Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 228 Gray Smoke Band
Since the three songs of the album "That Girl" landed on the billboard on the 28th, Chen Qiming has attended two TV shows and five radio interviews under the arrangement of Warner Records.

In terms of free tours, he started from California, where Los Angeles is located, all the way east, passing through Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico, and performed two to three shows a day.

Radio, television, offline tours, all aspects of exposure increased, and the sales of the album "That Girl" are soaring steadily.

In California, where Warner is promoting, all three songs on "That Girl" reached the top five.

The song "Lemon Tree" has won the runner-up position on the California radio chart for three consecutive days, and the championship is just around the corner.

In fact, before Chen Qiming's three songs appeared on the billboard, the influence of "That Girl" on the west coast of the United States was significantly higher than that of "Lemon Tree".

But since the Backstreet Boys became famous in New York with their cover of "Lemon Tree", they have directly fueled the popularity of the song "Lemon Tree".

In New York and other places, this song is extremely popular and very popular among young people.

Therefore, when the billboard was announced, this song came from behind, and its ranking on the billboard was directly higher than that of "That Girl" by more than 20.

There is a saying in China called "the strong get stronger". This sentence can be used to describe people, and it can also be used to describe several songs of Chen Qiming at this time.

Although the three songs on Chen Qiming's album are of similar quality.

Even if Chen Qiming chooses, he can't pick the one he thinks is the best.

However, due to the difference in the rankings of the billboards, this also resulted in differences in the popularity and popularity of these three songs.

"Lemon Tree" had a higher Billboard ranking, which naturally led to the more listeners it attracted.

Then, over time, its on-demand figures and popularity grew with the other two songs.

As the songs became more and more popular, Chen Qiming's reputation in Europe and America naturally grew.

In the beginning, when he was on tour, the size of the audience depended entirely on the number of local Chinese.

In areas with a large number of Chinese, as soon as his free tour starts, many Chinese will naturally come to support him.

But when there are few Chinese, it depends on luck.

When one is lucky, there will be many audiences in the audience, but if one is unlucky, there may be only a few dozen people or even no one in the audience.

And when the song was on the bulletin board, the record sales data continued to increase, and the influence spread.

Chen Qiming's tour will only start once.

There is no need for Warner to promote in advance. As long as the poster is put up, the masterpiece is marked, or he opens his voice, nearby passers-by will spontaneously gather around.

Moreover, most of them are people who have heard his songs.

August [-]th, Utah.

Chen Qiming held another tour in a downtown plaza in Los Angeles.

Coincidentally, there were also people on tour in the opposite square.

However, compared to Chen Qiming, who has the backing of a record company and is a professional singer himself.

The performer over there is a band.

Well, it's the kind of band formed spontaneously by students or a few friends.

They have no company, no fan base, and they may have one or two songs they composed, but they are not very good.

Such bands and singers are not uncommon in the United States.

Many famous American bands have come this way.

Just like the Backstreet Boys who sang Chen Qiming's "Lemon Tree" a few days ago and became popular.

They are a group of students who love music and have a good image.

They may have agents, but they are often just amateurs.

In order to get the opportunity to sign with a record company, they often wander around major music festivals, or perform outdoors on the street.

And the band on the square opposite Chen Qiming's tour is such an existence.

The performances of the two parties started at the same time.

I don't know if it's because the band opposite doesn't know whether it's Chen Qiming performing next door or for other reasons.

After they started performing, the first song they sang was "Take Me to Your Heart" by Chen Qiming.

Unfortunately, Chen Qiming also sang this song at the time.

Then, it crashed.

Both parties can clearly hear each other's singing.

Singing the same song, one party is the original singer or a popular singer.

One side is an unknown small band, and it is also the opposite side.

The gap between the two is naturally needless to say.

As soon as Chen Qiming's performance started, there was no one there.

As soon as Chen Qiming came on stage to sing, he saw the opposite band.

It's just that he didn't expect that the other party was actually singing his song.

After all the audience in the audience gathered on his side, Chen Qiming thought that the other party would give up singing his song.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party was obviously dissatisfied.

Ignoring that there was no audience in the audience, he directly hooked up with Chen Qiming and sang "Take Me to Your Heart" in a loop over and over again.

To be honest, Chen Qiming still approves of the singing on the other side.

The voice of the other party's lead singer is very distinctive, and the cover is also very good.

It's just that no matter how dissatisfied they are.

The song "Take Me to Your Heart" was originally sung by Chen Qiming. His version can be sung by countless people in his dreams, so there must be a reason for it.

