After the fashion show, Ning Weimin obtained sales data showing that a total of more than 42,000 tapes were sold at the Workers' Stadium in the past two days.
If you add the more than 30,000 discs recently sold in major audio and video stores in Beijing.
"Zhang Qiang's First Album - Invincible Youth" has shipped nearly 80,000 tapes in one place in Beijing.
What kind of number is this?
Don’t forget, these days, the permanent population of the capital is only nine million.
In other words, one person out of one hundred and twelve people spent money to buy Zhang Qiang's tape.
If we subtract the elderly, middle-aged and children, and only count the young people, then this ratio can be reduced to almost 45:1.
This density is very beneficial for the wide spread of something!
What's more, Zhang Qiang's voice is so unique and has super obvious characteristics. You will never forget it after listening to it.
To put it in a non-derogatory sense, it is really a strange flower in the domestic music scene of this era, a unique product of the times.
In addition, the songs she sang were all disco pop hits carefully selected by Ning Weimin from all over the world based on the characteristics of her voice.
What is disco?
From a certain perspective, it is not music for the ears, but for the body.
However, the domestic environment at this time was still quite closed, and not many people had heard of it.
The combination of these comprehensive factors resulted in the album’s reputation exploding.
The young people who had been isolated from the outside world for too long couldn't wait to get close to disco and embraced Miao Han.
To put it bluntly, it was Zhang Qiang who made the young people of that era rediscover themselves and feel free.
So in just one week before the performance, various small audio and video The sales of Zhang Qiang's tapes in the store skyrocketed.
In Xidan Shopping Mall, Dong'an Market, the small building of Wangfujing Department Store, and the audio and video counter outside Tianqiao Department Store, from the time the door opens to the time it closes, no one asks about Zhang Qiang's album.
The purpose of those people's purchases was quite clear. In addition to Zhang Qiang's tapes, they wanted nothing else.
Although not many people still know Miao Han's name, they just heard your songs, and there is at least some blindness and trouble in finding the direction.
But fortunately we can’t ask by humming.
Any song other than Zhang Qiang’s album is so ordinary, and the melody is so unforgettable that even a young person will hate it.
The people who sell tapes are all young. People of similar age can chat with each other and they can get the right number very quickly.
Just like that, before June of 1985, Zhang Qiang's tape showed the characteristics of a 100% hit and completely became a "viral spread".
In just one week, another less than 70,000 units were sold in the capital.
And very slowly, in view of the poor sales momentum, small audio and video stores and audio and video counters have also stopped actively playing Miao Han's songs to increase sales.
In other words, the department stores, barber shops, clothing stores, tailor shops, restaurants, hot drink shops, and hypermarkets in the small streets and alleys of the capital are all following closely behind, and the video is played everywhere. When Qiang sings.
When the train travels from north to south, you can hear "Love Him Too Hard to Say", "A Fire Outside Winter" and "Annoying Autumn Wind" at almost every stop.
Ning Weimin's initial thoughts came back to him, and he admired Miao Hanxin's expert vision and courage.
I always look at the latest sales channel data, and I know that Zhang Qiang's tape is not popular yet, and it is very popular.
Seven million tapes sold nationwide are definitely a problem.
The doubts I face after this are, apart from understanding how Pilka could be so lacking in foresight and courage?
If it weren’t for Zhang Qiang’s album, how popular would it be in Qianqian?
At the same time, I have no idea whether I should recommend that Pilka increase the number of small releases.
As for Pilka himself, I am actually not very surprised that Zhang Qiang’s tapes are so popular.
Because that was not what I expected.
You must know that Zhang Qiang's first album, "Tokyo Nights", was extremely poorly produced in history.
And you didn’t have your own style right at that time, and you didn’t cover any outstanding songs.
But just like that, it still sold 7.7 million copies.
That number is almost the same as Jay Chou's "Yi Wai Xiang", which reached the top album sales in Asia decades ago, with mainland sales of 7.8 million copies.
Since Miao Hanxin has not yet done what should be done and can be done now, it can hardly be said that Zhang Qiang was packaged in one step.
