Chapter 12 Quagmire

"This is my home. It's a bit shabby. I can only feel sorry for you for a while." Luo Quan opened the door, took off his shoes and said.

"Are you living alone in Tokyo?" Wen Xia walked in with his suitcase and asked curiously.

Luo Quan walked into the bedroom and turned on the air conditioner, and said, "I originally lived with my mother, but she recently went to travel to a small island in the Pacific."

"Would you like to drink Coke?" Luo Quan opened the refrigerator, took out two cans of Pepsi-Cola, and raised it in front of him and asked.

Wen Xia waved his hand: "Mineral water is fine. Drinking Coke will make you fat."

Luo Quan curled his lips: "I drink it every day, and it's only a hundred pounds."

As he spoke, he replaced the bottle of Coke in his hand with mineral water and threw it to Wen Xia.

Wen Xia gave Luo Quan an angry look: "Just be angry with me. When you grow to 150 pounds one day, I will laugh to death if you don't!"

After Luo Quan drank the Coke, he took a break and said, "By the way, you haven't told me what I asked you before."

"What's up?"

"Why did you suddenly quit the group? I heard that you were very successful as the female team leader. You have 30 million fans in the country and you have even entered the top 100 in the world."

"I can't work anymore in Korea, so I'll naturally come back." Wen Xia put down the water bottle and lowered her voice slightly: "About March, I heard from my friends that the authorities were going to restrict Koreans, and soon all Koreans would be banned. Groups and individuals come to China to carry out activities, and not only idol stars, but also most of Korean dramas and movies are banned. The intensity is beyond imagination."

Luo Quan was not too surprised because she had experienced this incident in her previous life.

The timeline of this world is basically the same as that of the previous life, but the specific dates are slightly different, ranging from two to three years to two to three months. The date of the Korean restriction order in the previous life happened to be September 2016. , only a few days away from now.

"But this shouldn't have a big impact on you." Luo Quan still couldn't understand: "As a Korean girl group, shouldn't the biggest market be in South Korea? As long as Korean fans buy into your account, shouldn't it be enough?"

"The Korean restriction is only one of the reasons. In fact, there is another main reason." At this point, Wen Xia suddenly became coy.

Luo Quan said in surprise: "What's wrong with you? Keep talking."

Wen Xia's face turned red: "I told you not to laugh at me, I didn't tell anyone about this!"

"We have been friends for so many years, and I will laugh at you?" Luo Quan raised four fingers and made an oath: "I swear, no matter what I hear, I will never laugh at you."

Wen Xia took a deep breath and finally made up his mind and said: "You know the chaebols in Korea... they can dominate the entire Korean entertainment industry with one hand. I originally thought it was just an isolated case, but I didn't expect that one day it would fall into my hands. On the head."

Although Wen Xia's expression was very ambiguous, Luo Quan was so smart that he immediately guessed what she meant.

"You were... dived?" Luo Quan asked in a low voice.

"You were just caught!" Wen Xia rushed towards Luo Quan angrily and pushed her down on the tatami. The two of them rolled on the ground. In the end, Wen Xia, who was slightly shorter, had the upper hand.

Luo Quan, who was suppressed by Wen Xia, struggled in vain and finally gave up resistance and begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that."

In fact, Luo Quan didn't have any ill intentions, he just asked subconsciously, saying that he didn't expect Wen Xia to care so much about this matter.

But think about it, what girl can't care about this kind of thing?

Wen Xia got up from Luo Quan and sighed faintly: "I was called by my manager. I originally thought I was just going to have a meal with a certain official. All my team members have experienced this kind of thing, but in the end, the food was still there." The big fat pig started to hint at me before I even got there. I felt something was wrong and immediately got up and left.

To be honest, I was really naive, and I went over to eat so stupidly. If those people were more despicable..."

When Wen Xia said this, she squatted on the ground, hugged her knees tightly with her hands, buried her head deeply, and her shoulders couldn't stop shaking.

