Chapter 47: The Beginning

Monday morning, Changsheng Records conference room.

Several copies of the internal sales ranking data of Dongguan Bookstore have been copied and sent to everyone who attended the meeting.

Everyone's reaction was flat.

This sales situation is as good as everyone’s speculation at the pre-launch meeting before the release. Naturally, there is nothing to be surprised about: although this result is not close to prosperity, it is not a defeat for a newcomer. In time, the sales volume of 500,000 or more can be achieved. Liao Liao has initially gained a foothold in the domestic music scene, and the company can not only gain a Liao Liao, but also make some profits... What else do you want?

Compared with "Stars" in sales?

Come on, all the female singers who can sell the fineness of "Stars" in the whole country are not enough for a slap.

What Liao Liao compared with her was either megalomaniac or dementia!

So, no surprises, no worries, and about this album, all you can say is that the 200,000 tapes and 20,000 CDs in the first batch of production plans are probably enough to buy two It's a month, so arranging new orders next month is enough to keep the market from being out of stock.

Then, after two days of rest, Liao Liao will set off again to promote in other big cities.

That's all.

After talking about "Liao Liao", the meeting will continue, but since there is nothing Liao Liao has to do, she will leave first. But she didn't want to, she ran into Huang Yueqin at the door of the lounge.

Or maybe, people are blocked here at all.

She said mockingly, "I'm about to release a new record, how about inviting me to sing a song with your high school kid?"

Liao Liao looked at her and ignored her.

Huang Yueqin sneered behind her back, and Liao Liao took Huang Wenjuan away.

In short, each has its own displeasure.

The next day, Liao Liao set off for Shanghai, and the second wave of promotion for the album was about to begin.

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Beijing, Huage Records, Gym.

When the treadmill gradually stopped, Wang Jingxue got off while wiping off her sweat with a towel.

A good figure does not come for nothing, and the so-called diet will not make you fat is also a lie. The good figure that everyone drools comes from the daily sweat - for the combination of five elements and five elements, a good figure is more important than a good voice!

Wang Jingxue sat in the gym for a while, drank a few sips of water, then went to take a shower and changed into dry clothes, and then went to the door of the karaoke room to look at the list.

The materials that Changsheng Records can get, of course Huage Records can also get it.

Every Monday morning, the latest week's Dongguan Bookstore album sales rankings must be posted at the door of the karaoke room.

It’s just that there were too many people watching it when it was first posted, and Wang Jingxue didn’t want to join in the fun, so she always waited until noon when the crowd dispersed before going to watch it—paying attention to the sales and trends of this market, it is every food trend People who are a fan of music must always keep it in mind, and Wang Jingxue is no exception.

The list is indeed there.

She wiped her hair and looked at it from the beginning.

Compared with last week, "Stars" dropped one place, but in fact, this is the most non-war, and the sales of "Stars" have not decreased. If I remember correctly, it even sold more than last week Hundreds of sheets. Its ranking dropped only because Zhang Chang released a new album. In the first week, it sold nearly 10,000 copies at Dongguan Bookstore alone, and it directly airborne to the second place on the ranking list.

It can be said that Zhang Chang really lived up to his status as a king in the arena, and the continued popularity of "Stars" has not released a new album for several years in a row after Zhen Zhen, and after Zhou Mo simply got married and fled, almost female singers The last line of defense.

Although she sings a sweet song!

Then... ah, Shen Haimei actually entered the top ten!

Wang Jingxue's eyes widened in surprise.

But taking a closer look at the sales, she soon sighed again in disappointment.

It was a bit of a fluke that she came in tenth place.

The eighth place still has more than 5,000 copies in weekly sales, and the ninth place directly drops to about 3,000 copies, and Shen Haimei only has 3,318 copies—normally speaking, it is difficult to enter this sales volume at this time of summer vacation. top ten.

However, this is a good thing.

Over the past year or so, quite a few female singers have begun to hit the top ten again and again, and several albums have succeeded. One person, it can be said to be a fluke, but several people have succeeded, it is hard to say What a fluke.

It can only be said that the market status of female singers is improving little by little.

Take Shen Haimei's album as an example. It entered the top ten in the first week. Don't care whether it was a coincidence or real strength. In short, it entered the top ten. Then, a platinum record must be no problem. In the long run, after three or two years, slowly grinding out a double platinum, it is not completely hopeless.

His eyes lingered on Shen Haimei's album sales figures for a long time before Wang Jingxue finally looked away.

