Chen Lang has been busy since the start of school, first holding a week-long signing for the first volume of the novel "Ethereal Journey", and then running around to promote his third album "Lang Talented Woman".

After almost three years, Chen Lang has a group of loyal fans in both the novel industry and the Hong Kong music scene, and of course, many fans join Lang Lang's fan group every day.

Chen Lang's influence continues to expand with wonderful novels and classic records, not only in Hong Kong, but also throughout Asia.

After Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan have established Lang Lang fan groups, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand have also formed large-scale fan support groups.

Other countries such as South Korea, Myanmar and other countries also have fan clubs, but the scale is smaller, but it can be seen that Chen Lang's fans throughout Asia are still growing, and his appeal is also increasing day by day.

In addition to the good news that fan groups have been established in various countries and regions, Chen Lang also got good news about "Ethereal Journey" from Manager Liu.

After more than two months of sales, the first volume of the novel sold 220,000 copies in Hong Kong.

Chen Lang's first novel "Zhu Xian" was sold in a complete set of five volumes at that time, and the average sales in Hong Kong at that time were less than 100,000 copies per volume, which can be said to be a lot of progress compared to it.

But Manager Liu still gritted his teeth when he said this data, and the reason was naturally piracy.

For comparison, by the end of April, Chen Lang's six-week album "Lang Cai Girl" had achieved nearly six platinum sales, that is, 300,000 figures, while the novel's data was almost 80,000 less.

You must know that the price of a record is several times the price of a novel, and because of the development and attraction of Jin Yong Gulong and other novelists and the extremely developed newspaper industry in Hong Kong, the fan base of novels in Hong Kong is definitely more than ten times that of records, but even so, the sales of novels are still not as good as records.

In the final analysis, it is because the novel publishing industry is too easy to be pirated, because the threshold for paper publishing is too low, as long as there is a person with tens of thousands of dollars in his hand, he can pirate at will.

Coupled with the desire for a small advantage that anyone has, and the extreme lack of copyright awareness, even if the price and audience base of the novel are much higher than the record, the novel still cannot get more sales data than the record.

In comparison, the threshold for record piracy is still relatively high, and there is a statistic in later generations that the piracy rate of the entire record industry was less than 1% from the 80s to the early 90s, that is, the golden age of the Hong Kong music scene.

As for the record finally withdrew from the music market, it was because of the emergence of new music carriers, which led to the record having no choice but to withdraw from the stage of history.

According to Manager Liu's idea, if there were no pirated novels, the sales volume should even be doubled, and it was because of the hateful piracy that the company only obtained more than one-third of its due profits.

Chen Lang can see this a little more openly, this problem is really unsolvable, and the sales of 220,000 copies in Hong Kong, a small place, have made Chen Lang very satisfied.

What's more, "Ethereal Journey" sold 1.08 million copies in Southeast Asia, 610,000 copies in Taiwan, and 650,000 in Japan.

Moreover, because the listing of regions outside Hong Kong is a week late, and unlike Hong Kong, which is just a city, the sales cycle of these countries and regions is longer, so it is estimated that it will be able to contribute nearly 300,000 sales in the end.

In other words, by the end of April, "Ethereal Journey" had sold 2.56 million copies, and the final sales were estimated to be more than 2.8 million.

This achievement may be doubled without piracy, but being able to get nearly 3 million sales has made Chen Lang very happy.

What also makes Chen Lang happy is that the top ten golden songs to be held by TVB in the first quarter of 1983 have been officially announced.

In order to increase the influence and popularity of the top ten golden songs, Wireless specially made the season selection into a program, and the three hosts of the show, Chen Lang are very familiar.

The first host is Cai Fenghua, one of the representatives of the new generation of singers, Cai Fenghua has been a radio DJ and program host before, and the program he hosted has a good response, plus he has a good popularity as a singer, so he was favored by wireless again and took over the position of the host of the season selection program.

The second host can be called the actor, of course, the future actor, he is Tony Leung.

Now the wireless five tigers have all gathered in wireless, but TVB TV has not yet launched the wireless five tigers, the star-making operation.

In his previous life, Chen Lang's impression of Tony Leung was a relatively silent person, but he seemed very lively when he was hosting on TV, but thinking about it, many people are very funny in film and television dramas, but they are very silent in real life, such as Stephen Chow, and he is relieved.

The third is Chen Yulian, who played the little dragon girl in "The Condor Heroes", which created the highest rating in the history of wireless TV dramas with Andy Lau, and was the first little dragon girl who left a classic image for everyone.

At the same time, last year, she also played Wang Yuyan in "Dragon Babu", who was able to play these two fairy sisters who do not eat fireworks in the world, and was recognized by the vast majority of the audience, and even called a classic role, she is naturally a big beauty, and she is a cold beauty.

Chen Lang even heard that Andy fell in love with Chen Yulian because of the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but now Chen Yulian already has a boyfriend, and his current boyfriend is Fa Ge Chow Yun-fat, and he has an entanglement with these two people, which may not make much sense now, but Chen Lang from later generations involuntarily looked at Chen Yulian twice.

