China Entertainment 2000

Chapter 724 Welcome To Bei Jing (Happy New Year~)

"I have a question..."

The instinct of a musician made Sun Yanzi look a little embarrassed for a moment: "This shouldn't be Zhou Yi's doing, right? I haven't heard him say it, so it shouldn't be..."

It's not that she wants to deny the Jasmine song, it's because this adaptation is such a failure in her opinion.

As a classic in the field of Chinese music, there is no doubt that "Jasmine" is popular, even if she is familiar with this song in Singapore.

But right now, the arrangement on stage has undoubtedly destroyed the original artistic conception of the song. The melody has been cut into pieces and sounds extremely noisy——

It's as if the various traditional musical instruments used in the performance are fighting with each other, and no one is giving way to the other.

There is no doubt that from the perspective of song adaptation, this is a textbook-level turnaround stage.

Not to mention that the colors of the cheongsams worn by the performers on the stage were too eye-catching. They were so colorful that it was hard not to focus on them. And with this attention, the failure of the song's adaptation is even more difficult to ignore.

"No, he doesn't have time, and it's not convenient to intervene."

Cheng Hao, who was chewing an orange, shook his head: "Zhang Yimou is the chief director after all. He has hard work without credit. Zhou Yi will not do such things to snatch people's rights. Moreover, if Zhou Yilai is in charge, cheongsams of this style and color will He was definitely the first one to be killed, even if he didn’t get on board.”

She understands Zhouyi's aesthetics very well.

It’s not a question of whether the cheongsam is short or not. Since you have to move around a lot on stage, there is nothing wrong with shortening the cheongsam. But the crux of the problem lies in this color scheme. When the two are paired together, they look too gorgeous.

The beauty is indeed eye-catching—but that’s where the problem lies.

As a former entertainer, Cheng Hao grasped the core point of this adaptation almost immediately: he wanted to attract the attention of foreign friends at a glance, so he highlighted the cheongsam elements.

After all, around the world, the cheongsam style of clothing has indeed been bound to China, and it is one of the most iconic representative elements like Kung Fu.

But now, the original goal has indeed been achieved. Everyone's attention will indeed be attracted by this gorgeous cheongsam, but the problem is that its design is too gorgeous——

Coupled with the failed adaptation of "Jasmine" and the actors' twisting postures on the stage, foreigners who don't understand Chinese culture may find it good to watch, and just watch it as a cultural performance.

But local Chinese don’t buy it.

The cheongsam shouldn't be so gorgeous - or rather, it shouldn't be so gorgeous but also so short.

Only one of the two would work, but Zhang Yimou had the disadvantages of both this time.

In order to highlight the elements of the cheongsam, too much effort was put into rendering the colors, resulting in the shortened cheongsam looking full of fashion. Coupled with the failed adaptation of "Jasmine Flower", most Chinese people who are familiar with this song have completely lost the desire to appreciate it, which makes the shortcomings even more prominent.

If there is nothing to read, the shortcomings will naturally be magnified infinitely, but don’t spray you fiercely.

"Zhang Yimou made a mistake. He will definitely be scolded to death after tomorrow." Cheng Hao, who didn't see any signs of change after watching half of it, sighed and made a professional judgment.

Color images are Zhang Yimou’s area of ​​expertise, but he unexpectedly overturned.

She doesn't understand.

It can only be understood that it may be the first time to direct the Olympics, an unprecedented occasion. The excessive pressure caused Zhang Yimou's psychological pressure to become unbalanced, causing him to lose his due color judgment.

"Then the next Zhouyi will be difficult."

Sun Yanzi stopped eating potato chips and crossed his legs with a serious look on his face.

With Zhang Yimou smashing the game at the beginning, even Zhou Yi's routine performance cannot satisfy the appetite of the disappointed Chinese audience. Instead, there is a high probability that he will be scolded together.

The media who are already unhappy with him will definitely seize on this and launch a saturation attack, in order to use this failure to drag Zhou Yi down from the altar.

A Chinese singer who has achieved fame both at home and abroad is not what they want to see.

In fact, it is exactly what Sun Yanzi thought -

Halfway through Zhang Yimou's first live show, all major domestic media outlets that had conflicts with Zhou Yi and were eager to gain popularity or profit from Zhou Yi all thought of this, and even began to prepare how to scold Zhou Yi. .

