Chapter 384 383. Helpless European and American music scene, sky-high contract signing! (Subscribe)
Wang Qian wants to say: The folks in my hometown are still awesome.
In terms of market, the international market is definitely larger and has higher spending power.
but.
For two consecutive weeks, the sales of Wang Qian's works in China were higher than those in the international market.
This is also an English song released.
Most people in China paid to download the songs simply to support him, and they don’t really like listening to English songs.
Therefore, Wang Qian is grateful to his domestic fans.
Qin Xuerong was also pleasantly surprised and said, "Wow, Qianqian Jingting is awesome, with such a high number of downloads. It's 20 million higher than in Europe and America."
There is no doubt that the song Viva La Vida is at the top of the list on Qianqian Jingting, with a single-day sales volume of 140 million, which also set a record for first-day sales in the Chinese pop music scene.
Ever since the advent of legitimate online downloads in the Chinese music scene, there have been only a handful of songs that have accumulated hundreds of millions of download sales over the years.
After all, in the era when Tengfei dominated, the entire genuine market was only so big, and there were only a few hundred million consumers in the entire market. It was very difficult to accumulate sales of hundreds of millions in ten years.
Wang Qian now only took half a day to do it.
Since the establishment of Qianqian Jingting, Wang Qian's continuous release of songs has ignited the consumer enthusiasm in the legitimate music market. Coupled with the tailwind of the Voice of China, it has continuously attracted a large number of new users, expanded the entire market, and greatly increased consumption potential and ceiling.
Wang Qian said softly, "The fans in China are so supportive. How has the number of users of Qianqian Jingting increased in the past two days?"
Qin Xuerong smiled and said, "Lao Xu sent me a message at noon to report the situation. After you release the song, the number of users will increase a lot. Today, it is estimated that more than 20 million users have been added. Usually, there is a relatively stable number of new users joining. Now the total number of paying users of Qianqian Jingting has reached about 350 million. The estimated market ceiling should be around 500 million. There are only so many young and middle-aged people with consumption power."
"Lao Xu said that your single actually has greater market potential just because you released it in English. Many fans support you even if they don't understand it, but many people still reject it because it's an English song."
"If you release a good Chinese song, sales may be higher. You have ignited people's enthusiasm for listening to songs and the impulse to pay. Now the entire Chinese music scene is as active as the European and American music scene. A large number of singers will continue to release songs in the past week."
"But they're definitely not here to snipe you. They just want to get a piece of the pie."
"Tengfei and several other platforms have benefited from the favorable market conditions. The income of several small and medium-sized platforms has also increased significantly. There is no risk of bankruptcy for the time being."
Wang Qian nodded, "This is a good thing. I don't want Qianqian Jingting and Tengfei to be the only ones left alive in the online music market. A pyramid structure with top, middle and bottom is the most stable market. Tell Lao Xu not to rush to attract new users. Focus on stabilizing the internal situation. The contracts of the big-name singers who come to our platform should be more careful. They should be a level lower than those of Liu Shengnan, Ru Ke, Chen Xiaowen and others who followed us at the beginning."
"The degree of freedom remains the same... We listen carefully and there is no shady dealings."
Wang Qian wants Qianqian Jingting to develop sustainably and healthily in the long term, so he wants to be as fair as possible without any shady dealings and attract the best singers to join.
As long as the singers are given benefits, they will naturally stay and produce good works with their heart, which will then increase their income, thus entering a virtuous circle of development.
However, he will definitely give some preferential treatment to the first few singers who followed him to switch jobs.
After all, at that time Qianqian Jingting and he were besieged by the entire Chinese entertainment industry, and he was the only one supporting the group. However, Liu Shengnan resolutely jumped to Qianqian Jingting to support him. Ru Ke, Chen Xiaowen and several other people who came after him also came to his aid and supported the lonely Qianqian Jingting.
He will never forget this love.
Qin Xuerong nodded and wrote it down.
On Qianqian Jingting's list, besides Wang Qian, the second person is Miyuki Nakamori.
A single by Miyuki Nakamori sold over 70 million copies on the first day, ranking second.
The third place is Sophie, with sales of over 60 million, not much behind Miyuki Nakamori.
The fourth, fifth and sixth are all singles by Miyuki Nakamori, with sales of 50 to 60 million.
Elizabeth ranked seventh with sales reaching 50 million.
Miyuki Nakamori's popularity in China has risen again, surpassing Sophie...
