Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 585 The Famous "Azure Spring in the Forest"

Due to the high quality of the song itself, Warner Japan spent a lot of money to promote the song "Tsunami" for a week before it was officially released. It advertised on TV, on the radio, and even on subways and buses. It can be said that the real money has been spent.

In addition, the craze for the song "君がいるだけで" has not subsided. Even after two weeks, it still ranks first on the Oricon Weekly Chart, and its sales are still gratifying.

Due to various reasons, before the song "Tsunami" was officially released, many fans, prospective fans, and a large number of passersby already knew the existence of this song, and they also had certain expectations for this song.

In particular, the various sensational MTV clips that occasionally flashed on TV aroused the appetite of the public.

As a result, when the cassettes, CDs, vinyl records, videotapes, and LD video discs of "Tsunami" were launched together, they quickly caused a sales frenzy.

It was just the first day of its release, all major sales outlets were already sold out, many people didn't get it at all, and there were long queues of people everywhere to snap up "Tsunami" related products, even if they weren't originally fans, they were also affected by this trend, Also followed to join the panic buying army.

Because I didn't expect it to be so popular at the beginning, many sales outlets had a serious shortage of stocks. Even if they had stocked a lot in advance, they still couldn't stand the rush of the public.

Consumables are the thing that is most afraid of panic buying. Once there is a panic buying trend, human beings can easily lose their minds.

Although records and videotapes belong to cultural products, they can still form a rush to buy, and once this kind of trend is formed, the situation will soon be out of control.

As a result, on the day "Tsunami" was officially launched, the stock of 50 yuan was sold out, which was the expected amount in a week.

Of course, the 50 is not only records, but also video tapes and video media such as LD.

Seeing that the sales volume was so good, Pioneer Warner was also unambiguous. In the afternoon of the sales day, it urgently notified the major factories and began to work overtime urgently to speed up the production of products related to "Tsunami".

The public is also very savvy, knowing that this thing is a hot item, so most of them queue up all night long at major sales points, waiting for the goods to grab as soon as they arrive.

For this reason, many people also saw the business opportunity, bought a lot of goods at one time, and prepared to become second-hand dealers.

You know, Japan at this time, even if it is already very developed, is not the same as the Internet era in later generations, so Warner Pioneer's sales points are basically concentrated in a few big cities, namely Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, etc. Simultaneous release in major cities.

But in fact, a large number of small and medium-sized cities in Japan have no sales outlets at all, and they all need second-hand traffickers to engage in transit.

Therefore, in the Japanese music scene at this time, new records are often available in big cities immediately, and small and medium-sized cities often have to wait three days or even a week before they can get related products such as records and video tapes.

No way, this is the lag of logistics.

Japan is already considered a country with advanced logistics at this time. After all, the transportation system is very developed, which is far from what China is now able to compare.

But even so, it is impossible for the current Japan to be able to update all parts of the country at the same time.

In fact, until the release of "Tsunami", Cao Zhiqiang's first Japanese song "君がいるだけで" has just become popular in the sinking market, that is, in various small, medium and small cities in Japan. The crazy pursuit of youth.

Now "Tsunami" is also coming, plus it is still so popular, many people voluntarily join the army of Erdao dealers and become scalpers, so that the sinking speed of "Tsunami" is amazing, many cities a little farther away, such as Hokkaido In Sapporo, the products related to the two songs "Kimi がいるだけで" and "Tsunami" were launched locally less than three days apart.

The next day, the sales boom of "Tsunami" was still there, and because MTV had already let go of the whole picture, Fuji TV also began to play the MTV of this song desperately, repeating it eight times a day!
You should know that the current MTV broadcasts on TV stations are charged by the number of times, and the more times, the more charges.

Originally, the contract between Warner Corporation and Fuji TV was to broadcast three times a day, but now "Tsunami" is so popular that the TV station has rapidly increased the number of rebroadcasts.

Of course, because the number of rebroadcasts exceeds the original contract, the other five times after the third time will require additional money.

The popularity of MTV has even further promoted the sales of video tapes and LD.

You must know that most of the Japanese movies and TV shows at this time are relatively lengthy, and there has never been such a short video mode that reaches a climax in an instant.

