China Entertainment 2000

"Happy New Year~"

"Happy New Year."

The moment after the clock struck zero, even though there were doors and windows blocking the way, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers in the village still clearly reached the ears of Zhou Yi, who was lying alone on the mahogany sofa in the living room——

One after another, congratulatory text messages kept jumping on the small screen of Nokia, and familiar night owls swiped their cards at midnight to share the joy of the coming New Year.

Sun Yanzi, Chen Hao, Jay Chou, Zhang Shaohan, Elva Hsiao, Wen Lan, Liu Genhong, Fan Bingbin and other late-night masters are all here.

Chen Hao even used text messages to complain about some programs of this year's Spring Festival Gala, feeling that they were not as good as last year's.

Zhou Yi, who was texting back and forth to reply, missed QQ and WeChat in the future. This reply has too many targets and is really too inconvenient.

But when he thought that it was only 2001, Xiao Ma probably got the second big investment last year to boost QQ's user base, Zhou Yi sighed.

Although these two small but beautiful softwares were not famous in the past life, they could at least be called infamous. But it should be said that it is indeed much more convenient than traditional text messages.

With the regret of missing the little penguin in time, Zhou Yi, who did not turn off the lights in the living room, returned to his room and fell asleep peacefully amid the singing of "Unforgettable Tonight".

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhou Yi, who had put on his new clothes, happily accepted the New Year's money given by his parents with a smile on his face. With his hands in his pockets and tightly wrapped in a down jacket, he followed his parents up the mountain to worship the Buddha.

Since the whole village had long known that Zhou Yao's country had a nationally famous star, Zhou Yi felt like he was about to become a Buddha when he was worshiping the Buddha. Everyone would come up to chat with him or even take a group photo with him.

There were even primary school students humming "Happy Worship" jumping around him - the true king of primary school students.

"Blessed by Bodhisattva, I hope our family will be safe and smooth in the future..."

Unlike Zhou Yi, who has become the "idol of the whole village", Zhou Yaoguo and Zhao Ping went through all the worship procedures normally, muttering words to ask for blessings.

However, it turns out that this Bodhisattva is somewhat rebellious——

January 26, 2001, the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Early in the morning, Zhou Yi received a call from his agent Qian Jiang.

"Zhou Yi, something happened."

As Zhou Yi's agent, Qian Jiang, who was so proud on New Year's Day a day ago, was obviously suppressing his anger in his voice: "There was a sudden rumor over there that mainland artists were banned from performing and promoting. It's very wrong.

"What Zhou Jianhui means is that he is asking for communication to see if there is any misunderstanding..."

Speaking of excitement, Qian Jiang even cursed directly on the phone: "Damn it! These little bastards, don't let me know who is doing this dirty trick!"

Just compete for sales in an upright manner, and that's it. What's the point of engaging in such underhanded tricks? !

Qian Jiang was very angry, and the general's strong belly also rose and fell.

Zhou Yi was eating fried sugar cake at home at this time. Hearing this, his mood did not fluctuate much. He could even comfort his agent: "It's a small problem, Uncle Qian, don't be so anxious."

"I'll help you find out what's going on. Stay on the phone."

"..."

Zhou Yi, who was chewing candy cake, looked at the hung up phone, shook his head and chuckled, but didn't take it seriously.

What should come will always come.

He was mentally prepared for this and not only was he not anxious, he even wanted to laugh.

In this matter, even if Coca-Cola and Warner come together, it is impossible to change the outcome.

Sure enough, four days later, a call came from Warner General Manager Zhou Jianhui——

"Zhou Yi, I'm sorry."

The first sentence Tangtang Warner, the general manager, said was sorry: "The company has tried its best, but still cannot change the situation. Starting next Monday, all mainland artists will not be able to perform or promote on the island.

"Including but not limited to concerts, book signings, variety shows, radio promotions, TV promotions, etc."

The dignified general manager of Warner, Zhou Jianhui, who had just brought Warner out of its trough period, was gnashing his teeth with hatred: "What a fucking idiot!"

