The beginning of November is full of hope.
Many singers and superstars released albums together, which brought the heat of the entire Chinese music scene to its peak. The fights between superstars and powerful contestants and various news outlets made everyone feel that there was a revival of physical albums, as if the Internet age had not fully arrived.
But……
This grand occasion was just a flash in the pan, lasting only less than ten days.
Then, this popularity declined sharply, causing all singers who wanted to release albums and ride on the popularity to tremble.
The cold winter of physical albums is really coming!
The album sales charts are decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye every day.
Zhou Tianwang's new album "Don't Wait for Me" bombarded Taiwan and the mainland for only two days. The number of on-demand requests on the Internet was still terrifying, but the sales of the physical album fell to 700,000. Just five days later, the sales of the physical album could only sell less than 300,000 a day...
The popularity of Wang Yu's new album "Flywheel" was also terrifying on the Internet, but unfortunately, after eight days, the physical album dropped by 80,000...
Queen Wang Lei's album "Next Stop Sunshine" was very popular. On the first day, it collided with King Zhou, and on the second day, it collided with An Xiao. After five days of promotion, the album was declared a flop. Only the main song "Next Stop" on the Internet barely kept the queen's popularity going...
An Xiao also did not escape the fate of a sharp decline. Although "Little Lucky" was popular all over China, on the streets and alleys, in online live broadcasts, and even in some programs, the song's physical sales continued to decline. On November 17, it finally dropped to 300,000...
Three hundred thousand people finally maintained the last piece of dignity.
As for...
Are you talking about the rock king Chen Feng?
perhaps……
The one who suffered the most in releasing an album in the whole month of November was the rock king Chen Feng.
The sales of other singers’ physical albums are not that impressive, but at least the online sales are booming, and they are still selling well in the physical market?
At least it can make a decent amount of money for the company.
But what about Chen Feng...
So pitiful!
The physical album has been on sale for three days, but it’s really not selling well!
Even with all the autographs and activities, it still doesn't sell.
In the end, the manufacturer had to announce that the game had stopped production and all major stores had stopped selling it. Not only did Joaquin lose money to gain publicity, but the download and on-demand volume on the Internet didn’t even rank in the top 20…
The number of clicks for the top 20 is at least in the millions.
But when it came to Chen Feng, the number of clicks directly became hundreds of thousands, and the number of clicks on the song was even comparable to those of some second- and third-tier singers!
This moment.
Chen Feng became a joke.
After all, Joaquin invested no less than tens of millions in Chen Feng's new album, and gave him enough face in terms of publicity and channels.
but……
I really can’t pull it up!
November 16th.
"Brother Chen, you'd better give up. President Xu won't see you. I believe you know some of the company's internal information..."
"I want to know the reason. I want to know if Mr. Xu is angry because of the failure of my album..."
"No one knows, but the failure of your album should also be a big part of the reason..."
“…”
Joaquin Building.
It still looks so tall and majestic.
Chen Feng felt very uncomfortable in the building. Everyone looked at him strangely, as if they wanted to say something but couldn't.
There was no ridicule, no blows, and no condescension.
On the contrary, there was a sense of sympathy in everyone's eyes.
After standing in front of the general manager's office and hesitating for a while, Chen Feng finally lowered his head and turned away.
When he walked out of the moving company, he wrapped himself in clothes.
Although it is autumn now, Chen Feng somehow feels unusually cold.
He put on a hat and sunglasses and hailed a taxi.
He didn't know where to go, so he just wandered around the streets and alleys of Yanjing.
Am I wrong?
But what did I do wrong?
Chen Feng closed his eyes silently, looking at the rows of tall buildings, and then his eyes became unusually dazed.
Is it really that I can't sing well, or is it that the song is bad?
At this moment...
A familiar melody suddenly appeared in the taxi.
This melody is a song in his own album, a single called "Night and Night".
"Oh, what a pity..."
"Master, what's a pity?"
"This album is of very high quality. Chen Feng's singing is as soulful as ever, and it also makes people feel very touched. It has the flavor of the past, but not many people listen to it now..."
"Master, why do you think not many people listen to it?"
"Haha, how should I know? I just know that I bought this album for my son to listen to. Halfway through listening to it, my son asked what the hell this album is about. Why would he buy something that no one listens to on the Internet... Young people don't understand a lot of things... I don't think it's a problem of quality, but a problem of the times..."
"Master, can you say it again?"
"This is just like rock music. Rock music is a sentiment, but it is very niche... The teenagers who once sang their hearts out for rock music have to grow up now..."
"Master, did you say rock 'n' roll is dead?"
"How is that possible? Isn't Lu Yuan's brother-in-law Wang Hao's rock album selling very well?"
“…”
Chen Feng closed his eyes.
