American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 120 The Strongest Female Country Music Singer Ever Counted (Subscribe)

"You've bought so much for Taylor, and you haven't bought me anything yet." Daddario muttered under the desk in the office.

Ryan was still busy with the final finishing touches on the new song and ignored her.

"You don't love me at all." Daddario snorted coldly and continued to eat his hot dog.

There was a vacuum cleaner turned on in the room, but the sound it made was a ciliu sound, which was quite different from an ordinary vacuum cleaner.

When Taylor left this time, he took Erica with him. Ryan is now completely liberated and no longer has to sneak around.

"It's done." Ryan supported the table with both hands. At this moment, the production of the new song was completely completed.

"Cough cough." Daddario's temporary work was also over, and he started coughing violently.

"It feels so uncomfortable." Daddario woke up and blew his nose. The tip of his nose was red and tears were in the corners of his eyes. If the food is too spicy and sour, people will choke and cry.

Ryan opened the drawer. When he went to Hermès to buy a bag before, he was asked to get a bunch of useless gadgets. Giving it to Daddario now was a way to make full use of it.

"They are just some unwanted junk. It's just that they have the Hermès logo printed on them." Daddario said with some disgust. She wanted the bag.

"Forget it if you don't want it." Ryan put the things away again.

"Yes! If you don't want it, give it to me." Daddario snatched the gadgets back, put them in his bag and took them home later.

"Will I not be able to come here in the future?" Daddario said hesitantly, touching the Hermès scarf.

"Try to come as little as possible. Even if you have to come, you have to be fully armed and cannot let people recognize you." Ryan sent the master tape to the staff of the record company. The next step was a series of preparations including cover shooting, MV shooting, etc., and then it was officially launched.

"Who will be starring in this music video?" Daddario asked.

"There is no female lead in this MV." Ryan shook his head.

"That's fine." Daddario groaned, "I suddenly feel that... it's good to be by your side."

But Ryan didn't want her to stay by his side forever...

"What happened to your previous audition for The Vampire Diaries?" Ryan suddenly asked.

"What else could it be? She was eliminated. I heard that the female lead has been chosen by another actress, 19-year-old Nina Dobrev," Daddario tried to say.

"It's not that famous..." Ryan tried to say.

"It was originally a follow-up work, and we couldn't afford any big names," Daddario continued.

Ryan nodded, as if he had made some kind of plan.

"What do you want to do?" Daddario was stunned.

"I think you're a better choice for this show than Nina Dobrev." Ryan raised his hand and stroked her hair.

Vampire themes are very popular, and HBO has already launched a similar TV series called "True Blood", which has good ratings. Ryan feels this is an opportunity.

"But the two producers said I was not suitable for a drama whose main audience was women. They thought I should star in a horror movie," Daddario tried.

Horror movies are mostly watched by male audiences, and Daddario's pair of big white rabbits are obviously more popular with male audiences. In contrast, female audiences actually prefer the image of a weak girl, like Kristen in Twilight, at least she looks like this now. Nina Dobrev also belongs to this slim type.

"So do you want to perform?" Ryan asked.

"Of course I do..." Daddario said what was in his heart.

“Maybe the producers will reject you, but they won’t reject investing,” Ryan tried.

The risks of TV series are mainly borne by the relevant production companies. TV stations will participate in the establishment of the series and pay broadcast fees, but this broadcast fee cannot completely cover the production costs. The cost gap is borne by the production company. Just like movies, it is also high risk and high return. Some popular series can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in a few years. For example, the sitcom "Seinfeld" in the 90s has accumulated more than 20 billion US dollars in copyright income to date, far exceeding the broadcast license fee paid by NBC. For the same series, Larry David, the screenwriter who participated in the share of "Seinfeld", ranked second in the Forbes entertainment industry income list in 98, surpassing Spielberg and Oprah. The income is considerable.

