Chapter 481: Four Consecutive Transcendent Feats

What the hell is this thing???

How can a brand new angle pop up from this??

Da Xia Dianxiong, who had to stay in the US due to a corporate image PR crisis, looked at the newspaper until he was nearly numb.

He was busy trying to cool down the Tang Mi situation, having prepared to go head-to-head with Warner in a cash-spending PR battle, only to find that after gathering strength, he waited for an opening—

Hey, Warner isn't playing anymore; he's switched tracks.

This is really fucking annoying.

It's just as uncomfortable as ordering a Mai Shiranui at a club, only to have a Chun-Li version of Cheng Long show up instead.

"Where did Warner get so many marketing angles? Did they just force them?"

"No. According to the investigation, he accepted the invitation for the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' project last year; filming wrapped in March this year and the rough cut was completed. Zhou Yi wrote the theme song after watching the rough cut, which is normal and fits the process."

The secretary provided publicly verifiable process information, completely flawless, a perfect coincidence.

Da Xia Dianxiong felt very uncomfortable.

On the 1st, bad news from his hometown in Japan nearly made him unable to eat lunch; admittedly, his old friend's sincere bowing apology was earnest, but it couldn't change the fact that Wang Lihong's sales were so terrible they didn't even deserve to be on the O-Chart.

His dream of forcibly creating an Asian Guo Tianwang through marketing had shattered.

Wang Lihong didn't even have the qualification to see Zhou Yi's heels, let alone try to smear him.

You can't point to someone whose album sold only hundreds or thousands in Japan and claim he's no different from Zhou Yi, whose album sold millions there; Americans might be stupid, but they won't be fooled by such rhetoric.

"So now, should we still stop him?"

"Let them take responsibility themselves; do your best and leave the rest to Zhu Tianming."

Hit hard enough by the Wang Lihong incident, Da Xia Dianxiong also lost the desire to clean up the mess for the US branch, planning to let them fight their own internal dog-eat-dog battle in America; he would just wrap up the Tang Mi Motola matter.

After all, when Zhou Yi goes out, he represents not just China, but on a larger scale, Asia.

The true light of Asian pop music, the only face of the region.

In fact, as news related to Zhou Yi broke one after another, constantly adding fuel to his heat, the US record industry this time truly began preparing to set aside past grievances and unite to stop Zhou Yi.

The reason was none other than the fact that he was advancing toward a terrifying truth that was gradually being proven.

"God, Spike's 'One More Night' seems to have topped the radio charts in many cities already; when the Billboard updates next, won't he achieve one album and four number-one singles?"

This was a question posted by a passerby listener on Yahoo, who had seen Zhou Yi on various news front pages and subconsciously started paying attention to Zhou Yi's radio performance and album sales figures.

Thanks to Zhou Yi's increasingly explosive heat, Disney also jumped in, igniting discussion from another angle, and more and more ordinary people gradually began to notice this "terrifying" fact.

In the history of pop music in the US and even the world, up to now, a total of six singers have achieved the feat of one album and four number-one singles—

Mariah Carey's debut solo studio album in 1991: 'Mariah Carey';

Janet Jackson's fourth studio album in 1989: 'Rhythm Nation 1814';

Paula Abdul's album 'Forever Your Girl' released in 1988.

George Michael's album 'Faith' released in 1987, and Whitney Houston's 'Whitney';

Finally, the soundtrack to the 1977 film 'Saturday Night Fever': 'Saturday Night Fever'.

If Zhou Yi succeeds in the charts, he will break a record sealed for 12 years that no one could touch, becoming the seventh name to have his name written into the Billboard Hall of Fame, following Mariah Carey in 1991.

And coincidentally, the unfair treatment suffered by these two in the eyes of the American public is currently inextricably linked to Tang Mi Motola, the former president of Sony Records.

Now Tang Mi Motola couldn't wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Pacific Ocean...

"I swear to heaven! I can swear to God! I have never engaged in any behavior manipulating the charts to suppress anyone! These are all rumors! All baseless rumors!"

Tang Mi, whose mental state was somewhat on the verge of breaking, was just short of pulling out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to prove it to the reporters and the public.

He felt his career might be ruined by that white-faced bastard.

"These are Spike's hype tactics! He just wants to step on me and step on the senior figures of the music industry to rise; I have never done anything regarding racial discrimination, and I have already found lawyers to prepare to sue those newspapers."

Tang Mi Motola, who was no small-time punk within the industry, swore to make those editors and reporters taste what free capitalism was.

But before he could make a move, Michael Jackson, currently mired in a wave of negative news, unexpectedly stepped forward voluntarily, becoming the final straw that broke the camel's back—

"Is Tang Mi Motola a racist? Without a doubt, he certainly is."

Facing reporter interviews, the King of Pop, whose face was hard to wipe clean of fatigue even with makeup, answered as decisively as in the past: "I have said before, he is the most despicable person in the world; whatever he does, I will not make an exception.

"If Spike has also encountered unfairness, I can only say sorry to him. Because the American music scene is actually not exclusionary, but I very much admire his spirit of daring to fight. Music is free and should not be restricted; I wish him good luck."

The King of Pop, who had been playing the ostrich to the outside world for two years, although currently having his right to breathe snatched away by the media, still had the foundation he had fought for all along—his fans were always the largest group in the world.

And they were all crystals filtered and purified after the child molestation scandal, pure beyond pure.

After their idol, who rarely played the ostrich, stepped out to speak, they immediately became excited and howled, merging directly into Zhou Yi's fan army—

"I am not Spike's fan, but as Michael's fan, I feel the same way about the unfair treatment Spike has suffered."

"As Michael said, music is free and should not be restricted by dark hands; Spike's fans, we are here to help you!"

"The quality of Spike's album is obvious to all; even the former editor-in-chief of 'Rolling Stone' said it is comparable to The Beatles; it deserves all the honors it should get!"

"..."

When Michael Jackson's fans, who had been holding back for two years, joined in, behind Zhou Yi, who originally only had the alliance of Warner and Disney, suddenly appeared a new force beyond the expectations of all record companies in the music industry—

Experienced in struggle and chart battles, they effortlessly brushed various key data and also helped stimulate further increases in Zhou Yi's album sales in the US, approaching the six million mark!

After being ambushed by the unscrupulous Michael Jackson, the US record companies, who had no time to react, could only watch helplessly as the Billboard statistics deadline passed...

Billboard, which had received a tiny bit of a red envelope from Tang Mi, originally planned to tamper with things, but with millions of American old hands watching, the entire editorial office was sweating profusely, fearing that a single slip would destroy Billboard's credibility once and for all.

This was their foundation for existence.

Out of necessity, on May 6, Billboard updated again; this week's number-one single was...

'One More Night'.

One album, four number-one singles, four consecutive transcendent feats!

'Unparalleled talent and charm, creating a stunning feat!'

The Los Angeles Times, which was initially a hater of Zhou Yi, now clearly showed a trend of becoming a fanboy of Zhou Yi; staring at the first day of the result release, it directly revealed this terrifying fact to all readers!

"This musical genius, with his exceptional creative ability and profound performance style, has since become a miracle in the history of Chinese popular music! A miracle in the history of Asian pop music!

"This is absolutely a remarkable achievement! Spike's musical talent and influence have been recognized globally; securing four number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 is simply an incredible feat!"

(End of this chapter)