HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 302 [302] Do you understand the value of an English single selling a million copies in five days?

10 month 7 number.

Zhang Hao excitedly reported the results of the first five days of "Free Loop" to Qi Yuan.

"Ah Yuan, you're absolutely amazing. Do you know how many copies our single sold in the first five days? 127.1 million copies. And this is an English single! To sell that many copies, Boss Zhou is grinning from ear to ear."

Due to language barriers, English songs are destined to sell less in China than Chinese songs.

Singles aren't popular in China either; people prefer to buy albums.

This is determined by the market; even bringing Britney Spears, this year's hottest American sweetheart, to China to release an English single didn't work.

Qi Yuan's English singles sold mostly domestically, with over 70 copies sold in mainland China and Taiwan combined, and the remaining 50 copies sold overseas.

The most popular item was from Japan, with a total sales volume of over 20. It also sold well in South Korea, with sales of over 6.

It also sells well in countries like Singapore and Malaysia.

Qi Yuan said calmly, "It's alright, but not as good as I imagined."

Zhang Hao staggered and nearly fell.

Dude, this is an English single! Do you know the value of an English single selling over a million copies in five days?
The biggest market for English songs is in Europe and America, and you haven't entered that market yet!
Based on the success of "Free Loop" in China and surrounding areas, entering the European and American markets is a foregone conclusion.

Zhou Jianhui personally flew to the United States to discuss the specifics of Qi Yuan's expansion into Europe and America with Warner's headquarters.

The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and many other English-speaking countries are the main battleground for English songs.

If Qi Yuan's single can replicate its success in Japan when it enters the United States, it will be a takeoff, and it might sell millions of copies. That would be a huge success!
Singles are available on cassette and CD. For superstars like Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys, cassettes are typically priced at $3.99, while CDs are priced at $6.99.

Madonna, a global pop diva, could easily sell her singles on cassette for $4.99.

Qi Yuan is definitely not comparable to the people mentioned above; he is just a newcomer in the American music scene.

Newcomers are typically priced between $2 and $4, with an average of $3.

What does it mean to sell millions of copies in Europe and America? Let's say 400 million copies were sold, that would be 1200 million dollars.

The exchange rate between the US dollar and the Chinese yuan is 1 to 8.27, which is close to 1 million.

This is the joy of making money from music; a single can sell three or four million copies, more than Qi Yuan earns selling millions of albums in China.

Besides, Qi Yuan's single is followed by an EP. If the single sells well, the EP will follow immediately, allowing them to rake in another wave of foreign fans. How much money will they make?
Qi Yuan has gotten too cocky; he actually dared to say it's okay!
After listening to Zhang Hao's words, Qi Yuan felt that they made sense.

In the past, when he released Mandarin albums, they sold hundreds of thousands of copies on the first day of release, but his English singles only sold a little over a million copies in five days, which was indeed not enough.

Zhang Hao is right. This time, his main battleground is Europe and America; this is just a warm-up.

Selling a million tickets during a warm-up match in East Asia and making a fortune in US dollars—how happy must Qi Yuan be? Just thinking about it makes him excited.

Hopefully, Mr. Zhou can reach an agreement with Warner headquarters as soon as possible.

Don't assume that there are no conflicts between Warner Taiwan and Warner headquarters, just because they are part of the same company. Even family members argue, let alone the parent company and the branch office.

Sony's headquarters and the Taiwanese Sony are cautionary tales.

Li Wen has risen to the top of the Chinese music scene and signed a contract with Sony headquarters to enter the American music scene. Now there is a conflict between Taiwan Sony and Sony headquarters.

Li Wen's "Oops! I Did It Again" sold four to five million copies worldwide, earning over ten million US dollars.

At this point, Sony Taiwan realized they had become the clowns.

Sony's headquarters distributed the money, Li Wen received her share, but Qi Yuan, the behind-the-scenes producer who handled all aspects of the songwriting, composition, and arrangement, received even more than Li Wen.

Now that everything has been distributed, shouldn't we give some money to Sony in Taiwan?
In the end, we didn't get a single penny.

Sony Taiwan doesn't profit from the money Li Wen earns from releasing singles overseas. Conversely, when Li Wen releases Mandarin albums domestically, Sony headquarters takes a cut. This has put Sony Taiwan on edge.

This is also why Li Wen failed to make it in the US in her previous life and ended up sitting on the sidelines in Taiwan.

Sony Taiwan would rather promote newcomers like Tsai Yi-ling than invest resources in Li Wen.

This is the unfortunate consequence of the two sides failing to reach an agreement.

Fortunately, Li Wen made a name for herself in the American music scene in this life, and Sony headquarters supported her; otherwise, her situation would have been very awkward.

Qi Yuan didn't know how Zhou Jianhui and Warner Music headquarters would negotiate, but as long as his interests weren't harmed, that was fine.

The negotiations are to be handled by Lao Zhou.

Qi Yuan was ready and launched her concert in Taipei that evening.

For the first stop of the 'Heroes of the World' concert tour, Warner Music arranged a professional filming team to record the concert and sell it on DVD.

Warner Music wants to firmly attach the title of "Walking CD" to Qi Yuan.

……

At 7 o'clock in the evening.

The Taipei leg of the Heroes of the World concert has officially begun.

Fifteen thousand fans holding light boards, glow sticks, and wishing posters entered the venue and took their places.

Many Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, including Chou Chieh-lun, Liu Geng-hong, Wen Lan, Wang Li-hong, Tao Ze, Chang Hui-mei, Lin Chih-ling, and Lee Tsung-sheng, came to the event.

Huang Xiaoming, Fan Xiaopang, Li Bingbing, Yang Xue, Sha Yi, Zhao Yanzi and other mainland artists also came to show their support.

There are two to three hundred people in the industry alone.

Some tickets were donated by Warner Bros., while others came at their own expense to support the cause.

Seeing familiar faces all around them, Li Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming were filled with emotion.

Li Bingbing, in particular, was an audience member at Qi Yuan's first concert, when there were far fewer artists than there are now.

'This must be one of the concerts with the most artists, right? Almost half of the music industry and a significant portion of the film industry are here.'

Li Bingbing clicked his tongue in amazement.

Huang Xiaoming was equally stunned. He noticed that some fans behind him were holding up support signs for Tokyo and Osaka, while others were holding signs for Singapore and South Korea.

His old classmates have all become Asian superstars, while he hasn't even made it to the second tier in mainland China.

The lights dimmed, and Qi Yuan was about to make her entrance.

Everyone is guessing how Qi Yuan will make her entrance this time, and what her first song will be.

At the first stop of the last Qi Yuan concert, Qi Yuan descended from the sky on a spaceship that sprayed fireworks, leaving a deep impression on all the fans.

Zhou Jielun was completely focused; he had already noticed that Qi Yuan was very good at showing off.

He showed off his skills in creating music with just three keys and composing songs in ten minutes. He needs to learn a lot from Qi Yuan in this regard.

Last time, he showed off his three-key song-making skills in front of Tsai Yi-ling, and the effect was excellent, successfully winning the beauty's favor.

The lights went out for several seconds and then came back on, but instead of shining on the stage, they shone behind all the audience members.

Chou Chieh-lun was stunned. Holy crap! Qi Yuan was going to enter from the back? This guy really knows how to pull off some fancy moves.

Wearing a red baseball jacket, Qi Yuan appeared from behind all the fans and entered the venue through the passage. As fans along the way screamed, they stretched out their palms. Thousands of hands appeared in front of Qi Yuan, creating a very impressive scene!
(End of this chapter)