Vol 2 Chapter 623: return

Chapter Six Hundred and Twenty Three Return

Avril’s innoce, Mariah Carey’s touch-my-body, Beyoncé’s crazy-in-love, three singles with three different styles, who will become the champion?

Judging from the booking status of "Dingdong.com", Avril’s innoce has booked 121,201, Maria-Kelly’s touch-my-body has only 43,580, and Beyoncé’s crazy-in-love is even less, only 12,540 copies.

With online pre-sales, Avril is far ahead. But there is a reason for this. Most of Avril’s fans are young people between the ages of 14 and 22. They are most enthusiastic about emerging online transactions. On the contrary, fans of Maria-Kelly follow Maria-Kelly’s The growth of more than ten years has also gradually gotten older. Although there are also new young fans joining in, the activeness of online transactions is naturally not as good as Avril. As for Beyoncé, a newcomer, this kind of performance is already pretty good.

Humph! —— Howard Stringer, the new president of Sony Records, snorted. For Howard Stringer, he did everything he could. He joined the other four major global record companies to ban "Second Entertainment" in publicity and sales. There was no radio or TV station to promote Avril. New singles were not sold by record shops, and no newspapers and magazines commented on them, but their efforts were in vain.

There is no radio or TV propaganda, Lin Feng's own "fsn-houston" TV station propaganda, but also uses the influence of "Google" to allow Internet users across the United States to search for music and popular categories, and the first pop-up is "Second Entertainment". "The official website of this does not charge money, it is just a calculation method of the "Google" search engine, because Lin Feng owns 5% of the equity of "Google", which is understandable to Lin Feng in this respect), so Sony Records and Time Warner Waiting for the record company is helpless.

Although Sony Records had thought of acquiring a certain share of "Google" to fight against Lin Feng, but now that "Google"'s second round of financing has ended, Sony Records cannot enter if it wants to enter. There may be another way to wait for "Google" to raise funds again, or to acquire after going public, but the yellow cabbage is cold at that time.

As for the total blockade of record shops, Lin Feng stopped lobbying record shops at all this time, and he did not even use the "Sony Gate" attack on record shops to threaten record shops in the United States to sell “Second Entertainment” records. Direct global sales through "Wal-Mart" makes companies such as Sony Records helpless.

Finally, Sony Records can only hope to reduce the chances of "Second Entertainment" appearing in newspapers and magazines to reduce the influence of the "Second Entertainment" record company as much as possible, so that the record sales of Avril and others are lower than expected. under. It is a pity that American newspapers and magazines do not report, but Lin Feng's own Houston Chronicle has been serialized throughout, and he has given a whole page to comment on him. This makes Howard Stringer and other record company presidents even more annoyed.

Moreover, the comments of the two music critics "hung" and "yung" not only aroused the American people's strong interest in the records of Avril and others, but also used the "gossip" psychology of the general public to discuss the "hung" and "yung". In the battle of yung", the Houston Chronicle officially became one of the most popular newspapers in the United States.

Originally, the Houston Chronicle was only an influential newspaper in Houston. However, after the acquisition of Lam Fung, the influence of the "Houston Rockets" was used to make it the main report of the "Houston Rockets" related news, especially the recent "Houston Rockets" has a good record. Coupled with Jordan's influence, it has gradually radiated from local newspapers to newspapers distributed throughout the United States. However, due to the limited number of talented journalists and the transition from a local newspaper to a nationally distributed newspaper, it is impossible to support a sports sector (especially the Houston Rockets) alone. The Houston Chronicle is almost the lowest-selling newspaper in the United States. Only one million copies on average.

This time, with the comments of "hung" and "yung" on the music, the battle between the two on the eighth edition has attracted a lot of readers' interest. Here, I have to admit that the history of Chinese culture is not comparable to that of American culture with a history of more than two hundred years. Both "hung" (Huang Guolun) and "yung" (Yuan Weiren) are talented students who are in the midst of a war of words. , Citing a few Chinese idiom stories casually made all American readers fascinated, and the ingenuity of swearing is incomparable by experts in other newspapers and magazines (most other newspaper and magazine experts directly use "*", " *" words).

Of course, the original American readers did not see the mystery of swearing, but Lin Feng cleverly adopted the typesetting format of the chat room between the two people, and printed it out in the Houston Chronicle one by one. American readers passed the upper and lower two. The comparison between people's dialogues naturally came to light upon closer inspection, and I was intoxicated by their cursing eloquence unknowingly. Later, many American readers weren't rushing to see another song on the market, but to how they scold each other.

This has also allowed the Houston Chronicle’s sales to rise steadily, with an average sales volume reaching a staggering 2.7 million copies. Although it is still far from the staggering number of other newspapers such as the British Times, which has more than 4 million copies, it has created a local newspaper. It has become a sales miracle of national newspapers.

Of course, the Houston Chronicle currently has only two attractive sections, the "music section" and the "sports section." If it really wants to become a newspaper sold nationwide, or even a global newspaper, other aspects need to be strengthened.

Avril, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé also thanked the Houston Chronicle. On December 1, the first day of the single’s official release, the sales of the three “Wal-Mart” reached astonishing data.

Avril’s innoce sold 70,200 copies, Maria-Kelly’s touch-my-body sold 103,000 copies, and Beyonce’s crazy-in-love sold 54,570 copies.

