Chapter 378: New Chinese Records and English Records (Two Chapters in One)
In the next few days, Chen Qiming began to take Tao Zhe to various places to promote his album.
Chen Qiming's help effect is very significant.
In one week, the total sales of the album "The Beach" rose to 90,000 copies, up from less than 10,000 copies on the three days of last week.
For Chen Qiming personally, this data is not worth mentioning at all.
It has been more than three months since his "Nocturne" was released, and now, sometimes the sales of a week are still around 50,000.
However, for Tao Zhe, a newcomer, this data is already good.
At the very least, when the audience mentions Tao Zhe again, they will no longer simply treat him as a little transparent.
In general, the album "Beach" may not have many golden songs.
But the overall quality is still very good.
At the very least, it's a very good quality genre in the RnB genre.
Since Chen Qiming released songs such as "Love is Simple" and "Just Love You", the RnB genre has gradually become an emerging song genre in the Chinese music scene.
Many singers who have been influenced by Chen Qiming have created this type of song.
But so far, except for Chen Qiming himself and Wang Leehom, who just emerged last year, most of the songs of this type by other singers are of worrying quality.
The appearance of Tao Zhe can be regarded as adding some spring dew to this desert.
At first, the audience was not interested in Tao Zhe's record.
But after Chen Qiming's help, fans began to pay attention to the album and listen to the songs on the album seriously.
As fans listen to it seriously, the song "Beach" has gradually gained many audiences.
In Treasure Island and Singapore, two places with a large RnB music audience, the song reached the top 10 of the gold song chart, ranking seventh and ninth respectively.
In general, Tao Zhe's record is on the right track.
At the very least, it's not as unattended as it was at the beginning.
And Chen Qiming is on his own side.
After running a week of publicity with Tao Zhe to get the album on track, he decisively ended continuing to help and began to busy himself with his own affairs.
First of all, the movie matter, the crew of "Fengyun 2" has been prepared and will shoot at any time.
The second is the album he will release this year.
One album in Chinese, one album in English.
There are also concert tours.
The two albums, Chen Qiming intends to produce together.
He uses his usual free time to record a song when he has time, and he can complete all the songs of the two albums around July and August.
For both albums, Chen Qiming has already selected the songs.
He came up with six Chinese songs himself.
They are:
The first song: "The Bund 18".
This song is a song by Chen Qiming and Li Jiaxin.
Li Jiaxin has only released one EP so far, and her position in the Chinese music scene is not stable, and she is about to release a Korean album in South Korea, and there should be a few more works in the base camp.
This song "Stalls No. 18" is very suitable.
The second song, "Empty City".
Regardless of the character of the singer who sings this song in the future, in terms of the quality of the song, this song is indeed very good and can be among the ranks of golden songs.
The third song: "Departure".
Chen Qiming himself is famous for his campus songs.
His first EP and first official album were popular from the campus when they first became popular.
This time, the song "Departure" can be regarded as a farewell song for returning to campus.
In addition, in recent years, songs about campus parting have also been very popular.
It is already a large category of genre songs, and singing this song can expand Chen Qiming's popularity in the desert on campus in time.
People are growing.
Chen Qiming has always been the favorite singer of students before, but as batches of students leave the campus and new students enter the campus, they begin to gradually pursue other singers, and Chen Qiming's influence on campus has gradually declined.
The song "Departure" is a powerful tool for Chen Qiming to expand the popularity of these new generation of students.
The decline in influence is not Chen Qiming's patent, but every singer exists.
Just like Lin Zhiying.
Once, he was the most popular singer on campus alongside Chen Qiming.
As time passes, those students who like them graduate and enter society, and there are fewer and fewer students who like him.
In the past two years, the reason why Lin Zhiying is no longer popular, in addition to the fact that his works can't keep up, is that his audience has entered the society and doesn't have so much energy to chase stars.
What Chen Qiming needs to do now is to keep his influence from being squeezed out of the campus.
It is important to know that students have always been an important audience for singers.
If he is squeezed out of school, it may not affect him for a short time.
But after a few years, he will not have the compensation of backup fans, and I am afraid that in a few years, he will become an outdated star.
It's not impossible.
Some people may say that Chen Qiming has many golden songs, and it is impossible to be angry.
Hehe! That's too much.
