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

Chapter 852 Gunshots in Manhattan
I got angry and saw how Wenger was treated.

When Zhou Yi woke up, he saw with his own eyes the two helicopters pulling banners across Manhattan. He shielded his eyes from the sun with his hands, raised his head and watched the helicopters leave, his expression somewhat strange.

It is not unfair for me to be the Arsenal ambassador.

The future godfather of Arsenal was driven out of office in an extremely disgraceful and even humiliating manner through the "Wenger out" campaign and airplanes flying banners.

Of course, Arsenal fans who got what they wanted have since watched the team slide into a dark and turbulent period after losing the godfather. Even the most stubborn Arsenal fans never mentioned Wenger being out after Arsenal was completely reduced to a mid-table team that had difficulty competing for the top four.

People are always so mean. They only know how to cherish something when they lose it.

After Arsenal owner Kroenke, whose parents were doing sit-ups in their coffins, bought all of Arsenal's shares and brought in former captain Arteta, the team got back on track, and from not even thinking about competing for the top four, it became a strong contender for the championship.

FA Cup champion, three consecutive Premier League runner-up titles, and return to the Champions League semi-finals.

The team was rebuilt successfully.

I just don’t know if Arteta will follow the path of his former mentor Wenger and be driven off the stage by many Arsenal fans with banners reading “Arteta out”.

"Hmm... Damn, that's not right. If Wenger is out of sports tracing in the future, will I also be dragged out and flogged?"

Chewing blueberries in his mouth, until he could no longer see the shadow of the helicopter, Zhou Yi's divergent thinking finally figured out one thing - brother, Arsenal's money is really not for nothing.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

"Come in."

Qian Jiang, holding a stack of documents in his hands, hurriedly pushed the door open with a serious expression: "Ayi, this public opinion storm is a bit big."

"I know, but it doesn't have much impact."

Zhou Yi does not take these so-called "spike out" activities seriously.

His base has not been affected too much, but the cohesion has become stronger. As for those fans who are disgusted, quit being his fans, or even turn against him because of this, he doesn't care.

“Even if these people don’t stop following me now, they will stop following me in the future because of my actions, or even become hostile to me.”

He is not British, Canadian or Australian, so he can't seamlessly follow the trends in the American entertainment industry.

To put it bluntly, he is now in the stage of further torturing and washing away his fans, which is not much different from Michael Jackson who is now buying and selling various tragic press releases.

"If we follow this trend before the concert and create some heat for the Americans' oppression, it won't be a big problem."

The two generations of pop kings were suppressed because they were not the race recognized by Americans.

what?
You ask when Zhou Yi became the new generation king of pop?

I advise you not to ask.

The question is, after being the world's number one for three consecutive years - oh no, four consecutive years, how come he is not the King of Pop?
Who still has this terrifying ruling power since the new century?
Is there anyone else besides my Zhou Yi who deserves this title?
“How are sales going?”

"To describe it in one word - a miracle of reverse growth."

Qian Jiang, who was good at mathematics, handed over all the documents on hand.

The more he is scolded, the more popular he becomes. This is enough to describe Zhou Yi’s situation in the global music market at this moment.

The extremely high pre-sale data is achieved at the cost of overdrawing the subsequent vitality of the album. After all the products that should be bought and those that are impulse purchases have been bought, sales will drop sharply from a high point, and then stabilize in a range, with a wave of sales each year slowly pushing up the total sales.

Even someone as strong as Zhou Yi who cheats in his album still follows the same process.

It has been almost a month since its release, and the short-term potential of his album has been almost exhausted in North America, Europe, Asia and other regions.

But during these days of the incident, whether in North America, Europe, or even Latin America, the sales of Zhou Yi's new album have shown an extremely strange upward trend.

Zhou Yi's clear-cut attitude attracted many passers-by who disliked or even hated the long-arm jurisdiction of the United States. No matter where they were from, they supported this young and brave singer with real money after Zhou Yi became famous.

Anyway, the regular version of the album is not expensive, so it’s worth it.

It is even more serious among young people.

Thanks to the freedom and equality that Europe has promoted for so long after grafting it onto the United States, this generation of young people in Europe and the United States mostly have a favorable impression of Zhou Yi, who dares to stand up.

"The fastest growth this time is in Argentina. Their soccer king Maradona publicly bought a thousand copies of your album to give away as a token of his support..."

"..."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Why did he come out to join in the fun?"

"As a well-known anti-American troublemaker, I learned about your situation and expressed my views to support you." Qian Jiang said succinctly.

"According to feedback from the company's channels, the physical sales of your new album have exceeded 745 copies as of yesterday, a surge of hundreds of thousands in a short period of time. The market with the largest increase, apart from the United States and Europe, is South America, where the data has increased most..."

Chile increased by more than 6 tickets, Brazil increased by more than 4 tickets, Argentina increased by more than 8 tickets...

Digital music sales in the Apple Store have been skyrocketing, with the total number of paid purchases of new album tracks exceeding 5000 million.

The huge profit effect made the interest community headed by Warner, Apple, and the Bronfman consortium grin from ear to ear.

"Also, Robert Iger has sent you an invitation and wants to formally discuss Disney matters with you."

Seeing that Zhou Yi was still reading the documents, Qian Jiang handed him another invitation letter: "He successfully became the CEO and took the helm of Disney."

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The handover was completed so quickly?

Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

Robert Iger is the best person to help Disney become the world's number one entertainment giant.

At first, no one thought he could clean up the mess left by former CEO Michael Eisner, until Disney could no longer do without him.

To what extent can we not live without each other?

