Chapter 6 Becoming Famous

In the morning, Ji Mingzhe returned to the film company, and Perry was already waiting in the office. "Morning! Perry, there's something going on at the music company that can't get out of the way, so I'm sorry!".

"Nothing, William, I wonder what's next for the company, is there any movie to be made?"

"That's what I'm going to discuss with you next, Perry! I'll come up with a few scripts that the company will invest in, and I'll find a director from outside to shoot them, I don't have that much time for the time being, and I won't be able to make the film myself until the music company is on track, and I guess I'll have to go back to South Korea at the end of the year." Ji Mingzhe lit a cigarette.

"The directors outside?William, you have to know that those experienced directors have been signed by agencies such as CAA or WMA, and only those novice rookies are left, if you really want to find a good director, you still have to cooperate with those vampire agencies, but the cost is not low. Perry earnestly persuaded.

"I'm just looking for a novice to shoot, and if I don't have a brokerage company, we can't train directors for others, right, of course, this is also very contradictory, no brokerage company cares about all new directors or new to the industry, so we have to train ourselves. There is a Chinese director named Huang Yiyu who is recently talking to New Line Film Company about a script he wrote himself, and you can find someone to contact him and pull him over. Ji Mingzhe put one hand on the desk and took a puff of cigarette, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Chinese director, William, are you sure?".

"Yes, his script is very good, it's because he's a Chinese director that the big studios hit a wall, and New Line Films is an independent film company like us, and they have a good eye for that script, but they just want the script, so this is our chance. Chi Mingzhe opened the drawer and took out two notebooks.

"Chainsaw?horror movie?" Perry flipped through the book and glanced at Ji Mingzhe.

"Yes, this is all the episodes I have written, and I still have to find a Chinese director to shoot this film, his name is James. Gentle at my age, oh! a year older than me. ”

"Are you crazy? William! God, is our company a concentration camp for Asian directors in the future?" Perry was a little weak.

"Hey, man, are you racist? I'm going to bring directors from South Korea to Hollywood in the future, but I like the term "Asian director camps." It was such a happy decision. Ji Mingzhe patted Perry on the shoulder.

"God! I'm going crazy, okay! You're the boss, you have the final say. Perry shook his head and walked out of the office.

Perry's movements were still fast, and Huang Yiyu appeared in Ji Mingzhe's office three days later.

"Hello, Director Huang, I'm glad to see you!" Chi Mingzhe's fluent Chinese startled Huang Yiyu.

"Ugh...... Mr. William! Are you Chinese?" Huang Yiyu was curious.

"No, I'm Korean, I'm American, I have dual citizenship. I love Chinese culture, so I taught myself Chinese. Ji Mingzhe smiled.

"But your Chinese is so good, it's more authentic than what I, a Hong Kong person speaks, and of course I'm also an American, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to mix in Hollywood. Huang Yiyu helped his glasses, he had been running into walls everywhere as an unknown screenwriter, because he was Chinese, he paid more than others and got nothing worth mentioning, and later co-wrote the TV script "The X-Files" with his classmate Morgan to become famous. But he is not interested in TV series, but yearns for movies. In fact, who wants to be a director doesn't yearn for the big screen.

"How is your script and the new line? Or is it just the script that doesn't let you get involved in the shooting? I'm sorry! I'm very direct. ”

Yes, they just want scripts, but I really want to try. Huang Yiyu's tone was very lonely.

"I want your script, and you are the director of this movie, I will give you 30 million US dollars, and another 15 million US dollars in publicity budget, I hope you will shoot it with your heart and don't let me down. "Ji Mingzhe is very simple.

"Really...... Really let me be the director? I ......" Huang Yiyu was a little incoherent.

"We are all Asian, and it's not easy to mix in Hollywood, so we need to unite and one day we Asian directors will have our voices heard in Hollywood." ”

"But you have to join our company first and sign a director's contract with my Meiya agency. You can rest assured that you will have endless movies. "Ji Mingzhe has never made up his mind so much at this moment that he must let Asian directors shine in Hollywood, there are only so many big directors, but unknown directors abound in Hollywood, let alone Asian directors. One is the lack of experience, and the other is that there is no good script, but isn't the script exactly my strength? Lack of experience? Then make a few more films to accumulate experience, and if you have a good script, at least you won't lose all your underwear. As for the funds, his classmate Martin has been interested in this speculative business since the last time he and Chi Mingzhe used the Asian financial crisis to speculate on the Korean won and the Indonesian rupiah, in fact, it mainly relies on Chi Mingzhe's "insider" news, after that, Chi Mingzhe took him to speculate on gold futures again, no, the day before yesterday I just finished talking on the phone to tell Chi Mingzhe that the two of them made a lot of money this cooperation, anyway, Chi Mingzhe has an extra 300 million US dollars on his account, plus the remaining more than 100 million US dollars from investing in South Korea, which is enough to make a movie later.

