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

Chapter 794 The best boss
"May I ask what you mean by that?"

"Are you expressing disdain?"

"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!"

"Book of Changes..."

The noisy reporters were eventually pushed aside by the additional security personnel. They returned to the Porsche, closed the door, and fastened their seat belts. Before closing the window, Zhou Yi smiled and waved at them.

It's a bit hateful.

But there's nothing we can do about it, since he's the news.

After all the reporters were moved away, Zhou Yi stepped on the accelerator and disappeared around the corner of the road under the gaze of eager eyes.

On the first day of the first lunar month, some PR and marketing staff were still on duty in the Warner Building. Zhou Yi, who had prepared big red envelopes early, distributed them one by one, and naturally received shouts from the young people -

"Long live the boss!"

"So many damn things?! The boss is awesome!"

"I'm a new member who has only joined for a few months and I also have this?"

"Boss, you are so generous! Boss, happy new year and good health!"

Brilliant smiles were on the faces of every employee who did not go home to celebrate the New Year.

Due to the particularity of the industry, taking shifts during the Chinese New Year is a very normal thing for international record companies, but only at Warner - to be precise, at the restructured Warner (China), they really get a lot of red envelopes.

Zhou Yi is really willing to give money.

Now Warner has become the No. 1 ideal company to work for all people in the industry.

What's the point of going out to work? Isn't it just for the money? Talking about dreams is bullshit.

If you are willing to pay enough, then you are a good boss.

"I have already approved money for Wang Xiaoyu's Zhiyu Zhile Company to control public opinion online. I have also used my connections in the industry for offline purposes. But how could you poke so many people in the lungs this time?"

Zhou Jianhui, who also did not go home for the New Year this year, was still discussing with Qian Jiang. When he saw Zhou Yi pushing the door in, he sighed helplessly.

“These people don’t care.”

Zhou Yi took off his down jacket nonchalantly and hung it on the coat rack. He pulled a chair over and sat in front of the two of them, saying with a smile, "You still don't know enough about the mainland media industry."

Many people may find it strange that the media, which are supposed to be our own people, always like to fabricate some fabricated things to "blacken themselves", but have never been subject to much control.

The answer is that one of the prerequisites for our integration into globalization is that the media industry cannot be forcibly intervened by big hands.

That is to guarantee the so-called freedom of speech.

Opening up the public opinion front and being self-sufficient financially - in those days, being self-sufficient meant that many media people could no longer live a decent life and even lost their jobs.

At this time, because the public opinion front was open, many outsiders also intervened with their money. Bribing, corrupting, and cultivating disciples who brought their own dog food, a set of processes created this bizarre scene in the mainland media industry today.

Does this process look familiar?

Yes, this is what the United States often does to disobedient countries.

Decades of path dependence have resulted in this set of rules continuing unchanged into the mobile Internet era.

It's just that these people in China who bring their own dog food are really despicable. BBC knows that they have to bang the dog bowl when they run out of food, but these bastards are still deeply trapped in the fanatical mentality of converts and cannot extricate themselves. They will bring their own dog food even if they have no money.

It just so happens that this group of people are very good at misinterpreting, stigmatizing and deconstructing various things, the most typical example being the word "gay".

This word was once misinterpreted as a synonym for homosexuality, and was not until the advent of the mobile Internet era that it was gradually corrected. However, the impact had already spread.

"But I am different. I want to kill them on my own accord, not under the instructions of someone else."

Zhou Yi crossed his legs, crossed his fingers and placed his head in front of his abdomen with a smile: "This means that the so-called fight between me and them has always been about personal identities."

Sometimes, all you need is a legitimate reason.

Han Sanping retired peacefully despite having a lot of negative information exposed. That's because he really did his job. He not only withstood the attacks, but also promoted the upgrading and development of the mainland film market.

You can't avoid paying the tuition fees.

However, for the opponents in the mainland propaganda field, the Zhouyi mechanism, which has been developed for such a long time, is too advanced and cannot be defeated at all.

All the methods they used against those who had stood out in the past became useless in the face of Zhou Yi's powerful numbers.

They are only good at playing games within the rules, but Zhou Yi himself is an invincible player within the rules.

You're just making the same mistake all men make by attacking him - sorry he doesn't even have a girlfriend.

