HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 215 [215] Third Album Released: Half an Album Shows Everyone What a Hip-Hop King Is
After winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, Qi Yuan's popularity and buzz reached unprecedented heights.

Combined with Warner's promotional efforts, the feedback to those three new songs was phenomenal.

On many radio stations in Taiwan and mainland China, "At Least I Still Have You," "Happy Worship," and "Can't Help Falling in Love" ranked among the top three on the request charts and the hot song charts.

Qi Yuan swept the top three spots, a remarkable achievement that made Elva Hsiao, Nicholas Tse, and others give up the fight.

We can't beat them, we really can't beat them at all.

Li Xue, who was by Qi Yuan's side, witnessed firsthand how exaggeratedly Qi Yuan's status and commercial value skyrocketed after becoming a Best Actor winner.

Several major car, watch, and computer brands have wanted to hire Qi Yuan as their spokesperson.

There are countless small endorsements available to Qi Yuan. If she didn't care about the quality of the endorsements, she could easily accept dozens of advertising endorsements.

These advertising endorsements are currently being held back. Once Qi Yuan releases his album and embarks on a new concert tour, his commercial value will increase further.

Li Xue had a remote phone call with Li Bingbing, where she gave him a detailed development plan for his film, television, business, and professional awards career.

Choosing high-quality films to compete for awards is the most important step.

Finally, Li Xue came to a conclusion: "You must secure Director Chen's film next year. I read the script a long time ago. With such a talented director like Director Chen making this film, there's a very good chance of winning an award."

Li Bingbing was speechless: "You make it sound so easy. I need to actually get the role. That woman surnamed Fan is eyeing it covetously, and her new agent is no pushover. And that Yang Xue, she doesn't seem simple either."

Yang Xue is good at interpersonal relationships and has a good rapport with other actresses like Li Fan and Gao Lin on set. To be able to do this, she must have high emotional and intellectual intelligence. Who knows if Yang Xue has any intention of getting involved?
Everyone is fighting to the death, and Yang Xue, who usually seems harmless, might suddenly come out and steal the limelight.

In the cast of "Hua Wuque", Yang Xue kept calling Fan Li "sister", and ended up having more scenes than Fan Li.

"Mr. Qi invested in this movie. He has a good relationship with Director Chen, so he can definitely make the decisions. At worst, I'll make a big sacrifice. I'll have a romance with Mr. Qi, and then there'll be a great chance that the role will be yours."

Li Xue felt that as long as it was for her sister's good, she was willing to make such a sacrifice.

Li Bingbing: "..."

You call that a sacrifice? That sounds nice, but you probably just want to date Qi Yuan!

In fact, Li Bingbing would prefer that Li Xue find someone outside the entertainment industry and live a normal life.

The entertainment industry is a big melting pot. She wasn't even considered a great beauty in the industry, let alone Li Xue, who was inferior to her.

Qi Yuan is young, rich, handsome and talented. He will be surrounded by more and more women. Didn't you see how Fan Xiaopang was clinging to Qi Yuan like a sycophant on set?
Is Li Xue a match for a true vixen like Fan Xiaopang?

Li Bingbing wasn't optimistic, but she didn't dare to say so.

……

Qi Yuan sneezed.

He was unaware that he had been shortlisted for a role by Zhang Yingmou, and even less aware that Li Xue planned to use him to help Li Bingbing obtain resources; otherwise, he would have definitely complained that the world was too treacherous.

If Fan Xiaopang knew what Li Xue was planning, he would be furious and angrily denounce the Li Xue sisters for being shameless!
You're going to use such underhanded tactics to fight for resources, why don't you all team up as sisters?
……

On December 25, Qi Yuan's third album, "Wish," was officially released simultaneously in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and some small Southeast Asian countries.

This level of prestige is worthy of the title of Asian pop king.

This time, Warner Music distributed a large quantity of copies. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the record market will begin to shrink gradually next year, and this year is the best year for Chinese-language records. The second album, "Wish," sold over 720 million legitimate copies throughout its sales period. The EP "Next Year Today" is priced even lower, but is expected to sell for even more.

In his album "Wish," Qi Yuan packed an even more luxurious song lineup than "Enlightenment," aiming to elevate the sales of his third album to a whole new level and leave a lasting mark on the Chinese music market.

Warner distributed 200 million copies in mainland China, 50 in Hong Kong, 80 in Taiwan, and 30 in other regions.

Such an early distribution volume is enough to scare people to death.

Jay Chou's "Jay" has not sold 3 million copies so far. Many singers can't even sell a few hundred thousand copies in a whole year. Qi Yuan sold more than 3 million copies right away, which left many people speechless.

The media and record companies in the industry are all speculating.

Is Warner really that confident?

Are "At Least I Still Have You," "Happy Worship," and "Can't Help Falling in Love" just appetizers?

That's impossible. If these three songs were used by another singer to make an album, and they combined seven ordinary songs, that album would be considered a masterpiece. Qi Yuan can't possibly come up with seven more songs of similar quality, can he?

The answer was revealed at 9 a.m. on the 25th.

"Wish" has been put on the shelves of audio-visual stores and bookstores all over the country.

On the streets and alleys of Taiwan, countless young people, students, and even some middle-aged people go into record stores to buy records.

Currently, many music stores in Taiwan are playing Tao Ze's new song.

After a two-year hiatus, Tao Ze finally released his second album on the 16th of this month, which includes songs such as "Ordinary Friends" and "Finding Myself," making it another phenomenal album.

Such songs could be heard in many places in Taiwan.

"The rain is falling, the clouds are crying, and the raindrops are dripping into my heart, oh yeah~~"

The most catchy phrase is "find yourself," which is easily misheard as "find Zikun."

In short, after Huang Zhuan was published, Tao Ze became a huge hit in Taiwan.

However, today, Qi Yuan's "Wish" arrived, and most of the customers who entered the music store bought "Wish".

Many musicians in the industry bought "Wish" immediately, wanting to see how well Qi Yuan did with the other songs besides the three songs that were on the charts.

The first song that people who bought the cassette tape or disc heard was "In the Name of the Father," which had a very long intro, lasting more than a minute.

The prelude is like a feature film, with Italian spoken words that sound like the Godfather praying to God. Various musical elements are layered on top of each other, gradually building up the atmosphere, and a mysterious and dark feeling comes over you.

When the human voices came out, people got goosebumps.

The composition, arrangement, and lyrics of "In the Name of the Father" are all top-notch.

Following "In the Name of the Father" is "Nocturne," another chilling and divine piece.

The third and fourth songs were "Happy Worship" and "Can't Help Falling in Love." The colleagues breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Everyone had heard these two songs before, and they weren't as shocking as the previous "In the Name of the Father" and "Nocturne." Then the fifth song, "Reverse the Earth," came. Half of the album showed everyone what a pinnacle of Chinese hip-hop should look like.

What kind of monsters are these?! Warner Music wasn't exaggerating before, Qi Yuan really is going to lead the Chinese hip-hop trend.

(End of this chapter)