Chapter 83: The Rise of Zhou Yan

The big hit of "Woman Flower" is not surprising at all.

Liao Liao's fame, status and appeal, Li Qian's lyrics, composition and producer, "Woman Flower", "Seeing Flowers in the Fog", "Wild Lilies Have Spring", "Walking Away in Style", "The Most Romantic Thing", "Crossing the Sea to See You" and a series of works that are enough to make the whole album popular, make this album have no reason to sell badly.

Even, although the sales of 10,000 copies in a single Thursday are really brilliant and brilliant enough, for Liao Liao, with the foreshadowing of the three albums selling well in the past few years, this new record is not surprising.

To put it simply, she should be like this, otherwise she would not be Liao Liao.

From the first week of the album's release, the media was full of news about the album, with TV and radio stations playing chart-topping songs, newspaper columns and reviews -- and almost every mention of the album was full of praise.

Correspondingly, this album is a hot sale in various video stores, bookstores, supermarkets and other channels across the country, and it is a hit for this album that will sound on the streets and alleys of almost every city.

Those beautiful melodies seem to have swept the country overnight.

As soon as the sales data of Dongguan Bookstore in the first week came out, this kind of enthusiastic pursuit from top to bottom suddenly became a little hotter, especially the charming low frequency shown by Liao Liao in the title song "Woman Flower", which made countless new and old fans, countless professional musicians and music critics high-five!

Many music critics excitedly praised it in their columns. I think that I am a national diva. As the most popular music superstar in China. Liao Liao is not indulging in the glory of the past, she is still working hard, still trying hard to make various breakthroughs. And "Woman Flower" is a successful example!

There are even many music critics who boldly claim: In today's domestic music scene, if you talk about the perfection of singing skills, Liao Liao has surpassed Zhen Zhen, Liu Mingliang and other predecessors in the music world, and almost no second person thinks!

In a word...... All signs are that "Woman Flower" has a better sales result in the second week after its release. It seems to have come to pass. And the final big seller of this album, more than 10 million copies, is no longer a problem.

But in fact, Liao Liao and "Woman Flower" are not as in the past, every time a new album is released, they instantly become the only hit in the whole country this week, and become the focus of attention of everyone in the entire entertainment industry, because in this week, Zhou Yan's "Witch's Tears" has caused heated discussions and popularity across the country, and it is no worse than her!

Even. To some extent, the sales of Dongguan Bookstore in a single week were 27,963. is not enough to fully reflect the fanatical pursuit of fans caused by "Witch's Tears" after its release.

This is Zhou's second album since her comeback, and it is also unanimously considered to be the one that she has done more in terms of popularity so far. Not only the title song "Tears of the Witch", but also many tracks in the album, such as "Walking", "Red Dancing Shoes", "Pride", etc., have also become more popular while maintaining the unique style of Zhou Yan in the past.

Moreover, as Qi Jie said, in fact, before he sang "Meet Ninety-Eight" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Liao Liao was already very popular, so although this stage and this song are also helpful to her, they are far from being as influential as Zhou Yan - after this song, Zhou Yan suddenly changed from the "familiar name" in the hearts of many fans to the "familiar voice".

This is like in another time and space, although Jay Chou became popular in the two sides of the strait and three places soon after his debut, there are many potential fans of him, who have always been completely indifferent to him, just know and hear about it, but they don't listen to his songs, and even many people will have a subconscious rejection of him in their hearts. rejects his rap, rejects his slurred words, and even simply rejects him as a person.

In this case, until "East Wind Breaks" came out, it suddenly came like a spring breeze overnight, and Jay Chou and his Chinese style were completely popular all over the country. And this time, it is the popularity of the whole people, and it is not the category of a few young fans. And when works such as "Hair Like Snow" are launched one after another, his status as the king of Asia can no longer be shaken. It was also until this time that many fans who originally rejected him not only became his most die-hard fans one after another, but even loved Wu and Wu, but instead listened to his other styles of works, such as singing, and then naturally fell in love with his unique rap.

