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

Chapter 800 Monster
"What's going on? What happened?"

"That's not the case, it's just because I'm so charming."

After throwing the phone to the assistant following behind him, Zhou Yi gently pushed the ball into the hole, raised his hand to adjust the brim of his hat, and sighed while leaning on the golf club with one hand: "Now I have to be very picky when choosing a female companion."

Little Edgar choked, then raised his middle fingers to him without any concealment.

What is shameless? This is shameless.

"Just wait for the backlash. If you force a newcomer to the top, you will definitely encounter a wave of resistance. This circle is so narrow-minded."

As a person who has experienced it, Edgar Jr., who spent so many years squandering his fortune before fully integrating into the largest fame and fortune circle in the United States, was often tricked and ridiculed. In the end, he was tricked by Universal and lost all face.

Although he has now become proud of Warner, he still can't help but grit his teeth when he thinks of the bloody history of being cheated in the past - these people are so fucking xenophobic.

"You need to change your mindset, Ed. We are the top of the mountain now."

Zhou Yi, who also threw the golf club to Assistant Xin, took off his sunglasses and pointed his index finger at his temple: "Since it is a mountain, there is no need to worry about boycotts. The rise of a mountain will inevitably be accompanied by the reduction of other people's resources, and war is inevitable.

"As long as we can give those who follow us meat and soup, they will follow us wholeheartedly and cheer for us."

Rihanna is the first product launched by the new Warner.

What's more, Zhou Yi has no intention of changing the positioning of her first album - although the news label of Little Beyonce will certainly bother Rihanna at that time, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages anyway, this thing can help her quickly gain a foothold in the market.

When he debuted, he was also known as the Little Dance King. Do you think anyone in China would use this nickname now?
Originally, Jay-z helped Rihanna market Little Beyonce to gain popularity.

That's not dark history, it's the way we have come.

When I become powerful, there will be great scholars who will debate with me.

"The positioning is fine, but have you decided what song to write for her? She has achieved some success in her offline performances, and the songs for her first album are almost complete. The only thing missing is you."

The new artist's new album has not even been released yet, but his popularity and exposure have already increased. If Zhou Yi was not the one who was behind this, little Edgar would never have agreed to this happening.

Although he is a spendthrift, he is not an idiot.

"The songs I wrote for her were not in the same tone as her album. They had to be commercial songs to prepare for her future transformation. The main image of her first album was still that of a young girl from Barbados..."

Zhou Yi took the cup, opened the lid and took a sip, then talked about his opinion of Rihanna.

Although he is not a producer, he has a decisive say in Rihanna's packaging image.

Some of the songs on Rihanna's first album, Music of the Sun, were actually selected from the 12 demos she recorded when she was discovered by Evan Rogers in Barbados, including the hit song "Pon de Replay" -

Now no one would have thought that this song would soar all the way to the second place on the Billboard charts, second only to Mariah Carey's sudden comeback single.

Zhou Yi had been free these days and looked at the song list for her first album. He saw many familiar songs, so he didn't plan to make any big changes.

After all, song demo creators in the European and American music scene basically cast a wide net. Except for those that are specially commissioned or written, basically every household can receive them, so it is normal that the songs are mostly the same.

Considering that Rihanna is not short of songs now like she was later, he planned to directly throw the two songs that were originally written by the author specifically for Rihanna but were rejected to her——

The first song: "Come & Get It", won the American Copyright Association Pop Award for Best Vocal Performance.

Originally, the author wrote it specifically for Rihanna, but because Rihanna was already a big diva at the time and had sung too many songs of this type, she thought it would be difficult for her to become popular again and she was also tired, so she chose to refuse.

Finally, this song was picked by Selena Gomez, who made her debut from Disney, and became the lead single of her debut album, helping her to become an instant hit and a hot new star in the music scene.

The second song: "We Can't Stop", runner-up on the Billboard Hot 100 and champion on the UK Singles Chart.

This song was originally chosen by Rihanna, but the author made a request - this song must be the first single of Rihanna's new album.

Rihanna herself had actually planned to agree, but the record company was unwilling to give up the original first single, so the two sides broke up, and Rihanna regretfully missed the song.

