HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 199 [199] The ultimate showdown between two Heavenly Kings!
Alpha, this small workshop, released its latest announcement through some newspapers.

【"Fantasy" showcases Jay Chou's boundless creativity and breakthroughs in music, blending diverse styles such as R&B, hip-hop, and rock, and collaborating with Qi Yuan, Vivian Hsu, and Fang Wenshan to create poetic lyrics... This album will lead fans into Jay Chou's musical fantasy world.】

Taiwanese rising star Jay Chou's second album is finally coming amidst much anticipation from fans.

Can this unconventional musical genius surprise us once again?

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The news of Jay Chou's new album has brought the small record label Alpha back into the public eye.

If it weren't for Jay Chou, a super rookie born in 99, very few people in the industry would know about Alfa.

When it was learned that Jay Chou herself had handled a large part of the composition, lyrics, and arrangement for her second album, many singers and musicians in the industry fell silent.

These artists are incredibly prolific; they just released their first album in January, and now they're releasing their second album in September.

You're a singer-songwriter! You should write your own songs! Can you please stop being so unbelievable?

People also noticed that Qi Yuan's name appeared in Alfa's advertising.

Industry insiders think this is normal, as many people in the Taiwanese entertainment circle know that Chi Yuan and Chou Chieh-lun have a very good personal relationship.

Qi Yuan played a significant role in enabling Jay Chou to secure the opportunity to release an album so quickly.

When Jay Chou's songs were being rejected one after another, Qi Yuan used Jay Chou's songs.

It's perfectly reasonable for Qi to write songs for Zhou Jielun now; it just goes to show how deep their friendship is.

However... Qi Yuan's fans have objections.

Look at them, they release two albums a year, each with ten songs.

Look at you! You've only released one EP this year. Can't you update your content a little faster? Do you believe we'll send you razor blades?
Zhou Jianhui said the same thing about Qi Yuan: "Look at others, and then look at yourself... This isn't my opinion, it's what your fans are saying online."

“Zhou Jielun is breaking the rules, okay? He wrote the songs for his first album a long time ago. He himself said that they were basically songs that others didn’t want, and he took them back to sing. Let’s see if he can release two albums next year.”

Qi Yuan was somewhat speechless. One EP and one album a year was already quite fast, okay? For fans, no matter how many albums he released, it was never enough.

Zhou Jianhui shifted the topic from Zhou Jielun to Qi Yuan's music video: "Your 'Nocturne' music video is going to be filmed in Canada, right? The visa has already been processed."

These days, it's normal for popular singers to go abroad to film music videos. It doesn't actually cost that much money, and it adds another selling point for promotion.

At this point in time, many Chinese people feel that the grass is greener on the other side.

A book on how to raise Harvard kids could sell millions of copies.

German-style clean sewers and Japanese children's summer camps are examples of things that have emerged in recent years and have a large market.

When a singer goes abroad to film a music video, ordinary people think it's quite impressive and a testament to their talent.

To put it bluntly, it's a lack of self-confidence.

Qi Yuan himself is not a Westernizer, but he cannot change people's current mindset, so he can only go with the flow.

In addition, the original music video for "Nocturne" was also filmed abroad. Jay Chou went to the United States, but Qi Yuan did not go to the United States because it had not started snowing in the United States at that time.

Canada is geographically further north, and some areas begin to see snow as early as September.

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9 month 14 day.

Jay Chou officially released her second album, "Fantasy," which contains eleven songs.

This guy was worried that Qi Yuan would stand him up, so he prepared ten songs well in advance. In his previous life, there was a song called "Simple Love" on this album, which Qi Yuan copied on his debut album. Zhou Jielun wrote a new song called "Simple and Easy," which Qi Yuan had never heard in his previous life.

Qi Yuan knew that it was right to exploit this guy as much as possible. While he was young, he should squeeze as many songs out of him as possible to force him to write more new songs for his fans.

This album is one of Jay Chou's masterpieces, with ten incredibly powerful songs, including "Love Before BC," "Nunchucks," "William's Castle," "Endure," and "Sorry," each a classic.

With Qi Yuan's "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" elevating the album, this album will become a masterpiece among masterpieces.

Unsurprisingly, the album sold extremely well after its release.

Fans and industry insiders were amazed by Zhou Jielun's talent; this young man surnamed Zhou is no less talented in music than Qi Yuan was a year or two ago.

The first album was already amazing, but the second album is even better than the first.

What's even more outrageous is that they write almost all of their own songs.

This made countless singers who debuted at their peak shed tears of envy.

People are indeed different; sometimes the difference between people is greater than the difference between a person and a pig.

Jay Chou started a frantic promotional tour.

This time, he plans to expand into the mainland.

Neither Jay Chou nor Alfa anticipated that "Jay" would become such a hit at the beginning of the year.

They initially thought they'd be lucky to sell a few hundred thousand copies in Taiwan, but they never imagined they'd sell over 250 million.

They also underestimated the popularity of the album "Jay" in mainland China.

Chou Chieh Lun also called Chi Yuan and asked, "The show you did, where you created a song with three keys, is called 'Happy Camp,' right? I'm going to the mainland for promotion, and I might have to appear on that show."

Jay Chou is conquering territory in the Chinese music scene.

Qi Yuan took Li Xue and the Warner filming team to Canada.

At Taoyuan Airport, paparazzi photographed Chi Yuan waiting for her flight.

[It is reported that Warner Music's King of Pop, Qi Yuan, will soon be heading to Canada to film a music video. Following Nicholas Tse, Zhang Yu, Wang Fei, and Jay Chou, Qi Yuan's new album will also be released soon.]

[Warner Music General Manager Zhou Jianhui: There is no upper limit to the production cost of this album. A huge team has already set off for Canada with Qi Yuan. We will bring you a fantastic music video.]

Hong Kong's Next Magazine, as always, loves to stir up controversy, commenting: "Qi Yuan fled to Canada to avoid Zhou Jielun's limelight."

Undeniably, after the release of "Fantasy," Jay Chou's status and popularity skyrocketed, achieving the top weekly album sales in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

With the album "Fantasy", Jay Chou officially entered the ranks of superstars.

It's normal for many media outlets to compare Zhou Jielun with Qi Yuan.

A showdown between two superstars is what makes a showdown interesting, and only when there's something interesting can newspapers and magazines sell well.

Suddenly, various articles speculating about Qi Yuan's new album appeared.

Many people were worried for Qi Yuan!

With Jay Chou's "Fantasy" being of such high quality, what kind of album will Qi Yuan have to release to surpass Jay Chou?

Qi Yuan has been in the industry for two years, releasing two albums and two EPs. Most singer-songwriters would be exhausted after releasing so many songs. Can Qi Yuan continue to hold on?
It seems that a showdown between two Heavenly Kings is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)