The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 451 The Chinese music scene is full of vitality and everything is competing

"Run with the wind in the direction of freedom, chasing the power of tears and lightning~"

"The limit of charm, loving beauty has no end, pursuing the realm of perfection, people who don't love beauty will be punished by heaven and earth~"

"At first, I just looked at you, pretending not to care, but then I drifted past, and I was secretly happy that you didn't notice me hiding in the corner~"

"Freeze that time, freeze the day we first met, freeze love..."

"Ten years ago, I didn't know you. You didn't belong to me. We were still the same..."

"If I could do it all over again, I would choose Li Bai..."

The door of the street hair salon with flashing tri-color lights was ajar, and the lack of crowds made the owner, wearing a mask and sitting at the door doing nothing, look a little sad.

The entrances of the small shops and video stores next door are also crowded. People are walking in a hurry on the street. Even the vegetable market has lost its former hustle and bustle. Only the various pop songs coming from the speakers are left to incite the eardrums of every passerby. .

Just two days ago, many schools in the imperial capital officially announced the suspension of classes.

Students who don't have to go to school are naturally very happy, which in turn brings about a huge increase in the attention of the entertainment industry.

Based on the idea of ​​picking up leaks, domestic singers who released albums in March and April have taken advantage of this wave of time gaps. Including newcomers like Huang Zheng Yuquan, Cai Yilin, Hai Die, Lin Junjie, and Hong Kong's Chen Nixun, the albums have all achieved success.

Even in the face of SARS, these singers have held offline book signings, meet-and-greets and other activities.

Among them, Hong Kong's Chen Nixun is the most popular.

The song "Ten Years" directly brought his popularity from the Cantonese-speaking area to the whole country, followed by Huang Cheng Yuquan's positive and uplifting "Running".

Under the banner of "Double J Love", Cai Yilin's new album "Look at My Seventy-Two Transformations" has also become famous among the mainland student groups. Newcomer Lin Junjie of Haidie also stands out in this uncompetitive schedule. "Happy Walker" delivered a satisfactory answer with excellent quality——

Although both of them were scolded by many Zhouyi fans for taking advantage of Zhouyi's popularity.

There are endless comments about "Double J Love" maliciously attacking the Warner Twins, Lin Junjie's hype of being single-handedly promoted by Zhou Yi, and so on.

Especially at this time when Zhou Yi is killing people in the United States, the daily and weekly news has greatly satisfied this group of arrogant and domineering spaghetti, and it has also affected the two people who entered the mainland market and started to mess with Zhou Yi. Very unhappy.

Jay Chou, who is still filming a new song MV abroad and who can't be slapped, was also dragged into the criticism just because he is also a member of "Double J Love".

Of course, due to Zhou Yi’s current achievements in the European and American music scene, these recently emerging singers have naturally been asked whether they have any thoughts on going to Europe and the United States to make their mark - one after another, no one can escape.

"This mainly depends on the company's arrangements. If possible, it's not a bad thing to go out and have a look."

Chen Yixun, who is promoting his new Mandarin album "Black White Gray", is sincere, but the smile used to hide his envy seems a bit forced: "You all know, not every singer can be like Zhou Yi In the same way, I can write a lot of Chinese songs and a lot of English songs at the same time.”

"Is the company collecting English songs for you?"

"My manager does have this plan, but he hasn't started collecting songs yet."

As a pure singer, with "Ten Years", a Mandarin hit with re-written lyrics, Chen Yixun entered the audience's view in most parts of the mainland. For the first time, he tasted the popularity of the mainland. Headed by "Ten Years" The Mandarin song is called fierce fucking.

Even if I sing it dozens or hundreds of times a week, I don’t get tired of it. Instead, I am very excited. I am afraid that if I don’t sing it now, I won’t have the chance to sing it in the future.

"Then what do you think of Wang Lihong's entry into the Japanese music scene?"

The reporter, who was obviously still unwilling to let Chen Yixun go, continued to ask.

On April 2003, 4, that is, tomorrow, Wang Lihong, the Greater China affiliate of Sony Music, will officially release his first album into the Japanese music scene - "The Only One" in Japan. The first title song of the album is The Japanese version of his Chinese hit "Only".

Since then, Wang Lihong has become the second younger generation singer to officially enter the foreign music scene after Zhou Yi.

