Chapter 184： Good sales

Universal Music will definitely not give up the melancholy mood easily. After all, the momentum was good when it first came out, but they now need to reposition this idol band and start again.

At least, Craig Cook is reinventing Jacob's mention bō, which is a matter of urgency.

How the melancholy mood will be positioned in the future and how to start again, for the time being, it has nothing to do with Gu Luobei.

"One..., this album obviously continues to spread with word of mouth, and the rankings on the Billboard are also very firm tǐng.

Despite the inevitable general decline in album sales due to the September 11th event, "One" still remained in the top five, and Linkin Park released an album that remained in the top five for ten months. "Hybrid Theory" together took the top spot on the Billboard album chart.

"One" stayed in the top five of the bulletin board until the end of the year, and after the calendar turned to 2002, it remained in the top five for a long time. Finally, "One..." stayed in the top five for a full forty-three weeks, although more than However, the seventy-five weeks of "Mixed Theory" is really amazing. After falling out of the top five, "One" stayed in the top ten for another fifteen weeks, starting from its release on August 24, 2001, in Billboard's top 10 stayed for more than a year, and the sales were amazing.

Presumably, not only in 2001, but even in 2002, there will be a "one" position on the year-end album sales chart. For now, the sales volume of "One", which created 1.45 million sales in the first month of its release, is still inconclusive, but judging from the situation on the bulletin board, the results will definitely not be too bad. .

Corresponding to the physical sales of "One..., the sales of this album in ilunes are also not small.

Look at the sales of 600,000 in the first month, so that ilunes' record on the album download chart has been refreshed again. On the Ilunes download list, Linkin Park, which belongs to Warner Music, has never won against Gu Luobei, which can also be seen from the side of Eleven Music Blog's huge influence on the Internet.

The single "Tonight Tonight", which was released simultaneously, achieved even more gratifying results. It sold 120,000 copies on ilunes on the first day of its release, and once again set a new record for downloads on the first day of digital music release, and successfully won the championship of ilunes. It has won the title for four consecutive weeks, and the 610,000 downloads in the first month are similar to the original result of "Broad Ocean", but it is only slightly higher.

As for the physical aspect of the single, it achieved sales of 200,000 in the first week of its release, and was parachuted to the number one spot on the Billboard singles chart, becoming Gu Luobei's second number one single after "Broad Oceans and Sky". And stayed in this position for four consecutive weeks, the cumulative sales in the first month successfully exceeded 700,000, and it also became the best sales result in the first month of Gu Luobei's four singles.

With the success of the first month, "Tonight Tonight" has maintained a high level on ilunes and the bulletin board. After waiting for Gu Luobei's new single to be released on ilunes, the dominance of "Tonight Tonight" has been eliminated. INTERRUPT: And on the Billboard "Tonight Tonight" after coming down from the top 5, staying in the top five for another three weeks, in the top ten for another five weeks, and staying in the top ten before and after Twelve weeks, great results.

Such excellent results are in no way inferior to "Just a Dream" and "Broad Oceans and Sky". If they include "Final" and "Tonight Tonight", which are slightly inferior, but still very impressive, they have become Gu Luobei's fourth place. best-selling single.

It is worth mentioning that Jason Mayez's first independent album was also officially released on "One..., five days after its release. This independent album is not a recording album, but a live album, which includes Jason Fifteen tracks performed by Mayez in various live performances, and then integrated into an album, which was freely selected and released by the independent record company 〖Free〗.

Since asking for help from Gu Luobei in June, Jason-Majez has been preparing his own album in Los Angeles. His situation is worse than that of Gu Luobei, so after weighing, he chose to record a live album, and finally handed over the distribution rights to 〖Freedom of choice. Gu Luobei admired this approach. Obviously, on the road of pursuing music, Jason-Maez and Gu Luobei are indeed the same people. It is no wonder that although the two have only met twice, and they don't even know much about their personal circumstances, they have become good friends. friend.

"Death Illusion" held a public screening and "One" was officially released. Gu Luobei only participated in the three-day itinerary promotion and planned to go to London, but at this time Teddy Bell said that there was finally news about the storefronts that Gu Luobei collected before. I replied, and three of them are very suitable. If nothing else, Katherine Bell's design studio will choose these three stores. For Catherine Bell, this was an important turning point in developing a new business. After consideration, Gu Luobei felt that it was his responsibility to choose this part of the storefront, so he decided to postpone the trip to London.

