The money spent on filming "Born Together" was much less than Wang Xuan imagined. Even if he used the best equipment, on average, an episode only cost about 500,000 yuan.
The nine leading actors are all new students, and their pay is very low, 200,000 yuan per person, and the average is less than 10,000 yuan per episode.
Including the wages of the crew and various expenses, the total cost after filming this TV series was only about 20 million.
Tsk, this money was earned by Du Chengfei's song "Farewell" last month.
As of the end of last month, "Farewell" had finally received 65 million downloads. The platform will get 30%, Du Chengfei will get 0.50%, and Wang Xuan will get 20% personally, which is equivalent to Tianhai’s remaining 4.50%, which is about 29 million before tax.
The record of 65 million downloads was naturally a big hit in April. The highest downloads of other songs below were only 40 million. Du Chengfei also gained a lot of popularity because of the song "Farewell", with nearly 8 million followers on Weibo.
8 million Weibo followers are considered the threshold for second-tier singers.
Wang Xuan only used two songs to push a newcomer who was originally considered a complete newcomer in the music world to the point where he is halfway to the threshold of a second-tier singer. I don’t know how many people were shocked and envied by him. Du Chengfei was shocked.
What makes people even more jealous is that in May, Du Chengfei came again and not only released new songs, but also released an album.
The album was only officially released on May 7th, but for this album, Tianhai started promoting it half a month in advance, and the promotion was vigorous. Hot search headlines, and major forums, blogs, and chat platforms were filled with mentions of Du Chengfei's album. information.
There are many people looking forward to this album. The mere fact that Wang Xuan wrote the lyrics, composed and composed the entire album himself is enough to attract people.
Of course, Du Chengfei was not the only one to release an album in May, many people also released albums.
Although many big-name singers say things like "shut away when they see Wang Xuan", in golden months like May, October and December, no one is afraid of Wang Xuan.
There's no point in being afraid. Singers also need popularity and exposure to maintain their status. The most direct way is to release songs. The best months for releasing songs are May, October and December.
So this month, there are two singers and queens who have released singles, and two first-line singers. In addition, there are two singers and one first-line singer who have released albums.
Of course, few people will release an album directly. They usually release the title song to warm up the album and attract a lot of popularity before launching the album. These three top singers and first-line singers who have released albums also chose to warm up.
It is also equivalent to the fact that among the big-name singers releasing songs in May's new song list, there are actually 4 singing kings and queens, and 3 first-line singers. The lineup can be said to be very strong.
In the early morning of May 1st, Huayi’s singer Li Ronggui, Hengsheng’s singer He Jun, Great Wall Entertainment’s singer Yu Hao, and Dynasty Entertainment’s queen Peng Xiaoyu all uploaded their new songs.
Xingkong's A-list singer Zhi Zhi, Morning Star's A-list singer Chen Lu, Jin Hui's A-list singer Sun Siya, and PolyGold's A-list singer Zhang Min also uploaded their new songs.
These are only singers who are above the first-tier level, and there are also countless singers who are below the first-tier level.
The months of May, October and December are called feasts for fans by no means just for words. In the early morning of May 1st, I don’t know how many fans stayed up late waiting for the new song list to be updated.
In this context, Tianhai also uploaded Du Chengfei's single.
In about half an hour, the ranking of the new song list was refreshed for the first time.
At the top of the list is Great Wall Entertainment's singer Yu Hao, whose song "The Oath" has 580,000 downloads and 400,000 listens.
Yu Hao is a veteran singer, and he is considered an evergreen tree in the music industry. Eight years ago, he won an award for a popular single and a popular album, and it was a Grand Slam. Since then, the popularity has been maintained well.
Starting from the year before last, Yu Hao moved to the film industry and starred in several movies, but unfortunately they were not very successful at the box office. The key point is that his acting skills are really average. Fans will buy it, but neutral audiences are unlikely to buy it.
In short, the transformation failed. After several beatings, Yu Hao finally gave up on the film industry and returned to the music industry. This song in May was carefully prepared for his return to the music scene.
He is determined to win the new song list in May. As for Wang Xuan, step aside. Others are afraid of Wang Xuan, but he is not. In his opinion, Wang Xuan is just a mountain without tigers and a monkey is the king.
As for the current ranking of top songwriters in the industry, Yu Hao also has some disdain in his heart. Huang Zhan ranks first? Zhuang also ranked second? Gu Jiahui ranked third? Haha, have you asked his teacher Dou Wei?
At the music festival eight years ago, his teacher Dou Wei was able to win an award with a single and an album, and won the Best Composition Award that year. Eight years later, he can also use this song " "The Oath" helped him reach the top of the new song list in May.
