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

Chapter 728: Warner Group is on the rise
To be fair, in the domestic entertainment industry, there are indeed very few people who can do what Xie Tingfeng did, who after experiencing several ups and downs, still maintains a top position in the industry.

It is true that he has the support of Yinghuang, the regional buff of Hong Kong, the influence of the era factors in the first decade of the 21st century, etc., but it is undeniable that as a star, Xie Tingfeng's luck in his career is indeed the envy of many people.

Although his experience entering the industry was indeed a bit tragic, these days every Hong Kong star can be found to have had a tragic experience before becoming famous.

"I have to say that this guy's popularity with the audience is really a bit outrageous. It was just a tentative comeback, but unexpectedly the reception was quite good. Although there are still criticisms, the amazing thing is that among the large number of passers-by, this guy is at most criticized for his acting skills, but his fans still stick with him."

When talking about the movie premiere where he met Xie Tingfeng again, Qian Jiang, stroking his stubble, could only sigh that it was weird.

This circle is like this, some people just won’t become popular no matter how much you promote them, even if you continuously throw resources at them;

But for some people, after experiencing ups and downs, the most important thing for a star, namely, audience appeal and recognition, can still ensure their lifelong glory.

Common name: star luck.

"In the entertainment industry, small success depends on promotion, big success depends on luck."

Zhou Yi shrugged, walked out of the airport, and got into the Cadillac that had been waiting outside.

From his perspective, this is just the beginning. The chef's star fortune even continued into the mobile Internet era, which is the most outrageous.

As a new generation in the Hong Kong circle who was very popular in the late 20th century, several stars of the same period as him all failed early on.

As an innocent victim implicated by the computer, although the chef, at the suggestion of his team, used public relations methods to support his wife and created an image of a good husband who never left her side, this image was completely destroyed by his ex-wife after the divorce.

With the idea that if you dare to abandon me, no one will have a good life, after the divorce, there has been constant public opinion about the chef not caring about the family, the children not liking their father, etc., which directly interrupted the chef's upward momentum after his recovery.

Both parties should have kept quiet about it. After all, their images have been ruined. What's the point of being a big star? They should just be unknown and do business.

No one expected that Xie Tingfeng, who changed his career to become a chef, would become popular again...

Seeing her ex-husband become popular again, the ex-wife immediately started to make trouble again, posting the usual posts about how difficult it is to raise a child alone, a woman's XXX, and her ex-husband is not a good husband or father, trying to tie him up again.

Whether it's out of jealousy and hope to fall together, or sucking blood to become famous again, these public opinions have made a comeback again.

Thus, his comeback was interrupted again.

Then, a few years later, the chef became popular again - this time he returned to the movie industry. The movie "Raging Fire" made the character Qiu Gangao he played the most handsome guy that summer, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong movies.

Not only did the box office perform well, the character A'ao he played also sparked heated discussions. Various secondary creative videos emerged in an endless stream that summer, once again leading to Xie Tingfeng's own resurgence in popularity.

Because his ex-wife tore off the mask of "good mother" with her own hands on the variety show, her drama of sharing the same downfall cannot be used this time.

It is difficult to judge this person's fortune.

If anyone else had the same troubles as him, his career would have been ruined long ago.

"His comeback was quite effective, and Yinghuang immediately arranged several top resources for him. One was Cheng Long's New Police Story, and the other was Chen Kaige's The Promise."

Qian Jiang, who has his own connections in the Hong Kong circle, couldn't help but sigh at Yu Yinghuang's love for Xie Tingfeng: "I heard that he has reserved less than a month to shoot something called "Little Fish and Flowerless", which is a TV series. He has made up his mind to pursue both film and television and give up the music industry."

He became famous in the music industry and reached the peak of popularity at the beginning of the century. His final decision after his comeback was to stop competing in the music industry and turn to the field of film and television. It has to be said that Yinghuang's sense of smell is indeed very sharp and decisive.

“In the future, more and more people will give up the music industry.”

Zhou Yi curled up in his chair, closed his tired eyes, and let his assistant rub his temples.

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"Switch to the film industry, Zhou Yi's big screen debut! "

"Chenglong: It only took me one night to convince Ayi to join"

Wu Yan Group: I saw Brother Yi's acting skills, it was great, it didn't look like he was acting at all

"Xie Tingfeng: There is no problem between Ayi and I. Ayi is my brother and he has helped me a lot."

