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

Chapter 871 Your arbitrary alteration of my lyrics is superfluous.

Zhou Yi arrives in Shenzhen, personally greeted by Jay Chou; the mystery guest for his concert finally revealed!

After nearly half a month of rest, Zhou Yi reappears looking radiant!

The ear scar has completely disappeared; Zhou Yi is in high spirits and waves to reporters.

The film "The Myth" achieved another box office success in its first five days of release; Zhou Yi gave a congratulatory interview at the airport.

The Book of Changes...

The media's continuous coverage led to the remaining tickets for Jay Chou's concert being snapped up by wealthy and leisurely second-generation rich kids from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macau.

No need to send it anymore.

According to past concert practices, tickets that haven't been sold close to the start time are either given away for free to passersby through various means, or given to major sponsors to recruit their employees to make up the numbers.

In a sense, this can be considered a form of paid work for the sponsor's employees.

Don't find it laughable; these days, there are only a handful of domestic concerts where tickets are truly hard to come by. Even for superstars like Jay Chou and Sun Yanzi, a significant portion of their concert tickets were given away for free when they went on sale in mainland China.

The biggest contributor to the free tickets was undoubtedly M-Zone, the two's biggest sponsor.

Among the younger generation, Zhou Yi is the only one whose concert, with the right timing, location, and people, not only didn't offer free tickets but also required additional payment.

"I guess I'm just basking in your glory; it's the first time in my life I've experienced concert tickets being snapped up and sold at inflated prices."

Jay Chou remained calm and even jokingly commented on the ticket price.

Whether in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, or mainland China, his concerts can be described as having relatively high attendance rates, but to say that they are being snapped up and prices are being inflated is somewhat self-deceptive.

A company press release can fool others, but it can't fool itself.

"Then let's give them a job, so it won't be a wasted trip." Recalling the famous scene from the incoherent concert, Zhou Yi pondered.

As we all know, Jay Chou's concerts generally don't feature songs written by others, except for tributes or when there are guest performers. Coincidentally, the song "My Territory" was originally written by Zhou Yi and then sung by him.

It is precisely for this reason that Jay Chou has never performed the song "My Territory" at any of his previous Incomparable Concerts.

Just like in the Taipei show, he only sang "Small Town Girl" and "Black Orange" when Tao Zhe came as a guest, and he remembered the lyrics very well.
It's different when there are no guests. Everyone sings their own songs, and when they get really into it, they forget the lyrics however they want.

"Huh? Change the words?"

When Jay Chou heard Zhou Yi tell him that he didn't have to stick to the original lyrics and could improvise on stage, he was a little confused.

To memorize the lyrics to "My Territory," he spent two whole weeks studying them after confirming Zhou Yi's attendance, fearing he might forget them on stage, as that would be disrespectful to Zhou Yi.

People traveled a long way to help out, and you can't even remember the singer's name and song? That's incredibly disrespectful.

However, if it's the original author's request, then it's fine.

"I'm planning to play some games at Yanzi's Hong Kong event to surprise her. Do you want to come along?" Zhou Yi chuckled and revealed his plan.

Now it's Jay Chou's turn to get restless.

However, he still had a question: "Aren't you going to Tokyo soon? Yanzi's Hong Kong concert starts on October 5th, right?"

"That's how the company arranged it, but the private jet is in my hands, so I make the decisions."

Zhou Yi shrugged: "The main reason is that if we change the itinerary now, Yanzi will definitely receive the news, so I only told a few secret people to avoid leaks."

"What about her team?"

"Even her agent, Ji Shengshan, didn't know. I contacted a few marketing departments so that they could give me a back door later."

Zhou Yi is quite experienced in maintaining secrecy, after all, he has people all over Warner.

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"What the hell! Didn't Uncle tell you not to waste money? Why did you buy a ticket for 500 yuan!"

"You know a thing or two! It's a lottery ticket based on the I Ching! 500 yuan is already quite lucky."

