On November 5, Flying Stone Records' MSN Beautiful Girl Group officially released their debut album "Not Yet Lovers".
The production and publicity cost of this album exceeded 10 million yuan. It was the annual blockbuster of Flying Stone Records. Online sales were exclusively authorized to partner QQ Music, and crowdfunding for CDs and peripheral products was launched on the crowdfunding website!
The sales model of "Not Yet Lovers" could be said to be exactly the same as Lu Chen's "You Who Sat Next To Me", except that Flying Stone Records confidently advanced the crowdfunding project to synchronize with online sales, and invested a lot of money in publicity.
"You Who Sat Next To Me" could be said to have created a new marketing model for music albums. Through this album, Lu Chen Studio not only earned an enviable [Platinum Record] certification, but also made considerable profits.
In today's pop music world, it was already very difficult to make money by selling albums alone. The hot sales and big sales of "You Who Sat Next To Me" could be called an anomaly. It should be known that Lu Chen did not spend much money on publicity at all.
The outside world estimated the profit of his album to be at least 3 million +!
This made people very jealous, and at the same time, it also made online crowdfunding a hot cake in the eyes of many entertainment agencies. After "You Who Sat Next To Me", there were many albums and peripheral products that were pre-funded on the online crowdfunding website.
"Not Yet Lovers" was not the second album to be pre-funded on the online crowdfunding website, but it showed a rainbow-like momentum at the beginning of the project.
After the vigorous publicity of Flying Stone Records some time ago, the large-scale promotion of the MV of the title song, the three beautiful and moving young girls, and the heart-pounding song "Not Yet Lovers", made the girl group quickly popular in China and gained a large number of fans in advance.
So at 7: 00 p.m. on the 5th, when the album "Not Yet Lovers" began to be sold on QQ Music, the number of purchases simply increased explosively, and the crazy momentum made people in the circle stunned.
1, 000,5000,10000 … …
It was past midnight, and the small conference room of Flying Stone Records was still brightly lit.
More than a dozen of the company's middle and high-level personnel, including music director Lin Zhijie, as well as the heads of the public relations department, brokerage department, marketing department and so on, gathered together. Mu Xiaochu, Su Jiajia and Ning Tian were also present.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the large projection screen hanging on the wall.
When the time displayed on the computer jumped to zero, and the sales figure of QQ Music website was fixed at 31525, a long and warm applause broke out in the conference room!
From 7 am to 12 pm, the sales volume of Not Yet Lovers exceeded 30,000 in just five hours!
Based on this growth momentum, breaking 50,000 sales on the first day would not be a problem, and if the reputation was good, the sales figures for the next two days were worth looking forward to, and it would be reasonable to surpass < You Who Sat Next To Me >.
Although it was impossible to break the first-day sales record of QQ Music's album, the sales of "Not Yet Lovers" had become a foregone conclusion, and the heavy pressure in the hearts of everyone present had disappeared!
Lu Chen's 《You Who Sat Next To Me》 made a lot of money and everyone remembered it.
Being able to surpass this miraculous folk album in QQ Music not only represents a large sum of profits, but also a real popularity influence.
Flying Stone Records never expected to earn back its costs by selling albums. The key lay in the brand of MSN. Once it became popular, it would represent a rolling source of money, a golden cash cow!
And the start was so perfect.
Lin Zhijie leaned his tense body comfortably into the soft chair, with a happy smile on his face.
He gestured to his assistant not far away.
The latter understood and raised the champagne that had already been prepared in the ice bucket.
Not many people knew how much pressure the music director of Flying Stone Records had been under recently. On the star brand he founded and led, MSN, he could be said to have bet on his career and reputation.
With the success of MSN, Lin Zhijie's position in Flying Stone Records was as stable as Mount Tai, and there was even the possibility of further improvement.
With the failure of MSN, Lin Zhijie could only retire in dejection.
In this big gamble, he had already caught a royal flush, which was worth celebrating!
Mu Xiaochu, Su Jiajia and Ning Tian hugged each other. They were smiling, and all of their eyes were red.
During this period of time, they also made great efforts for this album.
The three girls were also very clear how much resources and funds the company had invested in them.
Now they could finally enjoy the joy of victory!
Pop ~
A cork with white foam sprayed into the air, and the smell of champagne wafted in all directions.
Glasses of wine were distributed to everyone. The executives of Flying Stone Records talked and laughed in a low voice, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Lin Zhijie didn't get carried away by the temporary victory. He took a sip of wine and said to his assistant, "Open the comment area and see what the fans think of this album!"
Sales data was extremely important, but evaluation of reputation was also indispensable. If the evaluation was not high, it was normal for sales to plummet later.
The assistant hurriedly held the wireless mouse and clicked on the comment area of the album "Not Yet Lovers".
