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

Chapter 826: What he said were all my words

Because he has been around Zhou Yi for a long time, Sun Yanzi can't help but reveal his own sayings when interacting with fans on his second account:

After all, her popularity base is there, which leads to a large number of fans. Coupled with the high-speed communication properties of the Internet itself, these slogans can often be spread quickly within her fan group until they break the circle.

The sentence pattern "Knife in hand, kill xx" evolved through such a process.

After making it clear that Sun Yanzi had nothing to do with this, agent Ji Shengshan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At first, she was really afraid that Sun Yanzi might be involved in this matter. After all, the two of them had made a lot of big news before.

"Remember to keep the secret of opening a second account in mind, and don't let the reporters get you to tell them. Otherwise, you won't be able to avoid some rhythm problems."

Finally, she also reminded Sun Yanzi, who had dirty hands and secretly reached into the refrigerator to touch the pudding, "That will affect your reputation and image."

Who doesn’t have a rival these days?
Not to mention Sun Yanzi who is now at the peak of his career.

What's more, there will be so-called black material made up by fans of various celebrities on the Internet from time to time. Once it is revealed that there is a small account snooping on the screen, in the future, whenever the fan group does something, the reporters will have to come to Sun Yanzi, which is so annoying.

For example, her biggest rival in the market now is Xiao Yaxuan.

Although Warner and EMI are in a cooperative relationship and the relationship between the two protagonists is okay, the fans have been trying their best to compete for the No. 1 Chinese Female Actress, and the quarrels have been bloody.

Don’t tell me about rational star chasing, that’s just dishonest fence-sitters!

After Elva Hsiao’s English EP made a strong debut in Europe and the United States last year, Sun Yanzi’s disadvantage of lacking overseas market performance also emerged.

"Boss Hui has already made a decision. He plans to help you release two English albums next year to test the waters. You will be very tired next year."

With the previous experience of EMI arranging Xiao Yaxuan, Warner can avoid many detours this time.

"?"

Sun Yanzi's eyes widened when he heard this word: "Wait, what are you talking about, Sister Shan, two English albums?"

"Don't be nervous. One of them is an English cover album, which is less stressful. The other one is going to be an English EP album like Elva Hsiao. An EP has fewer songs, so it can keep your energy as high as possible."

Ji Shengshan immediately explained: "The English cover album can help you quickly expand your audience outside the Chinese-speaking area, and it will also be convenient for you to perform offline. The entire cover album will be produced by your two teachers. As for the song selection, you can choose according to your preference.

“As for the theme, it’s tentatively called “Start” (Growth), which is also the title of your English cover album.

"You can pick out about eight English songs that have influenced your musical career and give them to your teacher. They will review whether they are suitable for inclusion in the cover album and how to improve them..."

For example, the Beatles' famous song "Hey Jude" and the Coldplay song "Yellow" that Sun Yanzi likes very much. As long as Sun Yanzi wants to cover it, he can just write the song titles on the list and the company will take care of the cover authorization issue.

A cover album has 8 songs, and a personal EP album has 3-4 songs, which actually add up to no more than 12 songs, which is the amount of an ordinary album, but it was split up according to Zhou Jianhui's plan.

Since there is another album "Perfect Day" this year, Zhou Jianhui did not make any arrangements for it. This is Sun Yanzi's song workload for next year, which is 06.

The more Sun Yanzi listened, the more familiar it sounded——

"Hiss, Sister Shan, why does this plan sound so familiar to me?"

"Sound familiar? Of course it sounds familiar. This is Chen Zeshan's abandoned project." Ji Shengshan pointed out the source of Zhou Jianhui's free-for-all plan with a smile.

At the end of 2001, Chen Zeshan was still responsible for Sun Yanzi's packaging.

The English cover album plan was proposed by Chen Zeshan at that time, which was actually equivalent to a collection of cover songs. However, Chen Zeshan's plan at that time was English + Chinese, hoping to make a fortune in the market by taking advantage of Sun Yanzi's fame.

However, this plan to cover the selected songs failed in the end because Zhou Yi acted as an obstacle, so it was shelved.

It was not until Zhou Jianhui saw how EMI operated Xiao Yaxuan in Europe and the United States that he remembered the shelved file of Chen Zeshan. After finding it, he decided to remove the Chinese cover part and change it to an all-English cover.

First, he took a shortcut and attracted a small number of noticeable passers-by with his cover album, and then promoted his songs with his personal EP album.

This will be much easier than running around without any experience like Xiao Yaxuan did in the beginning.

Why did Utada Hikaru die suddenly in the American market?
In addition to the fact that her album was not good and her offline performances exposed her singing weaknesses and caused booing from the music festival audience, another very important point is that the North American public lacks a first impression of her.

At least Xiao Yaxuan managed to get on an episode of "The Conan Show" which had a huge impact. This episode is still regarded as the "Bible" and has been repeatedly discussed by European and American netizens until it is almost covered in it.

