China Entertainment 2000

Now that things have come to this, it is no longer important to think about whether this thing is true or whether it can be done.

The endless cheers and screams in the theater are enough to explain it all.

The endless stream of flashes recorded the excitement of all the audience members. As the singing progressed, behind Zhou Yi, the main creators of "A World Without Thieves" filed in.

“It’s just that there’s no one to communicate with about these issues~

"I can only let life get in the way~"

With the arrival of the main creators, the screen switched back to the film and immediately played a clip of Andy Lau paying the price of his life in the final battle with Uncle Li. Just as he sang - in the end he chose to use his own life to hinder the actions of Uncle Li and his gang.

Fan Bingbing, who plays the role of a thief, follows closely behind, but her singing skills are obviously inferior to those of the well-trained Andy Lau. There is no need to expect any emotions, as long as she doesn't sing out of tune, she will be considered a victory.

What's more, in this kind of live situation, singing skills are no longer the primary driving factor.

Since its launch, "Don't Forget Peace of Mind" has become the most widely spread and most popular movie theme song in 2004 thanks to Zhou Yi's fame and the popularity of the song. In less than two weeks, it has raked in nearly 30 million in the ringtone market.

With this popularity, most of the young fans in the theater can sing this song by heart -

"It's time to let go! Endless conspiracy~

"The joke is half over, I can't help but~

"I'm still sweating all the way! The dream hasn't decayed yet!

"Fate to the end~~~"

An ordinary conspiracy that the thief king Liu Dehua could have let go of in advance became full of ups and downs because of his heart that had not yet completely decayed.

The scene in the film where the thief Fan Bingbing kneels down to worship the Buddha statue in the temple perfectly complements the theme of the lyrics -

Remember not to forget peace of mind.

In the finale, Zhou Yi simply acted as the conductor and led the chorus in the theater with a smile on his face. The manual two-channel singing was endless. If you didn't know, you would think this was some Vienna Concert Hall.

"Zhou Yi, I love you!"

"Hua Zai, I love you!"

"Fan Bingbing..."

Continuous applause rang out after the song ended. Zhou Yi smiled and raised his hand to greet everyone in the theater: "Don't love me, thank you, there is no future between us."

The jokes made the audience burst into laughter.

"Zhou Yi, where's your new album?! I'm your big fan!"

"Pre-sales have already started, you fake fan."

"I didn't buy it, open it again!"

"Don't say that today, or I'll be on the headlines tomorrow saying I'm here to take advantage of the popularity."

Zhou Yi, who deliberately raised his index finger to make a silencing gesture, easily returned the stage to the main creative crew of "A World Without Thieves". Feng Xiaogang, who was in a good mood, took the opportunity of Zhou Yi's presence to reveal a piece of news.

To be precise, in front of so many people, he confirmed an insider information that has been circulating on the Internet since the film was released -

"I know everyone must be very curious, but I can tell you here with certainty that part of the hilarious robbery scenes in A World Without Thieves was proposed by Zhou Yi when he came to visit the set..."

It was just a rumor before, but now it has been confirmed by the real person himself - the comedy plot of "IC, IP, IQ card, tell me the passwords for all of them" is indeed from the Book of Changes.

"Zhou Yi is a musician with an excellent sense of film, and his sense of humor far exceeds my imagination..."

After finally sharing the stage, Feng Xiaogang praised Zhou Yi in front of so many people. Those who knew he was the director of the film, and those who didn't thought he was a shill hired by Zhou Jianhui or Qian Jiang.

In other words, Zhou Yi is thick-skinned and accepts all the praise that is exaggerated.

Although he was also quite confused.

After all, he didn't act in any way, he just sang a song.

"He's determined to challenge Kung Fu, so he's definitely going to use your talents to his advantage." After completing the process in the cinema and attending the celebration banquet, Fat Fan returned to his hotel room and spoke of this with a gloating expression.

The reason why the news was released that some lines in "A World Without Thieves" were proposed by Zhou Yi was to use Zhou Yi's name as much as possible to attract more people to the cinema even though he was not in the film.

"Didn't Feng Xiaogang have a cameo role in Kung Fu? Feng Xiaogang originally planned to return the favor by asking Zhou Xingchi to come over and make an appearance to promote the film, but after Zhou Xingchi finished filming Feng Xiaogang's scenes, he used the excuse of being too busy to not come.

"Although it is normal to be busy, Feng Xiaogang is obviously a little angry now. You came to help with the promotion as agreed at this critical juncture, so he must praise you a lot."

This person is actually afraid of comparison.

If Zhou Yi hadn't happened, Feng Xiaogang might not have been so angry.

But now, Zhou Yi, who is about to release an album, has found time to come and help promote it and fulfill the original verbal agreement. No matter how busy you, Zhou Xingchi, can you be busier than Zhou Yi?

Isn’t this ridiculous?

In comparison, Zhou Yi looks much more handsome and seems to be a kind person.

“But what do you think? Using this pseudo one-shot method to shoot it in advance to create a live effect, the effect is really good.” When talking about Zhou Yi’s appearance today, Fat Fan couldn’t help but get excited.

She didn't know about the situation in foreign countries, but in China, this kind of road show performance style was somewhat groundbreaking, at least she had never seen it before.

That is to say, the venue was a cinema and she couldn't let go. Otherwise, she would probably have held a small fan meeting on the spot.

In fact, not only did she find it strange, even the big and small Wang were attracted by this plan.

What do they need most for their roadshows? A gimmick!

