Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 332 A New Era, Sharing Glory

From 11pm to half past midnight.

The performance lasted for an hour and a half, with some talking sessions inserted in the middle for interaction with fans, audience, guest singers such as Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Natalia Lee. All fourteen singles from "Leviathan" plus several popular old songs released previously were performed.

"I miss you more than life."

When the last note of "Ghost" fell, Shen Juan's finale performance of the night officially came to an end.

The whole place was completely excited, with all kinds of screams, shouts, and cheers ringing in the ears.

Magnificent fireworks, symbolizing the successful conclusion of the first day of Coachella's stage performances, bloomed one after another in the night sky.

On the stage is a pop singer who becomes more majestic and high-spirited with the blessing of thousands of stars and the faith of fans.

Below the stage was a surging crowd of people from all over the world whose passions were completely ignited and whose faces were already red with excitement.

Probably everyone who was fortunate enough to witness this scene will remember this scene in their hearts for a long time.

Amid the roar of the salute, Shen Juan picked up the microphone for the last time and shouted loudly: "Coachellaaaaa!!!"

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!” The fans and audience in the audience responded with the most enthusiastic shouts and screams.

"I had a blast tonight! Thank you so much for spending this hot but wonderful night with me!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

"I love you so much! I think we will meet again soon, I promise!"

"We'll see each other again soon!"

At the same time, the related news searches #沈娟Coachella# and #沈娟官方公告Leviathan全球之旅# also quickly swept the global Internet at an astonishing speed.

It quickly topped the Twitter world trend list and the trend list of dozens of countries and regions, and the Google YouTube search index surged.

Alovers from all over the world expressed their thoughts and opinions on Shen Juan's finale performance at Coachella in different languages on major social platforms.

[He is already in high spirits at this age, and his career success makes him even more high spirits! The golden age of 20! 】

[Mom, what did I see? ! ! Alexana and Justin sang "Senorita" together again, and the much-anticipated world premiere of Alex and Justin's "10000 Hours". Alex's Coachella finale tonight can be said to be full of sincerity! ]

[Maybe it's because of the fan filter, anyway, in my opinion, Alex's stage charm is now at the level of Michael Jackson! I'm not exaggerating, he is indeed more charismatic than Boss Ja, Brother Mars, and Bieber, because Alex's height, appearance, temperament, rhythm, and control are better! The last person who could attract people with just one look on the stage was the great Michael Jackson! ]

[Alex is really charming. He is so confident and energetic on the stage. He is so dazzling! The stunning performance that shakes the soul is the charm of the live performance! The fourteen songs of Leviathan and the Valentine's Day gift "Summer" are even more beautiful under the atmosphere of the live performance! ]

[I'm not a fan. I've only heard of him before but I don't know him in depth. But the charm he showed on this stage is really great. This man really has the aura of a pop star! I finally understand why so many people like him. I feel like I'm about to become his fan! ]

【Wow, wow, wow, wow, I will always love Alex!!!】

[In the diary that comes with the deluxe version of the CD of "Leviathan", he said to me: "I hope that every stage we participate in and experience together can become a beautiful memory for us in the future." He really did it! I remember every stage of his clearly! Every moment I think of him, I smile! The beauty will always remain in my heart, it's great to meet. ]

[His looks, height, talent, singing skills, fame, influence, everything, everything, all point to one thing: he is the chosen one of this era. ]

【At the scene, when Canxia sang to the end, the whole audience made a heart shape with Juanjuan. I couldn't help but burst into tears. Although every performance of Juanjuan was eye-catching and memorable, I personally still think that this Coachella finale was the peak of his career. He was in such a good state, full of vigor and vitality. The boy who grew up in the evening breeze was so vivid and beautiful! I didn't expect that the boy who begged fans and audiences to vote for him on the talent show has now become a world-famous pop star. I didn't expect that he really kept his promise to meet at the top. 】

Obviously, Shen Juan not only improved the stickiness and cohesion of fans through this finale stage that left a deep impression on the audience, but also took this opportunity to better promote Leviathan, helping this album achieve better results and further establishing his dominance in the field of streaming media.

