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Chapter 185 Zhang Chen causes trouble on the day of the big party

A week later, when Zhang Chen's MV shooting was nearing completion and Zhang Chen had gained some preliminary knowledge about film shooting, Yin Zilan, who had not appeared for a long time, came to the crew.

"Boss, there are only three days left for the 'Sino-Japanese 22th Anniversary Concert' on the 30nd, and they are asking if you will attend."

Yin Zilan had asked Zhang Chen about the news a long time ago.

This large-scale concert will bring together singers from three generations from both countries to perform on stage. On the surface, this concert is an exchange meeting, but it also has some different flavors.

The audiences from both countries watching this performance will definitely judge the singers on stage to see whether their own singers are better or the other side's singers are better.

As the most outstanding singer of the younger generation in China, Zhang Chen has naturally become a candidate for the singer of the younger generation.

In addition to Zhang Chen, singers such as Tan Yonglin, Li Wen and Sun Nan were also selected.

It can be said that they are the most representative figures in contemporary pop music recognized at the national level.

As for Jiaobenji, it sent some of the most representative singers from their country, including Shinji Tamura, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Noriko Sakai.

"Didn't I clearly say I wasn't going to attend?"

There are great restrictions on the songs to be sung on such occasions, so Zhang Chen doesn't really want to participate.

Because the name of this concert is "China and Japan join hands and walk together through the century", it was held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The song can only rely on "harmony".

So, Zhang Chen was unwilling.

"There has to be a good reason, right?"

"Just say I'm filming and can't leave." Zhang Chen made up an excuse, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and said to Yin Zilan, "Play the song you made before on the same day."

"Boss, you're not going to cause trouble, are you?"

Yin Zilan was really worried that Zhang Chen would do something with such a big thing.

This is not a joke.

"Don't worry, I just want a few people to pay attention to this fan meeting."

This kind of thing affects the entire body, and all he can do is to prevent the people from really thinking that they have forgotten certain things.

One day in late September, more than 9 people attended a large-scale concert at the Workers' Stadium in the capital. This is also the largest exchange event between pop singers from both sides to date.

"Where's Chenjun?"

Backstage at the concert, Ayumi Hamasaki, who had met Zhang Chen once, asked Li Wen curiously.

When it comes to the best and most representative singers in China, Zhang Chen should definitely be included.

Ayumi Hamasaki felt very strange that Zhang Chen was absent from the fan meeting at this friendly exchange event.

"I heard that he is currently filming a movie and has postponed all activities."

Li Wen gave an explanation, but she always felt that the reason was far-fetched.

At a party of this level, few singers can refuse. Even if there is something particularly important, they will probably make time tonight to perform on stage.

This is no longer a business matter.

But Zhang Chen seemed to have the qualifications to be willful.

"That's a shame. I want to communicate with Chen Jun more. He released a Japanese song in his album this year. I really hope he can bring more excellent works to the fans in our country."

"His English and Chinese songs seem to be quite popular in your country, right?"

"Hi! All the songs from his new album this year have made it onto our Oricon charts, pushing all the new songs from my album out of the top 5. It is said that the sales of this album in our country have exceeded 800 million, breaking Utada Hikaru's sales of 767 million."

Ayumi Hamasaki looked a little depressed. The album sales record of her country was actually created by a Chinese singer, which made her, as a singer of the Chinese singer, very unwilling.

"Don't even mention your country. His album has been at the top of the most authoritative music chart in our country, the Morning Light Music Sales Chart, for almost half a year. It is said that the global sales of this album have exceeded 4500 million."

Every time Zhang Chen releases an album, it seems that the sales figures start at tens of millions, and he always tops various charts.

Li Wen only knew a rough idea.

In fact, detailed data is already available within Morning Glory Entertainment.

First is "I'm Yours", which has been certified platinum or multi-platinum in more than 20 countries in the world, which means that the sales data in these more than 20 countries are in the millions or tens of millions.

"Love Yourself" has been firmly at the top of the North American Billboard Hot 8 singles chart since its release, and it has remained at the top for weeks.

The main reason is that this song is so much in line with the taste of the fans in the United States that after it was knocked down from the top of the Billboard Hot 32 singles chart, it has remained on the chart and has been on the chart for weeks so far.

The song "Shape of You" suffered from the loss of the title of the Hot 100 Singles Champion because all the songs on the same album were golden songs. However, after the song "Love Yourself" fell off the champion position, it briefly occupied the champion position for a week.

It is also a song that has been on the Billboard charts for 32 weeks. As for Zhang Chen's three Chinese songs, although they are not as popular as some sad songs, they are currently recognized as the top ten most difficult songs to sing.