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This level of first-day sales created a huge wave in the Chinese music scene and activated the entire music industry.
Although several first- and second-tier singers failed to make it into the top ten on Qianqian Jingting and only ranked in the dozen or so, their first-day sales were still nearly 20 million, ranging from 15 million to 20 million. There was also one singer whose song was very good, with sales exceeding 20 million.
It can be expected that the weekly sales of these big-name singers’ works will definitely be over 50 million!
This was a sales result they had never dared to imagine before.
Therefore, many singers have announced their latest song release plans.
The entire music scene is on fire.
Songs released by several first-line singers on the rising new song chart have sales of tens of millions in a single day, proving that the pop music market is indeed much larger than before.
Wang Qian took a quick look at the sales of Qianqian Jingting and then went into Weibo again.
This time, he did not post a message on his Weibo to thank his fans for their support. He was afraid that the Weibo server would crash again, so he quietly logged into Weibo to check the situation.
I first looked at CCTV’s official account.
I found that there was indeed a lot of information about Wang Qian, and the official treatment given to Wang Qian was quite high.
Among them, there were two videos from the official news at 7 o'clock two days ago, which were obviously about Wang Qian.
The title is also very official - China's music genius Wang Qian went to Los Angeles to compete in the world competition, crushed his opponents, and released works that constantly broke world records! And - China's music genius Wang Qian took classes at the world's top music school Curtis Institute, causing a sensation in the entire European and American classical music community, conquered countless world music masters, and was scrambled for by many European and American music schools. In the end, he accepted the invitation of Curtis Institute and became an honorary professor of Curtis Institute. He is the first Chinese professor in the history of the school, and also the youngest professor! "China's music genius Wang Qian shines at the Staples Center!"
"Tickets for our country's musical genius Wang Qian's performances cost millions of dollars each, and there was a rush to buy them..."
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Every day, CCTV and another official media will follow up on Wang Qian's performance at the World Championships in Los Angeles.
Without exception, all the compliments were extremely positive.
Of course, Wang Qian's performance in the World Championships was indeed impeccable, and normal reporting is enough.
Of course, other media can only follow the official rhythm. Who dares to go against the official boss? In addition, Wang Qian is now the traffic code on the social platform.
So, Wang Qian saw that almost all the media reporting on him filled the screen with praises.
Many self-media outlets have been praising him in various ways, analyzing his works and singing style in various ways, and praising Wang Qian as a super musical genius across the ages.
There was a sudden increase in the number of self-media analyzing Wang Qian's works and the works of other players in the world competition.
Wang Qian took a quick look and got a general idea.
I know what Ru Ke said is probably correct.
Now the domestic public opinion has hyped him up too much and praised him too much.
Some media even dubbed him a national hero because he won glory for his country by defeating players from other countries in international competitions.
It made him feel ashamed when he saw it.
Qin Xuerong was very happy to see this, even happier than when she was praised.
There is almost no news about Qin Xuerong on the Internet because there are some forces behind the scenes that guide and focus all attention on Wang Qian, and do not dig deeper into Qin Xuerong who often accompanies Wang Qian.
Instead, Wang Qian's band members enjoyed great exposure.
Zhao Wei and He Fulin are now called world-class guitarists and bassists by many domestic media. Their playing skills are not inferior to the top accompaniment musicians in the history of world rock and roll. I guess they would feel ashamed after seeing this.
Jiang Yu, Murong Yue, and Juliet, who had just appeared, also received a lot of attention and praise.
“Historical band!”
“The greatest band in history!”
"The first person in rock history, Wang Qian!"
"Rock Elf Murong Yue..."
"Keyboard goddess Jiang Yu."
"Juliet the Guitar Goddess."
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You can see a lot of names like these, and there are many people who support and like them.
Wang Qian could think of it.
If he didn't win the championship in the end.
Now all the praise and attention can turn into knives, hitting him and his band members without any chance of resistance.
So! Wang Qian now also felt a sense of heaviness and urgency, as if he was being held up.
Only forward!
Can't retreat!
However, if he wins the championship in the end, the benefits Wang Qian will enjoy will be huge.
Perhaps it is really possible, as Ru Ke said, to use this momentum to forge an indestructible golden body.
After browsing for about ten minutes, Wang Qian finally posted a message on his Weibo homepage: "Thank you for your support, it's very powerful. Wait for me to win the championship."
