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Chapter 10 Invitation to the Spring Festival Gala

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already mid-July. During this period, Zhang Chen's three English song MVs have been recorded, and the total cost is about 50 US dollars. This fee is also part of the album production cost, which is paid by Warner.

As for the problem of the comic character's name that Zhang Chen was worried about, Warner also helped to solve it, which also eliminated the worries for this album.

Now we are just waiting for the MV editing to be completed, and then we will start to determine the time for the ranking.

In fact, European and American singers usually release the first song of their album in May or June.

But since Zhang Chen is a newcomer, it is a good choice to avoid the most intense period of the war.

By the end of July, all preparations had been completed, and Warner also released the first single of "Dream", "Try Everything", through promotion and on-demand broadcasts on major radio stations.

At this point, there is little Zhang Chen can do. He still has to trust the quality of the song and the efforts of Warner. He can now return to China.

After the song is released for a while, Warner will help to accept notices from several TV stations and go to the United States for promotion again to help the album be listed on the Billboard.

Speaking of Billboard, this is the road to fame that all singers in the US music scene cannot avoid. It is the most authoritative pop music chart in the US music scene, and it is also the most valuable chart in the international music scene.

In English-speaking countries, Billboard has unparalleled influence and also has considerable influence in other non-English-speaking countries.

There are many charts on Billboard, but the most authoritative and popular ones are undoubtedly the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Albums 200.

The former is ranked by adding up the radio station's on-demand number and sales volume for a comprehensive calculation.

The latter is simple, simply calculating the sales of the album.

Both charts are divided into weekly and annual charts, but because the calculation of the annual chart is more complicated and the specific statistical details will not be announced to the public, more people still pay more attention to the weekly chart.

The weekly chart is updated every week, and the singles or albums at the top of the chart are the well-known Billboard champion singles or albums.

Among them, the Billboard Hot 100 has the greatest influence, because the Album 200 is calculated based on the number of album sales, and it is too easy to falsify the data. The Hot 100, on the other hand, is based on the number of times the audience listens to a song on the radio each week, which is very intuitive and difficult to falsify.

Many European and American singers attach great importance to several achievements in their careers, including those related to Billboard: how many weeks a single has been at the top of the charts, or how many number one singles they have released in their lifetime.

Of course, Zhang Chen was not aiming for the top spot on the Billboard chart. This time, Warner and he had the same goal, which was the top 20 on the Billboard chart. If the data was good, they would try for the top 10.

The chart-topping era today is not like the era of digital albums in later generations. If fans want to support their favorite songs, they need to call the radio station to request songs, or go out and buy genuine physical albums.

On August 8, Zhang Chen had to end his trip in the United States and hurriedly embarked on the journey back home.

He originally planned to stay in the United States for a while, focusing on the album while also having fun here.

But a phone call from home disrupted his original plan.

After getting off the plane, Zhang Chen and his group did not go home but went straight to CCTV.

The reason they hurried back was that Chenguang Entertainment received an invitation from the Spring Festival Gala, and the invitee was Zhang Chen.

It is still in the preparation stage for the Spring Festival Gala, and Zhang Chen is one of the singers to be invited. They now need to go to the Central Bank to confirm what Zhang Chen needs to prepare.

The selection of programs for the Spring Festival Gala is very strict. As for the songs, they are basically all unreleased new songs. As a singer-songwriter, Zhang Chen created many positive songs when he first debuted, and the quality of these songs is also very good. So this time, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala preparation team tried to invite Zhang Chen to sing a song to see if Zhang Chen can create another high-quality new song to be sung for the first time on the Spring Festival Gala.

After understanding the requirements, the group returned to their apartment in Fengtai.

There was no one at home at that time. Liu Xiaoli went to the crew of Prince Gong's Mansion. It was summer vacation now, so Liu Qianqian also went to the crew to accompany her mother to film.

"Chenchen, are you sure?" Sun Fangping asked impatiently as soon as she entered the door.

“I’ve actually started thinking about next year’s album after I finished working on the English album. With the experience of the first album, there shouldn’t be any problems this time.”

Is Zhang Chen sure?

With the huge memory of his past life as a backing, he was 100% sure as long as the director's ears were fine. What he was worried about now was that there were too many suitable songs and which one he should choose.

Sometimes being too rich can be a problem.

In the 98 Spring Festival Gala, not to mention other things, just in the song programs, there were many singers performing in this Spring Festival Gala.

Among them, the three programs, Popular Style, Nostalgia for the Past, and Film and Television Stars’ Cross-dressing New Year Greetings, are all medleys of songs performed by a group of singers or actors.

If Zhang Chen wants to be remembered on the Spring Festival Gala stage, he must get a chance to sing solo.

In this year's Spring Festival Gala, the singers who were able to perform a song alone or as a group included: "The True Colors of Youth" sung by a trio, "Into the New Era" released this year by Teacher Li, "Meet in 1998" by Na Ying and Faye Wong, and "Hero Song" by Liu Huan.

After Zhang Chen counted carefully, he found that it was very difficult to squeeze in under this situation.

So when choosing songs, you must choose songs that are extremely suitable for the current era and have excellent meanings.

He currently has several songs in his candidacy:
"Chinese Youth Says", the lyrics are based on Liang Qichao's prose. This song can be a good follow-up to Zhang Chen's album "Youth", with the same positive energy and rich connotation, which can show the enterprising spirit and responsibility of the younger generation.

"Misplaced Time and Space" May 4th Edition, this song is undoubtedly a song that was originally rewritten by the official. This is a song that remembers the ancestors. As the title suggests, it misplaces time and space, and talks with the ancestors of that year, reporting our achievements and letting them know that we have not let them down. But Zhang Chen hopes that it would be born on a special occasion.

"As Wish", this song is dedicated to our parents' generation, paying tribute to them. It is their struggle and dedication from generation to generation that created a better environment and life for everyone today. It can allow the audience to gain more inspiration and strength to inherit and strive.

All three songs were written, but Zhang Chen was a little hesitant about which one to choose.

　Ahem, that’s right. Actually, I haven’t decided which song to choose for the Spring Festival Gala, and it makes me feel very conflicted.

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