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

Chapter 845: Get out of the way, we are at the celebration party
"Fuck, Zhou Yi is awesome!"

"Why do I feel like he's cutting corners? This new song sounds so familiar to me. Isn't it just a remake of the song 'Happy Worship' that he sang when he first debuted?"

"That's really weird, they're all male and female, male hip-hop and female hook."

"The King of France has run out of ideas and has run out of ideas. It's such a simple thing."

"If you can't talk, don't say anything. Your mouth is like shit. Did Zhou Yi kill your whole family? Why do you hate him so much? Isn't this a common pattern in hip-hop collaborations?"

"No, buddy, where did you guys watch it? I couldn't find this damn MSN video website, is it on Tudou?"

"..."

In the early morning of the forum, among the active night owls, a large number of Zhou Yi fans, anti-fans and even passers-by who heard the news who had already watched the new song MV were all fighting in a group, each talking about their own opinions.

Because the hook sung by Rihanna in the song "The Monster" is so catchy, many old people who have watched Zhou Yi since his debut in 2000 will inevitably smile knowingly after listening to the whole song——

They are so familiar with this extremely hook segment.

Rihanna only has five lines of lyrics in this song, but the timing of each repetition is especially perfect and amazing, just like Zhang Shaohan's performance in the song "Happy Worship" back then -

The lyrics are just a few lines repeated over and over again, and the same amazing hook makes the whole song more listenable and has a higher upper limit.

The most obvious difference between the two is that after so many years, Zhou Yi's production level and rap skills have improved significantly compared to when he first debuted.

Looking back now, the arrangement of "Happy Worship" seems a bit rough, especially when compared with "The Monster", which easily and intuitively reflects the great progress Zhou Yi has made in the years since he entered the music scene.

"An emperor who is still evolving is the most terrifying."

"That's true. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. There's a six-year gap between these two songs. Zhou Yi's production quality has skyrocketed. What's even more terrifying is that he was the only one responsible for the production."

"Just look at his album 'Hush' last year and you'll know. He lowered himself to pursue commercialization and it killed the entire market."

"I see that foreign media's expectations for this English album range from 900 million to 1100 million. It is the only album this year that has been ranked in the million mark by foreign media."

"So many? Have you calculated Zhou Yi's total global sales now?"

"According to Warner's sales data, the first English album has sold 3432 million copies so far. The second English album is the most terrifying, having sold 3917 million copies worldwide last week. This year, it is likely to become the first album in Zhou Yi's career to exceed 4000 million sales.

"As for the third English album, it has sold about 2300 million copies so far.

"Not counting the fourth English album which has not yet been released, the total global sales of Zhou Yi's English albums should be around 9749 million copies according to the official data released by Warner.

"The sales of Chinese albums are much worse. The total global sales of the Yijing trilogy, Jiangnan, Hush, and Graduation Season EP have not yet exceeded 2000 million copies..."

"..."

If we count the sales of all records in total, then Zhou Yi has already exceeded 100 million in his career, but if we only count the English albums, then Zhou Yi is still more than 2 million copies short.

After the release of the four English albums, it is a foregone conclusion that the total sales of the English albums will exceed 100 million.

In the context of the sluggish global record market, although Zhou Yi's data is visibly declining, it can be considered an upward trend in Warner's financial report.

"The celebration party is all ready. By tonight, you will be the first Chinese singer in the world to have a total English album sales of over 100 million."

June 6, Beverly Hills, California, USA.

After taking Zhou Yi back to his luxurious villa on the top of the mountain after completing the first phase of promotion, Qian Jiang handed the man a glass of warm water. Looking at the latter's dusty appearance, his tone was quite emotional.

The pre-sales in Europe and the United States plus the pre-sales in Asia were enough for Zhou Yi to break through the British album’s 100 million club on the first day of the album’s release, completely filling the last gap in his sales.

In this era, singers who have achieved career sales of over 100 million are people who have already stepped half a foot into the temple of pop music.

In other words, the sales of Chinese albums have really no influence in Europe and the United States, otherwise Qian Jiang would have started arranging it long ago and would not have waited until now.

