Chapter 15: Sold Out

"Director Ishimura, there is an urgent matter you need to arrange immediately!" Miki rushed into the conference room, clutching a stack of documents.

"Miki-kun, you are too reckless!" Director Ishimura, who was in the middle of a meeting with the staff, frowned and issued a stern reprimand to Miki for suddenly bursting in and interrupting him.

Miki explained anxiously: "Miss Izumi's records have all sold out. Record stores everywhere are calling to request more copies, all social media platforms are discussing this record, and the phones in the sales and publicity departments have been blown up!"

Although Director Ishimura thought highly of Luo Quan's record and felt it had the potential to be a big hit, he had not expected it to be sold out in less than half a day, nor that it would spark such a massive discussion.

Fortunately, he was a man who had weathered many storms. After a moment of surprise, he calmed down immediately, told the staff that the meeting would be postponed, and left the conference room with Miki.

Taking the data from various platforms handed over by Miki, Director Ishimura scanned it at a glance and said, "Notify the printing plant to print an additional 500,000 copies first. Also, have the publicity department go all out on marketing this record. If nothing goes wrong, the company's first quadruple-platinum record of the year is about to be born!"

"Yes!" Miki replied excitedly, then rushed forward at high speed.

While everyone was busy with Luo Quan's album, Luo Quan herself was lying on the tatami, staring blankly at the ceiling.

The comments from netizens on Twitter had turned from praise to complaints because Luo Quan's record was so popular that the initial 100,000 copies had been swept away.

The online sales page had temporarily put up a "sold out" sign, and the offline record stores had basically been ransacked by fans who rushed over in a hurry.

Now that Luo Quan's record was temporarily out of stock, fans were complaining that Sony Music lacked foresight. How could such a good record only have so few copies printed? And they were one of the world's three major record companies!

Although one could listen to Luo Quan's songs on iTunes, the sound quality of a mobile phone was a completely different concept compared to that of a record. Especially with Luo Quan's intoxicatingly beautiful voice, it was impossible to fully experience such vocal beauty through the sound quality of a phone.

Therefore, while complaining, fans were also urging Sony to print the records as soon as possible, and the higher the fidelity, the better.

Sony's official Twitter also responded immediately, reviewing the shortcomings in their work and asking fans to wait patiently. 500,000 records were already being printed and would be on the shelves of major record stores in Tokyo and online sales websites by tomorrow night at the latest.

"100,000... sold out in the blink of an eye." Luo Quan giggled like a simpleton.

As anxious as she had been last night, she was just as excited now. Her debut record was now a massive hit, and she had successfully taken a solid step on the road to becoming a Diva.

However, going from obscurity to such popularity in just a few days also made Luo Quan feel a bit unreal, even a little lost. For a moment, besides giggling, she didn't know what else to do.

This was a normal situation for all young people who became overnight sensations. Although Luo Quan had been mentally prepared, it seemed that this preparation was not enough.

"Look at you, it's just a record selling out, and you're laughing so hard you're almost drooling." Seeing Wen Xia threw a tissue at Luo Quan and said with a look of disgust.

Luo Quan wiped her mouth and retorted, "What do you know? This is my first record, it's of great significance! Besides, when you released your first album, didn't you have any inner turmoil?"

Seeing Wen Xia said calmly, "I had turmoil, but I definitely didn't laugh until I drooled like you."

Seeing Wen Xia was not lying, but the actual situation was slightly different.

When she debuted, the first single she released was such an eyesore in terms of lyrics and production that it only sold about 200 copies in a week, which could be said to be a flop on the spot.

Because of this, the five sisters of the girl group hugged each other and cried all night. As the leader, Seeing Wen Xia had a strong sense of responsibility and self-esteem, so she cried the hardest, with tears and snot everywhere.

So don't look at her now, acting so world-weary and lecturing Luo Quan; her original appearance was actually no better.

However, she didn't mean any malice by saying this; it was just the normal passive-aggressiveness between "plastic" sisters. If they weren't close, Seeing Wen Xia would definitely be more polite than anyone else.

But after being teased by Seeing Wen Xia, Luo Quan's mood calmed down a little. After the record became a big hit, her popularity rose with the tide, and a series of rewards from the system came crashing down on her.

