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Chapter 784 Zhou Yi: MVP! Zheng Yuan: Winning by doing nothing

"Transfer the warmth of one person to the chest of another, and let the mistakes made last time be reflected upon and dreams come true~"

"On the day I left you, blue rain fell in front of my eyes, and the proud tears dared not abandon my eyes~"

"I know what's wrong with being right, and I know what the general said may not be right~"

"I'll play Chopin's Nocturne for you to commemorate my dead love~"

"Your hair is like snow, which makes the separation sad and beautiful. Who am I waiting for and becoming old~"

"He doesn't understand your heart, he pretends to be calm, he doesn't understand love and treats it as a game~"

"If we can't wait until dark, the fireworks won't be perfect~"

"Remember, your eyes will be shining, my arms will be waving, who said the world has no choice~"

"Lovers always break up and get back together, but our love grows deeper and deeper. Knowing you makes my happiness so sweet~"

"I can change the world and change myself~"

ZS City, starting from the Bay Area.

In one of the small bungalows in a large mansion, Ma Zhiyong, who had cooked a dish of stir-fried pork with peppers after get off work, was sitting in front of a TV with a big bottom. He was using his Nokia to operate the phone according to the prompts on the screen.

The pleasant singing coming from the TV speakers made the man hum along while operating the machine.

"Do you want to download this song? Do you want this song to be your ringtone? Mobile users, please send a text message of 88 + song title to 3333; Unicom users, please send a text message of MF + song title to 9333..."

Without any hesitation, when he saw that he could download three songs for only six yuan, Ma Zhiyong decisively chose "Love Transfer", "She Said" and "Nocturne".

He couldn't bear to buy Zhou Yi's album. After all, it was very expensive at dozens of dollars. Even a pirated copy would cost more than ten dollars.

But he could still afford the "bargain price" of six yuan for three songs, and he didn't feel any pressure at all - it was just a matter of drinking two fewer bottles of beer when he got home from work every day.

"Lao Ma, is it done yet? Let me give you a call and try."

"Not yet, don't worry, the message has just been sent."

It was too tiring to chat across the wall, so Ma Zhiyong simply placed the food on the small wooden table and brought it out - he had made this table himself using a few pieces of wood he picked up from the construction site, and it was very convenient to use.

In the courtyard of the mansion, under the towering trees, children from various families were eating with their bowls in hand, and adults from various families were sitting and chatting. After living here for three years, Ma Zhiyong had already gotten used to it.

Although it is called a big mansion, this place is actually a small area composed of small bungalows, where all kinds of people live.

It is similar to the old courtyard houses in the capital, but the difference is that it is not so big, so Ma Zhiyong does not need to run out to use the toilet. The landlord, Mr. Wu, specially modified several rooms and set aside toilets for the tenants living here.

That's it, the monthly rent is only 120. There are a total of families living here, and no one is treated differently, and the rent has never been increased.

This is definitely a good landlord in the Qiwan area of ​​Zhongshan.

Ma Zhiyong himself felt that Teacher Wu was worthy of being a teacher, and was really willing to consider these workers who came from all over the world.

"How's it going? Is it done?"

"Don't worry, it will be done quickly. It should be effective when you go out for a motorcycle taxi at night."

As one of the fifteen households, 27-year-old Ma Zhiyong has a very good relationship with this young man from the same hometown. He even recommended this place for him to live in, which also makes it convenient for them to go out together in the evening after work to pick up passengers on a motorcycle.

He also learned about this rare thing called ringtone from his younger brother.

They both like listening to Zhou Yi's songs, but have never bought his genuine albums for a simple reason: they are too expensive.

I did buy a bunch of pirated VCDs with a golden leopard logo of beauties - Zhou Yi's songs were accompanied by a bunch of images of beauties in swimsuits and bikinis, and then there were blue subtitles, so anyone who saw it would know the answer.

Isn’t this much better than the original MV shot by Zhou Yi himself?

"Zhou Yi is indeed a top student from Peking University. Isn't this much more convenient than buying an album? It can be done by just sending a text message. It's really high-tech."

"It is said that reading is good, and people who read have better brains."

