Chapter 108 Chapter 107
Chapter 108 Chapter 107 Climbing to the Top
Back and forth, Liao Liao stayed in Jinan Mansion for fifteen days.
After the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Spring Festival Gala on Huaxia TV is about to enter the final rehearsal stage. This show is obviously higher than the other three shows, even for superstars like Liu Mingliang and Zhen Zhen. No one dared to put on airs. Of course, Liao Liao had to go back, and he officially entered the management of the program group from the first overall rehearsal.
As Li Qian's manager, this time, Qi Jie will go to Shuntian Mansion with Liao Liao. On the one hand, she wants to officially spread her identity as Li Qian's manager through Liao Liao's channel. After that, what will happen? If you want to find Li Qian, you don't have to go through Liao Liao or Cao Zhan. On the other hand, on behalf of Li Qian, she has to go to Huage Records to finalize the final details of the cooperation contract between the two parties, such as the payment method. and time etc.
Then, it is said that the last official recording of the Spring Festival Gala will not be completed until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. By then, Liao Liao will return to her hometown in Northeast China to celebrate the New Year, while Qi Jie will return to Jinan Mansion. This is because it is said that the higher-ups once again rejected the proposal of a live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, and continued to use the method of recording and broadcasting. Otherwise, Qi Jie can come back, and Liao Liao even has to spend New Year's Eve in the studio hall of China TV.
Li Qian had to go to class during the day and couldn't see her off, so he said goodbye to them the night before.
Everyone ate, drank, talked and laughed together, but there was no parting. After all, after the end of April in the Gregorian calendar, Li Qian must go to Shuntian Mansion to sign up for the professional examinations of several art colleges. In two months, we will be able to see each other again.
It goes without saying that Li Qian is mature and peaceful. Although Liao Liao is only in his early twenties, he is not clingy. The adjustment was soon made, whether the three of them had dinner together, or the two of them practiced singing together after that, each other was calm, chatting and laughing as usual, and no one would take the initiative to bring up anything.
On the contrary, this night, after dinner, Liao Liao got up to say goodbye after going back to practice. After sending her out, Li Qian also washed up and soon lay down to sleep. In the middle of the night, Liao Liao suddenly sent her a message A text message: That one, I bit it on purpose!
When he woke up the next morning and saw the text message, Li Qian smiled helplessly.
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The outside world knew almost nothing about Liao Liao's coming to Jinan Mansion and staying there for more than ten days.
Moreover, during her stay in Jinan Mansion, apart from causing Li Qian to delay the work of Wang Huaiyu's wedding band a few times, she did not have any impact on Li Qian's study and life.
Even though it was only half a month, and there were only two four-day breaks on weekends, both of them could fully devote themselves to singing, and the rest of the time was just the two before going to bed after dinner. It's only been an hour, but the two of them still feel that they have gained a lot. Although the contract has not been officially signed yet, Li Qian has prepared works for Liao Liao's next album. There are four.
I have to say, compared to the five girls who adjusted Wuxingwusu, helping Liao Liao as the producer was really much easier.
And this time when Liao Liao went back, in addition to the four songs "A Woman Afraid of the Dark", "When I Wake Up", "The Ferry" and "The Loess High Pole" that I had already practiced, Li Qian also prepared songs for her new album. The remaining six songs, together with all the arrangements, were all handed over to her. In this way, by the time Li Qian goes to Shuntian Mansion to take the professional exam after the new year, she probably has figured out most of the songs. If there are no major problems, she only needs Li Qian to help adjust her feelings. Official opening.
Well, for Liao Liao's next album, Li Qian named her "The Sound of the Waves Still".
Just like when Li Qian and Liao Liao talked about this album for the first time, he set the same goal and direction for this album. Li Qian was also cautious about the song selection of this album. After making sure that the selected songs will win Liao Liao's love and be suitable for her performance, Li Qian, as the producer, will also try his best to make this album have a variety of styles like a hundred flowers blooming, without the slightest None are disordered.
Of course, after deliberating over and over again after selecting the song, Li Qian is still full of confidence in her next album.
