Chapter 416 Can I Look Back on My Life?
The China Threat Theory, a topic that has been discussed over and over again in the Western media, has once again set off a huge public opinion market at the beginning of the new century, which is one of the reasons why China's journey to join the WTO is extremely difficult.
After the Asian financial crisis, China's overall economy continued to rise against the trend, which made some Western media feel terrified. The China Threat Theory has once again become popular, and the means of preventing China from joining the WTO has also failed after lobbying groups led by Microsoft and Time Warner.
Zhou Yi, who happens to belong to Warner Records under Time Warner, is also a Chinese.
This gave many American media space to start gaining popularity - on the one hand, secretly accusing Time Warner of losing its dignity in order to make money and secretly satirizing Warner Records for being an accomplice to the evil, and on the other hand, pulling out Zhou Yi's actions after coming to the United States for criticism.
Last July, a clip from an interview program when Zhou Yi came to the United States to promote his first English album "Attitude Show" was once again dug up by a nosy media person who is good at digging up old accounts -
["...What do you think of the outside world's criticism of you? Many of them even expressed sympathy for you, because they think you will be dissed by Eminem's song."
"My evaluation is: save those meaningless pity and sympathy, a group of trash who can only follow the trend."
Zhou Yi sat on the red sofa with his legs crossed and dangling on his toes, rubbing his chin with his hands, chuckling and then sarcastically saying: "Everyone of them wants to go against me, but they just curl up behind the computer screen and type on the keyboard. If you have the guts, open the door now and go against me.
"Otherwise, they can only watch me have a good time, hug a hot beauty and whisper Baby in her ear, and listen to her sing Yeah at night. ”】
This was an interview Zhou Yi accepted on a program on HBO, a pay channel under Time Warner, last year. At that time, the arrogance that almost overflowed the screen caused a great sensation in American public opinion.
Looking back now, Zhou Yi's new single "Enemy" this year is almost an expanded version of this sentence-
"In other words, I think he is very scheming. When he promoted his first English album last year, he thought about what song he would write to respond and laid the groundwork on the TV show.
"This is definitely not what an arrogant singer would do.
"Such a singer is too dangerous. He is like a poisonous snake from the East. He uses his arrogant and independent personality to attract a new generation of young people in the United States to follow him and disintegrate our influence in the cultural field. He will pose a great threat to the future of the American music scene...
"Spike's real purpose, I think, should refer to the article "Young China" written in the Republic of China era. He even adapted this article into a catchy song. His wolfish ambition is obvious..."
In the column of Vanity Fair, the most famous old lifestyle magazine in the United States, an analysis of Zhou Yi caused a great impact across the United States.
Even in China, there are still many people who don't like Zhou Yi, not to mention the United States, which is playing away. After a report, the Eminem team, which had been beaten for half a month, finally found a new way of playing. Another voice began to gradually emerge in the market-
Eminem was praised as a hero against the invasion of Chinese singers.
No matter what the truth is, at least ask whether you have fought against it - the song "Lose Yourself" is still in the top ten of the B chart, and it will be the main force to block Zhou Yi in the future.
As we all know, the United States always has an inexplicable filter for heroes who come from the streets, and Eminem happens to come from the streets.
"Eminem is at least a white man who grew up in the black community of Detroit, and he broke the monopoly of blacks in the field of hip-hop. Spike is the template of the son of God. He has been smooth sailing all the way without any hardship, and even has a happy family. I don't like it."
"Let's be honest, Spike gives money for hosting the challenge. If you have money, I will support Spike. Also, what's wrong with you having a happy family? You can't stand others having good parents, right?"
"Then Eminem not only releases his own songs, he also discovers new talents for the American music scene. Isn't the recently popular 50 Cent brought up by Eminem? It is said that he will release his first album next month.
"What did Spike do? He will only eat up our public opinion resources by himself and make money for himself..."
Hawaii, Mars' home.
17-year-old Bruno Mars looked at the disturbances on the Internet, then looked down at his winning single disc and fell into deep thought.
To be fair, he did not have any idol filter for Zhou Yi, but he did listen to Zhou Yi's music, almost at the level of a passerby fan.
But he won the prize.
A friend was willing to bid $500 for his spot, but Bruno was most entangled in whether to sell it or not -
He had planned to go to Los Angeles to pursue his music dream, and this winning opportunity was like a pie in the sky for him, after all, it was an opportunity to get in touch with Warner Records.
