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Chapter 810 Conspiracy Theory of Not Holding a Concert

When it comes to holding concerts, Avril thinks that what Zhou Yi does is actually unique in the music industry.

Take herself as an example, she held 2002 consecutive world tours called "Try to Shut Me Up Tour" from December 12, 5 to June 2003, 6;
Then from March 2004 to April 3, 4, they held 4 concerts called "Live by Surprise Tour".

Then comes now——

从2004年9月26日开始，她开始了总场数为145场的《Bonez Tour》世界巡回演唱会，预计时间将会持续到2005年9月25日。

This time she invited Zhou Yi to participate in the New York show of "Bonez Tour".

This is the normal frequency of concerts for a popular European and American singer, and it is also one of the reasons why most top European and American singers release albums slowly.

In addition to maximizing the profits from a hit single in an album, concerts are also a crazy way to make money.

As long as you are popular enough, you can make more money than an album if you open more.

For example, Madonna has relied on multiple world tours to push herself to a terrifying annual income of over 100 million US dollars, far exceeding her album income, and has been at the top of the annual income list for female singers for consecutive years.

But what about Zhouyi?

Although many American and Western media such as the BBC are still slandering and questioning him, it cannot be denied that he has now ignited his own divinity and possesses the world's top popularity and fan spending power.

In this case, once you start holding concerts at a high frequency, the money you can earn will be unparalleled.

However, Zhou Yi has held very few concerts, less than ten in China, and only two overseas, at London's Highbury.

Even so, his "Star" concert was actually named a world tour concert by Warner, which is somewhat amusing.

There will never be another top superstar in the world of music who can hold concerts like Zhou Yi.

Others rely on concerts to gather fans, consolidate popularity and even attract new members, but Zhou Yi relies on the unparalleled strategy of releasing an album per year to build cohesion among all his fans and even passers-by.

This is the violent beauty unique to numerical monsters.

There are no fancy techniques, the album's strength is the only thing that makes it so successful.

To the extent that Zhou Yi’s concerts have now become a way of showing off that is comparable to luxury goods - for example, fans who have watched the London show will often show off on their personal blogs, sharing their feelings at the time, their psychological journey, and even the photos they took and the short videos they recorded.

The most criticized thing about Warner Records now is that when the executives occasionally reveal something about Zhou Yi’s concert, they are always scolded——

"You just keep talking nonsense every day, why don't you sell the tickets?"

He can be called a new-age monkey master.

The fewer concerts there are, the stronger the fans' religious obsession becomes;

The stronger the fans' religious obsession, the fewer concerts there will be.

This was something that Avril and even the entire music industry could not understand, because the only confidence that could support the operation of this model was Zhou Yi's unsolvable album that year.

You have to be very confident in yourself to do this.

Avril's own performance was also particularly popular because of Zhou Yi's participation.

Originally, her concert tickets were hard to buy in the English-speaking area. After it was revealed that Zhou Yi was a new guest at the New York show, the tickets for the inner venue were snapped up like crazy.

Zhou Yi's hungry fans joined the battlefield just to urge their idol to update his songs in person.

The good seats in the backstage, which are very close to the stage, have been sold for nearly three thousand dollars per ticket by the company's official scalpers.

They didn't even bother to check if it was fake news.

Fortunately it was true, otherwise Avril didn't dare to think about whether those people who came to buy high-priced scalper tickets just because Zhou Yi would appear would curse at her.

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"Nononono, this is definitely not fake news. Open your eyes and take a closer look. This is a photo of Avril driving to the hotel entrance to pick up Spike."

New York, Crown Hotel, lounge bar.

Lena Richie, who came here just for Zhou Yi, proudly showed her friends the front row tickets she bought: "2700 dollars, not bad, not too expensive."

For her, who had no problem paying for Harvard Law School, this amount of money was indeed a small amount.

"You must be crazy, Lena."

"Spike isn't worth the money."

"No, no star in the world is worth this much, not even Michael Jackson."

Lena Richie was obviously unhappy when she heard this: "Hey, don't compare that pedophile with Spike, ok? Spike doesn't have any bad habits. If he's not worth the price, who else is?"

