Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

"Fumao Audio and Video Store needs to buy another 2,000 regular editions and 300 limited editions."

"Fujixia Video Chain needs to buy 100 limited editions and 800 regular editions."

"Sony is looking to buy 25,000 regular editions and all the remaining limited editions..."

It's already lunchtime, but most of the employees at Alan's record company are still busy.

Alan released her official album again after two years. Even though the company had estimated a good result, it was discovered that it had underestimated the sales of Alan's album.

Originally, nearly 300,000 albums had been pre-sold, and the company had prepared 100,000 regular edition albums and 5,000 limited edition albums. It was thought that this would be enough to cope with the enthusiasm of the fans, but when the notices for delivery were sent to the company one by one, everyone realized that they were still too naive.

The 100,000 copies were sold out in just half a day.

This is due to the contribution of Alan's fans. The fan club raised funds to subscribe to more than 20,000 albums, but the remaining albums were purchased spontaneously by passers-by.

Sitting in the office, Noda Kumaichi looked at the delivery orders one after another, and couldn't help but smile happily.

This is all money.

Although most of it will go into the company's account, as the company's president, he was pulled into the board of directors by Nie Wei a few years ago and was given a 5% dry stock dividend right, which means that 5% of this money will become his future dividend reward.

Although 5% is not much, in the face of huge sales figures, it will become a very huge and tempting number.

But after happiness, what remains is trouble.

"How much inventory do we have?" Noda Kumaichi asked his new secretary, a top student in his twenties who had just graduated from Waseda.

"There are about 50,000 sets of regular edition albums in the company's warehouse, and only 2,000 sets of limited edition. In the plan made by the company at the beginning, it was not thought that the limited edition would sell so well, so only 10,000 copies were made. :" The female secretary replied respectfully.

Looking at the girl's respectful attitude, Noda Kumaichi was filled with satisfaction.

A gifted student from Waseda University. When he was just a small musician, he didn't dare to look directly at such a good student who graduated from a famous university, because the other party was destined to become an elite class, earning a high salary, living in a duplex apartment, eating steak, holding red wine, and looking down on the people in this city.

Then his fate changed during a trip to China.

He knew that the home of this female secretary was a mobile duplex apartment, and she must have stood in front of the French window more than once and proudly looked down on the city, because she was now in the elite class, and the treatment she had exceeded more than 90% of the people in this city.

But so what?

She still had to lower her proud head in front of him, because he was the big man at the top of the pyramid in this city.

This thought passed through Noda Kumaichi's mind, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself, because he suddenly remembered the boss across the sea, that was the real big man, and compared with him, everything he had now was a little insignificant.

Thinking of this, Noda Kumaichi put away his slightly inflated heart and ordered in a deep voice: "Let the factory start working at full capacity immediately, and give me at least 300,000 regular editions and 20,000 limited edition albums within a week."

"Boss, this may not be easy." The female secretary did not immediately execute the order, but answered with some embarrassment.

Seeing Noda Kumaichi's dissatisfied eyes, she hurriedly explained: "Boss, the factory's production capacity is limited. It took us a full month to prepare stocks before, and we only have 500,000 copies of inventory. It may be possible to produce 300,000 regular editions in a week, but the limited edition requires a large number of supporting peripherals, which is not easy to do."

"Unless we are willing to give up quality and go to those small factories." The female secretary finally gave a suggestion in a low voice.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she was frightened by Noda Kumaichi in front of her. The boss, who had been expressionless, was like an angry lion at this moment, staring at her fiercely, as if he wanted to eat her.

"What are you talking about? We at Fanxing Records never do such tasteless things."

"Go tell those factories that we are willing to pay more and ask them to work for me 24 hours. In short, the goods on the market cannot be out of stock. This is likely to be the first physical album to exceed one million in 2010. We can't let Alan lose this honor because of our insufficient goods. If so, all of us will be sinners. Do you understand?"

"Understood, I'll do it immediately!" This time the secretary didn't say any nonsense, and quickly agreed and left Noda Kumaichi's office.

Although Noda Kumaichi increased the counterfeiting and the factory tried its best, it still couldn't stop the enthusiastic feedback from the fans. Three days after the album was released, it was out of stock in the market.

So far, the sales of Alan's new album have exceeded 600,000 copies. Counting the limited edition, it is almost close to 700,000.

Among the singers in Sakura Country in recent years, except for the current female group AKB, Alan, as a solo singer, has the well-deserved first place in the sales of this album, both male and female singers.

The key sales figures are still rising, and for a moment, the record market in Sakura Country seems to have returned to its heyday at the beginning of the new century, and all this is caused by Alan's new album.

Many professional musicians and a large number of fans have given their comments on Alan's new album.

Combining all the comments, it can be summed up in four words: healing and depressing.

There are songs that heal the human soul, but there are also songs that make people depressed. In the words of a professional music critic, this album is like a process of self-healing after Alan was injured.

It's like a sad story happened, and in the end she encouraged herself to break free from the sadness and return to normal life.

As expected by the company, the official version of the song "She Lived" was immediately well received after it was released, and another song "I Also Wanted to End It All" was also well received and was rated by musicians as a divine song that can help depressed patients get out of the haze.

However, the most popular song is the last song that Nie Wei sent from the UK, and the MV of this song is also the cover of this album.

Noda Kumaichi still clearly remembers how he felt when he first saw this comic.

At first glance, I didn't take it seriously and even wanted to laugh, because the style of the lambs and gray wolves drawn by Nie Wei was very humorous, even a little childish. I felt that the illustrations in fairy tales for children were more exquisite than these paintings.

Whether it was the lines, the relationship between light and dark, or the background, they were all too simple.

But when he hummed the song on the score while reading it for the second time, his mood unconsciously became a little sad.

