Chapter 543 543. Blockade

Chapter 543 543. Blockade

"Prisoner-of-love" is a song that Alan wrote for her on her last album. The quality of this song is unquestionable and has even triggered a battle between two major record companies.

In the past six months, the joint venture between Nie Wei and Ai Hui can be said to have been making a fuss around this song.

For example, the MV for this single is divided into Japanese version and Chinese version, and both are directed by top MV directors from both places, and the actors who star in the MV are also very popular.

The Japanese version of the MV stars Ai Hui's Anna Tsuchiya as the heroine, and the male lead is Shun Oguri, a handsome boy who became very popular last year after playing the Japanese version of "Boys Over Flowers".

The Chinese version is co-operated by Cheng Kun and Fan Binbin, who are both popular under Huayi.

There is also Alan's style design, which is also tailor-made for Alan by a top fashion team from RB. In addition, as early as one month before the release of Alan's new song, giant advertising spaces in several prosperous places in Tokyo were also There are billboards in basic subway stations. These have been booked by the company early on, specifically to place the beautiful photos taken by Alan for the album.

Such a large-scale publicity also attracted many media reports in Tokyo, making many RB people know that a singer from China is about to release his first Japanese single on RB.

Alan's beautiful appearance has also attracted some fans. In addition to some RB fans who have heard her songs, within the past six months, the popularity of the club established by the company for Alan has exceeded 10,000 people in the local area.

Even recently, there are always some fans waiting for Alan in the square below the company, asking for autographs and photos, or giving him gifts that he prepared.

In addition to the above, even the album's free gifts are full of sincerity. Taken together, the production cost of this single is astonishingly over 100 million yen.

This figure is simply astronomical in today's sluggish music industry, and it is almost impossible to make back the money by selling singles.

But in Nie Wei's view, all the efforts are worth it. Alan's growth will bring more benefits to Huayi. If she can gain a foothold in RB, the development she will bring to Huayi Records will be great. is huge.

For example, take a look at South Korea's S\u0026amp;M Company. It is obvious how much growth it has brought to the company's value just because of the BOA. More importantly, it has opened up a huge market, which will provide a good foundation for the future. This company provides conditions for newcomers to enter this market.

The release date for Alan's album has been set on July 1st. The company has already started arranging schedules for Alan. After the songs are uploaded, Alan will also start his own promotion period that will last for at least one month.

Just when the company's new general manager Noda Kumaichi was ambitiously preparing to launch Alan as a singer, the emergence of a piece of news made his originally hot heart instantly cool down.

"Sony Records announced that Mika Nakajima will release her latest single. According to insiders, this single has been in preparation for several months. It is a surprise gift from Mika Nakajima to her fans. During the production of the single, Mika Shima participated in the entire production of the song and gave a lot of her own suggestions..."

As soon as the news came out, Noda Xiongyi had a very bad feeling.

Sony Records launched Mika Nakajima at this time, with the obvious purpose of using Mika Nakajima to block Alan. In Noda Kumaichi's view, this is very likely to succeed.

First of all, the popularity of the singer Mika Nakajima is very good. Although she is not as popular as diva singers such as Ayumi Hamasaki, Takamitsu Uda, and Mai Kuraki, she is still among the quasi-divas.

Moreover, this woman is born with a sense of mystery and can control many styles of music. She has a lot of die-hard fans in RB. Using her to overpower Alan, a singer who has not even had a single song in RB, is definitely a sure shot. of.

Soon the date for Mika Nakajima's EP to be released on the charts was also determined, also set for July 1st.

This also casts a shadow over the hearts of everyone in the company, including Noda Kumaichi, and perhaps the only one who can maintain high morale is Alan himself.

Others in the company only think that Alan is not from RB and does not understand the power of Mika Nakajima, but Alan actually understands. After all, she has been in RB for more than half a year and is still active in the industry. How could she not understand the current crisis? However, The reason she maintains her fighting spirit is because of Nie Wei. With the songs Nie Wei wrote for her, she is not afraid of anyone.

Just like at home, with Nie Wei supporting her behind her, Alan felt that she would definitely be able to win this battle.

