China Entertainment 2000

December 28, 2002, Saturday, a not very beautiful day.

Because he was forced to leave the warm bed, Sun Yanzi had a slumped face as soon as he lifted the quilt. He did nothing. He just sat on the bedside bench and wandered around for several minutes - his eyes were blank. God seems to be emptying his head.

It was still dark outside the window, and the dim street lights were still on duty. When the assistant called, the phone screen lit up and showed the time - 04:13 in the morning.

The bags under his sleepy eyes could not be eliminated even with cold water. Sun Yanzi, who was trying to wake himself up from his chaotic state, dipped his hands into some cold tap water and stood in front of the sink hesitating for a long time. Several times he wanted to take a shot with the water. He couldn't even bring himself to touch his own cheek.

"Yanzi, breakfast has been bought for you. You can eat it right away when you get off the bus. In addition, after this morning's sponsor event, you have to take makeup photos for China Mobile's advertising. Then you are going to There were also rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala, an event for a fashion magazine, and an exclusive interview with the media, mainly asking questions about the theme song of the movie "Go Left, Go Right"..."

The assistant's voice also sounded tired, but he still reminded her dutifully.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Yanzi held her messy short hair, closed her eyes, gritted her teeth and stamped her feet. She turned on the faucet and poured it on her face. The cold feeling of the cold water across her skin made her instantly excited. Goosebumps spread all over my body.

Even though she was well prepared, Sun Yanzi was inevitably stimulated to the point where she kept saying "ssssssss". A few strands of unmanaged hair stood up as she shook her head. Sun Yanzi was looking at her in pain. Yanzi looked at the mirror twice, and after fiddling with some strange shapes, he was able to dispel some of the unspeakable anger he felt when he got up.

"Persevere, keep persisting, and you'll be fine if you finish these two days."

At eight o'clock, Chen Zeshan, who also got up early, kept coaxing Sun Yanzi, who had finished her makeup and styling, and said kind words: "China Mobile's endorsement is crucial to your image promotion. This fashion magazine also values ​​you very much. This These are resources that cannot be turned away.”

After China Mobile confirmed that it would launch the M-Zone business in March next year, Sun Yanzi, who had been at the negotiating table with them for a long time, finally made it to the first batch of spokespersons. Now he is preparing to shoot various promotional materials and wait for the new year. It is then used to warm up the M-Zone business.

"I've been hearing this from you for more than half a month."

Then Sun Yanzi picked up a newspaper and covered his face, raising his head, his voice sounded weak. I was about to close my eyes to rest, but when I saw the content published in this newspaper, my eyes suddenly widened——

"The Talented Man is Romantic!" The little princess of Samsung and Zhou Yi returned to the hotel together! 》

?

Sun Yanzi, who was completely sleepless in an instant, immediately sat up straight and subconsciously checked the time of the report - well, it was today.

Let me see what's going on...

Sun Yanzi, who barely needed a magnifying glass to look at the details of the photo, subconsciously scratched his temple with his index finger on his right hand. He couldn't figure out the reason for a while -

The photos taken by Korean paparazzi cannot be said to be blurry, but they are not very clear. However, relying on her familiarity with Zhou Yi, she was indeed able to identify whether it was him.

"As expected, when I woke up, there was definitely a paparazzi's progress bar about Zhou Yi's pick-up with girls in Korea."

"I just said it must be groundless. There is definitely something fishy between these two!"

"We all went back to the hotel together this late in the evening. I don't dare to think about what we will do together next..."

In chat rooms, forums, website news areas and other Internet areas on weekends, there are often more users and more active users than on weekdays. Some people even started to look up the information of this little Samsung princess——

"I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I have hundreds of millions of dollars in assets at a young age. My family is one of the most famous chaebols in Samsung..."

"Wait a minute, hundreds of millions of dollars??? Zhou Yi himself doesn't have this property now, does he? Is this like the actor who plays Tang Monk who fell in love with a rich woman?"

