Chapter 88: Reaching the Top (1)
On Monday morning, November's edition of Audiovisual World appeared at post offices and newsstands, and was snapped up by fans in a very short time. Because the 10th of this month falls on a Sunday, the publication of the current issue of the magazine was delayed by one day.
The influence of the magazine "Audiovisual World" among fans is huge, and for fans in the 80s and 90s, this magazine is the guiding card in their hearts. It is published on the 10th of every month, and it is often sold out in a short period of time.
As soon as this issue of the magazine got their hands on it, fans were immediately surprised to find that the beautiful singer on the cover of the previous male fan welfare was suddenly replaced by a photo of a young male singer in this issue. Although there is no benefit of beautiful photos, a large number of male fans are not much dissatisfied. And the strong purchasing power hidden by female fans on weekdays is vividly reflected in this issue of the magazine. It is rumored that more than two-thirds of the number of this issue of the magazine was snapped up by female fans.
This qiΔ is all because this cover photo is so well shot!
The photo was finally processed into black and white. In the warm morning sunshine, a young man in a white cotton shirt sits quietly by the window with his face sideways, the sunlight brushing through his body, outlining a rough outline. The young man with a side face couldn't see his face clearly, but the tranquil temperament was clearly revealed from the corners of his mouth with a light smile, which made people involuntarily feel good. Around him, the dark walls of the cafΓ©, the window lattice, and the shadows of the table in front of the young man seem to quietly contain him, making the whole picture more peaceful and warm.
This is the most proud photo of Wu Xiaoying's journalist career, and it is completely inspired. Later, Wu Xiaoying named this photo "Captured CafΓ© Young Person, Backlight", and won the first place in the "Backlight Photography Group" at the "First Huaxia Photography Grand Prix" held in 1993.
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"New Direction" is one of the most important columns of "Audiovisual World" magazine, and the layout is arranged in the first few pages, and when you open the magazine, you can see this column almost at first glance. Generally speaking, this column arranges interviews with big names in the Chinese music scene, and there are few young singers. For example, in October, we interviewed Hang Tianqi, one of the leaders of "Northwest Wind", and in September, Liu Huan, who just sang the Asian Games anthem last year and was in full swing, are all famous music superstars.
Ye Zi was able to appear in the column "New Wind Direction", and I have to say that Chen Zimo's connections in the music world are really strong. Without his strong recommendation, it would have been impossible for "Audiovisual World" to put Ye Zi's interview in the column "New Direction", and it would have been quite good to arrange him in the "Wide-angle Mirror" column of more than ten pages.
Don't underestimate the difference between these dozen pages, in the eyes of fans, this is the quality of the singer, or to put it more bluntly, this is the difference in the status of the singer. Ye Zi's first magazine interview can start with "New Wind Direction", which is definitely a very high starting point.
The title of Wu Xiaoying's article is "Gentle as Jade, Perseverance as Pine - Young Singer Ye Zi's Interview Caprice", and the article is written very emotionally.
βΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· The singer in front of me sat quietly, smiling, and whispering, with a calm expression and a peaceful gaze. The dedication to realize one's ideals includes the hard and boring study and training every day, the embarrassment and persistence when there is a lack of funds, and the infinite pressure on oneself for innovation and change when making songsΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· And so on, all of this qiΔ is unbearable torture in the eyes of ordinary people, but in his eyes, it is peaceful and sweet. He is so young, but he is so persistent on the road to pursuing his dreams.
Looking at the young man in front of me, I couldn't help but think of the eight words 'gentle as jade, perseverance as pine'. We often use these words to describe middle-aged and elderly people who have rich life experience and have faded their lead. But in my heart, it is also very appropriate to use these words to describe Ye Zi, the author, singer and young freshman of the masterpiece "The Sound of the Waves".
It's not that there is no young man's vigor and fierce fighting spirit, Ye Zi has channeled the struggle and enthusiasm of young people into his dreams, and what he shows is such a kind of peace and perseverance, and nothing seems to stop his progress.
Ye Zi, this eighteen-year-old young man, is so calm and determined to move forward towards his goal step by step and in a down-to-earth manner! β
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Wu Xiaoying's rather sensational article caused a huge response among fans. Not only Shencheng fans, but also fans in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hui, Jiangxi and even other provinces and cities farther away around Shencheng have called the magazine to ask for more news about Ye Zi. Ye Zi's popularity broke through the geographical boundaries of Shencheng for the first time and began to slowly move towards the whole country.
