Hua Rong smiled enigmatically: "Xu Anqi's temper is getting worse and worse these days. It's time to make her feel a little threatened. You know what to do, right?"
Pingping's face turned pale, but under Hua Rong's oppressive gaze, she could only grit her teeth and nod.
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Chu Meibo didn't tell Shen Huai about Xu Anqi causing trouble. Firstly, she felt it wasn't a big deal, and secondly, Shen Huai had been too busy lately, so even if she wanted to tell him, she wouldn't find an opportunity.
Ye Cang's new album has been released for two weeks now. Starting this week, his digital album, titled "Rebirth," has also been released on major music platforms, and its sales have already reached an astonishing number.
Everyone originally thought that after the digital album was released, the sales of physical albums would gradually decrease, but to everyone's surprise, not only did they not decrease, but sales continued to increase.
In the first week, more than 60,000 records were sold, including 20,000 pre-orders. But by noon on Tuesday of the second week, sales had already exceeded 100,000.
In the current context of a severely shrinking physical market, the achievements in physical sales are of exceptional value.
Last year, only four albums in the entire Chinese music scene sold more than 100,000 physical copies. This year, only Bai Weijia and one established pop singer have surpassed that number so far, indicating an extremely sluggish market.
Ye Cang's album can be considered a dark horse, even surprising his record label, Morning Star.
what does that mean?!
This means Ye Cang's position as Best New Artist is secure. If his album sales continue to increase at this rate, he might even be a contender for Best Album at the Golden Melody Awards!
This is an achievement that Morning Star has never had before. After all, in previous years, most of the Golden Melody Awards went to Huayu Records, and companies like Morning Star were mostly just running for the runner-up.
Regardless of whether Bai Weijia or Ye Cang wins the award, Morningstar's status in the industry will be greatly enhanced.
It's said that during this period, the CEO of Morningstar has been walking unsteadily.
On the contrary, Ye Cang, the person involved, seemed much calmer.
It's no wonder he's a bit flustered. After all, thirty years ago, every single one of his records was already platinum. Not to mention that over the years, his cumulative record sales have reached tens of millions of copies. In comparison, his current record sales are just a fraction of what they were in his past life.
But the people around him were much more excited. Xue Chengge had already set the poster celebrating 100,000 sales as his phone wallpaper, and even Xingyi Studio took the initiative to propose a celebration.
Ye Cang had no objections, so Shen Huai agreed.
On the day of the celebration, Ye Cang had another announcement to attend to and was going to be late, so Shen Huai told Chu Meibo and the others to go first, and they would go later.
The two arrived a little late, and as soon as they entered, several staff members sprayed them with confetti.
Congratulations!
Shen Huai and Ye Cang were both startled by the sudden attack, and caught off guard, they were both sprayed with confetti.
Yan Xiangming came out from inside: "Boss, Xiao Ye, come in quickly, we've prepared a cake!"
The group of people, laughing and joking, escorted the two of them inside.
As Ye Cang brushed the confetti off his clothes, he laughed and said, "Who came up with this idea? Fireworks and congratulations? I thought you were going to wish us a happy marriage next!"
Shen Huai: "..."
Ye Cang's attitude was natural, and no one took his words seriously. They all came forward to congratulate him on his record sales exceeding 100,000.
Even Fang Jiqing came over, but compared to the other staff who were simply happy, Fang Jiqing's feelings were much more complicated. Originally, he thought that Ye Cang could never beat him, but after hearing this album, he felt a little panicked.
Given the current terrifying growth rate and the quality of this album, it's not impossible for him to surpass her. Fang Jiqing deeply regrets his decision; to make matters worse, he was the one who proposed the bet, and he still feels frustrated thinking about it.
Recently, everyone who has seen him has been asking him about his streaking incident. Even a kind-hearted person like Yan Xiangming sincerely suggested that he start exercising now, because it is said that this winter will be very cold, and he is afraid that he will get sick from the cold.
Fang Jiqing was initially very angry, but now she has given up all hope.
Everyone laughed and joked as they cut the cake and opened champagne to celebrate.
Xue Chengge, who had drunk a little wine and whose face was flushed, asked, "I checked the streaming numbers online today. If this trend continues, Brother Ye should have no problem getting a platinum record, right?"
Previously, album sales were calculated based on physical sales, but since 2017, streaming viewership has also been converted into album sales. Ye Cang's album is currently showing promising growth, and it's only a matter of time before it reaches platinum status.
“I think it’s not just platinum, double platinum is definitely possible!” an employee said excitedly.
"Hey? If Brother Ye gets double platinum, is Teacher Fang going to have to run around naked?"
Fang Jiqing: "..." It felt like another knife had been plunged into his heart.
Enraged, he yelled, "Get out of here!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
"If he can get double platinum, this year's Golden Melody Award will be his for the taking."
"Winning both Best Newcomer and Best Album, my god! That's incredible!"
"And there's Best Song! If we win all three, it would be the first time since the Golden Melody Awards were founded, right?"
"Holy crap! You must be dreaming!"
Just then, Yan Xiangming, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said, "It's not impossible."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Yan Xiangming.
Yan Xiangming's face was a little red, his eyes seemed to be shining, and his voice was even a little slurred with excitement: "If the physical sales can reach platinum record status, we can definitely win these three awards!"
The staff were stunned. After a long while, someone cautiously asked, "Brother Yan, are you drunk?"
"I'm not drunk!" Yan Xiangming became more and more excited as he spoke, standing up and pacing back and forth in the studio. "I just checked the physical album sales figures again, and it's already sold 150,000 copies, and the sales rate is still increasing. At this rate, it might very well reach one million copies!!"
"Look at those platinum records from before, this 'Rebirth' album is just as good as them! No, it's even better!!"