Chapter 68: Fu Mao Only Needs Southeast Asian Distribution Rights

  PS: No need to say anything, everyone knows what I'm pursuing.

  Facing Wu Yifen's inquiry, Xiao Sa Ge smiled and said in an unquestionable tone: "I want to challenge a certain superstar, the sales miracle of their debut album that year, which is selling more than 3 million physical albums."

  “……”

  Wu Yifen and Zhang Shaohuang were petrified, while Gao Yan's hand trembled as he wiped his mouth, poking his own nostril, but he didn't feel any pain. Instead, covering his nose, he asked in a startled tone: "Xiao Tang, you're not joking, right? In this internet age, if a newcomer's album sells 1 million copies, it's practically sensational news!"

  Wu Yifen also came to her senses, her face filled with a heavy feeling, and she asked in a very slow but clear tone: "Xiao Tang, you won't be wanting to challenge Zhou Jielun, will you?"

  "Challenging Jay Chou?" Gao Yan looked at her in surprise, unable to understand why she would ask that.

  The reason is simple, everyone in the industry knows that Jay Chou's first album "TAY" can be called a pure newcomer sales miracle. Although the initial sales and fame were not great, it suddenly exploded later, selling over 5 million copies just in Taiwan alone. Later, it entered Southeast Asia and mainland China, even though pirated versions severely affected legitimate sales, but still broke through 2 million copies before 2002, now it's approaching 2.5 million.

  Maybe later there were various super girls and super boys' debut albums claiming sales of over 10 million, even 20 million, but this is just to deceive outsiders. Who among the true insiders would be so stupid as to believe it? You're just a newcomer who has just "qualified" to enter the singer circle, even if you gained a lot of popularity and hot topics because of the competition, but there were already so many contestants that this seemingly strong popularity was diluted. If you can sell out tens of millions, it's actually just the support of your most loyal fans, which is already something to smile about.

  So, in the eyes of people in the industry, the only one who can break 2 million new albums in Asia is Jay Chou, and this is also an achievement that comes from producing an excellent album every year.

  So it's no wonder Wu Yifen and Zhang Shaohan went straight to Sparta.

  "Can't it be?" Xiao Sa Ge still had a smile all over his face, ignoring Old Gao's stunned expression and selectively ignoring Wu Yifen's stuttering. He stared straight at Zhang Shaohan, who had also opened her mouth, and gently pinched her hand before continuing: "I don't know if I can succeed or not, but I think that even a pseudo-newbie like me must have some ambition to be worthy of the title 'The Emperor of Mimicry', Xiao Sa Ge. If I were just like those other newbies who are satisfied with selling 1 million copies of their first album, then I wouldn't be the Xiao Sa Ge known as the 'Emperor of Mimicry'."

  Okay, at this moment someone is very confident and self-assured because he's doing it in front of his girlfriend. A man can be worried and fearful by himself, but he absolutely won't show his weakness in front of the woman he likes.

  Is this machismo?

  But it's clear that Zhang Shuang was very satisfied with his "special" care, because after listening to her boyfriend's words, a feeling of "my boyfriend must be the best one" suddenly appeared in her heart.

  It's okay as long as my girlfriend supports and understands me; others who don't matter can just forget it.

  "Great, well said! A man should be so domineering!" Gao Yan rubbed his nose fiercely and then immediately applauded: "What's wrong with Jay Chou? He's just a newcomer, isn't he? Does he look as handsome as Xiao Tang? Can he do magic, dance, and imitate like Xiao Tang? And can he write songs? Isn't Xiao Tang also able to do that? Just now you said you wanted to give it to Miss Zhang, didn't you?"

  He paused, seeing Xiao Sa's persistent smile and nodding, with a "brother is very satisfied" look, couldn't help but laugh: "Besides, how old is Little Tang now? Just over 18, while Jay Chou didn't officially debut until he was 21. His singing skills have always been poor, almost all relying on his creative talent to support himself."

