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

Chapter 537: All Fucking Farting
"Warner's top stars all come out to promote the movie!"

"What kind of sparks will be created when Sun Yanzi "meets" Fan Bingbin?"

"..."

“It is reported that the premiere of Turn Left, Turn Right in the capital was star-studded. Not only did the two Bing Bing perform together, but Warner’s singing king Zhou Yi also made a rare appearance to show his support…”

As Warner Bros.' first stepping stone to enter the Chinese market, Turn Left, Turn Right, a literary and artistic love film, can be said to have invested a considerable amount of publicity and marketing on their part.

Not only did they invite Sun Yanzi to sing the theme song "Meeting", they also invited Zhou Yi to help promote the film. Even Aaron Kwok and Sammi Cheng, whose status had already declined, were not spared. They both publicly expressed their expectations for the film on various occasions.

The former and current top stars of Warner Bros. have all come on board to support the film. No matter what the quality of the film itself is, at least the early attention has been full.

"She didn't go to Yanzi's new song concert but went to the movie premiere instead. This is bad. Is Fan Bingbin, this vixen, really going to be popular?"

"You're on top, this must be Warner's arrangement. Didn't you see how happy Yanzi was when he mentioned Zhou Yi at the concert?"

"When Yanzi moved out of Zhouyi Building, I believed they had broken up."

"Why do I think Li Bingbin seems to be having a good chat with Zhou Yi?"

"Oh no, is this pig going to collect both ices?"

"Bullshit! My Fan Bingbin is pure and innocent!"

"..."

Thanks to the strong early attention, in the more than a week after the premiere, there was a lot of marketing, reporting and discussion about the film both on the Internet and in real life.

There were people who just wanted to watch the fun, people who sang the opposite tune, people who praised Sun Yanzi's theme song, people who scolded Zhou Yi for being a bad boy, and so on. The public opinion was in a mess.

But without exception, the premise that led to these discussions was the movie "Turn Left, Turn Right"——

At the same time, the popularity of the topic also boosted the performance of the song "Meet" to a higher level.

Since its release on August 8, the popularity of "Meet" has overshadowed all the songs released by other female singers this summer. Finally, on September 20, it officially topped the weekly charts of major radio stations in Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong.

"Sunny Day", which had just topped the weekly charts last week, was officially kicked off the throne.

The media reporters who thought Jay Chou could hold on until Zhou Yi or Wang Lihong released a new album were somewhat surprised.

Some fast-running Hong Kong reporters immediately went to question Jay Chou, who was promoting in Hong Kong, about his views on the matter in an attempt to provoke a "war". Unfortunately, Jay Chou's smooth and flawless handling of the matter somewhat disappointed people.

"I haven't really paid much attention to this, but it's normal for Yanzi to have a new song, right? Why are you making such a fuss about it?"

Jay Chou was a little amused and helpless.

The national sales of his new album "Ye Huimei" exceeded one million copies as early as August 8. With this sales volume as a foundation, it is really not important to him whether the song is the radio champion or not.

With this album, he continues to achieve popularity, sales, and artistic depth. Even in the industry, the evaluation of this album is among the highest.

"Then what do you want to say about the accusation that the cover of your new album "Ye Huimei" is suspected of plagiarizing the promotional poster of the Korean horror suspense movie "Rose and Red Lotus" released last year?"

Seeing that sowing discord was not going to work, the reporter decisively changed the track and asked about the plagiarism rumors that gradually gained momentum as Jay Chou's album sold well.

As expected, the smile on Jay Chou's face disappeared at a visible speed: "I don't know why some journalist friends would say that. The album cover of "Ye Huimei" is 100% not plagiarized. I haven't even heard of that Korean movie."

In mid-August 2003, after several so-called film and television experts suddenly jumped out to accuse Jay Chou of plagiarizing the cover of his new album from the poster of the 8 Korean horror thriller film "Rose and Red Lotus", the remarks about "Jay Chou plagiarizing" attracted some attention on the Internet.

In this age when the filter of so-called experts has not faded, their words are very influential.

With a large number of media following suit, this incident soon caused quite a stir. By early September, many people on the domestic Internet had mocked Jay Chou and said that they had known he was plagiarizing.

