Chapter 133 Listening again is the end of the VIP
press conference.
Domestically, according to Universal Music’s arrangement, Gu Wei’s three original Chinese songs and two newly released English songs were combined into a mini digital album, which was sold online and was called [High Spirit].
Except for one song [Light Chaser] which is somewhat inconsistent in style, the other four songs are full of youthful passion and passionate and upward spirit.
This change is not very friendly to some people who are used to listening to songs online for free. Unexpectedly, after listening to songs for several months, they have to sign up for a membership and pay if they want to listen to them again.
However, many of Gu Wei's loyal fans are also very excited. They have been looking forward to Gu Wei's new song, and now it's finally here. Even though it's two English songs, they want to hear it first.
[High Spirit] Within 48 hours of being online, the digital album has sold more than 100,000 copies, and the two songs have received rave reviews.
On the Internet, fans who paid to buy Gu Wei’s album left messages under the song.
Among them, the comment area under [Natural] is the most popular.
“After listening to the song, I punched the cow unconscious and plowed two acres of land by myself!”
"You were born like this. Your passionate shouting makes you more confident and instantly ignites the willpower of a group of people!"
"When you learn to love yourself, all the critical eyes and rhetoric around you will become insignificant. Meaning."
"This song actually made me want to write math problems. Fortunately, I have strong self-control and suppressed it~"
"The more I listen to the song, the more touching it becomes. Tears welled up in my eyes, but they didn’t fall out in the end.
After listening to the song, I realized that I had forgotten to turn on WiFi, and I couldn’t help but shed tears.”
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On the other side of the distant ocean, at the same time, two songs were released at the same time.
Universal Music started to promote the song half a month ago. The main promotional slogan is
[The passionate boy from the far east, the eternal light in the darkness] ! 】
When taking the promotional photos, Gu Wei was dressed up like a boy, and with his handsome face that blended in both east and west, it felt like a beautiful boy in an anime stepping out of the screen.
Regardless of his appearance or this slogan, Gu Wei felt very ashamed.
But Universal Music thought it was very good. The manager in charge of publicity told Gu Wei that his style would definitely be very popular.
It feels like Justin Bieber when he was a boy, but much more handsome than him.
Gu Wei had no choice but to follow the arrangements of professionals.
Los Angeles, USA.
It's time for middle school students to get out of school.
A group of young and energetic boys and girls in their teens poured out from the school gate.
"Hi, Li, there is Swift's concert next week, do we want to go together?"
A short fat white man carrying a schoolbag asked a man next to him The handsome young man invited.
The boy had yellow skin and black hair, and was obviously of Chinese descent.
Seeing that his friend didn't respond, the little fat man kept talking in his ear.
“Listen, George, I’m not interested in the Swift concert you’re talking about right now.”
“But aren’t you a Swift fan? I think she’s stunningly beautiful. ”
The little fat man didn’t understand that both of them obviously liked Taylor Swift’s songs.
Why do my good friends look so uninterested now?
"I have a new idol now." Li said, picking up the phone and showing it to George.
There is music he just downloaded, and the cover is a particularly handsome oriental boy.
"As an Oriental, he also sings?" He glanced at Li and then he realized.
“Oh, Li, I don’t mean anything else. You know there are really no very famous English singers among Orientals.”
“You can download it and listen to it, it won’t let you Disappointed, there are two songs [Natural] and [SoldOut].”
After saying that, he ignored the little fat man, put on his headphones and walked home.
Out of curiosity, George also paid to download these two songs mentioned by his good friends on the music platform.
Click on [Natural].
Four minutes later, the song ended, but George was so excited at the moment that he wished he could go back to school now and have sex with the school bully who always bullied him. One plane.
After returning home, he still couldn't calm down for a long time and couldn't wait to log in to his Facebook account.
"I listened to a super hot song today, and I want to blow it up."
Similar scenes are playing out in every corner of North America. At first, it was promoted through Universal Music channels, and it took 12 hours until the song was released. Later, a group of people appeared on the Internet, spontaneously promoting the two songs.
