Chapter 71: Fists Against The Mage, Feet Kicking Pliers
Everyone: “……”
Continued silence.
Chi Ye dumbfounded: “No, what exactly do you all mean?!”
“You wouldn’t really think I revised it word by word, right?!”
Clang!
Suddenly, Director Zhang slapped his thigh, stood up, and waved his hand: “Come on, come on, props team, bring out all the stereos for me. During the meal break, play my good buddy’s song for me! Infinite circulation!”
Everyone: “？!”
“Got it!”
The props team person in charge reacted and immediately went to move the equipment.
Chi Ye: “……”
“No need, really no need!”
He felt a bit awkward.
Although he did sing pretty well… but why did he suddenly feel a sense of social death?
“What no need!”
Director Zhang pressed him down, looking serious: “Teacher Chi! You, you, you’re just too modest, too fond of hiding your talents!”
He waved his hand and shouted loudly: “Who doesn’t know that you’re the one I favor the most?”
“Otherwise, when you had nothing, would I have pulled you into Circulation《》?”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Circulation《》 seems like I got it myself at Screaming Night…”
“Hey! Hey! Don’t talk nonsense, you can’t say it like that.”
Director Zhang frowned and turned to the photographer filming behind-the-scenes footage: “Cut that part just now, let’s redo it!”
“When releasing behind-the-scenes footage later… no, today, right now, post it on the official Weibo as soon as filming is done, we must ride the wave!”
“OK Director, got it.”
The photographer nodded busily, signaling to shoot another take.
Chi Ye: “……”
Damn Director Zhang, you’re really not a good guy!
“Ahem… as your buddy, I’m genuinely happy for you.”
Director Zhang signaled to play it, and immediately, Sunlight in the Crack《》 sounded at the live performance…
Chi Ye: “……”
Fuck you, can you get any more outrageous?!
For a promo video, throwing away all face?
Director Zhang: “Gone.”
He and Chi Ye “reshot” another behind-the-scenes clip, then personally handled it, @Chi Ye on the Circulation《》 official Weibo, and ## all hot search terms about Reboot《》—Respected Teacher Yang Zi!
Posted:
【#Chi Ye《Reboot》##《Circulation》# Today’s film crew behind-the-scenes footage: Shy Teacher Chi, and enthusiastic everyone.jpg『Director Zhang forcefully hugging Chi Ye for a photo』】
The responses below were enthusiastic.
「Bro!! Film well!」
「I’m your career fan now!」
「Good, good, good!」
「Everyone rush the sales volume! If an EP of this quality doesn’t surge, Internal Entertainment Circle is truly done!」
「Director Zhang treat my bro well, I’ll follow you later!」
“Tsk tsk, it’s still you, you really have hot search physique.”
Director Zhang shamelessly looked at the comments, fully satisfied.
Chi Ye: “……You’d better not go too far, can you turn it off?!”
“We still need to shoot the video, turn it off after shooting, turn it off after.”
Director Zhang pressed him down again, then directed: “Come on, turn the sound to max volume! I’ve got the title ready, this behind-the-scenes video title is 【《Circulation》 film crew collectively “birthday celebration” for Teacher Chi!】”
“Why birthday celebration?” Ran Qiao asked curiously.
“Because—Reboot《》!” Director Zhang laughed.
“Hahaha.”
The live performance atmosphere turned pleasant.
Only Chi Ye had veins popping, listening to his own voice nearby… grinding his teeth silently.
So fucking embarrassing!
……
Next door.
Deep Sea《》 film crew.
The next door Circulation《》 was making too much noise, and the Deep Sea《》 film crew, who were also on meal break, heard the “deafening” music.
They looked at each other, all dumbfounded and speechless.
“Is it necessary? It’s just someone from the film crew on hot search… making it like Spring Festival Gala.”
“Yeah, yeah, our Sister Shi also released an album.”
“By the way, where’s Sister Shi?”
Everyone sourly chatted, but when they turned around, they found Shi Jinwei, who had been there moments ago, had “disappeared”.
Where did she go?
At this moment, Shi Jinwei stood outside the film crew, listening to Sunlight in the Crack《》 playing from next door Circulation《》, her expression unclear, but she hadn’t spoken for a long time.
“Sister Shi…”
The assistant came over and said: “Don’t worry, I checked just now, our album sales are still rising. Album success relies on sales volume in the end, he’s just hot on topics now.”
“Maybe… he used audio editing. Even if he wrote such good lyrics and music, could he sing that well too?”
Shi Jinwei still didn’t speak.
“Sister Shi…”
“Don’t talk, let me listen!”