"Upstairs, it's still different. At least Tang Seng's rich woman is older, and this Samsung one is only two years older than Zhou Yi. And this Samsung one may inherit more property in the future."

"..."

In 2002, domestic netizens did not know much about South Korea, and Samsung had not evolved to the point where it later controlled the lifeline of the entire Korean economy. Netizens' knowledge of celebrities was limited to a few imported Korean TV series and movies.

Even the fact that Sun Yue is the goddaughter of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung is not really discussed on the Internet.

If it weren't for the fact that Samsung's mobile phones have made a splash in the country's high-end business position, which has boosted Samsung's popularity, I'm afraid many people don't even know what Samsung is, and they might think it is Jackie Chan's Mitsubishi.

Thanks to Zhou Yi's continued popularity in China, the movie "Hero", which also continues to increase in box office and popularity, has also completely polarized its reputation - people who like it like it very much, and people who hate it even love it. And he even scolded Zhou Yi who was promoting it——

"Don't ask why he scolded him, he should scold him! He just wrote a promotional song for such a garbage movie, doesn't he always cherish his feathers?!"

"Zhou Yi's crime is not that serious. He just gets paid to write promotional songs. It's none of his business what the plot is like. He's not even an actor. He only has the skills of a three-legged cat."

"I have a story. His performance in "In the Name of the Father" was pretty good. I heard that he was trained by being locked up in a dark room without food for a day and night by director Ning Hao. Is this true?"

"In the Name of the Father?"

"Yes, I heard that he is now regarded as the godfather of Chinese pop music abroad, just because he participated in the music movie of this song..."

As two major movies that can almost be said to be "released at the same time", one relies on Zhou Yi's connections, while the other knows everything.

Thanks to its popularity as a niche product, "In the Name of the Father" has also burst out with a new vitality in China - its rankings have not recovered much, but its reputation on the Internet has gradually become so arrogant that it has begun to stomp on its head.

Not convinced?

If you don't accept it, why don't you go out and sell it?

You can't sell it, man.

Look at our Zhouyi, this one "In the Name of the Father" alone has actually made a fortune in the United States.

"In the Name of the Father" was directly put on the shelves through China's major channels around the world, which is something that Warner Records itself cannot do.

And it is precisely because of this that Warner, who started a disc selling business, gave Zhou Yi a big surprise——

On December 29, with strong local promotion, the total global sales of "In the Name of the Father" DVD reached an astonishing 920,000 copies, which has broken the ceiling of foreign sales of Chinese songs by Chinese-speaking singers.

And this is far from the limit of Zhouyi's "Lianshan" album.

Because "In the Name of the Father" opened in Europe and the United States in a different way by relying on its subject matter, while its sales were reported to be increasing, there was also a group of people in China who came to support it.

This directly led to an increase in the total sales of Zhouyi's Chinese records - reaching just over nine million copies.

On the 31st, with the increasingly obvious snowball effect, a concept appeared in the album market that was once again booming due to Warner's hype - helping Zhou Yi break into the multi-million record club.

Whether it's South Korea or Japan, these two movie theaters are basically where Warner focuses its promotions. It's not a problem for Warner to send a lot of employees to unknowingly set the pace. Especially since it is the New Year's Day holiday, there are many idle people in these two places.

As for domestically, Warner does not need to personally end it. They only need a little guidance, and a large number of career fans will manually help Zhouyi promote it.

On January 1st, the "China-Korea Song Festival" with the same song special section approaching South Korea officially released the New Year's Day preview, stating that the program will be broadcast on time at 7:30 pm on January 3rd, and also focused on cutting out Zhouyi's figure.

And it was in this noisy atmosphere that on January 3, 2002, Warner suddenly released an announcement that shocked the entire music and entertainment circles, but it was reasonable -

"Zhou Yi's total global sales of Chinese albums exceeded 10 million, making him the first singer in the new century to have his cumulative album sales exceed 10 million!"