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

Chapter 593 What is Humility
Using the speech of a minority group or even one individual to expand it into the mainstream opinion of an entire large group is an essential means of accusing others.

If you ask, it means there is evidence. The evidence is here for you to see.

This method is often very effective when used in scripture debates.

Not to mention that this time there were serious reports in a large number of newspapers, which can be said to be irrefutable evidence.

Zhou Yi was already at the peak of news attention in China, and once this news came in, it was even more outrageous. Many public intellectuals were about to suffer from PTSD.

No buddy, what's wrong with you?

How come every time an album is released, there are always some extremely positive things happening?
Foreigners have already started praising the Son of God, but we are still looking for various angles to secretly discredit him. Doesn't this look bad?

“Is Zhou Yi a foreigner or a Chinese?”

"Sohu's Zhou Yi special has a timeline, and Warner has also issued a statement confirming that Zhou Yi's English album "Forever Young" has indeed entered the Rolling Stone World's Top 500 Albums, and it is not just a rumor from netizens."

"Wow, this is awesome. You're the only Chinese here."

"Not only is he the only Chinese person, he also seems to be the only Asian on this list."

"No, you may not understand why he is called the Son of God. Others have a lot of collaboration on their albums, but Zhou Yi is the only one on the list who is the producer and arranger. No other names appear in the author column. This is the most terrifying thing."

"And you still call him a bitch?"

"I was wrong, Emperor Yi, Emperor Yi. Emperor Yi is awesome!"

"Foreigners still have little knowledge. Isn't that the case with all Zhouyi Chinese albums?"

"No guys, this Grammy seems to have set a new record for individual nominations."

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As the highest award in the global music industry, the Grammys, which was moved forward to early February to avoid clashing with the Oscars, also released the list of nominees for this year.

Zhou Yi was selected for three annual awards: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year; and five category awards: Best Male Rock Vocalist, Best Hard Rock Performance, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album.

A total of eight nominations, creating the most in this session and breaking his own personal record of six nominations in the previous session.

Under Zhouyi, popular female singer Beyonce, rapper Jay-Z, American Southern rap duo OutKast and gold medal record producer Pharrell Williams, one of the members of the Neptunes, received six nominations each.

"Who is this Jay? Jay Chou? WTF? Jay Chou is also in the Grammys?"

"The brain is a black man. Jay Chou's English name is Jay Chou."

"Why are there so many black people on this year's Grammy nomination list? At a glance, more than half of them are black."

"Zhou Yi looks really handsome in the photo, and he looks even more handsome when he is surrounded by black people."

"It's over. I regret not going to Happy Camp. If I had known, I wouldn't have sold the tickets so early!"

"Changsha locals? Why don't you go to Shangrao next door to watch Zhou Yi's concert? There are fewer people there, so the tickets may not be sold out."

"Thank you, it's sold out a long time ago, Zhou Yi's fans will be fierce."

"..."

Originally built in 1994, Shangrao Stadium only has 5000 seats. Qian Jiang was worried that it would not be full, and if the news got out, it might damage Zhou Yi's image.

Now, the deification movement from abroad has given Zhou Yi another halo of glory, and many cities neighboring Shangrao have chosen to come and grab tickets.

"Warner Bros. is a strong marketing channel, but I didn't expect your Rolling Stone 500 album to be the only one born in the 80s on the list, right?"

"I don't know, maybe."

Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

Zhou Yi, who was walking and chatting with Qian Jiang, was not too sure. After all, he had never looked at the thing carefully. It was just a bunch of ancient artifacts and he had no interest in it.

This thing has the same concept as an album, and its biggest function is that it allows fans to brag about it when they are arguing.

After all, it is known as one of the 500 greatest albums in the history of global music.

Although it will be modified later.

After leaving the airport, even though Zhou Yi had deliberately concealed his whereabouts, his itinerary was still traceable. The screams of fans on both sides of the road overwhelmed his eardrums, bypassing the security guards.

"Book of Changes!"

"Zhou Yi!!"

"Book of Changes!!!"

"Be safe and go home early~"

After greeting his fans and giving them some instructions, Zhou Yi showed his warm-hearted demeanor.

But before he had taken a few steps, the long queue of reporters in the media area swarmed over, cherishing the brief moment of interviewing -

"Zhou Yi! What do you think of Americans calling you the Son of God?"

"Zhou Yi Zhou Yi, the famous American music critic RC gave you the lowest score of D. The reason given was that you are not humble enough and have no reverence for music. Do you think this is reasonable?"

"Who? Who are you talking about?"

Since the overall praise was mostly for the film, and Warner had spent money on the press release, they only reported the good news and not the bad news to Zhou Yi, so he really didn't know what was going on. "RC, Robert Christgau, rock music critic. He is considered one of the most important popular culture critics in the second half of the 20th century in the United States, and a special music editor for the American magazine "Village Voice."

"Oh, never heard of it."

