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

Chapter 634: The Midas Touch

wild.

If one must use one word to describe Zhou Yi at this moment, this would be the first word that comes to mind for Fei Xiang, Lin Yilian, Cai Guoqing, Luo Zhixiang and others.

He is the president of Boardman Records, a true top boss in the record industry. In terms of rank, he is on par with the CEOs of Sony, Warner, Universal, and EMI headquarters. The company itself is one of the five major multinational giants in the global record industry.

After so many years in the industry, he has to be polite to everyone he meets.

Everyone present here is in the music industry and knows the status of these old-brand manufacturers in the traditional record industry much better than anyone else. They think Zhou Yi's words are somewhat brave.

Although you are one of Warner's new shareholders, you really don't give Boardman any face at all.

You have to know that the current Warner Music is no longer the behemoth backed by its parent company Time Warner. Although it is still one of the top five in the world, the media channels it fully controls have undoubtedly regressed compared to its peak period.

Many industry insiders are even more pessimistic and believe that after being acquired and made independent by the prodigal Edgar Jr., Warner Records is very likely to be acquired by Sony or Universal in the future.

However, who would have thought that the first record to disappear in the long history of records would be the silent Boardman Records.

In the future, Warner will even survive the dark winter on its own under the operation of the prodigal son Edgar Jr., and after the advent of the mobile Internet era, it will be called the three giants that remain standing together with Sony and Universal, which are acquiring and buying everywhere.

Therefore, for such a giant with less than a year left to live, Zhou Yi felt that what he needed to do was to kick the cripple's bad leg: "The reason why Boardman Records has fallen to this point is because their management is short-sighted, stubborn, and self-satisfied.

"I think it's better for such a company to close down as soon as possible. In this increasingly cruel market, it may not survive for more than a year. I suggest that the singers under their management should decide to terminate their contracts as soon as possible and switch to other companies, such as Warner Records."

In front of the camera, Zhou Yi's expression was extremely sincere and serious.

The top executives of Boardman Records were collectively trembling with anger—

Fuck you, it’s a business war, why are there personal attacks?

We haven't even disbanded yet, and you're already poaching people?

What makes them even more unbearable is that the sales of the single "Because of You" are really getting higher day by day——

At 21 a.m. on the 9st, U.S. time, amid a barrage of criticism from print media over the past few days, the song's paid sales shown on the Apple Music Store officially exceeded one million!

You know, yesterday this song only sold a little over 700,000 copies.

In just less than 24 hours, the number of paid downloads increased again by more than , and the growth trend can be described as a small Zhouyi!

Since the official release of the "Elva" album on the 17th, the song "Because of You" alone has generated sales of more than million US dollars on the Apple Music Store so far!

As for the physical album, thanks to the record-breaking ratings and replay rate of "The Conan Show and the Spike Show", the sales of the "Elva" EP in the United States soared to 88,000 in just a few days!

In contrast, the sales growth of physical copies of Utada Hikaru's new album, which was not available on the Apple Music Store, was significantly weaker. More than 30,000 copies were sold on the first day, which was her peak. From the second day on, the sales volume continued to decline.

The total sales volume to date is only over 70,000 copies.

reverse!

The situation has reversed!

Strong reversal!

The more people curse, the more albums will be sold and the more popular the songs will be!
The album that Utada Hikaru had high hopes for did not produce a single song that was as popular as "Because of You". It was actually a niche hit that was only available to Japanese fans.

Holding high the banner of female power, Xiao Yaxuan successfully brought the first impression of "Miss Chic" to the American market. Many people mentioned that she was no longer a stray dog ​​on the roadside. The song "Because of You" directly ignited all people of the same age who had the same experience——

And these people, because they have suffered psychological trauma, will appear more loyal when they are attracted to Xiao Yaxuan.

Because they believe from the bottom of their hearts that they are all the same kind of people, their cohesion is greatly enhanced compared to ordinary fans.

RC, a well-known music critic who once described the song as empty and lacking in substance, was also somewhat unable to accept this result, and was sarcastic when participating in a music program: "Obviously, we all know what's going on with their sudden surge in sales.

"All I can say is don't compete with Spike in marketing. We can't beat him."

This is the second time he has failed in music related to the Book of Changes. Since "Because of You" became a huge hit on the Internet, his personal blog is now filled with all kinds of disgusting insults and ridicules.

This was unacceptable to him.

After all, he is a reputable independent music critic. How could he have ever suffered such treatment in the era of print media?

They all have countless followers as soon as they start writing in newspapers and magazines.

However, what he didn't expect was that after successfully becoming famous with his songs, in order to get rid of the situation where the songs were popular but the singer was not, Xiao Yaxuan, who tried to perform offline as much as possible, also began to be chased by many media for interviews.

As luck would have it, in today’s interview, when asked about RC’s comments, Xiao Yaxuan directly touched upon the thread of public opinion: “I don’t know why he has such great malice towards me, I’m just a singer, a singer who conveys his beliefs with his singing.

