HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 384 [384] Qi Yuan, one of the world's top musicians!

In recent months, colleagues in the Chinese music scene have gained a new understanding of Qi Yuan's dominance.

The story of Sun Yanzi and Dai Peini taking turns beating up Liu Ruoying in January and February needs no further elaboration.

In late February, after attending the Grammy Awards in the United States, Chi Yuan was followed by Zhang Shaohan with her second album, "Curved Eyelashes".

This album dominated the Taiwanese music scene in March, with three hit songs, "Curved Eyelashes," "Don't Be Afraid," and "Persian Cat," all written by Chi Yuan.

After entering April, Qi Yuan's three junior female students began to weaken their offensive, and his fellow singers released their new albums one after another.

Lin Zhixuan, who started his own company, fired the first shot by releasing a new album, "Passing By," on April Fool's Day, April 1st, which includes high-quality songs such as "Parting."

On April 3, Wang Jie, a veteran superstar under Yinghuang, released a photo titled "Long Live 2001".

Thanks to "The Unromantic Crime", this veteran superstar experienced a career resurgence, putting some pressure on his fellow artist Nicholas Tse.

Speaking of which, Wang Jie is quite amazing. Even though she's past her prime, she can still have one or two hit songs every two years and become popular again. This is quite rare in the music industry.

In short, with the successful examples of Lin Zhixuan and Wang Jie, Virgin Records is making a concerted effort to promote Elva Hsiao's new album "Tomorrow".

Yinghuang, on the other hand, vigorously promoted the album "Shall We Dance? Shall We Talk!" by another artist under its label, Dr. Chen.

Both companies invested a lot of publicity resources and spent a lot of money buying press releases.

But... they were quickly dumbfounded.

The money's been poured in, but what about my headlines?
[Kee Yuen's new English album sold 264 million copies in its first week, hailed by US media as the biggest surprise in the world music scene in 2001!]

[The Latin pop diva who is famous throughout Latin America publicly professed her love for Qi Yuan, and was willing to give up her high-status fiancé for her]

[History made! The first Chinese singer in history to simultaneously top both the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart has been born!]

[Qi Yuan has topped music charts in multiple countries, becoming the first person in the history of the Chinese music scene to achieve this!]

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Hey!
Seeing Qi Yuan's name suddenly dominate the headlines across mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, Viking and Yinghuang, who had spent a considerable amount of money, kept cursing.

Qi Yuan, you bastard! You can't even behave yourself in America. You're always making headlines and stealing our spotlight. Can't you do anything decent?
There was no way around it; Qi Yuan's success was simply too astonishing.

If Dr. Chen and Elva Hsiao's new album is like two pitiful fireflies, only able to emit a tiny glimmer of light in the darkness.

So Qi Yuan is like a giant light bulb. Who would notice the light emitted by the firefly next to the light bulb?
Mainland China.

Countless fans, netizens, and passersby were thrilled by Qi Yuan's achievements!
What kind of era is this? An era where toilet water in neon-lit toilets is drinkable, an era where screws wrapped in oiled paper in Germany won't rust even after a hundred years in the damp environment of a sewer.

In all social forums in mainland China, including SMTH BBS where top students gather, there is a saying that praises people: "OP is a good person, may you be reborn in America."

Chinese people generally lack confidence and even feel inferior when facing the West.

Qi Yuan, as a Chinese, entered the European and American music scene, defeating a number of European and American singers, dominating music charts in dozens of countries, and his album became the weekly sales champion in more than a dozen or twenty countries.

Such achievements have excited a large number of fans, netizens, and casual observers in China.

"Selling 50 to 60 million a week, and that's in US dollars? That's nearly 10 million a day on average? That's outrageous!"

"Aren't there many singers who want to challenge Qi Yuan? Come out and talk to him, why don't you go outside and try it out yourself?"

"Isn't the main point Shakira's declaration of love for Qi Yuan? I searched for her photos, and she's really beautiful. Qi Yuan is getting lucky again."

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The editor-in-chief of the highly influential People's Daily personally wrote an article: "The new album released by Qi Yuan, a famous young Chinese singer, is loved by people all over the world. This is a remarkable success..."

This article is quite long, nearly a thousand words.

For those in the industry, the last eight or nine hundred words are not important; the first sentence is the most important.

Especially the ten characters 'Qi Yuan, a famous young singer in my country'.

This is official confirmation of Qi Yuan's identity.

From then on, Qi Yuan was no longer limited to the category of pop singers; he was different from all other pop singers.

Numerous state media outlets published articles, all starting with Qi Yuan, a famous young singer in my country.

This treatment is the envy of young singers across the country, and also the envy of veteran singers who have worked hard for decades.

How old are you, kid? Do you have to be in such a hurry to leave?

The media and netizens reveled, while fellow singers in the music industry suffered.

Dr. Chen, who was on a promotional tour in Hong Kong, was asked by a reporter when he planned to follow in Qi Yuan's footsteps and venture into the European and American music scene.

Dr. Chen was speechless!
Damn it, he hasn't even broken into the Mandarin music market, and you expect him to try his luck in the Western music scene? You're kidding me!

Qi Yuan is a great scourge.

With Qi Yuan around, all the kings and queens of the Chinese music scene are inferior, and their prestige has dropped significantly.

You brag about how amazing you are as a superstar, but can you earn US dollars abroad like Qi Yuan?
In the past few days, countless celebrities have been cursing Qi Yuan behind his back.

Lee Tsung-sheng, who has been developing his career in mainland China for over a year since leaving Rolling Stone, appeared on a program and first criticized the media for taking his words out of context and distorting his original intentions.

When talking about Qi Yuan, Li Zongsheng's face was full of appreciation and affirmation: "I have praised Qi Yuan before as a very talented, imaginative and innovative musician."

His performance really surprised me. I bought the album on the first day of its release and listened to it twice, locking myself in my study.

I used to find it hard to believe that someone whose native language is Chinese could write English songs so smoothly and fluently.

Qi Yuan changed my opinion. I had previously commented that he was the top young musician in the Chinese music scene, and only Jay Chou had a chance to surpass him.

If I were to reassess, I would say that Qi Yuan is one of the world's top young musicians.

Such geniuses are probably few and far between, even in the United States, where the record industry is most developed.

Having learned his lesson, Li Zongsheng is now more cautious in his speech, trying his best not to leave any loopholes.

Unfortunately, he underestimated some media outlets that are paid by the government; if they want to, there's no angle they can't find.

[The godfather of Mandopop, Jonathan Lee, commented that Qi Yuan is one of the world's top musicians, and even the United States can't find many like him. This statement can be interpreted as meaning that China only has one such top musician, while the United States has many. We should reflect on this...]

Lee Tsung-sheng: 'Fuck your grandpa!'

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The United States at the same time.

Qi Yuan looked at her agent Zhang Hao with some surprise: "What? You mean the cover of the American edition of Time magazine?"

(End of this chapter)