He took office in the second half of 2005 and was responsible for the acquisition of Pixar, the purchase of Marvel, the launch of the superhero movie universe, and the development of the Chinese market.

Especially Disney's vast Chinese market, which can be said to have been negotiated bit by bit by Robert Iger himself.

Resigned as Disney CEO in 2020——

As a result, after he left, Disney was completely stuck in the LGBTQ+ vicious circle, unable to extricate itself, with projects failing one after another and losses accumulating to an alarming level.

As a last resort, Disney invited Robert Iger back and gave him the power of life and death again. The latter immediately cut off the diversified projects that were in the process of being established but had not yet started filming.

Later, in 23 years, he led a team to Shanghai to repair, consolidate and develop the Chinese market again.

In a nutshell: he is the most coveted helmsman of Warner Bros. next door, no doubt about it.

"The Chinese market is one we must strive for. Spike has many connections in China, which will be of great help in the implementation of our theme park plan. He can help us save a lot of unnecessary time."

Meanwhile, in Disney's conference room, Robert Iger, who officially took over as CEO, proposed two short-term goals in his first meeting:

1: Acquire Pixar;

2: Open Disneyland in China.

The first goal was simple, he and Jobs were old friends.

For the second goal, we have to ask Zhou Yi to act as a matchmaker.

Who in the entire American capital circle doesn’t know that Spike is an investment genius with great powers?

"agree."

"I agree."

"No comment……"

At a time when the new CEO has just taken office and is eager to make achievements, no one is willing to give him face and express opposition directly in the first meeting.

Of course, it's useless for them to object.

Robert Egger had already made plans in his mind, and even sent an invitation to Spike without consulting him first.

A day later, Zhou Yi, who was having dinner with Mickey Mouse, showed no resistance to being a middleman, which made Robert Iger very happy.

"It's been a pleasure working together, Robert."

Although it was impossible to get Disney's shares, there was still a lot of potential in cooperating with Disney's companies through this opportunity. Zhou Yi raised his glass to celebrate: "I am happy to help you, but you have to know that this matter cannot be rushed."

"Of course, my friend."

Robert Iger, who is always elegant, rarely smiled brightly: "Cheers to our friendship."

He had set his sights on the Chinese market very early on and regarded his plan as a trump card for a brilliant record. He had conducted many surveys and naturally knew that what Zhou Yi said was true.

The ex’s person is the ex’s person, and he wants to take the lead.

"You've been stirring up quite a bit of controversy in the American press lately, Spike."

Robert Iger is a giant leader who knows how to achieve win-win cooperation: "I hope you don't mind those words. This country still welcomes you. Your sales are proof of that.

"You know, it's often the case that less than 2 percent of the population makes 90 percent of the noise."

Zhou Yi smiled and said nothing.

It was somewhat humorous for a veteran like Disney to say this, but he didn't intend to object.

It would be a waste if you don’t eat the sweet candy, otherwise what’s the point of hanging out together?
Things in this world are like this, where you are in me and I am in you, and only then will it become a mess in the end.

He is not Michael Jackson, who intends to be a lone wolf.

"I wish you a great success at your concert, Spike. I hope you can reserve four tickets for me. My family and I love your songs. Of course, I'll pay for it."

Robert Egger smiled and said, "I'm not confident that I can get tickets for your concert."

More than a month later, on August 8 and 27, Zhou Yi will hold a two-day concert at Madison Square Garden.

With the current popularity, the speed of grabbing tickets is really one in a million.

But this is for ordinary people.

People of Robert Egger's level generally don't go to concerts.

I really think the CEO's job is empty.

"The first round of votes will be officially counted on the day after tomorrow, the 21st. Don't be so unconfident, Robert." Zhou Yi nodded and smiled.

After Columbia University’s lead singer finishes tomorrow, concert ticket sales will officially begin.

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July 2005, 7, Wednesday, was a sunny morning.

The huge campus of Columbia University is filled with various signs supporting the man who is not afraid of power - Spike, their spiritual idol.

"The weather is good. I have already arranged all the configurations for your speech. This is the guitar you will be holding up later."

The burly Qian Jiang handed the guitar he had held in Boston to the man who was having his clothes and hairstyle adjusted by his stylist and assistant.

When Zhou Yi came to the line "this guitar in my hands isn't just an instrument——its a weapon against silence" in his speech, he was holding up the guitar as a symbol.

Just like the last game.

After changing his clothes, Zhou Yi put the wooden bead bracelet on his left wrist, then picked up the guitar and walked towards the podium with a relaxed pace.

"Spike!"

"Spike!!"

"Spike!!!"

Zhou Yi tried to suppress the shouting several times by pressing his hands down in the air to signal for silence, but he could only let this wave of shouting pass.

"Ok, I think I've felt your enthusiasm."

The mobilization speech before the singing began as scheduled.

Just as he was about to lift up the guitar, his body rebounded too much after leaning forward on the podium, and the jade pendant hanging on his chest flew at a small angle due to the force.

Just in the same path as his left hand holding up the guitar.

Anyone who has worn a wooden bead bracelet knows that this thing can easily be hooked into the gaps between beads and tangled together by ropes or threads.

Zhou Yi sensed the strange touch and glanced down subconsciously. He did not raise his hand again, but withdrew his hand and looked down to check the situation.

"boom!"

Almost at the same time, a gunshot rang out across the sunny sky of Manhattan!

Zhou Yi, who had just changed his movements and body position, suddenly stopped!
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! ! ! ! !

"Ayi???!!!!!!"

"Spike!!!"

(End of this chapter)