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

Chapter 856 Shut Up, I'll Pay

"Have you heard that the kid from the Zhou family in the next village was beaten by the Americans?"

"Which Zhou family? Aren't all the people in the Zhoujia Village next door surnamed Zhou?"

"The one about the big star, didn't you watch the news?"

"I just finished building a wall for someone and came back to see the news. What's going on?"

"I heard that he got into a fight with someone in the United States and was shot."

"It's not a big deal. We have fought here before."

"That's different. The one that Yao Guoguo got hit with was a genuine American product. It's very powerful..."

Zhou Yaoguo and Zhao Ping are well-known in the surrounding area because they have a superstar child.

Walking on the road that Zhou Yi donated money to repair, the neighboring villagers were discussing the major news of the past two days while going to the county to buy things.

In the ancestral hall of Zhoujia Village, several old men in their eighties took the lead in asking for blessings from their ancestors for Zhou Yi, which caused quite a stir. This could not be concealed in the surrounding area, not to mention those who went up the mountain to pray to the gods after seeing the news.

When one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit. Just because Zhou Yi did charity work privately and donated money to build a flat road in front and behind the village, several surrounding villages that also benefited from the transportation dividend should also pray for him.

Of course, there are ungrateful people too.

After all, the population base is there, and some people will either take advantage or suffer losses.

But in the current environment of the village, anyone who dares to show up and say a few words will be beaten to a pulp by the people who rush out of the Zhou family ancestral hall with hoes.

As a province with extremely backward economy, the local clan forces in the towns and villages under the jurisdiction of various cities in Jiangxi are still very strong these days.

If you really offend the public, even if you are the master, I can bury you alive on the spot or hang you up and whip your corpse for public display.

The police couldn't do anything about it because the one being hung up and whipped was him.

Because Zhou Yi, who was involved in this incident, did not cut ties with his hometown after becoming famous, the local TV station in Shangrao even reduced the number of broadcasts of male health advertisements and Chinese medicine health programs, and opened a special column to track and report on the "Zhou Yi major shooting case" incident.

"What about Zhou Yaoguo and his people?"

"She was picked up a long time ago. She's a pretty woman. I heard she was a famous star in the past. Oh, yes, the one who played the popular girl in the movie "Sex and the City" that's being shown now."

Due to lack of money, the TV series that Jiangxi TV can broadcast are either scraps of scraps, or those that others don’t want, or those that have been picked up after who knows how many rounds of broadcasting rights.

Then, since there are really not many good dramas to be broadcast, they can only frequently rebroadcast a few dramas that still have a certain ratings after being rebroadcast - "Sex and the City" is currently in such a situation on Jiangxi Satellite TV.

Radio news, newspapers and television, with Shangrao as the center, even the several districts and counties that didn't care about Shangrao knew the whole story of this incident after being bombarded one after another, not to mention the domestic entertainment industry -

Jiang Wen, Zhou Xun, Lu Yi, Ren Quan, Zhang Ziyi and others in the mainland who were familiar with Zhou Yi called to confirm that Zhou Yi was really fine, arranged changes to their subsequent work schedules, and prepared to fly to New York.

There is no need to say more about Fan Xiaopang, Qin Lan and others, they have already bought their tickets and set off.

The Mainland Artist Association headed by Chen Daoming and others also lodged a serious protest to the American Artist Association through an intermediary - don't worry about whether it is useful or self-sentimental, at least you are doing your best to help Zhou Yi in terms of speaking out.

"This situation is rare in the world and is an act of terrorism that is absolutely not allowed. Zhou Yi's achievements are a benchmark for artists in China and even the world. His achievements are obvious to all..."

Although they are not very familiar with each other, Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli and others are still working tirelessly. After all, at this time, those who need to speak up have to speak up.

All diplomatic embassies have issued official announcements to put pressure on the US and criticize it.

"The Americans are disgusting. If they can't win head-on, they're going to resort to underhand tactics, right?"

"American: What if I'm not the best in the world? It's simple. If I kill the best, I will be the best."

"They've even used snipers. You can imagine how much the Americans hate Zhou Yi."

"This year has been the fourth consecutive year that they have topped the global rankings. This is an area where the Americans have an advantage. How can they not be anxious?"

"Come back Zhou Yi. You are the overlord in China. If you don't die this time abroad, you will probably be targeted by the Americans in the future."

Whether it is Tianya, Mop and other forums or Tieba——

Even the major black forums related to Zhouyi, such as the Fawang Forum and Yi Forum, became one-sided with people praying for Zhouyi.

The little black guys have been doing this for several years, and they have developed some feelings for it.

Of course, there are also some black people who open champagne -

Blogs and blacklists filled with comments such as "Good death", "Open the champagne", "You deserve it" are so disgusting at first glance that they can be called a star-studded Internet celebrity show.

Many public intellectuals who had been beaten to pieces by Zhou Yi took photos to celebrate with rosy complexions, as if they had drunk two liang of wine, with the caption:

Today is a day worth celebrating.

Although it is not pointed out explicitly, anyone with a discerning eye can tell what it means.

"It's an absolute disgrace, I think they are totally unworthy of being human."

