Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 94: Dominant Sales, Meteor Begins to Become Popular

With the strong release of "Beautiful Country".

Next, the various mainland rankings will be updated soon.

Not surprisingly, "Beautiful Country" occupied at least four of the top ten spots in the first week.

Among them, "Blue Lotus" and "Luzhou Moon" performed the best, occupying the top two spots.

The rest are scattered on the list, and their positions change all the time.

Wang Jie, who also released a new song during the period, also performed well with his song "Sad 1999".

In the charts of Guangdong and Guangxi regions, it briefly appeared as the daily champion several times.

The influence of the veteran superstar cannot be underestimated.

However, this does not affect the media's belief that "Lu Jiang surpasses Wang Jie."

Because the most important sales data is shown.

By July 7, one week after the album was released, sales of "Beautiful Rivers and Mountains" in mainland China exceeded 7, while Wang Jie's sales were over 26.

In fact, it is a very good result, especially in the current environment, but who made him meet Lu Jiang?

For this result.

The media calls it "ruling class."

Among other singers this year, only Ren Xianqi sold over 17 copies in the first two weeks, and the rest sold less than 10 copies at most. Isn't that a dominant figure?

Then all kinds of media started to hype it up.

But Lu Jiang remained calm overall.

In his opinion, if one really analyzes the songs in the album one by one, there are only a few songs that can be considered S-level. If one counts carefully, there is probably only "Blue Lotus".

In Lu Jiang's opinion, works like "Luzhou Moon" and "Broken Bridge in Snow" are unlikely to withstand the current hype.

If I had released a single, the results would never be as good as they are now.

But who can blame the album for being so popular right now?

Lu Jiang himself has a good popularity base.

This time it is another show of talent with a city theme.

With a little help from above, the rest of the messy topics were suppressed for a certain period of time.

Besides, Chinese style is Lu Jiang’s label, and there are no other Chinese-style songs of the same quality on the market.

The combination of all the right time, right place and right people has created the current extremely high popularity.

Under such extremely high popularity, to put it bluntly, even pigs can fly to the sky, not to mention that these songs are definitely not pigs.

Just like the other nine cannon fodder songs in "Fairy Tale" at the time, the quality of the songs was not really that good, but in the early stage, they sold hundreds of thousands of copies along with "Fairy Tale", and also allowed several singers' appearance fees in bars to increase several times.

This is how selling products works, traffic is very important.

If the theme songs of "Return of the Condor Heroes" were not supported by the TV series, could they have achieved such high sales?
If Xie Tingfeng didn't have the Feng Fei love scandal, would he still be so popular?
Of course, in addition to being able to advertise and attract traffic, quality is the key.

Lu Jiang feels that the quality of the album "Beautiful Rivers and Mountains" is not unprecedented and unparalleled, but at least it can withstand the test of time, and that is enough.

On July 7, Lu Jiang successfully completed two concerts in Ningbo and Xiamen after BJ, Hefei and Hangzhou.

Then on the 11th, he arrived in Hong Kong and started his solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Generally speaking, singers don’t just perform one concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, but several consecutive ones.

The reason is that the schedule at the Hong Kong Coliseum is very tight and it is difficult to get a spot, after all, it is a "stadium".

Another thing is that the Hong Kong Coliseum can only accommodate more than 2.5 people at most, and the time for a single show is also limited, about 3 to hours, and you cannot exceed the time limit at will.

In addition, the equipment in the Hong Kong Coliseum is excellent, and the costs are very high.

So in general, singers tend to apply for larger schedules when applying for them.

While spreading the cost across multiple games, you can also improve your performance.

After all, one of the criteria for competition here is "number of matches".

For example, Alan Tam has a record of nearly 200 shows. Just imagine if someone who doesn’t know the truth hears this, wouldn’t it be scary or impressive?
Warner's original plan was also to follow this approach.

If I can apply for it, I will open 5 or 7 in a row.

But the situation I encountered earlier was similar to that of Taiwan at that time, and I couldn’t get my application approved.

It was not until Lu Jiang overturned the table on the other side that the Hong Kong side gave him the green light and allowed him to cut in line.

But it was only for one day.

It's okay to hold consecutive shows, but he still has to wait for the schedule, unless Warner can persuade other singers to give him a place during this period, otherwise he will have to wait for at least four months.

Considering that he was taking advantage of the situation to jump the queue, and that Lu Jiang’s current popularity in Hong Kong is a mystery.

So after Lu Jiang and Warner discussed it, they decided to accept it directly.

Just play one game at a time and unlock the achievement first.

After all, this is the first time a mainland singer has held a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Note, it’s a “personal concert”.

It’s not the “China Rock Power” concert like Cui Jian’s in 94.

At that time, in addition to Cui Jian, there were also representatives of Chinese rock music such as Tang Dynasty Band, Dou Wei, Zhang Chu and He Yong.

So it was no surprise that Lu Jiang's trip to Hong Kong once again caused a sensation in the mainland media.

For the Hong Kong media, it feels more or less like they are facing a formidable enemy.

"Beautiful Countryside" is now released in Hong Kong. The three Cantonese songs are of good quality, and the album's single-week sales have exceeded the single-week records of the previous two albums.

It has been a long time since mainland singers have made a comeback in Hong Kong, so it is inevitable that there will be some discomfort.

