The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 409: Brother, you play rock and roll, what’s the use of playing it (4k)

The weird makeup, weird music and indescribable lights make everything look gloomy and supernatural.

If this place wasn't decided by Zhou Yi, Jay Chou would even doubt where this place was.

Many of the audience in the audience were obviously frightened, and some swore and booed. However, the long-haired and sinister cross-dresser on the stage still had the mentality of an old dog and sang the song without any influence.

It’s that strong Northeastern duet style that is somewhat beyond the understanding of many live audiences——

Let alone them, even Elva Hsiao and Zhang Shaohan, who are musicians, are a little unable to understand.

On the contrary, Sun Yanzi, who has always been looking for all kinds of weird and weird music to listen to, frowned at the beginning and shook his head, and couldn't help but beat the beat with his feet: "This is really... strange rock and roll."

It just feels weird.

If you want to say it sounds good, it will definitely not sound good in the public sense. When it reaches its peak, it should be a carnival in niche circles.

But if you want to call it ugly...she really heard something else.

Sun Yanzi was a little curious.

Speaking of this, Jay Chou suddenly got stuck.

"Speaking of this, when have I ever been afraid of Zhou Yi? I dare to face his album release date." When it comes to music, even though his current performance is obviously not as good as Zhou Yi, Jay Chou is still not afraid, and even has a kind of repeated failure. The attitude of never giving up despite repeated battles.

"Of course it's strange. He deliberately went off the rails like this."

"I know that guy, he's pretty nice."

"I have never met them. I don't know if they have met me."

"They should have the title of Little Zhou Yi, maybe they can become more popular."

Am I really the only one who doesn’t know a single foreign language? !
Looking around, Zhou Jielun suddenly realized that the "illiterate" was actually me?

Zhou Yi, a graduate of Peking University, has an English level of 6 and is able to graduate from an English college and reach the top;
Sun Yanzi is a Singaporean and English is her mother tongue;
Although Elva Hsiao is not a foreigner, she went to Canada to study at a young age and her English is also very good.

"This is Cai Yilin's album. She is coming back. She plans to release her comeback album in March. This album is very important to her, so she specially chose the off-season of March to release it, so that it can become an instant hit. Return to the mainstream music market."

After more than two years of experience, Jay Chou is no longer shy and chatted about some interesting things in the industry with a smile: "I also learned English from him, and he also recommended an English teacher to me."

Talking about his fake girlfriend, Jay Chou had a somewhat bright smile on his face: "She is not familiar with you. She knew that I was coming to the mainland this time, so she asked me to ask about the date of your album. If we might meet, She just changed the date.”

"If you say that, it's true. The new guy from Universal Records named Wilber Pan became famous under the name of Little Zhou Yi."

"..."

"March?"

"It used to be quite normal for him to sing rock music in the imperial capital, but not only did he fail to sing at the end of the last century, he was treated differently at a rock festival in Harbin. In a fit of anger, he dressed up as a woman and performed on stage backstage.

Zhou Yi, who stretched out his hand towards Sun Yanzi under the underworld light, was almost startled. When he found out it was him, he breathed a sigh of relief and allowed the man to take a piece of cantaloupe from his hand. ——

Jay Chou, who was suddenly stared at by four people with strange looks, may have felt a little embarrassed on his face: "I never went to college, so it's normal not to know English, okay, you guys -"

At the peak of his personal creation, he was full of energy every day, especially with Zhou Yi as a powerful opponent. Inspiration was sparking in his head every day, although many of them were songs from Zhou Yi's album. Inspiration drawn from within.

Feeling that he might be humiliating himself if he continued to talk about this topic, Jay Chou took a bite of his apple and waved his hands: "I have a question for you, will any of you release an album in March this year?"

Angela Zhang is Chinese and the only one among the four who has not gone to college. Both of these prerequisites are the same as him. But when I was young, I went to Canada with my parents to live, and was forced to learn English...

Over the years, the members of Second Hand Rose have been changed again and again, and the status of coming and going has continued until 09. What is the reason? Isn't it because of the lack of money?

“As a result, this operation made him famous and he started to have more opportunities to perform and make money.

It is simply a miracle that the album can sell well while balancing artistry and commerciality.

Jay Chou, who came to find him, happened to hear his boastful words and answered with a smile: "It's just like seven out of ten people in Taiwan now want to call themselves Little Zhou Yi for his debut."

