Chapter 564: Shock, Japanese Female Star Throws Herself at Zhou Yi for Love!

"The sparrows outside the window chatter on the telephone pole.

"You say this line, it feels so much like summer~

"The pencil in my hand goes back and forth on the paper.

"I use a few lines of words to describe who you are to me~

"The taste of saury, the cat and you both want to know.

"The scent of first love is thus found by us..."

At home, Sun Yanzi, having carefully stuffed that demo cassette into her portable player, happily put on her headphones, leaned against the windowsill, closed her eyes, and listened to that nearly perfect finished product—

Accompanied by that extremely catchy intro, for every line of lyrics Zhou Yi sang, the arc of her smiling mouth rose a bit more.

Past scenes replayed in her mind like a newly released movie—

"You really should sit at a table with the sparrows on the telephone pole outside; your mouth is just chattering without a latch, running your mouth everywhere."

This was what she had said to Zhou Yi when teasing him while eating breakfast at Cheng Hao's house; back then, she had taken a bite of a fresh large meat bun, stuffing her cheeks so they bulged, and, disgusted by Zhou Yi's constant chatter, pointed at the faint shadow of the telephone pole visible outside the window;

On the rainy day, when she was at the barbecue shop and only she and Zhou Yi remained, the cat raised by the shopkeeper happened to catch her eye—

At that time, she had intended to pick up a slice of fish for the little orange cat, but considering the spiciness, she instead put a grilled saury she had eaten down to one-third into a small plastic bowl and placed it before the cat.

Discovering the little cat did not bristle but instead lowered its head to sniff, then immediately buried its head and began to gnaw, the bolder her became, and she started to stroke the cat's soft body and fur, rubbing the cat to her heart's content.

And all of this was written into the song.

"I never said this line feels much like summer..."

Having muttered that line in a low voice, Sun Yanzi opened her eyes, turned her head, and gazed out the window at the unobstructed view of the capital city's streets—the glass reflected her unceasingly upturned mouth and eyebrows that could not hide her smile.

The scent of first love is thus found by us;

Right now, I just want to kiss your stubborn lips.

These were the two lines of lyrics she liked most in her entire song.

"All night the rain falls, my love overflows like the rain~

"Leaves fall in the courtyard, piling up thick with my longing~

"A few words of controversy cannot cool my passion~

"You appear on every page of my poem~"

After the cassette single cycled through three times, Sun Yanzi was already able to hum along to the tune and sing a few lines of the chorus.

The frustration of being slandered for plagiarism was completely swept away after returning to the capital and seeing Zhou Yi; the man's operation, which the outside world called completely "favoring friends over reason," warmed her heart—

Listening to this song now, the feeling was naturally quite different.

"Yanzi, rest assured, Li Sisong and the others will hold a press conference publicly to refute the plagiarism claims. At the same time, Qian Jiang has also found a very popular female star in Japan to stand by your side, named Masami Nagasawa; she became a huge hit in Japan less than two years after debuting and is known as the Toho Princess.

"This person will stand from the perspective of Japanese filmmakers, cite examples of that plot device's universality on a global scale, and fundamentally completely deny that article's criticism and reflection on your album."

Not long after, Chen Ze Shan, who had interrupted Sun Yanzi's listening, gave her some good news.

"Finding a Japanese person?"

"No choice; the domestic market currently eats this up."

Chen Ze Shan sighed on the other end of the phone: "If a Chinese person still stands out to say it, they will still question, question, and question again. Look at A-Yi; although he helped plug your mouth, it actually caused such a huge controversy.

"Although part of it is due to his wording not being very polite, given A-Yi's current influence in the domestic music scene, the mere appearance of controversy is enough to explain everything.

"This worship of foreign things has become an existence almost like a thought stamp; without the passage of time to wear it down, this stamp will not disappear."

In fact, there was a sentence he had not yet said—

Zhou Yi's persona and personality expression in Europe and America were simply too aggressive; many believed in him, but many also disliked him. Especially after he raised the banner of racial equality high in North America and swept all before him, he basically entered the direct line of sight of the United States itself.

After this, his cheeky operation of directly exporting Chinese songs and Chinese culture via the Apple Music Store made some of them furrow their brows tightly.