It's just that his teacher is a bit low-key. After winning the award, he retired to the mountains and forests. He did not compete for fame or profit, so his ranking in the industry was very low. If it wasn't for him this time, his teacher wouldn't have left the mountain.
In Yu Hao's opinion, his teacher is a real musician who devotes himself to making music. This song "The Oath" is a work created by the latter with great ingenuity. Let's see, "The Oath" will definitely top the May new song list. And the album of the same name "The Oath" produced by his teacher for him will definitely sweep the album market this year.
Yes, there are two singing kings releasing albums this month, and Yu Hao is one of them.
Ranking second is Peng Xiaoyu, the queen of Dynasty Entertainment, whose new song "Flower in the Mirror" has 480,000 downloads and 390,000 listens.
Ranking third is Li Ronggui, the singer king of Huayi, whose new song "Nobody and Me" has 450,000 downloads and 380,000 listens.
Ranking fourth is He Jun, the king of songs under Dingsheng. The new song "Fate Sky" has 400,000 downloads and 350,000 listens. This month, another singing king releasing an album is He Jun.
PolyGold's first-line singer Zhang Min ranked fifth. The new song "Moonlight in the City" has 350,000 downloads and 330,000 listens.
Baolijin is an entertainment company from Hong Kong. At its peak, it was a gathering of stars, occupying half of the Hong Kong music scene. Unfortunately, it also declined with the decline of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, and now it can barely maintain its position as a first-line entertainment company.
If Zhong Tao is the new generation singer of Emperor Entertainment, then Zhang Min is the new generation singer of PolyGold. Baolijin also asked Zhang Min to move to the mainland after seeing Zhong Tao's great success in fighting for independence.
This song "Moonlight in the City" was created by PolyGold for Zhang Min with a lot of money. The lyrics and music were composed by well-known top musicians from Taiwan. In addition, Zhang Min will release an album in a few days.
Zhizhi ranked sixth.
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Du Chengfei ranked eleventh. His new song "He Must Love You Very Much" has 250,000 downloads.
Don't think this ranking is low. May's new song list is a month full of stars. There are 7 first-tier and above singers, and there are five or six second-tier and above singers. Du Chengfei is not even a second-tier singer now, plus Tianhai is now in There is no recommendation position on the music platform. Being able to squeeze into the eleventh place in the first ranking refresh is already very strong.
After the ranking was refreshed, many people started listening to the song.
The fans are listening to the songs, and the singers are listening to the songs too.
He Jun is one of them. He first listened to Yu Hao's "The Oath" and was speechless after listening to it.
Can't beat it!
Damn it, Dou Wei is Dou Wei, he is so awesome. It was not unreasonable to win the Best Composer of the Year award eight years ago over Huang Zhan and others. It's a pity that he has retired. It is estimated that Yu Hao is the only disciple who can invite him to come out.
Forget it, even Dou Wei has come out, admit defeat. Anyway, his goal is not to win the top spot on the May new song chart, but to be the main album. This new song is just a warm-up for the album.
Thinking of this, He Jun clicked on Peng Xiaoyu's new song "Flowers in the Mirror" and was speechless even before listening to it.
Forget about Ye Luo composing the music, the lyrics are actually written by Huang Zhan, and the arranger is actually Wang Xinmin. Damn it, isn't this bullying? Who is Huang Zhan? Currently the number one top songwriter in the industry. Who is Wang Xinmin? The number one top arranger in Taiwan.
Can the average person withstand the combined power of these people?
Sure enough, after hearing "Flower in the Mirror", He Jun knew that he couldn't beat it.
As for who is better, "Flower in the Mirror" or "The Oath", there is no doubt that it is "The Oath".
Dou Wei is a musician who is very strong in writing lyrics, composition, and arrangement. He is not the best, but he is top-notch. Huang Zhan's lyrics are top-notch, and Wang Xinmin's arrangement is top-notch... Unfortunately, Ye Luo's composition is much worse than Dou Wei's, and it also holds him back. So taken together, "The Oath" is stronger.
But what does it have to do with him? He couldn't get first place anyway.
No, it does matter. Even if you can't get first or second place, it's still good to get third.
"Let's see if we can keep third place." He Jun continued to listen to music. He clicked on Li Ronggui's new song "Nobody and Me". After listening to it, he felt happy. Finally, he was able to overpower Li Ronggui.
Li Ronggui and he debuted in the same year, became kings of songs at about the same time, and were equally popular. They were probably in love with each other. So this time the new song can beat Li Ronggui, He Jun is still very happy.
As a result, He Jun's joy did not last for a few seconds, and he broke out after listening to Zhang Min's new song "Moonlight in the City".
