Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 152 Two Million Bet
Zhou Ziheng's response soon reached Jacky Cheung.

Facing Zhou Ziheng's response, Jacky Cheung was not afraid at all and said directly:

“He’s so confident, that’s fine!
He can bet whatever he wants, and I’ll take it.”

Since Jacky Cheung is willing to take the job, Zhou Ziheng naturally won't be afraid.

He stated the bet directly that afternoon.

"It's not a big deal. Whoever has the lowest sales will donate two million to Leon Lai's Polio Eradication Project."

Zhou Ziheng never thought of letting Jacky Cheung keep the money for himself.

If he gave the money to himself, PolyGram might help Jacky Cheung to default on the bet.

But if you donate to charity, that's a different story.

As long as Jacky Cheung agrees, he doesn't need to supervise it himself, and the international children's charity will collect the money on his behalf.

As for saying that I lost.

Zhou Ziheng never thought that he would lose.

Even if he loses, he is willing to donate the money to polio patients and children in the mainland.

Jacky Cheung quickly agreed to the bet.

After he agreed, the bet between Zhou Ziheng and Jacky Cheung immediately became the focus of major media.

The media have all focused their attention on the two people's records.

Two million bet.

I have to say, the stakes are pretty high.

With the media's publicity, countless ordinary people have heard about this matter.

"Have you heard that Jacky Cheung wants to compete with Zhou Ziheng in record sales?

Whoever has the lowest record sales will have to donate two million to Leon Lai's "Polio Eradication Project."

It is said that Liming's "Polio Eradication Plan" is a charity project, the main purpose of which is to raise money for a kind of sugar pills to prevent and treat polio for children in the mainland.

"Who do you think will win?"

"I think Jacky Cheung will win."

"I think Zhou Ziheng has a better chance of winning, and Zhou Ziheng's sales of two consecutive albums have surpassed Jacky Cheung.

Even "Kiss Goodbye" is not as good as "Pacific Heartbreak."

“That’s a Mandarin album. Zhou Ziheng’s Mandarin albums are really good, with a lot of good songs.

But Zhou Ziheng released an English album this time."

"It's an English album! What a pity! I thought it was a Mandarin album and was thinking of buying one after it was released. Forget about the English album. I don't like English songs and I can't understand them."

……

When the bet between Zhou Ziheng and Jacky Cheung became a hot topic, Leon Lai also spoke out.

"Thank you very much for your generous donation. I would like to thank you on behalf of tens of millions of children in mainland China."

International children's charity also spoke out:

“No matter who wins or loses, both of your actions are very just.

We sincerely hope that both of your records will sell well!"

The voices from international children's charities have directly added greater attention to this bet.

The whole of Asia focused their attention on Jacky Cheung and Chow Tsz-Heng.

……

Vancouver, Canada.

Gray and Ange have a common idol.

They both like Madonna.

Most recently, Madonna’s transformational record, Bedtime Stories, was released in October.

Although the sales of this album were not very good and the reputation was not satisfactory.

But the two of them still made an appointment to go to the music store together to buy records to support their idol.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the music store, they saw a huge poster hanging above the store.

"Wang Defake, did this Asian guy buy up all the advertising space in Vancouver?"

The poster shows an Asian man riding a motorcycle, looking cool.

Gray has seen posters of this Asian guy in many places in Vancouver. Although he admits that this Asian guy is handsome, he still can't help but want to complain when he sees his posters everywhere.

"Zhou Ziheng, it seems to be a promotional poster for a new album."

Ange looked up and said.

"What good records can an Asian make? I don't know if the record company has too much money and has nowhere to spend it. The whole of Vancouver is him."

As they were talking, the two of them entered the video store.

This video store is huge.

There are five or six shelves alone.

Various records are neatly arranged on it.

Available in various languages.

There are even special shelves for Chinese songs, which display records of the most popular singers in the Chinese-speaking world, such as Wang Jie, Alan Tam, and the Four Heavenly Kings.

There is a poster of the singer next to his/her record.

Because of the Asian poster at the door, Gray subconsciously looked over there after entering.

Seeing this, I was immediately speechless.

The guy's poster on the advertising space at the door is also on the shelf, and the position is particularly good. The poster is about one-third larger than that of other singers.

"Hey man, is that Asian guy popular? Why do I see him everywhere?"

Gray tilted his head and asked the clerk.

"You're talking about him. I heard he's the most popular singer in Asia and is heading into Europe and America."

The clerk looked up and asked, "Do you want any of his records?"

"No, no, no, I don't want it. Asian English songs are weird. I don't want it."

Gray shook his head hastily.

As he spoke, he and Ange came to Madonna's record shelf, which was full of Madonna's records.

The two began looking for "Bedtime Stories".

At this time, the clerk turned on the TV in the store.

Tuned the channel to the Vancouver Music Channel.

This channel is one of the few music channels in Canada, mainly playing some of the latest song MVs and singer information.

From time to time, viewers can also see interviews with Michael Jackson and Madonna on it.

At this time, the MV of a new song was playing on the show.

Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine
I'm leaving my life in your hands
People say I'm crazy and that I am blind
……

After just two lines of the song, Gray and Ange couldn't help but look up at the TV.

In the picture, an Asian man is holding a microphone and singing passionately.

The scene changes, and the Asian man appears on the street again, dancing to the rhythm of the music with his handsome male dancers.

“Is this the Asian guy on the advertisement at the door?”

“Is this his song?”

Gray and Ange looked at each other.

“The song is very nice.”

Turning his eyes to the shelves in the Chinese area, Gray hesitated and walked over there.

"Sad Pacific", "Fairy Tale", "Wandering Song"...

There aren’t a lot of albums, but there’s a fair amount of stock for each.

Gray picked up a copy of "Fairy Tale". The cover was very interesting. An Asian man was playing the piano with his eyes closed.

It's written in English underneath the cover.

"Another classic work by Zhou Ziheng, the 1993 Asian annual sales champion. Total sales have exceeded five million, securing the title of Asia's 1994 sales champion."

Just by looking at the introduction, Gray knew that this album was amazing.

"Do you want to buy it?" Angel asked, looking at the record in his hand.

“The song in the music video is good, this guy is different from other Asians.

I just happened to have some extra pocket money this week, so I bought it and listened to it.”

(End of this chapter)