When Jiang Chen had already fallen asleep.

Many other people in the European and American entertainment circles who were paying attention to the first performance of this world game couldn’t sleep.

All the data about this performance has been released and can be clearly checked by people in the industry.

Everyone had thought before that this World Championship might be quite popular.

After all, the program team has the world’s top configuration, the resources of the cooperation of several major copyright holders are unprecedented, and the popularity in various countries is astonishing.

Therefore, under such a configuration, good results are normal, and bad results are problematic.

but……

They still didn’t expect that this show would be so popular.

In North America alone, the show had a peak audience of over 40 million people. Although it later dropped to a low of only over 10 million people, the peak audience figure of over 40 million set a record for North American variety shows in the past decade. Only the annual Super Bowl has surpassed this record in the past decade.

Even the previous North American singing competition finals had a maximum audience of only more than 27 million people, which also set a record for the highest audience in recent years.

Now it has been broken again by the World Championship.

Moreover, the record was broken in the opening performance of the World Championship, before the official competition even started.

but.

What was even more shocking was Jiang Chen’s opening performance.

An original rock song with a simple beat and almost a cappella singing made tens of thousands of people in the audience interact and cheer together, creating the most explosive live atmosphere in the past twenty years.

It was like a bolt of thunder in the North American music community.

It was like many singers who had not been working on new songs were suddenly awakened.

In just over two hours, it directly topped the new song sales list, surpassing the new songs of big-name singers that had accumulated sales for several days.

Milia has returned to her villa in Angeles City, looking at the song “We Will Rock You” at the top of the new song chart. The sales figures behind it are so clear and dazzling. In less than three hours, the sales have reached a terrifying 23 million. This is a new song without a discount. It costs one dollar to download a song.

In other words, Jiang Chen’s song “We Will Rock You” sold 23 million US dollars in less than three hours. Jiang Chen is a newcomer in North America, but with the support of the program team, the share will not be too low, it should be a 50-50 split, so Jiang Chen can get more than 11 million US dollars.

This is definitely an astonishing number in North America, an entertainment center.

Even the top film and television stars only get paid 20 million US dollars for a movie, but the top stars will also get a share of the box office. Generally, the income of a large-investment movie will not be less than 40 to 50 million US dollars.

However, the production cycle of such a large-scale production will not be less than one or two years. The income of 40 to 50 million US dollars in such a long time is also the highest income in Hollywood. Combined with other endorsements and advertising income, etc., the annual income will not be less than 100 million US dollars.

but……

Jiang Chen earned over 10 million US dollars with just one song in just three hours.

Milia stared at the number, full of envy and surprise. Listening to the song coming from the headphones, she had to admit that this was definitely what she imagined rock music should be like.

This is what rock and roll should be like.

So, it is reasonable that this song became a hit.

but……

why?
Millia couldn’t understand why a Chinese person created such a popular new work that could represent rock music when he came to North America for the first time?
Milia picked up the phone and called her agent: “Harry, you’re not asleep yet.”

Harry is also a big-name agent in North America, with several top singers and film and television stars under him. Milia is one of the big-name singers under him, but not the biggest one.

However, Harry was very optimistic about Milia’s potential, so he didn’t dare to neglect her. He smiled and said, “Of course I didn’t sleep. I was studying the popular song “We Will Rock You” with Lehman! To be honest, we couldn’t believe that this song was created by a new Chinese singer. It’s simply too abnormal…”

Milia smiled and said, “Why don’t you believe it?”

Harry spoke frankly: “Because the rock flavor of this song is too authentic, it shouldn’t be created by a Chinese! In just three hours, the sales reached over 25 million. The word of mouth is also very explosive, with a 100% favorable rating, and more than one million people leaving comments…”

“Do you know what our reviews and sales forecasts are for this song?”

Milia asked curiously, “How much is it? I think the weekly sales volume will not be less than 50 million, which may break the record of the online digital sales platform!”