And now, "Meet Ninety-Eight" is about the same as "East Wind Breaking" to Jay Chou, so that Zhou Yan has suddenly walked from the peak of the original niche type and niche style to a wider public.

So, what was shown was that she suddenly became popular!

And the addition of such a number of forces made Zhou Yan's influence and album sales suddenly climb to a big step again ten years after her debut!

To put it simply, if Zhou Yan was known as one of the four queens before, and it was difficult to be recognized by the vast majority of people, then now, she finally has the capital that can be compared to Zhen Zhen, Liao Liao and others.

is also because, in this record contest that is well known to the whole country despite the fact that the parties themselves do not admit it, although the data of the first week of the two sides is 27,963 VS40558, there are so many music critics across the country who have always been bitter and mean, but almost no one said that Zhou Yan lost.

It may not be possible to say that Zhou Yan won, but at least, most people tend to think that this time the two divas are evenly divided in record sales!

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Wednesday, May 24.

In anticipation, the Voice of China Radio's golden song on-demand list has finally come out.

As everyone expected, and as everyone expected, for the first time, it was finally not Liao Liao who ruled the world.

The situation on the entire list, if there is one word to describe it, is this: dog-tooth intertwining.

First place, "Woman Flower". Liao Liao.

2nd place. "Go Away in Style". Liao Liao.

Third place, "Witch's Tears", Zhou Yan.

Fourth place, "The Most Romantic Thing", Liao Liao.

Fifth place, "Pride", Zhou Yan.

Sixth place, "Seeing Flowers in the Fog". Liao Liao.

Seventh place, "Red Dancing Shoes", Zhou Yan.

Eighth place, "Wild Lilies Have Spring Too", Liao Liao.

Ninth place, "Across the Sea to See You", Liao Liao.

Tenth place, "Go", Zhou Yan.

The two divas monopolized the top 10 of the list.

Liao Liao's six songs. Four songs by Zhou Yan.

Although from the perspective of ranking, quantity and other aspects, Liao Liao's "Woman Flower" is obviously going to overwhelm Zhou Yan's "Witch's Tears". However, even the Voice of China radio station's own commentators believe that the two divas are equally divided.

And the announcer on the other side said directly and unabashedly on the radio: "As the top music producer and creator in China today, Li Qian's work itself will bring great bonus points, and at present, there is basically no one in China who can get the same magnitude of bonus points in this regard." Therefore, this contest was not very fair from the beginning, and therefore, despite Liao Liao's 6-4 score and relatively high ranking, we still tend to think that the two sides are tied. ”

Of course, it is inevitable that in the middle of the broadcast, the announcer couldn't help but start gossiping, "When Zhou Yan came back to sign Sony Records, it was a two-plus-one contract, that is, two albums, plus the priority renewal right of one album. So now, the two albums have been completed, if we think irresponsibly, maybe when Zhou Yan comes back from the promotion of the new album, she will go to Minghu Culture to report!"

"So, maybe next year, we will see the two divas who will go all out, and at the same time, with the blessing of Li Qian, a great talent, there will be another big competition......?

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Thursday, May 25, afternoon, Suncheon Airport.

The reception hall was crowded.

Li Qian stood quietly on the periphery, paying attention to the pick-up messages on the radio from time to time.

At about 5:40, the passengers of another plane came out, and in the distance, Li Qian saw Liao Liao and raised his hand. Before Liao Liao found out, Wei Lan had already discovered Li Qian's arm first, so he turned his head and said something to her. Liao Liao looked up, beckoned to Li Qian, and then lowered his head again and walked out.

She and Wei Lan both wore large sunglasses, and at this time, many reporters knew that she was doing propaganda and recording programs in other places, so although there were paparazzi reporters stationed in the airport pick-up hall all year round to capture the traces of stars, but in the flow of people, no one noticed that Liao Liao had quietly returned to Beijing.

Wei Lan pushed the luggage cart two steps behind, Liao Liao walked in front of Li Qian, the two hugged each other, and then walked out side by side.

