China Entertainment 2000

"Damn! Is there anyone in this world who knows me better than me?!"

After really being unable to quarrel with the person whose account ID was "Goldfish", Sun Yanzi quit the Internet with hatred and humiliation and got off the plane at the speed of light - and then the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he suffered.

Sun Yanzi, who thinks that his Chinese is actually very good, suffered the disadvantage of not being very proficient in Chinese phrases for the first time today. It was also the first time that he learned what Chinese culture is broad and profound.

The guy on the other side of the network cable is definitely from the Cantonese speaking area!

Niang Xipi!

I can't beat him, I can't scold me -

Ever since she used a small account to surf the Internet, when had she ever suffered this kind of injustice?

Subconsciously, he slapped the table, and a "thud" sound erupted from the table. Sun Yanzi, who had just been so angry that his cheeks were bulging, suddenly opened his mouth wide and was about to scream——

"hiss!"

Mostly because he was in the company because he was currently in the company, after rolling his throat several times, Sun Yanzi still didn't howl out, so he could only forcefully swallow back the cry of pain, while waving his hands and still saying " "Shasshasha" kept going——

From time to time, he would put his painful palm against his lips, purse his lips and blow twice.

"Yanzi, your new album -"

The ajar door of the lounge was pushed open. As soon as Li Sisong came in with the complete arrangement file, he saw Sun Yanzi sitting in front of the computer with his facial features so distorted that he kept shaking his hands, and he couldn't help but feel the pain on his forehead. A question mark appeared: "What are you doing?"

"Huh? No, it's nothing. I accidentally hit the table when I was swatting mosquitoes, hehe."

Subconsciously, he retracted his swinging right hand behind his back, and immediately stood up and turned around to block his computer screen, which he had not yet remembered to use the shortcut keys to switch back to. Sun Yanzi bared his teeth in amusement and changed the topic: "Have all the arrangement files for the new album been produced? I-"

"If you don't wait a moment, please get out of my way."

Li Sisong, who could tell at a glance that she was guilty, spoke in an unquestionable tone——

"Ah? That's not necessary. Come on, teacher, let's go record the song. I've already prepared the chocolate!"

Sun Yanzi, who was excited, immediately pushed and pushed the teacher out. The moment he walked out of the door, he paused, raised his right hind foot, and closed the door: "I have prepared a pass!"

In order to prove that she was not cheating, Sun Yanzi immediately swore an oath in front of the teacher, her tone and expression were so firm that she almost deceived herself.

only……

One minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage.

Turns out it doesn't lie.

Sun Yanzi, who relied on her talent to spell out the first two songs, was stuck on "Meet" after all, and was tortured by her teacher from 9:30 in the morning to 10:30 in the evening. Fortunately, she was well prepared and was about to drop her little pearl. Just chew some chocolate...

"Ah! I'm so exhausted!"

At 10:30 in the evening, Zhou Yi, who had returned to the hotel suite to rest, sank into the sofa, his whole bones seemed to be paralyzed, and he lay on it: "I think it would be better not to have a celebration party next time. "

Cheng Hao, who was sending him back, rolled his eyes at the man angrily: "Aren't you pretending to be happy?"

"That's different. It was during the celebration time before. I'm going to be cut off."

Zhou Yi, half paralyzed on the sofa, shook his head: "Now it's time for me to belong to the sage."

"...I don't know how you come up with such words day by day. You are almost destroying all the Chinese characters."

Cheng Hao pretended to be helpless, holding his forehead and sighing.

After having been with Zhou Yi for so many years, she knew all the bad things that came out of the man's mouth, at least she could make a guess.

"You can celebrate the victory slowly. I won't join in the fun anymore. I want to go back to the imperial capital."

Cheng Hao, who didn't know what to think of, walked to the head of the sofa. She bent down and looked down at the man's slightly drunken eyes. The neckline of the burgundy evening dress opened downwards as she bent over. a bit--

The clearly visible curve capital penetrated into every nerve in Zhou Yi's body along with the pleasant smell of perfume.

Cheng Hao, with a smile in his eyes, raised his right index finger and pressed it on the tip of his nose condescendingly: "I'm going to start making money too."

The money she had bought with Zhou Yi could now be said to have grown exponentially for her, and now she had sufficient investment capital for trial and error.

Zhou Yi smiled noncommittally, twisted his neck, and moved his head up a few centimeters along the curve of the armrest of the sofa - the tip of his nose rubbed against the evening dress that he basically only wore once: "I wish you good luck."

Cheng Hao, who didn't look angry at all, raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You won't stop me?"

The investment industry is a bottomless pit.