The United States, which had played the "cultural colonization" game for decades, knew better than anyone the danger Zhou Yi possessed; since this person would not accept a summons to submit, they could only prepare, quietly looking for an opportunity to join forces with those factions dissatisfied with Zhou Yi to blacken his name.

This was another reason why Zhou Yi could not completely plug everyone's mouth.

The remote dog food is given generously.

Since the results cannot be blackened, then blacken the person. Take a magnifying glass and look for flaws line by line; there will always be something unsatisfactory.

Not every elite has such backbone; after being invited to "study and inspect" in places like the United States and Japan, they return and still point at the other party's nose and call them a damn idiot.

In fact, it was indeed exactly as Chen Ze Shan had said.

On September 4, after Li Sisong and others held a press conference regarding the recent plagiarism storm, Masami Nagasawa, a Japanese super newcomer who had absolutely no fame domestically, began to be pursued by many—

"Actually, I do not think this is plagiarism; this is complete nonsense. If this is plagiarism, then all Japanese films and MVs should just stop being made." Masami Nagasawa, who could not speak Chinese, captured her first batch of fans within China with that face of pure innocence.

"Why did I come to China?

"Ah, this question, well, actually this counts as a public-funded fan pilgrimage. I really, really, really like Zhou Yi Jun's songs; I have listened to every one of his albums, whether in English or Chinese.

"So, when my agent told me there was a chance I might be able to collaborate with Zhou Yi Jun, I was so excited I didn't sleep all night. When I went to the company the next day, the makeup artist was startled and asked if I had encountered something unhappy."

Having just passed her 16th birthday not long ago, yet her height had already reached 168cm; Masami Nagasawa was even taller than Sun Yanzi and looked no different from an adult.

When speaking of her idol Zhou Yi, the fangirl emotion flashing across Masami Nagasawa's face was completely unlike a fake: "So I begged my agent to please, please help me secure this opportunity; I can act without asking for a fee."

—?!

Upon hearing these words, the reporters in the audience, whose attention before arriving had been entirely on Li Sisong and the others, all turned their guns, concentrating their interview fire on Masami Nagasawa, who was accompanied by a translator.

Good heavens, one of the hottest superstars in the current Japanese film and television industry, crossing mountains and seas without tiring, even willing to forgo her fee, just to come to China to shoot an MV with Zhou Yi?

What kind of influence is this?

Is this really not a shill hired by Warner?

Many veteran reporters, accustomed to the domestic entertainment industry's hype tactics, immediately thought this was likely a method Warner used to divert public attention, but...

One had to admit, Warner succeeded.

A current Japanese female star throwing herself at Zhou Yi; isn't this news more explosive than your plagiarism claims that are a million miles apart?

"She isn't saying it falsely; she truly likes your songs."

Inside the rest room of the Warner headquarters building.

Qian Jiang, who had not gone to the scene, sat with Zhou Yi in front of the television after Zhou Yi finished his busy work, watching the live broadcast of this press conference that had turned the second half of the rumor-refuting event into a press conference for Zhou Yi's new album, and he couldn't help but add: "I didn't even ask for a fee."

"However, Toho also took the opportunity to make a request: they want the female lead in the music video for one song in your next English album to be solely Masami Nagasawa."

Ultimately, although Masami Nagasawa is a fan, in business terms, turning the rumor-refuting press conference into a press conference for Zhou Yi's new album comes at an additional price.

Knowing that Zhou Yi always values favors over money, Toho decisively seized the opportunity to make an exchange, asking for only a single female lead role, without limiting the genre or screen time, leaving it up to Zhou Yi to decide, which showed they had given full sincerity.

Zhou Yi, with a toothpick in his mouth, chuckled lightly: "Those who tried to set me up must be jumping with anger now, their money thrown away for nothing."

In this era when the foreign moon is especially round, a so-called super nova who is particularly popular in Japan crossing the ocean just to chase the star Zhou Yi is, from a journalistic perspective, far more eye-catching than claims like Sun Yanzi's music video plagiarism or Zhou Jielun's cover.

As expected, on the 5th, most of the discussions on the market focused on this Japanese female star—

"Shocking: Japanese Female Star Pours Her Love on Zhou Yi!"