China Entertainment 2000

Weird makeup, weird music, and indescribable lighting, everything looks gloomy and mysterious.

If this place was not decided by Zhou Yi, Jay Chou would even doubt where this place is.

Obviously, many of the audience were scared, some swore, some booed, but the long-haired and gloomy cross-dressing man on the stage was still as calm as an old dog, singing the song without being affected at all.

It was that the strong Northeast Errenzhuan style was somewhat beyond the understanding of many audiences on the scene-

Let alone them, even Xiao Yaxuan and Zhang Shaohan, as musicians, could not understand it.

On the contrary, Sun Yanzi, who had been looking for all kinds of strange and weird music to listen to, frowned at the beginning, shook his head, and couldn't help but beat the rhythm with his feet: "This is really... strange rock."

It feels very strange.

If you say it's good, it's definitely not good in the sense of the general public. At its peak, it should be a carnival in a niche circle.

But if you say it's bad...she really heard something else.

"Of course it's strange, he deliberately took this unconventional approach." Zhou Yi, who stretched out his hand to Sun Yanzi under the underworld lighting, was almost scared by the latter. When he found out that it was him, he breathed a sigh of relief and let the man take a piece of melon from his hand and walk away--"He used to sing rock in the capital, which was quite normal. However, at the end of the last century, he not only failed to sing, but was treated differently at a rock festival in Harbin. In a fit of anger, he put on women's makeup backstage and performed on stage. "As a result, this operation made him famous and he began to have more opportunities to perform and make money. "Compared to the rock attitude, this is actually more like a path dependence he discovered accidentally. Even if he was scolded by many people, as long as he caught a part of the people who were willing to watch him go crazy and play the clown, at least the band could survive. "Although there may be a few people who are willing to watch him." Why did the members of Second Hand Rose change again and again and continue to come and go until 2009? It was because they didn't get paid much. "How do you know so much? I met them when I was hanging out in the bar street before? "

Sun Yanzi was a little curious.

"I haven't met them, and I don't know if they have met me."

Zhou Yi smiled and shrugged: "I'm not bragging, I used to be a little famous in this area."

"They should hang the title of Little Zhou Yi, maybe they can be more popular."

Jay Chou, who came over, happened to hear his self-boasting words, and smiled and said: "It's just like seven out of ten people in Taiwan now want to debut as Little Zhou Yi."

"That's true. The newcomer named Pan Weibo from Universal Records became popular under the name of Little Zhou Yi."

Zhang Shaohan, who was also an old acquaintance, invited Jay Chou to sit down. The two people who were the most transparent in Zhou Yi's "Love Is You" MV in the past have now improved to the status of being able to sit at the table for dinner.

"I know that person, he is quite nice. ”

After more than two years of experience, Jay Chou, who is no longer shy, smiled and talked about some interesting things in the circle: "I also learned English from him, and he also recommended an English teacher to me."

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"What's wrong, why are you all looking at me so strangely? ? ”

Jay Chou, who was suddenly stared at by four people with strange eyes, may feel a little embarrassed: "I didn't go to college, it's normal that I don't know English, okay, you guys can-"

Jay Chou got stuck when he said this.

Zhou Yi, graduated from Peking University, his English is so good that he can get a master's degree in English;

Sun Yanzi, Singaporean, English is her mother tongue;

Xiao Yaxuan, although not a foreigner, also went to Canada to study at a young age, and her English is also very good.

Angela Zhang, Chinese, is also the only one among the four who didn't go to college. She has the same two prerequisites as him. But she went to Canada to live with her parents since she was a child and was forced to learn English...

Damn!!

Am I really the only one who can't speak a foreign language?!

Looking around, Jay Chou suddenly realized that I was the "illiterate"?

"Forget it, let's avoid this topic."

Jay Chou, who felt that he might humiliate himself if he continued to talk about this topic, took a bite of the apple and waved his hands: "I have a question for you, will anyone of you release an album in March this year? "

"March?"

It was the first time that the three girls heard Jay Chou ask others about their album release plans so clearly. Sun Yanzi, who was watching the show, asked again, "That's not the case. But why did you ask this? What, are you afraid of competing?"

