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

Chapter 610: Fighting, Let the Horse Come
"Don't worry, we won't treat you unfairly."

Seeing Daolang was still silent, the boss thought he was still worried and handed him a cigarette: "You can continue to sell the genuine records you should sell over there, we will not take action. As for other inland cities and coastal cities, we will also help you build sales channels, but the prerequisite is that you have to let us sell first.

"Wait until March 3th. On March 25th, we will put your re-recorded album on the shelves..."

More than two months, nearly three months, is enough time for them to take advantage of the most profitable period of piracy.

“You don’t need to worry about the record companies. They are just a bunch of paper tigers now. In the end, they still have to rely on us to sell records. They don’t dare to break off relations with us.

"Also, I think you should know the Book of Changes, right?"

Daolang, who had been silent the whole time, raised his head the moment he heard the name, frowning slightly: "Zhou Yi? What do you want to do?"

He is just a newbie in the mainland music scene and has absolutely nothing to do with Zhou Yi.

"Of course I'm helping you build momentum."

The CEOs smiled at each other and said generously, "Only when you become famous can we benefit. Zhou Yi is the best-selling singer in China. You can't catch up with him, but you can be on the radio charts and song charts."

For the domestic charts, basically, whoever provides the milk is the mother, and the data can be bought - no, to use the words of the record companies, it is called rushing.

Don’t say that Hong Kong and Taiwan don’t have their own authority. The practice of buying charts was introduced to the mainland from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"The songs in your album have great staying power. The growth is almost the same as Zhou Yi's during the period of Jiangnan. There is even hope of surpassing it. It is impossible to catch up with Zhou Yi during the period of Fairy Tale. In this case, we can portray you as another rival to challenge Zhou Yi.

"Anyway, Zhou Yi has gotten used to being challenged over the years. You won't be scolded for publishing this kind of news. Instead, it will gain more attention and make many people come to see what you are capable of to be this year's Zhou Yi challenger.

"At this time, as long as you are strong enough to keep up with the bragging we have done for you, you will be able to gain more recognition..."

Thanks to the vigorous development of the Chinese music scene in the early 21st century, challenging Zhou Yi, the big boss, has become a story that the audience likes to hear and hear.

After all, this is how Zhou Yi started his career.

He emerged out of nowhere in 00 and became famous by defeating veteran singers such as Richie Jen, Rene Liu, Huajian Zhou, and the Four Heavenly Kings. Wang Lihong and Jay Chou who challenged him were also defeated.

In 01, his rival in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau became Xie Tingfeng, who was also known as one of the two great stars. In Asia and Taiwan, his rival was F4, who became famous with "Meteor Garden". Jay Chou was the third on both sides and was defeated.
In 02, Zhou Yi's popularity had already become a major success, and the pioneer who challenged him in the music scene became A-du, who was known as the king of pop songs. The God of War under the Car withstood the criticism with the excellent quality and popularity of his songs, and accepted this huge wealth. After crushing the third place Jay Chou, he still had to stop at the second place of the year.

In the past year of 03, Jay Chou finally came with "Sunny Day" and became the new challenger of Zhou Yi. The album "Ye Huimei" was very popular and even sent him to the Spring Festival Gala, but unfortunately he was still the second.

Every year, there is an extremely strong challenger. This is the terrifying suppressive power that Zhou Yi has used to dominate the music scene in recent years - after all, only when your opponent is strong can your suppressive power appear awesome.

In the words of an authoritative musician, they were unfortunate enough to be born in the era of Zhouyi.

If there was no Zhou Yi, not to mention that all of these people would have been number one that year, at least they would not have ended up empty-handed and not even won a single crown.

This year, the challenger who is "born at the wrong time" is Daolang's turn.

If they could succeed in stealing the show while Zhou Yi is busy with the Spring Festival Gala and has no time for publicity during the Chinese New Year, they would be considered the most successful challenger - the others all lost in head-on confrontations with Zhou Yi.

hiss……

I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it...

