Original title: Over 9 million people made reservations, Jay Chou concert officially announced the re-screening to reveal the “Golden King” who will not release a new album
It has been nearly six years since Jay Chou’s last album, but the news of Jay Chou’s concert re-screening is still on the screen.
On May 17, TME Tencent Music announced that it would re-screen Jay Chou’s “Magic Tianlun 2013 Concert” and “The Strongest Concert on Earth 2019” on May 20 and May 21, respectively, and countless netizens shouted “Ye Qing Hui”.
The reporter of “Daily Economic News” noticed that many classic songs such as “Blue and White Porcelain”, “Nunchuck”, “Dao Xiang” and “Dragon Fist” appeared in the concert program list. As of 20:30 on May 17th, more than 9 million people had reserved for the two concerts.
What are the specific plans for the live re-screening of Miracles? What other singers will meet the audience in the re-screening plan in the future? On the 17th, the reporter contacted Tencent Music through WeChat, and the company has not responded to the above questions as of press time.
From the first solo album in 2000 to the international superstar who won the award and won the soft hand, Jay Chou almost single-handedly created a new era of the Chinese music scene; from the traditional record to the digital music era, Jay Chou is still standing, still far ahead Heavenly King.
Jay Chou himself, in the days when he does not release new songs, continues to expand his business territory, such as creating his own trendy brand PHANTACi, personally bringing goods NFT, and cross-border Chow Tai Fook launching exclusive jewelry, etc.
Reserve a personal poster for Jay Chou’s concert. As of 20:30 on the 17th, the number of reservations has exceeded 9 million
On May 20th, we will reunite with fans online with music. Perhaps this is Jay Chou’s romance.
On May 17, when it was officially announced that Jay Chou’s concert was about to be re-screened online, the “jie fans” who had been waiting for the new album for six years were instantly boiling.
It is understood that this re-screening is the opening work of the first chapter of TME live’s “Miracle Live Re-screening Plan”. Jay Chou’s “Magic Tianlun 2013 Concert” and “The Strongest 2019 Concert on the Surface” will be released on May 20 and 5, respectively. It will be re-screened on QQ music, WeChat video account and other platforms at 20:00 on the 21st.
The reporter noticed that many classic songs such as “Blue and White Porcelain”, “Nunchuck”, “Dao Xiang” and “Dragon Fist” appeared in the concert program list.
From failing to go to university and working in restaurants to working as a music assistant in Alfa Music Company, from his first solo album “Jay” in 2000 to the international king who won the award and won the award, Jay Chou is the most dazzling one on the Chinese music scene. A superstar, but also a youthful memory that will never fade in the hearts of fans.
Whether it is “Magic Tianlun” or “the strongest on the surface”, it can be called Jay Chou’s peak moment. According to Jewell data, the “Magic Concert” started in 2013 with a total of 76 global tours, which took 2 years and 7 months, attracted 1.8 million viewers, and accumulated a total box office of NT$7.245 billion (approximately RMB 1.649 billion) ; And from 2016 to 2019, the “strongest concert on the surface” toured a total of 120 times. Although the official did not announce the total box office data, the “2019 Performance Industry Insight Report” released by the Lighthouse Research Institute shows that 2017~2019 In the cumulative box office rankings of the concert, Jay Chou topped the list, far surpassing other singers except for Mayday, which followed closely.
The charm of Jay Chou’s concert is evident. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in recent years, the planned Carnival World Tour was forced to suspend halfway, and the concerts that had already been sold out, such as Hong Kong Station, Haikou Station, and Hohhot Station, were also forced to be postponed several times.
The online re-screening of Jay Chou’s concert will undoubtedly fulfill all fans’ concert dreams. As of 20:30 on May 17, more than 9 million people have booked for the two concerts.
In addition to the “hard to get a ticket” at the concert, fans are eagerly looking forward to when Jay Chou will release a new album. The reporter noticed that Jay Chou’s last solo album was “Jay Chou’s Bedside Story” released on June 24, 2016, and he has not released a new album for nearly six years. However, just a few days ago, Jay Chou posted a message on social platforms suggesting that perhaps the new album will be released in June and July this year.
Image source: Video screenshot
Previously, on the evening of April 1, the live broadcast of the HD repaired version of Leslie Cheung’s last concert “Passion • Passion” was launched on multiple platforms, and over 17 million people watched it online. At a time when the record industry is withering and offline performances cannot be restarted due to the epidemic, it may be a new option to restore celebrity concerts and broadcast them online.
“Jay Chou concept stock” to be listed
After 22 years of debut, Jay Chou is still the top performer in the Chinese music scene, even if he has not released an album for nearly 6 years.
In addition, Jay Chou’s copyright is quite valuable, and he himself also attaches great importance to copyright issues. It is reported that Jay Chou’s song copyright belongs to the Jewell company he founded. Jewell first authorized it to NetEase Cloud in 2015, and the licensing fee was 8.7 million. In the third year, it increased to 18.18 million, more than doubled.
After that, Tencent Music bought out the three-year mainland copyright of Jay Chou’s music library at a higher price. However, in July 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation ordered Tencent to lift the exclusive copyright of online music and other penalties.
The copyright of the popular golden songs has become Jay Chou’s continuous income. In addition to the online copyright, Jay Chou’s songs were also looted in the offline KTV operation, which is also a part of the very considerable income.
Jay Chou once joked to fans at a concert, “I wrote 12 songs, just listen to them, you don’t have to buy them, because I don’t make money from this.” IP influence can continue to be commercialized, Jay Chou has shown amazing performance business value.
