What is the concept of 13 million yen? The vast majority of people may not have any concept of the exchange rate between the yen and the RMB, and there is also a lack of specific concepts for a yen number, there is a very simple conversion method, directly convert the yen to RMB, because it is not an integer, so it is very troublesome, but the exchange rate between the yen and the US dollar is stable at about 100/1 all year round, that is, 13 million yen is converted into US dollars, which is about 130,000 US dollars, 130,000 US dollars and then multiplied by the 8 yuan 2 exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar in 2000, Zhou Xiao found that if he was in China, he would already become a millionaire!

"It's not just millionaires, it's linked to future sales millions...... Old...... Lao Tzu is going to become a billionaire? Although it is only in yen, it can be ...... Just because this song ......? Billionaire? Autumn...... How much money did Yasusu Akimoto make in the last few years of his life, bastard! ”

There is a fat man in the Chinese music scene once said that there are many, many wonderful lyricists in the Chinese music scene, but there are no haode composers, and he also gave an example that the Song lyrics have been passed down for thousands of years, but the songs have not been handed down.

It can be said that although there is indeed a cultural factor in this, it is also one of the reasons why Chinese songwriters do not get much money under incomplete copyright rules.

But what Japan has done in this regard is very haode, even ...... It's a little turtle hair. 5%-6% for lyricists, the same for songwriters, 2% for singers, and 1%-3% for arrangers, this 15% profit, plus the share of karaoke, plus the use of TV stations, other singers singing, covers, etc., are counted together to feed countless songwriters who have only one song for a lifetime, so that they can have enough food and clothing to worry. －

In this state, one program announcement after another was sent to Nagato Daiyuki's hands, and some programs, even he couldn't help it, and the time was not up to refuse.

For example, "MusicStation".

What is MusicStation? It has been broadcast since 1986, and it is still on the air until 2014, when Zhou Xiao experienced! This show is not so good, for many Japanese little singers, small groups and little idols, there is not enough relationship, and they can only rely on their own strength, and being able to play "MS" once is already one of the biggest goals! And not only in Japan, but even those big stars in Europe and the United States, as long as they come to Japan to promote, "MS" is a must-see program for them.

Originally, you want to be on MS sales is not the only selection criterion, qualifications and timing are equally important, but at the same time, social opinion is naturally also very important, the popularity of Zhou Xiao's song is not so much the popularity of a song, but the popularity of a social phenomenon, people are flocking to it, in addition to the excellence of this song, the label of "is popular at the moment, the most popular at the moment" is also equally important! With this popular label, "A Little Love" finally began its sales by leaps and bounds after Daiyuki Nagato said that CD sales could be restocked by themselves!

When 2000 entered July, Zhou Xiao's single release entered the fourth week, Japanese fans found that the song "Little Love" actually occupied the top position on the oricon chart every day! Two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, four hundred thousand! The sales of this song have increased by leaps and bounds along with the topicality, which makes people even dizzy after reading that number!

And finally, Zhou Xiao is finally going to stand on the stage of MS, which makes musicians all over Japan dream of.

According to the previous contract, after MS sent an invitation, Nagato Daiyuki called Zhou Xiao to the company, and then handed him a list of programs that had recently sent an invitation to the announcement.

Zhou Xiao flipped through it and found that there were not only music programs like MS on it, but even some intelligence programs, and these popular intelligence programs seemed to want to capture the popularity of their song, so they invited themselves. Others, are live performances in small theaters, the Chinese entertainment industry is more special, singers want to make money, compared with royalties and advertising, commercial performances are a very important income, but in Japan, there are not many opportunities for such commercial performances, singers in addition to music, most of the performances are TV stations and concerts, even if there is live live, most of them are small theaters. As for music festivals? In fact, even if you are on it, you are likely to be scolded, because most fans in the music industry are chasing niche music, and if you are popular, it means that you are mainstream, and the mainstream music market is not something that music festival fans like.

"Except for MS, the others are just ordinary invitations, not to mention our company, even if it is other companies, most of the players will refuse to appear like this." Nagato Daiyuki said.

"Then there's only one MS in the music group?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"Actually, there are others, but I don't think you need to do more, because you didn't have any publicity at the beginning, and now if you suddenly appear on more TV shows, it will give people a sense of lowering their style, so just one MS should be enough to cause a buzz." Nagato Daiyuki said.

"Okay, then MS I'll go." Zhou Xiaodao.

"By the way, it's actually been a month since your song was released, have you considered the rhythm of your order?" Nagato asked.

"Rhythm?"

"That's right, how many singles are you going to release a year? One? Two? Three? Nagato asked.

Zhou Xiao takes the singer-songwriter route, such a singer can have two original singles a year, which is already very good, unlike Ayumi Hamasaki, who has people to sing, many times as long as he writes the lyrics himself, and even when there are countless people who want to help write the lyrics, he can release many singles a year.

"Well...... Let's release another one by the end of this year. Zhou Xiaodao said that there is a lot of music in his mind, but there are not many that really rely on musicality and quality to become popular, and even some songs obviously have excellent musicality, but they may not be popular. Many songs can be sold well, and the reason is in the singers, such as Miyuki Nakajima is about to release a song "Star on the Earth" in July 2000, although Miyuki Nakajima, a wonderful and gorgeous singer, although the single won the first place in the sales of the week, but in 2000, it did not even rank 100 on the overall chart.

But two years later, on the 02 red and white, Miyuki Nakajima actually appeared and sang this song, don't look at countless young singers in Japan who regard red and white as a stage where their dreams come true, but Miyuki Nakajima doesn't need this kind of activity for a long time, and this 02 red and white song will appear, and it turned out to be her only time. And it was such an appearance that directly brought her song Earth Star to the 11th place on the overall list of 03 oricon!

This is the charm of the great god.

But for Zhou Xiao, there are also a lot of problems, the first problem is that it is 2000, and in this year and the next few years, the Japanese music scene is basically a stage for divas to fight, specifically, it should be Ayumi Hamasaki and Mai Kuraki, Mitsuta Mitsuyuta Yukita and others...... Both sides sang and I appeared on the stage, and from 1999 onwards, they began to cover the annual sales, and it was not until 2005 that this highest honor was handed over to others.

However, at this time, FLOP's was only Mai Kuraki and Hikaru Utada, and Ayumi Hamasaki could fight for a few more years, until 07 after Koda was beaten down again, and then gradually began to withdraw from the front-end stage.

And after that, it was soon Arashi and AKb's shijie......

It can be seen that although he has been on the same level as many other female singers, Ayumi Hamasaki's strength is indeed stronger than the others.

In this state, Zhou Xiao doesn't think that his sales can be brushed over Ayumi Hamasaki, who is turning for her in the whole Ai Hui, and the goal he set for himself is not so much musical as topical, so in the music in the future, he will try to get closer to the topic rather than being involved in the singer war.

"Mr. Nagado, is it okay if it's a single that isn't that rock 'n' roll?" Zhou Xiao asked suddenly.

"Not rock?" Nagato Daiyuki was stunned.