These people are the first batch of North American fans of Gu Wei. Their common feature is that they are relatively young, basically from middle school to college, and they like this kind of passionate and exciting rock songs the most. Within 48 hours of the song being released online, the number of paid downloads surged. Although it does not have the same fan base as in China, the results are not as good as those in China for the time being.
But the fans here have good paying habits. According to the current sales growth curve of the two song EPs, it will take less than 2 days for the sales to exceed that in China.
Another four days have passed, and it happens to be the day when the [Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart] will be updated next week, and the new week's Hot 100 Singles will be out.
Global has been paying attention to this list.
[Natural] ranked 93, and [SoldOut] ranked higher than it at 78. Gu Wei’s two singles were on the [Billboard Hot 100] in just one week.
At this moment, the entire North American music scene knew that there was an Oriental singer named Peter Gu who became a new star in the North American music scene.
No one knows how far he can go in the end.
When the news spread back to China, the entire Chinese music scene was shocked, and various news media reported incessantly.
#Newcomer in the music scene? No! He is the new king of pop music! #
#Gu Wei’s two songs jointly landed on [Billboard], creating a historical record! #
#Gu Wei became the first Chinese singer ever to appear on [Billboard]! #
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Gu Wei was filming on the set when he received the news from Universal Records.
In fact, he is very open-minded about songs. After all, it is just a temporary game production, and he does not take it too seriously.
But he didn’t expect that these songs would always bring him surprises and gains.
After thinking about it for a moment, he just posted a paragraph on his Weibo.
“Originally it was just a whim of mine, but I didn’t expect to achieve such great results now.
As a Chinese, I am very proud.
The blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang is flowing in my body. I think since I have this ability, it is also what I should do to let the world hear the voices of our Chinese musicians. ”
Gu Wei’s Weibo now has more than 10 million followers. As soon as this Weibo post was posted, it received countless likes and immediately became a hot search ranking on this page.< br>
The news that is now at the top of the list is that
#GU伟’s two songs have jointly landed on the [Billboard Hot 100] #
Soon the official media praised Gu Wei's achievement.
#Congratulations to Chinese singer Gu Wei for his two songs being on the [Billboard Hot 100]. This is the first time that a Chinese singer has been on the [Billboard], letting more people in other countries around the world listen to it. The arrival of the voices of Chinese musicians has also made Chinese music more widely circulated. #
[Shanshan is Coming] The crew and a group of reporters are outside every day. The staff is blocking the way in, so they hold up the camera high, trying to capture even the slightest bit inside.
The director can't stand it anymore. If this continues, it will delay the crew's filming.
He discussed with Gu Wei to let him go out to be interviewed by the media and let the reporters disperse.
Gu Wei thought about it and agreed.
Under the protection of the staff, he walked out of the set and stood in front of the media.
“Dear friends from the media, if you have any questions, just ask them. I will only answer them this time.
The crew still has to film, so please come back after the interview and don’t delay our work. "
Gu Wei said slowly to the reporters present.
"Excuse me, Gu Wei, how do you feel after your song landed on the [Billboard Hot 100]?"
A reporter asked first.
"I have posted it on Weibo before. I can only say thank you for everyone's likes. I am also quite surprised by this result."
"Excuse me, Gu Wei, are you in music What are the next steps for Realm? Will it release an album?"
Gu Wei thought about it and said vaguely.
"Now that my music has gone out, I will try my best to do better in the future, so that Chinese music can better influence the world.
As for the album, I haven't considered it yet."
< br>"Are you and Liu Yifei dating?"
This reporter intends to dig deeper into private life.
Gu Wei said a little funny.
"I have said it in previous interviews, we are just ordinary friends."
"So do you have a girlfriend now?"
The reporter was not reconciled and continued to ask.
"Journalist friend, you have already asked a question, it's someone else's turn."
Gu Wei didn't get used to his bad habits and smiled at the reporter who asked about his personal life.
After a while, Gu Wei finally sent all these reporters away, and he could continue filming with peace of mind.
(End of this chapter)