Chapter 34 The first week in seconds
For the outside world, it is just a feeling of the neatness of this number, but for BEING and Nagato Daiyuki, it was quite a shock: as a decision maker, of course he knew that the first batch of this single was 100,000, which means that Ye Zhao's new single was sold out in just the first week! Not only that, record stores in various places sent faxes requiring renewal, and BEING could only entrust the printing factory to work overtime, and each batch produced was sent to record stores across the country overnight.
Although Nagato's miscalculation of Ye Zhao's strength directly ruined his qualification to compete for the first weekly championship, it also indirectly triggered a hunger marketing campaign. People who could not buy singles began to imitate the practices of "Summer Color" and broadcast the song "Rainbow" on a large scale on the radio. As a C/W song "Because You Are With You" also gained considerable popularity in karaoke because of its delicate lyrics and simple and easy-to-sing melody.
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Starting from April this year, YUKI began to host the radio program "ALL NIGHT NIPPON" of RB Radio. Although hosting a radio may not be a big deal compared to TV series, radio has an advantage that TV cannot compare with, that is, interactions with listeners are very frequent, which gives people a feeling of being involved.
Ten minutes before the live broadcast, the staff confirmed for the last time that everything was normal for the headphones and microphone. YUKI sat in the live broadcast room and quietly waited for the program to officially start.
Finally, opposite the soundproof glass, the staff used gestures to count down: three, two, one, start!
YUKI turned on the device and said with great energy: "Good evening, I am YUKI. Welcome to listen to to tonight's "ALL NIGHT NIPPON". The guests in this episode are quite well-known. Let's welcome Princess Princess' guitarist Miss Kanako Nakayama!"
"Hello everyone, I am Kanako Nakayama, the guitarist of Princess Princess. I'm very happy to participate in this program." Kanako Nakayama's gentle voice spread through the microphone. Princess Princess is an all-girl band founded in 1986 and is also the most successful all-girl band in the history of RB pop music. It has set a record of exclusively ranked first and second in the ORICON singles. Its single "M" is a famous song that can be left in history. And unlike those women's bands who rely on producers to write songs and even play instruments, it is a serious band that plays rock music. All the lyrics and music are created by members themselves, and the instruments are all very smooth.
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"...We were not popular at that time. Even before the show started, we would be rehearsed by our seniors and would not dare to make a sound." Kanako Nakayama talked about some of the entertainment industry rules in the 1980s.
"Hey~ so harsh!" YUKI said in surprise, "After that, our guitarist, Mr. TAKUYA, the only pastime in the lounge is to play guitar. Occasionally, other members will get angry and say something like, "You know what, this is art!"."
"Ha ha."
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"Let's take a look at the next submission from a friend whose pen name is Tanaka Hefang, Mie Prefecture, 'Hello Miss YUKI, my boyfriend and I broke up not long ago. I'm in great pain and I can't forget him. What should I do?"
"What should I do? I am the worst at answering emotional questions. Sister Zhongshan, what do you think?"
"Well, if you really can't forget it, you can catch it again. It's not embarrassing to bow your head first." Kanako Nakayama said.
"Yes, right, if you really like it, it's okay to recover it. But before that, it's best to think clearly and what to do after recovering it? After all, after the broken mirror reunion, there are still no shortage of problems we have faced since the beginning."
"I also said that I was not good at answering emotional questions, and I was clearly talking very well." Kanako Nakayama teased.
"Senior Zhongshan, don't you tell me it out." YUKI joked and revealed the topic, "Let's start today's song ordering session. The song to be broadcast today is Ye Zhao's new single "Rainbow".
"Ye Zhao," Kanako Nakayama sighed, "That song "Summer Color" has sold over 700,000 copies. This "Rainbow" also won the third place in the weekly list in one go, but he is really mysterious and has not officially appeared yet."
Upon hearing this, YUKI subconsciously remembered everything that happened with him on the street that night, and the high heels that she had obviously broken a shoe heel, but were still carefully tucked in the box.
Kanako Nakayama was still saying, "The cover of the new single looks like a handsome guy, I don't know what his personality is~"
"...I'm a gentle person." YUKI smiled, "Let's listen to Ye Zhao's song "Rainbow". After that, she turned off the microphone and quietly listened to the sound of the guitar in her headphones.
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The folk song club of Aoyama College University has a long history. Kasuo Mikuda, who studied at Aoyama College University, met like-minded friends in the folk song club and finally formed the palace-level band of Nantian Qunxing. It is precisely because of Nantian Qunxing that many people were admitted to Aoyama College University with a pilgrimage heart and volunteered to join the club where their idols once stayed.
