Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

"When will Miss Jin come to Korea?"

"I just came back half a month ago. I may temporarily focus my work on Korea."

When Jin Yuanxuan talked about returning to Korea to develop her career, she was obviously feeling a little disappointed.

Zhou Ziheng understood her very well. Several years ago, Kim Won-sun had become very popular in Korea.

He went to Wanwan with great ambitions, intending to make a name for himself in the Chinese-speaking world.

However, things went against her wishes. She went to Wanwan in 93. Although she achieved some success in Wanwan in three years, many people in Wanwan Province knew her.

But looking across Asia, she undoubtedly failed to create any spark.

It would have been fine if she hadn't achieved any success abroad, but when she returned to Korea three years later, it was clear that things had obviously changed in the entertainment industry.

Her fans back then have long since disappeared.

Coming back now is almost like starting from scratch.

"Mr. Zhou, it's not easy for you to come to Korea, so let me show my hospitality this time!
When the event is over, I will treat you to a meal!! "

"Of course, please take care of me, Miss Jin!" Zhou Ziheng said politely.

In fact, he is very cool in Korea.

At this time, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars were very popular in Korea.

Not to mention him.

This can be seen from the fact that when he participated in an interview with BCB TV, people from the entire TV station came to watch.

Not only him, but also the Four Heavenly Kings will also be sought after if they come to Korea to attend events.

The media, peers and the general public will all be following it.

However, although he is respected no matter what he does here, he really doesn't have many friends here with whom he can chat.

Jin Yuanxuan had worked in Wanwan and could speak Chinese, which made Zhou Ziheng feel like seeing a familiar person in a foreign country.

Jin Yuanxuan did not stay long. After chatting with Zhou Ziheng for a while, she took the initiative to say goodbye and left.

About ten minutes later, Samsung's mobile phone launch conference also began, and Zhou Ziheng appeared as an important guest to help out.

It was a mobile phone launch conference! The protagonists were not Zhou Ziheng and other celebrities, so Zhou Ziheng and others basically just took a look on the stage and then left.

When everyone else left, Zhou Ziheng was kept by the head of Samsung Group.

Samsung hopes to invite Zhou Ziheng to help endorse their Samsung mobile phones.

The price was very high: two million US dollars a year for five years, a total of ten million US dollars.

After Zhou Ziheng arranged for people to talk with Samsung several times, he finally decided to take on the endorsement.

It must be said that Samsung, as the leader of South Korea's chaebol, developed Samsung mobile phones which were very popular at the beginning of the century.

It just so happens that the five-year endorsement contract can last until 2001. By that time, domestic mobile phone brands should have started to emerge. Then I can use my fame to support domestic mobile phone brands and sign endorsement contracts with them.

For now, we can just make do with Samsung.

……

Zhou Ziheng stayed in South Korea for about two weeks, and on April 11, he flew to Japan.

"The record sales data came out yesterday, and it's pretty good."

On the plane, Florence Hui showed Zhou Ziheng the record sales data that she had just received before boarding the plane.

Yesterday, "My Love" was officially released worldwide.

Zhou Ziheng also visited the stores in Korea privately and found that the album was selling well. Many stores started promoting "My Love" on the first day of its release, placing his posters in the most conspicuous positions in the stores to attract fans to buy the album.

The album's sales figures are indeed very impressive.

Zhou Ziheng looked at the report in his hand.

South Korea, 21,000.

Japan, 46,000.

Wanwan, seventeen thousand.

Hong Kong and Macau, 8,000 tickets.

Singapore and Malaysia, 11,000.

Thailand, 6,000.

……

In Asia alone, "My Love" sold 130,000 copies yesterday.

The data from Europe and the United States were even more encouraging, with the United States and Canada selling 41,000 and 31,000 copies respectively yesterday.

Including the UK and other places in Europe, the single-day sales of "My Love" yesterday were 370,000 copies.

This result is also very impressive among many international superstars.

If you keep up the pace, even if the data for this album isn't as good as the previous one, it won't be much different.

"You'll be busy this time. EMI has expanded the scope and time span of its promotion. I'm afraid you'll have to spend no less than two to three months on promotion this time."

Florence Hui talked about the latest arrangements of EMI.

