Huayu started from the fairy sword

Chapter 32 Sales are booming, and pirated copies are released!

It's Saturday, 11:[-] am.

Two young girls came to Lao Zhang's video store.

In fact, Lao Zhang is not old, he is only in his thirties, less than forty years old, but in the eyes of a group of young customers, this middle-aged man who has gained weight is already an old man.

"Boss, do you have Cao Jun's "Fairy Tale" here?"

"There are some."

In other words, from the morning till now, several fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls have come to the store and asked to buy the "Fairy Tale" record.

Lao Zhang also learned to be smart, so he simply put the record "Fairy Tale" under the table, and he can take it out whenever anyone wants it.

When two young girls saw the record "Fairy Tale", they were instantly attracted by Cao Jun's record cover.

"Wow, Jun Cao is so handsome, a bit like Wilber Pan, and a bit like Jay Chow."

"Fart, he is much more handsome than Wilber Pan and Jay Chou. Wilber Pan and Jay Chou are not handsome at all. I think he looks more like Louis Koo."

"When you say that, it seems a bit like Gu Tianle, but he is much whiter than Gu Tianle, and Gu Tianle is so dark."

"..."

Seeing these two girls being nympho in front of him, Lao Zhang became a little impatient, and said to himself, do you two buy it or not? If you don't buy it, just shut up.

As a music lover, Lao Zhang still loves music very much in his bones. What he hates the most is the so-called fans who only pay attention to the singer's appearance and don't like the singer's music, which simply tarnishes the music.

Like Lao Zhang himself, he prefers the powerful singer Jacky Cheung, and doesn't like the three idol kings Liming, Aaron Kwok, and Andy Lau.

Lao Zhang also likes the hottest Dao Lang during this period, and the song "Punishment of Impulse" is played the most every day, because every time he hears this song, he can't help but think of some frivolous past events in the past.

However, in the face of reality, Lao Zhang also had to bow his head, and had to admit that handsome idol singers like Cao Jun were indeed quite popular in the past two years.

Among the idol singers of this type, the one with the most outstanding sales is the high-quality idol Huang Leehom. Lao Zhang thinks that he is very ordinary, his singing is too ostentatious, and his lyrics are not deep enough.

But the method, the current recording industry, under the impact of the Internet, is already Wang Erer's Chinese New Year, and every year is not as good as every year. In order to support his family, Lao Zhang has to go against his original intention.

However, due to reasons such as the Internet and anti-piracy, the price of genuine records in mainland China has dropped to a very low price.

Cao Jun's "Fairy Tale" is priced at 25 yuan, which is a relatively modest price, neither expensive nor cheap.

The cheapest genuine records on the market only cost 20 yuan, and tapes are even cheaper, only a dozen yuan at most.

But even so, the sales of Chinese-language records have been falling all the way, and the really good ones are Taiwanese singers such as Zhou Jielun, Pan Weibo, and Huang Leehom.

The singers in Xiangjiang, including the Four Heavenly Kings, basically can't sell their records in the mainland.

As for mainland singers, there is a singer who can sell records, and that is the most popular singer at the moment.

Daolang's record sales, if pirated copies are counted, may be higher than the combined sales of all mainland first-line singers.

Ironically, a group of mainland singers didn't buy it, and even formed a group to criticize Dao Lang in public.

Na Ying said that Dao Lang's music does not have an aesthetic point of view, and those who listen to his songs are all farmers.

Wang Feng said that Dao Lang became popular because everyone was tired of listening to delicate songs, and they would feel fresh when listening to rough songs.

Yang Kun said, does he have music?His songs simply set Huaguo pop music back 15 years!
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Of course, not all mainland singers sneer at Dao Lang.

Li Jian, for example, admires Dao Lang's music very much and once supported Dao Lang in public.

In addition, many Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, including Luo Dayou, Alan Tam, Li Zongsheng and other big names, are full of praise for Dao Lang's music.

