China Entertainment 2000

Chapter 314 What is an international superstar?

"Is Tencent so rich?"

Zhou Yi was really curious about this invitation.

In his impression, Tencent's life in these years cannot be said to be austere, at least it can be said to be unable to reveal the blame.

As an Internet company with fairly good cash flow at the beginning of the new millennium, he could understand why Sohu was willing to spend this money on a tight budget.

What's going on with Tencent?

"If it had been two years ago or a year ago, they wouldn't have signed you.

“You won’t believe it, but Tencent was the first among these Internet companies to achieve profitability.

"At the end of last year, after deducting all costs, the net profit was more than 10 million."

Qian Jiang took a sip of water and handed another document in hand to Zhou Yi who was sitting on the sofa: "Now, as of the beginning of August this year, it is said that a large-scale leap-forward profit has been achieved. It is expected that the net profit will be able to be achieved by the end of this year." Reaching more than 140 million yuan.

"So now they want to expand their influence even further, and they're targeting you."

45 million sounds like a lot, but once it is spread over several years, it won’t put much pressure on the cash flow on Tencent’s account.

Not to mention that signing with Zhouyi can also bring benefits to Tencent itself.

This is why Tencent now dares to come to Zhou Yi with its money bag.

They also coveted Zhou Yi's influence in the market.

As we all know, due to some shameless operations inherited from ancestors, even though Little Penguin is now expected to be profitable, competitors will not let this opportunity pass.

"But compared to this year, isn't 45 million too little?"

Convert this to how much is it in a year?

Nowadays, Zhou Yi, whose appetite has been somewhat spoiled, is not very satisfied with the sincerity of the little penguin.

"I think so too, but when it comes to business, there's no way it can be settled in one go." As a good negotiator, Qian Jiang smiled with some evil intentions.

Just kidding, who is our Zhou Yi?

International superstar!

Do you understand the value of international superstars?

Now that you have started to make money, you should at least reach 10 million a year, regardless of the US dollar standard.

It can't be a full contract, it can only endorse QQ, a Tencent-based product software.

If you want to endorse something else, you have to pay more.

"The threshold is so high, are you sure you won't scare people away?" Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows with interest as he listened to Qian Jiang's talk.

“You already have relatively few endorsements, but now that you are here, you have to raise the bar even more.

"At your point, quality is more important than quantity. If you don't have enough money, you must have other channel advantages to make up for it."

Speaking of which, Qian Jiang pointed at the document he had just handed to Zhou Yi and said with a smile: "Let's take a look. This is one of the biggest rewards you can get from working hard in the international market."

"?"

Zhou Yi, who didn't pay much attention at first, suddenly became interested. He opened the file and looked up, and what he saw was Coca-Cola.

"Remember what I said to you before? Just fight in the international arena and leave everything behind to me." As an agent with strong negotiation and management skills, after getting this contract, Qian Jiang was obviously very confident when he spoke.

After Zhouyi's World Cup ad song became a global hit, he has already started a tug-of-war with Coca-Cola.

Then, he met Zhou Yi, a completely unreasonable British scholar - now it was Coca-Cola's turn to become anxious, but Qian Jiang was not anxious anymore.

Although within Warner, even Zhou Jianhui and Qian Jiang, who believed in Zhou Yi the most, never thought that this "Attitude Show" could have such dazzling results, this did not prevent Qian Jiang from raising the price——

"The contract is renewed for three years with US$25 million, plus a floating bonus clause of US$5 million. At the same time, the spokesperson level directly skipped the Asia region and was promoted to the highest level global spokesperson.

"Coca-Cola will also use their channels to help you promote your personal image as much as possible to easily increase the visibility of your personal image."

As the only Asian singer in China - no, it should be said in the entire Asia region who has entered the international market and competes with European and American giants, Zhou Yi represents more than just himself.

Even in Japan, after Zhou Yi's album topped the sales charts in the United States for four consecutive years, he was regarded as a true light in the Asian music scene.

What about Utada Hikaru, I’m not familiar with it.

They all went to the United States in 2002. Everyone else’s Zhouyi albums are being massacred. Where is your English album?

Why is there still only one Japanese album released in June and sold in Japan? Yingzhuan asked, is it still brewing?

Co-writer: You stayed in the United States for several months and didn’t even participate in promotions for your Japanese album. You just gave yourself an English stage name?

Many Japanese music fans were extremely disappointed with this, and at the same time they did not forget to express their support for Zhou Yi.

As for his scolding battle with hip-hop king Eminem, in the voting statistics of several newspapers in the two countries, the 98% praise given by the Japanese, who are naturally strong-willed, is even higher than the 94% in China.

"Coca-Cola plans to hold a contract renewal press conference on August 6, which is also the day when the B-chart will be updated. Although I estimate that the album's consecutive No. 1 spot will not be guaranteed, but the three consecutive No. 1 singles should still be able to continue."