So, even if they sing again and again, how can they be more attractive than Chen Qiming's original singer.

Until the end of the performance, there were not many audience members from the band, and a large number of audience members gathered on Chen Qiming's side.

Chen Qiming originally thought this was just an inconspicuous episode on his tour.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to leave under the escort of the team after the promotion of his performance, the band came directly to him.

"I like Jamie Chen very much, I want to chat with him! Please let us in!"

"I'm sorry! Mr. Chen is very busy, and he has to go to New York!"

From a distance, Chen Qiming heard the lead singer of the band talking to Warner's staff.

"Boss, do we need to drive them away?"

The burly bodyguard accompanying Chen Qiming asked.

America is a country where gun fights happen every day.

Although Chen Qiming is not considered a superstar in Europe and America, but he is rich!

Anyone who has checked his information a little will know that he is very rich.

Last year, Chen Qiming ranked second in the income list of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists with an annual income of 9000 million Hong Kong dollars. The first was Jackie Chan with 1.3 million Hong Kong dollars.

This year, relying on the sales share of the Mandarin album "Storm of the Stars", the Japanese album "Chen Qiming" and the previous albums this year, plus his film salary this year has risen to 600 million.

Coupled with various other endorsements and commercial performances, since May, Chen Qiming's income this year has reached an astonishing [-] million yuan, exceeding last year's total.

This staggering number directly made him the most profitable artist in Asia.

With so much money, in the chaotic country of the United States, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take risks.

Therefore, after coming to the United States, Fulong Company hired a professional security company to protect Chen Qiming's safety.

This strong man is the boss of this security company, and it is said that he is very famous in the American mercenary industry.

Chen Qiming glanced at the band and pondered for a while, "Let them come over! I want to see what they want to do?"

After a while, the band was brought in front of Chen Qiming.

"You want to see me?"

Chen Qiming squinted his eyes and asked the man who was the leader of the band.

Not even a man!
Although foreigners generally looked more mature, Chen Qiming could still tell that this guy might be younger than him.

Facing Chen Qiming's questioning, the Caucasian boy who sang loudly and powerfully before raised his head, looked directly at Chen Qiming, and asked:
"Chen, what do you think of my singing just now?"

Hearing this, Chen Qiming recalled the singing he had heard, and couldn't help but nodded, "Very good, your singing of "Take Me to Your Heart" is very distinctive!"

On this point, Chen Qiming did not lie.

This boy looks weak, but his voice is very explosive.

The song "Take Me to Your Heart" performed by their band cannot be said to surpass Chen Qiming's version, but it also has a special flavor.

Recalling the boy's voice, Chen Qiming couldn't help but think of a very popular rock band in his dream.

Lincoln Park!

A heavy metal rock band that is popular all over the world in the 21st century in a dream and has countless fans all over the world.

The boy's singing style and timbre are very similar to the lead singer of that band.

It's just that this band is obviously not a heavy metal rock band, but a rhythm rock band.

But the boy's voice was too similar to that of the lead singer of the legendary band, so Chen Qiming couldn't help asking, "What's the name of your band?"

"Grey Daze, our band is called Gray Daze!"

Before the lead singer standing in front of Chen Qiming could speak, a member of the band behind him spoke up.

Gray Daze!Translated into Chinese is gray vertigo.

Hearing this name, Chen Qiming was a little disappointed. He thought he had met the legendary band Linkin Park in his dream!
However, this disappointment was only fleeting.

Although I really hope to accept a European and American legendary band as my younger brother.

Hmm, just like that Jay Chou over Taiwan.

Chen Qiming sponsored him to go to the Music Department of Taiwan University.

In the future, if he debuts, whether he admits it or not, he will have to accept Chen Qiming's love.

Although it's a bit too shameless to do this, copying all the golden songs in his dreams, and let him be his little brother in reality, this...

"Tell me! What is your business with me? You don't just want me to comment on how well your band sings, do you?"

Next to him, Li Xiaowen pulled Chen Qiming's clothes, pointed to his watch, and signaled that he had to hurry to participate in the next promotional tour.

Chen Qiming nodded and looked at the lead singer.

In this band, compared to others, Chen Qiming thinks the lead singer has potential.

Moreover, the way the other party looked at idols made him very comfortable.

It seemed that it was a bit difficult to say, the boy hesitated for a long time, and then said hesitantly:
"I... I see that there is no band in your performance, but an accompaniment! I... I want to ask if you need a band? We can serve as your accompaniment band.

As long as... as long as you can promote our band when you are on tour! "

Without waiting for Chen Qiming to reply, he immediately said again: "I don't know if it's your company's negligence or your own habit.

