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

Chapter 851 Let the Bullets Fly for a While
Wild and shocking the world!
If this was a speech given by someone like Muhammad Ali during the Vietnam War, no one would be surprised.

But now it is 2005, and the man on the podium is called Spike, a Chinese from across the ocean.

The last Chinese world superstar who dared to participate in the march and give a speech was named Jackie Chan (Chenglong).

But that was only during the late British rule in Hong Kong, when there was a mix of good and bad people.

As a world-famous big brother, Chenglong has participated in various marches and made statements.

But even Chenglong, which is at its peak, can only bow its head in the United States and will not and dare not express its position on any political phenomenon.

Zhou Yi broke the record of zero among Chinese artists in this regard. While acting recklessly, he also aroused the concerns of a number of people such as Zhou Jianhui, Qian Jiang, and Little Edgar.

The only psychological comfort is that this year the disgust for the Iraq War in the United States is extremely high, with various protests and speeches in opposition, and Zhou Yi is not the only one.

Although he is the most dazzling one among them.

The world's best-selling singer, whose albums are popular all over the world every year, is extremely popular, and has defeated all English singers including Linkin Park, Madonna, 50 Cent, Eminem and even Mariah Carey, who made a comeback this year.

Full of gold content.

There has never been another pop singer in the history of world music who fights and wins every year.

"Oh my god! Very crazy!"

"A Chinese person is the leader of a student parade in the Ivy League in the United States? How could I have such a dream?"

"Spike—a real man!"

"An extraordinary young man has come from China..."

"Spike, this is subverting America!"

"Spike is brainwashing the younger generation of Americans! He has ulterior motives!"

"..."

Print media has its own channels, and the Internet has its own audience.

Over there, major American media, led by the New York Times, began to criticize fiercely, but here the comments of netizens on the Internet were not so one-sided -

Whether on Yahoo or MSN, under videos related to Zhouyi, the audience supporting him has a slight advantage.

On the newly born YouTube website, several Spike Festival videos uploaded by Evan Frank also caught the wind. Quite a few viewers who simply wanted to listen to the songs without getting involved in politics accidentally discovered many of Zhou Yi’s videos on this website.

The clips that Evan Frank filmed were of Spike's latest live performance at the Boston Music Festival.

"It's unbelievable that there is a piece of pure land!"

"Brother, let me tell you, I found a new video website that is not affected by those political factors..."

"Yes, yes, it's called YouTube..."

On July 7, after the mobilization speech and singing in Massachusetts, the impact of the thorough spread of influence on Zhou Yi was visible to the naked eye——

"Monster", the title song of the album, completely beat Mariah Carey's first-place single "We Belong Together" in all data. It is expected to end the century-long streak of the song that helped Mariah Carey regain her youth when the chart changes next week;
At the same time, the song "The Monster" seems to be following closely behind. It has already topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, and all the data show that it has the momentum to start a winning streak. The data on the overall chart is also soaring, aiming for the championship!

"21 Guns", the song that benefited the most from this public opinion storm, directly topped the US rock chart. The only thing that could shake its consecutive championship was Zhou Yi's anti-war metaphor song "Makes Me Wonder".

However, after this speech, "Makes Me Wonder" will probably have to remain the runner-up for the next decade. Fans of both sides can probably just conserve their energy and wait until the showdown on the Billboard 100 chart.

Two songs, "Waiting for Love" and "The Nights", entered the top ten of the Billboard chart, one as the gatekeeper and the other at seventh.

On the Billboard Electronic/Dance Music chart, "The Nights" took the lead and "Waiting for Love" ranked second, and it is very likely to overtake and win the championship next week;

"The Phoenix" and "Legend" were relatively overshadowed by the other hits on the album - the former ranked 14th on the rock chart and 17th on the overall chart, while the latter ranked 20th on the rock chart and 30th on the overall chart.

Although the results can be said to be good, it still cannot compare with the results of the previous songs in this album.

At least that's what it looks like for now.

"The results are very encouraging, but your public opinion situation..."

Warner Building, Conference Room.

Qian Jiang still had a worried look on his face, and little Edgar was still making phone calls.