The duration of MTV is very short, with the beginning and the end of the film, it only takes more than six minutes to make it last, and this time is only enough to make a bowl of instant noodles.

In other words, the MTV created by Cao Zhiqiang is actually the essence of the later instant noodles, but it is not an animation or a micro movie, but a short video.

This mode is very suitable for people with a fast-paced life. They will finish watching it soon, and they will reach the peak of their emotions soon. Basically, they will not feel that it is a waste of time.

As for the three versions of MTV produced by Cao Zhiqiang, not to mention the solo version, simply talking about the official version or called the male version of MTV and the female version of MTV, it is equal to eating two fish. Crowds and women's groups are all caught up.

Regardless of whether you are machismo or feminist, in the two versions of MTV for men and women, you can always find something that makes you cry.

In addition, perhaps because the sales of the product "Tsunami" are too hot, it has broken the circle, not only became popular in the music world, but even formed a social phenomenon.

Many experts and scholars, no matter those who received money or simply rubbed the heat, began to do interviews on TV or write articles in newspapers. They all took the MTV of the song "Tsunami" as an example to explain Japan's current situation. some social phenomena.

For example, Japan's current birth rate is insufficient, the phenomenon of declining birth rate, the hollowing out of small cities, how hard Japanese female office workers are, how helpless male office workers are, and how much social pressure is, blah blah.

That is to say, it was originally just a song and a few MTVs, but it broke the circle because of the rapid explosion, and then let a group of so-called experts and politicians jump up and down, using this explosive work as an excuse to express various opinions and appeals, Leng is extended from a simple entertainment product to the phenomenon of Japan's declining birth rate.

Also, in 1983, Japan's fertility rate was already very low, it had dropped to 1.2, and it entered a negative population growth vortex with an ultra-low fertility rate.

At the same time, the aging of Japan has also begun to show signs, and it is basically difficult to reverse.

In fact, many experts and scholars can see these problems, but Japan's economy is still on the rise at this time, so ordinary people don't care about them.

But because of the popularity of the song "Tsunami", some experts began to come out to catch the heat and speak loudly about the fertility problem.

Of course, this is just an extension of one of them. More extensions, or what resonates more with the public, are actually crazy overtime behavior and the increasingly introverted work status.

In this society where working overtime has become a daily routine, and not working overtime is alien, too many people have become work machines, even though they earn more and more money, people generally feel less and less happy.

And the song "Tsunami", on the surface, is about secret love and love, but in fact, it is also secretly criticizing the issue of overtime work and involution.

Because many people think that if it is not for the heavy academic pressure and work pressure, maybe the hero and heroine will have the courage to express their love to each other earlier, instead of wasting so many years, waiting until a chance encounter.

Without that encounter, many people may have missed the love of their lives just like this.

Anyway, interpretations from all walks of life have further boosted the popularity of the song "Tsunami", causing many people who didn't pay much attention to pop music to start paying attention, and try to buy a tape to listen to it. listened.

In this way, when the cycle expired, the relevant departments immediately rejoiced after calculating the sales volume.

Because they discovered that only the first week of sales, all products of the song "Tsunami", including records and video tapes, sold an astonishing 130.35 copies!

This is the first week of sales, not a month, not a year!
In the past, the singles of many singers could not sell so many in two or three years.

It can be said that Cao Zhiqiang himself refreshed his first-week sales performance and once again refreshed history.

By the way, the song "Tsunami" rushed to the top of Oricon's weekly chart, and the second song on the weekly chart was also Cao Zhiqiang's song, but that song was still very popular, and with the popularity of "Tsunami" "Kimi が い る だ け で", which exploded and became popular again!
Of course, some experts also commented that the explosion of "Tsunami" is an abnormal phenomenon, not simply because of the song itself or MTV itself, but also due to some coincidence factors and social phenomena.

Otherwise, in [-], you couldn't have a song that sold over a million copies in its first week.

In 1982, when Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" started selling in Japan, its first-week sales also reached the top, but it did not exceed 30 copies, but it only sold 1982 copies in 62.5.

Of course, even though 62.5 copies did not break the million mark, this result is still very enchanting.

Because Michael Jackson released the album "Thriller" on November 1982, 11.

