Chapter 297: Making History
Not long after the two returned to the rented villa, her agent in the company, Dedmon, came to visit her with Max, the company's vice president.
"Congratulations, this single of yours has already worked wonders,"
Dedmon's congratulations were sincere, an Asian female singer was able to break into the top 80 of the billboard, which had never been done by an Asian singer before, and he was sure that he had indeed picked up a treasure, and this signing was enough to prove his vision.
"Thank you, thank you for your help, but it didn't meet my expectations, I can only say that I failed this time,"
Zhuolan smiled, but the smile was far-fetched, and Dadmund realized that Zhuolan really didn't think she was a success, oh, it seemed a bit too big for him to expect.
"Zhuo, you are successful enough, it can be said that you can have such a result beyond the company and my expectations, congratulations,"
It's rare today, Max really didn't say anything about Zhuolan's attitude.
"Thank you, Tongxi,"
Zhuo Lan smiled faintly, if it was in normal times, this might be somewhat sincere, but now that she has just finished fighting with Ennis, how can Max have such a good attitude, there is definitely something wrong here.
"Zhuo, these two songs of yours are very good, one is a jazz blues song, the other is a rock song with heavy metal elements, it can be said that each song can be the title song of an album, a very good song, well, I am very interested in Docter Han who can write such a good song, I wonder if you can introduce him to me,"
Max stared at Zhuolan, at first they just thought that this Han had written two very good songs, but the sales in the past few weeks showed that they despised this Chinese writer, so Max was more interested in this Han now, and he realized that there might be more good songs here in Han.
Hehe, it's really uneasy and kind, and I'm eyeing Brother Feng, but how can you get the song from Brother Feng?
"I'm sorry, this Mr. Han is Zhuolan's friend, he will only write songs for Miss Zhuolan, and he won't pay attention to other people's invitations,"
Liu Yafang said the words of refusal, she didn't want Zhuo Lan to refuse again, the relationship between Zhuo Lan and this Max was very bad, so don't continue to be bad.
"Oh, really,"
Max's smile grew a little colder, and his gaze was fixed on Zhuo Lan's eyes, it was clear that he didn't believe Liu Yafang's words.
"Yes, he will only write songs for me,"
Zhuo Lan replied in the affirmative, and looked back at Max without evasion.
'Oh, it can't be,'
Max took a breath and calmed himself down a bit,
"Zhuo, I want to admit that you surprised me, but you have to accept the fact that you are an Asian singer, the audience here will not be too wide, although Asian people have played a big role in your publicity process this time, they are eager to buy your songs, and there are not a few on-demand ones, but your audience is limited, so I believe that the fifty on Billboard in the future is your limit, although it is a pity, but this is a fact,"
Max pursed his mouth,
"Honestly, you delayed these two songs, if this song is sung by the company's first-line singers and goes on the market, well, there is hope to compete for the Billboard crown, it's really a pity, so,"
"Yes, I delayed these two songs,"
To Max and Dedmon's astonishment, Zoran admitted it,
"I admit this, if it is a British and American white singer singing, her voice is suitable, and her influence is enough, she may really be able to reach the top of the Billboard chart, but what does that have to do with me, what does it have to do with Han, the purpose of his writing songs for me is to create a miracle for me, he doesn't know any white singers, and he won't write songs for them,"
Tears flickered in Zhuolan's eyes, and Max's words stung her deeply, stirring her heart of guilt and self-blame.
"Oh, I think you both need to calm down, really,"
Dedmon hurriedly made peace in the middle, he didn't agree with Max's too rough and direct attitude, to put it bluntly, Max dared to do this because Zhuolan was just a well-known Asian singer, and he would never dare to put on a cold attitude in the face of the company's first-line singers, but Zhuolan's reaction was too tough, it can be said that he would ask Han's opinion, and then refuse later, so as to avoid such a frontal scene.
"No, no, no,"
Max shook his head, he couldn't bear it anymore, he was very angry after receiving Ennis's call, this Zhuo Lan took herself too seriously, the company used her connections to let her on a talk show She still didn't agree, how close to the people in the circle were to go to more parties, although there were no top stars there, but there were still some celebrities haunted, this time indirectly increased her exposure, she still refused, who did she think she was in business, was she a superstar, only they have the qualifications to be picky,
"Zhuo, you have to understand that you are just an ordinary singer, you are not Michael Jackson, nor Whitney Houston, you are not qualified to negotiate with the company, you have to accept, otherwise you will have a hard time for more than a year, I swear,"
Max's tone increased, and his voice appeared loud in the room.
