China Entertainment 2000

In early November this year, the American hip-hop king Eminem released his autobiographical movie "8 Mile". With a box office of more than 50 million in the first week, as of the time of its release not long ago, the box office in North America alone has already It fetched more than 100 million and shocked the entire North American film industry.

As the person who was publicly dissed by him during the promotion of the movie, Zhou Yina's possible response is enough to make the entire European and American music world eagerly look forward to it.

Li Yinxin knew about this matter. She had seen it in the files.

"Looks like you're pretty confident about this song, hiphop?"

After listening to Zhou Yi's first album, Li Yinxin is no longer the novice who knows nothing. At least she knows that Zhou Yi was famous for hip-hop when he first debuted in China. This is not the same as not dealing with him. Eminem is extremely similar.

It’s just that since the second album, Zhou Yi has greatly reduced the output of Hiphop in his album works. For example, in the latest "Lianshan", there is only one strange song "In the Name of the Father". Calculate.

She has little interest in the mafia, and she has no intention of understanding Chinese rap that she doesn't understand. She just watched the five-minute version of the MV and glanced at the translation of the Korean version of the lyrics, that's all.

"No, it's rock + hiphop."

Zhou Yi, who turned his back to Li Yinxin and walked into the crowd of revelers in the bar, raised his hand and waved without looking back: "You will still be criticized by many people for not being rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll."

"..."

Watching the man completely join the carnival party in the middle of the dance floor, Li Yinxin narrowed her eyes as she watched him flirting with other women. After a while, she saw Zhou Yi being publicly kissed by her sisters on the dance floor, which caused a stir. After cheering, he shook his head unconsciously.

After picking up the glass and taking a sip, he picked up his handbag and walked out of the bar.

"Miss."

"Go back, I've said hello, I'm not suitable to stay here for a long time."

"Okay, miss."

As the little princess of Samsung's Li family, Li Yinxin, who was escorted by her own driver when traveling, sat in the back seat of the Maybach and pursed her lips as she looked at the street scene and her own reflection outside the window after the car started.

To be honest, she envied her sisters.

It's not because of any freedom. After all, everyone is the same. Sooner or later, they will get married under the arrangement of the family.

What she envied was her sister's status as an illegitimate daughter who could not worry about the family's influence.

If she were an illegitimate daughter, I'm afraid she would be able to live such a cool life...

With such random thoughts, Li Yinxin was about to open the zipper of her handbag and take out her mobile phone, but unexpectedly found that her zipper was not closed?

Um?

The fingertips that should have touched the phone accidentally touched the texture of the business card. Feeling strange, Li Yinxin hurriedly opened the handbag. A business card lay quietly inside, with the lines crossed out by the signature pen. She looks extremely familiar——

This is?

That business card of hers?

Li Yinxin frowned, and the memories in her mind suddenly came to her mind - Zhou Yi's cool and unrestrained gesture of flying his business card was still vivid in his mind.

She shouldn't have flown out - wait a minute, no, he seemed to have made a gesture of handing the business card to her before flying it out?

Could it be that the achievement was inserted at that time?

Then whose business card was he flying?

Holding the business card that was messy with signature pens, the woman leaned on the edge of the car window and read the contents clearly through the dim lights of the street lights passing by outside the car window——

In the center of the business card, the word "Zhouyi" that replaced his name made Li Yinxin's lips twitch for a while, and a hint of a genuine smile appeared at the corners of his eyes.

"Book of Changes..."

………………………

"Who?"

USA, New York, a video store.

When a young man with black hair heard the boss introducing the new arrival, he suddenly heard a name that was difficult to pronounce but felt very familiar to him: "Yi Chou? Spike?"

"Yes, Spike."

The red-necked boss smiled and pressed down his baseball cap. His plump body showed a slightly honest attitude as he walked between the shelves: "That's his Chinese name. This is his newly released Chinese album "Lianshan". It is said that in It’s very popular in Asia.”

"real or fake?"

"I will lie to you again. If you don't believe it, you can buy one and listen to it. But I still recommend you to buy the deluxe version with all the MVs plus a movie, because this is the most complete experience."

Seeing another business coming to his door, the red-necked boss, who had been doing this kind of thing for more than a month, patted his chest and said, "Trust me Bob, I won't lie to you. I have already recommended more than thirty people to buy." They all praised Spike's new album and said that the movie on the album alone was worth the price of admission."

"?"

"That movie is called "In the Name of the Father." I guarantee you with my personality that it is definitely a gangster movie worth watching. Spike is obviously paying homage to "The Godfather," but he has his own interpretation. and innovation.

