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

Chapter 632 What is the global top stream?

"This is not a new trick, this is a traditional art."

Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head after hanging up the phone at Qian Jiang's surprise: "These are all leftovers from the American music scene in the last century. It's just that our country hasn't evolved to this level yet. Otherwise, how do you think Madonna would have been able to stay on the top spot as the world's top female singer in the last century?"

Although her ability is unquestionable, she is the best at playing the political correctness trend.

It is absolutely impossible for a Chinese singer to gain a foothold in the United States without holding high the banner of political correctness to establish his own personality and label himself. Even if he is a cheat, he must add this layer of buff and fight political correctness with political correctness.

After all, the Western media as a whole has always been very wary of and smearing the mysterious visitors from the University of Tokyo.

Even though he won the Grammy Award twice and had a golden body to protect him, he still couldn't stop those idiots from talking nonsense with their eyes open.

A typical example is "Because of You" by Elva Hsiao.

Since Zhou Yi was listed as the composer of the lyrics, and someone also dug up the relationship between the two in the Chinese-speaking region since Zhou Yi's debut, after Xiao Yaxuan's first-day sales were finally surpassed by Utada Hikaru by more than three times, many media people suddenly expressed their disappointment and disparagement of Zhou Yi in newspaper and magazine columns.

The speed showed that they were impatient and moving non-stop.

On the 18th, The Washington Post immediately published an article written by a reporter who claimed to be a fan of Zhou Yi - "The propaganda machine from China will eventually fail."

The main perspective of the entire article is based on the American music scene, which has been criticized before. It analyzes Zhou Yi's failure to show his usual strong start this time, and finally draws a conclusion: Zhou Yi has run out of talent and is finished.

Don’t ask me why I’m so impatient after only one day. The answer is that a professional music critic should dare to make accurate judgments.

In fact, it is a miracle that this group of people can endure for one day. They are hesitant because they have been beaten by Zhou Yi in the past two years. Otherwise, they would have started to predict the decline of the product a month before the sale.

RC Robert Christgau, a special music editor and rock critic of the American Village Voice magazine, who once "went against the wind" and gave Zhou Yi's second English album the lowest personal grade of D after it was released, and is considered one of the most important popular culture critics in the United States in the second half of the 20th century, even shouted victory in the Los Angeles Times:

"Shame on the Grammys! Spike's new song is terrible and no one cares!"

“It turns out that my initial judgment was absolutely correct. Spike simply lacks reverence for music and is not even considered a qualified musician.

"In my opinion, he should hang out with politicians because their methods of hype are exactly the same, they all like to hold high the banner and use their power to pressure others. That's how he got the Grammy. Now he wants to do the same and promote his lover.

"I'm glad that justice has come late but has not disappeared. In my opinion, Spike's new song is just an empty and boring whining. No one cares about it, which is what he deserves..."

It was obviously Elva Hsiao who was singing the song, but without exception, everyone who jumped out directed their criticism at the composer Zhou Yi and criticized him harshly in the print media.

The Times, The Guardian, The Sun, the German Bild, and many other journalists from countries like France and Italy all went out at the same time.

This has forced many European and American Zhouyi fans to start a one-on-eighteen battlefield on the Internet, awakening the mode of verbal battle among a group of scholars. The core point is: you are all mindlessly bashing China, just like the European and American media have been mindlessly bashing China.

"We want freedom of speech! We want cultural equality! These politicians' dogs have betrayed the foundation of our country and the musical spirit that shines like gold!"

"Let's suppress Spike, what are you afraid of?!"

"The European and American music scene is huge, why can't there be room for a Spike?"

"..."

Xiao Yaxuan was a little panicked as she never expected that the performance of her record would trigger such a public opinion uproar.

She had said before that she didn't care how many copies were sold, but that was just an act. In fact, she was more nervous than anyone else. If Zhou Yi hadn't anticipated this situation and given her a heads-up, she might have really fallen like Tao Zhe.

"I can't go on like this. Even if I sleep only four hours a day, I have to attend more offline concerts."

Although EMI and the independent Warner helped to speak up, public opinion was not one-sided, but Xiao Yaxuan still showed her desperate spirit.

Speaking of hard work, who hasn’t worked hard?
She was tortured every day by her teacher Yao Qian. If she didn't work hard, she would never get the chance to release an album or even become a top star.

It's just that she thinks this is the most basic thing, so she doesn't even bother with marketing.

You know, this is the critical moment of the China-Japan Song Festival.

Zhou Yi is the most famous Chinese star in this China-Japan Song Festival. There are countless eyes on him in Japan.

At this juncture, if he really loses to Utada Hikaru, then the advantages and reputation that Zhou Yi had built up in the early stages would probably be reversed because of her.

She can't accept it.

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

"I can't accept that? That's just nonsense."

Japan, Tokyo.

Because of the time difference, the airport was brightly lit at the early morning after landing. Countless fans and reporters with cameras were waiting outside the cordon, waiting for the man to show up.

When Zhou Yi, wearing a black patterned shirt and taking off his sunglasses, walked out of the airport, all the people surrounding the scene suddenly broke into a riot!
A reporter asked an extremely proud question - whether Zhou Yi could not accept that the new song he wrote was defeated by the queen of the Japanese music scene, Utada Hikaru.

"Honestly speaking, she poses no threat to me at all."

Zhou Yi, who always speaks the truth, was holding a bag full of gifts from Japanese fans and shrugged off the comments: "Utada is obviously immersed in his own music world and feels that his musical expression and skills are extremely mature.

"But in fact, I think her album has not found its own positioning. It is undoubtedly a very failed album."

