Chapter 48 The red-hot new album
Beijing, Zhuoyue Video Store
It had just darkened and Lao Xu was about to close the door and go home to cook for his children when he saw two female high school students running over sweating profusely.
"The boss will close the shop later. We want to buy some CDs."
When business came to his door, there was no reason to turn him away. Lao Xu decisively pushed the half-open rolling shutter door up again, walked in and turned on the light.
"What disc do you want?"
"Do you have Cao Xuan's "Fairy Tale"?"
"Of course."
After hearing this, Lao Xu went directly to the most conspicuous counter after entering the door, took out a stack of CDs, and said with a smile.
"It's a coincidence that you are here. I just bought 200 CDs in the morning, and now there are less than half of them left. They sold out too fast. If you want to buy, you should hurry up. They may not be available tomorrow."
"How much?"
"16 each. If you buy two, I'll charge you 30."
"So expensive?"
Xiao Yu and his friends were secretly stunned. Generally, genuine albums only cost 12 to 15 yuan, and some of them sell for 10 yuan each. 16 is considered a small high price.
"It's still expensive. Student, don't you see how many good songs there are in this album. "Fairy Tale" is so popular right now, and "Dusk" is going crazy outside.
"Angel Wings", "Run" and "Autumn Never Comes Back" are also regulars on the charts. With so many good songs on an album, I feel like I've lost money by selling it for only 15 yuan. "
Lao Xu called out to Tianqu, but his eyes were secretly studying the expressions of Xiao Yu and the two. If he found something wrong, he would immediately lower the price to attract customers.
Fortunately, Xiao Yu had a lot of pocket money. After some hesitation, he honestly paid for a CD.
Lao Xu was so happy that he immediately took out two new albums and handed them to the other party, and also actively promoted other albums.
"Do you want anything else? Na Young's "Conquest" is also very popular."
"I do not like her."
Xiao Yu happily looked at the album in her hand, replied, and quickly left with her friends.
After the two left, Lao Xu had a headache looking at "Conquest" on the shelf.
It was selling like hot cakes a few days ago and almost ran out of stock. Cao Xuan's "Stars" has gained momentum, but "Conquest" has become a bit unsaleable, with sales plummeting.
It seems that I shouldn’t stock up on “Conquest” for the time being, but I can stock up on “Starry Stars”.
Lao Xu was a little disappointed. After all, Naying was a diva, so how could she not sell to Cao Xuan, who had just debuted for two years?
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On the other side, the two girls left the video store and returned to Xiao Yu's home together, taking out the "Starry Stars" album they had just bought.
Unlike the last time I took some random photos for "Ten Thousand Reasons", the packaging of "Starry Stars" was specially designed by Warner.
On the front, Cao Xuan is playing the piano intently, with a hint of reminiscence and sadness in his eyes. It's a bit like the "Fairy Tale" MV, but it was a high-definition photo retouch taken by a photographer.
Cao Xuan, who already has great looks, looks so handsome after being enhanced by the filter.
The back of the album package contains information about Cao Xuan and a series of eye-catching song titles. In the background is Cao Xuan standing in the dusk valley, which contains the album's second title song "Dusk"
"Cao Xuan's look is so good-looking."
Xiao Yu and the two held the album in their hands for a while, then took out the disc and put it into the VCD. The TV soon started playing the album, and the first song was "Fairy Tale".
"Quickly, get a notebook and copy the lyrics."
"Xiaoyu, your handwriting is beautiful, I'll press pause for you."
"Okay, let me take a look at the first sentence. I forgot how long it is..."
The two of them cooperated tacitly, copying from "Fairy Tale" to "Dusk", and then from "Running" to "Autumn Never Comes Back". They wrote down all 10 songs of the album in the lyrics book.
After Xiao Yu finished copying one copy, another girl copied Xiao Yu's lyrics book again before she was satisfied and put down her pen.
The next day, when Xiao Yu entered the class with her lyrics book, she immediately became a famous figure in the class.
Countless female classmates begged to borrow her copy of the lyrics. After hearing that Xiao Yu had bought the album, countless envious looks made Xiao Yu, who was still a little worried about the pocket money, instantly forget about the 16 yuan.
"Xiao Yu, can you bring the album you bought to school? Our radio station can play it for everyone to listen to after class."