"It's insane! Jaylen gave away tickets for topping up his phone credit by 300 yuan, and now he's taken a picture of Zhou Yi at the airport, and the ticket price has immediately jumped to five or six hundred yuan."

Inside a residential building in Futian District, Shenzhen.

After taking leave and starting his National Day holiday two days early, Mao Yujie couldn't help but complain about his best friend's extravagance.

He lied and said he had a girlfriend, so he asked his family for more living expenses. He then topped up his phone account with 300 yuan and received a Jay Chou concert ticket and two bags of Libai laundry detergent. He took the detergent home and told his mom he'd won it in a raffle.

Even so, my best friend complained that I had too much money and didn't know what to do with it;
Now look what happened: my best friend bought a scalped ticket just because of a few airport photos of Zhou Yi.

This is not an isolated case.

As a member of Jay Chou's Shenzhen fan club, he was momentarily at a loss as to whether to celebrate or condemn this—celebrating because they no longer had to give discounted tickets to their classmates and friends to go to the concert together, and condemning because this thing was driving up the price of scalped concert tickets!
This is blatant market disruption!
"Come on, I've already told you that if Jay Chou wants his concerts to be sold out, he needs Zhou Yi's help, but you wouldn't believe me. Now you do."

Mao Yujie was speechless at his best friend's smug tone.

Facts speak louder than words.

This time, we really can't win.

A cameo appearance shattered all the illusions that should never exist in the hearts of core fans.

September 30th, Shenzhen Stadium.

This comprehensive stadium, which can accommodate 3 people, is one of the landmark buildings in Shenzhen. Many singers choose to hold concerts here when they come to Shenzhen—but very few can be filled to capacity.

Jay Chou's show only had 20,000 seats available. According to industry standards, a 60% attendance rate would be considered a profitable performance.

But today, all 20,000 seats are completely full.

There was some overlap among the fans of the two previous artists, and given the friendly relationship between them, even the most extreme fans of Jay Chou wouldn't come to the concert to cause trouble. The fans of Jay Chou who came to the concert didn't carry any banners supporting Jay Chou; they simply mingled among Jay Chou's fans.

The author also spoke at length about Jay Chou's songs, which are very familiar to everyone.

During the fan song rehearsal before the concert officially began, many fans who came specifically for Zhou Yi were able to smoothly sing along to "Sunny Day."

The little yellow flower in the story has been drifting since the year I was born.
"Childhood Swings"

"It's been swaying with my memories ever since~"

This is Jay Chou's most popular song among students in mainland China right now, and it's even more widely sung than "Double Sticks," since the latter is indeed a bit more difficult to sing.

While the chorus was in progress, Mao Yujie, with his sharp eyes, noticed a strangely familiar figure in the VIP seats in the front row—

"Holy crap! The Book of Changes!"

"How come the Book of Changes appeared so easily?!"

"Even if he was a guest, why wasn't he backstage?"

All the audience members who saw this man were stunned. Jay Chou's core fans on both sides of Zhou Yi's seat even rebelled on the spot, carrying banners to cheer for their idol and coming up to ask Zhou Yi for autographs and photos.

Especially the two seats closest to Zhou Yi on his left and right, they never imagined that one day they would be lucky enough to sit next to Zhou Yi!
"Ahhhhh!!!"

"The Book of Changes! The Book of Changes!!!"

"Can I get your autograph, Zhou Yi?! My friend is your fan!"

"Can I take a picture with you, Zhou Yi?"

"The Book of Changes..."

Talk is talk, and make a fuss is make a fuss—

Online, you can call yourself Zhouyi Fawang Yi Gou and no one will argue with you, but offline, everyone knows what you should call yourself.

"I'm just here to see the concert, everyone please don't get excited, don't get excited, one person at a time."

Surrounded by a huge crowd, Zhou Yi immediately started signing autographs—on Jay Chou's albums, posters, and even support banners…

There's no way around it; the core fans in the VIP seats in the front row are definitely Jay Chou fans. When they come to the concert, they naturally bring materials related to Jay Chou himself.

