Chapter 157 157: Being a dad pays off, album sales are booming

Author: Chen Wangdong

Chapter 157 157: Being a dad pays off, album sales are booming

"What?"

"Bright sword?"

"Hmm~~This name is okay!"

When he heard the words "Bright Sword", he immediately thought, "Second Battalion Commander, where is your special Italian cannon?"

This is a classic anti-Japanese war TV series. It was rebroadcast by major TV stations more than 200 times at that time, and one family in Chongqing alone rebroadcast it 50 times.

Until many years later, "Bright Sword" was still talked about... I didn't expect that no one was willing to invest during the filming stage!

Xu Ning decided to pick it up because he liked the show very much and remembered many of the characters in it, such as:

Regiment leader Li Yunlong, political commissar Zhao Gang, guard monks, cavalry company soldiers, 358th Regiment Chu Yunfei, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and gatekeeper Wang Yousheng...

Thinking of this, Xu Ning suddenly became interested, but he couldn't show excitement now and had to hold back.

He took a sip of the cold drink Liu Yinyin had prepared for him and said casually: "What kind of drama is this "Bright Sword"? Brother Xie, please tell me in detail."

When Xie Ning heard this, he thought it was interesting.

He immediately pressed the pause button on the treadmill, then walked off in a hurry, and sat on another bench.

"I really don't understand this. Do you want me to call my friend and ask? He knows better."

Talking, talking,

Xie Ning bent down, "a waist that no one person could hold" and prepared to pick up a 30-kilogram barbell from the ground and lift it twice.

However, I didn't expect that the barbell plates would not show any respect and stuck tightly to the ground without moving at all.

He smiled awkwardly, then picked up a 2.5kg piece and placed it in front of him, pushing it up and down.

"Well, okay, let's ask."

After saying that, he lay down on the bench press again and started a new set of 120 kg warm-up.

Liu Yuqiao was about to come over to assist him, but was called away by Xu Ning, "You need assistance for this weight, why are you looking down on me?"

Liu Yuqiao thought to himself, this weight is almost twice my weight, "Brother Ning, how do you grow so tall? You are so strong."

"Eat more and exercise more."

"Huh~~ This 120 kilogram is just like playing. Let's go directly to the 150 kilogram later." Xu Ning thought as he pushed.

As he continued to dream and pick up attributes during this period, his physical strength has been slowly increasing.

Nowadays, among the male stars in the entire entertainment industry, probably no one has a better figure than him.

He really has a strong body like a special forces soldier and the strength of a gym master.

After a set of 150 kg bench press, Xie Ning also walked back from the door. He sat next to Xu Ning:

"Xiao Xu, can you give your phone number to Chen Jian, the director of "Bright Sword", and ask him to tell you personally."

Xu Ning nodded, "Okay, Brother Xie, please ask him to remember my number, 13412...66."

After thinking for a while, he continued: "Let him fight now, I don't have much time during the day."

Xie Ning nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll tell him now...Brother Li, ask Chen Jian to call now."

…

Less than two minutes later, a call came through. Xu Ning answered the call, and a very nervous voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Xu, I am Chen Jian, the director of "Bright Sword". Thank you very much for this opportunity."

After hearing this... I don't know why, but I feel very happy. Is this what it feels like to be an investor?

"Hello, Mr. Chen, I heard that your script is about the Anti-Japanese War. Can you tell me more about it?"

When Chen Jian heard this, he knew there was something going on, because he had met several investors before, and when he heard it was about the Anti-Japanese War, he shook his head.

Less than a second later, Chen Jian said what he had prepared during the day, and Xu Ning had been listening.

Five minutes later, Chen Jian stopped speaking. During this period, Xu Ning did not interrupt him at all.

"This story is very good, but you just said that Li Yunlong committed suicide in the end. I don't like the ending a bit."

Chen Jian's heart skipped a beat, but Xu Ning spoke again, "Well, come to Hengdian sometime with the script and we'll talk in person."

