Monday morning, Changsheng Records conference room.

  The sales ranking data inside Dongguan Bookstore has been photocopied and distributed to every participant of the meeting.

  Everyone's reaction was very calm.

  The sales situation is not much different from everyone's speculation at the preparatory meeting before the release, so there's nothing surprising about it. Although this achievement is not comparable to being a bestseller, for a newcomer, it's not a losing battle either. In a year's time, it's likely that sales of over 500,000 can be achieved, and Liao Liao will have established himself in the domestic music scene. Moreover, the company will not only gain a Liao Liao but also make some profits... what more do you want?

  Compared with "The Stars" in sales?

  Please, all the female singers in the country who can sell as well as "Cang Xi" put together are not even enough to count on one hand.

  Liao Liao is either arrogant or senile compared to her!

  So, no surprise, no excitement, and not even worry, as for this album, what people can say is nothing more than a little, the 200,000 tapes and 20,000 CDs in the first batch of production plans will probably be enough to sell for two months, so, placing new orders next month will be sufficient to keep the market from being out of stock.

  Then, after resting for two days, Liao Liao was about to set off again to promote in other major cities.

  That's all.

  After finishing Liao Liao, the meeting was to continue, but there was nothing else about Liao Liao, so she took a step back. But against her will, she still ran into Huang Yueqin at the door of the rest room.

  Maybe they're just stuck here too.

  She said with a sarcastic tone: "I'm going to release a new album, how about helping me invite that high school student friend of yours to be the first to sing it?"

  Liao Liao glanced at her and ignored her.

  Huang Yueqin sneered behind their backs as Liao Liao took Huang Wenjuan away.

  In short, each has their own dissatisfaction.

  The next day, Liao Liao set off for Shanghai, and the second wave of album promotion was about to kick off.

  …………

  Beijing, Hua Music Records, Gym.

  When the treadmill gradually came to a stop, Wang Jingxue wiped her sweat with a towel as she got off.

  A good figure doesn't come easily, and the saying that one will never gain weight no matter what they eat is a lie. The enviable figures of many are achieved through daily sweat - for Wu Xuan and Wu Su, having a good body is more important than having a good voice!

  Wang Jingxue sat in the gym for a while, drank some water, then went to take a shower and changed into a fresh set of clothes before heading to the door of the practice room to check the rankings.

  Changsheng Records can get the information, Huaguo Records can also get it.

  Every Monday morning, the door of the practice room is definitely posted with the latest weekly sales ranking list of Dongguan Bookstore.

  Just when it was first posted, there were too many people watching, and Wang Jingxue didn't want to join in the commotion, so she always waited until almost noon when everyone had dispersed before going over to take a look - paying attention to the sales volume and trends of this market is something that anyone who makes a living from popular music must always keep in mind, and Wang Jingxue was no exception.

  The list is indeed out.

  She wiped her hair while looking from head to toe.

  Compared to last week, "Xīng Xīng" dropped one place, but in fact, this is the best non-war record. The sales of "Xīng Xīng" did not decrease at all, and if I'm not mistaken, it even sold more than a hundred copies compared to last week. Its ranking slipped only because Zhang Chang released a new album, which debuted with nearly 10,000 copies sold in the first week at Dongguan Bookstore alone, directly entering the second place on the chart.

  It can be said that Zhang Chang indeed lives up to his heavenly king status, and the continued popularity of "Fen Xing" has become almost the last psychological defense line for female singers, especially since Zhen Zhen hasn't released a new album in several years and Zhou Mei has retired from the industry after getting married.

  Although she sings sweet songs!

  Then... Ah, Shen Hai Mei actually made it into the top ten!

  Wang Jingxue's eyes widened in surprise.

  But looking at the sales figures more closely, she soon let out a disappointed sigh again.

  She was somewhat lucky to get tenth place.

  The eighth place had sales of over 5,000 copies, while the ninth place directly dropped to around 3,000 copies. Shen Hai Mei only had 3,318 copies - normally speaking, this kind of sales during summer vacation is very difficult to enter the top ten.

  But this is a good thing.

  In the past year or so, many female singers have started to make it into the top ten with each new attempt, and several albums have been successful. One person can be said to be lucky, but when several people achieve success one after another, it's hard to say that it's just luck.

  All I can say is that the female singer's market position is improving bit by bit.

  Taking Shen Hai's album as an example, it entered the top 10 in the first week. Don't care if it was a coincidence or real strength, anyway, it entered the top 10. Next, I think a platinum record is no problem. If you stretch the time to two or three years, slowly grinding out a double platinum is not entirely hopeless.

