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"That's okay. He is indeed very popular in the United States, and if we invite him, he may also be able to bring popularity to our movies in the future. He is extremely popular not only in the United States, but also in Japan and South Korea.

"The premise is that he is willing to cooperate with us in publicity."

As the leading star of "Heroes", Li Lianjie, who has already worked hard to become famous in the United States, is still more or less aware of Zhou Yi's fame in Europe and the United States - even Eminem paid for his autobiographical musical movie "8 Mile" It is rare to win high attention by starting a group alone for Zhou Yi.

This matter is causing quite a stir abroad.

If Zhou Yi can still bring "Hero" when he responds, it will undoubtedly play a role in promoting the release of the film in North America.

"I'll go with you then. It just so happens that this young man has met me before." Li Lianlian, who also wanted to take this opportunity to meet Zhou Yi, discussed it with his wife and then called him The details were finalized.

Zhou Yi, who had no idea that he was already being remembered like Tang Monk's flesh, was still immersed in the news of progress——

All-China Youth Federation, the full name of All-China Youth Federation, is the organizer of the Ten Outstanding Youth Awards;

In fact, with his current age, qualifications and temperament shown to the outside world, it is difficult to say whether he can be admitted if his achievements are not outstanding enough.

As for the Musicians Association, Zhou Yi was a bit indifferent about whether he could join. Anyway, even if he joined, he would still be a mascot.

But when he found out that his introducer was the person he had a good chat with during the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, he immediately became honest.

"In the words of those people, you stopped Zhou Jianhui from going to the U.S. headquarters to make a big deal about the Zang incident. It's just a little effort to make you an introduction."

Qian Jiang cheerfully reported the good news: "This should prepare you for the steps in advance. You will most likely be able to gain something next year."

He didn't understand this very well, but now that the end of the year was approaching, suddenly two official associations had extended an olive branch to Zhou Yi, and it was hard not to let him think too much.

"What can I gain? Can I sit in the front row at a literary and art commendation conference?"

Zhou Yi imagined the scene and felt a little nervous. Surrounded by a circle of old people, I am the only young man in his early twenties. This scene is somewhat...

"Let me remind you that one of the organizers of the Ten Outstanding Youth is the All-China Youth Federation."

"Besides, I'm not from Shandong."

Facing Qian Jiang's excitement, Zhou Yi didn't have much emotional ups and downs. For him, this was not as powerful as the recommendation of the Music Association. Besides, he has only received the invitation now. Even if he wants to be evaluated, it will have to be next year at the earliest.

"Go, go, you just tell me this in private, don't say such stereotypes outside."

Qian Jiang smiled and cursed before reminding him. After discussing these matters, the two of them walked out of the room in the side hall and returned to the banquet hall that had become a place for interpersonal communication——

And just after Zhou Yi changed into a white suit and returned to the scene, a dazzling bald head suddenly emerged from the crowd and walked towards him with a big smile: "You look much prettier than I remembered, A Yi, so He's tall and mighty, no wonder he makes girls happy so much."

"Mr. Huang?"

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised when he suddenly saw this man. Qian Jiang next to him immediately became more serious when he saw this man, and greeted him seriously: "Mr. Huang."

James Wong, Hong Kong’s top talent, is also one of the founders and promoters of the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s original and pure Chinese-style songs.

His no-nonsense style is his unique pride that has characterized him for so many years in the world, but he is also a top boss who was able to write "My Chinese Heart" in 1982.

It can be used by both high and low-income people, and it is extremely adaptable.

It's a pity that his private living habits were too chaotic, he didn't spend money properly, and he was addicted to tobacco and alcohol on weekdays, which eventually led to him suffering from lung cancer.

"Just call me by my first name. It makes me feel a lot older."

Huang Zhan, who became bald due to chemotherapy, is still very confident in his words. He even started a language talk show "Three Bald Guys" in Hong Kong last year, which can basically be regarded as the former "Undefended Tonight" Shrunk version.

"If I call it that, I'm afraid tomorrow all the newspapers in Hong Kong will say that I'm a bully." Zhou Yi shook hands with him and smiled and said jokingly: "I don't want to be accused by others yet."

“You’ve already penetrated the Hong Kong music scene, why do you still care about this?”

Huang Zhan laughed.

As a big boss who has been famous for his marketing and advertising since the beginning, it is impossible for Huang Zhan not to see the hype nature of this time, but he still came.

In addition to wanting to get in touch with this young man who has a bright future in the Chinese music scene, I also want to examine whether he is suitable for "Three Bald Guys" because ATV has always wanted to invite Zhou Yi to this show. Show chat.

