The entire domestic music scene in August still belongs to Liao Liao.

  The album "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu" in July, has continuously broken amazing sales records, scaring many singers to temporarily adjust the release date of their new albums, some by two or three weeks, others by five or six weeks, in short, trying to postpone as much as possible, but just for one July, it's obviously not the whole story of this album.

  August 1st is Monday, from this day on, "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" enters the fifth week of listing.

  Then, in the following four weeks, "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" took down weekly sales of 32,551, 30,814, 28,519 and 26,586 at Dongguan Bookstore, ranking first on the album sales chart for eight consecutive weeks. After being on sale for eight weeks, this album has sold more than 254,000 copies in Dongguan Bookstore alone!

  Even if it's still possible for a short time, this already means that the national sales of this album have infinitely approached the 5 million mark!

  Yes, next, all high schools and universities across the country will start one after another. The sales of all cultural and entertainment products will inevitably plummet immediately. However, in this unstoppable summer vacation, the glory of the album "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" has already been established.

  Eight consecutive weeks with single-week sales breaking 20,000 copies!

  Four consecutive weeks with single-week sales breaking 30,000 copies!

  The highest single week 38,552 copies!

  And in the foreseeable next week, although "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" cannot escape the market law that sales will inevitably plummet after the summer vacation, it still has a high probability of continuing to maintain sales above 20,000 copies!

  It can be said that this album has broken through eight million copies in a year, and it's already a done deal.

  Although there is still a gap with the big-name Western pop singers who can sell 12 million, 15 million records in one year, for the Chinese music scene, this is already an unprecedented leap forward!

  The market's increasing maturity, the singer's strength, combined with the quality of the song and the care taken in its production, have brought about this kind of market feedback - a thorough and complete explosion in sales.

  Of course, in the entire Mandarin music scene in August, although Liao Liang was the strongest one, but in the last two weeks of August, many singers have released new albums. And unexpectedly, despite "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" still being strong after more than a month on the market, those singers who took huge risks to release their albums didn't do so badly either.

  August 17th. On Wednesday, Liu Mingliang officially released his new album "Our Love".

  This album was considered by many professionals as a sign of Liu Mingliang's complete transformation - different from the general folk song and folk ballad style in the past, in this new album, Liu Mingliang completely turned to folk ballads! The whole album has 11 new songs, with 8 of them being folk ballads. His past forte, folk songs, only had two songs.

  Moreover, what surprised many people in the circle is that in this album "Our Love", there is actually a purely popular urban love song - "The Promised Love Goes On".

  On Tuesday, August 23, Huang Yuqing, a singer who was previously considered to be between second-tier and first-tier among male singers, also released his fourth studio album - "Rainy Day".

  Huang Yuqing was originally a singer of urban love songs, and had been since his debut. However, in the past few years, due to the weakness of love songs in the entire record market, the sales of his previous albums have not picked up, although there are still many fans who like and firmly support him. Including Li Qian, when he was singing in a restaurant, he had sung several of Huang's works, but before the release of "Rainy Days", he was always classified by the market as a niche singer.

  But this time, as the entire market volume continues to grow, on the one hand, after being bombarded by Liao Liao and Wu Xing Wusu, the market's acceptance and recognition of love songs - whether fast or slow, are constantly improving, especially among younger music fans who have begun to turn to love songs in large numbers. On the other hand, Huang Yuqing's new album is made with great care, he borrowed some ideas from Li Qian's many works on the one hand, and integrated them into his own style on the other, there are several songs in this album that are quite outstanding.

  Then Huang Yuqing suddenly rose up.

  On August 22nd, on the sales chart of Dongguan Bookstore, Liu Mingliang's new album "Our Love" challenged "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" which has been on sale for seven weeks but failed.

  "Ocean Waves Still" topped the sales chart with 28,519 copies sold, despite showing signs of decline. "Our Love" followed closely in second place with 21,754 copies sold.

  On the one hand, this certainly shows Liao Liao's strength, because for Liu Mingliang personally, in the first week, he only sold for five days and got more than 20,000 single-week sales, although not very impressive, but already a normal sales volume.

