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

Chapter 581: Ten Years of Reincarnation Breaking Records

"Export your mother! The songs Zhou Yi sings abroad aren't English songs?! The albums he sells aren't English albums?!"

"That's right. The only Chinese song that has made a splash in the West, "In the Name of the Father," was inspired by the Western classic movie "The Godfather." Isn't that still a Western thing?"

Seeing that Italian fans have become so unscrupulous that they have expelled the nationality of their opponents online, many people who have only said a word or two were immediately aroused and started to call Yi a idiot.

Something that makes absolutely no sense.

No one can object to you saying that China has made great achievements internationally, but it is a bit too much to talk about exporting Chinese culture abroad.

Putting aside Japan and South Korea, the two lackeys of the United States, don't you have any idea of ​​the sales of Zhou Yi's past Chinese albums abroad?
"Bullshit! Open your eyes and take a good look. Zhou Yi's new album is also being discussed in Europe and America, right? If you don't know how to go out and look, just take a look at the news on Zhou Yi's largest fan forum. There are all kinds of overseas students reposting news and even taking photos and uploading them!"

The fans who are arguing on this point directly slap the evidence in their faces -

Spike's new album may have sold over 30 copies?

Chinese Trend: More Than Just Chinatown

Beware of Chinese Cultural Invasion

"..."

All of the above reports come from some American newspapers and magazines, such as The New York Daily, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, etc.

These are all top-tier publications in the United States in terms of circulation. The fact that these newspapers and magazines have begun reporting on Zhou Yi's English album really shows that Zhou Yi's latest Chinese album is really popular in the United States.

"No, what's going on? Zhou Yi's fans in the United States are so loyal? How long has it been since it was released? Last year, his Chinese album, combined with the influence of In the Name of the Father, sold only a little more than this number in a year, right?"

“Are they all bought by Chinese and international students?”

"No, we solved the case, brothers. The reason for the rapid increase is that this bitch also had a big publicity event before returning to China. Remember the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the one with the lingerie model?

"Zhou Yi, this idiot, directly choked the BBC reporter to death during the red carpet segment, and even used him to promote his new Chinese album. The organizer didn't edit a single bit of the video and aired it all for fun."

"..."

"???"

When talking about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, those who still have some impression of it temporarily put aside their so-called disputes and united to ask what exactly happened.

Could it be that Zhou Yi took off his clothes on the spot and yelled at the female reporter?

Those who have never been able to watch this American show are so anxious that they are jumping up and down.

"To be precise, it was the scene where you openly snatched the microphone from a BBC reporter on the red carpet and left him unable to get it back that went viral. Then you brainwashed and repeatedly promoted the album release date, which aroused the curiosity and amusement of many Americans."

Warner Building, Office.

After receiving two weeks of data from the US headquarters, Qian Jiang looked a little strange when talking about this matter: "They are very interested in your behavior of openly playing tricks on the BBC reporter on the Victoria's Secret red carpet. After all, the BBC is a well-known media, many celebrities will give them face, and the reporter is a famous reporter who often appears in public."

Although offending media reporters was a bit too arrogant for someone in the entertainment industry, when people thought about the BBC, which always liked to be sarcastic, they didn't feel anything and basically just watched it for fun.

In addition, among Zhou Yi's highly sticky fans who have been gathered after several major battles in the American music scene, there are also many crystal fans who are willing to support and buy his albums. With this back and forth, it should be no problem to maintain a good sales volume.

After all, many young Americans are attracted by arrogance and strength.

The strong should win all the support and severely humiliate the weak!
What's wrong with buying an album?
I am willing to do this even if money can’t buy it!
If I really don't want to buy the album, I can go to Apple's music store and buy a few Chinese songs, that will be considered as my support!
"Chinese culture is a bit mysterious in the grassroots of Europe and America, and it is even more mysterious in the United States. In addition, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is so eye-catching that the first week sales in the United States directly reached 14 copies. If the single sales data of Apple Music Store is converted into album sales data, it will exceed 21.

"The total number of tickets in the past two weeks has exceeded 35, and it's only been half a month."

Qian Jiang couldn't help but get excited when talking about the Apple Music Store, a killer feature of the company.

