631. Internal Enemies and External Enemies
"Eyes to me" has been achieved in three consecutive weeks!!"
"DREAMS COME TRUE BIG WIN!!!achieved our best sales record!!"
At the beginning of the new week, the streets, newspapers and TV collectively brought the news of DREAMS COME TRUE winning the triple crown to the public.
At the end of last week, "Eyes to me" sold 118,000 copies, and this trend is so strong that anyone should be impressed.
The men's fighting group, which competed with them for the championship, sold 97,000 copies. This number alone can already be called very good, even if it is not the weekly champion, it is not too ugly to lose-
The premise is that it is not DREAMS COME TRUE that defeats them, but someone else.
At the beginning of the sale, the goal of the men's fighting group was to take the championship from DREAMS COME TRUE, but now, instead of winning the championship, it has also set off the strength of the opponent and exposed its own powerlessness.
The media doesn't think it's a big deal to see the excitement, and while hyping up the three-week championship of "Eyes to me", it is very easy to pull the men's fighting group over to stir up the topic.
To see if a victory is worth exciting, you have to see who the opponent is victorious.
In the third week of the single's release, when the sales began to subside, it could still knock the popular idol band to the ground. This victory, this three-time championship, is extraordinarily golden.
Not only that, but the identities of the two bands are also very well written.
On the one hand, it is an absolutely powerful band that has won five consecutive weeks in the band's heavenly kingdom and holds the record of the highest score since the start of the show, and on the other hand, it is an idol band group that relies on the cultivation of the club, is a band in name, and is actually biased towards idols.
On the one hand, there is the idol group that has dominated the music scene since the 70s and continues to this day, and on the other hand, there is the band faction, which has skyrocketed in popularity in the last two years.
When such two bands collide together, it can even be said that it is a head-to-head confrontation between the band and their idols.
Idols have begun to go downhill in the past few years, and the new force that has replaced them is the band. That's what's happening in the music world.
People in the industry felt about it and started to make adjustments. But for the public, although they can feel that there are fewer and fewer national idols in recent years, and more and more hit songs are sung by bands, they can't see or touch the "feeling".
People in the industry have this understanding because they have data in their hands. For the general public, there must also be a reality in front of them, so that they can have a clear sense that the music industry is being updated.
And this time, DREAMS COME TRUE faced the male douhu group, and defeated the popular idol band group in a dignified manner when the selling spirit had subsided.
A duel finally spread this matter out in front of the public.
The band has entered the music scene strongly, consumers are less interested in idols, and they are increasingly disgusted with the weaker embroidered pillows...... This duel between DREAMS COME TRUE and the men's fighting group has provided too much material for the media.
Although there is still a lot of market for idols, it is difficult to write clearly, but it does not prevent the media who are good at playing with the pen from insinuating.
However, no matter how they write it, there is no doubt that even if the media is using the topic to play in addition to reporting sales, for DREAMS COME TRUE, there is only the benefit of ushering in another wave of free publicity, and there is no harm -
The sales are real, as long as the results are strong enough, these touts are "appropriate".
The one who really needs to deal with it is Denis.
A wave of reports in the morning came unexpectedly, and as soon as Kitagawa got up early in the morning, he received a call from his sister saying that the male toyo formed a stepping stone to set off DREAMS COME TRUE.
"I've already called Bai Bo to say hello to the media. Marie Kitagawa said.
She hurriedly said her handling strategy on the phone, Kitagawa Hiroshi was still a little out of shape, "What do you mean to be a stepping stone?"
"Last week's sales came out, and the men's fighting group lost 20,000 copies to DREAMS COME TRUE. ”
Marie Kitagawa explained, "When the media reported in the early morning, we used our group to set off how good that band was, although it was not a real description, but I could understand it at a glance. ...... I don't know if it's a press release from DREAMS COME TRUE. ”
"Is that so......" Kitagawa reacted flatly.
Kitagawa Marie is used to her brother's joy and anger, and at the same time, she is also used to showing her emotions by herself, "Anyway, the momentum of the male fighting group has been falling unstoppably, and now even if it is not true, it will kill their momentum if it is seen." In the long run, it will have a negative impact on the rest of the firm. ”
If you go deeper, the idol is not in a good situation now, although everyone knows about this matter, it has not yet been put on the table. This time, the men's fighting group lost to DREAMS COME TRUE, and it was to lift the cloth.