  On the other hand, facing the seventh week of "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou", Liu Mingliang's new album is surprisingly weak, which also makes people sigh. Although Liu Tianwang sings with all his might, even making a big turn and thoroughly entering the folk camp, and even rolling up his sleeves to come up with a popular urban love song, he seems unable to stop his gradual decline.

  Entering the second week of "Our Love"'s release, many people thought that with the inevitable decline of "Tidal Wave" and the inevitable rise of "Our Love" in its second week, this week's rankings would give "Our Love" a good chance to overthrow Liao Liao.

  But when the latest sales rankings of Dongguan Bookstore came out on August 29, it was a shocking sight.

  "Ocean's Voice Remains", Liu Liao, 8th week, 26,586 copies sold, ranked first.

  "Rainy Days", Huang Yuqing, Week 1, 23,916 copies sold, ranked second.

  "Our Love", Liu Mingliang, 2nd week, 23,453 copies sold, ranked third.

  Liu Mingliang not only failed to turn around the declining "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu", but was also directly knocked down by Huang Yuqing!

  And this is the second week of "Our Love" on the market, according to the almost irreversible market law, this should be Liu Mingliang's best-selling week for this album. His new rival Huang Yuqing's new album "Rainy Days", however, has only been on the market for its first week and has only sold for six days!

  However, second-tier singer Huang Yuqing directly KO'd top singer Liu Tianwang!

  Although "Rainy Days" only sold about 400 more copies than "Our Love", it still surpassed it! Moreover, the other side was at a disadvantage in terms of publicity and fame, but still managed to surpass it solely based on the quality of the album.

  Although it is said that after seeing the data, Huang Yuqing himself was frightened for several minutes and couldn't speak, then he began to know that he should be happy. However, Huang Yuqing's successful counterattack this time clearly conveyed a message to all practitioners in the popular music industry - the era of urban love songs has really arrived!

  …………

  Zou Wenhui parked the car and went straight to the door, pushing it open and entering. Wu Ma was watering flowers in the courtyard and saw him coming, so she smiled and greeted him, "Mr. Zou is here."

  Zou Wenhui pushed open the large gate, nodded at her, and strode along the middle path of the courtyard towards the main house. But as he passed by her side, he suddenly stopped, thought for a moment, turned his head to look at Wu Ma, lowered his voice, and asked: "How has she been doing these past few days?"

  "Wu's mother nodded and said, 'It's pretty good, except for still being a bit absent-minded, there's nothing else. I think her complexion is also quite good. She's even gained some weight. Now she doesn't drink anymore, and eats a little with each meal, sometimes half a bowl of rice, sometimes the steamed flower rolls I make for her. That's it. The only thing is that she still smokes, if she could quit smoking, then everything would be perfect!'"

  Zou Wenhui nodded, thought for a moment, and then smiled at Wu Ma, saying: "Alright. I know, you're busy!" He lifted his leg to walk forward, but before taking a step, he brought it back again and asked: "The person who sent her back last time, really hasn't appeared again?"

  "Wu's mother shook her head firmly without hesitation, 'No! Not even once, not even a phone call.'"

  She paused, then said: "You also know that at the beginning of those two days, she was anxious like a madman, wandering around the house, and I was afraid that she would set fire to this house! But later on, it slowly got better, especially in the past few days. She listens to music every day, just the small box of records you sent her before New Year's. Recently, she listens to them every day. Although she still likes to be distracted, I almost see her smile several times a day. Yesterday, she even came out to water the flowers herself!

  Zou Wenhui heard this, first nodded in satisfaction with a smile, then narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "This is really a bit strange! He actually got her to start eating again, and she even quit drinking! Who could this person be? I really want to meet him!"

  "Wu's mother replied in a low voice, "He's quite young, tall and handsome, looks very spirited... I'd guess he's about 185 cm? His clothes aren't fancy, maybe he just came back from outside. The car isn't small, but it's quite dirty. Oh, right! Yesterday the miss mentioned that the young man is from Jinan, just got into a school on this side of Shuntian Prefecture... what was he studying again? Ah, look at my memory!"