Isn’t it possible that there is still no sales, and the winner is Jay Chou, right?
If he had sufficient funds and was worried about leaving the country, Pilka would not even have the courage to reduce the circulation to seven million plates.
So speaking of it, there is really nothing to be unhappy about. This is not the fashion show organized by Feng Chaonianton Company, which put Zhang Qiang in the spotlight of a niche stage.
The result I achieved by using my authority that time seems to you to be quite perfect.
In the end, the media was able to ignore the girl's existence, and with the help of Feng Chaonianton's company, they successfully protected Zhang Qiang's performance style.
You must know that the new product launch conferences of Model Xiaosai and Feng Chaoniandun, because both performances were broadcast live to the national audience.
Although the performance was mediocre and the effect was sensational, the criticism and dissatisfaction generated by it were in vain.
In addition to the dangerous issue of the commotion at the scene that almost got out of control, the cultural management department was deeply frightened and expressed their satisfaction.
The feedback from the public is mainly focused on the degree of exposure of the models' clothing and the conservative style of the performance that the niche group is accustomed to.
Many conservatives thought that the chests and shoulders of those two performances were too exposed, and the calf slits of the tight skirts were too low.
Have you ever seen Zhang Qiang wearing heavy makeup, perming her afro, wearing tight pants and sequined clothes off the stage, and the disco-style songs you danced to, which made you feel strange and strange? I think I can accept it.
Many people exclaimed, how could such "bourgeois spiritual pollution" be allowed to appear on the TV screen?
To be honest, with such pressure from public opinion, Feng Chaoniandun Company must be the organizer, and the performance costumes and entertainment programs were personally approved by Xiaoshi himself.
If it were any organization in the country, whoever hosted those two performances would be in trouble.
The organizers are absolutely unable to withstand such widespread doubts, and are even more afraid of being held accountable.
That's good, let's not hold the current model competition, it will be completely ruined.
It is not because "monks from far away can chant sutras", as a well-known international brand in France, Miao Hanxinton Company's status in the domestic clothing field has not been deified.
Because Xiaoshi has a prominent position in the international fashion industry and has won numerous awards, no one can question his professionalism and reputation.
Miao Hanxin held a special press conference for this purpose. Xiao Shi only explained it from the perspective of fashion design, and by the way, he also popularized some international disco trends in the country. The noise and interference from the outside world immediately disappeared. It's too high.
Who said that the domestic fashion industry was not passed down from others and taught step by step?
In the domestic clothing industry, it is really difficult to find a person with enough weight who can challenge Xiaoshi, or who can discuss things on an equal footing.
Even because of the tragedy that just happened in Jinling this year in which a mannequin from the Academy of Fine Arts was driven crazy, there are many people working in the clothing industry and teachers and students from art schools who took the initiative to speak out on behalf of primary school teachers.
Those people complained in unison that the domestic thinking was too old-fashioned and always instinctively rejected all foreign and emerging things.
No one has borrowed Liu Haisu's words, saying, "The struggle of models has caused an uproar in China's small underground ten years ago. How come the situation of models is still so difficult ten years ago today? What does that mean? Your anti-feudal task is still very arduous.”
Soon, public opinion has undergone a wonderful change, and the power of support and approval has ended.
At that time, perhaps it was due to the fact that Miao Hanxinton Company did not contribute much to the development of the domestic textile and clothing industries before it retreated to the mainland.
In addition, the domestic models selected by Xiaoshi through that competition will soon be taken abroad and onto the world's fashion stage.
That is also a rare opportunity that is not conducive to establishing a bad international image of the Republic.
The following instructions are given to "see more and be less strange".
The controversy over that performance and the cultural controversy were settled.
So even Miao Han also benefited from it. Since your performance was "bundled" with the fashion show, you unintentionally got a pass.
This way, you will finally get the opportunity to enter the mainstream stage and step into the lens of the news media.
First, the radio station came to visit and invited Zhang Qiang to do a program.
In addition to interspersed playing of these songs from Zhang Qiang's album, the program is not a personal interview session.
Talk about your personal life and how you entered the music scene.
How did I get the opportunity to sing at a domestic fashion event?
