Chapter 246: Compare to One
In mid-November, the night temperature in the capital dropped to freezing.
On this day, in the large dining room of Luo Cheng's villa, the king of the music world, an electric hot pot was set up very rarely, and then all kinds of beef and mutton, vermicelli, bean skin, green vegetables and other ingredients filled a table, which was obviously beyond the scope of six people.
But the king of heaven is rich, who cares?
After making preparations, the hostess Qian Muyun greeted everyone to sit down diligently, especially the immature-looking Sun Peng and Zheng Jia, who were the focus of her care, for fear that they would be restrained when they came to the house for the first time. As for Ouyang Zhi and Sun Ya, the former is a frequent visitor to the house, and the latter is familiar because they have met a few times, so there is no need to be deliberate.
In fact, Zheng Jia is indeed a little nervous.
Although the daughter of the sub-chief's family has seen a lot of the world since she was a child, a big star like Luo Cheng belongs to another field, and it is obviously easier to make little girls nervous than those who are officials. However, Sun Peng behaved very naturally, although he was not as polite as others really like at home, but he was also free to talk and laugh, and he was generous.
"I didn't expect that Brother Luo and Sister Qian really prepared a hot pot!"
Looking at the rich ingredients on the table, Sun Peng smiled a little embarrassedly: "I just said it casually, in fact, it doesn't matter what you eat." ”
"Cut, it doesn't matter? How many times have you stressed this to me? ”
Glancing at Sun Peng obliquely, Luo Cheng said with disdain.
He and his wife usually pay attention to health, and singing is to protect their throats, so they generally don't like to eat spicy and hot things, if they don't call Sun Peng to ask what he likes to eat, the other party has said hot pot or something several times, and the two of them will be willing to make the restaurant full of flavor?
Qian Muyun covered her smile and hurriedly greeted: "Okay, okay, hurry up and get something!" ”
As the woman behind the king, she knows very well the energy of the young man in front of her, and the song she wrote made her husband's career usher in a major breakthrough, and the script she wrote was also a big hit, needless to say about the crazy lady, now the cumulative broadcast volume of the three seasons has exceeded 600 million, and the new drama "Criminal Minds" has also found a cooperative TV station, and it is said that it is highly valued, otherwise it would not be arranged as the New Year's drama after New Year's Day!
Qian Muyun also watched the pilot episode of the show, and she liked it very much.
So seeing that the relationship between her husband and Sun Peng was good, she was naturally happy, and she repeatedly served vegetables to Sun Peng and his little girlfriend, of course, his agent and second sister Sun Ya did not snub it, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
Talking and laughing, after a few minutes, Luo Cheng raised the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "Xiaopeng, come, Brother Luo toasts you!" This year's album is selling so well in Europe and the United States, almost all of it depends on your songs, I have to toast you! ”
Hearing Luo Cheng say this, Ouyang Zhi and Qian Muyun hurriedly picked up the cup as well.
Speaking of which, Luo Cheng is definitely the focus of this year's Chinese music scene.
Although the sales of English albums in China are not amazing, and they are only sixth now, not to mention reaching his best level in previous years, they are far from the sales of Ma Boyuan and Zhao Chusheng. However, export sales are quite hot, with a total sales of more than 1 million copies abroad, more than 500,000 copies sold in the United States alone, and more than 27 million paid downloads of singles, which is an unprecedented achievement for Chinese singers!
Everyone knows who the credit belongs to.
The sales of the album can't be judged, but the other six songs in the single sales are almost the level of soy sauce, the highest is only more than one million times, but the few songs written by Sun Peng all exceed four million, and the highest thinking out loud and sugar are both more than five million, as for the network traffic, it is even more amazing, almost the first is the level of the annual golden song!
Such results naturally made them ignore domestic sales.
However, in addition to the smile on his face, Ouyang Zhi also said with a hint of regret in his expression: "It's a pity, the album has rushed to the second place on the charts...... Although the sales of several singles were high, it was a pity that they did not reach the top of the list! ”
"Hehe, there's nothing to be sorry for."
After clinking glasses with Luo Cheng and them, Sun Peng took a sip of beer and said with a slight smile: "It's okay, next time, when I'm free next year, I'll ponder a few tunes for Brother Luo, let's try it again!" ”
"Really?"