Sony was caught off guard and started its public relations in confusion, but the trend was already established, and no matter how much they tried to prove themselves, neither KTV nor Sony could stop the speed of information flow on the Internet - this is also why Jay Chou was so upset.

This should be a topic that is prohibited from being asked. These reporters in Hong Kong are so rude.

Jay Chou feels a little aggrieved.

He looked at it from all angles and found that there was no similarity between the cover of his new album and the promotional poster of that weird Korean movie - oh, if the fact that they were both sitting on the sofa could be considered similar.

"Eh? Jaylon! Jaylon!"

Seeing Jay Chou about to leave with a gloomy face, the anxious reporters hurriedly chased after him——

"Jaylen, do you have anything to say about the title song of Yanz's new album, "Unfinished", which is suspected of plagiarizing the song "Cape" by Japanese female singer Aiko?!"

"Jay, do you also think that Sun Yanzi's new album's title song of the same name is suspected of plagiarism?"

"Jalen..."

Jay Chou, who was blocked from going forward, slowly typed a question mark: "?"

How come she was also accused of plagiarism?
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Warner has already begun intensive preparations to hold a celebration party for Sun Yanzi.

But at this critical juncture, the title song of Sun Yanzi's new album, "Unfinished", was also exposed by so-called experts and netizens as plagiarizing - the song was plagiarized from Japanese singer Aiko...

Sun Yanzi himself was confused.

No, where is this song plagiarized?
"Something is not right, Yan Zi. In the near future you have to reject reporters' questions on this topic. You cannot give these rumors a chance to ferment. Someone in the company will deal with these rumors." Chen Zeshan, who is well versed in marketing, notified her immediately after noticing the disturbance.

In principle, he chose to trust the Li Sisong brothers. After all, they are top music producers with a long-standing reputation in the industry.

But to be on the safe side, he still had to go find the Japanese female singer's "Cape" for identification.

However, before he could investigate thoroughly, on September 9, Zhou Yi's interview directly triggered the current controversy over plagiarism on the Internet.

Outside the Warner Building on the afternoon of September 9th.

Zhou Yi had just walked out of the building after discussing all his requirements for the MV with director Ning Hao when he was surrounded by reporters waiting there. Ning Hao, who wanted to leave but failed, was pushed to the back...

That year, I was twenty-six, standing like a minion...

"Zhou Yi, do you know that the title song of Yanzi's new album is suspected of plagiarism?!"

"Zhou Yi! What do you think about Yan Zi and Jie Lun's alleged plagiarism? Will you cover up for them?!"

"Zhou Yi, would you kill your relatives for the sake of justice..."

The reporters were talking at once and pushed forward for the big news. Fortunately, the bodyguard reacted in time and prevented them from rushing over Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi frowned as he heard this: "Plagiarism? What plagiarism? Can you explain it clearly?"

“It’s Yanz—” “It’s all fucking bullshit!”

Before the reporter could finish his words, Zhou Yi's "earth-shattering" words made the reporters' eyes light up and their hearts suddenly filled with ecstasy!

Ning Hao, who was squeezed out, raised his hand several times to remind Zhou Yi to be careful with his words, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help but swallow back the words that were about to come out of his throat...

Forget it, this gentleman has always been so willful...

"Zhou Yi Zhou Yi! What do you mean by this? Do you think the experts are spreading rumors and slandering you? Or are you choosing to stand on Yanz's side?"

"Zhou Yi, an expert has clearly pointed out that Yanzi's new song was plagiarized. Are you going to use your credibility to support her?"

"Zhou Yi, do you clearly support plagiarism?"

"Book of Changes..."

Zhou Yi raised his hand to signal the bodyguards not to stop him and sneered disdainfully: "The experts told you to die, but you didn't want to die?"

Reporters: "..."

You seem to be a bit too aggressive.

"You're still plagiarizing? If you're as allergic to Chinese characters as that expert, then get the hell out of China and stop leading a madman here."

Reporters: "..."

You are not just suspicious, you are really going too far!
The reporters, who had not seen Zhou Yi fire at people in China for a long time, were not humiliated by the scolding. Instead, their eyes were glowering with anger, and they wanted to set up a light for Zhou Yi on the spot and put a microphone in his mouth.