He gradually discovered that this comic was not simple.

Although the lines were simple, they were full of childishness, but the story was a sad story. The lamb died, and the mother was immersed in sadness, hiding herself at home and unwilling to contact the outside world.

The lamb on the cloud who was about to go to heaven was also very sad after seeing it, so he wanted to go back to see his mother.

It shaved its wool and made it into a rope. In the process, it was discovered by the guard Mr. Wolf, but this did not stop the lamb's determination to go down.

Finally, the lamb made a rope and went down to the human world, and fell into his mother's arms. Unfortunately, he was already dead and did not attract his mother's attention.

Finally, the lamb was also forcibly taken away by Mr. Wolf.

At the moment when the lamb left, the mother sheep finally felt as if the lamb had just been there. A series of warm memories deeply touched the mother sheep, so that she would not sink, but cheer up and prepare to complete the last gift for the lamb.

It was an unfinished sweater, representing the mother sheep's love for the lamb, and the lamb without wool finally received the mother's gift at the last moment of crossing the river.

He happily crossed the river to heaven without any worries...

The story is very simple and plain, but it easily touched the softest part of Noda Kumaichi's heart. He read it over and over again that day. It was obviously a story he had read once, but when he read it again, his eyes still felt sore.

He even shed tears for this story.

After he gave this song and this simple comic to Alan, it only took one night for Alan to get rid of the nightmare in her heart and complete the final recording of this album in the best condition.

After the album was released, as expected, this MV became popular.

In just one week, the hit rate of this MV on music websites exceeded 100 million times, and the comments exceeded 2 million. Countless fans left messages below, and those music critics even called this MV a touching work that only appears once in a decade.

"Why is a seemingly simple MV so touching?" This title was hung on the homepage of the MELON website, and it received tens of millions of hits and 100,000 comments in just one day.

"Details, full of details, I feel that the author's painting skills have reached the realm of returning to nature. It seems simple and naive, but if you look closely, you will find that every action and even the change of eyes can make people immerse themselves in it and cannot extricate themselves."

"I like the innocent eyes of the lamb, the warm and kind smile of the lamb grandmother, the warmth of Mr. Wolf who seems ruthless but helps silently behind the scenes, and I also feel sorry for the lamb mother who is immersed in sadness and pain all the time."

"Have you noticed that although this MV is only five minutes long, it has many "easter eggs."

"I know that there is a section of the rope that the lamb slides down that is black, and at the end of the MV, the lamb sees that there is a piece of hair missing from Mr. Wolf's back. Obviously, that section is Mr. Wolf's hair. To be honest, when I saw this moment, I really couldn't hold back my tears. What a warm Mr. Wolf. Although he looks scary, he is the real sheep in my heart. A true angel. "

"Also, when each sheep crosses the river, it loses something. Some lose potato chips, some lose basketballs. This should be a metaphor for people's material possessions. I remember there is a saying in the far east that material possessions are not brought with you when you are born and cannot be taken with you when you die. Perhaps this paragraph refers to this short saying.

But when the lamb finally crossed the river, although he lost the crown on his head, his sweater did not disappear. I thought the author had forgotten it, but after thinking about it carefully, I suddenly understood that this was because the sweater was not the lamb's material possessions, but the mother's love for him, and love is never material possessions. "

"Oh my God, that's the case. No, I can't hold back my tears again. "

"There are many more Easter eggs. I feel that the author is very thoughtful and every fragment contains deep feelings. "

Soon, the MV spread out of Yingguo, to Korea, China, Southeast Asia and other places, and the lamb with the crown also unknowingly touched countless people.

Noda Kumaichi even received an invitation from the Manga Association, and they will award a special award to this anime MV.

What Noda Kumaichi didn’t understand was that this lamb not only touched so many people, but also healed many people’s hearts.

Among them is Nishimiya Ayako.

"When an important person in your life dies, you will be sad and painful for a long time, but suddenly one day you will feel like you have cheered up and started to stop being immersed in sadness and yearn for a better life. Perhaps, it was that person who cared about you and came back to hug you. Give you a try."

Nishimiya Ayako silently recorded this passage in her notebook, tears once again moistening her eyes.

But this time it was not because of sadness, but because of warmth. After watching the MV, she seemed to feel the child hugging her, as if encouraging her to get out of her sadness.

Nishimiya Ayako knew that she had to cheer up and not let the child in the sky worry.

From the moment Nishimiya Ayako made up her mind, life seemed to get better. She felt that the breakfast she made was more delicious. She felt happiness from her husband's surprised eyes. What made her even more happy was that her neighbor Miss Alan also came back and accepted her invitation to the party.

That night, everyone had a meal in a joyful atmosphere.

After dinner, Alan did not rush home, but stayed and chatted with Nishimiya Ayako while tasting the dessert made by Ayako.

"It tastes really good." Alan couldn't help but admire it after eating a piece of macaron.

"I'll make some more for you tomorrow." Caizi said with a smile that turned into a crescent moon.

"Okay." Alan accepted Ayako's kindness unceremoniously, which made Nishimiya Ayako even happier.

People will gradually become alienated when they are polite. Only by being appropriately rude can the relationship between them become closer.

Caiko then showed Alan the albums she bought and asked Alan to sign each album.

"I will give them to my friends and my husband's colleagues. For such a good album, I must share it with more people." Ayako Nishimiya explained when Alan signed the album.

"This is a great idea, I support you." Alan replied happily.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Alan and Nishimiya Ayako said goodbye reluctantly.

Caizi sent Alan to the door. When they were hugging each other, Alan suddenly said in Caizi's ear: "Sometimes, death is not the end, forgetting is."

Caizi was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly: "Yes, I understand."