Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 218: Reaching the Top of the Gods
First week album sales 1680 million!!!
This data made the entire Asian music scene speechless.

Weekly Bunshun was the first media outlet to speak out. They printed "1680 million" on the entire page and gave it a headline.

"The Oda Nobunaga of Japanese music, who can stop him? ! ! "

This report was like opening Pandora's box. Almost all Japanese media gave the band the front page. Even many social, economic and financial media came to take advantage of the popularity...

Apart from mainland Japan, media in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, South Korea and Southeast Asia have also made a lot of corresponding reports.

Following Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries...

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For the first time, South Korea's Koryo Ilbo added "Asia's Top Band" to the prefix of the Beast Band, and added "Asia's Dark Superstar" to the report on Bunta Takakura.

The Koryo Ilbo was founded after the March 1 Independence Movement in South Korea and is one of the oldest newspapers in South Korea.

According to the paid quantity statistics of the Korean ABC Association, the sales volume of Koryo Ilbo ranks first in all cities and provinces in South Korea except Busan and Daegu, with more than 1000 million subscribers.

“Nearly a quarter of the nation’s citizens read the Koryo Ilbo’s reports every day,” “Its influence has surpassed the power of the Blue House.” “South Korea has a well-deserved “1” (first newspaper).”

The front page and editorials of the Koryo Ilbo are closely watched by the media and citizens every day and can influence the direction of public opinion.

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After the report of the Koryo Ilbo, other major Korean media also called the Beasts "Asia's No. 1 Band" and Takakura Bunta "Dark Superstar"...

South Korea's KBS TV station also randomly selected 100 passers-by in Gangnam District for a spot check. The vast majority of them knew the band Beasts or had heard the band's songs, and most of them were young people.

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Apart from the superstars who experienced the golden age of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and the Showa idol era in Japan, the only foreign new generation artist in Korea who can have the influence of the Beasts Band is Bunta Takakura of the Beasts Band.

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On the evening of April 4, the Beasts band and their new album "Ainu" appeared on CCTV's "News Broadcast".

As the most influential news program in the Red Earth Continent, it is an iconic news program whose ratings have long topped the list of TV programs. In the 20s, its average ratings were over 90%.

The program spent 1 minute and 20 seconds mentioning the latest progress of the Red Earth Continent's accession to the WTO, becoming a signatory to the Kyoto Treaty and further reducing barriers to cultural imports.

The hot sales of the Beasts band in the mainland market, which broke the Asian music sales record in the first week, was regarded as a benchmark event for further opening up the entertainment market in the red earth mainland.

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At the end of the 20th century, the Red Earth Continent was in a critical period of economic reform. After opening its doors, the country and its people were faced with a huge gap with the rest of the world, which caused severe ideological shocks and the collapse of their beliefs...

The latest discoveries in Hokkaido archaeology;
the blood connection and friendly remarks from the lead singer of the band Hundred Beasts;
Hokkaido develops a new fruit economy and provides a large number of immigration quotas;

There is also the massive investment made by the Gaocang Group in semiconductor industrial parks in Luzhou, Chuncheng, and Huozhou, which provide tens of thousands of high-paying jobs;

All these have made both the government and the public have a very high favorable impression of Takakura Bunta...

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However, the Beasts band does not have time to care about news from various countries now. They have to start promoting their new album and rehearse for the concert at the same time.

Because the sales in the early stage were so explosive, the rankings soared all the way and topped various charts.

This resulted in many of One Piece Entertainment's original promotional plans having to be changed.

One piece entertainment company simply took the safe route and made steady progress.

Relevant concerts were arranged for the Beast Band, and autograph sessions were held in Hokkaido, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Ryukyu, covering the entire country of Japan from north to south, completely conquering the Japanese market.

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The popularity of "Ainu People" gave One Piece Entertainment endless ambitions, and they set a goal of selling 100 million albums by the end of the year.

Moreover, a new dark gambling agreement was signed, targeting the remaining eastern Japan and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions.

