For the rest of the month, Xu Canhao was almost with JZ, half in Baiwen and half in Roc-A-fella. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info In JZ, he saw the tenderness beneath the surface of steel, and also saw the birth of a series of books. After the two of them finished recording the song, they would sit quietly on the floor and talk about music, and then gradually talked about their own lives. For example, how JZ fell in love with Beyoncé; the plight of blacks in America; Life in the slums, talking about it all of this, would make him feel uncomfortable. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that JZ, who had a tough appearance and had been involved in a black career, would cry in front of him. His third album mentions a lot of the miserable living conditions of black people, hoping to attract the attention of the world, and at the same time expresses dissatisfaction and resentment against the cold real society, full of accusatory emotions, especially the song "()", which makes Xu Canhao, who does not know much about the status quo, feel very emotionally fluctuating after listening to it.

The two collaborated on "Baby" again, and JZ didn't do anything at the beginning, which was the result of Xu Canhao's hard work. JZ's two partners, who are also his good friends, will come to talk to Xu Canhao when they have nothing to do, and they want to pull him into their company. By the end of September, the entire album had been recorded, which was completely unthinkable in the eyes of others, and it only took two months.

The three warm-up songs have been released on the market in early October, in fact, when the songs were handed over to BMG, their professional musicians predicted that they would definitely sell well, but vaguely expressed the interests of Baiwen. However, Xu Canhao's side still decided to proceed as originally planned and sell in series. All the songs were handed over to BMG for compilation albums, packaging and promotion, although Baiwen Company has a small façade, but the professional equipment is still one of the best, and almost all of Daisy's belongings are invested in it, so BMG does not have to worry too much about the quality of the recording. There is another problem with the positioning of the album, which is dominated by pop rock, but "You.Raise" is a gospel song, and there are rap and lyrical songs, and it is difficult to decide the name of the album for a while. In the end, Xu Canhao reluctantly made a decision, using his stage name, phoenix (phoenix, taking the meaning of nirvana, rebirth), and the first album, he was named: phoenix–first, so-so.

Only 10,000 cassettes were distributed and sold in New York State alone. Xu Canhao wanted to publish it on the Internet, but he didn't expect that although the United States at this time had a certain number of regular netizens, there were no large-scale music websites, video websites, etc., which made him both helpless and happy. He's ready to think about how to create portals, video sites, and dating sites. The entire album was also ready, sold on cassette, disc and CD, and the brochure was put into the 10,000 pre-warmed tapes.

When Xu Canhao returned to school, he was called by the professor to report the situation as soon as possible. Back in the dormitory, Xu Canhao calmed down and thought about the website. But after thinking about it, I feel that there is no way to achieve this goal now, no money, no people, no strength, no energy, so I can only give up waiting for the opportunity. So, he began to concentrate on his studies, but he enrolled in two electives, fashion design and film and television screenwriting.

After the pre-heating tape was put in, the previous week was still tepid. By mid-October, all the major video stores in New York City were asking about the tape called "The First Movement", most of whom had been introduced by friends and wanted to buy it after hearing about it. The rest of the three days were all sold out, and the buying crowd continued unabated, but those bosses were unified, the tapes were gone, please wait for the regular album to be sold. For a while, people had a feeling of being deceived, and those who were impulsive actually smashed the video store. Later, the situation was reported in a small article by the New York Daily News, but it did not attract much attention, but only made some people curious about the album.

It wasn't until November 5th, the day the album was officially sold, that BMG's press spokesperson officially convened the media to publicly introduce the album, but did not indicate Seo Chanhao's identity, only claimed that the two companies worked together to produce it, and that JZ and Phoenix collaborated on two songs. At this time, the major media began to report on the incident, but by the time the news came out, album sales had skyrocketed.

At this time, the Internet was not as developed as in later generations, and the means of publicity were not rich enough, and the main promotion of the album still relied on television, newspapers, and radio stations. BMG edited the title song of the album into a ten-second version and promoted it on the two major TV stations it worked with, CBS and FOX. The complete album was sent to more than 200 music radio programs across the United States, excluding BMG, CBS, and FOX radio stations.