35 copies were sold in just half a month. If the sales continue for a year, the total sales in the United States alone will surely exceed 50 to 55 copies, right?
This is a Chinese song that is as pure as it can be.

Relatively speaking, not everyone is willing to buy expensive albums, but there are still many Zhou Yi fans who are willing to pay for one or a few cheap digital singles without blinking an eye.

They didn't understand either, they just simply spent some of their pocket money to support their idol, let him know how much American fans support him, and then quickly come to hold a concert.

Yes, after knowing that Zhou Yi was holding a concert tour in China, Zhou Yi's fans in the United States became more and more anxious day by day, looking forward to Zhou Yi's visit and cursing Warner for being incompetent every day.

"Although singles sell for less money, this thing can really increase sales. As long as you have enough loyal fans, singles can sell easily."

Qian Jiang, who finally saw the impact of the Apple Music Store on the sales of Zhouyi Chinese songs in Europe and the United States, was filled with emotion: "If this model replaces the traditional record sales channel and becomes the mainstream, wouldn't it be easy to inflate the sales volume?"

You really can't blame him for his conspiracy theories. He was actually surprised that even Chinese songs could be so popular.

If he really wanted to inflate the sales, he could now arrange for people to push Zhou Yi's Chinese songs to the top of the sales list in the Apple Music Store. Anyway, all the money spent will eventually go back to Warner's pocket - even if the incentive target has already been achieved, Apple will still have to pay out of pocket.

However, considering that doing so would definitely cause immeasurable negative impact on Zhou Yi, this idea only flashed through Qian Jiang's mind before disappearing.

"That's right. In the future digital music era, it will be a winner-takes-all era. Whether in the West or the East, it will be very easy for top popular singers to boost sales."

Zhou Yi took a look and shook his head.

Hate traffic → hate traffic → understand traffic → become traffic.

Now he has reached the fourth step in Europe and the United States.

Jay Chou's album "The Greatest Work" was able to top the global album sales chart in 22, just by relying on sales in the Chinese-speaking region, surpassing the new album released by top European and American superstar Taylor Swift in the same year. This was thanks to the winner-takes-all benefit in terms of traffic in the Chinese-speaking region.

“Also, guess which Chinese song is your best-selling single on Apple’s official website?”

Qian Jiang smiled and kept the question a secret, then he couldn't wait to announce the answer: "It's 'Blue and White Porcelain'."

As a masterpiece of so-called Chinese style, "Blue and White Porcelain" is particularly eye-catching for its melody full of exotic elements for Americans, the translated lyrics, the MV images, and the themes of "porcelain" and "love".

Especially the subject of porcelain.

Chinese porcelain is famous, both in the United States and throughout the Western world.

The song "Blue and White Porcelain" just happened to be derived from porcelain, and some people are interpreting it. In the past two weeks, the number of young Americans visiting Chinatown porcelain shops has increased significantly compared to the past. "This is real export."

Zhou Yi was happy.

Although compared with the sales of English songs, it is definitely like an ant trying to shake a tree, but at least it is a breakthrough for Chinese songs in the English field.

"The most important thing is that you are not only popular in the United States, but also in the United Kingdom. The penetration of English songs in their living communities is indeed comparable to that in the United States."

Under Zhou Yi's astonished gaze, Qian Jiang explained the reason with a smile - Arsenal Football Club.

自从2003年5月6日以6:1的大比分开启了本赛季英超第一战后，这支球队便在功勋主帅阿尔塞纳·温格的带领下一路不败——直到现在都12月份了，马上就要赛程过半了，阿森纳仍旧保持英超联赛不败。

The league has been in full swing so far and the team hasn't lost a single game.

Basically, every time Arsenal fans watch a game, they have to use their own adapted songs to cheer for the team, fearing that they will lose again if they lose their breath. And as an Arsenal ambassador, Zhou Yi, in addition to cooperating with the shooting of commercials every year, his songs are also suitable for adaptation to motivate the team in the stadium.

This was used by fans and even Arsenal's official propaganda.

It can be said that thanks to Arsenal's unbeaten streak and the big battle news they have created, Zhou Yi's songs and popularity may not be household names in the UK, but at least they are not ignored - a large part of the community fan group became fans of Zhou Yi just by listening to his songs.

