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

Chapter 896 Chocolate Dogs Will Die
"cheers!"

As the celebratory champagne was popped open, the wild spray soaked everyone present who hadn't had time to get out of the way.

As the absolute protagonist of this celebration, Zhou Yi didn't even have time to make a couple of "it has nothing to do with me" declarations before he was drenched from head to toe in champagne from all directions.

Wuhu~
"Looking at the I Ching, hahaha~"

"Brother Yi is awesome!"

"Brother Yi is awesome~~~"

At Warner's celebration party, the most active participants were none other than the signed singers. With Sun Yanzi, Warner's top female artist, leading the way by opening champagne, Hu Yanbing, Wang Feng, and others naturally had nothing to fear and started to "disrespect their superiors" after having a few drinks.

Even Zhou Jianhui, who was wiping his glasses, couldn't escape the clutches and reluctantly joined in this joyous melting pot.

Although she hasn't debuted yet, as one of Warner Music's key next-generation talents, Deng Shiying also came to the event to experience the company's family-like atmosphere. She was even the one who was most happy spraying Zhou Yi and Zhou Jianhui, immediately grabbing another bottle to continue spraying after finishing one.

It's hard to say that there wasn't a "take the opportunity to get revenge" mentality involved.

"Deng Shiying! What are you doing!"

After wiping his face several times, Zhou Yi finally opened his eyes and regained his vision. He then saw Deng Shiying, her face flushed with excitement, frantically shaking another champagne glass and pointing it at him. He instinctively shouted something.

—?!

Bad stuff!

Looking left and right, Deng Shiying shoved the champagne into the hand of Sun Yanzi, the closest female star, saying, "Sister Yanzi, here, I'm getting it for you."

Zhouyi: "..."

Sun Yanzi was almost laughing so hard she was doubled over, and she didn't disappoint Warner's new generation, opening the champagne without hesitation—

bang~
Zhou Yi, who was sprayed in the face again, gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Yanzi!"

"Hey, cheer up! You're the star of the night."

With a bright smile, Sun Yanzi didn't care about the man's clothes, which were soaked to the bone. She hooked her arm around his neck and advised him to be generous: "Judging from the current trend, you might be able to sell more than 400 million copies of this album in China alone."

The sheer scale of the first and second days' sales was something even the most confident person in the I Ching hadn't anticipated.

For Zhou Yi, selling over 400 million Chinese albums is not unusual; he has achieved this since "Guicang," but that was done with the global market. Therefore, before the official release of "Yasu Gongshang," Warner Music's marketing department also expected to maintain this standard of over 400 million global sales.

After all, given Zhou Yi's current status and peak influence, even his Chinese albums can generate revenue far beyond the Chinese-speaking world.

Based on the current data feedback, the global sales of this Chinese album may be approaching 600 million copies...

The fact that the Chinese market alone could potentially see sales exceeding 400 million copies is truly astonishing—even Sun Yanzi would have thought it was a dream if it hadn't actually happened.

That's terrifying!

Within China alone, Zhou Yi's sales alone can rival those of Jay Chou, Sun Yanzi, Hsiao Ya-hsuan, Wang Leehom, and Tao Zhe combined, with the first three alone reaching millions in sales...

It can be described as a complete domination.

In Warner Bros., it goes without saying that the combined album sales of all singers, including Sun Yanzi, couldn't beat Zhou Yi's.

Even Lu Bu could only take on three opponents at once!
“Sometimes I even start to doubt whether you’re human.” Sun Yanzi sighed as she ran her fingers through Zhou Yi’s hair, the undisguised admiration in her eyes quite pleasing to the man.

Zhou Yi took the towel and wiped his face, then muttered, "Envious? It was earned through shooting."

Without the impact of the shooting incident, he would not have been able to achieve the album's sales miracle.

To be honest, he was shocked when the data came out.

In this era of rampant piracy, those willing to buy his official albums must have a reason to pay for them—besides the music itself, the fact that he was shot in the United States has become an official symbol of American legitimacy.

Especially those casual listeners who wouldn't normally buy albums.

Before the shooting, their mentality was that "the I Ching doesn't care if I get one more card."
After the shooting, a large portion of them changed their mindset to buying a new album to support Zhou Yi – simply to show their support for him.

"Well, never mind then. I think it's better for you to stay safe and sound."