"E++, Polygold is Polygold. Although it has declined, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse.
This song "Moonlight in the City" has a beautiful melody. Just listening to the melody is touching. Zhang Min's singing voice is also touching, elegant and sad. People can't help but enter a hazy and beautiful artistic conception of white moonlight, seeing things and thinking about people.
Sadness, loss, concern, loneliness, beautiful blessings for love, and admonishing the world to cherish the people in front of you are all in this song.
It’s over, I can’t keep third place. "
He Jun felt like a loose ball for a moment and didn't want to listen anymore. However, there is one person whose new song you must definitely listen to, and that is Du Chengfei's new song, because that song was written and composed by Wang Xuan.
Thinking of this, He Jun no longer listened to each song one by one, but planned to directly search for Du Chengfei's new songs.
what do you say that is?
Oh, yes, it seems to be called "He Must Love You Very Much".
Just when he was about to search, the screen flashed, and the ranking of the new song list was refreshed again. Then He Jun saw that the song "He Must Love You Very Much" had entered the top ten of the new song list, and it had directly entered the ninth place. There have been 680,000 downloads.
Very good and strong!
Looking at this increase, this song is going to be a hit.
He clicked on the download to listen to the two series. Soon, He Jun's eyes widened. The more he listened, the more shocked he became, and the more he listened, the more he gasped.
After he listened to the whole song, he was a little confused.
Then he suddenly laughed. Looking at "The Oath" ranked first, "Flowers in the Mirror" ranked second, and "Moonlight in the City" which has just surpassed his new song and ranked third...
Shaked his head.
Die!
In front of this song "He Must Love You Very Much", let's die together!
If I can't get into the top three, you can't even think about it.
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On the other side, our little Huihui is naturally indispensable to listeners to the monthly new song list.
It is worth mentioning that in the final of "The King of Masked Singer" last month, due to Xiao Huihui's extraordinary performance, he finally defeated the singer Qinglong in January and the defending singer Black Swan in March, and won the award. The first issue of Singing King.
So Xiao Huihui has been very proud of himself recently.
Because he hasn't released a song for too long, his current popularity is declining, but after the King of Singers finals, he will definitely gain massive popularity. The King of Singers finals are not far away, in July.
So Xiao Huihui doesn’t need to compete with these people for the new song list in May. Now he just wants to watch the excitement, watching how these singers and queens are beaten by Wang Xuan.
Yes, as the number one Wang Xuan, Xiao Huihui has so much confidence in Wang Xuan.
The new song list was refreshed. He didn't listen to other people's songs. He first searched for Wang Xuan's new songs and listened to them.
The title of the song is "He Must Love You Very Much".
Download and listen to Erlian.
The prelude sounded, and Xiao Huihui shouted 6666 directly.
"Melodious and melodious, this prelude is so nice. Did you use meteor? It should be right? Forget it, never mind, I'm invincible anyway." Xiao Huihui thought to himself.
Wang Xuan's arranger is really strong. Among all the musicians Xiao Huihui has seen, only Baihu's arranger can compete with Wang Xuan's. Both of them use many uncommon instruments in their arrangements.
For example, "Dongfeng Po" written by Wang Xuan used the erhu and pipa. The current song "He Must Love You Very Much" should use the phoenix at the beginning. Anyway, it must be an instrument that is not commonly used. Baihu's "Lonely Sandbank" even used Tianzhu Asan's sitar.
After the prelude, Du Chengfei's hoarse and magnetic singing voice sounded:
"I was hiding in the car with champagne in my hand
I want to give you a birthday surprise
As you get closer and closer, there are two voices
I was caught off guard and could only stand there stunned.”
"I'll go! Awesome, these lyrics are so graphic." Xiao Huihui praised.
Listening to these lyrics, a picture immediately appeared in Xiao Huihui's mind.
In the picture, a man was hiding in a car with champagne, trying to surprise his girlfriend who was celebrating her birthday. When the girlfriend came over, besides her voice, there was another voice, which made the man at a loss. Stunned in the car.
"I should be under the car, not in the car
See how sweet you are
This way it will be easier for me to give up.
Give me the courage to leave.”
The second verse of the verse is still very visual, and vividly displays the man's painful and conflicting mood.
Hiding in the car, he saw his girlfriend kissing me with another man. He was really regretful at that time and wished he was under the car, knowing nothing and seeing nothing, so that he wouldn't I was in so much pain that I didn’t even have the courage to leave.
"He must love you very much and compare me to him
It only took a minute to break up
He must love you very much and will please you better than me
You won't be as childish as me
It’s embarrassing for you”
"Invincible! This song is indeed invincible!" After listening to the chorus, Xiao Huihui came to this conclusion directly. This chorus shows an emotionally weak man as a conscientious man.
