Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 16, Severe Out of Stock

"You said that holding hands was an agreement, but dear, that was not love. It was like a shooting star that you didn't have time to make a wish on. No matter how beautiful it was, it was only a thing of the past."

"The promise was too beautiful because we were too young, but dear, that was not love. It was like an elf living in the wrong forest. That love was so wrong that it was transparent."

When the last song, the last word, the last note ends.

Gao Yuanyuan and Zhou Xun turned their heads to the right and left respectively, avoiding each other's sight and secretly wiped away the tears from their faces.

I didn’t cry while listening to the first nine songs, but when I heard the song “Dear, That’s Not Love”, it somehow touched the soft spot deep in my heart, and I couldn’t help but cry.

Touching moments often occur in an instant.

"Sister Xun, what drink would you like? I'll get it for you." After a moment, Gao Yuanyuan stood up and said.

"Boiled water is fine." Zhou Xun replied.

When Gao Yuanyuan came back from the kitchen with two glasses of water, there was nothing unusual about the two men except that there was still a little red in their eyes.

After taking a sip of water, Zhou Xun suddenly asked, "Yuanyuan, last time I heard you say that Shen Lang was 22 years old?"

Gao Yuanyuan put the cup on the desk and said, "Well, that's what the Internet says. He just graduated from the Broadcasting Department of Huaxia Communication University this year."

Zhou Xun folded his arms across his chest and said thoughtfully, "How can you write such emotional and different love songs at such a young age? It feels like you are often hurt by love."

Gao Yuanyuan held her chin up and thought for a while, then said, "Sister Xun, you don't have to experience it yourself when writing a song. It's like us actors, we are performing the characters created by the screenwriter, not the real person."

Zhou Xun laughed and said, "That's right. Otherwise, if I write hundreds of love songs, I will have a lot of ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends."

Gao Yuanyuan played the CD and listened to it again, but she turned down the volume and used it as background music for their conversation: "It's a pity that such a beautiful song didn't have a MV."

With the development of music, MVs have become a standard.

Shooting MVs for songs can increase the appeal of musical works. Through visual effects, it can make the songs more vivid and figurative, thereby enhancing people's memory and love for the songs.

Secondly, in the modern music industry, song promotion and publicity are very important. MVs can showcase songs and the talents of their creators to a wider audience, thereby increasing the popularity and exposure of the songs.

The importance of MVs to music is unquestionable.

When talking about MVs we have to mention Michael Jackson, who released his album "Thriller" in December 1982.

This album promoted the development of MVs. Before MJ, singers just sang to the camera, which was very boring.

MJ was the first person to incorporate dance into MVs, add storylines into MVs and shoot them into short movies, which greatly promoted the spread of his music.

The global sales of legitimate copies of "Thriller" reached 1.1 million, and the figure would be astronomical if pirated copies were included.

Zhou Xun said with a smile: "How about you go and help him shoot and be the heroine of his MV."

Gao Yuanyuan pouted and said, "Oh, Sister Xun, you are teasing me again."

Zhou Xun said seriously, "I'm not kidding. Look, Shen Lang is handsome, young, and talented. He will definitely be successful in the future and even become a superstar. It would be a good thing to play the leading role in his MV. If you don't go, then I will."

Gao Yuanyuan swallowed the words back, and her flushed cheeks showed a hint of anticipation.

oops……

What am I thinking!

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On September 9, Shen Lang’s first solo album "Shen Lang·Radio Love Song" went on sale nationwide.

In just three days, 5 albums were sold out, and the music stores that stocked them were in serious shortage.

The audio-visual store urged the supplier, the supplier urged the factory, and the factory urged Shen Lang.

As for Shen Lang, he invested all the first batch of payment he had just received.

He was very excited to see such hot sales.

The entertainment media were equally excited.

A new star who suddenly emerged, his first album topped the charts, sold like hotcakes, and received rave reviews.

What great news.

As a result, various reports about Shen Lang flooded in.

Many music critics also fell out.

Give a comprehensive evaluation of Shen Lang's singing skills and songs.

There are good and bad things.

Anyway, the heat is at its maximum.

What's quite coincidental is that only two of the top ten singers on the major charts are from mainland China, one is Shen Lang and the other is Na Ying.

This now directly became the object of comparison.

The industry is optimistic about Na Ying's strength.

"What level? You're comparing yourself to a diva?"

"Support Na Ying, the only one from the mainland who can slay at the Golden Melody Awards!"

"I don't need to tell you how valuable the first day in the mainland is. You want to challenge it with just one album?"

……

The outside world is optimistic about Shen Lang's momentum.

"Young people should be full of energy, otherwise how can we call ourselves young people!"

"The public listens to songs, not seniority. The truth is revealed in the songs!"

"As the saying goes, a master can be defeated by a random punch, so don't bully a poor young man!"

……

In short, this war without gunpowder has begun.

At this time, Yanjing, Sanlitun.

Fortunately, he got into a Mercedes on the street.

Seeing that her sister had nothing in her hands, Na Ying asked, "Nothing either?"

Na Xing shook his head and said, "No, they said the earliest we can get a restock is tomorrow."

Huang Weiqing took a long puff of his cigarette, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said, "I called someone to ask, he didn't distribute the album very much, the first batch was 5 copies, but they were sold out in three days, which is better than many first-tier singers. If it was released by a record company, it might have sold 10 copies by now."

Na Ying was no longer as calm as before and asked, "What is the current sales volume of my album?"

Huang Weiqing frowned and said, "39 in China, and a total of 51 in Asia."

Looks like some pretty impressive data.

But compared with the 247 million copies of "Conquer" and the 188 million copies of "Just Go", it's a huge gap.

With the current trend, I’m afraid I won’t be able to sell even half of it.

There are two main reasons.

First, the record market shrank significantly after entering the millennium.

Second, suffering from the impact of peers.

And this colleague is Shen Lang.

They don't want to admit it, but they have to admit that the album "Shen Lang·Radio Love Song" is very strong.

Every song in it is as good as the title song of other people's albums.

Not to mention "Ten Years", "Jiangnan" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", three of the best songs that are worthy of winning awards.

They couldn't understand how a 22-year-old kid who hadn't even fully grown could have such great creative abilities.

"These media are really just looking for trouble. No matter how great the newcomer is, can he be compared with Yingzi?" Na Xing crumpled up the newspaper and threw it out of the car window.

"What did you write?" Na Ying asked.

"Isn't it just comparing Shen Lang with you, saying that Shen Lang has completely crushed you in terms of charts, sales, and reputation?" Na Xing said gritting his teeth.

"Don't pay attention to the media's tone now. Think about how to increase album sales first. Then, I'll call the company and arrange a few autograph sessions for you to boost your popularity." Huang Weiqing was concerned about more practical issues.

Na Ying remained silent.

Originally, EMI planned to release this album in April.

However, she was so eager to do well that she ignored the company's album release plan and postponed the official release until September.

She bumped into the gun herself.

Now it seems that the only option is to do as Huang Weiqing said and hope that the signing event can boost sales.

The so-called "signing event" is to invite the target customer groups to participate, interact with fans face to face, give autographs, take photos and other activities to increase the stickiness and loyalty of the target customer groups.

And Shen Lang is driving it at this moment.

(End of this chapter)