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

Chapter 820 Success doesn’t have to be mine
"For this project alone, his company's initial loss bill could reach at least 100 million yuan."

Inside a club in Hong Kong.

Ke Lan was having a farewell dinner with Lu Yu, Dou Wentao and other Phoenix TV colleagues, biting a toothpick in her mouth, listening to Dou Wentao's analysis of the heavy news that had swept the country in the past two days -

"Don't believe me, I'm telling you, music copyright is very profitable. Ke Lan, you should know this better than me as a program host. Even if these small companies in the mainland don't have any bargaining power, they sell it with the idea of ​​making as much money as possible, and the total amount is not a small amount.

"Besides, Baidu Music will definitely compete, right? Well, once it competes, the price will naturally go up.

"That's it, not counting EMI's exclusive license."

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Dou Wentao was talking about what was in his mind: "Don't forget, a large part of Wang Fei's album copyrights are in EMI, so the price can't be cheap, otherwise EMI headquarters won't be able to accept it."

Big companies are not charity organizations.

In his opinion, Zhou Yi was too impatient and should have taken things slowly instead of turning the table over and starting all over again.

"How is it possible that there was a loss of 100 million in the early stage? Who told you that?"

Zhou Yi Lounge, Warner Building, Hong Kong.

Zhou Yi, who had dinner right here, still had some spicy potato shreds hanging from the corners of his mouth. When he heard Sun Yanzi's worried doubts, he almost choked.

You really don't treat money as money.

"She guessed it when she was talking to Fish on the phone."

Fish is Liang Jingru’s English name.

Sun Yanzi muttered as she took a bite of sweet and sour pork and put it into her mouth: "She also said that the Rolling Stones had also reached an agreement with QQ Music for authorization. Although it was non-exclusive, the licensing fee unexpectedly alleviated the Rolling Stones' dire financial situation."

"Oh, my 100 million loss must be exaggerated by the newspaper. But her situation... that must be a lie from the Rolling Stones executives. They probably want her to renew her contract."

Zhou Yi bluntly belittled the Rolling Stones, the former ballast company of the Chinese music scene.

Unless Warner acquires the Rolling Stones to repay its debts, the Rolling Stones will ultimately not be able to escape the fate of complete decline, and its singers, including Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Richie Jen, Rene Liu, Wu Yuetian, Fish Leong and other older and newer generation singers, will jump ship one after another.

The formation of the band Longitudinal Line was the Rolling Stones' last struggle.

After that, the band Zongguanxian disbanded, Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng left Rolling Stone completely, leaving only Zhou Huajian and Zhang Neymar Zhenyue to stay in the house to look after their retirement.

In other words, Lao Duan did not want to see the Rolling Stones go bankrupt, otherwise the company could have been declared disappeared after 09.

Sun Yanzi looked disgusted: "Hey, what you said is so ugly, what do you mean by tricking her into renewing the contract?"

Zhou Yi smiled and said nothing.

The woman smelled something wrong——

Normally when Zhou Yi's smile is so intriguing, it is usually because he knows some unknown inside information.

"...Probably, right?"

Sun Yanzi's tone began to become a little hesitant.

Zhou Yi just smiled and said nothing.

Sun Yanzi's brain suddenly went blank and he stopped eating rice: "She wants to switch to Warner?"

"That's hard to say."

While the woman was stunned, Zhou Yi took the skinless chicken leg from her bowl with a wicked smile and took a bite: "Anyway, I can only sign a contract with a female singer. If I sign her, it will be difficult for you to renew your contract~"

"I still need your top contract?"

Sun Yanzi was so angry about the missing chicken leg that he dragged out a long tone and reached out to grab his pork chop and black pepper chicken chop, but he could only grab a small tomato.

She renewed her contract in 03, and this year it is indeed time for her to discuss renewal with Warner in advance.

Although everyone knows that it is probably just a formality, after all, no one would doubt that Sun Yanzi would abandon Warner and switch to other companies after the contract expires.

But what if?
You still have to have dreams.

Sony and Universal are still determined to poach talents.

"I'll make the jump once I finish the album 'Perfect Day'!"

Chewing on a cherry tomato like a cat with its fur standing on end, Sun Yanzi made a harsh statement over a chicken drumstick: "I'm going to work at a new company for three or four years to make an album, so that you, Zhou Paopi, can no longer exploit me!"