Taiwan.

When a group of experts were celebrating Zhou Yi's shooting, Xiao Yaxuan, who had changed her schedule and bought a plane ticket, angrily scolded everyone: "People can be humble like dust, but they cannot be twisted like moths!"

Zhang Shaohan, who had just finished filming an idol drama, immediately turned down subsequent work and rushed to New York: "Nothing is lost without loss. Without Brother Yi, I would not be where I am today. People should learn to be grateful."

Hong Kong.

Because his transformation into an actor in "Initial D" was a success, the "newcomer" Jay Chou, who was infinitely expected by the film industry, publicly stated during the promotion that he would be absent from the relevant roadshow process, and therefore apologized to his fans -

"I don't really want to talk about what happened between Ayi and me in front of the media, but I know you will definitely report it, so I might as well say it myself. I'm going to New York next. Ayi is fine, and I would like to ask my journalist friends not to write nonsense to create panic..."

Xie Tingfeng, who regained first-tier popularity in the mainland after the release of "Little Fish and Flower", also suspended his subsequent arrangements under the arrangement of Yinghuang and led the team to New York to visit his old rival Zhou Yi.

"The relationship between Ayi and I is not as bad as your media writes. As a singer, of course I envy his talent. No one wants to see him get into such a situation..."

Chenglong and Li Lianjie, who were promoting in the United States, also began to carry the flag.

Because of the unexpected shooting of Zhou Yi, the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan artist groups, who were originally full of conflicts in private, found a point of firepower output that could temporarily put aside their disputes and unite against the outside world;
Zhang Yimou, Li An and other big directors who can already sell copyrights based on their names in the West have also united and started to put pressure on the American Artist Association.

Even Han Sanping personally led people to New York.

"what?"

Zhou Yi, who was in New York, was very surprised when he heard the news summarized by Qian Jiang: "Is this a great unity?"

"Well, if you don't unite at this critical moment, you won't be able to get involved in the domestic entertainment industry in the future. Someone in Taiwan mocked you, and your fans directly held a parade. Did you know that?"

Looking at the man in front of him, Qian Jiang felt a little emotional: "He blocked the door with rotten eggs."

Not to mention anything else, just having this group of die-hard fans in Taiwan can ensure Zhou Yi's wealth and prosperity for the rest of his life. This is a huge influence that can actually affect a certain group of young people.

"Now that you have been late in appearing in public, this wave will not stop. Also, do you know how much your album sales have skyrocketed in the past few days?"

Qian Jiang raised three fingers and said to himself without waiting for Zhou Yi to answer: "From the day you were shot on the 3th to today, the 20th, the album's global sales have skyrocketed by 25 million copies, and this increase is still increasing with the development of various support activities..."

After the first speech, Zhou Yi's new album received a secondary sales boost because of his actions. Sales broke the downward trend and rose by hundreds of thousands, breaking through the 745 million mark.

This time, it’s even more fierce—

The longer the news ferments and the wider it spreads, the greater the three-stage impact of the album will be.

It has now exceeded 1108 million copies. Considering that the impact has not yet been fully tapped, it is not a problem for this album to break the conventional trend and eventually exceed 2000 million copies in sales.

"Moreover, your other albums have also been stimulated. The actual sales of your second English album have officially exceeded 21 million copies, making you the first singer in the 4000st century to have a single album sales exceeding million copies."

Qian Jiang didn't even feel like there was anything to be excited about when he said this.

He didn't know why either.

It may be that the shock Zhou Yi received from being shot was too great, and he became immune to such stimulation in a short period of time.

The media rarely reported this, and now everyone's attention was basically focused on Zhou Yi being shot...

"The company's intention is to wait for public opinion to ferment for a few days before you come forward. You don't know that there is a YouTube video website with a video about you that has gone viral. Someone held a DV and recorded the whole process of you being shot..."

"?"

youtube?

Zhou Yi slowly typed a question mark.

YouTube is now popular because of my shooting video?

When did Sequoia invest in YouTube?

“But now it is said that someone in the United States wants to suppress the influence…”……………………………………

"Pressure? Presume what? Who dares to press?!"

Warner Music headquarters building, conference room.

Little Edgar, with his full aura, pushed up his glasses and said, "If you don't agree with my decision, you can leave now."

I took over Warner Records to be the boss, not to listen to the complaints of you directors who don't even have as many shares as Spike.

"It's just a video website. Warner Bros. can't even keep it. It's decided. Let the YouTube founding team come over and say they have a backer."

“This is different, Edgar.

"YouTube is a typical negative asset. It is a video website created by three programmers who were unemployed. Everything about it is extremely simple. With MSN and Google in the past, this is a capital injection acquisition that is doomed to fail.

"If it weren't for the user named Evan Frank who uploaded the entire process of Spike being shot, no one would search this website, and the founding team wouldn't even have money for advertising!"

A shareholder representative held his forehead helplessly, and had to stand up and argue: "It is natural to help Spike, and no one will object. But we should use the money for the right purpose, instead of wasting it on a-"

In response, the prodigal Edgar Zi just raised his finger and pointed at him: "Shut up, I'll pay."

"..."