The entertainment industry has always been the fastest to change dynasties.
Look at Tan Zhang at the beginning, don't they have many masterpieces?
As a result, in less than a few years, the Four Heavenly Kings replaced them as the top of the new generation.
Of course, for people who have works, their status in the entertainment industry will probably not change, and sensible fans will not use anger to describe them at will.
But Chen Qiming is a person who doesn't like to play with qualifications, and he still likes the starry life now.
Therefore, in a short period of time, he does not want to be too angry.
Therefore, it is necessary to continue to expand its influence in the new generation.
The third song, the Hokkien song "The Prodigal Son Turns Back".
As a treasure island singer, it would definitely be a pity if I didn't sing a Hokkien song.
It just so happens that Chen Qiming has always been the image of a prodigal son in the media's description.
The female stars who have had scandals with him can already form a reinforced platoon.
The last song "The Prodigal Son" is simply not too appropriate.
Song 5: "Friends".
This song is Chen Qiming's Wang Bang prepared for this album.
Since he already plans to continue to attack the campus, karaoke Chen Qiming will naturally not let it go.
This song "Friend" was prepared for the karaoke he prepared.
It is no exaggeration to say that if you want to choose the most popular KTV must-order song in the future dream, "Friends" will definitely be at the top of the list, even if it can't be at the top of the list.
Which KTV does not have it on the homepage recommendation list?
Who won't sing this song in the future?
Well, maybe not.
In short, with the audience of this song, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is Wang Bang.
Judging by the popularity of this song, before the album was released, Chen Qiming could already imagine that the streets and alleys were full of scenes of this song.
Song 6: "Please Say Hello First".
This song itself is not in Chen Qiming's plan.
The reason why it was chosen is entirely because its English version of "Just Say Hello" is one of the English songs prepared by Chen Qiming.
Since they all sang in English, they simply sang the Chinese version, so Chen Qiming put it on the Chinese album.
The English album Chen Qiming also prepared six songs.
The first song is "Just Say Hello".
The song hasn't won any big awards in the future, but you can't deny that it's a very nice song.
At present, Chen Qiming is still in the offensive stage in the European and American music scene, and it is the time for him to reap popularity, so the main purpose of this album is to come up with pop songs to continue to increase his popularity in Europe and the United States.
In addition to "Just Say Hello", the second song prepared by Chen Qiming is "Baby".
This song, which made Canadian boy Justin Bieber become the world's most popular king in one fell swoop, is one of the main hits of Chen Qiming's new record.
The third song, "I Hate Falling in Love".
This song is a rare song by Chinese singer Steven Wong in the European and American music scene in the future.
Maybe it can't compare to the above two songs in terms of popularity, but it belongs to the genre of the Prelude Divine Comedy.
Chen Qiming has always had the nickname of the god of prelude, and the English song has a good prelude, isn't it too much?
The fourth song, "Seorita", is translated into Chinese as "Miss".
Senorita is the Spanish word for young women, and it is a sexy, light, sweet love song with a romantic and exotic atmosphere, which ensures that it fits the characteristics of the two at the same time, but also shows a rather mature side.
In Future Dreams, the song became a global hit after its release, accumulating more than 2 billion plays, making it the third best-selling single in the world in 2019 and also nominated for a Grammy.
This song is the song that Chen Qiming is preparing to enter the Spanish market.
The Spanish market has always been a very important market in Europe and the United States, and it is the English market after the United States and Canada.
Chen Qiming's influence here is not very high, and this song is Chen Qiming's stepping stone.
As long as Chen Qiming opens the door to Spain, Chen Qiming believes that it will not be long before he will become the most popular foreign singer in Spain.
The fifth song is "Treasure".
The track of Mars Song, a popular English singer in the future, is the title song of Brother Mars's popular album "Mars Jukebox", which topped the Billboard chart and was nominated for a Grammy.
The sixth track, "Sugar".
This song is one of the classic rock tracks of the future European and American pop band Magic Red.
Chen Qiming took it out, mainly to enhance his status in European and American rock circles.
Since that song "Take Me to Your Heart", he has become very famous in European and American rock circles.
Although his non-heavy metal rock path was disliked by some heavy metal rock musicians, it also made him famous in the rock circle.
Many European and American rock fans are looking forward to Chen Qiming's release of another light rock lyrical song.
