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

Chapter 739: Girls are lucky but boys are not? Rumor!

Fan Xiaopang could swear to God that she had no such intention when she called, even though her address had indeed been exposed.

After all, they have their backers, and they are all in the entertainment industry. From the public's perspective, celebrities and gossip media are like a pair of inseparable twins.

The former requires uninterrupted popularity, and the latter also requires continuous sales.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that many celebrities complain that they are monitored by the media and paparazzi and have no privacy. In fact, they are just playing both sides. If there is really no news, they will take the initiative to create news to maintain their constant popularity.

Red means news and popularity.

Therefore, he acted pitiful, pretended to be wronged and cried, and then showed that he was actually paying attention to Zhou Yi all the time. This was the result that Fan Xiaopang had anticipated.

When her address was exposed, she did not call Zhou Yi to bother him. On the contrary, she called Zhou Yi as soon as his address was exposed. Comparing the two, doesn't it seem that she cares about it?

Who would have thought that Zhou Yi was so brave.

Fan Xiaopang had no doubt that Zhou Yi could do it. After all, this man had never failed in anything he wanted to do. He could even predict the World Cup.

She was originally a non-superstitious person, but since she encountered Zhouyi, she felt that her beliefs were showing signs of wavering.

It’s not without reason that the rumor in the circle that he is the Purple Star is rampant. Every star always has great events coming from the sky to help them when they encounter various difficulties.

It is unjust not to burn incense and worship Buddha.

"They are backed by Light Media. The 'Music Billboard' that you often top the charts on is owned by them." After thinking about it, Fat Fan gave a reminder.

To be fair, "Music Billboard" has been quite kind to Zhou Yi, giving him all kinds of awards and not suppressing him in the rankings. Zhou Yi is often allowed to top the charts and create legends - the day when "Jiangnan" topped the charts for the first time is still vivid in people's memory.

At that time, there was pressure on the Music Billboard to adjust Zhou Yi's data.

"It's the Music Billboard that needs me, not the Music Billboard that I need. Besides, I'm looking for trouble with Big Star, and they've crossed the line."

One is one, two is two.

Two departments within the same company can still fight each other. The founder of "Star.BIGSTAR" and the founder of "Music Billboard" are not the same company. Besides, this brand will not fall.

Wang Changtian can replace someone else at any time to show his sincerity.

As for the losses caused by closing the business for restructuring and replacing personnel, that’s none of his business.

You can't just say that you don't have to pay any price for doing something wrong.

"Let's take a step back and say that the Music Billboard was just a newly created ranking list, not as good as the Chinese Music Chart. If it weren't for the principle of fairness and justice that allowed Ayi to dominate the charts, they wouldn't have the fame and status they have now. Mutual benefit is not about unilateral poverty alleviation."

Qian Jiang, who discovered this almost at the same time as Fan Xiaopang, turned back and also came to find Zhou Yi, sneering at this behavior.

Zhouyi: "..."

It has to be a master of face changing from the older generation, it’s amazing.

After giving Qian Jiang the phone number of a fellow student, Zhou Yi asked him to collect evidence, but he didn't take it seriously. He hummed a little tune and ran to the recording studio. After putting his things away, he came back and dug out the files he had used to make "Welcome To Beijing" -

Documentary, this thing is a must-shoot.

Combining these things, and adding on to the interviews with Warner's people when the time comes, it would be routine to give out compliments like "Zhou Yi has been working hard privately on the Olympic songs" for free.

Just when Zhou Yi had prepared all the materials for CCTV to film, his cell phone rang again -

But this time, the person who called was someone he didn't expect.

"Hello? Brother Yi? It's me, Ning Hao."

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"how is it going?"

Imperial capital, Ning Hao’s home.

Yue Xiaojun looked forward to it, and asked hurriedly when he saw the man coming back from the phone call.

"He said we could talk."

Ning Hao took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, then clenched his fists: "Clean up, rewrite all the plans, and make them more detailed."

If you want to get investment, you have to show your real ability.

This is what Ning Hao thought when facing Zhou Yi.

If possible, he didn't want to use this favor. When he was shooting the art film "Green Grassland" before, he was in such a difficult situation that he took out all his savings of more than 10 yuan. He gritted his teeth and insisted on finishing the shooting without calling Zhou Yi for help.

He and Zhou Yi had some connections, and they had a good relationship when they were filming the MV. Therefore, Ning Hao knew very well that he only had one chance to call Zhou Yi for help.

He was unwilling to use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Some favors can probably only be used once in your lifetime.

