Chapter 57: The Number One Person in the Millennium for Bringing Sisters Along

The next day, 9:00 AM.

Zhang Shaohan, who had received news from her agent early on, arrived at Warner in the company car and eagerly pushed open the studio door—

Zhou Yi, who had already arrived here, was sitting on the sofa in the lounge eating breakfast. Seeing her, he couldn't help but wave at her: "Have you had breakfast? If not, eat some with me?"

Opposite the man, Sun Yanzi, sitting in a chair, was clearly holding a sheet of music. Her right hand tapped the air as if keeping time, while she softly murmured something.

Hearing the commotion, Sun Yanzi immediately looked up toward the door, a smile appearing on her face: "You're here quite early, Zhang Shaohan."

"Good morning, Sister Yanzi."

Their well-established relationship meant Zhang Shaohan was no longer as awkward as before. She sat down in front of the two of them with ease, looking at the several packaged boxes on the coffee table: "Brother Yi, you're only having breakfast now?"

"If I hadn't promised to write songs for the two of you, I probably wouldn't have woken up at this hour."

Zhou Yi closed the lid, took the napkin Sun Yanzi casually handed him, wiped his mouth, then turned and picked up a sheet of music from the coffee table, handing it to the seated Zhang Shaohan—

Looking up, the large characters "Fable" caught her eye.

"This song samples a Christmas carol that can be traced back to the 15th century. Since your company plans to launch you before Christmas, I think using it as the lead single for good luck isn't bad."

"The 15th century? That far back?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shaohan couldn't help but gasp in surprise. It sampled a Christmas folk song from five hundred years ago?

Looking more closely at the sheet music, good heavens, this was no folk song—

She had never seen a folk song with such a high pitch and such a fast tempo.

Overjoyed by the discovery, Zhang Shaohan couldn't help but hum the tune according to the score: "I just discovered the difference between dreams and reality

"Going against the wind lets me experience every sensation

"Just like a fable

"Crying and rejoicing, I've seen this day

"I want to chase, to chase a perfect world..."

Even without the arrangement, simply humming along a few times, Zhang Shaohan, as an aspiring singer, could already smell that the quality of this song was no worse than "Happy Worship" and "Have to Love."

"Of course, if the company behind you isn't satisfied with this song, I have a backup here. You can take it back and discuss it with the company."

Saying this, Zhou Yi took out another new sheet of music and handed it to Zhang Shaohan—

"The Original... Dream?"

"Yes, an inspirational pop song more suitable for young people. This song has no sampling."

Zhou Yi leaned comfortably against the back of the sofa, his right arm bent and resting against one side of his face, introducing the style and vocal points of this song.

After all, Nakajima Miyuki's "Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon" hadn't appeared yet; perhaps he could even sell the copyright back to the Japanese music scene later.

In Zhou Yi's view, given Zhang Shaohan's voice, which had more explosive power and penetration than her future plastic bestie Fan Weiqi, mastering "The Original Dream" posed no pressure.

After humming along the score several times, Zhang Shaohan could no longer suppress her excitement. She raised her eyes and asked cautiously: "So, Brother Yi, can I have both of these?"

"I will convince the company to pay."

"I don't care, as long as there's money. See, she originally only planned to take one, but now she's taken a liking to both."

Zhou Yi nodded toward Sun Yanzi beside him. The latter, who was biting her nails and staring at the sheet music, didn't even look up as she refuted: "Where is your second one a backup? Clearly, both are lead single level."

Zhang Shaohan curiously leaned over to take a glance. Written clearly at the top of the two sheets of music in Sun Yanzi's hand were "Green Light" and "Little Luck."

"Didn't you say you didn't like it? So I made it a backup." Zhou Yi, habitually making a Plan B, had considered the possibility of unexpected events after copying "Fable" and "Green Light" last night, so he prepared a lead-level backup for the two of them.

Having a backup is never wrong.

