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Chapter 519 I, Zhou Yi, am pure and innocent

As a crossover singer who changed careers halfway through her career, Yuka Sanzhi has been criticized for her singing skills since her debut last year.

You need to have good singing skills and good looks, and you need to have good looks. In short, the main thing is looks.

Although she has improved her singing skills a little bit through training in various offline small theaters, she is still a long way from being a truly talented and top singer.

It was also because of this that after meeting Zhou Yi, she felt not only excited but also irrepressible curiosity.

As we all know, Zhou Yi has always had the aura of a top-notch talent since his debut.

He was born into a self-taught family and had never received any professional training. He even learned his musical knowledge by reading books for free at the Xinhua Bookstore. His voice function was purely a gift from God and is ridiculously strong.

Some even claim that as long as he calms down and studies for five or six years, he will be able to become the world's number one popular male singer in the future.

If only a few people or even a minority said this, it could be attributed to Warner's marketing, but in this case, basically all professionals who have worked with Zhou Yi or heard him sing live, no matter how much they hate him, have to admit that this statement does make sense.

Sanzhi Yuxia was naturally very curious whether this was true, and what the so-called throat function of being chased by God to feed her was.

Then, she was shocked.

In the first two days of rehearsal with Zhou Yi, she fully realized what it meant to compare people to others and goods to goods. Especially when singing the rock songs in the second album, she had also learned them privately, but she was never as comfortable as Zhou Yi in handling them.

Due to the special nature of the live performance, it sounds even better than the album.

Especially when it comes to improvisational key changes, Zhou Yi can be said to be able to give her great surprises during every rehearsal.

"Unbelievable, jaw-dropping performance, Zhou Yijun."

On the afternoon of August 8, in a small performance hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

After playing the last song again, keyboardist Saegusa Yuka stood up from her seat sincerely and applauded the man from the bottom of her heart along with other members of her band.

During these days of rehearsals, she who used to feel a little awkward in front of Zhou Yi no longer felt nervous and seemed very relaxed. Zhou Yi's easy-going nature far exceeded her imagination and it could even be said that he did not have the slightest airs of a superstar.

This is a great favorability for Yuuka Saegusa, who is currently a newcomer in the Japanese entertainment industry. Japan's abnormal and strict culture of seniority and juniority in the workplace is really tormenting her.

"Although, I'm still not used to your exaggerated expressions in person."

Zhou Yi put down the microphone and took the water and towel handed to him by his assistant. After wiping the sweat from his forehead with a smile, he unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip: "Don't you get tired of doing this all the time?"

"We are used to supporting our seniors."

When Sanzhi Yuxia smiled, she was very sweet, like a superior Japanese beautiful girl: "Besides, Zhou Yijun, your performance was really great, wasn't it?"

While the other members of the band did not speak English, Sanzhi Yuxia, a schoolboy, was able to communicate freely with Zhou Yi in English, and the relationship between the two was no longer as unfamiliar as when they first met.

"Indeed, praise from a beautiful girl always makes people feel better than praise from a grown man."

Zhou Yi, with a towel draped over his shoulders, smiled and said hello to the others, then turned around and left without hesitation, waving at them without even turning his head: "Thank you for your hard work, go back and rest, everyone."

Sanzhi Xixia, who was about to invite the approachable Zhou Yi to see if he was free to have afternoon tea together, swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth, and stared at the man's departing back with eyes full of regret.

There are not many opportunities to have a meal with idols, especially since Zhou Yi is not Japanese and he doesn’t know when he will come to Japan again.

"Ayi, how's the rehearsal going?"

"Almost. I'm familiar with the process. I can go back home after the singing."

Zhou Yi, who had returned to Warner by car, opened the door of the lounge and happened to see Qian Jiang sitting on the sofa with a folder in his hand. He responded with a bit of laziness: "What are you reading? Does Warner Japan have any documents that you need to read?"

"No, it was transmitted from China."

Qian Jiang smiled and closed the folder in his hand, placed it on the coffee table, and pushed it in front of him: "It's about the selection of roles for your new album MV."