The third female singer is Sun Yue.

She ranked fifteenth, with 1,431 sales.

This singer Wang Jingxue is very familiar with, because the other party is the first sister of Huage Records.

The record released in mid-June will still sell more than 1,400 copies a week in August. Needless to say, the company will definitely hold a celebration party for her platinum record before long.

This is another female singer who won a platinum record in the domestic pop music market!

Then... the seventeenth place is another female singer, Yang Qianzheng.

The name is very masculine and masculine, and the nickname is also very masculine-"Xiao Feng Feifei"!

As soon as you hear it, you know that this is a folk song route!

However, her way is not completely copying Feng Feifei, she can sing those folk songs and ballads with a unique taste, so, with the second album, she maintains her previous market position.

In a year or two, it is estimated that she can slowly sell a platinum record like the last album.

Then, the nineteenth place is... Liao Liao!

This name is both strange and familiar.

After staring at the list for a while, she suddenly remembered that she had heard her song before, and it should be a single.

but……

After a while, she suddenly remembered that her familiarity with the name Liao Liao was not just because she had heard his song.

It should have been a month ago. When she came home almost every day, she saw Erya holding her Walkman listening to music, so she asked a lot about whose song she was listening to, but Erya shyly refused to say. .

After a while, she was willing to say that it turned out that it was actually a song given to her by the guy named Li Qian at the opposite door.

And... it is said to be original!

Wang Jingxue naturally dismissed this.

But Erya said very unconvinced that he really knows how to write songs, and the songs he wrote are super good and the songs he sings are super good. He even sold the songs he wrote to a female singer, and there are still five songs song!

Wang Jingxue asked at the time: To whom?

Erya said: "It's called Liao Liao."

Wang Jingxue asked again: Five songs? How much did you tell me?

Erya said: Four hundred thousand.

Wang Jingxue almost scoffed!

Eighty thousand yuan a song? Li Qian?

Undoubtedly, she was sure at that time that this silly Erya must have been deceived by that kid.

So Wang Jingxue didn't say any more, just thinking about when to go back and talk to that kid.

And now, has Liao Liao's album actually been released?

Nineteenth place... 1128 sheets.

This result is not too good, but it is not bad either. If I remember correctly, this should be her first album, so this sales volume should allow her to gain a foothold.

Moreover, in my impression, her voice is very textured, and her singing skills are quite good, so her album should be the one that can be sold for a long time... That's enough!

No one can soar into the sky, everyone has to keep their feet steady and walk up slowly.

Even Zhou Mo, the few albums she debuted did not sell very well.

It's just... It seems that this album should be found and listened to, at least to know whether the few songs that Liao Liao bought for "400,000" will be used.

If it doesn't work, it's a joke.

Well, thinking of this, Wang Jingxue was immediately distracted, and didn't want to continue watching.

Whenever there is a new work on the market, the company will definitely buy a few copies at a time, keep one copy for storage, and put the rest in the company's audiovisual library, which is free to the artists in the company.

So, even the money to buy the album can be saved.

Thinking about it, Wang Jingxue subconsciously raised her hand to look at her watch, and found that it was time for lunch, so she turned around and went downstairs to eat, planning to go to the audiovisual library after dinner and borrow a few CDs to listen to.

In the end, before she reached the elevator, she ran into Sun Ruoxuan head-on.

Similar to most combinations in the world, the relationship between the five teammates of the Wuxingwusu combination is not as harmonious and united as it seems on the surface. Anyway, between Wang Jingxue and several other teammates, there has always been a relationship between them. It's all just working relationship, the only one who can be regarded as an exception is probably Sun Ruoxuan.

Among the five girls, Wang Jingxue's singing skills are the best, Sima Duoduo's figure is the most explosive, Xie Bing's face is the most beautiful, Zhou Pingping's winking eyes are the most attractive... As for Sun Ruoxuan, she seems to be good in everything, but every Neither is the best. The only thing is that she is the most popular in the unmanned working group.

Sun Ruoxuan said that the dance training in the afternoon was canceled because the instructor was busy in the afternoon, and then invited Wang Jingxue to have dinner together.

Since there is no dance rehearsal in the afternoon, Wang Jingxue's first choice is of course to go home.

So, she politely declined Sun Ruoxuan's invitation, turned around and went back to pack her things, and then walked around to the audio-visual library.

The newly released albums are placed in the most conspicuous place. The album called "Liao Liao" has a total of four albums, and none of them have been broken. It is estimated that they have not been lent out even once.