"Thank you for your trust! William, don't worry, I'll take it well. And you're my boss from now on. Huang Yiyu stretched out his right hand.

"Happy cooperation!" Ji Mingzhe smiled and stretched out his hand.

Our other Chinese-American director, James Wen, happily accepted Chi Mingzhe's solicitation, and it would be a fool not to accept it! Huang Yiyu has already begun to form a crew, and James Wen is his deputy. New Line Films has completely hated Chi Myung-cheol, and its president, Shay, and Warner are ready to make some trouble for Skyrim Pictures in terms of film distribution.

When the time came to September 25th, the recording studio of Skyrim Music Records, "Brother Zhenying! The breath is steady. Chi Mingzhe sat in front of the control platform.

"Beyoncé! Okay! Never! Get ready to ......."

“Doyouhearme,I‘mtalkingtoyou,”

“Acrossthewateracrossthedeepblueocean,”

“Undertheopenskyohmy,babyI‘mtrying,”

“BoyIhearyouinmydreams,”

“Ihearyourwhisperacrossthesea,”

“Ikeepyouwithmeinmyheart,”

“Youmakeiteasierwhenlifegetshard。 ”

This "lucky" was recorded with the cooperation of Park Jin-young and Beyoncé, and Ji Ming-cheol first made Park Jin-young's "Makeitmine" into a single and released it, at first because Park Jin-young was not very important, but the quality of the song was great, coupled with Ji Ming-cheol's usual tricks, spending money on hype, and it quickly became popular. After one and a half months, the song rushed to the top of the Billboard chart, and this is still the first time that the song has not received much attention. After topping the chart for 3 consecutive weeks, he was squeezed to second place by another song, which was "lucky" sung by Park Jin-young and Beyoncé. These two songs dominated the top two on the Billboard until the end of the year, and on December 10, the 43rd Grammy nominations were announced: Kelly, a female singer on Skyrim Music Records. Claeson was nominated for Best Pop Album and Best Female Pop Vocalist for her 7-platinum album and 2-diamond album "Flying Away" and "Sinceubeengone", and Jypark from South Korea won the song "Makeitmine" and with singer Beyoncé. Giselle. North Choir's "Lucky" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocalist and Best Pop Choir.

Skyrim Music Records have become famous, and the three nominated singers go without saying, and as their songwriter, Ji Myung-cheol, is known all over the world in the music industry. "Oh my God! All three singers from the same company have been nominated for Grammys, the same songwriters, and William Chi has made the same success from the film industry to the music industry, and he has the prerequisites to become a phenomenon. South Korea's three major newspapers are preparing to send reporters to the Grammys to interview Ji Myung-cheol and Park Jin-young, and South Korea's KBS TV station has also applied to the Grammy organizing committee for the right to broadcast live TV, and the Korean people will also be able to watch the Oscars in the music industry through guò TV.

Park Jin-young and Beyoncé have been busy promoting songs during this time, appearing on major TV stations and participating in various shows, so that the American people gradually become familiar with and understand them. Ji Mingzhe is being pestered by several little girls, Avril, Gaga, Mi-young and Xiu-yeon plus Xiao Xiujing surround him together.

"William, I'm going to make a record too. "This is Avril.

"Me too. Otherwise, I'll sue everyone for the bad things you did...... "This is quack."

"We want to too. "This is Mi-young and so-yeon.

"I ...... I...... And me, I want to eat something delicious. It took a long time to hug Ji Mingzhe's leg and say. Leaned over and picked up Xiao Xiujing, smiled against her little face, "Okay...... Xiujing can eat whatever she wants. "Don't worry, you are still young, lay a good foundation now, and then you can soar to the sky in the future." I'll keep the songs for you!" Chi Mingzhe pointed to his head. "Where? Why can't I find it?" Xiujing rubbed Ji Mingzhe's head, and took a bite on his ear. Everyone laughed when they saw it