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

Chapter 997 The Maid Finally Turns the Tables

Undoubtedly, this interview was a success for Blogcn.com. The influx of traffic made Wang Junxiu, the editor-in-chief, grin from ear to ear, and it also made the scalpers grin from ear to ear—

To be precise, they are scalpers from overseas. Domestic scalpers can only feel utterly helpless, wishing they could arrest Warner Bros. executives, lock them in a dark room, and give them a good beating.

After all, Zhou Yi has already toured iconic venues in several major cities across China, and even took time to hold a concert in his hometown of Shangrao. Given the current situation, it seems unlikely that the concerts will resume anytime soon.

They make more money at the box office overseas.

Zhou Yi is not like Zhang Xueyou or Andy Lau, whose concerts are only attended by local Chinese and international students. In fact, based on currently available data, over 95% of his overseas concert audience consists of foreigners, with the Chinese community making up less than 5%.

This is an unparalleled advantage.

Of course, for fans in Europe and America, besides keeping an eye on Warner Music's official website, another important thing they need to do is curse the culprit—the Billboard charts that arbitrarily changed the charts.

This has almost turned into Yahoo's daily competition, a contest to see who can hurl the most vicious and unethical insults.

In comparison, domestic netizens seem rather idle—

"Okay, now all that's left is for Warner to announce the new concert dates and locations, I'm going."

"Not so fast. Zhou Yi's overseas concerts are not standardized at all, and the tickets are too expensive. Warner sets prices based on the exchange rate of US dollars or euros."

So, does that mean domestic concerts are still in the low-price zone?

"Well...you could say that. It's fair to say that those who bought tickets to see it before really made a fortune."

"Good! That's how it should be!"

"Waiting for the domestic venues to reopen."

"Why not wait for Zhou Yi's commercial event? The tickets are cheap and you can hear him sing, and it's in a major city in China."

"Damn it, I can't wait! That idiot Zhou Yi only has a few endorsements, he doesn't even know how to take on more, we can't get tickets for any commercial events at all!"

If resentment could take shape, then Zhou Yi's fan base would definitely be the most formidable force in the domestic entertainment industry.

Other people's idols are either busy holding fan meetings or participating in variety shows and endorsement activities. They often cross over into different fields and manage to get a lot of work.

While the I Ching has been frequently featured in the news, its commercial activities are relatively few, mostly consisting of television commercials and very few variety shows.

While it's true that scarcity increases value, this is fucking too rare.

Just days after giving an interview to Blogcn and filming an advertisement for Nokia's new flagship phone, Zhou Yi ignored the swarms of media and began filming a music video while simultaneously working on the soundtrack for "The Sun Also Rises."

Finally, he met with Su Zhihong, Chenglong's new manager, who had rushed back.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Zhou, Jackie is still in the hospital and can't get out of bed, so he can't come back to China to see you."

Born in Hong Kong in 1961, Su Zhihong spoke in standard Hong Kong-accented Mandarin, calmly recounting Cheng Long's frequent injuries, and casually exchanged contact information.

"How is his recovery going?" Zhou Yi asked, seemingly unconcerned with such formalities.

"The doctor said it's very good, even better than expected. Jackie's recovery ability is very strong."

"..."

Justified and convincing.

That's definitely not your average strength.

Cheng Long was able to live comfortably through the 1970s and 80s entirely thanks to his abnormally strong physique. His injury chart was so bad that a normal person would exclaim "Holy crap!" just looking at it. Anyone with even a slightly weaker body would have been meeting their maker long ago.

After exchanging pleasantries, Su Zhihong began to get down to business—

"The licensing fee for the songs from 'Rush Hour 3' is $600 million. Mr. Zhou, this is the contract..."

Initially, Jackie Chan actually wanted to hire Zhou Yi to write the soundtrack for "Rush Hour 3." Money wasn't an issue; it wasn't his money being spent. Filmmakers of his generation love spending investors' money.

But after learning that Zhou Yi was not only in charge of the Olympics, but also preparing his own album, the Spring Festival Gala, and even the soundtrack for Jiang Wen's new movie, Cheng Long changed his mind and only asked Zhou Yi for song authorization.

The licensing and insertion of songs in commercial films is subject to extremely strict regulations. Six million dollars is a relatively high market price, but given Zhou Yi's star power, the Americans didn't have any objections. After all, it's impossible to find a bargain like with "Rush Hour 2" before.

Of course, this price is not for a single song or a few songs, but rather allows the production company to choose songs from Zhou Yi's personal music library to insert, without any limit.

Zhou Yi has no say in how they ultimately choose; all he cares about is collecting the money. After all, Rush Hour 3 was a box office flop, and he wasn't interested in the movie.

Chenglong is no longer able to fight.

Or perhaps, due to their age, Chenglong has reached a point where many of their moves are no longer feasible, leading to viewer fatigue.

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

"I need to switch tracks now and try out new screen images, otherwise the audience will get tired of seeing me sooner or later."

Hong Kong, the Chan family.

When explaining the importance of competing for "Painted Skin" to his agent, Chen Shufen, Fan Xiaopang's analysis was very logical and insightful.

In short, I'm determined to fight for this movie.

Not only should we compete, but we should compete beautifully.

“I understand how you feel, and that’s what I wanted to tell you too. But I have a question: do you want to consult Zhou Yi?” Chen Shufen asked meaningfully.

"No."

Fan Xiaopang flatly refused: "I absolutely cannot go to him for this movie."

"Oh?"

"This is a movie produced by Cheng Hao, and I have to impress her with my own abilities. What's the matter with consulting Zhou Yi?" Fan Xiaopang was still young and impetuous.

This is a war between women!
"Are you sure? What if Cheng Hao crosses your name off as soon as he sees it?" Chen Shufen drew an X on her notebook with her ballpoint pen.

Everyone in the industry knows how Fan Xiaopang got his current abundant film industry resources. Cheng Hao is in this position; she couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

In the past, there was no overt interaction between us. But now?
"She won't."

"Why? How can you be so sure?"

"Because she's still by Zhou Yi's side." Fan Bingbing gritted his teeth as he said this, feeling very unwilling but helpless.

This woman is frighteningly stable, making it impossible for anyone to even see the hope of replacing her.

"Judging by your appearance, I think you're a fox—"

"No, I want to break out of my image; I want to play the first wife in the movie."

"?"

Chen Shufen thought that this woman might have something wrong with her brain.

With your appearance, wouldn't a vixen suit you better?
What's wrong? Can't be a first wife in real life, so you're trying to have your fun in a movie?
“I know Zhao Wei wants to compete. I want to defeat her, I want to compete with her.”

Perhaps because he was immersed in the role, Fan Xiaopang's eyes burned with an unstoppable fighting spirit.

The former maidservant has finally reached the point where she can "turn the tables".

(End of this chapter)