Chapter 181 Dream Era New Album Release: The Strongest Girl Group Ready to Take Off
"A Journey on the Tip of a Bite", an original video produced by Su Yang himself, a homemade documentary recording his honeymoon trip with Qin Shuyao.
But no one expected that this homemade documentary would become popular on the entire Internet in just a few days.
In just a few days, the video "A Bite of China" has been played more than 300 million times on the entire network. Although the calculation method of this data is a bit wrong, it is enough to prove the popularity of the video "A Bite of China".
Clips from "A Bite of China" went viral on major online platforms. Furthermore, Su Yang's soundtrack for "A Bite of China" was also widely circulated online. This was particularly true on major short video platforms, where it became the background sound for many short videos.
Especially the sentence: high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods.
This phrase is going viral online right now, and netizens are practically ripping it off. Many people add this dubbing to any video, creating hilarious scenes. This also indirectly demonstrates the popularity of "A Bite of China."
Qin Shuyao was shocked by the popularity. She hadn't expected that a video made by Su Yang would become so popular. This popularity was no less than participating in a popular variety show. Qin Shuyao appeared in this video a lot.
Over the past few days, Qin Shuyao and Su Yang's Weibo posts have been filled with pleas for more updates on "A Bite of China," and their followers have also increased significantly. This shows how popular this video is, and Qin Shuyao is also very happy about this popularity. As an artist, who doesn't like to increase their popularity?
Not only that, Tang Qing has received calls from several TV stations in the past few days, including giants like Mango TV, Blue TV, and Yanjing TV.
Their purpose in calling was simple: they wanted to buy the copyright for A Bite of China, and their offer was good. They wanted to buy the copyright for A Bite of China because they saw another side of the story.
"A Bite of China" is like a well-filmed variety show documentary. Now this documentary is popular, and this IP is also popular.
Celebrity couples, travel, food, and displays of affection—they believe these are the elements of a good variety show. If they invite a few celebrity couples and, following the "A Bite of China" model, film each episode at a famous tourist attraction, with proper planning, they might just be able to create a great variety show.
Mango TV even wants to directly participate in the filming of "A Bite of China" and directly develop it into a variety show or documentary according to the current video format, and then broadcast it directly on Mango TV. This is a huge deal. It is equivalent to Mango TV tailoring a variety show for Su Yang and Qin Shuyao. This is a great thing.
However, the final result disappointed the confident TV station.
No, Su Yang and Qin Shuyao will not sell the copyright, no matter how much money they are offered.
Not only that, Su Yang, that bastard, even threatened, "Whoever infringes on my copyright, beware! I'll put you on a skin-stripping show." Such a blatant threat made all the major TV stations incredibly upset. This bastard is such a piece of shit.
But they couldn't ignore Su Yang's threat. If it were any other artist, these TV stations would shamelessly plagiarize the idea, perhaps creating a show like "Wife's Travel." These stations would definitely do such a thing. But now that the copyright belonged to Su Yang, they had to think twice. They had to think about whether they could withstand the retaliation of that bastard Su Yang.
To put it bluntly, it's still their own faults. In this industry, there are hardly any clean people. It's just a matter of whether their own little scandals are big or small, exposed or not. If Su Yang were to arrange for them to be exposed in a show because of this, it would be more trouble than it's worth.
Su Yang likes money, and Qin Shuyao likes it too.
However, "A Bite of China" means very different things to the two people. Neither of them wants capital to ruin their honeymoon or this documentary that records their beautiful love.
Moreover, in Su Yang's opinion, the value of "A Bite of China" far exceeded the TV stations' offers. Buying the copyright for "A Bite of China" for such a small sum was wishful thinking. Right now, it was just "A Bite of China." Once the real "A Bite of China" came out, that would be the real "A Bite of China."
Su Yang was no rookie anymore. Having been in this industry for so long, he increasingly understood the value of copyrights. Most importantly, Su Yang and Qin Shuyao were now capable of leveraging these copyrights. In the internet age, even without relying on TV stations, as long as copyrights were managed well and quality content was produced, online platforms could still generate significant profits. And the profits could far surpass the current prices offered by several TV stations. Otherwise, why would the major TV stations actively approach him? It was all about profit.