You attack him for being a playboy with many scandals - sorry, he was a ruin from the beginning of his debut, and he built his reputation purely by his hard work. Just ask everyone among Zhou Yi's fan base, who doesn't know that he is a playboy.

You want to break the law by writing about the Book of Changes—the evasion made by the law student is impeccable.

You want to slander and quote Zhou Yi's achievements out of context - Warner and its allies are no pushovers, the real data is laid out here without any concealment.

You spread rumors - Zhou Yi is eager for you to spread rumors. Using lawsuits as publicity is unique in the country, no, it should be said that it is unique in the world.

The dumb loss of the Taiwanese music scene is still fresh in our memory.

Sun Yanzi’s sales volume could all be faked, except Zhou Yi’s sales volume.

The mechanism is invincible, the numbers are invincible, how can this be played without cutting?
"So they can only do their best to diminish me, attack my album, my songs, who I am as a person, and nothing else."

Zhou Yi smiled: "If it was in the past, they could really succeed. But now, I am behind several of the fastest-growing Internet companies in China, and they can't cover the sky with one hand."

It’s a different era now and we’re still using traditional paper media. The Internet is the new channel for expressing opinions.

Players who cannot keep up with the version are destined to be beaten and eliminated.

"So this year's QQ Music project in cooperation with Tencent is Warner's first step towards future transformation. We must plan ahead for some things."

Qian Jiang was stunned when he heard Zhou Yi say this: "Isn't it a ringtone?"

Whether in terms of importance or earning power, shouldn’t it be the currently booming ringtone market?

What's more, didn't Zhou Yi himself show that he was very optimistic about the ringtone market? He personally promoted and cultivated it.

"Ringtones don't work, you can only make quick money for a few years."

To the surprise of Qian Jiang and Zhou Jianhui, Zhou Yi took the initiative to overturn the statement he had been promoting for the past two years: "The operators have already started to get sick and are preparing to launch a package model."

Use packages to circumvent the profit-sharing clauses in the contract as much as possible, which will affect all singers except Zhou Yi.

Moreover, the domestic development speed is too fast. The rapid rise of the smart phone industry in the future will directly cause the ringback tone business to lose the soil on which it depends for survival.

It's okay to eat for quick money.

Twenty minutes later, the trio officially disbanded after the meeting. Zhou Jianhui was busy preparing for the future transformation of Warner Records, while Qian Jiang handed Zhou Yi the first official invitation since the beginning of the year.

The invitation came from Zhang Da Huzi. "He said he met you before the New Year, and you two got along well?"

"It was a good chat, but we didn't talk about anything substantial."

Zhou Yi opened the folder, and what caught his eye was the official invitation from the crew of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" - the theme song and the ending song.

There is no specific rule as to who will sing the theme song and who will sing the ending song, nor is it specified that both songs must be sung by Zhou Yi himself.

Even the content of the song was not specified, Zhou Yi was given a lot of freedom to express himself freely.

"If you sing both songs, they definitely can't afford your price."

The chair Qian Jiang sat on creaked. “So it depends on whether you want to bring in new people.”

The only reason Zhou Yi could accept the order at this stage was "smuggling private goods".

Zhou Yi has no shortage of exposure, resources, or publicity, but other people in Warner Records do not.

To be fair, the price offered for "The Return of the Condor Heroes" was already the limit of what they could offer - 400 million.

The original plan was to give 300 million as per the original plan, but Zhang Da Huzi still gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and squeezed out an extra million.

He only spent two million to make the special effects for the entire drama, and this money bought Zhou Yi's gimmick and fame.

As long as it works, he is confident that he can double the money.

Of course, as a price, the "The Return of the Condor Heroes" production team must also invest heavily in promoting the singers promoted by Zhou Yi.

This is a transaction that cannot be quantified, and it is also a gamble on Zhou Yi's vision.

If the theme song or ending song of a hit TV series becomes popular, it will be a boost to all domestic singers except Zhou Yi, even Sun Yanzi is no exception.

Haven’t you seen Sha Baoliang from “The Story of a Noble Family”, who became a top-tier popular singer in mainland China with the song “Anxiang”?

"Why not? Call Jingying along."

Zhou Yi agreed without any hesitation.

There are only two newcomers in the company at present - one is from F.I.R and the other is Jane Zhang.

