HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 131 [131] Terrifying Dominance, Easily Suppressing Zhang Huimina Ying

While Qi Yuan was holding her solo concert, Wang Fei, Zhang Huimei, and Xu Huaiyu successively released their new albums.

Princess Wang's "Singing and Playing," Zhang Huimei's "Holding Hands," and Xu Huaiyu's "Charging Forward" were performed one after another.

All three are high-quality albums.

Needless to say, "Singing and Playing" is the Queen's masterpiece, and the album sold extremely well upon its release. The most popular song on the album is "Red Bean," a classic among classics.

Zhang Huimei's "Holding Hands" is very popular in the Taiwan market. It is the best-selling album in Taiwan this year after "Wish" and "Love Like the Pacific Ocean", and it has already reached the number one spot on last week's sales chart.

Feng Hua Records has begun marketing Zhang Huimei's "Holding Hands" and expects it to sell over a million copies in Taiwan.

Industry insiders know that Fenghua is exaggerating.

It's true that "Holding Hands" sold very well, but it was significantly worse than "Wish" and "Love Like the Pacific" from a while ago. Judging from the first week's sales, it's clear that it won't sell a million copies in Taiwan, but it could make a run at seven or eight hundred thousand.

Hsu Huai-Yu of Rock Records is incredibly strong, having debuted this year. Her self-titled debut album, released in the first half of the year, sold over a million copies across Asia, and this album, "Go Forward," is also a huge success.

Hsu Huai-yu has already been dubbed the "Queen of the Common People," and many Taiwanese media outlets have begun comparing her to Princess Chang Hui-mei.

The Chinese music scene in October is a whirlwind of new releases, with a constant stream of great albums and hit songs.

People were surprised to find that neither Princess Zhang Huimei nor Xu Huaiyu's new albums could shake Qi Yuan's recent absolute dominance.

Qi Yuan has consistently occupied half of the top ten spots on major music charts in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China, and this pattern has remained unbroken since the release of "Qi Yuan".

"Jiangnan", "Twilight", "Dongfeng Po", "Yellow Race" and "When" all made it into the top ten of the list.

The top ten also includes Richie Jen's "The Girl Across the Way" and "Sad Pacific Ocean".

The two of them occupied seven of the top ten spots on music charts across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, leaving only three spots for other singers to compete for.

After the era of the Four Heavenly Kings ended, the era of Qi Ren began, or more accurately, the era of Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan clearly had the upper hand over Ren Xianqi.

Rolling Stone and Taiwanese media continue to vigorously promote the Qi Ren era.

Because Ren Xianqi is from Taiwan, they cannot admit that Ren Xianqi was suppressed by Qi Yuan.

The executives at Rolling Stone and Richie Jen were filled with emotion.

In less than a year, the balance of power has shifted dramatically.

At the beginning of the year, Warner Music promoted Qi Yuan to be associated with Ren Xianqi.

Now it's Richie Jen's turn to tie Qi Yuan down.

The TV series "Princess Pearl" premiered in mainland China.

This drama was incredibly popular in mainland China in 1998.

"Princess Pearl" was first broadcast on local TV stations in various provinces of mainland China, with an average viewership rating of 47%.

In other words, during the time slot when "Princess Pearl" was broadcast, 47 out of 100 television sets in many cities were watching "Princess Pearl".

This viewership rating is only comparable to CCTV's opening drama of the year, "Water Margin".

In vast rural areas, "Princess Pearl" was more popular than "Water Margin".

The older women in rural areas were more accepting of "Princess Pearl" than "Water Margin". The song "When" rose to the top of the mainland music charts thanks to the popularity of "Princess Pearl", even surpassing "Jiangnan", "Twilight", and "Dongfengpo".

Nayoung from Baidai watched her song "Conquer" steadily decline in the rankings, and her feelings were very complicated.

Qi Yuan, this young man, has no martial ethics. Why does he keep attacking her from behind? Can't he give his senior a little respect?
Back in April of this year, her song "Conquer" quickly became a hit across mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and she won a resounding victory in a head-to-head competition with Karen Mok and Valen Hsu from Hong Kong and Taiwan!

She couldn't understand why that vibrant scene of life and everything thriving had disappeared so quickly in just six months.

Less than a month after Qi Yuan released his new album, she was attacked by Qi Yuan five or six times.

"Dongfeng Po", "Jiangnan", "Huanghun", "The Girl Across the Way" and "Dang" have all surpassed "Zhengfu".

She's almost numb. Her novel "Conquer" dropped from number one in April to number eight. If it drops any further, it'll really become a gatekeeper in the top ten.

What chilled Na-young even more was that Qi Yuan's "Romantic Love" and "Can't Help Falling in Love" were also eyeing the top ten.

The moment she opened her eyes, all she could see was Qi Yuan. How was she supposed to fight him?
Since they couldn't beat him, they decided to cooperate. Na-young's manager suggested that she collaborate with Qi-yuan on a song.

EMI has been hyping things up all year, almost to the point of labeling Nayoung and Qi Yuan as the twin stars of mainland pop music.

If we could really collaborate with Qi Yuan, it would definitely boost Na-young's popularity even further.

Na-young approached Wang Fei, a colleague and friend of EMI: "Old Wang, you know Qi Yuan. He's coming to Hong Kong for a concert soon. Would it be convenient for you to introduce me to him?"

The princess knew perfectly well what Na-young was up to; Na-young wanted to invite Qi Yuan to sing a song.

She and Na-young had a good relationship. She neither refused nor agreed, but simply said she would ask Ki-won for Na-young.

The princess spent most of the first half of the year in mainland China. She saw news reports of Nayoung trying to take advantage of Qi Yuan, but Qi Yuan himself never responded.

She sensed that Qi Yuan didn't really like Na Ying. She had a good relationship with Na Ying, but she also had to consider Qi Yuan's feelings.

If we take Na-young to see Qi Yuan without asking his opinion, wouldn't that put Qi Yuan in a difficult position?
Afterwards, the princess made a phone call to Qi Yuan and mentioned Na Ying's matter.

As expected, Qi Yuan did not answer Na Ying's question, but changed the subject.

The princess understood immediately and didn't mention Na-young's name again.

Actually, Qi Yuan didn't dislike Na Ying; Na Ying hadn't offended her.

Nayoung is good at singing, but he won't comment on her other aspects; he just doesn't want to have any contact with her.

"By the way, has Pepsi spoken to your company yet? They want me to collaborate with you at the concert," the princess added.

This was the real reason she called Qi Yuan.

"I told them they sponsored a large sum of money, and once I hold my concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, they will hire a professional photography team to record a live album for me," Qi Yuan said without hiding anything.

Live albums are complete records of live concerts. Later, Bai Maolun's "Unparalleled Live" and Wang Lihong's "Music Man Live" were both live albums and are classics among classics.

Live albums allow fans who cannot attend the concert to experience the atmosphere of a 10,000-person concert.

Pepsi's money wasn't spent for nothing; they demanded that the live album include a Pepsi collaboration, such as "Pepsi Prayer, 98 Prayer Concert Full Record Live".

This year, Pepsi sponsored Aaron Kwok's "One Change, One Beauty" concert in the same way, releasing a "Pepsi Aaron Kwok One Change, One Beauty" album, which is touted as Aaron Kwok's most spectacular concert to date.

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