Maybe it's because I already know this week's results, so Mai Kuraki didn't show up in the company that day, only Zhou Xiao listened to the company's staff read out the sales of the two people who issued orders this week.

Zhou Xiao, "A Little Love", this week's sales ...... 96 ......

Poof...... A staff member who heard the announcement of the numbers couldn't hold back and laughed.

Originally, Zhou Xiao was already very embarrassed to sit in the company and have nothing to do, but the announcement of the final sales made his embarrassment even better, 96 photos? 96 shots!? Perhaps, this is the lowest first-week sales in the history of oricon's establishment, you know, every new single in the CD store, will be placed in the most prominent position, and when this week passes, maybe Mai Kuraki and Ayumi Hamasaki's singles will still be placed on the second-level shelves, but Zhou Xiao's singles, I'm afraid there will be no way to see the light of day.

There are even many people who suspect that these 96 may be the final sales of Zhou Xiao's single.

Even Zhou Xiao himself, at a certain moment, he couldn't help but think about it, should he talk to the boss and arrange some singing activities for himself?

Although he had been prepared for the first week's sales, he was still very frustrated that he didn't even sell a hundred copies, and even when he walked home, he was quite depressed, which directly caused him to walk with his head down when he arrived at the door of the apartment, and he didn't even see Yuko Kogura walking near him.

You know, in the past few days, when he knew that Yuko Ogura lived next door to him, Zhou Xiao tried his best to meet each other, but he didn't recognize her because he didn't find a suitable way.

And Yuko Ogura also saw Zhou Xiao, a little depressed boy walked not far in front of him, and entered the room next to him, Yuko Ogura didn't care, and there was no curiosity, this matter was just the most ordinary little thing in her life.

Zhou Xiao, who arrived home, started his work on the novel again, and now that the work has reached the final stage of Zuihou, it is expected that in a day or two, he will be able to send things to the weekly Wenchun.

Halfway through the work, the phone rang.

"Hello? It's me. Zhou Xiao turned on the phone, and what came to his ears was the beautiful voice of Sister Sakai Quanshui.

"Sister Quanshui, aren't you going to record today? How do you have time to call me? My novel is almost finished, and you'll be my first reader! Although he was not in a good mood, Zhou Xiao still tried to change his tone and said in a very relaxed tone.

"I ...... Kawashima told me, your single ......"

"Singles? Hey, that's expected, this kind of thing is too normal, it's good to be able to sell these without publicity at all, and I didn't care too much about the sales of the first week of the CD store, as long as karaoke has the data of my song, I believe someone will be able to appreciate it! Zhou Xiao continued to say in a relaxed tone.

"But ......" Sakai Spring stopped talking, she also understands the law very well, her first single weekly sales are only in the twenties, and Zhou Xiao's current effect is almost the same, that single has never increased greatly after a week, and people will always prefer new products to old songs.

"Or ...... My sister will take you to promote it, gather the band, and see if there is a suitable music festival or something in the Tokyo area, you don't need any qualifications to appear there, and any underground band can play. "Sakai Spring Waterway.

"Spread the word?" A picture instantly appeared in Zhou Xiao's mind, at the music festival, another new band came up on stage, the lead singer, I don't know, bass, I don't know, guitar, it's a girl, with a low cap, I can't see it, the drum kit, I don't know either, such a band, start singing completely unfamiliar songs.

But for Zhou Xiao, when a song ends, what publicity role can it play? Once he appeared, I am afraid that the vast majority of people present quickly forgot about it after hearing it, and what was really possible to make him popular was probably only one possibility on that occasion.

That is, the girl guitarist took off her hat and let everyone see that she was Sakai Izumi.

But...... Sister Quanshui didn't like to appear on the camera, she didn't like this kind of publicity, she would definitely hate this kind of behavior, and what was even more terrifying was that she didn't like to appear on the camera and rarely exposed it, in case Sister Quanshui took off her hat and still no one knew her...... Wouldn't that be even more awkward?

As for the way to become 100% popular, there is actually a way, that is, let Sister Izumi pull down her old face and change the bass player to Hiroshi Inaba, or Sister Izumi will not play and let Mai Kuraki be the guitarist......

But...... Even if my sister really went to tell these two, Zhou Xiao probably wouldn't be able to agree, right? Because this is really too big a face, so big that Zhou Xiao can't bear it at all.

Therefore, for Sakai Spring's proposal, Zhou Xiao replied without hesitation: "No, sister, you don't need it, I believe this song will definitely become popular!" ”

"Hey...... Why do you bother? Sakai Spring shook his head a little helplessly and said.

"That's my little persistence."

While Zhou Xiao was chatting with Sakai Izumi, various things were happening in the entire Tokyo metropolitan area.

A certain CD store in Shimokitazawa ushered in a big customer, the famous music critic Ono Rikoto, at the age of 47, she has columns in several music magazines, she is as harsh as a knife, giving people a kind of old virgin style, definitely a flower in the Japanese music criticism industry with many readers, no one dares to offend the wonder.

And when Ono Riqin bought the CD, he was also very much like a music critic: "Give me a copy of the CD released last week and this week!" ”

Look, it's not ordinary to work by saying cool things.

The staff of the CD store moved quickly, and several people sent out separately, and they got the CD that Ono Riqin wanted in three times and five divided by two.

"That's all?" Rikoto Ono asked.

"That's all, all!" The manager said.

"Then wrap it up. Kindness......? Wait. Ono said.

"What's wrong?"

"It doesn't seem to be very complete, I saw a total of 30 new singles from the big players in the past two weeks on the oricon chart, and one of your three stacks of CDs is obviously missing one, and no matter what, it can't form 30 albums." Ono Koto said.

"Really? Please give us two minutes and find it right away! The manager hurriedly said.

Although Ono Riqin is just a music critic, it stands to reason that there are still some differences between the CD line and her work direction, but her fame, as long as she casually says that the XXCD line is not serious about her work in the column, maybe her sales will be reduced by two percent, and she may be fired directly at that time.

After a period of chaos, a staff member finally figured out which CD was missing, he ran to the manager and Ono Riqin and said: "What is missing seems to be a CD of a newcomer named Zhou Xiao, there is no publicity and no news, and our store is only distributed five, so when it was not sold at all last week, the other employees sent the CD to the warehouse......"

"Just a newcomer? Still not advertised at all? Ms. Ono, look at this situation......" The manager asked, turning around.

"Newcomers who didn't advertise? Dare to release a single? Hum! Find out! Find out for me! Today's young people are really not modest and cautious at all! I'd like to hear what he has the potential to make a single for a music company! If not, even if he is the son of the prime minister, I will scold him in the column until he regrets releasing the single!

I'm going to let everyone know that don't underestimate music! Ono Riqin said a little meanly.

"It's over, this kid is done." Hearing Ono Rikoto say this, all the employees who heard this sentence couldn't help but think.

In their eyes, Zhou Xiao is completely finished, because Ono Riqin is a standard mean king in the industry, especially now that he is in his forties and is in menopause, and the hormones in his body are unbalanced, if he encounters a special few days of every month, if Zhou Xiao sees his column, he may be scolded and cry directly!

This is the influence of a guy like a music critic who relies on his lips!