After scolding Zhang Yimou, he scolded Zhou Yi again. He took two portions of traffic, one portion being higher than the other.

Thanks to the Olympic Games, we have great performance this year!

Even the elders who were paying attention to the Olympics were furious after seeing it——

"It's difficult."

At the closing ceremony in Athens, Zhou Yi looked at the effects on the stage and on the big screen and muttered unconsciously.

The stage is bigger, and the live lighting highlights the shortcomings of Zhang Yimou's team's adaptation. Although it can be seen that he has made some remedial efforts, his foundation is still too poor. In addition, the time is tight and the tasks are heavy, so he has not been completely rescued.

"Why do I think those foreigners look okay?" Qian Jiang asked puzzledly after returning from helping Zhou Yi prepare the waiting arrangements.

"Foreigners don't understand "Jasmine" and they don't understand cheongsam. They only know that it is a Chinese thing. It will definitely be fun to watch it." Zhou Yi shook his head.

In fact, if it weren't for the good reviews abroad, Zhang Yimou wouldn't even have the chance to run for the 2008 Olympic Games general director after returning to China, because these eight minutes in Athens really pissed off some of the elders above.

Zhang Yimou later said in a CCTV documentary that after the eight minutes ended, he was not only scolded by his leaders for his personal incompetence, but even people above him were criticizing him.

Fortunately, Lao Mouzi has a strong ability to withstand psychological pressure. After being encouraged by his leaders who continued to be optimistic about him, he decided to avenge his past humiliation and continued to compete for the position of chief director of the 2008 Olympic Games with the mentality of risking his lifetime reputation. Only then did he complete his epic A huge turnaround in public opinion.

"It's okay. You sing your song. Everyone in the audience is familiar with your song. It won't happen at all just for fun."

Although he was a little worried about whether Zhou Yi, who played as the main axis, would be affected by the poor arrangements made by Zhang Yimou's team, Qian Jiang couldn't say it at this time. Wouldn't that add to his heart?

It is true that the song "Welcome To Bei Jing" is not as good as those hit singles in Zhouyi English Third College, but its popularity is still somewhat guaranteed. Even if it is not good, many people should have heard it live.

"I'm not worried about mine."

Zhou Yi took a deep breath, not as relaxed as he said.

To be fair, he knows very well what his playing at this stage means. This is completely different from the previous World Cup finals, China-Korea Song Concert, China-Japan Song Concert and other occasions. Even with a big heart like him, he still made some waves in his heart before going on stage.

This is his first stage that can be truly called a national-level event in the nearly five years since his debut.

At least that's what he thought in his heart.

This was an occasion where he was not allowed to play tricks. The moment he stood on that stage, he really no longer just represented himself.

"The first group of cheongsams has left the stage, and the kung fu performance group has entered. The CCTV cameras should have captured the people waiting. Please pay attention to managing your expressions." Seeing that the first group of cheongsams came off the stage after the performance, they urgently came to the backstage dressing room to change. Clothes, Qian Jiang reminded.

When Zhou Yi took the stage for the opening ceremony, they still had to go on stage, but they were no longer wearing the cheongsam designed by Ye Jintian, but the regular clothes prepared for them by the Zhou Yi team.

They are all a group of young people, and wearing simple white T-shirts and jeans can better reflect their youthful vitality than the cheongsam.

"Brother Yi."

Tang Yan, who saw Zhou Yi in the waiting area, also came over politely and said hello - compared to when she was wearing a cheongsam, she was now wearing denim hot pants and a white T-shirt, which was more in line with Zhou Yi's eyes.

Of course, the main reason is that her hairstyle has changed now. Part of the bangs in the front was left open, which helped to cover her broad forehead to a certain extent. Her long hair was simply tied into a bun, making her look like a normal female college student.

As one of the top celebrities in domestic entertainment, Tang Yan's biggest flaw in appearance is her forehead.

"Nice performance."

After all, she had filmed the "Blue and White Porcelain" MV. Zhou Yi gave her a thumbs up to show encouragement.

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"The kung fu performance of this performance is just like that. It doesn't feel particularly shocking. It smells like a year-end art performance. Can Zhang Yimou know how to direct? Damn it."

Guangzhou, Yuexiu District.

As one of the editors of the Yangcheng Evening News, 35-year-old Su Zhixuan considers himself to be one of the more objective and neutral media people in China. When Zhang Yimou was ridiculed by the crowd before, he still wrote an article analyzing why he was chosen to be the director of Eight Minutes.

