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

Chapter 975 The Most Popular Strategy
Emil Johnson, who was present at the Kodak Theatre tonight, was certainly no ignorant foreign guest. While he might not be considered a voracious reader, he was certainly well-informed.

After all, they are talents who grew up during the golden age.

The Hollywood Reporter, where he worked, is considered a living fossil of the American entertainment daily newspaper industry—it has been active to this day despite several changes in ownership since its founding in 1930.

He has been deeply involved in the entertainment industry for more than half a century, and his qualifications speak for themselves.

That is why he felt excited and thrilled by what he was seeing.

Emil could swear to God that he had never seen such unique dance moves in his entire life—Spike even sped up the tempo of "Yeah," clearly to make the dance moves match the song.

This is simply incredible.

It's 2006 now, not 1936. Most of the world's famous dance styles have already been developed.

Many people like to extol Michael Jackson's moonwalk as the originator of a new style of dance, but in reality, it's just a single dance move adapted from a backward slide. While other European and American singers had performed the original version before him, it became Michael Jackson's exclusive trademark due to Sony's aggressive global promotion.

It downplayed the adaptation aspect and emphasized the unique aspect.

Taken out of context, you'll find that this thing isn't really dance; it's just a movement.

It's like you're doing calisthenics, and then you take the chest expansion exercise from the "Young Eagle Takes Flight" segment, make a few minor modifications, and then have it wildly publicized through the school's loudspeakers, claiming that you've created a new set of calisthenics.

Because the school is large, has many teachers, is well-funded, and is very authoritative, the loudspeakers on the school playground spread the word and won the approval of most of the students on campus.

It sounds ridiculous, but that's the power of marketing.

However, the dance style that Zhou Yi performed in this song was something he had never heard of before—first of all, this dance, which is visible to the naked eye, combines street dance attributes with sliding techniques.

The dance steps, which combine kicking, stomping, turning, and gliding movements, are simple, fast, powerful, and have a strong sense of rhythm.

It incorporates some of the impact of street dance, but you can immediately tell the difference between it and street dance.

Freedom, unrestrained—

He even seemed a bit arrogant when he danced to the rhythm of the I Ching, which was very much in line with his personal style.

The only pity was that Spike only performed this amazing dance for less than a minute. After hitting the electronic interlude of the adapted version of "Yeah" at the perfect time, he stopped as if he knew when to quit.

Just like when Michael Jackson first saw the improved moonwalk and publicly demonstrate the results on the show, when Zhou Yi stopped walking, the incredible screams in the audience almost blew the roof off the Kodak Theatre!
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!"

"God, what am I seeing?!"

"What cool dance moves! Why have I never seen them before?"

"It looks a bit like the Charleston dance, but the rhythm is a little different."

"Jazz? Butterfly step? Blues? It feels like a bit of all of those? Where did Spike learn that?"

"Is there a tutorial? This looks so cool!"

"How did Spike do that?!"

"Yeah," a song that had been released seven years ago and was already so familiar to audiences that they were tired of hearing it, suddenly became the focus of the entire audience once again, amidst waves of surprise and discussion—

Thunderous applause!

After finishing his performance, Zhou Yi calmed his slightly disordered breathing after striking a pose, taking in all the excitement from the audience, almost like a crooked-mouthed dragon king.

He was very satisfied with the result.

When the shuffle dance was introduced to China, it was once translated as "ghost step dance" because of the similarity of the Chinese characters.

Of course, most Chinese people only have one impression of shuffle dance: it's exclusive to street lads and a gathering place for people with cement at the entrance of villages during the non-mainstream era.

The powerful electronic music and the various hues of people in different colors (green, orange, red, yellow, and blue) dominating the square are the main forces that have enabled this dance to grow and spread in China.

This can only be attributed to the influence of the times.

Because when shuffle dance became popular globally, China was in a period when the post-90s generation was criticized by society as being non-mainstream. They used the powerful dance moves as a way to vent their frustrations, and thus it became the favorite dance of the non-mainstream generation.

It was imported from abroad; it's trendy and popular.

In reality, if we set aside the biased perspective of its non-mainstream era, shuffle dance hasn't disappeared even in the mobile internet age; on the contrary, it has shown increasing vitality and appeared in various dance settings.

It has even evolved into nine major sub-styles and countless adaptations.

There are competitions of all sizes, and dance troupes that tirelessly pursue innovation.

In short, this dance, which originated in the Melbourne underground, has truly become a dance genre in the world dance scene.

Moreover, the solutions presented by the Book of Changes were mature solutions developed by later generations.

Regardless, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is a highly watched program across the United States. Choosing to officially and publicly perform this dance for the first time on the runway was also a plan to maximize Zhou Yi's profits—a large audience is essential.

