China Entertainment 2000

"why not?"

Facing the reporter's question, Zhou Jianhui smiled particularly heartily. A simple rhetorical question immediately stunned this reporter from "Daily News".

He is also a senior reporter in the industry, but he has never seen such a ridiculous idea before.

Yes, in the eyes of the fifty-seven-year-old, if Zhou Jianhui’s interview is released, it will undoubtedly directly cause shock to the entire Chinese recording industry.

To put it more seriously, you are disrupting the market and driving up the singer's worth.

But it turned out that he was worried too much.

When the new issue of "Daily News" published this exclusive interview with Zhou Jianhui, Sony, EMI, and Universal followed up directly without any hesitation, and they all said that Zhou Yi was worth it——

“If it’s not enough, you can add more!”

The three giants want to show off their deep pockets, especially Sony. They were not short of money and had just been beaten up by Zhou Yi in Europe and the United States. They were thirsty for talents. They wanted to get down and beg Zhou Yi, a strong man who had beaten them violently.

"It's really annoying to compare people to each other."

Although I had known that such a day would come, when Zhou Yi truly came into contact with the transfer market as a "quasi-free agent", the energy burst out by this group of international giants still made the top kings and queens of the Chinese music industry lose their minds.

At a time when the music market is obviously sluggish and declining, Zhou Yi, and only Zhou Yi, can rely on his name to get this kind of financial treatment that few people can get even in Europe and the United States.

"Book of Changes" is a two-character word, with a starting price of 50 million! 》

"This is too exaggerated..."

Guangzhou Tianhe, in a hotel suite.

Fan Xiaopang read the news in his hand and was speechless.

She is currently participating in the pre-publicity activities of "Supreme Beauty" and arrived in Guangzhou a few days earlier than Zhou Yi.

She was originally feeling complacent about making a few million from the song "The Couple Sitting at the Alley", but now she was somewhat scratching her head.

It’s bad, it seems that the man I’m interested in is making more and more money, and she can’t keep up even if she opens a money printing machine company.

As a star born in the Mainland, Fan Xiaopang's ambitions naturally grew after he became more mature, and he was no longer satisfied with sharing money with Chen Shufen - that way of making money was too simple.

In order to expand the scope of her income, she successively opened several companies in the mainland to take charge of her endorsements and commercial performances in the mainland. She also set up an acting training school to gild herself, euphemistically calling it giving back to the society and cultivating talents for the industry.

Chen Shufen also saw her ambition. Apart from admiring her, she also maintained a cooperative relationship with Fan Xiaopang and even renewed her separate management contract. After all, there are many big-name agents who want to sign Fan Xiaopang, and she is one of them.

"What's too exaggerated?"

After taking a shower, Zhou Yi wiped his hair with a towel, walked out of the bathroom with his naked upper body, and looked at the woman who was calculating money with a calculator in a funny way.

"I'm trying to figure out whether it's before tax or after tax. If it's after tax, it's too exaggerated."

Fan Xiaopang was astonished: "But if it's before tax, the difference is huge."

"Is one hundred million a lot?"

"..."

Fan Xiaopang, who was clicking on the computer just now, suddenly stopped. He raised his head and gave the man a contemptuous look: "I feel that if I stay with you for a long time, I may really fall into the trap of mistaking money for money."

In this entertainment industry, those who earn tens of millions are considered top-notch, and those who earn 20 to 30 million per year are considered gods among gods. Fan Xiaopang can always see a sense of fragmentation in Zhou Yi——

"No wonder Zhang Ziyi wants to break into Hollywood. The income gap is too big."

Fan Xiaopang, who felt that his anger was about to be wiped out by the calculator's report, thought of the criticized Zhang Ziyi.

There used to be only two exceptions in the Chinese entertainment industry - Cheng Long from the 20 million dollar club and Li Lianlian from the 10 million dollar club.

Both of these are related to the movie.