"In short, even if it's fictional. She asserted over the phone.
The footprints that have stepped on the men's fighting group can't be recovered, and the media also saw this loophole and drilled it. Although Genesys is powerful and has tried to have a good relationship with the media, this does not prevent the media from eating both sides.
Entertainment news media is like this, people who want to eat the dim sum they send while giving dim sum in a weird way.
"It's okay to deal with it like that. Kitagawa clarified his sister's words, and he felt nothing to do.
When dealing with the media, it is never possible to be airtight and everything will go well, if you are too strong, you will offend them and suffer more behind their backs. But in the same way, we can't let the media go wild, lest we kick our noses in the face.
Like now, let the media use the topic to play a good time, and then put the mouth away, just right.
Although Kitagawa Marie has a lot of things that Kitagawa disapproves of in terms of behavior, it is reassuring to leave such a small episode to this sister to deal with.
was distracted, and suddenly heard my sister complaining on the phone, "The children in the men's fighting group are too useless." ”
"Last week, it was almost the championship that was delivered to hand. The combination that has been cultivated so hard is so vulnerable. ”
Kitagawa Marie doesn't look down on the members of the male fighting group who obviously have no skills and rely on the cultivation of the office, but they still look like they are doing their own thing.
Since you don't have any real skills, you should be honest and obedient. Don't think that if you play a cool and handsome band member on stage, you can be willful when you get off the stage......
"They worked hard. Kitagawa Ko disagreed with his sister.
It's not that the men's fighting group is useless, it's because the opponent is too strong. In addition, he also made some mistakes in judging the market. Kitagawa Kokushi didn't expect that after many years of being occupied by idols, the audience would now be so disgusted with bands that don't have the strength.
In this current situation, if a band wants to succeed and be respected, it has to be able to speak.
Although several members of the men's fighting group have limited potential, they must not do this by ignoring their own mistakes in judgment and blaming the problem on the members who are commodities.
Kitagawa Kokushi corrected her sister, "It didn't take long for a group to debut to get to this point, and it's us who should reflect on it." ”
"......" Mary Kitagawa did not answer.
It's not that I don't agree with Kitagawa Koko, but I feel unwilling to be persuaded so much. She is extremely strong, and even if she admits that her brother is right, she will use silence to express a symbolic protest.
Kitagawa Kuan knows his sister well enough and doesn't take it to heart. He knew that this sister was desperate for face.
There was a moment of silence on the phone, and Kitagawa Kuan thought of something and said, "DREAMS COME TRUE is it from?"
"The record label is Sony, and the studio is U-MIZ. Marie Kitagawa guessed that the reports contained a press release about DREAMS COME TRUE, and when she received the letter, she investigated the band's origins.
"U-MIZ is also the office of the youngest daughter of Watanabe producers. ”
Mentioning this incident reminded Kitagawa of the past when he once relied on Watanabe Shin. He casually said, "Those shouldn't be the press releases from DREAMS COME TRUE." Because there is no need. ”
The sales are so hot that there is no need to step on others to climb up.
Because it's high enough.
It is so high that if you want to take a step further, you can only climb up yourself, and it is useless to borrow the momentum of others.
"That makes sense. "Marie Kitagawa was reminded by her brother and also wanted to understand this link.
However, when she complained, she complained verbally, and now that she has been reminded, she will not really reflect on it. After the phone call in the morning, Marie Kitagawa told her brother, "I made an appointment with the doctor in the morning. ”
When she said this, she first felt her heart throb.
After being hospitalized by Kondo Masahiko before, she still can't recover, and even listening to the doctor's tone, it is very likely that she will fall ill.
Thinking of this, Kitagawa Marie hurriedly hung up the phone, so as not to get angry the more she thought about it.
......
Sure enough, it was evening.
"Eyes to me has shipped 1 million copies! ”
This big news As the dust settles on the battle for the weekly crown, the band achieves the three-week consecutive championship, and the media spontaneously touts and analyzes the band, after a day of excitement, such a blockbuster news was sent.
This news seems to be an affirmation of the media's touting and analysis of the band during the day today. DREAMS COME TRUE is so strong, it's so red.
Audiences who were not so interested in the band at the beginning changed their minds after listening to the media touting how strong the band was during the day, and seeing real evidence that they were indeed that strong at night.
Sure enough, DREAMS COME TRUE is very popular, right?!
