Chapter 427

Edgar Miles Bronfman Jr., Little Edgar Bronfman.

Male, born May 16, 1955; the surname Bronfman in his name represents a truly wealthy family background.

Of course, compared to his own origins, this man is somewhat abstract. Not only did the family company he owned suffer various failed transformations, but its core business was also carved up by others—

In 2000, Little Edgar Bronfman, wanting to fully enter the entertainment industry, leveraged his extraordinary financial power and family network to successfully acquire shares of Universal through his controlled family enterprise, Seagram, and he himself became the Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Group.

He thought he could now start making big moves, but in the end, Little Edgar Bronfman found himself trapped in a pit—

His position as CEO was purely a figurehead; he could almost not intervene in Universal's most important entertainment businesses, and his family enterprise, Seagram, wasted too much energy due to disputes on the Universal side, eventually forcing it to sell its core beverage division to its two former competitors.

From then on, he and the family behind him lost control of the Seagram company.

This wealthy heir, who thought he had mastered the rules of the entertainment circle, finally realized he was still too naive.

There were simply too many twists and turns in this; even though he had worked as a film producer, a theater producer, and even a songwriter to enter the entertainment industry, that was still not enough.

After a year of struggling, not only did he fail to get a foothold in Universal's entertainment sector, but his own Seagram company was carved up by others.

In 2000, he took office at Universal with high spirits; in 2001, he resigned and stepped down in disgrace.

This made Little Edgar Bronfman very angry.

A fall into the pit teaches a lesson; the failure at Universal made Little Edgar Bronfman re-examine his entertainment industry strategy and shift his focus to Time Warner, which stood alongside Universal.

Or rather, this time he learned his lesson; his appetite was no longer so big, but instead he focused specifically on the subsidiary under Time Warner—Warner Records.

In 2000, Time Warner acquired America Online, the world's largest internet service provider; they thought it was a win-win deal, but no one expected it to become a giant mountain dragging down Time Warner.

Various tangled and unresolved interests caused the entire Time Warner to fall into long-term internal friction and losses.

At the end of 2002, Time Warner, which could no longer maintain its outward glamour, under various pressures, began to ponder whether to sell some of its cash cows that could still fetch a price to replenish its blood.

Little Edgar Bronfman keenly smelled this opportunity and, as a consortium investor, began to contact Time Warner, with the goal squarely aimed at Warner Records.

And the faction of Zhou Jianhui within Warner Records, in practical terms, is the one that does not accept being acquired.

This is also the reason why he said he was not suitable to meet this person.

But he was finally persuaded; everything was because of that one sentence—

"Don't you want to expand your own voice?"

One sentence made Zhou Jianhui think of his trip to America to promote Zhou Yi, only to run into internal strife again.

Indeed.

How can one achieve great things while being with these insects!

The next day, Zhou Jianhui "happened to meet" Little Edgar Bronfman, who had come to relax, at a golf club—dressed in a suit and leather shoes, tall and slender, refined, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

He looked quite elegant.

In the vast golf course, after it was cleared, only Zhou Jianhui and Little Edgar Bronfman remained, walking slowly with their golf clubs.

One was a frustrated person who, even after achieving results, was still dragged down by internal strife within Warner;

The other was a aggrieved person who had achieved not a penny's worth of results, but instead was jointly educated by the American entertainment industry.

The two actually had a lot in common regarding their careers.

"I heard you are running around for Spike's Grammy trip; I happen to know some people too, and I can introduce them to you then."

After meeting, they acted like brothers, never mentioning Warner Records; Little Edgar Bronfman smiled and swung his club: "To be honest, I am really a Spike fan. You might not believe it, but I really know the Asian music market well.

"Celine Dion's song 'To Love You More', which topped the Japanese single charts, was written by me under a pseudonym; this single was first released in Japan on October 21, 1995, and became an instant hit, selling over 1.5 million copies in Japan alone.

"So I admire your planning for Spike, and I admire even more Spike's conquest of the Japanese market, and I admire his talent..."

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"Stop praising, stop praising; if you praise more, I'll lose my way."

At Yehai Bar, Sun Yanzi, who was clearly slightly drunk, went up to perform after being unable to resist the fans' urging, and as soon as she sat down, she was praised to the skies—she smiled so widely her mouth split.

Even Watching Xiao Yaxuan and Zhang Shaohan, who were also slightly drunk, went up and sang freely under the fans' urging.

Just the scene of this trio singing together with arms around each other, the liveliness far exceeded that of Second Hand Rose before.

This was the only benefit Yehai could offer.

You see, although these three had appeared together before, there had never been a scene of them singing together.

The small reporters who often lurked inside Yehai Bar quickly pressed the shutter; the boss, Zhuo Sister Xiao Yan, wanted to stop them, but was stopped by Zhou Yi smiling and extending his hand—"No need, let them spread the heat out there."

"?"

"We have a song with the three of them singing together coming up next; consider this a warm-up."

Zhou Yi, biting on a straw, made Zhuo Sister Xiao Yan's face instantly turn strange: "You kid want to again... want to freeload others as free labor?"

"Don't say that; if they take photos, they get bonuses, okay? The bosses always pay money; how can that be called free labor?"

Zhou Yi waved his hand carelessly: "Jie Lun and I won't go up; otherwise, the heat will be scattered."

"You really are black-hearted."

"Damn, I'm also increasing the customer flow for your bar, okay? How can you be so ungrateful?"

"Do I owe you that much? Better tell me which of your resident singers are worth investing in."

"..."

For Zhuo Sister Xiao Yan's behavior of a full man not knowing a hungry man's hunger, Zhou Yi, speechless, could only raise his middle finger at her: "That Second Hand Rose is okay; I'm leaving."

At that moment, Liang Long, the lead singer of Second Hand Rose, was looking at the group of people in the bar who had fallen into a frenzy, with a slight confusion in his expression.

He didn't know if he could keep going.

He couldn't even beat the basic fanbase of a bar with three pop singers; what use is rock 'n' roll really?

That night, the young people in the bar who saw this rare scene vented their joy on various networks—

At first, no one took it seriously, until various eyewitness accounts and physical evidence appeared.

The next day, Zhou Mo.

The internet, which had fermented all night, was completely ignited by news reports from several entertainment newspapers in the Imperial Capital—

"The Strongest Mandarin Girl Group?!"

"Suspected Job-Hopping? Watching Xiao Yaxuan, Zhang Shaohan, and Sun Yanzi Celebrate with High-Energy Songs and Hot Dances?!"

"..."

And as the mastermind behind all this, Zhou Yi, who had just woken up from a nap, had just raised the corners of his mouth into a smile when he received a transoceanic call from Zhou Jianhui—

"A-Yi, are you interested in Warner Records?"

With their interests bound together, Zhou Jianhui's words were naturally very straightforward.

(End of this chapter)