Chapter 167: Managing the Household, Governing the Country, Pacifying the World (Part 2/3)

Su Xiaoli felt as though she was intoxicated.

Such prolonged exertion left her feeling somewhat breathless.

Seeing her face flushed, Tang Feng couldn’t help but laugh.

“You’re such a bully! Just picking on me!” Su Xiaoli glared at him and gently punched him twice.

Seeing this, Tang Feng naturally laughed even more joyously.

He felt extremely content with his current life.

He just wanted to play and jest with Su Xiaoli like this.

Such a life was truly incomparable in its comfort!

Before his rebirth, he never dared to imagine such a day would come.

Even though he liked Su Xiaoli, he never dared to confess.

After all, she was not only a top student from Jingcheng University but also an associate professor there. Compared to him, it was like comparing heaven and earth!

If it weren’t for an accident, he probably would have never known about Su Xiaoli’s feelings for him.

Heaven must have allowed him to be reborn, moved by Su Xiaoli’s affection.

To let him come back and take good care of her for a lifetime.

He must cherish such an opportunity!

As the saying goes, longing for distant mountains and rivers is futile; it’s better to cherish the person right in front of you.

Tang Feng didn’t continue to frolic with her there; instead, he went to the study.

He needed to hurry and develop the best antivirus software on the market in the shortest time possible.

Of course, he didn’t directly make the antivirus software up to the standards of twenty years later.

If he did, the software package would be very large, which would be a significant burden for users’ computers.

This was unavoidable. After all, it was 2003, and the computer specifications, compared to 2023, were entirely different.

Taking advantage of the gap in his software development, Su Xiaoli brewed him a cup of coffee and prepared some snacks and fruits.

To prevent Tang Feng from having nothing to eat when he got hungry.

Naturally, Tang Feng’s heart was moved.

No matter what Su Xiaoli did for him, he felt exceptionally blessed.

Perhaps, this was love.

While Tang Feng was developing software, Song Lei had the first album recorded by Tang Feng mass-produced.

Although he was very clear that Tang Feng’s album would definitely be a big hit, he conservatively had only one million copies produced by the factory initially.

If it wasn’t enough, they could always produce more later.

After all, in his view, one million albums were already a very significant number.

The heads of other record companies had also received this news.

They quickly started discussing among themselves.

“Song Lei’s guts are too big! A million copies for the first batch! What if they don’t sell? With so many albums, even if the cost could be reduced to around ten yuan, that’s ten million.”

“In my thirty years in the industry, this is the first time I’ve seen a first batch of one million! Not to mention a million, I haven’t even seen five hundred thousand! Even for those megastars in the past, the most was one hundred thousand or fifty thousand. They would produce the second batch only when the first was nearly sold out.”

“One million copies! I’m really curious about how amazing this album must be for Song Lei to take such a big risk!”

“Even Zhou Tianwang, the hottest singer nowadays, wouldn’t dare to produce so many albums for the first batch!”

“Zhou Tianwang is indeed impressive! But I heard Song Lei’s album is related to Tang Feng from Jingcheng University.”

“Tang Feng? Why does that name sound familiar, but I can’t remember?”

“He’s the super genius from Jingcheng University! His level in mathematics has reached the pinnacle of the world! Besides mathematics, he has achieved a lot in other areas. Even in music, he won first place in Jingcheng University’s campus singing contest.”

“I thought it was some major award. It turns out to be just a campus singing contest first place? That’s not much! There are many people more impressive than him!”

“He only participated in that contest. I believe with his strength, he could compete for the championship even in a national singing contest.”

“Does he have any representative songs? I want to find and listen to them.”

“There probably aren’t any online. His songs are all original. He writes the lyrics and composes the music himself. I think that’s quite rare.”

“Originality is indeed rare. Even many stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan have covered a lot of music from abroad, especially from Japan.”

“Japan’s music is indeed good, but the lyrics leave something to be desired. The lyrics adapted by Hong Kong and Taiwan are very excellent. Of course, I still support originality. After all, our China has a history of over five thousand years, a rich and long culture. There’s no need to always follow others.”

“When is Song Lei’s new album going to be released?”

“It should be in the next few days. However, I heard the album’s pricing is very low.”

“With the cost laid out here, plus the profit margin for distributors, even if it’s lower, how low can it go?” Some were skeptical.

“I heard the product’s price is thirty yuan.”

“Impossible! What a joke! How could it be so cheap! Compared to previous prices, it’s a direct halving!”

“Exactly! At thirty yuan, the profit is pitifully small! Song Lei also runs a record company, not a charity. It can’t possibly be so cheap!”

“Don’t worry too much. What if it really is thirty yuan, how do you plan to respond?”

“What’s there to respond to? We don’t need to at all! It’s not like everyone listens to just one singer! Even if he sells it for ten yuan, five yuan, it won’t have much impact on us.”

“Exactly! How many albums can he release in a year! With such low profits, only an idiot would sell it so cheaply!”

“But what if he signs other singers?”

“With such low profits, which singer would want to sign with him! Rest assured, it’s probably just a gimmick! The first album is cheaper to gather some popularity, then raise the price for the next album! We’re all too familiar with this tactic.”

Following Tang Feng’s arrangement, Song Lei contacted Ma Huateng.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement.

The homepage of the uu chat software, in the most prominent position, featured Tang Feng’s first album’s six songs.

All users could listen for free once.

If they liked it, they could purchase it at a music store. If the local music store didn’t have it, they could order from Jianbao Network. In slightly larger cities, it could arrive the next day. In smaller cities, they would need to wait a few more days patiently.

To handle the large volume of purchases, Zhu Zihang temporarily added quite a few hands.

He was very clear that for Jianbao Network, this was the first major test since its establishment!

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