Zhou Yi said without any fear: "If you say so, then I will give you more strength in this last album."

"..."

Farewell!

Yo-yo yo-yo.

Sun Yanzi's eyes rolled around and after thinking for three seconds, she decided that a good woman should not fight with a man, so she let him go for the time being: "Then you can take your time to accept interviews in Hong Kong, I will go back to the capital to prepare for the new album first."

As she said that, she pushed her lunch box to the side of the man, stood up with her lunch box and prepared to walk out.

He only took two steps and then retreated.

Zhou Yi tilted his head, raised his eyes and looked at him with interest: "What? Are you going to cry and beg for mercy from me?"

"Oh, that's not true."

With lightning speed, Sun Yanzi grabbed the box of pork with preserved vegetables that the man had not yet opened. He smiled politely, and his eyes suddenly curved into crescents in joy: "Bye, I wish you a pleasant meal~"

"Ok?"

"La la la la la~"

Sun Yanzi ran away with his legs swung wide, leaving Zhou Yi with only a joyful back and a lingering laugh.

"Yanzi! You can't eat braised pork! It's too fatty!"

"Ah, Sister Shan, why haven't you gone home yet at this hour?!"

"Yanzi! Give it to me, I'll go buy you another dinner."

"Just a little bit, I will do fasting cardio on my own initiative tomorrow morning!"

"..."

The sound of Sun Yanzi running away could still be heard in the corridor outside the lounge. Inside the lounge, the man who had put the chicken drumstick aside smiled and picked up the sweet and sour pork with pineapple that Sun Yanzi had left behind.

In fact, Zhou Yi doesn’t really like eating skinless chicken legs.

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October 4, Sunday.

Zhou Yi, wearing a dark blue custom-made Armani suit, arrived at the Phoenix TV building in a Cadillac business car.

Fans who knew his schedule for today had gathered on both sides of the road early, and when Zhou Yi, who was wearing sunglasses, got off the car, they started to squeeze forward without saying anything.

"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi, I love you!!"

"Zhou Yi! Believe! Believe! Believe, Zhou Yi!"

"Spike, this is a gift! A gift!!" "..."

Sending letters and gifts is the basic behavior of fans.

Zhou Yi had no idea how many he had received since his debut, and he was already accustomed to this kind of scene.

Although it was not a meet-and-greet or autograph session, Zhou Yi still took the autograph pen from Assistant Xin and signed his own signature for the fans on both sides of the road along the security cordon.

In other words, he is not trying to cheat his fans, otherwise the gifts would be lined up from Hong Kong to the capital.

"Study hard. Don't be a star chaser at such a young age. What are you chasing after?"

Zhou Yi, who no longer needed such unnecessary display after his status rose, signed autographs while giving advice to fans who were obviously middle school students: "Just buy a CD or download QQ Music to listen to some songs. I'm not worth wasting your time..."

The more idols say this, the more loyal their fans will be.

While others treat fans as commodities and squeeze them dry, Zhou Yi still advises fans to study hard and make progress every day——

The gap is obvious in this way.

He really made me cry to death.

After signing a lot of autographs, before entering the Phoenix TV building, Zhou Yi turned around and raised his hands to greet the fans outside, expressing his apology and gratitude for not being able to sign.

"Brother Yi, this way."

The staff of the program team followed the current respectful title for Zhou Yi in the Hong Kong industry and guided us all the way to the recording room.

Ke Lan's "Ke Lan Interview" is actually a variant special episode of the "Infinite Music" column. It mainly interviews guests in a single episode, which is then combined with the main body of "Infinite Music" after editing and broadcast.

Moreover, this program actually has no live audience.

There were only the host Ke Lan, the program staff and the guests, that was all.

For example, when Ke Lan interviewed Zhang Guorong in 1999, the two of them sat on a short black and white spotted sofa that was similar to a bed and talked for the entire episode.

From Zhou Yi's perspective, the camera configuration of this program is actually very simple, and the venue looks very small.

But it is indeed popular in Hong Kong.

Even in Guangdong Province in mainland China, if someone knows how to use a satellite dish, they can receive the signal from this station, which has helped Ke Lan gain a lot of popularity from the mainland.

"Sister Lan, Brother Yi is here."

