China Entertainment 2000

"Are you saying that what is said about you on the Internet is true?"

Zhou Yi pushed up his drooping sunglasses with the index finger of his right hand, chuckled and asked, "I'm not a clay figure who can't hit or scold me. I can't scold me back when others scold me, right?"

"Then what do you think of yourself being nominated for a total of 58 awards from various countries?"

"I'll read the newspaper at home."

"How many trophies do you think you can win? There will be conflicts in the schedule of some award ceremonies. Will you choose to give up?"

"Kids do multiple choice questions, man."

Zhou Yi patted the shoulder of this male reporter, who looked to be only in his twenties, in a friendly manner: "When a mature adult faces this kind of problem, he will just say I want it all."

"..."

I believe you!

If you dare to ask for everything, others will not give you everything!

Do you really think that the award ceremony is held by your own family and you can buy as much as you want?

"There are rumors that Sun Yanzi, Elva Hsiao, and Zhang Shaohan signed with China Mobile because of you behind the scenes. Is this true?"

"There is also Jay Chou who signed a contract with China Mobile. Why don't you mention him? Sexism?"

Zhou Yi glanced at the reporter who was trying to make big news: "Today's society advocates equality between men and women. Let me tell you, you are maliciously discriminating against male singers."

Reporter Qian Yijing: "..."

God damn sexism!

What kind of crazy thinking do you have? !

Qian Xiaojing thought that he had experienced many battles and had seen a lot. In the past, his colleagues at the newspaper office said that Zhou Yi often acted out of common sense, but he didn't take it seriously. But it was only after he took the rotation to work in Zhouyi that he finally understood what his colleagues were saying about being in pain but happy.

He loved Zhou Yi's mouth, but it could easily make him seem dull as an interviewer - after all, he was also a serious journalism graduate.

"I--"

"I'm sorry, sir, the interview time is over. Ayi still has a lot of work to deal with."

Before Qian Xiaojing could ask further questions, Qian Jiang, who also walked out of the Warner Building, came over with crab steps, raised his belly, and blocked the reporter who was still trying to stalk him. Yan Shishi, and waved to the security guard to follow.

"Wait a minute, Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! I..."

The unwilling reporter could only watch Zhou Yi being escorted all the way to the car by his team, shouting his name with all his strength but getting nothing...

“The popularity of ‘Super Star’ exceeded the company’s expectations.”

Qian Jiang, who had collected all the data early, was filled with emotion: "I'm afraid you have no hope of winning the Song of the Year title this year. The increase in "Super Star" is so terrifying that even Taiwan was pushed to the top." ”

The so-called song of the year may seem deceptive, but it is actually just a piece of entertainment for the media from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places.

Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland basically play their own games.

For example, in Taiwan, many Taiwanese media believe that the song of the year in 2000 should be Liu Ruoyin's "Later" or Lin Yilian's "At least I still have you" instead of Zhou Yi's "Happy Worship". Hong Kong recognizes Xie Tingfeng's "Because" Love So Love" or "Live Viva".

Although in the head-to-head competition for the rankings that year, Zhou Yi relied on hype to overtake him, but in the end it was still false. The two sides still said that public opinion was reasonable, and mother-in-law said mother-in-law was right.

In 2001, Taiwan thought it was F4's "Meteor Shower", and Hong Kong people thought it was Zhang Xueyou's "If This Isn't Love" or Wang Jie's "Unromantic". Anyway, they don't recognize the same data in the front-end rankings. The strong and consecutive championship can be called the terrifying "Jiangnan".

Only last year, after the accumulation of popularity of the first two albums, "Fairy Tale" almost dominated all the charts in the three places across the Taiwan Strait in an unrivaled manner. Most local media practitioners recognized it as the strongest song of the year.

There is no way. If in 2000 Taiwan could still rely on the two strong candidates for the Chinese-language golden song list of the century, "Later" and "At least you" to refute Zhou Yi's only hype, then the year after In "Jiangnan", both Taiwan and Hong Kong are actually stubbornly resisting——

Until they ran out of excuses and waited for the massacre of "Fairy Tale" in 2002.

Faced with a completely one-sided trend, even the media in Hong Kong can only bow their heads and admit defeat.

"If Taiwanese and Hong Kong singers haven't been able to beat your song this year, then I think they will pinch their noses and praise this song "Super Star" as the number one song of the year."

Qian Jiang couldn't help but laugh out loud when he said this.

In the past, there was only Warner, but now this song is joined by Viking and Foremost, so its influence has naturally expanded a lot.