Before long, this song was picked up by Miley Cyrus, who also came from Disney. It helped her successfully transform her personal image while also achieving huge commercial success.

Now that Zhou Yi is in charge, this situation will naturally not happen again. The original lyrics of "We Can't Stop" can be packed up and thrown to Rihanna.

"You are an expert in this area. I will listen to you."

Little Edgar is full of confidence.

If he had to reflect on what he had learned from his past life of squandering money, it would be that he must learn to find his big daddy.

Find a big boss and stick with him, don’t do any micro-management on your own, that will really kill the company.

He had died due to his own micro-manipulation at least five times in the past. He was a well-known master of micro-manipulation in the circle, but now he was afraid.

As the two were talking, a waiter knocked on the door and then came up to them: "Mr. Bronfman, Mr. Zhou, someone heard that you two are here too and wants to meet you."

"Who?"

"Michael Jackson and his friends."

Michael Jackson, recognized as the world's king of pop, has a record-breaking physical sales volume that no one has been able to surpass since the 21st century. He is the last Western legend of the record era.

Since entering 2005, Michael, who has become more and more confident that he can win the lawsuit, has been in good health and has a good appetite. On January 1, he released a video statement regarding the child molestation case, and his innocence situation is very good.

Today he had come to this club to relax with his friends. However, when he heard the staff tell him that the person next door was Zhou Yi, with whom he had never met but had a tacit understanding, he immediately became interested and asked the waiter to help convey his goodwill and see if he was willing to meet.

Of course, the main purpose is to clear up the misunderstanding between his friend and Zhou Yi. These two had a quarrel in the media before.

"It's nice to meet you, Spike, I love your album."

Michael Jackson, who was in surprisingly good spirits, came forward to say hello after the waiter responded, and did not forget to compliment Edgar Jr. - after all, the new Warner Records not only made his old enemy Sony flee in panic, but also withdrew from the siege of the record industry because of the separation.

"While I'm glad to see you, your friends don't seem too happy to see me."

Zhou Yi was happy to see the other person, and his eyes turned to the big golden retriever——

The latter immediately played the accordion and said bluntly that the original quarrel was actually a misunderstanding: "It's all fake news, Spike"

The overwhelming reports that he was Zhou Yi's bootlicker really made him angry.

As God knows, his preferences are always very specific.

Next to the big golden retriever, a woman in an off-white professional suit nodded politely at Zhou Yi: "Nice to meet you, Spike, call me Yi..."

The eldest princess, who had just joined her father's group as vice president in early 2005, officially began her business career, but her methods were still very immature.

Looking at the scene of loving father and filial daughter, Zhou Yi suppressed his eager urge to joke.

If he were on the set of Kamen Rider now, he would really like to give this wealthy daughter an axe to see if a scene of a loving father and a filial daughter could really emerge.

Too bad it’s not the Kamen Rider set.

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"He doesn't really like communicating with me, Mike."

Twenty minutes later, the future King of Understanding got in the car. After years of ups and downs in the business world, he could see at a glance that Zhou Yi was not paying attention to him.

Michael Jackson shook his head: "This is normal. After all, this is the first time you met, and the first impression you left on him was not a good one. You should know Spike's character." Ivanka: "..."

No, every time she thinks about how the media had madly labeled her father as "Zhou Yi's bootlicker", she wants to laugh.

Her father was almost mad at that time, but today he was able to come and get to know Zhou Yi as if nothing had happened, claiming that it was all a misunderstanding - it made him want to laugh even more.

"I just met him to say hello. Now that I have some free time, I can prepare to deal with Eminem."

After all, they had fought together, so Michael Jackson had a very good impression of this smart young man.

The enemy of my enemy is a friend who can be used.

He is now planning to use his old method - trying to acquire the company that owns the copyrights to all of Eminem's songs to take revenge on the hip-hop king. Who knows, maybe Warner will need his help at that time.

"It will be easier to get things done in the future if you make friends."

After closing the car door, Zhou Yi turned his head to look out the window with a subtle smile on his face.

Little Edgar nodded: "That's true. After all, no matter what, Michael Jackson is still the king of pop in the world music scene..."

