Chapter 508: Japanese special configuration disclosed
After the road show in Brazil, the first stop of this recording session also temporarily came to an end.
After Shang Yan'er and others finished their road show, they also rushed to the restaurant to meet Jiang Yuan.
As the last meal in Brazil, everyone gathered together to celebrate the complete success of their respective road shows.
After the commemoration, I packed my luggage and followed the program team to the next road show city.
In line with the program team's plan, Jiang Yuan also worked with the studio to make a shooting plan for the "Despacito" MV.
Regarding the hit single "Despacito", it was difficult for Jiang Yuan to convince himself not to shoot the MV.
So even during the recording of the program, I squeezed in some spare time to prepare for filming.
Coupled with some of the content shot in Brazil this time, I can complete the production of a MV by putting it together.
In fact, there are still many MVs waiting for Jiang Yuan to shoot.
After all, this is the first English album to be released, and basically every single is a hit.
Even after the album is officially released, you still have to find time to shoot it.
There is a high probability that it will be an album in which a MV will be shot for each single.
"In this way, it will be difficult to reduce the cost." In the dormitory of Xincheng City, Zhang Qing said after analyzing Jiang Yuan.
After all, the production cost of the album itself is expensive, and the MV funding is not much cheaper, not to mention the number of MVs that Jiang Yuan wants to shoot.
"According to this shooting plan, we will have to fly around for filming, and labor and travel expenses will be a relatively large expense..."
Zhang Qing roughly counted on her fingers, but she didn't say she wouldn't take pictures.
And with Jiang Yuan's ability to attract money, he can afford the production fee.
"Okay, after discussing the album production issues, let's shoot this next!" Zhang Qing said, taking out a package and placing it on the table in front of Jiang Yuan.
"Several versions of the physical albums are here." Zhang Qing patted the box.
As soon as he arrived in the new city, Jiang Yuan stayed alone in his room to record the unboxing video of the physical album.
According to the release plan of "Log", the physical album configuration will be released in two days.
In order to let fans see it more intuitively, Jiang Yuan is also planning to go directly to shoot an unboxing video.
"It's time to start!" The photographer adjusted the equipment and said to Jiang Yuan.
"Hello, everyone... Today I am going to unbox and share my first Japanese album "Log"."
After Jiang Yuan connected the microphone, he greeted the camera warmly.
While doing the opening, I took a utility knife and started to cut open the tape of the box, and with a little excitement, I took out several versions of the album from the box.
"This time we have made three versions of the album. Let me take a look. This is the regular version, this is the first edition limited edition, and there is also a special deluxe version."
Jiang Yuan put the box aside and showed the three albums in sequence to the camera.
This Japanese album is also designed according to the usual Japanese album version.
"The first one is the design of this regular plate." Jiang Yuan started to display the prices from low to high.
The price of albums on Sakura is generally on the high side, so Jiang Yuan did not deliberately lower the price this time.
The ordinary disc is the most common album design. Generally speaking, it only has one CD and a dozen pages of lyrics book, and can usually sell for more than one hundred.
"The design of this cover is from a photo I took in an art museum before." Jiang Yuan showed it to the camera in a professional way.
It is a profile photo of himself wearing a light gray shirt, with a blue wall and two classic paintings as the background, holding his chin.
"I think this cover is very beautiful." Jiang Yuan boasted, then opened the CD case.
"After you open it, it's a CD." Jiang Yuan showed it to the camera again.
"Because the concept of this album is "Log", the entire disk is designed according to this concept."
"At first glance, it looks like a plain white dial, but if you touch it carefully, you can see some hidden words engraved on it."
"It will be more obvious under the reflection of the light." Zhang Qing came to the side and gave Jiang Yuan a light.
"I won't read out the text above for you. It's a little easter egg in the album. You can study it yourself when you get it." Jiang Yuan nodded and put down the CD.
Although the price of the usual plate gave Jiang Yuan a sense of familiarity with the leek plate.