"Speaking of these, when have I ever been afraid? I dare to release my album on the date of Jay Chou's album." When it comes to music, even though his current performance is obviously not as good as Jay Chou's, Jay Chou is still not afraid, and even has a posture of fighting again and again and never giving up.

At the peak of his personal creation, he is full of energy every day, especially with the powerful opponent Jay Chou, inspiration is sparking in his head every day, although many of them are inspirations he draws from Jay Chou's album songs.

This is also a point that he sincerely admires Jay Chou.

It is simply a miracle that the album can sell well while balancing artistry and commerciality.

"Then what do you want to do in March?" Elva Hsiao was a little curious.

"This is Cai Yilin's album. She is coming back. She plans to release her comeback album in March. This album is very important to her, so she specially chose the off-season of March to release it, so that it can become an instant hit. Return to the mainstream music market."

Talking about his fake girlfriend, Jay Chou had a somewhat bright smile on his face: "She is not familiar with you. She knew that I was coming to the mainland this time, so she asked me to ask about the date of your album. If we might meet, She just changed the date.”

To be honest, at first he just found it annoying that the company was hyping up "double J love".

But it has to be said that Cai Yilin, who came back from Japan to adjust, really impressed his emotional value. In their daily interactions, he even saw a bit of the charm of the goddess Xu Ruoxuan in his mind. In the end, the two The fake show came true.

"I don't."

When he heard what he said, Sun Yanzi was the first to raise his hand and said that he had no such plan.

Her new album was only released in November last year, and the next album must be released at least half a year later to allow the market to fully digest it, and she cannot waste her high popularity.

Elva Hsiao, who released her album in July last year, shrugged: "Neither did I. After renewing my contract with Virgin, my terms are no longer so pressing. I have been busy with work for so long, so I plan to rest for a few more months."

Not to mention Angela Chang. Thanks to the declining performance of the record market, Fu Mao currently plans to let her, who is unexpectedly popular in the field of idol dramas, continue to shine in this field. She will first accumulate more popularity through the idol drama ost and then make a debut. Second degree.

"Okay, then I can inform her later."

Jay Chou was very excited when he got the exact answer in person, and Zhou Yi wanted to laugh a little.

The so-called double J love is actually a love relationship with unequal status - Cai Yilin, who has fallen into a trough, will try to move closer to what he likes in order to capture Jay Chou's heart.

During this period, the person she chose to imitate in private was Xu Ruoxuan, Jay Chou's dreamy but unavailable goddess.

The most typical representative should be the two's early collaboration song "Say I Love You".

This type of song is what Cai Yilin hates the most, and it is also the type of song that she was forced to sing the most by the company before the lawsuit, otherwise she, the so-called boy killer, would not have jumped to Sony.

But when Cai Yilin gained momentum, the relationship between the two gradually became equal. At this time, Cai Yilin in private is no longer the Cai Yilin that Jay Chou expected and liked——

She wanted to follow the style of an independent woman. After crossing the river with Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki, she saw this outlet and wanted to eat this fresh piece of cake. She wants to work hard for her career, and "Chivalry", which she wrote her own lyrics for, is the path she wants to take.

When conflicts arise between routes, breakup is inevitable.

This is also one of the reasons why Jay Chou will be deeply affected by Chen Zeshan’s ranking incident in the future——

In front of the media, Cai Yilin was not even willing to make a haha, and openly stood up to Chen Zeshan.

It's all just because Jay Chou can't help her get to the next level, but Chen Zeshan can.

Cai Yilin's extreme fan group that soon tore through the entire domestic music circle among her peers was established under Chen Zeshan's control.

After she learned it, she was even able to change her own style of play, so much so that in the Internet age, even Jay Chou, who has a cliff-leading number of fans among domestic singers, can't tear her apart or scold Cai Yilin's fans on the Internet.

The four elders and three younger ones in the same period were even torn apart by her family, showing a self-centered demeanor. After Zhang Shaohan unexpectedly rejuvenated, the reputation of dutiful daughter was immediately given to her;

Ai Sun Yanzi became popular and brought about Sun Yanzi's rejuvenation. After that, he even stared at her to find dirty information. He even asked her sister Sun Yanmei about her head and expressed support for her to sever the sister relationship with her. So can you give me some information about your sister's support for independence? Stone hammer, just one sentence.

