China Entertainment 2000

"This is definitely hype."

As Zhou Yi's agent, Qian Jiang was the first person to receive the news from the United States. With just one glance, this experienced old man saw the trick.

He is too familiar with it.

Didn't Zhou Yi use this method to attract attention before the release of his album?

As the only man who can compare with Zhou Yi in global album sales in the past few years, if Zhou Yi hadn't suppressed this man with more than 20 million global sales, he would probably be the real No. 1.

As a top star in the American entertainment industry, Eminem also has the image of a scoundrel who curses the world.

"Let's hype it up. He needs preheating and so do I. It depends on who wins in the end."

After finishing the interview with Dongfeng TV, Zhou Yi smiled and took off his suit jacket, rolled up the cuffs of his white shirt, and unbuttoned a few buttons: "With his nature of wanting to take advantage of the popularity, he might be scolded more than me when the album is released."

Ordinary Americans probably don't understand the meaning of his album, but they can definitely understand the satire of Michael Jackson in Eminem's album.

If he remembers correctly, in the album "Encore", Eminem spent a lot of space in the MV of a song to mock the king of pop in the last century who is no longer at the peak, and was boycotted and insulted by Michael Jackson's fans.

But even so, Eminem still relied on his own super popularity and the quality of the album to win the sales of more than 700,000 copies in the first week in the United States, and directly achieved a terrifying sales record of 870,000 copies in the second week.

The sales in three weeks directly equaled the performance of other singers in half a year or even a year.

This is 2004, a year when the physical record industry in the United States and even the world has officially entered a period of decline.

A white man can stand at the top of the hip-hop field, which can only be said to be really powerful.

Of course, although the results are good, the satire against Michael Jackson in the album still makes Eminem anxious in public opinion. At that time, he only needs to add fuel to the fire a little bit - he has been waiting for Eminem to take the bait.

With this man's nature of loving to take advantage of the heat and make a fuss, Zhou Yi knows that he will definitely target himself when the album starts to be promoted this year, just like he will definitely not miss the opportunity to hype Eminem when he releases the album -

In the eyes of European and American audiences and even the media, the two of them have long been tied together because of the previous rounds of battles.

For this reason, he has made sufficient preparations in the new album early this time.

As a representative of funk music in the last century, Michael Jackson, who won the title of king with his funk albums, lost his glory after entering the 21st century, but he still has a large number of audiences for his songs cultivated by him. The consumption capacity of this group of people for high-quality funk music is completely worth attracting.

Therefore, he will choose to add funk to his new album.

When the albums of both parties are released, the fans of Eminem and him will be 1VS1. But Eminem scolded Michael Jackson, but he not only did not scold him, but instead produced high-quality funk songs to capture people's hearts. It is easy to lead the rhythm in this regard and unite Michael Jackson's fans to suppress Eminem.

It's a combination of vertical and horizontal.

The wisdom of our ancestors, kid.

Zhou Yi, who was using the full map, had no plan to be on guard like Qian Jiang, and was even very leisurely-he was very curious about what it would feel like when everyone's albums were released and Eminem saw that there were still "abandoned" funk songs in his album.

Xiao Kai is not a big deal.

"By the way, Ayi, the Warner Films you asked me to pay attention to are currently building theaters everywhere in China. They don't seem to want to withdraw after contacting them. Are you sure you want to continue contacting them?"

After finishing the business, Qian Jiang, who felt that paying attention to Warner Films was a waste of time, still told Zhou Yi his judgment.

Because the people in the division did not change, his relationship with the acquaintances in Warner Films could not be said to be starting over, but at least it could be said to be a lingering connection.

"Just keep in touch with them, and the necessary expenses can be paid through my account."

Zhou Yi didn't care too much and casually gave a very reasonable reason: "Time Warner's management is already old and confused, and its finances are getting worse and worse. Sooner or later, they will abandon the domestic Warner Cinema Line because they can sell it for money and look good in the financial report, just like the global record business."

A company in its rising period can allow a large loss in the financial report, but a consortium that is on the decline cannot. Time Warner's sale of the global record business is already a proof that it is gradually unable to cope with it.

Qian Jiang understood this reason very well, after all, he was also an eyewitness.

There were all kinds of internal struggles within Time Warner, between subsidiaries and between departments of subsidiaries. Sometimes he even wondered how Time Warner was still alive.

In Zhou Yi's eyes, after seeing the chaos of the US headquarters, it was not a bad thing to prepare for a rainy day.

"Okay, then I will continue to help you follow up."

Qian Jiang was not a person who was short of money now: "Also, after returning to the capital, the guy named Han from China Film wanted to meet you, do you want to meet him?"

