it was good to have it, otherwise this matter would not end well. He returned to the cashier and said, "One copy of the tape and one copy of the CD. No, ten copies of each!"

Jiang Xiuyue asked puzzledly: "Why did you buy so much?"

Shen Yongchun smiled and said, "It's for someone."

Chi Fu thought, could he be a relative of this new singer?
I guess only family members would give you unconditional support like this, regardless of whether it sounds good or not.

It was a good thing for him. He just found this album and it actually had 5 tapes and 10 CDs. He didn't know how long it would take to sell them. Now a big buyer came, and he was very happy. He ordered 150 tapes and CDs and put them in the box, saying, "The tapes are yuan each, and the CDs are yuan each. The total is yuan."

Shen Yongchun took out his wallet and counted the money to pay.

At this time, three young men came into the store and ran straight to the cashier, still panting, and asked Chi Fu, "Boss, do you have Shen Lingyou's "Heart Too Soft"? "

Chi Fu was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, yes."

A young man stroked his chest, took a long breath, and said happily: "Finally, we have it. We were so tired. We went to several stores but couldn't sell it."

Another young man pursed his lips and said, "Yeah, the day before yesterday and the whole day yesterday, the radio station was crazy about requesting songs, all of which were this song, and the music store didn't even sell it."

"Buy them first." Finally, the young man took out the money and said to Chi Fu, "Boss, three tapes."

After listening to the words of the three young people, Shen Yongchun and Jiang Xiuyue looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.

The radio station went crazy?
Why is my son's song so good and so popular?

The two groups paid, took their stuff, and left the video store, feeling very different.

"Is my son really that good at singing?" Jiang Xiu Yue found it a little hard to believe. It is said that no one knows a child better than his mother, but at this moment, she seemed to not understand her son.

"Of course. Don't you see whose son he is? I've said before that my son doesn't just play guitar randomly. See, am I right?" Shen Yongchun's face was filled with excitement and pride.

"You can!" Jiang Xiuyue had previously disagreed with Shen Lingyou going to the Central Academy of Drama because she felt that he had hardly ever been exposed to anything related to it and was just on a whim. It was irrational to do so and he should choose a regular university. Now, it seems that she was busy with business and thought she understood him, but in fact it was just wishful thinking: "Since my son likes this field, let him do it."

When Shen Yongchun heard this, he felt like his brain had finally come out of the boiling pot. He said, "My son will be very happy to know that you support him."

Jiang Xiuyue glared at him and snorted, "If I don't support him, can he sign up? Can he get the tuition?"

Shen Yongchun said quickly: "Yes, yes, he can't leave the house without your nod."

As they spoke, both husband and wife showed relieved smiles on their faces.

On the other side, there is the Shangmai video store.

"Boss, do you have Shen Lingyou's "Too Soft a Heart"?"

"Boss, a tape of Shen Lingyou's "Heart Too Soft"."

"Boss, when will your goods arrive now?"

Chi Fu received batch after batch of customers, 90% of whom came for Shen Lingyou's "Heart Too Soft".

However, the goods that he thought would be unsaleable were already sold out, and he didn't even have time to listen.

Mistake, big mistake. Looking at the situation, it’s almost as popular as 500-yuan’s “Norwegian Wood”. They didn’t import enough goods!
"Money, my money!"

"No, order now!"

"What! Out of stock? It's only been three days since the sale started and it's out of stock? You must be kidding. Oh, we didn't have enough stock. Hurry up and burn it. People are waiting impatiently!"

Chi Fu hung up the phone with the supplier in anger. The most painful thing was not being able to make money. The most painful thing was seeing others making money.

This scene is being played out in audio and video stores of all sizes in major cities across the country.

When the Internet was first launched, the main means of disseminating information were television, radio, and newspapers.

Yanjing Music Radio and City Voice are among the best music radio stations in the country, with more than one million listeners.

In other words, tens of thousands of people heard Shen Lingyou's "Heart Too Soft" that night alone, and combined with the subsequent radio song requests, the spread rate can be seen.

(End of this chapter)