Chapter 61: Failure?
The afternoon signing concert was held as scheduled, because of Locke's actions in the morning, the fans who were ready to buy pirated copies also paid for genuine CDs, making the number of people more than 2,000, and there were still fans who came one after another.
But Locke still insisted on signing slowly, even if it was slow.
In fact, he didn't want to be lazy in his heart, but others had been queuing for so long, and it was impossible to use this seal to send people away.
Tired back to the hotel, Locke first took a hot bath to wash away his fatigue, and then lay on the bed and waited for today's news. In other words, the sales in Hangzhou in one day may be able to account for one-fifth of the total sales in the country today.
I haven't entered the system for a long time, and I'm waiting anyway, so it's better to go in and see if there's anything changed. Just do it, Locke's mind sank into the system, and the first thing he saw was his gradually rising overlord point, with rewards for completing tasks, and also because of the system after his fame reached a certain level.
[Overlord System]
[Host]: Locke
[Level]: Level 1
[Overlord Points]: 640/1000
[Inventory]: [Lucky], [Special Draw] [Post-2000 Classic Pop Songs] [Post-2000 Pop Comics] [Post-2000 Classic Pop TV Series]
"Alas, there are still 360 supremacy points before the upgrade...... There are also some tasks...... That's still a few dozen miles away..."
The three-day sales statistics came out, and Locke's sales of 68,000 copies were only a small wave in the music world, not nothing. Compared to those people's bookings, the sales volume is a long time behind.
Locke was a little bored, he had spent so much time and energy on this, but the results were not very good. He began to wonder if he was singing material, there was systematic cheating, there were big companies like Huayi Brothers, but the sales of the records he got out were not optimistic. Although it is close to platinum records, it is still not enough, and it is a big step away from Locke's own goal.
The record sales are not good, mainly because Locke's fame is not big, and his propaganda offensive is not very violent, and the song charts have not been handled well, I thought that I could easily get on the list by relying on the charm of the songs, but I ignored external forces.
There is no fame and no good sales, so naturally there are fewer musicians to follow, and only a few professional music critics publish relevant music reviews in their blogs or magazine columns.
Bai Yan (Music Critic/Professional Contributor to the "Record Jury")
Advantages: The whole album is very neat, the song arrangement, fast and slow matching, and music design are very careful, it is a record that makes people listen to it comfortably, which is both ear-catching and durable.
Disadvantages: The creativity is very unreliable, and although Locke's "Wukong" is a song with a good melody, some of the sentences in the lyrics are too deliberate and fall into clichΓ©s.
Bright score: 73 points
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Lu Dubbing (Mainland Composer/Music Producer)
Advantages: Listening to him sing will still have a sense of excitement, he has a lot of possibilities to perform the lyrics, and it will not be a way of singing. And the overall music always brings a little surprise in the arrangement, even if it is just an uncommon instrument timbre. There are a few good songs that are worth listening to.
Cons: The style of the whole album is monotonous, and the album's track selection is messy, and there is no MV shooting to help.
Bright score: 80 points
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Wang De (DJ/Global Chinese Song Chart Host)
Pros: Rock shows the breadth and depth of his music's understanding of life on this album. He is a hard-working person, and his singing skills are not inferior to some first-line singers, but I believe there is still room to go further.
Disadvantages: The song "Wukong" sounds good at first, but the delicacy of this song just highlights that Locke's singing skills still don't feel good enough. The whole album is messy and I don't know how to appreciate it.
Bright score: 69 points
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Chen Erfa (Composer/Music Producer)
Advantages: The overall production level is very high, and there is a restrained and unassuming temperament while it is good. A little bit of hanging Lang Lang is as natural as breathing as smooth singing, all the skills you think are skills are "this way out" here, this is a realm!
Disadvantages: The theme of the album is not clear, and it lacks very prominent features, and the whole is still a bit conservative. There is a lack of surprises overall, although there are two or three good songs, but they don't mean much, they are all saliva songs, and there is almost no possibility of becoming a classic.
Bright score: 71 points
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Locke looked at these professional comments, and his heart was like a mess, it couldn't be so bad. Is it really so bad to pick the songs on your own albums?