Harry laughed and said, “It’s normal to break the record. It would be abnormal if it didn’t! But, dear, 50 million weekly sales, you are too conservative! Our prediction is that weekly sales will not be less than 80 million, monthly sales will not be less than 100 million, and annual sales may be as high as 150 million or more.”

“This song may break all the online digital music sales records that can be broken!”

Harry’s words shocked Milia even more.

She felt that she had already made high expectations. After all, many works had explosive sales when they were first uploaded, but it was common for them to decline later. Jiang Chen’s song “We Will Rock You” sold 25 million copies in three hours, so daily and weekly sales of 50 million copies were a conservative estimate, but also a relatively optimistic one.

Because, since the advent of online music sales platforms, the record for the highest weekly sales of a new song is 45 million.

That was seven or eight years ago, the end of the golden age of European and American music, and the time when mobile networks were just emerging. At that time, there were many popular classic works. At the same time, mobile networks had just emerged, and everyone was still very curious about mobile networks. There were not many online entertainment projects, so music downloading was an important entertainment choice for many people.

Today, with the explosion of mobile Internet services, people have too many entertainment options to choose from and receive too much information every day, of which music is just a very insignificant one.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to achieve weekly sales of more than 40 million now.

Previously, Millia’s best song sold 30 million copies in its first week, which shocked the North American music scene at the time.

Therefore, Millia’s prediction that Jiang Chen’s song could sell 50 million copies, breaking the weekly record for online music sales, is also a relatively optimistic forecast.

However, the song sold over 25 million copies in just three hours, and there are still six days and twenty-two hours left for sales. In such a long period of time, Millia estimates that it can only achieve sales of 25 million copies, which is an extremely conservative estimate.

The expectations of Harry and others on the other side were obviously even more shocking.

Weekly sales exceeded 80 million!
Monthly sales exceeded 100 million, and annual sales reached 150 million!

This song can create a billionaire, and it’s US dollars.

A trace of envy flashed in Milia’s eyes. She had debuted for several years and had lived for several years, but her income from songs alone was less than 150 million.

After all, she only releases one or two songs a year. The rest of the time she is either on variety shows, holding concerts, or hyping herself up on the Internet to attract fans.

She is no longer a singer but a star. She releases songs only to establish herself as a singer so as to attract more people.

This is also the choice of many European and American singers nowadays!

Releasing songs is just an auxiliary.

Therefore, naturally, they will not carefully polish their songs. Instead, they will ask studios to customize assembly-line songs that suit their vocal style. Although they will not be amazing, they will not be terrible either. By investing publicity resources to hype up the songs, they will definitely become popular within a week or two, or even a month or two, and then attract a large number of fans. They will then look for opportunities to monetize the traffic of these fans.

It’s such a cycle!

Naturally, the playlist gradually became sparse and there were no more good works.

The sudden explosion of Jiang Chen’s song “We Will Rock You” stirred up the stagnant water and woke everyone up!

Everyone suddenly discovered…

It turns out that carefully crafting such an excellent work can make a lot of money and get a lot of praise.

Milia thought about it and said, “Harry, I want to contact Jiang Chen, the original author of this song. I wonder if I can invite him to help me create a song! I am very optimistic about his creative ability. All the songs he sang in China were his own original creations, and the same is true when he came to North America.”

Harry said: “The songs he sang in China were not only his own original works, but also the sales of each song were very high, reaching hundreds of millions. Converted into US dollars, the sales of each song exceeded 60 million US dollars! He has earned billions of dollars purely from song sales.”

“So, do you think he will sell his songs to others?”

“In fact, your reaction was too slow. Lehman, Jeffrey, and Christine have all tried to contact Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen does not have a public agent contact information. They contacted the World Championship program team, hoping to contact Jiang Chen through the program team.”

“They are greedier than you. They want to buy out all the copyrights of the song ‘We Will Rock You’ and then buy new songs.”

“But… the program director rejected their request and directly said that Jiang Chen would not sell songs and did not want too many people to disturb Jiang Chen.”

“I could tell at the time that Director Oldman had great respect for the Chinese contestant. Not only did he respect her, he was even a little afraid of her.”

