DAEYTT ### Chapter 064: The Promotion for "The Voice" Begins
### Chapter 064: The Promotion for "The Voice" Begins
A long time ago, Wang Qian stopped letting anger control his thinking. Anger is one of the most useless emotions.
Feeling calm, Wang Qian glanced at the backend data of Tengfei’s website and lightly frowned. A sense of helplessness began to grow in his heart.
He opened the webpage and searched for music platforms. Several platforms appeared: Tengfei, Qiyi, Wangyun, and Kuwo. Nominally, these are the four major platforms. However, in reality, the combined traffic of Qiyi, Wangyun, and Kuwo doesn’t even reach half of Tengfei’s traffic.
If it weren't for the support of giants behind the other three platforms, they would have either gone bankrupt or been acquired by Tengfei. Of course, Tengfei’s domineering conduct has led many artists who disapprove of their style to lean towards the other three platforms.
However, these artists are almost all independent musicians without backgrounds. Thus, the other three platforms are more active with independent artists but lack big-name stars, resulting in a significant difference in traffic. Big-name stars prioritize their benefits, and naturally, Tengfei with its massive traffic is their first choice.
Tengfei also makes considerable concessions to big stars, so their cooperation is relatively harmonious.
In the entertainment industry, Wang Qian is currently a highly sought-after figure. All the eligible companies want a piece of him.
Every day, Wang Qian receives at least a dozen calls from unknown numbers, mostly from major entertainment groups, all wanting to sign him. Smaller entertainment companies can't even get his phone number; his number is now considered high-level resource information within the entertainment circle.
A few days ago, Wang Qian thought that Tengfei favored Li Qingyao because her company made a public relations effort. Unexpectedly, it turns out Tengfei was targeting him directly, with helping Li Qingyao being just incidental.
Should he sign with a major company now? Backed by a big company, Tengfei's attitude would surely be different.
But, thinking about the contract terms offered by these major companies recently, Wang Qian shook his head. None of them were satisfactory. Although, objectively speaking, the contracts were quite good, equivalent to top-tier second-line contracts, Wang Qian knew he would be at a disadvantage signing them. So, he decided to hold off and wait.
After tidying his thoughts, Wang Qian looked at the data on the other three platforms and felt a bit disappointed. Chen Yun was right. If his work wasn't published on Tengfei, it wouldn't achieve the current data even with heavy promotion. The monthly download chart of the other three platforms barely reaches seven or eight hundred thousand and hasn't hit a million yet, though it might by the end of the month. The gap compared to Tengfei is incalculable.
Lightly frowning, Wang Qian suppressed his urge to withdraw from Tengfei for now. "Let's wait until 'The Voice' is over," he thought. "For now, I won't upload new songs on Tengfei."
His phone kept vibrating with incoming messages. Wang Qian temporarily put aside the Tengfei issue and picked up his phone.
Glorious Xue'er: "The piece ‘Snow’s Glory’ is beautiful and not too difficult to learn. Aunt He says this tune has the potential to become widely popular. Keep it up! Hehe, Jiangjiang and Xiaoyue are jealous, saying I'm going to be famous in history."
Wang Qian wanted to say that Jiang Yu and Murong Yue were right. In another world, the name Alice became famous because of this piece and has been known for over a hundred years, continuing to be remembered. Whether this piece would reach the same height in this world is uncertain, but given its quality, it shouldn't be too difficult to gain a significant following.
Wang Qian replied: "Keep practicing!"
Glorious Xue'er: "Sure, I'll keep practicing. Jiangjiang and Xiaoyue are practicing 'March of the Magic City' and they love it too."
Wang Qian: "Remind them they have work tomorrow."
Glorious Xue'er: "Okay, I'll remind them!"
He Dongming sent a message: "The first episode airs tomorrow night, and the show's official promotion has begun. You are the cover figure for the first episode’s promotion. Director Zhou wants you to share it."
Wang Qian: "Got it, I'll take a look!"
Opening his computer, Wang Qian went to the official "The Voice" Weibo account and saw the promotion material posted half an hour ago.