On the evening of June 30, when the last second of the day hit zero, RB's major online music platforms instantly updated a batch of new music, including Mika Nakajima's new song "Cry-no-more" and "Prisoner-of-love" by Alain.

The two songs were released online less than one second apart, but when Alan refreshed it again ten seconds later, Mika Nakajima's "Cry-no-more" had already exceeded 10,000 listens and more than 2,000 downloads, and he The number of previews of the new song "Prisoner-of-love" is only 332, and the number of downloads is only 89, which does not exceed 100.

In this round, Alan was completely defeated.

"As you accumulate more, you will gain more." Alan adjusted himself to dissipate the little disappointment in his heart. Just one day ago, Nie Wei made a special call to her and provided her with psychological counseling for nearly an hour.

"You are a newcomer, so you should treat this matter with a newcomer's mentality."

"Don't compare, it's unfair to you. All you have to do is achieve the expected goals we set for you. If these are successful, you will be successful, and the other party's performance has nothing to do with you."

"Don't be too impatient about the results of the songs. Some of them need a fermentation process, especially for you who are still a newcomer. You have to give the audience time, and you have to give the song time. Believe me, believe this song, it will not Disappoint you."

Nie Wei's words made Alan feel a lot calmer. At least after seeing such a gap, Alan was only slightly disappointed and quickly recovered.

After seeing the results this time, Alan got up and went to wash up. She had to go to bed early and get up early in the morning. As a newcomer, her schedule will be synchronized with the release of the song today. Just like Nie Wei said, she As long as you try your best, you should also take a good rest and strive to be in the best condition for today's trip.

Fifteen minutes later, after washing up, Alan returned to the computer and refreshed the list. The number of auditions for his new song "Prisoner-of-love" had risen to 760, and the number of downloads finally exceeded 100. One hundred and fifty-five listeners chose to pay to download.

As for Nakajima Mika's results, Alan didn't deliberately pay attention to them anymore. Just like Nie Wei told himself, it would only make him more troubled, so why bother.

Early the next morning, Alan came to the record company.

As soon as he entered the door, Alan found that the company's staff were staring at him intentionally or unintentionally, with pity in their eyes, as if they were looking at a little pity.

Alan couldn't believe what these people were looking at with pity, but Alan didn't care and still greeted them with a bright smile.

"Alan's smile is always so bright."

"What do you know? This is just Alan trying to force a smile. Hey, it's such a pity. Alan tried so hard, but he was blocked by Sony. Mika Nakajima, maybe only our Ayumi Hamasaki can suppress him. It's such a pity Alan , she might have succeeded, after all, the quality of the song is really good.”

"Who says it's not the case, but I hope Alan can be strong. If she withdraws from the RB record market due to failure, we may have to find a new job."

"Stop talking, I'm so stressed."

Under the strange eyes of the staff, Alan came all the way to Noda Xiongyi's office.

After entering the house, Alan was shocked, because Noda Xiongyi looked so haggard. His usually meticulously combed hair was now a mess, and his straight suit also had some wrinkles, as if his body had been hollowed out. The dark circles under his eyes are comparable to those of a baby panda.

The most important thing is, why is this room so choked?

"It smells so strong, Uncle Noda, how many cigarettes have you smoked?" Alan quickly went to open the window and complained at the same time.

"Sorry." Noda Bear came back to his senses at this moment. Seeing Alan who was choked and coughing, he apologized quickly and at the same time emptied the ashtray filled with cigarette butts on the table into the trash can nearby.

"Uncle Noda, smoking is harmful to your health. You should smoke less." The window was opened, and with the breeze, the smoke in the room dispersed a lot. Looking at Noda Xiongyi who was sitting in the chair with a tired look on his face, Alan couldn't help but said.

For this uncle RB, Alan has become familiar with him from the initial model to later, and now he has become an elder that she can trust in her heart. She is his daily support in RB, so for this uncle to smoke so desperately, Alan was also a little distressed, so he couldn't help but persuade.

