Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 105: You bastard, why did you provoke Zhou Ziheng?

Ni Zhen learned about the interview in which Zhou Ziheng publicly criticized him through his father.

The next morning, he returned home after having a romantic affair outside all night behind Zhou Huimin's back, and saw his father Ni Kuang sitting on the sofa with a gloomy look on his face.

He guessed that his father must be worried about something and didn't want to upset him, so he lowered his head and wanted to go back to his room to catch up on some sleep.

Before he could pass through the living room, a newspaper was thrown in front of them, accompanied by Ni Kuang's roar.

"What the hell did you do out there all day long?
Do you really think you are the disciplinary committee member of the entertainment industry? It’s fine if you bully those little stars.

Is that Zhou Ziheng someone you can mess with?

Don't you know that EMi already regards him as a cash cow for EMI Records?
You want to provoke him, you think your life is too long, right? "

Ni Kuang was very angry.

He usually doesn't want to care about his son's romantic affairs outside.

To be honest, they are all the same in the family.

He also went out to fight with a three-second gun.

Even his sister Yi Shu is the same. Changing men is like changing clothes.

Therefore, he was not concerned about Ni Zhen's romantic affairs.

But this time Ni Zhen really went too far.

It’s bad enough that he bullies a young TVB actor with no background like Liu Ximing, but now he is actually trying to kick Zhou Ziheng, who is a tough guy.

Let’s not talk about what kind of power Zhou Ziheng has in the mainland.

EMi alone was not someone his Ni family had offended.

That's a British company.

The background was so complicated that it was impossible for the Ni family to look them in the eye.

Yesterday, Zhou Ziheng launched an attack on Ni Zhen in front of the media.

Before evening, someone from EMi Records called him.

Although the other party's attitude was quite good, his words and actions conveyed the same meaning.

Tell Ni Zhen to shut up. If he provokes Zhou Ziheng again, EMi will take action against him.

Although Ni Kuang is capable of deserting.

But she is not a cruel person like her younger sister Yi Shu who would abandon her husband and children.

He still attaches great importance to his son.

After all, it is the seed that carries on the family line.

So, early in the morning, he even postponed his daily trip to the hospital for a check-up and just waited for his son to come back.

Ni Zhen did not refute Ni Kuang immediately, but picked up the newspaper on the ground.

The more he looked, the uglier his expression became.

This Zhou Ziheng has no moral integrity at all.

What does it mean to let him go home to feed?

What is a disciplinary committee member?

What do you mean he is not Liu Ximing.

When Ni Zhen read these words, he only saw one message.

That means Zhou Ziheng looks down on him.

Even when criticizing him, they didn't do it in a veiled way like they did with Jacky Cheung, but instead named and criticized him.

He also asked the reporter to convey the message to him.

The more he watched and thought about it, the angrier Ni Zhen became.

"Damn country bumpkin, I'm going to destroy you!" He spat out the words through gritted teeth.

He was already planning in his mind how to destroy Zhou Ziheng.

Since Zhou Ziheng said that he is not Liu Ximing, then he will use Liu Ximing's methods to deal with him.

A team of reporters was specially hired to take pictures of Zhou Ziheng, and only to take ugly pictures of him.

If he spits on the street or his appearance or clothes are anything but nice, they will take this opportunity to discredit him.

Snapped……

Just as Ni Zhen was thinking of all kinds of vicious ways, a crisp slap suddenly sounded.

When he reacted, he felt his face burning.

He was beaten.

He's almost thirty.

Even though he is such a grown-up, he was still slapped by his father.

"You are crazy!" Ni Zhen, who was beaten a little dazed, looked at Ni Kuang angrily.

"Do you still want to continue? Do you still want revenge? I think you deserve a beating.

Is it possible for you to mess with a singer like Zhou Ziheng?
You still want revenge. Do you want me to collect your body in some stinking ditch one day?

Do you want to destroy the family business you have worked so hard to build?"

Ni Kuang roared angrily.

woohoo hoo...

Ni Zhen kept taking deep breaths to adjust his mentality.

"Ah Zhen, I know you're not convinced, but you've been in the entertainment industry before, so you should know that some people are not so easy to control.

Don’t be fooled by the fierce arguments between Zhou Ziheng and Jacky Cheung.

But that is business competition, competition within the rules.

In fact, this war of words itself was a show jointly put on by EMi and PolyGram.

Didn’t you see that the more they cursed and argued, the more their albums sold?”

A female voice came from the stairs and Ni Zhen looked over.

It was his aunt Yi Shu, whom he respected very much.

As Yi Shu walked downstairs, she continued, "You are different. You have no business conflicts with Zhou Ziheng. It's fine for your newspaper to wave its flag in this war of words.