In 2016, Jay Chou joined Aishang Media to authorize the film and television adaptation of ten classic music IPs such as “The Secret of Dandelion”, “Love in BC”, “Second Class in Three Years”, and “What About Happiness”. An industry insider once said in an interview that these ten music IPs can drive nearly 5 billion film and television output value.
With his own influence, Jay Chou has already built his own business empire.
In October 2021, the legend of the superstar, which is deeply bound to Jay Chou, also submitted a listing application on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Source of the shareholder structure of Superstar Legend: Screenshot of the prospectus
The prospectus shows that Superstar Legend was established in 2017. At the beginning of its establishment, it was a subcontractor of Jay Chou’s “The Strongest on the Surface” concert, and it was upgraded to a concert planning service provider in 2019. In addition, Superstar Legend is also the main creator of “Zhou Travel Notes” and owns its IP. It also has a 10-year IP licensing agreement with Jewell Music, and has the priority to carry out projects related to Jay Chou and its IP.
In terms of financial data, Superstar Legend’s revenue from 2018 to 2021 was 95 million, 87 million, 457 million, and 365 million, respectively, and its net profit was 8.765 million, 22.719 million, 75.631 million, and 42.891 million yuan, respectively. After the rapid growth in 2020, 2021 Annual performance declined. In this regard, the company stated in the prospectus that the rapid growth in performance in 2020 was due to the “Zhou You Ji” broadcast in the first half of 2020, which empowered the magic coffee and increased product sales.
In terms of shareholding structure, although Jay Chou does not directly hold the shares of Superstar Legend, Jay Chou’s mother, Ye Huimei, and Yang Junrong, director of his artist brokerage company, are regarded as the founder and controlling shareholder of Superstar Legend, and hold the issued share capital of Superstar Legend through Legend Key. of 27.63%. In addition, Jay Chou’s friend Fang Wenshan has served as the chief cultural officer of Superstar Legend.
Bringing goods for NFT, “Jay Chou” continues to attract gold
Jay Chou’s influence in the field of music is self-evident. He has established his own business map in many aspects such as fashion clothing, KTV, catering, and e-sports.
Jay Chou loves trendy brands, so he co-founded the trendy brand PHANTACi with his friend Ric Chiang. The core IP of the PHANTACi brand is Phanta Bear, a cute little bear with superimposed star eyes. Up to now, PHANTACi has been operating for 16 years; Jay Chou also co-founded the “Magic E-sports” brand with IDG, with stores in Beijing, Ningbo and Shijiazhuang; in terms of catering, Jay Chou has also set foot in the tea brand “J- tea “Mojie’s Tea”, and together with “Mojie E-sports“, an entertainment and dating space integrating leisure entertainment + new catering + mobile game interactive friends + new retail experience has been established.
J-tea Mojie’s tea Image source: J-tea Mojie’s tea Weibo
This year’s hottest concept “Metaverse” Jay Chou was also keenly captured early on, becoming a star who continues to stir up the Metaverse after Xu Jinglei, Lin Junjie and Shawn Yue.
On January 1 this year, the metaverse platform Ezek and the trendy brand PHANTACi released the NFT project Phanta Bear (phantom bear) in limited quantities for the first time. The NFT with a total price of 62 million yuan sold out quickly 40 minutes after the sale.
Jay Chou and his wife Kunling also spared no effort to promote NFT, and posted the image of Phanta Bear NFT on social platforms, saying “change your avatar and feel the feeling of the Metaverse”.
Figure source of “Punk Cat Sting” (blue and white porcelain): Fang Wenshan’s Weibo
As early as October 2021, Asian art agency Soka Art announced that it will launch Fang Wenshan and Jay Chou’s “Punk Cat Sting” (blue and white porcelain) collectible doll. It is reported that this doll is based on Jay Chou’s song “Blue and White Porcelain”, which was created by Fang Wenshan and comes with NFT anti-counterfeiting certification. As a limited edition of only 300 pieces in the world, Fang Wenshan said that “Punk Cat Sting” and “Blue and White Porcelain Dolls” No. 001 were collected by Jay Chou, and No. 002 was reserved by Fang Wenshan.
In February of this year, Jay Chou also announced that he would cooperate with China’s digital trendy game collection platform Thin Box Mints and international auction houses to auction his never-before-seen classic song Demo music digital collection.
But Jay Chou’s interests are far more than that, and he has played new tricks in crossovers such as blind boxes and joint names. In March 2021, Jay Chou cooperated with MONOLOGUE monologue, a brand under Chow Tai Fook, and launched jewelry such as star bear bracelet, star brand retro pendant, J brand pendant, pearl milk tea retro gold pendant; Jay Chou also launched “Zhou Classmates Week” with Bubble Mart. Travel Notes Series Blind Box”, in the first live broadcast, 6,600 Zhou classmates’ blind boxes were snapped up within 3 minutes.
In the eyes of the public, Jay Chou is the king of music, he can act and direct, and he has the capital to touch various industries that he is interested in. Little known thing, Jay Chou is also well versed in contemporary art, collecting Basquiat, KAWS, Gerhard Richter, Eddie Martinez, George Condo ( George Condo) and many other famous artists. In June 2021, Jay Chou announced a crossover cooperation with Sotheby’s to curate the auction of “JAYCHOU X SOTHEBY’S” at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Contemporary Art Auction. In the end, all 46 works on the spot were sold, with a total turnover of HK$845.9 million, far exceeding the previous estimate of about HK$620 million.
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