Chen Jian quickly thanked him: "Thank you very much, Mr. Xu. I will go there next week, no, tomorrow."

"Haha, don't worry, I'm filming in Xinchang today. You can go to Hengdian next Friday and call me."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Xu."

"You're welcome, I'll hang up first."

"Okay, Mr. Xu."

Hang up the phone.

Xie Ning came over with a smile on his face: "Thank you, thank you. I will treat you to dinner another day."

"Brother Xie, you're welcome. Come on, let's practice some more. It's still early." Xu Ning picked up the plastic sword again and started dancing.

After practicing for almost half an hour, it was already 8:30 in the evening. The group packed up and returned to the room to prepare for bed.

…

A few days later.

After filming the scene at Jingtan Temple, the crew originally wanted to go back to Hengdian directly, but the filming plan was temporarily adjusted.

Director Yu Mingsheng saw the beautiful scenery of Xinchang and suddenly had the idea to shoot exterior scenes here, and then stayed here for more than ten days.

Chen Jian, the director of "Bright Sword", arrived in Hengdian about ten days ago, but Xu Ning's schedule suddenly changed, causing him to spend half a month in Hengdian sightseeing.

Xu Ning paid for these expenses. Chen Jian didn't have much money to begin with... he couldn't be asked to pay for it himself.

Chen Jian was naturally happy when someone paid the bill... He lived in Hengdian for half a month, polishing the script and playing around. He was so happy.

end of April,

The scene in Xinchang has been completed,

The crew packed up and returned to Hengdian.

in the car,

Liu Yinyin answered the phone with one hand, and kept writing down some numbers in a notebook with a pen in the other hand, showing a happy smile from time to time.

"Xiao Ning, good news."

After answering the call, she immediately turned to look at Xu Ning. Her fair and tender face was full of joy, and the corners of her mouth could not help but raise:

"[Era-marking] The sales volume in mainland China has exceeded 1.55 million, and there are also 200,000 and 70,000 in Baodao and Xiangjiang respectively."

Su Chang's eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "It has only been released for more than a month, and the total number is more than 1.8 million..."

"Haha, yes, I haven't even counted the tapes yet. An album is priced at 30 yuan in mainland China and 70 yuan in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It probably sold for 80 million yuan."

Hearing Liu Yinyin's words, Su Chang, Yan Danchen and others, who had no idea about the album at first, were shocked and speechless.

Su Chang: "..."

Yan Danchen: "..."

Xu Ning was mentally prepared.

Of this money, after excluding distribution costs and channel dividends, I can probably get more than 60%.

That is more than 48 million.

This is just the sales in the month of release.

Generally speaking, the sales volume of an album is the highest in the month it is released. In the second month... it is not cut in half, but cut directly to the knees.

It would be good to sell 300,000 copies the next month.

Jay Chou's fifth album "Qili Xiang" was released in August 2004 and sold 2.6 million copies that month, but the final total sales volume was just over 3 million copies.

[Era-marking] It sold 1.8 million in April. Although it cannot beat Jay Chou, it is still far ahead of other singers.

There are four main reasons why it sells so well.

First, his fame has increased very quickly during this period... Two Jin Yong dramas were aired before, and later there were movies such as Star Master, Zhang Yimou and Fang Long. In addition, the traffic effect brought by the endorsement of Sprite... made him quickly rise to the top.

A line of A-list stars.

Secondly, the [epoch-making] album is of excellent quality, whether it is "Nocturne", "Blue and White Porcelain", or "Ten Miles of Spring Breeze", they are all particularly good.

Thirdly, the publicity and distribution of "Era-marking" is very powerful. It has been bombarded by 100 radio stations in Asia for a week, promoted by CCTV's MTV music channel, and promoted by soft articles in major newspapers and media. It is impossible not to think about becoming famous.

The fourth is the support of fans, especially female fans, who bought nearly 70% of the album.

After sorting out the album in his mind, Xu Ning moved closer to the passenger seat, leaned next to Yinyin and said:
To be continued...