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

Chapter 452 I Say Zhou Yi's Opinion
Based on this sentence alone, David Letterman can fully imagine how much hatred this episode will cause after it is aired on the 25th.

As we all know, in the sales war, Zhou Yi's Asian vote base has been criticized by fans of other countries after the Grammy Awards.

The reason is simple, it's just that he is too shameless.

This is not just small countries like Singapore and Malaysia that cannot support much of the market, but Zhouyi can almost be said to be able to influence the entire East Asian music market, including even Japan, the world's second largest music market.

Michael Jackson doesn't have the appeal in Asia like Zhou Yi, a native Asian.

This is also a point that many opponents and even Zhou Yi's own American fans do not quite understand. After all, Zhou Yi is Chinese, and it is fine for local Chinese to support him, but why do Japanese and Koreans join in the fun?
Especially Japan.

"You can't say that Spike, you know they're not from Asia."

David Letterman adjusted his sitting position, wiped his mouth, and calmly explained: "And if I remember correctly, Eminem's album sales last year were only lower than yours in Asia, so he ranked second in global sales."

"So? Who cares?"

Zhou Yi smiled and shrugged: "Being able to get the second place of the year with that album is already his greatest achievement in his life."

"... ok, ok Spike, let's change the subject."

David, who knew when to stop, wiped his sweat with a nervous look and said, "You can still go back to China later, but I have to live in the United States."

The audience immediately burst into laughter.

“Let’s talk about PowerPoint.

"My God, your PPT is so beautiful. I heard that Microsoft has been contacting you privately and wants to use your PPT as a template and include it in their brochure as a case study?"

David Letterman, who was born in 1947 and is 56 years old this year, can be said to have witnessed the strong rise of Microsoft. It is precisely because of this that when the news of Microsoft's negotiations with Zhouyi's team spread, he was really curious from the bottom of his heart.

Zhou Yi stroked his chin with one hand and smiled mysteriously: "I did have contact with him."

Ok?
David Letterman was waiting for the next sentence, but when he didn't get the next one, he suddenly widened his eyes and said exaggeratedly: "That's it? What's next?"

"Don't expect anything in vain, David. You don't want your program to be sued by Microsoft, do you?"

Zhou Yi, who had left everyone in suspense, laughed louder than anyone else at the scene: "And even if I said it, your production team would definitely cut it out and not let it be broadcast."

Now that things have come to this, it would be impolite to ask further.

But Zhou Yi's performance made at least three-fifths of the audience feel as if ants were crawling in their hearts.

Who likes to speak half-sentences so much? !

Are you fishing?

In the following discussion about the album promotion topic, Zhou Yi once again started to expose the classics -

David Letterman: "We all know that your new album has done very well in the United States. Some people even claim that you have changed the course of the American music scene. Do you agree?"

Since "Forever Young" has been released for nearly two months, the various new arrangement techniques, methods and ideas used in this album have been thoroughly explored by the industry and have been mostly disassembled.

The arrangement and composition ideas are better and clearer than the previous album, making Zhou Yi's album a must-research project for many record companies in the industry.

"Of course, I agree with this statement very much."

Zhou Yi, who was not at all modest, nodded and claimed the credit under this question: "Of course I changed this.

"In fact, they're lucky I didn't come here 10 years ago - if I had, I think my fans would have made me the director of the American music scene."

Zhou Yi grinned at the camera, and his exaggerated remarks undoubtedly caused a huge wave after the program was broadcast on the evening of the 25th!

"It's clear that Spike has drifted off here."

On the morning of April 4th, US time, a brand event was held.

Andre Romelle Young, a veteran figure in the American rap world, the king of gangsta rap, the creator of ruffian rap, the representative and leader of West Coast rap, the historic hip-hop music producer, the boss of Eminem and 50 Cent, was asked about Zhou Yi in an interview with a reporter. He smiled and raised his finger and pointed to his head.

Compared to several other East and West Coast bigwigs who have gone to see who is God or Satan, he, whose stage name is Dr. Dre, is now successful in both music and business, and can be said to be a real West Coast God.

Although he had many problems, in the face of his rising status, those so-called problems were suppressed by him, such as domestic violence against his girlfriend, and even physically smashing his girlfriend's best friend against the wall in a fight in a nightclub.

"I think the reason why Eminem and 50 Cent lost to him is actually my fault, because the company's marketing ability is really limited. In my heart, they deserve to be the first."

Dr. Dre pointed out very ably the great marketing efforts of Warner for Zhou Yi, although he did not deny the musicality of Zhou Yi's album and its promotion to the American music industry: "As for Spike...

"Rather than being a so-called music director, I think he is more like a crazy electric eel from China."

As soon as this statement came out, the American music scene, which had been shrouded in the shadow of Zhouyi marketing, was suddenly shocked.

As one of the members of the historical sequence of music producers, Dr. Dre is probably the only man so far who can compete with Zhou Yi in album production.

Before Eminem and 50 Cent were beaten up one after another, many people were looking forward to when this West Coast OG would end up, and now they finally got their wish -

Zhou Yi claimed that he would have become the music director of the entire American music scene 10 years earlier, but the s was the time when Dr. Dre, a singer and producer, quickly rose to become the godfather of the West Coast.

Other world-class divas including Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston also reached the top of that era.

Those were the years of the gods that everyone in the European and American music scene reminisced about, and the annual battles were simply dizzying.

"Insanity!"

"Shameless!" "How dare he? How dare he say that if he had come here ten years earlier, he could have been the music director of the American music scene?!"

All of Zhou Yi's haters were filled with righteous indignation. With the support of the legendary music producer Dr. Dre, they were able to extract key words directly from his words. Zhou Yi also officially had a nickname in the United States that was quickly recognized in a short period of time - electric eel.