After all... those songs are too powerful!
"Woman Afraid of the Dark" continues Liao Liao's previous light rock style urban love songs, and "Loess High Pole" continues the country ballad Northwest Wind. Her album is already sure to win a lot of fans who have accumulated before. As another Chinese style song, works like "The Sound of the Waves Are Still" that were once popular at a similar time in another time and space are definitely not worse than "Unfinished Love".
But if it’s just that, then Liao Liao’s second album can only be regarded as a tie with the works of the previous album in terms of song selection and production level. Considering that the first album has a positive impression bonus, this album may even make people feel that it is not as exciting as the first one among fans.
However, it is not scary that "A Woman Who Fears the Dark" is not as tough as the three songs "Perseverance", "Wild Flowers" and "Cheers, Friends", because the focus and main theme of this album is not light rock love songs.
It started to go to two extremes - yes, one end is lyrical ballads, the other end is violent rock.
If it is said that the three light rock love songs in Liao Liao's first album were very popular, and a considerable part was due to the novelty of the genre, then in this album, Li Qian and Liao Liao will Let's join hands and challenge the traditional strengths of the domestic music scene!
In terms of folk songs, "Ferry" needless to say, the classic golden song plus Liao Liao's voice that has been smashed by Li Qian, although it will definitely not be the kind of song that people love, but if its popularity continues to develop, it will also Absolutely not to be underestimated.
Then, there is "Bitter and Happy Years".
Well, for this song, Li Qian was really impressed.
In the time and space he experienced before, around 90 years ago, this song became popular all over the country along with a certain hit TV series. In that year, the sales volume of this song alone was as high as 25 million boxes. , its influence has continued to be sung endlessly until a few years later, it can definitely be called the national divine song of that era!
It can be said that even if there is only such a song in Liao Liao's next album, Li Qian can guarantee that it will definitely become popular! After all, even without the support of the popular TV series, the National Divine Comedy is the National Divine Comedy. From the lyrics to the music, this song is destined to be a hit in the Chinese music scene.
But even so, Li Qian still felt that it was not enough, so, the third ballad work, he came up with "What a Big Tree" - no matter what the reason for this song was originally, in the end, it became popular It is certain that it has become the theme song of Teacher's Day, and in addition, it was once considered one of the best public welfare songs in the Chinese music scene!
Therefore, "Ferry" plus "Bitter and Happy Years", plus "What a Big Tree", Li Qian has absolute confidence that he can pick up the ballad side, and stand extremely firmly!
As for rock, well, the two works he presented for Liao Liao are "Come Back" and "I'm Ugly, But I'm Gentle"—the former may not be very popular, but for professional listeners who like rock In other words, it is definitely a work that can shake the soul, coupled with Liao Liao's voice, well, even Li Qian is looking forward to it. As for the latter, its classic degree does not need to be set off by adjectives at all.
Therefore, based on these two songs, Li Qian believes that Liao Liao can definitely inject a shot in the arm for the declining rock and roll in China, and successfully plant her banner on the top of the rock and roll hill!
Well, from one end to the other, the tracks of this album are in order: folk songs - country songs - Chinese style - soft rock - rock. At this point, the album is already strong enough.
However, it's missing some absolutely popular elements.
Therefore, in the middle of Chinese style and light rock, it needs to add two more popular pop songs with enough weight.
That is: "Holding Hands" and "When I Wake Up"!
The former, in the time and space that Li Qian experienced, is one of the representative works of Su Rui. In 1993, it became popular all over the country. The latter is simply the first masterpiece in the history of Taiwan's record industry to sell over one million! It can sell more than one million copies in Treasure Island with a population of just over 20 million people. How about changing it to a country with a population of more than one billion, where all the backgrounds are very similar?
Therefore, in an album of ten songs, at least five of them are masterpieces that can drive the entire album to sell with just one song. Coupled with Liao Liao's singing skills and his newly opened fame, Li Qian believes that, Even if it is just a continuation of the glory, it is an insult to this album, it must and will definitely sell again!