And CCTV also spoke highly of Dao Lang: "Harken and vicissitudes, it sounds like a desert wind and sand weather-beaten feeling, and the style of everyone in the pop music circle is different. Listening to his voice is like wind and sand blowing from the desert of the Western Regions, so It is also known as the customs of the Western Regions, the prodigal son of the Western Regions, and the sound of the Western Regions."

Just as Lao Zhang was thinking wildly, one of the girls suddenly asked, "Boss, how much is this record?"

Lao Zhang came back to his senses and said, "25 yuan."

Hearing the price, the girl hesitated and said, "Why is it so expensive?"

"It's not expensive anymore, the price of the original record is like this, and his poster is used in it."

Hearing Lao Zhang's last words, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she took out the money and said, "Boss, I bought it!"

After receiving the money, Lao Zhang looked at the excited girl and asked curiously, "Is the song "Fairy Tale" good?"

"It sounds good! It's touching! Many students in our class like to listen to this song."

Lao Zhang took advantage of the situation and said: "If it sounds good, you can help promote it. If you fans buy more of his records, he will be able to sing more good songs for you to listen to."

"I know the boss, I will help promote it."

After today's few waves of guests, Lao Zhang didn't dare to underestimate Cao Jun and his record "Fairy Tale".

Lao Zhang took the initiative to put Cao Jun's "Fairy Tale" in the most prominent position, side by side with Dao Lang's "The First Snow in 2002".

Immediately afterwards, while there was no one in the store, Lao Zhang quietly turned on the computer, searched the song "Fairy Tale" on the Internet, and listened to it from beginning to end.

Having opened a video store for several years, Lao Zhang dare not say how strong his music appreciation is, but he still has a professional sense of what songs sell well.

After listening to "Fairy Tale" once, Lao Zhang immediately concluded that the song "Fairy Tale" had a chance to become a hit.

Taking advantage of the time when the pirated version of "Fairy Tale" had not yet appeared, Lao Zhang immediately called the record dealer and bought 100 copies of "Fairy Tale" in one go.

After all, it was a small business, and Lao Zhang didn't dare to be too greedy, for fear that he would buy too much at one time, and the record would suddenly become unsalable, and he would lose a lot if he couldn't sell it.

A similar experience happened before, and Lao Zhang still remembers it vividly, and he dare not take it easy again.

As a result, what Lao Zhang didn't expect was that the 100 copies of "Fairy Tale" he bought were all sold out in less than a week.

However, the first 10 copies of Warner Records and the 5 albums in preparation soon bottomed out, and they were about to run out of stock.

Warner Records is indeed a major record company. Seeing that the record "Fairy Tale" was more popular than expected, they immediately arranged for workers to work overtime to record a new record.

During this week, Cao Jun also appeared on channel[V] and several other music programs, ranking for the song "Fairy Tale".

And the song "Fairy Tale", also relying on its good popularity, quickly rushed to the top of the list as a dark horse on the major music charts!
At the same time, the on-demand rate of "Fairy Tale" on the radio was astonishingly high, and pirated records of "Fairy Tale" also became popular in the market.

Usually, the time difference between genuine and pirated versions is about a week.

This week is not the time left by the pirates to the genuine ones, and the pirates have no such conscience at all.

Therefore, the pirated version of the record "Fairy Tale" came a little later, and the pirated version appeared on the tenth day.

The main reason why the pirates didn't take any action is because Cao Jun is a rookie singer with no fan base.

Now that Cao Jun has suddenly become popular, the pirates are not sure whether Cao Jun is a flash in the pan, or whether he can continue to be popular for a while.

After market testing and investigation, the pirates determined that it was profitable, and then began large-scale piracy of the "Fairy Tale" record.

In the words of industry insiders, whether a record is popular depends on whether it is pirated. The appearance of pirated records of "Fairy Tale" also indicates that Cao Jun's record "Fairy Tale" is really popular!

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