Zhou Yi turned on the faucet at the sink and wiped his face, and he immediately became more energetic: "After the glory, can you let me go to fewer promotional events in the future?"

"Unfortunately, no."

Qian Jiang stared at him with a smile: "You know who your new album is against. If it is misunderstood, you must redouble your efforts to get out of the show. Otherwise, be careful that the Americans will get angry and cancel your concerts on August 8 and 27."

August 8 and 27, Saturday and Sunday, is also the date when Zhou Yi's "Star World Tour" which is purely for publicity will be held in New York.

"Just cancel it. I have no problem with you paying tens of millions of dollars in liquidated damages."

Zhou Yi was also amused: "If they are so bold, then I will consider them awesome."

He is not someone who can be manipulated by others now.

“How are the MV statistics for The Monster going?”

“Exceeded expectations.”

Qian Jiang paused and gave an extremely excellent evaluation: "Whether at home or abroad."

Although Zhou Yi officially debuted in the Chinese field with hip-hop as its main single, in the English field, "The Monster" is indeed his first serious hip-hop song.

As it turned out, due to the huge impact of the novelty, almost three hours after the release of "The Monster" MV, the words "Spike rap" appeared in the entry on Yahoo, and eye-catching news on related websites popped up like mushrooms after rain.

Domestic software such as Baidu Tieba are so active that it is alarming even in the early morning.

I'm a night owl who stays up all night and doesn't sleep at all.

However, unlike the domestic public opinion that was mentally prepared for Zhou Yi's hip-hop, the public opinion abroad was really blown up.

Especially Eminem, who just fought with Zhou Yi last year.

Come to think of it, if you look closely, the European and American singers who have had huge conflicts with Zhou Yi seem to be all hip-hop singers - Eminem, 50 Cent, and the protective players in their group.

As luck would have it, Zhou Yi happened to keep the line "bloodbath the rap circle" in the song "The Monster".

This was directly interpreted by all the listeners who were capable of understanding as a direct mockery - a mockery of the group of defeated opponents led by Eminem and 50 Cent.

No one expected that Zhou Yi would choose to summarize and end by releasing a song in the rap circle's style.

Rock, pop, R&B, and even soul music, everyone was guessing what kind of songs Zhou Yi's new album would be, but no one could have guessed that there would be a serious rap song -

It's still rap of extremely high quality.

The rhythm, melody, lyrics, irony, MV, and singing skills are all combined just right and can be called perfect.

"I don't understand, how can Spike have such great rap skills?"

"There is an international student from China in my class who said that when Spike debuted in China six years ago, his image was that of a hip-hop singer."

"Huh?! Spike or hip-hop og?"

"?"

“Strongly request a rap battle between Eminem and Spike!”

"Please spare Eminem, he just got out of the hospital last month, you let 50 Cent and Spike bet their lives more reliably than playing Russian roulette."

"why?"

"50 Cent is lucky."

"..." After typing out a joke on the keyboard, Evan Frank, who was fooled by the MV of "The Monster" and decided to buy Spike's new album, ended his trip to the Internet cafe.

He turned around and walked to the nearest music store, and handed over a few dollars to the proprietress: "Give me a copy of Spike's new album."

"Do you have a reservation?"

"Reservation? No."

"That's gone. Our goods for today and tomorrow are all pre-ordered batches. We don't sell them individually."

"..."

? ? ? ?
Evan, who was leaning his elbows on the counter and looking around with a cigarette in his mouth, stopped shaking his head and turned back with a look of disbelief in his eyes: "What? What did you say?"

You told me that a singer's album was not sold out on the first day of sale and all the stocks were pre-ordered?
Is this reasonable?

"If you really want it, it's not impossible. I can help you call a few customers who don't have time to pick up the goods. If they agree to postpone it, then I can sell it to you. Of course, you just have to pay a little more."

"..."

Are you kidding me for a British guy?
Evan Frank laughed angrily.

