Chapter 310: I Have No Interest in Money

"I have a question."

"Speak."

"Didn't I die?"

Seeming to feel it was slightly inauspicious, Sun Yanzi paused in her tone, then swiftly turned her head and spat twice, "Pah, pah," before turning back to say, "You died in your MV."

"Right, so this is your album."

Zhou Yi shrugged: "Listeners hearing it for the first time can understand it as a brand new story, or as echoing 'Fairy Tale'. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes."

As a song, without a doubt, 'Between the Rainbows' possessed emotional resonance above the standard line and was qualified as a commercial track.

This was also the most fundamental reason why, appearing only twice as an insert song in the drama 'iPartment', it managed to trigger widespread dissemination.

Songs without quality cannot achieve this.

And in reality, the few songs in the album 'Leave' stuffed in to target the commercial market did not achieve the expected results; this album was also the one among Sun Yanzi's early albums that spawned the most so-called 'obscure masterpieces'—

The musical styles and types were extremely varied.

If not for a major theme placed here, it would sound even more like a chaotic stew of various styles.

"Then what are these things that look like ghostly scribbles?"

Sun Yanzi, whose opinion of the song 'Between the Rainbows' could only be described as passable, immediately asked about the random scribbles on the papers on Zhou Yi's coffee table.

"Qian Jiang told me that you want this album to complete as many different music type performances as possible within limited space, so I was thinking about what types you haven't touched yet; these ghostly scribbles are ideas I rejected."

Zhou Yi, rubbing his chin, looked Sun Yanzi up and down for a long while, then as if thinking of something, said, "Hum a couple of lines of 'Dong Feng Po' for me to hear."

"'Dong Feng Po'?"

Sun Yanzi was obviously somewhat surprised, but seeing Zhou Yi's eager expression, she complied anyway—

"A cup of parting sorrow stands alone at the window; I pretend behind the door that you haven't left yet.

"Returning to the old place like a new visit, the full moon is even more lonely; the candle flame awake at midnight cannot bear to blame me~"

Her right hand resting on her thigh instinctively kept the beat; Sun Yanzi's unique tone singing 'Dong Feng Po' had a special flavor.

As the 'Warner Twins' widely rumored in the outside world, although Zhou Yi had played 'Hua Tian Cuo' in his debut album and extended 'Zai Mei Bian', 'Dong Feng Po', and 'Xi Xiang' in his second album, for her, she had truly never touched this style of song.

Listening and listening, gradually, two songs floated into Zhou Yi's mind—

'Butterfly Lovers' and 'Clear Rain on the Qingming Festival'.

The former was a song with lyrics and composition by Peng Qing, sung by Huang Yali. Since Huang Yali herself was a die-hard fan of Sun Yanzi, the singing style of this song was actually somewhat similar to Sun Yanzi's;

As for the latter, it was one of Xu Song's representative works in his career.

Since the album 'Leave' focused on trying musical diversity, even bringing in a proper rock style song, then him taking charge of integrating 'Guofeng' was not impossible.

It would also help him build his reputation, and Warner could exert effort in marketing along this direction.

Especially the song 'Butterfly Lovers'.

This song's arrangement regarding the fusion and application of Eastern and Western instruments was extremely elegant.

Sun Yanzi, who was not very interested in traditional commercial songs like 'Between the Rainbows', immediately perked up upon hearing Zhou Yi wanted to arrange for her to explore a new style, and enthusiastically began discussing arrangement-related information with him.

Judging by the momentum, if not for having to rehearse at the Workers' Stadium tomorrow, the increasingly excited Sun Yanzi would definitely have chatted with Zhou Yi all night long.

"Stop, stop, stop, I need to go home for dinner."

"Together, together, I'm treating tonight!"

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The next day, after rehearsing for almost a full day, Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi finished the final run-through around five in the afternoon, began showering and changing clothes, preparing to welcome the press conference scheduled for 8:08 PM tonight.

Called a press conference, it was actually more like a victory banquet put on by Warner itself.

Not only was the banquet hall placed inside the China World Trade Center building, but the dinner standard was also customized to the highest specification.

Because of her backing vocals in 'Good Time', Warner specifically arranged for Sun Yanzi herself to attend this press conference—

The evening of the 25th, 8:08 PM.

After dinner, the always bustling China World Trade Center welcomed its most dense concentration of flashbulbs in history on time tonight—

Arriving right on time, Zhou Yi murdered who knows how many rolls of film; dressed simply in a white T-shirt and jeans, he complemented Sun Yanzi, who wore a black-and-white striped long dress—perfectly matched.

Zhou Yi, who had put on sunglasses in advance this time, still maintained a smile when stepping on stage; Sun Yanzi, who wasn't wearing sunglasses, was not as pretentious as him, facing the intermittent flashbulbs without even blinking her eyes.

"Zhou Yi! Yanzi! May I ask if the two of you will cooperate on English songs to charge toward the international music scene in the future? 'Good Time' has already topped the singles charts in the music rankings of four countries: the UK, France, Germany, and Belgium. What are your thoughts?"

"Currently, the focus of both my and Yanzi's plans is our respective Chinese albums for the second half of the year. As for thoughts, I have no thoughts; it feels like a natural progression."

Zhou Yi's characteristic tone; words that should have been very annoying, when spoken by him with a serious face, instead added a touch of natural teasing.

In comparison, the ambiguous, Tai Chi-playing Sun Yanzi deeply grasped the essence of Zhou Yi's hype, never straying from the two of them's album cooperation for the second half of the year in three sentences—

"As for cooperation, there is still plenty of time in the future. Moreover, forms of cooperation are diverse; for example, my and Zhou Yi's new albums for the second half of the year are actually another form of cooperation."

"Zhou Yi, since your English album is so successful now, does this mean your work focus will gradually shift to English from now on?"

"Impossible, false news."

Zhou Yi raised his hand and waved: "My basic base will always be domestic, always Chinese albums. Next."

"Zhou Yi, what is your view on the news currently hotly discussed online that you earned one hundred million in a week? Some claim you are now the wealthiest person in the entire entertainment industry; is this true?"

"I don't know; perhaps the netizens discussing these are all financial staff I hired."

Zhou Yi shook his head: "In fact, I myself am not clear on exactly how much money I have earned right now, because the album revenue sharing time hasn't arrived yet; nothing has been settled."

"Don't you have any estimate of your own?"

"No."

Zhou Yi leaned back tactically with an air of integrity: "I haven't touched money for a very long time; I have no interest in money."

"..."

"..."

"..."

You son of a bitch!

Does your conscience not hurt saying that?!

The reporters below the stage all wore strange expressions; on the stage, Sun Yanzi, who had been struggling to maintain her composure, could barely hold it together after hearing Zhou Yi say those words—

It was clear she was trying very hard to suppress the upward curve of her lips, but in the end, she still couldn't control it.

A total failure of composure!

She lowered her head slightly, trying hard not to laugh out loud.

PS: I finished writing and thought I'd take a nap, but ended up sleeping—damn it.

I suddenly woke up and realized I hadn't posted it yet.

(End of this chapter)