China Entertainment 2000

In early 1998, an American guy named Sean came up with the idea of ​​making his own MP3 software because of his roommate's poor experience with online MP3 downloads. After struggling for more than half a year, a free MP3 search and download software called Napster was launched.

At first, the major record companies didn't take it seriously.

But this Napster software subsequently swept the entire United States in just a few months at a speed that no one expected. At its peak, the number of permanent users was nearly 40 million, and the peak number reached 80 million. Many, directly dealt a devastating blow to the physical record industry in Europe and the United States.

After belatedly realizing it, Warner, Sony, EMI and other international record giants jointly filed a lawsuit against it, and then used legal means to curb the momentum of Napster's development.

In February 2001, after more than a year of lengthy litigation, Napster, which was struggling, was finally found guilty of infringement.

However, although Napster lost the lawsuit, founder Sean's behavior seemed to open the lid of a Pandora's box, and various MP3 piracy methods on the market began to expand rapidly.

And Jobs also took a fancy to this——

He wants to take advantage of this Internet trend to create a product that can save both the music industry and Apple itself: the iPod.

In his vision, since mp3 online downloading is unavoidable, why not let me build an official and genuine music store. Everyone who buys our products can pay to download and listen to songs in one-stop service on this music store. .

Although the pricing of songs in music stores is much cheaper than traditional records, at least the quantity is large!

It's a pity that his idea was wonderful, but it was unanimously rejected by international giant record companies such as Warner, Sony, and EMI at the beginning: it was difficult for them to accept such low pricing and they were still hesitant about this Internet trend— —

After all, they are still a physical record company, and they still have so many channels to support. It is difficult for the ship to turn around.

Even if they join, it's still a question of whether the company's singers are willing to accept their records being made into mp3s and put on the iTunes store.

Originally, the giant companies thought they were tough, but as a result, the cruel piracy market directly taught them how to behave——

The opened Pandora's box could no longer be closed. After a year of piracy, they could only hold their noses and return to the negotiating table to restart negotiations with Steve Jobs.

From the beginning of 2002 to the end of the year now, the general settlement terms have been almost discussed, but the big-name settlement has been stuck -

The music store envisioned by Jobs does not yet have a big-name singer who can generate enough buzz to be a part of it.

Fans of established music masters have already formed the habit of buying physical records, so the singer himself may sneer at this kind of MP3, or at least he doesn't like it;

He also has private contact with the kings and queens of the Mesozoic Era. Many of those topics that are highly topical and can bring huge attention are in the lion's mouth.

Jobs, who originally wanted to keep grinding until at least Christmas, was reading the newspaper today when he suddenly saw the media under Time Warner reporting that Warner Music's singer Spike Chow had made history in the world of music. news--

Because of Eminem dissing Spike Week, this name that had gradually faded away over time is now becoming popular in the United States. Coupled with Warner's efforts to blow him to the top, he suddenly became popular. It made Steve Jobs recall the music craze this man set off in the United States——

Once, his English single "Yeah" topped the B-chart for 12 consecutive weeks, creating a miracle in the history of the Chinese entertainment industry just like Chen Long in "Rush Hour 2".

Now, in distant China, he has once again created a world record that is unprecedented and will probably never be followed: one person dominates the top ten of Hong Kong Radio No. 1 music rankings!

Jobs still knew about Hong Kong, a prosperous oriental city.

This world record undoubtedly impressed Jobs, who now lacks such talent cooperation.

Moreover, Spike Zhou naturally has another level of topicality: he is also a musician who can write his own songs. Since Eminem wrote a song with a rhythm to scold him, with the character shown by Spike Zhou, he will definitely write a new song and scold him in the future.

Even if he doesn't want to write it or can't write it, Warner will secretly find someone to write it and hand it over to him, otherwise it will conflict with the character he has established in the United States.

More importantly, Jobs smelled a strong Internet attribute from this man——

From the information he collected, this man was very optimistic about the future of the Internet. Even though the market value of Chinese Internet companies was still losing money, he still kept spending money to buy them.

Such people will definitely accept Internet music faster than the group of people he is talking about now——

Times have changed.

What age are we now, and we are still using traditional channels!

"I don't want to either, but there's nothing I can do about it via the Internet."

Domestic, imperial capital, short, big and tight.

After complaining to his friend Song Ke on the phone for a while, Xiao Dajin, who knew that there was nothing he could do about it, really felt like the sky was falling.

November 15, 2002, a day that made him feel panic——

Today, the mother of his ex-girlfriend Junzi who committed suicide suddenly stood up and accepted exclusive news interviews from some media. She attributed her daughter's suicide to him and once again said her daughter's last words before she died: Short and big. Tight sold me.

