Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 210: Admiration from the Japanese Media

However, Wu Chao's worries were quickly dispelled by the scene at the ticket office of the fan meeting.

"That's great. I finally have the chance to hear Abel sing "Thank You" live."

"Yeah! This song is really beautiful."

“Welcome to BJ’s is also nice. Abel is really talented! He can write such a good song.”

"I actually like 'Sorry, Sorry' more. It's a pity that not all the members of Fahrenheit are here this time."

"Don't worry! I heard that Fahrenheit will have a concert soon. When the four of them get together, we can listen to the four-person version of "Sorry, Sorry."

At an intersection not far from the ticket office, Wu Zhuo's car was parked on the side of the road.

Looking at the long queue, his expression was slightly absent-minded.

In his previous life, he dreamed of having a large number of fans lining up to buy tickets for his concerts.

But in the end, he couldn't even become a serious singer.

The most common titles he receives are “cover artist” and “Internet celebrity”.

In this life, he achieved his once unattainable dream in less than two years.

In fact, this is not China, but Japan.

He has become an international singer who not only has the media hype but also has a considerable influence abroad.

It may be too early to call him a superstar, but it is obvious that he is moving quickly towards this position.

"Want to skip the line? Want to sit in the front row and even touch Abel?
Come and have a look, the front row seats for the Abel fan meeting are no longer available at the ticket office.

I’m the only one who has it. Not 10, not 8, not 6, just 5 yen.

Yes, you heard it right, for 5 yen, you can get a front-row seat to the fan meeting of the super popular Chinese superstar Abel, and have close contact with your idol..."

The cow's voice was like a crow that had been calling all day, hoarse and sharp, waking Wu Chao from his daze.

Looking at the scalper who was surrounded by a group of fans trying to grab tickets, Wu Chao couldn't help but open his mouth and wanted to curse.

Wu Chao is not surprised that there are scalpers in Japan.

What the hell.

The front row seats at his own fan meeting were only 33000 yen, which is about 1500 yuan in RMB.

As a result, when it came to the scalpers, they actually increased the price by about half.

It’s dark. It’s so damn dark.

But looking at the fans surrounding the scalper, they seem to be really happy.

However, this is not entirely a bad thing for Wu Zhuo.

The scalpers during this period are very sharp.

Judging from the situation at the ticket office, the front row seats have been 100% taken up by scalpers.

Scalpers never do business without capital.

The fact that they dared to clear out the front seats shows that they understand the market.

It can even be said that there will be no problem selling tickets for Wu Chao's fan meeting this time.

That's why I dare to make this bet.

In this way, Wu Chao can be sure that the tickets for his fan meeting will be very popular.

And in fact it was just as Wu Zhuo thought.

In the next few days, he attended music shows and autograph sessions arranged by Naka Yumi.

During this period, there were frequent good news about the ticket sales for his fan meeting.

Five thousand, ten thousand, twenty thousand...

As of September 9th, all tickets for his fan meeting had been sold out.

What made Wu Chao even more incredible was that after the tickets were sold out, there were still a large number of fans on the Japanese Internet saying that they did not get tickets and demanding more seats.

In five days, all 20,000 tickets were sold out. This popularity and appeal made Sony excited.

Not just Sony.

The Japanese media was also collectively excited. "It's incredible, really incredible, for a singer who has only released two singles, his first fan meeting with the nature of a concert actually sold 20,000 tickets in just five days. Abel from China has made all Japanese idols know what it means to become famous overnight!" - CM NOW Japanese entertainment idol information.

"Fahrenheit member Abel's first fan meeting in Japan sold 20,000 tickets in five days, breaking the record for the fastest sell-out and largest number of fans for a Chinese singer's performance in Japan since Teresa Teng." - NHK.

For the Japanese media, the ticket sales for Wu Chao's fan meeting are indeed very rare.

Especially for Chinese singers.

Throughout the history of Japanese music.

There is only one singer who has gained their recognition and has become a huge success in Japan.

That was Teresa Teng in the 1980s.

In addition, the Japanese media has always been condescending towards other Chinese singers.

There is no way around it. The music scene in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s was almost entirely supported by Japanese creators.

In addition, as the largest record market in Asia, Japan inherently looks down on singers from other countries.

Naturally, these media will be a little arrogant when facing singers from other countries.

However, this situation was broken by Wu Zhuo.

The Japanese media never imagined that among the Chinese singers whom they looked down upon, there would be an exception like Wu Chao.

Both singles were big hits in Japan.

It would be fine if it was just the record selling well.

Now, Wu Chao’s fan meeting sold 20,000 tickets in just five days.

This is something that many Japanese idols and singers cannot do.

But now Wu Chao has done it.

This made the Japanese media somewhat unacceptable, but they had to admire Wu Chao at the same time.

Yes, I admire you.

Japan can be said to be the country in Asia that attaches the most importance to copyright.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just the digital music aspect.

At a time when digital music in China is still troubled by piracy.

Although there are also a large number of music platforms emerging in Japan, its copyright protection is the best in Asia.

During this period, every music platform in Japan had reached the point where anyone who wanted to play or download songs had to pay.

It is also the improvement of copyright law and the respect for creators.

This means that in Japan, creators generally have a very high status.

Like cartoonists, it is a highly respected profession.

And it just so happens that Wu Chao is that person.

His solo album "My Personal Style" was also released in Japan.

Although the sales volume is average, only more than 200,000.

But this is mainly because they are all Chinese songs.

In terms of melody, his songs are really popular.

Among them, several songs have received adaptation requests from Japanese record companies.

They want to buy the Japanese copyright and sing a cover version of the song.

Therefore, Wu Chao, as a creator, is highly admired by the Japanese media.

Some media have even labeled Wu Chao as the Chinese version of Koji Tamaki more than once.

At the same time, when reporting on him, the words used showed great respect and attention.

Of course, this is certainly not the case for all media.

There are also media outlets that are completely bashing Wu Chao.

(End of this chapter)