But I think you really need a band for accompaniment.

At least the song "Take Me to Your Heart" needs it.

This song is rock, you know, singing rock music live, with a backing tape and a band as accompaniment is completely different!
As you said just now, our band is very capable! "

After speaking, the boy looked at Chen Qiming expectantly.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming understood why the other party came to him.

I thought it was pure fans coming up to meet their idols, but in fact they wanted to catch Chen Qiming's performance.

Just rub.

Currently, several of Chen Qiming's songs are very popular in the United States, Canada and other places, let alone Asia, which is Chen Qiming's base camp.

As soon as this EP was released, it immediately exploded in sales.

On the list, several songs have achieved airborne championships in Japan and South Korea.

Even in Hong Kong and Taiwan, his English album has rarely entered the top ten of the Dragon and Tiger List.

The explosion of sales worldwide, coupled with the blessing of the billboard, made Chen Qiming very popular in the United States.

For a small band like this boy's, as long as they go on a few tours with Chen Qiming, they will naturally fall into the eyes of some record companies.

"Why should I help you?"

Chen Qiming asked a little funny.

Chen Qiming didn't quite understand what the other party was thinking.

Could it be that he looks very kind, like someone who can take the initiative to help others?
"We...the band won't hold you back..."

Hearing Chen Qiming's words, the boy's face turned red visible to the naked eye.

"I know some Chinese culture. It is said in the book that your China is a country of etiquette, and the seniors are very keen to promote the younger generation..."

"puff……"

Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help laughing.

So simple!

This little guy is so innocent.

I don’t know if I read something about Chinese customs and culture in that book.

I just naively thought that if I found Chen Qiming, I would get a chance.

Now, Chen Qiming understood why their band kept singing "Take Me to Your Heart" on a loop.

I'm afraid their purpose is to attract Chen Qiming's attention.

However, Chen Qiming was not disgusted with this.

Only in this industry, you will understand that it is not so simple for a singer to succeed.

Especially in Europe and America.

Compared with Hong Kong and Taiwan, there are not many newcomers who make their debut every year. Europe and the United States have a developed economy and a prosperous entertainment industry, and the sales of records can range from tens to tens of millions.

This also makes it not too difficult for newcomers here to make a head start.

Don't talk about showing off, even signing a contract is a problem.

During his tour in the United States, Chen Qiming met no less than a dozen bands and amateur singers along the way.

They sing in circles, hoping to attract fans' attention and hope to get signed by record labels.

But... very few of them succeeded.

Newcomers, in order to stand out, it is necessary to let go of some dignity.

Obviously, in the view of this band, the singer from China, a country of etiquette, is their opportunity.

A success can break the siege and sign a record company, and a failure is just an opportunity to lose some dignity.

"What's your name?"

Chen Qiming asked.

He himself doesn't really matter.

Whether there is a band or not, it is the same for him.

Although the band's accompaniment is indeed very contagious at the scene.

But if he really needed a band, as soon as he opened his mouth, Warner Records would immediately choose to send over the bands that were valued by their company.

Before, Warner had proposed to let their company's band act as Chen Qiming's accompaniment band.

It was just rejected by Chen Qiming.

"My name is Chester Bennington, from Phoenix! He's..."

When Chen Qiming asked his name, Chester looked happy, and immediately introduced himself and the band members.

Chen Qiming smiled and pointed to a few people, "Grey Daze band, right! I'll give you a chance, now, you go on stage and perform my three songs!"
In 10 minutes, if you can keep most of the dispersed audience and show your approval for your performance, I will consider giving you a chance to be my accompaniment band. "

"Hurry up! 10 minutes, after 10 minutes, I won't stay for a second!"

Chen Qiming shook the custom-made Patek Philippe on his wrist and said.

Hearing this, everyone in Gray Vertigo, including Chester, was both surprised and delighted.

"We will do it!"

Chester said loudly, and led the band members to quickly run to the stage not far away where disassembly had not yet started.

"Amin, if you want to promote newcomers, Hong Kong and Taiwan have countless newcomers to promote you! What can these ghosts do!"

Li Xiaowen, who witnessed all the conversations between Chen Qiming and Chester, couldn't help complaining at this time.

"It's not that I haven't been promoted before!"

Hearing this, Chen Qiming couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Sun Yaowei, he praised him when he debuted, which directly increased his record sales.

Wu Bai, if it wasn't for his outspokenness and singing "The Ronin's Love Song" with them in person, he might still be unknown now.

(End of this chapter)