Chapter 324: Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Talents

That's the kind of talk I love to hear; say more.

Zhou Yi's lips at the side couldn't help but curl upward.

"What about the other character?"

"Oh, she got married to Zhou Yi."

Reporter: "???"

Seeing Chen Hao's face beaming with a brilliant smile, the reporter for a moment couldn't tell whether she was expressing happiness about marrying Zhou Yi in the MV or happiness at having teased him.

"Then may I ask if this character's marriage plot was specially arranged for you by Zhou Yi? This is already your third collaboration, right?"

"Actually, the number of times we have collaborated is far greater than you imagine. As for the MV plot segment, I think everyone should stop guessing blindly; the script was not written by Zhou Yi."

After dropping a remark that was enough to let the reporters' imaginations run wild, Chen Hao shoved the microphone into the hands of Zhou Yi, who was standing aside watching the show, and teased, "Or, you can ask him yourselves."

"It was Jiang Wen."

Zhou Yi directly exposed the "arch-criminal," and even publicly teased about his past achievements to highlight his own purity and innocence: "You know, he has always been so domineering and decisive on set."

"..."

"Let him—let him go to hell! Did Zhou Yi really say that?"

On the other side, Jiang Wen soon learned that Zhou Yi was bad-mouthing him; he almost let out a national treasure of a curse, laughing and scolding, "Do you really believe what he says? He is such a willful and arrogant person; could he possibly be controlled by a mere me?"

"If that were truly the case, you would have seen him publicly scolding me until I was covered in dog blood long ago. Is there any such scene? Not at all, right?"

"He didn't even indulge others when he was in the United States, unfamiliar with the people and places; this is purely jealousy because I look more manly than him."

Reporter: "..."

Don't be like that; we are scared.

They originally just wanted to confirm whether the rumors of internal conflict within the crew were true, but after these two had gone on like this, it seemed no one dared to draw a conclusion on their own.

"Zhou Yi, Tao Zhe's new album 'Black Tofu' caused quite a sensation after its release in Taiwan; what is your evaluation of his album?"

Just recently on August 9, Tao Zhe, who had been away from the music scene for two years, finally released his brand-new original music album blending multiple styles: 'Black Tofu'.

However, while Tao Zhe's fans were so excited they ran around telling everyone, this album also quickly brought him much criticism—some believed that his harsh criticism of current affairs in the album regarding Taiwan was solely to win awards at mainland music galas.

Besides that, some were also full of confidence in Tao Zhe's path to the Golden Melody Awards next year.

Even Tao Zhe himself retained high expectations for the album 'Black Tofu'.

"It is an excellent album; Tao Zhe has always been a very capable musician, and I really like his album."

Zhou Yi grinned: "Especially this title track, 'Black Tofu'."

If he were to speak the truth, he actually preferred 'Red Chamber Spring' in the album, which replaced the song 'Hate Dream of the Red Chamber'.

And in this entire album, only this one song was a genuine new song for him.

I've heard it; it's good! Awesome!

Seeing that Zhou Yi was willing to answer questions related to Tao Zhe, more reporters instantly surged toward his direction—

"No wonder it's Zhou Yi; he doesn't avoid the albums and songs of all competitors."

"Or perhaps Zhou Yi no longer considers them competitors? So it doesn't matter whether he evaluates them or not?"

"..."

The reporters, who were discussing in a flurry, immediately asked a question that made Zhou Yi feel shocked—

"Zhou Yi, may I ask what you think of Cai Yilin's new song 'Knight Spirit' released after her comeback a year later? This song is now considered by the outside world to be the beginning of the romance between Jay Chou and Cai Yilin; are you aware of this matter?"

"What is your opinion on the title 'Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Talents'?"

"'Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Talents'? Wait, putting aside the topic of whether Jay Chou is in a relationship or not, what is the situation with this 'Three Talents'?"

Zhou Yi, who had been holed up in the crew these past few days, was extremely curious—

Then, he learned three names from Zhikou: Elva Hsiao, Cai Yilin, and Fish Leong.

On August 7, 2002, after being active for nearly a week with the help of Sony Music following the release of the non-profit single 'Knight Spirit', Cai Yilin made a powerful comeback; her popularity recovered at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, her hardworking persona began to constantly brainwash passersby listeners.

Of course, not through her own mouth.

"Cai Yilin is not someone with extremely high talent like Elva Hsiao; she is actually more like you, me, or her next door, an ordinary person who knows her talent is inferior to others and strives to catch up with geniuses."