You're still using Warner's money!
Impressed!

Oh shit!

You are worthy of being the well-known prodigal son kicked out by Universal. With your ability, if you weren’t lucky enough to partner with Spike, Warner Records would have destroyed you!
In fact, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Judd Karim were extremely confused when they received the call from Warner Records.

It has only been about three months since one of the founders, Judd Karim, tried to upload the first 4-second test video on his own video website on April 23 this year.

There are two or three kittens on the website, and none of them are famous.

After all, the first choice for hair videos this year is Google or MSN. Strictly speaking, YouTube, which has only been established for less than three months, is nothing but a small cookie, not to mention that it was already June when YouTube officially started operations.

As a result, just when they were all thinking about holding on, a user on the site edited a video of Spike's Boston Music Festival and became a small hit, allowing YouTube to emerge among Spike's fans in this private domain.

Then, by sheer luck, Spike got shot...

Just when they thought their luck was about to turn, pressure from the federal government and the New York State government made them, who were only three programmers, feel overwhelmed.

As the originating site of the video of the entire shooting process of Spike, although there were subsequent video diversions to video websites such as Google and MSN, who made them have no background?

One of the founders, Steve Chen, is a Chinese American and a complete soft persimmon.

Just at this moment, Little Edgar came over with his Warner Records -

"The federal government is bullshit! The New York State government is bullshit! They're in California, get it?!"

Little Edgar, a wealthy second-generation, didn’t know what awe was: “I can let the three of them keep the original structure unchanged, and after the capital injection, I can provide them with all the funds they need for development.

"I only have one request, that the video of Spike being shot, the video of the war in Iraq, and the video of people in the United States supporting Spike always appear on the front page."

He can't control Google and Microsoft, but if he can buy a small website, doesn't that mean he has the final say?

"This is a pressure on the website, boss. They are just a video website that is so small that it can't be any smaller."

"Is eight million dollars enough? Is ten million dollars enough? Is fifteen million dollars enough? If not, add more."

Little Edgar glanced at him.

“…Enough, enough, enough, boss.”

The head of Warner Music's investment just wanted to wipe his sweat at this moment: "The other party actually has no intention of selling the company..."

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jadd Karim wanted to wipe their sweat more.

To be honest, Spike really put a lot of pressure on them. Not only from the US level, but also from the business level.

The website was about to explode and they were out of money, but they didn't want to sell.

They are eager to get investment from giants, but so far only Sequoia Capital has expressed its intention, and no formal talks have been held. The other party has not even contacted them.

When Warner Music came, the first round of investment was as high as 400 million US dollars...

This was $350 more than the $50 million they had expected.

Of course, the shares that Warner wanted to take were 10% higher than they expected, reaching 40%.

It's not impossible for the three of them to share the extra 10%. After all, the website is about to explode, and it's not their turn to be picky...

As for little Edgar's request, they could not see any reason for them to refuse.

However, considering that the three of them had handed over 40% of the shares, they still wanted to get more investment...

"Don't worry, Spike, I've already arranged everything."

When Edgar, who was not able to fill his own gaps with $400 million, came to discuss with Zhou Yi in detail, he praised his investment with great fanfare: "If you give this $ million to Google or Microsoft, they won't even look at it, but this starting station can keep you popular.

"It doesn't matter if I sell it later or go bankrupt."

He had only one request to YouTube: just help Zhou Yi fight the public opinion war this time.

As for the future?

Love to death.

Anyone who thinks this thing can beat the two international giants mentioned above must have a problem with his brain.

Zhou Yi, who was eating from the fruit basket, was speechless for a moment.

When Qian Jiang said this before, he recalled it carefully - if he remembered correctly, Sequoia should contact the three founders of YouTube in the middle of next month, invest about 300 to 350 million US dollars and get about 30% of the shares.

Due to the huge financial pressure on the website, the three founders relied on various loans and credit cards to barely maintain it, so the investment was completed in less than a week. It was discussed in mid-August, the capital injection was completed in late August, and it was upgraded to a new weapon in early September.

Edgar Jr. paid $400 million to take 40%...

"You are really an investment genius, Ed." Zhou Yi sincerely gave a thumbs up to the man in front of him.

Purely positive.

Little Edgar laughed so hard that his tongue almost popped off.

He could naturally hear the sincerity in his good brother's words: "You are worthy of it, Spike. Let me tell you, those old guys on the board of directors are so annoying."

As expected, Spike still understands me!

Fortunately, I can have the final say at Warner Records. Otherwise, how can I run Warner with that bunch of insects!
As they were talking, Edgar Jr. received a call from Warner Investment Manager -

"What? The other party wants to increase the stake? The founder's debt situation is not optimistic?"

Little Edgar frowned: "How much do you want to add?"

If a real lion asks for too much, he will just give up.

He doesn't want to be a sucker again.

"The other party wants to add another $100 million."

"..."

I thought it was much more.

"Five million? Sure."

"Yes, boss."

After making the decision, Edgar Jr. soon received a call from the director's representative, asking him what was going on with his arrangement.

Little Edgar's response was also simple: "Shut up, I'll pay."

Can 100 million US dollars be called money?