“I feel that this Jiang Chen’s identity may be extraordinary!”

“So, Lehman and the others have given up the idea of ​​buying songs.”

When Millia heard this, she understood that she was too slow. Others had already tried and had been rejected.

Harry continued, “Lehman was the most sincere. He wanted to buy out the song and directly offered a whopping price of 50 million US dollars! But Director Oldman was unmoved and didn’t even help pass it on to Jiang Chen. He directly rejected it.”

Milia’s eyes widened in surprise.

Fifty million dollars to buy out all the copyrights of a song?
This might be the highest single buyout fee ever, right?
The problem is…

Such an offer did not qualify us to talk to the original author and was directly rejected by the middleman.

“Fifty million dollars? That’s too expensive.”

Milia said in shock.

Although Harry predicted that the annual sales of this song could exceed 150 million, and he could get 75 million US dollars from the profits, that was just a prediction. No one could predict what would happen in the future. What if this song becomes unpopular in the future, like those assembly-line pop songs in recent years, which were popular for only a month or two and then quickly forgotten and replaced by other assembly-line pop songs?

Once the popularity is over, it will be almost completely forgotten, and sales will instantly plummet to negligible levels.

The song that Milia sold 30 million copies per week only sold over 40 million copies per year…

Yes, the weekly sales volume was 30 million, and the sales volume for the whole year was only over 10 million. Of this over 10 million, over 8 million were in the first month, and the sales volume for the other eleven months was only 3 to 4 million!

That’s how terrifying the digital collapse is.

What if Jiang Chen’s song gets the same treatment?
Aren’t you afraid that the 50 million dollars will be wasted?

Harry said quickly, “That’s impossible… If we can buy out the full copyright of this song for 50 million U.S. dollars now, we will definitely make a lot of money. As far as I know, several brands have already wanted to buy this song as their theme song, and the highest offer has reached 10 million U.S. dollars.”

“Several major North American sporting events are considering buying this song as their game theme song!”

“You can imagine the value of this song now, right? It cannot be measured by 50 million US dollars. In the long run, hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue will not be a problem. If I own all the copyrights of this song, I can just sit back and collect the money for my retirement.”

Harry’s tone was full of envy. “Moreover, according to my guess, the original songs that Jiang Chen from China will produce in the future will probably be of good quality, and their sales will not be much different. He may create a music storm in North America, so I suggest you prepare in advance.”

Milia was shocked: “Then what do I need to prepare?”

Harry: “When releasing a new song, be more fully prepared and carefully polish it to make it a good song! Don’t rush to buy a studio’s assembly line song and hype it up, as that might drive your fans away from you. If you can’t do that, don’t release a song. Wait until the heat of the World Championship is completely over, and then think carefully about how to release a song.”

“Milia, this may be a crisis for you, but it is also your opportunity! If you can release a few really good songs during this period, you may quickly rise to become one of the top singers in the world.”

Milia frowned slightly: “But who can I find to help me create a really good song?”

Harry: “I don’t know about that. If you need, I will try to help you contact a few retired songwriters I know, and you will need to talk to them yourself for the rest. They all participated in the creation of some classic songs more than ten or twenty years ago.”

Milia: “Okay, thank you, Harry, I will try my best!”

Harry: “You can try to get in touch with Jiang Chen from China recently. If you can convince him to help you compose a song, it may have unexpected effects and benefits!”

Milia: “It’s difficult. He has hardly appeared on the show, and even when he did, he was nowhere to be seen. He basically doesn’t talk to other people. Even producer Haley and director Oldman have a hard time talking to him. Also, I heard that he has a very good relationship with Mr. Terrins, so Haley and Oldman don’t dare to offend him.”

Harry was silent for a few seconds, then said, “Then don’t provoke him. If you make such a person unhappy, you won’t be able to survive in the entertainment industry.”

Harry knew the power of Trins better than Milia.

It can be said that even though Millia is already very popular, just one word from Terrins can make Millia have no foothold in the European and American entertainment circles.

Jiang Chen and Terins have a good relationship, so we can’t offend him. (End of this chapter)