What they witnessed was a shocking scene.
Just two minutes after the album went online, sales quickly rocketed past 1 million copies.
Undoubtedly, most of these purchasers were fans who trusted and loved Su Yu; they had not even listened to the songs but unhesitatingly chose to buy them without thinking.
Ten minutes passed, and that number soared to 3.6 million!
By 1 AM, the new album's sales had broken through the 8 million mark at an astonishing speed.
Everyone exclaimed, “Don’t these fans sleep?” In the middle of the night, they were all eagerly awaiting the launch of Su Yu’s new album.
Of course, at this time, the sales performance only came from mainland China; albums in regions outside of China had not yet been released.
If sold simultaneously worldwide, the sales would be even more astonishing, unimaginable.
At this moment, everyone truly felt Su Yu's unparalleled terrifying influence and dominance in the Chinese music scene.
Moreover, what was even more surprising was that Su Yu’s album, “Sing for You,” did not contain just ten songs, but a full twelve!
Among them, “That Girl” and “Fireworks” were not performed at the concert.
“That Girl” might not have been performed due to the limited duration of the concert, and it was perfectly reasonable that “Fireworks,” as a Japanese song, was not presented by Su Yu at the Yan Jing concert.
Perhaps these songs will be performed again when they stand.
With twelve songs and an album price of 16 yuan, the extremely high cost-performance ratio led most people to purchase the entire album.
This was also an important reason why the album could break through eight million sales within an hour of its release in mainland China.
By 8 AM, sales in the China region had successfully exceeded 15 million copies.
At this time, the album also officially went on sale overseas, with equally explosive sales.
Although there was still a gap compared to sales in mainland China, the two English songs in the album, with their unique charm, quickly entered the top ranks of various music platforms, seemingly only a step away from topping the charts.
For Su Yu, album sales breaking records seemed to have become a common occurrence.
The key was whether Su Yu had the idea of taking it to the extreme.
And so, at 10 AM on August 25th, Tianxing Entertainment and Su Yu’s Tribe accounts simultaneously released a major piece of news—the announcement of the second concert of the tour.
The performance dates were set for September 27th and 28th, with the location chosen as the United States.
This news was like a bombshell, instantly causing an uproar among fans.
Especially the Japanese fans, whose hearts were filled with disappointment and helplessness.
They had originally expected Su Yu’s second tour stop to be in nearby Japan, but who would have thought that Su Yu ultimately chose the United States.
How could they know that Su Yu chose the US stop to have more ample time to film the movie he had been preparing for a long time?
On August 25th, Su Yu’s album, like an unstoppable musical wave, created huge ripples globally.
At the same time, at Tianxing Entertainment, Director Zhao Xiaolu, who had just finished filming “beautiful fate 2,” appeared before Su Yu again.
However, this time, it wasn't because Director Zhao Xiaolu had a new filming project, but because Su Yu had specifically called her.
Su Yu felt that Director Zhao was relatively free recently and planned to assign her an important task.
It should be known that after Su Yu attended the launch conference for “infernal affairs” on September 1st, he would head to the United States to begin filming “murder on the orient express.”
Su Yu was not entirely sure how long this movie would take to film.
Therefore, for the inspirational movie “a street cat named bob,” Su Yu planned to have the temporarily idle Director Zhao Xiaolu direct it.
At this time, Zhang Guoshi was fully immersed in the post-production of “dying to survive,” planning for its release during this year’s National Day holiday in October.
Hao Ren was closely monitoring the special effects production for “life of pi,” which was expected to be completed by the end of the year, with its release perhaps scheduled for the Spring Festival.
Gao Xiaozhi and Guo Fan had already gone to Hong Kong to prepare the crew, ready to make their mark in the upcoming filming of “infernal affairs”!
As a result, the only available and experienced director Su Yu had on hand was Director Zhao Xiaolu.
“Director Zhao, this is a script I recently wrote, which I plan to film in Hollywood, starring Kerry. See if you can take it.”
Upon seeing Director Zhao Xiaolu, Su Yu wasted no pleasantries or small talk, directly handing the bound script to Director Zhao Xiaolu.
Director Zhao Xiaolu looked at the script presented before her, her mind filled with thoughts.
What did “see if you can take it” mean? The script was already tangibly placed in front of her; even if she was currently preparing her third movie script, facing Su Yu’s arrangements, she still had to distinguish between primary and secondary.
It should be known that directors outside were eagerly anticipating and coveting Su Yu’s scripts.
Director Zhao Xiaolu knew in her heart that if Su Yu released news that he had a script looking for a director, that script would definitely be fought over fiercely by outside directors.
And Director Zhao Xiaolu had also encountered some bottlenecks in the creation of her third script.
Filming Su Yu’s script at this time might indeed be a very good choice.
It could allow her to temporarily step out of the rigid circle that had confined her, which should be very helpful for her to write new scripts!
Although she had already agreed in her heart, Director Zhao Xiaolu still took the script and read it carefully and thoroughly.
In fact, for her, it was also a very good learning process.
What Su Yu didn't know was that many screenwriters in China were secretly studying the scripts he had written.
They were all analyzing why the scripts Su Yu brought out always managed to hit the mark precisely, achieving both critical acclaim and box office success.
After reading, she raised her head, looking at Su Yu with firm eyes: “I’ll take this script! Mr. Su, when will this project start filming?”
In her heart, being able to direct Su Yu’s script was a rare opportunity, and she naturally wouldn't miss it easily.
“On September 2nd, I will go to Hollywood. You can come with me then. You can first join my crew to familiarize yourself with the filming model there, and then proceed to assemble a crew to film this movie.”
Su Yu systematically laid out his plan.
He hoped that Director Zhao Xiaolu would first gain a deep understanding of Hollywood movie filming techniques, so that Tianxing Entertainment could make a big splash in the Hollywood market in the future.
Director Zhao Xiaolu was just the first; in the future, Su Yu planned to take Hao Ren, Gao Xiaozhi, and others out to see as well.
“Okay!” Director Zhao Xiaolu nodded without hesitation.
She understood Su Yu's idea in her heart; this was an excellent opportunity for learning and growth, and she would naturally attach great importance to it.
Although China's film industry has developed rapidly in recent years, compared to the already mature Hollywood film market, there are still considerable gaps in various aspects.
Therefore, learning the essence of Hollywood film production, discarding the dross that is not suitable for the development of Chinese cinema, and then producing excellent films with Chinese characteristics, is an important mission for their generation of directors.