Chapter 271: Paving the Way

An important reason why the filming of "Love Diary" ended in mid-November was that Zhao Zhenghao was going to attend the 44th American Music Awards.

At this year's American Music Awards, Zhao Zhenghao once again won many awards such as "Most Popular Pop/Rock Male Singer", "Most Popular Pop/Rock Album", "Most Popular Pop/Rock Song", "Most Popular R&B Song", "Most Popular R&B Singer", "Most Popular Alternative Rock Singer", "Most Popular Adult Contemporary Singer", "Most Popular Dragon Chinese Singer", and "Best Artist of the Year"!

With the "Legend" world tour, he won the "Tour of the Year" award!

In addition, he won the "Video of the Year" award for the MV for "Upton Funk"!

Winning eleven awards alone once again proves Zhao Zhenghao's unparalleled popularity and status in the international music scene!

As early as when "Imagine" was released, people were already mentally prepared for this result, so when the results came out, everyone's reaction was relatively flat.

In today's era of pan-entertainment, which is getting older and more prevalent, anyone can put their creations and their own singing voices on an international platform for the world to appreciate.

In recent years, there will be many talented musicians emerging every year, with a classic or sensational work, famous all over the world.

This has invisibly affected those international superstars, because they can no longer rely on a group of gunmen to firmly control the music market as they did ten or twenty years ago, and do not give newcomers a chance to stand out.

Zhao Zhenghao is actually one of the newcomers, because before he performed "Billie Jean" on the Grammy stage, even his home camp Dragon Country was about to lose his foothold, and he was even less famous internationally.

It's just that Zhao Zhenghao is one thing different from those newcomers who are constantly emerging, that is, those newcomers who are inspired, after becoming popular with a song, have no follow-up, and quickly disappear into the crowd and are thrown into the pile of old papers.

Zhao Zhenghao, on the other hand, has always maintained high-quality creation, even if there is a gap of more than three years between the second solo album and the third solo album, there are also high-quality singles released from time to time, so that his momentum has no quiet period in the world music circle.

After the release of the long-awaited third solo album, the consensus of countless fans is that in the past three years, there has been no waiting!

Long Chinese called "Legend", English name "Imagine" third solo album, including eighteen songs, can be called the first classic.

Even "I" and "Sexy And I Kno It", which are only included in the physical album as mysterious gifts, are regarded as masterpieces by some fans and are crazy in some circles.

Not to mention the sales frenzy of this album creation, as of the opening of the 44th American Music Awards, the physical CD of Zhao Zhenghao's third solo album has achieved 30 million copies worldwide!

This number, although it is far from the second solo album that has successfully exceeded 100 million in cumulative sales, with the current growth rate, the final sales of 40 million copies should be a limit.

But that's it, this album is also the album with the highest sales of physical CDs in the world in the past three years!

In terms of sound sources, the sales of this album are infinitely close to the record set by Zhao Zhenghao's second solo album - 200 million times, which is about to become the second album in history to exceed 200 million downloads of double CD albums!

In terms of single sources, although none of the songs included in this album broke the record of 500 million times set by "Thriller", there were several songs that successfully exceeded 300 million times, occupying the top of the 2016 singles hot list.

According to incomplete statistics, Zhao Zhenghao's third solo album can generate a huge income of no less than 5 billion dragon coins by relying on the sales of physical CDs and music sources alone - note that this refers to net income!

Coupled with the box office hit "legendary" World Tour, Zhao Zhenghao relied on this album, and his net income exceeded 10 billion dragon coins without any problems!

The calculation here is only the net income in the short term, if the time limit is opened, with ten years as a benchmark, the profit that this album can create for Zhao Zhenghao can be increased by another 50%!

With the help of this hit album and the box office hit, the hard-to-find "legendary" World Tour, on the previously announced global rich list, Zhao Zhenghao's worth valuation has more than doubled from last year, reaching $5 billion, ranking as high as 298, and ranking among the top 300 in the world!

In the Longguo Rich List, Zhao Zhenghao's ranking entered the top 100 for the first time, ranking 93rd!

That's it, or because "Zhenghao Studio" is not listed, if "Zhenghao Studio" has a listing plan, with its current development momentum, Zhao Zhenghao's worth is possible to double on this basis!

You must know that "Nine Star Entertainment" just fished out the soup river in "Journey to the West". Y's farewell album has achieved good results, and the company's stock price has risen by nearly 20% compared to the same period last year.

Of course, this also has something to do with the small plate of "Nine Star Entertainment" - "Nine Star Entertainment", which has been established for more than 30 years and has been listed for ten years, has a current market value of only 100 billion dragon coins, which is converted into US dollars, and is less than 20 billion.

At present, the valuation of "Zhenghao Studio" by several market forecasting agencies has reached 100 billion dragon coins, but the optimism is much higher than that of "Nine Star Entertainment".

At present, "Zhenghao Studio" is only a small workshop-style company established around Zhao Zhenghao, and has not really established the structure of a large company, although the studio was established at the beginning, in accordance with the organizational structure of "Nine Star Entertainment", it has been divided into many departments, but so far most of the departments are still just empty names, Wang Yulan is still the director of multiple departments.

If Zhao Zhenghao has enough ambition, with the resources he brought from his previous life, it is easy to develop "Zhenghao Studio" into a giant company in the industry with comprehensive development in many fields such as movies, TV series, music, and entertainment programs!

Zhao Zhenghao didn't have much interest in this before, he set up the "Zhenghao Studio" just to serve him alone, and later formed the "Heroic" band, which also completely adopted the stocking model, Zhao Zhenghao just released two band albums in the form of a ticket, and released a few singles to the band, and the rest of the time, let it develop on its own.

However, there have been some changes in the current situation, Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing have also joined the studio and become signed artists of "Zhenghao Studio".