Wang Jingxue took one, chose two others, registered them together, and then went downstairs to pick up the car and go home.

Erya is at home, cooking.

The teacher in their cram school had a serious illness recently, and yesterday someone organized more than a dozen of their classmates to visit the hospital together, so the cram school had to be temporarily suspended. She already bought the ticket yesterday, and she is going back to Jinan tonight.

Seeing her sister coming back, Wang Jinglu was very happy, and bounced back to her room to take out a box of unbroken CDs, and said, "Sister, this is for you! I bought the tape the day before yesterday, and I have already listened to it. It sounds very good." !"

Wang Jingxue took it over and took a look..."Liao Liao".

For some reason, she suddenly lost her interest - judging by her happy expression, it seems that Li Qian's works worth 80,000 yuan should be included in the album?

"Well, thank you. I'll put it away first, and I'll listen to it when I have time," she said.

Not even a smile on his face.

Wang Jinglu was full of anticipation at first, then dazed, then puzzled, then disappointed, and then... suddenly depressed.

My sister didn't even want to listen.

However, she has listened to those songs, they are really good!

She was listening to the lyrics book one by one, and the lyrics book clearly wrote: Li Qian, the lyricist, Li Qian, the composer!

They all sound great!

Or it can also be said that in this album, those five songs are the best!

But...but...

She told herself in her heart: I'm going home tonight!

Wang Jingxue went to wash her face, and then went into the kitchen.

While eating, she ate, swallowed a small mouthful of rice, and suddenly said: "Ah, the sales of that album are not bad. I will look back... I will listen to it."

Wang Jinglu was taken aback for a moment, then slowly laughed.

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When he went back to Shengshi Garden for lunch, Li Qian took three boxes of the album he had just received this morning, only to find out when he got there that his father had bought back five boxes in one go.

But Li's father obviously doesn't think too much, he's going to wait until school starts, and the teachers in his office will each give away a box, and Li's mother, the people in her company, are also going to give away a few copies—that's all. A few servings are not enough!

As soon as he bought it, he took it apart and listened to it. He still listened to it according to the lyrics book. He knew which songs were written by his son in it. It was also recorded as an album and sold outside. This is a rare honor-this is my son! Son still in high school!

Of course, Li's father and Li's mother will not let their son see this pride.

The two of them were at the dinner table, and Li's mother just asked, how is the album selling? How much did you sell? Is Liao Liao popular?

Dad Li said: Anyway, he went out for a stroll these two days, and when he passed those audio-visual stores, he didn't hear Liao Liao's song playing on the speakers in the store.

The common people's point of view is that if the big speakers in the audio-visual store are not used, then of course they are not popular!

Not to mention, this idea is basically correct!

So, Li Qian had no choice but to answer them: It's still too early to talk about sales, so we have to wait until the second title song starts to be promoted, that is, when "My Hometown of Passionate Love" starts to exert its strength, then it's time to really start to see sales.

Li's father and Li's mother don't know what the title song is, but they have listened to a lot of radio broadcasts recently, and they can probably guess what it means, so they all said "oh".

"My Hometown of Passionate Love"...that's Li Qian's song!

In other words, the bayonet is about to become popular, and it's time to start seeing what level your son's work is?

Dad Li asked worriedly: "Then what if the second hit song can't be sold?"

Li Qian smiled, "Then cold salad! Anyway, I won't refund the money!"

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"Liao Liao" ushered in the second week of listing.

Of course, the specific sales won't be known until next Monday, but according to the feedback given by the survey company hired by the company, the sales of this album in various bookstores, supermarkets, and video stores are indeed very average.

The newly released album will definitely be placed in the most conspicuous place. But if after a period of time, you still can't sell, then I'm sorry, you have to make room for a newer album!

According to people from the investigation company: quite a few relatively small individual audiovisual stores have chosen to put the album "Liao Liao" on their shelves.

That is to say, in less than a week, she has already stepped down from the recommendation position of "recommended by the store manager".

But at this moment, when Liao Liao was participating in a late-night music program on a local radio station in Shanghai, the program had just finished the first title song, and before it started recommending the second title song, he suddenly received a call from a reader. call.

The other party asked: "The Hometown of My Passionate Love" is so good, why doesn't your radio station play it?

Liao Liao almost jumped up at that time!

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In this chapter, there will probably be readers who say that I am a running account, or that I am pouring water?

well……