China Entertainment 2000

"Fuck! What a terrible movie!"

On the evening of January 3, 2003, Zhao Jie, who was walking out of the cinema with his girlfriend, couldn't help but scold Zhang Yimou, his face full of dissatisfaction with the movie "Hero".

"My girlfriend is a fan of Zhou Yi. After watching Zhou Yi's promotional song "The Elephant King", she kept clamoring to go to the cinema to watch this movie. I didn't want to go, but my girlfriend told me to believe in Zhou Yi.

"It turns out that I was right to have no expectations for Zhang Yimou. Wang Shuo was right. Zhang Yimou is just a decoration master. He can't be a big director at all! The movies he made are so fucking bad. If you want to watch them, I suggest you just watch the promotional clips of Zhou Yi's "The Elephant King" on TV..."

Unlike his girlfriend who happily shared the so-called peace, heroism, and Qin Shihuang concepts with her friends after watching the movie, Zhao Jie went straight to Tianya Community after returning home and posted a post to denounce Zhang Yimou's inhumanity.

Since Zhou Yi will appear in the China-Korea Song Festival tonight, his post with Zhou Yi in the title quickly attracted many netizens to post comments.

"Don't mention Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi is also average, and his song is more like a show of skill. Zhang Yimou, an art illiterate, doesn't know what Qin Shihuang did, but Zhou Yi, a top student from Peking University, can't he know what Qin Shihuang did? Is a tyrant like Qin Shihuang worthy of "The Elephant King"?

"Do you really think that netizens don't know what the elephant in "The Elephant King" represents?"

"The elephant king is a symbol of the nobility of Buddhism. The elephant is extremely powerful but acts cautiously, symbolizing wisdom in action. Why doesn't Qin Shihuang deserve this? If he didn't lack this wisdom and caution, he could have ascended the throne and unified the six kingdoms?"

"Forget it, the remaining strength of the six generations, even if there was no Zhao Zheng, there would be Zhao cats and Zhao dogs to unify the six kingdoms. A tyrant also deserves this song with the meaning of prosperity and peace?"

"To be honest, what Zhang Yimou wants to express in the movie "Hero" is that Qin Shihuang wanted peace in the world and create a prosperous era after unifying the six kingdoms. He is a hero in a broad sense. So there is nothing wrong with Zhou Yi matching him with this song of prosperity. This is the inner expectation of Qin Shihuang in the movie, and the music has concretized it."

"..."

Thanks to Zhou Yi's super high popularity in China and the rising box office of "Hero" in the market, the evaluation of this movie and even Zhou Yi on the Internet has become increasingly polarized.

At this time, the public opinion of Qin Shihuang Yingzheng on the Internet has not yet changed to "my charming ancestor", and he is still nailed to the tyrant's pillar of shame and repeatedly whipped.

Zhang Yimou's deliberate filming of a positive image of Qin Shihuang is enough to make people angry, not to mention Zhou Yi also added fuel to the fire with a pure music propaganda song that is obviously about the prosperity of the world.

What do you two mean?

Do you still want to praise the ideals of tyrants?

You two should be sent to build the Great Wall to see if you can still praise Qin Shihuang!

Among them, Wang Lihong's fans, who were ridiculed by Zhou Yi's fans for the failure of the English theme song of the Asian version of "Spider-Man", have become the most active main force at this moment.

As we all know, many of Wang Lihong's fans have not had much breathing power on the Internet recently.

As the first young male singer who relied on "Only" to compete with Zhou Yi in the mainland, many of Wang Lihong's fans once regarded themselves as the second in the country after forcibly brainwashing people to ignore that he actually debuted very early.

And he is the second who is capable of challenging the first at any time.

Unfortunately, the failure of Spider-Man's English theme song has made his fans lose the shield of Chinese Americans. Now that they have the opportunity to discredit Zhou Yi, they will naturally rush to the scene to laugh at him and fan the flames crazily.

"Zhou Yi should go to Korea to play with women. He is already on the list of rich women. He should learn from Tang Seng and be a rich man. Don't come back."

"It's hard to imagine that a top student would think that Qin Shi Huang deserves praise. All these years of study are in vain."

"I began to think that what Han Han said made sense. Reading books may not be useful. Isn't Zhou Yi's statement ironclad proof..."

"I am a passerby who only listens to songs but doesn't know the singers. Now it seems that Wang Lihong, who sings "Descendants of the Dragon", is more pleasing to the eye. At least he didn't whitewash the tyrants. "Descendants of the Dragon" is about us. Unlike Zhou Yi, "Yellow Man" seems to include Japanese and Koreans..."

"Fuck horse-faced fans, don't open a small account to accuse me..."

Zhao Jie never expected that his post would go from the discussion of the movie plot at the beginning to history, and then to the battle between the two singers' fan circles.

He wanted to correct the trend, but it was obvious that it was useless.