On November 9, the New York Post and the Daily News jointly published a headline headline, "Rare High-Quality Album Pierces the Big Apple!" In three days, 540,000 copies were sold in the New York area alone, and the sales figure has increased exponentially. According to a BMG spokesperson, nine songs in this album were written by the singer himself, and he also participated in the production of the songs. This makes the author feel too unbelievable, because friends who have never listened to it will never imagine how high the standard of this album is, and every song is a superb work. This makes the author curious to know the age of the author, and the reliability of the message, even if there is a domineering giant - BMG standing opposite. However, after listening to the entire album, it is not difficult for the author to come to such a conclusion: the singer and creator will never be more than 20 years old. The immaturity of his voice, although it is very skillfully concealed, but as a veteran music enthusiast, he still has insight into the truth hidden in the sound. In particular, "Youraise", the gospel song that touched the author the most, is the most prominent, although the lyrics and songs are simple, but the deep emotions integrated by the singers, I believe, can easily infect everyone. In particular, the chorus with the choir shook me deeply and reminded me of my father, who had passed away a long time ago, and I still burst into tears after 12 years. There is also a song that I heard was written with Jay-Z, who was regarded as an emperor by the gang, and I couldn't help but wonder, a singer who can sing such a powerful gospel song, is he going to sing dirty songs? After listening to it, "Empire" is not literal, reminiscent of what kind of order these black gangsters want to establish. Rather, it tells the story of a real New York, NYC in the eyes of a dream singer who walked out of Brooklyn. This song has now become the author's car song, and I listen to it every day to commute to work, waving my hands to the rhythm, nodding my head, and singing along. I hope that the police will not trouble me every day when they see this text-like text. In this album called FIRST, there are also several songs that people never get tired of listening to, such as, "free", "yours", "breathless" and so on. With a unique voice, a perfect falsetto, and a terrifying three-part treble, it is unbelievable that a person can have so many colorful and diverse feelings, and they are appropriately integrated into the song. If it weren't for the existence of "Baby", I might have thought that my previous judgment was wrong, and I would have thought that this is an older singer with a child's voice. The cute, fresh, and coquettish "Baby", the crazy and mischievous dynamic dance song "RockDJ", the inspirational and simple "Daylight", and a number of love songs that I never get tired of listening to, I think this album will be one of the must-have classic albums for all discerning New Yorkers. (Entertainment Contributor - Marl Crington)

The Post and Daily, the newspapers with the largest sales and regular readers in New York, although only published this article on the second page, won because the headline was eye-catching enough to arouse the attention and curiosity of many people. Coupled with JZ's participation, many gangsters also began to pay attention to this series. At the end of the week, New York sold 1.2 million copies, which means that more than 20 percent of the people in New York City (there are tens of millions of people in the suburbs, and the entire sales survey is limited to New York State) own the album, and it is still growing steadily, and the range of buyers is spreading around.

Seeing this momentum, BMG no longer hesitated to launch more than 200 subsidiaries in more than 30 countries around the world to fully distribute goods. Daisy learned of the crazy distribution of "eight million tickets for the first issue" proposed by his uncle at the company's planning meeting, and her first reaction was not that his uncle was crazy, but, 'Sure enough, it's a family!' '--Yes, just as bold. They have all seen the initial momentum of the album, and it has a predictable super endurance. Even if the 8 million can't be sold out by the end of this year, it will be sold again next year, and maybe it will be reprinted in the future. What followed was the launch of BMG's advertising system, from North America to Europe, to East Asia, you can see Phoenix's deep eyes everywhere (the album uses Xu Canhao's eyes, and the background is the fire phoenix as the cover), huge posters, and music radio broadcasts, which Baiwen will never be able to do.

The day after Christmas, BMG aggregated its sales in various places, and counted 3.89 million copies (excluding forms, including tapes, CDs, and records) sold worldwide in a month, with North America and Europe accounting for more than 70 percent. However, according to BMG's calculations, it will not peak until at least January next year, and then it will fall to a stable peak, and then it will maintain this sales trend for a long time. The results are gratifying, and if it really develops like this, BMG will be a big bargain. They only paid the physical production cost of the album, used their own sales channels, and the publicity investment was not large, but in exchange for more than ten times the profit return. And Daisy and Xu Canhao mainly got fame, Xu Canhao may be able to get the profit share that belongs to the singer, but the agreement reached between Daisy and BMG made her nothing.

Now Daisy is not out of the door, and she has been blocked in the company for several days. There are reporters and paparazzi, headhunters, other economic companies, record companies, these people as early as the beginning of November, began to dig everywhere for Phoenix's identity information. Some daring journalists also found JZ without getting anything of value.

And the real protagonist lives a quiet day (Xu Canhao is a school year, and the winter vacation is on Christmas Eve), either in the library, or in the dormitory to ponder something, or learn guitar from Yang Chen (Chinese roommate) who didn't go home. At the end of November, JZ called, and the two chatted for a while, and finally left a sentence inexplicably: "You kid is waiting to give me the money!" Without waiting for Xu Canhao to ask, he hung up the phone. It wasn't until Daisy received BMG's project that she wanted the two to collaborate on the album to make an MV, that she called Seo Chan-ho and told him about the sales of this segment. This baby who works behind closed doors knows who the pf shouted by those students in the school is, and the dare is the fire phoenix, it is himself.

Xu Canhao invited Yang Chen to go to New York with him, saying that he was going to Uncle Simpson's house, but he was rejected by this dead house, so he had no choice but to set foot on the road to New York alone. When he arrived at Grand Central Station in New York, Daisy drove him directly to BMG's New York headquarters, and so far, the two of them were all the production staff of Baiwen Company. (As for why the music video was not produced in the first place, there are financial issues, there are also publicity methods to consider, and more of the impact of Asian American identity.) ）