Although due to the compensatory psychology, Zhou Jianhui, the chief director of the album "Gui Zang", still chose the cheap and easy-to-use Ning Hao, but according to Zhou Yi's consistent character, all the songs in the album must be filmed for MVs.

This unique operation in the Chinese music scene has been going on since his debut until now, including three Chinese albums, one EP, and two English albums.

"What's wrong with casting? Are you going to select a concubine for me?" Zhou Yi chuckled nonchalantly.

"Don't say it, you really don't say it."

Qian Jiang was also amused when he heard this: "That's exactly what the Hong Kong media said."

As the times are different now, after Warner Bros. announced that it would start selecting female characters for Zhou Yi's new album MV, various self-recommendations immediately came to Warner Bros. like snowflakes, and there were even many favors among them.

Everyone wants to be the next "Yi Girl".

Especially after Wang Xinling and Lin Yichen from Taiwan became popular this year, more people became jealous of Zhouyi metaphysics.

Models and young actors from Hong Kong are crowding in like crazy——

Man, although he is spoiled, he is really good at bringing people together.

Now "Yi girls" have become extremely popular, and even many actresses in mainland China have expressed their willingness to star in Zhou Yi's MV when being interviewed.

"I've never seen such fierce competition for a role in an MV. You are really unique, Scorpion Papa." Qian Jiang, who was puzzled by this, couldn't help scratching his head when talking about it.

This is very weird.

"So, these are the candidates for female roles in music videos?"

Zhou Yi crossed his legs and reached out to pick up the document. When he opened it, the first person who caught his eye was someone he didn't recognize.

Qian Jiang nodded. "We have gone through several rounds of screening to get only this group. Their resumes and evaluations are written under the photos. You can check to see which ones to use."

Finally, he added: "Those women who started out as models are basically all beauty pageant champions, from Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, and Macau."

The more Zhou Yi listened, the weirder his expression became - no wonder the Hong Kong media said he had chosen a concubine.

Damn it, it's all Warner's fault! He always manages to distort the public opinion when he gets things done!

His intentions were good, but Warner executed it incorrectly.

"Don't tell me this stack is full of the winners, runners-up and third-place winners of the beauty pageant."

"That's right, the hosts and actors also have that." Qian Jiang said cheerfully, "And there are those who apologize." Zhou Yi pricked up his ears upon hearing the last sentence, with a hint of doubt between his brows, "Apology?"

"Remember the idol drama that I told you about after the Golden Melody Awards?"

Qian Jiang couldn't help but feel proud when talking about this: "I told you at the time that even Qiong Yao's "My Fair Princess 3" is no exception, right?"

"so?"

"After you won the Golden Melody Award, My Fair Princess 3 was still stuck. The other party asked several times and the answer they got was that everything was normal and they were going through the process. Then, Qiong Yao and her daughter-in-law thought of you. After all, they had conflicts with you before, and they were afraid that you would settle all the old and new grudges with them this time. They have invested a huge amount in this drama."

Qian Jiang's tone was full of gloating: "So, I don't know whether they think you are interfering or they think that blocking "My Fair Princess 3" is a way for you to vent your anger. They all want to mend their relationship with you.

"For this reason, knowing that you were going to shoot a new album music video, you specially asked an actress who Qiong Yao herself highly praised to compete for the performance opportunity. This can be regarded as a concession to you and the first to release goodwill. This person also played a role in "My Fair Princess 3"."

Zhou Yi was happy to hear it——

This is the kind of bully-protecting-your-child behavior, but he likes it.

"Who was sent here?"

"In "My Fair Princess 3", the character named Qin Lan was highly regarded by Qiong Yao. She played the role of Zhihua. Qiong Yao herself spoke highly of her, saying that her teardrop was like a star in the sky."

"..."

What the hell?
Who?
Zhou Yi's fingertips paused as he flipped through the resume in his hand - is she still in My Fair Princess 3?

"...Why do I sound more and more like some evil landlord? I have always been pure and innocent."

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes upon hearing that, and quickly turned to Qin Lan's page and saw her current resume - well, she was a rookie, and "My Fair Princess 3" was the first big production she had taken on.

This is really a daily routine -

Miss Qin, you don’t want the drama “My Fair Princess 3” that made you famous to not be broadcast, right?

