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April 28th.

"Dongfeng" was released globally simultaneously.

In China, on the same day that the physical album was released in major record stores, the digital album was simultaneously launched on Tencent Music.

After the announcement, Penguin Music's servers underwent an extremely tough test.

Sales begin at 10:00 AM.

In less than ten minutes, digital album sales exceeded 500,000 copies.

One million two hundred thousand tickets in one hour.

At the close of trading that day, the number of shares traded was 3.8 million.

This number caused a bug in QQ Music's backend data statistics system; the sales figures on the display screen almost overflowed the display box because they were too long.

The situation is even more exaggerated with physical albums.

The first batch of 200,000 physical CDs was snapped up by major distributors on the first day of distribution.

The publisher urgently reprinted the book.

Print an additional 500,000 copies.

Sold out in two days.

Print more.

The six songs on this album resonated with different groups of people in different ways.

"Decent" – it shot up to number one on the KTV song request charts at lightning speed and remained there for three days. Everyone who had just broken up, was breaking up in the process of breaking up, or wanted to pretend to break up while singing, was screaming "Breakups should be decent" at the top of their lungs in that dimly lit private room.

"A Little Happiness" became a looping song on various school radio stations. Countless high school students would secretly listen to the line "It turns out you are the luck I want to keep the most" while wearing headphones during recess, and then sneakily glance at someone in the next class.

"Love That Never Loses Contact" – set as a mobile phone ringtone and caller ID ringtone by countless couples, causing China Mobile's caller ID ringtone download rankings to crash for a day.

The Cantonese song "Orphan" became a phenomenon in Hong Kong and Guangdong. Its ethereal melody could be heard in almost every tea restaurant.

As for the two English songs.

The performance of these two songs in overseas markets is what truly astounds the entire industry.

On its first day of release on Spotify, "Shake It Off" entered the top 50 of the global daily streaming charts.

Seventy-two hours later—the first twenty.

One week later—eleventh place.

This is the first time a Chinese singer's English single has entered the top 20 of Spotify's global chart.

Fireworks started off a bit slower, but it has more staying power.

The song was spontaneously added to playlists by numerous radio stations in North America and Europe. The soaring high note in the chorus precisely struck a chorus of aesthetic preferences for power ballads among Western audiences.

iTunes US download chart.

"Shake It Off" - 7th place.

Firework – 12th place.

When the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart was released.

"Shake It Off" - 43rd place.

This is the highest ranking ever achieved by a Chinese-language singer on the Billboard Hot 100.

The news reached back to China.

The trending topic once again topped the list.

Liu Qianqian ranked 43rd on the Billboard charts.

"Am I seeing things? Billboard? That Billboard?"

"A Chinese-language singer has broken into the Billboard Top 50! Is this even a dream?"

"Mr. Yu's productions are truly exceptional. The production quality of these two English songs is on par with top-tier Western productions."

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Major music magazines and portal websites began frantically analyzing this phenomenon.

The headline on Rolling Stone's Chinese website is: "Crystal Liu: A New Pop Force from the East."

The article states: "This Chinese singer has proven one thing with two English singles—the landscape of pop music is being redrawn."

But what Yu Le cares about most is not the numbers on these lists.

Rather, it was a trend he observed on social media.

Many overseas listeners left comments in the comment section.

"I listened to all her English songs, and then out of curiosity, I listened to the Chinese songs on the album. Although I couldn't understand the lyrics, the melody of 'Decent' made me cry."

"Can someone translate the lyrics to the song called 'Timian'? I want to know what she's singing about."

"I've started searching for more Chinese pop music on Spotify. Any recommendations?"

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Yu Le looked at these comments and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

He picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Jie Lun, is your album ready yet?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Jielun's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement.

"Mr. Yu, everything is ready. We've been waiting for your word."

May 10th.

The official Facebook account of Fishfish Entertainment's North American branch posted a tweet.

The accompanying image is a minimalist album cover.

Against a black background, a calligraphy brush hangs in mid-air, and the ink dripping from its tip spreads below, forming the outline of a landscape painting.

The album title is printed in gold-stamped traditional Chinese characters in the center.

"The Wind of China"

The English subtitle below reads: "The Chinese Style · Selected Works of Jay Chou".

The tweet contained only one sentence.

"After you've fallen in love with Crystal Liu's music, it's time to get to know another name that has changed the landscape of Asian pop music."

At the end of the tweet, Liu Qianqian's Facebook account was tagged.

Liu Qianqian's overseas fan base has grown to a considerable size in the past month due to her concert live streams and the release of her album "Dongfeng".

He has surpassed five million Facebook followers and over one million YouTube subscribers.

A significant number of these people expressed their curiosity about Chinese music in the comments section.

What Yu Le wants to do is direct this curiosity toward other Chinese-language music works.

Old Mike's team simultaneously launched a second round of promotion.

This time, the strategy is even more ruthless than that of "East Wind".

They didn't directly promote the album itself.

Instead, they first released a series of short science videos.

The first video is titled "Chinese Style: A Revolution in Asian Pop Music".