In his opinion, the Book of Changes belongs to this level.

"I'm telling you it will definitely work. Zhou Yi has already cooperated with China Film Group, so he must be interested in the domestic film market."

Yue Xiaojun, the screenwriter of Crazy Stone, slapped his thigh and raised his voice an octave: "Our script will definitely work. As long as Zhou Yi is willing to help, we can directly contact China Film."

"As long as there is 600 million - no, 500 million will do."

Ning Hao, who is well aware that he is only famous for his MV business in the circle, is also gritting his teeth.

In 2000, he already had the outline of this story in his mind. After five years of polishing it back and forth, the story finally took shape and he named it "Diamond".

But as he is only famous for shooting Zhou Yi's MV, he is totally unable to attract such a large investment.

He initially tried to meet with several investors in the industry, but was rejected by all of them. As a last resort, he could only lower his budget and continue to look for people, but there was no good result, and the cost kept falling.

He now wants to change the name of this thing called "diamond" into "stone", because it is obvious to the naked eye that he has no money left.

Coincidentally, at this critical juncture, Ning Hao, who was not unknown in the industry, learned a piece of news - Zhou Yi had reached a cooperation with China Film.

No one knows how the two parties got together, but after seeing that Warner Bros. was also involved, everyone had their own guesses: since Zhou Yi was involved in the new China Film Company, this new company must need to do projects.

Therefore, Ning Hao gritted his teeth and used this connection that he might only be able to use once in his life——

He wants to take a gamble.

The bet was successful, and he made a complete comeback;

I lost the bet... at worst I can come back and shoot music videos for a few more years!

With the title of Best Music Video Director at the Golden Melody Awards, he is still in great demand when shooting MVs, so he is not out of work.

"Zhou Yi has money, and China Film Group has money too. Our movie has now been reduced to a low-budget movie. As long as they like our script, we will definitely have a chance. And although Zhou Yi doesn't act, he should have an eye for movies."

Yue Xiaojun subconsciously cheered him on. Looking at the movies that Zhou Yi has worked with so far, whether it is the criticized "Hero" or the well-received "Pirates of the Caribbean", or even the "New Police Story" that is currently showing in theaters across the country, the box office performance during the entire National Day period is very encouraging.

I don’t know how many people went to the cinema just to watch the less than ten minutes of scenes and highlights that appeared at the end of Zhou Yi.

Although the reputation and box office have begun to collapse completely, all the focus is on the lead actor Cheng Long. Countless people are criticizing this as a movie that is not very Cheng Long-like, and instead praise Zhou Yi, Xie Tingfeng, Wu Yanzu and others.

"When are you scheduled to meet?"

"Send the script today and we'll meet the day after tomorrow."

"the day after tomorrow?"

Return to Yi.

Cheng Hao, who was reviewing a new round of investment reports in his office, frowned: "Your personal MV director?"

Because he shot MVs for Zhou Yi's two albums in a row, Ning Hao also vaguely has the title of "Zhou Yi's Official MV Director", although those in the know know that the opportunity to direct the MV for the latter album was a special compensation given to him by Warner.

After all, Jiang Wen was really a rude person back then, and Warner himself could hardly stand it anymore. As a result, Zhou Yi developed an inexplicable "heavy truck relationship" with him.

"Correct."

"okay, I get it."

Although he knew that after the news got out, there would definitely be a bunch of people around Zhou Yi trying to trick him into investing, Cheng Hao never thought that an "acquaintance" would come to him so soon.

As someone who comes from the industry herself, she knows very well how many people are defrauding investors in this industry.

In order to help Zhou Yi, she immediately looked for Ning Hao's film information. However, when the script arrived, her nerves as a filmmaker were aroused -

"This……"

Monday, October 10.

The four people who had agreed to meet at Guiyi met.

"Brother Yi, good sister."

Ning Hao was very respectful and called everyone "brother" or "sister" all the time, and his main point was to follow his heart. Yue Xiaojun beside him followed suit.

"The script is great. It seems like I wasted my talent."

Zhou Yi smiled and waved his hand to indicate that there was no need for so many formalities.

To be honest, he didn't expect Ning Hao to come to him, after all, he had nothing to do with movies. But then he thought about it and it seemed like he was involved in China Film again, so it was okay.

Many people know that Andy Lau's Asian Rising Star Project invested in Ning Hao as one of the investors, but in fact, the movie "Crazy Stone" is the first domestically produced film launched by China Film Warner Hengdian Film Co., Ltd. since its establishment, and it has put a lot of effort into promotion.