Cai Zhuoyeon: Brother Yi is my idol

"Zhou Yi joins the Super Girl finals, will Warner Bros. decide on Zhang Jingying as the champion?"

"A dark conspiracy or popular support? Zhou Yi does not shy away from suspicion and helps his die-hard female fans canvass for votes for him?"

"Jiang Wen: Can I swear? If not, then I have nothing to say"

"..."

After the paparazzi who took the photo of Zhou Yi getting off the plane and going home published it, Zhou Yi, who had already become the center of the domestic public opinion whirlpool because of the Olympic eight minutes, received even more news.

After all, this is a breakthrough of two zeros.

First, Zhou Yi had never starred in a commercial film before. His only guest appearance in a TV series was in "Sex and the City" when he just debuted.
Secondly, it was the first time that Zhou Yi appeared as a judge on a domestic music talent show.

Although he is only a judge in the finals, the fact that he is willing to be a judge on a national talent show like "Super Girl" that suddenly emerged and is recognized by the majority of netizens is enough to illustrate Zhou Yi's current prestige.

This is the only time since the Super Girl show became famous that there has been no controversy among the judges.

No matter how unhappy Zhou Yi's fans were, they had to admit at this juncture that it was a condescension for him to be a judge in his current position. They could only point out that Zhang Jingying was clinging to his influence and accuse Warner of being unethical.

At this stage, who in the country can compete with Zhou Yi in terms of popularity votes?
nobody.

Wouldn't it be pure trouble if you went to the platform? Is the national vote champion real?

Zhang Jingying was previously accused of using the identity of "Zhou Yi's die-hard fan who succeeded in chasing stars" to market herself and harvest the SMS votes of Zhou Yi's fans. Now, there is no need to love the house and the dog, because the real person is here.

An Youqi and Wang Ti were so angry.

The teams behind them are fully prepared for the finals, eager to try for that one-thousandth chance of a comeback.

Now it’s true, they are all here to compete for second place.

As for Zhang Hanyun, who was voted fourth before the finals, neither of them took her seriously. She was just a kid born in 1989, barely grown at the age of 15, with no talent and a background as deep as the two of them, so they didn't even look at her.

Zhang Jingying herself seemed extremely nervous, and her manager almost turned into a caring elder sister to counsel her psychologically every day. A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Zhou Yi can be regarded as a noble person who changed the trajectory of her life. If she had not watched the concert in Shanghai that year, she would probably still be wandering back and forth between various bars and singing venues.

For her, this final is an opportunity for her to test the results of her training, and it is normal for her to be nervous.

"Brother Yi is my mentor. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am today. I will try my best not to let him down."

In the interview session of the final of "Super Girl", Zhang Jingying expressed her admiration for Zhou Yi in a righteous manner, respectfully calling him her mentor, and the fan club cheering for her was also the largest in scale -

Yes, as the person who has gained the most from this year's first national talent show in China, although Zhang Liangying has not yet officially released an album and made her debut, she already has an extremely large fan club team.

And since the fans in these groups are the ones who have accompanied her all the way through text message voting, their loyalty is far greater than that of the fans of regular second-tier singers.

The buzz around "New Police Story" and "Super Girl" has made many people in the industry envious. This is simply natural popularity, which is what the producers and program crews want most.

The investors and producers who thought Zhou Yi had agreed to participate in the movie almost called Qian Jiang's phone to death.

"I don't care what method you use, you must invite Zhou Yi over! Money is not a problem!"

"What? You can't invite me here? You're useless! What's the use of you?! How can Chenglong be invited here?!"

"..."

In the fucking domestic film and television industry, there has only been one Cheng Long in decades!
Countless directors who were under pressure kept wailing in their hearts.

The major TV stations that wanted to learn from "Super Girl" and hold talent shows directly targeted Zhou Yi for the judge position, saying that they could completely accept Warner's internal selection of the new champion, but they were all rejected.

Because the only new talent that Warner is currently focusing on training is Deng Shiying, who is only 14 years old this year, even if you count her age. Warner has not yet fallen to the point of exploiting child labor.

As for the other newcomers...

"Warner doesn't really need it at the moment. After all, we are now taking the route of quality over quantity."

On the morning of the 18th, Zhou Yi attended a closed-door meeting after his return. Zhou Jianhui, the helmsman of Warner (China), was radiant and spoke freely about Warner's current situation: "As for singers, we now have a rich reserve, and they are all creators with independent creative abilities..."

