The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

In 1998, National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival were celebrated together.

October 5th is the Mid-Autumn Festival. After eating mooncakes, on October 8th, Wang Yifei's album "Manual of Youth" was officially released.

Because the song "Lilac Flower" had already started its promotional campaign the day before National Day, with a large amount of resources being allocated to it.

Facebook has mobilized all its promotional resources.

This is a normally charged promotional resource, but it was offered at a 79% discount, with a total investment of 20 million RMB to promote this album.

Once the album's promotion began, it quickly came into the public eye and attracted the attention of many young people.

In a music and video store near a middle school in Shanghai, melodious songs are playing from a huge speaker.

Several stylishly dressed young female students strolled into the music store. They heard singing coming from the doorway, but didn't pay much attention at first. After listening for a while, they ran over to ask the owner.

"Boss, what song is playing now? Which female celebrity sings it?"

"Look, the promotional poster at the entrance is it. It's called something like 'Manual of Youth,' by a female singer named XiXi. I'd never heard of her before, but she's quite popular lately."

The boss pointed, and sure enough, the female students saw a huge poster posted at the entrance, which they hadn't noticed when they came in.

Perhaps they were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice.

"Hehe? How could anyone choose such a name? Xixi, her name sounds the same as yours!"

Several female students tilted their heads, curiously examined the item, and then wanted to ask the boss for more details, but the boss didn't know either.

"Xiaomei, are you guys stupid? Just search it online, there's tons of information online."

Liu Xi waved the Huachen phone in his hand and chuckled.

After unlocking her phone screen with a password, she opened an application called Nano Search and typed "hehe" using the nine-key pinyin input method.

However, the result was not what she wanted, because nothing was found.

It was Ren Xiaomei, who was standing next to her, who reminded her to add the words 'female singer' after 'hee hee'.

Sure enough, the page that appeared this time finally showed information about the female singer, XiXi.

It's a nano encyclopedia, but it contains very little information.

Aside from the information that XiXi's real name is Liu Qianqian, the rest of the information is basically about the album "Manual of Youth".

They debuted at the end of last month.

That's really quite hasty.

There is no information about her age, height, or anything else.

However, her original name, Liu Qianqian, is quite interesting.

"Xixi, she really does share your surname, and her given name sounds the same as yours!"

Ren Xiaomei and the others pointed at their phones and exclaimed in surprise, chattering away, it was a bit noisy.

Although there wasn't much information, they were still drawn to the singing when they focused their attention on the speakers outside.

Well, actually, it has a lot to do with the lyrics. Also, this female singer named Liu Qianqian looks very young, even younger than them.

However, Liu Qianqian is very tall and has an outstanding appearance.

The female students chattered for a while and then decided to buy an album.

But right after they paid, two more of their male classmates came over and each bought an album.

They are all quite wealthy, because an album costs twenty-two yuan.

These middle school students bought it without even blinking.

Watching the students leave, the shop owner counted his money while muttering to himself:

What's so good about this song?

The record store owner likes rock music, and since he works in the store and listens to music every day, he naturally doesn't have much of a feeling for Wang Yifei's album.

In the 1980s and 90s, Hollywood, the entertainment capital of the East, had an abundance of great music.

Leaving aside the Four Heavenly Kings, in the last year or two, there has emerged a singer even more outstanding than the Four Heavenly Kings named Richie Jen.

This person debuted in 1990, and two years ago released the album "Too Softhearted," which set a record for the highest sales of a Mandarin album: 26 million copies!

This year, he released "Love Like the Pacific Ocean," which also achieved remarkable sales and earned him the Best Male Singer Award at the 5th Global Chinese Music Awards.

These two albums alone contain classic and catchy songs such as "Too Softhearted", "The Girl Across the Way", "Sad Pacific Ocean", and "I Am a Fish".

Therefore, it's no surprise that record store owners have no shortage of good songs to listen to.

Although Wang Yifei's album contains many good songs, such as "I Don't Want to Grow Up", "Gardenia Blossoms", "Lilac", "Those Flowers", and "Hello Tomorrow", etc.

But in this era of fierce competition, it's already quite remarkable that she, a fledgling newcomer, wasn't overshadowed by the albums of those superstars.

There are also Na Ying's "Meet in 1998" and Liu Huan's "Heroes' Song", etc.

It was October 1998, and so many great songs had already emerged.

And that's without even counting the songs from before.

So people nowadays certainly don't lack good songs.

However, the new song will still have support from young people.

Young people are in their rebellious teenage years, so they like to follow fashion trends and don't want to listen to the songs that older generations like, thinking they are outdated.

After its release, Wang Yifei's album quickly became popular among middle school students and then spread to university students.

But that's about it; older groups don't really like it.

Even though Wang Yifei sang songs like "Lilac Flower" and "Those Flowers," they didn't cause much of a sensation.

