Chapter 272 271. This Wang Qian is so awesome! (Subscribe!)
Although, the program team, many contestants and many commentators have repeatedly emphasized that the opening performance of the World Championship will not be counted in the results and rankings, and will not affect the rankings and results of subsequent competitions. It is just an opening performance.
but……
No one will believe it!
Every contestant and the team behind them know that the competition with other contestants has begun from the moment they step onto the stage.
Even at this opening performance, their performance will not be scored or graded, and no one will be eliminated.
However, the songs they perform will be sold on the market and ranked by Billboard.
These are all opportunities to show up! Those who rank high will definitely attract more attention, and will definitely get more first impression points in the next competition! These are all visible advantages, and are also the first opportunity to widen the gap with other players! Those who rank low? Sorry, if you don’t have an absolutely amazing performance in the next official competition, you will most likely be eliminated in the first round.
So! The truth is so cruel.
The competition and contest have already begun from the moment they appear on stage! Even from the end of the opening performance, the fate of some contestants may have been determined.
However, no one is willing to accept the fate that has been arranged for them.
So! While the show is still going on, the teams behind many contestants and the copyright holders of their own countries' Voice of China are investing resources to hype up their contestants, hoping to increase their attention and popularity.
However, from the moment Wang Qian came on stage to perform, all their actions seemed meaningless.
They had no chance of competing for any topic popularity during Wang Qian's performance, and the whole screen was filled with discussions about Wang Qian!
Even after Wang Qian had stepped down, when the next contestant came on stage, the discussion about Wang Qian remained heated, and they had no way to deal with it.
Because Wang Qian is so popular.
At the end of the performance.
When Wang Qian was interviewed by Diana, Diana asked: "Do you think your next opponent, Jonathan, will be a threat to you?"
Wang Qian: “No threat at all. In fact, I think Jonathan should consider booking a flight back home. There was nothing special about his performance tonight. I still can’t remember what he sang.”
Diana: "Before the performance, everyone said that you didn't prepare for this performance. Because you wrote a novel in China, and after coming here, you contacted Sophie and Taylor to rehearse Magic City Rhapsody. But your performance was very successful and amazing. How did you do it? Or were you already prepared?"
Wang Qian pointed to his forehead and said, "Genius doesn't need any preparation. I just asked my bandmates to practice the accompaniment well, and leave the rest to me."
Diana looked at Wang Qian with a strange look in her eyes. She took a small step closer to Wang Qian and continued to ask, "So, many people want to know, what type of music are you best at? Is it piano music? Or rock music?"
Wang Qian: "As long as it's music, I'm pretty good at it!"
Diana: "Oh? All the music? All the instruments?"
Wang Qian looked directly into the camera and said affirmatively: "Yes, you can say that!"
Diana looked at him with obvious disbelief, thinking that Wang Qian was bragging: "Okay, so how did you manage to change your voice to sing with such high difficulty? I think this is the question most people want to know the answer to! Many professionals say it is impossible."
Wang Qian smiled and said, "Others can't do it, but I can! I will bring you surprises in the next performance."
Diana: "Okay, thank you Mr. Wang Qian for your cooperation. I am looking forward to your next performance. Of course, I also hope that Mr. Wang Qian's opponent, Mr. Jonathan, can prepare well and make the competition more suspenseful!"
Wang Qian nodded, then turned and left! This interview was the most-played one among Diana's many post-match interviews. It was just posted on the official YouTube website of The Voice of China and immediately received millions of views, far exceeding Adam, Sophie and others! The number of people leaving messages also instantly reached tens of thousands!
"I really like this song Its my life! Upload it quickly so I can download it."
"God, if he really did it, then he is the God of song, yes, he is the God of singing."
"I think he's just bragging and he's just trying to create a stunt."
"Adam is the most talented singer."
"Sophie is the most beautiful. When she sings, she looks like an angel descended from heaven."
"You don't really believe what he said? He's obviously a big braggart."
"I don't care if he's bragging or not, I just want to know, can I download Magic City Rhapsody and Its My Life now? I can't wait to listen to them, preferably with a video version, because watching the video is the best way to feel it!"