"yes……"

Ma Zhiyong thought of himself who had come out to work to earn money after graduating from junior high school. He sighed and gulped down a mouthful of beer. Although the weather in Zhongshan in January had turned cold, it still couldn't stop his enthusiasm for drinking Pearl River beer.

Bitter wine enters the throat and causes pain in the heart.

He had no hope, so he could only hope that his son back home would study hard, get into a good university in the future and not end up like him.

"Yong, come and help me see if this ringtone is successful? Why can't I understand it?"

While the two were talking, another familiar resident in the mansion came over. He was in his forties and had a belly that looked like he was pregnant. If he were in ancient times, he would have been a strong man.

Ma Zhiyong was delighted when he saw it: "Brother Wang, you also got a ringtone?"

"Yes, it's quite convenient and cheap..."

Brother Wang smiled and nodded: "We are working on it."

"Are you all working on it?"

This time it was Ma Zhiyong's turn to be surprised.

"Yes, I quite like Zhou Yi's old song "Goodbye", and this one "Love Transfer". It's a pity that there are no songs by the Four Heavenly Kings. There are too few ringtones to choose from, so I downloaded "Two Butterflies" and "Ten Thousand Reasons."

"There's nothing we can do. It's said that this thing was created by Zhou Yi, and the Four Heavenly Kings don't agree." Ma Zhiyong confirmed it and returned the phone.

The current choices in the ringback tone market are indeed extremely narrow.

Apart from Zhou Yi and the songs in Warner's copyright library, there are very few songs left that can be downloaded - such as "Lilac", "Two Butterflies", "Mouse Loves Rice", "Home in the Northeast" and so on.

Because the "Warner Love Story" series is so widely circulated, "Lilac" is generally believed to be a song sung by Zhou Yi under a pseudonym.

At least that's what Ma Zhiyong thought, because in the VCD of the Golden Leopard Swimsuit Beauty Song that he bought before, Zhou Yi's name was written in the column of lyrics, music and singing of "Lilac".

Even if it wasn’t the Zhouyi, it must be the Zhouyi now.

"I like Li Ming's songs best. I want him to--"

Wang Ge was reminiscing about his youth idol when his cell phone ringtone suddenly rang. An extremely unfamiliar melody immediately attracted Ma Zhiyong's attention.

"If you really need a reason, ten thousand would be enough~
"If I had known that you took this relationship too seriously, I would never have let you go no matter what~~~" Huh?
What song is this?

It's quite nice to listen to. Just listening to it once made him feel it was very memorable and he could sing along.

"What song did Wang Ge just sing? Do you know?"

"Oh, 'Ten Thousand Reasons', it's pretty good. It appeared on the recommended ringtones on the 5th, and it seems to be quite popular now."

"Ten Thousand Reasons?"

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"Yes! It's Ten Thousand Reasons!"

Foshan, the office of the owner of Peacock Records.

The boss Chen Rentai, with a ruddy face, walked with a bang, shaking Zheng Yuan's arm excitedly: "You are going to be famous! You are going to be famous, Yuan!"

It was released on January 1th and has been online for half a month until today, January 5th. As he expected, this song has really become popular in the ringback tone market, which currently has no competition at all.

The audience of ringtones activated by Zhouyi is not satisfied with Zhouyi's output at all, and even the songs in Warner's copyright library cannot satisfy them.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Yuan's song "Ten Thousand Reasons", which was recommended by the ringtone through Chen Rentai's operation, quickly attracted a group of downloading audiences.

Because China Mobile urgently changed its regulations at the beginning of this year and launched promotional methods such as monthly packages, the song "Ten Thousand Reasons" was launched as the vanguard of the package, and the effect is visibly good.

Maybe it will be the next "Two Butterflies"!
231 million downloads in just half a month!

Although it is not as popular as Zhou Yi's "One Hair", nor as popular as "Two Butterflies", "Home in the Northeast" and "Mouse Loves Rice" which have long been popular on the Internet, it is also the fourth fastest growing song in the ringback tone market.

And, the most important thing is that it has strong staying power!

The aftereffect curve is no worse than that of "Two Butterflies", which is simply a miracle for Chen Rentai.