For some reason, this sentence popped up in Zhou Yi's head, making him curse a few times in his heart.

He couldn't stay in Japan any longer; his pure thoughts had been polluted.

"How about giving her a contract?"

"Since Qiong Yao has taken the initiative to bow her head, it doesn't matter. We need actors anyway, so it doesn't matter who plays the role." Zhou Yi smiled as he never expected that this arrogant old woman would take the initiative to bow her head to him.

In other words, Liu Tao himself did not sign with Qiong Yao's company because of his feud with Qiong Yao, and therefore he was unable to star in "My Fair Princess 3". Otherwise, Qiong Yao would probably have sent her to plead for mercy.

"Is there anything else I need to pay special attention to?"

"There is one, from Taiwan, named Chen Qiaoen, who is a host of a program called "China is So Big". She often travels around the mainland and Taiwan to record travel materials from all over the country for this program."

Seeing Zhou Yi asking about it, Qian Jiang also mentioned another person: "She debuted in 01 and started hosting this program in 02. Everything was going well, but this year she offended her boss and is now directly hidden.

"She wants to make a comeback, but there is no hope for her to host a show for the time being, so she contacted someone in the company through a middleman, hoping to get a chance to star in your music video to increase her fame."

Hearing this name, Zhou Yi quickly flipped through the resume on his hand and soon saw the photo of Chen Qiaoen, one of the future idol drama queens.

The first thing that caught my eye was the fiery pair of thunders.

She really knows how to highlight her strengths.

Considering that this person's future fame would be able to continue his "metaphysical myth", Zhou Yi also took out her resume and put it together with Qin Lan's.

As for the rest... Anyway, up to now, he hadn't seen any familiar faces -

Ok?
As he was flipping through resumes like an HR, another familiar face caught his eye.

Tang Yan was born on December 1983, 12. In 6, when she was 2001 years old, she participated in the third Shulei Century Star Beauty Pageant and won the championship...

Tang Yan, one of the evergreen female stars in the future domestic entertainment industry and a representative of the worst, appeared before him in an unexpected way.

"She is still studying at the Central Academy of Drama. Although she is a beauty pageant champion, her work is not very busy. At most, she shoots commercials and works as a model. But it is said that she has the hope of going to the Olympics. Zhang Yimou said that he wants to organize a group of women to wear cheongsams.

"If she is successfully selected, you will cooperate again in the eight-minute event at the Athens Olympics next year."

Eight minutes in the Olympics is okay.

Zhou Yi also took out her resume.

Although she is one of the Future 85 Flowers who does not live up to her age, Tang Yan’s future fame is indeed unquestionable - she is popular enough and meets the standards.

As for the Olympics...if I remember correctly, she seemed to have been selected for the Olympic Eight Minutes, although there were not many shots and it was a group performance.

As for the champions and runners-up of the beauty pageant in Hong Kong...

To be honest, Zhou Yi frowned as he watched: "Why has the Hong Kong beauty pageant declined so much? What the hell is going on."

Not to mention that none of them are famous, just the faces and figures are not right.

It’s only been a few years since the beginning of the century. Is there such a serious shortage of beauties in Hong Kong?

"The mainland economy is booming, so naturally all the handsome men and beautiful women are staying in the mainland. Who would want to go to Hong Kong with their family? Now is the era of Hong Kong capital going north."

Qian Jiang, who is also from the mainland and is a generation older, shook his head and said: "You can look at other Hong Kong models. There are a few young models and models there who are okay, although they haven't participated in beauty pageants yet."

Zhou Yi flipped through it, and sure enough, this time he finally saw two familiar faces——

One is called Yang Ying and the other is called Wen Yongshan.

Yang Ying has not yet evolved into a complete artificial human, but Wen Yongshan has completed the fine-tuning.

Zhou Yi thought about it, and first pulled out Wen Yongshan's resume, and threw it on top of Tang Yan, Qin Lan, and Chen Qiaoen's resumes.

Yang Ying is still too ugly now, or she hasn’t met his aesthetic standards yet, so forget it.

"Just these four, you can go contact them."

(End of this chapter)