  At this point, Gao Yan also nodded: "I must admit that Jay Chou is indeed talented and successful, and there's no reason to be jealous of him. As for Xiao Tang, he's the opposite in many ways - good image, great figure, still has potential for development, can be considered tall and handsome, and his singing skills are of course not to be mentioned, anyone who has heard him sing must admire him. After all, even imitations are so perfect, it's clear that his voice is amazing. Finally, there's creation - although Xiao Tang hasn't released many works yet, I believe he'll definitely be super awesome too."

  After finishing this sentence, Gao Yan glanced at Wu Yifen, whose face was changing colors: "Ms. Wu, don't you think that if such a perverted guy can't even challenge Zhou Jielun's debut achievements, then wouldn't Zhou Jielun be invincible?"

  There is no one in this world who is invincible. The reason why someone seems invincible now is that a stronger person has not emerged yet.

  For example, Xiao Sao Ge this pervert.

  "Xiao Tang, are you going to write your own songs and compose music too?" Wu Yifen hadn't spoken yet, when Zhang Shuang asked softly: "What kind of genre?" Hmm, now Zhang Da Meiniang is calling someone Xiao Tang.

  "Pop music!" Xiao Shuai Ge replied affirmatively: "As for the so-called Chinese style, I'm really not good at it. Although there are some nice-sounding Chinese-style songs, you know what sells best now is pop music. Moreover, writing Chinese-style requires a talent for wordplay and sentence structure, which I think I don't have yet, so I'll choose the most secure option."

  "Hey, aren't you getting a bit too big for your britches?" Wu Yifen suddenly burst out laughing and wiped her mouth, saying: "You're almost as famous as Jay Chou's new protégé, how can you still be so down-to-earth?"

  The tone seems a bit aggressive! Someone innocently blinked their eyes, did brother offend her?

  "Fei Jie..." Zhang Shuang called out softly, worried that Wu Yifen and Xiao Sa Ge would get into a conflict. If that happened, she really didn't know what to do for the best. After all, on one hand was her company's high-level manager, while on the other hand was her new boyfriend.

  "Angela, I'm really not mocking him!" Wu Yifen shook her head and sighed: "Poor me, I was just comparing him to Xiao Tang and Wang Lihong, thinking that's already quite good, but I never thought his goal would be someone even more formidable like Jay Chou."

  She shook her head repeatedly, then looked at Xiao Tang with a smile: "But come to think of it, I'm probably too stupid, right? I actually forgot that Little Tang is such an amazing newcomer, almost invincible! Now that I think about it carefully, even if he really surpasses Zhou Jielun, I don't think it's too hard to accept."

  No, previously she heard Xiao Sao say that he wanted to be on par with Jay Chou, and indeed thought that this little Tang was probably because it was easy to chase after Zhang Shuang as a girlfriend, so suddenly became arrogant and didn't know what to do. But when she heard Gao Yan's analysis from outside the circle, she suddenly realized that Xiao Tang really had this potential.

  As long as his work is good, and then concentrated exposure for a period of time, it can be imagined that with those magical "self-bringing" abilities, it will also cause heated debate and media's crazy hype. So, when there is huge popularity, excellent works, and lastly publicity selling points, the first album selling 3 million copies is actually very possible!

  What fame did Jay Chou have when he first released his album? Didn't he just appear on a few entertainment variety shows like "Kangxi Lai Le" and "Guess", and then performed songs from his new album with the support of Wu Zhongxian?

  Zhou Jielun, who is not tall or handsome and has no other skills except for music and creation, can sell 500,000 records in Taiwan because of his excellent work. What if Xiao Tang also promotes heavily in Taiwan for one to two weeks?

  Wu Yifen, who was getting more and more shocked and excited, almost in a trembling voice said: "Xiao Tang, are you willing to give us Foma the Southeast Asian distribution rights for your first album?"

  No, she doesn't even ask for exclusive signing and release now, just pursuing Southeast Asian distribution and sales. Because Zhang Shaohan's third album was released in mainland China with the cooperation of other record companies, it's not worth being too obsessed with full contract. It's better to make good use of the Southeast Asian record agent rights that are destined to be popular, and take advantage of his popularity to rise to fame in the industry, while also "enticing" a few excellent newcomers to join the company.

  This is Wu Yifen's final plan.

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