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

Chapter 667 Sorry, it’s really a big deal to be rich
This unexpected disaster made Jiang Wen angrier and angrier. He wanted to call Zhou Yi on the spot and ask him to clarify the matter, but considering that the latter was indeed busy with his new album, he could only swallow his anger in the end.

He is proud, but not stupid.

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible that this movement was caused by Zhou Yi. After all, after several contacts, he has figured out Zhou Yi's temperament.

This person is even more arrogant than him.

Although he hid his arrogance of "I think your vision is not as good as mine" very well, Jiang Wen could see it clearly after spending time with him.

In music, Zhou Yi does all sorts of things and cooperates with the company in all kinds of messy hype, but he doesn't have this kind of arrogance.

Yes, in Jiang Wen's opinion, Zhou Yi's arrogance in the music industry is just a need for the company's external image. Unlike many people, he thinks Zhou Yi's performance in this regard is actually the most peaceful one -

I am filled with a feeling of indifference that no matter how much you brag, I am indifferent.

On the contrary, he was surprised by Zhou Yi's inherent pride in his hidden investment career and his view of people - in Jiang Wen's opinion, Zhou Yi's real pride lies in his judgment of relationships between people.

This man's vision and mind were terrifyingly accurate. He could easily figure out a person's background through just a few meetings or even a few words.

Sometimes, he doesn't even need to look at the person, he can make an accurate judgment just by looking at some information.

However, Zhou Yi never made any mistakes in making such outrageous judgments, nor did he ever regret it. He was full of pride that everything was based on himself.

Taking this incident as an example——

Based on Jiang Wen's understanding of Zhou Yi, if he really cared about Chen Kaige, whom he had never met, he would have directly refuted the rumors as soon as the news broke. But until today, Zhou Yi seemed to be blind and didn't see it.

This is enough to illustrate one thing: Zhou Yi doesn't care about Chen Kaige at all, and even looks down on him.

Even though Chen Kaige is one of the best directors in mainland China in the past twenty years.

Because all the team members around him will follow his will and will not say a word.

"Fuck it, to use the words of that jerk Zhou Yi, I was the one being shot."

After shopping, Jiang Wen returned home and sat on his balcony, cursing in frustration. His younger brother Jiang Wu sat in his seat waiting for his brother to come back.

"Brother, are you back?"

"Eat less melon seeds. The shells are just thrown here."

"Don't get angry with me."

Jiang Wu, who didn't buy into his brother's tricks at all, took a sip of water and said, "If you want a divorce, then get a divorce. There's no point in dragging it out like this. All three of us are uncomfortable. If you ask me, you might as well learn the Book of Changes and see how cool and carefree others are."

"Get lost, I'm still learning from him, do I need to learn from him?"

Jiang Wen cursed, but he still sat down in front of his brother honestly: "Let's not talk about this today. I asked you to come here to help me with role reference. In Hong Kong, Ying Huang got in touch with me before, and he is in the Chenglong crew."

"That's good. We are not short of money anymore."

"This old-timer is not so easy to deal with."

"If you feel uneasy, just ask Zhou Yi. Isn't the Yinghuang department quite familiar with him..."

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"Oh, I do know him well. What do you want to ask?"

After returning to the capital, Zhou Yi received a call from Jiang Wen right after getting off the plane.

Zhou Yi thought that he was here to "hold him accountable", but he didn't expect that he didn't even mention this matter. Instead, he asked some questions about Yinghuang.

After figuring out the whole story, he understood.

As we all know, the Yinghuang Group has been moving closer to the mainland.

"If you want to talk, then talk. It's not a big deal. At most, they'll just put a label on you. Are you afraid of that?"

Zhou Yi smiled.

Spending some money to invest in movies would be beneficial to Yang Shoucheng, especially for Jiang Wen, who loves to tinker with art films.

There was no chance before, but now it is available in advance because of him. It is obviously not Boss Yang's style to spend money in a targeted manner.

Don’t tell me you are still in the ban period. Everyone in the circle knows what kind of person you, Jiang Wen, are.

"So are you coming to act? From what I see from Chenglong, it seems like he wants to force his son in. If you come, I can refuse him."

"Get lost, you're still trying to trick me into acting in your drama, right? I'm telling you, it's impossible."

Zhou Yi's curse was clearly not about being clean: "There's no window either!"

I knew this person had bad intentions.

"Jiang Wen? He's here to question you?"