Ke Lan, who was still adjusting the camera with the program staff and actively preparing for her last program on Phoenix TV in Hong Kong, heard footsteps. The moment she turned her head, she saw Zhou Yi and immediately extended her hand to him: "Hello, Zhou Yi, I'm Ke Lan."

"Hello, Miss Ke."

After shaking hands and saying hello, Zhou Yi looked around, but his eyes were always attracted by the pink sofa placed in the center——

After noticing his gaze, Ke Lan, who was wearing a beret and curly hair today, smiled: "I prepared it specially for you. Are you satisfied?"

“It’s a bit exaggerated, but it feels okay.”

Zhou Yi took the card and planned to familiarize himself with the process, but he unexpectedly found eight big words written on the card:

The theme has been decided, feel free to express yourself.

"In our show, chatting is very relaxing. It doesn't matter if you say something wrong, we will edit it out for you later."

There was only a sofa and a few pillows in the set, and there were many cameras shooting around. The only people in the shot were a man and a woman, and they were both sitting on the sofa, very close to each other...

It was Zhou Yi's first time to record a talk show in such an environment, and he felt a bit strange.

Fortunately, this strange feeling disappeared immediately after the official recording started——

"Well, welcome everyone to ..."

That being said, Ke Lan has the basic ability to be a host. Although she is not as good as the leading actress of Phoenix TV, she is more than qualified to be a talk show host. In addition, she dresses fashionably, so she has attracted a lot of fans.

"The one next to me right now is Spike, who was forcefully kissed by Yanzi at the Academy Awards and is now trying to transform himself into a boss - Zhou Yi Zhou Sheng~"

"It's quite strange. Just now in private you clearly didn't speak with a Hong Kong Mandarin accent, so how come you automatically spoke with Hong Kong Mandarin as soon as the show started?" Zhou Yi was really curious now, and not just to liven up the atmosphere of the show.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Ke Lan waved her hand and immediately took accent as the topic, cutting into interesting things such as the accents of the teachers Zhou Yi encountered in school.

"Well, we all know that the QQ Music you're working on recently is very popular, but the newspapers are predicting that you will continue to lose money. You said that it might go bankrupt but will never go bad. Are you not optimistic about the prospects?"

"I can't stop BT downloads, so all I can do is try my best and leave the rest to fate."

Zhou Yi sighed and shook his head, leaning against the sofa pillow and crossing his legs, looking relaxed: "But I believe that with the development level of the country, Internet platforms making Internet music is definitely a new way out to replace physical records. I firmly believe it."

"So, this is actually an attempt by you?"

"Correct."

"Ming Pao analyzed that the QQ Music platform you created is expected to lose around 3-5 million Hong Kong dollars every year. Many people are also saying that this loss is simply a bottomless pit. How long do you think you can hold on?"

"I don't know, but I know I have to do it. I feel like it's my responsibility."

Zhou Yi kept pointing his index finger at the corner of the pillow and pursed his lips without commenting: "As for the loss, I really don't care that much."

"Ah? You don't care about the loss?" Ke Lan was surprised.

"Of course, because I have super powers."

???

"superpower?"

How come you're really into metaphysics?
"Yes, money power."

Zhou Yi's expression was calm, as if he was eating porridge and eating casually: "To put it simply, I have money."

Ke Lan: “…”

Fuck!
homophonic?!
“I became famous through music, earned my first pot of gold through music, and got to where I am today through music.

"So, just like my idea when I was making ringback ringtones, I want to revive the music industry, so that more singers and practitioners can make money and produce better music."

Zhou Yi gestured with his right hand, dividing his experience into three parts as if he was cutting a cube. When talking about this, he looked radiant, and his whole body was filled with confidence that everything was under control: "People's musical aesthetics improve step by step, I have always believed in this.

“People say that this is a dark age for Chinese music, so I will try to get through it and survive it.

"I can stick to this goal for one, two, three, or even ten or twenty years. Even if my company can no longer survive after twenty years, I believe there will still be newcomers willing to follow my direction and reshape the Chinese music market.

“It’s like the old saying goes: success doesn’t have to be mine.”

In the past, the Chinese music scene was a place where musicians from generation to generation worked hard for a bright future, knowing that their efforts would not bring them any real rewards, but they still did not look back.

So will the future.

If we really need to start working alone and move towards the future, then I, Zhou Yi, am willing to be the trumpet blower!
The staff on the scene were so awed by what they heard——

Great, needless to say!

(End of this chapter)