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

Chapter 944 Who is Whose Prisoner?
Anyone who has worked in the industry would find it hard to believe that this was a sales figure in 2006.

An album that has achieved both critical acclaim and commercial success at the pinnacle of the global music scene, a feat countless people dream of—is accomplished by Zhou Yi in just one week.

Unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated.

All the gossip, arguments, and doubts were silenced by these few simple Arabic numerals.

What remains is a frenzy—a miraculous frenzy sweeping across the globe!

The Wall Street Journal: "A historic first! The Spike effect sends Warner Music's stock soaring 12%!"

The New York Times: Spike—The Highest Mountain in the History of New Age Pop Music!

Rolling Stone: "An Unparalleled Miracle! The Physical Record Market is Revived!"

Variety: "Spike Economics! Albums Activate Dormant Market, Piracy Conversion Rate Hits Record High!"

The Guardian (UK): "Artistic Crush! Spike Saves World Music Aesthetics!"

French newspaper Le Figaro: "Humanism Triumphs! Spike's New Album Sparks a Surge in the European Peace Movement!"

Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: "Even the Mafia listens to Spike! Police wiretapped drug dealers' calls, now discussing album purchases!"

People's Daily: "A New Benchmark for Cultural Exchange! Zhou Yi's New Album Achieves a Miracle of 1215 Million Units Sold on its First Day!"

"..."

Media outlets from around the world immediately acted as megaphones, publicizing the seemingly miraculous achievements of the I Ching. An explosive wave of fervor swept through the media, crushing all those with malicious intent!
They've gone mad, they've all gone mad!
Seven days, just seven days—

Before the Book of Changes, no singer's album had ever achieved such an incredible level of global first-week sales!

Even more terrifying is that, just one week after the album's official release, Zhou Yi's album set a new record that can be described as invincible - all members achieved number one singles.

The album "25" contains a total of 16 songs, and it has become a number one single on music charts in more than 50 countries including Europe, America, Japan and South Korea!

Every single one of their songs has achieved a number one ranking in at least one country!

This is unprecedented in the history of world pop music.

In the UK, US, France, and Japan, Zhou Yi's album dominated the charts after the new week's update—all the top ten songs were from "25".

The battle for the top spot on the US Billboard charts is even fiercer. "Believer," having held the number one spot for six weeks due to its earlier entry into the charts, dropped to fourth place this week, relinquishing the top spot to the new champion, "Moves Like Jagger."

"Moves Like Jagger" isn't entirely without hope either, as it faces stiff competition from nine other songs.

As the new week begins, the American music scene, the world's largest and most competitive music market, has become a one-man show performed by Zhou Yi!
The public service announcement version of the "One Day" music video even set a new record for the highest number of views in a single day since the company's inception on YouTube—3371.7 million!
The massive traffic from all over the world directly caused the rebuilt website server to crash!

collapsed!

"Holy crap, the Book of Changes is awesome!"

"Selling over twelve million albums a week?"

"Can anyone calculate how much this costs? I'm dizzy, my mind is completely blank."

"To be realistic, if each ticket costs an average of $48, then 1215 million tickets sold globally would bring in $583.2 million, which translates to over 46 billion RMB..."

"How many?!"

"Damn! Is the Book of Changes being used as a money-printing machine?!"

"That's wrong. Even a money printing machine can't print money as fast as the I Ching."

An extremely simple math problem caused all the internet users' CPUs to burn out at that moment.

"According to statistics from the State Film Administration, the total box office revenue of the Chinese film market in 2005 was 20 billion RMB. Meanwhile, the digital music market, which Zhou Yi spearheaded, saw its output value soar to 26 billion RMB..."

Last year, the output value created by so many practitioners, viewers, and listeners in the two domestic markets and the upstream and downstream industrial chains was single-handedly killed by the I Ching this year, which is going all out.

In just seven days, Warner Music has generated over 46 billion RMB in revenue from Zhou Yi's record sales. What about the second week? What about the third week?

And this doesn't even include the boost Warner Music's stock price received...

This is the true full-power version of the I Ching – this is the I Ching in its entirety!
“Singers who were in the same era as Zhou Yisheng were really unlucky. If I were a singer and saw this number, I would be depressed. How could I possibly sing?”

"It's alright, look on the bright side. The Book of Changes treats everyone equally."

"Treating everyone equally: refers to indiscriminately attacking all musicians worldwide."

"This year's I Ching sales figures are outrageous. Is it a last gasp before the end of an era? How desperate must those people overseas be to contribute so many sales?"

Is it possible that there is more than one country abroad?

The achievement of dominating the global market is so domineering that even the public intellectuals in China who have been dedicated to criticizing the I Ching are speechless at this moment.

