HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 362 [362] A Shocking Secret! Qi Yuan's Deadly Nine Minutes Leave the Empress Screaming She Can't Take It Anymore
Qi Yuan was busy preparing for her English major.

The Chinese music scene in January 2001 had already become quite lively.

First, Xu Zhi'an of Hong Kong's Zhengdong Records released his new music album "Priority Embrace", firing the first shot of the year.

Rock Records' queen of pop, Liu Ruoying, immediately followed suit, releasing her new album "Youth," with the title track "Accomplishment" quickly becoming a hit.

It's rare to have a representative work that isn't a cover or Chinese translation, so Rolling Stone and Liu Ruoying's team released press releases to rave about it.

Liu Ruoying has been in an extremely good mood these days. She has finally gotten her revenge and reached the top.

It's much easier to make a living in the Chinese music scene without Qi Yuan.

In January of last year, her "Later" was relegated to second place by Qi Yuan's "Fairy Tale".

Afterwards, Qi Yuan's junior sisters Zhang Shaohan and Sun Yanzi officially debuted, rushing behind her and eyeing her covetously, ready to expose her at any time.

After finally making it to August, Liang Cuiping, a junior colleague from the same company, released a killer song called "Courage".

Liu Ruoying lived in constant fear all last year, afraid that one day she would open her eyes and be attacked from behind.

Fortunately, that didn't happen, and her song "Later" remained the runner-up until the end of the year.

Having weathered last year, her spring has arrived this year, with "Accomplishment" having no rivals in the Chinese music scene in January.

However, at this very moment, Warner's latest announcement shattered her illusions.

Sun Yanzi, who achieved success with her first album last year, is releasing a new album.

Sun Yanzi's second album was originally supposed to be released in December.

At that time, Qi Yuan was being heavily criticized by the domestic media, and his competitors were eyeing him covetously, wanting to take advantage of his failed attempt to enter the US market and the resulting drop in his reputation to replace him.

Sun Yanzi and Qi Yuan are both under Warner Music, and Sun Yanzi is Qi Yuan's junior. Her album was moved by Zhou Jianhui to be released in January of this year.

Liu Ruoying almost cursed. "They came once last year, and they're coming again this year?"

According to information released by Warner Music, Sun Yanzi's second album includes two new songs written by Qi Yuan: "A Little Happiness" and "It's Okay to Be Lonely".

Qi Yuan's Taiwanese fans immediately became excited.

"Tears welling up! Finally, we can hear Qi Yuan's new Chinese songs again. After Qi Yuan went into the European and American markets, he forgot about us fans in China."

"That's going too far. Qi Yuan only released a Chinese album called 'Ru Yuan' in the second half of last year. You're making it sound like Qi Yuan hasn't released a Chinese album in three years."

"I'm calling this urging him to update, you know? Urging him to update! If I don't urge him, will he release the Chinese album sooner? He's already written all ten songs for the English album, shouldn't he have written the songs for the Chinese album by now?"

……

On January 18, Sun Yanzi's second album, "The Happiness I Want," was officially released.

This album already includes two hit songs, "The Happiness I Want" and "I'm Starting to Understand," plus "A Little Happiness" and "It's Okay to Be Lonely" written by Qi Yuan, making it a super high-quality album.

Liu Ruoying quickly felt the terrifying power of this album; her song "Youth" was pulled off the top spot on the weekly album sales chart in Taiwan by Sun Yanzi.

Liu Ruoying stared in disbelief: "!?"

How come Sun Yanzi is so amazing this year?! She's just a newcomer who debuted less than a year ago!
Looking at radio charts, music charts, and karaoke song charts, throughout the entire Taiwan region, "A Little Happiness" and "Starting to Understand" firmly surpassed "Accomplishment," occupying the top two spots in January.

Rolling Stones was shocked, and the entire Taiwanese music scene was shocked.

