Chapter 122. The album was released in full swing
Early the next morning, Lee Jung-hyun got up and rushed to SM Entertainment, today is the day of Lee Jung-hyun's solo album release in Asia, and Lee Jung-hyun rushed to Lee so-man's office early.
Li Zhengxian raised his head with the data in his hand and asked, "Uncle Man, will it be a bit too much to make two million copies in South Korea?" ”
Li Xiuman chuckled: "If my guess is right, it shouldn't be enough, as for how much it can sell, I'm not sure, do you know that an album in South Korea has the highest sales?"
Li Zhengxian shook his head and said: "Uncle Man, Kim modeled the predecessor's "Wrong Encounter" with 2.4 million sales, Xu Taizhi and the children's "He Ru Song" with 2.2 million copies, and Shin Seung-hoon's "You're Just in a Higher Place Than Me" with 2.15 million copies, but Uncle Man, I may not be able to reach such a high, mainly because I only have three Korean songs on this album, and how many Koreans can understand foreign languages"?
Li Xiuman shook his head and vetoed: "No, it should be able to reach this level, at least two million can be reached, this is my experience over the years, my intuition tells me that you Li Zhengxian is the record holder, believe in yourself, but also trust my intuition"!
Li Zhengxian had no choice but to nod, but Li Zhengxian asked again: "Uncle Man, there are 1.3 billion people in China, why is there only one million in such a large market?" Shouldn't it"?
Li Xiuman Ren Ran shook his head and said: "The main reason is that your popularity in Huaxia is still very low, Xiangjiang, Taiwan we are still relatively satisfied, so we gave Huaxia one million, Xiangjiang Taiwan I gave one million, Japan one million, Russia one million, and other Asian countries are also a total of one million, so if you continue to calculate, as long as all the chimes are sold, that is the sales of seven million copies, Zhengxian, do you know?" When the time comes, you will be the true uncrowned king of Asia"!
Li Zhengxian was completely speechless, but he couldn't say anything, he could only nod and smile, but he was actually very worried in his heart, Asia is going to sell seven million copies, is it an unimaginable number, in his previous life, Li Zhengxian knew that except for Zhang Tianwang in Xiangjiang, the best result in Asia was only five million, and he could sell seven million? Lee Jung-hyun didn't know, and he didn't dare to think about it
The time is fixed at 12 o'clock at noon, and the major audio stores and hypermarkets are already full of long queues, waiting for the auspicious time for the release of Lee Jung-hyun's album, and even more exaggerated, there is a long queue from 8 o'clock in the morning, and the on-site reporters have also started their own crazy reports.
"Dear audience, what you see now are the fans and friends who are waiting for Lee Jung-hyun xi's new album in the audio store and the song titles, starting from the morning, they have gathered from all directions one after another, just to be able to buy Lee Jung-hyun xi album for the first time, and to be able to support Lee Jung-hyun for the first time, which shows how important Lee Jung-hyun is in the hearts of fans and fans.
Now with our camera we are going to interview a friend, and while the reporter is talking about it, the reporter finds a girl and asks.
Hello, I'm a KBS radio news reporter, are you a fan of Lee Jung-hyun or a fan?"
Without hesitation, the girl replied: "Oh, I'm a fan of him, and I like everything about the" prince "!
The reporter also smiled and said: "It seems that we happened to meet a die-hard fan of Lee Jung-hyun xi, so how long have you been queuing?"
The girl smiled embarrassedly and said, "I didn't have to wait long, it's only three hours!"
When the bell rang at twelve o'clock at noon, it officially indicated that Lee Jung-hyun's album was officially released, and the girl didn't care about the reporters she interviewed, so she rushed forward and lined up to buy it.
The on-site reporter had no choice but to end the interview, and in front of the camera, the reporter continued the relevant report
By 9 p.m., all audio stores and hypermarkets were closed, and the nine-hour sales in Seoul finally came out of the water, with 300,000 copies.
Looking at the data in his hand, Li Zhengxian smiled happily, raised his head and asked, "Uncle Man, how is the sales in other regions?"
Li Xiuman shook his head and said, "It's still in the statistics, and it's almost coming out."
As soon as Li Xiuman's voice fell, the person in charge of counting sales in other regions said: "President, Zhengxian, it's out, sales are out!"
Li Xiuman stood up excitedly and said, "How much"?
The person in charge of statistics picked up the data table and said: "A total of 650,000 copies were sold in other regions, and 960,000 copies were sold nationwide, and there was also a queue phenomenon"!
Li Xiuman said excitedly: "Okay, good, good, after saying three good things in a row, there is no follow-up."
Li Zhengxian nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, you should go back and rest early!" Just me and the president here!"
After the others left, Li Zhengxian said with a smile: "Uncle Man, there should be no problem with two million"!
Li Xiuman nodded proudly and said: "More than that, Zhengxian, I have a hunch that you still have the possibility to break the record, and you have great hopes"!
Li Zhengxian nodded and said, "Hopefully!" Uncle Man, I'm going to go to the United States overnight, South Korea will work hard for you, and the sales of other Asian countries are estimated to come out tomorrow, let's call us, I'll wait for your news"!
Li Xiuman nodded and said, "Okay, you go back and prepare first!" Pay attention to safety in the United States, there will be nothing wrong with South Korea"!
