Liang Liang felt that it would be good if the total sales of the album "No Place to Hide" could exceed five million.
However, it has already surpassed five million copies sold in China. If we include Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, the album's sales should be at least seven million.
This is less than a month after its release. If it's sold by the end of the year, it should have sold over ten million copies. If it's sold for a while longer next year, it might even reach fourteen or fifteen million copies.
"Hehehe! So when will we get our share of the profits?"
With such high sales volume, millions in profit will naturally be generated, and each person can receive hundreds of thousands more.
"You're so petty! It's like we'll lose your money. We've already prepared your share of the profits from the domestic albums. As for the overseas profits, go ask Lao Jin for them! Besides your album profits, there are also profits from the Sea Waves Band and the Mayday Band. The Sea Waves Band's album sales have exceeded five million."
Liang Liang knew that the song "Don't Be Lonely" was incredibly popular, and it helped the album sell nearly two million copies.
These two million sales can bring Liang Liang another two to three million in income.
This dividend money belongs to him personally.
This is more money than they received from their own band's album distribution.
Where is the Sea Waves Band now?
"We just had ten concerts in Hong Kong, and the next step is to tour Southeast Asia."
Holy crap! Holding ten consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum! That's already at the level of a top-tier diva.
It seems the Sea Waves band has really become famous.
"After an international tour in Southeast Asia, they will have a national tour with no fewer than 20 shows next year."
He also received a share of the profits from the Ocean Waves concert. Although the percentage was small, it still added up to a considerable sum.
Of course, the more shows the better.
Compared to Blue Shark and Sea Waves, Mayday's album sales were significantly lower.
However, sales of over two million are enough to secure their place among the top-tier bands.
"You found another band? What's their name? Black something?"
That's just how bad Liu Wen is; he often talks about things in a rambling, unrelated way. Just now, when we were talking about the band, he was discussing the album with you.
Now that we're talking about the album, he's started bringing up the band again.
"Black Panther Band, a band from Beijing, has a lead singer with an exceptionally good voice and great songwriting talent."
Liu Wen's eyes lit up: "Really! Have you signed with a company?"
"What am I supposed to say to you if they sign with another company?"
"How about we get them to sign with Pacific?"
“You should tell them this; I can’t be in charge of their household.”
"I'll go check when the performance is to find out which day and where it's being held."
"Saturday and Sunday evenings, Tianhe Stadium."
"Tianhe Stadium! I think you should go to Tianhe Stadium. That stadium can't even hold 10,000 people, it's not very interesting."
"Forget it! Let's fill the stadium first. Tianhe Stadium is too big; I'm worried it won't be able to hold all the space."
Tianhe Stadium can hold 60,000 people. Where are we going to find so many people to put inside?
Have you worked on any new songs lately?
"Of course."
Liang Liang then recounted his recent new songs.
"The single hasn't been released yet? You can't give it to anyone else! It has to be handed over to Pacific!"
Liang Liang didn't care who would release the single; if Liu Wen wanted it, he would naturally give it to Liu Wen.
Liu Wen then saw the sheet music for the songs "Harvest" and "Back to Lhasa".
Liu Wen was puzzled that Liang Liang, who had never been to Tibet, wrote a poem called "Returning to Lhasa".
However, Liu Wen really likes the song "Back to Lhasa" and insists on making a music video for its release.
"Mr. Liu! How are the VCD sales?"
“The penetration rate of VCD players is quite low now, and the sales volume of discs is negligible. A single version can sell a few thousand copies.”
This is normal. VCD players have only been on the market for less than a month, and the penetration rate is only around 20,000 to 30,000 units. Naturally, the sales of the discs that come with them are not very good.
"Even if it's just a few thousand discs, we can't relax our efforts. We estimate that pirated discs will appear within a year. We must hold our ground in the market during this year, otherwise the market will be taken over by piracy."
"Xiao Liang! I've seen the VCD's quality too, and it's no different from a videotape! Do you really think it can beat videotapes and audiotapes?"
"How can it be the same as a videotape? You mean the picture quality is the same? Well, there's not much difference, they're both around 350 lines. But the size, storage capacity, and portability of a CD are incomparable to a videotape. And as time goes on, its picture resolution will gradually increase, and its storage capacity will gradually increase. With the advent of VCDs, video recorders will completely disappear from the stage of history. As for audio tapes, I won't even mention them. The storage capacity and sound quality of audio tapes are simply not in the same league as CDs. Audio tapes won't last long in front of it either; they will disappear from our lives in three to five years."
"So you're saying that all future audio-visual products will be made from these small plastic sheets?"
Liu Wen remained skeptical of VCDs.
"Of course, it will dominate the market in three to five years and rule for a period of time, but it won't last long. I feel that it may be replaced by another medium in ten years."
In 2005, the widespread use of computers and the emergence of MP3 players rendered audio tapes and CDs obsolete.
Of course, we can't talk about Liang Liang.
"You mean VCD players will soon be widespread?"
Liang Liang hesitated for a moment; this was a bit difficult to say.
In the previous life, this market was flooded with countless manufacturers without any barriers to entry because Wan Yan Electronics did not apply for a patent for VCDs.
With so many manufacturers entering the market, there will naturally be rapid changes in product upgrades and price reductions, which is the foundation for the rapid development and popularization of Weixi in its previous life.
However, things changed in this life. Liang Liang introduced Liu Wen to the CEO of Wan Yan Electronics and asked Liu Wen to convey his suggestion, which was to have Wan Yan Electronics apply for a patent for VCDs.
With patents as a barrier to entry, the number of manufacturers entering this field will inevitably decrease significantly. Consequently, product upgrades and price reductions will be delayed, which will inevitably lead to a situation where the popularization of VCD players is not as rapid as in the past.
So Liang Liang wasn't sure whether this thing would become widespread at a rate of tens of millions of units per year like it did in the previous life.
"No matter what, the popularization of VCD players is an inevitable trend. Within four years, it will definitely be on par with videotapes and audiotapes. After four years, its sales will definitely surpass those of videotapes and audiotapes. As for what kind of production plan Pacific needs, that's your own business. You can adjust it as you see fit!"
“We really didn’t take this VCD player seriously before, but now it seems we need to adjust our work plans.”
"Mr. Liu! You'll be retiring next year, why are you still working so hard? Wouldn't it be better to just relax and enjoy life for a couple of years?"
I'm retiring next year, and I'm still thinking about this and that now. Am I being silly?
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