Laxative, I'm in Japan, just got off the plane——

When Zhou Yi was asked about the hot topics of the album as soon as he got off the plane, he gave a sharp comment without any concealment or hesitation. His voice made the fans who came to pick him up willingly in the middle of the night scream continuously!

After not seeing him for such a long time, it is obvious that Zhou Yi is still the Zhou Yi who is unwilling to bow his head, the Zhou Yi they are fans of who dares to challenge the hegemony of European and American music.

"But Zhou Yi-kun, the first-day sales of Utada Hikaru's album have come out. In five hours, the sales exceeded 1 copies, and in 3000 hours, the sales reached 24 copies, ranking on the B-list Top 3 Album Weekly Chart. "And the songs you composed did not help Miss Elva to achieve the first-day sales of 200 copies--"

The reporter hadn't even finished speaking when Zhou Yi raised his hand to interrupt him. The latter sneered, "I still say the same thing. The results are not good because we are suppressed. But it doesn't matter. Gold will always shine. No one can always cover the sky with one hand.

"Utada's manager said their goal is 10 copies, but I think her actual album sales won't exceed copies, but Elva can."

——? !

disdain!

This is naked contempt!
In the music industry, unless it is really true that seeing someone is worse than missing them, people will usually try to save their reputation when asked about album sales, even if it is to their enemies.

What Zhou Yi said was a bit disrespectful.

However, considering the character of this man, it is not surprising that he would speak freely to the media after being so angry. Not only did no Japanese people at the scene express confusion, but everyone, including the fans, had their eyes shining.

The difference is that fans think giegie is so handsome, while reporters think performance is so good.

The character that Zhou Yi has built over the years has made him more tolerated by the public in this regard.

Even in China, where attention to foreign news has never been high, a wave of enthusiasm has been triggered.

"Zhou Yi vs. Utada Hikaru!"

《Chinese Pop King VS Japanese Pop Queen! 》

"In the European and American music scene, the fateful duel between Chinese and Japanese musical geniuses in the early 21st century!"

"The Twin Stars Showdown of the Century!"

"..."

The singer Xiao Yaxuan was ignored again and again, and was only mentioned in the corner of the press release as a singer.

The attention to the "China-Japan Song Contest", which was originally just one of the political tasks, has skyrocketed. Many singers who chose not to come due to concerns about the impact are regretting so much that their thighs are about to break.

"Grass!"

If they had known that this China-Japan Song Festival would attract so much attention, they would have gone no matter what.

As a singer of the young generation, the master of time management, who represented Taiwan and traveled to Tokyo, Japan with the Chinese delegation, was almost grinning from ear to ear.

He is not afraid of these things. As a result, among the young generation of singers, except Zhou Yi, he is the only one who can be called a name in this China-Japan Song Festival.

Yes, the time management master is here too, and he is also a representative of Taiwan’s young singers.

During this period, he became popular in both mainland China and Taiwan. After the restrictions on idol dramas were relaxed, they were introduced to the mainland one after another.

Because of Jay Chou, the relationship between him and Zhou Yi is pretty good.

Therefore, he who had been waiting called Zhou Yi as soon as possible to welcome him to Tokyo and invite him to a party.

On the 20th, Zhou Yi, who had adjusted to the jet lag alone in the hotel, became the last member of this exchange group and officially joined the team gathering. He also met veteran singers with steady stage presence such as Lin Yilian and Cai Guoqing.

Of course, there is another former top Chinese star: Fei Xiang.

Yes, the organizers of this China-Japan Song Festival, who attached great importance to it, directly invited him back from the United States, intending to serve as a backup in case Zhou Yi did not come. After all, if Zhou Yi really did not come, Fei Xiang was at least an international figure, so it would not be too embarrassing.

"Welcome, Zhou Yi. I've watched your news and listened to your songs a lot in the United States."

Fei Xiang is over 40 and has obviously aged, but he still maintains his figure and looks. He spoke with full energy: "My family shared with me the talk show you had in the United States last night. It was amazing."

"Thanks for the compliment, Uncle Fei."

Zhou Yi raised the corners of his lips slightly: "I just did that show for fun, don't take it seriously."

"It's become popular all over the United States just for fun. I can't imagine if you were serious about it." Fei Xiang laughed and explained in the puzzled eyes of the people around him -

"You don't know, Zhou Yi's talk show ratings directly created the highest peak in the history of American talk shows. Not only the first show, but also the highest peak in the replay period was raised by him, just in the two days when he came to Japan.

"The discussion of this program and the ending song sung by Elva has directly increased in the United States. This episode of "The Conan Show and the Spike Show" has even been spread to the Internet in countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. More than 99% of the reviews are praises..."

As a Chinese who is doing well in Broadway, Fei Xiang is obviously well-informed. However, the words that came out of his mouth were somewhat jaw-dropping.

Especially a certain time management master who has been very excited since Zhou Yi came.

As we all know, Zhou Yi and Jay Chou have a life-long friendship, and he and Jay Chou have a strong brotherly relationship.

Then if we round it off, Zhou Yi is also his elder brother.

He thought Zhou Yi was awesome, but he didn't expect that just doing a talk show would become popular in the Western world...

What was even more unexpected was that even though Xiao Yaxuan's song was criticized in the print media, she actually started to make a comeback thanks to this talk show video that was widely circulated on the Internet.

In the Apple Music Store, the sales of "Because of You" officially began to grow explosively after word of mouth accumulated;
In offline audio-visual stores, due to the popularity of this episode of "The Spike Show", Xiao Yaxuan, as the least well-known "amateur" singer, is also the one who has benefited the most from the popularity bonus.

The sales of physical discs of "Elva" have begun to soar!

(End of this chapter)