It was obvious that his girlfriend had cheated on him and betrayed him, but he still tried his best to excuse his girlfriend. This was because there was another man who loved his girlfriend more than he did, who was better at pleasing his girlfriend than he was, and would not be like him. , always childish, always making things difficult for his girlfriend.
Xiao Huihui thought of a saying, when it comes to emotional issues, whoever takes it seriously first will lose, and whoever invests everything will lose. Things that are too easy to get are never cherished.
Anyway, this song is invincible.
After listening to it, Xiao Huihui directly shared "He Must Love You Very Much" to the Poujie chat group.
Soon, the crowd became lively.
"Invincible!"
"Awesome! Wang Xuan is so awesome. Fortunately, I didn't release a song this month, otherwise I would have to support him again."
"Haha, if Wang Xuan doesn't sing, you are no longer a foil. How many songs can you sing like "The Oath", "Flowers in the Mirror", and "Moonlight in the City"?"
"So what? Do they have to kneel down in front of this song "He Must Love You Very Much"?"
"That's true."
"As expected, Wang Xuan attacks indiscriminately. Let alone us, even the king of singers and queens are vulnerable to Wang Xuan."
"Wang Xuan: I'm not deliberately targeting anyone. What I want to say is that everyone on the new song list is rubbish."
"Pfft! 6666, this sentence has so much flavor."
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On the other side, after listening to "He Must Love You Very Much", the singing king Li Kui did the same thing as Xiao Huihui and directly shared "He Must Love You Very Much" to the singing king and queen Jingjing group.
Then, the Jingjing group became lively.
"Fuck! Invincible! This song is invincible!"
"The hard times are coming for everyone. Wang Xuan is so awesome, who can cure him?"
"Whatever, I'm not the only one who feels uncomfortable, everyone feels uncomfortable."
"Pfft! You're lying flat."
"otherwise?"
"Haha! I'm lying down too, and now I just want to watch the fun. By the way, no one feels sorry for Yu Hao? Yu Hao went to the film and television industry for two years, and was beaten back. Not to mention, he was educated by Wang Xuan as soon as he returned to the music scene. Yes."
"Haha! Yu Hao is indeed worth feeling sorry for. When I saw him releasing a new song a few days ago, I even had a few words with him, telling him to be careful of Wang Xuan and to avoid Wang Xuan, but he didn't believe it. He said that Wang Xuan has nothing to fear, even if he meets his teacher, he has to kneel down. As a result..."
"He Jun doesn't believe in evil either. If you ask him to slow down, he won't believe it."
"Nonsense! I'm not here for the new song chart. I don't aim at winning the new song chart in May. The reason why I released this single is just to warm up the album." He Jun bubbled, "Xiaoyu and Li Ronggui It’s the one who doesn’t believe in evil.”
"Hey, He Jun, we are familiar with each other. If you spread rumors again, I will sue you for defamation. When did I stop believing in evil? I have always known that Wang Xuan is very strong, but I haven't made a song for a long time. I need exposure. If I don't release a song, my popularity will fall out of the top of the songwriters." Li Ronggui was also bubbling.
"That's right, since I won the top spot on the new song chart in March last year, I haven't released a single new song until now, and fans have been obsessed with it. However, I still have some thoughts about the new song chart, because Wang Xuan is too strong. "Peng Xiaoyu was also excited.
"So after all is said and done, Yu Hao is the only one who doesn't believe in evil. Yu Hao and Yu Hao, stop pretending to be dead and come out and share your psychological shadow." Li Kuai called Yu Hao.
"Tch! It's just a new song chart. The album market will be in a few days. Let's see how I can suppress Wang Xuan!" Yu Hao was bubbling, still a little unconvinced.
"Well, I won't give up until I reach the Yellow River. That's it."
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At noon on the 1st, the first-day download ranking of new songs was released. "He Must Love You Very Much" received 2.8 million downloads, ranking seventh.
The download volume of No. 2 soared directly to 3.5 million, and it rushed to fifth place with 6.3 million downloads.
The download volume of No. 3 soared again, with 4 million downloads in a single day, directly rushing into the third place.
On the 4th, while the single-day downloads of other songs have stabilized, the downloads of "He Must Love You Very Much" are still rising, with 4.3 million single-day downloads and 14.6 million total downloads, directly reaching the top of the list of new songs. List.
Look, the God of War under the car is the God of War under the car. It only took 4 days for "He Must Love You Very Much" to top the new song chart. It's crazy. This is the month of May where all the stars are gathered.
The industry was stunned and countless people were stunned.
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