Shi Jinwei interrupted irritably: “Chi Ye seems to be singing live… don’t interrupt!”
“Let me listen to the live version…”
Assistant: “……”
What a pliers, I’ve served you so long… not as good as one song… boo hoo.
“Is it live singing…?”
Here, Shi Jinwei frowned more as she listened, wanting to run over to Circulation《》 to check… but then thought—too fucking embarrassing.
Better not.
“Hmph.”
She snapped back and said stubbornly: “Not bad, just so-so.”
“What did you say earlier? How are our sales?”
“Very good, very good!”
The assistant reacted: “Good news nonstop! Hua Yichen is at 36 million now, we’re already at 47 million!”
“A full 10 million ahead, his side’s fans should be at their limit, we still have many bystander fans… and your fans, sis.”
The Four Little Flowers live up to their name, as the only one among the Four Little with a singing career, Shi Jinwei’s song fans have strong loyalty, plus bystander listeners.
So Hua Yichen could only surpass her initially with fan hype, but truly beating her is very difficult.
“50 million is a hurdle, hope we can hit 50 million this time.”
Shi Jinwei shook her head and returned to the Deep Sea《》 film crew.
Since debut, she only had two albums break 50 million sales, and it took a long time.
This time her chances are high, Reboot《》 quality looks… decent, but Chi Ye was too obscure before, not many fans, poor sales volume means it’s all talk.
Yeah… his sales definitely won’t be high!
If his are high, what does that make my previous disdain for him?!
Have to avoid Jin Xia in the future?! Hmph, impossible!
Her sales this time are really good though.
Should break it, right?
Whether Shi Jin pliers breaks it or not is unknown, but Yue Na broke it right now.
Yue Na Music Department.
The president held his mobile phone, cursing: “Who said Chi Ye couldn’t sing before?! Fuck, tell me, this is called can’t sing?!”
“Isn’t this just treating us like idiots?! What the hell is your brokerage department doing?”
“Don’t curse first, Old Li, what’s the rush!”
On the brokerage side, Ge Shuang’s former superior, now demoted several levels, an executive frowned: “You think we don’t feel bad? Who could’ve thought this guy acts so well!”
“No, I don’t get it.” Old Li surprised: “Is your brokerage department full of idiots? Signed him for so many years, don’t you know his business ability?”
“When he first joined the company, I thought this young man was good, wanted him in the department, you refused to let go… now look, you deserve the demotion, your eyesight is really poor.”
Former superior: “……”
Fuck you, before I was demoted, would you dare talk to me like this?
With Internal Entertainment Circle music industry like this, who the hell is your Music Department?!
“What now? The company built Hua Yichen’s album to win awards + boost sales, you know the headquarters’ plan, to go public, music side needs to look decent…”
“Now this mess, plus negative news…”
“No problem, I know what you mean.” The former superior couldn’t hold it: “His sales definitely won’t surpass, how many fans does he have? In this era, how many bystanders spend money to buy albums in bulk?”
“We’re handling the negative news… let’s do this for now, observe sales, should be fine, our targets are Shi Jinwei and Yu Yan!”
The two hung up the phone call.
Music Department.
Hua Yichen stood by with a dark face, silent.
“What do you say?”
“……He definitely used audio editing, got ghostwritten, he couldn’t write songs this high level!”
Teacher Hua already felt his “dad position” at risk, very anxious.
Music Department boss: “……”
“Focus on sales volume, as long as that’s fine, rest is minor.”
He waved, signaling the Yue Na team to monitor sales changes constantly.
……
Meanwhile.
“Sales volume? How much is Reboot《》 now?!”
Hong Kong.
Guang Ying Shi Meng.
Jin Sui was quite “nervous”, constantly asking Zhang Jie and other Music Department executives.
Everyone: “……”
“Sui Zong, this isn’t our company’s album… why so anxious.”
“Wa… um… how can I not be?” Jin Sui swallowed the curse: “Even if we don’t get money, as long as Reboot《》 blows up, company’s reputation rises, what if there’s a turnaround?”
“Chi Ye recorded in our recording studio, our team helped with production!”
And… who says I don’t get money?
Xia Xia got money, isn’t that like me getting it?
Hmph.
Jin Sui snorted coldly.
Everyone looked down, busily checking.
“It’s out, it’s out.”
A staff member hurried over: “This is one hour data… um… about 100,000 copies… EP sales around 3.5 million.”
“Ah… only 3.5 million?”
Jin Sui looked disappointed.
Hua Yichen’s album broke 7 million in two minutes.