Upon hearing the name, Zhou Yi instantly recalled this man's glorious achievements and his arrogant character, and shook his head decisively.

The RC rating has become a joke among fans in China and Europe and the United States in later generations. The subjectivity and personal preferences of this person are too serious.

"never heard of that?"

The reporter perked up and asked, "You mean no one told you about him?"

"Of course not. No one I talked to knew him."

Zhou Yi sneered: "He's not even a singer, why should I know him?"

"Then he said that you are not humble enough and have no respect for music and rock music——"

“What is humility?”

Zhou Yi interrupted the man without hesitation: "Do you want to look at the album awards or the album's career sales? English or Chinese?"

reporter:"……"

Damn... that's a very reasonable question.

He Jiong, who had come specially to welcome Zhou Yi, was somewhat dazed when he saw this scene.

He can be said to have watched Zhou Yi grow up step by step.

When Zhou Yi was a rookie and first visited the Base Camp, he had to perform some weird talents, such as frying noodles in public. Now, even if he just sits there and treats the Base Camp as a chat show, there are still a lot of people willing to watch it, and the production team dare not say anything bad about him.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi still has a strong sense of professional ethics. He will not be lazy or act like a big shot when he is on the show.

This is a good comment.

Well, except for this kind of interview.

"Eight Grammy nominations, one of the world's 500 greatest albums, and the total sales of Return to the Void have exceeded 440 million copies worldwide. Your achievements are really amazing."

At night, in a private room of a restaurant in Changsha.

Li Xiang, who has already confirmed that she will officially leave Happy Camp next year, offered a toast with tea instead of wine, and sighed sincerely: "When Teacher He told me that you would come to Happy Camp this year, I couldn't believe it. After all, you are on too few shows now."

"Happy Camp" is ultimately an entertainment variety show. Even though it has achieved the highest ratings, its status is still lower than those traditional interview programs.

At least that's the case in this era, and this is one of the reasons why Li Xiang wanted to leave and seek higher development.

With Zhou Yi's current status, he is still willing to participate in the base camp during the album promotion period. It can only be said that he really values ​​their program team.

Zhou Yi will not participate in the China-Korea Song Festival this year.

Although they all knew that Zhou Yi's decision not to participate in the China-Korea Concert must be due to something more important waiting for him, after all, he has now become a well-known figure to the outside world, and it is impossible to abandon him directly.

"I would like to appear on more shows to earn some announcement fees, but my agent won't let me. There's nothing I can do."

Zhou Yi smiled and took a sip, then pushed all the blame onto the professional Qian Jiang: "Teacher He, I heard from Mr. Zhou that you have decided on the style of your album?"

"I've thought about it. Mr. Hui's advice to me is to go for folk music, which is less risky."

He Jiong is very heartwarming.

Zhou Yi was the first person to lend a helping hand to him when he was in a slump. It can only be said that being friends with Zhou Yi was indeed the most successful decision in his career.

Because of what Zhou Yi said last time, he did talk to Zhou Jianhui later, and the latter also welcomed him.

Next year, the folk singers brought over by Song Ke to Warner have basically entered the countdown of their contracts. Currently, no one has chosen to renew their contracts. Pu Shu, who doesn't want to get involved in these things, even ran a promotion campaign, which is rare.

His new album "Born Like Summer Flowers" has been released for a month and the sales are still considerable, exceeding 30 copies.

At this time, Zhou Jianhui simply asked He Jiong, who had signed a record contract with Warner, to sing folk songs.

After all, it is a cross-border song, and folk songs require the least singing skills and are the least likely to make mistakes.

Of course, another reason is that the more popular Zhou Yi is, the more he is scolded in the folk music circle.

The rock music circle has accepted Zhou Yi, and only the folk music circle has not yet "reconciled". People still hold an envious and jealous attitude and denounce him for "forgetting his roots".

The hatred of literary youths is often the strongest.

Since Zhou Yi himself had no intention of making folk songs at the moment, Zhou Jianhui simply adopted his suggestion and let He Jiong, who had really come over, be the gun.

The first album released by the reorganized Warner next year will be He Jiong's new album. Since it is the first release of the reorganized new Warner, Zhou Yi will also personally create a title song for He Jiong.

After having a good meal and a good drink, the three of them talked about some points about the base camp, mainly to confirm with Zhou Yi.

The gaming segment is great, although in Zhou Yi's opinion these games are actually quite stupid, the audience really loves to watch them, and they can also show off one's personal image.

He Jiong controls the scene, Li Weijia plays the clown, and Li Xiang is responsible for being the "golden apple" whose coquettishness inspires men to fight and compete.

When it comes to the promotional session, the highlight is that Zhou Yi will demonstrate on the spot how to improvise the rhythm of a song by knocking on cups, pots and pans with a spoon. This can be regarded as taking advantage of this favorable situation to further deepen his personal image and perform in front of the public.

(End of this chapter)