China Entertainment 2000

As the first young male singer to achieve dazzling results in foreign music markets, especially the neighboring Japanese music market, with English singles, Warner's press conference was basically boring.

It's basically a retelling of some official clichés and data. After all, it involves other countries.

Therefore, when Zhou Yi suddenly said such a sentence, the reporters in the audience were stunned for a moment, and then laughed tacitly.

"Excuse me Zhou Yi, do you know what the concept of 900 million girls is?"

"certainly."

"and you--"

"I know a woman named 800 million. It's not a big problem to raise another 100 million."

"..."

God fucking calls 800 million women!

Looking at the sly smile of the man on the stage, even though I knew it was his joke, but for some reason, it sounded...actually like it was true?

Is this the mouth of a scumbag?

"Zhou Yi, if you successfully enter the Japanese market this time, will you consider continuing to release Japanese albums or Japanese songs like Faye Wong in the future?" After finally catching Zhou Yi, who couldn't escape, the reporters couldn't help but laugh. He raised his hand and asked.

This press conference was specially held by Warner, in order to bring this blockbuster news into the country and bring Zhou Yi out to show his face.

"Currently, I don't know Japanese, let alone how to pronounce and sing Japanese."

Because of the explosive performance of "The Lazy Song", Zhou Jianhui was dragged out to a press conference to respond to external rumors and announce the release of the English song. Zhou Yi helplessly spread his hands: "So, you guys should also know that I am a perfectionist. "My English is good because the English teachers in the school and Xinhua Bookstore have made great contributions."

"Then when will this English single be released in China? Why didn't you first release it in China? Is it because you think there is no market for English songs in China?"

"No, my song is the soundtrack of Jackie Chan's Big Brother movie. The initial promotion must follow the steps of movie promotion. As for when it will be released in China..."

Zhou Yi, who was sitting in his seat, stepped aside and pointed his right thumb towards the advertising board behind him: "Today."

The two lines of big characters ""The lazy song" new song conference" are particularly clear.

"Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour 2" has achieved great success in North America. Do you think your English song can also achieve dazzling results in North America?"

"I--"

Just as Zhou Yi was about to respond, Qian Jiang, sitting next to him, interrupted first: "Our Warner head office attaches great importance to A Yi and believes that he can perform well in the American market."

"..."

As a new song conference that has been prepared since its success in the Japanese market, the problems in this event are generally within Warner's control.

Not only did they blame the production company behind "Rush Hour 2" for not being released in the country, but they also announced the performance of "The Lazy Song" in the Japanese music scene in the name of its official release in Japan——

“The most authoritative Japanese music chart, the Oricon Weekly Chart, has topped the Oricon Chart for two consecutive weeks, and its single sales have exceeded 300,000 copies in two weeks!

"Second album "Jiangnan" + EP album "Graduation" + single "The lazy song", Zhou Yi's personal genuine album sales have exceeded 2.7 million!"

The three bomb-level results directly added the final spark to the hot start of October, and even his domestic sales of two albums and one EP showed signs of recovery.

At the same time, it also made all domestic colleagues feel numb.

2.7 million, 2.7 million!

What the hell is this concept? !

Even if you translate this number to Japan, where the record industry is extremely developed, the sales of 2.7 million copies are enough to rank among the top.

Moreover, the production cost of "The Lazy Song" is almost zero for Warner. This alone saves a lot of money and greatly increases the profit ratio.

"The lyrics, music and arrangement are all by Zhou Yi, and Stefanie Sun is a guest star for free; the venue is in the Warner building, the dancers are Warner's own people, and there is only one camera for filming, one shot to the end..."

Many entertainment company insiders are making calculations, and the more they calculate, the colder they become.

What kind of monster is this, your mother?

Isn’t this song’s profit margin going to be outrageous? ? ?

The explosive sales in the Japanese market within two weeks were enough for every record company to calculate the future market prospects of this English single - the platinum single was not available.

The Japanese market in Asia alone is not yet saturated, let alone several other countries in East Asia, as well as China, Zhou Yi's home base.

If Zhouyi were to act like a donkey and run around promoting it again, he would be able to increase the sales to more than 1 million copies.

And this is just the Asian market.

As an international language, English’s versatility around the world is self-evident. In addition, "Rush Hour 2" is currently in theaters around the world, and the two complement each other.

If this song sells a million copies worldwide, it will be a solid double platinum single.

A Chinese singer with a double platinum single by international standards?

Jacky Cheung, who is at his peak, can even touch him when he comes.

In an instant, several major international record companies, including Sony and Universal, were shocked and red-eyed by the profits calculated by the actuaries in the marketing department.

This time it was really red-eyed.

A very low-cost platinum single, every record company's dream.

"Fuck you! What kind of bullshit luck does Zhou Jianhui have! Is this even possible?!"

Almost at the same time, the bosses of major record companies like Rolling Stone and PolyGram were also scolding each other behind the scenes, and their envious and jealous faces were exposed in private.

Especially PolyGram.

PolyGram, which has been troubled by financial problems recently, wants to tie Zhou Yi over and force him to sign a contract with him, and then pay the termination fee to Warner himself.

Where is the Prince of Warner? This is clearly the God of Wealth of Warner!

Zhou Jianhui himself almost narrowed his eyes into slits with laughter.

After the press conference on October 10th, he would pull Zhou Yi's shoulder to talk to him every once in a while. If it weren't for the big age difference, Zhou Yi even thought that he might even do something like burning yellow paper and cutting off the chicken's head to show his respect.

…………

"Ayi, don't worry. Over at the U.S. headquarters, I will fight for you with the greatest recommendation and support even if I use all my reputation."

On the evening of the 12th, Zhou Jianhui, who was more or less drunk, patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder with a red face, and made a serious promise: "If those white guys don't give you money, I will sell my property and find someone to help you push it out!"

There was no reason for Zhou Jianhui to let go of this power of wealth that was visible to the blind.

"Farewell Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid your wife and children will come to me for trouble after you sell your property, so you might as well just give me the cash and avoid going through a first-hand middleman."

Zhou Yi, who was indifferent, laughed and joked, with no trace of pride or complacency on his face.

"I'm not kidding you Zhou Yi, really."

The look on Zhou Jianhui's face was full of seriousness: "I'm not afraid of your jokes. Before last year, my position was very dangerous and I was about to be fired.

"Signing you is the most correct decision I have ever made in my life, even more correct than signing Stefanie!"