Click Send to sign the Champion Declaration.
No surprise!
It took less than ten seconds to send.
The Weibo page is stuck.
Wang Qian's various clicking operations were no longer possible.
Qin Xuerong was speechless: "It crashed again? I saw at noon today that Weibo officials said they had added more servers to solve the freezing problem. But before half a day had passed, they were slapped in the face..."
Wang Qian was not too surprised, and immediately asked Qin Xuerong, "How is the negotiation going with Douyao?"
Qin Xuerong perked up all of a sudden. This was the first entertainment business she had negotiated for Wang Qian. She quickly and excitedly said, "I conveyed your request. They were considering it, and finally agreed to it that night. However, they asked for exclusivity! Since we have registered with DouYue, we cannot post DongDong news on other platforms, including Weibo!"
Wang Qian smiled and shook his head: "Impossible, let's continue the discussion. It's impossible to be exclusive, and the price and conditions will not change."
Qin Xuerong nodded. "Well, Weibo knew that we were in contact with DouYue, and they sent someone to talk to me. They said they would give us an exclusive contract fee of 150 million yuan a year, and hoped that we would terminate the negotiations with DouYue and would not be able to register public accounts on other platforms in the future."
Wang Qian still shook his head: "Impossible, tell Weibo that I don't accept exclusive contracts. I brought them such a large amount of traffic, they can be happy without charging any money. However, you can tell them that if they want me to interact with everyone on Weibo regularly in the future, they should honestly pay the contract fee."
"Otherwise, our main focus in the future will be on operating several other social platforms. For example, DouYue and WeChat public accounts are profitable platforms..."
Qin Xuerong nodded again, understanding that Wang Qian was now waiting for a good price.
Those platforms all want to take advantage of Wang Qian's huge traffic.
Therefore, when Wang Qian was asking for a sky-high price, the best outcome would be that the winner takes all.
Exclusive is impossible to accept.
Qin Xuerong said: "DouYue may agree in the next two days. They are very eager. Weibo's traffic has increased greatly because of you and the World Championship. DouYue is the most anxious and afraid of missing the opportunity of the Voice of China World Championship. Other platforms are also ready to move, and DouYue wants to take the initiative."
Wang Qian: "Keep talking, my conditions are just like that, if you agree, we'll sign the contract."
Qin Xuerong: "Okay, leave it to me."
The two were chatting.
Wang Qian saw that public opinion in North America had begun to change. Kristen was no longer the most popular, and Wang Qian and other Voice of China contestants began to appear more frequently.
Because the sales data of several players on that list are really terrifying.
It is no exaggeration to say that contestants of The Voice of China now dominate the world music scene.
Several first-tier singers and many second- and third-tier singers were crushed.
Sophie, Adam, Elizabeth, Miyuki Nakamori, Jonathan and other contestants were all praised by various media.
As for Wang Qian, they began to selectively ignore him.
It seems that they don't want to give Wang Qian too much exposure, or they hope that Christine will have the opportunity to surpass Wang Qian in the future.
at the same time.
Some media also started to lead the trend.
"Wang Qian, a contestant from China, said on the show that he would sing a song in the same style as Elizabeth's during the competition, and he even threatened to make the whole world cry. I absolutely don't believe it."
"His rock songs are indeed very, very good. Every rock single he released can be said to be no less than the top masterpieces in rock history. However, rock and Elizabeth's works are completely different genres. Elizabeth's works are obviously more delicate and contain many of her own life and emotional insights. Wang Qian certainly can't do that."
"If he dares to sing a piece like this live, he will be in danger of being defeated by Elizabeth. Elizabeth will beat Wang Qian in the area she is best at, and may even win the championship in the end."
"Maybe he shouldn't be so arrogant and should continue to beat Elizabeth with three rock songs instead of giving Elizabeth a chance."
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The statement made by this relatively large North American music media was quickly liked, forwarded and supported by many music critics and singers.
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"Elizabeth is also an underestimated talented musician, but her style is too mature, so she is not as dazzling as Wang Qian, Sophie, and Adam. However, in the field of mature music style that she is familiar with, she is definitely better than other contestants. If Wang Qian dares to use the same style of work to compete with Elizabeth, then he will definitely lose. He lost to his own arrogance."
"I support Elizabeth in eliminating Wang Qian."
"I am skeptical, but I also believe in Wang Qian's performance. His Viva La Vida this week is a very non-rock rock song. If he creates a good song in another style, I have no doubt at all."
