Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

“To all my friends

The night is young Ye Weiyang

The music's loud乐伟昇

They playing our song

Nowhere else that I belong I just want to be here with you, I don’t want to go anywhere else

......"

Singing rang out from the car stereo.

The assistant handed Chen Qiming his itinerary while listening to the music.

“The promotion for The Matrix has already begun.

Warner hopes that we can cooperate with the promotion for more time.

But for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" you only took one week off, and it's been four days now.

If we want to stay longer in North America, we need to call Director Ang Lee to ask for leave.

Do you need me to call to ask for leave? "

Chen Qiming took the itinerary, looked at it briefly, then shook his head and said:

"The filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is very tight and cannot be delayed. If it is delayed any longer, "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" will be postponed.

Inform Warner that I may not care about The Matrix.

I believe they can understand.

Moreover, my record has just been released recently, and there is no other promotion that can match the exposure that the record brings to the market. "

These two months have definitely been Chen Qiming's busiest days in the past two years.

Records, movie releases and film shoots all rolled into one.

It has been about four months since the filming of "The Matrix" ended, and the post-production phase has basically been completed.

Warner plans to release it in September.

This way, we can take advantage of the popularity of Chen Qiming's album and reduce a lot of promotional expenses.

Warner's calculations were very good, and they also wanted to use the popularity of Chen Qiming's album to increase the exposure of the movie.

On the other hand, they also want Chen Qiming to travel around to promote the movie to expand his exposure advantage.

But Chen Qiming has no time.

First of all, the record has just been released, so he definitely needs to cooperate in holding a certain number of signing events.

In addition, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also in a critical period of filming.

Although Chen Qiming doesn't take this movie too seriously.

But since he has acted and has a certain amount of investment, he will complete his life instead of just half-heartedly doing it.

The other one is "Zheng He's Voyages to the West", which is the largest investment project of Pacific Entertainment since its establishment. Pacific Entertainment has invested a lot of money and energy in it.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the project, Chen Qiming will definitely join the team and start filming this project in mid-September.

Therefore, Chen Qiming will basically be absent from the promotion of "The Matrix".

Not entirely absent.

Anyway, he will definitely not be able to participate in most of the promotional activities. He can only catch today's flight to North America, help with the two preliminary promotions, and rush back in three days.

"I'm afraid Warner won't agree!" the assistant hesitated and said.

"They will agree." Chen Qiming said, rubbing his head.

Chen Qiming very much recognized what Jet Li said on the show in his dream.

In Hollywood, as long as you have results, popularity and box office.

Those company bosses will treat you like a father.

If not, then no matter you call him dad or mom, they will not have the slightest mercy on you.

As for the current Chen Qiming, he is definitely at his most prosperous now.

Whether in Asia or Hollywood, he has never failed.

When he has never failed and still has huge box office appeal, even if Warner is dissatisfied with him, it will not do anything to him.

Instead, he will accommodate him everywhere.

Moreover, after all, Chen Qiming is no longer an ordinary actor.

He even invested in The Matrix. He now has complete autonomy to decide whether to attend film promotions.

Of course, as one of the investors in this drama.

Chen Qiming must also hope that this drama will succeed.

It's just that he was too busy to take time off.

In addition, his album is currently hot on the market, which is when the media and fans are paying the most attention. As long as a little bit of news is released, the attention of "The Matrix" will skyrocket.

In this case, it doesn't really matter whether he participates in the film's promotional activities or not.

Because of his record, his own publicity and exposure is already huge, not inferior to or even better than following the crew's publicity.

……

That afternoon, Chen Qiming landed in Los Angeles.

As soon as he got off the plane, Chen Qiming participated in two activities in Los Angeles without stopping.

One was a record promotion event, and the other was participating in a TV interview with the crew.

Among them, the record event was a local music festival in Los Angeles. Invited by the organizer, Chen Qiming made the finale and sang "Whataya Want from Me" from the new album.

Although Chen Qiming's new album only has four English songs.

But these four songs of his were all very popular after the album was released.

Two days after the record was released, the song received very good on-demand results on major radio stations in major states in the United States.

Plus sales.

On the fifth day after the album was released, when the American Billboard charts were announced, all four English songs in this album were on the Billboard charts.

Among them, "Animals" even landed in the top ten of Billboard, ranking eighth.

"Here With You" and "Whataya Want from Me" also performed well, ranking 25th and 31st respectively.

