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

Chapter 515 I Love to Tell the Truth

"Are you sure this is okay?"

"I don't know, but at least we can try. At least they are short of people now."

The next day, because of the focus of the issuance, Xiao Yaxuan, who was unable to make the decision, continued to have fun all day before finally calling his teacher Yao Qian and explaining the situation to him in general.

Yao Qian, who has always been a traditional record producer, was somewhat hesitant about the prospects described by Zhou Yi.

If Zhou Yi had not been the first person to try something new, he would probably have rejected this fantastic idea immediately.

Isn't this nonsense?

Internet singer, this title is tantamount to a derogatory term for many people who have come from the era of physical records.

The most important thing is, if Elva Hsiao, a completely new singer, directly enters the Apple Store, what will happen to the physical sales?
Zhou Yi had no choice. After all, the English album had sold over 30 million copies worldwide. To put it in a more naive way, he was the man who had stepped onto the ladder of godhood at the end of the record era. A large number of physical record channels had to hold their noses and buy his products for the sake of profit.

Even if he cursed harshly.

You're a bastard if you don't make money.

But Xiao Yaxuan doesn't have this confidence. If she dares to debut as an online singer directly without going through the formal channels of Europe and the United States, the sales and distribution of her physical albums will basically be hopeless.

Unless her EP can become a hit in physical channels, she will have to accept the loss once again and hurry up to purchase physical goods, making every penny count - just like Zhou Yi.

"My suggestion is that since the physical channels are already controlled by that group of people, it is better to rely on the new Internet. After all, how much high-quality space resources can Elva get in Europe and the United States alone? I am afraid that even EMI cannot guarantee this."

Zhou Yi took the phone from Xiao Yaxuan and crossed his legs comfortably, and asked Yao Qian, "Besides, Elva's personal image is not uniquely recognizable in the European and American music scene, which is full of monsters. Even her voice and fashion sense, which she is proud of, are not considered treasures there.

“If she had gone for traditional promotional channels, she would have just been drowned in the sea of ​​female singers releasing albums at the same time and wouldn’t have made much of a splash.

"Don't think I'm exaggerating. If you don't believe me, you can wait and see how the English albums of Zhe Tao and even Utada Hikaru perform in the United States. Anyway, the time is coming soon."

Now that the hit songs have been released, Zhou Yi is definitely aiming to maximize profits.

He was the king of the physical world, and then used his fame to develop online channels - Xiao Yaxuan did the opposite, first becoming famous on the Internet, and then using her online popularity to feed back to the offline world.

Commonly known as traffic monetization.

The only difference from the monetization of Internet traffic in China is that the Apple Music Store can not only provide Elva Hsiao with huge traffic, but also give her a large share of the money - domestic Internet music is free, so this cannot be done, and singers can only use their fame to perform offline and take on endorsements.

"..."

Yao Qian on the other end of the phone fell silent. After a while, he spoke again: "The problem is that if we go through the online channel you mentioned, it still has no advantage over offline Elva."

"This is something you should consider, Boss Yao."

Zhou Yi chuckled and said, “Just to remind you, all the major record companies, including Warner, are still renegotiating with Apple.

"Because I'm making a lot of money, they now see the profits, but Apple now has a subtle advantage. The reason why I say subtle is that their advantage is not big, after all, those record companies still have a large number of singers under their banner.

"What if Apple made an unknown Asian pop star famous in the United States? I am an exception, but Elva is not."

If we can launch a singer who was previously unknown in Europe and the United States, we can also launch a second one.

In order to give Apple confidence, Zhou Yi sang one and a half of the three songs in Elva Hsiao's EP - half of the songs were because he did not write the lyrics for the English version of "Sun Never Sets".

As for what specific preferential terms can be negotiated, that depends on how Yao Qian negotiates with Jobs.

“…Let Elva come back to record the song first.”

After a long silence, Yao Qian said, "Her family affairs have been resolved. Her father will not come out and talk nonsense for a while."

"I was on speakerphone, and she heard it."

"Ah."

With a beep, Yao Qian hung up the phone.

Zhou Yi, who was turning his phone, looked up at the woman who was leaning against the back of the sofa and looking at him. He shrugged and returned the phone to her: "You heard it too. You should go back to work, little genius."

"Damn it, don't call me a genius. It reminds me of Cai Yilin. Sony tried their best to market it, saying genius or something like that. It's quite embarrassing."