Although Wang Lihong has few fans, he is stubborn.

The two sides fought fiercely until the road was almost wiped out. Sun Yanzi, who was holding a lunch box and burping from time to time, narrowed his eyes into crescents. Seeing the joy, he did not forget to kick Zhou Yi, who was also eating fruit after dinner: "There is an account on Tianya saying that you got sick while playing abroad. Is it true or not?"

"?"

Zhou Yi, who was still chatting with Cheng Hao by text message, turned his head and looked at the woman sitting in front of the computer at the desk with a teasing face, and slowly typed a question mark: "Which bastard spread rumors about me?"

"What's the name of Free Beaver 3? What, do you still want to sue him?"

"It's him again? This is the third fucking account, and he is still so obsessed with slandering me?

"Fuck him, sue the hell, I want to scold him, get out of here."

Zhou Yi put down his cell phone and stood up and went to the computer. The back of his head suddenly appeared in front of Sun Yanzi's eyes. The latter tilted his head slightly, glanced at Zhou Yi, who was half-bent down, and was concentrating on finding the netizen's target to strike accurately, grinning silently——

Then, as if he was afraid of being discovered, he immediately closed the upward curve of his mouth and moved his neck twice.

Zhou Yi tilted the keyboard and transformed into a tilted key fairy and started typing wildly. The crackling sounds continued in the lounge where there was only the sound of TV commercials. An id named "Ye Aonai Wo He 3" turned out to be with that damned bird. The Beaver started its third battle to protect its account;

Sun Yanzi, who was chewing an orange segment in his mouth, started to lean back tactically after looking at it for a while, and quietly counted the number of luxuriant hairs on the back of Zhou Yi's head. If you make a mistake, just repeat the count. It's not boring at all, and you even enjoy it.

In the Internet war, Wang Lihong's fans who were still talking about "Descendants of the Dragon" soon faced a new wave of blows with the broadcast of the China-Korea Song Contest——

Here are the people who have finished reading "Young China".

…………………………………………

"Heizi speak!"

"What about "Descendants of the Dragon"? It's not written by Ma Lian himself, it's just an adaptation. My evaluation is that it's not as authentic as "The Story of Young China", which I studied in the Eight Classics textbook."

"How dare you, a red-faced fan of Masae Higan? Can you ask your master to change your nationality back first and then brag about it?"

"There are also those who criticize Zhou Yi for being crazy. They themselves have said that young people will be crazy when they are young. What else? If you are not crazy, then he can't be crazy?"

"..."

On January 4, with the broadcast of the China-Korea Song Concert, the appearance of "Young China" generated extraordinary popularity both in reality and on the Internet.

Because he participated in the closing ceremony of the World Cup between South Korea and Japan last year, Zhou Yi was once interpreted by jealous cultural opponents in the fan circle as because the song "Yellow Race" was too broad in general and meant to win the "favor" of Japan and South Korea. Only then did the py transaction come to its closing ceremony.

Although the lyrics of this song clearly refer to Chinese people.

More importantly, after the China-Korea Song Contest was aired, many official media outlets made a rare appearance to support "Young China" in person.

The first to publish a long article of praise was China Youth Daily, a central mainstream media——

""Young China": The cry of youth, the future of China."

An extremely formal title, a perfect hymn.

Zhou Yi, who had just joined the Music Association, immediately handed over an answer sheet that surprised everyone. With the promotion of Warner and the cooperation of the official media, the song "Young China" spread like a spark across the entire mainland in an instant.

On January 5, even Nanfang Daily, which has always been at odds with Zhou Yi, published a rare piece of praise——

"Mr. Liang Qichao's "Young China" is so popular that it is very difficult and thankless to adapt this kind of classic article into a popular song. But the author is very pleased to see Zhou Yi's attempt in this regard. He has the courage to adapt it His spirit is worth learning from each of us..."

To be honest, the popularity of "Young China Story" has soared in the mainland. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there must be someone behind it, but no one dares to jump out and cause trouble.

Warner immediately took advantage of the popularity in the first week of 2003. A long list of quotations was sent to Zhouyi, and the price went up a lot.

At the same time, on the "Ranking of Men Most Desirable to Keep", which was officially launched by Hong Kong entertainment and gossip media, Zhou Yi's name once again showed a dominating vote count as soon as it appeared, and he was left behind on the first day. The second place Gu Tianle received more than 1,800 votes!

Before the selection was over, there was no doubt about the winner.

Unless Zhou Yi becomes a legal expert like Xie Tingfeng in the next year, no one will be able to take off his crown.

"Tsk, tsk, someone is actually willing to spend three million yuan just to have dinner with you. This is really an exaggeration. You are actually so valuable."

"Is three million a lot? Let alone three million, I won't take it seriously even if it's four million or five million."

Warner, recording studio.