China Film?

Zuoshan Diao?

Zhou Yi looked at him in surprise: "He wants to see me? I don't seem to have any business dealings with him?"

"He didn't say anything specific, just asked, I think it should be about "Heroes." Qian Jiang was also unsure and guessed.

After two years of delay, "Hero" finally agreed to be released in the United States, distributed by Miramax, and scheduled for August 27, 2004. This time was exactly when Zhou Yi was definitely promoting his album in the United States.

"Maybe he wanted to build a relationship with you and ask you to help promote it when the time comes?"

"He's quite attentive."

Zhou Yi chuckled and didn't pay much attention.

There may be many things about Zuoshan Diao that make people feel disgusted, but it must be said that for promoting the development of Chinese commercial films, this person is worthy of his position.

"By the way, what happened between you and Yanzi? Did you have a fight? Why do I feel like she seems to be avoiding you recently? After the Golden Melody Awards?"

"Oh, it's not a big deal. She drank too much that night and seemed to tiptoe and kiss me when she was drunk. After she sobered up, she stuttered."

——? !

Qian Jiang was stunned, and then his eyes widened: "Ah?"

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"Ah what! I'm serious!"

Taiwan, Sun Yanzi's apartment.

Sun Yanzi, who was curled up in bed, buried his head in the pillow and muttered like a spoiled child: "I don't know what happened, I just thought the atmosphere was right, I drank a lot of wine, and I accidentally tripped and fell into his arms..."

"...Oh, so many coincidences."

On the other end of the phone, the emotionless tone of her bestie made Sun Yanzi furious--

"Okay, okay, I admit it, I just couldn't help it at the time, and my foot slipped."

"You slipped at the right time, have you watched too many idol dramas?"

"I'm not telling you this to make you sneer at me!!!"

Do you have to dig to the bottom? !

Now when Sun Yanzi thinks of this incident, he feels like there are two balls of fire burning on his face, and his ears are burning red.

"I don't dare to see him now. Every time I see him in the company, I will inexplicably think of the embarrassing night when I got drunk."

Drinking will cause trouble!

"You are awesome. You can get drunk even with beer."

The best friend continued to read without emotion: "Why don't you say that you are so bold? Alcohol makes cowards bold."

"You are the coward! I am not a coward at all!"

Like a British shorthair cat whose tail was stepped on, Sun Yanzi instantly raised his head, leaned close to the phone and grinned.

"I'm asking you, what's Zhou Yi's reaction?"

The timely question from her best friend prevented the start of a war. Sun Yanzi, whose attention was diverted in an instant, lay back on the pillow, muttering with drooping eyes: "He would also tease me, saying that if he had known that he would let me get drunk when filming the MV for "Fairy Tale", there wouldn't be so many NGs."

"Then it looks okay."

"?"

"Are you stupid? Isn't he saying this to help you out? He was afraid that you would be embarrassed, so he took the initiative to film the MV for "Fairy Tale"?"

On the other end of the phone, her best friend was disappointed: "Didn't you talk about the Thirty-Six Stratagems before? Why don't you know it now? Think about it, if Zhou Yi didn't care about you, with the speed at which his scandal was generated, would you still be shy about this forced kiss?

"If he didn't have any interest in you, he wouldn't have brought barbecue back to you on purpose when Akina Nakamori went to the Golden Melody Awards that night."

"...It seems so - huh? No! What forced kiss! I just slipped accidentally! Slip! Don't add plot without permission!"

"Have you heard of the theory of ceding cities, Yanzi?" The best friend ignored the stubbornness and gave advice.

"Ah?"

"Cede five cities today, 10 cities tomorrow, and then have a good night's sleep. You have now broken through the safety boundary between you and Zhou Yi with the help of the alcohol that night, so what you need to do next is to increase your emotional weight in his heart step by step..."

Sun Yanzi scratched his head, and a hair stood up due to static electricity: "Isn't that "Six Kingdoms Theory"? "

"...That's not important, I didn't ask you to recite the source, I asked you to learn it!"

The best friend gritted his teeth: "It is obvious that it is normal for a man of Zhou Yi's age to be unrepentant. What you need to do is to increase the proportion of yourself in his daily life, and test him step by step, so that he can't leave you without any psychological burden like he treats other women..."

"Hiss...it seems to make sense. "

Like Inspector Megure listening to the sleeping Maori Kogoro solving a case, Sun Yanzi rubbed his chin with his index finger and thumb, nodded frequently, and his lively eyebrows and eyes occasionally showed a look of sudden enlightenment.