Chapter 155: Warner's Traditional Art?

"I didn't do anything, so how did I become Empress? These media people are sick."

Sun Yanzi, who had been trailing behind Zhou Yi, looked indignant and fiercely criticized in her not-very-familiar Cantonese vocabulary: "If I were Empress, the first thing I'd do is fire Chen Zeshan and make him urge me to work every day."

"Is it possible that an Empress cannot interfere in politics?" Zhou Yi, having finished packing his luggage, sat in a chair and glanced sideways at the indignant woman.

"???"

Hearing this, Sun Yanzi looked incredulous: "Do you really think of yourself as the Emperor?"

"If I were the Emperor, the first thing I'd do is replace the Empress they call you in the media." Zhou Yi, chewing gum, blew a bubble: "It would be so much better if it were Li Jiaxin."

"You're being picky."

Sun Yanzi, lying diagonally on the sofa eating snacks and watching TV, heard this and immediately wrinkled her nose with disgust: "I haven't even asked if you, this Emperor, are ashamed of yourself."

"Guo Fucheng has no objections, so who do you think you are?"

"Zheng Xiuwen hasn't said she wants to replace me, the Empress, so who do you think you are?"

The two, neither willing to yield, glared at each other, yet neither showed the slightest respect for the theoretical number one man and number one woman of Warner in the current theory.

The potato chips in Sun Yanzi's mouth crunched loudly; Zhou Yi, having spat out his gum, reached out to grab some, but she twisted her body to dodge, simultaneously kicking him in the waist with her foot to push him away.

The theme song that Zhou Yi had once sung for "Young Bao Qingtian 1" played again on the TV; Sun Yanzi watched "Young Bao Qingtian 2," which reused this song, with great interest—

"Go, go, go, the TV drama is starting, don't disturb me from watching TV."

"Sun Yanzi, this is my lounge, okay? Your lounge is across the door."

"What's the difference?"

Sun Yanzi coughed once, casually threw a bag of hidden snacks at him from behind her back, grinned, and bribed him: "We're all waiting to board the plane for the mainland soon, so don't worry about these things."

Because they were filming a new music video together, Sun Yanzi had to return to the mainland with Zhou Yi this time. However, for some unknown reason, it was almost time to depart for the airport, yet Chen Zeshan still hadn't arrived.

The carefree Sun Yanzi felt nothing, but Zhou Yi, whose imagination was running wild, couldn't help but mutter to himself—

That bastard Chen Niangniang wants to act like a diva again, right?

More than ten minutes later, when Qian Jiang walked into Zhou Yi's lounge in a hurry, the ugly look on his face attracted the attention of the two who turned around.

Zhou Yi curiously raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"

"Chen Zeshan is in trouble; there will definitely be many reporters trying to block you two at the airport right now. This matter is very sensitive, and in the strict sense, it has nothing to do with you; it's something Chen Zeshan caused himself. Remember not to say a single word more on this topic..."

Qian Jiang's words caused the half-bitten potato chip in Sun Yanzi's mouth to instantly fall onto the sofa.

On the afternoon of August 15, 2001, a major incident occurred in the Taiwanese entertainment industry—

Cai Yilin, known as the "Boy Killer" under Universal Records, held a press conference with her parents, sister, and lawyer, tearing up her relationship with her former company.

In theory, this press conference should have only involved Cai Yilin's management company and Universal Records, but Cai Yilin's tearful accusation at the press conference that her former Universal Music Director Chen Zeshan colluded with her manager to trick her into signing a slave contract directly caused a huge uproar on the island.

In Cai Yilin's tearful complaint, her management company, Dasheng Entertainment, not only withheld her performance fees but had also previously bypassed her father, tricked her and her mother into reaching an agreement with Chen Zeshan, who was then still working at Universal, and signed a contract, causing her record contract to transfer to Chen Zeshan's Warner faction in the near future.

Once this news broke, the entire Taiwanese entertainment field was in an uproar.

Chen Zeshan jumped from Universal to Warner in 2000; if what Cai Yilin said is true, then it means her contract was undoubtedly prepared by Chen Zeshan for his jump to Warner, and Cai Yilin herself was completely unaware.

Precisely because of this, Warner faced considerable pressure and criticism, and Sun Yanzi, whom Chen Zeshan managed, was also implicated to a large extent.

Many media outlets speculated whether Chen Zeshan, when he first jumped to Warner, intended to bring over Cai Yilin, whom he had built up from scratch at Universal Records, to boost his own performance, only to encounter the suddenly rising Sun Yanzi at Warner.

Just as Cai Yilin's recent record sales were not very impressive and Universal's support for her had dropped again and again, Chen Zeshan chose to abandon Cai Yilin and chose the currently popular Sun Yanzi.

This led Cai Yilin, who felt neglected and betrayed, to find an excuse and wanted to take this opportunity to break away from her original Dasheng Entertainment company and Universal Records.

Some media outlets, even enjoying the chaos and not fearing the trouble, directly blamed Cai Yilin's current predicament on Sun Yanzi, and Zhou Yi was also implicated.

"If there were no Sun Yanzi, Cai Yilin could have rightfully entered Warner based on this contract with Chen Zeshan and become the female singer Warner strongly promoted."

"And Chen Zeshan could have used Cai Yilin's popularity and performance at that time to kick out Zhou Jianhui, who had not yet discovered Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi, and take the position of General Manager."

"But the appearance of Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi broke Chen Zeshan's plan; he could only continue to be Warner's Vice General Manager..."

No matter where, conspiracy theories always have a very broad market, especially when this conspiracy theory involves Warner Music, a company that has always had a tradition of internal strife.

The names of Zhou Jianhui, Chen Zeshan, Sun Yanzi, and Zhou Yi were directly stirred together by the media's amplification after Cai Yilin's accusations at the press conference.

Also because it involved Zhou Yi, a major traffic magnet, this negative news belonging to Warner attracted widespread attention in both the Taiwanese and Hong Kong entertainment industries.

Many Taiwanese and Hong Kong media outlets even spread rumors that Sun Yanzi disliked Cai Yilin entering Warner to compete with her, so she united with Zhou Yi to boycott her, which caused Chen Zeshan to change his mind and tear up his relationship with Cai Yilin, forcing both the Warner official and Chen Zeshan himself to make explanations to the outside world.

Due to the guidance of schemers and the muddying of waters by some competitors, Zhou Yi, who had just caused an earth-shattering commotion in Hong Kong, hadn't even gone to Taiwan yet, but was forced to show his face again because of this matter.

You, Zhou Yi, have been called "The Supreme Ruler" and "Emperor" by the Hong Kong media; agreeing to Empress Sun Yanzi's overtures and denying Cai Yilin the possibility of joining Warner is very reasonable, right?

Zhou Yi himself laughed: "Damn, if I could really cover the sky with one hand inside Warner, what would happen?"

Sun Yanzi, who was shot while lying down, scratched her head: "I only met Cai Yilin at a few award ceremonies last year; why do these media outlets connect me with her?"

Zhou Yi sneered and wrinkled his nose: "It's just hyping up the heat; Chen Zeshan is actually willing to sacrifice his own reputation."

(End of Chapter)