As a newspaper that is truly rooted in Guangzhou and spreads its influence outwards, "Yangcheng Evening News" is quite powerful in Guangdong, so his article has been recognized by many people.

It's better now, and he feels like his face was slapped.

"Although the Kung Fu performance was normal, the color of the costumes was not much different from the previous one. What happened to Zhang Yimou?" A colleague took a bite of mutton skewers and sounded obviously dissatisfied.

"It's ruined, it's ruined. Isn't Zhou Yi doing the same thing?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe he will wear Tang suits of various colors like Cheng Long attends various important occasions? Or maybe he will wear a more serious Chinese tunic suit?"

"Probably not, Zhang Yimou probably can't control him."

"It's hard to say. This kind of occasion must be safe. After all, it is an invitation to the whole world."

"..."

Colleagues were talking a lot, and Su Zhixuan looked a little strange.

It was hard for him to imagine Zhou Yi singing on stage wearing such bright and full-colored clothing under such circumstances.

It's not that it's impossible, it's just a little hard to imagine.

After all, Zhou Yi has always given people the impression of being a cutting-edge trend pioneer in the fashion industry. When Zhang Yimou's team wore this set of clothes with explosive single color saturation, it somewhat shattered the filter, and his anti-fan group I'm afraid it's not a carnival.

"Lao Su, look at the real-time reviews on those Tianya websites, and then look at the reviews in those chat rooms and QQ groups."

"OK."

Su Zhixuan nodded and immediately entered various online forums skillfully.

As expected, the people who are still following this point are night owls. As long as there is an account, there will be people who can't control their inner desire to talk and post online to find recognition——

"Zhang Yimou get out!" 》

"I'm done, let's go to the brothel?" Or visit the brothels at the Olympic Games site? ! 》

"Who is responsible for the music arrangement?" Zhouyi? Get the hell out of here together! 》

"The fucking ancestral tomb exploded!" 》

"Why am I not sleeping in the middle of the night and watching the closing ceremony to make myself sick?"

"..."

Obviously, online forums such as Tianya Maopu are now occupied by the anti-Zhang faction. All kinds of insults are endless, and some even harm family members, which is unsightly.

This is just the first batch of netizens to follow the live TV broadcast.

After everyone who has watched the replay has finished watching it, one can imagine how much Zhang Yimou will be scolded.

Cheongsam jasmine, Kung Fu, Peking Opera.

After three performances in a row, although the scolding in the Peking Opera area has decreased, the expectations of the Chinese audience have dropped to freezing point——

Tired, destroy it.

"When I go to sleep, Zhou Yi probably comes out to do a lion dance, hold fists, and sing a song."

"Anyway, just these permutations and combinations of elements, I can memorize them all."

"That's right—fuck, that's not right! Why did the whole place suddenly turn dark!"

Just as Su Zhixuan was communicating with his colleagues, on the TV, the stage where the Peking Opera was performed suddenly went dark——

The Athens Olympic Stadium, which can accommodate 55,000 spectators, suddenly went dark!

"What?"

"who?"

Check out the 16-9 book bar to see the correct version!

"???"

The athletes and spectators who had just gotten used to Zhang Yimou's high color and saturation bombardment were a little uncomfortable for a while, thinking that something big had happened.

The next second, as a strong music melody sounded, a building with lines of silvery white light appeared on the big screen - the light of the building lines flickered in and out as the music played, like a dazzling starry night. The dazzling Milky Way is eye-catching.

Silver-gray lights began to gradually cover the stage. Headed by Tang Yan, handsome men and beauties holding newspapers stepped onto the stage one after another to the brisk rhythm. "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics" was written on the newspaper. The large characters were clearly reflected on the big screen.

There is no longer a stereotyped impression of China, but the seemingly casual steps that follow the rhythm of the music make people feel a vigorous vitality——

All the actors holding newspapers filed out from all directions of the stage and converged in the center. The last one to appear was Zhou Yi, who aroused applause from all the athletes and the audience the moment he appeared.

Wearing sunglasses, the upper body is a silver braided diamond jacket that looks normal, but the collar is decorated with white edges, which looks very layered; the lower body is a pair of light blue jeans, which are also specially decorated with sequins to match the look. The upper body echoes and shines under the light.

“Welcome To Bei Jing~”

When he raised his hand and spoke the first sentence, the big screen behind Zhou Yi suddenly flashed the title of the song.