"okokok, we won't argue with you, you brainless Spike fan."

One of them originally planned to study medicine in high school, but in the end, because Spike's major was law, she also wanted to switch to law - well, she applied to Harvard Law School.

She even started learning Chinese.

In the eyes of many American education practitioners, this is a sign that Spike's influence is beginning to affect the foundation of American society.

Many people have even started to worry.

What if Spike raised his arms and shouted, and these people responded...

That's a lot of fun.

This is the younger generation of America’s elite.

To put it bluntly, with Spike's ever-expanding fan base, as long as he exists, he will be a thorn in the side of American cultural opinion, constantly obstructing the dark filter of American and Western media.

Perhaps he alone cannot stop the trend, but it is enough to preserve a real window——

At least China's rapidly developing cities are shown in Zhou Yi's MV.

Zhou Yi was also very cunning and took photos of beautiful places, adding a filter from time to time. You know, KTV songs have official MVs, but all of Zhou Yi's songs have MVs - MVs shot by his own team!

"What do you mean by brainless fans? Don't you also like Spike's songs?"

"Then we are not like you who are willing to spend thousands of dollars to come to New York to watch Avril Lavigne's concert, just to meet Spike."

Several girls who were traveling with her scoffed at Lena's star-chasing behavior: "We are just here to see Avril."

Yes, they are fans of Avril Lavigne.

Buying Zhou Yi's albums and listening to his songs does not mean that you are his fan, after all, his albums are indeed good.

As a music lover, Zhou Yi's album is really worth the money.

As far as idols are concerned, they still prefer Avril Lavigne, the cool girl who wears smoky makeup, plays the guitar and does all kinds of rebellious things.

"Tsk, you're talking as if you don't have any flowers now."

“…Fuck! That’s because you Spike’s brainless fans are completely blindly chasing after stars, causing us to spend a lot of money to buy tickets for Avril’s show!!!”

When thinking about this, several Avril fans also started to scream like groundhogs.

This is such a fucking disaster!
If you guys, Spike, don't hold a concert, then don't hold a concert. Why are you interfering with the normal ticket purchases of Avril's fans? Avril's scalper tickets were only $1,000, and the best front row seats were only about $1,500. You guys suddenly raised the price to $2,700, forcing them to buy at that price.

You are a bitch, you are a bitch, you are a bitch!
They should all be dragged out and put on a list!
"I'm praying right now that Spike's coming to Avril's concert is just fake news, because if that happens you idiots will be screwed!"

"Fuck you!"

"..."

Several people were laughing and joking as they wrestled together, but after hearing what Lena said, she was really nervous.

She was indeed a little worried about this.

Although it has been revealed that Avril has had contact with Spike, it is still unknown whether she will appear at that time.

But soon, Lena's worry completely disappeared.

At 3:14 a.m. on March 10th, U.S. time, a number that all Zhou Yi fans are extremely familiar with, Avril Lavigne released the third wave of promotional materials for her New York concert, and the man’s profile appeared on the second promotional poster.

"Avril Lavigne's Bonez Tour World Tour New York Concert Surprise Guest: Spike Chow."

It was said to be a surprise guest, but his profile and name were clearly printed on the poster. It was obvious to everyone that the organizer wanted to make money.

Spike's fans across the United States have been suffering from the lack of a concert for a long time.

Not only are there no concerts, but since he doesn't spend as much time in the United States, he now rarely attends the music festivals he used to go to. Basically, he only goes to a few well-known music festivals that he happens to attend during the album promotion period.

As soon as the news came out, ticket scalpers immediately raised their prices.

The front row seats that originally cost 2,700 yuan increased in price to 3,000 yuan in just one day.

A large number of Avril's die-hard fans were angry——

"What on earth do the organizers want to do?! Is this Spike's concert?!"

"I watched the price of the front row ticket increase from $850 to $, then to $, $, and now it has exceeded $. Fuck!"

"Spike was just a guest! He was just a guest! At most he sang three songs on stage. Are his fans all crazy?!"

"Spend three thousand dollars just to listen to Spike sing three songs on stage? An average of one thousand dollars per song? This world has really gone crazy to the point where I can't understand it at all. Why don't you just go home and listen to the album?"

