Chapter 574: The Warner Love Story III (3)

In an era where entertainment options, channels, and amusements were relatively scarce, celebrities in the entertainment industry, besides producing works, actually provided people with more of the so-called "amusement" attribute, that is, the so-called public entertainment.

First, after Lu Yi, the "Rock Boy," starred in "Never Close My Eyes" and became a nationwide sensation, rumors spread that he had sold his body for the role;

Later, Huang Xiaoming, who rose to fame with "The Great Han Son of Heaven," and Tong Dawei, who skyrocketed in reputation this year with "The Jade Guanyin," both sold themselves to the same financial tycoon, "two men serving one husband," creating a spectacle that was absolutely explosive; crucially, the latter was not fabricated out of thin air—

Tong Dawei was caught by paparazzi with concrete evidence.

After that financial tycoon was arrested last year, the court sent people to forcibly recover the luxury car the tycoon had given to Tong Dawei for free, worth over eight hundred thousand.

In comparison, the trivial bedroom affairs of female stars looked incredibly normal; at the very least, they were normal male-female relationships, not challenging the psychological tolerance of the general public. As some Tianyu netizens said—no matter how dirty the International Dirt is, at the very least, they are still looking for men.

Therefore, logically speaking, the rhythm of this forced pairing between Xiao Yaxuan and Sun Yanzi should not have caused much of a stir—but these two couldn't help it; one was in the album promotion period, and the other had to advance their album promotion period due to song leaks.

With large-scale advertising campaigns launched, combined with this so-called "stirring up trouble" greatest hits album, it directly ignited the fury of fans of the three most popular singers since the new millennium—

Sun Yanzi's fans angrily blasted the album for portraying her like a mistress taking over; clearly, the one who first knew Zhou Yi was Sun, so if there was a mistress, it should be Xiao Yaxuan who was the mistress;

Xiao Yaxuan's fans shouted "speak your mother's farts," telling them to open their dog eyes and see clearly who first had a rumor with Zhou Yi in Taiwan that was as detailed as a nose and eyes, and to use their brains to think about who was really the mistress;

A small number of Zhou Yi's dream-girl fans constantly refuted the claim that Zhou Yi was stepping on multiple boats, claiming their brother was pure and innocent, that these were slanders, that it was they who were shamelessly trying to ride his coattails, and that Zhou Yi had always been simply single.

As time passed, the subsequent impact brought by "Warner Love Story III: Two Queens Fighting for the Throne" on the internet no longer remained confined to one corner; instead, accompanied by the album promotions of Sun and Xiao, a massive influx of passersby's attention poured in—

One of their albums saw sales start to rebound strongly a month after release, with total sales in Asia successfully breaking 1.4 million copies;

The other saw pre-orders explode right from the start, shattering the new album pre-order record set by Sun Yanzi last year, reaching 370,000 copies.

Even Zhou Yi, who was quietly filming the scenes for "Writing Poems for You" in the Imperial Capital, began to gain a new round of attention, with reporters and media swarming outside the set every day.

Those who knew it was a film crew thought it was a zoo; those who didn't knew it was a film crew thought it was a zoo.

Qian Jiang was sweating profusely.

"Luckily, since your debut, you have been extremely controversial regarding relationships between men and women; most people, upon seeing it's you, basically adopt a mindset of watching the spectacle, and only some fans argue online to the death."

If Zhou Yi hadn't proposed this extremely bold public persona at the very beginning of the new millennium, his reputation would probably have collapsed by now.

Mainly because that group of fans, when they start tearing each other apart, can really throw out material.

On one side, Sun Yanzi's fans threw out moments of interaction between Zhou Yi and their idol; on the other side, Xiao Yaxuan's fans threw out photos of Zhou Yi entering and leaving hotels hand-in-hand; everyone wanted to prove their idol was the legitimate one and the other was the mistress, making it look like black fans were throwing out black material.

Occasionally, there were also some fans joining in the fun, such as Fan Xiaopang's fans, Cai Zuoyan's fans, and even niche fans of European, American, and Japanese stars, and so on.

The entire Jinxi Bei area had turned into a pot of chaos.

You wouldn't know unless you sorted it out; once you sorted it out, you'd be shocked.

Just those with whom Zhou Yi was photographed with concrete images of entering and leaving hotels together included Xiao Yaxuan, Fan Xiaopang, Cai Zuoyan, Kelly Brook, Mariah Carey, and Scarlett Johansson, six people, plus several European and American models;

In Japan, a young female singer named Saegusa Yuka was reportedly also photographed by Japanese media with the two of them holding hands and shopping sweetly.

