"To all my friends

The night is young

The music's loud

They playing our song

Nowhere else that I belong I just want to be with you, I don't want to go anywhere else

……”

In the car stereo, the singing sounded.

The little assistant listened to the music and handed Chen Qiming the itinerary.

"The Matrix has started to hype.

Warners wants us to have more time to get the word out.

But on the side of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", you only took a week off, and now four days have passed.

If we want to stay in North America longer, then we need to call Director Ang Lee to ask for leave.

Need me to call for a leave of absence? ”

Chen Qiming took the itinerary: table, looked at it roughly, and then shook his head and said:

"The filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is very tight, and it can't be delayed, and if it is delayed, "Zheng He Goes to the West" will be postponed.

Inform Warner, the Matrix may not be too much on my side.

Trust them to understand.

Moreover, my recent record has just been released, and there is no publicity to have the exposure that the record has brought about in the market. ”

These two months are definitely the busiest days for Chen Qiming in the past two years.

Records, movie releases, and film shoots all rolled together.

About four months have passed since the end of filming for "The Matrix", and the post-production is basically completed.

Warner, for their part, plans to release it in September.

In this way, it happened to be able to take advantage of the popularity of Chen Qiming's album to reduce a lot of publicity expenses.

Warner's calculations are playing very well, and on the other hand, they want to use Chen Qiming's album to increase the exposure of the movie.

On the other hand, he also wants Chen Qiming to cooperate with the movie to run around to promote and expand the exposure advantage.

But Chen Qiming has no time.

First of all, the record has just been released, and he will definitely need to cooperate with a certain number of book signings.

In addition, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is also in a critical period of filming.

Although Chen Qiming doesn't attach much importance to this movie.

But since he starred and still has a certain amount of investment, then he will complete his life instead of perfunctory.

Another is "Zheng He's Voyage to the West", which is the largest investment project since Pacific Entertainment was established, and Pacific has invested a lot of money and energy in it.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the project, in mid-September, Chen Qiming will definitely join the group and start filming this project.

Therefore, for the promotion of "The Matrix", Chen Qiming is basically absent.

It's not completely absent.

Anyway, he definitely couldn't participate in most of the publicity activities, so he could only catch today's plane to North America, help with the two preliminary propaganda, and rush back immediately after three days.

"I'm afraid Warner's side won't agree!" The little assistant hesitated for a moment and said.

"They'll agree." Chen Qiming rubbed his head and said.

Chen Qiming recognized the words of Jet Li on the show in the dream.

In Hollywood, as long as you have achievements, popularity, and box office.

Those company bosses will treat you like a father.

If not, then no matter if you call him dad or his mother, they will not have the slightest mercy on you.

And the current Chen Qiming, he is definitely the most beautiful time now.

Whether it's Asia or Hollywood, he hasn't failed.

When he has never failed and has a huge box office appeal, Warner will not do anything to him even if he is not satisfied with him.

On the contrary, they will accommodate him everywhere.

Moreover, in the final analysis, Chen Qiming has long been no ordinary actor.

The Matrix, he even has investments in it. He now has complete autonomy to decide whether or not to attend the promotion of the film.

Of course, as one of the investors in this drama.

Chen Qiming must also hope that this drama will be successful.

It's just that he's too busy to get out of it.

In addition, his record is currently popular in the market, which is the time when the media and fans are paying the most attention, as long as a little news is released, the attention of "The Matrix" will skyrocket.

In this case, whether he actually participates in the promotion of the film or not is not a big problem.

Because of his record, his own publicity exposure itself is already huge, not inferior or even beyond the promotion of the crew.

……

In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Qiming landed in Los Angeles.

As soon as he got off the plane, Chen Qiming participated in two activities in Los Angeles non-stop.

One was a record promotion, and the other was an interview with the crew on a TV station.

Among them, the recording event is a local music festival in Los Angeles, and Chen Qiming was invited by the organizers to make a finale appearance and sing "Whataya Want from Me" on the new album.

Although Chen Qiming's new record only has four English songs.

But all four of his songs were very popular after the release of the record.

Within two days of the album's release, the song was broadcast on major radio stations in major states in the United States.

Plus the sales volume.

On the fifth day of the album's release, when the American Billboard charts were announced, all four of the album's English songs made it to the Billboard.

Among them, "Animals" was airborne in the top ten of the Billboard in one fell swoop, ranking eighth.