And it is precisely because of Zhou Yi Zhuyu in front that Sony is also using different methods to promote Wang Lihong in Japan this time——

Such as "Following the Book of Changes, a large-scale Asian artist enters Japan!" ", "After Zhou Yi, the Asian male artist that Japanese people most want to see! "News releases like this are issued endlessly.

Wang Lihong received so many notices in Japan that he was speechless——

Starting in February and continuing till now, there have been more than 2 announcements, which can be called an intensive bombing. It is said that Sony has prepared a total of about 50-70 announcements for him this time, and various radio stations and programs have taken turns to air them.

Taiwan has also begun to hype news about "the light of the new generation of Chinese".

"Feelings? What are your thoughts? I wish him success."

Naying, who was also participating in the event in Hong Kong, blurted out her blessing when asked this question because of her status as a senior and affiliated with Warner Records.

"Then, does the company have any plans for you to enter the European, American or Japanese music scene?"

As a member of Warner Queen's Palace, Naying, whose last album did not hit the streets like Chang Hye-mei, is now saying that in the eyes of the Hong Kong media, she is still more likely to go abroad.

"Me? Stop me. I can't even communicate in English." Naying herself was amused by the reporter: "You might as well ask Wang Fei if you ask me."

Even if it was Zhang Huimei, as far as she knew, Zhang Huimei did have this idea.

The existence of Zhou Yi has whetted the appetite of many people, including Wang Lihong himself.

Leaving aside the scumbag Jay Chou who is still trying to learn English, Tao Zhe, who just released the album "Black Willow" last year, is rumored to not be releasing a new studio album this year, but will release a collection of selections in order to leave a lasting impression for himself. Find time to create an English album.

"I do have this idea now. You know that my English is pretty good, right?"

After being questioned by the paparazzi, Tao Zhe had no choice but to nod and admit: "If nothing else happens, my English album may be released to fans and friends in July next year? Or maybe even earlier?"

Among the major creative musicians, Jay Chou is currently abroad and no reporter can find him. Otherwise, he would inevitably be chased to ask about the progress of his English album.

And people close to Zhou Yi were harassed one after another——

Sun Yanzi, who had greatly reduced his workload due to SARS, was almost drowned in April when the news was all over the sky. He was finally pulled out of bed by Chen Zeshan, who begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and went to Hong Kong to participate in an online promotion. He was also The reporter seized the opportunity to ask questions related to Zhouyi.

"Oh, I really don't know." Sun Yanzi sighed sincerely, facing the enemy, and immediately showed a business-like fake smile on his face: "And I don't have any feelings about releasing an English album. So urgent, I would actually like to rest if possible.”

After realizing what he was saying, Sun Yanzi in front of the camera shrank his head like a child who accidentally said the wrong thing, stuck out his tongue and added: "The main thing is to recharge myself, and then Study more.”

"Then what do you think of Zhou Yi's scandal in the United States? Has he told you whether he is really in love?"

"That must be a lie." Sun Yanzi grinned and refuted the rumor with a strong voice: "He is not in love. You'd better stop writing nonsense, otherwise he will sue you when he comes back."

reporter:"……"

Damn it, why can’t you open the pot and pick up the pot?

Facing the woman in front of him who was obviously not as good at telling lies as she was at the beginning of the millennium, the reporter with slightly twitching eyebrows asked again: "Then will you watch the show "David's Teeth" on time? Zhou Yi is the guest in the latest episode. ”

Sun Yanzi shook his head like a rattle, and said in a very unreasonable way: "I won't watch it. I'm very busy at work and I don't have time to watch his program in the United States."

"David Letterman", formerly known as "Late Show with David Letterman" in English, is the late-night ace program of CBS in the United States.

A popular late-night talk show in the United States. After Hong Kong's ATV bought the copyright, this program has become the only American late-night talk show currently broadcast in Hong Kong. Zhou Yi will appear on this program to promote it, and it will be broadcast on the evening of April 4th, US time.

Because of this, ATV has gone crazy with publicity. Basically, as long as Hong Kong citizens watch ATV, advertisements about this issue of Zhou Yi will definitely appear.

