Millennium director

Chapter 283: Scandal is rampant again, the road to authenticity is difficult

It's that simple for a singer to suddenly become famous or even become popular around the world.

If you want to be like Uncle Psy, who instantly became the most famous singer in the world with "Gangnam Style", you really need the right time, place and people, and it is not easy to replicate.

But it is very common for a hit song to suddenly become popular around the world like Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, and Maroon 1.

On average, 3-5 North American singers become popular around the world because of a hit single every year.

Now, this opportunity fell on Liu Yifei's head.

Under Wu Yuan's operation, "Call Me Maybe" quickly became a global hit in just half a month, topping the iTunes charts in more than 20 countries, with global sales exceeding six million copies. Pushy.

On YouTube, the MV for "Call Me Maybe" exceeded 50 million views in just half a month, becoming the hottest MTV video at the beginning of this year and ranking first on the YouTube music channel play list.

The name Crystal Liu appears frequently on the Internet in North America and Europe. Liu Yifei's photos, past posters, and fashion materials are spread on the Internet in various countries.

I have to admit that her face is really impressive. Even at the international level, she is still at the level of a top oriental beauty.

Supported by the popularity of her works, Liu Yifei's face was quickly recognized and remembered by people around the world.

In this regard, Disney is the happiest one.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 3" will be released in May, and Liu Yifei can barely be regarded as the second female lead in the top five roles in this movie.

Now that the popularity of the second female lead has soared around the world, Disney will certainly not give up this opportunity to promote itself with the popularity.

Soon, the news about Liu Yifei's appearance in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", as well as some behind-the-scenes photos and videos, were widely spread on the Internet in North America and Europe under the operation of Disney.

Many people who got to know Liu Yifei because of "Call Me Maybe" only realized at this time that this singer with a sweet voice is actually an actor by profession, and she also acted in such a Hollywood super A-level production!

Although these fans who just fell in love with Liu Yifei would not say that they would spend money to buy tickets to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" because of her, but after the news was spread, her fans' impression of Liu Yifei was undoubtedly on a higher level. Floor.

Now, Liu Yifei is really in the limelight in North America, and her public popularity is several times higher than that of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi combined.

No way, although one of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi has won awards in Europe and the other has participated in movies with a box office of over 100 million in North America, they are still more famous only among insiders.

Hollywood practitioners and elites in the European film industry must all know Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, but the general public is very unfamiliar with them.

In comparison, Liu Yifei took the lower-class route with a hit song and a very interesting MV, but it was easier for her to be recognized by the North American public.

Throughout March, the most popular and discussed singer in the United States was Liu Yifei.

Wu Yuan in his mansion in Los Angeles.

"Hey, senior brother!"

"Rolling Stone magazine said that I am the new sweet song queen!"

"American Music also praised my sweet voice, which is rare in the music industry today."

Liu Yifei hugged Wu Yuan's neck and was having fun, smiling like a fool.

The past half month has been like a dream to her.

Under Wu Yuan's manipulation, she went from an unknown newcomer to a sweet singing diva who is famous in North America in just one month.

Although her main job is an actor, Liu Yifei is also very happy that she can be known and loved by the public because of her singing voice.

After all, she also loves to sing in private, and there is also a singer idol Wang Jingwen. Every time she goes to a KTV party with her college classmates, songs such as "Red Bean", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" and "The Promise" are her must-have playlists.

Even her own voice is really inconsistent with Wang Jingwen's songs, and she can't sing her taste.

On the contrary, the sweet song route arranged by Wu Yuan suited her very well.

Liu Yifei, who is 18, 9 or 20 years old, has a really sweet voice, with a small voice that makes people tingle when they hear it. She is not as mature as those after thirty years old.

"Timberlake, who originally didn't pay much attention to the song "Good Time," now takes the initiative to ask when the single will be released."

Liu Yifei said with a playful smile: "Brother, you are so awesome!"

“Not only can I direct and write scripts, I’m also so good at writing songs.”

"I really found a treasure."

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, feeling somewhat complacent.

Although he copied this song, he did choose it well. From hundreds of fire songs in later generations, he selected a song that best fits Liu Yifei's line, which is enough for him to be proud of.

Of course, Wu Yuan has signed many music creations in China before.

Including "I want to see you, I want to see you, I want to see you" in "Your Name" and the theme song of the same name in "Those Years", the songwriters all signed his name.

So this time when I saw that the songwriter of "Call Me Maybe" was "Daniel Wu", domestic netizens didn't think it was a big deal.

When he composed the theme song for his movie before, it was already widely discussed by domestic netizens. Now that he is writing an English song, there is no need to dwell on this issue.

In addition to sighing that Wu Yuan's talents are really too much, everyone is more concerned about the fact that Wu Yuan actually wrote a song for Liu Yifei himself to praise her!