"Here With You" and "Whataya Want from Me" also performed well, ranking 25 and 31 respectively.

is "Wait for You", the quality of this song is actually good, but there are three other songs in terms of popularity, and they are currently only ranked seventy-one.

Of course, from Chen Qiming's past achievements.

It's not surprising that four of his English songs on this record achieved this result.

You know, he has landed on the first bulletin board several times in recent years.

Even, since the 90s, the song that has been at the Billboard top position for the longest time is "My Heart Is Eternal".

With all these achievements, it's no surprise that the songs on his album, which sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide in one day, landed in the top 10 of Billboards.

There is another thing that is very noticeable.

Not only has it been noticed by the European and American media, but even Chen Qiming has paid great attention to this matter.

This thing is that he has a Chinese song airborne bulletin board.

The Chinese song "Too Much" was airborne to Billboard 97 that week.

The ranking is not high, and at the end of the top 100 list, it looks like it will fall at any time.

But the inclusion of this song on the list is even more important to Chen Qiming than "Animals" reaching the top ten.

This is the first time that Chen Qiming has a Chinese song entered the Billboard Top 100 list.

At the same time, it is also the first Chinese song to enter this list since the establishment of Billboard.

The first Chinese song to enter the North American Billboard Hot 100.

The significance is absolutely immense.

Although Chen Qiming has been called a billboard brush in recent years, whenever the album is released, English songs will inevitably appear on the billboard.

But Chinese songs are different.

It is undeniable that the song "Too Much" is absolutely first-class in terms of quality and popularity.

But on the quality of the song, on the degree of innovation, on the degree of singing.

Chen Qiming's previous songs definitely have a lot of more than "too much".

But none of the other songs made it to the Billboard Top 100.

Even Chen Qiming's Chinese album once sold very hot in Europe and the United States, and was on the album sales chart.

But on the Billboard Top 100 Songs list, his Chinese songs have not been on the list once.

And this time, "Too Much" is on board.

This illustrates a very important thing.

That is, it proves that Chen Qiming's influence in Europe and the United States has expanded to a very high position.

Under the influence of this influence, more and more European and American listeners began to listen to Chinese songs because of Chen Qiming.

If this trend continues.

The second Billboard Chinese song, the third, or even the fourth Billboard song is clearly not a distant thing.

Perhaps to some, being on the billboard is just an honor.

But the truth is that there is more to it than that.

This represents the spread of Chinese culture around the world.

It represents international recognition of China.

The so-called cultural export refers to the use of culture to influence people in other civilized countries and make them accept foreign cultures.

Why is the United States so strong in the international community?

The guns are so powerful that they must be an important reason.

But you can't deny that Hollywood blockbusters also play a role that cannot be ignored.

It is Hollywood blockbusters and the frequent export of European and American songs to other countries that make many ordinary people yearn for the United States more and more, even to the point of admiring foreign countries.

And more importantly, culture is such a thing as a thing that can be shallow and subtle to wash people.

When you are exposed to a culture, you will slowly get to know it.

The more you know, the more you absorb him, then identify with him, and finally gradually become a member of it.

Of course, Chen Qiming will definitely not reach that level.

But with the precedent of his appearance on the billboard this time.

Later, more and more European and American fans began to listen to Chinese songs.

Slowly, Chinese culture may not even penetrate into Europe and the United States.

Straight to the point.

Not two days after too many of Chen Qiming's appeared on the billboard.

News of his Chinese songs appearing on bulletin boards quickly spread back to China.

This incident has aroused a lot of attention in China.

Ordinary fans may just see this as an honor and don't care too much.

But for his peers, this is a remarkable achievement.

Chen Qiming received a lot of calls from his peers.

Without exception, congratulations to him.

Listening to it, these people are sincerely congratulating him.

And that's why.

In fact, it is also related to the benefits that Chen Qiming's move has brought to everyone.

Just like after Bruce Lee's success in Hollywood, Hong Kong films quickly became popular all over the world.

Chen Qiming's previous record sales exploded, and his fame has brought a lot of survival soil for Chinese singers in Europe and the United States.

This time, his Chinese songs appeared on the bulletin board, which further tore open and created more soil to come out.

It is said that the day after "Too Much" appeared on the billboard, many international record companies saw the benefits in it.

I think Chinese songs may have a good market in Europe and the United States.

He began to frequently cooperate with record companies in Asia, and wanted to introduce some Chinese records to Europe and the United States on a large scale.

Even, the impact of "Too Much" on the Billboard is not limited to that.