"..."

This is also what he sincerely admires about Zhou Yi.

"Compared to a rock and roll attitude, this is actually more like a path dependence he discovered accidentally. Even if he is scolded by many people, as long as he captures the mentality of some people who are willing to watch him go crazy and act like a clown, at least the band can survive .

"Although there may be a few people who are willing to look at him."

"..."

"How do you know so much? Have you met them before when you were hanging out in the bar street?"

"..."

"What's wrong, why are you all looking at me so strangely?"

But it has to be said that Cai Yilin, who came back from Japan to adjust, really impressed his emotional value. In their daily interactions, he even saw a bit of the charm of the goddess Xu Ruoxuan in his mind. In the end, the two The fake show came true.

To be honest, at first he just found it annoying that the company was hyping up "double J love".

Zhou Yi smiled and shrugged: "I'm not bragging. I used to have a little reputation in this area."

It was the first time that Jay Chou asked someone so clearly about their album release plan. The three women were a little surprised. Sun Yanzi, who was eating melon, even asked: "That's not true. But, why would you ask this? Why, are you afraid? Fighting in the ring?"

Zhang Shaohan, who is considered an old acquaintance, greeted Jay Chou to sit down. The two people who used to be the most transparent in Zhou Yi's "My Love Is You" MV have now progressed to a position where they can serve on the table.

Depend on! !

"Forget it, let's skip this topic."

"Then what are you doing in March?" Elva Hsiao was a little curious.

"I do not have."

When he heard what he said, Sun Yanzi was the first to raise his hand and said that he had no such plan.

Her new album was only released in November last year, and the next album must be released at least half a year later to allow the market to fully digest it, and she cannot waste her high popularity.

Elva Hsiao, who released her album in July last year, shrugged: "Neither did I. After renewing my contract with Virgin, my terms are no longer so pressing. I have been busy with work for so long, so I plan to rest for a few more months."

Not to mention Angela Chang. Thanks to the declining performance of the record market, Fu Mao currently plans to let her, who is unexpectedly popular in the field of idol dramas, continue to shine in this field. She will first accumulate more popularity through the idol drama OST and then make a debut. Second major.

"Okay, then I can inform her later."

Jay Chou was very excited when he got the exact answer in person, and Zhou Yi wanted to laugh a little.

The so-called double J love is actually a love relationship with unequal status - Cai Yilin, who has fallen into a trough, will try to move closer to what he likes in order to capture Jay Chou's heart. During this period, the person she chose to imitate in private was Xu Ruoxuan, Jay Chou's dreamy but unavailable goddess.

The most typical representative should be the two's early collaboration song "Say I Love You".

This type of song is what Cai Yilin hates the most, and it is also the type of song that she was forced to sing the most by the company before the lawsuit. Otherwise, she, the so-called boy killer, would not have jumped to Sony.

But when Cai Yilin gained momentum, the relationship between the two gradually became equal. At this time, Cai Yilin in private is no longer the Cai Yilin that Jay Chou expected and liked——

She wanted to follow the style of an independent woman. After crossing the river with Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki, she saw this outlet and wanted to eat this fresh piece of cake. She wants to work hard for her career, and "Chivalry", which she wrote her own lyrics for, is the path she wants to take.

When conflicts arise between routes, breakup is inevitable.

This is one of the reasons why Jay Chou will be deeply hit by Chen Zeshan’s ranking incident in the future——

In front of the media, Cai Yilin was not even willing to make a haha, and openly stood up to Chen Zeshan.

It's all just because Jay Chou can't help her get to the next level, but Chen Zeshan can.

Cai Yilin's extreme fan group that soon tore through the entire domestic music circle among her peers was established under Chen Zeshan's control.

After she learned it, she was even able to change her own style of play, so much so that in the Internet age, even Jay Chou, who has a cliff-leading number of fans among domestic singers, can't tear her apart or scold Cai Yilin's fans on the Internet.

The four elders and three younger ones in the same period were even torn apart by her family, showing a self-centered demeanor. After Zhang Shaohan unexpectedly rejuvenated, the reputation of dutiful daughter was immediately given to her;
After Ai Sun Yanzi's popularity led to Sun Yanzi's rejuvenation, he even stared at her to find dirty information. He even asked her sister Sun Yanmei about her head, expressing her support for her to sever the sister relationship with her, so can you give me some information about your sister's support for independence? Stone hammer, just one sentence.