But even so, care was taken in the design.
On the CD disc, Jiang Yuan specially prepared several short poems and made several different versions of the disc.
It is a rather special design.
But if you think about it carefully, after this Easter egg is dug out, there will definitely be many fans who want to collect all versions of CDs.
Thinking about it this way, it quite stimulates sales.
Jiang Yuan took down the lyrics book while thinking about it.
For many Sakura singers' albums, the lyrics are really just lyrics.
But Jiang Yuan also specially added the design of random photo cards and bookmarks in the lyrics book.
It seems that there is more content, but this is also a rare configuration of random small cards in Jiang Yuan's entity.
Coupled with the various limited editions of CDs, it is estimated that sales will be difficult to decrease by then.
After showing the photo card and bookmark to the camera, Jiang Yuan unfolded the lyrics book again.
Different from ordinary lyric books, Jiang Yuan designed the lyrics book to look like a folded newspaper.
The front page is the title of Jiang Yuan's first Japanese album "Log", with the release date attached.
Then below are the lyrics of each song, as well as the corresponding photos.
"The normal disk settings are now displayed." After Jiang Yuan put away the lyrics book, he felt that this design was not too common for a Japanese professional.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After putting it down, pick up the second version of the album.
"The second one is the limited edition of the first press of the album." Jiang Yuan introduced while removing the plastic packaging.
The limited edition of the first press can also be regarded as a commercial means to stimulate sales of Japanese albums.
The price will be much more expensive than the normal price.
In terms of configuration, they usually have different covers and CD designs than ordinary discs, and contain roughly the same songs, and some even add a DVD.
It will only be sold in limited quantities within a period of time after the album is released and will not be reprinted, so the collection value will be relatively higher.
"The limited edition is a combination of CD and DVD." Jiang Yuan showed the new discs in turn.
Different from the plain surface of the regular edition, the CD of the limited edition is very shiny, and the overall design adopts the design of a nautical chart.
Different terrain maps, as well as some monster patterns symbolizing adventure, mark the locations with the titles of the songs included.
Another set of random cards and bookmarks from the card pool also comes with stickers and Polaroids, and the lyrics book is also much thicker.
"I heard that this is limited-time and unlimited. Remember to buy it within the specified time. It will not be reprinted after that." Jiang Yuan said to the camera.
At the same time, the size of the entire album is relatively consistent with the previous physical albums, so Jiang Yuan himself likes it better.
"Then comes the final highlight!" After Jiang Yuan put down the first edition limited edition, he took out another box of the same size but much thicker.
The box is mainly white as a whole, and then the figure of Jiang Yuan is outlined with golden bright lines, and the album name "Log" is written in the middle.
"Open the box, the special edition is full of contents." Jiang Yuan said, pouring the configuration on the table.
"First there is a mini poster and a small bag of puzzles. You can try to put them together then."
This version is closer to Jiang Yuan’s previous entity configuration and has rich content.
"There are also photo cards, stickers, bookmarks, and Polaroids." Jiang Yuan showed them one by one to the camera.
"Then this lyrics book is also relatively thick with photos, but only the first twenty or so pages are photos, and then there are some photos I took and the diary contents I recorded."
"There is also a small amount of blank space at the end, which is for everyone to keep a diary, a to-do list, a travel diary and the like."
"In order to facilitate everyone's recording, we also sent a joint black pen."
While Jiang Yuan was introducing it, he also showed off its rich configurations.
After all, with the pricing starting with 3, Jiang Yuan also put a lot of effort into making fans feel that they are worth their money.
"After displaying these configurations, let's return to the album itself. In addition to CD and DVD, we also have a CD with no design."
Jiang Yuan picked it up and showed it to the camera.
It is a reflective disk with the word sample written on it in black fonts.
"This is a demo of all the singles in the album. It is a completely unpublished version. You can listen to it when the time comes."
So far, Jiang Yuan has displayed the three versions of the album one by one.
