Low Key Star

  Chapter 210 [210] The second album is released

  In Zhang Yang Suhui’s memory, in the era when traffic was king, not only idols and celebrities, but almost every public figure had his own personality, showing the planned side to traffic. But this does not mean that only then will there be human design, it is just not so commercialized.

At least after the appearance of writing, the worship of learning has been engraved into the blood of human beings. "Talent" is undoubtedly a very attractive shining point. Few people can support the persona of "student master" and "talented scholar".

  Even before the huge success of the album "Voice of the Sea", what most people questioned and watched was his commercial value and success, and there was no doubt about his talent.

However, Zhang Yang's exclusive interview with "Poetry" still caused a lot of shock within a certain range. This range is not limited to the entertainment circle. On the contrary, because they don't know much about it, many people in the entertainment circle don't think there is any fuss about it. : Isn't Zhang Yang just a poet, what's the big deal about being interviewed by "Poetry" magazine?

  In the literati circle, this kind of shock is even stronger.

  The so-called literature is not the first, and literati look down on each other. "Wife is good for others, and writing is good for you." It can be said to be a big truth. Moreover, China has always had a tradition of "respecting the past and derogating the present". Zhang Yang's poems are certainly well written, and some people have said that they can be passed down to future generations, but most people don't think so.

"Poetry" is a weekly magazine. Even if the threshold for the regular publication is relatively high, there are not a few contemporary poems that have appeared in "Poetry" over the years. It can be said that Zhang Yang's poems can be passed down to future generations and can be comparable to the fine works of those ancient poems. , doesn't that mean that these poems that have appeared in "Poetry" have such qualifications?

Since ancient times, literati have been a very strange group. When you think they are soft bones, someone will stand up to prove what they are. When you think they are very ethical, someone will let you understand their lower limit. .

  In the final analysis, the same rice supports all kinds of people, as long as they are human, they are all in this circle. Reading can make sense, but it is difficult to change human nature.

Since "Linjiang Immortal", people outside the circle have generally praised Zhang Yang more. On the other hand, the voice of criticism has never disappeared in the literati circle. As he became more and more popular, this voice of criticism Not only did it not weaken and disappear, but it became bigger and bigger.

  For these people, this interview with "Poetry" means not only "the publicity has reached the height of being interviewed by "Poetry", but also a kind of recognition.

  What Poetry represents is not just a magazine, but a higher-level attitude.

Those who have either status or vision, most likely understand the reason, including publicizing themselves, and they are well aware of this. Naturally, it is the need to "promote traditional culture" and introduce an influential person among young people. .

  From this point of view, Zhang Yang is the best candidate for music, martial arts, and good poetry.

  Most people who paid attention to this incident did not know the reason, but after this incident, many literati who had made some critical remarks before had to secretly weigh their attitude towards this junior boy.

The day after the interview was aired, the official issue of "Poetry" was released, and Zhang Yang's four new works were listed, along with comments. Among them, "Sauvignon Blanc" was the most highly rated, and it was the only one that indicated the reviewer, not A word commented on "Poetry" magazine.

  The reviewer is Gu Yutang, the content is brief, but the evaluation is extremely high: "The bright moon shines on the snow", "Dajiang flows day and night", "The moon hangs in the middle of the sky", "The sun falls on the long river", these realms can be described as magnificent through the ages. Seeking for words, "Thousands of Lamps Late at Night" is almost the same.

   This simply elevates Zhang Yang to the level of Tang and Song poets!

   Naturally, there are many people who secretly slander this, but Gu Yutang can be said to be a leading figure in today's literary world, so naturally few people dare to object.

Until nearly a year later, Jiangcheng, who was called "Nanjiang North Gu" together with Gu Yutang, and was also ridiculed for "North-South Confrontation" for half his life, said in the last interview of Gu Yutang's "intentions are Well, the words are indeed good, but the words are suspected of being exaggerated." This is the first time someone raised a question.

   But not many people paid attention to it. Only when there were occasional disputes on the Internet, would someone bring up this sentence and use it to attack fans who praised Gu Yutang's comment.

In fact, Gu Yutang's words did become the "capital" that many Zhang Yang fans would more or less mention when they "Amway" to others in the long years to come. However, due to Zhang Yang's own attitude and the studio's Fans don’t make public about it, and most of them still say things like “Mr.

After telling the "why" of several poems in the interview, the host asked about his relationship with Gu Yutang, so Zhang Yang started by learning opera from Mei Yingxue, and briefly talked about the old man's advice and help to him. In other interviews, when someone asked him about this matter, he naturally even said that he "did not dare" and "had too much reputation", and never dared to claim it.

In addition to the new work, which was appreciated by Gu Yutang, a famous figure in the literary world, Zhang Yang's words about translation and reading ancient Chinese also attracted a certain amount of attention, but these were mostly among fans and people interested in words, and the media seldom reports.

On the contrary, some media used Zhang Yang's words that he does not recommend ordinary people to write poetry and rarely writes himself to make a fuss, and took some "reputed to be comparable to Tang poetry and Song poetry, Zhang Yang actually claimed that he could never write poetry" "It is still necessary to write poetry in modern times" Is it? Look at titles such as Zhang Yang's How to Say", and then interpret them divergently. In order to "seek novelty", it is inevitable that some remarks are taken out of context.

Since Zhang Yang seldom shows up on weekdays, most of his fans are rather boring, with no gossip, interviews, or commercial performances. Although the first album sold millions of copies and is extremely popular, Buddhist fans like Promise If they are in the majority, even if they are not Buddha in nature and have no melons to eat, they will have to become Buddha.

