Chapter 87

Zhou Yi climbed out of bed, holding a flashlight and scanning carefully with his eyes for a long while, yet failed to find even a single lens; his expression of doubting life made Xiao Yaxuan, who was lying under the covers, laugh until she nearly fell over—

"Relax. There are so many paparazzi in Xiangjiang; even a blind cat can hit a dead rat once. You know how many eyes are watching you right now."

After lazily stretching and finally getting out of bed, while teasing, Xiao Yaxuan casually picked up the clothes on the floor and threw them aside: "Luckily, we invited Sun Yanzi and Zhang Shaohan to dinner last night; otherwise, my phone would probably have been blown up by the teacher by now."

"Mainly because I don't have much confidence in the integrity of Xiangjiang's paparazzi."

Throwing the flashlight onto the sofa, Zhou Yi stood up and yawned: "After all, this group truly has their methods."

Secret filming, surveillance, recording—there's nothing they can't do that you can't think of.

Getting caught by the police isn't a big deal; they won't be locked up for long, and the material they get can still be sold for money.

"This is a luxury hotel; if security could be breached so easily, what about their reputation?" Xiao Yaxuan, who hadn't yet experienced the terror of Xiangjiang's paparazzi, clearly didn't take it seriously.

Besides, aren't there Sun Yanzi and Zhang Shaohan with us to take the bullet? Even if the media reports are as exaggerated as possible, they would still be groundless fabrications.

At that very moment, Sun Yanzi and Zhang Shaohan, inside the same hotel, suddenly sneezed—

When they were invited to attend this Coca-Cola signing ceremony, they all booked the same hotel.

Sun Yanzi was arranged by Warner as a whole; Zhang Shaohan came along with her good friend Sun Yanzi for company. As for Xiao Yaxuan, she came specifically for Zhou Yi.

Thus, because they came to support Zhou Yi, the three, who were currently very hot in the Baodao music market, rarely appeared together publicly in Xiangjiang.

Zhang Shaohan and Sun Yanzi were a bit better; they were already good friends privately, so finding joint shots was easy, but the three of them appearing together was truly rare.

After all, the connection between Xiao Yaxuan and these two was currently more about uniting against a common enemy to help Zhou Yi; they were merely good friends, not yet at the level of best sisters.

"The Coca-Cola ceremony is tomorrow afternoon; at that time, many of your fans will enter. Here is the program schedule for then."

After breakfast, because they belonged to the same company, Qian Jiang, as Zhou Yi's manager, simply pulled Sun Yanzi over to listen in while arranging matters.

"Also, A-Yi, this is a list of some people who will appear at tonight's banquet to support you; you'd better memorize their names so you don't fail to recognize them then."

Saying this, Qian Jiang threw a document into Zhou Yi's arms.

Hearing this, Sun Yanzi immediately curiously leaned over; the first big name that came into view was none other than Jackie Chan—

"Eh? Why is Jackie Chan here? Isn't he the spokesperson for another cola brand? It seems a bit off for him to appear at a Coca-Cola spokesperson signing ceremony."

The moment she saw that name, Sun Yanzi blinked and turned to look at Qian Jiang: "Could it be that Coca-Cola wants to poach Jackie Chan?"

"Jackie Chan's original cola endorsement..."

Qian Jiang's face immediately turned somewhat strange as he spoke: "Fenhuang Cola is on the verge of bankruptcy this year, so naturally, it's impossible to renew the endorsement contract with Jackie Chan."

Sun Yanzi: "..."

Zhou Yi, standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Thinking he was mocking her, Sun Yanzi glanced sideways at the man: "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, just remembered something happy."

Cupping one hand into a fist and pressing it to his lips to cough twice, Zhou Yi, trying hard to hold back his laughter, still had the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably: "You've been in Singapore all this time, so you might not know Fenhuang Cola.

"It's a Chinese local cola drink brand; it was at its peak in '98, and Jackie Chan was hired as a spokesperson back then.

"But now... just not going bankrupt and closing down counts as success."

Sun Yanzi immediately widened her eyes: "That bad?"

"What else could it be?"

The title of 'Endorsement Killer' isn't just a joke.

Although it was playing on a meme, from the perspective of someone from the future, Jackie Chan's endorsements indeed carried a touch of metaphysics.

"When Pepsi signed Xie Tingfeng back then, the scale was very grand; they invited all the spokespersons like Zhang Guorong, Wang Fei, and Andy Lau.

"No choice; on the Coca-Cola side, they just found the big name Jackie Chan to hold the fort, probably hoping to seize this opportunity to sign Jackie Chan as well."

"But isn't Jackie Chan filming a movie?"

Sun Yanzi was somewhat confused.

Can someone filming a movie still come out to attend an event?

"Someone in his crew got injured; there's currently a dispute in the US, so he's just taking the opportunity to hide away in peace." Qian Jiang spoke concisely, and the two immediately understood.

"Additionally, as a welcome gift, A-Yi, Coca-Cola has also joined the public relations campaign. You now have the qualification to compete for the soundtrack of 'Rush Hour 2'."

Qian Jiang's tone was cheerful when mentioning this matter: "The producers have agreed to your participation, but regarding the soundtrack selection, you must compete with Japan's Utada Hikaru.

"At that time, the producers will decide which song is more suitable to serve as the soundtrack based on the finished songs submitted by you and Utada Hikaru."

There are only so many spots for the soundtrack; adding Zhou Yi means one must be kicked out, after all, 'Rush Hour 2' isn't a musical.

Considering that currently, only Zhou Yi and Utada Hikaru, the two Asians, are participating in the competition for the soundtrack, the producers will naturally choose one of the two, letting strength speak.

"What about the script? Without a script or plot, how can I write a song?" Zhou Yi was somewhat puzzled.

To this, Qian Jiang said nothing, simply pointing to the personnel list in his hand.

Zhou Yi understood—Jackie Chan.

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Meanwhile, Tokyo, Japan.

As the hottest female singer under EMI Records (Japan), Utada Hikaru, who was about to roll up her sleeves and plan the promotion for her new album, received a strange message from her manager—

Her music soundtrack for Jackie Chan's new movie was being challenged.

"Hikki, what's wrong?"

A friend who noticed her unusual mood immediately spoke up to ask.

"No, nothing. Sorry, I have to go back to the company now."

Feeling very confused, Utada Hikaru went straight to the company and found her manager: "What happened? Wasn't everything almost settled before?"

"It's like this, but a young singer from Warner China, who emerged just like you, has also come to compete for Jackie Chan's movie soundtrack.

Utada Hikaru's manager's tone was equally somewhat helpless: "Moreover, the other party's company is Warner, their connections are not weaker than EMI's, and Coca-Cola has also lent a hand."

"A young singer? Who?"

"We don't know his English name yet. As for his Chinese name, it's Zhou Yi."

"Zhou... Yi?"

Uttering the name with a strange Japanese accent, Utada Hikari furrowed her brow slightly.

The manager nodded: "He is young like you, but he was born in 1981, two years older than you."

PS: Back a bit late, no big deal.

PS2: I'll finish the last two chapters and send them together, around midnight~

(End of this chapter)