22. Selection Results
On Monday, the album "June Rain in Jiangcheng" was released, and it was sold out on the same day, and the first batch of 80,000 records were quickly sold out.
Dozens of staff were busy coming in and out, all working overtime until twelve o'clock at night, the unprecedented success stimulated everyone to keep spinning like a high-speed spinning top, of course, they will not forget, all this is because of that person's foresight, at the beginning I thought that Jiang Li's approach was child's play, but as the other party said, facts speak louder than words, the amazing sales of 80,000 records, this is better than the best performance achieved by Flying Bird Records before, and this is only the first day.
To achieve such great results, not only depends on Jiang Li's ingenious creativity and sales, but also because the general environment is like this, if it were not for this shijie, but on the original earth, Asuka A small record company like Asuka confined to one city would not have survived from the beginning.
This is such an era, and it belongs to the era of music.
On the same day, the results of the first round of the "Prince and Princess" selection of Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School were successfully announced, and a total of 18 of the nearly 100 candidates advanced to the second round, excluding the former princes and princesses of all grades.
Among them, the biggest dark horse in this year's "Prince Son" selection activity is Zhang Nara, a first-year high school, whose cello skills and her own beautiful appearance in several public performances have conquered many people in a short period of time, and as Jiang Li's childhood sweetheart, she has also received great attention from everyone.
The selection activity enters the second stage, each person can receive a ballot every day, each grade prince and princess candidates can only check one, more is invalid, at the end of school by the student council to collect, under the supervision of the teacher for statistics, and then the next day will eliminate the previous day each grade with the least number of votes for the prince and princess candidates, and distribute new ballots.
There is endless singing and music on campus, and the former princes and princesses have also begun to use all means to canvass for votes, otherwise they will be eliminated at the beginning.
The former princess of the first year of high school is Tang Shishi, with the hot sale of the record "June Rain in Jiangcheng", her status has become more and more unshakable, many boys have secretly bought the record and then repeated the MV of "June Rain" over and over again.
In the same MV, what the girls saw in their eyes was Jiang Li, with a robe in Tsing Yi and a girdle, stopping in the drizzle and looking into the distance, the unique perspective, and the sad and longing side face made the girls feel their hearts beat more than once.
Although the time is limited and the filming and production process is relatively hasty, the final effect of the two MVs is still quite good, and Jiang Li, who also plays the leading role in them, is popular for a while.
By Wednesday, there were only two prince candidates left in the first year of high school, Jiang Li and the former prince Li Nanchun, and the princess candidates were Zhang Nara and the former princess Tang Shishi.
One can't help but wonder who will win?
Li Nanchun had been sullen since the morning, because his friends in the student union told him that the first two vote counts were that Jiang Li was ranked first and he was second, and the gap between the two was widening day by day, and if this trend continued, he would inevitably miss the throne of the prince in the first year of high school, which he could not tolerate.
At the beginning, when Li Nanchun saw Tang Shishi from the second floor going to the eighth class of high school to shout Jiang Li, causing a turmoil, he was still very disdainful, but in the blink of an eye, in less than a month, Jiang Li had grown to the point where he could only look up, and he was unwilling!
He decided to use extraordinary means!
Li Nanchun secretly acted and launched a money offensive, promising everyone who voted for him to receive 100 yuan in cash, on the other hand, Jiang Li, although he heard the rumors, was indifferent and did not take it seriously at all.
Zhang Nara was very nervous, she felt great pressure in the face of Tang Shishi's fierce rival, she used the class and lunch break to race against time to express herself, the beautiful melody of the cello is full of deep love, she plays and hums like a troubadour, infecting everyone in the school.
"Although I have always been a fan of Princess Shishi, this time I decided to vote for Zhang Nara. ”
Zheng Xiaohua put away his usual joking attitude, said very seriously, and looked at Jiang Li's gaze with deep meaning.
"Her affection is real, she works so hard, she deserves to be rewarded, what do you say, Jiang Li?"
Jiang Li's eyes sank slightly, and he did not respond to Zheng Xiaohua, but turned his head to look at the plane tree with lush foliage outside the window, and the taste in his heart was as unpredictable as the clouds in the sky.
After school in the afternoon, Li Nanchun was called to the office by the director of education, who supervised the work of the student union, and there was a ballot count table on the table, and Jiang Li's votes were more than 1,000 higher than Li Nanchun's.
"Is this the result you bought with money? Nanchun, today I have received no less than a hundred reports against you for bribing students with money to vote, do you know that I have only come to you until now? Because I want to see what the result is, it turns out that even if you play tricks, you will not be able to win at all!"
"Director, I'm ......" Li Nanchun still wanted to argue, but was interrupted by the teaching director raising his hand.
"There is no need to explain, you are also a person with a face in school, and your father is also the same in Jiangcheng, so I will not pursue this matter, and it will have no impact on the result anyway, but I hope you will do it yourself, and tomorrow, hand in a letter of reflection." ”
"Yes, Director. Li Nanchun withdrew from the office, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he obviously hated Jiang Li very much.