This sales performance has been very amazing, and it has made the world's five major record companies such as Sony Records start to see it. If the three Avril records continue to sell hot, it will be a major temptation for their respective contracted artists who are about to expire. You can make your own songs as you like, and you can also get far more profits than signing with other record companies, which is the best of both worlds.

Under such a severe situation, the five major record companies have launched their artist records. However, in the current situation, the big-name artists are naturally unwilling to rush to release their records to go head-to-head with the two pop queens of Avril and Mariah Carey. , Have spontaneously resisted the company's irrational behavior. Going head-to-head with Avril Maria-Kelly at this time is definitely a very stupid behavior. Regardless of who wins and loses in the end, it will definitely hurt both sides.

Besides, Avril’s innoce and Maria-Kelly’s touch-my-body are so nice. They asked themselves if they could not come up with a song comparable to it at the moment, so naturally they were even more reluctant to touch it.

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Regarding the non-cooperation of its big-name singers, the five major record companies dare not force it at this time. If they are forced to go to "Second Entertainment" after the contract period expires, they really want to cry. Although they used to dig each other's corners before, most of them still abide by a "hidden rule", but "Second Entertainment" does not abide by any unspoken rules. With the help of "Google" and "Walmart", "Second Entertainment" owns Challenge the strength of the unspoken rules of the record industry.

In desperation, many record companies can only let some young or inexperienced singers who dare not disobey the record company to release films. However, these new and uninfluenced singers themselves are reluctant, and their own strength is also limited, naturally they have no right to shake the "kingship" of Avril, Maria-Kelly.

At the end of the first week, Avril’s innoce relied on its sales on Dingdong.com, with 422,340 sales in the first week, overwhelming Maria-Kelly’s touch-my-body’s sales of 417,580 in the first week. , Became the weekly sales champion of the American billboard top charts. As for Beyoncé’s crazy-in-love, it also sold more than 284,000 copies. Although the results are far inferior to Avril and Maria-Kelly, as a rookie, it was released after two popular divas. In the film, it is already very remarkable to have such a result.

In the Houston Chronicle, "hung" also laughed at "yung" for his previous optimism.

But then, Avril's innoce was surpassed by Mariah Carey's touch-my-body in the third week after maintaining the championship for two weeks. At this time, it was the turn of "yung" to show off.

Witnessing the record sales of "Second Entertainment" so good, the world's five major record companies, such as Sony Records, are completely unable to suppress the strong rise of "Second Entertainment". Record shops in the United States have also begun to frequently engage in high-level talks about "Second Entertainment". Record shops can also sell "Second Entertainment" records.

Lin Feng sneered in his heart for the cheeks of these record shops. Rejected mercilessly, boasting that "Second Entertainment" not only did the release of Avril and the other three's records not be sold through record stores, but also that all records in the future will not be sold through record stores.

This statement not only shocked the public opinion in the United States, and made Lin Feng a figure in the limelight again, but also panicked all record shops. After all, Lin Feng is backed by "Wal-mart" and "Dingdong.com", so he doesn't care if he doesn't sell it through record shops. In particular, "Wal-Mart" retail stores are spread all over the world, which is equivalent to a super record store. After cooperating with "Second Entertainment", it sells Avril and others' records in the most conspicuous places, and also launches discounts and other activities. , Which is unmatched by other record shops.

If "Second Entertainment" really never sells in record stores, the record store will suffer in the end. In particular, more and more artists have begun to show their interest in "second entertainment" overtly and secretly, which makes record shops panic.

In desperation, the recording industry led by "Taoer Records" decided to visit Lin Feng, hoping to persuade Lin Feng. Unexpectedly, he was rejected by Lin Feng again.

At the beginning, I cooperated with Sony Records and other companies to oppress my "Second Entertainment", but now I want to go back and want to cheat me, but unfortunately I don't need you anymore! ——Lin Feng refused again mercilessly, not even letting him meet.

In the end, with a depressed mood, many record shop owners left "Dream Manor" in disgrace. Although he did not resent Lin Feng’s strength and followed Sony Records, the rise of “Second Entertainment”, the rise of online music, and the strong invasion of “Wal-Mart” into the record sales industry are already destined for the record store. Become a sunset industry.

And in this remark, everyone was surprised, no, it can even be said that something horrified happened. As it is about to enter 2003, Beyonce's crazy-in-love has a monthly sales record of more than 1.4 million copies, becoming the new US billboard top sales champion.

After a new man was overwhelmed for two days, he became the champion of the American billboard top songs, which shocked everyone. But what is even more shocking is that the three singles released by the three major record companies of "Second Entertainment" have all become the champions, which is really shocking. This also invisibly made other record companies' expiring artists tickling, thinking about signing "Second Entertainment". Although when signing the contract, "Second Entertainment" will be authorized to own the online avatar of the contracted artist for free, but relative to the profits obtained, this online avatar copyright is not valued by many stars.

At least before the Internet has fully become the main way of life for human beings, many artists do not value the copyright of this online avatar.

Suddenly, the hearts of many record companies fluctuate, even if Howard Stringer and others continue to increase signing chips, but in the face of the absolute benefits of "Second Entertainment", their contracts have no advantage at all.

Damn "second entertainment", **** Chinese, we are endless! -Howard Stringer, president of Sony Records, uttered resentfully.

The strong rise of "Second Entertainment" in the record industry has been unstoppable.

When Avril and others were selling records, Lin Feng had already returned to Shanghai. Returning to Shanghai with the momentum to set off a "repellent storm" in the record industry.

The strongest on the ground is also ready for public beta!