“As long as one person is encouraged by my singing, then I think it’s worth it.

"As for him, I don't care. Why should I care about comments made by a guy who is full of malicious intent towards women?"

The song became popular, so naturally he became more confident. In just a few words, the hat of "discriminating against women" was put on RC.

Having been active in the industry for more than 20 years, RC, who used to be a rock musician, had never seen such a scene. His past remarks were directly dug up by some unknown enthusiastic netizens - thanks to the era of paper media, as long as the records are preserved, the real thing can be purchased.

RC exploded.

The media matrix led by The Washington Post was also furious - in the description of EMI records, Elva Hsiao, an independent woman who grew up in a broken family, was wantonly suppressed by stinky old white men led by RC simply because she sang a good song. This undoubtedly aroused the empathy of countless Americans.

Among them are many comments such as "I am a man, so I also...", which seem to have appeared out of nowhere in the Internet world as if organized, and directly stepped on the heads of these media people and attacked them in the face.

RC wanted to sue, but before he could collect evidence, the person's account was cancelled.

Some people even spent a lot of money to collect information and locate the IP address, but when your mother went to the scene to check, she found that it was sent from an Internet cafe, and the specific location in the Internet cafe was not monitored...

RC people are numb.

What the hell!

Can the Internet be so slanderous?
Are you so shameless?!

If you have the guts, put an ad in the newspaper and compete with me!
This man, who was used to scolding others in newspapers in the era of print media, drew his sword and looked around in confusion. He was surrounded by enemies, but he couldn't find anyone to attack. Instead, he was scolded every day...

Even the personal attacks and death threats are more than he received in the past when he was in the print media era.

Once Pandora's box is opened, it can never be stopped.

In this era when the internet's water army has not yet been fully formed, Taylor Swift, who has been leading the industry for more than a decade, made her first foray into the American music scene, and it obviously yielded miraculous results.

In other words, there is no concept of lgbtq+ yet, otherwise Zhou Yi would have to ask Xiao Yaxuan to give herself a "childless cat-loving lady" buff.

People in charge of marketing in major companies in the industry were dumbfounded.

No buddy, how can the concept of independent women be played like this?

Does anyone really believe this?

Obviously, with the "progress" of the so-called quality-oriented and happy-educated generation, this new tree finally blossomed and bore fruit in the fertile land of the United States.

For the first time, many old-fashioned people who are still stuck in the "outdated" ideas of the last century feel that they don't understand the world.

"The world shouldn't be like this, and music shouldn't be like this either."

They muttered to themselves, watching the sales of Xiao Yaxuan's albums rise day by day.

In the early morning of the 22nd, less than 24 hours later.

"Because of You" once again topped the daily download charts on the Apple Music Store, with total sales exceeding 170 million. Its rampant killing momentum is unstoppable!

The paid purchase volume of the "Elva" EP album reached 20 copies, and the offline physical disc with MV directly exceeded 15 copies, breaking the weekly sales record of Asian female singers in the American music scene!
It even directly entered the top 60 on the B list!

Li Wenna's reputation as an international superstar was shattered within a week.

Just like many male singers like to brag about their album sales records in Japan, but in fact, the male singer who sold the best albums in the Japanese market in the past was actually Cheng Long.

Yes, it may be beyond the expectations of many people, but this is the fact.

Chenglong had released a serious album and sold hundreds of thousands of copies, making him the sales record holder for Chinese male singers in the Japanese music scene - until Zhou Yi appeared.

The actual sales of Utada Hikaru in the United States are only more than 87,000 copies. Unless she uses her financial power, her decline is obvious and she is totally unable to compete with Xiao Yaxuan who came from behind.

The Japanese music scene, which was originally bustling, was instantly silenced...

During this Sino-Japanese singing festival, I thought I could count on Mitsuo Utada to show off his power and gain some prestige, but why can't you do anything?

From leading by more than three times on the first day to being beaten back by more than three times, can you play it? !

Utada Hikaru herself felt a little desperate looking at this curve...

The song "Because of You" seems a bit too unethical. According to this trend, it may even win the number one single.

She played the first single right from the start?

At this moment, countless singers' eyes turned red - especially the female singers.

Qian Jiang’s phone was almost blown up by calls inviting him to collaborate!

The China-Japan singing contest took place on the evening of the 22nd, Asia time.

All the singers in the Japanese music scene were still chatting and laughing, and privately discussing this open "exchange" between Chinese and Japanese singers.

The entrance of top Chinese pop stars like Fei Xiang and Lin Yilian only earned them a polite nod and a greeting.

Only when Zhou Yi, dressed in a suit and tie, walked into the NHK theater as the main performer, did the Japanese singers who were originally making a lot of noise suddenly lose their slightly noisy voices, and many people's expressions and tones even showed respect -

"Yi Jun."

"Zhou Yi-sang."

"Mr. Zhou Yi."

"..."

(End of this chapter)