Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 411 New Album Release

After Wu Zhuo confirmed that Tan Weiwei would be performing, he immediately called Tianyu Media.

The day after the phone call, Tan Weiwei, accompanied by her agent, arrived in Beijing where Wu Zhuo was recording.

Upon meeting, her agent immediately pulled Wu Zhuo aside to express his gratitude repeatedly.

She said thank you to Wu Zhuo for selecting Tan Weiwei.

That's just how this industry is sometimes.

For top-tier artists, opportunities are so plentiful that they have to keep turning them down.

Wu Zhuo is like that; he has so many commercial performances and events that the staff in charge of these are extremely busy every day.

It needs to be pushed outwards continuously.

For the artists below, the opportunities to be approached are extremely rare, so they need to seize every chance.

Tan Weiwei is such a person. She debuted as the runner-up in the 2006 Super Girl competition, but only made a splash in that year.

Then, she disappeared from the public eye, and you could hardly find any news about her.

For her, this opportunity to sing with Wu Zhuo was extremely rare.

This could be her chance to turn her life around, so she has to take it very seriously.

To be fair, EE-Media is truly a talent pool for the mainland music scene.

Despite the fact that many talented individuals from the Super Boy and Super Girl competitions have left the company, EE-Media still boasts a wealth of talent.

Moreover, these guys who stood out from thousands of contestants are indeed quite skilled.

Although Tan Weiwei is not very famous in the music scene, her singing skills are by no means weak.

"A Bridge of Fate" was only filmed during the daytime, and thanks to Tan Weiwei's outstanding performance, it was all done in one go.

After recording the song, Tan Weiwei's manager immediately contacted Wu Zhuo and made a request to him.

"Abel, can we buy the performance rights for this song?"
We're willing to pay 300,000 a year.

"Huh?" Wu Zhuo looked at the other person with some surprise.

In recent years, due to the lack of a sound copyright system, most singers rarely pay for the copyright of their songs.

Not to mention authorization.

Many singers are completely unaware of this concept; they simply sing whatever comes to mind without ever considering licensing.

Wu Zhuo was genuinely surprised that Tan Weiwei had this idea.

It should be noted here that...

Although Wu Zhuo invited Tan Weiwei to sing his song "Fate Bridge".

But he paid for it outright.

They hired Tan Weiwei to sing for 500,000 yuan.

This price is already considered very high in the industry.

Because of the high price, Tan Weiwei doesn't have the copyright to the songs. Even for commercial performances, she needs to obtain authorization from Wu Zhuo.

If Wu Zhuo does not authorize her performance, he has the right to sue her for copyright infringement if she sings it.

Almost every lawsuit they file is successful.

Of course, there should still be some humanity in the entertainment industry.

Generally speaking, once someone is invited to sing the song, the copyright fees will usually be turned a blind eye to if they sing the song again in the future.

Yes, there are also those who are unwilling to give it.

The copyright for the song "The Most Beautiful Expectation," sung by Zhou Bichang in later generations, was obtained through a battle between the North and South.

It's possible that Zhou Bichang offended Nan Zheng Bei Zhan, because Nan Zheng Bei Zhan later criticized Zhou Bichang for singing this song on a TV show.

It seems there's been a lawsuit involved.

"I'll give you a free license to sing for two years, and I won't charge you for now."

After thinking about it, Wu Zhuo waived her authorization fee for two years.

There aren't many people left who are this self-aware.

"Thank you, thank you Abel."

Tan Weiwei's agent kept expressing his gratitude.

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After recording "A Bridge of Fate," Wu Zhuo has basically completed recording all the songs for this album.

All that remained was the music video shooting. To save time, Wu Zhuo did not choose to personally shoot all the music videos.

Aside from a few main singles, he directly handed over the music videos for the other singers to the company.

The company hires the artists to film directly.

This is actually the norm in the industry.

Even Jay Chou can't guarantee that he'll appear in every music video he sings.

Most of the time, they choose to outsource the shooting to other companies.

Wu Zhuo himself was the same.

He directed four music videos for this album.

One poem each in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean.

For the female lead in the music video, Wu Zhuo didn't invite any familiar faces or big names.

At his current level, it doesn't really matter whether he hires big names or not.

In fact, it might be more profitable to use newcomers and let them make an appearance.

In the days that followed, Wu Zhuo began to focus on filming music videos.

Time passed by unnoticed, and it was January 2010.

The long-awaited new album has finally completed all the work and is now entering the promotional phase.

The new album has been titled "love2010".

The album doesn't have much meaning; "love" refers to the fans, and "2010" simply represents the year.

With Wu Zhuo's popularity in the global market in recent years, the promotion of his new album has been carried out simultaneously worldwide.

Each region, representing a different language, released a song to compete on the charts.

The song released in China is "The Wind Rises," while the version released in Japan is the Japanese version.

In South Korea, it's "FANTASTIC BABY".

In English-speaking regions, it's called "Maps".

In addition, it is worth mentioning that all the songs on Wu Zhuo's album have Chinese versions.

Wu Zhuo produced Chinese versions of both "Maps" and "FANTASTIC BABY".

Therefore, there are a total of fifteen official songs, plus the instrumental versions of each song, making a total of 25 songs on this album.

This is Wu Zhuo's album with the most tracks among all his official albums since his debut.

On January 10, amidst the eager anticipation of fans, several promotional singles were simultaneously released on music platforms around the world.

It has to be said that the previous album brought Wu Zhuo a great deal of fame.

"Baby" has topped the charts in 38 countries around the world.

This also includes Billboard North America.

With the help of this song, the news of Wu Zhuo's new album caused a global frenzy among his fans.

When the promotional song was released on music platforms, it immediately became a hit with fans.

Within three minutes of its release, the song topped the new song charts in 17 countries and regions worldwide.

To put it simply, it's terrifying.

North American media outlets directly reported on the phenomenal sales figures for Wu Zhuo's new album, saying:

An Eastern whirlwind has swept the world.

Abel Wu, a rising international star, has successfully joined the ranks of the world's most popular singers.

Meanwhile, in China, the media is also reporting on Wu Zhuo's new album's popularity in large numbers, with even louder pronouncements:

Abel Wu's new album is about to be released, and he will once again set his sights on the European and American markets.

Global fans rejoice, all for Abel Wu's new album.

"One of a kind in the world, the White House President is waiting for Wu Zhuo's new album to be released."

Thai Princess Arrives in Shanghai for Wu Zhuo's Album Signing Event

To be honest, Wu Zhuo was a little stunned when he saw these reports.

When did the White House start sitting back and waiting for its own record?

Also, the Thai princess came to China for other reasons, okay? It just so happened that she liked Wu Zhuo, so she came to Shanghai to meet him.

(End of this chapter)