In Hong Kong, the new artist Fang Datong, who was discovered by Zhou Yi, has produced his first album and is currently in the promotion stage. Under the arrangement of Warner, he has exchanged a lot of resources with Yinghuang, appeared in many events of Yinghuang artists, and even went to Chen Yixun's concert as a guest, making his own name;
In Taiwan, F.I.R., a band that Zhou Yi brought to the China-Korea Concert, made a huge success when it debuted. The band's first album with the same name, "FIR", became a huge hit.

Not to mention the mainland, the young Hu Yanbing has just become famous all over the country with his song "Red Beauty", which was also chosen as the theme song for a CCTV drama - he was also someone that Zhou Yi had high hopes for, and then Zhou Jianhui directly dug him over with a hoe.

These are all fresh blood, fresh blood with the ability to produce an album on their own.

Including the elderly Wang Feng, Cai Jianya and others——

Unknowingly, the Warner that used to have a bloated lineup has now become the most dynamic company - although it does not have as many singers as other companies, each of them has their own creative ability and can create album songs that best suit their own voices, which makes it far ahead of other companies in terms of album release costs.

Although Cai Jianya's creative ability is a bit inferior compared to this group of stars in Warner.

"The top one is you, Ayi. Next is Wang Feng. Next to Wang Feng is Hu Yanbing and Fang Datong who is preparing to debut. Below Hu Yanbin and Fang Datong, we are still discovering new creators as reserve forces.
"Although we currently only have Yanzi who can be the leading female singer, and Cai Jianya is not up to the task. But the timely appearance of Jingying has made up for the shortage of female singers in our company. Nayoung is retiring, and A-mei is leaving, so Jingying just fills in. The lead singer of the F.I.R band is also a girl, so she can also fill in..."

When Zhou Yi saw the familiar name Shui on the document, his eyes became a little vague.

Unconsciously, Warner's military strength was a bit outrageous, and the key was that there was no conflict in resources and routes. It could even be said that Warner's resources were completely overflowing now.

Especially male singers.

As for the female singers, the band F.I.R., which is capable of creating, can at least continue for another six or seven years. When they fall apart and the band disbands, Deng Shiying will be of similar age and can also move up to the position of a songwriter, which will seamlessly connect her to the creative position in the Warner female singers' list.

perfect.

"However, we should be prepared for danger in times of peace. The current music market is changing so rapidly that it changes every day. We still need to strengthen the discovery of high-quality creators."

At the end of his speech, Zhou Jianhui turned his gaze to Zhou Yi who had just finished reviewing the report: "Ayi, I'll trouble you to personally supervise this. Our artist operations department has selected a batch of submissions. I will arrange for someone to deliver them to your office later, along with their information."

When it comes to selecting musical talents, Zhou Jianhui chooses to trust Zhou Yi unconditionally.

Except for a few old players like Wang Feng, the Warner lineup he has created now was signed with reference to Zhou Yi's opinions, and each one is worth the money.

"As soon as I come back, you will assign me some work, right?"

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes but didn't say anything to refuse.

After all, after signing the contract, you are working for yourself.

"There's nothing I can do. I don't have your strong musical literacy to clearly identify the strength of a musician. If you let me make the decision, then I might really sign Liu Yifei." Zhou Jianhui spread his hands, looking helpless.

"?"

Suddenly hearing a name that had nothing to do with the music industry, Zhou Yi slowly asked a question: "Who?"

"Liu Yifei, the one who played Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, is quite popular recently. I heard that she will also play in The Return of the Condor Heroes."

Zhou Jianhui chuckled, "The company behind this girl is quite interesting. Now that she's popular, they're trying to expand their influence, so they set their sights on singing. They approached me, and I took a look. I couldn't sing or dance well, and it didn't conform to our Warner rules, so I declined."

As the current leader in the domestic record market, if big stars want to cross over and release records, they will definitely want to contact Warner first.

"..."

But it's okay.

After Zhou Jianhui said this, Zhou Yi actually remembered that it seemed that after going around in circles, he finally arrived at Sony?
It was signed by Sony headquarters, not Sony (China).

With the idea of ​​taking a break to listen to music, Zhou Yi returned to the office and threw away all the random thoughts in his mind, and started listening to the demo and reading the materials——

Until he saw a familiar name: "Bridge", Deng Wenbin.

Hey, isn’t this the back string?
Zhou Yi was stunned when he noticed the title of the demo song "Bridge". After taking a look at the accompanying information, he recognized this future original musician from the mainland at a glance.

The "The West Chamber" he copied was from this person.

(End of this chapter)