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Chapter 88 The second single

On the first day of the New Year, Ryan's second single "I.Believe.I.can.fly" was officially released. Like "he", there was no single press conference. After all, it won't take long to come out his first solo album. All the enthusiasm should be accumulated until then.

Ryan has long stated that the personal income of this single will be donated to Princess Diana's charitable foundation. This is not a cake for Disney, so they naturally will not have any objections.

The intensive publicity has never stopped since December. Whether the quality of singles or albums has given Hollywood record companies strong confidence.

Ryan also showed his influence among teenagers. It was during the school holiday and record stores across the United States ushered in a boom.

The quality of this song is better than "he". After the voice change period, Ryan's voice became more pleasant.

"I thought I could not hold on. Life was just a melancholy song, but now I understand the meaning of true love. I learned the most lasting weapon in my life. As long as I can see hope, I can succeed. As long as I believe I can do it, there is nothing wrong with it. I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky. Day and night, I imagine this scene, spreading my wings and flying high..."

Faced with the hot sales, record store owners played the song in the store, attracting more people's attention.

This song in his previous life was the theme song of "Slam Dunk in the Sky". It was born for the Emperor of Basketball. It is one of the best R&B songs in Grammy history. Although Ryan made changes in the arrangement and reduced the components of black music, it did not affect the singing of the song.

Even without that movie, it will still be a golden song.

After the new week, Hollywood record companies are busy. Unlike before, many people have relaxed smiles on their faces. This is the first time they have laughed so happily since the establishment of Hollywood record companies.

Music Director John Burns came to the CEO's office early, waiting for the latest sales statistics.

"John, can you sit down?" CEO Reed said dissatisfiedly, "You walk back and forth like this, so I can't work with peace of mind."

"Work? Do you still have the heart to work now?" John Burns curled his lips.

"Okay, I'm very anxious, too..."

The knock on the door rang out at this time, and Reed's female secretary walked into the office and handed the documents to her immediate boss.

"Is it sales statistics?" John Burns didn't care about the difference between superiors and subordinates at all. He rushed to Reed's seat in two steps and stretched his head to look at the numbers on the file.

1…2…6, six figures, 211,213 pictures!

Reed and John Burns breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then there was an irrepressible excitement on their faces. For the single, it was already very good to win such a result in the first week.

"It's a pity that it did not exceed the first week sales of "I.will.Always.Love.you". "John Burns still feels a little regretful. "I.Believe.I.can.fly" can only be said to be a complete defeat in front of another song written by Ryle Jenkins.

"Come on, John." Reed was very open-minded. "For the recording industry, Ryan can only be regarded as a newcomer, and Whitney Houston is a superstar who has been famous for many years."

"Well, this result has actually exceeded our expectations. Now it's time to celebrate?" John Burns turned his eyes to the wine cabinet. "I know you treasure a bottle of Martell, take it out quickly?"

"Are you sure you're going to celebrate now?" Reed pushed him aside, "Don't forget that Ryan's album is about to be officially released!"

"I'll let you go this time and celebrate when the album is sold!"

Obviously, the heat of this single gave John Burns a strong confidence.

At the same time, Ryan, who was enjoying the New Year holiday, received a call from the record company's good news and just smiled faintly. This song was originally a golden song from his previous life. It was normal to be able to sell such sales. Besides, all the singles were donated, and no matter how much they sold, he would not get a cent.

He still disdains to do something that is worthless when he goes back on his word and refuses to pay for it.

After breaking the phone, Ryan picked up the colored pencil and outlined it on the drawing. A sketch is about to be completed.

In the painting is a thin girl wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt. Her dark brown bob head covers her sad face. Under her bright eyes, there are two lines of clear tears. The silver-white sun-shaped pendant worn between her neck is particularly conspicuous.

After Ryan finished outlining the last stroke, he changed into a carbon pencil and wrote a line of letters ‘Mathilda’ on it.

The door was pushed open, Nicole walked in with a few magazines, came to the easel, looked at the sketch of the colored pencils, glanced at the photo frames in the glass cabinet, and asked, "Is this...Nate?"

"Ah? Nicole." Ryan looked at the painting and found that Nicole was coming to him.

"Story Settings?" Nicole was a little curious. She knew that Ryan was writing a script for Natalie, "Is the script for Natal finished?"

"The first draft is completed." Ryan nodded, the script has been delayed for several months.

"Give it to you." Nicole handed over the magazine, "the latest Billboard and Rolling Stone Magazine."

Ryan sat aside and went to flip through the magazine, while Nicole looked at the plot of the already drawn storyboard, basically all of which were portraits of a little girl based on Natalie.

