Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

If we extrapolate based on the first day’s data, the first-week sales of Love Story Under the Stars should be between six and seven million.

If this data is true, there is no doubt that Zhou Ziheng will become a towering figure that cannot be ignored in the Chinese music scene and even the entire global music scene.

However, the impact of piracy is too great.

Originally, according to the calculations of Zhou Ziheng and others, piracy would not become prevalent until next week at the earliest.

But the result made Zhou Ziheng and others a little annoyed.

In just three days, pirated copies of the product had already begun to appear on the market.

Zhou Ziheng's genuine album is priced at twelve yuan.

As for pirated products, the price is only between five and seven yuan.

The price difference is almost half, which has dealt a heavy blow to the genuine albums.

On the second and third days, the song was played on the radio, attracting more passers-by, and the daily sales were higher than the first day.

The second day was 1.15 million, and the third day was 1.3 million.

But on the fourth day, piracy appeared everywhere.

This caused sales to plummet, falling below one million to just 810,000.

The data on the fifth day continued to fall, reaching only 600,000 per day.

By the seventh day, there were only 400,000.

In the end, "Love Story Under the Stars" grossed 5.5 million tickets in its first week.

In terms of performance, this achievement is obviously unprecedented in the Chinese music scene.

But compared with the data from the previous three days, this is inevitably a little disappointing.

Especially on this side of the Pacific.

The mainland is where piracy is most serious.

According to the first day's data, this album is even expected to achieve sales of two million in the first week in mainland China.

However, due to the impact of piracy, the sales of this album in mainland China finally reached only 1.4 million copies.

It is said that several leaders on the Pacific side were very angry about this incident.

Directly submit the matter to provincial authorities, demanding a thorough investigation of piracy and even requesting that a case be filed.

Zhou Ziheng himself was also a little disappointed.

He almost thought he could achieve the terrifying sales of 7 million in the first week.

However, more than five million is actually very impressive.

Only he can achieve this result.

Currently, there are only a few people in the entire Chinese music scene whose total sales have reached five million.

As for A-mei's "Sisters".

Before Zhou Ziheng's record was released, some people were clamoring that A-Mei would be Zhou Ziheng's biggest rival.

Now!
Ever since Zhou Ziheng’s first-day sales figures came out, no one has mentioned this matter anymore.

Although the sales of Zhou Ziheng's album eventually suffered a setback due to piracy, it did not change the fact that Zhou Ziheng made history again and continued to dominate the Chinese music scene as the most popular and best-selling album among his peers.

In January, Zhou Ziheng spent the entire month promoting his album.

From the mainland to Hong Kong and Taiwan, from Japan and South Korea to Europe and the United States.

Zhou Ziheng traveled to six or seven countries in succession.

Every signing event was packed, and Zhou Ziheng’s hands were sore from signing autographs.

Throughout January, his name was all over Asia's entertainment newspapers.

Either it's news about his record sales breaking records, or he held a signing event somewhere and the place was packed with people.

On January 30th, Zhou Ziheng finished promoting his album in the United States and flew back to Hong Kong.

As of today, the total sales of "Love Story Under the Stars" has reached 9 million, and it is just around the corner to break 10 million.

In terms of the classicity of the songs, this album is actually not more classic than Zhou Ziheng’s previous Mandarin albums.

But in terms of sales, this album has far exceeded previous sales and has become Zhou Ziheng's best-selling Mandarin album to date.

It can even be called the best-selling album of all. After all, if this trend continues, the total sales of this album may even exceed "My Love".

Zhou Ziheng himself probably understands why this album suddenly became so popular.

The first is the accumulation of fame.

Having achieved outstanding results in the Chinese music scene and around the world for several consecutive years, his name has become known to everyone in the entire Chinese-speaking region.

Just like Jackie Chan, his previous accumulated fame suddenly exploded, which directly led to the box office explosion of "Rumble in the Bronx" starring him, and won hundreds of millions of dollars in box office revenue worldwide.

The second is the explosion of the market.

The mainland economy has been booming in the past two years, and every household has started to have some spare money.

This can be seen from the fact that sales of this album in mainland China account for nearly half.

One month after the release of "Love Story Under the Stars", the total global sales reached more than 9 million. Among these 9 million sales, more than 4 million were contributed by the mainland.

It almost takes up half of the album.

As we all know, the mainland market is Zhou Ziheng's largest base.

He is very popular in Hong Kong, but the Four Heavenly Kings can still compete with him.

Wanwan, there are also a series of Wanwan singers such as Zhou Huajian who can compete with her.

Not to mention Japan and South Korea.

Only in the mainland, in this area, no matter who comes, they have to bow their heads in front of Zhou Ziheng.

Even Zhou Ziheng could defeat several people alone in the mainland.

For this reason, after the mainland's economy took off, Zhou Ziheng, the most powerful king in the mainland music scene, became the first beneficiary of the economic boom.

“Pacific wanted to ask you to discuss further cooperation, but I turned it down.

But Liu Zhiwen seemed unwilling to give up. He meant that the conditions in Pacific Ocean this time would definitely satisfy you, and he wanted to talk to you in person. "

“In addition, other record companies have also contacted us, and the president of Warner has also made an appointment with you. I guess they want to poach you.

EMI also noticed this, and Nie Anda called us personally and said that they would match any conditions Warner was willing to offer.

It probably means we shouldn’t change jobs.”

"Also, there was the premiere of The Man from Nowhere. Jackie Chan contacted us and said he wanted to attend.

I think Jackie Chan doesn't want to continue to be manipulated by Golden Harvest.

After all, you and he are both the most popular figures in China internationally. If you can unite, your development in Hollywood will be greatly improved.”

On the plane, Florence Hui analyzed some things that happened in recent days to Zhou Ziheng.

"Actually, Jackie Chan is not targeting you. He doesn't really get involved in the twists and turns of the Hong Kong industry.

From the perspective of interests, I personally suggest you talk to him.

At the very least, be polite on the surface."

Zhou Ziheng had his eyes closed, but he opened them upon hearing that.

"I have never said that I hate Jackie Chan, in fact I respect him very much.

His films do promote Chinese culture, and I admire him very much.

I have never objected to being in the same frame with him, but Golden Harvest was interfering, thinking that I was trying to take advantage of Jackie Chan’s popularity.”

Zhou Ziheng personally has no opinion on Jackie Chan.

He had little interaction with Jackie Chan and no dissatisfaction between them.

The only thing that is a bit iffy is that EMI once wanted to join forces with Jackie Chan to create the Chinese Twins, but was rejected by Golden Harvest.

This was purely Golden Harvest's move and had nothing to do with Jackie Chan.

"If Jackie Chan wants to attend the premiere, then send him an invitation! And send one to Jet Li as well. And Stephen Chow as well.

I want to see what the scene will be like then.”

"What about Chow Yun-fat?" Florence Hui asked tentatively.

"Forget about him, I don't like him." Zhou Ziheng shook his head.

(End of this chapter)