Zhou Yi's novel operation perfectly provided a vehicle for gimmicks——

"One-shot appearance! Zhou Yi makes a surprise appearance to help out in "A World Without Thieves"!"

"Zhou Yi vs. Sun Yanzi! Zhou Xingchi and Feng Xiaogang face off!"

"Zhou Yi sang the movie theme song for the first time, triggering a chorus from passers-by!"

The Book of Changes...

It’s just that there was no such thing as Weibo hot searches in this era, otherwise it would have dominated the charts.

In addition to Zhou Yi himself, another person who benefited from the free news was the "Kung Fu" heroine Sun Yanzi.

After completing part of her schedule to promote her album, she is now naturally running around with the "Kung Fu" crew -

Right now, "Kung Fu" and "A World Without Thieves" are competing in theaters.

"Ah? You mean Zhou Yi? There's nothing much to say about him. I'm the female lead and the movie he has the most screen time in is just a cameo by Cheng Long. We're not on the same level anymore."

Inside a cinema in Shanghai.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Sun Yanzi, who was running around with the crew, gestured to the universe without hesitation when facing the fans' malicious questions while holding back their laughter: "So please support Kung Fu. If the box office is high, I can go home and ride on your face - adabudabu."

Sun Yanzi, who let the cat out of the bag, immediately stuck out his tongue and started talking nonsense to muddy the waters: "I said I should go back to the company so I can show off to him."

"But Yanzi, your albums can't sell as well as his."

"Isn't that normal? Who in the entire Chinese music scene can sell more albums than him right now?"

Sun Yanzi, who is known for his outspokenness, announced his method of spiritual victory: "So I changed the track this time."

“It is said that Two Butterflies is expected to catch up with Zhou Yi in the ringtone market. Is this true?”

"ah?"

Sun Yanzi was really confused now, with a head full of question marks.

What is this thing that can catch up with Zhou Yi’s footsteps?

How long has it been since she left the company, and the news has become so blocked?

On December 27th, exactly two weeks had passed since "Two Butterflies" was released on the 13th - 14 days were enough time for this song to sweep the Chinese music scene at the end of 2004 like a raging fire.

The sales of physical albums in the mainland market soared to more than 370,000 copies, and the performance in the ringtone market soared to an astonishing 28.45 million. Pang Long took this opportunity to directly cross the chasm from an unknown new singer and squeeze into the first-line position.

The commercial performance prices between 150,000 and 200,000 yuan make people call it a ruthless money-making machine. Zhou Yaping's Birdman Agency has taken on no less than ten venues around the imperial capital before the New Year.

What’s even more exaggerated is that Pang Long’s audience is still expanding.

Unlike Zhou Yi, his base is already fixed at students and young people, these are his base. For middle-aged and elderly people, only songs such as "Goodbye" and "Blue and White Porcelain" can impress them to buy albums.

The growth rate of Pang Long's "Two Butterflies" in the sinking market is so fast that it is incredible - in the sinking market, the expansion speed is more exaggerated than Zhou Yi's growth among students and young people in the past.

"My dear, fly slowly" has almost become a lyric sung on a loop in countless small towns and villages.

In addition, songs such as "My home is in the Northeast, on the Songhua River" can also be hummed by many people. "Home in the Northeast" has become the song with the second highest popularity in the album after "Two Butterflies".

Of course, after Pang Long became extremely popular, he was met with a barrage of criticism.

The song was accused of being tacky, unrefined, catchy, and bad.

"Zhou Yi is destroying the Chinese music scene. Why did he choose such a song with no musical aesthetics to release to this new market?"

"I went to listen to it because of its reputation, but it's terrible. It's hard to imagine that Zhou Yi would actually promote such a singer, it's really... Alas, he might as well promote Daolang."

"It's just the opposite. It's obviously because Zhou Yi is so kindhearted that he helps promote this and cultivate a new consumer market. He is considering the future of the music industry. If you don't believe me, you can watch the replay of the 6th Music Association Conference. Zhou Yi said it clearly in advance..."

"All he talks about is ideas, and all he thinks about is business."

"Why do I suddenly feel worried that Zhou Yi might be trying to tap into new markets with this new album?"

"No way, Zhou Yi can't write a song like "Two Butterflies"."

“…”

Pang Long's sudden popularity was due to Zhou Yi's support behind him, which caused a lot of arguments about music style.

Weekly magazines, led by Contemporary Music, have carefully analyzed this emerging market group and made reading comprehension based on Zhou Yi’s speech at the conference;

As for magazines such as Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly, they believe that such low-quality pop songs are not conducive to the vigorous development of the music industry, and that Zhou Yi is using his influence to drain the pond to catch fish.

Both sides think that they are right, the husband thinks that they are right.

As for Zhou Yi's album itself, actually, not many people are worried about it.

Although Jay Chou's "Stranded" (formerly "Seven-Li Fragrance") this year has been criticized for running out of ideas and copying his past albums, thanks to the diverse music styles of his albums every year, his albums are still highly anticipated by major music critics.

On December 31st, at 10:08 am, Zhou Yi’s new Chinese album “Hush” was officially released on the shelves.

Putting aside the pre-sold tapes and the CDs that were sent to various channels in batches, the simultaneous listing on the ringback tone market made listening to Zhou Yi's songs much more convenient and faster.

Some people still want to listen to what songs are in Zhou Yi's new album first, so they will try to observe the situation through the ringback tone market.

At a time when the weekly charts were dominated by the sudden rise of "Two Butterflies", that man arrived with the album with the largest number of songs since his debut.