The smile on Zhou Yi's mouth became even happier——

The King of Pop has nothing to do with him, and his future with Michael Jackson will at most be a relationship of exchange of interests.

After all, this person will die in a few years.

He had no interest in getting involved in the mess of the King of Pop, but in the few years before his death, it would be good to show some goodwill, and who knows what might happen in exchange in the future.

As for Golden Retrievers, forget it. Now and in the next few years, Golden Retrievers won’t even have a big stamp on their face when signing a contract, which is really not very respectable.

At this time, he has been attending Diddy's birthday party and various shows, and has managed to establish himself as a figure in the entertainment industry.

Hmm... I don't know if this rich girl has ever attended P. Diddy's party.

"By the way, have you decided who to choose for the Oscars red carpet?"

"Ambrosio."

Zhou Yi didn't really want to spend too much time on the multiple-choice questions, mainly because he was looking forward to the surprises that the Victoria's Secret supermodel might bring.

What if I could try high-speed rotation to attack three points?

Flies rubbing hands.jpg.

The next day, Zhou Yi returned to Warner headquarters and was ready to start working, but before he started, he saw the newspaper handed to him by his assistant -

"Oscar Destroyer: Spike"

"Spike is not a phoenix, he is a man-eating monster!"

"The Monster That Ate Oscars - Spike Chow"

"The Unworthy Oscar Newcomer"

"..."

As expected, Rihanna's solo work did not directly enter the Oscars, and the American entertainment newspapers and magazines were all in an uproar -

Countless doubts came like waves, one higher than the other.

"I don't understand why the Oscars would choose such a ridiculous list of performances.

"Over the years, the Oscar stage has been the highest honor for film art.

"What art does Rihanna have? She has nothing but Spike!
"Is it really reasonable for a young girl who relies on her body to get ahead with a man to take away other people's performance opportunities without any works to her credit?"

"If that kind of body art is art, then I think Rihanna must have pleased Spike very much to push her like that!"

"What the New York Times said is correct. Spike is not a phoenix at all. He is a monster that came to disrupt our ecosystem! He is a complete monster!"

"No to Spike! No to Rihanna!"

"Oppose connections!"

"..."

The harsh words used on the Internet and in interviews with passers-by put great pressure on Warner's public relations department and also caused the young Rihanna to fall into silence.

Countless vicious words came at her like a tide, and she was completely powerless to resist.

This is the first time she has faced such massive criticism.

"Scared?"

"No, I just feel really bad."

Zhou Yi handed the girl a glass of water and pulled a chair over to sit down, crossing his legs and eating a sandwich: "This is just part of being a star. The intensity of the public opinion scolding me is exponentially stronger than yours, but I still don't care. On the contrary, there are still many people who will speak up for me. Do you know why?"

"…Because of Warner?"

"No, no, no, the most important thing is popularity."

Zhou Yi smiled and shook his index finger, imparting a concept that shocked Rihanna: "Remember, Rihanna. As a star, the most important thing for you is popularity. If you want to be famous and make money, then you have to do whatever it takes to gain popularity.

“Because I have confidence in my work and I have confidence in your voice.

"The more they curse you now, the more listeners you will attract after your album is released, and the more fans you will convert..."

Traffic star, traffic star, this is actually not a derogatory term.

Looking at all the top celebrities in history, which one of them didn’t have a large fan club and traffic was king?

Even someone as powerful as Michael Jackson, who did a lot of charity work and got a lot of statues, still managed to run a fan club.

In China, which one of the rivalries between Tan and Zhang, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Four and Three Little Zhou, Wang Tao and Lin, etc., does not have a fan club?

Otherwise, how did you get the experience of giving your opponents all kinds of negative names?

The reason why they are popular with the public is simply that their works can support the marketing and absorb the traffic.

If you have the financial strength, then you can boldly start a fan club, because it is a way to make money and gather popularity and reach the top in the fastest way!

Rihanna hesitated: "Then the Oscars red carpet..."

"You can't walk with me. If you do, I will overshadow you. They will only interview me and not you."

Zhou Yi smiled and gave the Barbadian girl a ticket to Vanity Fair: "As the CEO of Warner Records, Ed will walk the red carpet with you and escort you without stealing your limelight."

(End of this chapter)