  She was only thinking about herself, recalling the past, and didn't notice at all that Zou Wenhui had already been stunned for a while, "Hold on! You're saying that the one who sent her back is a college student? And just got into college?"

  "Wu's mother nodded, 'Ah! Of course! Yesterday when the young lady mentioned it, I recalled that the young man didn't look very old, just a bit mature-looking!'"

  Zou Wenhui hesitated for a moment, his eyes blinking repeatedly, and he couldn't help but let his mind wander.

  This is important information!

  As for Zhou Mei's voice and singing skills, he had never lost confidence in her, but as for Zhou Mei's survival ability and discernment, he had never had a shred of confidence.

  Young, just admitted to university, already has a good car, and seems to like driving around the country - isn't this the style of many rich young masters?

  Absolutely!

  It's all over! This is terrible!

  This girl is so used to being beaten up that she can't even remember what pain feels like!

  Last time that old scoundrel almost ruined her and her career, this time if she runs into a playboy... then she's completely finished!

  Zhou Mei's reputation is great, but it can't withstand the continuous consumption of one generation after another. It also can't withstand her not releasing new songs for so many years! The market is booming, and if you don't release new songs, your reputation will be consumed, not to mention the constant emergence of newcomers who will eventually replace your position in the industry. After having more choices, fans, even those original die-hard fans, will gradually switch camps!

  The music scene is like this, being arrogant is okay as long as you sing well and your album sells well. There are always companies and fans willing to support you, but if you're too arrogant, even after many years completely ignoring the record company and fans, you can't bring sales and profits to the record company, nor can you bring loyal fans continuous good new songs, who would be so foolish to still stick with you and support you?

  Thinking of this, Zou Wenhui could no longer hold back, and he threw Wu Ma in the yard. He walked to the front door with big strides, pushing it open while symbolically shouting, "Yan Yan, it's me, I'm coming in!"

  He pushed the door open and saw Zhou Wen coming out of the inner room with a skirt in her hand. At first glance, Zou Wenhui was stunned for a moment. It had been a long time since he had seen her wear a floral skirt, and she seemed to have put on light makeup?

  Zou Wenhui came in. Zhou Fen rushed to him with a smile, asking: "What were you whispering about with Wu Ma in the yard?" While not expecting Zou Wenhui to answer at all, she swayed the dress with a clothes hanger in her hand and placed it in front of herself for comparison. "How is it? Does it look good?"

  Zou Wenhuai was taken aback and asked: "Are you... going out?"

  She blinked and said, "No! Oh, it's like that, in two or three more days. I have a friend coming to Shuntianfu, so I haven't tidied myself up for a long time, just trying on clothes..." She sighed as she spoke, "I really want to go out and buy some new clothes, it's been years since I last bought any!"

  Zou Wenhuai pushed his glasses up and looked at her, "Mengmeng, this friend of yours...do I know her?"

  Zhou Fen glanced at him, her eyes saying nothing, like a small knife, swooshing. She even raised her voice, pretending to ask: "Just now you and Wu Ma were discussing this outside, weren't you?"

  Zhou Yun turned around, leaving him with the back view of her flower skirt.

  "Hiss!"

  After a moment, she took out another set of clothes. The top was just an ordinary short-sleeved plaid shirt, and the bottom was a pair of washed jeans. She compared them to her body and asked: "How about this one?"

  Zou Wenhui thought for a moment and asked directly: "Your friend just got into college, right? Are you going to see him off to school?"

  Zhou Fen heard this and glanced at him again, "Not possible?"

  Zou Wenhui sighed helplessly, "Yan Yan, let's not make a fuss about it, okay?"

  As he spoke, he picked up his briefcase, opened it, reached in and pulled out his notebook, flipped to the middle page, and showed it to Zhou Dun, "Sony, Xinda, Huage, Times, New Oriental, don't you want to know what quotes they gave you? And..."

