"Boss, do you have 'Queen' here?"

This bookstore under the overpass has never had much traffic, and the fact that it is so lively today is beyond many people's imagination.

The owner of the bookstore never thought that his business was so good not because of a best-selling book, but because of a new album.

The last time such a grand occasion happened was in Yue Shao’s last album.

"Do their fans have any special hobbies that make them like buying physical albums so much?" The boss regretted not getting more goods from the supplier.

"I don't know about that," Xiaohua, the waitress, shrugged and continued, "But I heard that many people who come here to buy are doing so for collection."

"Collect it?" The boss said with a sigh, "That's amazing! Have you heard this album?"

"Not yet," the waiter stuck out his tongue. "But I'm a Moonlight member, so I can listen to it for free. I just can't download it to my phone, and the sound quality can't unlock the collector's edition."

This is also what Zhou Yiyang did to distinguish between people who bought the digital album and users who became members and listened to it for free.

In addition to a special wallpaper, the digital album also comes with a raffle ticket and the highest collector's edition sound quality.

As for the physical album, in addition to being more expensive than the digital album, it also comes with a blind box poster.

The raffle prizes even included tickets to Yue Shao’s concert, further stimulating consumption.

The boss nodded and reached for the last album in stock. "I'm not selling this one. Keep it for yourself and listen to it! Look, the speakers in our store are pretty good."

"Okay!" The waiter did as he was told and carefully tore open the cover.

The album cover was also shot by Zhou Yiyang himself. Wang Xingrui, wearing a black dress, climbed up the stairs step by step. At the end of the stairs was a magenta curtain.

"The name of this album is quite ambitious, too, 'Queen,'" the boss said, his eyes falling on the song list. "Hey, why can't I find the song with the same name?"

Nowadays, most album titles are the title songs of the albums, and this tradition has become deeply rooted in people's minds.

What is unexpected is that Zhou Yiyang took a different approach this time and did not make this choice. None of the ten songs included has the same name as the album.

The waiter inserted the album into the machine and pressed the play button.

The first song on the album is "Forever Young". When Wang Xingrui's voice came from the speakers, many people in the bookstore looked up at the same time.

The first three songs were previously released singles, and almost everyone present could hum along.

By the fourth song, it was finally a new song.

"The name of this song is quite interesting, 'Fruits of Midsummer', which sounds very suitable for this weather."

The moment the music started, the waiter subconsciously stopped what he was doing and stared blankly at the ceiling.

She was very surprised that this was Wang Xingrui's new song.

There were no high notes, no showy skills, only her gentle crooning.

The boss breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "It's really good. No wonder so many people bought the album. That's right. An album with more new songs will make it worth listening to."

At this time, three hours had passed since Wang Xingrui's new album "Queen" was officially released.

"Tangtang," Wang Xingrui said, sitting in the dressing room. They were about to appear on a famous variety show. "I'm not worried about sales anymore. What about word of mouth?"

"Word of mouth," Tang Yue, who had been helping Wang Xingrui monitor public opinion, said quickly. "On Yunbao? Well, that's not very valuable to refer to. They're all five-star reviews. On Douban, they're all five-star, too. As for music critics, there aren't many who have spoken out yet. They're probably still listening to the song!"

"Don't worry," Lin Xuan'er said confidently, "I just finished listening to the entire album. Every song is great! And Ruirui, you tried out several different singing styles in it. It's amazing."

"These were all suggestions given to me by Brother Yang," Wang Xingrui said modestly, "but since everyone likes it, I feel relieved."

"Ruirui, you're putting a lot of pressure on us." Su Yin joked, "Our third album will definitely be compared to 'Queen of Heaven'."

"How can we compare?" Wang Xingrui blurted out. "The sales are way behind! And the four of us have richer tones. It's a completely different experience."

Music reviews started to increase in number by the evening, and almost all music critics on Weibo gave Wang Xingrui's new album extremely high praise.

Qianqian Jingting Forum is a gathering place for music enthusiasts, and there is no shortage of talented people in it.

At this moment, Guan Fei refreshed the homepage, and every post she saw gave extremely high praise to Wang Xingrui's performance.

[Sure enough, no matter how well-composed, what kind of instrument, or how powerful the synthesizer, nothing can compare to the weapon of the human voice. Zhou Yiyang is truly good at digging out Wang Xingrui's potential. This album has allowed me to see the diversity of her voice!]

[Boldly predicting that "Queen" will sweep all the music awards this year. This is an album that will win accolades even when it's released overseas!]

When I thought this would be an album where Wang Xingrui would unleash her high notes, I was slapped in the face. I was wrong. In this album, Wang Xingrui shows off another potential of her voice. Just like the album title, she will definitely be a queen in the future!

Zhou Yiyang didn't care much about music reviews. When Guan Fei forwarded these comments to Zhou Yiyang, he just nodded calmly.

“How are sales?”

"So far," Guan Fei said quickly, "it's already exceeded 300,000. But the growth rate is starting to slow down. Ultimately, it should be a long-term strategy to sell slowly."

"Pretty good," Zhou Yiyang nodded. This result was much better than he had expected. "It shows that the audience is still buying it. If the subsequent songs can perform well, it should stimulate sales. Ultimately, it should be no problem to exceed 500,000."

"Brother Yang, your estimate is too conservative," Guan Fei said with a smile. "I've seen several forecasting agencies, and they all predict that the total sales of 'Queen of Heaven' will be around 800,000, and it will continue to be a best-seller for decades. Just like their first two group albums, it can still break into the top five sales charts from time to time."

"The main reason is that most people have chosen to subscribe to the service. The membership growth rate should be quite high today, right?"

"Hmm," Guan Fei showed the data she had prepared. "It's pretty good. It's already close to the growth rate from the previous promotion. Among the ten singles, the new songs have the best data. It seems that everyone is still pursuing novelty."

On the other side, the four members of Yue Shao have started recording the variety show amid the enthusiastic cheers of the audience.