"This is nonsense. Not many people recognize it now."

Zhou Yi casually glanced at the document handed over by Qian Jiang.

This so-called annual data honor is only useful in the mature era of mobile Internet from 2018 onwards - to be precise, it is a by-product after the 2019 Jay Chou team's hype on Weibo rankings.

At that time, the main branch of the Chinese music scene had been going downhill for too long. Active Internet users took advantage of Jay Chou's Weibo chart to create public hype. Not only did they attract new fans who had not experienced that era, it also caused a stir. A group of old fans born in the 1990s collectively miss their youth.

This accidentally triggered the concept of "War of the Gods at the beginning of the Chinese music scene".

Before 2018, this concept was completely unsystematic, and any music article written at the beginning of the millennium would at most be nostalgic for the past youth.

After 2018, this concept was gradually perfected by the mature mobile Internet system, and familiar old songs were dug up one after another. The wave of archeology began from then on, and gained the greatest extent after the Weibo ranking incident in 2019. diffusion.

It was only at this time that Jay Chou's "thousand-year-old second son" was ridiculed by most people——

Because various annual song data and videos that emerged in the next two years prove that Jay Chou was popular and awesome in those early years at the beginning of the century, but basically every year there was a song that was more popular than him. On the forehead.

Even at its peak in 2004's "Qili Xiang", there was Lin Junjie's "Jiangnan" that competed with him.

"It doesn't matter how many people recognize it, at least it can increase the cohesion of your fans a lot."

Qian Jiang was not surprised by Zhou Yi's disapproval.

Without much active income, Zhou Yi has always been too lazy to touch these so-called honors.

"How is the recording of the English album going?"

“If I’m fast, I can get it all done before I go abroad to attend the Grammy Awards.”

Zhou Yi overturned the chair comfortably, lay down, put his left hand behind his head and said comfortably: "Including the preparation time, after the Grammy is over, I can take advantage of the popularity and release it."

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he was not included in the Brit Awards, known as the British Grammys, the first foreign music awards ceremony he needed to attend this year would have been the Brit Awards on February 20. .

The 45th Grammy Awards will be held on February 23rd.

"Those British guys are tough enough. You and Eminem, the two male singers with the most popular albums in the world last year, really only nominated you two."

Qian Jiang felt funny when he thought of those stingy British guys.

"There's nothing you can do about it. I'm from China, and Eminem is American. The British guys will definitely not choose us two if they have a choice."

Zhou Yi nonchalantly picked at the invisible dust between his fingernails and joked: "The stick of racial discrimination will just be left to ferment by then. We don't need to worry about it. We just sell albums in the UK."

The rhythm has already been set, so it is none of his business how it develops in the end.

"It's possible, but I still think it's too risky. If your new album doesn't catch the heat, we'll be hit hard, and the public opinion will probably be that you're humiliating yourself. "

Qian Jiang still hesitated when he thought about the possible consequences.

It's not that he can't trust Zhou Yi, but if he fails to play with this kind of racial sentiment, the price will be too high. This can be said to be walking a tightrope.

Once Zhou Yi's new album fails to reach the level of "Attitude Show" - no, it should be said that if it "only" has the quality of "Attitude Show", I'm afraid it won't be able to stop everyone's mouths.

Because there are still shortcomings in "Attitude Show".

And this "Attitude Show" album, if you look at it through colored glasses, is definitely a record that is worthy of being included in Rolling Stone magazine's historical album list.

This means that if Zhou Yi wants to accept this pressure and transform the role of marketing, he must produce an album that is guaranteed to be included in the top 200, top 150, or even top 100 in world pop music history.

Only the better he is, the more he can prove that he was "racized" if he did not win the award and was criticized.

This is too difficult.

"As long as I don't give them a chance, that's fine, right?"

Zhou Yi's second English album playlist appeared in his mind with a smile on his lips——

"Forever Young"

The theme of his second album, a total of ten songs.

Songs one to three on side A: "Enemy", "Natural", and "Shots".

The three songs from the Menglong band as a whole portray a red-shirted Zhou Yi who always maintains strength, self-analysis and explosive power.

"Enemy", as the lead single, has already gained fame. The song's fearless spirit against all enemies and all hatred has been clearly demonstrated, and a young and unyielding heart beats in the chest;

After this, it’s “Natural”.

In today's complex world, the same rice feeds all kinds of people. As long as you truly have a big heart and truly learn to believe in yourself, the judgmental looks and hateful words from the outside world will become meaningless.

Immediately afterwards came the closing song "Shots" of Red Zhouyi.

