Chapter 232: Reversal?

“35126VS25119”

"The battle between the old and new kings will be clear on the first day!"

"Unexpected results !!"

"The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves!"

"The best laugh is the last laugh!"

The next day, major newspapers gave a large report on the battle between Xu Guanjie and Chen Lang between the old and the new, and the first-day sales competition in the first round.

Although the sales of record company singers' albums are within the company's secrecy, major newspapers and media have used their connections and channels to obtain accurate sales statistics.

Now that the general public has been looking forward to the outcome of the showdown, the major newspapers and media have naturally used all their resources to curry favor with readers.

This so-called showdown between the old and the new, in addition to the competition between the two major record companies of Polygram, an international record giant, and Huaxing, a local record star, is also mixed with the historical changes of the Hong Kong music scene.

Of course, the competition between the old emperor superstar and the new super idol, coupled with the relationship between the two who are also teachers and friends, makes this competition even more interesting.

At the same time, the major newspapers first aroused the curiosity of the general public for their own sales, of course, the two record companies may not have a tacit understanding.

The two companies also want to use this competition to promote their singers and also prove the strength of their record labels.

Polygram (at this time it should be called Polytech, later renamed Polygram, in fact, it is just the name of the same record company in different periods) as an international giant record company signed many old singers in Hong Kong.

A veritable top Hong Kong record company with abundant capital, they are not afraid of any competition, let alone make stupid things to back down, they are full of confidence.

Besides, even if they lose, no one thinks that any record company can compete with them at this stage, so they acquiesce to this competition.

For Huaxing Records, as a local emerging record company, in the case of signing only one singer, in order to open up the company's popularity, but also to grab the big cake of the record market, it is also desperate, and has invested all its energy in this competition.

If it loses, the company's amazing performance and attention brought by Chen Lang's first record and the attraction of singers may drop a lot, but there is wireless will not be a failure.

It's just that in the future, they will be more and more restricted by wireless, and they will not be able to control their own destiny freely, which is the last thing Chen Shufen and Chen Liuquan want to see, so the price of this competition is not small for Huaxing.

Fortunately, in the first round of the first day of the sales competition, Chen Lang unexpectedly defeated his idol Ah Sam.

With a sales gap of more than 10,000 copies, it looks like the end of the competition is a foregone conclusion.

Many media magazines felt that this result was too unexpected, and it should be on par in everyone's imagination, and even the long-tested Ah Sam was slightly ahead.

Sam's first-day performance is indeed worthy of his status as a veteran king, reaching gold record sales on the first day.

This achievement definitely makes many singers who can only meet the gold record standard after a few months envy, jealousy and hatred.

It's a pity that our king met Lang Lang, a little talent who has been amazing the whole of Hong Kong and even Asia since his debut.

Many media feel that the gap between 10,000 record sales is a bit too big, and it is difficult for Sam's fans to catch up with Lang Lang even if they make efforts in the later stage.

This competition will end with Chen Lang's victory, and it will also open the curtain for a new generation of singers to occupy the Hong Kong music scene.

Of course, there are also many media led by "Sing Tao Daily" who believe that the record sales time is as long as two months or even longer, which is why it is too hasty to decide that Chen Lang won on the first day.

Now Chen Lang has only released two records even if he counts this "Catchy", and his record sales should have grown explosively in a short period of time, and then he will be weak in the follow-up.

As the king of the music industry for many years, Ah Sam's record has stronger box office continuity, and Ah Sam will definitely slowly catch up and stage a shocking reversal.

Seeing the reports of major newspapers, everyone's views on this competition were instantly divided into two factions.

One side believes that Chen Lang has a good chance of winning, with Chen Lang's fans and most of the fans being the majority.

Of course, there are still many fans and Sam's diehards who think that Sam will come back and win in the end.

Needless to say, Chen Lang was in a good mood when he went to school the next day, and everyone congratulated Chen Lang.

At the same time, all the fans of the club are also honored, as Chen Lang said, there is half of you in the military merit medal.

In order to thank everyone for their great help, Chen Lang decided to go to clubs in various regions to meet and interact with many fans during this free week, and everyone was naturally happy to hear the news.

When Chen Lang was happily going to school here, Polygram on the other side arranged for Xu Guanjie to start a record promotion campaign early this morning.

