Chapter 46: Mysterious Grand Prize

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"Actually Chinese, truly unexpected."

"Can't tell at all that she has Asian ancestry, but that doesn't matter; her beauty has transcended national borders."

"Still feel a bit uncomfortable."

"Maybe the website made a mistake; this girl might be Korean, Korean-style~~~"

"You can tell by the name; only Chinese names use Pinyin instead of Romanization."

"Indeed Chinese. There is a very popular song 'Faded' on YouTube recently, which is her song."

"So she is the author! God, no one knows how much I love this song. I've been looping it for the past few days!"

"Dream-like singing, dream-like beauty. Director Claire's evaluation of her is really apt. She really is my walking dream!"

"Hearing you guys praise her so much makes me want to go to YouTube to listen to this song."

"'Faded' is definitely worth a listen. Now its views on YouTube are almost reaching 200 million, and it is very likely to become the number one song on the Billboard chart!"

"It definitely has that potential. Music has no borders. As long as it is excellent enough, it will definitely make the charts..."

"Congratulations, your level has been upgraded to 'Slightly Famous' (Gold: Asia, North America regions)."

Miss Luo Quan looked puzzled: "Why did my level drop after upgrading?"

She was previously 'Well-Known' in gold; how did it become 'Slightly Famous' after upgrading?

"Look carefully. The region for 'Slightly Famous' has expanded to Asia and North America. It is quite difficult for an Asian to become famous in the United States, so a star who is slightly famous in the United States is definitely more influential than a star who is well-known in Asia."

Miss Luo Quan curled her lips: "Isn't saying all that just looking down on us Asian stars?"

"I am not looking down on anyone; I am just stating objective facts. However, in the near future, you have a very good hope of becoming the person who breaks the norm."

Miss Luo Quan waved her hand: "Don't draw big cakes for me first. I upgraded this time; is there a reward?"

"Yes, I'll reward you with a task. Completing the task will have a mysterious grand prize oh~~~"

Miss Luo Quan's face turned black: "The mysterious grand prize is rewarding me with another task, and then completing the task gets another mysterious grand prize? Are you nesting dolls with me here!"

The system made a solemn guarantee: "It is a real mysterious grand prize, definitely not nesting dolls."

"Then tell me, what task?"

"Break the Japanese single album sales record."

"What the hell!" Miss Luo Quan thought she had misheard. "You aren't joking with me, are you!"

The system confirmed, definitely and certainly said: "Not joking!"

The Japanese single album sales record in this world is 7.68 million copies, created by the famous singer Kumamoto Mitsuko at the turn of the century. It is the best-selling album in Asian history and has been certified by the Guinness World Records!

Even in that era when the record market was most prosperous, 7.68 million sales was still a myth that shocked countless practitioners, and no one has been able to break this record until now.

There is such a saying in the entertainment industry: small popularity depends on promotion, big popularity depends on fate.

The music market is the same principle. If the album quality is high, selling a good result is a very normal thing, but if you want to become a hit and break various sales records, you need a certain amount of luck.

When luck comes, any record is easy to talk about, but if luck is bad, the upper limit is probably two or three million. After all, it is a recognized fact that the Asian record market is currently sluggish.

With the development of the internet, more and more people like to buy cheaper and faster virtual albums, and physical albums have gradually become a belief.

In Japan now, let alone breaking Kumamoto Mitsuko's record, an album that can sell 5 million copies hasn't appeared for nearly fifteen years.

Miss Luo Quan has confidence in her songs, but she doesn't think her songs have the ability to wake up the Japanese record market. This requires the prosperous development of the entire industry and the continuous emergence of musical talents to do so.

Currently, such an environment does not exist. If it were in the United States, maybe it could break this record, but the sales record in the United States is not as simple as 7.68 million. The music market there is another concept!

"Why, you don't have confidence?" The system's voice sounded a bit mocking.

Miss Luo Quan's expression was helpless: "Of course not. The second album has to sell 7.68 million copies; where would I get such great appeal?"

No matter what, she is just newly famous now, the number of true fans is limited, and the ratio of sales to popularity is not high enough. These are all hard flaws.

If the condition is delayed to the third or fourth album, Miss Luo Quan can completely use high-quality songs to make a name for herself before this. As long as there is fame, breaking the record is not impossible.

It's just that now... it's still too early.

"Can you have some ambition? This system is a Diva cultivation system. Without the courage to turn the impossible into possible, how can you become a Diva?"

Miss Luo Quan laughed out of anger: "It's easy to say, but breaking records is about timing, location, and human harmony!"

She really wasn't talking nonsense. When the first album was released, it was highly likely to break Hoshino Sakura's first album sales record. As a result, Avex brought a wave of rhythm on the most critical day, causing that day's sales to plummet. Although it was clarified later, the lost sales could not be made up, and the record wasn't broken.

And the second album might encounter a similar situation if it wants to break the record. If any negative news comes out, all ambitions will be ruined.

"You are a transmigrator; you have to believe that the will of the world is on your side!"

Miss Luo Quan asked back: "Then can you make me the King of the World?"

"No, this system is a Diva cultivation system, not an Emperor cultivation system. Even if it were, the current society wouldn't allow a King of the World to appear. Besides, you are a woman; at most, you can only be the Queen of the World!"

Miss Luo Quan chuckled: "Why do you have to add a Queen? Be careful of my 'shaking with anger' warning!"

"Being clever is meaningless. Just ask you whether you accept this task or not?"

"Accept, why not accept? But before accepting, you have to advance me some rewards. With my current strength, wanting to break the record, I'm still lacking in all aspects."

"No!"

Miss Luo Quan lowered her voice and said word by word: "This can have!"

The system pondered for a moment and finally made a compromise: "I can send you a few random reward packages. There is a probability of opening good things from them."

Miss Luo Quan looked forward to it: "How good can these good things be?"

"Appearance-enhancing cream, side-effect-free breast enhancement pills, permanent toner, super whitening ointment."

Miss Luo Quan fainted to the ground: "What do I need these things for?!"

"Research shows that for the same job, people with high appearance will have 30% more salary than people with low appearance. Selling records is the same. If you look beautiful, won't more people buy them?"

"What kind of crooked logic is this! Do I need to rely on my face to eat?" Miss Luo Quan rolled her eyes in disdain and started the lottery. ===== CHAPTER 47 =====