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

Chapter 774 Starting Today, the Ordinary Life of a Building King

As for Zhou Yi's album sales, with the pre-sale popularity as a guarantee, no one in the entire Warner is worried about it.

On the contrary, they only feel that the factory is not fast enough and cannot satisfy Zhouyi's appetite for the Asian market, giving piracy an opportunity.

"Fuck, these guys don't follow any rules at all. Don't they plan to follow the seven-day rule?!"

On the 31st, the day when Zhou Yi's new album "Hush" was released, Qian Jiang, who should have been sitting on the Diaoyutai, was so angry that he almost called and said hello to the ancestors of several major pirated dealers.

Under the influence of Zhou Yi, Zhou Jianhui, who has gradually strengthened channel management over the years, has already controlled Warner's channels to the extreme, which has prevented the crisis of Zhou Yi's album being leaked in advance.

But in the end, human power is always limited.

Zhou Yi smashed the pots and pans of the pirates with ringtones, and these pirates also fought back against Zhou Yi with actual actions.

Just two hours after "Hush" went on sale, the pirates who had obtained the tapes and CDs in advance through insiders in the channel could finally safely release the pirated copies they had prepared long ago.

Originally, they didn't dare to throw it away because they were afraid of Warner's reputation as the Pizza Hut of the capital. It would be easy for Warner to catch the source and beat them up when the product was not yet on the market. But now it's different - since Warner has already started selling it, this pirated copy that is so realistic that it can instantly sneak into the torrent of genuine products.

The pirates’ interest-based coalition has a very simple idea: since you, Zhou Yi, don’t want me to live, let’s go to war.

You have to know that the vast majority of third-, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-tier county towns and villages are the meat in their bowls, and they have always been the only ones to eat it, so they will not allow outsiders to interfere.

Zhou Yi's ringtone was clearly a bummer for them.

We can't afford to offend Mobile, so we can only wait for him to get sick. But no matter how awesome you are, Zhou Yi, don't you have to release a record? Then let's fight and see who can outlast the other.

"What era is this? You're still thinking about selling traditional albums."

Zhou Yi, who was trying on the new Armani couture, stood in front of a full-length mirror and sneered: "The potential of the ringtone market is far beyond their imagination, but the cost is much lower than theirs, and there is no huge labor cost or channel cost."

It is difficult to turn a big ship around. This sentence fully reflects the dilemma that physical pirates will face if they want to transform into Internet pirates in the future.

The era of domestically produced MP3s with huge price cuts and the winner-takes-all Internet is coming, and both genuine and pirated physical copies will die.

On the contrary, Warner has his ringtone contract and English albums to support him, which is enough for him to live a comfortable life.

Let's put it this way, just the song "Beautiful Myth" that he is going to submit to Chenglong Movie next year has almost cut 100 million in the ringtone market. If he and Sun Yanzi sing a duet, the price will be 100% higher with the added fame.

For this reason, he chose the gentle version, mainly considering Sun Yanzi's voice.

This song alone is enough to achieve Warner Music (China)'s full-year net profit target for 2005.

There is no way around it. You can do whatever you want with a single signed contract.

"The Coca-Cola renewal celebration ceremony will be held at the Wangfu Hotel. The red carpet walk will begin at 5 pm tomorrow. There are so many celebrities coming to support you this time. People from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong are all here."

After complaining about the pirates, Qian Jiang handed Zhou Yi a list.

As a giant in the international beverage industry, Coca-Cola has been sending out invitations to many people in order to expand its brand power. That is, Jay Chou and Xie Tingfeng, who are under PepsiCo, could not come, otherwise Coca-Cola would have to invite all of them to come and congratulate Zhou Yi.

As for the hosts, in addition to He Jiong who is at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Sa Beining from CCTV was also invited by Coca-Cola to partner with He Jiong because of Zhou Yi.

Anyway, it’s not a show, it’s just to help Zhou Yi control the situation, so Sa Beining readily agreed.

Zhou Yi also did not expect that the first collaboration between the Shuangbei combination, who would have a wonderful chemistry in hosting cooperation in the future, would actually take place under such circumstances.

Coca-Cola was also very generous. Although they were all there to help and their appearance fee was zero, they still gave each of the two a big red envelope under other names to express their gratitude - we don’t have anything else, we just have a lot of money!
"Also, the location for the company's new building has been found, and I think it's pretty good."

Qian Jiang, who is now a senior executive of the company, naturally participated in the overall relocation of Warner.

Although it is a joke that a first-class company sells a building, it is enough to illustrate the importance of a company owning its own building.

"Where's the location?"

"It's in Zhongguancun, called Weixin International Building. With a little renovation, it will be suitable for us to move in."

"?"

Hearing this familiar yet unfamiliar name, Zhou Yi paused while adjusting his suit cuffs: "How much? Are there any competitors?"

"Have."

Qian Jiang nodded very honestly: "It is currently said to be around 2 million US dollars, and it is expected that the final transaction should be around 2.5 million.

"Sohu is said to also want this piece of land, but it has not yet decided. Jianhui is negotiating with them now. Our advantage is that we have the final say, while Zhang has to convince the board of directors of Sohu to come up with a large sum of money at once."

"..."

That takes a lot of convincing.

