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

Chapter 517: Crossing the River by Feeling the Way
"You know nothing! Zhou Yi-jun never lies!"

"That's right, this group of people are just jealous."

"Haha, there aren't more than a hundred large-scale record stores in the United States that are willing to play only Utada Hikaru's MV to promote her. She has obviously been blinded by past marketing..."

Ten fingers clacking on the keyboard, Yui Aragaki, who was sitting in front of the computer, turned into a righteous historian and directly exposed the methods used by Utada Hikaru in the so-called "Light Step War" back then -

Hundreds of physical record stores across Japan are promoting Utada Hikaru in various regions, including but not limited to intensive door-to-door promotions, giving away mobile phones with album purchases, and even playing Utada Hikaru's song MVs around the clock.

Who can withstand this?

Ayumi Hamasaki, who failed to take over the physical channels, turned to online networks.

The same promotion was done by giving away mobile phones, but in Japan, online channels were ultimately unable to gain ground and were firmly suppressed by physical channels. In the end, she lost to Utada Hikaru by a margin of nearly 200,000 tickets.

No one knows how much money EMI spent to help Utada Hikaru win the war, but Ayumi Hamasaki's fans are still dissatisfied, thinking that they are just paying for publicity. After all, offline channels work so hard for you, so if they don't suck your blood afterwards, wouldn't that be charity?
As a die-hard fan of Zhou Yi, Yui Aragaki quickly found the breakthrough point when her idol was setting the pace, and directly pointed out how the Hikaru Battle, which was the most talked about by Utada Hikaru's fans, was won. She even learned how to form alliances and pull in Ayumi Hamasaki's fans to support her side.

"Gakki, did you get a spot for the meet-and-greet?"

She was fighting hard on the Internet, when suddenly, she heard the anxious voice of a model friend from the same magazine from behind her:

Gakki, this nickname was given to her by a senior in the magazine after she joined Nicola magazine and became their exclusive model.

Because the pronunciation is very consistent with Japanese habits, Gakki also replaced her own name and gradually spread in her social circles and fan circles.

In a sense, she is no longer using her real name to surf the Internet.

"No, I don't hold out hope anymore. I'll just wait for the third-party tickets to come out and buy them."

Aragaki Yui, who was fully confident in her hand speed, closed the page and turned to look at her friend who came in. The latter couldn't help but hold his head when he saw the pile of potato chips, jelly snacks, Coke, Sprite and game consoles on her table.

"Gakki, how come you can stay at home all day long?"

"It's okay. The filming work is so tiring. I definitely don't want to go for a break."

Yui Aragaki even took out a bag of unopened potato chips and invited her: "Do you want some?"

"No, I can't eat these recently because I have to be on camera for a TV series."

The friend waved her hand to refuse, and then excitedly hugged her shoulders: "Gakki, I got two tickets. I was afraid you bought other people's tickets, so I came to find you."

"Really? Thank you!"

Aragaki Yui's eyes suddenly lit up.

On August 8, Warner will hold a large-scale fan meeting for Zhou Yi in Chiyoda District, Tokyo, with about 15 people. This will also be Zhou Yi's last event in Japan. After that, Zhou Yi, who is currently causing great controversy in Japan, will leave Japan and return to China to prepare for the MV shooting of his new album.

It can be said that this should be the last chance to meet Zhou Yi in Japan this year.

It is also because of this that the tickets for this fan meeting are given away free of charge by Warner. As long as you have been a member of the Zhou Yi Fan Club for more than one year, you can go to the official website to grab tickets based on your fan status.

Warner will cover transportation, food and lodging, and fans just need to grab the tickets.

Japan's well-developed fan culture gave Warner the confidence to only release tickets online. Yui Aragaki also tried to grab some, but she watched helplessly as the button lit up once when the time was up - just once, and then it immediately went gray...

She could only watch helplessly as they tried to snatch a snake.

She had already prepared to spend a lot of money, after all, this was the only chance to face her idol. It just so happened that she had saved some money as a model, and her piggy bank was full. She didn't expect that she could actually save it.

"By the way, I heard that the filming of the MV for Zhou Yi's new album will not be limited to China. Why don't you bring your magazine over? Maybe he will take a chance on you."

——? ! After catching the key words, Yui Aragaki’s ears immediately perked up——

Give Zhou Yi a chance to be a model in his MV?

She is familiar with modeling, and now she is no longer a novice in the modeling industry.

"That's unlikely. Zhou Yi is so famous, it's definitely not his responsibility to shoot a music video." After a brief surprise, Yui Aragaki immediately shook her head: "How can he have the time to take care of this?"

..............................

"Yes, Zhou Yi really doesn't have much time recently, so you guys can just handle these things."

Warner Building, inside the lounge.

After hanging up the phone, Qian Jiang glanced at Zhou Yi who was reading various news, and reported a piece of news to him: "Ayi, you should not have authorized the domestic 21st Century Publishing House to use your own name, right?"

"Twenty-first Century Press?"

Zhou Yi, who was reading the gossip, was confused: "No, what's wrong?"

"They used your name to publish a novel called "Whose Zhouyi Is It?" and directly used your name to create a lot of content in the book, which is suspected of infringement."

"..."

What the hell?
Zhou Yi was stunned.

If I remember correctly, this publishing house is quite famous and it is located in Jiangxi.

How can this be a case of fellow villagers picking on fellow villagers?

"You decide how to handle it. Anyway, there are so many infringing companies. One more won't make much, and one less won't make much either."

Zhou Yi waved his hand indifferently.

Qian Jiang probably came to ask him because the predecessor of the Twenty-First Century Publishing House was in Jiangxi, and it might be that someone had personally contacted him, so he came to inquire whether there was authorization.

"Also, there is one more thing. Jay Chou is currently involved in some rumors about you in China. When you return to China, remember not to say anything nonsense."

Thinking of another thing reported by his colleague, Qian Jiang said with a serious expression.

"About me?" Zhou Yi folded the newspaper and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Wasn’t he having a fight with Utada Hikaru in Japan?

"Do you remember your song "In the Name of the Father" last year? Jay Chou's new album was released on July 7 this year. There is a song called "Double Blades" in the album. Under the joint arrangement of KTV and Sony, Jay Chou was arranged to go to Hollywood and star in a music micro-film called "Double Blades".

"Sony's promotional method is very similar to your In the Name of the Father, but the difference is that your In the Name of the Father is as long as a big movie, so some people in China are accusing them of trying to copy you..."

Since KTV itself does not have the distribution capabilities, after acquiring Alpha Records, the distribution of Jay Chou's records in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong was handed over to Sony.

Sony, on the other hand, is used to path dependence.

This gave many people the opportunity to despise them, thinking that Sony and KTV were trying to copy Zhou Yi's successful model on Jay Chou, and also wanted to use the "Double Blades" music micro-film to enter the American market, and the theme they chose was still the traditional Chinese and most popular Kung Fu theme in Europe and the United States.

"Using Chinese Kung Fu to fight against gangsters, Jay Chou enters Hollywood with two swords!"

This title is enough to explain everything about this musical short film...

(End of this chapter)