"Rock music, I don't even want to say whether it can be considered rock music or not, maybe it just has something to do with the hyped-up spirit of equality.

"But what is clear is that he really likes electronic music. Even the song 'Something Just Like This' in the album has electronic music elements."

"He used electronic music to test the waters in his last album, and he used it again in this one. Doesn't he know that electronic music has long been out of fashion in the American music scene?!"

"Director, Electric Eel should first go find Mariah Carey to improve his singing skills. He is far behind those great singers of the last century..."

Dr. Dre's fate attracted many people to express their disgust or dislike for Zhou Yi.

Some of them are not even hip-hop fans at all. The reason they came to help out was purely because they felt offended by the latest episode of "The David L.A. Show" - or rather, they felt that Zhou Yi offended their idols.

Stimulated by this, on the radio data charts in major cities such as New York and Washington that day, in addition to Madonna's new song, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, who just returned to the music scene at the end of March this year to release an album and hold a concert, and even Whitney Houston, who announced her temporary retirement from the music scene this year -

Their new songs, old songs and even classic old songs were pushed to the top of the charts by their fans who were clamoring for them.

Although the idols haven't spoken yet, they can't let an outsider bully them!
This is a matter of dignity!
In response to this, Zhou Yi's supporters naturally launched a large-scale charge -

"Bullshit! Is what Spike said wrong?!"

"On the contrary, I think Zhou Yi's opinion is brilliant!"

"With Spike's talent, if he had come 10 years earlier, would Michael Jackson, the pedophile, have happened?"

"What's his name, Spike? Please call him Director Spike, or Director Zhou! He is the music director in my mind who can correct the trend of the American music scene!"

"What is dimensionality reduction strike? Spike is it. Whether you admit it or not, Spike's music albums were indeed a decade ahead of the American music scene in terms of production. When we were still driving Cadillacs, he was already flying on airplanes."

"That's right. Apart from anything else, Spike can almost be said to have single-handedly repackaged the nearly dead electronic music and pushed it into the market, and it was a huge success. This is undoubtedly a groundbreaking move. He has recreated a new music track!"

"Rap can be divided into all sorts of messed up categories like slander rap, gangster rap, etc. Dr. Dre can still call himself the godfather of gangster rap, so why can't Spike be called the godfather of electronic music? He even incorporated electronic music into rock songs!"

"That's right, Spike clearly showed us that music can be played this way with his two albums that showed completely different electronic music fusions!"

Because of how Zhou Yi called himself on the show, Zhou Yi, who was arguing with black fans, also got a nickname from American fans - Director.

Some people call him Director directly, while others call him Director Zhou.

Anyway, he acknowledged Zhou Yi's "self-assessment" on the show.

Don’t ask, the only thing I know is that my brother’s talent is unparalleled in the world!

On the evening of the 26th, Janet Jackson's songs also joined the battlefield, and were played on radio stations on various continents, joining forces with her old rivals to launch an attack on Zhou Yi's full album songs that were high on the charts.

The other singers we met along the way basically couldn't hold out for a few rounds and were defeated.

Except for MJ fans who were still mourning for Michael Jackson, everyone else stared with wide eyes at this rare scene in the world music scene. Even the controversy over Michael Jackson's child molestation case was briefly overshadowed.

An old man from the last century VS a young student...?
At 27:10 am on the 07th, Madonna's new song "American Life" reversed the downward trend on the New York City Radio Chart. Not only that, the ranking is still rising;

11:01. Mariah Carey, who is currently in the midst of obscurity and controversy with her ex-husband, has two more songs from her album "Charmbracelet" released at the end of 2002 that have made it onto the radio charts.

At 27:13 on the 45th, Whitney Houston was stunned. She never expected that she would encounter such a thing before leaving the entertainment industry.

What the hell?
There are also old songs from her album "Just Whitney" released last December that were pushed up today?
On the other hand, Celine Dion, who has just made a comeback and is still popular, is already in the period of chart-topping and touring, so she will accept any means that can increase sales and fame.

It is precisely because of this that, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, when Celine Dion was still feeling sad because she thought her new album might not have much hope of reaching the top, several songs from her album "One Heart" also entered the radio real-time chart, and one of them even entered the top ten.

Not to mention Janet Jackson. Some of the songs from her 2001 album "All for You" are actually on the radio charts this time, which is truly a new version of old songs in another sense.

As the initiator, Dr. Dre entered the radio chart with songs by Eminem and 50 Cent, and his own old hits from the last century also became popular again and entered the chart.

In just two days, from April 2003 to 4, 26, many names that had been out of the mainstream of the American music scene appeared on the real-time radio rankings one after another, influenced by the deeds of Madonna and Dr. Dre.

On the 28th, Madonna, who was leading the way, surpassed Zhou Yi's "Payphone" on New York and Washington radio stations due to the controversy of her "bad song", and ranked sixth;

Celine Dion surpassed Zhou Yi's "Something Just Like This" in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other places, ranking eighth.

Janet Jackson swept Chicago’s Ninth and Tenth;

Mariah Carey is still a comedian in New York, and she is gradually starting to perform sketches...

Dr. Dre's hardcore gangster rap has returned to the radio after 8 years, and is rapidly gaining popularity in cities such as Detroit. At first glance, it gives the illusion of a retro wave.

On April 2003, 4, a new round of Billboard rankings was released. Although Madonna's progress was still disappointing, her ranking had jumped to 28nd.

And Zhouyi still ranks first.

Five world-class European and American divas gathered together, Dr. Dre was eyeing them, and a frustrated Michael Jackson was hovering on the edge;

Zhou Yi, who topped the charts, appeared in the top thirteen positions on the radio station with seven songs by himself, welcoming this arrow of afterglow from the golden age!

1VS7!

(End of this chapter)