China Entertainment 2000

"A new force in the Chinese music scene, there is no suspense in the competition for the best newcomer!" 》

"He is not in Treasure Island, but Treasure Island is always full of news about him!" 》

"One person was nominated for six major categories of the Golden Melody Award, breaking the list of newcomers nominated for the Golden Melody Award! 》

"The man closest to Zhou Yi - Jay Chou!" 》

"Jay Chou: The biggest surprise for the Taiwanese music scene in the new millennium!" 》

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On March 30, 2001, after the shortlist of Golden Melody Awards was announced to the public, all major news media in the market were focusing on this matter——

The competition between the three major newcomers at the 12th Baodao Golden Melody Awards.

Zhou Yi, Stefanie Sun, Jay Chou.

Compared with Stefanie Sun and Jay Chou, Weiqi Fan and Penny Dai, who were also shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award for Best Newcomer, pose no threat to Zhou Yi at all and are purely accompanying them.

The two people knew this well when being interviewed by the media, and both said that being shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award was already a great honor for them.

Among them, Dai Penni and Zhou Yi are exactly the same as singer-songwriters. The lyricist of only one song in the first album is her friend, and all the other songs are written and composed by herself. This is a big plus. In the estimation of major media There is still a 1% chance of an upset.

As for Weiqi Fan, she is really only treated as an atmosphere team member.

The reason why she is frequently mentioned by the media is because she and Angela Chang, who became popular after releasing her first album this year, belong to Fu Mao. The relationship between the two is not bad and they often go to major places together.

Angela Chang herself also stood up for Zhou Yi unequivocally when asked about this matter, smiling like an exquisite doll with a 1:1 simulation enlargement: "Golden Melody Award? Of course I support Brother Yi. Jay Chou is very good, Yan Zi is my good friend, but there is no way, in my heart Brother Yi is the strongest one."

Since his debut, Hsiao Yaxuan, who did not apply for the Golden Melody Award for two consecutive years because of his mentor Yao Qian, also chose to support Zhou Yi, and even more bravely began to gain popularity for Zhou Yi——

"Due to well-known reasons, it is difficult for Zhou Yi to appear in front of Baodao fans. This is unfair. I hope everyone can support him and Zhou Yi more.

"I know Zhou Yi. His music is very pure and he should not be treated like this."

Anyway, I didn’t sign up for the Golden Melody Award. Elva Hsiao spoke so fiercely for Zhou Yi without any worries. If it weren't for the pressure of her mentor Yao Qian, she could directly break through the sky.

Comparatively speaking, Jay Chou, who is at the center of the storm, speaks in a quite satisfactory manner, and it looks like he has memorized the public relations draft.

Such nonsense as "Zhou Yi and I are good friends", "Our relationship is healthy competition", "I am happy for Zhou Yi".

These are not interesting in the eyes of the media. They are still more interested in stoking the flames and provoking a large-scale scolding war between the two fans.

There are also some good people who want to use the "Warner Civil War" gimmick to provoke internal strife between Stefanie Sun fans and Zhou Yi fans. They even used the gimmick of "Stefanie Sun defeated Zhou Yi to win the Best Newcomer at the Singapore Golden Melody Awards" to create hype. Ichiban.

As a result, before the topic became popular, it was offset by Stefanie Sun herself in an interview——

"Did I take away Zhou Yi's Newcomer Award in Singapore? Indeed, Zhou Yi himself often said that I took away his award, which he can only win once in Singapore."

Stefanie Sun, who smiled playfully, made no secret of her often sarcastic behavior in front of Zhou Yi: "I still tease him with that trophy from time to time, so it doesn't matter whether I win the Best Newcomer or not, I interrupted his Southeast Asian Newcomer Award. A slam-dunk woman, the one who made his first experience imperfect, he can remember me for the rest of his life.”

As soon as these words came out, those fans who had been aroused by the media suddenly felt refreshed. Fans who had felt that the two were somewhat ambiguous because of the release of Warner's internal video were even more excited. shine.

There's drama! There is definitely something going on between these two!

Eat! You can eat them all! There is definitely something fishy about these two talking so boldly in private!

In this era when the Internet trend has gradually begun to rise, Stefanie Sun and Zhou Yi, the terrifying twin stars in the same company, have definitely hit the G-spot in the hearts of a large number of netizens.

When Leehom Wang, who was shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Male Singer for "The First Day of Forever", was asked who he supported, he smiled and smoothed things over: "I think anyone is possible. Awards Competition is so cruel. It doesn't mean whoever doesn't win the prize loses.

"In a sense, everyone represents the Chinese music scene."

Sony Music, which also wanted to ride on this wave of popularity, directly asked Leehom Wang to use the term "a new force in the Chinese music scene."

Although he was somewhat criticized for saying this.

After all, Leehom Wang has been a "little Jacky Cheung" for several years since his debut. He has no connection with the so-called "new forces" at all. Others like Zhou Yi and others have just debuted.

Compared to the turmoil from the outside world, Jay Chou himself was much simpler - he called directly to invite him to play the next day after the Golden Melody Award shortlist was announced.