"Wow~" Ryan cheered. He was of course happy that the songs he sang were able to achieve good results.

In the latest Billboard rankings, "I.Believe.I.can.fly" won the runner-up throne, and the one that stood on it was an insurmountable mountain, Whitney Houston's "Iwillalwaysloveyou".

This is normal. Ryan never thought that "I.Believe.I.can.fly" could be comparable to "Iwillalwaysloveyou". Even though these two songs in this life were made by him, not to mention that although his singing voice is becoming more mature, there is still a certain gap compared to Whitney Houston.

Besides, "Iwillalwaysloveyou" has the movie "Body Guard" to cheer, while "I.Believe.I.can.fly" lacks "Slam Dunk". Although Ryan doesn't like basketball, he also knows that the lack of basketball emperor still has some impact on this song.

However, this song is more about warming up the album, as long as it can maintain its current momentum, it is enough.

Billboard magazine also commented on the song.

"I.Believe.I.can.fly is Ryan Jenkins' second single. It is different from "he"'s playful and cheerful style. This R&B-style song has a clear inspirational flavor."

"Ryan's bright singing was filled with a hint of hoarseness. The previous bar of the song gave people a low-key and heavy feeling. As the tune progressed, his singing was like a sea water at high tide, constantly rolling and jumping, moving towards the climax in the openness, and spreading his wings and soaring as he reached the peak!"

He opened the magazine Rolling Stone again. Compared with Billboard, Rolling Stone sometimes focuses more on singers.

"Ryan's singing is like the sparks before the darkness, with light, hope, and pursuit, and finally gained light. He and his songs are like meteors passing through the dark night sky, showing brilliant light, and like the star of enlightenment in the dark, pointing the direction for the confused traveler."

"This song is like Ryan's life, starting from the darkness and coldness, gradually moving towards the light, and finally spreading its wings and flying high. It is one of the best R&B songs ever."

"From the songs he has published, we can see the boy's musical talent. Let's look forward to his first album in his life together!"

After reading the two magazines he praised him for, Ryan was too lazy to read the remaining few, so he simply returned to the cloakroom, changed into sportswear, and pulled Nicole to the gym to play billiards. As the saying goes, the combination of work and rest is the king. He has been rushing for "The Killer Leon" these days, so it's time to relax.

"I.Believe.I.can.fly" did not stop moving forward. With word of mouth and popular on-demand broadcasts on radio, the sales of singles in the second week not only did not decline, but instead ushered in a small peak, selling nearly 240,000 copies.

The Hollywood record company was inspired by the crowd, and at this point they also established their confidence to cut a piece of cake from the record market.

While praising this song, many media also expressed their expectations for Ryan's first album.

"Yes, I'm very much looking forward to Ryan's first album. I look forward to the day coming soon. We can't wait." The fan who was interviewed by the TV station immediately expressed the thoughts of many teenagers.

Of course, not only are there praise, but some are also complaining.

"Ryan's songs are indeed nice, but I want to see Harry Potter's fourth episode one day earlier. New Year has passed so long. Neither Ryan nor the publisher told us about the publication time of the fourth episode. I am very worried that Ryan will give all the time to music and movies, and forget the existence of us book fans."

Not only individuals, but several book fans also made their own calls, hoping to see Harry Potter's fourth episode as soon as possible.

At this time, some movie fans jumped out again, saying that Ryan has not received any film appointments since "Terminator 2". They really want to continue to see his superb performance on the big screen.

Although there are relationships behind the scenes of record companies and publishers, the publicity and hype has just begun, so why has it reached its climax? Ryan clearly felt that his influence among teenagers across the United States is becoming more and more extensive. This is a good thing, right?

After entering mid-January, the Alien Publishing House, a subsidiary of the Alien Magazine, jumped out first and held a press conference to announce that the fourth episode of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", will be launched in major bookstores in North America and Britain starting from February 1st.

Harry Potter's book fans were immediately overjoyed, wishing that tomorrow would be February 1st.

In this way, Hollywood record companies have objections. The launch time of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has a considerable overlap with their promotional plans, and it is hard to say that it will not affect the album's sales.

"Ryan, it's better to postpone Harry Potter's listing time!" Reed also called for this.

"I'm sorry, Reid, the contract for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has been signed long ago." Ryan sighed. It was impossible to postpone it, after all, the novel agreement was signed as early as October last year.

"Is there no other way?" Reed still didn't give up.

Ryan curled his lips. He didn't think that the novel and the record would pull each other. Instead, he felt that one plus one would be greater than two. Besides, there is a black and white contract. Do you want him to pay the penalty for liquidated damages?

"Reid, I've turned down the publisher's North American signing, which is the only thing I can do."

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