The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 108: Surrender and Surprising Data
In mid-April, when Internet stocks collectively plunged on the Nasdaq due to a report the previous month, Sina went against the trend and successfully listed on the Nasdaq.

On that day, all the news in North America was about Zhang Chen:

"The first stop of Lyon's global tour, New York, had an attendance rate of over 96%"

"'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger,' Leon alludes to the billboard."

"The Lyon concert triggered many choruses from the audience, and the atmosphere was extremely warm."

"The fan confessed his love for Leon on the spot. According to rumors, the fan ended up going to the Leon lounge."

"Leon's album is out of stock. How should Billboard respond to the public's doubts?"

A week later, after finishing the second concert at the NRG Stadium in Houston, he was about to rush to Washington to prepare for the third concert.

"Boss, the bulletin board has surrendered." Xiao Xue said, holding a stack of information and pointing at the journal on top.

张晨拿起期刊瞄了一眼，发现自己新专辑的歌终于登顶公告牌，并且占据了第1、2、3、6、10、23、28。

"What about sales?" The billboard is fame, and sales are wealth. Now that you have fame, it's time to care about how much money you make.

Xue Yining opened her mouth, not knowing how to describe it.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chen was a little curious. Did something unexpected happen?
"The sales data in North America is 2200 million, in South America 40, in Europe 1100 million, in Southeast Asia, Japan 400 million, and other countries a total of 300 million, in the Mainland"

"What's going on in the country?" Zhang Chen was very happy to hear this. These sets of data meant money.

"800 million in China." Xue Yining looked confused.

"Huh? Genuine?" Zhang Chen was also surprised by the unreality of the data.

"Yeah." Xue Yining nodded. She knew that anyone with millions of album sales in the mainland would be a superstar in the Chinese music scene, not to mention that this was Zhang Chen's English album.

"Do you know why?" Zhang Chen felt that there must be something fishy about this matter.

"I heard that your fans in China found out about what happened here and spontaneously organized themselves to go to designated locations to buy your genuine albums. This move also boosted the sales of your Chinese albums, which had been stagnant." As Zhang Chen's assistant, she had done her homework before coming to report, and she had already made a preliminary analysis of the causes and consequences of the matter.

Zhang Chen opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to express his current mood.

In fact, he knew clearly in his heart that he had used some not-so-honorable means.

Although these not-so-glorious methods are often used by some marketing teams in later generations, and the effects are indeed very good.

But while this method enriches himself, it also drains the wallets of his fans who support him. How many of them are students who have not yet entered society and are struggling to feed themselves?

"Xiao Xue, help me do something." Zhang Chen thought about it and felt that he needed to do something.

"Please help me ask what procedures are required to set up a foundation. I want to set up a student aid fund."

There are too many people in society who need help, and no matter how much energy he has, he cannot take care of them all. However, if he selects those who he thinks need help and lends them a helping hand, Zhang Chen will feel more at ease that he has earned the money.

Of course, this idea is also accompanied by the intention of earning prestige.

Zhang Chen had to admit that his heart was not as pure as that of a real teenager, and all his actions were selfish. He shook his head, threw away the complicated emotions in his mind, and continued to prepare the songs for the next concert.

Throughout April to June, Zhang Chen held multiple concerts around the world, at an average rate of one concert per week.

In addition to the four events in North America, the three major European countries of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also held two events each.
Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, one each

There were a total of 12 shows with more than 80 participants, which brought Warner over $2 million in revenue including ticket sales.

As the concerts progress, the sales of Zhang Chen's two albums are also increasing.

By early July, sales of "Stronger" had reached 5233 million copies, and sales of "Fairy Tale Bubble" had reached 1050 million copies.

The sales of Chinese albums exceeded 10 million copies because Warner distributed Zhang Chen's Chinese albums all over the world. Also, as Zhang Chen occasionally sang Chinese songs in his concerts, some of his fans began to buy his Chinese albums for collection.

Zhang Chen calculated carefully and found that he currently has 8 albums with total sales exceeding 2 million copies, ranking 3000th in the global singer album sales ranking!
Now the media uses the title of "World Pop King" to refer to Zhang Chen, and no one will say it is inappropriate. If Zhang Chen is not qualified, then other stars in this world, except for a few very few people, are even less qualified.

Other singers would need to spend their entire lives releasing dozens of albums to push their sales to such a high level.

Zhang Chen spent four years and eight albums to accomplish a goal that others could not accomplish in their lifetime.

This is the word-of-mouth effect of "anything produced by Zhang Chen must be high-quality". None of Zhang Chen's songs are bad, and every song in every album is worth collecting.

This is the general idea of most fans and the public in the world now. Even fans of other stars can't help but buy Zhang Chen's albums for collection.

Such large album sales naturally brought him a huge amount of wealth. The sales of new and old albums this year alone brought him about $1.2 million in revenue. In addition, concert appearance fees, recording and replay rights, song copyright fees, etc. also brought him more than $5000 million in revenue.

“I’m really tired.”

The first thing Zhang Chen did after returning to China after finishing all his concert tours abroad was to lie down on the bed.

I made some money during this period, but it was also really tiring.

It's not only physically exhausting, it's mentally exhausting as well.

Every concert requires him not only to sing, but also to deal with any unexpected situations that occur on the stage or in the venue.

For example, in China, he invited the three little Harry Potter characters whose casting had already been completed to come on stage to meet everyone, which almost caused a collective riot among China's fans.

It has to be said that there is a large overlap between Zhang Chen's fans and Rowling's fans, so people who like Zhang Chen are very surprised that their favorite characters in the Harry Potter books can appear in reality.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen has a strong security team and he has hosting experience, so he was able to smoothly suppress the impending riot.

If this is not handled properly and causes a stampede, the situation will be out of control.

Knock knock knock!
"Brother Chenchen! I'm coming in~"

Hearing this sound, Zhang Chen wailed, trouble was coming.

　Chapter 4
　　Sir, if you don't give me a ticket, I will come in~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)