Of course, now it is China Film Warner Hengdian Guiyi Film and Television Co., Ltd.

"No, no, it was Brother Yi who gave me the opportunity to train..." Ning Hao, who didn't dare to admit it, praised Zhou Yi crazily.

"I estimated the cost, and I thought $600 million was too much."

As a true professional, Cheng Hao naturally set up her carriage and started to get into the role after the greetings. With her cost-cutting, the investment was directly reduced to 400 million.

If we really want to push hard, we can do it with more than 300 million.

But considering Zhou Yi's face, she didn't push him to such an extreme.

"If it's 500 million, I think even if it's approved by me, China Film Group probably won't approve it." At the end, Cheng Hao even brought out the big Buddha of China Film Group.

Zhou Yi, who was stroking his chin without making a sound, glanced sideways from time to time.

In his opinion, Cheng Hao, who returned to the film industry, was like a fish in water.

Ning Hao, who originally wanted to invest 500 million, finally nodded.

400 million is fine, he was afraid that he would have to lower the price to 400 million if he tried to find another investor. At least if the film was produced under the management of China Film Corporation, he could get some benefits that could not be measured by price.

"Do you have any choice for the actor?"

"Yes, yes."

Ning Hao nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "One of them is Brother Yi, and I think you know him. I've seen his play, it's very good."

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard Ning Hao say the man's name - Huang Bo.

The former bankrupt version of Xiao Zhouyi.

After starring in the MV, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy as he wished, although it was only a dubbing major.

"The one who acted in your MV "Goodbye" with Deng Chao?"

After Ning Hao and his buddy left, Cheng Hao recalled who that person was and turned to look at Zhou Yi.

It’s really not her fault that she can’t remember the name. It’s really because Deng Chao’s performance this year was too outstanding, which made people completely ignore Huang Bo’s performance.

With the popularity of "Young Emperor" being replayed over and over again on major local TV stations, Deng Chao finally became a little famous in the second half of 2004, which also helped Zhou Yi achieve a breakthrough from 0 -

As we all know, Zhou Yi's MVs have always been popular only among women.

But Deng Chao, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, became the man who broke this rule.

Although it is just an isolated case at the moment.

"Don't look at me. I haven't contacted him. I don't know what's going on. I just receive his blessing text messages during the holidays." Zhou Yi shrugged.

He doesn't have that much time to deal with these future stars who haven't become famous yet. If it wasn't simply out of bad taste, he wouldn't have asked these future stars to act in the MV.

Deng Chao is quite a good person. Even after he became famous, he would send gifts to Zhou Yicheng from time to time.

"Okay, I'll sort out the information for this film first, and then submit it to see what Han Sanping says."

The enthusiastic Cheng Hao also made a joke: "If someone with Huang Bo's looks can become popular, then your buff is really invincible. In the future, I'm afraid that not only actresses will fight for your MV roles."

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes without hesitation, causing the woman to cover her mouth and giggle: "Seriously, your buff is scary now, so many people want to get a taste of metaphysics. Isn't that the case with the promotion of the so-called "Legend of Sword and Fairy"? The male lead and the male supporting actor of that drama are actually audience members who have appeared in your concerts."

In October 2004, the promotion of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" had been launched.

With the only two topics of the entire drama being the theme song "SPL" sung by Sun Yanzi and the female lead being Liu Yifei from "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", the producers decisively chose to piggyback on it - as luck would have it, the "outstanding" performance of the male lead Hu Ge at Zhou Yi's concert in Shanghai with 100,000 people was a perfect material.

Especially the singing voice that can be said to go straight to the soul, which is the nightmare of countless people.

First there was Zhou Yi’s female fan Zhang Jingying who won the Super Girl title and became famous all over the country, and then there was Zhou Yi’s male fan Hu Ge... ?
Don’t say that male fans don’t deserve to be famous. Didn’t Deng Chao also become a little famous?
Zhou Yi’s male fans are still fans!
"Brother Yi is my idol, so I definitely went to see his concert. I was just too excited and couldn't control myself for a moment." Hu Ge, who had never expected that the scene would be publicly executed, couldn't hold himself together and had to defend himself.

At that time, he was just a little prince in advertising. Who would have thought that he would start acting so soon, and he would be the absolute number one male lead, the protagonist.

But for the sake of popularity, he had no choice but to repeat his socially fatal moment over and over again in the interviews - his good brother Yuan Hong was almost laughing his ass off!
(End of this chapter)