He didn't expect to meet Zhou Yi, a top celebrity, to sell his musical dream and talent to him, but he could still meet the person in charge of the Warner event.
What if?
What if he was spotted by Warner?
"Bruno, I think you should not sell it, and then perform well in this challenge, maybe you can be signed by Warner then?"
The advice of his friend was still vivid in his mind. Faced with the temptation of raising the price, after thinking for two days, Bloom Mars finally decided to refuse.
He decided to participate in this challenge, and then ask for leave from school and go directly.
Anyway, he will graduate from high school this year. If he can get the opportunity to join Warner, he can go to work directly at Warner after graduating from high school and fight for his musical dream.
Thinking of this, Bloom Mars, who had made up his mind, stood up and picked up the phone at home, and dialed the number according to the contact information on the single disc——
"Hello?"
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"Hello, Mr. Zhou Yi, I am Lang Kun, the channel director of CCTV program "Art Life."
January 29, afternoon.
After recording the backup tape for this year's Spring Festival Gala, the atmosphere in the entire CCTV studio suddenly became much more relaxed.
Although the Spring Festival Gala is stressful, there is a backup tape as a backup. In case of any accidents, it can be directly cut, which is a psychological comfort for the participating guests.
Many stars who use the Spring Festival Gala to enrich their personal connections are talking in twos and threes. As the most eye-catching boy in the song project of this Spring Festival Gala, Zhou Yi met a host who currently has a very high status in CCTV at the end of the show——
Zhu Jun.
One of the big-name victims of the future Weibo essay slander.
Twenty years of hard work in one day, winning the lawsuit but no one knows.
This result is a bit ridiculous for people like Zhu Jun.
After all, in the traditional impression of Chinese people, CCTV celebrities of this level should actually have enough self-protection ability. Don’t you see that Jin Ye is still living freely and freely?
It can only be said that this person is probably really without any backstage, and he can’t play with public opinion, so that in the era of mobile Internet, his wisdom was ruined by a simple essay.
"Hello, Zhou Yi."
Zhu Jun, who was waiting for Zhou Yi with the members of the "Art Life" director team after the show, smiled and stretched out his hand to him first: "Nice to meet you, I am Zhu Jun."
As one of the hosts of this Spring Festival Gala, Zhu Jun naturally participated in the recording of the backup tape.
"Brother Zhu, Brother Lang."
Zhou Yi, who was somewhat surprised that he was found by this person, asked in confusion after shaking hands: "Who are you two?"
"Are you convenient to chat, Zhou Yi?" As a veteran in the hosting industry, Zhu Jun spoke very measuredly, and his tone was just right, which made people feel comfortable.
As the only host of "Art Life", Zhu Jun, who has made his influence soar to a higher level with this program, can basically be said to be one of the face of CCTV. And the purpose of him and the channel director Lang Kun to find Zhou Yi is also very simple-
Invite him to do a special.
A special about musicians.
The theme is also clear-"Youth Has Youthful Madness·Zhou Yi".
"To be honest, I was quite surprised when the station gave me this task." Zhu Jun smiled very kindly.
He really didn't lie about this.
As one of CCTV's face programs, "Art Life" has been ranked among the top in terms of ratings and praise rates within CCTV since its launch in 2000. Although there are also task-based topics, the director team has always had a high degree of freedom in choosing topics.
Among those truly task-based topics, Zhou Yi is the only star who was designated to be a star.
How old is he?
"Hmm? How old are you to review your artistic life?"
Ten minutes later, Sun Yanzi, who was eating snacks on the spot because he was hungry, saw Zhou Yi who had returned. His cheeks were stuffed with food. He was surprised when he heard the words, and there were still cake crumbs left at the corners of his mouth.
"You're using the backdoor again, right? I think it's wrong for the outside world to call you CCTV's favorite son."
Xiao Yaxuan, who was used to starving herself to stay in shape under Yao Qian's discipline, was not as hungry as Sun Yanzi. Instead, she sat on the chair in the dressing room with her legs crossed, tilted her head and teased: "You should be CCTV's godfather."
"Go away, go away, how can you talk like that? I'm an artist now, be more respectful, understand? What godfather or not godfather, how ugly."
Zhou Yi sat down comfortably with insincere words, took the last plate of small cakes from Sun Yanzi's hand in her confused eyes, and held it in her arms: "I didn't expect that I could look back on my life without realizing it..."
No...
That, this, this is for me to eat...
Sun Yanzi on the side wanted to say something but stopped, especially after seeing Zhou Yi take a bite.