Zhou Yi, who stood still after singing this line, was standing in the backlight, with more shadows on his body, which added a sense of mystery to him out of thin air.

Many people who thought Zhou Yi was going to do some old stereotypes suddenly had their eyes lit up——

"Zhou Yi is okay, but he didn't wear Zhang Yimou's clothes?!"

"Is this a new song from his English album?"

"Wait a minute, why are there so many backup dancers behind Zhou Yi? Are all the performers in front brought up? The disgusting cheongsam of the cheongsam group has actually been replaced?!"

The person who originally planned to turn off the computer and go to sleep after turning off the TV was attracted by the scrolling messages in the chat room. When he turned on the TV again, what appeared in front of his eyes was the completely different look and feel between Zhou Yina and Zhang Yimou!

The lighting stage looks extremely trendy, and the rhythm and melody are extremely on-point, instead of being adapted to the unpleasant Jasmine;

Everyone's faces were filled with happy smiles, and Zhou Yi, the leader, was even more handsome and handsome——

"Welcome to Bei Jing!"

As Zhou Yi gradually sang the opening song again, the lights on the scene no longer stayed in one corner, but gradually began to flicker - under the silvery light, along with the accompaniment of the song that officially started to be played, the huge stage was filled with people. All the eight-minute performers who had performed previously.

The performers wearing Chinese characteristics such as kung fu suits and Peking opera costumes did not change their clothes. Instead, they twisted their bodies to the rhythm of the music, and with Tang Yan and others who had changed their clothes, they swayed their own style on the stage. enthusiasm.

“It’s been waiting for you (It’s waiting for you with open arms), Welcome To Bei Jing!”

Accompanied by the rhythmic drum beats, the open-mouthed Zhou Yi stepped on the spot and slid step by step to the center of the stage. The brainwashing "Welcome To Bei Jing" was repeated one after another, making people shake their heads. His silky figure instantly set off the entire Olympic Stadium!

"Spike!!!"

"I love you Spike!!!"

"Spike!"

Different from the applause of the audience in previous projects, when Zhou Yi opened his voice, the cheers he received were obviously much more real. As the camera swept over, the officials remained indifferent, but the audience and some athletes danced along with the rhythm, and even sang along -

“Walking through a crowd, The village is aglow

“Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats

"Everybody here wanted something more (Everyone here wants something more)~"

The completely changed lights flashed with the changes in Zhou Yi's singing. Every time the heavy drum beats, it is a small peak that guides the audience's emotions——

Zhou Yi, who has only performed live songs from his three albums in the United States and the United Kingdom so far, sang his new songs in public for the first time in such a venue. The audience and athletes who were his fans off the stage were naturally extremely excited. happy.

Since the accents of New York and Bei Jing in the original song are different, Zhou Yi deliberately changed his pronunciation when singing this song to fit the song.

When he sang the repetitively brainwashed phrase "Welcome To Bei Jing", he would even habitually point to the place in the audience where the cheers were the loudest and hook his fingers to interact with them——

Many people were dumbfounded——

"Holy shit! What is Zhou Yi doing?! Does he still remember that he is not giving a concert?!"

"But don't say it, the stage is quite beautiful, and this song incorporates everything before."

"The etiquette has collapsed and the music has been ruined! The rituals have collapsed and the music has been ruined! Why are those people wearing Peking Opera costumes on the Zhouyi stage still dancing to the rhythm?!"

"Nonsense, welcome. Everyone has performed Peking Opera before, so now I naturally have to welcome everyone as a Peking Opera actor and a young person."

In China, after Zhou Yi came on stage, several chat rooms that were still complaining and insulting Zhang Yimou instantly started communicating very quickly.

It looks like they are jumping around randomly, but actually it is not the case. Everyone's movements and steps are obviously strictly arranged. When viewed together, they are not chaotic, but have an orderly beauty.

If Zhang Yimou's previous performance arrangements still showed traditional China, then the performance led by Zhou Yi is modern China.

The previous era has passed, and the new China is no longer the dilapidated country it was in the last century.

Even for our traditional quintessences such as Kung Fu and Peking Opera, we can still have a younger generation to continue to innovate.

We are not blindly conservative, we also embrace technology and the future——

“It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat, Forevermore

"The lights are so bright, But they never blind me (The lights are so bright, but they never blind me)"

On the stage, when Zhou Yi sang this line, he not only pointed at himself, but even started leading the catwalk mode——

“Welcome to Bei Jing!

