In this day and age, selling 10 million copies is already a great achievement.
One of his songs even earned him hundreds of millions of dollars on mobile phone ringtone download websites.
So, he began to become arrogant, always feeling that he had reached a certain level and that it was only natural for him to become an Asian superstar in the future.
Yes, the goal he set for himself was to become the king of Asia.
However, he really thought too much.
He has some ability, but he still has a long way to go to become a superstar, and it is not even realistic at all.
But he doesn't know.
According to last year's work plan, he will release an album during this year's Spring Festival. For this, he has been preparing for eight years, ready to break his own record and exceed 10 million sales.
But before the New Year, the company held a special meeting to discuss the release date of his new album, and finally decided that it must be postponed. It is estimated that it will be released in the second half of the year, or at least in the middle of the year.
The reason is simple. Everyone knows that Tang Xiaobao's first album will be released during the Spring Festival.
Because of this, Liu Jian was very unhappy.
He felt that he was outshined by Tang Xiaobao and had no face at all.
Although he was angry, he didn't really think about confronting Tang Xiaobao head-on.
In today's music scene, no one would be so stupid as to interfere with Tang Xiaobao's schedule.
That's almost courting death.
This is the consensus reached by everyone.
At least on the surface, no one is willing to touch it, but secretly, there are probably some people who are not convinced.
Liu Jian is the latter type of person.
Well, he listens to the company.
But this postponement made him very upset. He was still waiting to see the sales of Tang Xiaobao's new album, secretly wondering whether it would exceed his own sales record of 10 million. However, Haitian Entertainment postponed it again and again, and this time it was postponed for a month.
Liu Jian became anxious and even angry.
If you don't publish it, you can't block everyone's way.
No one knows when Tang Xiaobao will release his album, and everyone has lost trust in Haitian Entertainment.
Liu Jian was angry, but also moved.
During this period of time, no one in the entire music industry has released any new songs. This is a great opportunity.
He was still thinking that someone had released a new song first, and it was successfully on the charts, even making it into the top five of several major charts.
It's definitely a thrill.
Since there is no opponent, this is natural.
Then, someone else took the risk and released a new song, which also successfully made it to the charts.
Liu Jian couldn't sit still anymore, so he found the boss of his company and insisted on releasing the new album right away.
His reason was simple: the timing was perfect now, and as a singer, he just wanted to make good music to repay everyone and his fans, and he didn't want to be disturbed by other people or things.
Finally, the boss agreed.
Reluctantly agreed.
There is no way, Liu Jian actually promised his fans on Weibo that he would release a new album soon.
But although the boss agreed, he was in a bad mood.
Having been in the industry for so many years, his vision is much better than Liu Jianke's. If the release time now collides with Tang Xiaobao's, it will definitely be a car crash and death, and there will be no good ending.
Liu Jian's album was released a week ago.
At the beginning, the response was good. In a week, one million copies were sold. Starting this week, sales have been increasing. According to this trend, even if the sales of this album cannot eventually exceed 10 million copies, it will definitely reach 5 or 6 million copies.
This is already a very good result.
Liu Jian was a little disappointed, but he was also a little proud when he saw that several of his songs were on the charts.
The boss was also quite pleased.
But at this moment, Tang Xiaobao suddenly returned to Yanjing, and then began to promote it at lightning speed.
So, Liu Jian was in trouble.
The sales of his album dropped sharply all of a sudden. Everyone was concerned about Tang Xiaobao's album, so no one wanted to buy his. For many simple music lovers, if they had to choose between the two, they would naturally give up his.
As soon as Tang Xiaobao's album was released, it quickly dominated the charts. Except for Liu Fei, the real international queen, all domestic singers were knocked off the altar.
Liu Jian is naturally no exception. His three songs that were on the list have now been directly relegated to around 20th place.
This made him so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
In terms of sales, as soon as Tang Xiaobao's album was released, his single-day sales volume dropped from 180,000 copies to more than 9,000 copies.
puff!
What kind of experience is this? It makes me want to vomit blood just thinking about it.
It’s a twenty-fold drop.
Liu Jian felt completely terrible and had no desire to live.
At this time, he had just arrived at the company and got some data from his agent, and his face suddenly turned ashen.
He hated Tang Xiaobao to the core.
So he did a stupid thing.
He posted a message on Weibo with very simple content.
"Follow the trend, follow the trend, follow the trend. I will just watch from the sidelines and see how long you can continue to be so rampant!"
After posting on Weibo, he was called in for a talk by his boss.
With sales so poor, he expected the boss to contact him.
But he didn't care much.
Don’t you all think that Tang Xiaobao is awesome? Well, I’ve run into him now, and that’s just bad luck. Who could have thought it would be such a coincidence? He hadn’t released anything before, but as soon as I released it, only a week later, Tang Xiaobao suddenly made a move.
It feels like it was intentional.
Well, it’s possible. Do you really want to suppress me?
Thinking of this, Liu Jian did the second stupid thing.
He went on Weibo again and posted a second Weibo.
"I'm an indestructible cockroach. No one can step on me to get to the top. Trash!"
Then he went to see his boss.
What he didn't know was that these two Weibo posts were quickly interpreted and forwarded to Tang Xiaobao's Weibo by someone with ulterior motives.
If the attitude and meaning of the first Weibo post were still unclear, then once the second Weibo post came out, the two combined, plus the interpretation by some people with ulterior motives...
Damn it, Liu Jian is in big trouble.
"Fuck, this idiot, how dare he curse the leader!"
"Yeah, this is obviously targeting the leader. He even stepped on him to get to the top. He really thinks highly of himself!"
"He's just a young idol, and with a little success, he thinks he's a singing god. He even accuses us of following the crowd, and says the leader suppressed him and stepped on him to get to the top. Haha, I'm dying of laughter. He's been living under the leader's feet!"
"That's right, why step on him? Is it necessary?"
"I understand. Liu Jian released a new album last week and was celebrating it back then. Now, it's been overshadowed by the leader's brilliance. The results must be very poor, and now he's starting to curse."
"Fuck, his character is terrible. I used to think he was good-looking and even bought his album. Now I swear, I'm not a fan of him anymore. I've thrown away his album and will never buy it again. Anyone who buys it is a bastard."
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