After recording the ending content, the photographer turned off the device.
Jiang Yuan stretched, and Zhang Qing carefully put away the album used for filming.
In order to prevent early leakage of songs, the entire printing and production process of the physical album is relatively confidential.
After recording and unboxing, nothing happened for the time being.
It was not too early, so Jiang Yuan went to bed early.
The unpacking video that was just shot was updated on Jiang Yuan's various platform accounts at a set time two days later after some special effects were added in the later stages of editing.
Not long after the video was released, it quickly sparked heated discussions among fans.
[I thought the Japanese special event would be very crude!]
【It’s totally a work of art!】
[Xingyuan finally became sensible and realized the random configuration!]
[It’s so pretty, why aren’t there links to one, two, and three?]
[The Japanese special edition also has random small cards, I bought them immediately!]
[Will sales start simultaneously in China? You won’t have to find a purchasing agent, right?]
[Sakura girls eat so well! There are random photo cards, demo plates, and the special edition even has unpublished diaries and photos! 】
[Buy, buy, buy, buy every version!!]
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In the past two years, Jiang Yuan has rarely produced randomly configured entities. Not only did the fan base not have any objections, they even praised the company for finally being sensible and knowing how to make money.
After all, for the previous physical courses, you basically just need to buy one, and all the configurations such as small cards and so on can be collected with one click and you can graduate directly.
Like this time, different card pools and random small cards have aroused fans' desire to buy the card even more.
As for the pricing of the album, although it is a bit expensive, Japanese albums are generally priced at this price, so it has not caused any criticism.
Similarly, after Sakura released this configuration, it received unanimous praise from Sakura girls.
[Usually the disc also comes with a small card and bookmark, which is totally angelic!]
[It’s so cute when you open the video and let everyone guess the easter eggs afterwards! 】
[It is configured as if it is for charity, and the special edition is like a big gift package!]
【Is this really buying an album? 】
[Each version is beautiful and well thought out!]
【Great face! Great work!】
[I can actually listen to the demo version, which is really touching!]
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The response to the demo video was very enthusiastic and even generated two different hot topics.
At the same time, Jiang Yuan Studio also answered some of fans’ expectations and questions online.
This also includes the release of the album in China, which can be purchased directly through Yuan Universe without the need for purchasing agents, which makes fans happy.
Jiang Yuan was not able to see the lively response caused by the disclosure of the configuration at the first time.
Because of the time difference, Jiang Yuan had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Two days after arriving in the new city, Jiang Yuan no longer had the leisure time before, and began to become full and busy.
In addition to enjoying the novelty of traveling, the rest of the time was basically spent on the shooting of the MV and the dubbing work of "Your Name".
It can be said that apart from sleeping, I have arranged myself to a full schedule.
Of course, after working so intensively for a period of time, the progress of the work is also very gratifying.
First of all, the dubbing work of "Your Name", which spanned a relatively long time, has finally come to an end.
The official completion of the dubbing work has also greatly accelerated the release time of the movie.
This is also the first time Jiang Yuan has participated in the production of a movie as a voice actor.
There will be a big difference between the lines and the normal acting before. However, after completing a play, I feel that my line skills have improved a lot, which is a good thing.
In addition, the filming of the "Despacito" MV was also completed at the speed of light.
After all, the script of the MV is directly based on the original MV. It really doesn’t have a grand narrative, and the filming isn’t too complicated either.
Of course, the filming team also deserves credit for spending a lot of time in preparations when Jiang Yuan was not around.
Finally, no labor costs, which are not cheap, were wasted.
After finishing these two tasks, Jiang Yuan was more relaxed during the rest of the trip, and like Louis and others, he focused on the new round of road shows.
The Japanese album release plan is progressing steadily, and the first half of the Brazilian chapter of "World Songs" has also been updated as scheduled.
While Jiang Yuan was preparing for the new road show, the pre-sale of the birthday party was finally officially announced, officially entering the countdown mode.