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

Chapter 799: When you are the boss, you have to be steady, accurate and ruthless
As the most prestigious film awards ceremony in the United States, it is certainly not the case that you would say that the Oscars are humble.

But Zhou Yi’s fans are crazy.

"Ever since you lost the Best Original Song Award to the crew of The Lord of the Rings 3 at the Oscars last year, your fans have been attacking the Oscars and the people involved in the organizing committee. Of course, it's mainly because they won this award because New Line asked Time Warner for public relations.

"The Oscars wanted to create a god, and Pirates of the Caribbean unfortunately became cannon fodder."

After Zhou Yi missed out on the Oscar for Best Original Song last year, public opinion once praised Annie Lennox and songwriter Fran Welsh, who won the award for The Lord of the Rings 3, as "Zhou Yi's heroes", saying that they helped the American entertainment industry to keep a bottom line.

No Chinese has ever won a Grammy or an Oscar on American soil.

The media, including newspapers such as the New York Times, reported on this topic. Over time, it naturally aroused the disgust of Zhou Yi fans and Pirates of the Caribbean fans.

Thanks to his image as a pioneer in fighting against racial discrimination, Zhou Yi's fans took the lead in attacking the Oscars, accusing them of artificially suppressing racial discrimination, saying that the Pirates of the Caribbean crew should have won in terms of song quality, popularity, and matching degree with the movie.

Fans of "Pirates of the Caribbean" were already furious about returning empty-handed and were wondering where to vent their anger, so when they saw that the film had come to life, they were the first to join in the fun.

As time goes by, the influence of "He's a Pirate", the theme song of "Pirates of the Caribbean" written by Zhou Yi, has not faded away. Instead, it has become a long-lasting famous song, frequently used in various occasions, and the number of paid downloads on the Apple Music Store has exceeded 30 million times;
On the contrary, the popularity of "Into the West", the winning song from "The Lord of the Rings 3", dropped drastically less than half a month after the Oscars. Three months later, it cannot be said that no one is interested in it, but at least it can be said that there has been no news about it.

In comparison, the more powerful "He's a Pirate" clearly beats "Into the West" globally.

Now not only Caribbean fans and Zhou Yi fans can't wait, but the Oscar organizing committee itself can't sit still either.

Essentially, the reason why "The Lord of the Rings 3" won all the Oscars last year was partly due to social connections. Apart from the public relations, at least three trophies were awarded.

Oscar had dealt with social conventions before, but this time he happened to run into the most powerful Zhou Yi fans - and this group was not fighting alone.

"What those stubborn old men value most is their reputation. Since they have no other choice but to ignore you, they decided to invite you to be the award presenter this year as a way to address the negative public opinion."

Before LGBTQ+ officially entered the historical stage, the banner of racial discrimination had indeed been tried and tested.

Mainly because Zhou Yi has the capital and confidence to carry the banner——

There are currently only two artists in the entire Chinese entertainment industry who can take this path worldwide, one is Cheng Long and the other is him, but Cheng Long honestly chose to use his fists and feet to smash it;

Zhou Yi didn't have that patience, so he took a shortcut and went astray. Anyway, if he didn't reap the benefits of political correctness, someone else would.

After all, Asians - no, it should be said that Chinese people - are now indeed a part of American society that appears to be united on the surface.

Not to mention the distant past, as early as 2003, in order to win votes from the Chinese community in San Francisco, Reese gave herself a Chinese name, Kamala Harris, to campaign and also invited a large number of media to promote her Chinese name, with the main theme being racial equality and anti-racial discrimination.

In the end, she really caught it.

This marked the beginning of non-Chinese American politicians using official Chinese names to win votes.

"See if you can get some benefits by asking for a performance spot and get Rihanna in." After thinking for a while, Zhou Yi Shizi, who thought of the newcomer in the company, spoke loudly.

Rihanna has already started preparing to release a single, and will be performing offline shows across the United States with her first album's pre-release single "Pon de Replay". Others may not know, but Zhou Yi knows.

Although this song caused Rihanna to be embroiled in the controversy of being the "second Beyoncé", it also made her famous. Her first album and single directly ranked second on the Billboard chart, which was a king bomb and officially kicked off her career as a number one single maker.

