Chapter 52: Warner's Twin Stars: Male Zhou, Female Sun

On September 1, 2000, Baodao media outlets, urgently needing someone to defeat Zhou Yi and reverse the "decline" of the Baodao music scene this year, began rallying support for the three record labels: Rock, BMG, and Sony Music.

Zhou Yi, who had only officially debuted two months ago, was fanned into a villainous dragon by these reporters who loved stirring up trouble.

The media were heartbroken and spoke with one voice: Look at the charts.

Number One: "Happy Worship," Zhou Yi, Zhang Shaohan;

Number Two: "Give Me a Song's Time," Zhou Yi;

Number Three: "Later," Liu Ruoyin;

Number Four: "As Long As You Love Me," Lin Yilian;

Number Five: "Courage," Liang Jingru.

This is the golden holy land of the Mandarin music scene, yet the top five are occupied by an outsider taking first and second place—how is this proper?!

If the scope is expanded to the top ten, it is even more unbelievable; the gatekeepers at sixth and tenth are the familiar Zhou Yi again:

Number Six: "Must Love," Zhou Yi, Zhang Shaohan;

Number Seven: "It's Getting Dark," Sun Yanzi;

Number Eight: "Single Love Song," Lin Zhixuan;

Number Nine: "Because Love, Therefore Love," Xie Tingfeng;

Number Ten: "It's You I Love," Zhou Yi.

This is absurd.

When has such a scene ever appeared on the massive Baodao music chart? Zhou Yi alone occupied four of the top ten, with two of them sweeping the championship and runner-up spots.

Some Baodao media, who always treated the mainland as a cash cow and looked down on mainland singers, directly broke down.

Back then, Na Ying's sales were good too, but she never pulled off such a move; you, Zhou Yi, are just a young kid, on what grounds?

What about Li Zongsheng?

What about Lo Ta-yu?

Help us!

After shouting for nearly a month, Li Zongsheng, together with Guang Liang, finally managed to carry the banner of counterattacking Zhou Yi with Liang Jingru's second album.

And with the explosion of "Courage," Liang Jingru's exposure skyrocketed.

Warner also smelled the crisis from this and hurriedly contacted Zhou Yi, asking him to finish his mainland affairs and quickly come to Baodao to participate in the previously agreed-upon variety show with Wu Zongxian, boost his exposure, consolidate his popularity, and indirectly stimulate record sales.

Knowing this news, Zhou Yi could only sigh, saying, "Truly the last era of the gods' twilight; pension-level songs are coming one after another."

Watching Andy Lau's "Men Cry, It's Not a Crime" rush straight into the top ten, Zhou Yi also accelerated his signing and sales pace in the mainland.

Li Wen's "True Lover" also surged to around fifteenth place; the prospects are excellent.

"Damn it! These damn media are too unreasonable; who ties Andy Lau and Li Wen together to fight you?" Agent Qian Jiang was equally furious.

One is currently the most popular among the Four Heavenly Kings, and the other is currently the Chinese female singer with the highest international status.

Binding these two together is already absurd enough, and now they add Liang Jingru singing "Courage."

"Calm down; I can find helpers too; I'm not unacquainted with people."

Zhou Yi, who was looking at the lyrics and music content of the theme song and ending song of "Young Bao Qingtian," was not so indignant.

Setting aside other things, if he just shouted, Sun Yanzi and Xiao Yaxuan, who also have vigorous popularity, could ally with him.

If it weren't for Zhang Shaohan from Fomusic still collecting songs, he could directly gather three of the "Four Big Three Small" to endorse him.

Saying this, Zhou Yi, who had closed the score, stood up from the living room sofa: "Let's go; we are familiar enough; let's finish recording early and go to Baodao sooner."

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"What did you say? It was snatched? It was really snatched?"

In the Imperial Capital, at Sun Nan's home.

Hearing this news, Sun Nan's eyes widened instantly, his expression full of disbelief, and the pen he held for signing even shook uncontrollably: "How dare he?!"

"Zhou Yi is too popular now; he is so popular it is completely unreasonable; the competition between you and him is completely unequal."

The agent was also helpless: "His agent is also an old fox experienced in Hong Kong and Taiwan; he strikes fast, accurate, and ruthless. The producers of "Young Bao Qingtian," after weighing your popularity and comparing the audition results, finally chose him."

"Damn!"

Sun Nan, who threw the ballpoint pen onto the document, couldn't help but swear, his anger rising: "A nineteen-year-old child can now snatch my resources?!"

"It is obvious; he has already been noticed by the powers above."

The agent gently reminded: "The deputy editor-in-chief of the "Jingcheng Youth Daily" coming out to define the situation is a very clear signal; his album is simply too popular.

"I estimate no one can compete with him for resources this year, as long as he wants them.

"Wait until next year, Sun Nan. You are a singer too; you should be clear about the difficulty of a singer releasing such a blockbuster album, and in the past two months, he can be said to have pinned down and beaten every singer in the Mandarin music scene.

"Wait until next year; next year your album will be out; at that time, as long as you suppress him head-on, your status will not be shaken."

"..."

Sun Nan, pressing his lips and saying nothing, was obviously still angry, holding a grudge over the fact that his important resources were snatched.

He understood the logic, but he was just furious.

Zhou Yi is so young; shouldn't they, for the sake of caution, observe him for a few more months or even a year?

At the same time, the main cast of "Young Bao Qingtian," such as Zhou Jie, Ren Quan, Li Binbin, and others, all received this shocking news from their respective agents immediately.

Sun Nan, the number one mid-generation star in the country, actually failed to beat a nineteen-year-old Zhou Yi.

Moreover, this news quickly spread to the agent circles of all the big shots in the entire entertainment industry.

After all, this was a true power grab, representing a reshuffling of resources.

Another "Binbin," who had just finished filming the TV drama "Zhongguancun Storm" in the mainland and then joined the cast of "Luan Shi Fu Ping," thought for a moment after receiving this news, and then picked up the phone to call a friend she knew in Baodao.

She wanted to meet this little brother who dared to go head-to-head with big shots right after stepping out of the gate, to see if she could make a friend and get some resources.

For example, participating in a key promotional MV or something.

Don't blame her for being opportunistic; the truth is, she, struggling to make a living in the domestic film and television industry, desperately needs an opportunity to break through the shackles of her popularity.

Having acted for three years, the only thing she can show off is "My Fair Princess," and the role she played was merely a maid; the resources she could get were truly freezing cold.

Her performance in "Xiao Li Feidao" was barely remembered by anyone; people went to watch Jiao Enjun and Yu Feihong instead.

As for the two dramas she acted in this year, "Zhongguancun Storm" and "Luan Shi Fu Ping," to be honest, she herself is not optimistic about them.

The cast is weak, the script is average, and the most famous person is still her, who played Jin Suo.

But this is already the best resource she can currently accept.

Meanwhile, after Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi communicated, facing a three-pronged attack, Warner Bros. directly announced a heavyweight message—

"Warner Bros. artists Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi will participate in the variety show 'Food Street' together in one week. Welcome all fans to tune in on October 【date】 to watch the wonderful performances of Male Zhou and Female Sun in the program."

Zhou Yi, who has never participated in a Baodao variety show since his debut, has immediately made countless fans eagerly await this, while more people are curious about the "Male Zhou, Female Sun" twin star concept proposed by Warner Bros.

"Seems like there's nothing wrong with it; the two hottest new talents this year should be Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi."

"Damn! They're all Warner Bros.!"

"What rotten luck does Zhou Jianhui have!"