The blog accounts of public intellectuals who always liked to criticize online seemed to have forgotten their login passwords from that day on, while the army of Zhouyi fans had no intention of letting these idiots off the hook, and they came to patrol with their heads held high.

"Fuck you, stop being a coward! Come out and see God!"

Cyberbullying—whoever uses it enjoys it.

As artists still active in the Chinese music scene, millennial singers naturally couldn't escape being asked this question by reporters. Wang Lihong said, "I think the I Ching is a worthy goal for everyone in the music industry to learn from, because our real competitors are not the excellent musicians in front of us, but other artists from abroad. I think everyone can learn from the I Ching; if you want to do something well, you must first have the right tools."

"If all singers in the Chinese music scene could be like Zhou Yi, then the future of the Chinese music scene would be bright."

Jay Chou, who participated in the promotion of Zhang Yimou's film "Curse of the Golden Flower," described it in one word: "Ah Yi has always been awesome, you don't need to ask me, I've always known that. I've written English songs for him, but he rejected them all..."

The words convey a sense of entitlement—or rather, a sense of pride—that the person is being treated as a subordinate and has no complaints.

Judging from the candid photos and interviews, it seems as if being able to be on friendly terms with the I Ching, who conquered all of Europe, is his proudest achievement.

Xiao Yaxuan said arrogantly, "I already have a seven-platinum single in Europe and America, written by Zhou Yi. Do I need to answer?"

Her boastful words could drive all the female singers and record companies of the millennial generation insane, except for Sun Yanzi.

Oh right, Sun Yanzi.

What about Sun Yanzi?

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

"Here! Here, here!"

Inside the historic St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Sun Yanzi, having closed her book, spotted a familiar figure being led into the lobby by a waiter. She jumped up and down like an excited deer, waving at him.

Qian Jiang consciously led his men away, and Zhou Yi smiled and opened his arms to welcome the woman who was so happy that she ran into his arms—

Although she was accompanied by her management team, Sun Yanzi still felt a long-lost sense of security when she met Zhou Yi again in the unfamiliar United States.

That's not a physical sense of security, but rather a psychological sense of peace of mind.

No matter how difficult it is for her to make it in the American music scene, as long as the I Ching appears, her anxious and unsettled heart can calm down again.

"Congratulations, Mr. Legend who made history."

"Ah~~~"

Enjoying the moment, Zhou Yi made a gesture to calm himself down: "Say 'thank you' again, in that sweet, cloying tone."

"No." Sun Yanzi, who was greedily clinging to the man's forearm, grinned, and the two of them walked towards the elevator almost in sync.

Zhou Yi glanced at her with dissatisfaction: "I'm a legend who made history, and all you're doing is paying lip service? You're not even giving me a gift? Guinness World Records knows to give me a certificate and a medal."

"Okay~"

Sun Yanzi, drawing out the word playfully, looked up, her eyebrows curving into delighted crescent moons: "Beg me."

"Ok?"

Facing Zhou Yi's disdainful gaze, Sun Yanzi pouted and said, "Beg me."

"dream."

"Alas."

As Sun Yanzi stepped into the elevator, she feigned disdain. But the instant the elevator doors closed, she swiftly rose on tiptoe and, before Zhou Yi could react, kissed him on the cheek.

?

Facing the man's gaze, Sun Yanzi rolled her tongue, made a peace sign, and winked at him: "Hehe."

"Weren't you kissing just now?"

"There are many people outside, which will have a negative impact on you."

"I'm afraid of that?"

Sun Yanzi remained silent, simply standing with her hands behind her back, counting the scratches on the elevator ceiling—occasionally glancing at the man out of the corner of her eye, and immediately turning her head back like a startled rabbit when she noticed he was still staring at her.

When the elevator doors dinged and opened, Sun Yanzi skipped out of the elevator with small, bouncy steps: "You're not afraid, but I am. I'm still a virgin, and you're a world-famous scumbag."

Her neat short hair swayed with her steps, and her nonchalant attitude made Zhou Yi, who was walking behind her, laugh out loud: "Well, you're not at a loss either. At least I'm in the eye of the storm right now. You can take advantage of this to promote your album."

"Tomorrow's headlines across all major American media outlets will be about Spike's new romance, seemingly with his former co-star from 'The Good Time'—"

Before Zhou Yi could finish speaking, Sun Yanzi suddenly stopped and bumped into him unexpectedly.

"Although I don't know much about the woman in your album, there's one thing that makes us different..."

This time, Sun Yanzi's tone was very serious: "I won't let you write that kind of song."

"That's just fiction."

"But I took it seriously."

She tiptoed, hooked her arms around the man's neck, and kissed his lips...

(End of this chapter)