Moreover, since the launch of the M&G music player, all of Zhang Chen's songs have seen a significant sales recovery.

Maybe many of Zhang Chen’s fans did not know where to buy Zhang Chen’s genuine albums, but when Morning Light Music was released, they spontaneously purchased Zhang Chen’s songs on it.

Morning Light Music also made an internal estimate that more than 150 million people paid for Zhang Chen's songs, with total single sales of about 2000 million.

I have to sigh again that at this time, families or individuals who own their own computers are really not short of money.

Although due to the music charging model, the promotion of Chenguang Entertainment has encountered certain obstacles.

However, without any competitors or "The Voice of China" auditions, Morning Glory Music has more than 2800 million users and 2300 million members in China and the United States, of which about 350 million users have paid for downloads.

Since member users have not entered the charging period, it is difficult to calculate subsequent income.

However, the 350 million people who have paid have contributed more than 10 billion payment data. Excluding the share of the singers and the company's initial investment, the gross profit reached an astonishing 12 billion RMB.

This is the super high profit brought by monopoly.

There are companies in China that want to emulate the development model of Morning Glory Entertainment, but when they first contacted several record companies, they were told by these record companies that all of their company's online digital copyrights had already been bought by Morning Glory Music.

Moreover, in the face of the hot sales data of Morning Light Music, these record companies have also found the profit point of the future company, because Morning Light Music did not do things to the extreme. They have a profit-sharing agreement with Morning Light Music, which means that the success of Morning Light Music is also their success.

Under such circumstances, these record companies were half forced and half willing to cooperate with Morning Glory Entertainment.

They also plan to sign a digital copyright agreement with Morning Light Entertainment for new albums released by their singers in the future, so that they can ride on the big ship of Morning Light Music and continue to make money in the music industry in the future when the Internet is developing rapidly.

At the same time, it also allowed many film and television companies to see the future of the Internet.

But they suddenly discovered that the exclusive digital copyright of their company's film and television dramas had been acquired by a company called "CGT".

This made them extremely annoyed, but they also began to be glad that CGT did not go too far and signed a profit-sharing agreement with them.

Although the profit-sharing model is much more complicated than that of music, it also allows them to see the opportunity for those TV dramas and movies that have been gathering dust in inventory to make money for them again.

As long as they can make money, everything is negotiable.

So now William is both in pain and happy.

The pain is because we have to negotiate cooperation with too many film and television companies, but the happiness is because with the joint promotion of so many film and television companies, the promotion of CGT player will be greatly accelerated.

It currently has over 500 million downloads in North America and over 80 paying members.

Based on a membership price of $10 per month, after the free period, the company will generate gross profit of approximately $800 million per month.

Moreover, at the current rate of promotion, monthly gross revenue of over 1000 million US dollars will be achieved in a short time.

Now William has also begun to contact some brands according to Zhang Chen's suggestions. When various opening screens, pop-up windows and other advertisements appear in the player, it will be another considerable income.

What William is worried about now is how to deal with the antitrust investigation that is sure to come.

"The sales figures of all Chen Jun's albums have probably exceeded 3 million, right?"

Ayumi Hamasaki counted the sales data of Zhang Chen's albums released since his debut, and came up with a number that made her despair.

"It should be the time. It takes many years of hard work for a singer to reach his level, but he only took 6 years."

Li Wen also felt a little emotional. She was somewhat famous internationally, but she was totally incomparable to Zhang Chen.

Although Zhang Chen basically does not attend any domestic award ceremonies now, he is still regarded as a leader in the music industry.

When all the singers received some awards, they would always say to themselves: Fortunately Zhang Chen didn’t come.

"So, it's a pity that Chen Jun didn't attend this fan meeting. I really want to communicate with Chen Jun more."

"Haha, he's like that. It's not easy for singers in our country to meet him."

While Li Wen, Ayumi Hamasaki and others were talking about Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen himself has quietly released several songs on Morning Light Music.

These songs are actually the same song, just in different versions.

The reason why the release was postponed to such a late date is that the song needs to be accompanied by a suitable MV in order to better appreciate the charm of the song.

The new song "Guest" of Morning Light Music was released, and many fans discovered this new song that had not been preheated in advance.

Zhang Chen also posted an update on Chen Guang’s Weibo.

@张晨: I was inspired a while ago and wrote a song. You can go to @晨光音乐 to listen to it, or download @CGT to watch the MV
After Zhang Chen posted the update, netizens downloaded the CGT player out of curiosity.

After watching the song MV, netizens went completely crazy.

　Chapter 2 is here. I'm going to have a meal first, and then I'll continue writing.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)