"Wang Qian is the most talented musician. He will definitely prove himself with different music."
"Come on Elizabeth, eliminate Wang Qian."
"I support Sophie to eliminate Wang Qian and win the championship..."
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Various voices are spreading on North American social platforms.
Wang Qian took a quick look and understood what was going on. He knew that there might be someone behind the scenes trying to stir up trouble for him, wanting him to participate in the competition with a non-rock work to increase Elizabeth's chances of winning.
After all, judging from the rock music Wang Qian had performed in the past few times, it was absolutely at the top level in history, and there was no possibility of being defeated. Even if several epoch-making singers and historical bands in the history of pop music were to compete with Wang Qian on the same stage, it is estimated that at most they would be evenly matched with Wang Qian.
Elizabeth wants to beat Wang Qian's live rock, but any optimistic and biased European and American media and musicians know that is impossible.
However, if Wang Qian really participates in the competition with a work that is in the same style as Elizabeth's, then it will indeed give Elizabeth a chance.
So! These media and the musicians and singers who are leading the trend hope that Wang Qian can do what he says.
Wang Qian had seen this kind of rhythm too many times in his previous life, so he didn't take it seriously.
Because he never thought of breaking his promise.
Since you have publicly agreed on the show.
Then he will do it.
When the time comes, just enter a blues soul song.
To make the whole world cry? It’s not impossible…
However, Wang Qian did not say anything publicly and let these people lead the pace.
After looking at the sales of "Gods Fight" on the list, Wang Qian and Qin Xuerong went to bed early.
Tomorrow we will start rehearsing for the performance.
After seeing the praise he received at home, Wang Qian also felt a sense of pressure in his heart. He couldn't lose.
After all, this is not his home ground, and he is also afraid of the possibility of a crash.
So! You must go all out to prepare for every performance.
The next morning! Wang Qian woke up and called Qin Xuerong to get up and wash up, and then they had breakfast together.
After breakfast, I met up with the band members and went to the rented recording studio for rehearsal.
He no longer paid attention to the sales charts. In his opinion, the results were already determined and the achievements were already achieved. There was no point in paying attention to them. It would be a waste of time and energy. The right thing to do was to focus on the next performance.
However, the entire music industry around the world is still paying attention.
because.
Wang Qian's sales volume reached more than 130 million, with an increase of more than 10 million in one night. This was not surprising to everyone.
Christine's sales reached 109 million, and she failed to narrow the sales gap with Wang Qian, which disappointed many media and musicians who were promoting Christine behind the scenes.
They knew that even though they had helped Christine so much to hype her up, they still hadn't been able to narrow the gap between the two, so it would be almost impossible for them to catch up later.
So, the media began to shift their attention and paid attention to Sophie, who ranked third.
Because Sophie's current sales volume has reached 80 million, and it is possible that it will exceed 100 million today, setting a sales record of over 100 million in two days.
Although it is not as good as Wang Qian and Kristen's first-day sales of over 100 million, but breaking 100 million in two days is definitely a result that is enough to go down in history. It will definitely create a wave of hype and weaken Wang Qian's influence, allowing Sophie to take away Wang Qian's traffic and some of the attention, which can also indirectly affect Wang Qian's sales.
So, starting from this morning, more and more media outlets and self-media musicians began to report on and hype Sophie.
A music media: "Sophie is a super music genius who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Wang Qian. Each of her songs is so amazing, and her music style is extremely varied. She is good at more genres and themes than Wang Qian, and she has a lot of her own thoughts. If there is anyone who has the hope of defeating Wang Qian, then Sophie is the most promising talent."
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A famous producer said: "Sophie is the most malleable music talent I have ever seen, even more powerful than Wang Qian. Her works should have better results."
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A music critic said: "Sophie comes from an orthodox classical music family and is a descendant of French court aristocrats. Her artistic accomplishments are not comparable to Wang Qian, an ordinary Chinese with no background. However, Wang Qian has more than ten years of experience than Sophie. If Sophie is given ten years, she will definitely surpass Wang Qian."
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A self-media: "Sophie is simply the incarnation of God created by music in the world. Her music is simply the sound of nature and a perfect musical work. I can't think of any flaws. In comparison, Wang Qian's rock music is just noise..."