On the other hand, "Wait for You", the quality of this song is actually good, but it is slightly behind the other three songs in terms of popularity, and it is currently only ranked 71st.

Of course, judging from Chen Qiming's past results.

It is not surprising that the four English songs in his album have achieved this result.

You know, he has been ranked No. 1 on Billboard several times in the past few years.

In fact, since the 90s, the song that has been at the top of the Billboard charts for the longest time is "My Heart Will Go On".

With these achievements, it is not surprising that a song from his album, which sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide within one day of its release, landed in the top ten of the Billboard.

But there is another thing that is very eye-catching.

Not only did it attract the attention of European and American media, but even Chen Qiming paid great attention to this matter.

The thing is, he has a Chinese song airborne on the bulletin board.

"Too Much", a Mandarin song, debuted at No. 97 on Billboard that week.

The ranking is not high, at the bottom of the top 100 list, and looks like it will fall off at any time.

But the song's entry into the list is even more important to Chen Qiming than "Animals" reaching the top ten.

This is the first time that Chen Qiming has a Mandarin song on the Billboard Hot 100 list.

At the same time, it is also the first Chinese song to enter the list since the establishment of Billboard.

The first Chinese song to enter the North American Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The significance of this is absolutely huge.

Although Chen Qiming has been called a billboard brush in recent years, whenever an album is released, English songs will inevitably appear on the billboard.

But Chinese songs are different.

It is undeniable that the song "Too Many" is absolutely top-notch in terms of quality and popularity.

But when it comes to song quality, innovation, and popularity.

There are definitely many of Chen Qiming's previous songs that go beyond "Too Many".

But none of the other songs entered the Billboard Hot 100.

Even Chen Qiming's Chinese album was once very popular in Europe and the United States, and it was once on the album sales list.

However, his Chinese songs have never appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs list.

But this time, "Too Much" is on the list.

This illustrates something very important.

That is, it proves that Chen Qiming's influence in Europe and the United States has expanded to a very high position.

Under the influence of this influence, more and more European and American listeners began to listen to Chinese songs because of Chen Qiming. If this trend continues to develop.

The second Chinese song on the Billboard, the third, or even the fourth song on the Billboard is obviously not a distant thing.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, being on the Billboard is just an honor.

But the reality is more than that.

This represents the spread of Chinese culture around the world.

Represents international recognition of China.

The so-called cultural export refers to the use of culture to influence people in other civilized countries and make them accept foreign culture.

Why does Laos and the United States have such a solid position internationally?

The powerful guns must be an important reason.

But you can't deny that Hollywood blockbusters also play a role that cannot be ignored.

It is precisely the frequent export of Hollywood blockbusters and European and American songs to other countries that makes many ordinary people increasingly yearn for old America, even to the point of worshiping foreign countries.

What's more important is that culture can be a subtle way of making trouble to people.

When you come into contact with a culture more, you will slowly get to know it.

The more you understand him, the more you will absorb him, then identify with him, and finally gradually become one of them.

Of course, Chen Qiming will definitely not reach that level.

But there is a precedent for him to be on the billboard this time.

Later, more and more European and American fans began to listen to Chinese songs.

Slowly, it is not certain that Chinese culture will even penetrate into Europe and the United States.

Closer to home.

It was only two days after Chen Qiming's Too Much hit the Billboard.

Word spread quickly back to China that his Chinese song was on Billboard.

This incident has aroused a lot of attention in China.

Ordinary fans may just regard this as an honor and don't care too much.

But among peers, this is a very remarkable achievement.

Chen Qiming received many calls from colleagues.

Without exception, everyone congratulates him.

It can be heard that these people are sincerely congratulating him.

And that’s why.

In fact, it is also related to the fact that Chen Qiming's move has brought benefits to everyone.

Just like after Bruce Lee became successful in Hollywood, Hong Kong films quickly gained popularity around the world.

Chen Qiming's previous record sales have exploded, and his fame has brought a lot of survival opportunities for Chinese singers in Europe and the United States.

This time, his Chinese songs were on the Billboard, further tearing open the ground and creating more soil.

It is said that the day after "Too Much" appeared on the Billboard, many international record companies saw the benefits.

I think Chinese songs may have a good market in Europe and the United States.

I have begun to frequently cooperate with record companies in Asia, and I want to introduce some Chinese records to Europe and the United States on a large scale.

Even the impact of "Too Much"'s appearance on Billboard went beyond that.