Just because she's the one singing these songs would ruin them.

The songs most suitable for her to sing are only "Youth Training Manual" and "Gardenia Blossoms".

In Harbin, the sales department of a record production company is extremely busy.

"Hello, this is Supernova Records. Oh? You want five thousand units? Okay, where should we deliver them to? Oh, I understand, I've written it down, we'll arrange shipment as soon as possible."

There used to be twelve salespeople in the office, but now there are more than thirty answering the phone.

Distributors from all over the country are demanding more stock, simply because sales are so good that they need to stock up as soon as possible.

It's important to know that Supernova Records doesn't just manage the album "Manual of Youth"; they also manage other albums.

The album "Youth Training Manual" alone had an initial production run of one million copies, which were distributed to major record stores and Xinhua bookstores across the country.

After the National Day holiday, on the 8th, it was launched nationwide. Less than three days later, dealers in major cities across the country have been calling us.

This resulted in the sales department not having enough staff.

This is great! The album is a huge success. But if the album hadn't been produced in time and couldn't keep up with market demand, that would have been interesting.

Although the manufacturers of counterfeit goods in the mainland market have been almost wiped out by the crackdown.

However, there are still many desperate people who will take risks for profit. Therefore, the album "Youth Training Manual" cannot be given an opportunity by these pirates to hand over their profits.

Harbin Institute of Technology, Wangjia on the island in the middle of the lake.

Wang Yifei has been very happy these days because after class, she immediately checks on her album sales.

Whenever she saw that a lot of albums had been sold, she would jump around and be overjoyed.

On the internet, the album "Manual of Youth" also saw impressive download numbers on Facebook's music platform.

Since its simultaneous release on the 8th, it has already garnered 800,000 downloads.

Wang Yifei was overjoyed.

This album was released as a standalone album, and it was also priced at 22 yuan online.

In other words, 800,000 downloads translate to 17.6 million RMB in sales revenue.

This is essentially a risk-free business.

However, music platforms definitely need to take a cut, so it's best to take the normal cut. Anyway, apart from Wang Meili and other executives of Want Want Group, not many people really know that XiXi is Wang Yifei.

These executives had all met Wang Yifei, so of course they knew her.

As for the people below, they naturally didn't recognize them.

But executives like Tong Zhigang and Yabo Fein certainly wouldn't reveal this to their subordinates.

Wang Duoyu personally funded the purchase of advertising resources from companies like Facebook, totaling 20 million yuan. He figured that once the app downloads reached 1.5 million, he could break even.

For albums, cassettes, DVDs, etc., sold in physical stores, that's pure profit.

It's too early to say exactly how much pocket money Wang Yifei will earn.

As October drew to a close, the wildly popular TV series "Princess Returning Pig," which became the hottest show of the century, premiered on local television stations.

Once it was broadcast, it immediately caused a national sensation because it was incredibly popular.

In November, the TV series "Princess Returning Pig" became a huge hit, even overseas.

The television station achieved an astonishing viewership of over 60%, with peak viewership reaching as high as 70%.

So terrifying.

There's a song called "Dang" in this song, sung by Power Station, which is also a very popular song.

And the ending theme song "Rain Butterfly" sung by singer Li Yijun.

These two songs instantly became the most popular songs at the moment, without exception.

If it weren't for Wang Yifei's sweet appearance, youthful charm, and unparalleled influence among students, the album's sales would have been severely affected, resulting in very low sales.

However, as of November, the album has been downloaded more than three million times on Facebook's music platform.

This is a very high sales volume.

The sales volume of cassettes, DVDs, etc. sold in physical stores nationwide has exceeded four million, and if Hong Kong and Taiwan are included, it has exceeded four and a half million.

"Dad, sob sob, the sales growth rate has slowed down a lot. It's been three days now, and the daily downloads are only a little over 10,000. Last week it was 40,000 or 50,000."

In the villa's living room, Wang Yifei, with a mournful face, pointed at the computer screen and said...

She was referring to downloads on music platforms. Since the premiere of "Princess Returning Pig," songs like "Dang" and "Rain Butterfly" have surpassed 15 million downloads in less than a week.

It was so terrifying.

Simply because this TV series is so incredibly popular.

Since its premiere on October 28, the viewership rating quickly surpassed 60% and continues to grow steadily.

Meanwhile, the production company of this drama has begun negotiations with other television stations to prepare for a second round of broadcasting.

Such a popular TV series, even if it's a second-run broadcast, the cost wouldn't be low, and the viewership ratings would definitely be good.

The TV series became a huge hit, sparking nationwide discussion, which led to an equally astonishing sales figure for its namesake music album.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there have been 15 million downloads.

Nowadays, albums released at the same time have all failed miserably, failing to even make a ripple.

Liu Xiaoli pouted:

"Wang Qianqian, you're just too anxious. Why think so much? It's just bad luck. Besides, your sales combined with online sales have exceeded seven million, which is already fantastic. Why are you crying?"