"Zhou Yi, have you arrived in Taipei? Let's go out to play together. Genghong and the others are also here, as well as two other friends."

The "bi-weekly events" that Baodao media spontaneously reported were not a big deal to him.

Putting aside the fact that Zhou Yi was his savior, Jay Chou was convinced even if he simply used music to speak for himself.

After all, he really likes Zhou Yi's music, especially the two songs "Give Me Time for a Song" and "Hua Tian Cuo".

Zhou Yi gave him a lot of inspiration in the subject matter and treatment of these two songs.

To a certain extent, he feels that some media's praise of Zhou Yi is quite conservative. After all, Zhou Yi's single is a real hit, and like Tao Zhe, it has opened up a new category of the Chinese music market.

However, compared to the hip-hop element songs that the public loves, he prefers "Hua Tian Cuo", a song with a wonderful arrangement and composition. The elements are very novel. He can clearly feel that Zhou Yi is using this song. Song is playing something very new.

Just like the classic old song "Looking at the Spring Breeze" adapted and sung by Tao Zhe.

And he can be sure that Tao Zhe's adapted song "Looking at the Spring Breeze" is also highly rated in Zhou Yi's heart. Otherwise, the song "Happy Worship" with explosive hiphop elements in the first song will not have "explosion in sight". The rap phrase "Spring Breeze".

This is his instinct as a musician.

As for Zhou Yi, to be honest, he was still a little bit dumbfounded when he received the call from Jay Chou.

He is really good and fun-loving.

Wasn't it just that he kicked the basketball into the basket with his feet? What a big deal.

"What, did Jay Chou ask you to play ball again?"

Warner office building, recording studio lounge.

Seeing Zhou Yi hang up the phone, Stefanie Sun, who had a listening earphone hanging around her neck, turned around in her chair and looked at him who had written down the location of the basketball court with a notepad and said curiously.

"Well, that guy is pretty well-informed. Do you want to come together? I haven't seen him for a long time."

"I can't play basketball, so why should I be a cheerleader?"

Even though she said this, Stefanie Sun stood up from the chair very honestly. After all, she couldn't stay in the recording studio for too long. She also wanted to go out and get some fresh air.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi said noncommittally: "That's just right. Be a cheerleader serving me tea and water."

"Come on, you, with your three-legged cat basketball skills, I'll be your cheerleader." Stefanie Sun, who took off her earphones, laughed out loud: "You are only good at football, but you can play basketball as well as Jay Chou." Not bad at all.

"Now I even suspect that the reason why Jay Chou likes to play with you so much is simply because he finally found someone who is at the same level as him, so he doesn't have to be abused."

As someone who has seen Jay Chou and Zhou Yi's performance on the basketball court, Stefanie Sun still doesn't want to think about those few bullfights that can be said to be extremely boring.

And compared to Jay Chou, who occasionally makes flashy shots, Zhou Yi is a pure shooter who wanders outside the three-point line. Once the ball is in hand, it is a three-pointer.

The motto of the stadium is don't worry about whether you can score or not, your posture must be cool.

Really, kicking with your feet is more accurate than throwing with your hands.

"Nonsense, I haven't played basketball much, so when I was in high school, I was taller in class, so I was asked to join the team."

Regarding Stefanie Sun's views, Zhou Yi expressed strong protest.

His accomplishments in football are much higher than those in basketball. Didn't you see that Anta came to offer you a contract because of the popular football memes he created?

If you have the ability, let Jay Chou compete with him on the football field. If you don't make others look stupid, you can change their name to Bagua on the spot.

Because he didn't have a Baodao driver's license, Zhou Yi still went to the basketball court in Stefanie Sun's little BMW. The paparazzi who often squatted at the entrance of Warner Bros. were so excited when they saw Zhou Yi and Stefanie Sun going out together that they clicked the shutter of their cameras frantically.

Zhou Yi, who didn't care much about the paparazzi at all, took a look in the rearview mirror and reminded Stefanie Sun funnyly, who immediately stepped on the accelerator.

After getting rid of the paparazzi, the two of them arrived at the basketball court after a speedy ride.

Jay Chou, who noticed Stefanie Sun's license plate, immediately stood on the edge of the basketball court, raising his hands and waving in the direction of the BMW: "Here! This is Zhou Yi!"

Behind Zhou Jielun, a man who was fighting Liu Genghong in a one-on-one bullfight heard his yelling and immediately stopped, straightened his back and looked in the direction of the BMW.

There was also a woman sitting on the sidelines as a cheerleader who had the same action as him.

"Let me introduce, this is Luo Zhixiang. He is also a very good player and a famous artist."

After seeing Stefanie Sun and Zhou Yi getting out of the car, Jay Chou, who had selectively forgotten some things, immediately introduced them.

When introducing the woman who stood up from the stone steps on the sidelines, Jay Chou's face showed a bit of excitement visible to the naked eye: "She is Vivian Hsu, who is also a good friend of mine. The song "Lovely Woman" from my album She helped write the lyrics of three songs, "Tornado" and "Istanbul"."