"Tonight's performance was the biggest surprise for me and the one that left the deepest impression on me. I only remember three performances now, two of which were by this Chinese contestant, and the other one was by Sophie. I don't remember any of the other contestants' performances! Of course, except for Taylor's piano solo."
"Shit, download it quickly..."
…
Many European and American audiences also expressed their eagerness to download the performance tracks.
So! The production team also acted quickly.
Half an hour after the show ended, all eleven performances at the opening show were uploaded to North America’s largest music download platform, including two performances by Wang Qian, the opening piano performance and the subsequent formal performance!
The other contestants only had one official performance, and even the part where Sophie played the piano piece to Xuerong was cut out because she did not get sufficient written authorization from Wang Qian, and Taylor's piano solo was not authorized to the organizer.
After all contestants' performances were downloaded for a fee, the net income after deducting the platform's share was split 50-50 between the program team and the contestants. The contestants put in effort in singing, and the program team also put in effort and resources for promotion, so everyone had no major controversy over this 50-50 split, and all signed contracts in advance.
The contestants should have taken advantage of the program team.
However, The Voice of China program team will not take all of the contestants' income. In their opinion, this income is not much, and is almost insignificant compared to the advertising and licensing fees they collect from all over the world. So they give the contestants some benefits to make them more motivated to perform.
First of all, many audiences from the world's top ten regions flocked to the North American music download platform to download the works of these ten contestants, expressing their support for the contestants in their own regions! People from other countries that did not have contestants participating and were purely spectators almost abandoned the emotion of supporting their own people and instead downloaded the works they liked.
Oni, the interim general manager of the international competition operations team, was looking at the real-time data at the headquarters with a slightly nervous look.
A middle-aged woman walked over quickly, handed a stack of documents to O'Neill, and said with a smile: "Mr. O'Neill, don't be nervous. We have made a very good start. Here are the statistics of tonight's performance. You will be very surprised."
Oni quickly took it and looked at it carefully, and said, "Have all the tracks been uploaded?"
The middle-aged woman said seriously: "It has all been uploaded!"
Oni nodded: "Well, send the data to me anytime!"
The middle-aged woman nodded: "Yes, sir."
After saying that, the middle-aged woman turned and left.
Oni looked at the data on the pages of paper with great concentration. His expression became more and more relaxed, and the smile on the corners of his mouth gradually became visible and could no longer be concealed.
On the paper is a curve chart showing the ratings of tonight’s opening performance in various countries!
The curve chart trends of various countries are almost the same, only the specific data are different.
It is not a pure high opening and low closing, because there is a peak in the middle part.
That was when Wang Qian was performing.
At the beginning, Taylor and Wang Qian's piano performance was the highest ratings, higher than when Adam and Sophie appeared. If it continues to develop like this, it may be a trend of opening high and closing low, with the highest ratings at the beginning and then continuously decreasing until the lowest ratings at the end. This is definitely a relatively failed trend because the show did not retain the audience! When Taylor performed, he was the first to open, so the number of viewers was very high, with about 800 million people watching worldwide. Later, when Wang Qian played piano with Taylor, Sophie and others, the number of viewers rose again, reaching more than 900 million, almost breaking 1 billion, but when Adam performed, there was a drop in the number of viewers. From the time he came on stage to the time he left, more than 400 million viewers were lost...
However, Wang Qian's performance in the middle brought up the ratings a lot. The ratings in various countries have obviously risen a lot, even North America is no exception. At the peak, more than 70 million viewers in North America watched Wang Qian's performance, and more than 300 million people watched it in China. It is estimated that about 1 billion people watched it worldwide, far exceeding the appearance data of other players.
Apart from Wang Qian, the highest ratings were when Sophie appeared, with an estimated 600 million people watching worldwide.
Adam was third, with an estimated 500 million viewers worldwide! Later, after Wang Qian's performance, the ratings dropped significantly. When Miyuki Nakamori appeared, only about 500 million viewers worldwide were estimated to watch, which was almost halved from the peak of Wang Qian's performance! Of course, if you look at Miyuki Nakamori's ratings alone, they are not bad, not worse than Adam, but she ranked behind Wang Qian, so she dropped 50% in an instant, which seems very low.