In Europe, football fans are the largest group, and they have considerable purchasing power.

"The UK sales of 13 copies was totally unexpected."

Qian Jiang calculated the total sales, his tone becoming more and more excited: "Ayi, if your album relies on a global foundation, it is very likely to break the sales record of "Kiss Goodbye" for a single Chinese album of just over 4 million copies."

Although we cannot force a comparison because of the different eras, it is undeniable that the current environment is worse.

What’s more, the most important thing is that the foreign sales of Zhouyi’s “Gui Zang” account for a huge proportion.

There is no need to talk about the Japanese music scene, which has become Zhou Yi's captive territory. He easily reached the top in two weeks and sold 45 copies with his extremely high popularity. The Korean market is much worse, but it also sold 18 copies.

英国13万张、法7、德8、意大利9、西班牙7。

If you calculate carefully, the total sales in China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy alone exceeded 365 million copies in two weeks.

Others like Serbia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, etc., the whole European world has hundreds or thousands of photos here and tens of thousands there, and they are pieced together to make more than 80,000 photos.

Although it’s not too much, the quantity is huge.

There are also Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries where the Chinese album market can still generate 30,000 to 50,000 sales in just two weeks.

After summarizing the data from various departments, the number just exceeded the 400 million threshold.

If it sells for two more days, it will undoubtedly break the sales record of a single Chinese album set by "Kiss Goodbye".

Since Teresa Teng's sales volume cannot be verified due to the long time ago and she is not included in the ranking, it is a foregone conclusion that Zhou Yi's "Gui Zang" will top the sales charts of Chinese albums thanks to its global popularity!
Zhang Xueyou's "Kiss Goodbye" was released in 1993, while Zhou Yi's "Return to Zang" was released in 2003.

It is said that the Chinese music scene has a new era every ten years, and from "Kiss Goodbye" to "Return to Tibet", it is exactly ten years...

It happens to be an era!
On December 2003, 12, when Warner officially announced that the total sales of Zhouyi's fourth album "Gui Zang" had exceeded 7 million copies, and also provided sales charts for various regions around the world, the domestic media, who had not expected that Zhouyi could actually win in the foreign market by relying on quantity, were immediately shocked!

Some mainland media people who were previously dissatisfied with Zhou Yi were forced to write down insincere praises under the threat of traffic trends.

Especially those under Southern Media Group——

"The end of the old era, the beginning of a new era!"

The End of an Era

This Era is Called Zhouyi

It’s so uncomfortable!
Why is it that this guy is still able to go smoothly even though he is in such a state? !

Oh my God, do you still have eyes?

After returning to the mainland, Xu Qingliang was not only treated coldly by Southern Media Group, but also received a court summons to go to court. His eyes widened and he exclaimed that it was unjust.

Even the Xinhua News Agency, which brought Yuan Li back to investigate and collect evidence, published an unprecedented article to explain the sales records of Chinese pop songs such as "Blue and White Porcelain" set abroad.

Blue and White Porcelain: The Overseas Appeal of Chinese Culture

"Recently, the popular song "Blue and White Porcelain" written and sung by our young singer Zhou Yi has received considerable discussion overseas, allowing more foreigners to pay attention to China's traditional porcelain culture..."

The article is not long, but the meaning it represents is completely different.

When this record-breaking result came out, most people swallowed their dissatisfaction and resentment.

The Chinese edition has been sold overseas, so I really can’t criticize this for now.

He can do it and he really does it.

"Fuck! Zhou Yi is awesome!"

"Fuck you! Overseas sales are almost halfway through. Is this the terrifying part of Zhou Yi?"

"Domestic sales are not enough, East Asian sales are not enough, Southeast Asian sales are not enough, Zhouyi still has European and American sales to supplement..."

"It's no wonder that the God of Songs was surpassed. How can we beat him? Use your head to hit him!"

"It really is a cycle of ten years, a new era of ten years. Zhou Yi is leading and opening the next ten-year golden age of the music industry. There is nothing wrong with that."

"What kind of prosperity is this? Apart from Zhou Yi and a few other top artists, the music industry is in decline."

"You really can't blame Zhou Yi for being arrogant. If I had his strength, I would be even more arrogant than him. I would even walk sideways!"

(End of this chapter)