That's what she said, but deep down, Liu Xiaoli was still very proud.

But amidst the pride, there was also a hint of complex emotion.

Even though Wang Yifei is her biological daughter, and in terms of achievements, Wang Yifei is not even worthy of carrying her older brother Wang Junhong's shoes, the sales of seven million albums are still very impressive.

This data is already the average data for top stars.

Therefore, Liu Xiaoli did not say anything wrong; one should be content with what one has and find happiness in life.

Wang Junhong, who was standing nearby, also put down his book and said to his younger sister with a smile:
"Mom is right, Sisi, you can lower your expectations a bit. Besides, with such a strong competitor right now, everyone is helpless. The fact that you've still improved so much is already quite impressive."

Wang Jun'an and the others offered a few words of comfort, but Wang Duoyu remained silent.

After dealing with her mother and brother, Wang Yifei looked at her father expectantly again.
"Dad, you must have a way, right?"

"How do you want me to help you?"

"Can you make my data look better?"

"Sure, how about I hack into this music platform later and change your download count to 30 million?"

puff!

Liu Xiaoli and the others all burst into laughter, especially Wang Junkang, who pounced on the sofa, laughing and slapping it wildly.

Sisi doesn't giggle!
"Dad~~~"

Wang Yifei's eyes widened instantly as she stared incredulously at her father, then at her mother and brother who were laughing hysterically, tears welling up in her eyes with a sob in her voice.
"Waaaaah~ Daddy, how could you do this?"

She was so tired.

Is this still the father who loved and doted on her?
What's the point of modifying data?
Such a cheating method is nothing but self-deception, and it's not the solution she wants at all.

"Okay, stop crying. Daddy was just kidding." Wang Duoyu smiled, wiped away her tears, and gently stroked her head.

"Now 'Princess Returning Pig' is a huge hit, but thankfully, it's just the TV series that's popular; the music albums haven't been as successful. Your album has been affected, but it's alright."

"Going forward, you can focus your album marketing efforts on young people, such as middle school and university students, and it would be best to increase promotion through online channels."

"Also, what your mother and the others said earlier is right. You should be content with what you have and stop dreaming of instant success, do you hear me?"

Wang Yifei then stopped crying and smiled, nodding obediently.

Liu Xiaoli echoed this sentiment:
"Okay, it's good that you've stopped crying. Let's go out for dinner to celebrate."

yeah!
In an instant, Wang Junkang and the others jumped up excitedly.

In their family, they generally eat at home most of the time and rarely eat out.

Especially when the whole family gathers together, they call a chef to come to their home to help cook.

The main reason is that Wang Duoyu's situation is too special, so he has been living like this for many years.

But the situation is different now, so people are eating out more often.

However, they still ate at home very infrequently because Liu Xiaoli and her family were used to eating at home, which was more convenient!

On the other hand, it's because their family frequently travels to other places, such as having a house in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai.

Throughout the year, I actually spend no more than eight months living in Harbin.

Sometimes, I even stay away from home for more than six months.

For example, Wang Duoyu has been away from home for almost five months now.

"Mom, where are we going to eat?"

Wang Yifei immediately stopped worrying about her album's performance and decided to go out for a nice meal first.

Soon, the family went to a rooftop restaurant on the 68th floor of a building near Harbin Institute of Technology for a meal. This restaurant is a hotel restaurant under the Want Want Group.

The ingredients come from all over the world and are all top-quality.

Caviar, matsutake mushrooms, blue lobsters, and so on, but these were nothing special to Wang Duoyu and his family.

On the contrary, the food made with ordinary domestic ingredients and cooked by top chefs from the eight major cuisines is what Wang Duoyu and his family love most.

Besides the eight major cuisines, there are also local cuisines such as Tan Family Cuisine, each with its own unique characteristics.

For example, the dishes in the Manchu Han Imperial Feast are quite good.

"Dad, why did you insist on naming me XiXi? And why is the name Liu Qianqian noted in the Nano Encyclopedia?"

During the meal, Wang Yifei asked the question again.

The stage name "XiXi" was given to her by her father.

And she used her mother's surname, Liu, which is really incomprehensible.

Liu Xiaoli and the others paused in their work, their eyes all turning to Wang Duoyu. Bai Doufu suddenly spoke up, interjecting:
"Dad, I want a stage name too. Can you help me choose one?"

"Pfft, White Tofu, do you want to be a star too?" Wang Jun'an asked cheerfully.

"Yes, my sister can sing, and I want to sing too. Besides, I sing really well!"

As he spoke, Bai Doufu started singing to himself. His childish voice was quite amusing to listen to.

clap clap!

After the little one finished singing, everyone applauded. Bai Doufu looked at her father expectantly, asking, "Daddy, did I sing well?" (End of Chapter)