To put it bluntly, the indicators used by Europe and the United States to measure whether a song is popular are nothing more than: radio, streaming media, and download sales.

In terms of radio stations, Shen Juan is backed by Republic, the largest record company under Universal, the world's largest music group (the record company will pay to send him to radio stations). In addition, his works basically conform to the musical aesthetics of white people, and are not the kind of niche and self-entertaining works created by fan circles, so there is no need to worry too much.

In terms of streaming media, although Shen Juan's active streaming media data in the United States cannot be said to be very impressive and can only be regarded as an ordinary first-line level, his streaming media index in the Asia-Pacific region is quite exaggerated. So on the whole, Shen Juan still has certain strength in the global streaming media field.

Download sales, especially first-week sales, are mainly determined by fans. In the streaming media era, people are more willing to become members of Spotify and listen to free songs, rather than spend money to purchase permanent listening rights to music works. However, considering the purchasing power currently demonstrated by Alovers, Shen Juan has nothing to worry about.

So,

It's not without reason that Alovers is so proud and inflated now, and starts to use Shen Juan to fight against the top five men.

After all, Shen Juan at this stage can be said to have achieved great success! This can indeed give fans the confidence to expand!
And that's not all.

With Shen Juan's official announcement at Coachella that the Leviathan World Tour will officially kick off in the second half of this year, a series of promotional plans that had been prepared in advance have also been gradually implemented.

In China, under the influence of Le Hua's relentless money-burning rolling publicity and the green light from relevant government departments, multiple platforms including Weibo, Douyin, Tieba, Douban, Hupu and Bilibili simultaneously pushed relevant news releases.

It is imperative that all netizens across the country are informed of this matter within 24 hours, so as to continue the "Leviathan wave" ignited by the national "sign-raising countdown" activity some time ago.

The government departments attach great importance to this matter!

In particular, Shanghai, which is in urgent need of expanding its international reputation, even claimed that if the first concert of Shen Juan's Leviathan World Tour could be held in Shanghai, they would provide additional government subsidies. In other words, the Shanghai government would pay for Shen Juan to come and hold a concert, and would not take a penny from the box office.

Shen Juan did have such a plan.

Anyway, in his opinion, he might not have reached the level in America where he could get a share of the concert box office revenue.

But in China and the neighboring countries of Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, he absolutely deserves the most special treatment!
Abroad, many well-known news media including Forbes, Rolling Stone Magazine, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the Daily Telegraph of the United Kingdom have rushed to report on this incident.

Leviathan World Tour posters and album covers also began to be played repeatedly on outdoor LED screens in world-famous landmarks such as New York's Times Square and Shibuya Crossing.

Well-known brands endorsed by Shen Juan, including Louis Vuitton, YSL, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Robinho, Estee Lauder, Guerlain, Adidas, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, etc., also reposted the important milestone moments of their global spokesperson through their respective social media, helping to boost the popularity and influence of the event to a higher level!

In addition, the official tour announcement video recorded by Shen Juan in advance was also posted to social media accounts of major platforms at home and abroad along with the world tour posters produced in advance by Universal.

Platforms in different countries correspond to different languages.

"Hi everyone! I'm Alex Shen Juan, and I want to tell you something that I'm excited about. I've been planning this for a long time, and now I can finally tell you that I'm going to start my first world tour in the second half of this year! We did it!"

"This tour is called 'The Leviathan Era' and will start in China. As for overseas dates, we will announce them as soon as possible and start pre-sales. In every concert in every country, I will have some very good and great guests performing with me."

"I am really happy to meet you all and say thank you to you in person. Thank you for bringing me such fantastic sales results, thank you for your continued support and companionship, thank you for everything you have done for me, and I can't wait to see you all!"