"What are you afraid of? It's a favorable situation."

Zhou Yi, on the other hand, was not that worried.

If it were 2003, the majority of people on the US Internet would be the ones cursing him. Without a doubt, it was a complete network headwind;

But now it is July 2005.

With the loss of a big American soldier in prison, the reputation of the United States around the world has dropped sharply.

Then, in order to maintain his position, he boasted that if the UN continued to oppose it, there would be no need for it to exist, and its influence would have declined significantly compared to the Gulf War period.

As domestic economic problems in the United States have gradually erupted this year, anti-war sentiment among the people has climbed to the highest point since the new century - at least it is the highest point for now, and every higher point in the future will be making history.

Now everyone, whether cat or dog, can come out and make a comment. George W. Bush was just re-elected at the beginning of this year, but his reputation has hit a new low now.

After all, the war in Afghanistan was already a quagmire, and then there came the Iraq war, which was even more of a quagmire...

Of course, this is actually a good thing that turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the country.

The United States, which has lost its former glory, has to focus more on the battlefield and has to temporarily ignore the rapid development of China. If Zhou Yi remembers correctly, at the end of November this year, that is, more than four months later, George W. Bush, who is in trouble both internally and externally, will visit China.

In this international environment, Zhou Yi and his staff team could only turn a blind eye to what he did.

It's just a parade, let it be. There's no need to worry about too many lice. Many people have scolded him in the past two years.

There are bigger things to discuss with the Chinese elders, and they can still distinguish what is more important and what is less important.

This is also the reason why Zhou Yi chose to release this album in the second half of 05 instead of in 03.

Because the influence of the general environment is different, the treatment he receives will naturally be different.

In addition to personal factors, we must also consider the development of the times.

Besides, it would be strange if rock fans didn't criticize the US one day. As the old saying goes, authentication is a must-have fashion item in the rock industry.

Even if you count on your fingers and go back three generations, you still can't find a single unauthenticated rock star.

Coincidentally, Lao Mei is the champion who must be on the list at the end of the designated level of the rolling circle certification.

"Online, you are in a favorable situation, but offline, it's not that easy."

After finally ending the call, Little Edgar took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, then raised his eyes to look at the man overlooking the street by the French window, and said with a headache: “Do you know how many people you have angered with your behavior?

"According to my sources, they are now planning to organize an event called "Spike OUT", which includes but is not limited to hanging banners, holding slogans, making billboards, and even marching against you on various occasions. "I even heard that some of them are planning to raise funds to charter a plane to hang a banner asking you to get out of the United States..."

Rubbing his throbbing temple with his right thumb, little Edgar told the reporter all the information he had received.

"Spike out?"

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows: "We need to rent a plane to fly the banner?"

..........................................

"Yes, that's right!"

"We welcome all knowledgeable people to join us and work together to drive Spike away!"

"America belongs to Americans. It's not Spike's turn to tell the truth!"

"We can't allow Spike, a foreigner, to continue to poison the American student body!"

"Spike needs to get out of America!"

"Yes! Spike must get out of America!"

When Zhou Yi's speech video began to ferment around the world and caused a huge discussion, many opponents who could no longer sit still began to contact American charity organizations and tried to launch a campaign to rectify the situation in the American music industry.

In their opinion, Spike is the pure cancer of the music industry!

Eradicate! Must eradicate!
Get out of America!

Especially when they knew that on July 7, Zhou Yi would be invited by the Columbia University student organization to go to Manhattan, New York to continue a parade, speech and singing event, they could no longer sit still.

All kinds of strange banners, billboards, and slogans came into being. It was impossible to find the door of Zhou Yi’s California mansion, otherwise someone would have thrown paint on it.

The words "Spike OUT!" were carved in various places, showing the determination of anti-Spike people to the American people.

On the walls outside many record stores, on the bodies of Coca-Cola vending machines—

The words "Spike OUT!" were written all over it.

Someone watching the game at London's Highbury Stadium held up a sign to the camera that read "Spike OUT!";

During the game between the Rockets, Lakers and other teams in the NBA, some people holding banners that say "Spike OUT!" would stand up and attract the camera!

