superstar director

Chapter 277 Disappointment (Two in One)

When Super Boy ended the promotion in Korea and came to Japan, the last stop of the global promotion, President Zheng and Kevin were discussing the release time of "Super Boy II" in Los Angeles.

From the very beginning of the plan, Super Boys wanted to create a global and super popular super boy group.

However, even Kevin and Mr. Zheng, as well as everyone in the company, did not expect that Super Boy would suddenly become popular to the present level.

Nowadays, the popularity of Super Boy is like a virus, spreading rapidly all over the world. With just one album, it has swept all the music charts in the world.

Whether it is the singles chart or the album chart, the name of the new group Super Boys is always on the top spot. Not only are the sales soaring and popularity soaring, but the songs in the album have also been well received by many professional organizations and media.

Based on the current word-of-mouth and sales volume of this album, everyone knows that this "Super Boy I" will definitely be a big hit in the major music awards this year, and the super boy who won the award will gain both fame and fortune and dominate Music world!
The rise of Super Boy is too fast and the popularity is too fierce. Even though Kevin’s previous plans have been changed and changed, they still can’t keep up with the rapid rise in popularity of Super Boy in the world. Too enthusiastic, the album sales were too fast, so they had to let Ning Cheng and the others go.

And in some places, the albums have already sold out before the Super Boys came to promote them. Now the factories under Universal Music and Huijie Records are working overtime to print albums day and night, and the whole company is busy all the time. , but no one is dissatisfied, because everyone knows that what will be busy is their performance and their bonuses.

Now that the first album has been released for nearly a month, Kevin finally has time to think about Superboy’s next activities, so he remembered that there is still an album of “Superboy II” in the company’s warehouse , So, he immediately discussed with Mr. Zheng, and wanted to release this album as soon as Super Boy came back. Taking advantage of the popularity of the first album, he didn't need to promote it at all, and sent it directly to audiovisuals all over the world. shop on it.

However, Mr. Zheng disagrees. He thinks that the reason why Super Boys are so popular now is because the quality of the first album is too good. Among them, Ning Sheng's lyrics and music should account for more than half of the credit. If the second album is released at this time, in case fans If you feel that it is not as good as the first album, you will feel cheated. Breaking the current perfect state of Super Boy is destroying the current popularity of Super Boy!

"Do you think there is a problem with the quality of the songs carefully selected by our Universal Music?" Kevin asked dissatisfied.

Mr. Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't mean that, but you also saw it in the debut performance at the music festival. The audience's favorite is the song by Ning Sheng, and although the two works provided by Universal are not bad, However, they are not as popular as Ning Sheng's works. Now that Super Boys have a rare time when their first album has both word-of-mouth and sales, I think we should find a way to stabilize their current super popularity and put The songs, with twelve songs from the first album, are enough for this year, and it won’t be too late to release them next year when their popularity stabilizes and their status in the music world is confirmed, right?”

Kevin disagreed and retorted, "Zheng, your thinking is too conservative. We agreed at the beginning of this project to create a super boy group that is better than all the groups today. It’s so good, now we’re going to add another fire to make Super Boy even more popular and popular. It’s best to make fans feel that Super Boy is an omnipotent, invincible combination created by God. We must give all fans a kind of , Our Super Boys are different from those other music groups, they are stronger than them, have a better feeling, this is important, isn't it?"

Mr. Zheng was puzzled and said, "The popularity and popularity of Super Boys has surpassed all music groups. Their global popularity has long been beyond our imagination. I think the goal we set at the beginning has been achieved. What we need to do now It is to stabilize their position, gather these huge but still loose popularity into solid fans, and release an album in a hurry, unless they are sure that they are as popular as their first album, otherwise, the gain outweighs the loss!"

"Our album is selected from thousands of works in the whole company. The quality is unquestionable. We are not fans. How do you know that fans will not like it? Even the two songs performed at the music festival It's just a little worse than Ning Sheng's champion. There are twelve songs in the album, even the first album is not all champion singles. So, Zheng, you should be bolder and more confident in our strength. Think about it, if our second album can be the same as the first album, even if it is worse, but as long as we release a few more championship singles and sell more than [-] million, then the status and popularity of Super Boys will not need us What more, they will be called the historical miracle of pop music, the miracle we shaped together!"

Kevin's emotional speech did not impress Mr. Zheng, but it made Mr. Zheng understand that Kevin was determined to release his second album, and it would be useless for him to refuse, especially since he knew in his heart that Kai The reason why Wen insisted on releasing the second album was that apart from what he said just now, there was another reason, although they didn't say it, but they all knew it in their hearts.

That is profit, how much profit can an album that can sell for 1000 million, 3000 million, or even [-] million make for the company?Everyone knows this matter well, and few people will be indifferent to the profit of more than [-] million.Not to mention, if what Kevin longed for really comes true, not to mention the benefits and honors it will bring, it will make one's blood boil just thinking about it!

Super Boys was sent off by tens of thousands of Japanese fans at the Tokyo International Airport. Tokyo dispatched more than [-] police officers, plus hundreds of security guards, and finally sent the five of Ning Cheng onto the plane safely.

The enthusiasm of the Japanese fans, even after the plane took off, Ning Cheng and the others seemed to be able to hear the screams from the ground, which was really surprising.

With the end of their global promotion, Super Boy's first album "Super Boy I" finally ushered in the first month's total sales statistics.

In North America, a total of [-] million copies were sold in a month.

In Europe, a total of [-] million copies were sold in a month.

In Asia, a total of [-] million copies were sold in a month.