Zhou Ziheng frowned, "Three months, I don't have that much time."

It would take three months to promote the record, and Zhou Ziheng got a headache just thinking about it.

His plans for this year go beyond just recording a record.

He has already planned to participate in "The Man from Nowhere" being filmed by Hengyu in mid-June.

Although he is not the director this time, but Chen Musheng is the director, the investment in this project is relatively large and quality needs to be pursued.

There is no way he would just do it half-heartedly.

This movie will take at least one or two months to shoot.

Then, he also has concert plans this year.

He didn't hold a concert last year, and his fans are eagerly waiting for it. If he doesn't hold a concert, who knows what will happen.

Therefore, the concert must be held, and this time the concert will be larger in scale than the previous global tour, with more than 70 shows scheduled so far.

After singing more than 70 shows, it would take at least three or four months to finish.

Time is already tight, and now EMI has taken up another three months of his time for promotions, so his time will be even tighter, and he may not even be able to complete these plans this year.

As for next year...

This year has its own affairs, and next year has its own affairs. The two cannot be mixed together.

For super popular superstars like Zhou Ziheng, all their activities are planned for several years into the future.

Many endorsement activities and movie appearances need to be planned in advance.

That is to say, next year, Zhou Ziheng has already scheduled a Mandarin album, a movie, and will also participate in various activities to celebrate Hong Kong's return.

All in all, his schedule for next year is already fully booked.

Therefore, if you want to postpone this year's events to next year, that is absolutely impossible.

I don’t know how many plans will have to be changed with this push.

Moreover, some activities are simply impossible to promote, such as the return tour to Hong Kong.

As early as the beginning of this year, he was issued a document asking him to lead singers from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan in performing.

The songs have all been chosen for him. The song "Chinese" he sang at the Spring Festival Gala was highly valued and has been selected as a solo in the performance.

"After we get off the plane, I'll talk to EMI again! Ask them to arrange as few promotional activities as possible."

Of course Florence Hui knew that Zhou Ziheng’s schedule was very full, she might even know it better than Zhou Ziheng himself.

Therefore, after hearing Zhou Ziheng's complaints, she immediately understood what he meant.

"What are you and Izumi Sakai going to do? Are you going to keep wasting time like this, or just break up?"

After discussing business matters, Florence Hui asked about Zhou Ziheng's personal matters.

She knew that Zhou Ziheng and Izumi Sakai had confirmed their relationship.

Not only this matter. It can be said that she knows everything about Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng didn't deliberately hide it from her.

If you work as an artist, you have to be prepared for your private affairs to become public ones.

Because, you never know when your personal affairs may become public affairs that affect your work.

Therefore, for the sake of public relations and to prevent unnecessary trouble, Florence Hui had to know a lot about Zhou Ziheng.

"I'll have a good chat with her when I get to Japan!"

When mentioning Izumi Sakai, Zhou Ziheng was silent for a moment.

This is the pot that distance brings.

A pair of lovers, living in far-flung places, can only see each other a few times a year.

It is impossible to maintain a relationship under such circumstances.

To be honest, Zhou Ziheng has a very good impression of Izumi Sakai.

This person is not as snobbish as Gigi Lai.

She is more like an ordinary woman who yearns for an ordinary life.

As for Gigi Lai, maybe due to family factors or other reasons, she is very purposeful.

Compared to being with Gigi Lai, Zhou Ziheng feels much more comfortable with Izumi Sakai.

But the distance between the two of them is really too far.

After Zhou Ziheng landed in Japan this time, he planned to have a frank talk with Izumi Sakai.

Let’s talk about the distance issue.

If Izumi Sakai was willing to give up everything in Japan and live with him in China, then there is no doubt that he would not only continue to be with her, but might also consider marrying her.

But if Izumi Sakai is unwilling, Zhou Ziheng will not force her, he will propose to break up.

Rather than being a couple separated by the sea, it is better to break up cleanly.

Everyone pursues their own happiness and finds their own other half.

In the afternoon, Zhou Ziheng landed in Tokyo.

In addition to a large number of fans and media who came to pick her up at the airport, Izumi Sakai also disguised herself and drove to the airport.

Izumi Sakai has the title of a mysterious singer in Japan who has only appeared on TV three times in her life.

