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

Chapter 516 My fate is up to me.

If looks could kill, then Zhou Yi on the stage right now might have been disemboweled a million times by the employees of Universal Music's Hikaru Utada team, who have a vested interest in him.

As Zhou Yi's open "rival" of the same age group in Asia, and with the incident of a substitute coming up, Utada Hikaru's team still pays close attention to Zhou Yi.

Knowing that he was going to be on the show, they specially sent members of the team to sneak into the show, just to be the first to know Zhou Yi's movements and any remarks that might cause controversy. Universal Music also agreed with this decision.

After all, as the woman who once surpassed Zhou Yi at the World Music Awards, after Zhou Yi's success in the United States, Universal Music also had high hopes for Utada Hikaru - even if she couldn't sell his albums for 30 million worldwide like Zhou Yi, 3 million would still be acceptable.

As long as the publicity keeps up and the album quality is not compromised, three million copies within her career cycle is in line with her positioning as an Asian queen.

Of course, this sales volume excludes the Japanese market.

Because in the Japanese market, the distribution rights of Utada Hikaru's English album are still in the hands of EMI, and they are responsible for distributing it, so Universal will not get a share of the pie.

But now?

Zhou Yi, do you want to listen to what nonsense you are talking about?
"Eh? Zhou Yi-san, isn't that a bit too strict?"

The host noticed that the atmosphere was not right and quickly changed the subject, trying to make amends for him: "After all, not everyone can sell more than 30 million copies like you, right?"

As long as you set your goal on Zhou Yi's album sales and use him as a benchmark, anyone else's album will be a failure - from last year to now, no one in the world has sold more albums than Zhou Yi.

Several other guests received the signal, nodded wildly, and immediately echoed.

The program producer outside the camera sighed in his heart——

idiot!

Who told you to change the subject!

Emperor Sangdu wants to speak out, what do you mean by pulling him back? Only if they fight can the ratings of my show reach a new high!

Hot spot! This is the hot spot, do you understand? !
I think you are definitely a fan of Utada Hikaru. We must investigate you thoroughly.

You missed such a good opportunity. You studied journalism, but you have learned so much that it has become the dog stomach of the imperial family.

The producer with a serious expression decisively contacted the director team through the headset and asked them to notify the guests and hosts on the scene.

Qian Jiang, who was also watching from the sidelines, habitually raised his hand and slapped his forehead, shaking his head helplessly.

Here it comes again, Zhou Yi's unique outspokenness.

He has gotten used to it. Wherever Zhou Yi goes, he is always popular and in the news.

This should be the character that the company is most worried about collapsing. After all, if Zhou Yi is not said right once, a large number of fans and opponents will be upset with him - but the strange thing is that Zhou Yi's serious and sharp comments have not made a single mistake so far, which has hurt many people.

This is also outrageous.

"So, Zhou Yijun, how much do you think Utada Hikaru's new album will sell? Do you have an estimated number in mind?"

After receiving the message from the producer, the guest immediately began to ask questions with a sincere look on his face, as if he was just curious.

"In Japan, the final sales volume will definitely be more than one million, because I think the music market in this country is her base."

Zhou Yi, who saw at a glance that this question was a fuss, didn't care. Anyway, his current personality is to speak freely without any scruples. Moreover, if Xiao Yaxuan wants to get ahead, she must step on this person to get to the top: "But in the US market, I think the actual sales of her album will not exceed 100,000 copies."

host:"……"

Guest: "..."

audience:"……"

Director team: "..."

The producer looked excited: "..."

Qian Jiang blinked wildly - Oh my god, you are going too far.

It would have been fine if we had mentioned Chow Yun-fat's Hollywood movie that caused a sudden death and the current global hit "Pirates of the Caribbean", but now this number is no more than 100,000...

How did you come up with this number?
The Utada Hikaru Global team employees lurking in the audience were so angry that their mouths were almost crooked - Bakayashi!
Their performance in the US market is related to their team bonus, and that’s sweet-tasting US dollars!

Moreover, the actual score does not exceed 100,000. Are you looking down on the Japanese in the United States?
Even if each of them buys one, the total amount will be more than 100,000!

A variety show with the theme of promoting Zhou Yi, near the end, there is a most prominent theme -

Even Miyuki Nakajima was a little surprised.

Having worked in the Japanese music scene for three eras, she has never met a singer who is so completely disrespectful to Zhou Yi. They didn't have any grudge against each other before, right?
The main reason was that Zhou Yi's personality in private was not arrogant. On the contrary, he always gave her a feeling of ease and pleasure in getting along with him, which was somewhat in contrast to his "overbearing" behavior in public.

"It's over, it's over. A hundred thousand copies is too ridiculous. She has never sold such low sales in her life, Ayi. Even if she wrote songs with her toes, she would have sold more than this number."

When the program recording was over, Qian Jiang immediately approached Zhou Yi, who was still saying goodbye to Nakajima Miyuki, Tsuchiya Ken and others through an interpreter, and wanted to discuss the subsequent public relations strategy with him, but he was rejected by Zhou Yi.

"Is it outrageous? I'm still exaggerating. My actual psychological expectation is that it will sell more than 50,000 copies at most, and no more than 70,000 at most."

Zhou Yi, who took on the responsibility, put his arm around his agent's shoulders and let him put his mind at ease - a well-informed reporter ran quickly and sent Zhou Yi's remarks directly back to the newspaper, which instantly caused a news earthquake in the entire Japanese music industry.

The reason is simple, simply because the number of 100,000 is too outrageous in their opinion.

The next day, August 8, many daily newspapers chose to put this breaking news on their front pages. The Mainichi Shimbun, one of the oldest daily newspapers in Japan, even directly used an extremely "provoking" headline:

《Introducing the next victim!》

The accompanying picture was a photo of Zhou Yi and Utada Hikaru.

"Just yesterday, the emperor from China once again judged someone - but this time the victim was Utada Hikaru..."

The Daily News reviewed all of Zhou Yi's past achievements, and expressed concerns about Utada Hikaru's trip to the United States from a metaphysical perspective, which also triggered another fierce battle among Japanese fans.

The last time the Japanese fan circle was so lively was the Hikaru War that started on March 2001, 3. It was a head-on confrontation between two superstars, Ayumi Hamasaki and Hikaru Utada.

"Are you kidding?! That's it? That's it? That's it? Is this how Zhou Yi becomes a singer?"

"If you can't speak, just cut off your tongue. There are 100,000 of them. They make me laugh."

"Zhou Yi has talent but no virtue."

"Baga! Zhou Yi-sama has never missed a thing! What are you guys barking about?!"

"..."

When Zhou Yi came with his own popularity, the entire Japanese newspaper industry felt the happiness of their Chinese and American counterparts - this guy really has material to write about, he has only been in Japan for a short time, and he has contributed two big news stories in less than half a month.

The walking bonus machine belongs to yes.

Utada Hikaru, who had already arrived in the United States to promote her new English album "Exodus", was stunned into silence when she received the news.

She felt she was being looked down upon.

Fuck!

Don't underestimate me, okay?!
What about the emperor's golden words? That's all superstition! It's the 21st century and they are still so superstitious. The Japanese industry is doomed!
Even if he was really the emperor, there is a saying in ancient China that goes "My fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of God."

Utada Hikaru's impression of Zhou Yi was even worse, and she labeled him as "talented but without morals."

Universal Music, which is actively helping to connect with traditional offline channels in the United States, obviously also knows the saying "my destiny is in my own hands". They are all multinational international companies, and they all have a few Chinese people.

(End of this chapter)