Chapter 158: At Least It Counts as a Small Port

Wang Feng, born in June 1971, was exactly thirty years old at the time, yet upon seeing the young Zhou Yi, he immediately bent his waist and took the initiative to greet and show goodwill.

In the domestic entertainment industry, fame equals seniority.

Wang Feng, who had already been battered by cruel reality round after round, never expected to see Zhou Yi in the company today.

After all, since Zhou Yi became famous, his appearances at Warner Ma Tian could be counted on one's fingers.

Among Warner's mainland artists, only Zhou Xun and Zhou Yi had many interactions in Taiwan and Hong Kong; Na Ying, signed in by Chen Zeshan, couldn't even find Zhou Yi to make friends and was currently getting along very well with Zhang Huimei.

Having unexpectedly run into Zhou Yi by sheer luck, Wang Feng, who was eager to make friends, searched his mind but suddenly found himself unable to say anything to build a connection.

Judged as someone who plays rock for the love of it.

"Hello."

Seeing right through Wang Feng's thoughts, Zhou Yi smiled and nodded at him: "Qian Jiang told me last year that the company signed a mainland rock male singer named Wang Feng, who is also very talented."

The current Wang Feng was obviously still searching for his musical path; since forming the Baojia Street Band in '94, he, a rock lover, had truly suffered a lot of rock hardships—

No money, no money, and still no money.

The slogans shouted loudly on their lips would lead to being spurned if one wanted to buy albums or commercialize; this was the reality for the vast number of so-called rock fans in the country during this period.

During the Baojia Street Band era, Wang Feng, who couldn't earn much money, was considered a genuine rock talent and a rising star in the rock world by many so-called old-timers. Then he willingly degenerated, and after signing with Warner, he embarked on an impure path of degenerate rock.

To be fair, Zhou Yi respected anyone who could persist in the Baojia Street Band for six years out of love.

If it were him, he would have run away in the first year of not making money.

Still rock? What kind of family background do you have, big brother? Still playing rock.

If one were to pick up something untouchable underground again, there would truly be nowhere to cry.

Hearing Zhou Yi mention the word "rock," a flicker of gloom passed over Wang Feng's expression; just as he was about to speak, he noticed Sun Yanzi's figure appearing at the end of the corridor not far away—

He then gathered his emotions, exchanged contact information with Zhou Yi, left a sentence saying, "Then I won't disturb you for now; let's have a meal together next time we're free," and tactfully left first.

"Eh? Who was that? Why did he walk away so fast as soon as he saw me?" Seeing Wang Feng's departing back, Sun Yanzi was somewhat puzzled.

"Half of the mainland rock music market."

"Ah?"

Seeing Sun Yanzi's eyes widen instantly, Zhou Yi chuckled and teased, "Just kidding."

Sun Yanzi looked at him suspiciously a few times.

Zhou Yi shrugged.

To be fair, if referring solely to rock music in the mainstream market, the future Wang Feng could indeed live up to that title.

To put it bluntly, Wang Feng, who found his musical path starting with "Fly Higher," could even be said to have carved out a territory in the mainland mainstream market of the first decade of the century with rock by his own efforts.

Although after the arrival of the mobile internet era, the musical attributes on him were gradually replaced by memes, it is undeniable that Wang Feng at his peak was one of the few comprehensive talents in the mainland who could write and produce his own songs without falling behind.

Sun Yanzi, who hated Zhou Yi's habit of only saying half a sentence, hadn't even had time to act up when the phones in both their pants pockets rang almost simultaneously, interrupting their idle chat—

"Fish Leong?"

"Jay Chou?"

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Taiwan, Rock Records building, in the lounge.

Facing the manager's eager anticipation, Fish Leong nodded after hanging up the phone: "Sun Yanzi agreed, and I asked Zhou Yi; he also agreed to meet and have a meal with me together with Sun Yanzi."

"Very good."

Only after confirming this good news did the manager breathe a sigh of relief: "Liang Jingru, the mainland music scene and market have positioned Zhou Yi very highly. Since this is your first time promoting an album in the mainland, paying a visit to him won't do you any harm."

"I understand."

Fish Leong nodded.

She and Zhou Yi had already fought a round on Taiwan's major charts last year.

Although the album sales were quite poor, in the annual song rankings, her "Courage" only lost by a hair's breadth.

As for this year...

There was simply no comparison at all.

Once the album "Jiangnan" was released, the entire Taiwan music scene currently had no one who could stand as his opponent except for F4, who relied on "Meteor Garden," and Harlem Yu; even Dai Peini had fallen behind with the passage of time.

With a legitimate album sales figure of 530,000 to date, no one on the entire island of Taiwan could beat him, not even F4.

Although her new album released at the beginning of the year, "Shining Heart," had a small hit song called "Unconditionally For You," she truly couldn't compete with Sun Yanzi, Elva Hsiao, Angela Chang, and Dai Peini in the Taiwan market.

To seek the development of new markets, Rock Records wanted her to go to the mainland for promotion and for this reason contacted the program "Happy Camp," which Zhou Yi had appeared on.

Precisely because both He Jiong and Zhou Yi were in the Imperial Capital, Rock Records decided to let Fish Leong come to pay a visit to Zhou Yi first to see if she could ride on his fame in the mainland.

Of course, to avoid suspicion, Rock Records contacted Sun Yanzi first, after all, Fish Leong had a boyfriend.

As for Jay Chou, Alpha Company's purpose in having him contact Zhou Yi was much the same as Fish Leong's. However, compared to Fish Leong, Jay Chou and Zhou Yi had an additional buff of knowing each other long ago.

"Jay Chou is also going on 'Happy Camp'? Didn't he release his album last year? Hasn't he released this year's album yet? Promoting last year's album?"

After listening to Zhou Yi's account, Sun Yanzi was somewhat confused: "Could it be that he is about to release a new album?"

"It should be soon."

Having encountered two people coming to pay a visit in a row, Zhou Yi immediately became cocky and raised an eyebrow at the woman: "How about it? Do you know my status in the mainland music scene now? Do you want to come and formally pay your respects to me too?"

"..."

Sun Yanzi rolled her eyes at him: "Come on, we're both young people; what are you pretending for? Wait until you can sit together with those older stars in the mainland before talking about it; it's ridiculous."

"A-Yi, Chen Daoming's manager came to confirm the schedule with me. They are preparing to invite you to dinner, and we can also discuss the previous matters; they also need your endorsement."

Just as he was speaking, Qian Jiang, who had returned from being busy, happened to see Zhou Yi after walking out of the elevator and hurriedly spoke up.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi pretended to be helpless, leaned over to the woman's side, and sighed heavily: "Sigh, short-sighted, ridiculous."

Sun Yanzi: "..."

(End of this chapter)