But Zhou Yi's words confused little Edgar: "Huh?"

If you're not my buddy, why are you eating and taking things at the same time?
That's the Oscars, not some fake award that requires you to beg to participate to increase its value. Is this stage used to promote newcomers?
"It's not a one-man show. How could there be a one-man show on the Oscars stage? They just let Rihanna go up there to show her face."

Zhou Yi shook his head: "The performances at the Oscars are all songs from the movies that were selected. They just let Rihanna sing to increase the popularity."

If he remembered correctly, Beyoncé snatched three of the seven singing performances at this year's Oscars - her three appearances on stage stunned the audience in front of the TV.

Once he sang a song by another children's choir, once he sang solo (not the original singer of the song), and then he went on stage to sing another song by chorus.

You should know that she was not the original singer of the three nominated songs that were performed live. However, she appeared on the stage three times in three sets of costumes and became the most talked-about star at the 77th Academy Awards.

It’s no wonder that Beyoncé was later surrounded by conspiracy theories from various background forces.

But now, unfortunately, he is also capital!
Still the big capital of 2005!
Beyoncé can sing it, but Rihanna can’t?
After all, he is signed by me, Zhou Yi. If he is too scared to snatch resources, he might as well go home and sell meat floss pancakes.

After all, the number of top-level exposure resources in this circle is right here. If you don't fight for them and your subordinates just follow you and watch others enjoy the big fish and meat, how can you be a good boss then?

The dragon head stick cannot be used as a decoration!

"chorus?"

“Try to sing solo instead of chorus. One solo is far more impressive than two choruses.”

Zhou Yi shook his index finger and said with a smile what he had set his sights on - "The Phantom of the Opera".

What many people don’t know is that at this year’s Oscars, the song “Learn To Be Lonely” from the movie “The Phantom of the Opera” was nominated for the Best Original Song Award, and the arranger was Zhong Xinmin.

Yes, that’s right, it’s Zhong Xinmin, who is jokingly called one of the three great arrangers in Jay Chou’s team in the early days.

He even found a reason to explain himself to Oscar. How thoughtful.

"..."

Little Edgar thought Zhou Yi might be crazy, but the heart in his chest, beating faster and faster, clearly told him that this was very exciting.

Fighting for resources is often a war without the smoke of gunpowder in the entertainment industry.

And he really likes the excitement that this kind of war brings, otherwise why would he lose everything along the way.

"Partnering with you was the best decision I've ever made, Spike."

Little Edgar was very excited, and his tongue subconsciously swept across his lips, which were slightly dry due to long communication: "Do you think so highly of Rihanna?"

“Of course, her voice is a must to become a diva.”

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The Oscar organizing committee members are in a difficult situation now——

The dilemma is that they really didn't expect Zhou Yi to go even further and want to give Warner newcomer Rihanna a performance spot.

Are you kidding? What is your representative work, Rihanna?

Let alone a masterpiece or an album, she doesn't even have an EP of her own. The hit song "boom boom pow" that topped the Billboard charts for 12 consecutive weeks was Zhou Yi's, and you were at most a newcomer who was selected to sing in the chorus. The fame gained from this song doesn't mean that the song can be removed from the original singer Zhou Yi and put on your head.

"I think this should be fine. Spike requested "Learn To Be Lonely" from The Phantom of the Opera. I looked up the arranger of this song, which is from Taiwan. Baby Chung (Zhong Xinmin). He and Spike have had some connections in China, so I think this can be used as a reason."

"..."

"No, the Oscars are not a place for Warner to promote new talents! What does Spike think of the Oscars?! He is defiling the stage of art! Desecrating art! He has no reverence at all!"

"Art? Then why didn't you say that when you supported Beyoncé's proposal yesterday?"

"…Did you receive money from Warner?"

"I think you're more like the one collecting the money."

"I……"

Today's Oscar Organizing Committee meeting was particularly lively.

After three days of back-and-forth discussions, Warner's big-money Truth finally prevailed and successfully won the performance rights for the nominated songs of "The Phantom of the Opera".

Therefore, in Los Angeles, Beyonce, who was looking forward to singing three songs on stage and stealing the show, received some not-so-good news - her solo was gone.