"I understand, I must pay attention next time." Noda Xiongyi apologized again, then looked at Alan, his expression was a little tangled, and after a moment he asked: "Have you checked the results?"

"What grade?"

"Of course it's the result of the song."

Alan suddenly understood, nodded with a smile, and replied: "I took a look last night. Before I turned off the computer, I should have listened to 760 and downloaded 155."

Alan's answer made Noda bear a black line. This data is a bit too outdated.

Noda Xiongyi held his watch, refreshed the webpage of the music website on the screen in front of him, then looked at the numbers on it and said: "So far, there have been 5,511 auditions for your new song "Prisoner-of-love". Thirteen people, and the number of downloads is 2,330.”

"How's your score?" Alan asked.

"For newcomers, it's not bad. The key is that the ratio between auditions and downloads is very good. Basically, for every two people who audition, one downloads."

Noda Xiongyi replied that this result is indeed good for a newcomer, but Alan is not an ordinary newcomer. So much publicity expenses were invested in the early stage, and now this result is obviously not enough. Noda analyzed that this It is very likely that it is the result of the xenophobia of the locals, especially Alan's Chinese nationality.

The only gratifying thing is the ratio of trial listening to downloading. Unfortunately, the qualitative change has not caused a quantitative change. No matter how good this ratio is, it is useless if there are few people listening. Now that I think about it, most of it can only rely on later publicity. I hope it can attract Attention more listeners.

Noda Kumaichi looked at Alan who was smiling, but there was something in his mind that he didn't say, and that was Mika Nakajima's results.

Her new song "Cry-no-more" has been listened to by more than 500,000 people, and the number of downloads has exceeded 50,000, both of which surpass Alan in all aspects.

This result was expected by Noda Kumaichi a long time ago. The fight between the two is like a heavyweight boxer fighting a flyweight boxer. Even if the flyweight boxer has extraordinary skills, he can't stand the opponent's big body and heavy punches. The two are not in the same level at all.

Although he understands this truth, Noda Kumaichi is unwilling to accept it.

Because in his opinion, this should have been Alan's time to enjoy the victory, but now because of Sony Records, Alan's glory has been snatched away by Mika Nakashima, and the effect of her debut has been greatly reduced. Sony deserves to die.

Not only Noda Kumaichi is worried, but Wang Zhonglei, who is far away in China, is also worried about Alan's debut.

After all, Alan is actually a singer of Huayi Records. In addition to her personal career development, she also shoulders the responsibility of opening up the RB record market for Huayi Records when she goes to RB.

Her bad start also affected the future development plan of Huayi Records, which even affected many plans that Wang Zhonglei had already prepared.

How could Wang Zhonglei not be anxious?

Wang Zhonglei, who had also not slept all night, called Nie Wei early, while Nie Wei was still exercising as usual.

Nie Wei was quite surprised to receive a call from Wang Zhonglei so early. When Wang Zhonglei complained to him on the phone, Nie Wei also expressed his understanding.

"Brother Zhonglei, it's too early to say that it's a failure. Let's wait a little longer."

"Oh?" Nie Wei's words cheered Wang Zhonglei up, and he quickly asked, "What else do you have?"

"No." Nie Wei replied, "I believe in Alan's efforts and the quality of the songs. These need to be discovered by the audience, and this process also takes time, so Brother Zhonglei, don't be anxious, it's only one night."

"That's right." Wang Zhonglei knew he was anxious when he heard it.

After all, the opponent is a super entertainment giant like Sony, and the other party filmed a singer of the level of a quasi-queen of R\u0026B like Mika Nakashima, so Wang Zhonglei is inevitably a little concerned.

"Then when do you think the results will be clear?" Wang Zhonglei asked.

"The next issue of the Oricon Chart, we should be able to see some results in a week." Nie Wei smiled and said, "Brother Zhonglei, if you really want to help, change the schedule of Cheng Kun and Fan Binbin, let them go to R\u0026B to promote first, and help Alan with a song. The popularity of these two people in R\u0026B is quite high."

"That's no problem." Hearing Nie Wei's proposal, Wang Zhonglei agreed without hesitation.

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