In the end, Sun Yanmei was singled out, saying that even if we severed the sisterhood, you Cai Yilin fans should not get involved and confuse right and wrong.

So, the question is, how did Sun Yanmei know that Fang Tie was a fan of Cai Yilin?
Obviously, it was because her sister Sun Yanzi and Cai Yilin were good friends.

It's a pity that Sun Yanzi regards Cai Yilin as her best friend, but the latter uses her as marketing materials - after attending Sun Yanzi's wedding, she even used overwhelming marketing to market herself as the only insider invited by Sun Yanzi. What? There are a lot of drafts about sisterly love.

But in fact, only a few people were invited to Sun Yanzi's wedding at that time. In addition to Cai Yilin, celebrity friends in the industry also invited Zhang Huimei and Cai Jianya. The former was because the announcement was not made, and the latter happened to be because my father died, and I was too busy organizing the funeral to make it.

Not to mention that some of my friends who are musicians in the industry also went.

Sun Yanzi, who could not accept her sisters using her wedding as a marketing tool, gradually drifted away from Cai Yilin.

Later, Cai Yilin also became one of the few female singers who took more photos with male singers than female singers.

The big four, three little ones, and others all have photos of themselves in the same frame, arranged and combined in their own way. Only Cai Yilin has no photos taken with anyone, even if she participates in the same event.

Being able to ruin everyone's relationships is a skill.

"Zhou Yi, what are you laughing at? Is it possible that you are going to release an album in March?" Jay Chou was a little surprised.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, the new English album will be released in March as expected, because the Grammy Awards is at the end of February."

"That's okay."

Jay Chou, who thought he was a Chinese major, waved his hand nonchalantly, and then asked curiously: "Have you decided on your second English album? What's the album's name?"

"It's decided, it's called "Forever Young"

Zhou Yi smiled and said the album name.

"Forever young? What do you mean? What style?"

Jay Chou was stunned.

He still understands this bit of English, and he is still learning English after all.

"Brother, you play rock and roll, what's the point of playing it~~"

Zhou Yi was about to speak, but the opening words of Liang Long, the lead singer of Second Hand Rose, were heard from downstairs. Then he smiled casually, and without looking back, he raised his right thumb and pointed towards the audience: "There should be more rock elements."

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"Rock?"

New York, USA.

The director of the headquarters who was responsible for connecting with Zhou Jianhui heard the introduction of Zhou Yi's new song and frowned slightly: "Isn't this too risky?"

"No, believe me."

Zhou Jianhui openly expressed his trust in Zhou Yi: "Our subsequent public relations will portray Spike as someone who is not afraid of the oppression of the evil forces in the music industry. Eminem is a bad boy anyway.

"Depending on the situation, it can slope into racial discrimination, but it cannot be done too quickly. It depends on the direction of the Grammys."

"...ok, okay."

After thinking for a while, and considering Zhou Yi's huge commercial value and market, the visitor nodded, then ended the conversation and walked out of the conference room.

Zhou Jianhui, who had used up a lot of words, could only curse in his heart.

You're still thinking about fighting among yourself at this fucking time. Your US headquarters is really a bunch of talented people.

It was only thanks to him that he argued hard, pounded the table and almost had to engage in a full-scale martial arts show with those idiots, and then he successfully finalized the plan.

Zhou Jianhui was so angry that he even refused the invitation for the evening, and was going to have a good time alone in the hotel suite.

But at this time, he unexpectedly received a call from another important person——

Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Former President of Universal Group.

Of course, he also has another identity - the chairman of Bronfman Investment Group, who is trying to acquire Warner Records alone.

Because of the constant infighting within the Time Warner Group between traditional entertainment and the singer and record value of Warner Records, Edgar Bronfman Jr. has set his sights on Warner Records. Time Warner has not yet decided whether to carve it out. Self-help meat.

"I've heard your name, Jianhui Zhou."

To show his sincerity, Edgar Bronfman Jr. even read out Zhou Jianhui's Chinese name: "I like Spike's music very much, and I also know that you discovered him by yourself. I am also a person who likes music very much. , I think we can sit down and have a drink if we have time?”

"Mr. Bronfman, you should know that we cannot meet in private for the time being." Zhou Jianhui narrowed his eyes and said calmly.

"Nonono, we didn't meet in private, we met by chance."

Edgar Bronfman Jr. emphasized.

(End of this chapter)