Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 268: Hot Lady Gaga

In January, Wu Zhuo's Mr. Senses continued to sell well.

The album sales continued to rank in the top five on the global sales chart.

On January 15th, the global sales volume officially exceeded 10 million copies.

The terrifying data has moved many veteran singers in Europe and the United States.

However, along with the explosive data came a lot of controversies.

Europeans and Americans don't particularly like Asians.

Chinese people have even less status in Europe and the United States.

This also led to the situation that while Wu Chao was praised by some media, other media began to smear and attack Wu Chao.

Especially on the Internet in Europe and the United States, driven by some people with ulterior motives, a large number of negative comments against Wu Chao began to appear.

"I listened to the songs of this so-called Asian star Abel. To be honest, I don't understand why the sales are so high."

"Is that song 'GOODBOY' really good? What? It's so weird."

"I'm also a singer I just met this year. Compared to Lady Gaga, this Abel is really far behind. I don't understand why he is so popular in Asia?"

"The people above really flatter him too much. How can he be compared with Lady Gaga..."

That was in January when Sister Gaga officially debuted in Europe and America with a new style, releasing four albums in succession, including a semi-formal album with seven songs, a single, and two albums containing different versions of the same song.

The song that occupies two albums and has a total of nine different arrangements is called "Poker Face."

This song is really hot.

After its release, it not only quickly became popular in Europe and the United States, but also quickly entered the top five charts in various countries in Asia.

A fierce battle broke out with several songs of Wu Zhuo.

However, Japan and South Korea in Asia are currently Wu Chao's home turf.

Same skin color, and the song version suits the local area.

Therefore, Wu Zhuo is still quite strong, and for a short period of time, Wu Zhuo still occupies the championship position.

Especially in South Korea, GOOD BOY was not affected by Poker Face at all.

But in some other Asian countries, Wu Zhuo's song failed to withstand the impact of this song, allowing it to snatch the championship spot.

……

Wu Chao did not pay much attention to Lady Gaga's popularity in the Asian market.

That's what albums are like.

You can't be the champion forever.

When other famous singers release classic songs, and after a while, the song will inevitably drop in the rankings no matter who it is.

For Wu Chao, he only needs to maintain the stability of the quality of each album.

His position in Asia is unshakable.

No matter how many immigrants there are from Europe and America, they are just immigrants.

Just like Wu Chao himself, although he is so popular in Japan, it has no impact on the status of Japanese queens Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru.

The same is true for Lady Gaga now.

No matter how crazy she is or how popular her songs are, it is impossible for her to reduce Wu Zhuo's popularity.

But to be honest, the popularity of this Miss Gaga is indeed not something that Wu Chao can compare to for the time being.

The song "Poker Face" is really explosive.

This song alone made Lady Gaga a world superstar...

Wu Chao, who ignored the song "Poker Face", attended the movie press conference of "Keep Talking".

On the 16th, I rushed to BJ again.

His trip had two purposes.

One is to rehearse the Spring Festival Gala songs, and the other is to visit the Olympic Organizing Committee.

After a year of selection, the Olympic Organizing Committee has finally come to the end of its selection of Olympic songs.

The song "Beijing Welcomes You" submitted by Wu Zhuo was selected, just like in his previous life, and became the theme song for the 2008-day countdown to the Olympic Games.

After arriving in BJ, Wu Chao first went to the Spring Festival Gala program team.

"Wu Zhuo, over here, over here!"

As soon as Wu Zhuo entered the door, Chen Linchun saw him.

He was chatting with Lin Yilun and Karen Mok from Hong Kong at the moment. When he saw Wu Zhuo, he immediately brought the two of them over.

"Director Chen, Brother Yilun, Sister Karen."

Wu Zhuo greeted the three of them.

"Lin Yilun, Karen Mok, you should know!"

Although it was the first time they met, Chen Linchun acted like an old friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Of course I know. You two are my seniors."

Wu Zhuo responded with a smile.

"I don't dare to be called a senior. I just debuted a few years earlier than you."

Lin Yilin smiled and shook hands with Wu Chao.

Audiences in later generations may not be very familiar with Lin Yilun.

But from the 1990s to the beginning of the new century, Lin Yilun still had a considerable status in the mainland music scene.

He and Jie Xiaodong are frequent guests on CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

His most classic song is "Love Bird"...

"Come to think of it, I'm still your fan! I went to watch your Fahrenheit concert in Hong Kong last time."

Karen Mok hugged Wu Chao warmly and told him something that surprised him a little.

"What a shame! If I had known you were in the audience, I would have asked you to come on stage and sing a duet with me."

"Ha ha……"

After a few polite words, Lin Yilun and Karen Mok made excuses to leave, while Chen Linchun took Wu Chao to an independent office.

After sitting down, Chen Linchun said:

"We have talked to you before, your songs "Grandma" and "When You're Old" may be selected for the Spring Festival Gala program.

Unfortunately, you can’t sing multiple programs by yourself.

At one point I thought about giving up on these two songs.

Fortunately, after discussion, the program team decided to select it.

However, you probably can't sing these two songs.

What we mean is to let Lin Yilun sing "Grandma" and Karen Mok sing "When You Are Old".

What do you think here? "

In fact, they could directly inform Wu Zhuo about this matter.

As for the Spring Festival Gala, they don’t care about this kind of thing at all.

However, Wu Zhuo is a little different.

He is not like the person who can be arranged at will for the Spring Festival Gala in the past.

Wu Chao is not only popular in mainland China, but also has considerable influence throughout Asia.

To a certain extent, Wu Chao is now also a business card for China in the international arena.

Maybe he is not as influential as Jackie Chan and others, but he is also not comparable to ordinary people.

For artists like him, the Spring Festival Gala is often willing to give him face and discuss matters.

Otherwise, if the Spring Festival Gala makes the decision directly, things could easily go wrong.

But things will be different after discussion.

If Wu Zhuo agrees, then everything will be fine.

If you disagree, that’s another matter.

"That's no problem. The program team can let them sing."

Wu Zhuo did not refuse.

He is a little different from Li Chunbo who was banned from the Spring Festival Gala that year.

That is, he already has a solo program on the Spring Festival Gala.

Unlike Li Chunbo at that time, who only had one song, "A Letter Home", it was unacceptable for him to give the song to others or to sing it solo with others.

"Haha, I knew you would agree."

Hearing this, Chen Linchun couldn't help but burst out laughing and spoke.

(End of this chapter)