Chapter 105: First Time Applying for Enlistment! Explosive Sales
Gao Yuanyuan finally couldn’t hold back and sent Shen Qing a text message.
At this moment.
Shen Qing had a happy little rocking horse on him, rocking back and forth.
Comfortable~
Shen Qing, on the other hand, was quite idle. He didn’t put in much effort. Now that he received a text message, Shen Qing was curious who was so lonely to send a text message at midnight!?
He opened his phone and saw it was Gao Yuanyuan…
Awesome!
She’s been plagued by negative news lately, so she must be feeling terrible~
After reading her little essay, Shen Qing shook his head, looked at the rocking horse, and said, “Second Class Private, I’m going to make a call, you stay quiet.”
Zhang Liangying immediately stopped rocking and saluted, “Yes, Officer, Second Class Private absolutely obeys your orders. I can remain silent because I am no longer a rookie from the rookie camp!”
Shen Qing: “Little rocking horse, I am very damn satisfied with your answer.”
Zhang Liangying: “Reporting, Officer, is it a horse or a mare?”
Shen Qing: “Second Class Private, Ying, you’ve raised another excellent question. So I ask you, do you prefer a horse or a mare? Answer me loudly!”
Zhang Liangying: “Reporting, Officer, …!”
Shen Qing: “Nice! Now, continue your gallop!”
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Afterwards.
Shen Qing dialed Gao Yuanyuan’s number.
Yuanyuan was still curled up on the lounge chair holding her phone. Suddenly, she saw an incoming call. After hesitating for a long time, she answered, sounding a little flustered, “Ah, Teacher Shen Qing, you… you’re not asleep yet?”
Shen Qing: “Let me explain, I didn’t choose you as the MV female lead because of other concerns. It’s not that I look down on you, don’t overthink it.”
Gao Yuanyuan’s face turned bright red.
When she sent the text message earlier, she only felt wronged and upset.
Now that Shen Qing was actually explaining to her, she felt even more ashamed.
Gao Yuanyuan: “I’m sorry, Teacher Shen. I was just feeling a bit down earlier. Please don’t take it to heart. I’m not what you think, and I don’t blame you.”
Shen Qing: “Okay, it’s late, get some sleep early.”
Gao Yuanyuan pursed her lips, not wanting to end the conversation so quickly. “Oh, goodnight! By the way, Teacher Shen, when are you free? I’d like to ask you out for a cup of coffee…”
“Liangying’s album just released, so I’m a bit busy. We’ll talk when I have time.”
“Oh, okay~”
It was clear that Yuanyuan was a bit disappointed.
But this was the effect Shen Qing wanted. If she agreed to everything you said, then who would be the soldier and who would be the officer!?
The hierarchy couldn’t be confused.
With Yuanyuan, the more indifferent you are to her, the more charming you seem, and the more she wants to get close to you.
To put it bluntly, she likes to be CPU’d~
Let’s keep her guessing for now, and then CPU her when the time is right…
The most important thing at this stage is the album!
After all, it’s about money.
In the entertainment circle, you can lack singing skills, acting skills, or connections, but you absolutely cannot lack money.
He hung up the phone.
Zhang Liangying immediately saluted and asked with a pained expression, “Reporting, Officer!”
Shen Qing: “Speak!”
Liangying couldn’t speak at all~
During that minute of the phone call, Liangying heard almost nothing. She felt more uncomfortable than standing at attention during military training.
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On May 17th, Zhang Liangying’s album, on its seventh day of release, absolutely dominated the Mainland China album sales chart, reaching the number one spot. Genuine sales reached a staggering 800,000 copies, far surpassing the second place’s 450,000 copies.
The second place was Hu Yanbin.
When he saw the sales figures, he was stunned.
His album “Music Code,” released in March, selling 250,000 copies in its first month was already impressive, but Zhang Liangying selling 800,000 copies in a week, was she even human?
Not only that, but 10 out of the 13 songs included in Zhang Liangying’s album reached the top 30 of the Baidu Music MP3 Ranking List.
