HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 383 [383] Shocking! A Western pop diva is willing to give up her fiancé for Qi?

It sold 264.3 million copies in a week, with most people buying the 22.99 yuan deluxe edition, which contains all ten music videos.

The $29.99 deluxe edition also sold quite well. This version is a two-disc set, where you can listen to the CD in your car and the DVD at home, making it perfect for fans who own a car.

In short, the average price of these 264 million records is definitely above $22.99.

Even if we simply multiply the $22.99 figure by the sales volume, the final sales figure reaches an astonishing $6077 million.

I am!

Wu Baige was starting to lose her composure.

Is this guy serious? Is he really going to use his album to beat up his movie?
According to industry assessments, this album has great potential and should easily sell 1500 million copies within its run, generating approximately $3.4 million in revenue.

What if this guy sells 2000 million copies? That's close to 4.6 million?
It's worth noting that only two films achieved this number at the global box office throughout last year: Mission: Impossible 2 and Gladiator.

He knows perfectly well how much the 545 million box office of "Mission: Impossible 2" has to do with him as the director.

The soul of this series is not the director, and this has been proven many times since. With Tom Cruise around, the series has been a huge hit despite the constant change of directors.

Wu Baige truly felt endless pressure.

No wonder Warner was willing to spend money all over the world to buy articles praising Qi Yuan. This money-making efficiency is like a nuclear-powered money-printing machine. Anyone who finds such a treasure would cherish it.

The most outrageous thing is that the album's production credits are filled with Qi Yuan's name.

Qi Yuan truly achieved self-sufficiency, producing and selling everything himself.

This is also why Qi Yuan dares to be arrogant in the United States. He doesn't need to fawn over or even grovel before American musicians, begging them to write songs for him, only to be given a perfunctory and garbage song in return, and he still has to thank them.

Qi Yuan no longer needs to ask for favors; on the contrary, American singers and record companies may want to ask him for help.

Especially with Shakira's success story as an example.

Now, Warner doesn't need to remind them anymore; Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony, is pushing "Somebody That I Used To Know" like crazy.

They hope that the song's popularity will help Shakira establish herself in the United States, increasing the chances of her first English album being a success by the end of the year.

Shakira expressed her gratitude to Qi Yuan in front of the media: "Chris is truly the most charming Asian man I have ever met. His talent, his wisdom, his singing skills... are all perfect and impeccable... I am a person who is loyal in relationships. If I had not met my fiancé, I think I would definitely have pursued him."

The fiancé Shakira mentioned is the son of Argentina's current swimming champion.

In March of this year, her boyfriend publicly proposed to Shakira, making headlines in all Latin American news.

This relationship lasted until 2011, during which time Shakira's albums were temporarily suspended from sale by her record company due to the political influence of her fiancé and his father.

Shakira's statement that she would pursue Qi Yuan may not be a lie.

She and Qi Yuan are from the same circle; they are both singers who reached the top in their home countries and then entered the American market. In the eyes of Americans, neither of them are considered authentic white people.

She could find many similarities with Qi Yuan, and also many points of resonance.

However, she also emphasized that she was already engaged and that she was a person who was loyal to her feelings.

But the American media doesn't care about these things; what they want is sales and traffic.

[Latin pop diva Shakira has changed her mind! She openly admits to abandoning her fiancé for an Asian musician!]

[Breaking News! Insiders reveal Shakira has taken off her engagement ring, all because of Kris's involvement!]

[Latin Heat Meets Eastern Mystery: Rumors Circulate that Chris Chie Was Denied Entry to Argentina]

[It is reported that the Argentine music awards ceremony sent an invitation to Chris Chiu and mailed a one-way ticket to Warner Music.] ...

Los Angeles.

Qi Yuanshun, who came here to promote his album, brought the crew of "Peak 2" to visit the set.

When Cheng Long saw Qi Yuan, he gave him a warm hug and then lightly punched him on the shoulder: "Good lad, in Hong Kong everyone calls me Big Brother, but in America you are the real Big Brother. You have more guts than me! I admire you."

This time, Cheng Long was truly convinced. Everyone said that his older brother was dashing and romantic, and compared to Qi Yuan, he was just a junior.

No matter how much of a womanizer he is, he wouldn't dare to steal away the son of Argentina's acting president, Yong Aizi.

Seeing Qi Yuan's blank expression, Cheng Long assumed the kid was faking it, so he showed Qi Yuan a newspaper that had just come out that morning and teased, "You're something else, you're on the front page of the news."

Qi Yuan glanced at the out-of-context report and froze, her expression immediately blank: "..."

Depend on!
Slander! Absolutely slander! He has never touched a woman who is already in a relationship, okay?

American media's ability to fabricate stories is in no way inferior to that of Hong Kong media.

To be precise, Hong Kong and Taiwan media learned from here; this is the originator.

Qi Yuan has been running around day and night promoting his work these days, often visiting several venues a day. He really doesn't have time to pay attention to the news outside.

Qi Yuan spent two or three hours on the set of "Peak 2" and watched the crew film several scenes.

The Hong Kong portion of the film was decent, but the quality plummeted in the American portion. Jackie Chan seemed to have been given a buff, and he didn't fight much in the American scenes. I don't know if it was the screenwriter's fault or someone else's.

As soon as Qi Yuan got into the car after leaving the film crew, Zhang Hao told her something in a serious tone: "Chai Zhiping from Taiwan wants to buy the rights to 'Can't Help Falling in Love' from you. She thinks the song is a perfect match for a drama she's currently filming."

In 2001, Chai Zhiping and Qi Yuan immediately thought of the name of a TV series, the famous "Meteor Garden", a truly phenomenal idol drama that swept across Asia.

The fact that this show managed to elevate four people with little talent or professional skills to the status of top Asian celebrities, even enabling them to hold seven consecutive concerts for tens of thousands of people in Japan, demonstrates just how much this show could promote its stars.

Actually, only Yan Chengxu and Zhou Yumin in this group can be considered handsome; the other two seem to be just there to fill the spots.

In the Chinese entertainment industry in 2001, the group F4 was an absolute phenomenon.

Without hesitation, Qi Yuan agreed to authorize the use of "Unavoidable Love" by "Meteor Garden".

It's just a license; even a small amount is still money. What Qi Yuan cares about isn't the money itself, but the phenomenal success of this drama, "Can't Help Falling in Love," and the resulting buzz it brings to "Can't Help Falling in Love."

He's in the US, so his exposure in China has decreased, and his popularity has dropped accordingly—this is unavoidable.

Furthermore, only with the addition of "Meteor Garden" can "Can't Help Falling in Love" become the complete version and a super hit song that people all over the country have heard.

With such free publicity and the potential to make money, Qi Yuan had no reason not to capitalize on it.

……

Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene.

Dr. Chen, Hsiao Ya-hsuan, and Lin Chih-hsuan felt that their spring was finally coming.

Damn it, Qi Yuan is a complete scoundrel. His three junior sisters released albums in the first three months of this year, and they occupied half of the top ten spots on the music charts for those three months.

Qi Yuan is currently in the United States and has no time to attend to things back home. The albums of Qi Yuan's three junior sisters have also passed their peak popularity, and it's finally their turn to take the stage.

(End of this chapter)