China Entertainment 2000

"Running in the direction of freedom with the wind, chasing the power of tears and lightning~"

"Charm has its limits, there is no end to loving beauty, pursuing the realm of perfection, people who don't love beauty will be punished by heaven and earth~"

"At the beginning, I only looked at you, pretending to be careless but my heart drifted over, and I was secretly happy that you didn't find me hiding in the corner~"

"Freeze that time, freeze the day of our first meeting, freeze love..."

"Ten years ago, I didn't know you, you didn't belong to me, we are still the same..."

"If I could do it again, I would choose Li Bai..."

The door of the street hair salon with flashing tricolor lights was half-closed, and the few people made the boss who was sitting at the door with a mask and doing nothing show a little sadness in his eyes.

The door of the small shop next door and the audio-visual store were also deserted. People on the street were in a hurry. Even the vegetable market lost its former hustle and bustle, leaving only various pop songs from the speakers to stir the eardrums of every passerby.

Just two days ago, many schools in the imperial capital officially announced the suspension of classes.

Students who don't have to go to school are naturally very happy, and the corresponding attention from the entertainment industry has increased significantly.

With the idea of ​​picking up bargains, domestic singers who released albums in March and April have taken advantage of this time gap. Including Huang Zheng Yuquan, Cai Yilin, Haidie's newcomer Lin Junjie and Hong Kong's Chen Yixun, all their albums have been successful.

Even in the face of SARS, these singers have held offline signing sessions, fan meetings and other activities.

Among them, Hong Kong's Chen Yixun is the most popular.

The song "Ten Years" directly promoted his popularity from the Cantonese-speaking area to the whole country, followed by Huang Zheng Yuquan's positive "Running".

Cai Yilin's new album "Look at My 72 Changes" under the banner of "Double J Love" has also opened up popularity among mainland students. Haidie's newcomer Lin Junjie also stood out in this period with little competition. "Music Walker" handed in a satisfactory answer with excellent quality---

Although these two were criticized by many Zhouyi fans for riding on Zhouyi's popularity.

There are endless comments such as "Double J Love" maliciously colluded with Warner Gemini, Lin Junjie hyped and was promoted by Zhou Yi, etc.

Especially at this time when Zhou Yi is killing in the United States, the various news every day and every week greatly satisfy these arrogant fans, and they are also very unhappy with the two people who started to colluded with Zhou Yi after entering the mainland market.

It takes two to tango. Jay Chou, who is still shooting a new song MV abroad, was also dragged in for criticism, just because he is also a member of the "Double J Love".

Of course, due to Zhou Yi's current achievements in the European and American music scene, these singers who have emerged recently have naturally been asked whether they have the idea of ​​going to Europe and the United States to make a living - one after another, no one can escape.

"It depends on the company's arrangement. If possible, it's not a bad thing to go out and have a look."

Chen Yixun, who is promoting his new Mandarin album "Black, White, Gray", is honest, but the smile he uses to hide his envy looks a little forced: "You all know that not every singer can be like Zhou Yi, who can write a lot of Mandarin songs and a lot of English songs at the same time."

"Is the company helping you collect English songs?"

"My agent does have this plan, but it hasn't started collecting songs yet."

As a pure singer, Chen Yixun, who entered the audience's field of vision in most parts of the mainland with the Mandarin golden song "Ten Years" with rewritten lyrics, tasted the taste of being popular in the mainland for the first time. The Mandarin songs headed by "Ten Years" are so fierce.

Singing dozens or hundreds of times a week is not boring, but excited, for fear that if you don't sing now, you will have no chance to sing in the future.

"What do you think of Wang Lihong's behavior in the Japanese music scene this time?"

The reporter who was obviously unwilling to let Chen Yixun go continued to ask.

On April 23, 2003, that is, tomorrow, Sony Music's Greater China No. 1 Wang Lihong will officially release his first album in Japan, "The Only One", and the first title song of the album is the Japanese version of his Chinese hit "The Only One".

Since then, Wang Lihong has become the second young singer to officially enter the foreign music scene after Zhou Yi.