The Fremantle media were disappointed to learn that Gu Luobei had canceled his trip to London.

At present, "Pop Idol" has entered the final stage of preparations, and the first audition will be held in London on August 29. Gu Luobei receives international long-distance calls from Fremantle Media almost every day, not only because Gu Luobei designed this plan, but also because Gu Luobei is the producer of the program. At present, Gu Luobei has the clearest idea of ​​​​this program. North. Therefore, Fremantle Media will discuss the big and small matters of the show through the meeting, and then seek Gu Luobei's opinion, and strive to make this epoch-making talent show an instant hit.

After postponing the trip to London, Gu Luobei did not rush to meet the owners of the three stores, but let Teddy Bell and Catherine Bell not worry.

Originally, Gu Luobei expected that the design studio would not be established until at least October, so he has not been too anxious. No, the news from the store came much earlier than expected.

In this case, Gu Luobei naturally thought that on September 11, two weeks later, all industries would decline rapidly after the order, including the rental industry, and even real estate.

Gu Luobei is now considered a small asset. Several large sums of income have been received at the end of August. In this way, including the digital music commercialization plan "Pop Idol" plan, the three singles are divided into "Death Illusion". Salary, a total of more than five million dollars in the bank.

If the leasing industry and real estate prices drop sharply in the second half of September, Gu Luobei may buy real estate directly. Even if he cannot buy real estate in New York, the chances of renting goods at a low price to a good store will greatly increase. So, Gu Luobei doesn't mind waiting.

"Does this count as making money from war?" Gu Luobei thought for a while, mocking himself. but,

The matter of compassion for the world and the country and the people has nothing to do with Gu Luobei, a little shrimp, and he doesn't have so much time to think about the reality that cannot be changed by relying on him alone. The promotion schedule for the album and movie is busy enough. His feet didn't touch the ground, so he quickly put those wild thoughts behind him.

Gu Luobei is now recording another talk show "Conan-O'Brien Late Night Show" on  TV, one of the three major commercial broadcast television companies in the United States. Gu Luobei's appearance on this show is not as complicated as the previous Oprah's talk show. With the ability of Warner Records, Gu Luobei easily made it to this late-night ratings leading show. The show was praised by Entertainment Weekly as the cutest talk show, and audiences loved its comedy style. The guests are generally Hollywood's first-line entertainers, and the topic is the latest blockbuster or TV series.

Gu Luobei's appearance is also logical, after all, he has been the focus of attention in the United States for the past two weeks. Known as a "talented and witty interviewer", Conan-O'Brien is also very curious about Gu Luobei. As soon as he appeared on the show, Gu Luobei was asked to sing "Crazy World" in the style of Tony-Dake It's the freshest mix ever. The subtext is actually making fun of Gu Luobei's identity as both an actor and a singer.

For this kind of ridicule, Gu Luobei didn't mind at all, but replied, "Mr. O'Brien, are you expecting me to fall into a dark mood of self-doubt when I sing? As far as I know, Tony Ke Not a good singer."

Gu Luobei's reaction exceeded the expectations of the audience and made everyone burst into laughter. For the first time, Conan Zhen Brian also experienced the power of the "outstanding eloquent" boy in the media's mouth. "Of course, of course, otherwise when the plane engine smashed down, Tony was not sleeping in the room, but playing guitar with a smile in the room This joke, people who haven't seen "Death Illusion" It's incomprehensible, but those who have seen it will immediately know that Conan O'Brien is satirizing the incomprehensible ending of the movie.

"I think it would be a good idea to compose a song by crawling on the table, but I don't know if smashing the plane engine on the bed accurately will save Dong Ni because he didn't smash him. Luo Bei's thinking is inherently agile. This kind of joke in the form of jokes is said every day, so it is easy to pick up "However, whether to accept the ending of this new version depends on Richard's face, after all, you know that the movie is not my call. "

This time, even Conan O'Brien clapped and laughed. With such an outstanding response ability and oral level, it is obvious that this young man's talent as a host also has potential to be tapped.

The recording of the show went very smoothly. Gu Luobei and Conan O'Brien came and went, and the audience who participated in the recording laughed until their facial muscles stiffened. Even Conan O'Brien felt that they had not seen it for a long time. Feel the comfort. After all, as a talk show host and a comedy host, there is a lot of pressure on the host not to be funny. In this interview process, the guests refused to cooperate, which is a disaster for the host.

Today, Conan O'Brien was obviously more than satisfied with Gu Luobei's performance. @.