【Rank: Somewhat Famous (Gold)】

【Popularity Value: 35,000】

【Personal Attributes

Appearance: SSS

Singing Ability: B

Acting Ability: C-

Creativity: B~Infinity】

【Congratulations to the host for achieving the milestone: Peak at Debut. The first record received huge attention and praise. Obtained one special skill card.】

【Advanced Task: Dominate the top three of the Oricon Chart for at least four weeks.

Task Progress: No works currently in the top ten of the Oricon Chart.】

The biggest gain from this record's popularity should be the popularity value. Now she could exchange for any song in the mall, so she didn't have to worry about the tracks for the next album and could choose slowly.

However, the top priority was to improve her singing ability, which could be said to be her only flaw at the moment.

There were three ways to improve singing ability: first, Luo Quan could improve it through study, which was the most time-consuming method and basically didn't need to be considered now.

Second, she could use a celebrity binding card to obtain the singing ability of a specific star. However, the higher the star's singing ability level, the more popularity value the binding card consumed. Moreover, the binding cards sold in the mall had expiration dates; one could only last for 30 days, and it had to be renewed once it expired, which was quite troublesome.

The last method was simple and brutal: use popularity value to purchase super learning props to directly improve the singing ability level. All information related to the next level of singing ability would be crammed into Luo Quan's mind, saving an immense amount of time. The disadvantage was that these special items could only be purchased after the host leveled up, were limited in quantity, and were extremely expensive!

Although celebrity binding cards were cheaper, the expiration date was really annoying. Although there were so many stars to bind, none of them could be possessed forever. What if she ran out of popularity value one day? Wouldn't she be instantly returned to her original form?

As the saying goes, ten birds in the forest are not as good as one in the hand. Luo Quan gritted her teeth and spent 30,000 popularity points to exchange for a super learning prop.

The moment the prop was used, a large amount of knowledge flooded into her mind, and parts related to singing, such as her chest, throat, lips, and tongue, also underwent subtle changes under the transformation of a mysterious force.

About a minute later, the transformation ended. In the singing ability column of her personal attributes, she jumped from B level to A- at once. This was already the level of a senior female singer, and only a handful of young female singers in Japan could reach this level!

After receiving the system's "enlightenment," Luo Quan opened her eyes, her shoulders shivered, and she felt a sense of urgency, so she hurried into the bathroom.

During this time, Luo Quan took the opportunity to warm up her voice to see how she performed in the high-pitched range. The result was very gratifying. Even while sitting on the toilet, she could sing the C6 high note, known as High C, very stably. However, when attempting continuous C6 high notes, there was still a phenomenon of unstable breath, but even so, she did not crack. This vocal talent could simply be described as one in ten thousand.

After coming out of the bathroom, Luo Quan, in a great mood, hummed the chorus of "Lemon" and tweeted excitedly to express her gratitude to the fans who supported her.

"Your voice is not bad, you even howled to High C." Seeing Wen Xia glanced at Luo Quan and said in a sour tone.

Luo Quan crossed her legs, the foot she was shaking didn't stop: "I can't help it, God insists on feeding me. Actually, I wanted to keep a low profile."

"God feeding you... look at how smug you are!" Seeing Wen Xia pursed her lips, mimicking Luo Quan's tone, then opened her computer, logged into her secondary Weibo account, and published an article like this:

Floating Life Diary

2016.7.19—Tokyo, Sunny

Ah Huang's record is a big hit, she's so happy she can't even close her legs, and she even sings a song while in the bathroom. Her singing ability is truly astonishing; her loud voice makes the cheap wooden doors and walls look like decorations. I suspect there is no one upstairs; if there were, they would have already come down to have a "friendly" neighborhood greeting with Ah Huang.

However, as the saying goes, one must enjoy life to the fullest. All the painstaking efforts and anxiety Ah Huang had before her success have finally been exchanged for this extreme joy after success. When she saw the news of her record's big hit on her phone, I vaguely saw tears flickering in her eyes. That is the emotion brought by a young, beating heart fighting for its dreams and finally realizing them!

May she have a bright future, always be young, and always have tears in her eyes. ===== CHAPTER 16 =====