And it is precisely because of Zhou Yi's success that Sony is also promoting Wang Lihong in Japan in various ways this time -

News releases such as "After Zhou Yi, the big Asian artist entering Japan!" and "After Zhou Yi, the Asian male artist that Japanese people want to see the most!" are endless.

Wang Lihong has received so many announcements in Japan that he is speechless -

From February to now, more than 30 announcements can be called intensive bombardment. It is said that Sony has prepared about 50-70 announcements for him this time, and various radio stations and programs will appear in turn.

Taiwan has also started to hype up news such as "the pride of the new generation of Chinese people".

"What do you think? What do you think? I wish him success."

When Nayoung, who was also participating in an event in Hong Kong, was asked this question because of her seniority and her status as a member of Warner Records, she blurted out her blessing.

"Then may I ask if the company has any plans for you to enter the European, American or Japanese music scene?"

As a member of Warner Tianhou Palace, Nayoung, whose last album did not flop like Zhang Huimei, is now more likely to enter the overseas market in the eyes of the Hong Kong media.

"Me? Forget it. I can't even communicate in English." Naying herself was amused by the reporter: "You might as well ask Wang Fei instead of asking me."

Even if it's Zhang Huimei, as far as she knows, Zhang Huimei does have this idea.

The existence of Zhou Yi has raised the appetite of many people, including Wang Lihong himself.

Apart from Jay Chou, who is still trying to learn English, Tao Zhe, who just released the album "Black Tangerine" last year, is rumored not to release a new studio album this year, but will release a collection of his best works to leave time for himself to create an English album.

"I do have this idea at the moment. You all know that my English is still OK, right?"

Tao Zhe, who was questioned by the paparazzi, finally nodded helplessly and admitted: "If nothing unexpected happens, my English album may meet fans in July next year? Or maybe even earlier?"

Among the major creative musicians, Jay Chou is currently abroad and no reporter can find him, otherwise he will inevitably be asked about the progress of his English album.

People who were closely related to Zhou Yi were harassed continuously.

Sun Yanzi, whose workload was greatly reduced due to SARS, was almost drowned in the news in April. Chen Zeshan finally begged him to come out of bed and go to Hong Kong to participate in an online promotion. He was also asked questions about Zhou Yi by reporters.

"Oh, I really don't know."

Facing the cameras, Sun Yanzi sighed sincerely, and then a fake smile appeared on his face: "And I don't feel so urgent to release an English album. If possible, I actually want to rest."

After realizing that he had spoken his true feelings, Sun Yanzi in front of the camera shrank his head like a child who accidentally said something wrong, stuck out his tongue and said: "The main thing is to recharge myself and learn more."

"Then what do you think of Zhou Yi's scandal in the United States this time? Has he told you whether he is really in love?"

"That must be false." Sun Yanzi grinned and refuted the rumor with full energy: "He is not in love, you'd better not write nonsense, otherwise he will come back and sue you again."

Reporter: "..."

Damn, why do you bring up things that are not related to the topic!

Facing this woman who was obviously not as good at tricking as she was at the beginning of the millennium, the reporter asked again with a twitchy eyebrow: "Then will you watch the show "David Letterman" on time? Zhou Yi is the guest of the latest episode."

Sun Yanzi shook his head like a rattle, and said with a strong sense of reason: "No, I'm very busy at work and don't have time to watch his show in the United States for the time being."

"David Letterman", originally known as "Late Show with David Letterman", is the late-night ace program of the American Columbia Broadcasting Corporation.

A late-night talk show that is popular all over the United States. After Hong Kong's ATV bought the copyright, this show has become the only American late-night talk show that will be broadcast in Hong Kong. Zhou Yi will appear on this show to promote it, and it will be broadcast on the evening of April 25th, US time.

Because of this, ATV has been promoting it like crazy. Basically, as long as Hong Kong citizens watch ATV, advertisements about Zhou Yi's episode will definitely appear.