He couldn't figure out how he spent so many points in exchange for this kind of result, the album was tepid and there was nothing new. And the music critic seems to be a little concerned about Locke's feelings, and does not say it too much.
Locke made up his mind, his first album was a product of failure, when he chose the songs, he thought how good it was, and thought that he would be able to soar after having a system, completely ignoring the ideas put forward by professionals.
One of Locke's strengths is that he is good at self-reflection and self-analysis, so after he faces his failure, he quickly begins to evaluate himself and look for the reasons for his failure.
"With this system, I thought that the world of the entertainment industry was mine, and my self-confidence swelled. I don't even listen to the professionals, and when I discuss the album with them, it's all on my own, regardless of other people's opinions. After Locke exited the system, he stood in front of the window and muttered to himself.
This failure made him see his own ability clearly, don't exceed his ability to do things, professional things are naturally the responsibility of professional personnel.
He exhaled and said in an inexplicable tone: "It seems that I am too smooth, after the success of the system and "Journey to the West", I thought everything was fine." As long as there is a song and it can be sung well, it will be a big hit. β
There was a sharp knock on the door, and Locke adjusted his expression before walking over and opening the door.
Standing at the door was Assistant Jiang, who looked at Locke with an anxious face, "Locke, take a look at the comments on the Internet, it seems a little bad." β
After Locke let him in, he said slowly: "I've already seen all of them, there is nothing, we have already made them, can we take them back and do them again?"
Huayi Brothers Music Company seems to be a little tender, after all, it is a company that has not been established for a long time, and it should have been revised when Locke's album was reviewed, but I didn't think about believing Locke, or something else, in short, it was decided without reading it.
The new album is already a croaking baby, and it is impossible to return to the mother's belly. But Locke suddenly had the idea of rearranging the songs on a collector's CD and discarding some songs that didn't fit the theme.
After he explained this idea to Assistant Jiang, Assistant Jiang nodded lightly, but did not agree. This time, the most professional personnel must be checked, they are all laymen.
Let's not talk about the album for the time being, although this album has sold nearly 100,000 copies, the sales volume is not estimated to be very large.
Although the music critic's rating is not very high, Locke still feels that he should not give up, an album comes out, it is the advent of a child, even if the child is disabled, as a parent, he can't give up.
With mixed feelings, Locke lay down, after all, every day is hard propaganda, and he is tired.
But what he didn't expect happened, as soon as "Love Without Breaking Up" hit the list, it was out of control. With simple and sincere lyrics, elegant melodies, and Locke's fantastic conversion of true and false sounds, it attracted many people to listen.
Although the other songs in the album have been wiped out, it is fortunate that "Love Without Breaking Up" is a solo show. Its online downloads are rapidly climbing, and the number of radio broadcasts is slowly increasing. As a result, it has risen on all the leaderboards.
First of all, of course, it is the 100~degree new song list, which has reached eighth place for the first time, and the gap with the previous one is getting smaller and smaller, and it is expected that its rise will increase. On the Chinese song list, "Love Without Breaking Up" also won a lot, and actually occupied a place among several platinum albums such as Xiao Yaxuan and Lin Junjie, and reached tenth place.
In addition, the music pioneer list is even more exaggerated, and the online voting for "Love Without Breaking Up" rose sharply today, making it jump directly to the fifth place in the seventeenth place, which is not a big or small dark horse.
"Love Without Breaking Up" is destined to be a popular song on the Internet, no matter what time and space it is in. As the ranking of this song continues to rise, it is also very good for Locke's album promotion, if nothing else, this song that is not the title song is also a living signboard.
The next day, the news of the dismal sales of Locke's new album has already made headlines in major entertainment newspapers.
"Does Locke's new album encounter Waterloo mean debut failure?"
"The album is of high quality, but the sales are of low quality, what is the problem?"
"I can always find a song I like, and I can see that the blue and white porcelain has a good reputation!"
The report is one point after all, and I feel sorry for the sales of Locke's new album, and the entire network and media look like Locke is about to finish.
At this time, Huayi unexpectedly received a large number of calls from sellers......