The backup for Zhang Shaohan was one of the most famous and widely sung songs in her future plastic bestie Fan Weiqi's singing career;

The one for Sun Yanzi was Tian Fuzhen's future hit song "Little Luck."

In terms of personal style, the paths Wang Fei, Sun Yanzi, and Tian Fuzhen wanted to take were actually quite similar. If he remembered correctly, Wang Fei would soon designate Sun Yanzi as her successor.

Originally, Zhou Yi had planned to release "Angel in the Devil" first, but considering that what Sun Yanzi needed most at the time was a work to break into the mainland market and gain popularity, he ultimately chose the more mainstream and widely appealing "Little Luck."

"Eh? What are those over there?"

Just as Zhang Shaohan was preparing to leave Sun Yanzi's side, she suddenly spotted two other sheets of music from her current position that she hadn't seen before because Zhou Yi's body had blocked them: "Are they your new songs, Brother Yi?"

"Obviously, they are not."

Zhou Yi, following Zhang Shaohan's line of sight, sighed: "The news that you are seeking songs from me has spread everywhere. So last night, when Watching Xiao Yaxuan and I went out for late-night snacks, she also asked me for a song.

"I've written songs for you both; I can't favor one over the other."

After all, they were friends like Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya; Zhou Yi couldn't be so heartless.

"If you dare favor one over the other, I can go out right now and hold a press conference, saying you are a scumbag who played with my feelings, using my fame and then kicking me aside."

As the three were speaking, the studio door was pushed open again. Watching Xiao Yaxuan, draped in silver-gray fur and wearing flat shoes, came into view as the others looked up at the sound.

"Is that so? Then I think you might be overestimating the expectations of public opinion and fans for me. As punishment, go listen to my songs a few more times and watch more interviews about me."

Zhou Yi, unable to help but smile at her silence, saw that she had arrived too. He casually picked up the last two sheets of music, folded them in half, and tossed them onto the fur on Watching Xiao Yaxuan's chest: "If it really doesn't work, I can also hold a press conference and write a special script to introduce the story of how we met, proving you are lying.

"Believe me, my skill at writing scripts to fool people is very strong."

Choked up by the phrase "writing scripts," the corners of the three women's mouths all rose to varying degrees. Watching Xiao Yaxuan, the object of the teasing, directly gave the man a white eye.

Afterwards, her gaze finally fell on the sheet music in her hand—

"Love's Main Song," "Sun Never Sets."

The former was the pension insurance that made Watching Xiao Yaxuan's popularity skyrocket to the level of a diva in the early millennium; the latter was the pension insurance for Cai Yilin, who would be one of the Four Greats alongside her in the future.

When writing, Zhou Yi had specifically checked the years in his memory. The English original of "Sun Never Sets" wouldn't be released until '05, so this would be original again.

Honestly, among the Four Greats and Three Small Ones, Cai Yilin and Wang Xinling had the most cover songs.

The difference was that only a small portion of Cai Yilin's cover songs became hits, while for Wang Xinling, the majority of her hits were covers.

Zhou Yi actually wanted to milk the SHE wool a bit, since this number one female group in the Mandarin music scene was also a major user of covers. But considering the three women's musical styles hadn't started transforming yet, he temporarily put this idea aside and would deal with it later.

After all, there was still plenty of time.

It was just that all six songs required him to arrange and produce, which was somewhat draining on his energy.

No choice; he feared that if others came, they would alter these six songs until even their mothers wouldn't recognize them, which would be a pure waste of resources.

Soon, not long after Zhou Yi sold the songs, Fomus, Warner, and Virgin Records all officially announced news that their artists were about to collaborate with Zhou Yi—

Sun Yanzi, two songs; Zhang Shaohan, two songs; Watching Xiao Yaxuan, two songs.

Causing many fans who saw this news to protest—

"It's bad; how did Zhou Yi go off and carry three people? Where is his own album?"

"Damn it! I knew this dog-hearted thing had ambitious designs! Others sing while he carries girls!"