There is no one in the singing circle who can compare with them.

"Who makes more money, you or Jackie Chan?" Fan Xiaopang, who hooked the man's neck, was curious.

In her opinion, these two people should be the top earners in the domestic entertainment industry, just one song and one movie.

"Before 2002, he earned more than me. After 2002, he could not compare with me." Zhou Yi gave an accurate answer.

Even though Cheng Long’s film reputation accumulated over 20 years is here, but since "Rush Hour 2", Cheng Long has hit the streets in several movies one after another. When he is currently filming "Around the World in Eighty Days" After the release of ", he was immediately kicked out of the $20 million club.

“Hollywood is so realistic.”

Fan Xiaopang couldn't help but sigh: "Now I can see how much pressure you are under.

"Now the outside world is looking forward to your fourth major in Chinese the most. Coupled with this competition for people, I feel that there will be many people with magnifying glasses to trouble you."

The quality of the first three specialties is already high enough. If these four specialties are a little bit stretched - oh no, it should be said that even if this specialties is a little backward, it will be criticized by many people.

In addition, Zhou Yi’s fourth major in Chinese was published after the English major that became popular all over the world...

"This time they can't trouble me in any big way."

Zhou Yi smiled and didn't take it to heart at all.

This time, the fourth album "Return to Tibet" will be difficult for him to surpass even in the future, especially with the blessing of the concept of "war", which is the ceiling of the music world's throne.

Looking at all the album concepts in the world music scene, the concept of "war, anti-war" is undoubtedly T0 level.

There is a complete contempt chain in the concept of the theme of album songs in the Chinese music scene and even in the world music scene, and this contempt chain is more serious in the Chinese music scene.

In the long river of pop music, no matter how the position of the contempt chain changes, the theme of "war, anti-war" always stands at the top.

And his "Return to Zang" this time is exactly this theme-

The first song on the A side: "The Art of War".

One of Tao Zhe's anti-war peak works in his career.

The opening is directly expressing his feelings. This song describes the future world because of years of war, the outside world is no longer habitable. Then there is an artificial earth space, and people in the new era live in it.

This expresses the damage caused by war to the future of mankind-the past cities have not seen the four seasons and have become legends in the mouths of the elders.

The second song: "New Earth"

One of Lin Junjie's best composing and arranging works in his career.

As time goes by, the earth gradually recovers. In the future world destroyed by war, greed and desire, there are gradually more people who dare to walk on the new land. People call this world after the war the new earth.

A brand new social system and a brand new social class.

But in the description of Zhouyi, although the appearance of this group of people on the new earth has changed greatly, the direction of society is no different from the human country before the war - the mistakes of the past will be made and are being made.

The members of the old organization who are good at using various means to manipulate the thoughts of the people on the new earth are still enjoying themselves.

What has happened will happen again; what has been done will be done again -

It means that if the direction of establishing a new order on the new earth is wrong, the final result will be nothing more than another round of private affairs of the Six Dynasties.

The third song: "The Sorrow of Ending the War"

Jay Chou's career pattern and intention are the biggest songs, no one else.

It is also a work that elevates his musical status.

Based on the virtual future chapter formed by the first two songs, this song directly pulls the perspective back to the 21st century - "What shape does hope look like in the eyes of children? Will they have bread for breakfast and a bowl of hot soup when they wake up?"

This song, as a link between the previous and the next, directly explains why he has the concerns of the two songs in the virtual future chapter: because even in the 21st century, there are still unjust wars breaking out in countries that we cannot reach.

The fourth song: "The Great World"

Xu Shangao's anti-war masterpiece.

After the previous song, the original lyrics of "Lake Assad" were changed to "Lake Baghdad", and this song became an anti-war song that directly pointed out that the United States, despite the opposition of a number of countries in the United Nations, forcibly launched the Iraq War without any support and permission.

At the same time, it can also form a linkage with the previous song -

Why did the dreams and hopes of Iraqi children turn into bread and hot soup?

