China Entertainment 2000

The wooden beads are very moist, and they don't feel astringent like they were brand new from the factory.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yi was obviously a little hesitant when he got it - for a child like Sun Yanzi who grew up in a Chaoshan family, it is difficult to say whether this string of bracelets would have been in her family more than ten years ago. An elder begged her for it.

This is exactly what happened——

In Sun Yanzi's somewhat reminiscing words, it was her grandma who gave her this string of beads.

"You're giving me something so commemorative?"

"I haven't worn one in a long time and I think you need it more than I do now."

Sun Yanzi playfully raised his hands in a cheering gesture: "I bless you, go to America and win that damn Grammy!"

"..."

"What's wrong? You really don't have any confidence, do you? That's not okay. Come and learn from me, hold your head high and be confident."

Seeing that the man made no movement, Sun Yanzi turned around in surprise.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yi glanced down at the bracelet and chuckled: "Winning that damn Grammy?"

"Yes, win that damn Grammy, go for it!"

Sun Yanzi, who clenched her little fists and was just playing the gongs and drums, was so confident that those who didn't know thought she was going to compete in the Grammy Awards.

Although she was selected for the Best Pop Chorus Performance with Zhou Yi for "Good Time", judging from the news in the United States, there is no possibility of winning this singing category.

She is not someone who likes to hang out on the red carpet, so there is no need to rush to post the faces of those European and American singers. After all, she doesn’t have any Western filters.

Having grown up in Singapore, she is very aware of what the Western music scene is like. She might as well sleep well at home and go out for a walk and go shopping with Cheng Hao. At least her life in China is better. Get used to it.

"Go, go, go!"

Sun Yanzi, who felt that I had the advantage, had obviously forgotten the content of the guarantee she signed. After all, she could not think of any way to lose in a game that was guaranteed to win.

"That's it for now, let's eat first."

Downstairs, Cheng Hao, who specially cooked a luxurious lunch to see off Zhou Yi, called.

There is an old saying that goes like this, if you want to conquer a man's heart, you must first conquer his stomach - but these days, Cheng Hao feels that it is hard to say whether he has conquered Zhou Yi's stomach, at least he should have conquered it. Sun Yanzi’s stomach.

Whenever the two of them were at home, Sun Yanzi wished she had three meals a day at Cheng Hao's house. She would only go back to her house to sleep, and she was a greedy person.

"Oh, by the way, Cheng Hao, is there anything you want me to bring to my uncle and aunt? For example, some local specialties from China?" Zhou Yi, who didn't have the slightest bit of self-consciousness that he was attending an awards ceremony, almost asked the question during the meal. Let Cheng Hao's brain shut down.

"Do you still have time to find my parents?"

"What you are saying is that my personal freedom is not restricted..."

In the restaurant, Sun Yanzi was holding a big bowl and immersed himself in cooking, his cheeks were bulging, and there were a few grains of crystal clear white rice stuck to the corners of his mouth...

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"Going to the Grammys!" The first person in Chinese music history! 》

"Super star!" The Emperor Superstar is coming to Europe and America! 》

"The little emperor marches on his own expedition!" The European and American king vomited three liters of blood! 》

"..."

Early the next morning, when Zhou Yi and Qian Jiang officially flew from the imperial capital to New York with their team members, reporters from media outlets from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places in China came up with their reports - the accompanying pictures were all of Zhou Yi wearing sunglasses. Pictures of airport appearances.

As the only child in the village, Zhou Yi's trip to the United States has attracted a lot of attention both at home and abroad.

Because CCTV did not dare to bet on whether Zhou Yi would win the prize, and was afraid that his appearance would directly put Zhou Yi in a position where he could not get off the stage, so he did not send a special reporter to follow the whole process one-on-one.

But correspondingly, they called back several reporters who were still on vacation and asked them to assign shooting tasks in the name of going to New York for study and study - without any fanfare and quietly.

Other media did not have so much thought. TV reporters headed by Phoenix Satellite TV all started their trip to New York. Only the online media, because Zhou Yi signed an exclusive contract with Sohu, only Sohu News could Reporters were dispatched to follow the entire Grammy process.