"Get out,"
Zhuo Lan said briefly.
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Max couldn't believe his ears, she was pushing him off, telling him to get out, it couldn't be.
Dedmon rolled his eyes, this matter is about to end,
"I said get out,"
Zhuo Lan said word by word.
"You,"
Max erupted in anger, the biggest insult he had ever experienced.
Dedmon covered his face and completely tore it.
"Please get out and don't let me call the police,"
Liu Yafang got up and said, since Zhuo Lan has decided, of course Liu Yafang wants to be with her.
Max angrily picked up his handbag and walked out, and Dedmund sighed and followed.
"I think I can pack for the two of us, we don't have any role in New York anymore,"
Liu Yafang laughed at herself.
"It's okay to go back, I just miss my mother, and you miss my brother too,"
Zhuo Lan smiled.
"I don't need to ask,"
The married woman really has a thick skin, Liu Yafang raised her eyebrows and admitted it calmly.
The doorbell rang again,
"Is there something going on?"
Liu Yafang asked through the intercom.
"Hey, didn't you order pizza here, I flew tens of thousands of miles to deliver food here,"
To the surprise of the two, it was the Chinese language that came,
The two were stunned, Zhuo Lan suddenly jumped up and came to the floor-to-ceiling window to look at the door dozens of steps away, only to see a black-haired man in front of the wrought iron gate smiling and waving inside.
"Oh my gosh,"
Zhuo Lan turned around and rushed out, Liu Yafang followed with a smile, only to see Zhuo Lan running through the courtyard, and then opened the gate and jumped on Han Zhifeng's body.
"Why are you here, are you here to surprise and empower me,"
Zhuo Lan clamped Han Zhifeng's waist tightly with her legs, kissed Han Zhifeng's lips, and then looked at Han Zhifeng's face in surprise,
"I didn't want to come, but I suddenly heard the song of a certain fairy, and this song was so magical that I had to drop everything to come here,"
Han Zhifeng smiled and stroked Zhuo Lan's taut back, feeling her slender body, and smelling her body fragrance,
This time I came to accompany Ye Ran to see a doctor, he really didn't want to come, although he couldn't do it from the beginning for various reasons, but he didn't want to come over when he accompanied Ye Ran, but Zhuo Lan didn't give him the news to let him realize that Zhuo Lan must have not passed that hurdle in his heart, and he was still entangled in bad grades, so he had to come,
"Oh, even though I know you're flattering me, I'm still very happy,"
Zhuo Lan and Han Zhifeng hugged and kissed together, and Liu Yafang in the back hurriedly turned around to look in other directions.
After a while, Zhuo Lan pulled Han Zhifeng and walked in,
"Brother Feng, you came just in time, I was about to pack, now I have a helper,"
Liu Yafang said with a smile.
'Oh why,'
Han Zhifeng said strangely.
"Well, that's right,"
Zhuo Lan stuck out her tongue, she didn't care about Max and Ennis, but she definitely cared about Han Zhifeng's thoughts, Zhuo Lan said the matter worriedly,
"It's okay, you can take a break for a year or two, and then come out after my aunt's condition has completely improved, I believe that it is with these two songs that there are also big record companies that come to you to cooperate,"
Han Zhifeng comforted Zhuo Landao.
"Thank you for the compliment, although I know I didn't really make it,"
Zhuo Lan said bitterly.
"Who said that a Chinese female singer who has never been famous entered the Billboard 100 for the first time when she released a single, this is not called success, what is success, I am absolutely proud of you, you have created the history of Chinese singers,"
Han Zhifeng smiled and pinched her face that was starting to bleed again, and Zhuo Lan smiled happily,
"I know you're comforting me, but I'm still at ease,"
"Who said that I was comforting you, I was really proud of you, and besides, your single has only been on the market for nearly four weeks, who said that there are no miracles, miracles are all created by people,"
Faintly, Han Zhifeng still has hope for these two divine comedies.
"yes, who said there are no miracles,"
Zhuo Lan grabbed Han Zhifeng and jumped twice, and Han Zhifeng's few words made her regain her fighting spirit.