It's just because the United States forcibly launched a war.

The fifth song: "In a Flick of a Finger"

The best string interlude in Xu Shangao's career, and also a song that uses the allusion of "Su Wu Shepherding Sheep" to commemorate the teacher.

On the surface, it tells the story of Su Wu being forced to stay on the grassland to herd sheep due to the war, which can be regarded as a filler of the impact of ancient wars in the album;

But in fact, this song commemorates the man who led his comrades to establish a new order and saved China from the hardships of war from then on.

The simplest example-

Why was Iraq beaten into a mess?

Why can we still eat, drink and surf the Internet safely in China?

The man's ideal is the answer.

The sixth song: "The Great Rivers and Mountains"

Xu Shangao's ironic work, Zhou Yi can now use it as a prediction of the coming of a new era-

There is no war in the country, the rivers and mountains are great, and there is no need to worship foreigners.

With Zhou Yi's experience of just returning from a trip to Europe and the United States, it is more convincing to say that we should not worship foreigners.

Starting with the "advent of the digital age", people who are used to computers will become more and more homebound and like to learn everything through the Internet at home. The various famous mountains and ancient capitals mentioned in the lyrics all show that the motherland is beautiful, but people who are deeply immersed in the Internet are only used to staying at home and being Internet addicts -

They are used to receiving various Western information on the Internet and despise the motherland.

At the same time, this song also contains a second meaning: Don't let the country only have beautiful rivers and mountains in the future.

At the same time, because "Return to the Tibetan" itself has the meaning of divination of the future, this song in 2003, when the Internet wave has not yet begun to sweep the world, can just serve as a "divination of the future" and predict the future Internet era wave in China.

When it comes to the B side, it begins to turn the heaviness of the A side -

The first song on the B side: "Seven Miles of Fragrance".

Jay Chou's only song that has topped the annual record in the era of gods fighting. In 2004, he and the fledgling Lin Junjie Jiangnan fought hard and shared the world.

This song is chosen as the first song on Side B, firstly to follow the relaxed and cheerful feeling of "The Beautiful Countryside", the last song on Side A;

Secondly, to contrast with the unfortunate people trapped in the quagmire of war on Side A and to echo the people who are mourning -

Although there is a mess abroad, life in China is still peaceful.

And this is what the man and his comrades hope to see.

They have fought for their whole lives, so that the Chinese people can be free from the invasion of wars by the great powers from now on.

And it is precisely because of the peaceful environment that Zhou Yi can rebuke "the sparrows on the telephone poles outside the window" and have a sweet love.

The second song: "Writing Poems for You"

Wu Keming's peak work, which also made him surpass Jay Chou in fame and made him shout "I can surpass Jay Chou" at one time. The song is so popular that it is sung in the streets and alleys.

The reason for choosing this song is that "Writing Poems for You" just follows the lyrics of the previous song "Seven-Li Fragrance": "You appear on every page of my poems."

I write poems for you, so your name will appear on every page of my poems.

The third song: "Blue and White Porcelain"

The pinnacle of Chinese style, the highest mountain and the longest river in the field of Chinese style, no one else.

The song that directly helped Jay Chou overcome the period of declining reputation and regain the throne of Chinese pop music.

Following the previous song, what poem does Zhou Yi want to write about love?

Without a doubt, this beautiful poem is "Blue and White Porcelain".

The above three songs are directly combined into Zhou Yi's dream when he was young.

The fourth song: "Forever love".

Wang Lihong's masterpiece of love songs.

The lyrics are about pure love, but the original MV was shot as letting go, which Zhou Yi doesn't like, but it's not a big problem. He just changed the MV plot to his wedding.

At the same time, once it was changed to marriage, the appearance of this song represents that Zhou Yi in this album has entered a new stage - starting a family and starting a career.