  As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled out a piece of paper from his bag, unfolded it, held it in his hand, and waved it around, saying: "Huang Yuqing, you should be familiar with this, right? You're all in the same line of work, old friends, aren't you? His previous albums sold over a million copies, but do you know how many copies his new album has sold? 'Rainy Days', urban love songs, your kind of thing. In its first week on the market, it didn't have as much publicity as others, nor was it as famous, but he directly surpassed Liu Mingliang!"

  He paused, his eyes staring straight at Zhou Fen, and said: "Dongguan Bookstore, over 24,000 copies in the first two weeks! In the first week of its release, it directly surpassed Liu Mingliang's explosive second week. Fenfen, you're also a professional in this field, you understand what this represents?"

  He paused, seeing that Zhou Fen only stared at him with wide eyes, motionless and speechless. He continued to ask himself out loud, "I'm telling you, Fen, next week, Huang Yuqing will not only be able to continue suppressing Liu Mingliang, but she'll even be able to take down Liao Liao, who has dominated the top 8 charts! To be honest, when this sales ranking first came out, I was also shocked, but I quickly figured it out. I think there are many people in this circle who either already understand or will soon realize that the era of singers like Huang Yuqing, you, and your genre has arrived!"

  Zhou Fen still didn't speak, a pair of bright eyes staring straight at him.

  Zou Wenhuai let her subconsciously stretch out her hand to push her glasses, but he continued to say: "Liu Mingliang has dominated the music scene for many years, but now, he is about to become outdated, and not just him, He Runqing, Feng Feifei, Zhang Chang, and a large number of people, these old batches of people, as long as they can't keep up with the current development trend, will be eliminated quickly! And you, Huang Yuqing, Liao Liao, you are the leading figures of the next decade!"

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, he finally slowly put away the sales rankings and notebook in his hand, let out a sigh, looked at Zhou Ni earnestly, and said with utmost sincerity: 'So, Nini, listen to me for a moment, okay? No matter what you want to do, no matter who you'll fall in love with in the future, at least for now, let's sign with a company, release a new album, and seize this crucial year or two of transition between old and new. You absolutely cannot be eliminated; you have to ride this wave and take the position that rightfully belongs to you. Then, even if we wait until our market position is stable, we can secretly slack off and be lazy, okay?'"

  He paused for a moment, as if afraid that Zhou Yun Sheng wasn't taking him seriously enough, and then he especially emphasized another sentence, "The old is replaced by the new, Yun Sheng, this isn't me speaking empty words, it's true! If in these two years you don't appear, don't release a new album, then when this wave of replacement between the old and new on the music scene is complete, when a large number of new singers have already risen to fame, no matter if you're willing or not, both your fans and record company will think that you are a person from the previous era. This meaning... do you understand what I mean?"

  Zhou Fen still stared at him steadily.

  After talking for half a day, it seemed that he felt everything that needed to be said had been said, and Zou Wenhuai also stared at her steadily.

  The two of them locked eyes for a moment before Zhou Fen opened her mouth and asked him, "Finished?"

  Zou Wenhuai nodded, "I've said all I should say and can say, it's up to you what to do next!"

  He paused for a moment, then said "Oh" and continued: "Right, earlier on the way here, Sony's Xie Mingyuan called me again. I guess he also saw this issue's sales rankings, so he should be even more optimistic about your comeback. He meant that as long as you agree to go to Sony and agree to make a comeback, everything will be negotiable. Apart from that, he guaranteed that he would spare no expense to invite the most famous talent in the industry today, Li Qian, to write a hit song for you. He even said that he would try his best to get Li Qian to produce your first album after your comeback, aiming to make a big splash!"

  Zhou Fen looked at him, not speaking, her bright and clear eyes didn't even blink.

  Zou Wenhui finished speaking and helplessly shrugged his shoulders, saying: "This time I really have nothing more to say, if you want to say something, then speak!"

  Zhou Fen finally nodded.

  After a moment, her eyes suddenly became lively again, and the expression on her face also became active. She shook the clothes in her hand and asked: "So you say, will the floral shirt and jeans together look too messy? Or should I wear a white shirt on top, how about that?"

  Zou Wenhuai stared at her in shock, speechless for a long time.