Although the sale time was only 5 hours, there were already as many as 20,000 + comments in the comment area.
The most striking thing was the album's rating – 9.1.
Absolutely high score!
Those who were qualified to rate and comment were all members who bought the album. Their opinions were very important to MSN.
This high score instantly swept away the last trace of anxiety in Lin Zhijie's heart!
"This album didn't disappoint me. I give it 7 points, and the three girls give it + 1 point. The total score is 10 points!"
"It's very good, especially the title song. I can't get tired of listening to it!"
"Can't get tired of listening to it + 1. This song" Not Yet Lovers "alone is worth spending 8 yuan to buy the lossless sound quality version."
"I like MSN, I like" Not Yet Lovers ", and I also like" Where's Love "!"
"My favorite is" He Still Doesn't Understand ". It's so well written and sung."
"" Not Yet Lovers "," Where's Love "and" He Still Doesn't Understand ". There are only three good songs on this album."
When this comment was selected by Lin Zhijie's assistant, the two contracted writers of Flying Stone Records couldn't help but look a little embarrassed and a little ashamed.
The three songs "Not Yet Lovers", "Where's Love" and "He Still Doesn't Understand" were tailor-made works by Lu Chen for MSN. Needless to say, "Not Yet Lovers" was the title song, and the other two songs were also excellent works.
At the beginning of the production of this album, Flying Stone Records had a lot of opinions about Lin Zhijie's insistence on inviting songs from Lu Chen. The main objection was that Lu Chen's price was too high. 300,000 yuan for a song was simply a rip-off.
In particular, the contracted writers of Flying Stone Records had the most complaints and disgust.
But Lu Chen showed his value with a song "Not Yet Lovers" and suppressed all the objections.
As a result, in the end, Lu Chen not only wrote three songs for MSN, but also joined the ranks of the producer.
The remuneration paid to him alone was more than 1 million yuan!
Now it seemed that the money was well spent.
It wasn't that the works of the other writers in this album were bad, but compared with Lu Chen's songs, they were undoubtedly inferior. The quality was up to standard, but there was no potential to become popular.
At this point, the paying audience had the highest judgment power.
"Did you notice? These three songs were all written by Lu Chen for MSN! "
"Yes, I saw it in the lyrics. The lyrics and music are all Lu Chen's works. He is worthy of being the Prince of Music!"
"Lu Chen + MSN, Perfect!"
"Flying Stone Records is too evil. There's no single download, otherwise they would have just bought three songs."
Seeing this comment, Lin Zhijie couldn't help laughing.
And many company executives looked at Lin Zhijie with admiration, because it was Lin Zhijie who decided to sell only the whole album and not the single retail. He had foresight!
Selling a single retail could increase profits and make some members who were reluctant to spend more money buy it, but the sales of a single would not be counted in the Gold Record Certification. Each person had their own opinions on how to choose.
Lin Zhijie's decision undoubtedly ensured the sales of the whole album, and the reputation was so excellent. [Platinum Record] had already fallen into the bag, and they could also compete for the Best New Album or Best Girl Group of the Year!
For a newcomer group, such a starting point really couldn't be higher.
At the same time of complacency, Lin Zhijie also felt regret.
Originally, he invited Lu Chen to come over in the evening, but unfortunately, Lu Chen was too busy with his work and politely declined.
Another regret was that he didn't ask Lu Chen to write two more songs at the beginning. That would have been really perfect!
It was not a problem for the three songs "Not Yet Lovers", "Where's Love" and "He Still Doesn't Understand" to be on the Original Music Chart, but it was a little lacking in momentum. It would be nice to add five songs.
However, Lin Zhijie was quickly amused by his own idea. At that time, he was under great pressure to invite Lu Chen to write three songs. Five songs could not pass the company's approval in any case.
But the former regret could be made up for.
He couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and was ready to dial the number that he was already familiar with.
But after thinking about it, Lin Zhijie called all three girls from MSN.
He handed the mobile phone to Mu Xiaochu and said, "Xiaochu, you call Teacher Lu Chen now and report the results to Teacher Lu Chen first. Then the three of you have to thank Teacher Lu Chen!"
"En!"
Mu Xiaochu didn't think too much. He happily took the mobile phone and skillfully typed in Lu Chen's mobile phone number.
This was Lu Chen's private number, and the call was filtered. Only his friends in his address book could get through.
Su Jiajia and Ning Tian were not among them.
Including MSN's agent, several senior officials of the company watched Mu Xiaochu, who was calling Lu Chen, and they all showed a knowing smile.
Everyone knew that the relationship between Mu Xiaochu and Lu Chen was the best.
With this relationship, would MSN's second, third … and more albums still be a problem in the future?
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