Thinking of this, the leading boss looked at Daolang with an especially fiery gaze.

What if?
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"There's no such thing as a "what if" event. Don't worry. Just promote it according to the original plan. These two can't make a big difference. Daolang has obviously put a lot of effort into marketing. He poses a greater threat. We can ignore "Mouse Loves Rice" for now. Without marketing data, it won't be able to make a big splash."

In Alpha Company, Yang Junrong, who felt that he was still able to sit on the Diaoyutai, did not think that "The First Snow of 2002" and "Mouse Loves Rice" could threaten the company's only trump card, Jay Chou.
Chen Jiaying, who was Wang Fei's manager before and is now Chen Yixun's manager, also thinks that these two are not a threat. On the weekly chart of the Music Billboard, "Ten Years" still has a conversion data of about 2002, while "The First Snow of " after Daolang's marketing efforts has only a conversion index of about , so it only squeezed into the top seven.

Eight hundred thousand versus six hundred thousand, the advantage is mine!

As for Elva Hsiao, because she went to the United States and started working offline, her focus shifted, and her "Compromise" and "Rewind" basically meant her elimination.

only……

"What did you say? You met Utada Hikaru?"

On the 18th, after the penultimate rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhou Yi, who returned to the Warner Building and was chatting on the phone with Xiao Yaxuan, was stunned.

"Yes, it seems that she will also release an English album this year. My EP will probably match hers."

Xiao Yaxuan was extremely excited: "I met her when I ran my first offline field yesterday. We both ran the same field."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Rivalry? Can EMI make you two clash?"

"Nonsense, I'm the ace of EMI China, she's the ace of EMI Japan, we're both aces, who's afraid of who?"

Xiao Yaxuan, who was holding her breath, was obviously still angry about the Japanese media calling her "Zhou Yi's unrequited replacement for Utada Hikaru". "Besides, her US distribution company this time is not EMI, but Universal, so there is no need to avoid being with the same company."

Oh, forget about that.

Zhou Yi slapped his forehead. He had been busy rehearsing and communicating with "Today's Statement" about the draft for the program recently, and hadn't paid attention to anything else at all.

"When are you coming to America? I'll see if I can find time to hang out with you then."

"Forget about waiting for me. I'm going to the United States after the New Year for some serious business."

Zhou Yi chuckled: "The Grammys have been moved forward to February 2th. Basically, after the Chinese New Year, I will rest at home for two days, and then after recording the "Today's Statement" program, I will fly to the United States."

"Today's Statement? You're on the legal column? A legal expert?"

"Get lost, and get some sleep."

Zhou Yi cursed with a smile, then hung up the phone.

Zhou Yi threw away the paper and pen he had used to write his manuscript, stretched himself and prepared to leave work. He was about to go to Sun Yanzi to ask if he wanted to go home together, but he unexpectedly saw a group of people sitting together in her office, with extremely solemn expressions.

"what happened?"

Zhou Yi poked his head out, but didn't see clearly what happened. He thought something had happened to Sun Yanzi. As a result, he walked over quickly and saw Sun Yanzi's new agent sitting in front of the computer looking at some data list with a serious face, while Sun Yanzi beside her had still a look of surprise on his face.

"Zhou Yi, there's a new singer called the King of Western Regions Songs. He's very powerful. Come quickly."

Sun Yanzi waved at him immediately after seeing the man coming, and pointed at the computer screen and said, "His weekly ranking data has already surpassed Jie Lun's "Sunny Day". At this rate of increase, he may surpass me and Chen Yixun tomorrow."

"what?"

Imperial capital, inside the hotel suite.

Jay Chou, who was staying here temporarily because he was participating in the Spring Festival Gala, received a notice from his agent, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes: "I was defeated by the challenger again?"

Eh?
Why should I say it again?

(End of this chapter)