"The Return of the Condor Heroes" is a mainland drama, so naturally the priority is to promote Zhang Liangying, who has accumulated a lot of popularity in the mainland with "Super Girl".

Of course, this is the internal reason for the company.

For Zhou Yi, the most important thing is that the song "Unparalleled in the World" was originally sung by Jane Zhang.

Originally he was just a popular idol without his own representative works. However, after "The Unparalleled", relying on the quality of his songs and the popularity of the TV series "The Return of the Condor Heroes", he was directly promoted to a popular singer with representative works.

Although this drama has been criticized in many aspects, it is still very popular.

"For Jingying? That's fine. If it's a song you wrote, then it's a good opportunity to include it in the first album you're preparing."

Qian Jiang thought for a moment, then nodded: "Then I'll go and notify them."

After all, he was the one who signed Zhang Jingying into the company, so if she can really succeed, it will be a great honor for him.

After Qian Jiang left, Zhou Yi, who finally had some free time, dug out the Jing Tian sample Zhang Yadong had sent him years ago. He couldn't help laughing as soon as he heard it.

No wonder there are rumors that the song Zhang Yadong finally chose for Jing Tian was just two half-finished songs he randomly picked from his discarded music library.

"You can't sing songs that are too difficult, they have to be popular, and they have to be suitable for this age..."

Since the song needs to be sweet in keeping with the age, and considering its popularity and difficulty, the first song "Curly Eyelashes" is undoubtedly the best choice.

Zhou Yi bit the tip of his pen unconsciously and began searching in his mind -

As for the second song, is it “Love Ya Love Ya” by by2?
"If you love me, give me an answer. My love has no time difference." This is the most typical example of a person who was famous for his song but not for himself.

The song "Love Ya Love Ya" has become popular in primary and secondary school campuses across the country. It is the youth memory of many people, but the twin sisters of BY2 have always been half-famous.

The third song...

"Cherry Blossom Grass"?
Another example of a group where the song is popular but the singer is not, this is a representative work of Taiwanese girl group Sweety.

The phrase "Cherry blossoms in the hands of lovers, a smile on a spring stroll" has reached the ears of countless people, but the two underage girls, Liu Pinyan and Zeng Zhiqiao, never made much of a splash.

His three songs and Zhang Yadong's three songs make up the perfect ending to the EP.

Since Jing Tian's album contract is signed with Warner, these three songs can also bring considerable ringtone income to Warner.

Zhou Yi also wanted to see whether Jing Tian would continue the curse of being famous for her songs but not for herself, or stand out with "Curly Eyelashes".

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"Huh? Me?"

Zhang Jingying's home.

Zhang Jingying, who received the good news from her agent on the first day of the Lunar New Year, stood up from the sofa in the living room and asked in disbelief.

"Yes, you should prepare well and go straight to recording songs when you return from your annual leave. The Return of the Condor Heroes is a big production, and they will also invest resources in you when they promote it."

"Okay no problem! No problem!"

Zhang Jingying, who was almost knocked unconscious by this big piece of cake, immediately nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

She did know that she would be able to get Zhou Yi's help in writing songs, but she never thought that the day when her fantasy would come true would come so soon.

There are no messy additional conditions. Just sing well and don’t let the company down.

Sure enough, her decision to sign with Warner was undoubtedly the right one!

Zhou Yi is the best boss in the world!

At the same time, at Jing Tian's house.

Jing Tian, ​​who had also received a notification from her agent that the company had successfully invited Zhou Yi to sing a song, jumped three feet high in excitement.

"I will learn to sing well!"

"Don't forget to study, you still have to enter Beijing Film Academy. Also, I have set you up with a plan so that you can try out the film industry before you enter Beijing Film Academy."

The voice on the other end of the phone casually said "Come and experience the heroine", which would drive other actresses crazy if they heard it.

Experience, and she’s the fucking heroine.

The key point is that Jing Tian is still an underage student who has not even learned acting seriously.

"……Oh."

Jing Tian, ​​who is still fantasizing about becoming a big singer and standing on the stage to enjoy the worship and cheers of the crowd, has little interest in acting in movies.

What she wants most now is to sing!
I am looking forward to becoming a queen like Sun Yanzi!
(End of this chapter)