HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 115 [115] The purchasing power of the wealthy female fans makes her peers envious
After the official release of his second album, Qi Yuan held autograph sessions in various cities in Taiwan.

To encourage fans to spend money, anyone who buys a record at the event will receive his autograph.

Some of the record boxes also included his autographed photos or handwritten greeting cards, which were like little Easter eggs.

Some fans bought several records just to find the hidden surprise.

The most outrageous thing was a middle-aged woman dressed in expensive clothes who said to the staff at the autograph session, "How many records are there here? I want them all."

The staff looked stunned! They even thought the woman was a scalper.

Are scalpers really this brazen these days? They're even buying up stock at book signing events.

The staff member was about to refuse, but the woman said, "I want to buy all the records here and give them to the workers in our factory. I'm not short of money. I just want Qi Yuan to take a photo with me and sing 'Romantic Love' for me."

It's too ridiculous.

Everyone around Qi Yuan thought it was outrageous.

Qi Yuan himself remained calm. He glanced at the 'Rich Woman Killer' attribute panel and smiled without saying a word.

His special abilities began to take effect.

This rich woman bought three hundred records in one go, all of them CDs.

Fearing that Qi Yuan would get tired, she wouldn't let him sign all three hundred CDs, but only asked him to sing "Romantic Love" for her on the spot.

The happiness of a rich woman is so simple and unpretentious. The money she spends on a handbag can make Qi Yuan sing for her alone. What a high cost-performance ratio!

The wealthy woman's support for bulk purchases of Qi Yuan's records has happened more than once.

Some went to the autograph session to show their support, but many more didn't say a word. They simply went to record stores to buy records, gave them to friends and family, or simply took them home to keep as collectibles.

Anyway, they have more than one house, so they can fit not just a hundred or so records, but ten thousand.

The wealthy woman's powerful spending ability has once again astonished people in the industry.

Other people's records reach their peak in the first two or three days after release, and then decline continuously.

Qi Yuan's record sales continued to grow even three days later.

Approximately 47 tickets were sold on the first day, 55 on the second day, 68 on the third day, and 71 on the fourth day...

Not only was Zhou Jianhui dumbfounded, but executives from other record companies were also dumbfounded.

Old Duan from Rock Records asked Li Zongsheng and the head of the marketing department, "Did Zhou Jianhui inflate Qi Yuan's sales figures? Why are so many people buying dozens or hundreds of records at once? What are they doing buying so many records?"

It's a fake! It must be a fake!

The marketing manager replied seriously, "We found no evidence of sales fraud. Those who buy hundreds of records at once are all wealthy women. Many of them drive luxury cars to Qi Yuan's autograph sessions. For them, a hundred records might just be the price of a beauty treatment or a new outfit..."

In short, these people weren't hired by Warner to inflate sales figures; they were all true fans of Qi Yuan.

How could Warner Music possibly have the resources to hire so many wealthy women to boost the sales of its artists?

If Warner Music had that kind of ability, would it have ended up with so many of its artists leaving the company a couple of years ago?

As soon as a singer releases an album, Warner Music can get rich women to snap up the records. Which singer would want to leave Warner Music?

After thorough investigation, the executives at Rolling Stone Records came to an indisputable conclusion: Qi Yuan's record sales figures were genuine.

If it were fake, record companies that dislike Qi Yuan and Warner would have already exposed it.

Lao Duan and Li Zongsheng couldn't help but sigh, "Damn, being handsome has its advantages; it can attract so many rich women to pay for your services."

Their Ren Xianqi is not as handsome as Qi Yuan, and few rich women are willing to pay for Ren Xianqi.

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Mainland China.

Several television stations broadcast music videos for songs such as "Jiangnan," "Dongfeng Po," and "Romantic Love" on their music programs. "Love Me or Him" ​​was not broadcast on any television station because the ending kissing scene was too intense and could potentially have a negative influence on children.

On a community called Tsinghua University BBS, a user posted: "I want to ask if anyone knows what OICQ is, which is mentioned in Qi Yuan's 'Romantic Love'?"

Why can Qi Yuan use this software to chat with the female lead in real time?

I searched the entire Chinese internet but couldn't find a single trace of this software.

I do know ICQ, but that's foreign software. The OICQ in the MV is clearly not ICQ.

Tsinghua University BBS was originally an electronic bulletin board system within Tsinghua University, primarily serving Tsinghua faculty and students.

The concentration of talent has led to the creation of a wealth of high-quality content.

Because the community is open to the public, teachers and students from universities all over the country have also come in.

Tsinghua University BBS has thus become one of the earliest established, largest, most influential, and most user-rich comprehensive online communities in mainland China.

To date, the community has over one million registered users.

The users are mainly current students and faculty, as well as alumni. In terms of user quality alone, it far surpasses Zhihu, which came later.

Qi Yuan is a top star in the mainland music scene and a leading figure in mainland pop music. He is the only mainland singer who can compete with, and even surpass, Hong Kong and Taiwan pop singers.

College students who keep up with market trends naturally know Qi Yuan, and many of them are his fans.

Na-young, who rose to prominence this year, is also very strong. The record company behind Na-young markets Qi Yuan as a representative of mainland pop male singers and Na-young as a representative of mainland pop female singers, trying to associate her with Qi Yuan.

At the time, there was a thread in the community that had thousands of posts discussing the matter, and the conclusion was that Na-young was far inferior to Qi-yuan.

Na Ying's revolutionary songs were all written by others, while Qi Yuan wrote both the lyrics and music herself.

Nayoung can only be compared to those singer-songwriters who lack songwriting ability.

Qi Yuan released a new album this time, and the music video for "Romantic Love" featured such an interesting app, which is hard not to attract the attention of these college students.

Within just half an hour, the post generated hundreds of comments.

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Pengcheng.

As the number of discussions on the post steadily increased, the little pony and his team felt even more confident.

That's right, he posted the message; he deliberately baited people to start a discussion.

Qi Yuan truly lives up to his reputation as a popular figure; he's already garnered so much attention even before he's started advertising.

The little pony is really looking forward to what will happen after the software is released.

"OICQ will officially launch in three days. These past few days, we've been constantly hyping it up on online communities like Tsinghua University BBS and Mop to whet everyone's appetite. Once the software is launched, we'll put the download link in the communities to attract everyone to download it." Little Pony adjusted his small glasses on the bridge of his nose.

With the software about to go live, Little Pony certainly wouldn't forget to remind Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan owns 15% of the shares and is one of Tengxun's major shareholders.

The little pony recalled its conversation with Qi Yuan yesterday.

Qi Yuan said that the name OICQ is too conspicuous, only one O more than ICQ. It's fine when the number of users is small, but when the number of users increases, it's hard to guarantee that OCQ won't sue for infringement.

Qi Yuan suggested that OICQ be renamed qq.

The little pony thought the name was nice and sounded pleasant.

So they worked overtime to change the name before the website went live, just to avoid causing any real trouble.

(End of this chapter)