Xiao Yaxuan, who was about to have a stress reaction to the word "genius", rubbed her arms with goose bumps with a little disdain: "Her new album "Look at My 72 Changes" has also transformed, and she is on the same track as me."

"The mouth is on other people's body, you can't stop it."

Zhou Yi laughed out loud when he heard the classic address.

After the release of the album "Look at My 72 Changes", Cai Yilin returned to the public eye with her three hit songs, "Look at My 72 Changes", "Say I Love You" and "Chivalry", and can be said to have truly embarked on the fast track to national fame.

She is also generally regarded by Taiwanese media as another example of the "two-week confrontation."

Zhou Yi stands behind Sun Yanzi and Xiao Yaxuan, while Jay Chou stands behind Cai Yilin, Coco Lee, Chen Xiaochun, Wen Lan and others. The main strategy is to win by quantity.

However, for the fans who were eagerly waiting for Sun Yanzi's new album this year, they received a shocking news -

"The first hit song of Yanz's new album this year is not Zhou Yi or the brothers Li Sisong and Li Weisong?"

China, Taiwan.

Since the album's release date has been officially confirmed to be August 8, Sun Yanzi has been active in various variety shows and radio programs in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau in recent days, constantly promoting his new album.

During the SARS period, Cheng Hao gained seven or eight kilograms of weight, but the change was very obvious after he appeared on camera, and he looked more energetic.

"Zhou Yi actually wrote some for me, too. For example, "One is like summer, the other is like autumn" tells the story of my friendship with Cheng Hao. In addition to the theme of love, "SPL" is more of an allegory. He hopes that my musical journey of "Unfinished" can be unimpeded under SPL's wishes..."

"I heard about it, just heard about it. Yan Zi, are you living with Zhou Yi? I saw a lot of reports out there that mentioned living together or something like that."

At the recording site of the show "Variety Big Brother", Sun Yanzi, who had not appeared in Taiwan for a long time due to SARS, was a little uncomfortable with the standards in Taiwan. Facing the Lich King Zhang Fei, he kept scratching his head with a silly smile: "It shouldn't be considered living together. We just live on the upper and lower floors. That's all written by reporters."

"Oh~~"

As Fei Yuqing's elder brother, Zhang Fei's Lich King skills are naturally not to be underestimated. He pretended to be enlightened and clapped his hands on the microphone: "So, you are on top, Wan Ren Mi is at the bottom, and Zhou Yi is in the middle?"

The joke was so obvious that the whole audience burst into laughter. Sun Yanzi, who understood the joke in a flash, turned away shyly and covered his mouth with one hand to prevent himself from laughing too loudly. Huang Pinyuan, a famous singer and one of the hosts of the show, acted as a brake in time, chasing after Zhang Fei and shouting at him several times: "Don't do that, Yanzi is here to promote his new album."

"Okay, okay, I get it, just let go first."

Zhang Fei chuckled twice, then approached Sun Yanzi and asked in a whisper, "I heard that Zhou Yi has great waist strength. The newspapers said that he could fight one hundred people alone in Japan. Is that true? I have a friend who wants to know how he maintains his waist strength."

The tone was vulgar enough, coupled with the expression and action, Sun Yanzi raised the microphone several times to speak but was amused and laughed until he choked.

"Hey, Brother Fei, is this friend you are talking about you yourself?"

After trying hard to control his emotions, Sun Yanzi deliberately made his voice thicker and asked with a smile.

"Okay, okay, okay, let's skip this topic for now and move on to the next chapter. Thank you."

As if a sore spot had been touched, Zhang Fei immediately put away his shifty look and asked seriously, "Ms. Sun Yanzi, what is the name of the song you want us to perform next?"

When it came to the song promotion session, Sun Yanzi's posture became more ladylike. She held the microphone with both hands and bowed slightly to the audience, and responded: "It's called "Meeting", the title song of my new album "Unfinished". I hope everyone will like it. Thank you."

When everyone on the stage stood back, leaving the main stage to Sun Yanzi, as the prelude sounded, the fans at the scene suddenly burst into howling.

Sun Yanzi waved at them with a smile and spoke in a heart-grabbing way:

"I heard winter was leaving, and I woke up in a certain year and month~
"I think, I wait, I look forward to it, but the future cannot be arranged by this~"

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"listen well!"

Japan, Fuji TV, on a variety show.

The leading actors, director and fans at the scene of "Doctor Goto's Clinic" were all applauding crazily, giving applause to the male and female singers who sang both Chinese and Japanese songs.