Once this Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs, he will be nothing short of a guiding light for the already rough and unknown shuffle dance in 2006. To exaggerate a bit, everyone in the world who makes a living from shuffle dance in the future should offer him incense.

The highest-rated strategy was undoubtedly this. "This guy is truly a born news headline generator."

When the piece ended, Emil, sitting in the audience, looked up at Zhou Yi, who had turned and walked back to the front of the band, and was filled with emotion.

Even though he didn't know where Zhou Yi had learned the new dance, it didn't stop him from guessing what Zhou Yi wanted to do.

As the lights dimmed again, Emil, knowing it was almost time for the supermodels to appear, had already begun brainstorming the content and headlines he would be working overtime to write that night.

He didn't even have the heart to continue watching the show.

After all, no matter how you walk the runway, it's all pretty much the same thing; at most, the lingerie styles are different.

Besides, Spike had already returned to the rectangular stage behind the runway and stood in front of the tripod, clearly indicating that he was going to stand still and deliver a powerful performance for the last song.

Could any news about him after that be more sensational than his new dance?
nonexistent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Moves Like Jagger."

As the announcement came over the loudspeaker, Zhou Yi, who had somehow acquired a guitar while standing in front of the tripod, swept his hand across the room, and the lights in the entire venue instantly illuminated to accompany the song's intro—

"Just shoot for the stars, if it feels right."
"And aim for my heart, if you feel like it."

As if starlight had truly been plucked from the sky, Gisele Bündchen once again made a dashing entrance, shimmering like diamonds.

This time, however, Zhou Yi merely smiled at her, remained firmly rooted to the tripod while singing, and did not go on the catwalk to interact with her much.

"Moves Like Jagger" is the number one single from Zhou Yi's new album "25" this year.

A song with an equally flamboyant singing style.

The three songs in a row were different in content and style, but they were all so flamboyant that they were perfect for Victoria's Secret. Zhou Yi's emphasis on thematic consistency was once again fully demonstrated in his performance.

Even though this isn't an album, the three songs are quirky from beginning to end, each with its own unique quirky content, truly befitting the music industry's recognized master of staying true to the theme.

Although the performance of this third song seems to have been somewhat static and lackluster so far, considering that he had just finished performing his own choreography for the previous song, taking a break is normal and no big deal.

"You wanted control, sure we waited."

"I put on a show, now I make it (I'm fully committed to the performance, now we're completely honest with each other)~"

A sense of innate freedom and rebellious exile lingered in the ears of every audience member, causing them to sway their bodies to the rhythm one after another, unable to resist. Many even snapped their fingers to keep up with the beat.

When the camera panned across them, they were jumping around with obvious joy.

In everyone's mind, this song was basically a stand-up performance, but when Zhou Yi saw Alexandra who had already reached the entrance of the passage, he took off his microphone and took her hand as she passed by him!

—?!

what?
No?

Why is it your turn to act all lovey-dovey in this part?
If you didn't know better, you'd think you were a couple in love going on a picnic.

Spike isn't a good actor, is he?

How can someone act so realistically?

Oh wait, is this really an act?
Just as many people were staring wide-eyed, the next second, the entire audience stood up—

"Take me by the tongue, and I'll know you."

Under the watchful eyes of cameras from all directions and the entire audience, Zhou Yi stopped singing after this line. Alexandra (AA), as she turned around after striking a pose at the end of the runway, grabbed him as he continued singing—

She planted a kiss on the man's cheek with lightning speed!

? ? ? ? ? ?
! ! ! ! ! !
Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!
What are you doing?!

The man's singing stopped, only the melody lingered; the woman blew him a kiss, then put her hands on her hips and continued walking back.

Only the camera accurately captured the radiant smiles blooming on both of their faces!
Um? ? ? ! ! !

Is Spike about to make an official announcement?!

Or is Alexandra asserting her dominance in front of the camera?!
Is this the first time Spike has been publicly kissed on a nationally watched show?!
Recalling Gisele Bündchen's initial role, many quick-witted individuals immediately conjured up a dramatic story of two women vying for control of the relationship—

There's no way around it; matters of the lower body are always the greatest common denominator and the most beloved, otherwise love wouldn't be the subject with the most songs in the world.

What's more, this is happening on Victoria's Secret's own stage.

At that moment, Emil instantly forgot all about creating his own dance and joined the cheering crowd with a bittersweet feeling!
And as it turns out, they weren't the only ones with this idea.

On December 5th, when CBS officially broadcast the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, all the viewers who saw it went wild—

Ratings skyrocketed!
(End of this chapter)