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

Chapter 742 You'd better stay in the country

This is a very strange thing.

As the most famous commercial newspaper in China, Southern Weekend has been the leader in the domestic newspaper industry since its establishment in 1984. After entering the 21st century, Southern Weekend has become the best-selling newspaper in the country after several revisions.

It is for this reason that Southern Weekend has become the Huangpu Military Academy of the domestic journalism industry. Many of the former Southern Weekend employees work in the news channels of the four major portals, including NetEase, Tencent, Sohu, and Sina.

They have connections and experience in journalism, which are very much needed by emerging Internet companies.

With the help of these "disciples", Southern Weekend also occupied the high ground of online news after the domestic Internet survived the crisis. While physical newspapers are only published every Thursday, their editors-in-chief, deputy editors-in-chief, and reporters can often post articles on the website.

Then reporters or editors from the four major news portals will reprint the relevant articles, thereby spreading the news and gathering the power of online public opinion.

This is a mature system that has been proven over the years. Newspapers and magazines under Southern Media Group, including Southern Weekend, Southern Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Southern Rural News, Beijing News, Southern Metropolis Weekly, Southern People Weekly, etc., all do this.

Over the past few years, it can be said that everything has been going well.

Only this time, when several of Zeng Guangming's former colleagues published news reports to appeal for his innocence and question his actions, there was no disturbance on the Internet.

The four major portals still have their "disciples" reprinting their articles, but neither the comments nor the clicks are comparable to the news they wrote in the past.

"We can't say anything when it comes to Zhou Yi. Don't forget that Zhou Yi is a member of the board of directors. He usually just laughs it off when negative information is written about him, but this time Zeng Guangming went too far. Not only did he expose Zhou Yi's address, but he also exposed the addresses of Cheng Hao, Sun Yanzi and others."

Zhou Yi, who was completely in the right position, wielded the big stick at a speed far beyond the imagination of the board members of several major Internet companies. The former Southern-affiliated personnel who served as middle and senior managers in the four major portals did not dare to show up at this time.

On weekdays, everyone drinks and talks about the Southern family. But Zhou Yi is now so powerful that he can really make them lose their jobs. He is not an ordinary small shareholder without any rights.

NetEase, Sina and Tencent reacted the fastest. Sohu is currently in a state of uncertainty as its contract with Zhouyi is about to expire and there has been no progress on the renewal.

But with the pressure from Mr. Zhang, the current focus is still on eliminating negative news about Zhou Yi.

Theoretically speaking, the matter should be almost over here. We should go through the necessary procedures and go to jail if necessary.

But for all traditional paper media channels, including the Southern Media, Zhou Yi's behavior shocked them greatly.

This is the first time that their media hegemony, which had been unstoppable in the past, has been challenged since the beginning of the new century.

Some of them even felt frightened by this—a creepy feeling instantly spread throughout their bodies.

You know, this is the comfort zone for traditional media people.

The Book of Changes is a real outsider to them.

What they could not accept the most was that Zhou Yi was a person who could not be controlled, bribed or cooperated with by them.

Zhou Yi had been poking at them before, and now it shows that he has the confidence and ability to withstand their public opinion attacks. How can this be tolerated?
Zeng Guangming’s former colleagues who uphold the banner of freedom of speech have always disliked Zhou Yi, and now, they have been “silenced” by Zhou Yi!

"What does Zhou Yi want to do? Does he really think of himself as the emperor?"

“On Zhou Yi’s Trampling on the Concept of Free Speech.”

"This is simply challenging the bottom line of the entire modern civilized society! Zhou Yi single-handedly shut people up!"

"The Book of Changes caused families to be ruined and people to die."

"..."

From October 10th to October 18nd, the southern media, which were at the forefront of the charge, published reports on the incident involving Zhou Yi and Zeng Guangming in their own paper publications, and emphasized the fact that Zhou Yi abused his influence to oppress ordinary news media workers.

Four major newspapers and two major weeklies, namely Southern Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Southern Rural News, Beijing News, Southern Metropolis Weekly and Southern People Weekly, all took part in the event. The scene stunned the readers who had never seen such a scene before.

No, wasn’t Zhou Yi the hero who saved the Olympics for eight minutes last week?
How come he has now become the bear that everyone wants to beat in the newspapers?
"This is totally off the mark. Is Zhou Yi as exaggerated as they say?"

"Why do I feel something is not right? Did Zhou Yi offend someone after returning to China?"

"He's used to being arrogant and domineering, and now he's hit a wall."

"Did Zhou Yi really let the police arrest someone?"

"I took the initiative to call the police and provided evidence. Don't spread it around."

"..."

Zhou Yi's popularity had already remained high since he returned to China. This collective attack from traditional media, led by Southern newspapers, was like adding fuel to the fire, completely detonating the domestic entertainment industry in October.

Some people were puzzled and wondered if these people were sick. Zhou Yi just called the police and they chased and bit them like they had killed their entire family;
Some people are relieved and think that the domestic media still has a conscience and is not afraid of power;

Some people were jubilant and thought it was a good thing for Zhou Yi to die so well that they opened the champagne.