In other words, it was already the end of the year when this album was released, and it was only one month away from the second year.

It is equivalent to saying that the album "thriller" sold 62.5 copies in Japan within a month, which is a solid number one.

It's just that this is an American song after all, so it is considered a foreign music list, and it is not included in the list of local Japanese songs.

Otherwise, all the local music in Japan can't beat Michael Jackson's songs at all.

Although Cao Zhiqiang himself is a foreigner, his songs are in Japanese, and the publishing company Warner Pioneer is also a Japanese record company, so of course they are Japanese songs, and they must enter the local music charts.

All in all, it turns out that the song "Tsunami" was once again a big success, and it was even more successful than the first debut song.

Affected by "Tsunami", the song "Jun がいるだけで" has been released for three weeks. Although the noun dropped one place and became the second on the weekly chart, the sales volume suddenly rose sharply, and it still broke 30 copies sales.

In this way, so far, the cumulative sales of the two songs "Tsunami" and "Jun がいるだけで" have reached an astonishing 231.5 million copies!

You know, it's only been four weeks, even if the popularity will get lower and lower in the future, and the sales will drop, but this kind of achievement is already jaw-dropping, and the money is full.

In addition, Cao Zhiqiang has a gambling agreement with Warner Pioneer, so the actual share that Cao Zhiqiang can get is 20.00% three!

It was originally 20.00% two, but because the grades were so good, a percentage point was added.

In this way, even at the minimum of [-] yen per card, Cao Zhiqiang can get at least [-] million in pre-tax income.

In fact, of course there will be more. After all, 231.5 yen is just an ordinary cassette tape, which does not include a large number of more expensive video tapes, CDs, LDs, vinyl records and other media, and the sales of [-] million copies only include All media is in there, not just the number of cassettes.

Of course, due to historical reasons, Cao Zhiqiang's income actually comes from two firms.

Among them, "Kimi がいるだけで" signed the contract with the Sada office of Masashi Sada at the beginning, so it had to get money from this office.

The song "Tsunami" was paid for by "Aiyin Office". After all, Cao Zhiqiang was already a signed singer of Aiyin Office at this time.

Although the final benefit has not yet been specifically calculated, the preliminary assessment is that so far, Cao Zhiqiang can get at least [-] million yen in personal after-tax income even after taxation!
This kind of gold-absorbing ability is simply terrifying. You must know that Cao Zhiqiang has only been around for four weeks since his debut, that is, one month!

After-tax income of [-] million yen was absorbed in a month, and there will be more income in the future. If this is spread, it will definitely make people jealous.

Fortunately, the contracts signed by Cao Zhiqiang with Sada and Aiyin are confidential, and the contracts signed with record companies are all firms, so how much Cao Zhiqiang can actually get is an industry secret. It is difficult for outsiders to find out the details.

Especially for the song "Tsunami", because the signed "Aiyin Office" is a husband-and-wife store jointly opened by Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina, the content will not be leaked.

In fact, only Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina knew the details of the contract signed between Cao Zhiqiang and Aine, and even the two assistants Nakamori Akina recruited did not know the details.

On the contrary, it is the song "君がいるだけで", because the original contract was signed by Sada Office, there is a certain risk of leakage, but normally, this possibility is not high.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang and Masashi Sada are good friends, and Masashi Sada is a good person, very loyal, and he will not be jealous for money, and it is not good for him to leak it, so Masashi Sada is unlikely to leak it.

In short, just the song "Tsunami" made Cao Zhiqiang, no, the name "Senzhong Qingquan" instantly changed from a big hit to a super hot one.

With Cao Zhiqiang's current popularity in Japan, not to mention that he is well-known in Japan, but he is also well-known.

Even the Hong Kong and Taiwan regions know the name "Senaka Qingquan" and the songs "Kimi がいるだけで" and "Tsunami".

Therefore, purely from the singer's point of view, Cao Zhiqiang has gained a firm foothold in the Japanese music scene in just one month with two songs.

Although there is still a long way to go to dominate the Japanese music scene, at least for the majority of Japanese, "Mori Naka Aoizumi" is no longer regarded as an outsider.

(End of this chapter)