Chi Ye 3.5 million in one hour…
Only Hua Yichen’s one minute sales…
“No, can’t calculate like that, Sui Zong, you’re too hasty.”
The staff explained: “These 3.5 million is before reputation ferments, missing the biggest platform QQ Music… meaning these 3.5 million are all pure die-hard fans buying with their own money… he’s so obscure! Fan purchasing power this strong…”
“Too hype, pure fan power earned this much, and not even a day yet!”
“……”
Jin Sui suddenly realized.
Right, Chi Ye at this point, honestly, didn’t have many fans before—because he had no strong works as an artist!
Purely relying on looks to maintain star power, truly rare.
After a wave of abusing fans, his fans’ hype power strengthened, but numbers didn’t grow much.
This way, Chi Ye fans’ purchasing power now is indeed scary.
3.5 million in one hour, a day should break 10 million at least?
Comparable to Shen Qing Yu’s previous albums.
“Here it is, data a bit late, was waiting for the timing, now EP sales at 15 million!”
At that moment, another staff monitoring data ran over, excited: “Increase too exaggerated, recommendations and popularity kicking in!”
Everyone stunned.
Jin Sui hurriedly took the report, relieved inside.
Two hours 15 million, even if initial fan and bystander rush is fiercest, still…
“Hey, wait.”
She suddenly realized: “Huang Yixiao’s one week sales 15 million, right? He surpassed in one hour?”
“Uh…”
Everyone exchanged looks, Zhang Jie nodded: “Probably… um… Yixiao has no fanbase in Mainland…”
Fuck.
Jin Sui cursed inwardly, but kept calm: “Alright, keep watching, feels like it’ll rise more.”
“Good.”
Everyone nodded and left.
And Jin Sui thought it’d rise more, but the later result far exceeded her expectations.
—She still didn’t fully grasp how exaggerated this resource stack + Chi Ye’s carefully selected Reboot《》 was.
Internal Entertainment Circle starved for music too long!
Three hours, Reboot《》 sales broke 20 million.
Four hours, 25 million.
Five hours… six hours…
By six hours after EP release, Chi Ye’s Reboot《》, missing market-dominant QQ Music, on only two platforms, officially broke 30 million, surpassing Hua Yichen’s 24-hour 27 million total!
And no sign of stopping, charging toward Shi Jinwei’s insane 24-hour 37 million sales!
Selling crazy, earning crazy, people crazy.
QQ Music person in charge was people crazy right now!
“Who refused to put Reboot《》 on our platform before?!”
The person in charge for music docking held emergency meeting, slamming table in rage: “Are you Penguin employees or Yue Na employees?!”
Everyone silent: The call from Yue Na, wasn’t it your assistant who took it…
A subordinate’s subordinate braced himself: “I… I refused, mainly as partners, didn’t expect it’d sell this well…”
“Then you can pack up and get out.”
The person in charge waved without hesitation: “Deaf? Can’t tell if it’s good?”
Everyone: “……”
Subordinate’s subordinate: Fuck, acting for who?!
Who’s deaf?!
“Fuck Yue Na, costing me money!”
The person in charge kept acting—and he was Penguin senior executive, Yue Na at best a circle partner.
You cost me money, now looks like a lot… why give face? Curse a bit, so what?
If known I approved, next Shenzhen meeting, won’t they grill me?!
“Now go communicate with Chi Ye’s side, see if we can rush the launch, tell him, we’re us, Yue Na is Yue Na, not the same family!”
The person in charge feared Chi Ye “holding grudge”, though knowing Yue Na “one of us”, but… stabilize Chi Ye first, scam the money… earn it first!
“……Good, I’ll communicate.”
“Two platforms split… missing ours, those two earned crazy… fuck, idiots cost me!”
The person in charge still fuming, kicked the desk twice.
……
QQ Music’s cooperation invitation seemed tossed into the ocean, long no reply.
Reboot《》 truly went berserk.
By second day noon 12, when clock hit 12, Reboot《》 opening day sales fixed—41 million!
Surpassed Hong Kong Little Heavenly King Huang Yixiao, surpassed Father of the Chinese Music Scene Hua Yichen, surpassed Four Little Flowers top streamer Shi Jinwei.
Opening day 41 million, charging to higher.
Music Industry shaken, hot searches soaring.
Chi Ye took QQ Music’s cooperation invitation, tossed it into shredder: “Cooperation? Cooperate with your mom! I hold grudges, they cooperated with Yue Na one day, we’re definitely not.”
Fourth additional update, 4000 monthly tickets extra, all hunger cleared!
