China Entertainment 2000

"Why do I feel that he is more aggressive when he comes out than at home?"

At 9:30 a.m. on February 19, U.S. time, New York, InterContinental Hotel in Times Square, Room 1024.

CCTV reporter Zhu Zhenping looked at the newspapers and magazines produced in the United States. More than 75% of the headlines were remarks made by Zhou Yi when he participated in activities, logged on to radio stations, and accepted interviews in the past few days after coming to the United States——

According to the traditional Chinese concept, it cannot be said to be an insult to elegance. It can only be said that Lin Daiyu uprooted the weeping willow.

Already thirty-five years old this year, he is in his prime. Because of his excellent work ability, he was temporarily transferred to quietly be responsible for the news and interviews of Zhou Yi's Grammy trip.

"Pull him down, you have never seen Zhou Yi before. When he first debuted, Qiong Yao was so suppressed by him that she lost her temper, or she couldn't even express her temper."

In the living room of the room, directly opposite Zhu Zhenping, CCTV reporter Xie Jiewen, who is also 35 years old this year, couldn't help but laugh out loud: "He forced me to go to Hollywood to fight to the death, and I can't get any dramas in China. "

For people of their age, they are more accustomed to calling Shenxianfa rather than poisonous people.

"It's just that his current status in the country no longer requires him to show such strong aggression. Overseas, he still starts from scratch. The competition outside is much greater than at home. His identity is also a disadvantage, so he can only go further. Strengthen your image in Europe and the United States.”

"That's true. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about the poison."

Zhu Zhenping, who recalled that incident, slapped his forehead: "He is also in the United States now, right? He is promoting his new movie "Bulletproof Monk"?"

"Yes, I'm just counting on this film to turn around. I don't know what he was thinking when he saw Zhou Yi was still so prosperous in the United States." Xie Wenjie speculated maliciously: "Maybe he will be jealous to the core of his teeth. All chewed up."

"Bulletproof Monk", MGM Pictures officially announced that the film's North American release date will be April 16, 2003. Now the film has begun official pre-publicity.

As the leading actor, Zhou Runfa regards this film as a life-saving straw. Once it succeeds, his stagnant film career in China will get back on track. By then, even Fang Shilong, Green Hat Jie, and Xiao Guiyi can't suppress it together. Live him.

After all, China is so big, and the entertainment industry is naturally not monolithic.

As long as he can prove that he has huge commercial value.

In 2003, Sexton had already starred in many movies in Hollywood. After leaving the "Rush Hour" series, his halo was rapidly declining;

Not to mention Cuckold Jack. Although the overseas copyright of Mouzi's "Hero" sold well, this cannot stop Cuckold Jack's declining status in Hollywood.

There is only one kid Yi.

This guy is more difficult to deal with, but after all, he is still a singer and can't reach out to the film industry.

Zhou Runfa is very confident.

However, because he is also Chinese, he will inevitably be asked questions related to the Book of Changes by reporters when promoting "Bulletproof Monk"——

But he always responded with "I'm not familiar with Spike", "Please don't ask questions that have nothing to do with the movie", "Stop asking" and other answers.

On several occasions, the American media even dug up the old accounts between him and Zhou Yi. His face darkened instantly, and he made some news because of Zhou Yi's popularity.

It's not that he doesn't want to scold him directly, but as the leading actor, he cannot and does not dare to make any negative news that is detrimental to the film during the film's promotion period, otherwise MGM will not let him go.

At this time, he was very envious of Zhou Yi's freedom within Warner - he could complain whenever he wanted without caring about image management.

Of course, under the packaging of his personal agency, this has become the public impression of Chinese people when they go out - humble and polite.

Even if there are conflicts, they will not make them public, but would rather resolve them behind closed doors at home.

It's like taking the usual route to give yourself some impression points.

Therefore, on the afternoon of the 19th, when Zhou Yi quietly entered the nursing home in disguise and handed the domestic specialties prepared by Cheng Hao to Cheng's mother, who was responsible for taking care of Cheng's father, Zhou Yi looked up and saw Zhou Runfa on TV who was among the film's creators. That face.

Smiling in front of the camera quite kindly.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Yi." Cheng's mother said with some emotion: "It's too troublesome for you."

The man came to the United States to attend the Grammy Awards, but ended up acting as a human courier.

This is the number one superstar in the country who can be counted on their fingers. How dare my daughter do that.

"Isn't this a convenient thing? Auntie, I just happened to come to the United States. How is uncle doing?" Zhou Yi, who smiled and didn't care, glanced at the middle-aged man who was still sleeping on the hospital bed and asked in a low voice.