Luo Quan has heard before that the entertainment industry is very deep and there are various rules and hints, but there are very few people who can really break the news. Even in South Korea, which is the hardest hit area, this kind of thing has only happened recently. Only then did it attract greater social attention, and this was at the cost of the lives of many female artists!

Thinking that the girl in front of him almost experienced something like this, Luo Quan's heart felt like a steel knife had been stabbed into her heart. She was not very good at comforting people with words, so she could only sit next to Wen Xia and put her arms around her. Shoulder.

Feeling the hug from her friend, Wen Xia's depressed mood eased a lot, and she showed a hearty smile: "Actually, I'm not that fragile. I'm just a little scared, and I'm also a little worried about my team members. They don't have the capital like me. Get out of this quagmire."

Luo Quan didn't know what to answer, because this heavy question was destined to have no answer, so she could only change the subject and said: "Now that we are out of the way, don't think about those things for the time being... By the way, you teach me some With the experience of facing reporters and cameras, maybe I will be on TV tomorrow."

Wen Xia smiled and said: "You have asked the right person. I had special training in this area when I was a trainee in Korea, and I have deep experience...

When it came to his profession, Wen Xia seemed to be a different person, and began to talk to Luo Quan endlessly about various situations that might arise when facing reporters, and how to deal with them.

While chatting, we also talked about the gossip of the Korean entertainment industry. No girl can refuse the gossip of celebrities, even people like Wen Xia who are in the industry are no exception.

But it's a pity that Luo Quan is not very familiar with the celebrities in this world. She basically doesn't recognize the names Wen Xia mentioned, so she can only deal with it with a professional fake smile, just to help Wen Xia adjust her mood.

Unconsciously, the two of them chatted until the afternoon, and the countdown to the release of Luoquan Records on Sony's official website had begun.

At this time, you can start pre-ordering records. Luo Quan and Wen Xia both pre-ordered one. However, looking at the stock of records, it seems that the pre-sale situation is not particularly ideal.

Sony Records’ sales method this time is a combination of online and offline. One hundred thousand copies were initially printed, 60,000 of which were placed offline, and the owners of various record stores purchased them according to demand, while the other 40,000 were placed online. For sale.

Selling it online is more expensive because it includes delivery costs, but the current pre-sale sales have only reached 863 copies. Adding the two copies from Luoquan and Wenxia, ​​the total is 865 copies.

This is quite different from Luoquan's expected pre-sale sales. Isn't it a big hit as promised? Why did it only sell so little?

Seeing that Luo Quan was a little angry and kept refreshing the record pre-sale page, Wen Xia comforted: "Japan's record market has always been slow to catch rabbits. You are not famous, and it is your first time to release a record. It is already very good to have more than 800 pre-sales.

The quality of your songs is absolutely excellent. As long as they enter the market, it will only be a matter of time before demand exceeds supply. "

"I hope so." Luo Quan put down his phone with an anxious look on his face and quickly did a set of eye exercises to calm down.

But after she finished, she called her mobile phone and refreshed the page, and found that the pre-sale sales had increased by 20, which made Luo Quan feel a little better.

Because of this record, Luo Quan was no longer in the mood to cook, so he directly ordered two takeaways for dinner. With an uneasy mood, Luo Quan held his cell phone and waited for the arrival of twelve o'clock.

Seeing that his best friend was sweating on his forehead, Wen Xia was both amused and couldn't bear it, so he said, "Why don't I post on Weibo and let the fans support you? I think they will definitely like these." Of a song.”

"No!" Luo Quan rejected Wen Xia's kindness without hesitation, "I just want to see if I can really gain a foothold in the Japanese record market by myself. This is really important!"

Wen Xia asked curiously: "If you can't gain a foothold, what are you going to do?"

"If you can't gain a foothold, you will have no choice but to develop in China." Luo Quan's mind echoed with the melody of Meow Meow. It is not easy for this kind of song to become popular overnight in China.

In Luo Quan's smug anticipation, the time finally came to midnight on July 19. Her record finally started to be officially released, and three songs were also launched on iTunes and other major online music platforms.