In this situation, it is really hard not to make those passers-by who don't know Shen Juan well be dumbfounded and sigh:
What is the meaning of appearance?
This is called appearance!
The emperor speaks and all nations come to pay tribute!
The Leviathan Era?

It really is well deserved!

This is what a world-class pop star looks like, right? How can this not be considered the coming of age?

“Perfect performance! The atmosphere was crazy!”

"Look at the expressions of your fans and listen to their cheers. They are all obsessed with you and proud of you!"

"Your performance tonight was truly amazing!"

"Alex, you are so handsome tonight that I can only say God bless you! I mean, you are so beautiful that it can make me have evil thoughts!"

"Thank you so much for bringing me onto this big stage in front of so many people. It's my honor to work with you!"

Backstage, congratulations came pouring in.

Tonight's guests included Bieber, A-mei and Li Nacha, Kendall Jenner who came to watch the show for Shen Juan, LV Men's Wear Director Virgil, a group of Victoria's Secret supermodels who he met through the Victoria's Secret stage for two consecutive years, and the team members and Coachella staff specially built by Shen Juan in the United States.
This large group of people surrounded Shen Juan, singing and dancing lively, and taking turns to offer congratulations and praises.

Shen Juan also responded one by one.

"Ari, you will also be able to experience this atmosphere in a few days. You may not know that I am actually an Arianator as well."

"Justin, did you hear what I just said? I hope you can come to support us on our world tour in the second half of the year."

"Nas, you have to slowly adapt and learn to enjoy the feeling of so many people shouting and screaming for you. You have a great future!"

"Kendall, you are just as beautiful as me!"

"Virgil, I didn't mean to refuse those platform activities. After all, like today, I am really busy."

I spent some time dealing with my interpersonal relationships.

Then he took the PR gift boxes prepared in advance from the staff and distributed them one by one.

Whether it is the artist friends who come to support, or the staff who work silently, everyone is treated equally and has a share.

It’s not something very expensive anyway.

Basically all of them are products endorsed by him.

For example, internationally renowned brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Guerlain, and Estee Lauder have provided a lot of products to Shen Juan for free, in order to use his fame to promote their brands and products. Therefore, Shen Juan directly used the products to make gift boxes and to interact with this group of people, both black and white.

Your network of contacts needs to be maintained with care.

Although Shen Juan has always been a loner, I believe no one would refuse if he could have fewer enemies.

On the way back to the hotel.

"Look at this!" Yang Yangjin handed a stack of data forms to Shen Juan, his excitement evident in his words.

“Is this the first day sales report for Leviathan?”

"Correct!"

When Shen Juan took the information, the first thing that caught his eye was the shocking sales data “2014777”!
Then there are a lot of technical terms and strange data graphics that are completely incomprehensible to non-professionals.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it.

After all, high-level data are generally mastered by professional data analysts. He is not the executive vice-goat of the neighboring league, so he naturally won't talk about plus-minus values all the time.

So just focus on those few basic data.

such as
The album sold over 200 million copies on the first day of its release.

What was that? !!!
What the fucking concept is this? ! ! !

Shen Juan's "Underrated", which was rated as the world's best-selling album by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry last year, only sold 132 million copies in its first week.

When the annual settlement came, it was only over four million.

As a result, Shen Juan’s new album “Leviathan” released this year sold 200 million copies on the first day!

And this is not the kind of cheap albums like the K-pop pop group next door that create a false prosperity by inflating sales. Companies will even buy them back, and fans will even spend money to buy empty albums.

So anyone who sees this jaw-dropping data will inevitably exclaim, fxxking crazy!

I'm afraid that Leviathan will really create a sensation in the North American music scene this time, and significantly refresh and rewrite the historical records at the data level!