Liu Yifei's treatment is too good. Even if she is the first sister of the company, she won't be like this. After being praised at home and abroad, she has the intention to support Liu Yifei to become an international singer and actor!

Naturally, the relationship between Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan has once again aroused speculation and gossip among netizens.

To say that there is no affair between Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan, only fans of Liu Yifei believe this.

Other netizens who joined in the fun firmly believe that the relationship between Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan is definitely not a simple superior-subordinate relationship. There is definitely an affair between them, otherwise Wu Yuan would not praise her so much!

Simply praising his own artist can no longer be used as a reason for Wu Yuan's actions.

Some people in the industry, mainly a handful of celebrities who are jealous of Liu Yifei, even secretly changed their account to make various revelations on the Internet.

There is still some moral bottom line, just to talk about the relationship between Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei publicly on the Internet.

But some people who have no moral bottom line and are completely blinded by jealousy spread various rumors on the Internet, saying that Liu Yifei was actually kept by Wu Yuan, and the resources given by Wu Yuan were just support fees.

What's more, it was even said that Liu Yifei and her mother were together...

There isn't even a picture at the beginning, it's just made up by one's mouth, but it is precisely this kind of rosy rumor that makes the melon-eating netizens who surf the Internet love to hear about it.

The current Internet has just entered thousands of households in China. This channel for chatting with people from all over the country and accessing various so-called "insider information" and "secret rumors" on the Internet without leaving home is still in its infancy. When it is easier to be believed.

Just like most netizens nowadays believe the rumors that Fan Xiaopang secretly gave birth to a child for his financial sponsor, and was tricked into the hospital by Cheng Long on the set.

When the rumor that Liu Yifei was being kept by Wu Yuan became a rage on the Internet, many netizens believed it.

There is no other way. If you start spreading rumors, you will lose your legs if you refute them.

Even though the Light and Shadow Era refuted the rumors immediately on the Internet, this is not the era of real-name Internet access. Various social networking sites and forums do not require real-name registration at all, and there is no need to fill in a mobile phone number.

Wu Yuan couldn't follow the Internet to catch these people who were spreading rumors and causing trouble on the Internet.

It can only be said that those who are celebrities these days would be embarrassed to say that they are popular unless they have a few scandals.

Wu Yuan could only work with Liu Xiaoli to block these scandals on the mainland Internet, and not let Liu Yifei know for the time being, for fear of affecting her mentality.

Let her indulge in the good news of her global popularity for a while longer.

"You and Timberlake's song "Good Time" will be released in May."

"The momentum of "Call Me Maybe" has just begun. It can maintain its popularity for at least two months. There is no rush to release new songs to compete with this song."

Holding Liu Yifei's thigh wrapped around his waist with both hands, Wu Yuan said cheerfully: "Just in time, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" will be released on a large scale around the world in May."

"At that time, coupled with the release of your follow-up single, and the dual efforts of movies and songs, you will really be able to gain a foothold in North America and become a big star."

"Yeah." Liu Yifei, with a smile on her face, lay on Wu Yuan's shoulder and nodded obediently: "I'll listen to you."

March 31st.

On the last day of March, Liu Yifei continued to promote "Call Me Maybe" in the rainy weather, with a full schedule.

Although it has been a month since the song was released, its popularity in North America has not diminished, and it has even just reached its peak.

In the latest week's Billboard charts, "Call Me Maybe" has topped the list this week.

The single has sold nearly eight million copies worldwide.

Although this sales volume is still far behind the 20 million sales of Kuomei in 2011.

But taking into account time and the gap in the popularity of iTunes mobile terminals after the emergence of the iPhone, being able to sell eight million singles through streaming media alone in 2008 is already a huge achievement.

At this time, I have to mention that the awareness of genuine consumption in North America is really high, and copyright protection is also very good. From the beginning of the birth of the Internet, the problem of piracy has been strictly controlled and resolutely cracked down on any Internet piracy.

So much so that digital products such as movies and music, which are easily shared and disseminated through the Internet, can effectively obtain legitimate income for creators.

In today's China, it is absolutely unreasonable to spend money to listen to music. Is it because Qianqianjing's music is not good enough, or is it that Kugou and Kuwo music are not useful?

In the world except China, "Call Me Maybe" has earned a sales volume of US$16 million, but its profits in China are close to 0.

This situation made Wu Yuan somewhat helpless.

Although he had no hope of making money from online genuine music in China, the fact that there was no concept of paying for intellectual property rights from top to bottom, from the copyright bureau to the public, still made him feel a little desolate.

Can his light and shadow fast broadcast plan be successfully implemented and promote the formalization of Internet copyright awareness?

Now it seems that it is a bit mysterious!

In his spare time preparing for the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Wu Yuan couldn't help but feel distressed.