For Ye Zi, taking advantage of the publication of the magazine, the top priority is to expand the spread of the song "The Sound of the Waves" as much as possible. This is already being done, and the local rankings are one of the most efficient means at the moment. But at the moment, the main thing is the ranking of the "Pop Song Chart" this week. Once Ye Zi really reaches the top, the spread speed of this new song in various places will immediately speed up several times or even dozens of times.
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The interview on "Audiovisual World" will certainly be extremely helpful in driving fan votes this week, but Ye Zi's own voting will still continue. The number of ballots must be as large as possible, and the more the safer.
In the dormitory, Ye Zi was assigning tasks.
"Lao Cai, three tickets per person in your dormitory, a total of twenty votes, and you can arrange the extra two by yourself. Be sure to mail it out today. Ye Zi handed over a stack of newspapers and a hundred yuan to Cai Jun, the boss of the opposite bedroom, and said a few words.
Cai Jun, who came from Fengtian, Liao Province, smiled: "Hey, I still want you to spend money, how embarrassing is this?" β
That being said, the money was still tightly clenched in his hands.
Ye Zi smiled and stretched out his hand: "Excuse me?" Okay, then you pay me back. β
"Where is this, don't you have to spend money to buy stamps?" Cai Jun directly put away the money and said with a smile: "Okay, you can rest assured, we will fill it out and send it out immediately, I will keep an eye on them, and it will definitely not be delayed." Thank you, Xiao Yezi, let's go out to eat in the evening, will you come too? β
"Let's go, don't miss my big business, I won't go at night." Ye Zi smiled and raised his hand to send Cai Jun away.
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In the past few days, Ye Zi has mobilized all his classmates to vote for him, as well as for his other works. He hopes to form a group effect, and the few Jiang and Taiwan songs on the list should be driven off the list. Even if they don't succeed, they must be pushed to the back of the rankings, so that the ranking of mainland songs can be further improved.
In order to best achieve this purpose, Ye Zi used the most concise and fast method, that is, spending money. One hundred dollars for a dormitory, twenty votes. The 127 students of the 91st class of the Chinese Department can have at least more than 300 votes together, which is definitely a big force.
Some people may think that they are all their classmates, and Ye Zi just bought the newspaper and asked them to fill out the ballot, so why spend money? This is certainly possible, but it definitely doesn't work as well as the money.
Not every classmate will be willing to help Ye Zi, why should people help you vote? Yes, of course, the feelings of classmates are there, but in college, unless roommates in the same dormitory get along day and night, the feelings between students are generally more estranged. After all, everyone is already eighteen or nineteen years old, not ignorant teenagers in middle school. When you enter the university, everyone begins to choose to come and go, and you must have a deeper relationship if you can talk about it, so why bother too much if you can't talk about it?
And when I get to college, I must have selfishness, and some students will have conflicts with each other. Ye Zi was never sure that all his classmates had the same opinion of him, and they all supported him. Not to mention that in the case of Ye Zi's gradual popularity, will it arouse the jealousy of some "pink eye", deliberately agreed to you in person, but instead pulled up a group of classmates behind your back to do something bad to you?
Moreover, there will always be such a thing as hitting the list. This time, the classmates voted for you for free, and no one was jealous of Ye Zi. But what about next week? And next week? Isn't there a need to vote? After "The Sound of the Waves Remains", "Late Autumn" also needs to be voted on, or do you want the students to help for free? OK, even if everyone has helped you for free in the past few weeks. And what about later? What about other new songs on the list? Do you need to keep voting or just leave it at that?
So in this case, Ye Zi, who is a human being in two lives, chose to use the most direct method to solve the problem from the beginning. Some classmates may say that he spends a lot of money indiscriminately, but this is much better than not doing things well, right? For Ye Zi, the most important thing is to send the ballots to the radio station in a down-to-earth manner, for which he is absolutely willing to spend less than 1,000 yuan a week.
Of course, Ye Zi, who has his own 324 bedroom and the paired 611 bedroom, will never take out the money, and it is not good to take out the money, it will alienate and indifferent the original close and harmonious relationship with each other, which is not Ye Zi's original intention.
Just like Cui Zhengguang, Ye Zi just made a phone call and gave him the task of two hundred votes a week. Money, of course, is not given.
If you should talk about feelings, you should talk about feelings, and when you should spend money, this is the real way for Ye Zi to deal with this matter.
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