Perfect Life

"One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four, three, two, three, four, turn, pay attention to your head, next time you have to pay attention to lean back a little... Okay, turn around, do it again, pay attention..."

The coach taught meticulously, and Fujiwara Mie also practiced extremely seriously.

In September last year, her first solo album "Tokyo Girls" was officially released, and the sales results were quite good. The Japanese version of this album sold over one million copies in Japan and was once on the bestseller list.

However, in the Japanese record market, this achievement can only be regarded as ordinary, but it is not bright in the east and west, relying on the idol wind blown up by "Tokyo Love Story", plus the hype between Li Qian and Li Qian before. The news that she is up, she already has a very high reputation among young people in China. In addition, this album is a collection of the efforts of songwriters from China and Japan, so its Chinese version has been well received as soon as it is released. Total shipments to date have exceeded three million copies.

In terms of the idol group in the Chinese music circle, this achievement is also a relatively outstanding one.

Even, if it wasn't for the launch of Rose Power's new album "Girls' Dormitory" in October, which suppressed the release of this album to a certain extent, the sales of her album might have been even higher!

This spring, with the help of Sony Records, she starred as the heroine of a domestic TV series. She said that it is impossible to continue to grow in popularity, but she has maintained her fan base to a certain extent. In the past year, she is still very popular. Advertisers are very popular, and many commercial activities and commercial performances have also been received.

In addition, foreign monks can recite sutras. She has the label of "Japanese girl" on her body, and the appearance fee is higher than that of singers of the same level. She is also very hardworking. As long as she can go out for business performances, she is not willing to Let yourself be idle. Now, although I am a little tired, I have made a lot of money, and I have become more fluent in Chinese. If I don't listen to it deliberately, it will even make it impossible for strangers to tell that she is a Japanese girl.

And now, her second solo album is being recorded, and the choreography related to it has also been completed. She must be busy recording while practicing dance. Next, she has to shoot an MV!

After 40 minutes of practice, when her choreographer called for a break, even Fujiwara Mie felt that she danced more smoothly. The places where she used to make mistakes are now much better. As expected, Even the teacher praised: "Mihui, your dancing talent is really good!"

As long as the words are not too difficult, Mie Fujiwara can already carry out normal life and work communication in Chinese, but many living habits from Japan are still largely retained. At this time, when she heard the teacher's praise, she smiled sweetly, bowed to the teacher, stood up, took the towel handed over by the assistant to wipe her sweat, and said with a smile, "Thank you for the teacher's teaching!"

Working with such a girl with a sweet smile and a modest attitude, even though her choreographer is also a girl, she still feels in a good mood, at this time she heard the words and nodded, "Okay, that's all for today's practice. Now, Meihui, see you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow, teacher!" Mei Hui bowed again.

When the choreographer packed up and left the rehearsal room, Fujiwara Mie immediately turned her head and asked her assistant in a low voice, "Did you buy it?"

Assistant He nodded, "I'll get it!"

While talking, he turned around and went out, and after a while, he brought a CD that had not even been unpacked, and also brought Fujiwara Mie's portable CD player that she usually uses to listen to music.

Mie Fujiwara thanked her, took it over, sat down on the sofa, and unpacked the packaging with joy on her face, but subconsciously stared at the cover for a while, and smiled softly: "It is said that this cover was shot by Li Qianjun himself. Yes! He studied photography professionally, and he loves Miss Zhou so much. He took her pictures so beautifully!"

Assistant He laughed when he heard the words, "Zhou Concubine is already very beautiful."

Fujiwara Mie laughed and said, "Yes! It's just that Li Qianjun can make it more beautiful!"

Assistant He smiled and didn't answer.

Opening the CD box, Fujiwara Mie first took out the lyrics book and opened it to take a look. Her progress in learning Chinese characters is far from that of spoken Chinese, but she still knows a lot of Chinese characters. Sure enough, the lyrics on each page are marked next to them. Yes, Li Qian wrote the lyrics, composed the music, and produced it.

"Miss Zhou's voice, Li Qianjun's lyrics and music, ah, I've really been looking forward to it for a long time!"

While speaking, she took out the cd, put it in the cd player, and put on her earphones.

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the door and pushed in.

Fujiwara Mie raised her head and saw that it was Chairman Watanabe Kazuichi's secretary. She was about to stand up, but the secretary smiled and said, "Miss Fujiwara has already started listening? Then I won't bother." After that, she closed the door and went out.

Assistant He chased it out, ran back after a while, and said to Fujiwara Miei: "The company also got this album for the first time, and many people went to the listening room, wanting everyone to listen to it together, Miss Mihui, do you want to go too? Listen with everyone, the sound over there is very good!"

Mie Fujiwara shook her head and said with a smile, "Miss Zhou's songs must be listened to alone with headphones on. It would be even better if there was another cup of coffee! When many people listen to them together, they will feel restless in their hearts!"

Assistant He laughed when he heard the words and asked, "I'm going to make you a cup of coffee?"