"Americans are so fucking rich, fuck you."

"Correction: It's Spike's wealthy American fans who are really rich."

"His fans are so rich, why doesn't Spike hold concerts in the United States? Isn't this right? Is there something wrong here?"

"I don't care. Spike and Avril are my favorite male and female singers. Now my wish is fulfilled!"

"I agree, the three thousand dollars is worth it!"

"Am I the only one who came here for Spike..."

"...?"

The scalpers who raised the price of tickets received a lot of feedback and complaints in the online community. In this vortex, a question that had been mentioned before but no one had ever thought about it in detail was gradually pushed to the forefront with the discussion:

Why has Spike not held a concert in the United States yet?
Why would he rather be a guest at Avril Lavigne's concert than apply for a venue to hold a solo concert to satisfy his fans?

Although the official reason given by Warner has always been that the application is being coordinated - but is there a possibility that the relevant US authorities have been holding up Spike's concert review and are unwilling to approve it?

"As we all know, Spike, as a Chinese, has always been unwelcome in some aspects of the United States. But he has been doing this all the time, building up his own connections in the music and film circles and starting to make waves.

"This has made the US government wary. They are afraid. Are they afraid that Spike, a singer from faraway China, will influence a new generation of young Americans to have a favorable impression of China through his concerts?"

After some analysis and speculation, it is reasonable and logical.

This cannot be blamed on American netizens' conspiracy theories. It is really because the US government has not been very anthropomorphic over the years, which has led to the fact that netizens who are good at surfing in this era have long known that the various conspiracy theories about the US government are actually almost true.

In addition, the cultural field has actually always been a key defense area for the United States. They have always been the only ones who can export to others, and they have no way to stop others from exporting to them.

Zhouyi is the only one in the history of Asian music that has such a great influence in Europe and the United States.

When you combine these two things, it's hard not to come up with a conspiracy theory.

What’s even more fucked up is that due to the complicated relationship between the United States and Britain, two days after the conspiracy theory began to ferment, the British public opinion community became proud of it.

Look, we are the true representatives of freedom and democracy.

Do you understand what an old-school aristocrat is, Xiaomei?
Still lack of vision.

Although we didn't give Spike a Brit Award, we gave the green light to all his concerts in the UK.
In addition to London, cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and others were also vying to host the event.

The British media, having completely forgotten how they attacked Zhou Yi in the first place, laughed at Amy.

The person laughed so hard that he blushed.

Zhou Yi's American fans are also very popular.

Yes, that makes sense!
Fuck!
Go petition!
Let’s go parade!
You can't target Spike, he has always been a pioneer in opposing hegemony, opposing racial discrimination and calling for racial equality!

"Hiss...am I so great?"

Zhou Yi fell into deep thought after reading the newspaper, and little Edgar was so happy that he could hardly open his eyes.

"Mainly, New York did give you the cold shoulder before, but now you're being put on the spot."

A concert is different from an album or a music festival——

It was a truly large-scale rally where tens of thousands of people gathered together to cheer and applaud for the same person.

If it was just an ordinary venue, New York would be happy to open it, but Warner applied for one of the oldest venues in American history - Madison Square Garden.

Construction began in 1879.

Over the past century, after two relocations, Madison Square Garden has long become a landmark symbol of the American entertainment spirit. All the great singers in history have left their footprints here.

It just so happens that Zhouyi’s social attributes have always been somewhat unfriendly.

I'm afraid that anyone who shows modesty to others would not be so annoying.

New York wants to wear down your arrogance so that you won't be so arrogant. Zhou Yi doesn't care whether the concert is held or not. You can ignore it if you want.

The two sides were stuck here.

Now, because of an unexpectedly high-priced ticket, Zhou Yi has been given a sense of tragic "saving the country in a roundabout way" in the eyes of his fans.

In order to let American fans see his concert, he chose to attend other people's concerts to give back to his fans.

He really made me cry to death.

Don't worry about how much truth there is here. Just ask whether this truth fits the stereotype of Zhou Yi's fans that their idol is often suppressed.

In the field of public opinion, speculation is fact!

(End of this chapter)