A Bite of China has become very popular, but Tang Qing has no time to deal with its affairs these days.
Tang Qing has been very busy these days. On one hand, there are the advertising endorsements for Qin Shuyao and Su Yang, and on the other hand, there is the matter of Dream Times' new album.
A few days ago, the first album of "Dreamtime" was finally produced. This album is directly named "Dreamtime". The first album is the album of the same name.
The most amazing thing is that the title song is also called "Dream Era". Not only Tang Qing is looking forward to this album, but Wang Yunze and others are also looking forward to it, because after the album is released, they will get dividends from the album sales.
As for the songs in this album, they are not professionals and don't really understand the quality. But from the perspective of ordinary listeners, Wang Yunze and his friends think they are very good.
Tang Qing was very confident in this album because the songs on it were written by Su Yang. For this reason alone, Tang Qing felt that this album was excellent. Now, Tang Qing was even becoming a bit of a Su Yang fanboy, a tendency she hadn't even realized.
The album was produced a few days ago, and Tang Qing has been busy dealing with the album's sales these days.
This album was released in a similar format to Qin Shuyao's albums. Both were released simultaneously as digital and CDs. However, Tang Qing had employed a number of new tricks with the CDs.
In addition to ordinary CD albums, there are also hardcover editions, limited signed editions, member customized editions, etc.
For example, Jiang Yunze's customized album not only contains a CD, but also features a photo of Jiang Yunze himself on the album cover. There is also a photo poster of Jiang Yunze inside the album.
Of course, this kind of album is incredibly expensive. And it's sold in limited quantities. As for how much fans can ultimately drive up for it, Tang Qing doesn't care. Anyway, this kind of album is just a way to exploit the fans.
For example, the price of an ordinary album is fifty yuan, but if the price of this customized album is less than five thousand yuan, it cannot be called a customized version.
Hey, fans, don't complain about the price. Sometimes, even if you have money, you can't buy it. This album is limited to 9,999 copies, each with its own number. Each one is autographed by Kang Yun-taek. It also includes a photo poster of Kang Yun-taek, also autographed. These posters are like opening a blind box, and some may even come with bonus items. Most importantly, each one is unique.
Tang Qing has clearly mastered the art of exploiting these insane fans. There are many insane fans in the fan circle, and there are also many wealthy insane fans. This kind of album is designed to exploit these people.
Furthermore, such albums often transcend the realm of albums. They often become financial products, with specialists speculating on them, treating these limited-edition releases like commodities, much like speculating on shoes or trading cards. These items themselves don't hold much value, but their fame and limited availability make them valuable. As long as the game of passing the parcel continues, something without commodity value becomes valuable.
After a few days of hard work, everything is finally ready and the new album can finally be released.
Inside the company, Wang Yunze and others gathered here again.
They have been very tired during this period, and now that the new album is finally going to be released, they are also looking forward to seeing what the results of their labor will be.
"You can send out the promotional video you've made."
Tang Qing smiled and said, "Video, a pre-made promotional video." However, this video was also faked. They were just lip-syncing, and the voice inside was completely Su Yang's. The gameplay was the same as the album.
Tang Qing's words made several people nod their heads. Everyone turned on their computers and mobile phones and posted the promotional videos they had produced to their social accounts according to the method Su Yang taught them.
At noon, the official and private accounts of Dream Era members updated the promotional video almost simultaneously.
Many fans couldn't help but get excited after watching the promotional video.
"Hello everyone, I'm Jiang Yunze. I'm very happy to announce something to you today. Our Dream Era's first album, 'Dream Era', will be officially released tonight at 8 o'clock. Remember to go and support it. Love you guys..."
In South Korea, a Korean fan clicked on a video posted by Kang Yun-taek. In the video, Kang Yun-taek was dressed beautifully and sexy, greeting everyone enthusiastically. Of course, Kang Yun-taek was speaking Korean. The promotional content was simple: it was announcing that Dream Era's debut album was coming out today, and they were encouraged to buy it.
