In the Bible. In the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, there is a sentence that says, "To everyone who has, add to him that he may be superfluous; and he that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken from him. ”

In the seventy-seventh chapter of the ancient Chinese classic "Tao Te Ching", there is also such a sentence: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost; The way of man is not, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. ”

The two sentences in these two classic texts are translated into the current text, which is "the strong are stronger, and the weak are weaker", or it is called the Matthew effect.

And now, the sales of the MIX album show what the "Matthew effect" is vividly.

After reaching the top of the U.S. Billboard chart in the third week of album sales, Hayashi's "NotAfraid" and Shakira's "OnlyGirl" actually occupied the third and fourth positions respectively in the Billboard Singles 100 chart.

This phenomenon has suddenly attracted a lot of attention from people who like music, after all, these two songs were only at the bottom of the singles chart, but after only a week, they suddenly jumped to third and fourth positions.

But then, the album's performance shocked everyone.

After winning the sales championship in the third week, the MIX album actually bucked the trend again in the fourth week, selling 610,000 copies! Or a champion!

In the fifth week, 620,000 tickets, still the champion!

It wasn't until the seventh week that the huge dark horse in the music scene stopped his streak and stepped back from the championship. However, it still occupies the second place, and at the same time, the sales volume is 200,000 more than the third place!

If the sales of the MIX album can be called jaw-dropping, then the ranking on the singles chart can be called a miracle.

In the third week, Lin Zhimo's "NotAfraid" and Shakira's "OnlyGirl" were in third and fourth respectively, but in the fourth week, they became first and second!

Next, the singles chart seemed to have become the back garden of the album, and while occupying the first and second places, "Lovethewayyoulie" in the album suddenly rose to become the fifth on the singles chart without warning!

Three singles from the same album occupy three spots in the top five!

Everyone was stunned by MIX's performance. Countless musicians who released films at the same time regretted that their bowels were green. thought that there would be no big-name singers at this time, and it would be a great opportunity for him to perform, but no one expected that Lin Zhimo and Shakira would give everyone a heavy blow.

But it's not over yet. The glory of MIX continues.

Next week. The song "Lovethewayyoulie" has risen all the way up the rankings. In the end, Shakira's "OnlyGirl" became the runner-up on the singles chart, while the song "OnlyGirl" still did not retain the third place, and it was the fourth place of the week. And the third place, also from an album called MIX!

The name of this song is "TeenageLife"!

It's still a song sung by Lin Zhimo!

Everyone is crazy, and the fact that the top five singles charts have four songs from the same album all at once, and they each occupy the top four, which is a unique thing in the history of the American Billboard, and no one has ever done this before!

Then, in the sixth week, Lin Zhimo's "NotAfraid" left the top spot, but his replacement was still his song, which was "TeenageLife".

Two number one singles in one album!

This achievement is enough to enter the annals of American music history again.

Lin Zhimo, the "first me" in China that year, was born and won the honor of the highest selling new album of the year in one fell swoop, and now it seems that even in the United States, this is still no exception.

By the next week, MIX's album sales began to decline significantly, but by this time the album had already reached five million copies, and its sales were still growing.

During this period of time, Lin Zhimo can be said to be very tired, because he needs to shoot MVs and run promotions for his singles non-stop, and it is precisely because of the timely release of these singles that so many regulars on the charts will pop up in this album at once.

You must know that there are three ways to release a single in general, the first is to try to release it before the official album, which is the so-called testing the waters; the second is to release it with the album, which is usually done by long-established singers; The third is the way of Lin Zhimo and Shakira now, which is placed behind the regular album to make up the MV and release the single, which is also the choice of many newcomers in the music industry.

And now, relying on the excellent quality of this album itself, the demand for singles by music fans is increasing, so Lin Zhimo and Shakira have been shooting MVs all the time during this period of time, and it can be said that they are very tired both physically and psychologically.

"Sister Wen, how are things going on in the United States?"

On this day, Lin Zhimo finally had to rest, and because of Lin Zhimo's fire in the United States during this time, he had to call his agent Huo Xiwen to the United States, otherwise Lin Zhimo couldn't handle these things every day.

"It's no big deal, the itinerary and other things have been prepared in advance, and you can relax for a while, after all, you also said that songs are not your main business in the United States in the future."