The Beasts Band dominates the Hong Kong Jade Solid Gold Chart and the Iju Island G-Music Chart, so it is almost certain that they will win this dark bet agreement.
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If it was last year, if Bunta Takakura were to sign this dark agreement, he would surely be ridiculed by countless people.

However, this year, Bunta Takakura first won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival, and then the first-week sales of "Beasts" broke the Asian record.

It is also very possible that she will become the second person after Ikuko Iijima to acquire all the T20 resources in Japan in the 90s...

One piece Entertainment has set a goal of "100 million albums".

Among the fans, a bigger plan is brewing...

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Before the release of "Ainu" by Beasts.

The Chinese Music Charts (Mandarin version albums), Jade Solid Gold Charts (Cantonese version albums), Taiwan's g-music charts, South Korea's Melon Music Rankings, and the Oricon Charts are basically occupied by the hit songs of the Beasts band.

After the album was released, the remaining singles began to chart, and the ranking of the Beasts' singles continued to change.

On the second day after the album was released, "Lemon" was the first to enter the top ten, followed by "Fruits of Summer" and "Faith" on the third day.

However, it wasn't long before "Johnny wanna live" and "Ainu" were in a fierce battle for the top 10 in various charts.

The latest edition of Rolling Stone uses major Asian charts as its cover.

First: Lemon by Beasts
Second: "Blue Bird" by the Beast Band

Third: "Ten Years" by the Beast Band

Fourth: Morning Musume "Faster Time" (first time)
Fifth: "Fruits of Summer" by the Beasts Band

Sixth: "The Hard Ship" by the Beast Band

Seventh: "DESIRE -Passion-" by the Beasts Band

Eighth: "When" by Power Train

9. Johnny Wanna Live by Beast Band

Tenth: "Faith" by the Beast Band

Those who know it may think that this is a list of major pop music in Asia, while those who don't may think that it is a list of the top ten songs of 1998 selected by the fans of the band Beasts. What's more worth mentioning is that the eleventh place is "Ainu" by the band Beasts, and the twelfth place is "Girl A".

In other words, other Asian superstars, kings and queens, let alone threatening the top ten, even the top twelve have to overcome the "Girl A" hurdle.

The editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone wrote an article himself, saying that since he started working in the industry, he has never seen anyone have such terrifying dominance in the Asian music scene.

Even if there were, it was an era when multiple singers (groups) jointly dominated the charts, such as the "Tan Zhang Rivalry", the "Four Heavenly Kings", and the "Three Great Singers of the Showa Era".

It is rare to see a band like Beasts that can suppress all the Asian music giants with the power of one person.

It seems that Tetsuya Komuro's admission of inferiority and Hayashi Yoshiki's arrogant words are not just politeness, but the prophecy of the century.

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Rolling Stone magazine still has a lot of weight in the current music scene.

With the editor-in-chief's personal seal of approval, coupled with the astonishing sales and terrifying chart-topping performance of "Ainu", many people have acknowledged the Beasts' status as "Asia's No. 1 Band".

But the fans of the Beasts band were not satisfied. If they wanted to dominate the charts, they would have taken up all the top ten spots in one go. Now they only got eight spots, which is neither fish nor fowl.

If these ten songs from the new album of the Beasts band monopolize the top ten of the charts, it will truly create a historic achievement unprecedented in the Asian music scene.

Even if it only lasts for one day, even if someone else can do it in the future, the Beasts band will always be the first legendary band to dominate the top ten of the charts.

It is impossible to verify who first proposed this idea. We only know that it was initiated in the entertainment version of Telegram's Beast Band group and received widespread response in a very short time.

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A large number of fans spontaneously signed up to participate, calling TV stations and radio stations to request songs and help them get on the charts.

It did play a certain role in the early stages, successfully squeezing out Power Train's "Dang".

However, because fans from various Asian countries are working independently in Telegram groups and the members are scattered, it is difficult for them to form a joint force.