The three finally revealed the first season of the top ten golden songs of 1983.

Luo Wen's "In the Laser", Guan Zhengjie's "Fishing Boat Singing Evening", Xu Guanjie's "You Are Always Companion", Teresa Teng's "I Wish People Were Long" and "Alone in the West Building", Zhen Ni's "Good Friends", Ye Dexian's "Tired", Chen Lang's "The Most Beautiful", "Life with You" and "In My Singing".

Among the ten songs selected for the season, Chen Lang alone was selected for three, Teresa Teng also won two, and the others were selected for one song.

Among these seven singers, only Chen Lang is a singer of the new generation, and the others are singers of the older generation.

Of course, this is not to say that the new generation of singers except for Chen Lang has been wiped out, but because Chen Baiqiang, Alan Tam, Cai Fenghua, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui have not released records this year, of course, this time is very fast.

"Hey, is it Lang Lang?" Alan Tam's voice came from the phone.

"Aaron, it's me." Chen Lang picked up the phone and was a little puzzled.

Because since the end of the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, Alan Tam has been practicing singing skills in the company and has almost no leisure time, and Chen Lang is also busy because of the start of school and the release of novels and records, and the two have not been in contact for more than two months.

"Congratulations Lang Lang, the first season of the top ten golden songs, you will have the third of the ten songs." Alan Tam sighed and said.

Chen Lang's strength and amazement made Alan Tam, who had always been his goal, a little discouraged.

"Hehe, it's average." Chen Lang smiled wickedly when he heard this.

"Don't think I don't know what you mean, it's average, it's the third in the world." Alan Tam said angrily, "In addition to congratulating you, I want to tell you one thing, my personal sixth Cantonese album will be released tomorrow." ”

"yes, that's good news. By the way, what's the name of your record? Chen Lang's heart moved when he heard this.

""Belated Spring"!"

Chen Lang's eyes narrowed when he heard this, "Late Spring" finally came.

"This record was carefully built for me by the company, and now that I've found my own style, and I've been working hard for the past few months, this record is the most energetic and difficult record I've ever recorded so far, and I'm looking forward to him, it's just ...... I just don't know how it will turn out. Alan Tam said that in the end, it seemed a little gloomy.

Chen Lang was stunned when he heard this, and when he heard Alan Tam's tone, he didn't seem to be as high-spirited as he imagined, but seemed to have a lot of pressure and apprehension.

Chen Lang remembered that after Xu Guanjie and Guan Zhengjie decided not to renew their contract, Alan Tam undoubtedly became the first brother of Polygram.

But think about it, Alan Tam's highest sales after flying solo are only the four platinums of "Can't Forget You", which is still the previous results of several records, which is a lot worse than Chen Lang and Chen Baiqiang.

And Polygram, the strongest company in Hong Kong, is both lucky and unlucky.

Fortunately, Alan Tam now has the greatest support from PolyGram, but if this record is messed up, then PolyGram really has no male singer who can take charge on his own.

Polygram will definitely not let this kind of thing happen, and when the time comes, it may be crazy to dig into the wall, and this is probably a disaster for Alan Tam.

Alan Tam may also be aware of this, this record is already closely related to his own future, but whether it can really succeed is still unknown, so Alan Tam is so worried at this time.

Chen Lang's eyes widened when he heard this, "Aaron, do you believe me?" ”

"Of course, although the two of us are always fighting, I have long regarded you as my best friend and confidant."

"Then tell me, is the development route determined by your company for you to be based on slow songs and love songs, and is your singing style that affectionate with the vicissitudes of life?"

"How do you know this?" Alan Tam's eyes widened instantly when he heard this.

"Remember when we first met, I told you about your song choices and style? I told you these two questions back then, and now are you on the same path as I said at the time? ”

Alan Tam heard the words and recalled what the two said at Teresa Teng's concert for the first time, and Chen Lang did say this to himself at that time.

Alan Tam was shocked for a while, this good friend of his is not only a creative genius, but also a discerning Bole?

"Aaron, you have finally embarked on this style of road, I have long said that you are the biggest enemy in my eyes, the older generation is about to step down from the altar, and you are the only one in the new generation of singers who is my biggest competitor, and now you finally have the qualifications to compete with me. Aaron, this record is what makes you my opponent. Chen Lang's tone was quiet.

It feels a little strange to enlighten one's biggest competitor in this way.

Alan Tam's heart moved when he heard this, he knew that Chen Lang was a seemingly humble person, but in fact he was proud in his heart, Alan Tam could hear Chen Lang's sincere words, could this record really be an opportunity for him to soar into the sky?

"This record is going to be a big hit, more than any of your previous records, Aaron, I'm waiting for you!" Chen Lang hung up the phone after speaking.

Alan Tam listened to the "beep" sound on the phone, had a complicated mood, and closed his eyes directly.

After a long time, Alan Tam, who opened his eyes, had hidden his worries and apprehensions, but with a sense of confidence.

"Lang Lang, wait for me!"