China Entertainment 2000

“Export your mother! Zhou Yi sings English songs abroad?! He sells English albums?!”

“That’s right, the only Chinese song that has made a splash in the West, “In the Name of the Father”, was inspired by the Western classic movie “The Godfather”, isn’t that still a Western thing?”

Seeing that the fans have become so unscrupulous that they have expelled the nationality of opponents everywhere on the Internet, many people who have only said one or two words were immediately aroused and started to scold Yi Xiaojiang for being an idiot.

It’s totally unreasonable.

If you say that you have made great achievements internationally, no one can object, but you are talking about exporting Chinese culture abroad, which is a bit too much.

Putting aside the two American lackeys, Japan and South Korea, don’t you have any idea of ​​the sales of Zhou Yi’s past Chinese albums abroad?

"Bullshit! Open your eyes and take a good look. Zhou Yi's new album is also being discussed in Europe and America, right? If you don't want to go out and see, just look at the news on Zhou Yi's largest fan forum. There are all kinds of overseas students forwarding news and even taking photos and uploading them!"

The fans who argued in this regard directly presented evidence to their faces-

"Spike's new album may have exceeded 300,000 copies?"

"Chinese trend: not just Chinatown"

"Beware of Chinese cultural invasion"

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All of the above reports are from some American newspapers and magazines, such as "New York Daily", "The New Yorker", "Los Angeles Times", "USA Today", etc.

All of these are the first-line existences in the United States. If these newspapers and magazines start to report on Zhou Yi's English album, it really means that Zhou Yi's latest Chinese album is really doing well in the United States.

"No, what's going on? Zhou Yi's fans in the US are so loyal? How long has it been released? Last year, his Chinese album, with the influence of "In the Name of the Father", sold only a little more than this number in a year, right?"

"Are they all bought by Chinese and international students?"

"No, we solved the case, brothers. The reason for the rapid increase is that this bitch also had a big publicity before returning to China. Remember the Victoria's Secret show, the underwear model.

"Zhou Yi, this bitch, directly killed the BBC reporter on the red carpet, and used him to promote his new Chinese album. The organizer didn't edit it at all and broadcast it all for fun."

"..."

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When it comes to the Victoria's Secret show, the perverts who still have some memory of it temporarily put aside the so-called dispute and united to ask what happened.

Could it be that Zhou Yi took off his clothes and yelled at the female reporter?

The spectators who have never seen this American show were so anxious that they almost jumped up and down.

"To be precise, the scene of you openly snatching the BBC reporter's microphone on the red carpet and making him unable to get it back was a bit out of the circle, and then you turned around and repeatedly promoted the album release time in a brainwashing manner, which aroused the curiosity and fun of many Americans. "

Warner Building, office.

After receiving the two-week data sent by the US headquarters, Qian Jiang's face was somewhat strange when talking about this matter: "They are very interested in your behavior of openly playing tricks on the BBC reporter on the Victoria's Secret red carpet. After all, the BBC is also a well-known media, and many celebrities will give them face. The reporter is also a famous reporter who often appears. ”

Although offending a media reporter is a bit too arrogant for an entertainment industry person, when thinking that this is the BBC that always likes to be sarcastic, the American people don’t feel anything, and they are basically just having fun.

In addition, among the highly sticky fans that Zhou Yi has gathered after several rounds of wars in the American music scene, there are also many crystal fans who are willing to support and buy albums. In this way, it is basically no problem to maintain a good sales volume.

After all, many young Americans are attracted by arrogance and strength-

The strong should win all support and humiliate the weak!

What's wrong with buying an album?

I am willing to do it even if it is worth a lot of money!

If I really don’t want to buy an album, I will go to Apple’s music store to buy a few Chinese songs, which is also considered support!

"Chinese culture is a bit mysterious at the grassroots level in Europe and the United States, and it is even more mysterious in the United States. In addition, the Victoria's Secret show is so eye-catching, and the first week sales in the United States directly reached 140,000 copies. If the single sales data of the Apple Music Store is converted into album sales data, it exceeds 210,000.