A large photo featured Wang Qian in casual wear at the center, surrounded by blurred silhouettes. A bold headline read, "Ten Years of Voice Accompaniment, The Strongest Season Begins! Gentlemen Wang Qian's First Variety Show Appearance: Will He Impress the Mentors or Face Indifference?"
Wang Qian didn't expect to be used as a promotional highlight by "The Voice." The official Weibo of "The Voice" has millions of followers, and with the show leveraging various resources to promote it, Wang Qian would enjoy promotion resources comparable to Li Qingyao's.
In just half an hour, it had already become a hot topic with shares and likes reaching millions.
He chuckled and directly shared "The Voice's" promotional information on his own Weibo, writing, "Look forward to my performance! It might be a pleasant surprise."
His Weibo quickly became lively.
"This is the surprise the boss mentioned? I’m really shocked, the boss actually participated in 'The Voice'?"
"Though I'm surprised, thinking about it, shouldn’t the boss participate in 'The Voice'?"
"This is really a pleasant surprise... Haha, this season is claimed to be the strongest, seeing the boss makes me believe it. The boss is truly talented!"
"The boss is full of prestige, being used as the promotional highlight. Now just waiting for tomorrow's broadcast, go boss, go!"
"I can only say, the boss is amazing!"
"The boss being featured so prominently by the show means he definitely won't be eliminated. Boss, can you reveal the mentors? Who chose you?"
"The boss might be considered an older contestant?"
Wang Qian replied to He Dongming: "Done! How’s the recording going?"
He Dongming: "It's alright. This season is really strong. I thought you and Chen Xiaowen were the strongest, with the champion likely between you two. But today, there's someone else not weaker than you! There are still dozens more to perform, surely there will be more strong competitors. Don’t slack off, practice hard, and learn more from Feng Ge. He accepted another student today and is coaching them one-on-one, while you ran off right away."
Wang Qian: "Don't worry, I'll fully commit to the program next time and learn from Feng Ge."
He Dongming: "Good luck. This year is the best chance for a grassroots champion. Since we're competing internationally, the show can't be too biased. If you're strong enough, they'll give you the championship and send you to compete internationally for the national honor. Can you win?"
Wang Qian: "Why not?"
He Dongming: "Because you studied acting!"
Wang Qian: "Didn't you too?"
He Dongming: "Goodbye!"
Wang Qian smiled, put away his phone, and ended the chat. After washing up, he went to bed early. Tomorrow was a new day.
Zhao Lei and Li He were thrilled to see Wang Qian being used as the promotional highlight for "The Voice."
Their crew was now riding Wang Qian's popularity wave, using his name and songs for audience promotion, with the movie's theme and lead actor Liu Jifeng taking a secondary role. The higher Wang Qian's popularity, the more they benefited, potentially boosting the movie's box office success.
Li He: "Old Zhao, call Wang Qian and ask him to help promote our movie on his Weibo."
Zhao Lei picked up the phone and called.
No answer!
Zhao Lei: "Maybe he's asleep..."
Li He sighed.
They chatted in the office for a while, waiting for the day's box office numbers for "Anonymous Life."
Yesterday’s opening exceeded expectations, giving them more hope. Today, they invested more in promotion, waiting to see if it would pay off.
Soon, they received the latest box office data.
"Anonymous Life"—6.96 million!
A significant increase, almost doubling.
"Haha!"
Li He laughed heartily: "Old Zhao, your movie is going to be a hit. At this rate, breaking 100 million is in sight! Your first film breaking 100 million, impressive!"
Zhao Lei modestly replied: "It's thanks to your cooperation, Li. It's everyone's film, not just mine."
This small-budget art film had a total investment of just over 20 million. If it could surpass 100 million at the box office, it would be highly profitable, with additional earnings from other rights.
Li He immediately began calling for more resources and requesting more screenings.
Liu Jifeng, upon learning the box office results, also ramped up his efforts, interacting and promoting on Weibo: "Thank you all for supporting 'Anonymous Life.' By the way, have you downloaded 'You Once' and 'Ordinary Life' after watching the movie? I listen to them every day, never getting tired of it. Hope the boss does well on 'The Voice.'"
After posting, Liu Jifeng tagged Wang Qian: "Senior, good luck!"