"No, he just asked me to prepare the time. He has no shortage of investment and the script can be finished in about one to two years. He gave me a few key words in his mind and asked me to write the theme song according to my feelings."

"Really? What's the name of his new movie?"

"He hasn't decided yet, but he told me to follow his keywords to get a feel for it."

Zhou Yi shrugged and pointed out Jiang Wen's nonsensical request, which seemed to be simple but was actually extremely demanding.

Qian Jiang was shocked: "Are you sure he's not taking revenge on you?"

"Whatever you want, I won't write it anyway. I'll wait until he finishes the script."

After taking a bite of the bread he had eaten on the road, Zhou Yi sneered.

In "In the Name of the Father", he was the leading actor so there was nothing he could do about it, but for "The Sun Also Rises", it was easy, he just had to plagiarize it.

Want to torture him with Mozart?

nonexistent!

"Oh, by the way, this year's Taiwan Golden Melody Awards nomination ceremony will begin this afternoon. Do you want to pay attention?"

"I'm not interested. They can give it or not this year."

Zhou Yi wiped the corner of his mouth and didn't care.

Rather than any Golden Melody Awards, he cared more about whether he could actually meet that daring space hero who was the first in the world.

Qian Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You really are..."

"This is not my problem, it's whether they dare to give it."

Zhou Yi's lips curled up with a hint of amusement: "After all, my album "Return to the Tibetan Plateau" last year was dancing back and forth on the minefield on the other side of the river."

Qian Jiang: "..."

To some extent, since the release of "Gui Zang", Zhou Yi has been prepared not to participate in the 2004 Golden Melody Awards.

Back in 2002, Tao Zhe's new album "Black Tangerine" was a huge hit. But because it was involved in current political news, the 2003 Golden Melody Awards directly banned his album, and only gave him a solitary nomination for the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award.

Although his "Gui Zang" is not about current affairs, it is even more deadly.

It is true that the Golden Melody Awards have always claimed to be fair and objective, but when it comes to commemorating that man, can the organizing committee withstand the pressure and hold on?
Zhou Yi is skeptical about this.

He thinks the possibility of banning both the person and the album is the greatest.

"It's hard to say. If they really want to ban your album, they won't be able to withstand the pressure from your large number of fans."

Qian Jiang also understood this, but he held a different opinion.

Compared with the Zhou Yi who was banned in 2001, the current Zhou Yi has undergone tremendous changes in power. The reason why Tao Zhe's "Black Tangerine" only received a single nomination for the King of Singers is not only due to the influence of current political news, but also because he is in a small company and there is no strong enough capital behind him to endorse him and put pressure on him.

"Besides, if Yanzi goes over there, he can also win you some sympathy points."

"Hmm? Yanz went there?"

"Nonsense, judging by the time, they are about to announce the shortlist."

On the afternoon of March 2004, 3, the 30th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards nomination press conference was held in Taiwan. The hosts were two goddesses who had become very popular in Taiwan since last year:

Popular female anchor Hou Pei once worked with the new generation Taiwan's No. 1 beauty Lin Chi-lin.

Sun Yanzi was invited to attend as a guest and participated in the announcement of the shortlist together with musicians such as Wu Bai.

As the winner of last year's Golden Melody Awards, Sun Yanzi was immediately surrounded and blocked by reporters when she arrived at the nomination ceremony this year.

"Yanzi! Yanzi!"

"Yanzi look over here!"

"Yanzi!"

"Yan..."

"Oh alright alright, calm down everyone, I'm not going to run away."

Sun Yanzi, dressed casually, put one hand in his pocket, stood in front of the camera in the media interview area, and smiled as he held the microphone closest to him.

"Yanzi, have you heard about Zhou Yi's latest news? There are rumors that he will be banned by mainland directors. Is this accurate news?"

"Hey, you are such a weird person. You don't ask him about his news, but ask me instead."

As soon as he heard the man's name, he couldn't help but grin with joy. Before he answered, Sun Yanzi pretended to complain: "This is all fake news. You guys, don't believe everything you hear."

"Then have you participated in his English major project?"

"No, but I do know what song his English album is, but it has to be kept secret."

"It's said that Zhou Yi is likely to fail in the Golden Melody Awards nomination stage this year. What do you think?"

"I think it's a disgrace."

As soon as she talked about business, Sun Yanzi immediately put away her smile. She was dressed in a denim jacket and looked quite cool with a straight face: "It is understandable that singers use albums to express their musical attitude, world view and outlook on life.