"what?"

When she found out that her solo spot was replaced by a newcomer named Rihanna, her mind was full of questions: "Did this bitch give a blowjob to those old men? Fuck!"

A singer without any representative works?

"Warner, Disney's Robert faction, and Pixar work together on PR. They are too strong and we are no match for them."

P. Diddy, who was also attending this year's Oscars as a guest, could only comfort her this way. Jay-Z's eyes were full of regret: "It's also our fault that we were too greedy at the beginning. We shouldn't have promoted three songs at once."

This kind of resource grabbing is bound to anger the public, but others are reluctant to say anything because Beyoncé is at the peak of her career.

But now Beyoncé has been snatched away from someone else's mouth, and a piece of meat has been taken away from her - this will only make the neutral and oppressed people shout "What a steal" after seeing this.

It takes evil to punish evil people, it's what they deserve!

The most confused person is Rihanna, who is actively preparing for her first solo album.

When she was still actively running for the show arranged by Warner, the news told by her agent made her stunned on the spot -

"Ah? I'm on the Oscars? Is that true?"

Rihanna, who is just days away from turning 17, feels like the world may have gone crazy.

But after hearing how the company boss Spike planned to help her snatch food from the tiger's mouth, she was filled with gratitude that was difficult to describe in words.

Where in the world can you find such a good boss? !
Where to find it!

She didn't even hear the slightest hint from her agent that she should give the slightest bit of the chips she deserved.

Spike's music is pure, and so is his character!

loyalty!

Voting for the Oscars closed at 2005 p.m. on February 2, 22;

On the 25th, the voting results were counted and the final list of Oscar performances was announced.

While Rihanna was still loyal to Zhou Yi, the actresses on the other side saw the final list and were surprised that Warner Bros., who had intervened, really tore off a piece of meat to feed the newcomers. They were all very surprised.

To be honest, Beyoncé's popularity has been soaring since she went solo, and she seems to be aiming for the throne of the world's number one queen in the new era.

"Didn't Spike have a good relationship with Beyoncé before?"

"Nonsense, there is no interest involved."

"Beyoncé has two more choruses, tsk tsk..."

Newcomer Rihanna, who appeared on the performance list, immediately attracted the attention of all the audience who were paying attention to this Oscar night. Also appearing on the list with her was the presenter of the Best Original Song Award, Spike Chow.

"What's going on? Is Rihanna really Spike's new love? Why did she bring Oscar along?"

“Excuse me, does Rihanna have any works?”

"I'm whiter and prettier than Rihanna, look at me, Spike!"

"..."

As soon as this list came out, many women in the European and American entertainment circles who had no access to resources or were demoted immediately went crazy.

A newcomer with no works of his own suddenly rose to fame and stepped directly onto the Oscar stage, the most watched stage in the United States. This royal treatment is even more outrageous than Beyonce's previous treatment.

And this was just something that the man named Spike brought for her.

Who wouldn’t be jealous after seeing this?
It was after this list was announced that rumors about Rihanna relying on her body to get to the top suddenly broke out. Countless Victoria's Secret supermodels who were eager to get the camera's attention on the red carpet immediately sent text messages to Zhou Yi, wanting to be his Oscar partner.

Alessandra Ambrosio was the most active - relying on the convenience of having a private phone number from a previous relationship, she directly found Zhou Yi who was playing golf with Edgar Jr. and expressed her desire to walk on the Oscars red carpet.

After last week's change on the list, her personal exposure increased greatly, and her popularity was on par with her predecessor Gisele Bundchen. Since both of them are from Brazil, they are officially called the Twin Pearls of Brazil, and her various appearance fees and advertising fees soared.

Coincidentally, Gisele Bundchen is also the female companion of Leonardo Dicaprio, one of the world's top stars. Therefore, Gisele Bundchen will definitely walk the red carpet with her boyfriend at this year's Oscars.

Alexandra finally gained more exposure thanks to Zhou Yi's popularity, and she didn't want to lose to this woman who was one year older than her.

She wants to usurp the throne, to surpass Gisele Bundchen, to make more money, and she will do anything to achieve this.

A model who doesn’t want to be the number one supermodel is definitely not a good model.

(End of this chapter)