HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 344 [344] What is a money-making king?! He made 3.5 billion in global money in 16 days!
Qi Yuan was conquering territory in the United States.

Warner Music has begun to exert its influence in the domestic media landscape.

Warner Music's extravagant spending spree instantly shifted the public opinion in China.

The media's shift from mocking Qi Yuan to praising her was smoother than Dove chocolate.

Unfortunately, Warner Music offered more this time than ever before.

As long as you help Warner publish Qi Yuan's battle report, regardless of the size of the media outlet, you will receive a red envelope.

[A historic first: A Chinese singer tops the Billboard 200 chart in the United States]

[Qi Yuan's first English EP sold 390 million copies worldwide in half a month, with over 150 million sold in the US market alone]

From Asian superstar to global superstar, Qi Yuan has succeeded, creating a new history for Chinese male singers.

[Global pop diva Madonna falls to Qi Yuan in defeat!]

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Most of the reports are true; Qi Yuan's EP did indeed sell 3.9 million copies, and it's true that it topped the 200 best album chart.

However, some clever little devils couldn't resist. These tabloids discovered that Warner's red envelope was a bit too generous and felt that they would feel the red envelope was too hot to handle without adding some sensational details. So, Madonna became Qi Yuan's defeated opponent, and so on.

Objectively speaking, it is a fact that Madonna was defeated by Qi Yuan. In the top 200 albums chart, Qi Yuan occupied the first place, while Madonna ranked below Qi Yuan.

But Madonna's album was released in October, which is two months ago, and the peak sales period has passed.

Comparing the newly released "22" to Madonna's album is like an 18-year-old strongman defeating a 50-year-old man—it's somewhat unfair!

That doesn't matter, because this is China.

Ordinary people in China don't know much about the Western music scene.

English songs are a niche genre in China, while Chinese songs are always the mainstream.

Ordinary people in China are happy to hear that Qi Yuan beat Madonna, since Madonna doesn't come to China to work, and the local media can say whatever they want.

The facts have proven that this approach is very effective.

That's Madonna! A quick online search will tell you she's a world-renowned pop diva, a globally recognized top pop singer, and at her peak, she was known as the Queen of the Century.

Qi Yuan actually managed to take down this kind of person, and Qi Yuan's fans are ecstatic.

In recent days, Qi Yuan's fans have suffered a lot of humiliation.

The days when the contents of the American newspapers were transmitted back to the United States were the darkest time for them.

Many singers' fans wanted Qi Yuan dead. In the days that followed, Qi Yuan's fans spoke up for him online, which immediately attracted attacks from the singer's fans, infuriating Qi Yuan's fans.

Today they finally turned their lives around.

Qi Yuan achieved remarkable results in the United States, and they began a full-scale offensive.

"Where are the haters? Why did they run away? Qi Yuan is the top Chinese singer, I'm telling you. If you're so capable, tell your idol to try his luck in Europe and America."

"Awesome! This is another historic achievement. Let me give you a little background: the Billboard charts are the most prestigious and authoritative music charts in the United States and even the world. The Top 200 albums refer to the 200 best-selling albums in the United States in the most recent week. Qi Yuan taking the top spot means that Qi Yuan's album sold the best in the United States in the most recent week."

"Let me explain to you what the Billboard Hot 100 is. It refers to the most popular and most listened-to singles in the United States in the past week."

A song breaking into the top 20 usually means it will become popular in most countries around the world, with a significant chance of becoming a global hit. Qi Yuan's "You're Beautiful" ranked 6th, "Sugar" ranked 9th, and "Baby" ranked 13th. I'd like to ask, who else in the Chinese music scene has achieved this?

"Incredible! The king of the Chinese music scene is the same king of the American music scene."

This sarcastic remark made by American media about Qi Yuan has become a common phrase used by fans.

Before success, he was a clown; after success, he became an inspirational role model. Without a doubt, Qi Yuan succeeded.

In addition to taking action against the haters, Qi Yuan's fans also went out of their way to smear Qi Yuan and sent their greetings to each and every media outlet that did so.

The heads and editors of those media outlets were also dumbfounded.

Hey!
How could Americans play them?
American newspapers have all said that Qi Yuan, this arrogant Eastern monkey, is bound to fail!

How could these media outlets that idolize Europe and America not believe what the American media said? As a result, they were defeated.

Qi Yuan's popularity in America is growing day by day, which is more painful than killing them, especially that short story magazine, which is so angry they want to kill Qi Yuan.

And those singers in the American music scene too, they're all a bunch of useless trash.

What Christmas? Qi Yuan has already invaded your hometown! Why don't you come out and fight Qi Yuan?

If you had just found a few superstars to release albums and instead of letting Qi Yuan dominate the American music scene, would we have been so embarrassed?

Of course, they didn't dare to criticize the American media, so they could only curse Qi Yuan in their hearts.

It's just an EP, why are you making such a fuss about it?
There are four songs in total, three of which are in the top fifteen, and the ranking is still rising. Why don't you just fly to the sky?

Any decent person with several such good songs would choose to put together an album, right?

This young man is utterly despicable and shameless, trying to deceive and ambush these old media outlets.

Let's see how long you can keep gloating. You got lucky this time, going to release an EP in December while all the American superstars are out.

We don't believe you can always wait until December. When the peak season of competition in the American music scene arrives, America's kings and queens of pop will teach you a lesson.

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Singers who released or are preparing to release albums a few days ago are also cursing.

They and the record company behind them found themselves making fools of themselves.

It was agreed that if Qi Yuan failed in the US, his genius status would be shattered, and his fame and influence would decline, and they would go out and erode Qi Yuan's market share.

So you call this a "falling out"?
If this is considered a flop, then 95% of American singers should just give up on their careers, stop releasing albums, and go find a factory to work as screwdrivers.

Some media outlets have also analyzed how much money Warner Music made from Qi Yuan's small EP.

"According to the data we have, most listeners who bought '22' purchased the deluxe edition, because the deluxe edition includes a new song and a bunch of freebies."

To be precise, let's take a middle value. The price of Qi Yuan's album is between $8.99 and $12.99, and we'll take the average of $10.99.

Ultimately, we arrived at a figure: since its release on the 28th of last month, the record has brought Warner a total of $4286 million in revenue, equivalent to approximately 3.51 million RMB.

You could also interpret it this way: in the 16 days since this album went on sale, it has earned Warner Music $2196 million every day.

The moment this article was published, the entire Chinese internet exploded.

Raising money like crazy? Earning 20 million a day? Even if you had a printing press at home, you wouldn't dare print that much!
(End of this chapter)