My singer girlfriend is super fierce

Chapter 1454 2 Good News

In the living room, while Ye Zhiqiu and Yu Caiwei were chatting, the cell phone rang again.

Ye Zhiqiu glanced at the caller and picked up the phone to answer it.

"Hey! Ye!"

On the phone, his agent Joel at Universal Music sounded extremely excited.

"I'm sorry, I know it's night time in China now, I hope I didn't disturb you."

"But this news is very important, I think it is necessary to contact you as soon as possible!"

Ye Zhiqiu joked, "Joel, it better be good news."

"Otherwise, I will make you regret it."

"Of course! Of course!" Joel laughed. "You will definitely be happy!"

"It's the Emmy Awards! The Emmy Awards! Your work has been nominated!"

"Game of Thrones, 16 nominations! Oh my god, that's outrageous. I mean, it's epic, it absolutely deserves it!"

At this point, Joel didn't forget to show off his connections. "This is the latest news I got firsthand, faster than anyone else. Maybe HBO will contact you soon."

"Among them, there's an award for Best Screenplay. Ye, the Emmy Awards will be held in two weeks. You'll be there then, right?"

This is indeed good news for Ye Zhiqiu.

The Emmy Awards are the highest awards in the American television industry, and their status is like the Oscars in the film industry and the Grammy Awards in the music industry.

This award has a history of more than 70 years and is intended to recognize outstanding achievements in the television industry.

Every year, the Emmy Awards nominates television programs based on their performance in the previous year. The nominations are voted on by professionals in the television industry, and the final winners are decided by a vote of members consisting of professionals in the television industry, including actors, directors, screenwriters, producers, etc.

Whether or not one can obtain this honor is one of the important criteria for measuring the success of a television work. The winning series and actors will also gain higher visibility and reputation.

For Ye Zhiqiu, whether "Game of Thrones" can win an award is still very important.

As an "outsider" and a newcomer at that, his path into the American film and television industry was bound to be accompanied by doubts.

With this honor, you will undoubtedly get a lot of help.

"OK." Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Joel, thank you for the good news. I owe you a meal."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will be there."

"NO!" Joel yelled, "Ye, I'm already big enough. I don't need you to owe me a meal. I'd rather you owe me a song!"

"It's been a long time since you released a new English song. You know, it's very important to keep the heat going in this industry. Every day, there are countless newcomers who want to stand out and release thousands of songs like crazy!"

"If you don't make any moves, your popularity will wane until you're forgotten by the audience... Well, it's still too early for you."

"There are two of your songs in the top ten of the B chart right now." Joel muttered, then quickly brought the subject back.

"I mean, when are you going to release a new English song? Just one song will do!"

If Ye Zhiqiu was in front of him, Joel would have wanted to kneel down and hug his thighs.

He knew that Ye Zhiqiu's recent focus was on movies. Damn, that was indeed a more profitable industry, but it had nothing to do with Universal Music!

They signed a music agency contract!

"Don't be impatient, Joel." Ye Zhiqiu shrugged and said in a relaxed tone.

"I'm already writing new songs, but writing songs requires a lot of inspiration. Also, my wife is pregnant recently, so I need to prepare for the new life. You understand, right?"

I don’t understand! I don’t understand at all!!

Joel shouted in his heart, not believing Ye Zhiqiu's statement that he was "still working on something".

Someone else might believe it, but back then you were plucking away the number one hits like beans, so who are you trying to fool now?!

Joel felt helpless and sighed weakly, "Okay, I hope you don't lie to me."

After routinely urging Ye Zhiqiu to release a new song, Joel suddenly said, "By the way, did you recently film a comedy in China? There's a song in it that goes like this..."

After that, Joel began to imitate and sing: "XUE HUA PIAO PIAO, BEI FENG XIAO XIAO..."

Joel didn't speak Chinese and his pronunciation was very unstandard, but Ye Zhiqiu listened carefully to the melody for a while and repeated it.

"Snowflakes are falling, and the north wind is howling?"

"Yeah!"

"This song is called 'Yi Jian Mei' and I composed it. What's wrong with that?"

"OMG! It's you!"

Joel was very excited: "This song is popular, not just in China, but all over the world, you know?!"

"It's not just on YouTube, but also in Europe. It's even in the top 50 on Spotify's music charts. A lot of people are posting cover videos online!"

"What?" Ye Zhiqiu was stunned when he heard the news.

In its past life, "Yi Jian Mei" was indeed a huge hit on foreign websites, triggering a wave of imitation and cover songs across the entire network, but that was the result of various factors and coincidences.

Strictly speaking, the effectiveness of this type of “viral” marketing is indeed extraordinary, but it is also the most uncontrollable and difficult to replicate.

Because the underlying logic is that "everyone is playing with memes."

Moreover, this song became popular on the Internet more than 30 years after its release and 6 years after the release of "Charlotte's Troubles", in a way that no one expected.

Therefore, Ye Zhiqiu did not deliberately promote this matter.

But what he didn't expect was that "Yi Jian Mei" became popular on the Internet, and it seemed to be even faster than in his previous life.

All I can say is that some jokes make sense no matter when.

"This is amazing." Speaking of this, Joel still found it a little unbelievable.

However, Joel just sighed about it and didn't pay much attention to it.

If you are a blogger or a new singer, you may be able to gain a large number of fans from this wave of popularity and thus change your career.

But Ye Zhiqiu is already a top superstar. For him, this kind of traffic is just icing on the cake and will not have any essential impact.

After this little episode, Joel continued, "There's one more thing, which is also good news."

"You know, every year during the Emmy Awards halftime show, they invite guests to perform."

"You will be attending this year. The organizers have been eyeing you for a long time and want to invite you to sing a song on stage."

"This is a great stage, I suggest you agree to it."

Ye Zhiqiu had no objection to this.

"OK, no problem."

Joel continued, "Which song are you going to sing? Pick a number one single. If it's rock, you might need a band. I'll communicate with the organizers in advance."

Ye Zhiqiu pondered for a moment on the choice of song.

His eyes fell on Yu Caiwei beside him. While he was talking on the phone, Yu Caiwei was very well-behaved and did not disturb him. Feeling bored, she continued to rub her white and tender feet in his arms.

A light flashed in Ye Zhiqiu's mind, and the title of a song came out of his mouth.

“My Heart Will Go On!”

"What?" Joel was stunned by the sudden unfamiliar name.

"The name of the song I'm going to sing."

"Didn't you ask me to release a new song? This is it, 'My Heart Will Go On'."

Ye Zhiqiu pressed the white and tender feet in his arms and added to Yu Caiwei: "This song is for you."

This time, it was Yu Caiwei's turn to raise her head in confusion.

"what?"