It directly plays a role of connecting the previous and the next -

After ending the youth, romance and fantasy of the three songs before B, what needs to be faced next is the reality after starting a family and entering society.

From this, it is natural to lead to the next two songs:

The fifth song: "You Were a Boy"

One of SHE's representative songs.

The realistic and skinny lyrics are particularly touching.

The series of place names in the lyrics can also be linked to the A-side song "The Great Rivers and Mountains". In "The Great Rivers and Mountains", young people are encouraged to go out more, and a lot of place names are mentioned for this purpose;

But "You Were a Boy" is more like self-encouragement after recognizing the reality. The reason for mentioning a lot of place names is just to make myself, who was born in a small town, persevere. It is in response to the last sentence in "The Great Rivers and Mountains". "Don't just think of the great rivers and mountains".

Sixth song: "Swallows Return to the Nest"

One of Xu Shangao's Chinese style masterpieces, and also his personal masterpiece on homesickness.

After "You Were a Boy", many wanderers who were exhausted from working hard outside unconsciously thought of their hometowns, just like the swallows returning to the nest - "The singing echoes in the mountains and rivers, echoing the burning thoughts; the two lines of last year's letter from home, reading it makes my eyes warm again."

One song sings the homesickness of wanderers.

And homesickness and returning home - means the end of working hard outside.

At the same time, it also represents the end of this album.

Moreover, in the album "Return to the Tibetan", Zhou Yi did not just raise questions.

On the A side, he not only raised the war and expressed an anti-war attitude, but also proposed a solution - learning from the man who needs to be remembered.

Don't say it's impossible, because the B side of the album is the result of learning from that man -

The reason why China can have the current peace, and why Zhou Yi can grow up steadily from his youth in "Qilixiang" to studying the romantic Chinese culture "Blue and White Porcelain" that has not been cut off, to starting a family and starting a business in "Forever love", and finally to the life of being able to go home when he misses his hometown in "Swallow Returns to the Nest", is because of the peace he and his comrades brought.

The contrast between China and foreign countries, the intersection of war and anti-war, the coexistence of peace and beauty;

Hip-hop, rock, R\u0026B, Chinese style, guava love songs.

It is all-encompassing and has everything.

At the same time, this album "Return to the Tibetan" can also truly form a series of linkages with the previous album "Zhou Yi" and the third album "Lianshan".

"Zhou Li" once recorded that in the Zhou Dynasty, the three Yijings, "Lianshan Yi", "Guizang Yi" and "Zhouyi", were controlled by the fortune-tellers: from national affairs and military wars to sacrificial activities, social families, and even the fortune of a person or a country, they could all be predicted through the Yijing trilogy.

Zhouyi's debut album "Zhouyi" represents a person's fortune, that is, Zhouyi's own fortune - Ziweixing;

At this time, Zhouyi had just debuted, and it was the "most arrogant" time. The album expressed himself and showed himself. After the explosion, the future was bright, and the so-called Ziweixing momentum began to flow.

The second album "Jiangnan" brought him the concept of Chinese style that was completely formed and accepted by the world. Zhouyi's reputation was further expanded and his status was further consolidated.

Including the English songs of this period, for Zhouyi, they were all about expanding territory.

During this period, Zhouyi, who had reached the top of the music scene with self-expression, had endless money, and his self had reached the peak.

Here, we come to the third special "Lianshan" -

Zhouyi, no longer confined to expressing itself, began to pay attention to the impact of social environment and family education on people, and this is exactly the definition of the third special "Lianshan".

In the fourth album "Guizang", because he had traveled abroad twice and had a clear understanding of foreign countries, the content that Zhouyi wanted to express in the album was further expanded to national affairs and military wars.

He even "accurately predicted" the future after the advent of the Internet wave in the album.

And this divination prediction happened to be the scope of the Yijing trilogy.

"Zhouyi", "Lianshan Yi", "Guizang Yi" - "Zhouyi", "Lianshan", "Guizang".