  Her gaze lingered on Shen Hai's album sales figures for a long time before Wang Jingxue finally shifted her line of sight.

  The third female singer is Sun Yue.

  She ranked 15th with sales of 1431 copies.

  This singer Wang Jingxue is very familiar because she is the number one sister of Huaying Singing Piece.

  In mid-June, the album was released and by August it still sold over 1,400 copies a week. Needless to say, it won't be long before the company will hold a platinum record celebration party for her.

  She is another female singer who has won a platinum record in the domestic popular music market!

  Then... seventeenth place, another female singer, Yang Qianzheng.

  The name is very majestic and masculine, and the nickname is also very majestic - "Little Feng Fei"!

  As soon as I heard it, I knew it was a folk song route!

  However, her style is not entirely copied from Feng Fei Fei. She can sing those folk songs and ballads with a unique flavor, so in the second album, she maintained her previous market position.

  Within a year or two, it's estimated that she'll be able to sell another platinum album just like her last one.

  Then, nineteenth place is... Liao Liao!

  This name is somewhat unfamiliar, yet somewhat familiar.

  She stared at the chart for a while, and suddenly remembered that she had heard her song before, which should be a single.

  But...

  A moment later, she suddenly remembered that her familiarity with the name Liao Liao was not just because she had heard his songs.

  That was about a month ago, almost every day when she returned home, she saw Er Ya holding her portable CD player listening to songs there, so she asked curiously whose song it was, as a result Er Ya blushed and refused to say.

  It wasn't until later that she was willing to say that it turned out to be a song given to her by Li Qian, the guy next door.

  And... it's said to be an original work!

  Wang Jingxue naturally looked down on this.

  But Er Ya was not convinced and said that he really could write songs, and the songs he wrote were super nice to listen to, and his singing was also super nice to listen to. He even sold five of his own songs to a female singer!

  Wang Jingxue asked at the time: Who was it sold to?

  Er Ya said: Call Liao Liao.

  Wang Jingxue asked again: Five songs? How much did you tell me?

  Er Ya said: 400,000.

  Wang Jingxue almost sneered at him!

  80,000 yuan for one song? Li Qian?

  There's no doubt she was certain at that time, this silly second-grade fool must have been deceived by that little brat.

  King Jingxue didn't say much anymore, just thinking about when to go back and find that kid to have a talk.

  But now, Liao Liao's album is actually on sale?

  Nineteenth place... 1128 votes.

  These results are not too good, but not bad either. If I'm not mistaken, this should be her first album, so these sales should allow her to stand on her own feet.

  Moreover, I have the impression that her voice has a lot of texture and her singing skills are quite good, so her album should be one that can sell well in the long term... That's all!

  No one can fly up to the sky all at once, everyone has to step by step steady their feet and slowly move upwards.

  Even Zhou Xun's first few albums didn't sell very well when she just debuted.

  It's just... this album seems like it should be listened to, at least to know whether the few songs that Liao spent "400,000" on are being used or not.

  If it doesn't work out, then it's just a joke.

  Yeah, thinking of this, Wang Jingxue suddenly became a bit distracted and didn't want to continue reading anymore.

  Whenever a new work is released on the market, the company will definitely buy several copies at once. One copy will be kept for filing and preservation, while the rest will be placed in the company's audio-visual library, which is open to all artists within the company free of charge.

  So you can even save money on buying albums.

  As she thought about it, Wang Jingxue subconsciously raised her hand to look at her watch and found that it was time for lunch. She turned around to go downstairs to eat, planning to come back after eating and take a stroll in the audio-visual library to borrow some CDs to listen to.

  As a result, she hadn't even reached the elevator when she ran into Sun Ruoxuan.

  Like the vast majority of combinations in the world, the relationship between the five teammates in Wuxu is not as harmonious and united as it seems on the surface. At least, Wang Jingxue and several other teammates have always been just working relationships, with the only exception being Sun Ruoxuan.

  Among the five girls, Wang Jingxue's singing skills are the best, Sima Dudu's figure is the most explosive, Xie Bing's face is the most beautiful, Zhou Pingping's charming eyes are the most captivating... As for Sun Ruoxuan, she seems to be not bad in every aspect, but none of them are the best. The only exception is that she has the best interpersonal relationships among the members of the group.

  Sun Ruoxuan said that due to the instructor having an unexpected matter in the afternoon, the dance training was cancelled, and then invited Wang Jingxue to have dinner together.

  Since she didn't have to attend the dance rehearsal in the afternoon, Wang Jingxue's first choice was naturally to go home.

  She politely declined Sun Ruo Xuan's invitation, turned around and packed her things, then went to the audio-visual room.