At this moment, Chen Feng suddenly understood.
It turns out that it’s not that his album is bad, nor is it that he is bad.
But he has fallen behind the times...
In other words…
He is no longer needed.
Many times, it’s not that you don’t do it well or don’t do it carefully, and it has nothing to do with hard work.
The real reason is that it cannot keep up with the times and is no longer needed.
"Master, please stop here."
"Okay, I'll charge you one hundred yuan."
"good."
After getting off the taxi, Chen Feng looked into the distance.
At this time, he happened to see a movie theater in the distance.
"Ip Man" is playing in the cinema.
"Ip Man".
Martial arts movie?
He somehow thought of rock and roll.
It seems that martial arts and rock are both products of the last era.
With this strange emotion, he walked into the cinema and watched "Ip Man".
After reading it, Chen Feng felt very touched.
Then he subconsciously searched the box office for the premiere of "Ip Man".
When he saw the box office data, he was suddenly shocked!
Martial arts movies actually...
Can it be so explosive?
Then, he remembered what the taxi driver said and finally sighed deeply.
I felt even colder.
Passing by the mirror next to the cinema, he looked in the mirror.
He found that he had many more wrinkles.
Many people coming and going looked at the middle-aged man wearing a hat strangely.
They felt that this middle-aged man looked like someone, but they couldn't remember who he was for a moment.
Chen Feng scratched his head.
If I were a star like Wei Lai or Han Lu, I would definitely be recognized at the first sight standing here, right?
After walking out of the cinema, he silently took out his cell phone.
After hesitating for a while, I finally made the call.
"Hello……"
"Ah, Brother Chen? Brother Chen, the news on the headlines a few days ago had nothing to do with me. I don't know what happened..."
"Ayuan..."
"Brother Chen, what's wrong with you? Your voice doesn't sound right."
“Am I getting old?”
"ah?"
…
The premiere box office results of "Ip Man" are out.
On the first day, the total box office in China exceeded 30 million!
Although it is not as good as "A Chinese Odyssey" or "The Legend of 1900", it is enough to create terrifying popularity.
after all!
"Ip Man" also sold an astonishing $1 million in the United States. As always, it was only shown in the Migos Cinema, and it was packed as usual.
After seeing this scene, many theaters in the United States began to contact "remotely" without saying a word, just like the previous "Saw".
History always repeats itself!
They never dreamed that a Chinese movie could be such a hit!
And this is a martial arts movie.
In this era when martial arts movies have long been sluggish, the fact that martial arts movies can create such amazing data and even win both sides is truly an incredible miracle!
They even have a feeling that martial arts can be revived.
With such astonishing statistics and performance capabilities, the popularity of "Ip Man" in China is sure to explode, and it will definitely create a lot of buzz and make headlines.
but……
This time, it was not "Ip Man" that made the headlines, but Chen Feng and Xu Cancan.
Yes!
"Big news, big news, Joaquin Entertainment is suspected of selling off its shares, and the general manager Xu Cancan is suspected of not wanting to manage Joaquin anymore?"
"Who in the Xu family would the new owner of Joaquin be?"
"Joaquin..."
The Internet is full of news about Joaquin's big changes.
Of course, it is normal for these news to make headlines.
Where is Chen Feng?
All right!
The reason why Chen Feng made the headlines is very funny...
"Shocking! Because Chen Feng's new album failed both online and offline, Huajin Entertainment's general manager Xu Cancan actually resigned?"
"Rock King Chen Feng, one album directly scared away the major shareholder of Huajin? Chen Feng, how bad is your album?"
"In November, Chen Feng, you are destined to be remembered. You are destined to be tied to the history of Joaquin!"
“…”
Many unscrupulous media outlets actually published such sarcastic headlines at this moment.
Many netizens who didn’t know the truth actually laughed when they saw this scene!
How weird must a person be who can scare Joaquin's major shareholders into selling their shares?
Chen Feng!
Isn’t this so fucking awesome?
…
After Lu Yuan hung up the phone with Chen Feng and agreed to meet tomorrow, he subconsciously glanced at the headlines.
He was relieved at the first moment!
The headlines have nothing to do with me.
is a good start.
call!
I’m finally not the one making the headlines!
When he saw Chen Feng's name on the headline for the second time, he suddenly felt happy for Chen Feng from the bottom of his heart.
but……
After seeing the content...
Lu Yuan was not very happy.
After hesitating for a long time...
He called Chen Feng again.
"Brother Chen... I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad."
"The good news first."
"Congratulations, Brother Chen, you're on the headlines, finally on the headlines."
"Ah? I... made the headlines?"
"yes……"
"What about the bad news?"
"You...you should read it yourself...I think this headline is a bit embarrassing..."
"ah?"