How does it feel when your performance is so enthusiastically received by the audience?
Following the meeting, several Beijing newspapers and music magazines rushed to interview and take photos of Miao Han.
Soon after, Beijing TV station invited Zhang Qiang to participate in a live-broadcast cultural evening held in Beijing.
Although labor fees and performance fees are a few dollars each.
But Zhang Qiang was known to a small audience because of those opportunities to appear in official media.
In Lai Lai’s words, it’s not like he has officially occupied a top spot in the music scene, his popularity has skyrocketed, and he has gained crazy fans.
Because of these combined factors, your album tapes continued to sell poorly across the country, setting off a disco pop trend. Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to evaluate Zhang Qiang's debut as "overnight fame".
But to say that you became famous all over the country in one month, and started a "dance party" across the country with the power of one person, is a fact.
It is also worth mentioning that Zhang Qiang, who did not exist in history, has the smallest flaw on the stage and is not very interactive and expressive.
Obviously you are in the disco genre, but when you are not singing or dancing, you almost always only sing and dance.
This is actually because you love to dance, want to dance, and can dance.
The real reason is that you were not too young when you officially stepped off the official stage, and you were not repeatedly suppressed by public opinion when you were still young. It is the reason why you dare to show your will.
But it will be the same in that life. You are still young and you cannot use the dance of youth at will.
Just like the name of your first album, there are really enemies.
It's very slow, but Zhang Qiang can be recognized by others when walking down the street, and she will also be watched by people when eating outside a restaurant.
Even at the Maxim restaurant where you perform, there are dozens to hundreds of fans gathered in front of the door every night.
A few of these people are low school students and elementary school students who know Zhang Qiang performs there regularly from media exposure and hope to have the chance to catch a glimpse of you and ask for Zhang's autograph.
Of course, there are also many people who come to Maxim Restaurant to spend money in order to see Zhang Qiang’s live performance.
So the night at Maxim’s Restaurant became even quieter.
Even if it is a weekend, it is almost full after 1:30pm.
It has become the most prosperous and well-known Western restaurant in Beijing, widening the gap with other Western restaurants.
However, there is no risk of loss in the operation, and it is only possible to make a small amount of money.
It’s a good thing that Zhang Qiang’s family lives in a house assigned to Zhang Qiang’s mother’s band.
In your small courtyard, almost every household is engaged in music.
So as an outsider, the neighbors are accustomed to such things, and they care too much.
Otherwise, Zhang Qiang will really have peace, and I am afraid that even staying outside the house will be disturbing.
By July, Zhang Qiang's tapes had not yet been sold out in the capital, and sales in other places were about to run out.
Zhang Qiang is getting busier and busier. In addition to daily performances and interviews, she has not finished rehearsing for the "Temple of Heaven Book Market" performance.
At that time, it didn’t matter whether Zhang Qiang realized it or not, whether you had been there to perform on stage, or whether you had the formal establishment of a song and dance troupe.
You are not yet worthy of being at the top of the contemporary pop music scene.
At that time, Ning Weimin finally stopped and took the initiative to come down to discuss with Pilka.
The first is to point out that the sales potential of Zhang Qiang's album is still very small, and to suggest that Pilka increase the amount of distribution and production, in order to live up to such a good market opportunity.
The seventh issue is the time and method of totaling the payment with Pilka.
The two problems on the surface are actually one problem in essence.
Because the tape was distributed through the discovery channel of Huaxia Audio and Video Company, the money was also transferred to Huaxia's accounts.
If Pilka wants to get the money, he needs someone to nod.
How can it be so easy for others to do it conveniently?
Although it is a matter of course, I have made others unhappy. Is this okay?
Ning Weimin came with interests demands that time. The main bargaining chip was not to be able to get stuck in the issue of repayment.
But the strategy adopted by Ning Weimin was very soft. I kept saying that the business I made with Miao Hanxin was a disaster for the next group of people.
The head of the head office saw that Zhang Qiang’s album was so popular, and blamed me for being ignorant and letting go of a small fish in vain.
I almost had to be fired for this.