In the first month of the world, the total sales volume was 500 million copies, and the sales volume in the fourth week was very explosive. In addition to the promotion of Super Boy, the two record companies worked together to provide timely shortage of supply for many merchants who were out of stock.It is equivalent to the fourth week, and the sales of many fans who failed to buy the album due to out-of-stock in the first three weeks were also included.

The monthly sales volume of an album reaches 500 million copies. In this world, there is no other album except the "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, the king of pop music.

In addition, this "Super Boy I" still firmly sits at the top of the music charts in various countries. Even some big names that were planning to release their films in the near future have silently postponed the release date of their new albums. All the media are reporting that Super Boy's debut album has won the championship for the fourth consecutive week, and then, how long can it persist before abdicating?

Before the media ran out of news, Universal Music suddenly announced the release of "Superboy II"!

"Have the people from Universal Music gone crazy?" Those who got the news said this immediately.

However, soon, as the album began to be distributed around the world, and some MVs that were filmed earlier were even broadcast on TV, so everyone's attention was once again attracted by Super Boy's second album.

This time, Ning Sheng and the others did not have a large-scale publicity campaign, not only was it too tiring, it was also unnecessary.

Ning Sheng doesn't care about the release of this second album. With the popularity of Super Boy and the sales volume of the first album, it doesn't matter even if the second album is directly abolished. It's just more negative reviews.

However, for some other singers who want to release a film, it's like ten thousand beasts rushing past. Is this going to force everyone to push their albums to the next year?

The people from Universal Music announced that the second album was recorded together with the first one. In order to ensure the supply of the first album, the second album is only released now.

Although their arguments are reasonable, they are not reasonable.Which record company will record two albums directly for a rookie group?Those newcomers are the illegitimate sons of the company boss and they didn't do that, did they?

Don't use one album to test whether the fans like it, but just drop two albums. This is purely a waste of money, right?
Not only the media, which always like to guess wildly, doesn't believe it, but many fans don't believe it, but it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, the most important thing is the quality of the album.

Under the premise that the first album of Super Boy has a good reputation, is the second album recorded at the same time also of the same high quality?

Just one week later, "Superboy I" is still at the top of the US Billboard album chart, while "Superboy II" is at the third place. It seems pretty good, although not as good as the first album. Yes, it sold 70 copies in the United States in the first week.

In the top ten of the singles list, the top five are still the five champion singles from "Super Boy I" taking turns to sit on the bank. In the remaining six to ten, there are two songs from "Super Boy I", but none. A song from Superboy II.The list went down, and in the top [-], two songs from "Super Boy II" finally appeared.

But that's all, the other songs of "Super Boy II" after that, the results are even worse.

Because of the good reputation of the first album and the current popularity of Super Boy, the first week of "Super Boy II" is not the first week of other albums. The sales of "Super Boy II" should explode in the first week. Its highest sales volume is because many fans will subconsciously buy "Super Boy II" because of "Super Boy I".

However, today's data is really disappointing.

""Super Boy II" is like the dwarf younger brother of "Super Boy I". Disappointing!" -- American Music News.

"If "Super Boy I" can score [-] points, or even a perfect score of [-], then "Super Boy II" can score up to six points. Although the quality of this album is actually not bad, however, look at its name, it is " The sequel to Superboy I is the same, but the results are not comparable at all. It’s like eating a top-notch western food, and then you are served a hamburger directly. Together, it is disappointing!" - Los Angeles Entertainment News.

""Super Boy II" not only disappoints in the United States, but also cannot compare with "Super Boy I" in many countries around the world. Only some small countries, such as South Korea, Norway and other countries, have sold well because of the popularity of the first album. However, in China, in the UK, and in Japan, they are all disappointing. Word-of-mouth cannot compare with the first album, especially in the hearts of fans. The second album cannot be compared with the first at all. It's like buying a fake Superboy album!" -- American Gossip Weekly.

Amidst the criticism, "Super Boy II" ushered in the second week of its release. As soon as the results were announced, the media all over the world laughed!
"Superboy II" sold 430 million copies worldwide in the first week, and sold [-] copies worldwide in the second week!A cliff-like plunge, although some professional music magazines gave this album a not low score, it is above average.

However, fans are not professional music critics, and they don't analyze and analyze a song. They simply like it if they like it, and if they don't like it, they don't like it.

The impression of global fans on this second album is that they don't like it. Compared with the beautiful songs in the first album, it is far worse.It’s not that there aren’t any good songs, but even the best songs in the second album are not as good as the songs in the first album, not to mention, the first album has won every capital in some small countries The champion is also in the top ten or top twenty rankings on other big country lists.

As the saying goes, if there is no comparison, there will be no harm. If the two albums were released in reverse order, they might receive a lot of praise. However, when people listen to the first album first and then the second, it feels completely different.

It’s like people say, it’s easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant to frugal. Everyone has good songs, who would like to listen to something they don’t like, especially when the release date of the two albums is so close, everyone gave up buying the second album. The practice is understandable!

"The sales of Super Boy's second album are sluggish, and the rapid and explosive momentum is as if they have hit a wall. It is a pity that they suddenly stopped!" ---Tokyo Entertainment News.

"Everyone noticed that the lyrics and music of the best-selling first album were arranged by Ning Sheng, while the lyrics and music of the second album that sold poorly were made by a bunch of outsiders! So the failure of the second album is only the failure of Universal Music, not the failure of Universal Music. Ning Sheng's, on the contrary, proves Ning Sheng's musical talent and extraordinary value, this is the pride of our Chinese musicians!" --- Huaxia Music News!
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