Cui Zhengzhi slept soundly.
For more than half a month, he has been running notices in different cities and promoting his album at the same time. His daily schedule is full. He has long been physically and mentally exhausted and urgently needs a good rest.
The album "Provocation" was finally officially released on the Internet, and the sales results were obviously good, so he was finally able to sleep comfortably and have enough energy to deal with the next work task.
It was not until 9 am that he woke up.
Stretching out happily, Cui Zhengzhi put on his coat and ran to the bathroom to wash.
There was no schedule this morning, so he didn't need to worry.
"Sister!"
After cleaning, Cui Zhengzhi sat down at the desk in the outer room and turned on the computer.
At the same time, he called his sister, "I'm up. What do we have for breakfast?"
The computer was booting up.
Cui Zhengzhi couldn't wait to see the sales results of his album and read a few more blog posts by the way.
He unbuttoned his shirt and exposed his chest. He was going to take two selfies and post them with a few words of exclamation. He believed that it would cause the screams of his fans and then ask for their support.
Of course, he did not forget to step on his competitors. It was best to be humorous.
A smile appeared on Cui Zhengzhi's face.
Fans called his smile, which he had practiced thousands of times, the "Angel's Smile" and had long been used to it.
Even if there was no one around.
"Coming!"
As soon as the computer system entered the desktop, Cui Xiuyin came in with a plate: "I didn't wake you up because you were sleeping soundly. Are you tired these days? Try your favorite abalone porridge. It's been simmering for two hours. "
Cui Zhengzhi was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Put it here. I'll look at the sales results first …"
"Uh …"
Cui Xiuyin hesitated for a moment, put down the plate and said, "Let's have breakfast first and look at it later."
Cui Zhengzhi was very sensitive. He heard something wrong in his sister's voice. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Cui Xiuyin reluctantly smiled and replied, "It's nothing. You have breakfast."
"No!"
Cui Zhengzhi shook his head and said, "You must have something …"
His heart moved: "Is it related to my album sales? Is the result not good?"
Cui Xiuyin hurriedly said, "No, your sales are higher than Lu Chen's!"
That wasn't right!
Cui Zhengzhi was not a fool. It was normal for the sales of "Provocation" to be higher than that of Lu Chen. Was there a need to emphasize it?
His sister's expression was even weirder.
He didn't continue to ask, held the mouse, opened the browser, and quickly logged on to the QQ Music website.
Cui Zhengzhi saw the weekly sales list on the home page at first glance, and "Provocation" was ranked first.
Although it was only released on Tuesday night, the sales of his debut album were very good. It had sold 47852 copies in a total of 14 hours!
In just half a day, close to 50,000 copies had been sold. It was a foregone conclusion that it would be a hit!
In China, QQ Music has the largest number of genuine downloads. More than 100,000 paid downloads are hot sales, and 300,000 is considered a big sale. If it breaks 50,000 on the first day, it will not be a problem to hit a total sales of 300,000.
A smile appeared on Cui Zhengzhi's face again.
It was a false alarm!
But in the next moment, his smile froze, as if he had been petrified.
Because Cui Zhengzhi saw that Lu Chen's album "You Who Sat Next To Me" was ranked below him, with sales of 40970!
There was only a difference of less than 7,000 pieces!
How could this be possible!
Cui Zhengzhi couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't help but reach out and rub them, suspecting that he was hallucinating.
In his opinion, it was already amazing that Lu Chen's album could sell 20,000 copies on the first day. 10,000 was very normal. Now it's only been 14 hours. How could it break through more than 40,000 and catch up with him?
Cui Zhengzhi suddenly thought of a question and asked in a deep voice, "How much did the company buy for me?"
Buying a list has long been nothing new. In order to create the illusion of hot sales, entertainment agencies often spend money to buy sales in the few days before the singer releases his album, which will be entered into the account as publicity and promotion fees.
Because it's real money, any music website will not care about buying a list, and even the Chinese Music Association will acquiesce to the results, which is regarded as an unspoken rule in the circle.
After all, the cost of buying a list is very high. It costs 5 yuan to buy a complete album's sales. It's almost enough to spend a hundred or two hundred thousand to mix up a hot gold record. Any more is easy to be regarded as a fool.
Buying a list is fastidious. Some buy the first day or 72 hours of sales, and some even distribute it for 7 or 10 days.
Just like Zou Bei and Ling Xiaoxiao, who went on sale a few days ago, they must have bought a list. Otherwise, with Ling Xiaoxiao's third-rate strength, how could he sell more than 50,000 sales in three days?
Cui Zhengzhi was signed by Cheng Tian Entertainment, which is famous for its wealth in the industry. This album has spent millions on promotion alone. Spending money to buy some sales is an inevitable means.
Cui Xiuyin was silent.
An inexplicable anger suddenly rushed to Cui Zhengzhi's head, and the string of reason inside broke in an instant.
He slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Say it!"
Cui Xiuyin trembled all over and said in a low voice, "10,000."
10,000!
Cui Zhengzhi's look suddenly became ferocious.
Deducting the number of 10,000 buying, then the real sales of "Provocation" album are less than 40,000!
If Lu Chen didn't buy it, it means that he lost to the other party on the first day!
Cui Xiuyin said, "Lu Chen must have bought a list, otherwise it would be impossible for it to be so high. It's impossible!"
Is that true?
Cui Xiuyin said without confidence.
Lu Chen is different from Cui Zhengzhi. Lu Chen is an independent artist. He doesn't have any signed company behind him. He opened a small studio to operate. He is even reluctant to spend money on publicity. How could he spend a lot of money to buy a list?
If he just wanted to beat Cui Zhengzhi and buy a list, how much money would he have to spend?
Is Lu Chen so stupid?
Cui Zhengzhi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said, "Yes, he must have bought a list!"
How could Lu Chen not have bought a list? How could his sales surpass his own!
He must have bought it!
… …
"No!"
At the same moment, Lu Chen, who had just finished exercising in the park of the Creative Park, said to his mobile phone in puzzlement, "Why would I buy a list? How can I have so much money to burn?"
It was ChenJianhao who called Lu Chen. The bar owner actually asked him if he had spent money on QQ Music to buy sales results, and he flatly gave a negative answer.
What a joke!
Lu Chen still wanted to make a profit from album sales, at least to recover the cost. How could he spend this kind of money?
With money, it would be better for him to spend it on publicity and promotion. Isn't the effect ten times better than buying a list?
ChenJianhao said with a smile on the phone, "I believe you, but some people don't believe me. They all called me to ask, so I called you to ask. Since there's no such thing, then it's all right."
After that, he quickly cut off the call.
"Hello!"
Lu Chen wanted to ask more questions, but it was too late. He could only put his mobile phone back into his trouser pocket.
But it felt like a good thing!
He couldn't help laughing and ran towards the building where the studio was located.
Back in the office, as soon as Lu Chen entered the door, he saw all his colleagues in the studio, including his sister Lu Xi and Li Mubai, standing in a row, looking at him with a smile.
Lu Chen was suddenly stunned: "What's wrong with you?"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The nextmoment, accompanied by three dull explosions, three colored spray cans were unscrewed by Li Feiyu, Chen Xiang and Li Mubai at the same time. A bunch of colorful stripes hit the ceiling and fell down.
Sprinkled on Lu Chen's head and body!
Lu Chen said with a smile, "What the hell is going on?"
Li Mubai rushed up, gave him a big hug and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, congratulations on your album's sales!"
Lu Chen smiled: "Is it selling well?"
After "You Who Sat Next To Me" went on sale last night, he didn't pay attention to the sales. He just did what he should do and pulled votes for himself in the live broadcast of [Whale TV] and on his blog.
Including in the morning, Lu Chen didn't even turn on the computer and ran outside to exercise.
Lu Chen's mentality was very good. No matter whether the sales were high or low, no matter whether he could recover the cost in the end, he didn't particularly care, let alone worry about it.
It doesn't matter if he fails. He has done his best, so he has a clear conscience!
But now that he has received a surprise, Lu Chen was still very happy.
Who doesn't like making more money!
Lu Xi said with a smile, "Everyone has been waiting for you for a long time, just waiting for you to come back to celebrate. Feiyu also specially went to the supermarket to buy a few colored cones to give you a big red door!"
Lu Chen said with a smile, "Thank you, everyone."
Previously, when he received an inquiry call from ChenJianhao, he had a guess, and now it was confirmed.
"You Who Sat Next To Me" sold very well!
"It's more than very good. It's definitely a big seller!"
Li Mubai hurriedly pulled him to the front of the computer, pointed to the screen and said, "Look!"
Lu Chen immediately saw that on the weekly sales list of QQ Music, his album was only ranked below Cui Zhengzhi's, and the current sales volume was 41137!
More than 40,000 copies!
In less than 24 hours, so many copies were sold. It was not wrong to say that it was a big seller.
Because of such a result, it was entirely possible to hit the red line of 300,000 sales!
And if 300,000 copies were really sold, then the total sales would reach 2.4 million. 50% share would be 1.2 million, and after deducting 10% sales income tax and production and publicity costs, there would be at least 600,000 profits!
It doesn't seem to be a lot, but it should be known that most singers who sell albums on the Internet are considered successful if they can earn back the cost of publicity.
Even for big stars like Tan Hong and Chen Fei 'er, their albums will definitely sell well, but the cost of production and publicity is often extremely high, and they will not rely on this to make a profit.
Earning hundreds of thousands of online sales was really against the natural order!
Therefore, there was every reason to celebrate!
Lu Chen took a deep breath and let the joy drown his whole body.
After paying so much, it was finally time to reap the rewards.
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