Leaving aside Zhou Yi, she is actually a child who walks through the market with a lot of money. There are many so-called projects eyeing her money, especially after NetEase's stock soared like a rocket.

Among her own funds, NetEase makes the most money.

That is to say, this year's Hurun Forbes rankings have been announced a long time ago, otherwise Cheng Hao would have been ranked among the richest women.

Although the gold content of this stuff is not high at present, Liu Xiaoqin, who is now singing behind bars and showing off her singing voice, could have a net worth of 10 million yuan at the beginning.

"Why should I stop you?"

Smelling the fragrance of the woman's hair, Zhou Yi was lying on the sofa without any intention of sitting up. He smiled and looked at her: "I can lend you money if I don't have enough money, just like you lent me money."

"What is this, anti-support?"

"That's what you said. Did you call it a foster care before?"

The smile on the man's lips did not diminish but grew: "The rich woman that Mr. Tang Monk and Elder met is called a keeper, okay? Are you worthy of it?"

Dissatisfied, Cheng Hao directly pinched the man's nose with two fingers of his right hand, pinched it twice, and straightened up immediately after letting go: "You are really hard-mouthed. If you let that rich woman look for you, you won't be able to escape." Faster than a rabbit."

"It's hard to say, after all, the flower language of steel wool is forbearance."

"..."

After all, his face couldn't withstand Zhou Yi's continuous bombardment of hooliganism. Cheng Hao glared at him angrily: "I'm going back to the imperial capital. Be careful when you drink in the future. Don't say such nonsense outside."

Everyone in the world envied Elder Tang for being taken care of, but little did they know how low-status what this son-in-law did was. After getting married, the two couples could not be said to treat each other as if they were guests in private. At the very least, they could chat with each other but were not familiar with each other.

Elder Tang had to ask for instructions on everything he did, including his married life, just like reporting to his superiors.

Like to go out and have fun?

Make yourself a restaurant and don't go out to play.

From Zhou Yi's point of view, it was just as if he was being moved home as a human figure of Tang Monk.

Of course, another reason is that the rich woman is not good-looking.

If he grows up to be as virtuous as Ding Jianguo and the little fat Arthur, then if he has no money, it is not impossible to feed a tiger with his body.

He has a flexible set of bottom-line standards.

"Be more careful when you go to Japan. A foreign country is no better than home, not to mention that it is still Japan."

In the end, Cheng Hao, who had originally planned to go back to his room to pack his luggage, turned around and asked again: "Pay attention to the people over there."

Because Japan's Fuji TV spent 3 million U.S. dollars after tax just to hire Zhou Yi's tycoon to operate the platform. After finishing the Guangzhou concert, Zhou Yi, who took a short break, will rush to Japan——

This is also Zhou Yi's first trip to Japan after winning the Grammy. Both Warner Japan and Fuji TV attach great importance to it.

After finishing his Japanese appearance tour, Zhou Yi should start preparing for the filming of his fourth Chinese MV.

The anti-aggression war MV must have been shot on location in foreign countries, so that it can be in sharp contrast with the peaceful and beautiful MVs of subsequent songs such as Qilixiang Blue and White Porcelain Write Poems for You. However, due to Zhouyi's high requirements, this is indeed quite time-consuming.

A conservative estimate is that if you can complete the fourth major in Chinese in November, you will be successful.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Just as he was talking, the phone in Zhou Yi's pocket rang - it was a call from Qian Jiang.

"Ayi, Apple's iTunes store is officially launched today. Do you want to stay up late and watch it?"

Even Qianjiang, a seasoned veteran who has experienced a lot of ups and downs, is full of uncertainty when facing unfamiliar things like the iTunes store, an online music store, and the solemnity can be clearly heard in his voice.

As powerful as Steve Jobs, the expected target is also set at selling 1 million copies in 6 months.

This is enough to show his expectations for the online music store even after bringing in Zhou Yi.

So Qian Jiang was so nervous that he couldn't sleep.

Zhou Yi, who is currently away from the United States, can be said to be frequently relying on various news to gain recognition. The physical sales myth he created before can be said to be crushing to the European and American music circles.

But now on the Internet where piracy is rampant, Zhou Yi, who has no predecessors to explore the way, can be said to be the first person to eat crabs.

In case of waterloo, those competitors will never give up this opportunity to attack Zhou Yi.

Online music, a music model that started out as piracy, is undoubtedly a fantasy for traditional and conservative musicians. What's more, the United States has the most complete record industry in the world, with literally millions of workers dependent on it for their food and clothing, and they are even more scornful of online music sales channels that completely bypass them.