The following data made Oni frown even more! Because after Miyuki Nakamori's performance, the ratings of other people's performances dropped rapidly again, with an average of only about 300 to 400 million viewers watching, and in the end, only more than 200 million viewers were watching...
visible!
The following contestants are really not very popular worldwide.
Of course, this is a statement in comparison with the previous contestants.
If we just look at the individual, it is not bad for one person to attract 200 million viewers.
only……
When Oni saw the audience ratings for Wang Qian and Sophie's performances, he had bigger ideas in mind.
This data far exceeded their initial expectations!
This is the first World Championship, so they expect the ratings may not be too high. It will be enough if 500 million people watch it worldwide. As the competition progresses, they will further hype up the players to attract more people to watch. If it can exceed 1 billion at its peak, it will be a huge success.
Therefore, when they promoted their work to the outside world, they also used the gimmick of one billion viewers worldwide. This was not because they thought there would be one billion viewers at the beginning, but they publicized the subsequent highest results in advance, so as to attract more attention and popularity.
They didn't expect...
The opening performance could literally reach a billion viewers.
It was just a boast, but it turned out to be easy to achieve from the beginning.
Although it was only Wang Qian's performance time that achieved this.
However, it was a success that far exceeded expectations.
Oni picked up the phone and called a few deputies, looked at the data, and discussed it together.
Among them, George, the copyright holder of The Voice of China in North America, frowned as he looked at the data and said, "So, is this Chinese contestant a guarantee for our current ratings?"
The other parties looked thoughtful.
Oni nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes. During the previous performance, Zhou, the director of China Voice, had contacted me and wanted to give him more resources. I have agreed to upgrade the resources of the Chinese contestant to a higher level, on par with Sophie!"
George frowned and said, “But this doesn’t fit the ranking!”
Oni said seriously: "George, we are businessmen, we should see the benefits. Also, please put away your damn discrimination."
George's face became even uglier, and he said softly, "I think we should wait and see. We can decide on the situation during his next competition. Because what he said on this show is too difficult to achieve. If we increase his publicity investment now, it will be on par with Adam. If he fails to achieve what he said in his next performance, the negative impact will be even greater! It may even affect the reputation of our entire show."
"I think we should take this risk into consideration and be cautious with him. Besides, I think it is a very good result to raise him to the same level as Sophie in such a short period of time."
George's words were supported by several other people!
After all, this is the first World Championship, so everyone is still cautious!
They also agreed with George's evaluation of Wang Qian.
Because they all felt that what Wang Qian said at the performance was too incredible and unlikely to come true! They were all experienced people working in the music field, and even if they were not professional musicians, they had a keen eye for appreciation and a wide range of knowledge.
They had never seen a singer who could change his voice at will and sing at a natural and high level.
Wang Qian’s performance tonight was amazing enough.
They really couldn't believe that Wang Qian's subsequent performances would be of the same standard with his new voice! That was almost impossible...
Of course, they will not question their contestants outside, but they have some more rational thoughts in their hearts. They think that Wang Qian is unlikely to do it, and perhaps he wants to create topics and heat to attract more people to support him.
If we continue to improve Wang Qian’s publicity resources now, what if he messes up his next performance?
By then, more than one billion viewers around the world will be disappointed, and will then develop a dislike for the entire program, which will affect the overall ratings in the future and even affect next year's World Championship.
So!
They can't afford to lose!
The German representative spoke up immediately and said, "I agree with George."
Zhang Zhilong, a representative from the Huaxia program group, also said immediately: "I disagree. I believe Wang Qian can definitely do it. He will definitely bring surprises to everyone. We should invest more publicity resources now so that we can attract more viewers and bring higher ratings!"
However, the words of the Chinese representative were ignored.
Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, not to mention that the representatives of the ten countries' program groups here all have their own demands! Naturally, everyone does not want to see Chinese players and Chinese program groups dominate.
Therefore, when there is room for maneuver and when there is room for doubt about the Chinese players, they will all tacitly suppress them! George hopes that Adam will continue to enjoy the best treatment, so as to increase his chances of winning the championship and bring huge benefits to the North American program team.
The German representative naturally didn't want their player Jonathan to be eliminated by Wang Qian in the next game, so they also suppressed Wang Qian! The representatives of other regions also naturally wanted their players to win, so they also didn't want Wang Qian to enjoy too many resources...
