Chapter 561: Dominating the B List!
Monday, newsstand on the streets of the United States.
Nicole hurried out of the subway station. As usual, she stopped at the newsstand near the subway entrance and took out the change she had prepared in advance from her handbag: "Please give me the latest copy of New Time, thank you!"
In the newsstand, the bearded Buck took the change and handed over a rolled-up magazine: "Here you are, lovely lady, a freshly-published copy of New Time. Today's news will definitely surprise you!"
Nicole smiled: "But you say this every week, and I'm so disappointed every time."
Buck shook his head vigorously, even shaking his beard up: "No, no, no, sweetheart, I will never let you down this time!"
"I hope so."
Nicole didn't say much to Buck. She was in a hurry to get to work. Although she had bought "New Time", she would not have time to read the magazine until at least lunch time at noon.
Nicole is a professional assistant and works in an accounting firm. It sounds very impressive, but since Nicole has not obtained a practicing certificate, she is just an ordinary assistant.
Her daily job is to help those certified public accountants deal with administrative matters. To put it bluntly, she is just a runner and miscellaneous person. However, due to the work requirements of the service objects, Nicole also has to teach herself accounting-related knowledge. If possible, Nicole also wants to develop in this direction.
In the future, if I obtain a practicing certificate, I can become a respected certified public accountant.
"Nicole! File all these papers!"
Before Nicole's fantasy could unfold into a better future, she was interrupted by the work assigned by her boss. Looking at the piles of documents half a person's height on her desk, Nicole sighed: "Okay, I'll take care of it right away!"
"You'd better hurry up, there's still a lot of work that needs you here."
Looking at the direction her boss pointed, where there were piles of documents and materials, Nicole no longer had any fantasies in her mind, because she had to devote all her attention to her work, otherwise if she didn't finish these tasks today, there would be more backlogs tomorrow.
More importantly, there are performance bonuses.
If your work ability cannot satisfy your boss, your performance appraisal will probably fail. If your performance fails for three consecutive months, you will lose this decent job.
Thinking of the terrible consequences, Nicole focused her attention on her work.
When you concentrate on your work, time always flies.
When Nicole looked up from the piles of documents, there were only a few people left in the office, and everyone else had gone to enjoy their lunch.
Nicole is not the kind of person who works even when she is hungry. She still has to eat when it is time to eat. But when she eats, Nicole likes to read magazines or something.
Yes, it’s the New Time I bought at the newsstand this morning.
However, when Nicole just spread the magazine out on the table in the restaurant, she was stunned: the face on the cover was clearly a Chinese person!
Moreover, it was a face so young that at first glance it looked as if it had not yet reached adulthood! It was a face with black hair, black eyes, and very oriental features.
The magazine gave him a close-up, without any extra clothing to set off his features, just simply presenting his face and his clear facial features to everyone.
His eyes are clear and his expression is relaxed, but very eye-catching.
On the right side of the cover, there is his name and the title of his interview article:
Lin Fan - The New Generation of Chinese Music King
The colleague next to her knew that Nicole had the habit of reading magazines while eating during lunch time. Seeing Nicole stunned, they couldn't help but lean over to take a look: "Huh? Why is the cover person a Chinese? This is New Time? Nicole, didn't you buy a pirated magazine? New Time actually let a Chinese person appear on the cover?"
The tone was full of superiority, which made Nicole feel disgusted.
What era is this? How can there still be people who discriminate against people with different skin colors? And the person who said this, touch your brain without any wisdom, and think about your life without any achievements. What qualifications do you have to discriminate against someone who can be on the cover of "New Time"? Nicole, due to her status as a colleague, could not directly accuse the other party of his inexplicable sense of superiority. But Nicole's silence did not mean that other people in the restaurant would remain silent about it.
"Hey! Man! You didn't see everything, so please don't make those comments casually, okay? Lin is on the cover of this issue of New Time!"
A customer in the restaurant pointed it out directly: "Do you know who Lin is? No? Okay, I forgive your ignorance. Do you know the song "We will rock you"? Do you know "Sugar"? Do you know "See You Again"?
If none of them know, does Robert know? Just check out his social media accounts and you’ll see what a great singer Lin is! He’s fully qualified to be on the cover of New Time! "
This series of rhetorical questions made Nicole's colleague blush, but at the same time, Nicole and the others in the restaurant received a key message: "Lin is on the cover of New Time?!"
"Oh my god! Is this true? I love the song 'See You Again' so much! It's so touching!"
"If it's Lin, he does have the qualifications! You know, three of his songs have entered the B-list Hot 100! Who was the last singer to achieve such a result?"
"Brother, your news is out of date. Lin's three songs have entered the top 20 of the B chart Hot 100! "We will rock you" has been at the top of the chart for two consecutive weeks! "Sugar" has always been ranked second on the B chart, second only to "We will rock you"! But I believe that it won't be long before "See You Again" will definitely top the chart!"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Oh my god! Champion of the B list for two consecutive weeks? Isn't Lin too amazing?"
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Nicole listened to the heated discussions of the people around her and felt a little confused for a moment.
Of these three songs, to be honest, Nicole has only listened to "Sugar", and this song is now her cell phone ringtone.
But, Sugar was only released two weeks ago! A new song is out? And it's in the top 20 of the B chart? Even the singer herself is on the cover of New Time? Nicole stroked the magazine in her hand, unable to believe it. At the same time, she replayed in her mind what Buck had said to her in the newsstand that morning.
He said that today's news would definitely surprise him.
It was indeed a surprise, and Nicole believed that not only herself, but the entire beautiful country would be surprised today!
In fact, Nicole's guess was very accurate.
As soon as New Time went on sale, it caused a great shock in the United States, and the 4 million copies were sold out on the first day! Those who bought it were ecstatic, and those who didn't buy it went directly to the website of New Time and left messages asking them to increase the number of copies.
Of course, it is impossible to print more copies, but the person in charge of New Time said to these fanatical fans: "The American version is sold out, you can buy the Chinese version. Because the Chinese audience is larger, each issue will print 2 million more copies than here."
When the fans in the United States heard this, instead of feeling happy, they even started to curse: "How do you think our 4 million copies were sold out? It was because of the fans in China. They bought up all the Chinese version, and they came over to buy ours!
I don't care! Are you going to add more issues or not? If you don't add more issues, I can't buy Lin's cover magazine, and I will block your door every day! And I won't just block your door myself, I will also invite those Chinese fans who also didn't buy the magazine to block your door together! Let's see if you are afraid!"
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