But this kind of variety show effect can only be achieved once, so Zhou Jianhui came up with this tricky method.

As for saying that this was Chen Zeshan's original idea...

What does it mean to belong to Chen Zeshan?
Chen Zeshan's was English + Chinese, but his cover was all in English!

The foundation is different!
This was clearly something Zhou Jianhui brainstormed on his own!

"Yanzi! Yanzi! May I ask what do you think about Zhou Yi taking four foreign actresses to climb the Great Wall without him?" "Yanzi, how is the preparation for your new album going? Elva has achieved what can be called a success in the European and American markets. When do you plan to enter the European and American markets?"

"Yanzi, there are rumors that your contract with Warner will expire next year. Is that true?"

"Yanzi..."

"Yan..."

On April 4, Sun Yanzi, who was attending a jeweler's endorsement event, was surrounded by people in three layers and three layers outside during the interview.

"You have so many questions that I don't know who to answer, but what I can say is that the company is indeed arranging for me to prepare an English album. When the time comes, I will probably release a collection of my own covers of the English songs that have had the greatest impact on me..."

Sun Yanzi, with a toothless smile, spoke calmly and leisurely.

On the 15th, Zhou Jianhui also encountered the same problem when participating in an event. He immediately beamed with joy and introduced the plan he had arranged for Yan Zi to venture into Europe and the United States - his words were full of confidence that it would definitely succeed.

what?
What if you fail?
I'm sorry, Zhou Jianhui, since I started my career, the word "retreat" has never appeared in my life dictionary. All in is the kingly way!

Even before I met Zhou Yi, I, Zhou Jianhui, was a professional at poker. Otherwise, how could I have gotten Zhou Yi? How could I have gotten Sun Yanzi?

At one side of the meeting, Chen Zeshan, who came on behalf of Sony, had no emotion on his face, but the villain in his heart was already cursing wildly -

Fuck!
Zhou Jianhui, you shameless bastard!

This was my plan for the year!

My plan!

What he said, those were all my words!!!

Chen Zeshan, who is at Sony and knows that although the performance reports are booming, the company has actually started to water down the sales of its artists to ensure good-looking data. He stares at Zhou Jianhui, who is enjoying great success in front of him, and he is almost about to split out into a second personality and roar.

EMI (China)'s Elva Hsiao's success in promoting her songs in Europe and the United States has greatly alleviated EMI (China)'s difficulties;
Not to mention Warner, Zhou Yi is the stabilizing force.

Only Sony, led by him,

For example, Wang Lihong, the top star, would not even want to go to the United States. If he had made a name for himself in the American music scene, he would not have returned to China to develop his career. After all, when he first came back, he couldn't even speak Chinese clearly and could only speak English.

He finally managed to enter the Japanese market, but the result was so disastrous that he was too embarrassed to mention it.

Fortunately, Wang Lihong postponed the release of his new album "The Sun and Moon in My Heart" which was originally planned to be released at the end of last year and released it this year to avoid clashing with Zhou Yi. Without Zhou Yi, Wang Lihong easily surpassed the current singers of the same period and achieved very good results, which helped him save face.

In the current Sony (China) overseas market, Chen Zeshan can only pin his hopes on Jay Chou, who has signed a record contract with Sony.

With the help of KTV, he devoted all his efforts to learning English. Although he was a little slow, he made good progress. Chen Zeshan has already planned to release Jay Chou's Chinese album in the Japanese market to test the waters.

Since Boardman Records was merged with Sony, Jay Chou's record distribution contract has completely belonged to Sony.

Before the expiration date, try your best to catch the date.

"What did you say? Yanz is going to release an English covers album next year? I didn't know that."

Zhou Yi, who was shooting MVs in a closed environment every day, was really confused when he was asked about this before rushing to the set.

“Do you think Yanz will pay tribute to you by covering your English songs on this album?”

"Aren't they choosing songs that have influenced her musical career? They must be old songs."

After briefly understanding the whole story, Zhou Yi said cheerfully: "However, if my song is really included, it's not a problem. I can charge her less copyright fee then."

In his memory, Sun Yanzi did not release any album in 2006.

Zhou Jianhui was kicked out of Warner Music due to the poor sales of his 05 album "A Perfect Day". Sun Yanzi also chose not to renew his contract after his mentor left, resulting in a gap in his album in 2006.

Chen Zeshan, who had not broken up with her until she changed jobs, made a comeback in 07 with the release of "Against the Light".

But now, things are completely different.

Chen Zeshan went to Sony, Zhou Jianhui is already a senior partner, and with his cheating presence, Sun Yanzi's contract renewal is basically just a formality.

In this way, the 2006 album that was supposed to be blank became the "Start Selected Works" that had never been released before.

Well, it’s still the pure English “Start Selected Works”.

Zhou Jianhui is still as bold as ever.

(End of this chapter)