Mie Fujiwara's eyes lit up when she heard the words, with a cute little expression on her face, "Ah...Is it really okay? The teacher said I can't drink coffee, the calories are too high!"

Assistant He smiled and raised a finger, "Just a small cup!"

Mie Fujiwara couldn't resist the temptation, she was moved, she blinked and smiled, "If the teacher asks me why I am fat, I will say I fainted, and Assistant He gave me a cup of coffee to wake me up! "

Assistant He shook his head with a smile and asked, "Cream, cappuccino?"

Fujiwara Mie licked her lips, looking greedy and cute, "Cream is too extravagant, cappuccino! It's already a very criminal thing!"

Assistant He smiled, "Wait a moment!" Then he closed the door and went out.

Fujiwara Mie thought about the upcoming cappuccino, took a look at the CD player in her hand, and suddenly felt that everything was too beautiful.

only……

The relationship between myself and Li Qianjun is completely frozen!

Since she suddenly became popular in China with the popularity of "Tokyo Love Story", she has stayed in China for most of the recent year, and it turns out that her acting career in China is far better than in Japan. Even more successful - in Japan, she is only one of thousands of beautiful girls, but when she comes to China, she is full of exotic flavors all over her body!

The Chinese version of the album sells several times more than the Japanese version, and the single-episode pay for a TV series is as high as 60,000 Chinese yuan. After filming a 30-episode TV series, after deducting the commission from the company and the agent, you can still get 70 yuan. About 10,000 yuan, and if she goes out to participate in a commercial performance, she can get 200,000 yuan, and it can range from 300,000 to 800,000 yuan for an advertisement. After this year, her savings have been Up to nearly 5 million Chinese yuan, equivalent to about 2.5 million U.S. dollars, and as high as 30 million yen!

This money, just because she is an artist in Japan, may not be earned in three years!

To put it simply, because China's idol trend is in the ascendant, she is an early group of idols, and she has the bonus of foreigners, so in China, it is simply too easy for her to make money! Much easier than in Japan!

It can be said that even now, even she herself wants to continue to develop in China, and does not want to go back to Japan. Even after learning about her income and the level of prosperity in China, there is a lot of entertainment in Japan now. The company wants to send performing talents to China to make money, and many girls she met in Japan have also asked her if they can help recommend them to China for development!

However, she can feel that it is no problem to make money for a few more years after she has come to this point. While her personal popularity is still there, she can release a few albums, pick up a few TV series and even movies, or There is still a chance to hold a few concerts, which can make a lot of money, but if you want to go up, it is basically as difficult as going to the sky!

China's record market is experiencing a cold winter, but the great development in recent years has expanded the market capacity to a large enough size. A few years ago, whoever sold three or four million album sales was an instant hit. Zi, the gap from the top like Liao Liao is not small, but the first line can already step into the first line with half a foot, but now, if you want to be recognized as having stepped into the first line with one foot, you need five million pieces!

She has sold 3 million copies, and she can only say that she has initially established a firm foothold. It is no problem for the second-tier, and there is still a big gap between the first-tier and the first-tier. The crazy love of some young fans, so the appearance fee and endorsement fee are slightly higher than the normal singer of this coffee position, which is better to make money!

But even so, with the appearance fee of one million at every turn, it will take 1.5 million to invite the rose power of Asia's first day, and the appearance fee of two million is still a priceless Liao Liao , Compared with He Runqing, whose appearance fee has stabilized at around 1.2 million, she is still far behind her!

It is said that the advertisement of the shampoo that Liao Liao accepted, the endorsement fee for one year is as high as 8 million! The endorsements of women's clothing brands and food are as high as tens of millions! And He Runqing's women's clothing brand endorsement, the endorsement fee also has 6 million a year!

Zhou Ai doesn't have any TV commercials, but that's because she doesn't want to take endorsements, because she has a price and no market. It is said that her image is more trendy and high-end, so she receives fashion advertisements: watches, cosmetics, etc. It's a top brand! According to the gossip spread among the agents, even though she hasn't released an album for two years, she has hardly made any public appearances, but her annual endorsement income is still more than 20 million!

So... that is to say, although she has gotten along well compared to those girls of the same age in Japan, she is still far behind the tallest actresses in both China and Japan!

And if she wants to go further, she has hit her own ceiling again.

If it is an ordinary girl, if she can achieve this step, she will be very satisfied. After earning a few years of money, she can find a boy to marry, but Fujiwara Mie is always a little unwilling!

Because she knows that if she wants to climb a step further, it is not completely out of the way!

There are various opinions in the industry, and peers have one after another, all telling her that as long as Li Qian likes her and is willing to support her, she can continue to move up!

It's a pity, she knows clearly in her heart that Sony doesn't play people, and she and Li Qian, and even the whole department of Minghu Culture, already have a lot of grudges.

Not long ago, she received an invitation to a business performance, and she found that the Minghu Culture singer named Zhuang Meiyue was also among the guests of the performance. In the backstage, she tried to strike up a conversation a few words, but after the other party found out that it was her, she didn't save face at all. , turned her head and walked away, making her uncomfortable for several days after she came back!

