Chapter 669: Credibility First (Chapter 2)

Xu Yinglong's surprised expression made Su Wei very useful, and he and Xu Yinglong had known each other for a long time. Although Su Wei is older than Xu Yinglong, Xu Yinglong has always been unfazed, with an expression of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him and not changing, even Su Wei himself sometimes feels that he is not as calm as Xu Yinglong. Seeing Xu Yinglong so surprised today, Su Wei was of course happy.

"You're not counting wrong? Is it really 12 million sales? Xu Yinglong confirmed again.

Su Wei smiled and said: "These numbers are all counted by our staff city by city, although I dare not say that there is no discrepancy, but the fluctuation will not exceed 1,000." ”

"How is this possible, even in the most glorious period of Huaxia Records, there has never been such a high-selling album, right?" Xu Yinglong said in surprise.

"Hehe, you're underestimating the record industry. In the years when the record boom, it was not a problem for albums to sell more than one million, and tens of millions were common. At that time, the album was almost like an industrial product on the assembly line, the singer was desperately recording, the filling line was desperately recording, and as long as it was on the market, it would be sold out. At that time, a tape of a saliva song was often sold for hundreds of thousands, or even millions. At that time, it was a seller's market, and as long as the content system was produced, there was no need to worry about sales. At that time, not only singers and stars were admired, but even those who worked in record factories had a bright future and envied prospects. Su Wei said.

Twenty years ago, Xu Yinglong was only three or four years old, and of course he didn't know much about the record industry at that time, so he said in a slightly skeptical tone: "Is it really so popular? ”

Su Wei smiled and said, "It's really so popular, everyone was picking up the song tape at that time." Every time I made a lot of money, it can be said that it was the most profitable and golden age in the record industry at that time! ”

"Pick up the song belt?" Xu Yinglong said with a frown. Apparently I haven't heard of this word.

Su Wei immediately explained: "Picking up songs is a kind of imitation and plagiarism, that is, the melody and orchestration of European, American, Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music are recorded in the way of copying. It will then be performed by local musicians and singers. More than twenty years ago, many similar publishers and companies appeared across the country, but the competition was not fierce because the market was simply too big. The main job of these companies is to pick up the song belt, and the older generation of popular singers have sung the song of the song belt. ”

Then Su Wei said: "And the cost of making a record was very low, and it only cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to make an album, and it didn't even cost 10,000 yuan to save a little." At that time, the wholesale price of CDs on the market was 7 or 8 yuan, and a record could easily sell more than 1 million yuan, which was a very considerable income. It was released as a record that year. Just like doing real estate in the first two years, some people started from scratch and became local tyrants in a very short period of time. But seriously, the sales of your album are really shocking, although it can't be said to be the best in the world, but it can be regarded as unique in the history of Chinese records. ”

"Oh, 12 million sales can't reach the top?" Xu Yinglong asked in surprise.

"The sales of 1200 games in Huaxia are indeed very good, and no one has been higher than yours in the past 20 years. But after all, Huaxia is still a developing country, and the entertainment industry is in the ascendant, and it cannot be compared with Europe and the United States at all. Others don't say it. MJ knows, the vast majority of his albums sell more than this one of yours! Su Wei said.

"Who's MJ?" Xu Yinglong asked.

Su Wei stared at Xu Yinglong like a monster for a while, and after making sure he wasn't joking, he said, "MJ is Michael. Jackson, his debut solo album "OfftheWall", sold 20 million copies worldwide. To date, he has sold more than 300 million solo albums worldwide. Among them, the most representative album "Thriller" even reached a total of 110 million copies, and was written into the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's best-selling album". In addition, there are many European and American stars such as Elvis Presley, whose albums have reached tens of millions of copies, so the sales of your album can also scare people in China. Compared with those emperor superstars abroad, it is far behind! ”

"But don't be discouraged, after all, times are different, and the situation is different. The Huaxia record market started late. Caught up with the last raves of the booming record industry, but also ushered in a decline along with World Records. According to relevant statistics. Since the end of the 90s, domestic record sales have been declining at a share of about 40% every year. It's not your fault, and it's not something you can change. After all, records are no longer regarded as the only job bowl, and the value attached to the music itself, such as copyright and commercial performances, is what the music industry values more. ”

Xu Yinglong smiled and said: "I have nothing to be discouraged about, the decline of the record industry is not the decline of music, but the change of music carriers." As long as the concert continues to live, nothing else matters. In the age of digital music, it will be more convenient to make music from production to dissemination, so music will not only live, but also live better and better. ”

In fact, Xu Yinglong still didn't say one sentence in his heart, that is, what he valued was not money at all. Money is just a bunch of meaningless numbers to him, and until now Xu Yinglong doesn't know how much money he has, and whether he makes money or not has no impact on Xu Yinglong. What Xu Yinglong values most is how many people can accept his music, how many people can like him because of his music, and then add much faith to him.

If he could, Xu Yinglong would have even thought about releasing an album for free, but if he did so, he would only make some people who didn't know the truth look down on him and his music, and then the word of mouth would not be earned, but he would be blackened, and it would not be beautiful.

However, Xu Yinglong is already very satisfied with the current situation, although the 12 million albums have not reached one in Huaxia, but its coverage rate is already very good. It's only been a decade now, and the album's potential hasn't been fully unleashed.

What's more, Xu Yinglong's current sales scope is only limited to China, and he has not even sold an album overseas. At that time, it was mainly due to the fact that foreign audiences almost didn't know about Xu Yinglong, and no one would buy his albums at all. Moreover, Chinese music has always been able to open up markets only in Chinese-speaking pop areas, unlike those emperors and superstars in Europe and the United States who can open up markets on a global scale. However, with the current sales against the sky, it will definitely attract the attention of foreign music enthusiasts, and when the time comes, the sales of his albums abroad will be a matter of course.

Sales are still not a problem, but Su Wei is worried about whether Xu Yinglong can get millions of signatures in time, you must know that more than ten days have passed, Xu Yinglong has not even brought him a personally signed album, and many fans have protested on the Internet. After all, Starlight Entertainment has already collected their money, and it stands to reason that the album should have been in their hands a long time ago, but until now there are still many people who have not received the news of express delivery, and anyone will be unhappy if they change.

Su Wei expressed his concerns and worries, but Xu Yinglong did not seem to be in a hurry at all, he told Su Wei that the signing matter would be done soon, but he needed to do his best to send millions of unsigned blank albums to his home. Millions of signed albums may be a huge or even impossible project for others, but with the blessing of a hundred times the time of the chaotic space, this is not a problem at all!

This is just a phone call for Su Wei, as soon as Xu Yinglong's voice fell, Su Wei took out the phone and called the manager of the transportation department, asking him to immediately pick up 1.5 million pieces of goods from the warehouse, and then send them to the Xu family's mansion, and also asked to complete the task tonight. In order to increase the enthusiasm of the workers, Solvay did not hesitate to pay three times the salary.

Seeing this guy's anxious look, Xu Yinglong couldn't help laughing, and could see that Su Wei was indeed a little anxious. After all, the most important thing for a company is credibility, and the promiser should do it, even if it costs a high price. As long as there is credibility, then even if the company fails, it will still make a comeback one day. If a company loses even the most basic reputation, then the company is really finished, there will be no more companies to cooperate with them, the road will be narrower and narrower, and finally it will kill itself! (To be continued......)