"Jiang Li, you wait, I will definitely not let you have a good time!"
Jiang Li, who was hated by Li Nanchun, was sitting leisurely in the office of Flying Bird Records at the moment, drinking herbal tea, listening to Ai Wenjing's report on the performance of the past few days, up to now, a total of 150,000 records have been sold, and each record has a net profit of about eight yuan after removing various costs, that is to say, in less than three days, the company's net income is 1.2 million.
"It seems that by the end of this week, the net profit should be more than two million, which was unimaginable before, I remember my father once said that the performance was the most haode and only made more than 300,000 yuan......" Thinking of the past, Ai Wenjing's eyes turned red.
"Let's have a meal. Jiang Li suddenly smiled.
Ai Wen froze in place, looking confused.
"I said, let's have a meal together, just the four of us, to celebrate the victory in the first battle. ”
"Which four?"
"The four shareholders of the company, by the way, you tell the rest of the company, let them not slack off, after this week, ten percent of the profits will be withdrawn as a reward, everyone has a share!"
Ten percent is more than 200,000 yuan, and it is enough to distribute it to everyone's head as many as a few thousand, which is equivalent to one or two months' salary, which is bound to make all employees of the company ecstatic and more diligent.
Of course, for a stingy boss, it is undoubtedly a very painful thing to cut off ten percent of the profits, Ai Wenjing listened, and couldn't help but secretly admire Jiang Li's courage, exchanging small profits for people's hearts, and exchanging short-term interests for long-term goals, it is definitely worth it.
"Haode, let's go together when I'm done with them. Ai Wenjing said happily and turned to leave.
Soon, even from such a distance, you can hear the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd.
Jiang Li smiled slightly, picked up the herbal tea, drank it all in one gulp, and then dialed Shu Yutong's phone.
Since her parents died in a car accident, this is the first time Ai Wenjing has eaten with other people, it doesn't matter what she eats, the key is this atmosphere, she knows in her heart that this is Jiang Li's care for her, saving her from being alone in painful memories.
The four of them went to eat mandarin duck hot pot together, the process was quite interesting, Jiang Li and Tang Shishi had the same taste, they liked to eat spicy food very much, and ate heartily, Ai Wenjing ate not spicy food, and Shu Yutong simply ordered more than a dozen plates of sliced fresh tomatoes, and then, eat them raw.
"I said, Yutong...... Teacher, although tomatoes are very nutritious, you can't eat them like this, you can blanch them or dip them in some condiments, and you also have to eat other dishes, picky eating is not a good habit. ”
Shu Yutong ignored Jiang Li, so he took the initiative to pick up the dishes for the other party, because he used the chopsticks he ate, and the chili oil was stained on the dishes, she only ate one bite, and couldn't help but stick out her tongue, and said slightly: "It's spicy." ”
"Uh...... I'm sorry, I forgot to change the chopsticks, come on, I'll help you get them again. ”
Shu Yutong took the bowl away, buried himself in eating all the remaining dishes, and then looked at Jiang Li while opening his mouth slightly, his meaning was self-evident.
Jiang Li paid attention this time, changed to a new pair of chopsticks, and finished the dishes for Shu Yutong, but she didn't look at it, and ate the tomatoes by herself.
Jiang Li was confused, and Tang Shishi's eyes rolled, but he took advantage of his inattention to take a piece of potato from his bowl, which was stained with red chili oil soup, and inevitably, some unknown liquid.
Seeing this scene, Ai Wenjing blushed and muttered in a low voice: "It's so cunning, isn't this equivalent to indirect kissing?"
"Senior Sister Ai, what did you say?" Jiang Li asked, he really didn't hear it.
"Nothing, nothing. Ai Wenjing hurriedly waved his hand, steaming hot, covering up a little shame.
Although Jiang Li keenly noticed that something was wrong, he didn't think much about it, and began to bury his head in eating it, Zuihou also ordered two servings of mutton shabu, which had always been too expensive to eat before, but now he could also have a luxury.
On the morning of the next day, the principal personally announced the results of the "Prince and Princess" selection activity through the school radio.
"The one who won the title of 'prince' in the first year of high school is the eighth class of high school, Jiang Li!"
The whole school was boiling, but many people in the first-year music department looked at Li Nanchun, who was sitting in the center of the third row, with different expressions and whispers.
Li Nanchun's fist pressed against the book, silently bearing the humiliation of failure, but unfortunately, this was his self-righteousness, because Jiang Li had no joy of success at all, and his mind was not on it.
is the new princess in the first year of high school, he is more concerned, because Tang Shishi and Zhang Nara are people he cares about, and Zhang Nara has said that he can't think of as something he didn't hear.
Zhang Nara's fingers were interlocked, her body collapsed into a string, and she only heard the old principal say slowly: "The one who won the title of 'princess' in the first year of high school is the music subject, Tang Shishi!"
The string broke.
Tears welled up in her eyes.