Looking back now, when I used Li Qian to hype up scandals and even smeared Li Qian to increase my popularity, I took advantage and suffered losses, but in the final analysis, I still took advantage, because only With the popularity of a TV series imported from Japan, it is impossible for me, a newcomer to the music scene, to sell three million copies of the album.

At that time, although she couldn't say how proud she was, she was still secretly happy after all. It's just that as she has reached the current stage, she looks forward and upward, and finds that she has no way to continue to climb up. At this time, I look back at the plan for this step that the company made for myself, and I feel in my heart. I couldn't help but feel a faint sense of regret.

If you make friends sincerely, you may not be able to borrow Li Qian's scandal, and the albums have not sold so much for the time being, but in the long run, you can leave yourself more and more room for development in the future. ah!

And now, the self, who has been treated coldly by the whole department of Minghu Culture, seems to have walked into a dead end!

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Assistant He pushed open the door and came in, holding a cup of cappuccino in his hand, lightly, for fear of disturbing Fujiwara Mie's listening to the song, but when she closed the door and turned around, she happened to meet Fujiwara Mie's eyes.

She was a little surprised, "Why haven't you heard it yet? Don't you like hearing Zhou Ai's voice the most? I've been looking forward to it for a long time! Come... cappuccino!"

Fujiwara Mie shrugged and took it, with a little happiness on her face, "Thank you!"

But when she took the coffee, she didn't rush to drink it. Instead, she thought about it for a moment, turned her head and asked her assistant, "You said, when the new album comes out, will it still be able to sell three million copies?"

Hearing this, Assistant He was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "Of course! You have been very popular recently! This album also consumes a lot of resources, like the song written by Zheng Guofeng that Mr. Watanabe specially got for you. , It is said to have paid a lot of money! Zheng Guofeng is now popular, and his songs are not available to ordinary people. In the music world, they are only one level lower than Li Qian's works, and there is a song with Huang Yuqing. 's chorus, you can borrow popularity and increase album sales! Don't worry, three million copies, no problem!"

Fujiwara Mie smiled sweetly and said, "Yes, I don't even know how to thank them!" After speaking, she couldn't help thinking: "Three million... I hope this one can Continue to sell to this quantity! But...the confidence seems to be not enough!"

After a pause, she couldn't help but ask: "How much do you think Miss Zhou's album will sell?"

Hearing this, Assistant He frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head, "I really can't guess this! Li Qian and Zhou Ai have been together for several years. Before that, only because she had signed with our company, Li Qian only wrote to her. The song "Meet 98" is as popular as it is, and now this album is the first collaboration between Li Qian and Zhou Ai, and as early as two years ago, many people were looking forward to this album!"

"Li Qian's song, and Zhou Ai's voice, everyone thinks it's a perfect match! Therefore, the sales volume is not expected to be low. I guess five or six million copies should only be regarded as the minimum estimate, right? Even, I listened to the distribution department. The people on the side discussed that as long as this album can combine the characteristics of Zhou Hao's voice, even if Li Qian's songwriting skills can be used for 60-70%, 8 million copies will not be a problem, and it will sell well and break 10 million. Zhang can also take it easy!"

After a pause, he continued, "Did Mr. Watanabe also say something during the company's meeting? All the company's works must avoid this album! Otherwise, Xinfu Zhao wouldn't have to bite the bullet and adjust to April. Going to release an album~www.wuxiaspot.com~ That's a head-to-head fight with He Runqing! As a result... I haven't won yet, at most it's a tie!"

Mie Fujiwara narrowed her eyes as she listened.

Five million is the lowest estimate, eight million is not a problem, and ten million is easy... I am so envious!

"Miss Zhou's voice is so unique, so beautiful, and she is so talented when she meets a man who loves him and the man she loves, so she can make a tailor-made album for her. I am really happy!" she said with emotion! .

Assistant He smiled and said: "Of course! Everyone used to say that after the Four Heavenly Queens, Zhou Ai was actually the last in the ranking, until "Meeting Ninety-eight" came out, and then "Witch's Tears" sold well Exploding, she is one of the four queens that everyone recognizes. But tell me, Liao Liao has surpassed the level of domestic queens. Both sides are heartfelt. Of course Li Qian can't favor one over the other. This album , it is estimated that Zhou Ai is going to be a big hit! After the next album, maybe Li Qian will also push her to the world!"

Fujiwara Mie suddenly widened her eyes when she heard the words, "Ah... is that okay? Zhou Ai will also be pushed to the world? Like Liao Liao, become a global queen?"

Assistant He shrugged, "What's wrong with that? Their men are all Li Qian!"

Mie Fujiwara was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and her expression suddenly became a little down.

Looking down, she nodded slowly.

It was only then that she lowered her head and took a small sip of coffee, and then showed a sweet smile.

When she turned to look at Assistant He, her expression had recovered, and she said with a smile, "I want to listen to the song! Zhou Ai's new song, ah... I can't wait!"

After speaking, she finally pressed the play button.

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Five thousand words, I'm not sure if there will be a second chapter! (To be continued.)