"Just as I said above, in terms of talent alone, if Elva Hsiao is a genius, then the adjective most suitable for Cai Yilin, I think, is none other than 'Earth Talent'..."

To be honest, this report initially failed to make a splash in Taiwan until Cai Yilin herself stepped in—

At the first fan meeting after her comeback, she intentionally or unintentionally mentioned this report, choking up as she said that although she was not capable, she would definitely work hard, work harder, and work even harder to bring joy and good works to everyone, achieving an incredibly effective result.

Originally, her career had been stalled for a year due to legal issues, and after the purification process, many fans who remained loyal and never left were filled with the thought that the world was persecuting our 'sister'.

Sony, which was already skilled in fan operations, thus created a bunch of imaginary enemies to shoot at in the void, thereby enhancing fan cohesion, and quite cunningly pinned the blame on Elva Hsiao, one of the two hottest female singers at the time.

I've already praised you as a genius; you can't possibly turn against me now, right?

That would make you look so petty; others wouldn't even be able to praise you once.

Everyone at Virgin Records was furious, cursing Sony as shameless and utterly wicked, but it still couldn't change Cai Yilin's marketing, which stuck to them like a dog's leech and followed them like a shadow—

Of course, the next one to feel uncomfortable was Formosa Records.

After the idol drama 'MVP Lover' in which she acted was broadcast, Zhang Shaohan, who had started to become popular in the field of idol dramas, hadn't even reacted yet, and Sony behind Cai Yilin already had the intention to kick her out of the ranks of the Little Heavenly Queens.

The reason was very simple: these two were the only two female singers who debuted around the millennium and had starred in idol dramas; in each other's eyes, their ecological niches overlapped.

Although the idol drama starring Cai Yilin had not yet been broadcast, securing the position first was certainly not wrong.

Don't ask; if you ask, it's 'Earth Talent' and 'Girl Next Door'!

Formosa Records, which was a beat slow, simply started a war of attrition with Sony directly; the news battle was so hot that it made Rock Records suffer.

Or rather, it was Fish Leong, the top artist under Rock Records at present.

As the only singer among the former candidates for the Four Little Heavenly Queens of Taiwan who had absolutely no connection with Zhou Yi, her fans' rise in popularity during this public opinion war was far inferior to that of Cai Yilin's fans, who dared to fight simultaneously against both Elva Hsiao's fans and Zhang Shaohan's fans.

"Rock Records felt that things couldn't go on like this; Fish Leong might be kicked out of the ranks of Little Heavenly Queen candidates, so after much deliberation, they decided to follow suit and increased their marketing...?"

In the crew, Zhou Yi, having finished today's filming, ate watermelon to relieve the heat while listening to the news Qian Jiang had looked up for him—

In the past, among the candidates for Taiwan's Four Little Heavenly Queens, Sun Yanzi and Elva Hsiao held their positions unshakably, with fans fighting daily over who was number one, while the remaining two spots saw a three-way competition between Zhang Shaohan, Cai Yilin, and Fish Leong.

Thus, some talent at Rock Records gave Fish Leong the persona of "talent": meaning she was a rare singing talent.

And just like that, the topic exploded—

Genius Elva Hsiao, Earth-Talent Cai Yilin, Talent Fish Leong.

Heaven, Earth, and Man, the Three Talents, all present!

Setting aside Sun Yanzi, who was marketed on the "twin stars" track, this Heaven-Earth-Man trio directly and forcefully bound the three together to prevent Fish Leong from being kicked out.

Many related discussion threads even appeared on Tianya, and some busybodies, seeing the high discussion volume, even attempted to rate a male version of the Heaven-Earth-Man trio—

"The Genius is definitely Zhou Yi, no question; for Earth-Talent, I vote for Xie Tingfeng, after all, he often says he works hard at singing, performing, and practicing. As for Talent... who to choose? Jay Chou? Or Wang Lihong?"

"Why isn't Tao Zhe included? Are you a Xie Tingfeng fan?"

"Tao Zhe is how old already? How does he have the face to take up a spot? Old thing, don't you see the selection criteria are all for young people?"

"Damn! Why can't it be Ah Du! Ah Du works hard too!"

"Give it up, Ah Du is how old? If the music assistant named Lin Junjie around him debuted and became a huge hit, then maybe he could participate in the ranking..."

(End of this chapter)