The first two songs are about self-improvement, anger, and indomitable explosive power, so this song is used to self-analyze and encourage those who have made mistakes after being too passionate.

A person who does not realize his own mistakes is terrible.

Only by maintaining the ability to self-analyze, knowing what mistakes you have made, and making peace with these mistakes can you continue to maintain a healthy attitude and welcome a new future.

The mistake is not terrible. What is terrible is that you have lost the motivation to look forward and your young heart.

If you think you are an ordinary person, a person who can only realize your youthful dreams in books, in the news, and in comics, then it doesn't matter.

Because no one stipulates that you must be born extraordinary.

From this, the definition of the second stage of the Orange Shirt Zhouyi——

Two songs from Coldplay: "Something Just Like This" and "Viva La Vida".

I don’t have superhuman abilities, nor do I have the wealth of Batman, nor do I have the magical power of a mythical figure. I am not even as passionate and self-reliant as others, but even if I am ordinary, I will still have my own fantasy and romance in life as a small person - —

"Something Just Like This".

In sharp contrast to the ordinary little characters in the previous paragraph, "Viva la Vida" is narrated in the voice of Louis XVI, a grand and desolate but exciting story.

Little people are also life, and big people are also life. Even though they lead completely different lives, life is not high or low - long live life.

Go to side B.

With side A already undertaking a grand narrative, Zhou Yi chose emotion at the beginning of side B.

In this regard, in order to bring a fresh listening experience, he took the lead in choosing two songs from the Magic Red Band: "One More Night" and "Payphone".

In these two songs, Zhou Yi is dressed in green fir.

The lyrics of "One More Night" elaborate on the guilt in a man's heart, implicitly expressing that people's romantic entanglements are sometimes like a fight and the pull of love;

Next is "Payphone", a song about the old love for the other party after the breakup, showing the image of an affectionate young man in a linear expansion.

For comparison, Zhou Yi chose two songs from the Republic era - "Apologize" and "Counting Stars" for the third and fourth songs on side B.

Here he is in blue.

If the two songs "One More Night" and "Payphone" show the pull and pull in love due to money and environment, and the affection after a breakup, then "Apologize" brings a decisive attitude in relationships. , not sloppy at all.

Since a relationship has chosen to end, there is no need to linger on it too much. Even if the other party is regretting it, it will not help if you keep saying sorry in time, because you have started a new life and you will no longer let yourself be consumed by the relationship. Caught in the whirlpool of money——

"Counting Stars" is jokingly called an inspirational song about counting stars.

At the same time, this song can also be used as a summary of the three songs before B - whether you are stuck in the quagmire of love, money, or life, or you have turned around and withdrawn from the vortex, if you feel tired, then lie down Look at the stars and listen to this song.

And the last song is "We Are Young" from the band Fun.

The opening chapter begins with a "Zhou Yi" in a suit singing in a tavern narrating a story. At the same time, four "Zhou Yi" wearing red, orange, green and blue shirts appear in the tavern team, following on the stage suit Zhou Yi toast.

Zhou Yi, who is in a suit on the stage, sings songs and tells stories, and off the stage, Zhou Yi, who is wearing a shirt of four colors, is partying with others in the pub - a pun intended.

Zhou Yi on the stage put on a suit jacket, covering the red, orange, green and blue floral shirt underneath.

It can be said that this album is based on the song "We Are Young", which is crazy and we will grow old, and interprets the theme of the entire album in reverse order - forever young, always passionate, and always full of tears.

You can think that the passion, self-analysis, romance of little people, magnificent historical self-narrations of big people, the deep affection for a relationship and the determination to start a new life that the above nine songs talk about are all crazy fictional stories;

It can also be thought that the above nine songs are not just stories, but everything that the "Four Zhouyi" experienced when they were young off the stage.

But what Zhou Yi, the suit on the stage, wants to tell you is that whether it’s stories or facts, they are part of this world——

When encountering difficulties, we must continue to strive for self-improvement, and when encountering mistakes made in failures and setbacks, we must learn to self-analyze.

You only live once in this world. The romance of little people is not shameful, and the life of big people is not noble.

On the way to growth, everyone will encounter emotional forks and quagmire in life. There is no need to be internally consumed.

Even if the pure white shirt that represents your infancy has been dyed with other colors as you grow up, you can still put on a suit jacket to cover up the colorful shirt and continue to tell your story and write about you on stage. life.

Only by maintaining your true heart, always being passionate, and always having tears in your eyes, can you be forever young in the true sense——

Because you are still alive and you are still experiencing it.

Forever Young.