Qian Jiang, who is always paying attention to the US data, analyzed for Zhou Yi: "There is a new female singer named Avril. Her album is soaring on the album chart. It is very likely that she can break your four consecutive championships this week."

"..."

Zhou Yi, who originally wanted to ask who it was, swallowed back the words that were on his lips after hearing the name.

Canadian punk queen Avril Lavigne is another singer who reached her peak when she debuted. The popularity in Asia, especially in China, was once the highest among European and American singers in the future.

If he hadn't come out of nowhere, this little witch would have been the runner-up on this year's world album sales list, second only to champion Eminem. It's normal for her to sell well.

"It doesn't matter if the album loses its fourth consecutive championship. It's arrogant enough to dominate the charts for a month. What about the global aspect?" Zhou Yi is already very satisfied with being able to win four consecutive championships. He is still paying more attention to his global sales.

"The momentum is very strong, and there is definitely hope that the global sales will exceed 15 million in the end. This is the first time that the marketing department has given an accurate sales line. If you include the sales of your singles, your total sales this year will exceed 2100-2300. There is absolutely no problem with Wan Zhang!”

When it comes to global sales, Qian Jiang's tone became excited: "You will be this year's global annual sales king, Ayi!"

"Okay, let me lend you some good words."

Zhou Yi was not as excited as Qian Jiang and just smiled calmly.

Warner doesn’t know what’s going on this year, he does.

Theoretically speaking, Eminem's current "Eminem Show" will eventually sell more than 13.9 million copies globally. In addition, the single OST of "8 Mile" that will be released later will sell more than 660 copies. Sales exceeded 21 million, directly becoming the sales king.

This is the result of not having a verbal battle with him.

Now that he has started a war of words, it is difficult to say whether Eminem's album sales will increase.

On August 6, Coca-Cola (China) held a grand contract renewal conference for Zhou Yi as scheduled, which completely stopped Pepsi from poaching——

Including the large contract with a total float of 30 million US dollars, this is definitely the highest endorsement Zhouyi has received so far!

"The first person in Chinese music history!" 》

"Earn 100 million a week?" Wrong, it’s one day! 》

When Zhou Yi and the president of Coca-Cola (Asia) sat in front of the camera, each holding a pen and signing the copy of the contract for show, Zhou Yi officially transformed and truly entered the ranks of international superstars!

"I am very happy to be able to cooperate with Mr. Zhou Yi. Mr. Zhou Yi has extraordinary talent. We believe in his future and believe that he will become a mainstay in the Chinese music scene and even the world music scene..."

The President of Coca-Cola Asia flew all the way to the imperial capital with his team, and praised Zhou Yi's achievements in English at this grand press conference.

At the same time, on August 6th, the B list also updated the rankings for the new week——

On the singles chart, Eminem's "Without Me" slipped one spot from last week, and was replaced by Zhou Yi's "Good Time", which together with "Yeah", which still topped the list, dominated the list. Runner-up spot!

On the album chart, Eminem's album "The Eminem Show" gained dividends due to the popularity of the previous spat with Zhou Yi. It unexpectedly overtook Zhou Yi with a slight advantage of 3,000 copies, ranking 710,000 times. Top champion.

"It's unbelievable! It's been a month and they are still fighting inextricably. Eminem has really met his opponent this time!"

"How did that Chinese guy do it? Is his album really that good? Even the hardcover version only has 12 songs, but Eminem has 20 songs!"

"Is there a possibility that Eminem's 20 songs are not as good as the five songs on Spike's album?"

"Excessive, I prefer Eminem."

"I like Spike better."

"..."

After spending a full month to prove that he is not a flash in the pan, Zhou Yi has completely set off a wave in the United States. Some American fans even tried their best to find channels to buy the Chinese version of Zhou Yi's album——

Although I can’t understand the lyrics, I can hear the melody!

Chen Hao, who arranged for his father to receive medical treatment while busy in the United States, seemed to have the illusion that he had not gone abroad yet——

How come she can still feel Zhou Yi's fire in the United States?

"It's normal for Spike to be angry. His album is of high quality." In the hospital, Mariah Carey, who was entrusted by Zhou Yi and also came to help Chen Hao on the platform, may have seen the look on Chen Hao's face. Puzzled, he smiled.

"Really...Thank you for today, Ms. Maria." Chen Hao, who spoke fluent English, said thanks.

"You're welcome. I'm honored to be able to help you."

Mariah Carey smiled and waved her hand: "My father was recuperating here before he was alive. After your father's treatment is completed, it is best to transfer here for recuperation and recovery."

Chen Hao was slightly startled: "Ms. Maria, your father -"

"He also had cancer, but obviously he wasn't very lucky."

Mariah Carey smiled self-deprecatingly and encouraged: "Chen, your father's condition is still in the early stages. If you recuperate here after the operation, recovery is very promising."

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