Isn't this also a kind of NTR?
"Keep it safe, this is a very rare find." When a photo of Jay Chou was presented to him for autograph, Zhou Yi laughed as he signed it.

Backstage, Jay Chou couldn't help but laugh as he thought about what he was going to do later.

After Zhou Yi finished his fan signing session in the front row and finally took a seat to rest, the lights in the Shenzhen Stadium dimmed.

Jay Chou's "Unparalleled World Tour" Shenzhen stop has officially begun!
"Use the nunchucks now! Heh heh ha heh!"

"Use the nunchucks! Heh heh ha heh!"

The show opens with the extremely energetic "Nunchucks," where a man in a black vest leaps off a stage platform, brandishing nunchucks in a spectacular opening move!
To be fair, Jay Chou was at the peak of his vocal cord function during this period.

The concert experience was vastly different from the Jay Chou of the mobile internet era, who could no longer sing many of his own songs.

The level of concentration is also important.

During this period, he truly deserved to be described as radiant and full of life.

After changing outfits four times without finding anyone to help him, Jay Chou, wearing overalls, calmed his racing heart and looked down at the audience while adjusting his in-ear monitors: "The next song isn't mine; it's a song my good friend wrote for me to sing..."

Sony's camera then conveniently focused on Zhou Yi, who was sitting in the audience. Upon seeing himself on the big screen, Zhou Yi immediately smiled and applauded.

"The Book of Changes!"

"The Book of Changes!!"

"The Book of Changes!!!"

The increasingly unified shouts made it seem like a concert to anyone who didn't know better.

"I'm not saying this out loud, but this song is really hard to sing because there are just too many lyrics and they're too hard to memorize." Jay Chou's helplessness was palpable.

Many fans from both sides in the audience remembered Jay Chou's reaction when asked about it by the media, and they all burst into laughter.

Jay Chou once said that the lyrics of this song were too difficult to memorize.

"Thank you for 'My Territory'!"

With a powerful battle cry, Jay Chou, holding out a long note, mimed strumming a guitar with both hands, and the extremely dynamic rhythm of "My Territory" swept across the entire venue like waves!
"In my territory, you have to listen to me."
Harvest the music, find joy through hearing~
"I started carving, my personal style."

"The future is unpredictable, so stick to the choices you make now."

The first two lines were unclear, and the last two lines started to be sung with incorrect words, already revealing the beginnings of the problem.

"La la la la la, la la la la la~"
"La la la la la, la la la la la~"

Under the bewildered gazes of the fans who were ready to sing along, Jay Chou, who seemed to only remember four lines of the chorus, began to repeat them over and over. Then, as the verses began, Jay Chou's demeanor on stage underwent a dramatic change—

"Who would be studying under a thug on stage, this white and blue square, ah ...

"Zhou Yi, the lyrics you wrote are too hard to memorize!"

Despite his increasingly flustered steps, Jay Chou couldn't suppress a smile. To the fans, he casually shifted the blame to Zhou Yi, who was sitting in the audience, and even held up two fingers in front of the camera to defend himself: "I've been trying to memorize it for two weeks, and I still can't remember it!"

What the hell!

What the hell!
The lyrics are changed just like that?!
What does "the lyrics you wrote are too hard to memorize" mean?!
From beginning to end, the only lyrics Jay Chou clearly remembered were the four lines of the chorus—the rest was all nonsense, making it arguably the concert with the highest proportion of improvised lyrics in its history.

Even though he already knew this would happen, Zhou Yi, who was watching the scene from the audience, was still overjoyed, his mouth practically stretched to the back of his head.

As the song ended, feeling finally relieved, Jay Chou jokingly urged the audience to bring Zhou Yi up on stage.

"Ah Yi, how would you rate my rendition of this song?"

Jay Chou touched his ear with a shy, slightly guilty smile, and didn't forget to move the microphone away a little: "Give me some face, give me some face..."

Zhou Yi laughed loudly and threw a 0-point sign at him: "What do you mean my lyrics are too hard to memorize? Your arbitrary alteration of my lyrics is just gilding the lily!"

(End of this chapter)