Reborn in a parallel world, Zhou Yiyang becomes the boss, manager, and errand boy of an 18th-tier girl group...
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The next day, the Blueberry Music Festival ushered in its second day, which was also the day everyone was most looking forward to.
However, the staying power of the song "stay" is even stronger than anyone imagined. No matter which country's Moonlight division it is in, its playback volume is at the top of the charts.
However, the most amazing thing is the performance of this song on Youtu.com.
The live performance clip of "Stay" has already reached 30 million views in the first 12 hours of its release. If this figure continues to rise, it is very likely to break the record for first-day 24-hour views of an MV on Youtu.com.
The previous record holder had only 38 million.
At this moment, those who were still insisting that the huge popularity of "stay" on Twitter yesterday was just marketing had to admit that this song was really a hit.
While Yi Yang Entertainment was celebrating with laughter and joy, on the other side of the ocean, at Billboard's headquarters, there was silence.
"Ignoring its single downloads on iTunes and Moonlight's play count, and only counting YouTube's streaming conversions, it'll definitely be in the top ten, no, even the top five, by next Tuesday."
After the person who spoke finished speaking, no one responded.
Although they are unwilling to admit this fact, the cold data is already in front of them and there is no point in ignoring it.
"Maybe we should change the coefficient," a white woman suggested. "If a song like this were to top the singles chart, it would undoubtedly be a blow to our chart."
"But if we do this, won't our singles chart lose credibility?" Another black man obviously disagreed with his colleague's opinion.
"We've never had an Asian in the top five of our charts," the white woman insisted. "And this is a Chinese singer. If it were a Korean, I'd be fine with it. If it were a Japanese, I think everyone would be happy to see it."
Everyone was silent again.
"I feel that given the popularity of this song, if we suppress it, we will be the ones who suffer in the end." The person who spoke was the editor-in-chief of Billboard, and his words obviously had the final say.
Even the white woman who strongly opposed it could only roll her eyes and accept this helpless fact.
"So do we need to include Moonlight's views in our calculations?" a bespectacled man asked, then showed the others his notebook. "Look, even in the US, Moonlight's downloads are skyrocketing. And we all know their boss has a very good relationship with TikTok's boss. With mutual promotion, Moonlight's market share will definitely continue to rise."
"We'll see," the editor-in-chief said, unwilling to take any risks. He also needed to consider how to calculate the performance of Moonlight if he brought it in. "If it can produce another hit song, we'll bring it in!"
One song is a stroke of luck, but two songs show the potential of this platform.
If Billboard has softened its previous stance, the consensus on Spotify is still to hold on.
"It's just one song," the marketing person insisted. "Even if these people download Moonlight to listen to music, they'll come back to our platform afterward. They don't have that much substance to support it. Our audience doesn't like those Chinese songs."
"Several of Moonlight Girl's English songs are actually quite popular..." an honest man said.
"Is it popular? It hasn't gone viral and is far less popular than "Stay". It poses no threat to us." The people in the marketing department were quite stubborn.
"But Moonlight Girl will also be performing at the music festival tonight," someone reminded.
"So, was 'Stay' really popular yesterday because of the song? No, it was because of the performance. Chinese martial arts are very new to many young people, and the two singers have suitable looks. Moonlight Girls? Even if they perform martial arts again, they can't achieve such an effect." The other party said firmly.
Everyone finally reached an agreement to maintain the previous strategy and still not put Yi Yang Entertainment's songs on the shelves.
"Just wait, they'll definitely contact us if they want to go global! We're the most used Spotify in the world!"
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Zhou Yiyang slept in and felt refreshed when he woke up.
Looking at the various messages sent by Liu Fenfang and Guan Fei, and seeing the envy and congratulations from his colleagues, he was still very satisfied.
The only drawback is that Spotify is still stubborn.
"What's going on?" Zhou Yiyang frowned, suspecting he had misread. He opened his mailbox, but didn't see the email from the other party requesting cooperation: "Don't want the popularity anymore?"
At the other end of the hotel, four girls had already come out of the suite, and then made an appointment with Zhang Yiling from next door and came to the beach.
Of course, they went to the hotel's own beach, and there was a separate area specially set up for them, and no one else was allowed to enter.
Zhang Yiling was standing on the beach, gazing out at the sea. She suddenly said, "I think being an entertainer is quite troublesome for you. Hanging out with a large group actually has its advantages. I was once watching a sunset, sitting by the sea, and I saw an elderly couple holding hands as they watched the sunset. I thought it was a beautiful scene."
"I went to the beach before I became famous," Lin Xuan'er immediately recalled. "I remember meeting a lot of kids building sandcastles and looking for shells there. It was really fun."
"Yeah, it's quite quiet with just us here." Wang Xingrui agreed, "It lacks a bit of the atmosphere of everyday life."
"Everything has its pros and cons," Su Yin imitated Zhou Yiyang's tone. "If we were just ordinary people, we might find it annoying that there were too many people on the beach and there was no place to stay."
"I support Xiao Xiao Su," Tang Yue jumped directly into the sea in her swimsuit, "At least we can have fun however we want now!"
After saying this, she poured water directly on all of them.
When Zhou Yiyang arrived at the beach in flip-flops, he saw several girls in bikinis basking in the sun, sweating, and chasing each other.
"Brother Yang, you're here!" They didn't shy away when they saw Zhou Yi Yang coming. They all turned around and waved to him.
Zhou Yiyang nodded and suddenly felt quite happy.
He didn't join the battle until he was splashed with water by everyone.
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When they returned to the music festival, Luo Chen and Ling Hu had just finished dealing with the media. They turned around to see everyone with hair still wet, and looked shocked: "Did you go take a bath?"
"No," Zhou Yiyang shook his head: "We are doing synchronized swimming."
At this time, the four girls stopped playing and hurried into the locker room to put on makeup.