Chapter Fifty-Eight: Shocking Data
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After a boring year, on February 12, that is, the fourth day of the first lunar month, Gu Chen's second album "Seventeen-year-old Rainy Season" was officially put on sale. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the press conference of the album was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, and a large number of invited or uninvited reporters entered the venue one after another half an hour before the start of the press conference, in addition to a large number of fans who rushed to hear the news behind the press gallery, and with the passage of time, the number of fans gathered increased rapidly, holding Gu Chen's new album in their hands, or holding a sign with various slogans, shouting the name of the idol in their mouths, the press conference has not yet begun, and the atmosphere of the venue has gradually been pushed to a climax.
The on-site reporter of TVB took advantage of the free time before the start of the press conference to interview a girl who was only about eighteen or nineteen years old, holding a sign of 'Chen Shao, I love you' in her hand: "Hello, I saw the content on your sign and made a bold confession to my idol, and I also hope that I will notice you when Chen Shao comes out." I want to ask you, did you buy Chen Shao's new album, and how do you feel after listening to it? ”
The girl who was interviewed seemed very excited: "I bought it, every song is so good, especially the song "White Birch Forest" is super good, super touching, I can't help but cry every time I listen to it, and the song "How Can You Be Willing to Make Me Sad" is also very good, I have listened to it more than a dozen times since the morning. ”
"You can see that you really like Tatsuba, including his songs, is there anything you want to say to him here? What's in your heart? ”
"I love you, and I will always support your ......"
The wireless female reporter interviewed several fans one after another, although the songs that each fan likes are not the same, but the general content is similar to the first fan, seeing that the time is almost up, the female reporter ended the interview with the last fan, and made a summary in front of the camera: "I interviewed a total of 5 fans just now, and the answer that everyone gave me was very good, in fact, I went to buy one myself at noon, and I personally feel that it is really very good, although the songs included in the album are not all the same style." , but I never get tired of listening to each one, and I have reason to believe that this album will continue the legend of the first album. ”
And the interview on the scene is not only TVB, but also TVB's old rival ATV, now Gu Chen is a super idol and benchmark figure in the Hong Kong music scene, his new album release has attracted the attention of countless fans, how can ATV lag behind TVB.
At two o'clock, in a cheer and shout, Gu Chen had a smile on his face, and walked onto the rostrum while waving to the fans. Subsequently, Liang Wensheng, President of Hong Kong Polygram, Cao Hanmin, Director of Music Production Department, and Ge Minghui, Director of Distribution Department, took the stage one after another. The simultaneous appearance of the three giants fully shows the importance and expectations that Hong Kong Polygram attaches to this Gu Chen and this album.
The host of the press conference is still the famous host of Radio Television Hong Kong, Wu Minghui, who saw the magnesium lights of the cameras under the stage crackling wildly, so that the people on the stage almost couldn't open their eyes, and immediately said humorously: "Is it possible that the price of film has been reduced recently, why haven't I heard the news, even if it is so, you can't waste it like this, I don't know if it's shameful to waste it." ”
"Okay, I'll give you an introduction first, this is ......" Wu Minghui pointed to Gu Chen and before he could say his name, a uniform shout rang out from the audience, "Chen Shao...... Tatsu Shao......"
Wu Minghui smiled and said: "It seems that this one doesn't need me to introduce more, everyone is more familiar than me, and the next one is Mr. Liang Wensheng, President of Hong Kong PolyGram, this is Mr. Cao Hanmin, Director of Hong Kong PolyGram Music and Music Production Department, and Mr. Ge Minghui, Director of Hong Kong Polygram Distribution Department, has the same name as me, but it is almost the same surname." A little joke, Wu Minghui continued: "Getting back to business, today is the press conference of Chen Shao's second album "Seventeen-year-old Rainy Season", just about two months ago, Chen Shao released his first album "True Self Style", this album was like a whirlwind throughout Asia as soon as it was listed, as of today, the album has sold 514835 copies in Hong Kong and Macau, 1328457 copies in Taiwan, and a total of more than 1.7 million copies in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and other 7 countries. More than 1.4 million in Japan, more than 500,000 in South Korea, and more than 5.4 million in Asia. ”
On the 23rd of last month, the album was released simultaneously in 12 countries in North America and Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands, and as of yesterday, more than 900,000 copies have been sold in North America and 800,000 copies in Europe. With a total of over 7.1 million copies sold worldwide, I don't think I need to explain too much, but you all know what this number represents, this is the highest sales record for a single album in Hong Kong's history, and now let's congratulate Chen Shao with the warmest applause. ”
Before this, although the media had some album sales data, but it was not comprehensive, or simply wrong, the first time I heard such amazing sales data, all the reporters in the audience were stunned, such sales are not to mention the highest in Hong Kong, even if it is the highest Chinese in the world. After Wu Minghui finished speaking, the entire venue immediately erupted in the warmest applause, accompanied by the crazy shouts of fans.
This is a congratulatory to Gu Chen, but also a congratulatory to Hong Kong music, the global sales of more than 7 million in two months, and the sales of more than 10 million by the end of the year are certain, and there are several countries / regions that can set such a record. After this, the status of Hong Kong music in Asia and even the world will be further enhanced and consolidated. Many of the people sitting here felt a faint and inexplicable pride for no reason.
After a long time before the applause gradually subsided, Gu Chen took a step forward, put his index finger on his lips, and made a silent gesture to the fans who were still shouting, and then said with a smile: "In fact, when I heard this summary data, I was also very surprised, this data has exceeded my own expectations, obviously, "True My Style" can achieve such results is not entirely my credit, and everyone involved in the production, promotion and sales of the album is inseparable, of course, it is also inseparable from Mr. Liang, Mr. Cao and Mr. Ge strongly support, without them, this album would never have achieved such results as it is now, and I would like to express my gratitude to them. ”
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Note: PolyGram is not a Hong Kong company, but a multinational company in the world, headquartered in London, England, in many countries and regions in the world and branches and branches, Jacky Cheung can become the singer with the largest sales of Chinese albums in the world, and PolyGram's global network is inseparable.