In Xinzheng City, in the corner video store, Wu Jiacang is handwriting a blackboard.

"F4's debut album "Meteor Shower" has arrived, including a handshake ticket, which allows you to shake hands with F4 face-to-face and talk"

"Look at Me 72 Changes" is selling well"

""Below Zero" is selling well"

This middle-aged man in literature and art is still very beautiful in chalk, and it can be seen that a lot of effort has been put in.

After writing it all, Wu Jiacang took down the blackboard on the countertop.

Employees are sorting out the shelves in preparation for a new day of opening. With the boss present, their work is still relatively diligent, all of them are like model employees, they have nothing to do, and they have to pick up the album and wipe it with their hands, as if there is ash on it, but God knows, this "Meteor Shower" album has just arrived, and it was directly put up on the table without pressing it in the warehouse, and there is no dust at all.

The employees were very diligent, but Wu Jiacang didn't have time to pay attention to them, but sat behind the cash register, his eyes were distracted, and there was a slight trace of indelible melancholy on his face.

The record union has been shouting to crack down on online piracy, but after two years of shouting, there is still no progress, and the legislation has never come down. With the increasing number of Internet users, the erosion of online piracy on the orthodox record industry is becoming more and more serious, and the business of these record stores is becoming more and more difficult to do, and the situation is getting worse, so that they are now more and more cautious about the source and quantity of purchases.

However, although cautious, Wujiacang still bought a lot of goods for the "Meteor Shower" album before he even had time to listen to the sample.

"Meteor Garden" is so hot, it is already a phenomenon, and this album of F4 must not be sold, not to mention, this album is still made by Shen Huan.

The sales of last year's "Red Dust Inn" Wujiacang is still vivid, he is very confident in this fast-rising musician, after the album arrived, he couldn't wait to listen to it as soon as possible, but the result was beyond his expectations.

To be honest, the album was a disappointment to him.

Shen Huan lost his sharpness in this album, basically there was no shining point, just an ordinary commercial album. But Wujiacang is still relatively confident in sales, although he has bought a lot of goods, most of the problems should not be big when they are sold, after all, the popularity is there.

And the Chinese music scene is indeed full of talents, although Shen Huan is no longer good, there are rising stars, which makes Wujiacang more gratified.

For example, that Linhe Creek.

This singer who has just debuted is not famous, and the company he signed for is also a small company like Haifeng Records, which has never heard of it, but the quality of the first album is unexpectedly good, and it doesn't look like it was made by a small company at all. And the Chinese music scene seems to be a popular blowout now, all the lyrics and songs in this "Look at Me 72 Changes" are all covered by the singer Lin Hexi, the maturity is very high, plus this Lin Hexi's voice is very recognizable, and his singing skills are also good, as if he is a future star in the music world.

Wu Jiacang especially likes "The Sun Never Sets" and "It's a pity it's not you" in this album, and he even thinks that it is not a big problem for Lin Hexi to be nominated for Best Newcomer at this year's Golden Melody Awards, and it is very possible to win the award.

The discovery of this new mine also somewhat improved Wujiacang's disappointment with Shen Huan. And the market performance of this new mine is also good, although it is not famous, but under the excellent music quality and word of mouth, the sales are still considerable.

Wu Jiacang was thinking about it here, and it was finally time to open.

"Open the door. ”

Wujiacang gave an order, and the staff went over to pull up the pull-down roller shutter door, and then took out the blackboard written by Wujiacang and placed it, and the day's business began.

Business in the morning is never lukewarm, two or three kittens, the staff in the store are used to it, and when it is close to noon, the flow of people gradually increases, much more than in the past.

After all, it is the May Day holiday, and it is normal for business to be good.

In the increasing flow of people, many of them are coming to F4, not only to buy albums, but also to ask employees what "handshake coupons" mean.

"A handshake ticket will be randomly included in the "Meteor Shower" album, and F4 will also hold a handshake party, so you can go to the handshake party with the handshake ticket and talk to F4 face-to-face. For the specific time and place of the handshake, please pay attention to the official website of DreamWorks Film and Television Company and major media, and will be notified. ”

The employees have been given temporary notices and short training, so there is no problem in answering. Although at the beginning, some people were not very reliable and needed to ask other employees, but the more people asked and the more times they answered, they all remembered it firmly, and the answers were extremely smooth.

The handshake will ......

Wu Jiacang shook his head.

He knew that this thing originated in Japan, and there were many idol stars in that place who would carry out such activities, but he didn't expect Shen Huan to use this trick this time.

Handshake events are more successful in Japan because they are small and the city is more concentrated, so it is easy to successfully hold them anywhere, but China is too big, and the cost of travel to participate in the handshake is a big problem. How much this kind of move can help the sales of the album, Wu Jiacang feels that it is really difficult to say.

And in the eyes of Wu Jiacang, a middle-aged man in literature and art, using this method to sell albums is completely crooked, and making good music is the king.

But the customers and Wu Jiacang obviously have different ideas.

They were all very excited when they heard that they could shake hands with F4 face to face, and two little girls shouted "wow" excitedly when they heard it, and then they couldn't wait to take the two "Meteor Shower" albums to pay the bill.

Looking at their appearance, if it weren't for the fact that the price of an album 38 is really not cheap, they probably want to sweep all the goods in the store.

And with the arrival of the afternoon, this situation is even more prevalent.

There are more and more customers in the corner video store, most of them are women, and Wu Jiacang calculated that basically two-thirds of them are rushing to the "Meteor Shower" album. Half of them auditioned first, and the other half didn't audition at all, so they grabbed the album and paid the bill, among which there was a chubby girl who was even more arrogant, and after hearing the specific purpose of the handshake coupon, she directly bought 50 copies of the "Meteor Shower" album alone!

The staff also found a box for albums and put the 50 albums in it for her and handed them to her.

Wu Jiacang couldn't help but want to persuade her: Girl, the base camp of the family is in the south of the Yangtze River, considering the market distribution, the handshake meeting is likely to be held there, and you will have to pay another amount of travel and accommodation expenses to participate in the handshake party. It's not worth spending so much money chasing stars, you really want to support it, just buy one and listen to it.

But he hadn't gotten home yet, and he hadn't stopped the girl from doing her business.

And it was also in such a grand situation, just in the evening, the 200 "Meteor Shower" albums in the corner video store were sold out, and the blackboard at the door was also temporarily changed, and the words on it were changed to "F4's debut album "Meteor Shower" is now sold out. But there were still some people who didn't give up and came in to ask, and the employees replied to their cookie-cutter replies over and over again.

"It's sold out and it's in urgent stock now. You can also check out other records, "Look at Me 72 Changes" is selling well, and the word of mouth is very good......"

Wu Jiacang sat behind the cash register and took a break after making a phone call.

This call was made to urge the goods.

He thought he was well prepared, but when he actually heard this album, he felt that he was reckless and should have bought less, but he didn't expect it to be sold out before the evening.

He expected that the album would sell well because of the hot popularity of F4, but he didn't expect it to be so popular, and his mood was also complicated: on the one hand, he was happy for this hot business, and on the other hand, he felt a little sad in his heart.