"The doctor said he is recovering well."

"That's good, I'll go first, Auntie."

"Hey, slow down on the road and pay attention to safety." Cheng's mother watched the child leave, and the expression on her face gradually became a little complicated.

She now knows that her daughter likes Zhou Yi.

She didn't know if Zhou Yizhi knew, or maybe he was pretending not to know. But no matter what, her daughter's statement made it impossible for her to refute - "Mom, without Zhou Yi's help to find someone, dad would be dead."

What else could she say...

But this time she also saw Zhou Yi's high popularity in the United States - even some of the staff in the nursing home were his fans. This was really outrageous for Cheng's mother who had been staying in China for the past few decades.

"Although I've said it before, I think I should still thank you in person. The level of recuperation here is indeed very good."

After getting in the car, Zhou Yi thanked Mariah Carey. The latter waved her hand indifferently, but looked at the Bodhisattva pendant hanging around Zhou Yi's neck and the wooden bead bracelet on her left wrist with great interest. : "Why did you remember to wear something like this?"

"One will keep me safe, and the other will keep me lucky. Although I don't think it's necessary, I won't suffer any loss if I try."

Zhou Yi shrugged: "You know, the security environment in the United States is indeed not very good. I offend people more, and the ones I offend are those who play hip-hop."

Mariah Carey, who has not yet developed into the Niu Benshan stage, is happy: "It's nothing. Eminem has many enemies in the hip-hop circle. There are far more people who support you secretly than you think." ”

Eminem's violent style is not only reflected in non-hip-hop circles, but also in the hip-hop circles.

But now that his albums are indeed selling well, and with the help of the company and connections, only a few hip-hop big names can compete with him.

"Instead of worrying about extreme people in the hip-hop circle, it's better to worry about whether someone will be jealous of you because of your wealth. After all, according to the latest statistics from Forbes magazine, you are now the young pop singer with the highest commercial value in the world in the new century. Many people are jealous of singers.”

Mariah Carey, who has become a top diva at the end of the last century, joked with great interest: "When I was your age, I never had such strong results. You are going straight to Michael." ”

Just yesterday, February 18th, the American "Forbes" magazine published an issue of profiles based on the trend of Grammy. It included the hip-hop king Eminem, the American newcomer king Norah Jones, and the European newcomer king. Avril Lavigne and...

The global popular little king Zhouyi.

Out of instinct, "Forbes" also used the profile of each superstar to estimate the performance of this year's Grammy Awards based on multiple dimensions such as record sales, copyright distribution, and advertising revenue last year. The contribution of hot names to global music production.

Among them, Zhou Yi directly topped the list of Grammy participants this year with an expected valuation of US$1.1 billion!

As we all know, after the global music production value reached its peak in 1999, the global music market declined uncontrollably for three consecutive years in 2000, 2001, and 2002——

As of 2002, the total value of the global music market has dropped to about 22 billion U.S. dollars. The value will fluctuate depending on the sources of data from major statistical organizations, but the upper limit has always been stuck at 22.5 billion U.S. dollars, and the lower limit has been stuck at 22.5 billion U.S. dollars. 21 billion.

"In 2002, the total global record sales exceeded 38 million, making it the sales leader in the global physical album market.

"Since singles, Chinese albums, and English albums have different pricing for each version, calculated based on the US$26 price slightly lower than the regular version of the English album, Zhou Yi has created a total of nearly one billion US dollars in the global album market. Market quota.

"In addition to advertising endorsements, copyright distribution and other activities, Spike created a market of more than 1.1 billion US dollars in 2002, accounting for approximately 5% of the total market share for the year..."

In this profile introduction, Eminem, who does not have the East Asian market, is undoubtedly crushed by Zhou Yi, who also has a large share of the East Asian record market, in terms of market share.

“Generally speaking, the current income share of Warner recording artists depends on a variety of factors, including record sales, performances, copyright income, etc.

"Depending on factors such as the singer's popularity, contract terms and negotiation ability, this ratio is usually between 10% and 25%. In addition, some well-known singers may have more favorable contract conditions, such as exclusive licenses, higher share ratios .

“And Spike falls into the latter category.

“As the album’s music producer and songwriter, he has a guaranteed profit share of about 25-30%.

"This also means that throughout 2002, Spike is expected to have earned about US$300-360 million in pre-tax income due to his musical talent. In other words, he most likely has about US$90 million after tax - Revenues between $130 million.

"Of course, this does not rule out that he has the same hidden tax benefits in China as Jack Cheng..."

For comparison, as the highest-paid Chinese artist, Cheng Long's 2002 income was estimated by major American institutions to be between US$72 million and US$100 million.