Jiang Xinhai hugged Chen Ya on the sofa and said:
"It was so thrilling just now, I want to see what the first article is about!"
Chen Ya flipped to the first page and found the headline: "Jiang Xinhai's new album release a week ago, and the popularity trend is thrillingly fluctuating!"
Jiang Xinhai leaned against him from behind, resting his chin on his head, and read:
"...Jiang Xinhai's sudden shift from film and television to the music industry was truly an unexpected move. However, judging by the performance of her first album, this transition was of considerable quality, surprising everyone, including those in the industry.
"Judging from previous attempts by amphibious stars to cross over into other fields, the popularity of the film and television industry is not very popular among music fans, especially those who watch TV. They have not yet developed the awareness of consuming genuine CDs, so the effect of boosting album sales is limited.
"Most people in the industry are not optimistic about Jiang Xinhai's crossover. Yingzi even mocked him by name, claiming that Jiang Xinhai's sales would cut short her career's rise..."
Chen Ya looked up: "Yingzi also said such words?"
Jiang Xinhai's face darkened. "I've already mentioned even more extreme things. Also, we're getting to the key part. Let me continue reading—as predicted, the first-day sales of the 'Encounter' album weren't very good. There was a slight increase on the second day, and on the third day, thanks to Yingzi's criticism, sales plummeted to a low point."
After reading this sentence, the two looked at each other at the same time.
"Yingzi also criticized him by name?" they said in unison.
Then Chen Ya said, "Finish reading this article first, and then we'll look for Yingzi's criticism later."
"...However, on the fourth and fifth days, the album sales of "Meeting" surged, and with an unstoppable rebound momentum, it directly reached the top of the sales charts, surpassing "The First Snow of 2012."
"By Saturday, thanks to the holiday season, album sales reached a new high, surpassing 'The First Snow' and firmly securing the top spot.
"By the seventh day, album sales had fallen back and finally stabilized at 450,000 units, a pretty good result for a new artist.
"Based on the latest trends, the album's final sales volume is expected to reach 800,000 copies..."
After putting down the magazine, Jiang Xinhai put his arm around Chen Ya's neck and said, "Look at Yingzi?"
"No, there's something important." Chen Ya called Zhou Peng.
A moment later, as soon as the call was connected, Chen Ya rushed out, "Make another 500,000 sets! Quick!"
"Okay!"
"I'll give you the money when we get the payment back."
"Okay!"
"For a boss like you, your business acumen is, to be honest, amazing. I don't know how you ended up being limited to teaching assistants," Chen Ya commented.
"Unlucky, I didn't meet any noble people!" Zhou Peng was in high spirits. "My first set wasn't perfect, but I can do better with the second set!"
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xinhai tilted his head and asked, "Didn't they say that the final sales volume was only 800,000?"
"The magazine miscalculated," Chen Ya's hands were shaking. "They don't know that the sales drop on the seventh day wasn't because there were fewer listeners, but because the album was sold out!"
Only 500,000 sets were distributed in total, but 450,000 sets were sold in a week.
The remaining 50,000 sets are scattered across various cities and audio-visual stores, and it is estimated that there are only a few left in each store.
This situation is called having a price but no market.
Even Chen Ya felt that 1 million units was conservative.
It is not impossible to eventually sell 2 million units.
There was no Weibo in that era. If there had been, they would have seen on Weibo the wailing of big moviegoers who couldn't buy albums.
In the second-hand market, second-hand "Meeting" albums are sold at prices more than three times higher than the original price.
Some people heard that the "Meet" album was on sale in a certain city and drove dozens of kilometers to buy it.
There were even people who went to more than a dozen stores but couldn't buy the "Meet" album, and sat in front of the store cursing.
In this era, there are no fans voting for charts, no messy marketing, only word-of-mouth reputation.
Whenever someone around you hums a section of "Aurora," someone will always curiously ask, "What song is this?"
Then you’ll get the answer: “Haven’t you heard Jiang Xinhai’s new song?”
"Jiang Xinhai still sings?"
"Hmm! You sing really well! Here are the headphones, listen..."
When customers were at a loss as to how to buy the album, some insightful merchants simply played the album "Meeting" on loop in their stores to attract these unlucky people.
The salesgirl standing in the store listened to "Meeting" eight hundred times a day and almost vomited. She was completely brainwashed. When she went home and cooked for her children, she would hum a few lines.
Because his mother sang "Listen to the Sea" every day, the child secretly downloaded pirated versions of Jiang Xinhai's complete works online and listened to them with headphones every day during class.
The Jiang Xinhai craze swept through the school, and the students began to compare themselves endlessly. Some even stole their parents' album covers and ran to school to show off to their classmates.
The head teacher confiscated the album cover and placed it in the staff office, which sparked a group discussion among the teachers.
The men who pursue the teachers will secretly practice two songs from "Meeting" at home, hoping to make a splash in KTV.
In a KTV, a waiter was scolded because a customer couldn't find Jiang Xinhai's new song. The waiter ran to complain to the store owner.
Because they bought the copyright to Jiang Xinhai's new song, the shop owners would even display a message on the electronic sign at the door saying "This shop has the copyright to the complete set of songs of 'Meeting'"...
What is a hit song? This is a hit song.
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