“This is the right that music gives to every musician.

"I don't know what those people are thinking, but I think they are destroying the artistry of the music industry by doing this..."

When an awards ceremony likes to use subjective and objective factors such as artistry, musicality, thinking, and world outlook to try to rank musicians, you must be prepared to be hit back at others with this stick.

Seeing that the topic involving Zhou Yi made Sun Yanzi suddenly serious, the latecomer had to change the topic in order to avoid a tense atmosphere.

"Okay, Yanzi, what about your new album? Have you been busy with the album recently? There are rumors that you stayed in Singapore for a long time after the New Year. Is it because you were inspired to make music?"

"Oh, that's it. No, I've actually been playing the whole time - ah lululu"

The moment he spoke his mind, Sun Yanzi realized that he had let the cat out of the bag. He immediately stuck out his tongue and mumbled something in an attempt to distract the many reporters at the scene.

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"I'm sorry, did you just say that you were playing the whole time?"

"No! Absolutely not! You heard it wrong! You definitely heard it wrong."

At this moment, Sun Yanzi stopped pretending to be a cool girl. She raised her hands and made a big "X" in front of the camera, defending herself: "I haven't finished what I said before. What I want to say is that I have been preparing for my new album in a perfect state."

Finally, as if she felt that this was not firm enough, she added solemnly: "Yes, that's right."

That look was so firm that it seemed as if even the sky would not fall and it would not move.

"So how many nominations do you think you can get this year? Can you defend your title as the Best Mandarin Female Singer at the Golden Melody Awards?"

"Well, it's very difficult. There are so many strong competitors this year..."

Sun Yanzi is determined not to fall into this trap.
Although Zhou Yi always says that she is stupid, she doesn't think she is stupid at all.

Although Tao Zheren was not present at the event, he still kept an eye on the progress of this year's Golden Melody Awards through his agent from his new company, Yishiji Entertainment.

Originally, after "Black Tangerine" failed to win any award at the Golden Melody Awards last year, Tao Zhe was too lazy to pay attention to this award. Even if he was nominated this year, he did not plan to come to the Golden Melody Awards.

He also has a temper.

He was naturally furious at the Golden Melody Awards' treatment of his "Black Tangerine".

However, the reason why he is still paying so much attention to it is purely because of Zhou Yi——

To be precise, it was because of Zhou Yi’s “Gui Zang” last year.

Ordinary listeners have no idea what concepts and ideas "Gui Zang" expresses, but extremely sensitive musicians like him are very clear about it.

Even though Zhou Yi had already failed at the Golden Melody Awards with "Black Tangerine", he still dared to release such a tough song "Gui Zang" last year, which was beyond Tao Zhe's expectations, but also made him admire him.

I admire Zhou Yi's stubbornness and persistence.

For Tao Zhe, there is no doubt that this is the musical quality he believes a musician must possess.

Therefore, he is now very eager to see how this year's Golden Melody Awards will be conducted.

Will they treat Zhou Yi the same way they treated him in 03, causing Zhou Yi's album "Gui Zang" to fail greatly during the nomination stage of this year's Golden Melody Awards?

But it turned out that his worries were unnecessary.

"The 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Best Lyricist nominees are..."

"The 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Best Composer nominees are..."

"The 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Best Arranger nominees are..."

With three consecutive nominations in the pop category, all the songs from Zhou Yi’s album “Gui Zang” last year are on the list!
Just with this treatment, even if Zhou Yi doesn't get any nominations next time, he will still be better than Tao Zhe who only got one nomination for the best singer for "Black Tangerine".

However, what shocked Tao Zhe even more was that, under the follow-up report of his agent, Zhou Yi once again won all the nominations for male singers except for Best New Artist and Best Female Singer...

Zhou Yi was not rejected from the Golden Melody Awards at this stage!
"Fuck! Why?! So many nominations?!"

Tao Zhe couldn't hold it anymore.

Does the difference in treatment have to be so obvious?!

He is still only talking about current affairs, but Zhou Yi is jumping into a minefield...

It is true that he admires Zhou Yi very much, but when this result was put in front of him, Tao Zhe could not help but feel jealous - directed at the Golden Melody Awards Organizing Committee.

After reading it, the agent could only give him one answer: "There's nothing we can do. It seems that Warner is just too rich."

Finally, he saw a list and narrowed his eyes: "Oh, it looks like there are more than just Warner..."

(End of this chapter)