At a time when traditional media channels are being controlled, the Internet, which has grown to a somewhat mature level, has become the tipping point of this news——

Because after watching the program on Jade Channel, some brothers from Guangdong Province immediately came up with Zhou Yi’s point of view when he was asked about this on the program: He had vaguely heard of it.

In one sentence, the mainland Internet was immediately splashed with water!

There was a lot of discussion!

Sohu, which is represented by Zhou Yi, directly released a special topic on the incident as if it had been prepared, and it was just put on the home page - the title was in capital letters, bold and red.

Xiao Da looked at it closely and wanted to scold her.

He couldn't get involved in Sohu, after all, he had been kicked out earlier. I originally wanted to negotiate through Zha Lang, but some high-level negative news suddenly broke out within Zha Lang, making those who supported him caught off guard and unable to take care of themselves——

Well, NetEase exposed it.

This is very interesting.

Zhalang's upward trend, which had already been on a rebound, was interrupted by this sudden negative news. The leader, Lao Duan, frowned deeply.

"Zhou Yi is not afraid of losing his life by doing this? He also has shares, right?"

"Do you think Zhou Yi looks like a man who is short of money? He just wants to take a breath. Isn't his character always like this..."

"..."

Some remarks made by someone unknown are circulating within the circle. Combined with the fact that Zhou Yi himself is attending a banquet in Hong Kong and stealing the limelight and seems to not care about the mainland at all, the more it is spread, the higher the authenticity.

Lao Wang, the original founder of Zhalang who was kicked out earlier but still retained some shares, did not know whether it was out of hatred for the board of directors who kicked him out or something else, but he actually stood up and made trouble for some people at the top.

This is very interesting.

The wildly growing Internet channels don’t care whether you are traditional or not, how do you attract attention? By night, the comments of “the short and tight ex-girlfriend committed suicide due to depression” began to dominate the mainstream...

This statement spread so fast that Gaoda Jin, who lacked countermeasures on the Internet, had no way to deal with it.

In particular, there are many fans of Zhouyi who are betting on their idol’s reputation to ridicule Short and Tight——

"Zhou Yi now has a bright future, with unbeatable sales and a new world record. If he hadn't really heard the truth about this matter, how could he say that he had heard it? He was so full that he wanted to slander it?"

"Indeed, Zhou Yi himself is a student of law. How could he know the law and break it?"

"That's right, that's right."

"..."

Gao Dageng, who never expected that he would develop into a "murderer" so quickly in online public opinion, faced the group of reporters who crowded into his home for interviews, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "It's nonsense! Slander! This is It's a naked slander!

"He's slandering me! He's slandering me!"

…………………………………………

"Fart! Where did I slander you?"

On the way to the Peninsula Hotel celebration venue, Zhou Yi, who was crossing his legs in the back seat of the car, curled his lips in disdain. Under Fan Xiaopang’s dumbfounded gaze, he said confidently: “I’m just saying that I’ve heard about it vaguely. Regarding Junzi's suicide, in a legal sense, there is no problem with my words.

"She is still Wang Feng's ex-girlfriend, couldn't I have heard about it from Wang Feng's mouth?

"At the same time, I don't have any intention to guide public opinion, because I have been busy promoting the album and am still participating in the celebration. I have a sufficient and sufficient alibi."

"..."

Fan Xiaopang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally closed his mouth.

"If he really dares to accuse me of defamation, then I will send him a lawyer's letter first."

"???"

Fan Xiaopang was shocked: "You want to sue him?"

"No, let me tell you the truth: To me, a lawyer's letter is no different from toilet paper. But in the eyes of the public, it will prove that I tell the truth. As for Gao Dagen himself, do you believe him or not? I have a guilty conscience and am I the one who caused the person’s death?”

Before getting off the bus, Zhou Yi smiled slightly and gave an answer that made Fan Xiaopang give a thumbs up.

"You're awesome."

Fan Xiaopang, who got out of the car holding Zhou Yi's arm, walked onto the red carpet in front of the cameras skillfully and faced the flashing lights that he was already used to.

She thought she could get one or two questions no matter what, but she never thought that reporters would swarm Zhou Yi, asking the same question——

"Zhou Yi! Xie Tingfeng showed up at your celebration tonight. What's going on?"

"Zhou Yi, Xie Tingfeng's first public appearance after coming out is tonight..."

"Zhouyi, Xie Tingfeng..."

Seven or eight questions in a row were all about the meeting between the two former prides at the celebration banquet tonight.

Logically speaking, tonight is Zhou Yi's home court and his night of honor. There is no way Xie Tingfeng, his former enemy, would appear here.

So far, the two of them have only won one of the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards in Hong Kong. The two of them jointly won a bunch of awards. That was also the starting point of the name "Double Pride".

"Xie Tingfeng?"

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, his tone slightly surprised.

If this guy doesn't do community service after he comes out, why is he here?

May you be happy and prosperous?