Just say that the interview with Jay Chou and Sun Yanzi was completely ineffective, it has to be Zhou Yi!

Do you understand the value of the Holy Entity of Innate News?
"Zhou Yi, as a law graduate, if you cover up for Yan Zi's plagiarism--"

"Copy your mother."

Zhou Yi didn't even bother to turn his head before responding to the excited questioning voice coming from the left.

Ning Hao felt that Zhou Yi might have been hanging out with Jiang Wen for too long recently, and he talked about his mother more often than not.

"First of all, there is no connection between AIko's "Cape" and Yanz's "Unfinished". The reason why some idiots say it's plagiarism is because there is a dialogue in AIko's song..."

Zhou Yi pointed out the so-called plagiarism with contempt:

In Aiko's song "Cape" MV, there is a dialogue between herself and herself in Japanese:

"who are you?"

"Who am I? I am you, the 12-year-old you."

Then in the middle, blah blah, and at the end, the little Aiko asked, "What are you doing at the age of 26?"

Answer: "Singing."

In essence, this is a commonplace session of self-analysis and self-affirmation.

No matter which country or work, there are always too many sections that deserve appreciation, such as "What will you be doing when you are XX years old in the future? Have you persisted in your childhood dreams?"

The MV of Sun Yanzi's new song "Unfinished" also ends with this kind of dialogue between himself and himself, which echoes the theme of the entire album "Because the road of music is not completed, I am always on the road" -

"who are you?"

"I am you as a child."

"So did you still like music when you grew up?"

"of course."

Then, this scene was pieced together by someone with ulterior motives——

Without mentioning any other factors in the album, they simply extracted these four lines from Japanese and translated them into Chinese to conduct a so-called comparison with the four lines in Sun Yanzi's MV, and ultimately came to the conclusion of "plagiarism".

Because no one in China buys and sells Aiko's albums, even if someone wants to ask for verification, they have no way to do so, and in the end they can only repeat it along with the so-called authoritative experts.

The media that likes hot topics saw that this plagiarism was completely untenable, so they omitted the so-called plagiarism point and directly started reporting that Sun Yanzi's new song "Unfinished" plagiarized a Japanese singer's song——

The public's blind obedience and their desire to create and destroy gods were fully released at this moment, instantly promoting the formation of this public opinion field.

It was evaluated as a prosthetic eye thimble and identified as a student of journalism.

The reporters were numb——

Bad food!

Has this guy really watched the album of that Japanese singer?!
Oh yeah, I forgot this thing just came back from Japan not long ago...

"…What about the plagiarism of Jaylen's new album cover?"

The reporter, who was speechless after being refuted, launched an attack from another angle.

The claim that Sun Yanzi plagiarized is untenable in front of this guy. What about the plagiarism of Jay Chou's album cover -

"That's also complete nonsense. The only thing they have in common is that they both sit on European-style sofas."

Zhou Yi sneered, his eyes full of contempt: "It's just that Jie Lun is sitting alone on a single sofa, while "Rose and Red Lotus" is a family portrait composition with two children slumped on a two-seater sofa, and two adults standing behind them."

Reporters: "..."

Something's wrong, something's wrong with you, how come you've seen it all?
"But the experts say—"

"What experts say must be right? I've been to Japan and South Korea and know people there. Can you know more and be more of an expert than me?"

Zhou Yi glanced at the reporter who was obviously still trying to make a big news: "Don't believe everything you hear every day and always want to make a big news."

If the question is about the plagiarism of "Besieged on All Sides", he can really argue about it.

After all, the arrangement of this song really cast a shadow of plagiarism on Jay Chou. Although it was finally explained away with string sampling, it still failed to convince the public.

Everyone thinks that if this song wasn't sung by Jay Chou, he would have been criticized to death.

Therefore, many people still questioned whether the sampling range had exceeded the limit. It doesn't matter if the cello passages used as the base in your arrangement are very similar, but it doesn't make sense if the timing and rhythm of the violin used as the finishing touch are exactly the same.

Although the arrangement of this song is not by Jay Chou.

(End of this chapter)