'Go, I'll invite you out to dinner and celebrate,'
Han Zhifeng said.
'Well, I'd better stay here and pack it,'
Liu Yafang didn't want to go out and be a light bulb for the two,
"Let's go together, it's crowded,"
Han Zhifeng waved his hand and decided on this.
The three of them went out to take a taxi.
After eating, the group toured the Hudson River, the Empire State Building and other places, and after having their best, they turned to the subway and prepared to return to their accommodation.
In an underground passage, I met a few wandering singers, where the accompanying guitars and singing voices reverberate, and there was no elaborate stage and elaborate sound equipment, but it was very lively.
Han Zhifeng and Zhuo Lan looked at each other and smiled, Han Zhifeng came to a singer who sang hitney Houston with a backing guitar, this is Whitney Houston's famous work, but the singer's voice is relaxed, and the singing effect is very average, so there are only a few dollars in the bowl in front of her,
"Sorry to bother, can we use your guitar for a while,"
The chubby white woman glanced at the twenty-dollar bill handed over by Joshua Han, she nodded, and handed the guitar to the guitar in Han Zhifeng's hand.
Han Zhifeng played it lightly a few times, tried the timbre, and barely worked.
The rhythmic guitar prelude sounds,
Then Zhuo Lan's unique voice sang,
I let it fall my heart
My heart is falling
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It as dark and i as over
It was dark, and I was in a state of burning
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Zhuo Lan was just at the beginning, and the people who passed by around were attracted to her, her timbre and musicality were too high, and she shouldn't have appeared here at all, so everyone looked at her, and even the other two singers who sang around stopped their singing and listened to Zhuo Lan's singing.
Zhuo Lan hummed very easily, not affecting her mood at all because of singing in this humble place, on the contrary, her eyes looked at Han Zhifeng with affection from time to time, and Han Zhifeng responded.
In the eyes of others, they saw a musical couple from the East.
With Zhuo Lan's singing, more and more people stayed around, and suddenly someone shouted,
"Oh, she's Zhuo,"
Obviously, someone recognized her, after all, there is a promotional photo of Zhuo Lan on the cover of the single album, and the image of a Chinese singer is so special here, it is not easy to forget after watching it.
Next, several people also recognized Zhuo Lan, of course, when Zhuo Lan finished singing, more than a dozen people came around to ask for autographs or group photos.
"Zhuo, you sing so well, I listen to your songs when I commute to and from work now, and I never get tired of listening to them,"
A chubby girl with chestnut hair takes out Zhuolan's album from her bag and asks Zhuolan to sign it.
"Thank you for your support,"
Zhuolan smiled and signed for her.
"Oh, he's your boyfriend,"
The girl looked at Han Zhifeng on the side, Zhuo Lan smiled and nodded,
"Oh, bless you,"
This sentence made Zhuo Lan feel good, and she looked back at Han Zhifeng with a smile.
Zhuo Lan then sang a song Someone Like You, which attracted more audiences, and at this time, several Chinese students also recognized Zhuo Lan, and they cheered and jumped for her to sign autographs, and called her their pride.
After singing the two songs, the two walked into the subway and took the car home, Zhuo Lan was very excited, and she was deeply moved by such a very real interactive scene.
Until she returned to the villa, she was still immersed in excitement, and this excitement finally made the reunion between the two after a long absence extremely happy, and made the two extremely happy, Han Zhifeng didn't remember how many times he finally hugged Zhuolan and fell asleep.
The next day was Wednesday, at ten o'clock in the morning, Dedmon looked at the number of the billboard website in the computer in a daze, because this number was a little different, and the tenth position was the single Set Fire to the Rain, Dedmon's first impression was not that the website's system was wrong, how could it be.
But he then looked at the back, singer Zhuo Lan, sales of 526,319 copies, this is not wrong, one place is wrong, you can't go wrong in so many places, he gasped, Tai Nima is amazing, how is it possible, it has been four weeks away, and the sales of singles have more than doubled, such a situation can only show one thing, this song definitely has the potential to be a big hit, otherwise it would not be such an excellent performance in the future.