What's going on? A newcomer who debuted last year is now completely dominating the Rolling Stones' diva? Is this some kind of absurdity?
Faced with this situation, people recalled the reports from Hong Kong and Taiwan media last year.

At the time, Liu Ruoying's popularity soared with "Later," and she wanted to dethrone Qi Yuan's "Fairy Tale" to take the top spot on the music charts, then use marketing to defeat Qi Yuan and quickly rise to stardom. Paparazzi photographed Qi Yuan and his two junior sisters, Sun and Zhang, appearing on the streets of Hong Kong, and also captured Zhang Shaohan reciting lyrics while eating.

Media commentary: 'Qi Yuan disdains to fight Liu Ruoying; he can easily win by simply sending out two of his junior sisters.'

At that moment, Liu Ruoying felt utterly humiliated! How could Qi Yuan look down on her like that?

In just one year, the media's nonsense actually came true?
Sun Yanzi fought in place of her senior brother and actually defeated her.

Sun Yanzi achieved results that left the industry speechless.

Chen Zeshan, the vice president of WarnerMedia's domestic division, who is skilled at poaching talent, immediately launched a frenzied poaching campaign.

He was already flirting with Jang Hye-mi of Feng Hua and Na-young of Bai Dai.

Sun Yanzi achieved remarkable results in her second major, and she worked even harder with her hoe.

When poaching talent, he even boasted to Zhang Huimei and Naying: "Join our Warner Queen Palace! You've all seen Qi Yuan's creative ability and output. If you sign with Warner, I'll personally ask Qi Yuan to write songs for you... Don't doubt me, I'm the Vice President of Warner's domestic division, how could Qi Yuan not give me some face?"

Let's brag about it first.

He knew exactly how much influence Qi Yuan had over him as vice president.

Compared to other artists, his position as vice president is very high.

Compared to Qi Yuan, he, as the vice president, is nothing.

What were the circumstances under which Qi Yuan joined Warner Music?

Having just suffered a devastating internal conflict, with only Guo Fucheng and Zheng Xiuwen remaining, it was Qi Yuan and Zhou Jianhui who teamed up to make Warner Music Taiwan great again.

Qi Yuan was instrumental in promoting many of Warner Music's artists, including Dai Pei-ni, Sun Yan-zi, and Zhang Shao-han.

Qi Yuancai is the 'entrepreneur'; he is merely a latecomer who reaps the benefits.

If he dares to oppose Qi Yuan, Zhou Jianhui will be the first to fight him to the death.

Furthermore, the situation has changed again. Qi Yuan has successfully entered the US market, with one English single and one English EP, bringing in $6500 million in revenue for Warner Music as of today. Even if Qi Yuan does nothing, this figure will still soar to $1 million by the end of the year.

Moreover, Qi Yuan's English major is currently in production.

If the English album is successful, Qi Yuan will be the god of wealth for Warner Music, and even Warner (US) executives will have to treat him with utmost respect.

How can a vice president of a regional subsidiary compare to Qi Yuan?

Believe it or not, if he and Qi Yuan have a conflict today, tomorrow headquarters will issue a document saying that he violated company rules by stepping into the company gate with his left foot first, and then he will have to submit his resignation in a dignified manner.

Chen Zeshan was very smart; he never messed with people he couldn't afford to offend. He never intended to have a conflict with Qi Yuan, though he could use Qi Yuan's name to brag a little.

He wasn't lying. At worst, he'd wait until Zhang Huimei and Naying signed with Warner Music, then he'd really ask Qi Yuan to write a song for him.

Even if Qi Yuan refuses, it's fine. He said he could help ask Qi Yuan to write a song, but he didn't say it would be 100% successful.

……

Sun Yanzi's new album sold extremely well, and the fact that it beat veteran diva Liu Ruoying was widely reported by the media.

The Hong Kong newspaper *XX Daily* ran the headline: "Shocking Secret! Qi Yuan's Deadly Nine Minutes Leave Even the Queen of Pop Screaming 'I Can't Take It!'"

(End of this chapter)