Many fans who don't like Chinese songs actually started to buy Chinese records frequently in the world in the next few days.

Among them, Chen Qiming's Chinese albums have undoubtedly benefited the most.

In just two weeks, his inventory of Chinese records in Europe and the United States was completely wiped out.

In two weeks, his Chinese records have sold more than 900,000 copies in North America, which is extremely popular.

In addition to him, many other singers with classic songs have also made a lot of money from their albums.

Among them, the person with the best sales performance in Europe and the United States is none other than Jacky Cheung, who officially had a classic showdown with Chen Qiming in the Chinese-speaking region.

Polygram... no, it should be called Universal Music now.

Just at the beginning of this year, PolyGram Records officially became history. It was officially acquired by Universal Music Group, and all its properties and singer wealth were transferred to Universal Music Group.

Among them is Jacky Cheung.

As the current top brother of PolyGram Hong Kong and Taiwan, Jacky Cheung's contract was transferred to Universal after the establishment of Universal Music Group.

After Chen Qiming's "Too Many" appeared on the Billboard, Chinese songs set off a listening frenzy in Europe and the United States.

Universal Music immediately seized the opportunity and began to promote Jacky Cheung in newspapers and the media.

In their promotion, Jacky Cheung is one of the most famous singers in China.

He is one of Chen Qiming's biggest rivals in the country.

They are neck and neck.

Although this kind of publicity is somewhat shameless.

Everyone in China knows that there is a big gap between Jacky Cheung and Chen Qiming.

But foreigners don’t know.

Chen Qiming is already very good internationally and has a large number of fans.

After being promoted by Universal Music and seeing the news, these fans immediately became interested in Jacky Cheung.

Everyone is thinking, who is this person who can actually tie with Chen Qiming.

As a result, a large number of Chen Qiming's fans immediately began to buy Jacky Cheung's records.

Find this.

Hey!
Good guy, this guy has a lot of records and a lot of classic songs. Although I don’t understand them, the melodies are really good.

To be honest, even Chen Qiming has to admit that Universal has done a good job in publicity.

When they publicize, they not only highlight the statement that Jacky Cheung is equal to Chen Qiming in China.

There is no mention that many of Jacky Cheung's songs are covers of Japanese songs.

But Japanese songs actually don’t have much audience in Europe and the United States.

Then, after listening to Jacky Cheung's records, these fans subconsciously felt that all the songs in his records were original, and they never thought that those songs were adapted covers of Japanese songs.

Then, in Europe and the United States, many fans actually believed that Jacky Cheung was as good as Chen Qiming in film and television.

As a result, Jacky Cheung's old records have become a hit in North America.

In fact, when Chen Qiming was having trouble with Universal and was promoting it, he could stand up.

But eventually he gave up on that approach.

First, he is really hard to say.

How to say? To put it bluntly, Jacky Cheung is actually inferior to me in China.

Others may say this kind of thing, but Chen Qiming, the person involved, really cannot say it. It will offend people and easily give fans the impression that he is crazy.

The second thing is that although Jacky Cheung and him are not very good friends, they don't have any big hatred.

It's not a big deal to let him take advantage of it to increase the influence of Chinese songs in Europe and the United States.

In addition, in order to increase the attention of European and American audiences to Jacky Cheung, Universal mentioned that Chen Qiming's "Take Me to Your Heart" was a cover of Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye" during promotions, in order to rub off on Chen Qiming.

For this matter, Jacky Cheung even called to apologize with a sincere attitude, saying that everything was the intention of the Propaganda Department.

Jacky Cheung's attitude was very sincere, and he said that when Chen Qiming was free, he would treat Chen Qiming to dinner and apologize in person.

People called to apologize and even set up a table.

If Chen Qiming is still fussy, he would be too stingy.

Moreover, he did cover "Kiss Goodbye", which is an indisputable fact.

Since it is a cover, it is reasonable for others to report it.

Therefore, Chen Qiming did not target Jacky Cheung for this reason.

Instead, he let him rub a wave of heat on her body.

He even took the initiative to praise him in public.

Consider it a help to him.

After all, they are all Chinese.

It seems that Jacky Cheung is coming to Europe and the United States to develop his career this time.

Chen Qiming didn't know exactly what he would do in the future, but that didn't stop him from helping him.

Just like when I helped John Woo and Andy Lau to gain a foothold in Europe and the United States.

(End of this chapter)