Li Qian saw that her face seemed to be a little gloomy, so he asked, "Are you tired, right?"

Liao Liao nodded, although his face was a little tired, his expression was quite excited, and he replied: "It's done, I haven't done anything else in the past few days, just sleep on the plane, sleep in the car, and then record the show...... But this feeling is good, in just a few days, the whole publicity period is over, and my aunt and grandmother are free again, cool!"

Li Qian laughed.

Waiting for the car, Wei Lan consciously sat in the co-pilot, in the second row of seats, the two of them chatted for a few words, Liao Liao had already leaned over, half of his body was crooked in Li Qian's arms, and he was talking in a low voice.

"Xiaojie told me that she will probably be able to pass 30,000 copies next week, and now it depends on the stamina of her album, but to be honest, although I will probably be a little higher next week, but 40,000 to 30,000 copies, I don't feel like I have won at all, what should I do?"

Li Qian looked down at her and asked instead of answering, "What do you think?"

Liao Liao sighed and hung his head in disappointment, "I think...... This is probably the best of all her past albums, a perfect combination of her personal small taste, small style, and pop...... Hey, you say, did she really understand something from the song "Meet Ninety-Eight"? The popularity of this album really doesn't look like her style!"

Li Qian smiled and stroked her hair, "You and Teacher Qi are muttering in private again, right?"

Liao Liao sighed, looked dissatisfied, and said indignantly: "She has changed now, and recently she has been trying to persuade me not to be angry with her! I don't look like a buddy anymore! Isn't it just looking forward to pulling her over? However, it is already obvious that the yin and yang are declining here, and it is really good to pull her over again?"

Li Qian thought for a while and said, "I don't know either." However, it is still the same sentence, let them toss! I will not get involved. If she wants to come over, she can come over, and Teacher Qi will pull her if she is willing to pull her, and let them toss it. ”

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After Liao Liao came back, he only rested for more than a day, and on May 27, he devoted himself to the rehearsal of the new song.

My-Heart-Will-Go-On, of course.

When she first got this song, Liao Liao liked it very much, and frankly speaking, the lyrics and tunes of this song were more emotional and colorful, and they were also more appetizing to her, so she quickly devoted herself to it after she got rid of her fatigue.

Before that, Li Qian had already gone out by himself and recorded the piano version of the accompaniment tape.

So, two days later, the two of them had already approached the recording studio and started the official recording.

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May 28th, night, ten o'clock.

Minghu Culture, Recording Studio.

Li Qian took the headset, frowned slightly, and his fingers unconsciously knocked on the desktop for a while, and then raised his head and pressed the call button, and said: "No, it's still not right, there is still a slight deviation in feelings, you remember, in paragraph A, what I want is that lingering and sympathetic feeling, lover's whispering, like a moth brow...... In short, that kind of feeling, can't be suppressed, once suppressed, it's wrong, what we want is not to suppress and then break out this routine, what we want is beautiful, heartbeat, and then, when this beauty is threatened, it will bloom more brilliantly......"

Liao Liao nodded, and after a moment, she said, "I'll think about it again, think about it again." ”

Li Qian nodded, took off the headset, but soon, he put it on again, pressed the call button, and said, "That's it today, don't think about it yet, get up early tomorrow and record it later!"

Liao Liao thought about it when he heard this, nodded, and then took off the headset, opened the door and walked out.

However, before the two could speak, there was a sudden knock on the door, and then, Qi Jie pushed the door in, with a slight surprise on her face. Seeing that the two were not recording, she quickly looked at Li Qian and said, "Just now Zou Wenhuai called and said that Xinda had quoted Zhou Yan, and just now, Sony also made a quotation." ”

Li Qian frowned when he heard this, and immediately laughed, "Xinda?"

Seeing Qi Jie nodded, he thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow will be Monday, right? It seems that this is not to wait for next week's list to come out! At this time, the list has not come out, and their offer will be full of sincerity!"

At this point, he asked, "How much does Cinda offer her?" (To be continued?) )