Hesitantly, Sun Yanzi subconsciously touched the man's ear, but the words that came out were different: "To be honest, I'm very curious about Zhou Yi, how many ex-girlfriends have you had?"

"Ok?"

“I don’t believe you that the song ‘Chinese Girl’ wasn’t adapted from your bedroom story.”

"..."

"And there's more..." Seeing Zhou Yi's speechless expression, Sun Yanzi immediately pressed on with great interest.

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"What else? There's only this one left. Do you want it or not?" "Okay, I want it."

Chengdu, a Xinhua Bookstore.

After several unsuccessful attempts to bargain, Chu Yuhao finally bought the last cassette tape of "A Song for All Tastes" in the store under the urging of the shop assistant—the thirty-odd yuan he had saved up for a month at school had vanished just like that.

As a high school sophomore with no other way to generate income, he had to scrape together the money from his daily breakfast to buy this cassette tape.

As for why it's essential to buy the original version—

It's mostly just following the trend.

All the classmates he was close to had a genuine cassette tape, and he didn't want to fall behind.

He even planned to use this genuine cassette tape to flirt with the girl he liked, and then the two of them would each have an earphone...

hey-hey……

Thinking of the wonderful things, Chu Yuhao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In order to show off his status as a six-year fan of the I Ching—no, soon to be a seven-year fan—Chu Yuhao went back to his room after dinner, under the pretext of listening to English listening exercises.

I need to memorize the lyrics and learn how to sing beforehand so that I can better put on an act when the time comes.

After completing the preparations, Chu Yuhao, pen in hand, became instantly excited upon hearing the first line of the first song on side A—

Correct!
This is it!

This is exactly what I want to hear!

This is the Book of Changes!
Down with imperialism! We refuse to be slaves any longer!

Against the backdrop of that new technology called autotune, Zhou Yi's vocals took on a psychedelic quality—the opening, heartfelt shouts immediately shocked everyone who heard the album at first.

So many accusations
Of an asian invasion
"Here they come a point'n fingers at me~~~"

"Fuck!"

"The Book of Changes is awesome!"

"Isn't this the English lyrics Zhou Yi used in his presentation at a PPT launch event in the US? He actually wrote it into a song???"

"Patriotic food is unbeatable, they can really eat a lot."

"What era are we living in that people still write such outdated lyrics? I'm speechless."

"Get lost! What's wrong with Zhou Yi singing this? Who in the entire pop music scene is more qualified to write it like this?"

"You're not convinced? Go to America and get shot yourself, then I'll acknowledge you."

"Isn't this just his own personal experience? What's there to criticize?"

Everyone who missed the first day of release, including Chu Yuhao, couldn't help but widen their eyes upon hearing the very first line of lyrics after buying the new album. The internet was also in an uproar over the album.

Every single one of them is noisy.

Among these, "Full Power," as the first song on side A, was immediately met with a barking of numerous public intellectuals and sycophants.

"Unbelievable! They don't even need to act to support their patriotism anymore, they can still smear this."

"Still being a slave? What kind of rubbish lyrics are these? Slavery still exists in the 21st century?"

"American hospitals shouldn't have treated him!"

"His English major's global sales are still more than 90% from Europe and America. Are you just blaming others after you've already eaten from their bowls?"

"..."

Contrary to the expectations of all Zhouyi fans, while they were still enthusiastically discussing Zhouyi's new album, a large-scale "anti-Zhouyi wave" broke out in online communities, led by blog sites, with such fierce language that they wanted to grind Zhouyi to dust.

This wave of criticism is even more intense than when the I Ching released its "Hush" hexagram last year.

"what's the situation?"

"Isn't this song based on Zhou Yi's personal experience? That part of the English lyrics is something Zhou Yi mentioned in a public speech in the United States before. Why are these people acting like they're hearing it for the first time?"

Zhou Yi's fans and a large number of casual listeners were somewhat confused, and what puzzled them even more was that Zhou Yi actually stepped into the fray himself—or rather, he unleashed an area-of-effect attack.

On January 4, 2006, Zhou Yi, who hadn't bothered to update his personal blog even when "Hush" was heavily criticized the previous year, posted a new short blog post at 10:08: "Full Power" is like a piece of chocolate; it's fine for people to eat, but it will kill a dog.

The spearhead is aimed directly at the core!

(End of this chapter)