  The newly released album is placed in the most conspicuous place, and the album called "Liao Liao" has four copies, all of which have not been opened yet. I estimate that they haven't been borrowed even once until now.

  Wang Jingxue took one and selected two more, registered them together, then went downstairs to drive home.

  Erlang is at home and cooking.

  The teacher of their tutoring class recently fell seriously ill, and yesterday some people even organized a dozen or so classmates to visit him in the hospital, so the tutoring class had to temporarily suspend classes. She had already bought her ticket yesterday and will be returning to Jinan tonight.

  Seeing her sister come back, Wang Jinglu was very happy and jumped into her own room to take out a sealed CD box, saying: "Sister, I'll give it to you! I bought a cassette tape the day before yesterday and have already listened to it, it sounds great!"

  Wang Jingxue took a look... "Liao Liao".

  Nor did she know how, but suddenly she lost interest - looking at her happy appearance, it seems that Li Qian's work worth 80,000 yuan per song should be included in the album?

  "Uh-huh, thank you. I'll put it away first and listen to it when I have time later," she said.

  There isn't even a hint of smile on his face.

  Wang Jinglu was first filled with expectation, then dazed, then puzzled, then disappointed, and then... her emotions suddenly plummeted.

  Sister doesn't even want to listen.

  But those few songs she listened to were really good!

  She was listening with the lyrics book one by one, and on that lyrics book it was clearly written: Lyricist Li Qian, Composer Li Qian!

  They all sound great!

  Or it can be said that the best songs in this album are those five songs!

  But... but...

  She told herself in her heart: I will go home tonight!

  Wang Jingxue went to wash her face and then entered the kitchen.

  While eating, she ate and swallowed a small mouthful of rice, suddenly saying: "Er Ya, the sales of that album are not bad. I'll go listen to it when I turn back..."

  Wang Jinglu was stunned for a moment, then slowly burst out laughing.

  …………

  When I went back to Shengshi Garden for lunch, Li Qian casually took three boxes of the album that had just been received in the morning. As a result, when I arrived there, I found out that my father had already bought five boxes at one breath.

  But Li's father apparently didn't think it was too much, he planned to wait until school started and the teachers in his office would each send a box, and on Li's mother's side, her company people were also going to send out several boxes - just these few boxes were not enough!

  As soon as he bought it back, he opened it and listened to it. He still followed the lyrics book to listen to it. He knew which ones were his son's works inside. Whether the song sounds good or not, put it aside first. Just because someone bought it, someone sang it, and even recorded an album to sell outside, this is a rare honor - this is my son! Still in high school son!

  Of course, Li's parents would never let their son see this smugness.

  The two of them sat down at the dinner table, and Li's mother asked, "How's the album selling? How many have been sold? Has Liao become famous yet?"

  Li's father said: Anyway, these two days out wandering around, when passing by those audio stores, he didn't hear the speakers in the store playing Liao Liang's songs.

  The ordinary people's point of view is that if the audio store doesn't play it loudly, then it won't be popular!

  Not bad, this thinking is basically correct!

  So Li Qian had no choice but to tell them that it's still too early to talk about sales, and they should at least wait until the second main song starts promoting, which is when "My Hometown" starts to take off, that's when we can really start looking at sales.

  Li's father and mother didn't understand what a hit song was, but after listening to the radio broadcast recently, they could roughly guess what it meant and nodded in unison.

  "My Hometown in My Heart"... That's Li Qian's song!

  It's time to see the real skills of his son's work.

  Li's dad asked worriedly: "What if the second main song doesn't sell well either, what then?"

  Li Qian smiled, "Then let's have it cold! Anyway, no refund!"

  …………

  Liao Liao welcomed its second week of listing.

  The specific sales volume will have to wait until next Monday, but according to the feedback from the survey company hired by the company, this album is indeed selling very generally in various bookstores, supermarkets and audio-visual stores.

  Newly released albums will definitely be placed in the most conspicuous place. But if a period of time passes and you still can't sell, sorry, you have to make way for newer albums!

  According to the survey company's staff, some smaller individual audio-visual stores have already chosen to put this album "Liao Liao" on their shelves.

  In less than a week, she has already fallen off the "Store Manager's Recommendation" list.

  But just at this time, when Liao Liao was attending a local radio station's late-night music program in Shanghai, the program had just finished playing the first main song and hadn't even started recommending the second main song when he suddenly received a call from a reader.

  The other party asked: That "My Hometown in My Heart" is so nice, why doesn't your radio station play it?

  Liao Liao almost jumped up at that time!

  ***

  This chapter will probably have readers saying I'm writing nonsense or padding again?

  Alas...