“It’s been waiting for you (It’s waiting for you with open arms), Welcome To Bei Jing!”

Behind him, all 150 actors who had performed in the previous three sessions were walking at fixed points——

Some were dancing behind Zhou Yi, some were bending down to interact with the audience on the sidelines, some were laughing and waving to both sides, and some were even holding lanterns and dancing and playing in joy. It was a harmonious scene of joy and harmony.

Every time we walk a certain distance, people in the team behind Zhou Yi carrying small bamboo baskets will even sprinkle fireworks manually, matching the lyrics sung by Zhou Yi, perfectly reflecting the enthusiasm of the next master.

As the song goes, China is no longer what it used to be, and the city in your impression has long since changed. Welcome everyone to come and see the world in 2008——

“Everybody here was someone else before (Everyone here was someone else before)

“And you can want who you want (You can love what you love)

"Boys and girls and Boys and girls (boys and girls)~"

When he sang "Boys", Zhou Yi took off his sunglasses and pointed at himself. When he sang "girls", he slid over to Tang Yan, who was acquainted with him, and pointed at her——

The latter covered her mouth in surprise, and her "girlfriends" and "friends" immediately gathered around her, talking in all directions, as if they were giving her advice. Tang Yan himself looked up at Zhou Yi in embarrassment when he was told this, and when their eyes met, he was so shy that he lowered his head in embarrassment——

Young, but beautiful.

Zhou Yi's smile in the freeze-frame shot is particularly wanton, and the silver-white diamond woven jacket adds a bit of unruly temperament to him——

It's like immersing yourself into the rainy season of summer. The pieces of sparkling diamonds are like hazy rain and dewdrops falling on his shoulders, expressing the eternal romance of the rainy season in the clear crystal.

The original sentence is Boys and boys and girls and girls. In theory, Taylor supports Tong's statement, but Zhou Yi does not support it, so he changed it and directly changed the order and became boys and girls.

When Zhou Yi led the team all the way to the end of the stage, the music happened to reach the interlude. Zhou Yi, who no longer had any lyrics to sing, stood at the front and did not put down the microphone, but said the welcome speech: "Hello and Welcome To 2004 Athens Olympic Games (Welcome to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games).”

Zhou Yi first gave the organizer a face and explained the location. Zhou Yi paused deliberately for two seconds, waiting for the cheers that filled the sky to gradually dissipate——

"The beautiful city of Athens at night is mesmerizing, but next, I think you know what I'm going to say."

Raising his hand to adjust his ear, Zhou Yi pointed his left index finger at the light ball at the front of the stage and said loudly: "Gentlemen and ladies, let's start Bei Jing's story together!"

The old Olympics are over, and the new Olympics have arrived——

After Athens, it’s us!

"He's so handsome. I want his costumes for my collection! I want to reserve his costumes for my collection!"

Sun Yanzi, who had just taken off her mask, took a bite of papaya, which she didn't like to eat. She stared at the man on TV who made her feel excited, and patted her thigh eagerly.

The look was like a child seeing a favorite toy.

Relatively speaking, Cheng Hao's mood was much more stable, but the speed of chewing the pulp in his mouth gradually slowed down. He stared at the energetic man on the TV screen without looking away for a long time.

Celebrities such as Elva Hsiao, Fan Xiaopang, Jay Chou, Lu Yi, Xie Tingfeng, Cai Zhuoyan, Tao Zhe, Wang Lihong and other stars are all paying attention to this unique show in the entire Chinese music industry!

All the emotions reached their peak after Zhou Yi's heartfelt expression, and the chat room where Su Zhixuan was located began to refresh the screen at a speed that was too fast for people to see clearly——

"Fuck! Zhou Yi is awesome!"

"Emperor Yi is invincible!!!"

“The Dharma King is awesome!!”

"China welcomes you!"

"!!!"

All the athletes and spectators who were swept by the scene were singing loudly to Zhou Yi's extremely brainwashing rhythm. The voices were getting louder and more orderly, especially when Zhou Yi once again sang an extremely repetitive and brainwashing song. Famous time——

After all, the Athens Olympic Stadium with 55,000 people turned into a stage for suspected Zhouyi concert performances, and I stayed up all night!

"Welcome to Bei Jing!"