However, various reports related to Zhouyi soon appeared on the Internet——

"The Sweat Behind Zhouyi Olympics";
"Two or Three Things about Zhou Yi's Happiness in Helping Others";
"Zhou Yi is suspected of secretly donating to Hope Primary School";
The Book of Changes...

This has led to a very divisive situation - although some offline print media with great influence and large circulation have begun to collectively criticize Zhou Yi's behavior, positive news about Zhou Yi on the Internet has begun to increase one after another, and they all come with color pictures.

The data are more realistic than the other, and there are pictures and truth behind all the good people and good deeds.

It was truly a great spectacle. For young Internet users in 2004, this was undoubtedly something that made them dizzy.

Zhou Yi's haters sent letters offline, using the Southern News report to criticize Zhou Yi;
Zhou Yi’s fans wrote letters online, arguing with the endless stream of Zhou Yi news on the four major portals.

Passersby enjoyed the melon very much.

The first and second tier people in the entertainment industry were all shocked to the point of dropping their eyes to the ground——

Damn it?

what happened?

Why does Zhou Yi suddenly feel like a public enemy?
Is it something we missed?

Isn’t it just that a media person who likes to expose celebrities’ privacy and spread rumors was reported to the police and arrested?
Why did it suddenly cause such a big commotion?

It's true that Zeng Guangming is the former editor-in-chief of Southern Weekend, but he has been gone for so long. It's not like there is still any friendship between you and him that's worth you fighting for his support, right?

This person has been caught red-handed, the evidence is irrefutable, and you still want to protest for a criminal?
Where were you when Zeng Guangming spread rumors and exposed celebrities' privacy?
"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! What do you think of Southern Metropolis Daily deputy editor Zhang Ping's accusation that you have deprived the public of their right to freedom of speech?"

"Zhou Yi, did you really ask the police to arrest Zeng Guangming?"

"Zhou Yi, some people claim that you instructed multiple Internet companies to ban accounts on a large scale. Is this true?"

"Book of Changes..."

On the 24th, when Zhou Yi walked out of the set after shooting a MV called "Model", a large number of reporters who had been waiting nearby immediately surrounded him, making it impossible for him to move.

"Freedom of speech? Freedom of speech is not about spreading rumors. Such a person with such a poor understanding is actually the deputy editor-in-chief of Southern Metropolis Daily. I doubt the professional level of this newspaper."

Zhou Yi sneered disdainfully: "A bunch of traitors are just showing off their low standards here to pollute the public opinion field. Do they deserve to represent the public? They keep spreading rumors and causing trouble, and only eat and wait for death intermittently. They should be thankful that they live in a civilized country."

"..."

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"..."

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Damn it?

what are you saying?
Rebellious?

It was the first time that the reporters heard such aggressive words from a celebrity, and they were all stunned.

as predicted.

The day after Zhou Yi's words were spread, Zhang Ping publicly refuted Zhou Yi on his personal blog: "The Constitution clearly stipulates citizens' freedom of speech, and freedom of speech naturally includes the freedom to say the wrong thing, especially the freedom to question power. What is more terrible than rumors is the deprivation of freedom of speech..." (This is the original text of Nandu Changping at that time)

Cheng Yizhong, editor-in-chief of Southern Metropolis Daily, also helped the deputy editor-in-chief by posting a blog to support his colleague: "In a country where freedom of speech is not guaranteed and the news media is suppressed, rumors are actually the truth that exists deep in people's hearts. They are a way for the group to express their wishes and a powerful weapon for the public to fight against official propaganda and lies.

"It is not the truth, but it is far truer than the truth; it cannot withstand scrutiny, but it is always more convincing than the truth; it is full of loopholes, but it cannot stop the public from believing in it. At present, rumors can no longer be stopped by wise people, but can only be stopped by freedom of speech..." (This is Cheng Yizhong's original text)
In response to this, Zhou Yi had only one sentence.

On October 2004, 10, Zhou Yi updated his personal blog. The content was very concise, with only five words:

"Fuck you!"

The simplest bad mouth, the most ultimate enjoyment.

The key point is that this blog post cannot be deleted. It is just hanging there in plain sight, making people blush.

"The fact that Zhou Yi is still able to move freely is the greatest insult to the rule of law in this country!"

"This is ironclad evidence that Zhou Yi, as a member of the privileged class in China, bullies the people!"

"Today it's you and me, who will it be tomorrow?!"

"..."

The two men, whose defenses were broken, frantically accused the system and the rule of law, completely forgetting that they had just talked about freedom of speech.

Zhou Yi did not respond to this, but simply posted a piece of foreign anti-treason news that was forwarded back to China by the Southern media in 2002:

"Teacher's Billion-Yuan Manuscript Fee".

Yes, the news about the billion-dollar manuscript fee that made countless people believe it and criticize the teacher was copied from the foreign anti-treason media by the Southern Clique and reprinted back to China.

Since it did not cause any waves in 2002, a few years later in 2007, the Southern Metropolis Daily, which was affiliated with the Southern Group, even did a special feature titled "Teachers' Huge Royalties", which completely pushed the rumor to the point where it was known to all netizens of that era.

This directly led many people to believe it to be true.

Of course, it is 2004 now, and Zhou Yi will not embarrass them. After posting this rumored news reprinted by the Southern Group, he simply added a line of words:

"You'd better stay in the country now."

(End of this chapter)