With Baodao's complete lack of publicity, Zhou Yi's new album is unlikely to be a big hit no matter how high its quality is. At least Zhou Jianhui has never heard of a singer who can take advantage of Baodao's music market under such circumstances. Take a piece of the pie.

This is a fucking ban!

"There is no other way. We must adjust your publicity strategy now."

After angrily scolding this decision and stating that he would still choose to support Zhou Yi, Zhou Jianhui calmed down: "I will fly to the mainland in the afternoon. You can also come to the company sometime and tell me when you arrive. A sound.

"This news should not have spread in the mainland so quickly. Let's discuss the future direction."

Thanks to the fact that the Internet is not very developed yet, no one even published the news in the entertainment pages of the two major portals Sohu and NetEase.

Even if someone hears this news, they will just think that it is a trick played by a few music companies in Baodao to trick black people, and laugh it off.

"It's past the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. I happen to be at home with my family these days. During this time, Mr. Zhou, just arrange for the company to follow normal public relations procedures to express your disapproval."

Faced with such a completely force majeure event, Zhou Yi felt that unless he rubbed the golden elixir on the spot and flew up on the spot, changed his painting style and showed himself to the world, otherwise it would be in vain.

It's better to eat and drink well, maybe then you can "torture the fans" and go straight to a big purification.

After 2008, fans of the purified Baodao may be eagerly awaiting the return of the king.

"Okay, don't worry, you can take some time to relax, there's no need to worry about this."

Zhou Jianhui, who was afraid that Zhou Yi would be troubled by the unilateral ban, hurriedly comforted him a few times, then hurriedly hung up the phone and went to contact Coca-Cola China with a curse.

No matter what the final result was, he still wanted to work harder. At least Zhou Yi had to win the opportunity to participate in the Golden Melody Award.

Not long after Zhou Jianhui hung up the phone, Sun Yanzi, who was also at Warner, made a call——

"Zhou Yi! How are you? Are you okay? I heard that you seem to be unilaterally banned and will no longer be able to promote." There was a rare anxiety and worry in Sun Yanzi's voice.

"Don't worry, it's okay. I can even eat a few more large pieces of pan-fried sugar cake. I have a good appetite."

Still using his usual nonchalant tone, Zhou Yi comforted her worriedly.

Immediately after Sun Yanzi, Elva Hsiao, Zhang Shaohan, Jay Chou, Liu Genhong and even Wen Lan, all the people he knew well in Baodao called.

Zhou Yi was dumbfounded for a while.

It was obviously him who was banned, so why was he the one comforting these people who were worried about him?

He has obviously been prepared for it, otherwise he would not have tried his best to choose popular songs on the B-side of the second album that can be extremely popular in KTVs, shopping malls, skating rinks, restaurants and other public areas. song.

Except for the more realistic hip-hop work "Floating North", all the songs on side B are basically popular songs in these public places. Basically, you can sing along with a few lines when the intro is played.

The lyrics of the song “Don’t be trendy don’t have to spend money” are even homophonic to the Hokkien dialect, which is in line with the tone of Hokkien spoken in the Raozhou area, and is even more consistent with the Hokkien dialect in the Baodao area.

While the melody ensures popularity in the streets, it also allows Warner to further sell the song through the element of Hokkien.

Language is the most poignant thing in the world.

Not to mention the big killer "Jiangnan".

"Jiangnan" stayed on the charts for a total of 50 weeks in 2004, and ranked in the top ten for 30 weeks. As the number one weekly champion in a single week, Jiangnan even held the title for 16 consecutive weeks.

For comparison, "Qilixiang" has been on the list for a total of 42 weeks, with 35 weeks in the top ten, and the weekly number one in a single week has been 18 weeks.

ps: The editor said that the recommendation effect of Sanjiang is relatively poor, maybe because the title of the book is too non-mainstream, and asked me to change the title of the book to a mainstream one...

I couldn't think of any mainstream ones, so the editor recommended that I use "China Entertainment 2000"...

ps2: The next one will be later, around 11:30.

This chapter wasted more than half an hour in a battle of wits with the review...