Chapter 256: Elva Hsiao Divided into Four Quarters

"Wrong, I was wrong..."

"You know you were wrong, right? Do you still want to buy me supplements?"

"No more supplements, no more supplements..."

A messy room, a person admitting fault.

A woman drenched in sweat lay half-bent on soft bedding, her temples soaked, full of regret for her own reckless words.

Chaotic breathing lingered above the room, sometimes long, sometimes short.

Elva Hsiao now just wanted to rest well.

This damn Zhou Yi's physical constitution was so good it was a bit excessive.

Clearly, because she had spent time exercising for her concert last year, she had spent several times more time on physical training than Zhou Yi, so how did it end up like this again?

Where is my stamina?

Where is my endurance?

"If you want to beat me, you're still two hundred thousand years early."

Holding Elva Hsiao's chin, which had no consciousness of resistance, and "forcing" her to look at him, Zhou Yi smiled wickedly: "Do you understand the gold content of 'combat power unknown, strong when meeting the strong'?"

Unable to refute, Elva Hsiao could only open her mouth, attempting to bite with her sharp teeth, but the moment her teeth bit the man's knuckles, she relaxed her force, finally just giving a light peck on his finger, leaving several shallow tooth marks.

"I slacked off on physical training over the New Year; wait until I get my stamina back."

"You have no hope this year; I have to hold concerts in the second half of the year, and by then, even if my physical constitution is exceptionally talented, I still need to strengthen my training."

Zhou Yi pretended to be in pain, shaking his finger, and watched the woman who, after recovering for a while, got up unsteadily and got out of bed, teasing: "By then, if you provoke me again, it'll be an hour starting point."

"An hour? Then my suggestion is you'd better go to the hospital first." Elva Hsiao retorted, not willing to show weakness.

The sky cleared, the rain stopped, she felt she was good again.

Then, as Zhou Yi got out of bed, she slipped into the bathroom in a flash—

After tidying up, the two, having called the hotel to send some food to eat, finally began to chat about each other's concerts this year.

Besides her new album "4U" this year, Elva Hsiao will hold two personal concerts with the theme "Shining Hong Kong" at Hong Kong's Hong Kong Coliseum from August 30 to September 1 in the second half of the year.

Just this point alone is enough to show how terrifying her current popularity is; the Hong Kong Coliseum held two consecutive concerts last year, and this year it will hold two consecutive concerts again.

Zhou Yi's "Star" concert venues in the domestic market will be even more numerous; starting from July 1, there will be a total of eight shows, involving the cities of Imperial Capital, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanchang, Nanjing, Qingdao, and Hong Kong.

If it weren't that public performances on the stage in Taiwan were simply impossible, Warner would have added two more Taipei concerts at any cost.

Regarding fan loyalty and spending power, Zhou Yi's fans in Taiwan, after experiencing a series of struggles against "suppression," have become the most capable group within Zhou Yi's fan base, without exception, belonging to the category of being purified to the point where they cannot be any purer.

In Warner's assessment, let alone holding two shows, holding three to four shows at the twenty-thousand-person level would probably be completely absorbed.

As the ringleader who suffered unfair treatment, the more popular Zhou Yi becomes, the more loyal Zhou Yi's fans in Taiwan are now, and the more willing they are to use consumption to express their support for their idol.

The past "Holy War" was not fought in vain.

Especially after Zhou Yi went abroad to fight for the international stage and achieved unprecedented success.

"Your photo book in Taiwan is second only to F4, who are crazily holding handshake meetings; this is achieved even under the situation where you cannot make a public appearance or perform on stage in Taiwan."

Speaking of this matter, Elva Hsiao was also extremely dissatisfied.

"That can't be helped, but I just like it when they try every way to restrict me, yet have to hold their noses and watch me still be red and hot on the island."

Zhou Yi, having taken a shower and changed into a bathrobe, ate something while sneering mercilessly: "If you have the ability, just don't let my records come over to sell."

Times have changed; if they had restricted album sales right at the beginning last year, Zhou Yi might have really been in trouble. This year is different; if you dare to ban it, it won't be him going to chat, but Warner Headquarters plus Coca-Cola Headquarters coming to chat personally.