"To be honest, Ah Yi, I still think that with your talent, it's a pity to only write these types of music. You can write more atmospheric songs, so that group of people will have shut up long ago, and there will be no way to make fun of them. Chi Wai Wai Wai."

Huang Zhan, who seemed to have become "familiar" with Zhouyi through champagne in a few sentences, patted his chest and promised: "Just like your "In the Name of the Father", the production is exquisite, the song also has great feeling, and you are also very good." He valued it so much that a 90-minute musical film was made specifically for it.

"But the public still can't accept it. Why? That's the reason. It's too Western."

It can be seen that Huang Zhan indeed has a deep understanding of the domestic people's love for music.

"In the Name of the Father" is the song that Zhou Yi put the most effort into, but the song ranking in the album "Lianshan" is at the bottom, which is only a little better than the obscure "Ghost".

In today's era, "The Godfather" is a fantasy that most Chinese people have never heard of, let alone the Italian Mafia. Ordinary people only have the impression of such people as ruffians.

It is precisely because of this that "In the Name of the Father" has become the most controversial song in Zhouyi's album.

Most casual fans think that Zhou Yi spent such a high price to invite Jiang Wen and make a musical movie. In the end, he ended up with such a highbrow thing. It was really a loss to his grandma's family. He might as well have written two more love songs;

A small number of die-hard fans believe that this song, together with "Susan Said", "East Wind Breaks", and "Beside the Plum", represents the highest level of Zhou Yi's exploration of different musical directions, and then they received extremely strong criticism. criticize.

Yes, extremely strong criticism.

The song "In the Name of the Father", even at this point in time, has not made even a splash in the market, and it belongs to a niche within a niche.

In terms of popularity alone, it can almost be said that it ranks first and second from the bottom in Zhouyi's Chinese song rankings together with "Ghost".

Even on the Internet where elites are everywhere, the praise rate of this song is far lower than that of Zhou Yi's other songs.

"It doesn't matter."

Zhou Yi shrugged slightly: "Just think of it as an attempt. It won't affect the album's sales anyway."

Even in the era of mature mobile Internet, the song "In the Name of the Father" is still an online carnival among the Internet crowd and an unpopular one among the offline public groups.

Many Jay Chou fans always think that the Dark Trilogy including "In the Name of the Father" is his golden body in China, but in fact this is not the case.

On the contrary, if Jay Chou did not have a Chinese style and only later became famous on the Internet for the Dark Trilogy, then he might have lost his golden status at the public level long ago, and he would not have the closeness that he did later. mythical status.

The Chinese public's acceptance of this completely Westernized song is not as high as expected.

Huang Zhanben, who loves talents eagerly, also wanted to take advantage of the few years he could live to correct Zhou Yi's thoughts about music and be a guide. But after chatting for a while, I was surprised to find that Zhou Yi was very clear about how to integrate Chinese cultural elements.

Even some of his ideas can in turn open up Huang Zhan's thinking.

As the last original faces of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, in the eyes of outsiders, the two people are considered a "confrontation between the old and the new", but in fact they are "similar" and talk happily. At the end of the chat, Huang Zhan, an old gangster, even introduced to Zhou Yi who is this year's Miss Hong Kong...

So much so that when many media reporters finally flocked to Huang Zhan to ask him what he thought of Zhou Yi, this unruly talent who once publicly said that Zhou Yi's songs were not grand enough actually... changed his tune? ? ?

"Ayi has a new song, and I was shocked after hearing his concept. We made a bet. If the final song can meet my high standards, then I will lose a Ferrari directly to him."

Facing reporters, Huang Zhan opened his mouth to give Ferrari as a gift, which was a bit heart-shaking.

And his remarks quickly aroused discussion among many fans - for no other reason than that the Flag looked familiar.

At the beginning of the millennium, Jay Chou, who is now second only to Zhou Yi in China, once received a promise from his elder Wu Zongxian to give him a sports car, but in the end this promise was changed again and again and nothing happened.

"Is it fake? How long has Huang Zhancai known Zhou Yi? He didn't even arrive for 24 hours. Can he just give the Ferrari as a gift?"

"Hiss, I can't tell for sure. It is said that this person is famous for being promiscuous. He used to spend money randomly. Now he has cancer and his life is not long."

"Uh, you mean, the person died and the money was not spent?"

"Don't he still have a wife and children..."

On the 16th, when the Sohu special topic updated the latest developments of Zhouyi's Hong Kong trip as usual, active Zhouyi fans started discussions one after another.

On the BBS of Peking University, many people were discussing, and suddenly someone yelled: "Go next door and watch the fun! Short and tight guy was beaten! He even got a rotten egg thrown at him!"