A classmate in the class who was at the radio station made a suggestion. Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment and immediately agreed.
"no problem."
Xiao Yu has a quick temper, and the school is close to home, so he ran home to pick up the album CD at noon.
When school was over in the afternoon, the school radio station started playing "Fairy Tales" and "Angel Wings".
"I believe you are still here
never left
My love is like an angel protecting you
If life ends here
There will be no me from now on
I will find an angel to love you for me
…”
The melancholy and lingering singing reached the ears of the students who were returning home from school. Some of them found it pleasant and immediately asked the classmates next to them for the name of the song.
Soon after, one class adopted "Fairy Tale" as its class song, and this practice was quickly spurned and imitated by other classes.
In a short period of time, every class in Xiao Yu’s school had a class song.
50% of them are "Fairy Tale", 20% are "Angel Wings" and "Running", 10% are "Light Chaser", and 10% are other songs.
The same scene didn't just happen in Xiao Yu's school.
The five main songs of "Starry Stars", except for "Dusk" and "Autumn Will Not Come Back", are all very suitable for students' tastes.
As long as these songs spread to the school, they will soon gather a large number of young fans on campus for Cao Xuan, just like the previous "Light Chaser".
Perhaps these student fans, most of whom have no money, cannot bring too much positive impact to Cao Xuan's current album sales, but students will eventually grow up one day.
When they grow up listening to Cao Xuan's songs, they leave campus, enter the society, and have their own jobs and incomes.
At that time, the feedback given to Cao Xuan by these young fans will be countless times greater than it is now...
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However, even the student group, one of the main audiences of "Starry Stars", does not have the strength to support the genuine album for the time being.
But the support from other fans still made Cao Xuan's first album sales impressive.
The album was released on May 5, 1998. It exceeded 100,000 copies in just one week and sold 350,000 copies in two weeks, exceeding the sales data of "Conquer" in the same period.
By the end of May, the official album sales of "Starry Spots" were approaching the 500,000 mark, officially overtaking Naying's "Conquest".
This made the media extremely excited.
In Cao Xuan's first album, he faced off against Naying, a mainland diva who has been famous for many years, and even won.
If they don't make a big splash, they won't be able to afford the press credentials in their pockets.
Many music critics also took the opportunity to ride on the popularity. Although they also affirmed the quality of Naying's "Conquer", they rated "Stars" even higher, believing it to be a hit album that is rare to see in years.
So far, Cao Xuan has achieved four consecutive kills on the charts, sales, word-of-mouth, and popularity against Na Young.
Stepping on the head of the mainland queen, she was officially promoted to the first-line singer in the music industry.
However, some people in the circle commented that this is an unfair competition.
Naying vs. Cao Xuan, it was natural to win, but lose face and lose face, instinctively falling into a passive situation.
Cao Xuan obviously intends to touch Naying. He used Ren Xianqi to hype her before. He is too despicable. It is really sad that there is such a troublemaker in the music industry.
It was one thing to hear these words suddenly, but there was no way to understand them carefully. Soon there were people who couldn't stand it and spoke for Cao Xuan.
Regardless of whether Cao Xuan is deliberately hyping up, Naying is far superior to Cao Xuan in terms of qualifications, fame, connections, and resources. If it is unfair, it is unfair.
Naying has such a huge advantage. Before she could suppress Cao Xuan, she was overthrown by a newcomer. She deserved to be ridiculed by the media.
However, Naying was not convinced by these words.
She admits that she can't beat Cao Xuan, but let me ask, who dares to guarantee that he will win Cao Xuan's "Stars"?
At least for now, her sales and popularity of "Conquer" are still behind "Starry Stars". It has not been far away from her, and it would have been defeated by anyone else.
Naying's words could be said to be full of sarcasm, but no one dared to respond.
I can't help it, "Starry Stars" is too red, so red that it turns purple.
The five title songs, headed by "Fairy Tale", have gone completely crazy, topping the major music charts like crazy.
Except for "Autumn Never Comes Back" at number seven, the other four songs made it into the top five, surrounding Nayoung's "Conquest".
Under such crazy siege, Naying's "Conquer" is still holding on to the third place, and the overall album sales have maintained an upward curve, which can be said to be very strong.
The queens in the palace were all forced into this kind of behavior by Cao Xuan. If it were them, there is a high chance that they would be directly pressed to the ground and rubbed...
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