(Actual sales refer to actual sales volume, but because we are now in the era of streaming media, many people prefer to spend money to become a member to listen to the free version. The platform then pays the singers copyright fees based on the number of times the song is played, so the concept of comprehensive sales volume was born. Data agencies will count other channels as sales volume in proportion.)
then
Unlocked the record of the fastest app to top 100 countries on iTunes.

On the first day, the global playback volume of "Sound of Heaven" exceeded 2 million times.

All fourteen songs, without exception, have exceeded 213 million. With a single-day cumulative playback volume of 465, it has become the album with the highest first-day playback volume in the history of Sing!

(Currently the second place is Drake's "Scorpion" released in 2018 with 1.3 million, the third place is Ma Long's "Beerbongs & Bentleys" in 2018 with 7800 million, and the fourth place is Ariana Grande's "Thank U Next" this year with 7000 million)

Among them, the first-day playback volume of "Sound of Fury" in the United States reached 25 million, ranking second in history, second only to the super album "Scorpion" released by Drake last year, which included singles.

It easily dominated the charts, sweeping the 1st to 14th places on the global and US real-time singles playback volume charts on the same day.

At the same time, he also topped the Sing My Song artist playlist chart in 45 countries and regions, becoming the first artist to achieve this result.

In particular, "Blinding Lights" once again broke history with 2100 million plays, not only breaking Alexana's "Senorita"'s one-month dominance and topping the single-day streaming chart, but also becoming the non-festival single with the highest single-day streaming plays on Sing!
Shen Juan also took this opportunity to become the artist with the highest single-day playback volume in the history of Sing!

Another championship title added!
The value of the sentence "I should be number one on all lists" is still increasing!

There is no doubt that yesterday, today, and even for a long time to come, Shen Juan will be one of the most watched and discussed singers on the planet.

He is indeed at the forefront of the times.

After reading it carefully from beginning to end again, Shen Juan couldn't help but sigh: "This is the rhythm of ascension!"

"Have you ever thought that this album would achieve such good results?" Yang Yangjin, who was too excited at the moment and had a faint blush on her face, asked curiously.

"I thought I would get good results, but I didn't expect such good results." Shen Juan chose to tell the truth.

Both actual sales data and streaming media performance far exceeded his and Gonghe's previous psychological expectations and predictions.

With actual sales of 200 million on the first day and such good reputation, it is really hard to predict the future of Leviathan and the singer himself.

So it would be false to say that I am not surprised, excited, or nervous at all.

He is still far from reaching the state of "not being happy with things, not being sad with oneself", so naturally he cannot look at all this calmly.

"But you have already achieved it." Yang Yangjin looked at Shen Juan, whose face was as calm as a lake, and his excited eyes gradually softened.

In fact, she has always known that Shen Juan has a heavy burden on his shoulders. As the only Chinese artist who has effectively gone overseas and has international influence in this era, no matter how reluctant he is, he will inexplicably and inevitably become the sustenance of certain people and bear the expectations of certain groups.

Although artists certainly do not have as much pressure as athletes in competitive sports, and with the support of their agencies, artists can effectively guide public opinion. However, over time, as the level of the artists increases, the people and things they come into contact with become more and more important, and everyone will hold Shen Juan to higher standards.

In the United States, discrimination against people of color, especially the Asian race, is also widespread in mainstream society.

Unless the advantage is so great that it cannot be ignored, the awards and judging here will basically favor blacks and whites.

Fortunately, Shen Juan is strong enough. The sales data of last year's "Underrated" was already amazing. Unexpectedly, this year's highly anticipated "Leviathan" is even more terrifying. It directly brings the "supreme military power" in the Asia-Pacific region and breaks all the records that America can break!

So now with Leviathan, the evil beast recorded in the white Bible, protecting him, Shen Juan's future journey should be much easier.

"Yes, I have already obtained it." Shen Juan smiled and nodded. He still understood the truth of the saying that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. You can't just enjoy the rights without taking on the obligations, right? Wouldn't that make you the deputy goat next door?