"The total of two weeks has exceeded 350,000, and it's only been half a month." Qian Jiang couldn't help but get excited when talking about the killer weapon of Apple Music Store. 350,000 copies have been sold in half a month. If it continues to sell for a year, how can the total sales in the United States alone not exceed 500,000-550,000 copies? This is a pure Chinese song. Relatively speaking, not everyone is willing to buy expensive albums, but there are still many Zhou Yi fans who are willing to pay for one or a few cheap digital singles without blinking an eye-They don't understand, they just simply spend some pocket money to support their idol, let him know how much American fans support him, and then hurry to come to hold a concert. Yes, after knowing that Zhou Yi is holding a concert tour in China, Zhou Yi's fans in the United States are looking forward to it day by day, looking forward to Zhou Yi coming to hold a concert, and scolding Warner for being incompetent every day. "Although the singles sell for less money, this thing can really increase sales. As long as you have enough loyal fans, singles can be sold at will."

Qian Jiang finally saw how the Apple Music Store played a role in the sales of Zhouyi Chinese songs in Europe and the United States. Qian Jiang was filled with emotion: "If this model replaces the traditional record sales channel and becomes the mainstream in the future, wouldn't it be easy to fill it with water?"

You really can't blame him for the conspiracy theory. He was really surprised that even Chinese songs could work.

If he really wants to add water, he can arrange for Zhouyi's Chinese song sales to be ranked first in the Apple Music Store. Anyway, all the money will eventually return to Warner's pockets - and even the incentives have been reached long ago. If the target is reached, Apple will still have to pay for it.

However, considering that doing so would definitely have an immeasurable negative impact on Zhou Yi, this idea just wandered around in Qian Jiang's mind and disappeared.

"It's like this. In the future digital music era, winner takes all. Whether it's the West or the East, it will be very simple for the top popular singers to compete for sales."

Zhou Yi took a glance and shook his head.

Hate traffic → Hate traffic → Understand traffic → Become traffic.

Now he has reached the fourth step in Europe and the United States.

Jay Chou's "The Greatest Work" album was able to surpass the top European and American super giant Taylor Swift's new album released in the same year and topped the global album best-selling list in 22 years just by virtue of its sales in the Chinese region. District traffic winner takes all benefits.

"Also, guess which Chinese single is your best-selling on Apple's official website?"

Qian Jiang gave it up with a smile, and then he couldn't wait to announce the answer: "It's "Blue and White Porcelain"."

As a masterpiece of the so-called Chinese style, "Blue and White Porcelain" is full of exotic elements for Americans. The lyrics, lyrics translation, music video images and themes of "porcelain" and "love" all make this song particularly eye-catching.

Especially the theme of porcelain.

Chinese porcelain is famous, both in the United States and throughout the Western world.

The song "Blue and White Porcelain" happens to come from porcelain, and some people are interpreting it. In the past two weeks, there have been many more young Americans visiting porcelain stores in Chinatown than in the past.

"This is a real output."

Zhou Yi was happy.

Although the sales volume of Chinese songs is definitely lower than that of English songs, it is at least a breakthrough of Chinese songs in the English field.

"The most important thing is that you are not only popular in the United States, you are also extremely popular in the United Kingdom. The depth of English songs in their living communities can indeed be compared with that in the United States."

Under Zhou Yi's astonished gaze, Qian Jiang explained the reason with a smile - Arsenal Football Club.

Since the first game of the Premier League this season with a 6:1 score on May 6, 2003, this team has been undefeated under the leadership of meritorious coach Arsene Wenger - until now in December. It's almost halfway through the schedule, and Arsenal still remain undefeated in the Premier League.

The league has been in full swing so far, but they haven't lost a single game.

Basically, Arsenal fans have to cheer for the team with their own adapted songs every time they watch a game, for fear that they will lose a breath and start a losing streak. It just so happens that as an ambassador of Arsenal, Zhou Yi, in addition to co-filming commercials every year, his songs are also very suitable for adaptation and use in the stadium.

This was used by fans and even Arsenal's official publicity.

It can be said that relying on Arsenal's undefeated journey and the news of the war, Zhouyi's songs and popularity cannot be said to be a household name in the UK. At least they are not ignored - a large part of the community fan group listens. As soon as I listened to the song, I became a fan of Zhouyi.

In the European field, fans are the largest group, and this group of people has considerable purchasing power.

"The UK sales of 130,000 copies were simply beyond expectations."

