142 [Merry-go-round]
Half an hour later, after both of them took a shower, Li Yange took Cheng Shaojun to the hotel restaurant for a simple meal. Perhaps she was a little uncomfortable when she took the plane. In addition, the meals in this book were not in line with Cheng Shaojun's appetite, so she ate very little.
After the meal, the two returned to the room, Li Yange accompanied her to watch Japanese variety shows for a while. Although she couldn't understand what the people inside were saying, the funny facial expressions, exaggerated performance style, and the large color TV still made Cheng Shaojun watch them with relish.
Until after 11 o'clock in the evening, Li Yange saw that her face was exhausted and sleepy, so she said goodbye and returned to the room.
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During the production of the album "Yan Ge", Polykin began to promote it on a small scale. It was not until the end of May that Polykin really invested money to promote it.
Although the promotional expenses are not much, the scope is very wide, including radio stations, television, posters, magazines, etc., almost all places that can be promoted are involved.
In addition to the promotion of Miyuki Nakajima and Ryuichi Sakamoto in concerts and magazines, a considerable number of fans were curious about the "Album" produced by Chinese musicians.
But pure music albums have always been niche culture, and not many people really like them. Polygon conducted a simple market survey when halfway through the promotion in mid-June, and then interviewed 100 people on the street, one-third of them said they had never heard of this album or Li Yange's name.
Although the remaining two-thirds have heard of Li Yange's name, they have only heard it through radio and posters. There are only less than one-third of the people who have really learned about it or have the idea to buy it.
Seeing this, Polykin was not disappointed and continued to complete the subsequent publicity work step by step.
After all, before the production of this album, the people from the Market Analysis Department said that the possibility of the album being sold was almost zero. If it weren't for the jealousy of the Chinese mainland market, Li Yange's album could not be produced, even if it was only made, it would basically not be released. It would have been thrown into the warehouse to fill Polygon's huge song library.
So if you have expected it, how can you talk about the word disappointment?
After seeing his speech, he finished his poor sales forecast, Li Yange lowered his head and remained silent. Yuki Fujiwara was afraid of blowing his confidence, so he quickly explained: "Li Sang doesn't need to be depressed. Recently, several well-known singers in Japan have released albums, and you are a newcomer, which is normal. When the album is officially released, I believe that more people will definitely know you."
Li Yange shook his head: "No, I'm not frustrated. I have considered the issue of album sales before. Pure music album sales are generally very low, and I still know this."
As early as last year when Fujiwara Yuki came to Beijing to discuss cooperation, Li Yange was mentally prepared for poor album sales.
On the one hand, it is because of the album positioning that pure music records are not easy to sell in the world, which is a recognized fact; on the other hand, Japan's music scene is booming now, with excellent singers emerging one after another, and more than a dozen albums are released almost every month. With the shortage of publicity funds provided, it is really difficult to stand out.
If you want to have a good album sales, in addition to the singer's name, the most important thing is quality and publicity.
In terms of fame, Li Yange in Japan is basically zero. Although the quality of the album is good, the publicity is much worse.
Take Miyuki Nakajima for example. After she filled out the Japanese lyrics of "Where the Stars", before the official recording was made, the record company's publicity department revealed the news of the new song through various channels, first attracting the attention of some fans, and then waiting for the album to be recorded, then advertised on major music magazines, radio stations, and TVs.
"Li Sang is so modest. Your album is of great quality. I believe it will be a matter of time before you sell it."
Seeing that Fujiwara Yuki seemed to be full of confidence in him, Li Yange was a little amused. Even he was not optimistic about the prospects for album sales. I really don’t know where his mysterious confidence came from.
Of course, I am naturally happy to be able to sell it very much, but Li Yange did not have much hope and smiled faintly: "It's okay to sell it very much, I just hope that the album can be bought a little more so that the sales will not be too ugly, but I still thank Mr. Fujiwara for his Yoshino."
Because Cheng Shaojun was still next to him, the two chatted for a while, and Yuki Fujiwara got up and said goodbye. The album was about to be officially released the day after tomorrow. He still had a lot of things to do, but in order to facilitate Li Yange, who doesn't understand Japanese, he also helped invite an interpreter.