"I have to admit that the director named Hao Ning is really a genius. It's unbelievable that he is just a director who shoots music videos. Is China's directing industry already at such a high level?"

When talking about Zhou Yi's new album "Lian Shan", the red-neck boss was obviously very excited: "If you ask me to say that the movie version of "In the Name of the Father" should not be included in the album, Spike is still too honest. Now, he should follow Eminem's lead and get this movie into theaters."

He doesn't understand Chinese, but it doesn't matter. Warner has put English subtitles on all of Zhou Yi's Chinese MVs.

And because of the theme of The Godfather, it is not inconsistent to have English subtitles - after all, when it comes to the Mafia, it must have a pure Italian taste, and Italy happens to be a foreign country for Americans.

Apart from anything else, Mafia culture has physically spread to European and American countries, which directly leads to the Mafia and Godfather themes naturally having a huge audience in the United States and Europe.

"Is it so good? How much does it cost?"

"The deluxe version of the album with the full movie version of the MV for "In the Name of the Father" is US$69.9. Since you are a regular customer of mine, I will give you a discount of US$5.9."

"So expensive? Is Warner crazy?" Bob, a short-haired young man who was about to pay, was shocked.

"It's not expensive anymore. Spike has always been famous for his conscience. Look at what's inside Eminem's deluxe version. It's so expensive.

"Spike's deluxe edition is really luxurious. Not only does it have music videos for all the songs, but it also comes with Chinese and English lyric books, posters, exclusive peripherals and even signed letters, photos and other things. This is the movie version of "In the Name of the Father" I even feel like it’s a free gift.”

"..."

Seeing such a strong recommendation from his boss, Bob, a young man who had been out for two months and made some money, still gritted his teeth and paid for it: "Jace, this is my first time buying a Chinese album. If it's not worth the price, If so, don’t sleep too hard when you go to bed at night.”

For Bob, whose education level is only slightly higher than that of a primary school graduate, if the boss hadn't been so deceptive, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to buy a Chinese album, even if it was Spike's.

After returning home, out of the habit of listening to music, Bob started listening to music first——

This is still a very novel experience for him. Zhou Yi's unique Chinese singing voice always makes him sway along with the progress of the music, even if he can't understand it.

What surprised him the most about the entire album was undoubtedly the MV for the song "In the Name of the Father"——

Although he doesn't understand Chinese, he understands visual expression.

In just five minutes, he felt like he had seen a movie trailer. The extremely unique arrangement and melody of "In the Name of the Father" made his body move involuntarily.

And when Bob couldn't wait to put the separate "In the Name of the Father" movie version included in the deluxe edition on the DVD, the 90-minute performance was almost satisfying for him who had been hanging out on the streets since he was a child. Flying——

So exciting, so exciting!

Spike's temperament in this movie is also great. The director really knows how to shoot!

The guy is handsome and the heroine is pretty!

Especially the passages that pay tribute to "The Godfather" are like dreaming back to those days!

Genius singer, genius director, perfect coordination!

Bob, who felt as if he had found some hidden gem in the ocean, immediately contacted his friends after he was satisfied and told them that the movie version of a song in Zhou Yi's new album was great.

And this scene similar to Bob's didn't just happen in New York.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Seattle and other cities, due to the popularity of Eminem's personal autobiographical film "8 Mile", Zhou Yi's new Chinese album "Lianshan", which has been compared, has experienced a month and a half in the United States. After fermentation, he finally broke through the geographical restrictions of Chinese songs in the United States with the theme of "In the Name of the Father"——

It started to become popular in a small area.

This was something Warner didn't expect. Originally, they were selling Chinese albums just for the consideration of Chinese people in the United States and die-hard fans of Zhou Yi.

No one thought that Zhou Yi's Chinese album would have such a weird... market in the United States?

After some research, the MV director named Ning Hao immediately caught the attention of Warner Bros. and many Zhouyi fans——

Especially for fans of Zhouyi, this Ning Hao actually arranged the MVs for four songs on Side A plus a movie version. Isn’t it a waste of money for such a genius to make these movies? !

Imperial capital.

Ning Hao was stunned when he learned about this through his classmates who went to the United States and Europe for exchange studies——

Am I famous?

Am I successful? !

——Uh, no, wait a minute...

Grass! Wasn't Zhouyi's MV shot by me? !

Ning Hao, who had not even been happy for a minute after knowing that he had gained some attention in Europe and the United States, suddenly thought of the fact that he was a puppet.

I'm crazy...

The days when he was on the set of Zhou Yi's music video were the most unforgivable years since he entered this industry. Not to mention the director's overlord Jiang Wen, Zhou Yi often fought with Jiang Wen on the set. As a director in name only, he had to Speak up as a middleman, one of Sun Tzu's group.