In the past, you could only read newspapers or browse the web to watch Zhou Yi's variety shows abroad. Now, a serious video version has been made. This is very friendly to the passers-by, fans and even anti-fans in China who have been thirsty for a long time.

"What about "Sex and the City"? It is said that you are now living in the same community as the actors in "Sex and the City"..."

Scheduled to be broadcast in the mainland on April 30, "Sex and the City" is also a very eye-catching existence for Hong Kong media. After all, this drama is Zhou Yi's only small-screen TV series so far and may be in his career.

After the mainland TV station began to promote "Sex and the City", the song "Li Bai" became popular again. After conquering the ears of Taiwanese people with its extremely brainwashing melody, it conquered mainland music fans again.

The Taiwanese media, which had been crushed by "Sex and the City" earlier, took advantage of this wave of popularity to speak freely. Among them, "China Times", one of the four major newspapers in Taiwan, even publicly made an entertainment special issue for Zhou Yi.

You should know that before this, the China Times only carried entertainment news when it was published on Saturdays, and there was only this day a week.

"Led by Zhou Yi, the Y generation of Chinese music is experiencing a big explosion!" --

"Wang Lihong is entering the Japanese music scene, Tao Zhe is writing an English album, and Jay Chou is still learning English. In the future, there will be Elva, Sun Yanzi, Chen Yixun, Yung Zuer, and the returning Xie Tingfeng, etc.

"Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, the new generation of Chinese music is incomparable to the past, and it seems to have caught up with the developed Western countries.

"I am very fortunate to see the vibrant and flourishing scene of the Chinese music scene..."

The author of the article is obviously very optimistic, so optimistic that the new generation of Chinese music will soon be able to catch up with the UK and the US and beat up the Japanese.

Wang Lihong has Sony's backing, and he obviously has sufficient resources to enter the Japanese music scene, and there is no obstacle to switching between Chinese and English;

Tao Zhe just proved that his talent is not in the past with "Black Tangerine" last year, and there is also a promising future.

Although Jay Chou is not good at English, he is talented and so on...

To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence:

"The advantage is mine!"

Of course, the media is not unreasonable and thinks that Jay Chou's achievement does not mean that others can do it, but they are all drowned out by the fanatical atmosphere of the fans and cannot see anything.

If Jay Chou can do it, our idol can do it too!

On the 23rd, Wang Lihong's first album in Japan was officially released, full of confidence.

On the same day, Jay Chou also appeared on the official recording site of "The Late Show with David Letterman".

At the beginning, Jay Chou's single "We Are Young", which is the most relevant album, sounded as background music in the venue, which directly caused a burst of cheers.

Because he is young, he is fearless!

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome Spike Chou!"

David Letterman, the male host with gray hair, with a full voice and the tune of "We Are Young", extended his hand to Jay Chou, who had come to the backstage door frame early and was waiting for him.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Zhou Yi walked out of the door, opened his arms and walked around the stage, as if to thank the fans for their continuous support -

"Spike!"

"Spike!"

"Spike!"

The continuous cheering did not stop until Zhou Yi returned to his seat and sat down, and even interrupted the host who wanted to give an opening speech several times.

"Well, the audience is really... too enthusiastic."

After sitting down, Zhou Yi crossed his legs and shrugged helplessly to express his innocence.

"I hope you understand one thing, Spike. The endless applause just now actually belongs to me."

As an old white man, David Letterman is naturally an old hand at controlling the situation. While laughing and livening up the atmosphere, he can also expand the topic: "Even if your current album sales have exceeded 14 million worldwide - oh sorry, it is 14 million, an extremely exaggerated number, right?"

Zhou Yi nodded with a smile: "Yes, to be honest, I am a little surprised."

"Excuse me, Spike, how long did it take you to sell this result? Do you think there is a possibility that this sales volume is fake?"

"Of course not."

Zhou Yi, who is upright and has nothing to fear, sat on the red sofa and tilted his body slightly to make himself more comfortable when crossing his legs: "I just sell more than my competitors. If someone is jealous, why don't they try to sell albums in Asia?

"The Pacific Ocean is not covered. Is it difficult to swim across?"