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One pm.
Tokyo Disneyland.
"Mr. Li, Miss Cheng, this Disneyland was built in 1982. It is expected to cover a total area of 43 hectares. It is mainly divided into six parks including World Market, Adventure Park, Western Paradise, and Fantasy Park. It is almost completely built in accordance with the American Disneyland. It is known as the number one amusement park in Asia. Although only four parks have been completed, there are still many people coming to play every day. Many foreign tourists come to Tokyo to travel, just for this amusement park."
A young girl in her twenties with long shawls walked in front of Li Yange and Cheng Shaojun, explaining to them the various parks and facilities of the amusement park.
The girl's name is Chen Hui. She is an international student from Takashima. She will work part-time at the tourism agency during her vacation. Fujiwara Yuki specially found her as a guide for Li Yange.
Cheng Shaojun looked up and saw the high Ferris wheel standing on the ground. When she looked up from below, she felt frightened, let alone sitting in it herself. She was a little surprised and said, "Will this fall down?"
"Ms. Cheng, I don't know, the Ferris wheel has very complete safety measures. If there are any problems, it will be urgently stopped."
"Stop? Isn't the person who goes up hanging on it?"
Chen Hui was stunned, thought for a while and nodded, "Theory is this, but since the park opened, there has not been a problem with the Ferris wheel."
Seeing that Cheng Shaojun seemed very interested, Li Yange couldn't help asking, "Do you want to go up and sit?"
"Ah? Forget it." Cheng Shaojun shook her head suddenly. She just felt novel about the Ferris wheel. If she really wanted to go up and sit, the height of dozens of meters would not be scary.
Chen Hui said: "If Miss Cheng is afraid of heights, there will be a carousel in front of you."
Carousel?
Cheng Shaojun originally wanted to ask what it was, but she was a little embarrassed. Li Yange next to her saw her embarrassment and said with a smile: "Since you are here, just have a fun game. The carousel is pretty good."
Immediately, he pulled Cheng Shaojun's people and followed Chen Hui to the carousel area.
When he saw a large rotating platform with seats decorated as a Trojan horse and moving up and down, Cheng Shaojun was stunned and it turned out that the circles were merry-go-rounds.
At this time, there were not many people queuing next to the carousel. Li Yange estimated that if he was queuing now, they would be able to sit on it after this round of tourists came down. He hurriedly grabbed Cheng Shaojun's hand and said, "Let's go, let's queue up."
After the two left, Chen Hui did not go. She was the guide and had to watch from the side. Moreover, after being a tour guide for two years, Disney has been tired of playing.
The queue didn't last long, only about four or five minutes.
Under the arrangement of the staff, Cheng Shaojun sat on a colorful unicorn. She looked around, touched the horns of the unicorn again, and said to Li Yange beside her: "Isn't this the only kids who play with?"
"It's almost the same, but this adult can sit."
At this moment, the staff saw that they had sat on it and ran to the side to turn on the switch.
Because of her legs off the ground, the sudden rotation made Cheng Shaojun startled. She hurriedly hugged the unicorn tightly and her legs tightly clamped, for fear that she would fall down.
"It's okay, Shao Jun will not fall off after sitting firmly, and the rotation speed is not fast. Look at me, let go of your hands, how interesting it is." Li Yange opened his hands, looking at him enjoying himself.
Seeing this, Cheng Shaojun carefully released his hands that hugged the unicorn's head tightly, and slowly spread his hands as if it were like that.
The weather today is a little hot. Driven by the rotation of the large platform, a breeze blows on people's cheeks. Cheng Shaojun, who opened his hands, only felt that the breeze was coming very comfortable. He couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly and enjoyed this cool moment.
Suddenly, she felt that her hand was being grabbed. When she opened her eyes, she saw that it was Li Yange.
"Hold on, so you don't have to worry about falling off." Li Yange grinned.
Cheng Shaojun broke free a few times, but the carousel had already started completely. She was afraid that she would fall off with too much force, so she had to let him hold his hand tightly.
Seeing her tacit approval, Li Yange smiled even happier.
When Cheng Shaojun heard the laughter, his cheeks couldn't help but turn red.
Chapter completed!