Yes, the current Weihai International Building is the first Sohu Building that was renovated after Sohu acquired it for US$06 million in 2.77. Its location is quite good. This building will also have the most room for appreciation in the future after Sohu declines.

The rent alone is too much.

Zhongguancun is also a good place for Warner Records to gradually transform into the Internet in the future. After all, Internet music is an inevitable trend and no one can stop it.

"Also, I have some clues about the commercial land you asked me to pay attention to. I think this is news from Wanda."

"Hmm? Wanda?"

Zhou Yi, who understood the situation, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean?"

"They got inside information that there is indeed a piece of land that is about to be opened. You can ask Cheng Hao to start preparing."

"Location?"

"It is only four kilometers away from the core commercial area of ​​​​Guomao, with an area of ​​​​6401 square meters..."

“……”Fuck!

A rare look of surprise appeared on Zhou Yi's face.

It wasn't because of the location, but because in his impression, this place had been the site of many turbulent inside stories and had been in the news several times.

As a prime location in the core business district, this land was bought by China Resources at a low price in 05. However, China Resources held on to it and did not develop it until 2011. After being named three or four times, China Resources finally approached the People's Fine Arts Publishing House to reach an agreement on an exchange and transferred the land to them as the address of their new publishing house.

"…Please help me contact them. We can talk."

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi decided to fight for it.

It is no secret to people in this circle that he has been looking for a place to build a building.

What's more, Guiyi's company attributes determine that the location is more suitable in a commercial district rather than places like Zhongguancun Science Park.

Besides, he can still seek cooperation with Wanda - Guiyi will buy it and Wanda will be responsible for the construction.

If it doesn't work out, you can buy it and ask China Resources to make it.

Money is not a problem. The last thing he lacks right now is money, not to mention that the bank is crying and begging him for a loan.

It's time to sell your face.

Don’t ask, the answer is supporting real industry.

China Resources is despicable for hoarding land at low prices. I, Zhou Yi, will build on it after buying it, which will truly promote urban development!
"Do you want to look at the land near 798 Art District?"

In the evening, Cheng Haoben returned home and was still thinking about how to buy land from there. Hearing this, he was surprised.

As a person who comes from the art industry, Cheng Hao's connections in the real estate industry are zero. But it just so happens that there is such an area in the capital named after art - 0 Art Park.

The predecessor was the 718 Joint Factory. In 99, it merged with several other factories to form Seven Star Electronics. Due to the reintegration of resources, many land and factories were vacant. In order to make full use of resources, they were rented out to artists at a low rent.

After several years of development, it became a well-known art district because of its low prices and large space.

Cheng Hao has been there before.

"Look, why not? This piece of land is currently the cheapest one. Guiyi's future subsidiaries related to film and television arts can be arranged here." Zhou Yi stroked his chin and chose to take them all.

In fact, some of the idle old factories or industrial land in the capital in 2004 have started urban renewal since this year, and have begun to gradually convert industrial land into commercial and office space, especially around the 798 Art Park.

In Chaoyang District where it is located, some plots of land were sold in packages in the early stages of transformation.

For development, it is not shabby. But I have no experience, so the initial price is obviously too low.

If anyone could predict the future, the first person who made the price decision to package and sell some plots of land in Chaoyang District for development would probably want to wake up and slap himself in the middle of the night.

However, if there had not been the low-price decision at the beginning, it would have been difficult for this place to become a prosperous scene in the future with more than 400 companies of various types such as animation, film and television media, publishing, and design consulting gathering here to celebrate the event.

Cheng Hao was thoughtful: "Although the expenditure is a bit high, you can go to the bank. After all, you are now the company's largest benign asset."

Using people as anchors is not an isolated case.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take the Arsenal Football Club, for which Zhou Yi is currently serving as a promotion ambassador. In order to obtain a loan to build a new stadium, the bank directly wrote a clause into the contract that head coach Arsene Wenger must continue to serve as the team’s head coach during the loan period.

What is valued is the outstanding personal ability of this French coach.

The pressure on the person involved is a bit high.

This will certainly require Zhou Yi to continue to be a nuclear-powered donkey in the next few years—

At least that's what Cheng Hao thinks.

He wrote the lyrics, composed the music, sang and performed in all five of his Chinese albums and three of his English albums. He also had to find time to keep his world tour going, participate in variety shows during the promotion period, and write songs and theme songs for others in his spare time. As a top star, he even had to help his juniors.

This is worse than a nuclear-powered donkey.

Although Zhou Yi never showed it, Cheng Hao felt a little sorry for this cheerful man in front of him when he thought about the suffocating workload.

In fact, I must be very tired, so I am always lazy when I am at home.

"If it works, including the Warner building, I will own three buildings in the future."

Zhou Yi fell into the fantasy of enjoying a good life.

Sohu can build three buildings, so it’s not too much for me to build three buildings first.

Pirates’ channels?

Who are you scaring?

I'm no longer on the same track with you guys!
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"Hiss, that's not right, Warner didn't make any moves? Zhou Yi didn't fire his gun either?"

On the evening of the 31st, the pirated channel consortium, which had been waiting for a whole day, was puzzled.

"I don't know what Zhou Yi is doing, but as for Warner, it seems like he's busy buying a house and moving?"

"..."

“No, we released a pirated version two hours later, and they were busy buying a building???”

(End of this chapter)