Hearing Sun Peng's words, the eyes of several other people lit up at the same time!
Luo Cheng and his wife and Ouyang Zhi were naturally overjoyed, although after the new album became popular in Europe and the United States, they always hoped that Sun Peng would write a few more songs and pursue while they were victorious, but Luo Cheng himself was always unwilling to let Ouyang Zhi disturb each other. Because he had contact with Sun Peng a few times, especially after getting along in the UK for a week, Luo Cheng knew that that kid was really not the master who could be impressed by money or the identity of the king!
Only by being honest can we harvest sincerity.
So in the past six months, Luo Cheng has never mentioned this matter, and he hasn't even asked Sun Peng frequently, but everyone has a meal together from time to time and chats or something...... Now hearing these words from Sun Peng's mouth, he is naturally overjoyed!
If Sun Peng knew what Luo Cheng was thinking, he would definitely laugh and say that you think too much!
Regarding the results of Luo Cheng's album, Sun Peng was also very unconvinced.
Because he always felt that if Luo Cheng was a Caucasians, or had opened the market in Europe and the United States before, Sun Peng had full confidence that he would go directly to the top with these songs! After all, he is specially prepared for the eldest sister's wedding, almost all of which are works on the earth's 21st century singles sales chart, and they are all very high-ranking singles, which should definitely not be in this position now!
But alas, it's just a matter of ifs.
In this era when China's voice in the world is getting bigger and bigger, and its influence is becoming more and more overwhelming, just like any hegemon naturally resists the rise of the next hegemon, not only Americans are not so willing, but also Europe, which is also a Caucasian world, and even other countries are not used to it!
What's more, Huaxia's current strength has not yet reached the level of the United States.
Therefore, in addition to the undoubted economic aggregate, other things such as politics, military, and science and technology still have a long way to go, and cultural influence still has a long way to go. Relatively speaking, it is more difficult for Chinese people to succeed in Europe and the United States, just think about Brother Long and Brother Yao on the earth. So even if Sun Peng came up with a few songs that they liked, it was useless, and Luo Cheng's current influence was not enough to make them play their true charm.
But the results of this album can be regarded as proving Luo Cheng's strength, at least Sun Peng recognizes it.
Sun Peng actually has no intention of doing more in the music field, after all, this kind of highly professional industry is the most difficult to fool, so he doesn't really plan to become a prolific music songwriter in the future. But for now, he doesn't mind doing something for Huaxia, which is in urgent need of a breakthrough in this era.
The success of any country's cultural export is not so easy, and the same is true for China in this world. It's just that when the total economic output reaches the level of China, it basically already has the basic conditions, and the rest is to rely on one person after another, or generation after generation to work hard.
It is actually a good choice to open up the situation with English songs.
Even if the originals of these songs are all European and American, it seems that it is not bad to use them to open the door to that world and set a benchmark for China first.
Let's make a start, and the rest will be easy.
On the one hand, it is to let Europeans and Americans realize that Huaxia can also make songs they like, and then let them pay attention to and listen; On the other hand, it is also an incentive for the country, so that more people can see the benefits of going out!
With a huge music population and a thriving music market in China, is it difficult to produce a few geniuses?
As long as the strength in all aspects continues to accumulate, when the influence of China really reaches the point that others have to pay attention, the so-called English song can open the market is naturally useless, if you want to listen to really good songs then go to learn Chinese. Or just like domestic fans listening to English songs, they don't necessarily have to figure out what the lyrics mean......
So......
Even though he knew that Ouyang Zhi's words just now had a hint of agitation, Sun Peng still chuckled and said: "Of course it's true, it's just a few English songs, I can still get them, in fact, I'm also creating a few English songs for the diva Chen Feifei now......"
"Chen Feifei? That diva Chen Feifei? ”
After hearing this name, Luo Cheng, who was overjoyed just now, was instantly shocked again!
"Yes, that's her!"
Nodding, Sun Peng said with a smile: "So...... Brother Luo, do you want to try it next year? Let's see which one is more popular with those Europeans and Americans, Luo Tianwang or Chen Tianhou? ”
"Good! Compare to compare! ”
Between the thoughts and thoughts, Luo Cheng was suddenly angry!