Many fans who don't like Chinese songs, in the next few days, actually began to buy Chinese records frequently in the world to listen.

Among them, Chen Qiming's Chinese records naturally benefited the most.

In just two weeks, his inventory of Chinese records in Europe and the United States was directly emptied.

In two weeks, his Chinese records have sold more than 900,000 copies in North America, which is extremely popular.

In addition to him, many other singers with classic songs have also made a lot of money from their albums.

Among them, the person with the best sales performance in Europe and the United States is none other than Jacky Cheung, who officially had a classic duel with Chen Qiming in the Chinese-speaking region.

Polygram ...... No, it should be called Universal Records now.

At the beginning of this year, Polygram Records officially became history, it was officially acquired by Universal Music, and its industry and singer wealth were all transferred to Universal Music.

Among them is Jacky Cheung.

As the current first brother of Polygram Hong Kong and Taiwan, after the establishment of Universal Music, Jacky Cheung's contract was transferred to Universal.

After Chen Qiming's "Too Much" showed its face on the billboard, allowing Chinese songs to set off a listening frenzy in Europe and the United States.

Universal Music immediately seized the opportunity and began to promote Jacky Cheung in newspapers and the media.

In their publicity, Jacky Cheung is one of the most famous singers in China.

He is one of Chen Qiming's biggest opponents in China.

They are equal.

Although this propaganda is somewhat shameless.

Chinese know that there is a big gap between Jacky Cheung and Chen Qiming.

But foreigners don't know.

Chen Qiming is already awesome in the world now, with a large number of fans.

was promoted by Universal Records, and after seeing the news, these fans immediately became interested in Jacky Cheung.

Everyone was wondering what kind of sacredness this was, and he could make a tie with Chen Qiming.

As a result, a large number of Chen Qiming's fans immediately began to pick up Jacky Cheung's records.

This one is looking for.

Ooh!

Good guy, this guy has a lot of records, and there are so many classic songs, although I can't understand it, but the melody is really, really good.

To be honest, even Chen Qiming has to admit that the global side has really done a good job in publicity.

When they were publicizing, they not only highlighted the statement that Jacky Cheung was on an equal footing with Chen Qiming in China.

There is no mention that many of Jacky Cheung's songs are covers of Japanese songs.

On the other hand, Japanese songs don't have much audience in Europe and the United States.

Then, after listening to Jacky Cheung's record, these fans subconsciously felt that the songs in his record were all original, and they never thought that those songs were adapted and covered Japanese songs.

Then, on the side of Europe and the United States, many fans once really believed Jacky Cheung's statement that he was as awesome as Chen Qiming's film and television.

made Jacky Cheung's old records usher in a burst of hot sales in North America.

In fact, when Chen Qiming met him on the global side for publicity, he could stand up.

But eventually he gave up on this practice.

First, he's really hard to say.

How so? Could it be that Jacky Cheung is actually inferior to me in China?

It's okay for others to say this kind of thing, but Chen Qiming really can't say it, which not only offends people, but also easily leaves fans with the impression that he is crazy.

The second is that although Jacky Cheung and him are not very good friends, they don't have any big enmity.

Let him rub a wave to provide the influence of Chinese songs in Europe and the United States, which is not a big deal.

In addition, in order to increase the attention of European and American audiences to Jacky Cheung, Universal once mentioned that Chen Qiming's "Take Me to Your Heart" is a cover of Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye", in order to rub Chen Qiming.

For this incident, Jacky Cheung also specially called to apologize, with a sincere attitude, saying that everything was meant by the Propaganda Department.

Jacky Cheung's attitude was very sincere, and said that when Chen Qiming was free, he would invite Chen Qiming to dinner and apologize in person.

Everyone called to apologize and set up a table.

If Chen Qiming is still careful, it will be too stingy.

Moreover, he did cover "Kiss Goodbye", which is an indisputable fact.

Since it's covered, it's reasonable for others to report it.

Therefore, Chen Qiming did not target Jacky Cheung for this.

Instead, he let him rub a wave of heat on himself.

Even, he took the initiative to praise him in public.

It's kind of a help to him.

After all, they are all Chinese.

It seems that Jacky Cheung is coming to Europe and the United States for development this time.

Chen Qiming didn't know what would happen to him in the future, but it didn't prevent him from helping him.

Just like when he helped John Woo and helped Andy Lau to come to Europe and the United States to gain a firm foothold.

(End of chapter)