You know, he didn't have such high expectations at the beginning.

“Is this song…really popular?”

As a former serious singer, Zheng Yuan was very confused as to why the song "Ten Thousand Reasons" became so popular.

Although his boss told him that this song was the hit, he really didn't take it seriously when he received the song and started singing it.

When he met his agent in a daze, the latter gave him even more explosive news -

"You're famous! You're really famous! Look, now two local shops in Foshan that sell tiles and redwood have invited you to sing, and the appearance fee is 3 yuan! 3 yuan!"

You should know that the Cool Fire band (now renamed Phoenix Legend), which was signed by the company boss and sang "Above the Moon" to participate in the Youth Song Contest, only received 6000-8000 yuan for their performance fees.

Zheng Yuan's appearance fee was only around 9,000 to 10,000 yuan half a month ago, but it is now rising rapidly.

This good news, which concerns his personal interests, directly woke up the dizzy Zheng Yuan.

At the same time, it also woke up the people working in the music industry.

After Zhou Yi single-handedly led to the rise of the entire ringtone market, the drawback of the ringtone market, which was extremely short of new songs, was noticed by everyone.

Originally they were still waiting and watching to see the specific results.

But now, an unknown guy named Zheng Yuan has emerged from the ringtone market with a song called "Ten Thousand Reasons". He is from an unknown small record company, Peacock Records, which has nothing to do with Warner.

This person directly reaped the benefits of the rise of the market driven by Zhouyi, which exceeded the expectations of all the companies that were waiting and watching!

"This is crazy! Zhou Yi has been downloaded over 100 million times, and Warner's Two Butterflies has been downloaded nearly 30 million times. Now there's Ten Thousand Reasons that seems to be able to replicate Pang Long's trajectory. Is this market really a success?!"

When seeing this result, all the executives of the record companies except Warner could no longer sit still!
what does this mean?
This means a blue ocean! A blue ocean where you can make money at will!

Zhou Yi did not cheat or lie. Did he really use his album to drive the rise of a whole new market?!
There is no big capital involved behind this crap "Ten Thousand Reasons". In their opinion, the popularity is a win without any effort - just lying down and reaping the benefits of the rising market under the glory of Zhou Yi MVP!
It is impossible for Zhou Yi to satisfy everyone, but the ringtone market he brought up needs songs of different styles to satisfy others. Zheng Yuan thus took on this overwhelming wealth!

Fuck!
Such luck!
"The crazy growth of the ringback tone market! Is the estimated total output value billions? Hundreds of billions?"

"The unparalleled foresight of the Book of Changes!"

"Zhou Yi has opened up a brand new path for the Chinese music scene!"

"The Savior of the Chinese Music Scene: Zhou Yi!"

"The new darling of the ringback tone market: ten thousand reasons!"

"Why Zhouyi is the king!"

"Unification of knowledge and action! Zhou Yi is practicing the opinions he put forward at the Music Association Conference!"

"Exclusive interview with Peacock Records owner: Thanks to Zhou Yi for promoting the vigorous development of the ringtone market"

"..."

The emergence, development and maturity of a brand new market quietly came to fruition in early 2005.

This departure caused a huge earthquake in the music industry!

When countless small and medium-sized singers who were tortured by pirated records saw that Zheng Yuan, a little-known loser, could reap such a huge profit, their eyes almost turned red.

I love music too, and I can sing ringtones!
The people were even more stunned when Daolang, who signed with Universal,

Not a buddy? !
Why couldn't you implement this plan earlier?!

You should push the ringtone market to maturity as soon as possible, why would I go after pirates? !
A feeling of regret was gnawing at his heart like an ant...

Looking back at all the efforts he had made, Daolang suddenly felt as if his eyes were darkening - in order to get rid of those thorns in his side, the terms of his contract with Universal were somewhat unequal.

If only he could wait a little longer...

If only he could wait a little longer!
On January 1, an article published on the four major portals Sina, Tencent, Sohu, and NetEase moved countless surfing netizens.

"Zhou Yi: A hero who saved the sluggish Chinese music market by joining the game himself"

(End of this chapter)