Especially now that Wang Qian is still under great doubt, they can still suppress him!
If Wang Qian really does what he says in the next game.
Then it will be impossible for them to suppress it.
Oni does not belong to any of the top ten division producers, but is a professional manager hired by them together. Everything will be based on interests!
Therefore, when the time comes that Wang Qian’s interests cannot be suppressed or questioned, Oni will insist on putting interests first, and others must agree for the sake of long-term considerations.
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At this time.
Oni looked at the real-time data transmitted from the computer and projected it on the screen in the conference room. He glanced at George and others and said calmly, "This is the data uploaded for ten minutes of tonight's performance. Everyone, take a look. What do you want to say?"
Everyone looked over quickly! Then, George and the German representative and others felt their hearts sink! Ranked first.
It was Wang Qian's "Its My Life". In just five minutes, the download data exceeded 1.5 million, which is an absolutely amazing number in the European and American pop music scene.
The record that Christine once created was only over two million downloads in one minute, but then the download data would drop rapidly, reaching tens of millions of downloads in a single day.
And now, Wang Qian's single has reached 1.5 million downloads in just five minutes, which is an absolutely amazing result for a newcomer who is making his first public appearance in North America! However...
Most of them don’t know much about Wang Qian’s performance in China, so they were very surprised.
The representative of the Chinese program group had a calm expression. He picked up his phone and looked at the download data of "Magic City Rhapsody" uploaded by Wang Qian on Qianqian Jingting. He felt helpless about the behavior of various European and American institutions ignoring the data of the Chinese region!
If the download data in the Chinese region can be included, then Wang Qian will be almost invincible in terms of sales data, and no one can beat him!
After all, there are more than one billion Chinese people behind Wang Qian.
Which other player can gather more than a billion supporters around the world? No one can do it.
Therefore, the organizers and major European and American institutions ignore the data from the Chinese region, which is actually to protect other players.
Otherwise, there is no need to compare the sales data, the Chinese player will be first.
However, discarding the data from the Chinese region would be too unfair to the Chinese players!
The champions of each European and American region have a large fan base and are well-known in Europe and the United States, but Wang Qian is almost a complete newcomer here. He has to start from scratch to attract everyone to download his works, which is much more difficult than other contestants!
And now Wang Qian can still rank first.
In the hearts of many producers at the scene, they all clearly understood that Wang Qian was really awesome!
It's just that no one said it out loud.
Ranked second is the song sung by Sophie, with download data reaching 800,000. Although it is already very high, it is still 700,000 lower than Wang Qian's, which is almost twice the difference.
However, everyone was very impressed by Sophie's performance, so this is not surprising! It's just...
No one expected the third place!
George and the German representatives all stared with their eyes wide open, their brows twitching.
Because, the third one is still Wang Qian!
Magic City Rhapsody received 700,000 downloads in Europe and the United States within five minutes.
this……
Everyone looked at each other, confused and at a loss for words.
Oni saw everyone's emotions and said calmly: "There is no way this data is wrong. Wang Qian from China took the first and third place alone!"
Everyone continued to watch with mixed emotions.
The fourth place is Adam, with 600,000 downloads. This is already a good number, but compared with Wang Qian and Sophie, the gap is quite large.
This made George look very unhappy, and everyone else felt strange too.
After all, the program team invested the most resources in Adam, but his opening result was so mediocre that he didn’t even make it into the top three, not to mention first place! This is totally unworthy of the hype that had been going on before!
Elizabeth is fifth, and her download data is only about 50,000 less than Adam's, reaching more than 550,000.
Miyuki Nakamori is sixth with 500,000 downloads, the gap is very small!
However, the gap between the other players gradually widened, and they were basically all below 400,000. German player Jonathan ranked eighth with only 300,000 downloads!
certainly……
This is just the cumulative data for the first five minutes.
For each individual player, these are already good data.
However, looking at the world, it seems very ordinary.
Because they have enjoyed the halo of The Voice of China World Championship and have received extremely high attention, it is natural for them to get good data.
So, they have to compare themselves with their opponents on the same stage...
This comparison!