"Why are you staring? You can just stare at me. I want to sleep. I'm so sleepy."

Zhou Yi, who yawned, couldn't tell the slightest bit of nervousness: "I can't stand the more than ten hours of time difference. If I practice immortality every day, I will be exhausted."

"..."

Qian Jiang on the other end of the phone pursed his lips and looked a little weird - why did he feel that the emperor was not anxious but the eunuch was?

Ah bah bah bah!

I'm not a eunuch!

After hanging up the phone, Qian Jiang lit a cigarette, patted himself twice, and immediately made the decision to stay up late——

Can't blame him.

The only reason to blame is that Apple's cake was too big, even a veteran like him was very excited.

At 10:08 a.m. on July 23, 2003, U.S. time, Apple, which had delayed the launch of the iTunes store from the end of April to the end of July due to the airing of Zhouyi commercials, officially announced that all songs from Zhouyi would be launched on the iTunes music store——

Singles are priced at $1.99 each; regular albums are priced at $20 each.

As part of Apple's efforts to open up the online music market, in terms of albums, the fledgling Apple directly reduced the prices of all Zhouyi's regular edition albums to $20 each.

Because it was just beginning, the Apple store only dared to put the regular version of the album online.

As for the deluxe edition with gifts?

Sorry, you still have to buy the physical version.

As for the extra songs in the hardcover edition?

You can only buy singles.

In addition, the Apple Store has cooperated with Warner to put all of Zhou Yi's Chinese albums and Chinese songs on the shelves. This is a surprise specially prepared for Zhou Yi's overseas fans - want to buy Zhou Yi's Chinese albums but don't have a channel?

Warner controls the goods?

It doesn't matter, come to my Apple iTunes music store, where you can find everything!

As the Dinghaishenzhen invited by Jobs himself, Zhou Yi has all the song authorizations. As long as you pay for it, you can download any song to your iPod!

Singles priced at $1.99 and albums priced at $20 were announced to everyone who entered the iTunes Music Store in a banner-style poster-like manner, giving many people a great surprise.

"Fuck! God, I admit that I was tempted. I didn't want to buy Spike's album because I didn't like some of the songs. Apple's single purchase model really won my heart! It's only $1.99 a song!"

"Although there are no physical gifts, a regular album for $20 is also a good deal."

"All Spike's songs are there, even Chinese songs. That's great. I've always been curious about "In the Name of the Father". I'll buy it first! It's only 1.99, I won't lose or be fooled!"

"..."

Thanks to Apple's continuous and unremitting promotion since April, plus the current explosive popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the United States, even the instrumental theme song of Pirates of the Caribbean has appeared in the Apple Store.

Single mode, still sold for 1.99.

With the buff, this Pirate March, which is known as a classic, directly squeezed into the top ten of the download list.

"What did you say? With the popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean, it just barely squeezed into the top ten?"

Apple, Steve Jobs' office.

Steve Jobs, who was in charge of this project and bet the company's future growth on it, was paying attention to the data with the senior management while receiving the data analysis report -

Pirate March, which was thought to be able to top the list with the popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean, unexpectedly ranked only tenth in real-time downloads - the song squeezed ahead of it was called "Good Time".

Jobs was so surprised that he touched his head and asked: "Which song has the highest number of downloads? The World Cup song? Or his new album?"

"No, none of them."

The subordinate who came to report had an extremely strange look on his face: "It's a song from his first album, the "Baby" that made him a global hit. Here are the data."

"..."

Jobs saw his subordinate's look and smelled something wrong. He immediately took the file. The moment he opened it, his eyes suddenly widened--

"In six hours, there were 130,000 single sales of "Baby" alone?!"

Jobs shouted out because he was too surprised. Other executives immediately cast incredible eyes at him.

How much? !

One song, six hours, 130,000 songs? !

According to the contract signed between Apple and Zhouyi, if 800,000 digital songs were sold in music stores within six months, the share between Apple and Warner Zhouyi would be reduced to 2:8.

If 1 million songs were sold within six months, the share would be reduced to 1:9.

If 3 million songs are sold within six months, Apple will give Zhou Yi an additional bonus incentive in the form of bonus conversion, and the incentive part is 40% of the sales volume above 3 million copies.

At that time, everyone thought that they could use Zhou Yi's fame to increase sales of 1 million songs within half a year to build their reputation and welcome more singers to join.

The 3 million song clause was purely used to lower the price and make empty promises...

Jobs touched his head, and then shook his head unconsciously, a little confused: "Fuck! Spike won't sell 1 million songs a day, right?!"