Lee Jung-hyun left SM Entertainment, got into his car and forgot about Incheon Airport, and on the way, Lee Jung-hyun and his agent Choi Byung-hyun explained some matters and then lay down and rested for a while.
In the early morning of October 1, 1999, Lee Jung-hyun rushed to New York, USA, and after Pitt picked up the plane, he rushed directly to the headquarters of Universal Music Company with Lee Jung-hyun and Choi Byung-hyun.
Entering the headquarters, Pete said apologetically: "Prince, I'm sorry, time is pressing, I can't let you rest, I'm really sorry, I'll tell you about my next itinerary, at eight o'clock in the morning we send the songs to the charts, at ten o'clock we have a small signing party, at one o'clock in the afternoon we have a commercial performance, there will be other singers to help, at three o'clock in the afternoon we have a radio interview, the album release time remains the same, that is, today at twelve o'clock, the same time as you in Asia."
Li Zhengxian nodded and thought for a while and asked, "Pete, have you estimated the sales volume?"
Pete nodded and said: "Judging from your current popularity, there is no problem with five million copies in Europe, three million in the United States should be there, and a total of one million in other countries is also okay, and the estimated sales volume is about 10 million, and the specific sales can only wait for the actual sales"!
Lee Jung-hyun nodded and said, "The best result of one of MJ's albums is 66 million copies, and I am already very satisfied with only one-sixth of him, and I am still very far away from him!"
Pete laughed and said, "Prince, don't be discouraged, it's only a matter of time before you catch up with him, I believe in you"!
Li Zhengxian nodded and said, "Okay! Let's grab a bite to eat, rest for an hour, and get ready for battle"!
After a busy day, Li Zhengxian lay on the sofa physically and mentally exhausted, looking at his economist and urging Bingxuan to ask: "Brother Xuan, is there any news in South Korea?"
Urging Bingxuan nodded and said: "President Xiuman came to call this afternoon, the Asian results are out, 2.13 million, Huaxia and Japan have sold half of the expected volume in one day, the other party is urging the volume, and President Xiuman is also stepping up the production"!
When Li Zhengxian heard the good news, the fatigue in his heart immediately alleviated a lot, at least his busyness was not in vain, so Li Zhengxian confessed: "Brother Xuan, you pay more attention to the situation in Asia, I'm afraid I don't have much time to pay attention"!
Urging Bingxuan nodded and said, "Okay!" It's okay, you can take a break! Pete will wait a while to arrive, the sales here are still being counted, and Pete will come over to inform you of the results"!
Li Zhengxian nodded and said, "Brother Xuan, I know, Pete is here to inform me, I'll sleep"!
Hyun Bingxuan didn't disturb Lee Jung-hyun's rest and left the lounge on his own, but Lee Jung-hyun couldn't sleep because he was missing Lee Li-jin.
While Lee Jung-hyun was thinking about his thoughts, a knock on the door interrupted Lee Jung-hyun's thoughts.
"Please come in"!
Lee Jung-hyun shouted.
Seeing Pete and Hyun Bingxuan walking in, Lee Jung-hyun stood up and asked with excitement, "Pete, how is it?" How are the sales"?
Pete said expressionlessly: "It's not too ideal, the sales in the United States in half a day are only more than 300,000 copies, if you get rid of the 150,000 in New York, there are only 200,000 copies in other places, not too good!" But it's not too bad, after all, it's only half a day, and tomorrow is the real sales time, because tomorrow is the weekend"!
Li Zhengxian smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Okay! It's okay, I know I still need a period of precipitation, I won't be in a hurry, and besides, I'm not so eager to succeed in one go"!
Pete smiled and said, "Okay! Hopefully, Prince, you can go back to the hotel and rest early! You must have been tired for the past two days, go back and get a good night's sleep, maybe there will be good news tomorrow?"
Lee Jung-hyun nodded, left Universal Music with Hyun Bingxuan, and dared to go to the hotel
Midnight Radio, a unique music-making program in New York, quietly sounded on the radio
"Dear listeners, welcome to music production, I'm your good friend, Jim, remember a musical genius named Prince a few months ago? If you don't remember his name, you'll remember the background music of our show, right? Yes, it's "The Mark of the Rain".
This time, the original creator of "The Mark of the Rain" quietly launched a solo album today, which is what I call Prince, I passed by the audio store at noon today, and saw that the album of Prince on the shelf had been sold, and I was curious, so I bought one, but I was shocked after listening to it, it is really an album worth cherishing.
An album brings together five Chinese languages, twelve songs, but it is the first classic, and then let me recommend to you a song that makes my scalp hair stand on end, "Star", is a Russian song, I hope you like it"!
After the song "Stars" ended, Jim's live phone rang
"Hello! This dear listener, I'm your good friend Jim"!
A girl's voice came from the phone: "Hi, hi Jim, I want to ask, will that high-pitched part be fake?" Can humans make such a high sound? The world's tenors don't necessarily reach such heights, right?"
Jim laughed and said, "Dear listeners, you misunderstood, after the identification of many experts, it is a human voice, but it is just the limit of human beings"!
The girl was surprised and said, "Okay! I'm in love with this song and I'll definitely go buy a collector's album tomorrow!
Jim received countless calls like this, and for a while, Lee Jung-hyun's name instantly began to ferment, shuttling through the ears of various taxi drivers and the ears of listeners next to the radio