This money is thrown away and you won’t earn any money!
Turning around, he found the next one——

"Boss, Spike—"

"Spike's album is sold out. Go check out other music stores. Next one."

"..."

???

No buddy, I'm in Boston, not Detroit, what's going on?
"You can go check those small shops, they might still have stock. For a larger store like ours, we can't keep Spike's albums. The third batch of restockings is on the way and will probably arrive in the evening."

With so many eyes across America watching, plus the stimulation of new rap, the audience circle has expanded again, attracting many listeners who love to think about rap.

Even if Warner Bros. screwed all the screws in the factory until they started smoking, the first round of stocking up could not guarantee that there would not be shortages in all regions of the world on the first day of sales.

The last male singer to enjoy this treatment in the United States was named Michael Jackson.

"...Alright, leave one for me."

Evan finally bowed to reality and paid the deposit, completing his first "pre-order" in his life.

If Spike's album is not good, he will criticize it to death!
Because of this experience, Evan Frank has a very harsh attitude towards Spike's new album.

evening.

When he came to the store manager to get the goods, the big-butt TV hanging on the stainless steel frame on the wall was playing the red carpet scene.

He even saw Jack Cheng in a Tang suit.

Even among a group of celebrities, Jack Cheng is indeed a very recognizable existence.

"To hell with them all!"

Scarlett Johansson with blonde hair and red lips is no longer the most beautiful female star on the red carpet. Instead, Anne Hathaway, who spoke wildly in front of the camera because of her participation in Spike's new album performance, has become the focus of all cameras.

Evan was puzzled: "Boss, what is this?"

"You do not know?"

The boss who was obsessed with Anne Hathaway glanced at the young man and said, "This is ABC's exclusive Warner celebration party. Aren't you a fan of Spike? How could you not know this?"

“…Just because I bought his album doesn’t mean I’m his biggest fan.”

Evan raised his hands repeatedly and said, "You know?"

But to be honest, he didn't think that Anne Hathaway would let herself go like this -

Ok?
Wait a minute, didn't the album just come out today? Why is there a celebration party already?
So impatient?
Don’t you want the image anymore?

As he was thinking this, he saw the rolling news -

"Spike's new album's global sales (including pre-sales) exceeded 8 million copies in 350 hours!"

"Total English album sales exceed 100 million! Spike's new Guinness World Record!"

"..."

——? !

How much? !

Evan Frank was so surprised when he saw the rolling news report.

"8 hours?! 350 million?!"

"Spike! Spike! Is your new album a prelude to rap?!"

"Spike! Is your new album a diss at Eminem?"

"Spike, do you think the Backstreet Boys are really behind the times?"

"Spike, is there any false information about your first-day sales..."

"Spike..."

On the red carpet outside the hotel, reporters who were not qualified to enter surrounded the extended Cadillac the moment it arrived, wanting to ask enough questions before the man disappeared from the camera.

The flash was so bright that if Zhou Yi wasn't wearing sunglasses, his eyes would probably have been blinded for a while.

"Backstreet Boys? Eminem? No, no, no, don't get me wrong, my album is not aimed at anyone."

Zhou Yi, who seemed to be trying to smooth things over in the previous sentence, revealed his true colors in the next sentence: "Obviously, you don't know the difference between me and them."

Zhou Yi smiled and raised his hand forward. The celebratory bouquet that Warner had put up was already dazzling enough—

"To Spike..."

Spike's new album is a big hit...

Spike...

The Guinness World Records official was on the scene, ready to step on stage and present the man with a certificate of certification;

Cheng Long in a Tang suit and Li Lianjie in a western suit both appeared at this grand celebration banquet and killed countless films while walking on the red carpet.

Especially when these two people were about to come over and hug Zhou Yi.

"As for the false information you speculated, I can only say, please get out of the way quickly. I'm going to hold a celebration party."

Zhou Yi, who used blunt words, did not forget to stretch out his hand and make a three gesture before leaving: "Three years, I have been the global sales champion for three years, I am a natural winner. And they, if I may be frank, are failure experts who have never won the sales champion in three years."

(End of this chapter)