In the past, the only way to watch Zhou Yi's foreign variety shows was to read newspapers or browse the web. This time, Leng Buding has produced a serious video version, which is a big deal for passers-by, fans and even anti-fans in China who have been thirsty for a long time. So friendly.

"What about "Pink Lady"? It is said that you now live in the same community as the actors in "Pink Lady"..."

"Pink Girl", scheduled to be broadcast in the mainland on April 4, is also a very eye-catching existence for Hong Kong media. After all, this drama is Zhou Yi's only small-screen TV drama so far and probably in his career.

After mainland TV stations began to promote "Pink Girl", the song "Li Bai" became popular again. After conquering the ears of Taiwanese people with its extremely brainwashing melody, it once again conquered mainland music fans.

The Taiwanese media, which had already been crushed by "Pink Lady" earlier, took advantage of this wave of popularity to speak out freely. Among them, "China Times", one of the four major newspapers in Taiwan, even publicly made a report for Zhou Yi. An entertainment special issue.

You must know that before this, "China Times" only carried entertainment news when it was published on Saturdays, which was the only day of the week.

"Leaded by Zhou Yi, Generation Y in the Chinese music scene is ushering in a big explosion!" 》——

"Wang Lihong entered the Japanese music scene, Tao Zhe is writing an English album, and Jay Chou is still learning English. In the future, there will be Elva, Sun Yanzi, Chen Yixun, Yung Zuer, and the comeback of Xie Tingfeng, etc.

"Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, the new generation of Chinese music is completely different from the past, and has caught up with Western developed countries.

"I'm very lucky to be able to see the Chinese music scene, which is full of vitality and everything is competing..."

The author of the article is obviously very optimistic. He is so optimistic that the new generation in the Chinese music scene will soon be able to catch up with the United States in the Premier League and beat little Japan.

With Sony as his backing, Wang Lihong obviously has sufficient resources to enter the Japanese music scene, and there is no obstacle to switching between Chinese and English;
Tao Zhe just proved that his talent is not in the past with "Black Willow" last year, and the future is also promising.

Although Jay Chou is not good at English, he cannot stand it because his talent is high enough and so on...

To sum it up in one sentence:

"The advantage is mine!"

Of course, it is not unreasonable for the media to think that Zhou Yi's achievement does not mean that others can do it, but they are drowned in the fanatical atmosphere of the fans and can't see anything.

Zhou Yi can do it, so can our idols!

On the 23rd, Wang Lihong’s first album in Japan was officially released, and he was full of confidence.

It was also on the same day that Zhou Yi also appeared on the official recording site of "The Late Show with David Letterman".

At the beginning, Zhou Yi's single "We Are Young", the most popular album of the album, sounded as the background music in the venue, which directly caused a burst of cheers.

Because you are young, you are fearless!

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome, Spike Week!"

The male host David Letterman, who had gray hair on his temples, stretched out his hand to Zhou Yi who had come to the backstage door frame early and was waiting to the tune of "We Are Young" with a strong voice.

Under the cheers of the audience, Zhou Yi walked out of the door, opened his arms on the stage, and kept walking around the stage, as if to thank the fans in the audience for their continuous support——

"Spike!"

"Spike!"

"Spike!"

The cheers continued until Zhou Yi returned to his seat and even interrupted the host who wanted to make his opening remarks several times.

"Well, the audience is really... so enthusiastic."

After sitting down, Zhou Yi, who crossed his legs, pretended to be helpless and shrugged to express his innocence.

"I hope you know one thing, Spike, that part of the continuous applause just now actually belongs to me."

As an old white man, David Letterman is naturally an expert at controlling the audience. When he smiles and enlivens the atmosphere, he can also help to expand the topic: "Even if your current album sales have exceeded 1400 million worldwide - oh sorry, it is 1400 Isn’t this extremely exaggerated number ?”

Zhou Yi smiled and nodded: "Yes, to be honest, I am indeed a little surprised."

"With all due respect, Spike, how long did it take you to sell this result? Do you think there is any possibility of fraud in this sales volume?"

"of course not."

Zhou Yi, who was not afraid of the shadow, sat on the red sofa and tilted his body slightly to make his legs more comfortable: "I just sell more than my competitors. If someone is jealous, why don't they go to Asia?" Try selling albums?
"The Pacific Ocean is not covered, is it difficult to swim across it?"

(End of this chapter)