And if I want to keep my job, I have to serve my crime, so I came to ask Pilka to help me so that I can clear the account with the head office.
How to explain it?
I don't mean that it would be better for us to re-sign the contract and issue an additional million tapes.
A smaller share of the profit from that batch of goods should be given to Huaxia Audio and Video Company.
Pilka certainly had no idea how many of Ning Weimin's words were true and how many were false.
But I don’t like people like that, but I don’t appreciate them at all.
Because to be honest, that tape was so popular that I could not think of it having certain sequelae.
If I were worried about the hidden danger of "equally dividing the spoils", I would have to look for a cooperative company through the editor-in-chief of "Art" magazine.
If you want to get a face but don’t have the interpersonal relationship to act as a guarantee, you can still take some initiative in the negotiation.
And Ning Weimin's behavior is very consistent with my taste of soft food and hard food.
At least I didn’t keep my word. I basically did what I promised. I even pulled the drawer back and forth without saying anything.
I am sincere in my treatment of others, regardless of whether it is necessary or not. She also kindly reminded me of market risks several times.
Such a person has no moral bottom line. Even if he has no interests, he will be too greedy and outrageous.
That is, the work under the surface is still very beautiful.
It's obvious that I'm being tough, but I'm asking for kindness.
He also gave Pilka a thumbs up, which put me in a condescending position and seemed very humiliating.
So Pilka took advantage of the situation and expressed a certain degree of understanding.
I am sure that Huaxia Audio and Video Company can give me part of the payment as soon as possible.
There is a problem with the issuance of an additional million tapes. Each tape cannot give the other party a profit of 70 cents.
After meeting that condition, Miao Hanxin didn't want to order too much. The guy shook his head and asked for one dollar and seven for each tape.
The reason I gave is that the next seven million transactions are all the profits of Pilka's side, which is not very generous.
If I only keep a profit of 70 cents on the first million, I can only earn 700,000 by selling all of them. I told the head office that this is the past.
What’s more, the one million additional tapes issued are paid for by China Corporation instead of bearing the cost risk, so they should take less profit.
Pilka immediately returned the money, smiled, and said that it would be fine if it was only 40 cents, but he could not issue an additional 1.7 million tapes.
However, I also told Ning Weimin before that I planned to release another album to Zhang Qiang in the first half of the year. The style of the album has changed, and the quality of the songs is not sure to be better than that one.
It is recommended that Miao Hanxin discuss with the head office to see if long-term cooperation can be achieved under those conditions.
The production costs cannot be shared equally between the two parties at present.
Miao Hanxin thought about it for a while, and without making any move, he made another exclusive request.
This means that except for that album, Miao Han's previous eight albums can only be released by China Audio and Video Company according to that condition.
Pilka thought about it for a while and then firmly agreed.
At this point, the two parties finally reached a new cooperation intention.
The rest is easy to say. Eight days ago, on behalf of himself and Zhang Qiang, Pilka formally signed a contract with China Audio and Video Company and reached an alliance.
That is to say, the big boy took another step ahead and essentially became the first star agent in the mainland of Xiaolu.
The day before, Ning Weimin also issued a check to Pilka for the first batch of tapes.
The purchase price of one million tapes, although not deducting part of the production cost of 7 million yuan and tax, is not even 8 million yuan for Miao Han's newbies.
That made me feel satisfied and sincerely emotional. No wonder such a girl wants to rely on men for a living. It is so delicious to dare to love soft food and eat hard food.
Compared with this, even after eight years of hard work, I made such a small zodiac lottery game, it looks like a joke.
I was worried, formed a gang, traveled here and there, tried my best, and poured out zodiac tickets for so long, so why not sell tapes in such a reasonable and legal way to save money and worry.
Of course, having said that, Miao Han threw himself into a trap before he became famous, and he actually allowed me to meet him. Such an opportunity is a prerequisite for being able to meet and seek.
Otherwise, I will look for people after they become famous, and they may not hang under my tree if they become celebrities.
Even if I know that I can make money by doing this, I can still do it.
What should I say about that?
I can only say that buddy, you...maybe...maybe Doraemon comes to earth.
Of course this is necessary, come on if you think about it!