You shouldn't have gotten involved in person. If you did, it would have been a personal vendetta, and it would have been specifically aimed at Zhou Ziheng.

EMi will not allow you to destroy their cash cow, not even to smear them."

"Then I will let the Yes newspaper continue to publish, but not in my name." Ni Zhen said with a gloomy face.

“It was possible before, but it’s impossible now. Your feud with Zhou Ziheng is now known to everyone, and Yes Newspaper has become your representative.

Even if you weren't named, as long as the Yes newspaper published information about Zhou Ziheng, EMi would think it was you who did it."

After Yi Shu went downstairs, he said earnestly.

"Why are EMi so domineering? Even if I don't listen to them, they dare to find someone to kill me!" Ni Zhen looked dissatisfied.

He couldn't swallow this breath.

What if Zhou Ziheng didn't respond to what he said?

How will he survive in the future?

"I'm telling you seriously, don't mess with him, at least not during the two years when he's at his peak.

EMi has called to warn me.

Please keep your Yes newspaper quiet and stop reporting this news."

Ni Kuang said, suppressing his anger.

Yi Shu also spoke again, "Your Yes newspaper is not like those newspapers like Oriental Daily. They are large newspapers with billions of assets.

Although your yes newspaper is very popular, your net worth does not exceed tens of millions.

Without background and money, how can you fight against EMi?
When capital wants to teach you a lesson, it’s not as simple as just hiring gangsters to deal with you.

That's just the lowest level of means.

Believe it or not, if you really get angry, your Yes Newspaper might be shut down, or even go bankrupt.”

……

Zhou Ziheng didn't know what happened in the Ni family.

At this time, he was promoting the movie "New Hard Times".

The promotion of "New Hard Times" actually started a long time ago.

The main publicity gimmick of this film is "Zhou Ziheng's first film."

This gimmick is often used by film companies. Leon Lai's first film was promoted in this way, as was Aaron Kwok's.

Even earlier, movies by Leslie Cheung and others were promoted with this gimmick.

It can be said that this method of publicity has become very popular in Hong Kong.

But don’t worry about whether it’s rotten or not, as long as it works.

As the most popular singer this year.

Yes, the most popular singer.

Although Jacky Cheung fought Zhou Ziheng twice in a row.

But everyone has to admit that Zhou Ziheng is indeed the most popular person in the Chinese music scene this year.

Just like how Aaron Kwok became the most popular singer because of “I Can’t Stop Loving You”, and Jimmy Lin became the rookie of the year with “Seventeen Years Old Rainy Season”.

This year's Rookie of the Year is undoubtedly Zhou Ziheng.

Compared with the other two, Zhou Ziheng, the rookie king, is obviously more valuable.

After all, he released two albums this year.

"Sad Pacific" ranked second in Hong Kong's annual sales list, second in Singapore, second in Taiwan, and first in Mainland China.

Well, the second one is quite a lot.

However, although it ranks second in many regions, in terms of total sales, "Pacific Rim" is firmly ranked first.

The reason for this is that the sales champions vary from region to region.

For example, in Hong Kong, the number one song is "Goodbye Kiss", but in Taiwan, the number one song is "Flower Heart", and "Goodbye Kiss" can only be ranked third in Taiwan.

The first song from Singapore is "Coming and Going in the World is Just a Dream" by their local singer Eric Moo.

Just like mainland fans would be more inclined to support Zhou Ziheng.

Fans from different regions actually support singers from their own regions more. This is due to their hometown feelings.

It is not impossible for a company to rank first in all regions, but it is rare.

Even "Fairy Tale", which was extremely popular in the Chinese music scene and was a phenomenon, failed to rank first in some regions, but was firmly occupied by local records.

So, considering all factors, Zhou Ziheng's "Sad Pacific" is obviously the best-selling album this year.

And that’s not all, “Fairy Tale” has already been released.

This album is obviously more popular than "Heartbreak Pacific".

As soon as it was released, it won the sales championship in many places.

Although "Blessings" seems to be on par with "Sad Life" in Hong Kong, if it is considered in mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and other places, "Blessings" is obviously far behind.

Also because of the popularity of "Fairy Tale", "New Hard-Earned Brothers" used the gimmick of being Zhou Ziheng's first movie, which really attracted a lot of attention to this movie.

Many film magazines spontaneously reported on this film.

Hong Kong Film Magazine:

"Zhou Ziheng is undoubtedly the most popular singer this year, with a large number of fans in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places. His first movie was directed by Chen Kexin, who has directed such Hong Kong Film Award-winning films as "A Tale of Two Cities".

