Chapter 40: Touching Porcelain

Although the Chinese music scene has been declining, there are still many Chinese singers who choose to release albums in 2010.

In addition to the pen and shot of the album that was released at the beginning of the year, the currently known well-known singers also include Chou Dong, Wang Lihong, sisters, Xu Song, Fang Datong, Zhang Liangying, Han Geng, Chen Jing, etc.

And on the upcoming May 18th, two heavyweight singers will release new albums.

The first is Dong Chou, who released his tenth album "Cross Era" again after 1 year.

The second is Chen Jing, who has just quit SJM and launched her first solo album "A Ming Jingren".

Jay Chou is already famous and recognized as the little king of Asia, and his appeal can be said to be in full swing, and this time he will bring his tenth album "Cross Era" to trigger the carnival of fans again.

And Chen Jing is also not to be underestimated, although he withdrew from the Asian boy group SJM, his personal popularity is also hot, the controversy of withdrawing from the group, the New Year's Eve concert won the peak ratings of the night, the blue sea of stars, and fans tearing each other apart, all of which proved its super high popularity and topicality.

This time, Chen Jing and Chou Dong chose to release a new album on the same day, which can be said to be a contest between the king of music and the new talent in the music world, and the final result is full of expectations.

On May 18th, the battle between the sales of the old and new kings is about to start! ”

--- "The Age of Music"

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After reading the media reports, Chen Jing looked at Yang Tianzhen and said, "Heavyweight singer? New to the music scene? Old and new? These are all the circulars you asked someone to send? ”

Zhang Yadong on the side also looked at Yang Tianzhen, "You are roasting Chen Jing on the fire, you must know that it is Dong Zhou." ”

From 2002 to 2008, he won the sales championship in Greater China and the sales championship in Asia for 7 consecutive years!

As for not winning the championship in 2009, it was because Jay Chou did not release an album.

Chen Jing has seen a joke before, "JJ is very popular this year, and Dong Chou is also very popular", "Wang Lihong is very popular this year, and Dong Chou is also very popular", "Wilber Pan is very popular this year, and Dong Chou is also very popular"......

It can be described as the iron-clad Chou Dong, the little king of flowing water!

"That's right, I found someone to send the press release, but Mr. Zhang, don't you agree." Yang Tianzhen said, "According to your words, this album is extremely complete and is very likely to become a classic, so what about Dong Zhou?"

Moreover, rubbing against Dong Chou, Chen Jing can immediately raise the coffee position, as long as the loss is not too bad, then Chen Jing will be considered by everyone to be Dong Chou's opponent, and he is at the same level as Dong Chou, which is enough.

Unless, Chen Jing really lost miserably, so now I have to ask the two of you, how much do you think this album will sell in the end? ”

"200,000! This is my goal, and this is also the shipment volume that Huayi Music promised to give at my insistence. Zhang Yadong said.

Don't feel that the goal of 200,000 copies is pitiful, let alone use Jay Chou's standards to measure other singers, he is really unique in terms of album sales, and the gap with other singers is simply a chasm.

In fact, it is rare for a singer to be able to sell 200,000 albums in a year, let alone in 2010, when the Chinese music scene is declining.

Like Sun Nan, who is recognized as very powerful and has good popularity, his highest sales are 200,000 copies, and it is around the millennium, not the current 2010.

At the same time, it was not his album that sold 200,000 copies, but a collection of songs from various film and television dramas he sang.

As for the other better Yuquan groups, there are also recognized music divas Na Ying, although they claim to have mentioned in their memoirs that the album has sold more than one million.

But this data is actually debatable.

The first point is that mainland record dealers have always misrepresented sales data, even for Jay Chou, whose albums are also falsely reported, but this is the usual strategy of dealers.

In order to increase awareness and gain more profits, they often falsely report the data to attract more fans to buy the album.

The second point is that they say that they sell millions of albums a year, and this million data does not mean that the major music distributors have sold millions of albums from the counter, but that the record companies have produced millions of albums and then pushed them all to the distributors and piled them up in the distributors' warehouses.

A more accurate statement would be shipments, rather than actual sales figures.

But the record company's statement doesn't seem to be a big problem, after all, the record company did go out with a million albums, and it was within a year.

As for when the albums in the dealers' warehouses will be sold out, it has little to do with the record company, and it doesn't matter if it's a year or two, or three or five years.

Anyway, when the record company advertised, it must have sold more than one million a year.

Therefore, if these two major waters are removed, the real annual album sales of people like Yuquan and Na Ying should be around 400,000 copies, and the best-selling albums have this level.

However, there are exceptions, that is, Daolang's first album, which did sell 2 million copies, a record that no one can break, even Jay Chou.

Therefore, even if he is optimistic about "A Ming Jingren", Zhang Yadong only proposed a shipment of 200,000 copies.

And Huayi Music also thought twice before agreeing to this data.

However, this number will definitely skyrocket in the mouths of dealers, or even double.

"So you all have confidence that you won't lose too badly!" Yang Tianzhen said with a smile.

"If you lose, you will definitely lose, but the sales gap should not be too big." Zhang Yadong said, "The quality of "A Ming Jingren" is not much worse than Dong Chou's previous albums.

Chen Jing lost more because he became famous too late, unlike Dong Chou, who has been standing in the Chinese music scene for more than ten years, and is recognized as a little king of Asia. ”

"Indeed, there are too many fans of Jay Chou." Chen Jing said, "Even myself." ”

Yang Tianzhen nodded when she heard this, "You can also mention this point when you promote it, then it is more decent to lose in the end, after all, you are losing to your idol." ”

Chen Jing rolled her eyes when she heard this, you are worthy of you Yang Tianzhen, you are really good at marketing.

"Chen Jing, then you have to work hard and increase publicity, after all, you have already lost at the starting line, you can only work harder, and the stupid bird will fly first." Yang Tianzhen said.

"I know, I'm ready." Chen Jing nodded.

Regarding the itinerary arranged by Chang Jihong, Yang Tianzhen and Huayi Music for Chen Jing, Chen Jing felt that he could completely cope with it, after all, he came out of SM Company.

"Secondly, you have to get your fans to support you a lot." Yang Tianzhen said, "Their combat effectiveness is still very strong. ”

"You don't need to say this, Xiaofeng has already said it in the fan group, and everyone is ready." Chen Jing smiled when she heard this.

It's a blessing to have your own die-hard fans.