There are not only Korean versions, but also Japanese, Chinese, Thai versions, and many other language versions. In order to appear realistic, Su Yang pretended to be unprofessional when speaking other language versions, and spoke one word at a time.
But this makes these members seem more lovable and real. Wang Yunze and his friends also showed their acting skills and performed very well.
In short, these videos are released to promote the new album, and the new album is to maximize the money earned by fans.
As for whether or not future identity exposure would constitute fraud, I'm sorry, legally speaking, it wouldn't be considered fraud. This is because this album is essentially a legitimate product, and if you buy it on a legitimate platform, it's a legitimate sale.
It's like when you go to buy something because you see the salesperson is pretty and you buy it. But in the end you find out that the salesperson is extremely ugly after removing her makeup and is not a beautiful woman. Can you sue her for fraud?
Su Yang and Tang Qing dared to play this game, as they had already studied the legal provisions thoroughly. Otherwise, how could they dare to do this? If this matter is exposed in the future, it will be the same as the collapse of a celebrity's image, and it will not constitute a crime.
Wang Yunze and others posted the promotional video on their respective social media accounts, and now they have a lot of followers on their own social media accounts.
The official accounts of Dream Times on various platforms also released this news. At the same time, Tang Qing also paid some media outlets in South Korea to report the news of the release of Dream Times' first album.
As soon as the news came out, fans of Dream Era immediately became excited.
"Great, I've finally been waiting for the first album..."
"Jiang Yunze, I love you..."
"Support, definitely support..."
"I want to buy Jiang Yunze's custom version. I like Yunze so much..."
"I like Qin Ziran, I want to buy a custom version of Qin Ziran..."
"support……"
Fans started discussing it a lot, and the major fan groups were also very lively. After the news was released, Su Yang, who was far away in the Maldives, also got busy on his computer.
Some time ago, Su Yang infiltrated many official fan clubs. Moreover, the establishment of several large official fan clubs also had the credit of Su Yang. The members of these fan clubs were like fresh leeks, now finally grown up and ready to be harvested.
Within the fan club, these crazy fans began to take action. Many of them planned to increase the sales of Dream Era, including sales of electronic albums and CD albums.
At the same time, they also raised funds directly, preparing to use these funds to help their idols promote this album, etc.
In the Maldives, on the small island where Su Yang and Qin Shuyao lived, Su Yang couldn't help swallowing his saliva as he watched the actions of these brainless fans.
Crazy, these people are really crazy. Su Yang couldn't understand the behavior of chasing stars. He really didn't understand what was so good about it. Even if you like Dream Era, wouldn't it be enough to just buy an album?
However, Su Yang soon discovered some tricks: these fan clubs were involved in some vested interests, and many organizers might not be real fans.
They exploit these insane fans and profit from them. Under the guise of raising funds for their idols, they run their own businesses. Perhaps this has already formed a complete industry chain, otherwise there wouldn't be so many fan clubs for Dream Era.
But Su Yang didn't care about these things. For Su Yang, what does this have to do with him? One is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten. A group of brainless fans were cut off by the fan leader, cut off by the idol, is it unfair or not? Who can I blame for my stupidity?
As the actual controller of Dream Era, Su Yang has a vested interest, so why should he stop it? The more support groups like this, the better, the more brainless leeks like this, the better.
However, regarding this fan circle, Su Yang could only sigh, "Damn, these people really need to be punished. It's like their brains have been kicked by a donkey."
At this moment, Su Yang finally understood what it meant to be entertained to death. Fan culture is not a spontaneous culture at all, but a profit circle operated by capital.
Many people may not be fans of the fan club at first, but after being pulled into this circle, if you don’t fit in, you may be excluded. In this way, these people will gradually either leave or spend some money to find a sense of community like them.
This kind of circle is not only found in China. It also exists in South Korea, Japan, Europe and the United States, and is even more powerful.
As news of Dream Era's new album began to ferment, Su Yang was also full of anticipation for the album's sales. Whether the girl group could make money, how much it could earn, and whether it was worth continuing in the game would soon be revealed.
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