If you don't listen to Dorlimuzcom's bald song, wouldn't it be outdated?!
I'll go buy one tomorrow and listen to it!
The renewal of the music industry has arrived, and the next is the era of the band-
......
"Ship a million copies! ”
"It's only been three weeks since it went on sale, and 450,000 copies have been sold, and according to this situation, even if one million copies are really sold in the end, it is probably not delusional. ”
"How many will they be able to sell next week? I guess there will be 80,000 more. ”
"If they don't have any strong opponents, it won't be a problem for them to win four consecutive titles. ”
IN THE TAVERN, TWO HALF-DRUNK PEOPLE ARE CHATTING EXCITEDLY ABOUT DREASM COME TRUE'S THREE-WEEK WINNING STREAK. When it was said that the band might win four consecutive championships without a strong opponent, both men couldn't help but laugh.
One surnamed Ohno and the other surnamed Kawai are not ordinary office workers, but employees of record companies. To be precise, it is the staff in charge of PRINCESS PRINCESS, which belongs to Sony Corporation.
Tomorrow, PRINCESS PRINCESS's new single "Diamonds" will be officially released. The team worked an extra shift for this, and when it was over, the two people with the best relationship found a place to have a drink together.
"With the sales level of PRINCESS PRINCESS, 100,000 copies are always fine. Ohno said and felt amused, "Janis, for his part, probably thinks the same way." ”
Kawai was quite enthusiastic and laughed.
They are responsible for producing the band, and they naturally have no pressure to laugh at such a thing as idols.
"Fortunately, considering that DREAMS COME TRUE is on the rise, we pushed back the release date of our band by two weeks, otherwise, it would be complete 'infighting'. ”
"But even so, this week, PRINCESS PRINCESS's biggest opponent is also the guys of DREAMS COME TRUE. ...... Maybe there will be a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing the fourth consecutive weekly crown. ”
"It's better if we win, but we've been out of the running for two weeks. Kawai laughed
Ohno also smiled, "As long as the two of you in U-MIZ don't think of any new publicity ideas, we will still be sure." ”
Last week, when DREAMS COME TRUE competed for the championship with the men's fighting group, these people also knew the arrangements made for the affairs.
Of course, I also know that at least this week, there will be no new moves from DREAMS COME TRUE.
If nothing else, in order to maintain a good relationship with Sony, U-MIZ will also make a good gesture this week. After all, Sony deliberately avoided it for two weeks in order for PRINCESS PRINCESS to win the weekly championship.
Compared to DREAMS COME TRUE, that's Sony's real daughter.
When working with a record company, the firm should also pay special attention to it, and not have a bad relationship with the record company. Otherwise, just deliberately carding shipments after the release of the record, so that the record store is out of stock but does not replenish the stock in time, can consume the singer to death.
It is said that with the results of PRINCESS PRINCESS's last album and the order situation of this single, there are no strong opponents this week, and it is quite stable to win the championship. It's just that the week when DREAMS COME TRUE fat beating men fight the group was too strong, so they subconsciously talked about these words that sounded a little discouraged to themselves, which was not only a joke, but also to cheer themselves up.
The two of them chatted about this "external fight" and "internal fighting", and Kawai remembered the information he had seen earlier, and casually mentioned it, "Speaking of which, although there are no opponents this week except for a few DREAMS COME TRUE, there will be one next week." ”
"It's Akina-san Nakamori. Kawai said.
Oh No, thinking of something, joked, "It would be interesting to replicate the situation of DREAMS COME TRUE and the male fighting group again next week." ”
The three-in-a-row Grand Prix has continued the popularity of Akina Nakamori, but since the middle of last year, the sales of her released records have begun to decline, and although there has been no significant change, it does show signs of decline.
Even so, her current first-week sales are not something that anyone can hold. WANTING PRINCESS PRINCESS TO BEAT THE "OLD-TIMERS" TO WIN A SECOND CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ALSO MUCH EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
"Say what. Kawai scolded with a smile. After a pause, he added, "I'm still a fan of Mingcai-chan." Next week, I'm going to buy her new single. ”
"THEN, NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL BE PRINCESS PRINCESS'S ENEMY. Ohno continued to joke.
The two guys with yellow soup continued to make witty remarks.
And in the record store, PRINCESS PRINCESS's single has already been completed on the shelves, waiting for customers.