On the campus of Mississippi State University, someone adapted a song to mock Spike and held a "Spike OUT!" parade;

What's even more ridiculous is that when someone was participating in Madonna's global tour, he was caught by the camera and suddenly held up a sign that read "Spike OUT!"!
"Okay! Zhou Yi should be banned! Ban Zhou Yi severely! Remove all his songs from the shelves!"

"Hey, now the Shepherd Dog doesn't mention freedom of speech? Isn't this an infringement of Zhou Yi's freedom of speech? Everyone has the right to freedom of speech, not to mention that what Zhou Yi said is all true!"

"How can this be the same? Zhou Yi is asking for this. Would this happen if he hadn't gotten involved in American politics?"

"First answer me where is the freedom of speech? Where is the freedom of speech that you often brag about?"

"Did you know that Zhou Yi cursed the U.S. government?"

"What about free speech? Where is the free speech?"

"Freedom of speech, you motherfucker! You're just repeating a grade, right? You'll be poor all your life and won't even have three dishes and one soup! You're so pitiful for being your father's dog to defend it. How many bones will your father Zhou Yi give you?"

"If you're an idiot, don't sacrifice your own mother here if your family's grave explodes, okay? How much did the Americans give you? I still have U.S. debts in my account. Do you want to compete with me? I'm still your American father's creditor, do you know that? Did you know that your mother gave me a 300-dollar tip after I finished last night?!"

"..."

Tieba is a big stage, come if you are a mother!
The simplest bad mouth, the most ultimate enjoyment.

When news of this wave of "Spike OUT!" actions was gradually transmitted back to China, domestic Internet public opinion also exploded.

This was the first time they had seen a Chinese artist launch such a massive opposition movement in the United States.

Even the media have been somewhat disconnected——

The major official media outlets in the mainland are all calm and composed, pretending nothing has happened, and are still waiting for any breakthroughs or research today;
The "Nanfang" group did forward messages frequently, but they only forwarded messages and did not dare to mix in any personal subjective opinions - there was no other way. After being screwed over by Zhou Yi at the top level, they were somewhat unable to recover.

If the leader of the capital-moving gossip gang has become so cowardly, one can imagine what will happen to the rest.

It’s not that everyone is afraid to forward it, but if they don’t translate their personal opinions, they will feel a little suffocated.

At the moment, this is likely to be a rare opportunity for them to have a favorable game.

Now or never!

Zhou Yi is out of control!
Compared with the restrained mainland, the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan are much more uninhibited.

Especially those magazines like "Next Weekly" and "Apple Weekly" which have always been enemies with Zhou Yi, they interpreted Zhou Yi on their own initiative, and they were almost labeling Zhou Yi as an antisocial element who wanted to drink seaweed egg drop soup.

Taiwan's newspaper industry is even more excited.

Originally, they had been instructed to discredit Zhou Yi as much as possible, but they had achieved little success. Now, Zhou Yi's actions were backfired on the other side of the ocean.

Report!
Must report!
Give me a special report!

A close-up of “Spike OUT!”
"Fuck! I don't agree that there is no one else involved here!"

"Could it be that other American record companies saw an opportunity and wanted to fish in troubled waters to really drive Spike away?"

“I think Eminem is a big suspect!”

"And 50 cents!"

"Upstairs, those two are from the same company."

"Oh, that's okay."

"..."

Not only China and the United States, but also entertainment media in European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain are now competing to report this news.

While Zhou Yi's exposure increased abnormally, his album sales also increased abnormally.

This should be something to be happy about, but there is a little flaw - Zhou Yi's public image has been a bit damaged because of this round of "Spike OUT!" incident.

until--

On July 2005, 7, a piece of news that shocked the whole world came out from the United States again:

First time in history!
For the first time in American history, a foreign star was protested by having a banner flown over an airplane!
When Zhou Yi was invited to give a speech and lead singing at Columbia University again on the 20th, a spectacle appeared in Manhattan, New York, where Columbia University is located. Countless pairs of eyes witnessed this money-burning moment.

The two helicopters took off in parallel and raised a huge red banner that read "Spike OUT!" before slowly flying over the sky of Manhattan!
(End of this chapter)