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

Chapter 621: Shandong Queen
Robbienne Rihanna Fenty.

A name that Zhou Yi was extremely familiar with.

A well-known female entrepreneur and beauty blogger, the future "Shandong Queen" and one of the middle-aged queens in the world music scene.

She was once a rare hard-working model in the European and American music scene who released one album a year. However, after her contract expired, she stopped working and became busy with her beauty business.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with the Conan Show?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Yi's style of speaking halfway aroused Xiao Yaxuan's suspicion.

"Oh, I'm planning to change the way I appear on the Conan Show. If you're free, you can come and try it out. I'm short of people, so you can come and sing some songs."

Zhou Yi, who extracted this demo separately, gave a brief explanation.

As a well-known talk show brand in the United States, "The Conan Show" is definitely the variety show he has participated in the most times since coming to the United States, and he has become familiar with the host Conan.

This time when he comes to the United States, he will naturally appear on "The Conan Show" as well.

However, after seeing the nickname "outlaw" given to him by the American media, he came up with a new idea while having fun. After communicating with Conan, the host of "The Conan Show", they both felt that this novel method was feasible, so they naturally hit it off.

"You're short of people? Aren't you the only one going on a talk show? What's missing?"

Xiao Yaxuan didn’t understand.

It's not like she hasn't watched "The Conan Show". As the highest-rated and most popular talk show in the United States, isn't it just about the guest hosts chatting face to face about gossip and the like?

"It's hard to tell right now. Anyway, if you can ask, if it's possible, just leave the 15th date to me. I've also found someone else."

Zhou Yi smiled and said a date.

After he first arrived in the United States and saw the news, he had already come up with this idea and started contacting people.

Of course, it is kept confidential throughout the process.

"Is that so? Okay, I'll talk to the company."

Xiao Yaxuan nodded, and after agreeing on a meeting time, the two hung up the phone.

After that, Zhou Yi began to look through the pile of demos in front of him. After turning them upside down, he did not see a familiar name.

"Tsk, isn't this how Warner Bros. missed out on Rihanna?"

Playing with the demo and thinking of Edgar Jr.'s impulsive decision, Zhou Yi felt a little strange.

Rihanna's debut journey was a bit frustrating compared to her later smooth journey to the peak. At the end of 2003, she was signed by music producer Ivan Rogers who was on vacation in Barbados.

Afterwards, the music producer who had discovered Christina Aguilera made a demo for her and sent multiple copies of the demo to major record companies. He waited for half a year, but no company was interested in it.

Rihanna once thought that her music career would end here.

As a result, Ivan Rogers, who was unconvinced, sent the demo to Jay-z. This rap star with unique vision signed Rihanna against all odds, thus allowing her to start her journey to become a god in the music industry.

However, it is also for this reason that when Rihanna first became famous, the scandal that was hotly discussed by the public was that she gave herself to Jay-z in order to get promoted, so she got the opportunity to debut.

As one of the international record giants, Warner naturally received this Rihanna Dmeo, which is why Zhou Yi saw it in the demo sent to him.

"Robien Rihanna Fenty, this girl is the right one. She has a great voice, unique timbre, and is highly recognizable and malleable. We can sign her."

..........................................

February 2004, 2, Saint Michael Parish, Barbados.

Rihanna, who will be 12 in 16 days, picked up her phone and checked her mailbox as soon as she woke up in the evening.

Still no reply.

A month had passed since Ivan Rogers helped her record a demo and sent it to major record companies. During this month, she went from being full of expectations to being full of disappointment, and her emotions fell step by step from heaven.

Get up, wash, and change clothes.

Today seems to be another day without any good news. Rihanna, who is eager to change her life, was in a daze for nearly half an hour before she tied her hair up and started to solve the problem of hunger.

The countdown to this year's Grammy live broadcast was heard on the TV screen, and the interview on the red carpet was broadcast live.

After a brief tidying up, Rihanna sat on the shabby but reluctantly discarded bed with a plate of noodles. She chewed a tomato and looked at the stars walking on the red carpet with envy.

They lived in a glamorous and bright place, but the place where she lived didn't even have a living room. The bed, TV and kitchen were all in the same room.

She saw Beyoncé, whom Ivan Rogers often mentioned as a student, shining brightly;
She also saw the man who had inspired her last year - Spike Cho.

"Welcome, Spike. Let me ask you a question. Who is your favorite singer tonight?"

"Is there any need to think about it? Of course it's me."

Zhou Yi, wearing a dark purple Armani custom suit, put one hand in his pocket and accepted the interview: "You know, I have always been so confident."

Across the ocean in Asia, Chinese people in many countries turned on their televisions to watch the broadcast of this year's Grammy Awards. In China, CCTV Music Channel, which won the broadcast rights this year, can clearly see a sudden surge in ratings.

Obviously, even if they need to stay up late, it cannot stop Zhou Yi's fans from watching the Grammy Awards abroad through the CCTV camera.

Among the white and black people, Zhou Yi, who has an outstanding figure and temperament, stands out so much——

As we all know, there were not many good-looking male singers during this period, and most of them were bastards.

As for Zhou Yi, to use a phrase from the American entertainment industry, this son of a bitch is destined to make it in Hollywood.

"Fuck! Zhou Yi is so handsome!"

Sohu was the exclusive domestic online media broadcasting the event, and many night owls gathered under the picture news that was almost real-time to watch the fun. The first sentence in the front row was to sigh at Yu Zhouyi's appearance, which was a dimensionality reduction attack among singers.

There is an old saying: In everything, the most fearful thing is to be set off.

Compared with the ugly and ugly people of Baijiahei, Zhou Yi's advantage in appearance was infinitely magnified.

It was the first time for the reporter from CCTV Music Channel to stand on the Grammy red carpet and interview one of their own. He was a little excited. Before Zhou Yi turned his attention, he secretly pinched his fingers and then began to interview the artist fluently.

In Yishui's English interview, when it was Zhou Yi's turn, the language suddenly switched back to Chinese -

"There's no need for us to speak English during this interview."

Zhou Yi glanced at the CCTV logo and walked over, smiling and joking, "You've been speaking English for a week."

"No problem at all."

The female reporter smiled and said, "Can you tell us how you feel at the moment? We all know that you will be the first Chinese singer to perform on the Grammy stage tonight."

"It's okay. It's not my first time performing on stage."

Zhou Yi shrugged with one hand in his pocket.

As usual, he became a Grammy performer this year, which officially unlocked the "First time abroad xx" series that is currently highly valued in China.

"There is news that Warner is currently considering discovering a female singer..."

Barbados, Rihanna, who was still trying to understand the English subtitles, suddenly brightened up when she heard this, and then the light dimmed.

What are you thinking about...

As soon as Rihanna wiped her mouth, she felt that she had overthought, and then she received a call from Ivan Rogers, the person who discovered her.

"Robien, guess who we got a reply from? It was Warner."

On the phone, Ivan Rogers, who sounded equally surprised, had to sigh at the girl's good luck: "According to my friend, it was Spike who heard your demo and asked Warner to sign you."

——? !

(End of this chapter)