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Sophie was on her way to the recording studio at the time. Seeing the online comments, she posted on her Facebook account: "You can praise me, but please don't use Professor Wang Qian as an analogy. Because there is no comparison between him and me. Professor Wang Qian's musical talent is far superior to mine. Even if another ten years pass, I will never be able to surpass her. I can only be her student."
Sophie sent it out directly, which immediately caused a stir on social platforms in Europe and the United States.
Those media and musicians who supported and hyped Sophie were suddenly embarrassed.
They wanted to promote Sophie to compete with Wang Qian, but Sophie was unwilling and publicly admitted that she was not as good as Wang Qian.
What can they do? That’s what the parties involved said.
How else can they brag? So...
Be silent.
all of a sudden.
The number of topics about hyping Sophie on several major social platforms in Europe and the United States has dropped sharply. Except for those who were unaware and were led by the rhythm, other media and musicians have stopped talking and started hyping Elizabeth instead.
Because Elizabeth is Wang Qian's opponent in the next game.
but.
There haven’t been many articles about Elizabeth yet.
Elizabeth, who also arrived at the recording studio, saw that many people had said that she had a chance of defeating Wang Qian because Wang Qian gave up the familiar rock and roll and used her most mature style of works to participate in the competition, and she would definitely be able to defeat Wang Qian.
Elizabeth felt overwhelmed after hearing such remarks.
Having come into contact with Wang Qian, she deeply knows how profound Wang Qian's understanding of music is and how incredible his musical talent is.
She had no confidence at all. No matter what musical style Wang Qian performed with, she had no confidence that she could defeat Wang Qian.
Therefore, she quickly posted on her Facebook account: "I am looking forward to discussing and exchanging ideas with Professor Wang Qian on the music style I like. Although this is the music style I like and am good at, I believe Professor Wang Qian will definitely bring us surprises."
"Please stop saying that I can beat Professor Wang Qian. I don't have any confidence. I just want to enjoy the music in the final performance and enjoy the honor of performing with Professor Wang Qian."
"Thank you for your understanding and support..."
Elizabeth’s message almost immediately followed Sophie’s. Her words were more mature, but the core meaning was the same: both of them thought they were inferior to Wang Qian.
Those media and musicians who wanted to continue hyping Elizabeth were nipped in the bud in the bud.
This makes many people very angry and they hate that they don’t fight back.
They have helped the two of them to promote themselves so much, and you are the first to admit defeat?
They now wanted to take advantage of the situation and do their best to blackmail Sophie and Elizabeth, but after thinking carefully, they knew that this was irrational, as it would be tantamount to helping Wang Qian.
so.
They could only remain silent for a while.
Next, let’s continue to hype Christine.
Then, on European and American social media platforms, Kristen and Wang Qian still became the mainstream.
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Wang Qian is now oblivious to what is happening outside and is just rehearsing with his teammates.
Today's rehearsal ended only when it got dark in the afternoon, and I took the team members back to the hotel to eat and rest.
Qin Xuerong suddenly put down his phone and said to Wang Qian: "DouYue agreed to your conditions. The contract fee is 200 million yuan a year. You must live broadcast for at least five minutes a week and publish at least one video every day. However, the contract is only for one year. They may just want to take advantage of the traffic dividend of our world game and are afraid of the risks later, so they only signed for one year..."
Wang Qian lay on the chair a little tiredly and nodded, "Okay, I also want to sign a short-term contract. By next year, 200 million a year may not be enough."
Everyone looked at the confident Wang Qian with admiration.
This speed of making money is simply unbeatable.
Qin Xuerong continued, "However, they requested that we broadcast live for a few minutes tonight to warm up first. When the weekend performance is just over, we will officially broadcast live for at least five minutes."
Wang Qian thought about it and said, "Okay!"
Then he added: "Then let's just broadcast it live now."
Qin Xuerong was surprised: "Aren't you going back to prepare?"
All celebrities will spend a long time preparing before they start a live broadcast. At the very least, they have to put on makeup and find a good venue for the live broadcast.
Wang Qian is not wearing any makeup now and her clothes are very ordinary and casual.
Wang Qian shook his head: "No, be more realistic."
Qin Xuerong nodded: "Okay, I'll tell them!"
One minute later.
Qin Xuerong: "It's OK. They opened a server line specifically for us and registered a dedicated account for us."
Wang Qian immediately logged into the account sent by the other party using his mobile phone.
Then, he started the live broadcast.
moment!
Domestic public opinion exploded.
(End of this chapter)