A few years later, Zhao Zhihui, who graduated from the Longguo Conservatory of Music, will definitely sign a contract with "Zhenghao Studio" and become an artist under Zhao Zhenghao.

Treat them, Zhao Zhenghao can no longer be as laissez-faire as he treats the "Heroic" band.

Although, with the abundant resources at Zhao Zhenghao's disposal, Yu Yabin, Feng Xiaojing, and Zhao Zhihui can easily be popular, it is just a matter of a few good songs, a few classic TV series, and a few popular movies.

However, having said that, it is very simple to touch the skin of the upper and lower mouths, but it is not so easy to actually operate.

Zhao Zhenghao's three solo albums released in front of him, due to the excellent quality of the works, he also established enough reputation, and because when the first album was released, his popularity was at the lowest point, and he was not invited to participate in any programs at all, and the price of commercial performances was also reduced to the lowest point.

Unexpectedly, the first album was a success with its own word-of-mouth fermentation, and then it accidentally appeared on the stage of the world's largest music stage - the Grammy Awards, with the song "Billie Jean", which not only washed away the stigma on his body, but also opened up the international market.

Later, because of the rejection of the Grammy incident, it made a wave of brushes all over the world, and launched the second solo album "Thriller", which established the status of an international superstar in one fell swoop with the excellent quality of his works!

It can be said that Zhao Zhenghao's rise is completely non-mainstream.

This kind of non-mainstream has also become a kind of symbol for him, so that when he releases his third solo album, he can continue to be non-mainstream, without any general publicity, and only say a word to fans on the scarf and Twitter.

However, such a non-mainstream propaganda strategy, in this world, except for Zhao Zhenghao, no one else can play it.

Even diva-level figures like An Shuyi and Peng Jieshan who have become famous can't be copied, let alone Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing, although they are now first-class singers in the Dragon Kingdom!

. Y's disbandment was expected by fans, and there were several groups like it that were promoted to the first line in the Dragon Kingdom music circle, and the final result, without exception, all ended in disbandment.

. Y's disbandment has no impact on the popularity of Yu Yabin, Feng Xiaojing, and Li Hani, it is impossible, now, it depends on their next move, if the first album after flying solo can be successful, then their status as first-line singers will be solid, in case the follow-up solo album fails, then soon, their status will fall back to the second line, or even lower.

With Zhao Zhenghao's support, Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing will re-form a group in the future, or develop independently, and the quality of the album can be guaranteed.

However, when the album was released, it was impossible for them to follow Zhao Zhenghao's example, only a new scarf, even if it was promoted, they needed to run the publicity honestly as before.

Zhao Zhenghao has not personally experienced the hardships of running publicity, so he doesn't know much about it, but through the previous communication with Feng Xiaojing, he heard her complaints, and Zhao Zhenghao can also understand it.

Before they were in "Nine Star Entertainment", Zhao Zhenghao couldn't reach it, and now they have become artists under "Zhenghao Studio", Zhao Zhenghao doesn't want them to be as tired as before in any aspect.

Zhao Zhenghao is now starting to use his energy to pave the way for them.

Therefore, when attending the 44th American Music Awards, Zhao Zhenghao participated with Yu Yabin - this is Yu Yabin's first appearance on the top stage of international music.

In fact, according to Zhao Zhenghao's consistent temperament, when he has already made historic achievements, he is not very impatient to participate in the cake ceremony like the American Music Awards, although he has already been hinted by the organizing committee of the awards ceremony that he will replicate the glory of three years ago at this awards ceremony!

For Zhao Zhenghao, brilliance, only one time is enough!

Repetition doesn't mean anything to him.

Therefore, in the previous two American Music Awards, he actually had several awards to start, but he always refused the invitation of the organizing committee to attend for one reason or another.

This time, the reason for participating and promoting Yu Yabin to fans all over the world is a more important reason than receiving the award.

At the Grammy Awards and the Golden Melody Awards later, Zhao Zhenghao plans to go against the norm, accept the invitation, and attend, of course, he will definitely bring Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing by his side.

In doing this, he wanted to use his influence to help Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing stand on the platform and pave the way.

Not only in the music industry, but also to help Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing pave the way, and in the film and television industry, the same must be the case.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Zhenghao no longer plays stand-alone in his third directorial work, but uses this to make contacts.

In the follow-up movies directed by Zhao Zhenghao, it is impossible for all of them to be like "Journey to the West", there are roles that are just suitable for Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing, like "Infernal Affairs", which is being prepared for filming this time, with Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing's qualifications and acting skills, there is no suitable role.

Although they can be tailored for them and create films exclusive to them, it is unlikely that Zhao Zhenghao will direct those films himself - even if he is willing to take the time, Yu Yabin and Feng Xiaojing will not agree to think about him.

Because, if the process of preparation, filming, and release of "Infernal Affairs" goes well, Zhao Zhenghao's status in the Dragon Kingdom film industry will be significantly improved, and he will truly confirm his identity as a great director.

When the time comes, let him, a big director, give up a better choice in order to praise his girlfriend and direct a film that may become his Waterloo, and no one else may agree except himself - including Yu Yabin!

To be honest, Yu Yabin has not shown too much ambition in acting skills yet, of course, this may also be related to the fact that she has not shown too much talent in this regard for the time being.

Yu Yabin has always been self-aware, and he never deliberately forced himself to do what he was really not good at.

Zhao Zhenghao didn't want her to make herself too bitter and tired in order to catch up with herself, because Zhao Zhenghao knew that no matter how talented she was, it would be impossible to catch up with herself!

He is a traverser who has accumulated decades of entertainment resources on the earth in his previous life, and at the same time, with the blessing of the "super idol" system, he will definitely become the strongest super idol man in the world!