Lu Jiang ignored it and just sang peacefully.

"The slowly falling maple leaves are like longing
Why save
Before winter comes
Love you through time
Two lines of tears from late autumn"

As "Maple" comes to an end, the pitch reaches C5.

After the song ended, the audience cheered and applauded.

All the guests present at the scene nodded in agreement, feeling that Lu Jiang's singing skills were indeed excellent.

Whether it is exaggerated or not is not very important in other places. Lu Jiang has held so many concerts in mainland China, and he sang live every time with 100% output, but I have never seen many media outlets praising his live singing skills.

But it’s different at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

On the one hand, Lu Jiang is attracting a lot of attention now, and many people are watching him. If his singing skills are not good, the impact will be huge.

On the other hand, this venue is indeed on another level.

The venue is small, the audience stands are close to the stage, and the equipment is top-notch, so it can be said that even the slightest flaw can be heard.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Hong Kong Coliseum has become the most iconic performance venue in Asia.

For the same reason, many singers who want to have a successful performance at the Hong Kong Coliseum will choose a few difficult songs to demonstrate their abilities.

This time, Lu Jiang used "Maple".

The song "Maple" is difficult to sing, mainly because of its wide vocal range, high requirements for emotional expression, complex melody and rhythm, and the challenges of the high notes.

Many professional singers have to practice for a long time before they can sing well.

Now Lu Jiang can easily perform "Maple", which even Jay Chou is afraid to sing live, and the performance is almost identical to the record. Now the biggest challenge of this performance at the Hong Kong Coliseum has been completely passed.

But Lu Jiang was not satisfied with this.

He will get addicted to such a good venue.

So the next songs were difficult ones like "It's a pity there's no if" and "BJ One Night".

No matter what the audience thinks, just enjoy singing.

At this moment, he felt extremely regretful. Why didn't the golden finger give him some more difficult songs?
And seeing Lu Jiang's continuous high-energy output without any CD.

Some guys who came to find fault with tinted glasses were speechless.

What can I say?
His strength has been demonstrated, so do you still have to question whether he is cheating?
The concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum ended in a standard manner.

After the event, Lu Jiang had a brief chat with several guests present.

The people who came this time included Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, and Leon Lai, so it was a grand occasion.

But Lu Jiang knew that this time he was lucky enough to get his mother’s help, otherwise he would not be able to apply for the concert.
After a brief chat with these people and getting to know each other, Lu Jiang stayed in Hong Kong for a day the next day and unlocked the achievement of the Hong Kong autograph session.

The number of people was okay, more than 5,000, which was pretty good.

After the book signing session, Lu Jiang left immediately.

The original plan was to discuss film and television cooperation with some local companies.

But after taking a quick look at the project, Lu Jiang directly rejected it.

Each of them is aimed at the mainland market, so almost all projects are broadcast in the mainland in the form of co-production, and none of them are well-known yet.

As for the real Hong Kong film and television resources, they do exist, but the cost is very high and the quality of key resources is not high.

On the one hand, Hong Kong films are indeed not doing well nowadays.

On the other hand, it goes without saying that this is the Hong Kong circle, and it is not easy to get in.

So Lu Jiang naturally didn't waste time and left directly.

Of course, this also makes some people feel that Lu Jiang is ungrateful.

Look at Ren Xianqi, he's also trying to squeeze into Hong Kong. Why are you being so high-minded? Don't regret it later!

After finishing the concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Lu Jiang went to his next stop: Guangzhou.

It was now mid-July.

Two weeks after its release, "Beautiful Countryside" has sold 39 copies in mainland China and its total sales in Asia have exceeded 60 copies.

The dominant sales performance also allowed Lu Jiang to completely secure his "godhood".

At least in the mainland, no one can catch up with him in the short term.

But Xie Tingfeng was still very happy.

At this time, his new album had been released for almost a week, and its sales in mainland China were still crushed by Lu Jiang.

But in Hong Kong and Taiwan, sales data are good.

Especially in Taiwan, Lu Jiang's "Beautiful Countryside" is now available for release due to well-known reasons, but there are many hidden obstacles. In the past half month, the sales volume is only 12.

His new album "Understanding" sold 8 copies in just one week.

It’s not a big problem to surpass Lu Jiang.

Although this achievement cannot be marketed in the mainland, isn’t the Taiwan market a market?
In addition, he is also quite popular in mainland China.

After his last "statement", the team has now portrayed him as a patriotic singer.

This is also why his popularity in mainland China has steadily increased.

It is definitely impossible to catch up with Lu Jiang, but if various Hong Kong and Taiwan singers continue to cooperate to lift him up, he will not be left too far behind by Lu Jiang.

Not being left too far behind in the mainland is an advantage!
As I said, competition nowadays is complex and diverse, and in addition to music, there are also film and television dramas.

The area of ​​competition is not limited to the mainland.

There are also Taiwan, Southeast Asia and even Japan and South Korea.

The starting point in the mainland is low, so it is difficult for Lu Jiang to go out, and he was born in Rome.

Therefore, the future is still promising!

What he didn't know was that a meteor shower had already started blowing around his old nest, Xiangjiang.
　Damn, this review is a bit disgusting. The "Chinese style" in the previous chapters has all become "wind". I was wondering why people always ask what wind is.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)