The group "ファーストタイム" (First Time) wanted to beat the fourth-place Morning Musume, but failed in several attempts.

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At the critical moment, One Piece Entertainment's powerful singer fan club and support group began to play a role.

Bunta Takakura used the 21st Century fan circle operation methods from his previous life to guide One Piece Entertainment Company to form a relatively systematic management and operation method.

One piece Entertainment's fan ecosystem has established a series of quasi-official activity groups on Telegram.

There are twelve language translation groups, a voting group, a data group, a fan group, a research group, an original content group, and so on.

There are also more than 30 support groups including the legal group, reading group, psychological group, recipe group, charity group, etc., with perfect division of labor and covering all content areas, which can provide multi-faceted image and brand output for idols.

Systematic official fan clubs have significant advantages. As the only fan club connected to the company, they can concentrate their efforts on major events, fundraising, blogging, and data collection.

There is a huge difference between regular troops and guerrillas...

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Moreover, fans of other companies operate fan clubs and support groups for the purpose of raising funds.

For example, Morning Musume debuted on TV Tokyo's variety show "Asakusa-bashi Gokaban" and raised 2000 million yen through the fan club.

In the previous talent show "Penguin 101", many contestants raised tens of millions of yuan from fans in the later stages, and the total amount of funds raised announced in the finals was as high as 3 million.

One piece Entertainment’s fans operate a fan club and support group, which also has a funding group.

Metaverse Planning Co., Ltd. used the money earned from the smuggled "new fruit economy" to launder the money through fan-operated fan clubs and support groups under One Piece Entertainment.

One piece Entertainment's fan-operated fan clubs and support groups have annual funding targets that must be spent.

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This action gradually evolved from a private activity to an official one.

The fan club and support group of the Beasts band suddenly received a sponsorship of 25 billion yen, and various joint peripheral products, radio charts, offline activities, charity fundraising, and promotional posters made it very successful.

With the participation of official fan support clubs and support groups, the number of direct participants in this action exceeded 10,000, and the number of indirect responders reached millions.

With so many people working together, they pushed Morning Musume's "Face Time" (First Time) down to eleventh place on the Oricon chart in a short period of time.

South Korea's Melon music rankings pushed "Resurrection" by the first-generation Korean boy band HOT, which was originally ranked second, out of the top ten.

Iju Island's G-Music chart eliminated Li Wen's "Good Mood" and Ren Xianqi's "Sad Pacific"

The Chinese music charts and Jade Solid Gold charts in the Red Earth Continent suppressed Nayoung's "Conquer", Andy Lau's "Stupid Kid" and Wang Wen's "Red Bean".

The music charts in other Asian countries also changed sides under the impact of the powerful fan base and support club of the Beasts band.

At this moment, 48 countries and regions in Asia, including the Red Earth Continent, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines.

The top ten of all major music charts are all named after the same singer - the Beast Band.

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On May 1998, 5, the Beasts band occupied the top ten of all major music charts for a whole day.

On the same day, the total sales of the album "Ainu" exceeded 5000 million copies.

The single dominated the top ten of the charts, the album sold 5000 million in the first month, and the charts and sales were both great. On this day, the Beasts band officially ascended to the top of the Asian music scene and became a legend.

On the same day, Akina Nakamori announced in an interview with NHK:
"Many friends learned the news through the fan clubs and support groups..."

"Thank you so much to the fans, I really appreciate it."

"I chose a way of life that I knew was very self-willed, but I still went my own way."

"For the past 20 years, the audience who have walked with me, please wish me happiness. I am most happy that you all wish me this."

"I will not let everyone down. I think I will live my life energetically and peacefully. Now (choked up)..."

"Now, no matter how many times I say thank you to everyone, I think it will be difficult to express my feelings. Thank you so much, please forgive my willfulness, I will definitely be happy..."

"Yes. After the Asian tour is over, I will officially retire..."

(End of this chapter)