Money is hard to make and shit is hard to eat.

That was the first time Ning Hao deeply understood the deeper meaning behind this sentence.

But now...

"You're so promising, Mouse. When I was in the United States, I heard some people said that your shooting was too good. They said that if you shoot a music video, you are definitely showing off your talents. You should be suitable for making movies."

"...Heh, heh heh."

Faced with the envy and praise of his classmates, Ning Hao, who had mixed feelings in his heart, didn't know how to express his feelings for a while——

Humor, this is too humorous.

As a director, I didn't even get a chance to call "Cut" on the set of Zhou Yi's "Lianshan". This damn movie "In the Name of the Father" was also made by his mother Jiang Wen, is it OK? !

Some people in the circle have called Jiang Wen a drama tyrant. Who can deny Jiang Wen's directorial ability?

He is a genius who has been recognized and appreciated in the circles of European and American masters at such a young age.

"To be honest, once your reputation spreads, I think someone will definitely ask you to try to make a movie. You are going to be a prosperous rat."

"..."

Ning Hao, who wanted to say that he was not responsible for this, opened his mouth. After a few pauses, he finally swallowed the glory in the eyes of outsiders and the humiliation in his own eyes with tears.

He also wants to save face.

Moreover, this might really help him gain popularity at home and abroad.

Didn't you see that Fan Bingbin can now be marketed as an "international superstar"?

In the face of the possible benefits, he didn't care.

Anyway, Jiang Wen's style is so obvious. Anyone in China who has watched his movies should be able to understand the taste. He doesn't need to explain too much. He can't just pretend to be aggrieved and cry.

Of course, after receiving such good news, Ning Hao was very grateful and sent a text message to Zhou Yi - although he didn't know if Zhou Yi would read it.

Maybe Zhou Yi, who is so transparent like him, has long forgotten, but he still has to have the etiquette he should have. When Zhou Yi comes back, he will have to go to Warner with gifts to thank him.

"Thank you Brother Yi for the opportunity?"

South Korea, Seoul, Shilla Hotel, in the master bedroom of the suite.

Zhou Yi woke up and saw a message from Ning Hao. His mind didn't react for a while -

What chance did I give?

I didn't even meet him after the MV was shot, so why did I give him a chance?

"Well... Oppa..."

Cheng Yuli, who was beside the pillow, was awakened by the man's movements. After seeing him wake up, he shouted in confusion.

Zhou Yi, who was just about to reply, was interrupted by the sudden ringtone of his cell phone——

Ring ring ring!

"Hello?"

"Ayi, are you awake? I have something important to tell you." On the other end of the phone, Qian Jiang's eager and suppressed excited voice came from the receiver of the mobile phone: "I'm already replying On the way to the hotel.”

"Well, it might not be convenient in the room. Let's borrow the conference hall of the Shilla Hotel." Zhou Yi glanced at Cheng Yuli, who was obviously tired last night, and suggested.

As an international hotel, the Shilla Hotel, which has hosted many dignitaries, has quite a few meeting rooms that are convenient for distinguished guests to hold meetings and discussions, and the confidentiality is extremely high.

More than 20 minutes later, after washing up, Zhou Yi put on a sweater and coat, sat in the conference room, and listened to Qian Jiang telling the outrageous fact that Jiang Wen's version of "In the Name of the Father" has driven rising sales of Chinese albums in the United States. ——

"When your "The Mountain" was released in the United States a month and a half ago, the company also tried to promote it, but the language problem was really a stumbling block. Originally, the company had given up, but unexpectedly the movie version of "In the Name of the Father" actually caused a stir Degree of discussion.”

It felt like he had been hit by a pie in the sky. Qian Jiangle's eyes almost narrowed: "Jiang Wen's directorial ability is beyond doubt, and the subject matter of "In the Name of the Father" has a huge audience in the West. Even if many Westerners cannot understand Chinese, they can quickly get into the mood of the film created by Jiang Wen through English subtitles.

"Do you know that so far, your Chinese album has sold a breakthrough of 130,000 copies in North America! This is a Chinese album! The top-end deluxe version is sold!

"This is the effect of the movie version of "In the Name of the Father", because only the deluxe version includes the movie DVD. Ayi, you are really awesome for inviting Jiang Wen over!

"He is the only one in China who can grasp the essence of this kind of subject so accurately. He is a genius. The lens language matches this subject matter, which directly helps your album break the language restrictions."

Zhouyi: "..."

Can I say that the reason why I let Jiang Wenlai come in the first place was simply so that I could show off when someone else was doing archeology in the future?