"Conquest" producer Ding Xiaowen, EMI Vice President Sun, Naying and her sister and manager Naxin were sitting on the sofa together, watching the "Dusk" MV played on the CCTV Music Channel on TV.
Zeng Li, wearing a long red dress, looked stunningly beautiful in the camera.
The performance was also very good. He broke up with Cao Xuan with a determined expression. The moment he turned around, tears gently slid down his cheeks.
"I still remember the tears falling from your eyes, heartbroken
There is an illusion of burning tears in the chaos
dusk horizon
Cut off happiness and joy
Love has been disillusioned
…”
Accompanied by Cao Xuan's singing, Zeng Li and Cao Xuan took various fancy dynamic photos to show their good looks. The handsome men and beautiful women are so eye-catching.
But Naying and others felt no joy at all.
After "Dusk" became popular, it quickly posed a great threat to "Conquest".
The two songs are just like last year's "Heart Is Too Soft" and "Ten Thousand Reasons". They compete fiercely for each other in major charts.
In particular, "Dusk" also has "Angel Wings" firmly ranked in the top five. The two songs feed back and promote each other.
The early advantage of "Conquest" has been gradually wiped out by "Dusk", and the situation of "Conquest" being the dominant one has been reduced to a 50-50 split.
"Is there something wrong with this Cao Xuan? He still has more than half a year to come. If he has to join us, he will harm others and not benefit himself."
Vice President Sun was very unhappy. EMI Records invested a lot of money in "Conquest".
Not to mention the previous price of signing Naying from [Foremost Records], the cost of album production, recording and promotion alone was several million.
After investing so much energy and money, not to mention losing money, even failing to achieve expected profits is a big problem.
Maybe he, the vice president who is specifically responsible, will have to take the blame, so whoever replaces him won't be in a hurry.
"He may not have done it on purpose. Cao Xuan has been preparing for a new album. It is said that it is scheduled to be released in April or May."
Cao Xuan is also a well-known singer. They are all in the same circle. He did not hide it deliberately, so it is not difficult for others to find out the news.
Na Xin is mainly responsible for her sister's work in the Mainland. She also knew that Cao Xuan would release a new album before, but she didn't care about it.
After all, Naying is a mainland diva, and Cao Xuan is, to put it bluntly, a newcomer to the music scene who has only been popular for half a year.
The qualifications, fame, and status of the two are so far apart that no one would think that Cao Xuan can pose a threat to Na Young's new album.
However, I don’t want some newcomers to be so unreasonable.
“Should we postpone the album release?”
Ding Xiaowen came up with an idea. Now that "Dusk" and "Angel Wings" have suddenly emerged and grabbed a lot of popularity, they will definitely affect the album sales of "Conquer".
"Cannot postpone."
Naying and Vice President Sun said in unison.
From a commercial perspective, Vice President Sun settled the accounts on his fingers: "We have already spent millions on early publicity, and the goods have been distributed. What will happen to the loss if it is delayed?"
Naying didn't think about it that much. She just felt that if she postponed the release of her album now, it would be as if she was afraid of Cao Xuan and how she would be able to function in the industry in the future.
Naxin also felt that it could not be postponed. Her reason was simple.
"Although "Conquer" is not as popular as "Dusk" now, it is not bad in popularity and remains in the top two.
If the release is postponed, who can guarantee that it can still maintain this popularity and choose other songs to build momentum. The quality and popularity of "Conquer" are difficult to compare with.
Even if it is comparable, if all the good songs are released in advance for promotion, then who will buy the album? Piracy is not a vegetarian."
Only then did Ding Xiaowen realize that she thought it was easy. She got up and walked around the living room a few times, giving her a high five.
"Then let's go head-to-head with "Dusk" and tie it together to hype it up. First, it will heat up the popularity, and then when the album is released, other songs will hit the charts one after another, and we will surround and suppress "Dusk" together."
"Yes, if quality does not dominate, we will win with quantity."
Vice President Sun looked full of wisdom: "The album "Conquest" is produced by famous artists and is of first-class quality. He, Cao Xuan, took out the two masterpieces "Dusk" and "Angel Wings", and at most he still held them in his hands.
Keep a good song in stock to sell albums.
At that time, we will suppress "Dusk", try our best to dominate the charts, and then spend money to find some media to increase the popularity. Even if Cao Xuan becomes a small hit with "Dusk", the majority will still be ours."
After listening to what the two said, Naying also felt that the idea was good, and nodded in agreement with satisfaction: "Ten songs versus three, the advantage lies with me."
………
Naying's connections are not built for good. As soon as they took action, the two-power competition for hegemony in "Dusk" and "Conquest" became a new highlight in the music world in April.
The popularity of the two songs has soared. Although "Conquest" has achieved its goal, "Dusk" has also benefited a lot.
At the same time, it also invisibly elevated Cao Xuan's status.
Last year, I fought with Taiwan's little queen Ren Xianqi for several months, and now I have a hard-earned fight with mainland queen Naying.
Moreover, the works are excellent, the output is stable, and it has been at the top of major rankings for a long time.
Cao Xuan was increasingly recognized by fans and the industry, and gradually began to shed his identity as a newcomer, slowly evolving into a famous and successful first-line singer.
And just when Cao Xuan entered the front line, Naying's "Conquer" album also started to be released.
With the current trend of stock market, it is no surprise that "Conquest" was a huge hit, selling 300,000 copies in just two weeks. Na Young's position as the mainland's queen has become more and more stable.
At the same time, the encirclement and suppression plan formulated by Ding Xiaowen was also successfully implemented.
The four songs "Conquer", "Meet at 98", "No matter how painful it is" and "Awake from the Dream" have entered the top ten of major music charts.
The four songs help each other, feed each other, and then take advantage of the popularity of the "Conquer" album to directly suppress "Dusk" and "Angel Wings".
"Dusk" is so popular that it can still manage to hold on and stay in the top three.
The slightly inferior "Angel Wings" is a bit troublesome, almost being squeezed out of the top ten.
The two powers competed, and in the blink of an eye, it was back to the situation dominated by "Conquest".
Regarding this result, the media felt a little regretful. After all, Cao Xuan still had too little background. It would be okay to break out in a short period of time, but the tug-of-war was still barely going to get heated.
Naying and EMI are very satisfied. As long as they maintain the current popularity of the song, the rest is to watch the album sales soar...
Everyone felt that Cao Xuan was doomed, only Cao Xuan and Warner didn't think so.
On May 5, 1998, Cao Xuan's first album "Stars" was officially released.
Soon after, seven more songs were added to the major music charts.
Among them is a song called "Fairy Tale". As soon as it hit the charts, it shot up the charts with unstoppable momentum.
Seventeenth place!
Eleventh place!
Ninth place!
the fifth place!
Second place!
Climb to the top!
"Conquer" barely held the top spot for a week before it was knocked off the top spot by "Fairytale".
The next day, the popularity of "Dusk", driven by "Fairy Tale", surged, overtaking "Conquest" and ranking second.
On the same day, "Run" ranked fifth on the list, "Angel Wings" ranked seventh, "Autumn Never Comes Back" ranked tenth, and Na Young's "Wake Up" was pushed to 12th.
Four against two suddenly became three against five.
Outside of the top ten on the list, Cao Xuan's other five songs did not pull the crotch, and were basically ranked between 10 and 30. They were pretty much the same as, or even slightly exceeded, the other songs in the "Conquest" album.
At the beginning, he vowed to encircle and suppress Cao Xuan, but now he was launched into a counter-encirclement and suppression campaign.