In the end, Sun Yanmei was singled out, saying that even if we severed the sisterhood, you Cai Yilin fans should not get involved and confuse right and wrong.

So, the question is, how did Sun Yanmei know that Fang Tie was a fan of Cai Yilin?

Obviously, it was because her sister Sun Yanzi and Cai Yilin were good friends.

It's a pity that Sun Yanzi regards Cai Yilin as her best friend, but the latter uses her as marketing materials - after attending Sun Yanzi's wedding, she even used overwhelming marketing to market herself as the only insider invited by Sun Yanzi. What? There are a lot of drafts about sisterly love.

But in fact, only a few people were invited to Sun Yanzi's wedding at that time. In addition to Cai Yilin, celebrity friends in the industry also invited Zhang Huimei and Cai Jianya. The former was because the announcement was not made, and the latter happened to be because my father died, and I was busy organizing the funeral and didn't make it.

Not to mention that some of my friends who are musicians in the industry also went.

Sun Yanzi, who couldn't accept her sisters using her wedding as a marketing tool, gradually drifted away from Cai Yilin.

Later, Cai Yilin also became one of the few female singers who took more photos with male singers than female singers.

The big four, three little ones, and others all have photos of themselves in the same frame, arranged and combined in their own way. Only Cai Yilin was not photographed with anyone, even if she attended the same event.

Being able to ruin everyone's relationships is also a skill.

"Zhou Yi, what are you laughing at? Is it possible that you are going to release an album in March?" Jay Chou was a little surprised.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, the new English album will be released in March as expected, because the Grammy Awards is at the end of February."

"That's okay."

Jay Chou, who thought he was a Chinese major, waved his hand nonchalantly, and then asked curiously: "Have you decided on your second English album? What's the album's name?"

"It's decided, it's called "Forever Young"

Zhou Yi smiled and said the album name.

"Forever young? What do you mean? What style?"

Jay Chou was stunned.

He still understands this bit of English, and he is still learning English after all.

"Brother, you play rock and roll, what's the point of playing it~~"

Zhou Yi was about to speak, but the opening words of the album's title song "Trick" by Secondhand Rose lead singer Liang Long came from downstairs. Then he smiled casually and without looking back, he raised his right thumb and pointed towards the audience: "There should be more rock elements."

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"Rock?"

New York, USA.

The director of the headquarters who was responsible for connecting with Zhou Jianhui heard the introduction of Zhou Yi's new song and frowned slightly: "Isn't this too risky?"

"No, believe me."

Zhou Jianhui openly expressed his trust in Zhou Yi: "Our next public relations campaign will portray Spike as someone who is not afraid of the oppression of evil forces in the music industry. Eminem is a bad boy anyway.

"Depending on the situation, it can turn into racial discrimination, but it cannot be done too quickly. It depends on the direction of the Grammys."

"...ok, okay."

After thinking for a long time, and considering Zhou Yi's huge commercial value and market, the visitor nodded, then ended the conversation and walked out of the conference room.

Zhou Jianhui, who had used up a lot of words, could only curse in his heart.

You are still thinking about infighting at this fucking time, your US headquarters is really a bunch of talented people.

It was only thanks to him that he argued hard, pounded the table and almost had to engage in a full-scale martial arts show with those idiots, and then he successfully finalized the plan.

Zhou Jianhui was so angry that he even refused the evening invitation and planned to have a good time alone in the hotel suite.

But at this time, he unexpectedly received a call from another important person——

Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Former President of Universal Group.

Of course, he also has another identity - the chairman of Bronfman Investment Group, who is trying to acquire Warner Records alone.

Because of the constant infighting within the Time Warner Group between traditional entertainment and the singer and record value of Warner Records, Edgar Bronfman Jr. has set his sights on Warner Records. Time Warner has not yet decided whether to carve it out. Self-help meat.

"I've heard your name, Jianhui Zhou."

To show his sincerity, Edgar Bronfman Jr. even read out Zhou Jianhui's Chinese name: "I like Spike's music very much, and I also know that you discovered him. I am also a person who likes music very much. , I think we should sit down and have a drink if we have time?”

"Mr. Bronfman, you should know that we cannot meet in private for the time being." Zhou Jianhui narrowed his eyes and said calmly.

"Nonono, we didn't meet in private, we met by chance."

Edgar Bronfman Jr. emphasized.