"So what's your next goal?"

“There is no goal next.”

"No goal? That's not like you."

"To be precise, my goal is to complete all the tasks that have been arranged."

Yangyang Jin smiled, "I thought you would say your next goal is to become the world's number one man and start your own era."

Shen Juan couldn't help but laugh when he heard that. "Those are just what the fans say. I haven't really thought about it that much. The only thing I need to think about now is how to perform well on each stage. As for the rest? I'll leave it to the world to judge. That's not something I can make the final decision on my own."

"Why are you so humble now?"

"Maybe it's because I've become stronger than before." Shen Juan smiled and shrugged, "After all, there's a saying that goes, only the strong deserve to be humble."

Yangyangjin couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This kid is still as crazy as before!
In New York, the United States, at the Republic Records headquarters building, the large conference hall reserved for senior management meetings is now filled with people.

CEO Monty Lipman, who was sitting at the head of the group, looked as calm as ever.

But in fact, when he got the freshly-made data report from his assistant this morning, he was immediately dumbfounded and almost couldn't help but question the accuracy of the data.

Wardfa!
200 million sales on the first day?

The number of global streaming plays of Sound exceeded 2 million?
Previously, there were only a few singles that broke 14 million streaming plays on the first day of release, but now all songs in your entire album have broken million!
Jesus Christ!

You must be kidding me!

Then looking down at the ratio of US playback volume to global playback volume, other first-line singers in Europe and the United States have exceeded 50%, but Shen Juan only has 25%.

What does this mean?
This shows that Shen Juan is more popular in countries and regions outside the United States than he is in the United States!

God damn it!

It turns out that you were not bluffing, little brother!
It turns out that you are so powerful in Asia Pacific!
If I had known earlier, I would have released more physical album versions in Asia to make more money. Unfortunately, it's too late now.
However, speaking of it, when Shen Juan was signed to be responsible for the distribution and promotion of his first solo album "Underrated" at the beginning of last year, this Chinese singer from across the ocean interpreted the idiom "a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger" to the extreme, and the contract requirements he put forward were outrageous!
A new singer who has only been in the industry for a year and hasn't even released a few English songs actually wants to claim the most important recording copyright for himself!

When he heard the news from his assistant, he was shocked. Are all Chinese people so brave?

How dare you make such an outrageous request?

This is already breaking the industry rules!
The last superstar who tried to break the rules of the industry has been suppressed and discredited by the entire industry!
Do you really want to imitate MJ back then?

But considering that it wants to follow in the footsteps of its parent company Universal Music Group to further expand its influence in the Asia-Pacific region, and Shen Juan himself said that he can be responsible for the profits and losses of his own albums, and that the streaming era is indeed quite different from the previous download era, it is time to make some changes that keep up with the trend.

So I finally agreed.

Just treat it as a test product.

He wanted to see what kind of achievements this Chinese singer, who had high aspirations and had never suffered any beatings in the industry, could make.

Unexpectedly, he actually got the job done!
The album Leviathan released a year later really shook up the North American pop music scene! It's outrageous!

So every time he thought about these things, he felt a little complicated.

On the one hand, he found it difficult to understand Shen Juan's creative talent. He really couldn't figure out what was in his mind that allowed him to create so many popular commercial hits.

On the other hand, I dug this money tree myself! I am Alex Shen’s mentor!
Taylor Swift?

Just a mercenary who was kicked out by the big machine.

Before you came, Alex and I had already signed a multi-generational contract in which he would have sole control over the copyright to the recordings.

Some people are born different, just like some people are engraved into the DNA of our Republic Records from the moment they debut.

Even though Alex comes from the other side of the ocean, even though he has a unique yellow skin, and even though all that, as long as he can ensure that his commercial value is not affected, as long as he can ensure that he can bring continuous profits to the company, he will always be the most beloved family member of our Republic!