Born in 1952, Japan's national treasure singer Miyuki Nakajima, who is 51 years old this year, bowed slightly to Zhou Yi, who was responsible for singing the Chinese part in the chorus of "Riding on the Back of the Silver Dragon", to express her gratitude after singing the last two lines of Chinese lyrics that she had specially learned.

This song can be regarded as her comeback song after the arrival of the new century. It once again entered the top ten of the O chart and topped the list.

And all this is thanks to Zhou Yi.

"Siguoyi! Mr. Zhou Yi!"

"Zhou Yi-kun, I love you!"

"Sparasi!! Zhouyi-sama!!!"

"..."

The extremely exaggerated expressions and the praises that seemed to be shouted at the top of one's throat made Zhou Yi, who was experiencing Japanese variety show culture live for the first time, somewhat uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the millions of dollars, he would never have participated in this kind of variety show that he doesn't like very much.

There is no way, the program team gave too much.

Fuji TV, which is well aware of the Chinese mentality of "since I'm here", first invited Zhou Yi to Japan with a contract worth 300 million US dollars after tax to help promote the TV series "Doctor Goto's Clinic" and take promotional photos with Miyuki Nakajima;

Then, when Zhou Yi was ready to relax, they offered him a contract worth $400 million after tax to invite him to appear on the show, saying, "Since you're here, you're here."

Although the main actors of the show will also join in the promotion, the main focus will still be on Zhouyi.

Zhou Yi had not originally planned to go on the show, but Qian Jiang persuaded him to do so, saying that he should at least go on the show to clarify the messy substitute literature between him and Utada Hikaru.

The unhealthy trend of "Zhou Yi likes wives" cannot be confirmed.

In the past, having scandals all over the world was considered a romantic affair, but once a married woman was involved, the nature of the matter changed.

"Mr. Zhou Yi, we all know that you are a world-class singer, and Miyuki (Nakajima Miyuki) is also a national treasure singer in Japan, and has a deep connection with the Chinese music scene. How do you feel about your cooperation this time?"

"It's great. Ms. Miyuki sang the song in a different way."

On the contrary, Tian Gang's Zhou Yi made a comment and received a thank you from Nakajima Miyuki in person: "Ali Gado, Zhou Yi-san."

In the audience, the older generation who had always watched Miyuki Nakajima's songs being covered by the Chinese music scene felt a little uncomfortable.

Just a few years ago, this was what the Chinese pop king Richie Jen said when she commented on Old Witch's song after he covered it.

It wasn't long before the situation was reversed.

Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, the new generation of leading musicians in the Chinese music scene seem to seldom buy songs to cover, especially the leading One Emperor and Three Kings - they all write, produce and sell their own songs.

Emperor: Zhou Yi;
The Three Kings: Zhe Tao, Jay Chou, and Wang Lihong.

This is the classification of the Chinese music scene on a Japanese program. It is also the first time that Zhou Yi's nickname of the Emperor of Asian Pop Music has been clearly stated on a serious large-scale TV program. A hexagram ability chart was also drawn for each of the four people for comparison.

Zhou Yi was so embarrassed that he had to use his toes to figure out the three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

When it comes to being a middle school student, it’s still a simple life.

"Mr. Zhou Yi, we all know that you have achieved great success in the European and American music scene. What do you think the English album released by Utada in the United States this time will achieve? We all know that the relationship between you two seems to be very special. Can you predict it?"

"First of all, I need to make one thing clear. I am not familiar with Ms. Utada Hikaru. We have only met once so far, at the World Music Awards. Those news reports were all made up by paparazzi. My lawyer is already collecting materials to sue them..."

Zhou Yi, who was the first to clarify the so-called substitute literature, shook his head when talking about the sales of Utada Hikaru's English albums: "As for sales, to be honest, I don't think she can succeed in the United States, because she obviously doesn't know the switching point between European and American pop music and Asian pop music."

I love to tell the truth, Tietie.

The host and even the audience, who thought Zhou Yi would end the segment with some nice words, suddenly became excited.

Fuck, he is worthy of being the emperor! He is so bold to say that!

You should know that Universal is currently promoting Utada Hikaru's visit to the United States, and it looks like the Asian queen will definitely top the American charts.

The entire Japanese music scene is eagerly awaiting her, and Zhou Yi is the first person who dares to publicly express his disapproval...

(End of this chapter)