Friday afternoon is a fixed gathering time for the club. At five minutes and four o'clock, Kudo Yu also appeared in the activity room of the folk song club. Many members have arrived in the huge activity room. When they see Yuya Kudo, several members with good relationships pointed to somewhere in the activity room and made exaggerated expressions of winking.
Yu Kudo also looked in the direction they pointed, and there were a pile of wooden boxes in the corner, Yuki Ueda holding the guitar and sat there alone. Seeing her, Yuki Kudo also smiled and walked forward, "Ueda!"
Yuki Ueda took off one of his headphones and waved his hand, "Kudo-kun."
"Are you listening to music?"
"Yes, Ye Zhaosang's "Rainbow". Ueda Yuki picked up the single box that was placed at hand and showed it to him.
Yu Kudo also sat down next to Yuki Ueda, "I didn't expect him to join BEING. The folk songs are so good. Maybe he will slowly transform into rock in the future, right?" Yu Kudo never mentioned in front of anyone about transferring "Summer Color" to Kasuyu Summer Manager in the record store. After "Summer Color" became famous, he thought Ye Zhao would be taken over by the record company to Kasuyu Summer. But BEING took the lead in announcing the signing of Kasuyu Summer.
"If Ye Zhaosang transforms into rock, will Kudo Kwan no longer listen?" Ueda Yuki asked.
Yu Kudo also shook his head, "How could it be? Music is the same. As long as he can always make good music, I will continue to support it."
"Good words." Ueda Yuki patted the guitar resonance box twice instead of applauding, "By the way, I have a suggestion, should Kudo Kwan consider it?"
“What proposal?”
"Create a fan club of Ye Ao-sang." Ueda Yuki looked at Kudo Yuya.
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Later, when Ye Zhao traced his acting career, he called Aoyama College his "blessed land". Not only because his chance to become famous was recommended by Kasuke Kurada, who was born in Aoyama College, but also because of his later official fan club, it was originally established by two Aoyama College students. The two college students came together because of his songs and finally got married has become a story in the fan circle.
The printing factory worked overtime to produce "Rainbow" and had sufficient supply. "Rainbow" entered a burst in the second week. Even when the sales of later records shrank sharply, the single sold more than 900,000, not to mention that it is still in 1994, when the sales of records in later generations were greatly reduced. Even though he did not have the top popularity of Fukuyama Masaji, he was still very optimistic about the prospects of this single, at least, he would not lose to the number sold by Fukuyama Masaji in his previous life.
There were no strong opponents in the next second week, so the highlight of the battle on the list became the overtime competition between the three forces, SMAP, T-BOLAN, and Ye Zhao. On September 14, after the ORICON singles daily chart came out, Ye Zhao's "Rainbow" defeated SMAP with a score of 100,000, and won the daily chart championship.
Generally speaking, the trend of record sales will gradually decline with the release time. Although it is not the era of later generations where life and death are determined, and the entire sales volume can be sold in the first week of more than 70%, it is very rare for a single like this to lose sales in the first day of the second week of the second week of release. If this growth rate occurs, either the sales volume of this single in the first week is too miserable, or the single is going to become popular!
As expected, from this day on, Ye Zhao once again showed the world his magical counterattack ability. The new single sold more than 100,000 copies in three consecutive days. Not only did he firmly occupy the first place on the daily chart, but he also booked this week's weekly champion in advance - more than 300,000 copies of sales. Even if one of them is not sold in the next few days, the championship is a foregone conclusion.
The new week passed soon. On Tuesday morning, Ye Zhao came to BEING headquarters. There was no doubt that he won the weekly chart championship. The only thing Ye Zhao was curious about was how many copies he sold this week. In the office, the young and beautiful female employee earnestly brought him a cup of coffee. Ye Zhao took over this week's single sales chart from the staff, and his eyes fell directly to the top of the list.
"Rainbow" sold a total of 560,000 copies this week, winning the weekly championship with an absolute advantage.
The hot sale of "Rainbow" has dispelled the media's doubts about Ye Zhao's bad habits. The music magazine "CDDATA", which once praised "Summer Color" in the report, once again wrote a report around Ye Zhao.
In the report, the author of "CDDATA" bluntly wrote: "The most important significance of "Rainbow"'s hot sale is not what record it has taken or what position it has occupied on the annual list, but because he announced something to the world: Ye Zhao was not a lucky artist who accidentally lost his luck (referring to an artist who only had one work to sell). He was able to continue to produce high-quality music, and this is also the biggest reliance he could gain in the fiercely competitive music scene in the future."
Chapter completed!