The reason why Chen Qiming came to the United States was to devote himself to propaganda as soon as possible.

The reason is not that Chen Qiming is full of ambition and can't help but put himself into work immediately.

The reason why he seems so busy.

Mainly because the 28th is a Tuesday.

Tuesday wasn't too special a day.

But for Chen Qiming, it is quite important.

Because on this day, the American Billboard will announce the songs of the week.

Chen Qiming's three English songs have great potential.

Most people, including Warner Records, believe that if the three songs get more exposed, they will have a chance to hit the billboard in their first week of release.

Therefore, in order to storm the billboard, Chen Qiming will immediately devote himself to propaganda as soon as he arrives in the United States.

Of course, in addition to Chen Qiming's own tour promotion, Warner's side cannot be idle.

The day after Chen Qiming's arrival in the United States, Warner Records began a large-scale publicity campaign for the record.

The first is the radio.

Although Warner did not exhaust all of the hundreds of large and small radio stations in the United States, it also contacted most of them and asked the radio stations to play the three songs of this record on a loop.

Offline.

Although what Mike said before is a bit exaggerated to make Chen Qiming's poster on every billboard in the United States.

But there's no denying that Warner Records did put a lot of effort into it.

Beginning on the 26th, Chen Qiming's posters began to appear frequently on those advertising spaces on the streets of the United States.

Warner even hired a special publicity team.

There is nothing new about this so-called propaganda convoy.

It is a convoy of cars plastered with Chen Qiming's posters, stereos installed on the cars, roaming the streets all day long, and playing Chen Qiming's three songs all the time.

"Crazy, crazy! Warner Records is crazy! ”

A large number of vehicles were running through the streets, and Chen Qiming's singing resounded on them.

This went straight to the attention of the Los Angeles Times.

In the news report the next day, Warner Records was directly called crazy.

Even, because the stereo of the team arranged by Warner Records was too big, the next day, some community officials in Los Angeles directly received a large number of complaints.

said that all day long, the street was full of Chen Qiming's three songs, which had seriously disturbed the people, and I hope that the relevant departments can order it to be banned.

Because of the number of complaints, the Los Angeles city government even interviewed Warner Records to ban the continuation of this disturbing propaganda.

Because I was interviewed by the city government.

This kind of propaganda method that filled the streets with Chen Qiming's singing did not last long.

In just two days, Warner Records had to stop under the pressure of public opinion.

However, although it was banned.

But Warner Records' promotional method has really made a big difference.

The way the vehicle bombed the street and kept playing Chen Qiming's three songs in a loop really attracted many citizens who were interested in these three songs.

For two days in a row, the sales of the record "That Girl" ushered in a big explosion.

At the same time, the name Jamie Chan is also known by more and more Americans.

On the major radio charts, three songs have also climbed up the list at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As of the evening of July 27, "That Girl" had reached the top three of the Los Angeles radio charts, "Lemon Tree" was fifth, and "Take Me to Your Heart" was ranked sixth.

And not just places like Los Angeles.

After a nationwide campaign by Warner Records, the three songs began to spread their influence in other parts of the United States.

Especially New York, the largest city in the United States.

On the 27th, the song "Lemon Tree" was directly airborne on the New York Radio Chart, and it entered the top five on the New York Radio Song Chart in one fell swoop.

And the reason for the airborne landing of this song is due to a boy band in New York.

On the 26th, Connell University in New York held a performance.

At the performance, a boy band called Backstreet Boys sang a song by Chen Qiming's "Lemon Tree".

As soon as this song was performed, it was immediately loved by the audience.

The group called the Backstreet Boys became famous and made it to the front page of the New York Entertainment Magazine that day.

It is said that this group also won the favor of record companies because of this, and was signed to Jive Records.

In fact, seriously speaking, the backstreet boys sang Chen Qiming's songs on the performance without Chen Qiming's consent, which is infringing.

Well, although there are many things in the country of Lao Mei that people complain about, there is nothing to say about the importance of creators.

If the infringement is discovered, the infringed party can completely sue the other party for bankruptcy.

Of course, Chen Qiming and Warner Records certainly didn't sue the backstreet boys.

Except that the group was not signed to a record label at the time.

Another reason is that what the Backstreet Boys did actually helped promote Chen Qiming's record to a large extent.

Therefore, after the record company that the Backstreet Boys had just signed called Warner to apologize, Chen Qiming and Warner forgave each other.

"Chen, Jive's company wants to get your permission to let the Backstreet Boys sing your songs in the next college tour, and the company thinks it can agree, what do you think?"

In the evening, as soon as Chen Qiming, who had just participated in a radio interview, returned to the hotel, he lay down on the bed without taking off his clothes.

Within two minutes of lying down, a phone call woke him up from his half-sleep.

Connected to the phone, Mike's voice came from the phone.

"Don't worry, JIVE Records will pay the royalties!"

Listening to the words on the phone, Chen Qiming rubbed his temples and sat up.

He's really tired these days.

As soon as he came to the United States, he entered the propaganda non-stop.

The jet lag didn't come upside down, and I could only sleep a few hours a day.

It made him look very haggard.

"It doesn't matter if the royalties are paid, I just want the Backstreet Boys to give credit to me when they sing my songs.

I don't want the next time I'm performing, someone will say I'm singing a Backstreet Boys. ”

The backstreet boy can't give much at all about the copyright fee, so Chen Qiming doesn't care too much.

What he cares about is the provenance of the song.

He didn't want to be told that he was covering someone else's song when he sang his own song.

It's not impossible.

In this age of print media, news travels slowly.

Because the cover is good, and then it is not uncommon for the original song to become a cover.

Of course, Chen Qiming doesn't think that his version is inferior to the Backstreet Boys' version.

It's just a precaution.

He didn't want to become Wang Feng in his dreams.

"Don't worry, the Backstreet Boys have made a promise as long as you allow them to sing your songs on the next college tour.

They'll mark the source of the song before singing and help promote your record! ”

Mike said over the phone.

“OK！ Then let them sing! ”

(End of chapter)