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

Chapter 717 Dear Olympic Committee, You Don’t Want to…

"Yesterday, our young singer Zhou Yi arrived in France and attracted strong support from fans at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The scene was so grand that thousands of people emptied the streets.

"Relevant sources pointed out that Zhou Yi went to France this time to participate in a photo shoot at the invitation of the brand he endorses. At the same time, on the day he arrived in Paris, Zhou Yi had a meeting with the diplomats of the Chinese Embassy in France..."

Zhou Yi rubbed his brows as he folded down the copy of the report, then threw it aside: "I've read too many exaggerated headlines, so I'm a little uncomfortable reading this kind of straightforward news report."

"Nonsense, which bastard dares to write nonsense about you in such a formal occasion? You can only read the official media."

Although he was away, Qian Jiang was still paying attention to domestic public opinion and was somewhat contemptuous of Zhou Yi's behavior of taking advantage of others.

How many people want it but can’t get it.

"Armani has already made arrangements. We can start the shoot this afternoon. Your French lover will be there too."

"Love you."

Zhou Yi laughed and scolded: "You are slandering me when I tell you this."

One is one, two is two.

Even Mr. Zhou, a great official, would not bother to lie about such matters.

"Okay, okay, it's slander. But I still have to tell you that Athens is not very willing to agree to your request."

After the joke, Qian Jiang got down to business and his face turned serious. He talked about the results of his communication with the Greek Olympic Committee: "They were unwilling to follow the arrangement of the lighting and venue you requested."

After informing Zhang Yimou of the result, he sent the complete stage plan to be performed to Athens under Zhou Yi's command. The answer he received was exactly the same as Zhang Yimou's previous one -

One word: No.

"These arrogant old white people should be fired."

Zhou Yi curled his lips in disdain: "Find someone to put pressure on me. I won't play those nonsense with them. I'm not as easy to talk to as Zhang Yimou."

The reason why Zhang Yimou couldn't act tough was that he had no reliable allies in the Western camp, and the pressure from both home and abroad was too great. He didn't dare to act recklessly, otherwise he would have to explain to his leaders.

But he is not.

After several years of operation, he was no longer isolated and helpless in the Western world.

If you always think about taking a step back, the result you will only get is that the other party will take advantage of you.

Of course, he dares to say this because he has the confidence - Coca-Cola, one of the largest sponsors of the Athens Olympics, is currently negotiating a contract extension with him.

当初双方于2002年8月份签了一份总价值超过3000万美元的续约合同，这份合同到期时间就是05年8月份，恰好只剩下了一年。

Seeing that Zhou Yi's commercial value was rising, Pepsi, which always liked to sign big-name entertainment stars to advertise for itself, was anxious and scratching its head - they bet on the wrong horse, Xie Tingfeng, which resulted in a disaster.

Pepsi will never allow itself to make this kind of mistake again.

Seeing that Zhou Yi's contract with Coca-Cola has come to the last year, theoretically speaking, after December this year, Zhou Yi's team can contact other competitors without breaching the contract, so Pepsi is very active.

Every now and then, they would play some tricks on the domestic media, expressing their appreciation for Zhou Yi and so on, and even let Jay Chou, one of the spokespersons for Pepsi, come out to play the emotional card.

When he was "suddenly" asked by reporters who he most wanted to shoot a commercial with, he kept saying things like "If I could shoot with Ayi, that would of course be the best. I have known him for many years and we have a good understanding."

In the international market, the president of PepsiCo, Na, publicly stated that his family are loyal fans of Zhou Yi, which set off alarm bells throughout the Coca-Cola company.

Back then, Coca-Cola missed the opportunity to sign Michael Jackson, which led to Pepsi overpowering them in public opinion. They finally made the right bet. If they let Zhou Yi go on his way to the peak of his career, the CEO would slap himself in his dreams at night.

"That's perfect. I was too busy to deal with the contract renewal. I'll tell the people at Coca-Cola about it. I think they'll understand."

