The album "Gold Rush" will be available for purchase on November 2nd.

At Huanghai Square in front of the Haiyun Dance Hall, Haiyun Company set up a stage where the gold rush couple sang and danced with their students. The album was sold at a retail counter right under the stage.

Xiaoqian, Xiaoyao, and Xumei were the backup dancers on stage. Their dance moves were standard, but they were exceptionally enchanting as they swayed in the wind.

It seems they've learned well these past few months and are ready to perform solo.

Since that's the case, it's time to prepare their first album after their reunion, and the Gold Rush couple will design the dance.

Meanwhile, small-scale release ceremonies for this album were also held at all the Haiyun Small Theaters in Songyang, Changchun, Harbin, and Beijing.

Then the album "Gold Rush" went on sale and entered the market.

Half a month after the album went on sale, it sold over 100,000 copies.

This figure of 100,000 sales does not refer to audio tapes, but rather to CDs.

When the CD sales of the album "Gold Rush" exceeded 100,000, the cassette tape sales had only just reached 80,000.

This may be the first album released by any singer in China in the past two years to have CD sales surpass cassette sales.

Although the popularity of VCDs is growing at an extremely rapid pace, it has not yet reached the level of widespread adoption.

Although a VCD player now costs less than 3,000 yuan, it is still more than 2,000 yuan, which is not a price that everyone can afford.

It wasn't until after 1998, when the price of DVD players dropped below 1,500 yuan, that they truly became widespread. And after 2000, when the price of DVD players dropped below 1,000 yuan, it was only then that one DVD player was available per household.

That period was when CD sales were at their peak.

The cassette tape will have its last few years of glory, dragging on until around 2005, when it will officially retire from the stage of history after the advent of MP3.

At least before 1998, CD sales never exceeded those of cassette tapes.

Gold Rush's albums took the opposite approach; from the sales figures out of the charts, CD sales consistently outpaced cassette sales.

Most of the people who buy the CDs are young and middle-aged. These people are there to enjoy the dance moves of the gold panner, and listening to his songs is secondary.

Some families even bought DVD players just to enjoy his dance moves.

The album's sales weren't exactly phenomenal, but they did boost some DVD player sales.

Within half a month of its release, the album had sold nearly 200,000 copies of CDs and cassettes combined.

Liang Liang was very satisfied with this result; it seemed that reaching 500,000 in sales was a sure thing.

If sales continue until the Chinese New Year, reaching a million is not impossible.

Liang Liang's prediction was reliable; the album "Gold Rush" did indeed sell a million copies by the end of the year.

Tao Jin, who was on the verge of fading into obscurity, returned to the public eye with this album and was once again invited by the Spring Festival Gala production team to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

He performed a song and dance routine on the Spring Festival Gala stage, which in turn boosted album sales, ultimately resulting in 1.6 million copies sold.

This was beyond Liang Liang's expectations.

From the release of the "Gold Rush" album until the Lunar New Year, Haiyun Audio-Visual Company released several more compilation albums.

These compilations are all works by the various small bands they signed.

Since we've signed these bands, we should naturally give their work opportunities to be showcased; otherwise, what's the point of signing them?

These bands don't have the fame or the number of works to release albums on their own, so they can only put their representative works together for release.

These albums were not called "Northeast Rock" but were instead called "Northeast Tiger," which is considered a sub-series of "Northeast Rock."

Haiyun Company didn't expect to make money from these albums; they were content as long as they covered the costs.

These bands showcase themselves through compilation albums to build their reputation. Once they reach a certain level of fame, record companies will produce albums for them.

Before a band gains widespread recognition, releasing a compilation album featuring several bands is the most suitable approach.

These collections were published in three volumes, and by the Chinese New Year, they had sold more than 300,000 copies, breaking even and even making a profit.

This year, three groups from Haiyun Group received notifications for the Spring Festival Gala.

Blue Shark Band, Xu Wei, and Tao Jin.

This shows that Haiyun Audio-Visual has received considerable attention from CCTV.

For two consecutive Spring Festival Galas, the Blue Shark Band's performance was one of the highest-rated programs, which CCTV could not help but take seriously.

Xu Wei's album also boasts a staggering sales volume of nearly 30 million copies, naturally qualifying him for inclusion.

As for Tao Jin, he has been on the Spring Festival Gala three or four times, so he is a familiar face to the Gala.

They were assigned to a separate unit called Huaguohuo.

Blue Shark performed "Red Flag Fluttering" this year, Xu Wei performed "Persistence", and Tao Jin performed a modified version of "The Fiery Years".

The performance order was as follows: the singers danced and sang while performing, followed by Xu Wei and the Blue Shark Band, with Xu Wei finishing with Blue Shark.

While the Blue Shark Band was performing, Haiyun Audio-Visual's groundbreaking film, "The Dream Factory," was officially released in major cinemas across the country as a Lunar New Year comedy.

The post-production work for this film was completed very quickly. Once the editing and compositing were finished, it was immediately sent to the broadcasting department for review.

Given the precedent of "Rumble in the Bronx" being released on the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, the application for the release of "The Dream Factory" is not surprising at all.

The film itself is a light comedy, and there's nothing wrong with it, so it was approved after the State Administration of Radio and Television completed its review.

The movie's advertisements were quite impressive. As for the lead actor, Ge You, he was one of the most famous protagonists in the mid-to-late 1990s.

The appearance of Liang Liang, lead singer of the Blue Shark band, in the drama has become another major selling point.

In fact, Liang Liang only appeared in a few scenes in this movie, as Tom the shepherd, and had a few lines.

What's infuriating is that his face was painted black and a cigar that Han Chui had once smoked was stuck in his mouth.

Han Chui, after some makeup and disguise, became the bookstore owner who wanted to emulate General Patton. In this section, he almost always had a cigar in his mouth.

These are real cigars, not fake.

It was this cigar that made Liang Liang brush her teeth twice after filming this scene.

Besides Liang Liang being a gimmick, Ming Hongling, a former member of the Hailanghua group, also became a gimmick.

She plays the female lead.

Ming Hongling has been working on stage for several years and has a wealth of stage experience. Her performance is natural, smooth, and very eye-catching.

This cobbled-together film was released just like that.

It appeared a year earlier than in its previous life.

The release of this film provided an opportunity for young men and women in the city to gather, and this group became the main consumer group.