In the current era, Time Warner has not weakened too much; once it gets serious, besides a few behemoths like Disney, not many people dare to touch it.

"Very domineering; now that you've become an international superstar, you're tough."

Elva Hsiao watched the man pouting with disdain with great interest; the latter turned his head indifferently: "Have you decided on the tone of your new album?"

"Decided. The theme is 【Four Elva Hsiao】 + 【FourYou Dedicated to You】 + 【4YOU Four Styles】; the concept is simply abbreviated as the album name '4U', implying that through this album I will show fans four different types of me; in the album, I also have four colors to represent four different attitudes of myself."

Green Elva Hsiao represents liveliness, humor, relaxation, and no pretense;

Red Elva Hsiao represents directness, determination, passion, and power.

Blue Elva Hsiao implies depth like the sky and the ocean;

White Elva Hsiao implies simplicity, quietness, and containing infinite possibilities.

Elva Hsiao divided into four parts, even playing different music genres.

From the perspective of the album concept, one has to say that Yao Qian of Virgin, as one of the few Taiwanese music company leaders who could still keep up with the mainstream music version after entering the new century, lives up to his name.

However, Yao Qian in this period clearly had already started to pursue musical expression too much while neglecting market popularity, resulting in this album selling purely on the strength of Elva Hsiao's own high popularity.

In Zhou Yi's memory, after the release of "4U", Yao Qian obviously also realized this problem, and then customized the big killer track "The Main Song of Love".

"Now, besides the five songs with lyrics written by my teacher, there is also one song with lyrics and composition by myself that has been confirmed to be included," Elva Hsiao said, holding a piece of pizza in one hand: "Then there are also a few songs by Lin Xi tentatively planned."

"You and your teacher together make six songs, so why do you need Lin Xi? Why not negotiate with your teacher, add a bit more money, and I'll take the rest."

"Really?"

Elva Hsiao was stunned for a moment; her first reaction was not euphoria, but a frown: "You haven't released your own album this year yet, right? Don't fall behind on your own progress for the sake of my album."

"Right now, there are not a few singers in the domestic market waiting to see you laugh, and singers who want to step on you to rise to power.

"You might not know that last year, an underground hip-hop singer in Taiwan named Hot Dog mocked you in a song called 'Korean Wave Arrives', saying that just like Utada Hikaru next door in Japan, you can just sell a few million easily, and he was very unconvinced."

Because this song was not formally recorded as a record, but merely circulated widely in the Taiwanese underground hip-hop scene after being produced as a single, the sales volume was not sufficient to enter Warner's vision, so Qian Jiang never mentioned it to Zhou Yi at all.

In Qian Jiang's view, given Zhou Yi's current status, dealing with such an underground singer who hasn't even debuted was undoubtedly losing face.

Even taking a step back, there are quite a few people in the entire underground rock market and hip-hop market who dislike Zhou Yi, saying his pop-rock songs are fake rock, not rock at all; saying his hip-hop is fake hip-hop, actually not hip-hop at all.

Zhou Yi cannot deal with every single one of these underground moles.

The only area that might not have expressed an opinion on true or false is the folk field, but they are also very dissatisfied with Zhou Yi's current posture of completely giving up folk music for albums, cursing him every day in their own small circle for forgetting his roots, and refusing to even re-record a folk song he sang before debuting.

"Rest assured, the things I have to do this year are actually relatively not that many; before starting the publicity run, I am actually quite free."

Regarding the fact that Hot Dog actually included himself in the song "Korean Wave Arrives", to be honest, Zhou Yi was indeed a bit surprised, but that was about it.

While pondering, he quickly settled on the four songs to produce for Jolin Tsai—one for each of her four facets.

Lively and spirited green: Jolin Tsai and Jay Chou's "Pirate";

Steady and powerful red: A-Lin's "No Crime in Heartbreak";

Deep blue: A-Lin's "Give Me a Reason to Forget";

Simple pure white: Jolin Tsai and Jay Chou's "Prague Square".

(End of this chapter)