Chapter 274: What Does It Mean to Be an Ambassador?

As the song ended, under the gaze of the entire audience, Zhou Yi rose from his seat and, with extreme gentlemanly grace, extended his left hand toward the woman beside the piano—

Sun Yanzi, beaming with joy, lightly raised her right hand and placed her palm into the man's slightly rough palm; the two held hands and bowed slightly toward the audience together.

In a venue of over eight thousand people, the alternating screams and cheers gradually merged into the continuous applause, and the unified shouts caused a mischievous smile to instantly spread across Zhou Yi's face, which had been serious for barely two seconds—

"Let us thank Sun Yanzi!"

Sun Yanzi:???

If I remember correctly, isn't this supposed to be my concert?

The audience downstairs, coincidentally, joined Zhou Yi in making a scene—the voices of "Thank you, Sun Yanzi" and the like came one after another, leaving her at a loss between laughter and tears; she could only slap the man's shoulder, which was right there, with her right hand and scolded with a laugh: "This is my concert, you know. Your concert is in the second half of the year, okay?"

"Heh, woman."

Zhou Yi pouted: "When you invited me back then, we agreed on this, but now you've changed your mind."

"I didn't!"

On stage, Sun Yanzi, who seemed to have been personally slandered by Zhou Yi himself, was so "furious" she almost wanted to strangle him with her hands; Zhou Yi, after being choked, also completely dropped his idol persona and perfectly replicated the technique of opening his mouth and closing his eyes while suffering, causing the fans downstairs, who had just recovered from their excitement, to burst into laughter—

The two singers weren't singing; it seemed they had switched to performing a sketch comedy on stage.

For others, this might have seemed a bit off, but for Sun Yanzi's fans, who often saw their idol being a show-off and laughing happily on variety shows, this behavior was nothing but normal.

She could even imitate Wu Bai's singing style and make fun of singing in public; what else couldn't she do?

Even Zhou Yi, who rarely appeared on variety shows, had left behind a few funny scenes, including a famous moment where he cooked on the spot on "Happy Camp."

After that Zhou Yi episode helped "Happy Camp" top the ratings, some domestic programs also began trying the idea of having guests show off their cooking skills on the show, so now many people jokingly call Zhou Yi "the first domestic celebrity to cook in public."

"Earlier, when the show just started, I remember someone downstairs asked if you often slack off at the company. Since you're out here now, you should answer that question yourself."

"Everyone, don't believe him! I'm very busy at the company. If anyone is slacking off, it's only Yanzi; I absolutely never slack off."

Seeing Sun Yanzi transform into a reporter, Zhou Yi pretended to be helpless and shrugged, then turned to the audience and asked: "With songs as proof, has everyone here heard my new song?"

"Yes!!!"

"Is it good?!"

"It's good!!"

"Thanks for the support; this is my proof that I haven't been slacking off."

Zhou Yi's unblushing, unbreathless appearance made Sun Yanzi unable to hold back her laughter; knowing he was just talking nonsense, she, feeling guilty, instinctively raised her left hand and covered her rising smile with the back of her hand.

"Zhou Yi! Stop explaining! Where's your new album!"

That fierce fan in the front row who had bought scalper tickets shouted loudly, her voice so loud that Zhou Yi on stage turned his head in surprise and widened his eyes slightly, looking toward the direction the sound came from—

Zhou Yi's sudden expression of surprise was precisely projected onto the large screen at the venue, and combined with the live director, who knew exactly how to create an effect, turning another camera angle toward that female fan—

She looked thin and weak, wearing round glasses, with long hair tied into a ponytail at the back; holding a glow stick in her left hand and a Warner Twins poster in her right, it was clear she was a die-hard fan of the Twins CP.

"Yeah, where's your new album?"

Because she had been singing as much as possible before, Sun Yanzi managed to save a lot of time during this chat segment to tease Zhou Yi, transforming into a "war correspondent" and interviewing him with a smile, which also served as an advertisement for his upcoming album.

"This mainly depends on the company's arrangements; the Chinese album won't be ready that soon because the company places more importance on the quality of my MVs this time."

Taking the opportunity of Sun Yanzi's concert to advertise for himself, Zhou Yi smiled and explained the process: "For the MV of this new album, I have a very bold attempt, so the company demands perfection."

The downside of hiring Jiang Wen became apparent here; the progress is still in the preparation stage, and it would be a victory if everything could be finished by July and the album could be on shelves by September.

Although not as meticulous as Wong Kar-wai, Jiang Wen is also famous for having many and high demands; he takes care of every detail, even the various studio sets, even if it's just an MV.

It's only because Zhou Yi's foundation is laid out here that Warner is willing to spend money and let him burn through it; if it were the original Warner number one, Guo Fucheng, he wouldn't get this treatment.

However, when Zhou Yi said this on stage, the audience downstairs automatically filtered out what they didn't want to hear and precisely captured five words: "bold attempt."

What does that mean?

Is Zhou Yi's new album going to do something big?

"Of course, for some well-known reasons, the company is also urging me to release an English album; you know what I mean." At the end, Zhou Yi dropped another heavy bomb—

"Last year's 'The Lazy Song' and this year's 'Waving Flag' are both tracks from my first English album."

—?!

If both of these singles are to be included in the English album, doesn't that mean Zhou Yi prepared this English album very early on?

Upon hearing this, the fans and audience downstairs realized.

They had wrongly accused Zhou Yi!

He really wasn't slacking off; while he was busy producing the Chinese album before, he had already started planning the English album!

Seeing his goal achieved, Zhou Yi gave Sun Yanzi a look; the latter understood immediately, then returned to being serious, stopped laughing and joking, took back control of the stage, and began to manage the crowd.

After all, this was her concert.

Only at her concert could Zhou Yi pull off these kinds of stunts.

Under the eager anticipation of the fans, Zhou Yi subsequently collaborated with Sun Yanzi on three songs: "Little Happiness," "Kite," and "Your Smile," as well as a solo performance of "Waving Flag" by Zhou Yi as a guest after Sun Yanzi went offstage to change clothes.

There was no "Summer Blown by the Wind" that the fans had been hoping for.

So when Zhou Yi was preparing to leave after Sun Yanzi returned to the stage, the audience kept shouting "Encore," occasionally mixing in "Summer Blown by the Wind," but this request was never fulfilled.

Only "Black and Black Sky" created many scenes of fans shipping the couple, and the news exclusively revealed by Zhou Yi at the concert somewhat comforted people's hearts.

At least it wasn't a wasted trip.

The next day, whether in Singapore or China, the entertainment headlines of all media outlets were entirely about Zhou Yi's surprising performance and exclusive scoop at Sun Yanzi's Singapore concert—

This original way of announcing the new album not only made the fans who bought tickets to the venue feel satisfied and surprised but also meant Warner didn't need to spend effort or money holding any press conference; the media rushed to report on it directly.

It was a total win.

"According to Zhou Yi's statement, isn't he going to release the English album before the World Cup this year? This song of his right now is aimed at the World Cup."

"Does anyone know why Zhou Yi's Chinese album is delayed for so long? Which Wang Ba directed it? Zhou Yi wasn't this slow before; did the crew really have an internal conflict and disband again?"

"No, wait, why did Zhou Yi go to the UK?! Quickly check the official website of Arsenal Football Club in the UK!"

Earthly!

(End of this chapter)