In addition, what does the tenth position mean, if Zhuo Lan is still within the top ten on the list next week, and the sales are good, she will be a proper first-line singer, this is a miracle that has never been seen before, really, although he signed a Chinese singer, other people don't understand it, but he believes in his own judgment, but Zhuo Lan has achieved such results with just a single, which is too unexpected for him, he never thought that she would go so fast and so far, this is the most outstanding signing in his career.
However, as soon as Dedmon remembered yesterday's conflict, he laughed, well, I don't know what Max's expression was when he saw the numbers, he really wanted to see it.
Max's expression is of course very exciting, what he received is the list of all the singers who hit the company's charts last week, and among all of them, he has the least qualifications, only one single has been released, and Zhuolan, who is still Chinese, is in front.
Max looked at the list in disbelief, and then he personally entered the Billboard website to check, yes, that's it, Zhuolan is in the tenth place.
Max seemed to see Zoran laughing at him right there, making his face flush.
This was incredible, he immediately flipped down and found the song on demand chart, and as a result, Zhuo Lan's single had reached the fifth place on the song demand list.
Max exclaimed in surprise, what does this mean, it means that Zhuolan's results next week will not be less than this week, this is the summary of years of experience, if the on-demand list is high, then the sales results will definitely not be bad.
What does this mean, it means that RCA will usher in another first-line singer, now RCA's first-line singers are not many, most of them have turned to Sony, Universal and other four major record groups, every first-line singer in the company is extremely precious, no, it is precious, first-line singers have always been a harvester of profits and honors, and an important source of profit for a record company.
But the sad thing is that he had a big quarrel with Zhuo Lan yesterday, which is embarrassing, Max hated why he didn't make a decision after reading the billboard today, but he didn't expect Zhuo Lan to reach today's results at the time, he thought that Zhuo Lan had reached the top, and the sales of singles may not even reach one million, just an ordinary singer, but now it's a million is nothing, what can I do.
The breathing of the two people in the room went from rapid to slow, and Zhuo Lan naughtily used her slender fingers to scratch Han Zhifeng's sweaty chest, which made Han Zhifeng's heart itch.
"It's dangerous for you to do this, you know, you're teasing a beast,"
Han Zhifeng threatened.
"Oh, how come I didn't find out,"
Hearing the teasing, Zhuo Lan raised her eyebrows, and looked at Han Zhifeng with blinking eyes, now, it's definitely true.
"Besides, you've just ended, can you really do it, I don't believe it,"
Hearing this, Han Zhifeng was stimulated, and he pressed Zhuo Lan under him, and Zhuo Lan couldn't help laughing when he felt the changes in his body.
It was already half past ten when the two walked down from the upper floor, and it was too normal for a young man and woman to be reunited after a long absence.
But just now Liu Yafang was tormented enough,
"My eldest lady, you just came down,"
Liu Yafang stabbed her.
"Oh, it's late to sleep and late to wake up,"
Zhuo Lan regretted it after saying it, this sentence is too ambiguous, and it makes people imagine too much.
Liu Yafang glanced at her and almost couldn't hold back a smile, which made Zhuo Lan's cheeks flush immediately.
"Okay, don't tease you, do you know why I'm in a hurry to see you,"
"I don't know,"
Zhuo Lan said confusedly.
"Then guess,"
Liu Yafang said with a smile.
"Guess what, I don't have any sense of direction, what kind of direction to prompt,"
Zhuo Lan became more and more confused, her luck has not been very good recently, except for the sudden appearance of Han Zhifeng, of course, but Han Zhifeng is by her side, what do she guess.
"It's a billboard,"
Han Zhifeng on the side reminded.
"Oh yes, it's today,"
When Zhuo Lan thought of this headache, she was a little reluctant to pay attention to those cold numbers.
"Alas, you're in twentieth place, and you're still so unhappy,"
Liu Yafang pouted and smiled.
"What, twentieth, really,"
Zhuo Lan jumped up from the sofa at once, if she had this achievement, she could completely explain it to Han Zhifeng.
'No, I've got to the bulletin board page, I've already found it. β
Liu Yafang tilted her head to the side of the computer.
Under the gaze of Han Zhifeng and Liu Yafang, Zhuo Lan rushed away, she sat in front of the computer and watched, and then Zhuo Lan screamed,
"It's tenth, sister-in-law, you're lying to me, it's tenth."
Zhuo Lan waved her little fist excitedly.