This describes her as mysterious and rarely appears on TV.

However, in fact, many fans in Japan still know Izumi Sakai's face.

She has taken many photos.

Because she seldom appears on TV and has only held one or two concerts, her mystery has made Japanese audiences curious.

When buying her records, people also buy a lot of her photo albums.

Her photo albums are among the best among many Japanese stars and she is a well-deserved first-line star.

Zhou Ziheng also asked Izumi Sakai why she didn't appear on TV or hold concerts.

The conclusion he reached left him speechless.

The reason is that Izumi Sakai is afraid of cameras.

To be precise, she is too introverted. When there are many people around, she gets nervous, and when she gets nervous, her singing goes out of tune.

This happened to her during her first concert.

At that time, facing tens of thousands of fans and audiences, she was terrified, causing her singing to be seriously out of tune.

Although the accident did not cause a huge impact on it.

But it also made her bid farewell to concerts completely, and she rarely appeared on TV, only releasing albums.

In the airport parking lot, Zhou Ziheng found Izumi Sakai's car among many vehicles.

"long time no see!"

After not seeing each other for almost a year, the two seemed very unfamiliar. Izumi Sakai seemed to want to hug Zhou Ziheng, but ultimately did not move.

After getting in the car, Izumi Sakai didn't start the car, and Zhou Ziheng didn't say anything either. The two of them just sat there in silence.

Two minutes later, Zhou Ziheng took the lead in breaking the awkward silence, "How are you doing recently!"

"Not bad! I have a kitten and I often take it out for travel in my free time."

Then there was another moment of silence.

After a while, they both spoke almost at the same time:
"let's be friends!"

"let's break up!"

After hearing each other's words, they were both stunned, and then they couldn't help but smile with relief. Zhou Ziheng said:

"You are a good girl, I am sure of that, but we are in different countries and we can only see each other a few times a year.

Rather than wasting each other's time, it's better to just end it like this."

After a pause, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but ask, "If I ask you to come and live in China, would you come?"

Izumi Sakai shook her head, "I don't want to leave Japan!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng didn't say anything more.

In fact, it’s right to think about it.

If you yourself are unwilling to leave China, how can you expect Izumi Sakai to leave Japan?
Things like the one where, once two people start dating, the girl loves the boy so much that she is willing to give up everything to follow him usually only happen in fairy tales or novels.

The reality is that everyone has their own ties and pursuits, and everyone is an independent individual with his or her own ideas.

No one can make decisions for others, and no one can make others revolve around you alone.

Zhou Ziheng is indeed successful in his career, and he is also the dream lover of countless women.

However, he is not God, and he cannot decide other people's lives.

Izumi Sakai has become the most popular singer in Japan in recent years. Is she a love-brained person? It is difficult to expect her to give up everything in Japan and go to China with Zhou Ziheng to start a new life.

Zhou Ziheng had a premonition before he decided to ask this question, so he didn't feel disappointed, just a little bit regretful.

"Where is the hotel you booked? I'll take you there!"

Izumi Sakai started the car.

Zhou Ziheng told the address and the car drove straight to the hotel.

Along the way, perhaps because they had opened up, the atmosphere became less awkward and they began to talk about music and international affairs.

"I listened to your new record, it's very good, and I heard it's selling very well?"

"Not bad. Global sales in a single day were close to 400,000 copies."

"That's a terrifying statistic. The final sales of this album will probably be the same as your last one, no less than 10 million."

"It depends on the subsequent trend. If nothing unexpected happens, eight million should be no less."

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of the hotel.

Izumi Sakai didn't get out of the car, just looked at Zhou Ziheng with a smile.

"Take good care of yourself in the future and go to the hospital for checkups more often. Health is the most important thing."

Zhou Ziheng took two steps, then stopped and spoke solemnly.

Izumi Sakai obviously didn't expect Zhou Ziheng to ask her to check her body so seriously. She was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously, "I remember, I will."

Zhou Ziheng opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.

He didn't know whether Izumi Sakai's words just now were just perfunctory.

But he can't say, I calculated with my fingers that you will have a serious illness in the future!

If he really said that, Izumi Sakai would probably think that he was seriously ill.

(End of this chapter)