Among the actors who partnered with Zhou Ziheng was an actor of movie emperor level like Tony Leung Ka Fai.

According to the news from the internal screening organized by UFO Film Company, this movie is very good.

Although it was Zhou Ziheng's first time acting in a movie, he successfully shouldered the responsibility and completed his task brilliantly.

I am looking forward to seeing this movie in theaters.”

Yonghua Film Magazine:

“The fact that the most popular singer played the leading role did bring huge attention to The New Dirty Dozen.

But his disadvantages are also very obvious. Zhou Ziheng has never acted in a movie, let alone played the leading role.

I was worried he was going to give us a bad performance."

Movie Biweekly:
“The Christmas season in December has never been a big season, and in previous years there were seldom a large number of movies gathered during this period.

But this year is different. In addition to the most anticipated "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", Mr. Xu Guanwen's "The Money Robbers" is also ready to go.

In addition, the release date of "New Hard-to-Get-Away" starring popular singer Zhou Ziheng and Tony Leung has been confirmed.

Obviously, before the hottest Spring Festival period, these three movies will stage an advance rehearsal for the fierce competition during the Spring Festival period.

Let us wait and see who will be the final winner..."

Except for film publications.

Ordinary entertainment newspapers are also reporting on "New Hard Times".

Zhou Ziheng's First Movie

"Zhou Ziheng and Tony Leung Ka Fai Play Father and Son in Trouble"

Does Zhou Ziheng have acting skills?

Another cool singer is about to appear, Zhou Ziheng crosses over to the film industry

"Hahaha! Inviting Zhou Ziheng to act was the perfect decision. The attention is incredible."

Backstage at a promotional event in Kowloon, Eric Tsang flipped through the newspaper in his hands with his mouth crooked with smile.

“I didn’t expect that his new album would be released so soon and would cause such a big sensation.

It was indeed a very correct decision to invite him to act.

If it was Tony Leung Chiu Wai, his acting skills are indeed impeccable, but his popularity is obviously not comparable to Zhou Ziheng’s.”

Chen Kexin was also a little excited.

How could he not be excited!

The higher the attention, the more people will go to the cinema to watch it, and that means money!
Chen Kexin is also one of the shareholders of UFO. If the movie is a box office hit, he will get money.

Nowadays, who would complain about having too much money?

"What do you think about us signing Zhou Ziheng?" Chen Kexin suddenly asked.

"Sign him?" Zeng Zhiwei lowered his head and thought.

"As far as I know, Zhou Ziheng has not signed a contract with a film and television company, and you can see how popular he is. If we sign him, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to us," said Chen Kexin.

"I need to think about it." Zeng Zhiwei did not refuse, but did not agree either.

As the boss of the company, the person who owns the most shares.

He had a lot to consider.

Chen Kexin didn't know why no film and television company signed Zhou Ziheng, but Zeng Zhiwei knew it very well.

First of all, of course, Zhou Ziheng was ostracized because of his identity as a mainlander.

Another one is the feud between Zhou Ziheng and Jacky Cheung.

Jacky Cheung is not only influential in the music industry.

He also has a certain influence in the film industry.

Although he rarely plays the leading role, he is still the winner of the Best Supporting Actor award.

Also, Jacky Cheung has a very good relationship with Jackie Chan.

Jacky Cheung joined the film company founded by Jackie Chan as early as the 1980s.

Many people in later generations said that Jackie Chan was very selfish and that people who followed him never had the chance to be the protagonist.

In fact, this is wrong.

Jackie Chan is indeed selfish in his own movies, but he is not selfish when it comes to training people.

Most of the screen movies starring Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung were invested by him.

Later, the success of Daniel Wu, Nicholas Tse and Louis Koo was actually inseparable from the support of Jackie Chan.

The relationship between Jacky Cheung and Jackie Chan is more than just that of an employee and a boss.

Jacky Cheung’s wife May Lo is Jackie Chan’s godsister, and both of their godfathers are Ho Koon-sang.

Given this relationship, the relationship between Jacky Cheung and Jackie Chan is naturally not that simple.

Jacky Cheung and Chow Chi Hang do not have a good relationship and have even slandered each other in the media recently.

Jackie Chan naturally prefers Jacky Cheung and has no good impression of Zhou Ziheng.

When Zeng Zhiwei was chatting with Jackie Chan at a private gathering, he heard him complain that not only did Zeng Zhiwei not help Jacky Cheung, but he also asked Chow Tsz-hang to make a movie.

Of course Eric Tsang is not afraid of Jackie Chan.

But their relationship has always been good, so this face should be given.

Therefore, he was very hesitant about whether to sign Zhou Ziheng.

(End of this chapter)