The most frequently asked topic among various domestic musicians and people in the entertainment industry is what they think of Zhou Yi’s Grammy trip——

Although they vaguely sensed that this might be a ploy to boost domestic public expectations for Zhou Yi to win the award, Warner has not found out who is behind the scenes this time.

In other words, there are too many people behind the scenes.

They are entangled with each other for this common goal, muddying the water to the point where even Warner can't figure it out now.

In foreign countries, especially the United States, there is also a lot of enthusiasm for Zhou Yi's arrival——

However, compared with domestic expectations for Zhou Yi, the American media, in addition to various analyzes of Zhou Yi, also mixed a lot of fears and doubts about him——

There is no other reason than that just one day before Zhou Yi left for New York, Warner Records (USA) officially announced that it would officially release Zhou Yi's second all-English studio album "Forever" at 10:08 am on March 1. "Young".

Zhou Yi himself still serves as the album producer and leads the production, and at the same time he does all the lyrics, music, arrangement and singing.

quick!

It's so fast!

As we all know, big-name singers and songwriters in the European and American music circles will most likely make one album in two years if they are fast, and it may even take several years to make the next album if they are slow. This is what fans in the American music scene have always been used to. This is an unwritten rule.

But now, the arrival of Zhou Yi has broken this unspoken rule——

"Spike's last all-English studio album "The Attitude Show" was released at 10:08 am on July 1, 2002. In other words, his second all-English studio album was released less than 10 years ago. The time difference is only eight months.

“It’s unbelievable, I even want to say it’s unreasonable.

"What good album can he make in such a short time? I am pessimistic about this, and I even think this is most likely the result of Warner Records' shortsightedness.

"You must know that Time Warner is currently facing huge financial pressure, so it is not impossible to force Warner Records to make results in advance."

In an entertainment news column on the FOX TV network owned by Twentieth Century Fox in the United States, a guest who was invited to critically comment on the singers selected for this year's Grammys expressed his disappointment with Warner Records and Zhouyi with exaggerated body movements. Affection.

"Eight months. During this period, we have to exclude the time when he is recording and promoting the Chinese album, and the time when he celebrates the traditional Chinese New Year. In other words, Spike's actual creative time will not exceed four months at most. .

"It's hard for me to understand.

"Are all Chinese people so short of money? Does he want to ruin the reputation of his album? God, I have never seen a creator be able to output two high-quality albums in such a short period of time.

"What he should do now is come to the Grammy Awards and then go home and polish his new album to avoid being laughed at by Eminem and his fans."

On the CBS television network entertainment program, which is owned by CBS, it is also a Grammy-specific interview and analysis program. The music critics invited also have no confidence in Zhou Yi's new album, which was released in such a short period of time.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

When Warner officially announced the recording date of Zhou Yi's new album, it shocked not only the media industry, but also the recording industry.

For this group of people, especially the creators, the most common thought that pops up in their minds at this moment is - Damn Fake!

In Europe and the United States, where the record industry is more mature, Zhou Yi's English album last year is still growing in global sales. This is why many singers can last for many years with one album.

Most of them have already been accustomed to releasing one album every two or three years. In the meantime, they can also take out a few of the most popular singles from the original album and re-sell the singles, and they can still make a lot of money. .

According to industry estimates for Zhou Yi's "Attitude Show" album, at least five more singles can be released from this album to sell single discs, which is enough to keep the popularity going for three or four years.

But now...

Are these traditional arts in the fucking East Asian cultural circle? !

Europeans and Americans have always heard that Chinese people are hard-working and model workers can endure hardships, and the entire East Asian cultural circle influenced by China is constantly involution. This is a shock to Europeans and Americans.

Not a buddy, what are you trying to do?

Why don't you sell such a popular single on disc?

Not to mention anything else, if these three songs "Baby", "Yeah" and "Good Time" were sold as singles, at least each single would be able to sell more than three to four million copies worldwide. The total of these three songs alone is conservatively estimated to have sold tens of millions of singles.

Isn’t it nice to make money while lying down?

Do you have to release a new album?

Something wrong?