The gap appears.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the representative of the Huaxia program team said, "Everyone, I think I have another piece of data to share with you!"
Everyone looked at the Chinese representative.
Oni held out his hand and said, "Okay, take it out!"
Huaxia representative Zhang Zhilong took out his phone and said, "Contestant Wang Qian uploaded the complete song recorded during the afternoon rehearsal of Magic City Rhapsody to our Huaxia Qianqian Jingting platform half an hour ago! Now, half an hour has passed. Guess how many downloads there are?"
George, the North American representative, frowned and looked at Zhang Zhilong, the Chinese representative, and said, "Zhang, your Chinese data is all fake. I think it has no reference value."
This is the inherent impression of many European and American media people. They do not recognize some of China's data at all and think they are all fake.
Everyone looked at Zhang Zhilong, and they all supported what George said.
Oni said, "Zhang, you can read it out loud and let us listen."
Zhang Zhilong nodded: "In just over half an hour, the Magic City Rhapsody uploaded by Wang Qian has received more than 11 million downloads in the Chinese region..."
Before Zhang Zhilong finished speaking, George interrupted him and said in a firm voice: "Zhang, this kind of exaggerated data is obviously fake. There is no need to say more. It will only waste everyone's time."
Zhang Zhilong said without showing any weakness: "George, I think you should give up your prejudice against China. I dare say that this data is absolutely true and does not contain any water!"
George laughed sarcastically and said, "Is this possible? Forty minutes and over ten million downloads? Even Christine couldn't do it! You Chinese have been falsifying various data since more than twenty years ago, and there are so many pirated copies that it's not worthy of trust at all."
Zhang Zhilong: "That was in the past. Things are different now!"
George stared at Zhang Zhilong: "Anyway, I won't believe the data you said. Unless he can do the same thing on the North American platform!"
The German representative immediately said: "Yes, the data you mentioned is meaningless! He can't get the same data in North America."
Zhang Zhilong was speechless for a moment.
Because he didn't think that Wang Qian would be able to get the same data on the North American download platform as on Qianqian Jingting in the future.
Although Europe and the United States have many developed countries with extremely high consumption levels, there are numerous nations and nationalities, and countless languages, so it is impossible for them to unite to support a certain work of a certain person, and naturally it is unlikely to pile up exaggerated data for a certain person's work.
This is also the reason why Kristen's download data does not look as good as Wang Qian's download data in China! No matter how popular Kristen's single is, it is impossible to be popular in all countries such as Europe and the United States, so it is impossible to attract all potential users to download it.
But……
Wang Qian's songs can become extremely popular in China, with an audience of up to 1.4 billion people, attracting a considerable number of them to download them!
The most important thing is that China's economic development today is incomparable to that of 20 years ago. The consumption level has greatly increased, and hundreds of millions of young people are willing to spend a few dollars to download a few songs they like.
And to make Wang Qian have the same appeal in Europe and America as he did in China? Zhang Zhilong would never dare to dream of such a thing.
This is something that no one has ever achieved in the history of European and American pop music.
There are always some countries where the majority of people are not interested in English songs. No matter how popular they are, they are unwilling to listen to them.
so.
Zhang Zhilong fell silent and stopped talking.
George glanced at Zhang Zhilong with a little pride, and then said: "Mr. Oni, this result is only temporary. Now the show has just ended, and everyone's download is just based on the first impression. The follow-up will be the time to test each contestant's appeal potential. Moreover, Wang Qian is a contestant who likes to brag and can easily kill himself. We need to be cautious!"
Oni looked at Zhang Zhilong. To be honest, he didn't really believe the data Zhang Zhilong said. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's do this. We will continue to wait and see! Let's give Wang Qian the same resources and treatment as Sophie... Next, let's discuss the plan for the next game..."
Everyone's expression became serious! The next game would be their first official game in the World Championship.
It's the real highlight! If you mess it up.
Then it will be difficult for them to get up later.
So! Everyone, pay full attention, speak out your ideas, and discuss together how to increase the ratings!
…
At this moment! Audiences from all over the world who were following The Voice of China World Championship were all excited.
because.
The temporary download data ranking of the top ten contestants of The Voice of China World Competition appeared on the billboard.
There was another slight change in Wang Qian's ranking.
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