  This interview with "Poetry" can be regarded as providing fans with entertainment topics for a long time. Whether it is the number of topics in various forums or the activity of fan groups, there has been a huge increase.

Under such circumstances, as the lunar New Year approached, Sea-Gull International finally preheated the promotion of Zhang Yang's second album, and announced the simultaneous online and offline release time: 8:00 am on the 9th of the next month. , at eight o'clock in the evening.

This arrangement is naturally to allow more fans who can’t wait to choose to buy physical albums. After all, relatively speaking, the probability of fans who spend more than 100 yuan on physical albums and then spend more than 20 yuan on digital albums is much lower. It is far more than fans who spend more than 20 yuan on digital albums and then spend more than 100 yuan on physical albums.

The company's intensive preparations and publicity, fans are looking forward to it, Zhang Yang naturally can't relax, because of Wang Qingyuan's connivance, he doesn't have to go on shows like other singers to promote the new album, he can be "clear" and "confident", but there is no movement , obviously not too plausible, so Zhang Yang went to record a program in advance to show off his "music talent".

Zhang Yang's musical genius is fake, but his absolute pitch is real. In addition, Luoshen provided plug-ins, and there were various live trick shows by Jay Chou as samples, and the host "Wow" and "Oh My God" set off the recording. The on-site effect was very good, which gave him a bit of "I'm really a musical genius" confidence.

  But how the sales are, we still have to wait until after the release to see the real chapter.

The online and offline prices of the second album are the same as those of the first album, but due to the great success of the first album "Voice of the Sea", fans, the market, the company, and even Zhang Yang himself are very concerned about the price of the second album. Expectations are naturally very different.

The internal expectation of the company for the second album is to "maintain offline and break through online". Zhang Yang's expectation is naturally the more the better, but reason tells him that in the past half a year, his exposure has dropped greatly, and there is no music to win the championship. If you can maintain the sales volume of the last album, it is already a great success.

In terms of feelings, it is inevitable that there will still be "the twelve songs in the last album and eleven of them are old songs, and there are still so many people spending money. This album is all new songs, and the guarantee must be from the previous album." Sales, how can it be worse?"

  Thinking like this, I still feel uneasy in my heart.

  Although there is a lesson from last time, Zhang Wei chose to get up early in the morning to buy the album this time. After all, no matter how annoying he is, he is still his brother, so there is no reason not to support it.

  Because she was worried about the situation of being sold out again, she deliberately came earlier this time, and went out without eating breakfast.

Although the official release time is 8:00 in the morning, as long as the audio-visual store opens, there is no reason to ask customers to wait until 8:00 to sell it. For this reason, she went to the store to check yesterday. The owner said that the album will be delivered in the evening Go to the store, but you can't sell it, otherwise it will be considered a breach of contract, but it doesn't matter if the door opens early the next day, and it is guaranteed to open before eight o'clock.

   It’s still the same shop as last time.

  Zhang Wei calculated the time, and it should be about 7:40 when he arrived at the video store. In this case, even if the door is not open when he arrives, he will wait for a few minutes at most, and the door must be open.

  She calculated the time very accurately, but she never expected that when she arrived at the video store, there were already people queuing up!

   And there are more than ten people!

  When Zhang Wei saw it from a distance, he was still a little unsure. He came to the end of the line and carefully asked the girl in front of him: "Excuse me, may I ask, are you also here to buy Zhang Yang's new album?"

  When she asked this question, she found that several people in front of her turned their heads to look at her, and there was a kind of harmless expression in their eyes, "Aren't you asking knowingly?"

  The girl in the front row nodded towards Zhang Wei, and didn't say much, Zhang Wei couldn't help but whispered again: "There are so many people?"

  The girl in front of her stroked her hair and said with a smile, "I came a little late for the last album and it sold out, so I came a little earlier this time."

  Zhang Wei nodded, expressing his understanding, the girl looked around, and said again: "I asked the boss yesterday, and he said that the door will definitely open before eight o'clock, should it be soon?"

The shop owner is a man in his thirties, and he really keeps his word. The two of them were talking when they saw him appearing in the field of vision riding an electric bicycle. Someone probably came with a friend. After finding out, he reminded him : "The boss is here!"

  So nearly twenty men and women ranging in age from their teens to their twenties all turned their heads and looked at the past together.

The owner of the store obviously didn't expect such a situation to happen, his eyes widened, probably too surprised or pleasantly surprised, and the electric car almost hit the curb when he didn't pay attention, so he quickly accelerated and rode over, apologized repeatedly, and stopped the car Quickly open the store door.

  The mood of the crowd queuing up was obviously a little excited, and Zhang Wei felt that he might also be infected, and he also felt a little bit looking forward to it.

  In the process of queuing up to buy, people came to queue one after another, and passers-by looked at this scene curiously, probably not understanding what these people were doing.

   Several people were carrying players. When they came out of the store, they opened the package directly. Zhang Wei saw the album cover, a flamboyant half-body photo, and next to it was the album name: "Zhang Shouyi".

Zhang Wei couldn't help being startled, and then in a blink of an eye, he remembered what his mother said about his father's dream of music when he was young, but ended up bumping into walls everywhere. He felt sore in his eyes for no reason, so he quickly lowered his head and wiped his eyes secretly. Secretly glad that no one recognized him.

  Just thinking like this, I heard the surprised voice of a junior high school classmate who I haven’t seen for a long time: “Hey, Zhang Wei, are you here to buy your brother’s album too?” The tone seemed to be met unexpectedly in the school toilet.

  So there was a swipe, and even the store owner who was happily releasing the album and collecting money couldn't help but look over.

  (end of this chapter)