Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 28: Million-seller
The Chinese music scene in 2000 was a battle of the gods, with hit songs and albums appearing every month.

In the coming November, Jay Chou will release his first solo album "Jay", which will change his destiny.

When writing about the Chinese music scene, you can’t avoid him.

In the eyes of many people, he is a lucky man.

In fact, if you look back at Jay Chou's journey, he also had difficult days.

It was the beginning of the millennium when Jay Chou approached Wu Zongxian and said, "Brother Xian, I want to release an album."

Wu Zongxian casually said, "As long as you can write 10 songs in 50 days, if 10 of them are selected, I will help you release an album."

Jay Chou was very happy as he finally got a chance. Due to his inner desire and love for music, he bought a box of instant noodles, locked himself at home for many days, and stayed up late to write song after song.

And Jay Chou finally did it. After opening this door, he completely changed his life.

Then comes the end of the year, perhaps to welcome the arrival of the 12st century, December will be much more lively.

There is "Fireworks", Wang Banbi's first solo album after he left the band;
Stefanie Sun's second album "The Happiness I Want"
There is Zhou Chuanxiong’s transformation album “Transfer”, which includes classic songs such as “Dusk”, “Notebook” and “Sellout”;

In the month of October that has already passed, the hit song was "Ten Years", which dominated the major music charts for a month; the hit album was "Shen Lang: Radio Love Song", and its sales soared.

It can be said that there is no one who can fight.

Na Ying:?!

She could still fight in the early stage, but now she can't fight at all.

The sales of her album "Sad Romance" were fixed at 47 copies in China and 81 copies in Asia.

In the end, it failed to replicate the success of its first two albums, "Conquer" and "Simply", and did not even sell 100 million copies.

However, this data still ranks first among mainland female singers.

She has retained the title of “the number one queen in the mainland”.

This is Shen Lang's side.

There is news about Chen Yaochuan.

He personally supervised the battle.

After 100 days, the sales target of million copies was achieved in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other regions in Asia.

In particular, it sold 33 copies in Formosa Province, second only to Tao Ze's "I\'m OK" which sold 42 copies and Jacky Cheung's "Walking Through 1999" which sold 40 copies, ranking third for the year.

This data also makes Shen Lang the mainland singer with the best album sales in Baodao Province, without a doubt.

And Yanjing Universal Music Publishing House also has news.

Their audacity helped to steal 30 copies from pirated copies.

Including the 20 copies sold by Shen Lang himself, the sales volume in the mainland reached 50 copies.

There is no doubt that Shen Lang is the best-selling male singer in mainland China this year, no doubt about it.

Second only to Wang Jingfei among all singers.

The total sales in Asia is 150 million, which is a terrifying number.

Although it did not break the domestic record sales record, it basically secured the title of the best-selling album of the year.

The key point is that this is the first album of a newcomer, which directly caused an earthquake in the Chinese music scene.

"I can not accept!"

“Did they falsify the data?”

"You added pirated ones, right?"

……

"You are still too young. Even if you take out half of these ten songs, such as "Ten Years", "Jiangnan", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "That Girl Told Me", "Absolutely Infatuated", "Not That Simple", "Just Once", and "Dear, That's Not Love", you can sell so many copies."

"It's a bit like the last king at the end of the century."

“I hope it won’t start off high and end low, and that my debut will be the peak.”

……

The circle is divided into two factions.

A group of doubts.

Wait and see.

What both groups could not deny was that Shen Lang's album was of such high quality that it was definitely the best of the year. A large number of newspapers and magazines reported on it.

Shen Lang's popularity has risen to a new level.

Another music company came knocking on the door.

This is the second stage.

The first one is still Warner.

This time it was Zhou Jianhui, president of Warner in Formosa Province, who personally took action.

"Huh? That's it..."

Shen Lang thought he had signed him by accepting his copyright conditions, but it turned out not to be the case.

"Mr. Shen is very talented. Stefanie and I both really want to work with you."

Zhou Jianhui did not speak in a condescending manner like a president, but was approachable.

Stefanie is the English name of Stefanie Sun.

Isn't she going to release her second album in December?

The purpose of Zhou Jianhui's trip was to ask Shen Lang to tailor a title song for his album.

He couldn't convince other senior executives to accept Shen Lang's copyright conditions and sign him to Warner.

But if it's just one song, he can make that decision.

Shen Lang was quite surprised.

At this time, the album is almost finished.

There must be a title song for the album.

Temporary replacement is rare enough.

It's not difficult to understand.

In order to pursue better album title songs for sales.

Stefanie Sun's album "The Happiness I Want" was jointly created by five musicians, including brothers Li Sisong, Li Weisong, Bao Xiaobo, and new partners Chen Xiaojuan and Xue Zhongming. The goal is to surpass the previous album "Stefanie Sun's Self-titled Album".

The title song of the album of the same name, "The Happiness I Want", was composed by Li Weisong and tailor-made for Stefanie Sun. It mainly reflects her superb singing skills and aims to surpass the classic song "It's Dark" from the previous album.

But Zhou Jianhui has more to consider.

Stefanie Sun is at the rising stage of her career and also determines the future of Warner.

He wanted this album to be foolproof.

Then, the songs of Shen Lang, whose first solo album swept across Asia, became his guarantee.

Of course, "album title song" is a polite term, it depends on the quality of the song.

"Mr. Zhou is so kind, how can I refuse?" Shen Lang took the order without thinking too much.

Firstly, there were so many songs that he couldn't sing them all by himself, and some of them were not suitable for him to sing;

Secondly, although it is said that people in the same profession are enemies, Stefanie Sun is one of the female singers he would like to work with;

Thirdly, why not make money if you have it.

"Then let's have a happy cooperation!" This was within Zhou Jianhui's expectations. The reason why he personally took action was out of respect and sincerity.

"It's a pleasure working with you!" Shen Lang said with a smile.

"That's right, Mr. Shen needs to hurry up. Stefanie's album is scheduled to be released on December 12th." Zhou Jianhui reminded.

"That's no problem. Give me three days." Shen Lang said confidently.

"Actually, there's no need to rush. We still prioritize quality. It just needs to be out before the end of this month." Zhou Jianhui was worried that if he sacrificed quality for speed, the result would be counterproductive.

"Okay." Shen Lang did not argue and did everything according to Party A's requirements.

Signed a contract with Zhou Jianhui and had lunch.

He then sent Zhou Jianhui to the car bound for the airport, while he himself stayed at the Yanjing Hotel.

Because Qian Guosheng had an appointment with him in the afternoon.

"Brother Shen, your MV is not well shot!" This was the first sentence Qian Guosheng said when he saw Shen Lang.

(End of this chapter)