Zhou Yi, who was pulled by Sun Yanzi to help her monitor the recording of the English chorus song, was very disdainful of the public announcements made by those wealthy women in Hong Kong: "You will have to pay at least 10 million to have a meal with me. Who are you looking down on?"

"Then didn't I make hundreds of millions?"

With his butt raised and his hands raised, Sun Yanzi sat down on the table easily, swinging his legs, holding his chin with one hand and looking sideways at the man sitting on the chair, tapping and tapping himself regularly with his index and middle fingers. His chin seemed to have thought of something, and he smiled.

Zhou Yi glanced at her sideways: "You can think so."

"Then I'll take care of you this afternoon, so do your best." Sun Yanzi, who was smiling, threw the notebook away grandly: "Write as much or as little as you want. You can just draw 0 with your eyes closed."

"I'm not free in the afternoon, I have to go check it out."

Zhou Yi took off the cap of his pen and wrote 200 million on it in a serious manner: "In the evening, I have activities, but I am not free."

Sun Yanzi was stunned for a moment, then blinked: "Acceptance? What kind of acceptance activity? Are you accepting business?"

Business, to put it more clichély, is acupuncture.

For singers in this era, it is completely normal to make money by cheating. From top-tier singers to not-so-popular resident singers, things like acupuncture are commonplace. The most typical ones are concerts and various non-sponsored event performances, and even wedding celebrations.

Only Zhou Yi has not participated in this thing in Warner. Even she herself participated in several platter concerts last year, one of which was with Jay Chou, Zhou Huajian and others.

There is no way, the other party gave me too much.

In one day, just attending an event and singing two to three songs can earn you 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. Even for first-line singers, this price is difficult for many people to refuse.

Although the popularity of those at the level of Hong Kong's Four Heavenly Kings has declined, their status as celebrities and national popularity are still there. The price just to attend an event ranges from 800,000 to 1.5 million, and to sing is another price.

Apart from anything else, mainland bosses are really rich if they are rich.

As long as it doesn't violate the artist's taboos, such as spending money to bring two rivals together, they will usually agree for the sake of money.

Looking at the entire music scene, Zhou Yi is probably the only one who does not accept business. Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng, known as the godfathers, would go out for a walk from time to time and participate in activities to make money.

Captain Zhao even offered him RMB 60,000 per show to sing "I'm a Little Bird" at an event.

"Yes, I'm on business."

"Which family is from which family? I can actually invite you?" Sun Yanzi, whose curiosity was aroused, immediately asked.

Zhou Yi smiled mysteriously: "What do you think?"

"..."

Sun Yanzi pursed his lips and thought for a long time, then tentatively asked: "Give me a hint?"

"A ribbon-cutting event."

"The company is open? The real estate is for sale?" The woman subconsciously thought of these two aspects, but the man smiled and said nothing.

"How much did it cost you?"

"Hard to say."

"Then let me guess!"

Sun Yanzi immediately bared his teeth at the man to show threat and dissatisfaction: "If you don't say anything, I will pull him down. If you say it, it seems that I have no business."

"It's not that I didn't tell you. The main reason is that I'm afraid that you will be deeply affected. It would be bad if your heart is directly hit to the point of breaking out. Chen Zeshan will have to fight for me later."

"Tch, what I'm saying is that I've seen the world, okay."

As if he heard a joke, Sun Yanzi raised his right thumb and pointed at himself: "It's not like I don't make money myself. And my family doesn't talk about being rich. At the very least, it can be called wealthy. What a scene. I haven’t seen it? Can it still hit me?”

Just kidding, who doesn't know that Sun Yanzi is famous for her big heart.

"you sure?"

"certainly."

Sun Yanzi crossed his arms and shook his head proudly - confident, no words needed.

January 5, 3:30 pm.

When Sun Yanzi drove with Zhou Yi to the vicinity of Jianguo Road in Chaoyang District, the International Trade Center and the Huamao Center under construction made her secretly murmur in her heart——

Why are you here?

"Book of Changes, Yanzi."

After arriving at a high-end community, a person whom Sun Yanzi did not expect actually appeared at the door of the community and greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Hello Cheng? Why are you here?"

"Well, you have to ask Zhou Yi."

Cheng Hao smiled and raised his hand, naturally put his elbow on the man's left shoulder, and smiled at him.

"What else can you do? Of course you can help me cut the ribbon. Didn't I tell you before?"

Zhou Yi raised a smirk at the corner of his mouth, raised his hand without looking back, and pointed his thumb at the tall and gorgeous building behind him: "Did you see that building? Mine."

"...???"

"See that building? It's mine too, it's all mine."

"...???"

"The price is not expensive. In the future, I estimate it will be anywhere from a few hundred million to more than a billion."

"????"

Sun Yanzi opened his slightly confused eyes, and questions kept popping up in his head. The CPU in his brain couldn't turn around for a while: "How many, how many?"