Profits always come first!

"Monty, although the first-day data of Leviathan is indeed eye-catching, today is only the second day of its launch. Isn't it a bit too hasty to rush to increase global publicity and confirm the world tour and concert documentary film at the same time?"

The old white guy who was speaking was obviously not very satisfied with Monty's practice of continuously allocating resources to Shen Juan.

Large companies can never be monolithic.

Especially companies like this one in the entertainment industry.

After all, Republic is the most powerful record company under the world's strongest music group, and it has too many big-name singers.

There are not only new generation superstars like Drake and Taylor Swift, but also super generation pop stars like Ariana Grande, Shen Juan and Malone.

Therefore, there are many interest groups divided.

When someone goes up, someone else has to come down.

The old people who support the potted duck naturally don't want to see a Chinese singer become the new economic pillar of the company.

"In a hurry? I don't think so at all."

Monty Lipman ignored his colleague who objected and spoke slowly to himself.

"Let's start with the streaming results. Drake's "Scorpion" last year had 25 songs and only had 1.3 million streaming plays on the first day, while Alex's "Leviathan" this year created more than 14 million streaming plays with only 2 songs! And the momentum is still not slowing down."

"Then let's talk about actual sales. Drake's "Scorpion" also sold 16 copies in the first week, The Weeknd's "Starboy" sold 20 copies in the first week, and what about Alex? 200 million on the first day, Jesus Christ! It's not the first week, not the first month, not the whole year, this is the first day!"

The assistant understood what he meant and projected the data bar chart prepared in advance onto the big screen. The tiny sales of the drake and potted plants were almost negligible in front of Shen Juan.

Everyone present, especially the senior executives who supported the drake pot plant, felt a little ashamed at this moment.

The reason is that the gap is too big.
"Do you know what the first-week sales records are for the albums of the male singers currently active in the United States?"

No one responded.

This kind of thing is usually recorded by the people below. How could they possibly take the time to remember these things?
But Monty Lipman has the answer.

"Justin Bieber's comeback album Purpose, released in 2015, sold 52 copies in its first week."

“然后纵观米国乐坛历史，首周实销能破两百万的也就只有超级男孩于2000年发行卖了240万张出去的《No Strings Attached》和阿黛尔于2015年发行卖了330万的《25》。”

"But Alex's album Leviathan has only been released for one day, and its sales have surpassed all male singers of the current era and ranked third in history! I know you will definitely say that a large part of the two million sales were purchased by East Asian fans. On average, each of them can buy four or five copies. But everyone, don't these extra albums count as albums? Didn't they pay for the albums?"

The conference room was in complete silence. Although everyone was unhappy, they really couldn't find any reasons to refute.

Because it is.

Others could have asked their fans to buy a few more albums, so why didn't they buy them in the end?
Don't want to or don't have the ability?

"I know everyone has their own considerations for the good of the company, but times have changed. People now prefer to listen to music through streaming platforms. We need to keep up with the times to go further. The contract for Alex and Taylor's exclusive copyright is a change we have made to adapt to the times."

"We should give special treatment to those artists who can bring benefits to the company!"

"So Alex's treatment for the Leviathan World Tour must be at the highest level! We can discuss everything, whether it's equipment, profit sharing, or even a documentary film!"

Monty Lipman looked around and was very satisfied with everyone's expressions at the moment, so he slowed down his speech.

"Everyone, let me emphasize again that because Alex controls the recording copyright of his album, our control over him is actually very low. Rather than a superior-subordinate relationship, our relationship is more like a mutually beneficial and equal partner. So in other words, when he really develops in the future, if he wants to leave us and work alone or join another company, we may not even get a share of the profits."

"We are about to enter the second decade of the 21st century. I mean, a new era is about to arrive."

“We need to give the green light to those singers and artists who have the potential to change the times and share the glory with them!”

(End of this chapter)