TV program recordings, guest radio stations, fan meetings and so on have been carried out in full swing.

Although Polygram was caught off guard by Chen Lang's amazing results, it quickly mobilized its resources and launched another wave of amazing publicity.

For the sake of the company's face and to suppress Huaxing Records, Polygram also went all out.

Polygram's all-out propaganda offensive turned out to be extraordinary, and it is now the most powerful record company in Hong Kong.

In addition to arranging Xu Guanjie to participate in various cave walking activities, the overwhelming posters occupy almost all the streets and alleys of Hong Kong.

At the same time, Li's TV station also purchased 20 seconds of advertising time in the morning, noon and evening, and the evening advertising was in prime time.

Even if the ratings of Li's TV station are not as good as TVB's, it is still worth a lot.

For a while, Xu Guanjie and "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat" have become the two most common and hottest words in Hong Kong.

Although Huaxing Records is worried about this sudden Xu Guanjie craze.

But thinking that Chen Lang's first record achieved five platinum sales, and there was a gap of 10,000 copies between the two, Hua Xing felt that it was not very dangerous, so he chose not to move.

As long as he survives this week, after Chen Lang starts to promote, he will definitely be able to crush "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat" under him.

Chen Lang's happy mood and Huaxing's immobility, after the sales came out the next day, they could no longer be maintained.

According to the sales statistics compiled by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Six Major Demolitions, the sales volume of "Catchy" on the second day was 28,325 copies, while the sales of "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat" were 25,321 copies.

The next day's sales of "Catchy" still surpassed "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat", with nearly 3,000 more sales.

But this result made Chen Lang and Chen Shufen feel frightened, and they both had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Although the sales of "Catchy" surpassed that of "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat", the sales of 28,325 copies of "Catchy" fell by 6,801 copies compared with 35,126 copies on the first day.

On the other hand, the sales of 25,321 copies on the second day of "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat" not only did not decline, but rose by 202 copies against the trend.

Although the sales of only 202 copies have increased, the super battery life of Xu Guanjie's records can be seen.

Although Chen Lang amazed everyone when he debuted, as "Sing Tao Daily" said, Chen Lang's debut time was too short and his foundation was too shallow.

Most of Chen Lang's fans are young students and have not yet been recognized by the main group of people in society, so Chen Lang's record sales may decline sharply after a short period of high explosive craze.

Now it was true, and the second day was down 19.36% compared to the first day.

Xu Guanjie's fans are much older and more rational, and they are rarely as crazy as Chen Lang's fans.

They may prefer to stand on the stage and sing songs quietly, touching their singers with their moving singing voices.

is not an idol like Chen Lang who sings and dances fast and looks a little "noisy".

Maybe because they go to work, maybe because they have something, they don't go crazy to buy records in a team, but there are people who have free time to buy them every day.

They already have work and income, and their purchasing power is stronger, so unless the veteran singers are completely outdated, or the record quality is average, the record sales are extremely strong.

What's more, this was only the early 80s when the Hong Kong record market was becoming more and more prosperous, and it was far from reaching the peak of the record market boom.

Even in the late 80s, the older generation of singers like Hui Guanjie, George Lam and Jenny were able to achieve good record sales.

After Chen Lang knew the sales statistics of the next day, he also sighed in his heart.

Now I have a strong appeal among young people, but the real social consumer body still does not identify with me.

If you want to become a real king of Hong Kong, and even an Asian superstar, you still have a long way to go.

However, Chen Lang is not discouraged, it has only been sold for two days now, and many people, especially adult fans, have bought "Unforgettable You, Paper Boat" without listening to their own records.

When they listen to their own records, they are afraid that things will get better.

Because "Catchy" is a campus special, the campus songs in it are full of memories and sentimentality.

These time-tested classics can definitely evoke everyone's memories and touch, and bring Chen Lang the first batch of older fans, so the final result is still difficult to say.

However, in the face of Xu Guanjie, who is now like a rainbow, Chen Lang also has a headache, he was originally going to start the promotion in a week, but now he may have to advance it.

Seeing Chen Lang's somewhat worried look, Chen Shufen said decisively, "It's only the next day now, let's see in two days, everything will be implemented according to the previous plan." ”

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