China Entertainment 2000

On July 4, 2001, after all negotiations were completed, the crew of "Pink Lady" publicly announced the real reason why Zhou Yi appeared near the crew of "Pink Lady" and met with cast member Chen Hao——

"In addition to coming to visit the class because of a good relationship, Zhou Yi will also compose a new song that will not be released in the next album and use it as an interlude and promotional song for the show to give fans and friends a surprise.

"At the same time, Zhou Yi will also play a guest role in this drama. Moreover, the advertising MV for this new song will be shot on the spot within the crew..."

Following the confirmation with a smile from the director of "Pink Girl", after this exact news came out, some fans who had "archaeologically reviewed" Zhou Yi's performance before his debut were immediately angry——

As we all know, Zhou Yi has a very bad "problem" in his albums so far - he will not put even a single song in his new album that has been sung and performed in public.

After the first album "Zhouyi" became popular, some fans with great savvy got a video of Zhouyi singing and playing in the bar streets of the Imperial Capital. It was a folk and rock style that was completely different from the hiphop style of the first album.

That's a different charm from hiphop, and it allowed many fans to see another side of Zhou Yi before his debut.

They thought that Zhou Yi's second album would most likely re-record these songs to the highest standards and include them, but Zhou Yi was stunned to not play any of them, and they were all new songs.

So far, those that have been circulated in the hands of major fans are still the live DV shooting versions with average picture quality and poor audio quality.

This can make some fans who prefer folk and rock styles anxious.

Especially Zhou Yi seems to have no idea of ​​releasing an EP to remake songs such as "Nan Shan Nan" and "Poignant Land".

Yes, the album "Gangnam" is more important, but aren't the songs you wrote before your debut considered songs? !

Just ignore the stepmother? !

If nothing else, you can make a collection to earn money, re-make a few songs and stuff them into it and sell them as new songs!

Originally planned to be an interlude for Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour 2", it was enough to make people look forward to the collision between Zhou Yi and his eldest brother Cheng. As a result, Warner officials backtracked and announced that this song would not be included in Zhou Yi's solo album. It was really This poured cold water on many fans who wanted to listen to Zhouyi's English songs in advance.

At that time, some fans were already aware of Zhou Yi's "eccentricity", but after reading Warner's official explanation, they thought that putting English songs in a Chinese album would obviously undermine the integrity of the album, so they reluctantly believed this explanation.

But this time, when it was clear that the song for "Pink Lady" would not be included in the next album, some loud fans were really angry——

After this news was announced, they began to form cliques and write letters to Warner, asking Warner to give snacks to the little king of their company. This is the first brother of Warner as Aaron Kwok gets older!

"Look at Dai Penni! The song "The Love You Want" written for Meteor Garden was directly placed in her second album released in January. After the broadcast of "Meteor Garden", it bucked the trend and became popular. Now it has overturned Zhou Yi's Most of the songs from the second album! I strongly recommend Zhou Yi..."

"Will Warner open a company?! They won't let me do it! Zhou Yi's songs are so good..."

"What does Manager Zhou Yi do for a living? Let Zhou Yi hurry up and work hard! He is only nineteen years old, don't let him..."

"..."

In the hotel room, Zhou Yi, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, couldn't help laughing as he read the urging letters sent to Warner by these angry fans.

As one of the targets of being "abused" and "humiliated" by these fans, Qian Jiang, Zhouyi's agent, had a look of helplessness: "Because of your habit, my company and I are now very concerned about your career. The fans scolded me to death."

Is it because he doesn’t want to urge Zhou Yi to remake the EP? Is it because he doesn’t want to make money?

To put it harshly, Zhou Yi's internal priority and attention are now basically equal to Aaron Kwok, whose focus has shifted to the film industry.

This is a very scary thing.

Now the company has to coax him, otherwise once the news comes out that Zhou Yi is unhappy at Warner Bros., giant companies such as Sony and EMI will laugh to death and rush to Zhou Yi's door overnight with liquidated damages.

Zhou Yineng decided to make a graduation-themed EP. Qian Jiang was almost moved to tears.

"Don't tell me, these letters are quite touching."

Zhou Yi, who showed no sign of remorse, instead smiled heartlessly.

In this era when the Internet has just emerged, apart from offline events and album signings, the most cost-effective way to communicate between fans and singers is to write letters to the record company.

That is the most sincere love from fans.

Qian Jiang glanced at him angrily: "You're still laughing, now it's all my fault. These are just the tip of the iceberg, there are a lot more in the company.

"And there are a lot of letters from the company branches in Baodao, Mainland and Hong Kong. What are you going to do with them? You won't be able to read them all, and keeping them will take up space."

"Kuyiku company, you are responsible for the infamy. It's a small problem."

Zhou Yi smiled and put the letters in his hand back into the messy pile of letters on the coffee table: "Help me buy a few houses in a good location in the imperial capital. From now on, these letters will be sent directly to my house."

"..."

As a Hong Konger, Qian Jiang subconsciously wanted to say something when he heard about buying a house. When Qian Jiang thought of the current housing prices in the imperial capital, he immediately swallowed back the words that had come to his mouth.

With Zhou Yi's current wealth, buying a few houses in a good location in the imperial capital is really not a problem.

Just the two endorsements plus the various profits from the album "Zhouyi" so far have exceeded 10 million, and the song copyright can continue to bring profits to Zhouyi.

A multi-millionaire in 2001, this still does not include the income from the second album "Jiangnan".

“It’s better to make money faster through endorsements.”

After calculating his income, Zhou Yi inevitably sighed. The income from the album can only explode for a while in the early stage, but then it will continue to flow steadily.

But without Coca-Cola’s tens of millions of endorsements and Anta’s nine million endorsement fees, it would be really difficult for him to earn more than ten million.

"Not every endorsement has so much money, but I will try my best to help you negotiate a higher price."

As a professional agent, Qian Jiang, who helped Zhou Yi win these two high-dollar endorsements, immediately smiled when he talked about his professional field: "With the popularity of your second major, there are several other clothing brands. We are here to see you. We have even been contacted by several DVD merchants, such as Philips and Aiko.

“Thanks to setting a high enough fee tone for your endorsement, their first-round offers were all substantial.”

With Coca-Cola offering 10 million and Anta offering 9 million, the number of manufacturers willing to come to Zhou Yi for endorsement this year is not as shabby as last year.

If you have less than 4 million, you won’t be able to negotiate business.

It's not like last year, when people with a one- to two-million-year contract could come to talk to Qianjiang. Since Zhou Yi was just starting out last year, even if Qianjiang didn't like such a low offer, he still had to offer it.

"If that's the case, wouldn't you be able to make a lot of money this year?"

After Qian Jiang left, Chen Hao, who came to call Zhou Yi for dinner, couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

"It's almost the same. It's hard to say exactly how much you will earn right now. The main reason is that there are too many channels for dividing albums." Zhou Yi, who doesn't need to worry about his body shape, is in sharp contrast to Chen Hao, who is eating his food in small bites.

"The singer is really good, but it's a pity that I can't be one."

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows and joked with a smile: "But in terms of acting skills, you are not as good as me. Be careful that you will be crushed by me in the opposite role."

Zhou Yi chose the role of Li Bai from the second choice. As a heartthrob actor, Chen Hao now had a reason to come to Zhou Yi when he had nothing to do.

After all, the character Li Bai is the home of the heartthrob in the play. As a heart-throb fan, it's not too much to help newcomer Zhou Yi get familiar with his lines.

In particular, Zhou Yi's own character is completely incompatible with this innocent and cute character named Li Bai.