Qian Jiang calculated the total sales, and his tone became more and more excited: "Ayi, if your album relies on a global foundation, it is very likely to break the sales record of "Kiss Goodbye", a single Chinese album of just over four million copies."

Although the eras are different and it is impossible to force a comparison, it cannot be said that the current environment is an era with a worse environment.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the sales volume of Zhouyi's "Gui Zang" has a huge proportion of foreign sales.

Needless to say, the Japanese music scene has become the exclusive preserve of Zhou Yi's captives. Within two weeks, it easily reached No. 1, with sales of 450,000 copies due to its extremely high popularity. The Korean market is much worse, but there are also 180,000 copies.

The UK has 130,000 tickets, France has 7, Germany has 8, Italy has 9, and Spain has 7.

Calculating carefully, the total sales volume in China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy in two weeks alone exceeded 3.65 million.

Others, such as Serbia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, etc., there are hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of copies here and there in the entire European world. They were pieced together here and there, and there were more than 80,000 copies.

Although it's not too much, it can't stand the huge quantity.

There are also Chinese areas in Southeast Asia. The Chinese album market in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries can still sell for 30,000 to 50,000 yuan no matter how hard it is in two weeks.

After aggregating data from various departments, it just passed the 4 million threshold.

As long as it sells for two more days, there is no doubt that it will break the single Chinese album sales record set by "Kiss Goodbye".

While Teresa Teng's long-standing sales volume cannot be verified and does not participate in the rankings, it is certain that Zhou Yi's "Gui Zang" will top the sales list of Chinese-language albums due to its global popularity!

Zhang Xueyou's "Kiss Goodbye" was released in 1993, while Zhou Yi's "Gui Zang" was released in 2003.

It is said that the Chinese music world lasts for ten years, and from "Kiss Goodbye" to "Return to Tibet", it happened to be ten years...

Exactly, an era!

On December 7, 2003, when Warner officially announced that the total sales of Zhou Yi's fourth album "Gui Zang" exceeded 4.1 million copies, and also provided sales charts for various regions around the world, it was unexpected that Zhou Yi could actually achieve success in foreign markets. Domestic media, which relies on quantity to win, suddenly exploded!

Some mainland media people who were not angry with Zhou Yi before were forced to write down their unintentional praises under the pressure of the traffic trend.

Especially those owned by Southern Newspaper——

"The end of the old era, the beginning of a new era!" 》

"The End of an Era"

"This era is called Zhouyi"

It’s so uncomfortable!

Why can this guy still have a smooth journey despite being like this? !

Oh my god, do you still have eyes?

After returning to the mainland, Xu Qingliang was not only treated coldly by the Southern Newspaper, but also actually received a court summons to prepare for a trial. Xu Qingliang's eyes widened and he said it was unreasonable.

Even the Xinhua News Agency, which brought back the evidence that Yuan Li was investigating and collecting, published an article for the first time explaining the sales records of Chinese pop songs set abroad by Chinese songs such as "Blue and White Porcelain"——

"Blue and White Porcelain: The Overseas Attraction of Chinese Culture"

"Recently, the popular song "Blue and White Porcelain" composed and sung by Chinese young singer Zhou Yi has received a lot of discussion overseas, making more foreigners pay attention to the traditional Chinese porcelain culture..."

The article is not long, but the meaning it represents is completely different.

When this record-breaking result came out, most people finally swallowed their dissatisfaction and anger.

All Chinese-language programs are sold abroad, so I really can’t get rid of this one for the time being.

He's really good at it.

"Fuck! Zhou Yi is awesome!"

"I'm your uncle! Overseas sales are almost half. Is this the terrifying thing about Zhouyi?"

"Domestic sales are not enough, sales in East Asia are not enough, and sales in Southeast Asia are not enough. Zhouyi also has European and American sales to supplement it..."

"It's not unjust for the singer to be surpassed. How can he be beaten? Hit him with his head!"

"It's true that every ten years is a cycle, and every ten years is an era. Zhou Yi will lead and start the next ten years of prosperity in the music world. There is nothing wrong with it."

"Is it still prosperous? Except for Zhou Yi, who is at fault, and a few other top players, the music scene is too weak to look good."

"You really can't blame Zhou Yi for being arrogant. If I had his strength, I would be even more arrogant than him. I would walk sideways!"