Zhou Yi, who had been pretending to be extremely busy and delaying the renewal of the Coca-Cola contract, flicked his nails and said calmly: "I don't want to talk nonsense with those Greek whites. Let them solve it among themselves."

At his current position, contract renewal is not just a simple matter of money, but also a potential factor of "what can you do for me". Moreover, the latter is more important than the former in the contract renewal discussion.

Pepsi dared to clear all obstacles for Michael Jackson and did its best to help him. You, Coca-Cola, can't just give me some money and a global publicity channel and then send me away.

The Zhou Yi in 2002 needs Coca-Cola's global publicity channels, what does it have to do with the Zhou Yi in 2004 now?

If you can't do it, or if you do it perfunctorily and people are dissatisfied, then I will switch to PepsiCo. The reason why he has been dragging his feet and not renewing the contract is to keep it for use now, in order to prevent the Greek Olympic Committee from doing something - Coca-Cola is one of the eight major sponsors of the Athens Olympics.

As one of the major sponsors of the Greek Olympic Committee, Coca-Cola should not be afraid to say anything, right?

Zhou Yi remembered clearly that the stage for Lao Mouzi this year was repeatedly reduced by the Athens side, so that he could only perform on a small square stage. Otherwise, with Lao Mouzi's current ability, he would not have come up with such a stack of elements that had no aesthetic appeal.

If you ask him to make a movie without giving him a good script, he can make a piece of shit for you, but if you ask him to tinker with these scenes, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes, he won't have any problem.

After all, Zhang Yimou has been working on this project for the future Winter Olympics.

"Okay, I'll get in touch."

Qian Jiang nodded.

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Coca-Cola Company Headquarters, USA, conference room.

"Everyone, Spike has now finished his album work, so we can talk about the contract renewal. He is very willing to renew the contract, but now, Spike has run into a problem..."

The issue of the Greek Olympic Committee's refusal to cooperate with the Chinese delegation was put on the table at Coca-Cola's emergency board meeting.

The meaning is very clear——

Just tell me if you can help.

"Help! We have to help! Spike is very important to us. He has been tied to us since his debut. If he is poached by Pepsi at this time, it will definitely be a blow to our brand."

To put it bluntly, the reason why Coca-Cola can surpass Pepsi in the global advertising field is because of the influence brought by Zhouyi's songs.

This is a fucking replica of what Pepsi did to Coca-Cola after they signed Michael Jackson.

Zhou Yi alone pressed all the popular stars under PepsiCo to the ground and rubbed them repeatedly.

Forget about Asia, he is leading by a huge margin in China, Japan and South Korea. Even in Europe and America, Zhou Yi's behavior of slaughtering music charts in major countries at the slightest disagreement is even more fierce than Michael Jackson's back then.

If he is given more time, his future status may surpass that of Michael Jackson, who is currently embroiled in a pedophilia scandal.

Considering the huge influence and commercial value of this trade-off, Coca-Cola became anxious and passed the bill unanimously without any haggling.

Not long after, the chairman of the Greek organizing committee, Angelopoulos Zaskalaki, received a call from Coca-Cola, the major sponsor, in his office.

"Ms. Zaskalaki, we need to talk."

What the hell!

How come Coca-Cola, a big money sponsor that only invests money but does nothing, was alarmed? !
This woman, who was once excluded from the Greek Olympic Committee and later returned to the Greek Olympic Committee as its president with the help of the International Olympic Committee, frowned.

Not long after, she received another call from the International Olympic Committee.

"Ms. Zaskalaki, we need to talk."

Quite simply, Coca-Cola sponsors more than just the Greek Olympic Committee.

Zaskalaki: "..."

I fuck your god jesus mary!
Angelopoulos Zaskalaki rubbed his eyebrows and felt a little tired.

Why does Zhang Yimou not have so many problems, but Spike has so many problems?

What a fucking thorn.

The key point is that this troublemaker can actually call people over, unlike Zhang Yimou who could only go back and revise his work after being rejected. This fits her stereotype of Chinese people as humble and introverted.

Not only did Spike not go back to revise it, he even sent someone to hold her head down and force her to revise it...

(End of this chapter)