Among them, “Warmth,” “What I Miss,” “Small Happiness,” and “Chinese Language” pushed “Don’t Want to Grow Up,” “Serious Snow,” “Big City Small Love,” and “Peach Blossoms Blooming” out of the top ten.
And “In My Song,” “Moonlight,” “Myriad Lands,” and “If Love Goes On” also outperformed songs like “Curving Eyelashes” and “Cherry Blossom Grass” to enter the top 20.
As for other music platforms, they were also swept clean, with no competition.
Moreover, all the songs on the album firmly occupied the top three positions on the radio airplay charts, especially during prime time. As soon as you turned on the radio, you could hear Liangfen requesting Zhang Liangying’s songs.
The Liangfen fans were too supportive.
With such fans, why worry about the album not selling well!?
Walking through the streets and alleys, the songs “Chinese Language,” “What I Miss,” “In My Song,” and “Warmth” could be heard everywhere. Many shops were also playing “Dancing Girl,” but it couldn’t hold its ground alone.
For a time, it seemed like the children on the streets only knew of Zhang Liangying in the music scene.
During this period, Shen Qing took Zhang Liangying to promotional events and autograph sessions every day. When they returned to the hotel, he would check the MP3 Ranking List. Every time he found ‘Jolin Tsai’ amidst the dense list of Zhang Liangying’s name, he felt a sense of wistfulness.
Jolin Tsai only had one new song, “Dancing Girl,” in the top ten. “Madrid Not So Mysterious” had already fallen out of the top 50.
On May 20th, the twelfth day after the album’s release, “What I Miss” and “Small Happiness” powerfully broke into the top three, surpassing “Invisible Wings,” “Nocturne,” and “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”
The singers from Mainland China collectively fell silent.
Na Ying: Fortunately, I haven’t released an album in years, otherwise, I would have been greatly embarrassed.
Han Hong: Zhang Liangying sings with so much energy. Never mind, I want to sing “Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,” Yala Suo…
Yang Kun: The top three spots in the Chinese music scene are definitely taken this year. I’ll release my album next year!
Wang Feng: I’m too busy this year, I don’t want to be on the headlines.
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On June 2nd, Tanya Chua released her album “T-time.”
Celebrating her tenth anniversary since her debut, she felt an unprecedented sense of loss. Her album didn’t attract even a sliver of attention from the Mainland Chinese media, with no reports about it.
On June 12th, it had been a full month since the release of “Zhang Liangying.”
On this day, genuine album sales across Asia were nearing the 2.3 million mark, surpassing Jay Chou’s “Chopin of November” which sold 2 million copies in its first month last year.
The total ringtone download rate had reached the top three.
These figures were terrifying!
This directly announced the arrival of a Little Heavenly Queen in the Chinese music scene!
The long-established singers were still struggling to comprehend it.
Their multiple albums released over many years, combined, hadn’t sold as well. Why was Zhang Liangying so amazing!?
Actually, the reasons were simple, only three points: a large and loyal fan base, strong and excellent songs, and passersby also enjoyed listening!
Beyond that, there was no other way.
The media updated news almost every day.
Every day, reporting on Zhang Liangying’s new album resulted in click-through rates far exceeding previous records, with unprecedented traffic.
After all, it had been almost a year, and the Liangfen fans had been waiting impatiently.
Now that the new album was out, they immediately rushed to buy it. They not only bought albums but also left comments and boosted posts on various forums, with a frenzy even greater than in the traffic era.
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Hong Kong.
When the Hong Kong media saw the monthly sales figures for “Zhang Liangying,” they used a groundbreaking, jaw-dropping headline: The Only Heavenly Queen of the Chinese Music Scene Has Arrived, Within Ten Years, Zhang Liangying Has No Equal!
Hong Kong singers: ???
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Mainland China.
The media was not to be outdone, using all their might to create buzz.
2005 Super Girl Champion Zhang Liangying’s debut album’s first-month sales broke the 2.3 million mark, surpassing Jay Chou to claim the top spot.