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After sending Liao Liao and Qi Jie away, Li Qian put aside all the album matters and began to devote all his body and mind to the review. After all, in just a few days, the final exam will be here! And considering that he will go to Shuntianfu to take the professional examination of the art school soon after the new year, Li Qian knows that he really does not have much time to study seriously!
Of course, even if he wants to keep his ears to the outside world and only read the books of sages, it is impossible for him to really do it—in fact, no matter whether he admits it or not, even if Li Qian hasn't made his debut yet, he still does. I have been entangled in it for a long time, and I have become a part of the domestic pop music scene without knowing it.
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With the arrival of another Monday, the album "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up", which has continued to be popular, once again appeared on the sales list of Dongguan Bookstore, and it was also number one!
25885 sheets!
Compared with last week, its sales volume is declining, but compared with last week's 26,557 copies, the magnitude and speed of its decline are so low that it is almost negligible!
You know, its sales base is at least 20,000. It has been on the market for four or five weeks, but it has only dropped to less than 1,000 copies a week! So far, not only has it firmly occupied the top of the sales chart, but it has also remained stable at more than 25,000 copies, which makes other domestic record companies go crazy with envy!
639 copies in the first week, 27,194 in the second week, 30,885 in the third week, 26,557 in the fourth week, and 25,885 in the fifth week. In just one month, this album was sold in Dongguan Bookstore alone. Up to 110,1160 copies!
And just this week, the National Recording Industry Association announced the national record sales data for the previous period. Among them, the one belonging to "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" is that it sold 10,225 copies nationwide in the first week, and 10,225 copies in the second week. National sales of 573,896 copies!
This time, even those who hoped that this album would only sell well in Dongguan Bookstore, but might not conform to the so-called 20-fold law, gave up completely!
More than 570,000 copies a week!
Not only did it instantly kill Liu Mingliang's record of 370,000 copies in a single week that had been held for more than three years without any suspense, but, by comparison, it can be easily found that its national sales volume has even reached that of Dongguan Bookstore in the same period. More than 21 times the sales volume! Moreover, all experts know that although this sales ratio is not completely fixed, it will vary from person to person and from album to album, but as long as the data of the first week comes out, for an album, it is in the To a large extent, such a ratio will continue within half a year, and even if there are fluctuations, the range will be quite small!
Therefore, although there is only this week's data, it is enough to prove that this album is not only selling well in Dongguan Bookstore! Moreover, looking at its sales volume in Dongguan Bookstore in the past few weeks, its national sales volume in the same period is almost ready to come out!
So, after the release of this sales data, whether it was cheering or howling in grief, almost all the media in the country agreed that because this album was released on Thursday, December 26, 1996, Therefore, as of the end of January, this album has been on the market for less than five weeks, in fact, in 32 days, its national sales data must have steadily exceeded two million copies!
One month, two million copies sold, double platinum!
At this point, even those who have only a little idea of record sales understand that the seemingly unattainable sales volume of five million copies can only be regarded as a small threshold for this album, and it is definitely not ceiling. Of course, it is even more impossible to be the so-called end point.
The industry generally believes that between six and eight million copies should be the final sales volume of this album.
And with the national sales data of the Recording Industry Association and the overwhelming reports from various media across the country, the commercial performance price of Wuxing Wusu has jumped to 250,000 yuan for one song and three songs for one commercial performance. The price of 700,000!
In terms of the domestic music scene, this price is absolutely at the top!
And at this moment, after declining Li Jinlong's invitation to a dinner party to celebrate Wu Xing Wu Su, Li Qian plunged into the examination room and began the penultimate final exam of his high school career.
After a few days of continuous explosion, I was exhausted. From the left ear to the left gum and then to the tonsil, the pain came down all the way. The pain was so painful that I dared not even chew. Rhythm!
Here, the knife wants to remind everyone that it is the time when the seasons change and the temperature fluctuates most violently. Although it is good to be healthy in spring and autumn, you must do what you can, pay attention to keeping warm, and pay more attention to rest. Don’t be like me. !
Well, finally, that's all for today.