The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 73 Preparing for the Book Signing Event

Time passed quickly and it was almost the beginning of April. During this period, Zhang Chen also completed the contract signing with Warner.

He also endured the abdominal pain and completed the lyrics and music of the theme song of "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li".

The arrangement work still needs to be completed by finding a professional folk music master after returning to China.

Some noteworthy things also happened throughout March.

First, Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada released her first original album "First Love", which topped the Japanese Oricon chart as soon as it was released, squeezing out Zhang Chen's "immortals" which had been at the top of the Oricon chart for a long time.

This album has been dominating the charts throughout March and this trend is expected to continue.

In Japan, this album has sold more than 130 million copies in one month, and has sold nearly 30 copies overseas.

The Japanese people believe that Utada Hikaru is a local singer who can compete with Zhang Chen, and the entire island is currently fanatically worshipping Utada Hikaru.

At the same time, there was a big news in Hong Kong in early March that shocked both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and involved the Four Heavenly Kings. A variety of news, true and false, continued to spread, eventually leading to the king no longer attending any award ceremony.

This incident also means that the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong Island are about to exit the stage of history.

At the end of March, the Taiwan Island's Golden Melody Awards also announced the shortlist. Unfortunately, despite their loud slogans, when the shortlist came out, people from the island were still nominated.

It seems like it will take another year or two to cover singers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

After a whole month in Yingguo, Zhang Chen and others have finally finalized the "Harry Potter" project and are about to start the national casting.

"Joanne, do we really need a nationwide casting?" Lorenzo was making arrangements at the casting site on behalf of Warner Productions.

"Of course, I don't want my work to be ruined." Rowling was very determined. If she couldn't choose the actors she liked, she would rather not turn the novel into a movie.

"Where's Leon?" Rowling asked Kevin while watching the video sent by the first round of interviewees.

"Him? I heard his school has started?" Kevin looked a little strange. He didn't expect Zhang Chen to actually go back to school obediently.

Far away on the other side of the earth in the capital of China, Zhang Chen has already arrived at school.

What he didn't expect was to see a banner that stretched as far as the eye could see at the entrance of his school:

"Congratulations to our outstanding student Zhang Chen for winning the Grammy Award"

"Congratulations to our outstanding student Zhang Chen for winning two Grammy Awards"

"Congratulations to our outstanding student Zhang Chen for winning the Billboard Championship in the United States for two consecutive years."

"Zhang Chen shows off our country's prestige"

Well, I have to say that the school knows how to promote itself. With just these banners hung up, this year's enrollment work will surely be a lot easier.

"Zhang Chen, come here!" After Zhang Chen entered the campus, he met the principal who had been waiting for him for a long time. "Where's the trophy? Did you bring it?"

For an art school, there is nothing more proud than seeing its students win international awards.

"You really bring honor to our school." The principal patted Zhang Chen's shoulder with a beaming face.

"Haha, Principal, you're too kind." Zhang Chen could only smile awkwardly at this time. He usually didn't pay much attention to school affairs and had never thought about how much of a sensation his achievements in music would cause in school.

But think about it, as a music school, how can we really ignore Zhang Chen's international achievements?

"Actually, I was thinking about promoting you as early as last year, but your mother told me at the time that you were still young. But now it seems that she won't stop it." The principal felt a little regretful. If the promotion had been done earlier, perhaps last year's enrollment would have attracted competition from students all over the country.

"I heard that your new album has been on the Billboard for five consecutive weeks?" The principal asked another question. Since the release of Zhang Chen's new English album at the end of February, it has been topping the music charts in many countries.

Even in China, Zhang Chen's English album has seen a sharp increase in the number of people requesting his songs due to the broadcast of the Grammy Awards. It has also successfully topped the domestic "Chinese Music Chart", surpassing a number of powerful veteran singers.

Sometimes it’s due to luck, but more importantly, the songs in Zhang Chen’s two albums are of very high quality.

Five songs in Chinese and three in English are all ranked in the top 20 of the domestic music charts, among which "Blue and White Porcelain" has successfully topped the list.

When a singer releases so many good songs at one time, it will naturally deepen the audience's impression of the singer. After clicking on one of the songs and then seeing that another song on the list was also written by Zhang Chen, they will naturally be driven by curiosity and request Zhang Chen's other songs.

This is a virtuous circle.

"It's just luck, haha." Zhang Chen didn't know how to respond after being praised. The principal's enthusiasm made him a little overwhelmed.

In fact, it is not only the performance on the charts but also the album sales that make Zhang Chen happy. Now more than a month has passed, and the sales of the English album "Rock" in North America have exceeded 800 million copies, and the global sales have risen to 1200 million copies.

The Chinese album has achieved 220 million legitimate sales, of which Southeast Asia has contributed approximately 80 copies.

This is just one month's sales.

Although it is impossible to escape the situation of being fleeced by pirates in the country.

But in some regions, such as Japan, he can continue to bring him good album sales.

All in all, "Rock" has brought Zhang Chen more than 2500 million US dollars in dividends within a month, and "Chinese Style" has earned him about 900 million RMB.

Including copyright fees and some other expenses, Zhang Chen's income in just one month exceeded 3000 million US dollars.

At the same time, the sales of the previous four albums also saw a small recovery after Zhang Chen won the Grammy this year.

Among them, the two Chinese albums sold nearly 10 copies, and the English album sold more than 500 million copies.

At the same time, he received a lot of copyright fees from a total of six albums. In this month, Zhang Chenguang received more than 800 million US dollars in copyright fees.

Overall, Zhang Chen earned nearly $5000 million in March.

"Zhang Chen, how about holding your first autograph session at school?" When Zhang Chen was still calculating his income from last month, the principal spoke and pulled Zhang Chen out of the green US dollars.

"Will this affect the school's teaching?" Zhang Chen was a little hesitant. Allowing people from society to enter the school to organize activities would involve huge risks.

"Don't worry about this. As long as you don't object, I can take care of it!" Seeing that Zhang Chen did not refuse immediately, the principal made the final decision.

"Then I'll trouble you, Principal." Zhang Chen had no choice but to agree. It was also his duty to boost the reputation of his alma mater.

After all, the school was very tolerant of him asking for leave from time to time.

Surrounded by school leaders, Zhang Chen took a group photo with them in front of the school's iconic building.

Just when he was about to go back to the classroom, the principal came over again.

"Zhang Chen, someone is looking for you."

　After three rounds of recommendations, which will be next week, this book will probably be on the shelves. I hope you will give me a first order then. Thank you very much!
　　Also, those of you who have votes, please vote for this book!

(End of this chapter)