Moreover, TV series are filmed and broadcasted at the same time, so even if they are cut short, it will not be a "bloody loss". However, there are advantages and disadvantages. The core of a TV series is the screenwriter, which is the most core position. Generally, they will also serve as producers. At the worst, they are "supervising producers" and directly participate in the profit sharing of the series. So even if they make money, the "investment profit" that Ryan gets will not be that high.

"Where do you get the money?" Daddario asked. Although investing in a TV series is not as expensive as a movie, it still involves an investment of millions of dollars.

In fact, Ryan still has some money left from his previous investment, but he will definitely not take out this money.

"Taylor's new album sold 592 copies in the first week! So there's a lot of extra liquidity," Ryan said.

Last year, Mai Li's album sold more than 200 copies in the first week. Taylor's first-week sales this time surpassed her by nearly twice, and she topped the Billboard album chart without any suspense.

This is a new peak since the Eagles' "Long Road out of Eden" sold 2007 copies in its first week in 711. According to Nielsen SoundScan statistics, only five people in the entire country music field have first-week album sales exceeding Taylor Swift: Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Dixie Cheeks, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts.

All men.

If the scope is limited to women, Taylor is the strongest female country music singer since statistics were collected in 1991!

This doesn't even include Taylor's 129 first-week online album downloads. Since statistics were kept, it has only lagged behind Coldplay, Ryan's EP, Jack Johnson and Kanye West's "Graduation".

In terms of gross profit, the average selling price of a physical album is $12.99, and the average selling price of a digital album is $9.99, with the total gross profit easily exceeding $500 million.

Please note that this is only the first week sales!
If we follow the full-year sales forecast... Ryan will only need a little over a year to fully recoup the money he spent on acquisitions!
He still remembered the frustrated and regretful tone in Scott's voice when he reported Taylor's results to him. Apparently, the price at which the big machine was sold to Ryan was too cheap, allowing the latter to get a big bargain for nothing.

But in Scott's eyes, Ryan is also taking a risk. If Taylor's new album fails, Ryan will lose all his money.

Scott accepted his defeat with all his heart.

"Sales volume is so high?" Daddario couldn't help but open his mouth.

Although there was a structural contradiction between her and Taylor, she had to admit that Taylor had accomplished a "feat."

"I remember that the first-week sales of country music albums were not very high... The advantage is that the sales curve is relatively smooth and there will not be a sudden drop." Daddario said subconsciously.

"That's what's different about Taylor, she has a huge and fanatical group of female fans." Ryan tried.

And in the eyes of many girls, this album is a perfect interpretation of the voice of an adolescent girl. Friendship, love, family, failure, success, and struggle, these elements can all be found in "Fearless", and the album's title song of the same name serves as the finishing touch.

And Taylor was also the one who directly inspired Ryan to go for the teen idol style.

From the perspective of their music career, Ryan and Taylor can be said to have achieved each other's success.

Now all we have to do is meet at the top.

"But it feels amazing to have Taylor invest his own money in me." Daddario smiled and took the initiative to make the connection for Ryan. He also made an appointment on Ryan's behalf to meet with the two show producers. The other party was reluctant at first, but when they heard that it was Ryan who wanted to meet them, they did not refuse.

She had deliberately put Taylor's photo in front of her before. In a sense, she was a psychologically twisted person due to jealousy. Compared to Taylor, she was more suitable to see a psychiatrist.

"So, do you still want to compete with her?" Ryan began to "twist" out of professional habit again.

"Why should I fight with her? Can I win against her? You will soon send me to Los Angeles. I just hope... that you can give me some of your love when the time comes." She hugged Ryan tightly: "I need your love, too."

The thunder hit Ryan directly in the face. He felt a little suffocated, but some sounds began to emerge involuntarily in his brain, and the familiar sense of déjà vu came again.

“I need your love
I need your time
When everything''s wrong
You make it right
I feel so high
I come alive
I need to be free with you tonight
I need your love…”

　The data comes from the Billboard website, a report in 08. The original text did not mention "the strongest female country music singer in history since statistics were kept." After translating it with a browser, many places were not smooth. I tried to fill in the blanks in my mind and ended up making mistakes. But this is a minor problem. The sales data of this album are all real.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)