Thus, the song "Sugar" came into being.
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In April, Qiming Film and Television announced the opening of two projects.
"Anaconda 2" and "Fengyun 2".
The simultaneous launch of two popular projects has once again made Qiming Film and Television the target of the industry's attention.
Countless media and film critics are waiting to see if these two projects will overturn, or whether they will surpass their predecessors.
At the same time, Golden Harvest found Chen Qiming again.
Golden Harvest has always been unwilling to be kicked out of the ranks of investors in the "Disaster of the Python" series by Chen Qiming.
This time, they no longer came to the door with a gentle appearance, but found Chen Qiming with a tough attitude.
"Mr. Chen, "The Disaster of the Python" is a joint product of Qiming Film and Television, Warner Bros., China Film Group and our Golden Harvest.
Qiming Film and Television launched this project privately behind our back Golden Harvest.
For this reason, we will file a lawsuit in court......"
In Qiming's film and television office, Chen Qiming leaned on the sofa and looked at the lawyer opposite Golden Harvest reading out his so-called warning letter.
After the other party finished chattering, Chen Qiming sat up straight.
"Before the establishment of the "Python Disaster" project, I had an agreement with you Golden Harvest, and Golden Harvest only has the right to box office dividends for this film.
At the same time, the investment and production of follow-up projects are decided by Qiming Film and Television.
Venus Vision reserves the right to decide whether to allow any investor to enter or exit.
At that time, we wrote all the terms on the contract, and now, you actually sue me?
Don't you know that you will lose this lawsuit? ”
Chen Qiming looked at the lawyer opposite.
In the face of Chen Qiming's inquiry, Golden Harvest's lawyer smiled, "We are sure to win!" ”
With that, he waved his hand and turned to leave.
"Heh......"
Chen Qiming sneered.
How he didn't understand Jiahe's intentions.
They will definitely not be able to win the lawsuit.
Their intention is nothing more than to drag Chen Qiming's "Python Disaster 2" with a lawsuit.
The law on Hong Kong Island stipulates that film and television projects in design lawsuits cannot be filmed.
Golden Harvest's idea is to drag Qiming Film and Television, and then invest in filming follow-up films.
Golden Harvest thought that it was keeping it secret, but in fact, a few days ago, Chen Qiming had already received the news.
Golden Harvest joined Yongsheng and Emperor to invest in a movie called "Monty Python".
Just by listening to the name, you can know that this film is following the trend, or plagiarizing "Python Disaster".
Now that he knows Jiahe's thoughts, Chen Qiming naturally won't wait to be.
Therefore, the project of "Python Disaster 2", a few days ago, Chen Qiming transferred it to Qiming Film and Television in Hollywood.
That is, the copyright is over there, and when filming, Chen Qiming did not plan to shoot in Hong Kong, and would shoot directly in the name of Hollywood production.
In this way, on the Hong Kong side, he has complied not to make this drama and wait for the law to be resolved.
But in fact, the drama has already been successfully filmed under the name of a Hollywood production and will be released as soon as possible.
In turn, the next day, Chen Qiming took Golden Harvest to court on the grounds that a "Hades" produced by Golden Harvest this year plagiarized "The Grim Reaper is Coming", and suspected that "Monty Python" plagiarized "The Disaster of the Python", and demanded a thorough investigation of the "Monty Python" crew.
Since you like to play out of nothing, then I will learn from you.
It's all dragged on, let's see who can't bear it first.
Jiahe obviously didn't find Chen Qiming so rigid, he just sued him for leaving Jiahe and going to make "Python Disaster 2" alone, and the next day, he sued his own family.
At first, Golden Harvest wanted to continue dragging on.
But in less than a week, Golden Harvest got the news that the crew of "Python Disaster 2" on Qiming Film and Television did not stop filming at all, but just changed the production company from Hong Kong Qiming Film and Television to Hollywood Pacific Productions.
Hollywood Pacific Productions is a Hollywood production company acquired by Qiming Film and Television in Hollywood, which can be regarded as a branch of Qiming Film and Television.
Jiahe, who felt cheated by Chen Qiming, immediately understood that it was no longer possible to procrastinate.
So, Golden Harvest hurriedly withdrew the accusation against Qiming Film and Television, and contacted Chen Qiming, hoping to chat privately.
(End of chapter)