Huo Xiwen looked at Lin Zhimo's slightly darkened eyes and couldn't help but say distressedly: "Zhimo, you don't have to be in such a hurry. I don't know how many people can't dream of what you've achieved now, so you don't need to work so hard. ”

Lin Zhimo breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and leaned his head on the back of the sofa and said, "I don't know, but I'm used to it." Can't be idle. ”

Lin Zhimo naturally knows how big the sensation he has caused during this time, and now it is estimated that no one in the United States who pays attention to the entertainment industry does not know his name, and because of Lin Zhimo's Chinese identity, he has caused a wide range of repercussions even in society, and even Zeng Mengquan, an uncle of the Central Propaganda Department who is far away in China, called and specially told him to pay attention to his image.

According to Zeng Mengquan, now Lin Zhimo is not only an entertainment star, to some extent he also represents the image of Chinese abroad, so he hopes that Lin Zhimo can not say something that will cause ambiguity. Of course, he added at the end that you can't cause trouble. But don't be afraid.

Lin Zhimo was a little helpless about Zeng Mengquan's instructions. You must know that he is a star in the entertainment industry, and any star in the entertainment industry will lack news, even if there is no news, those reporters will create news for you, and they will make a living from it.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhimo was about to say something. I heard Huo Xiwen's mobile phone ringing.

"Hey. Hello. Huo Xiwen saw that the number displayed on the mobile phone did not recognize, a little strange.

But after a while, the expression on Huo Xiwen's face became excited: "Okay. Okay, thank you for the invitation, we'll definitely be going over to record the show. Ok bye! ”

Seeing Huo Xiwen's somewhat excited expression, Lin Zhimo asked, "Which show is it?" ”

Recently, as Lin Zhimo's name has been mentioned and his fame has risen, he has also selected a lot of TV shows, but in those programs, Lin Zhimo feels more as if he is treated as a fresh commodity, and all his behaviors seem to have become animals in the zoo, grandstanding.

In fact, strictly speaking, these stars are zoo animals, but these animals have their own thoughts and their own fans, and no one in this world will say that they have stepped into the entertainment industry completely to dedicate themselves to art.

But Lin Zhimo didn't know if it was his illusion or what's going on, he always felt that he didn't feel much respect on those shows, maybe their language was very polite, but they still had a condescending attitude towards themselves.

And Lin Zhimo also told Huo Xiwen about his feelings, but now Huo Xiwen knows that he is unhappy with the American program and still shows this expression, which can only show that this show is very influential in Huo Xiwen's opinion.

"The Oprah Show."

Huo Xiwen didn't hide it, nor did she deliberately tease Lin Zhimo as usual, she directly told Lin Zhimo with an excited expression.

As Lin Zhimo's agent, in the process of Lin Zhimo's growth step by step into a star who is now somewhat famous in the world, Huo Xiwen naturally comes into contact with those big stars that ordinary people can't easily reach. But even so, Huo Xiwen still has a fan mentality towards Oprah, not only because of Oprah's achievements, she is really admirable as a woman or a black woman, but what Huo Xiwen likes more is her strong spirit that still does not give up in the face of adversity.

Oprah is more of an idol to Hoshwin than an existence similar to a spiritual teacher.

The last time Lin Zhimo recorded the Oprah show, Huo Xiwen did not follow the scene in China, but she still asked Lin Zhimo for an Oprah autograph, and now she has the opportunity to meet her idol in person, Huo Xiwen is naturally very excited.

However, Huo Xiwen was not entirely because of this point that he rashly agreed to this interview for Lin Zhimo.

As a qualified agent, it is a necessary quality to always pay attention to the state of his artist, and Huo Xiwen naturally knows a lot about Lin Zhimo's tired variety shows, but Huo Xiwen also knows that Lin Zhimo has a good impression of the last Oprah show, or has a good impression, and this interview is only an interview with Lin Zhimo alone.

Therefore, after hearing that the Oprah Show invited Lin Zhimo again, Huo Xiwen agreed without asking Lin Zhimo's attitude.

Lin Zhimo was also slightly stunned when he heard that the show was an Oprah show, after all, he had just participated in the show more than a month ago, why did he have to ask for himself now? (To be continued......)