Zhang Liangying Returns Like a King After One Year, Album Sales Are Despair-Inducing.
Sold 2.3 Million Copies in the First Month, Pirated Copies Exceed 5 Million, Who Exactly Is Buying Albums Like Crazy?
Zhang Liangying’s self-titled album “Zhang Liangying” is projected to sell over 3.5 million copies across Asia this year, earning 200 million from a single album, with earning power rivaling Jay Chou.
‘Diligence Personified’ Zhang Liangying’s autograph sessions: 16 cities in 16 days, 16 sessions, signed 120,000 CDs, so exhausted she needed an IV drip at the hospital.
Tianyu Announces: Li Yuchun’s debut album “The Queen and the Dream” will be released on September 15th, with pre-orders accepted starting August 1st.
Zhou Bichang’s company reveals that the album “Who Moved My Strings” has been completed and will be released across Asia on August 12th.
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Although everyone knew that Zhou Bichang and Li Yuchun were riding on Liangying’s coattails… the media still tirelessly compared them with Liangying.
Because it generated clicks.
The Liangfen fans exploded upon seeing this, leaving all sorts of complaints on Tieba and news articles.
“What the hell are these media outlets doing? Why are they comparing them to Zhang Liangying? Do they deserve it? One song like ‘Chinese Language’ is enough for them to learn for a lifetime.”
“There’s only Zhang Liangying and ‘everyone else’ in Super Girl.”
“Be sensible and release your album next year. If the sales don’t exceed 500,000 this year, you’ll be a laughingstock.”
“…”
Although 500,000 copies was much less than Zhang Liangying’s…
In reality, for Mainland Chinese singers in 2006, that would still firmly place them in the top three.
The music scene of this era was severely polarized.
More prominent singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan could easily sell over a million copies. Even strong Mainland artists like Wang Feng and Sun Nan found it very difficult to break 500,000 with their albums.
Wang Feng’s highest-selling album was “The Blooming Life,” released at the end of last year. Six months later, it had only sold 560,000 copies, and it was estimated to reach over 600,000 by the end of the year.
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Taipei, EMI Records.
Jolin Tsai had been staring out the window in a daze for half the day. She still couldn’t accept that her sales figures were being crushed by Zhang Liangying.
And it was a complete annihilation.
Her album “Dancing Girl,” which she had poured all her effort into, hiring Australian music producers and studying dance in America, only managed to sell a mere 1.7 million copies across Asia.
Zhang Liangying sold 600,000 more than her.
This was even with her having debuted for many years and being famous across Asia.
Moreover, Zhang Liangying had sold over 100,000 copies even in Taiwan, almost catching up to Wang Leehom’s “Heroes of Earth.”
The newcomers of this generation could only be described as terrifying.
Chen Zebing stood behind her at some point and said, “Jolin, don’t be sad. You and Zhang Liangying are only separated by Shen Qing. He is the anchor that determines sales.”
Seeing Jolin Tsai still looking a bit dejected, he continued, “Without Shen Qing, could she have written those songs? If Shen Qing were your music producer, those songs would be sung by you, and then, you, Jolin, would be the true versatile Heavenly Queen.”
Jolin Tsai smiled, “Thank you, President Chen. I feel much better after your comfort. I’m not that sad anymore. Anyway, I’m already number one on the island. It doesn’t matter if I can’t beat them in Mainland China, after all, he has Shen Qing…”
In fact, this blow was not insignificant for her.
Once a charge is made, it wanes, and then it fades…
Jolin Tsai didn’t know if she would have the courage to charge forward again next year. At least not now, she just wanted to find a place to sleep soundly.
For the past month, she had been running around for promotions and held 20 autograph sessions. She was utterly exhausted.
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Taipei, Warner Music.
Pan Xiaoshuai had just finished a phone call with Shen Qing and was now rubbing his temples, feeling a bit wronged. “Qing, Ying, the way you guys are doing this makes me look like a loser. Jaylen and the others are just talking big, but I’m actually releasing an album in a few days…”