Every single one claimed they were the legitimate one.

After more than three years since debut, the "confirmed entertainment circle girlfriends" that could be tallied up already constituted a starting eleven for a football team...

"Damn! This is too dazzling! I really envy that guy Zhou Yi. He kicked football into the World Cup final, and his girlfriends even make up a starting eleven!"

"Is Zhou Yi the first guy to be so openly..."

"No, on what grounds? Won't this teach his fans the wrong lesson?"

"The 'Warner Love Story' series, starring Zhou Yi..."

"Wait, what about that little Princess from Samsung in Korea? Is the level too high for anyone to photograph?"

"..."

"Is there a possibility this is slander from a rival faction?"

"Wait, doesn't Warner help Zhou Yi control public opinion?"

As they chatted, some sensitive netizens also discovered a key point—

Compared to other big stars in the entertainment industry who often shut mouths and whitewash scandals in the face of negative public opinion, Zhou Yi's behavior seemed a bit too indulgent, simply not caring at all.

Both are international big names; after Cheng Long's famous scene of "I just made a mistake that all men in the world make," public opinion related to it was collectively silenced, and discussion dropped straight down; only Zhou Yi remained as is, doing whatever he wanted, basically saying "say whatever you want, I won't lose a piece of flesh."

Everything is most feared when compared.

Zhou Yi's operation of lying flat and ignoring it actually added a bit of goodwill from passersby who were used to being silenced.

Of course, Sun Yanzi, who was currently running promotions, was inevitably asked about this major stir originating from the "Warner Love Story" trilogy series—

Yes, with the disputes caused by this third part, the first two parts also received greater attention.

"My manager did tell me about this; I think they are actually quite talented, able to combine songs from our respective albums and even release three of them."

In Hong Kong, Sun Yanzi, attending a promotional event for the jewelry brand she endorsed, smiled without showing her teeth during the interview: "However, the song 'One Like Summer, One Like Autumn' was actually written by Zhou Yi for Cheng Hao and me; back then, we were both stuck at home with no work, often playing around and fighting."

"Do you mean Zhou Yi had already written quite a few songs during the SARS period? Including the songs in his own album?"

"There were some, but I don't know if he would put them in the album. I saw a draft with a crossed-out name, called 'Ru Porcelain' or 'Ru Kiln', something like that."

Compared to the past, today's Sun Yanzi unexpectedly revealed information completely unknown to the general public when answering questions related to Zhou Yi, such as this seemingly abandoned song sample.

In an instant, all the reporters perked up—

Everyone knows that a song by Zhou Yi is equivalent to a guarantee of quality; even if it's a discarded song, according to Zhou Yi's ability, it would definitely be above the average line.

They wished they could turn back time right then and there to the SARS period, rush into Zhou Yi's house, and rummage through his trash can.

Many entertainment companies that saw this report immediately started asking acquaintances to inquire about related information, asking manager Qian Jiang if there was a possibility of selling discarded songs—just to make use of waste; we don't mind.

"No, I used it myself. 'Ru Porcelain' has too low a profile, so I just changed it to a more popular name to serve as a symbolic image."

Hearing Qian Jiang's words, Zhou Yi was somewhat amused and helpless.

These people are truly starving; if he really gave them a discarded song, they would probably treat it like a treasure.

"Is that so... However, although that's the case, I think you still cannot refuse the invitation from Yinghuang; they have cooperated with you very happily at the very least, and human feelings can only be more stable when there is give and take; Yinghuang is a very capable ally."

After thinking for a moment, Qian Jiang still brought up the request from Mani Fok to invite songs: "Rong Zu'er's song 'Girl with Wings' this year was also a huge hit in the mainland, and Twins' 'Next Station: Goddess' even broke the limitations of Cantonese songs, not just limited to a huge fire in the Cantonese-speaking regions."

"With this popularity foundation, now Mani Fok wants to arrange for them to officially enter the mainland market next year, so she specifically came to ask you for songs. Not many, just one song each side will do."

Just two songs, and they are for next year; the time is quite ample.

"Two songs? Alright, I'll take a look then."

Since the ally wishes to forge a connection, Zhou Yi naturally would not shut the door on them. Just return Rong Zu'er's "Xiao Xiao" to its owner; as for Twins... Zhou Yi's mind instinctively conjured the name of another female group—

S. H. E.

Both are female groups; considering the current ages of the two members of Twins, simply grabbing a highly popular song by the Snake Group, "No Growing Up," and tossing it over will suffice.