Chapter 65: Missed

This "IBelieveICanFly" is an episode of the "Slam Dunk" movie starring Michael Jordan in the previous life, and won the best film and television song and the best RB song in one fell swoop at the 40th Grammy Awards at the end of 1997.

Even in China back then, this song and this movie were the guiding lights for many people's childhood and the road to love basketball.

Chen Ze liked this song very much when he was a child, so he couldn't hold back his excitement and sang this song just after seeing Jordan make Jordan's most classic free-throw line jumping dunk in his previous life.

But after singing, after seeing so many people staring at him, he secretly screamed in his heart. It's not a bad thing that so many Americans hear this song, but it's not in this world.

If they ask about the song, it will take a lot of effort to explain it themselves, especially if they don't know English yet, which makes it even more troublesome.

"The name of this song is 'IBelieveICanFly.'" Chen Ze said, he rolled his eyes slightly, thinking of a way to explain.

"Oh called this, a very good name." The white man in his forties who asked the question nodded, seemingly pleased with the title.

When the rest of the white people heard the name, they whispered one by one. As Chen Ze expected, they all liked this song very much, but one by one they found that they had never heard this song before, and now they were all looking at Chen Ze, wanting to know the origin of this song.

"Where did this song come from?"

Jordan walked up to Chen Ze and asked with a smile. He had just listened to this song carefully, and felt that this song was really well written.

And somehow, he felt that the song seemed to be written for him, so he liked it very much.

"I wrote this song myself." Chen Zedao explained what he thought of.

In his explanation, he liked Michael Jordan very much, so he wrote such a song specifically for Jordan very early. As for writing English songs without knowing English, Chen Ze said that he first thought of the song, then thought of the Chinese lyrics, and then compared the Chinese lyrics to write English.

Of course, this process is not a simple translation, and a simple translation cannot be so perfect as the English words, but it took him a lot of time to write the song.

Today, I finally had the opportunity to sing this song in front of Jordan.

However, although Chen Ze's words were seamless, the whites and blacks present were a little skeptical of Chen Ze's statement. It's not that I doubt his explanation, but I doubt Chen Ze's age.

This yellow-skinned kid is too young, such a kid can write such lyrics and tunes? It's a little hard to imagine.

Not only these Americans, but even some of the Chinese people present were a little suspicious of Chen Ze, but they thought that someone else had written it, and then this kid secretly took it to himself.

"You, are you that Chen Ze?"

At this moment, a staff member at the scene suddenly recognized Chen Zelai. Although Chen Ze was very famous on the Internet some time ago, most of them were just reports of seeing him, and as for his photos or videos, only those who watched the live broadcast knew about it.

And because the photo of "Entertainment Weekly" was taken secretly, it was not particularly clear. So although Chen Ze is now very famous on the Internet, there are very few people who can recognize him in reality.

This staff member also loved to listen to songs and watched the video of Chen Ze's live broadcast, so he vaguely recognized Chen Ze.

As soon as his words came out, the rest of the Chinese people at the scene exclaimed one by one. They are all young and young, and they are naturally very knowledgeable about hot things on the Internet.

Especially this Chen Ze actually had an affair with Zhang Jingning, which simply impressed most young Chinese men too much, and these staff members were naturally in this ranks.

"It's Chen Ze, it's really Chen Ze."

"I can't imagine that it's really him, doesn't it mean that he and Zhang Jingning are in love? Why is there such a beautiful girl around you. ”

"This kid Yanfu is too shallow, even if he is a little talented, but this god can't be so unfair!"

"The scandal with Zhang Jingning must be fake, how could Zhang Jingning's boyfriend come to watch the basketball game with other girls. But if it's him, the song can be explained. ”

Chen Ze is so famous on the Internet because of his almost unparalleled creative ability. If it was really him, then it would be very normal to write such a song.

The host also recognized Chen Ze, and he also knew that most of the people present didn't know something, Zhao Tao and Zhang Jingning had already asked Chen Ze to invite him to sing, but one succeeded and the other failed.

It can be seen from this that Chen Ze's creative ability is indeed extraordinary, and it is only natural to write this song.

Thinking so, he began to introduce Chen Zelai to these Hollywood staff and Jordan present.

Listening to the host's words, the suspicion in the eyes of Jordan and the white uncle gradually dissipated, and instead showed a look of deep thought and excitement.

"Smith, I think!"

"Michael, you and I went together."

Jordan and the white uncle spoke together and smiled at each other.

Then, the two of them spoke to Chen Ze again: "Mr. Chen Ze, please forgive us for our suspicions just now, and we formally apologize to you." And, we have one more request! ”

"What?" After hearing the host's translation, Chen Ze asked.

"I hope you can sell us the rights to this song, we think this song is very suitable for our film, and it is also very suitable for Jordan, and we hope to be able to add this song to the movie." The white uncle spoke.

He is the director of the play and has actually been agonizing over the film's interlude lately. In his opinion, he must choose a song that can perfectly express the flying man Jotun, but none of the songs he received were satisfactory.

I never expected to hear such a song in Huaxia, a song that perfectly expresses Jotun. He already had a hunch that this song would spread all over the world with Jotun's fame.

Hearing the words of the two, Chen Ze was stunned. He had just sung this song, and he just felt it. I didn't expect such a request to be triggered at all.

But this is a great thing, but how much can the copyright of this song be sold, as long as Hollywood can use its own song, then the fame of its own creation will really stand.

Even Hollywood came to buy songs for themselves, and who else in China could doubt and underestimate it. What's more important is that this song will definitely be popular all over the world, and by that time, it can be said that he will open up the market and fame abroad, which is not an ordinary opportunity.

Not to mention that they have to pay for it, even if it is given to them for free, it is absolutely fine.

"This song, we paid 100,000 dollars, 100,000 dollars to buy the copyright of this song, what do you think?" Seeing that Chen Ze didn't speak, the white director said directly.

100,000 US dollars, this is the United States, which is definitely sky-high, except for those very famous creators, will never come up with this price, let alone such a Chinese high school student.

But the white director still said this number without hesitation, because he felt that this song was definitely a rare masterpiece.

Jotun on the side also nodded secretly, he liked this song very much, and originally thought that if the crew didn't have extra money to buy this song, he could buy it himself.

For an athlete who earns nearly $100 million a year, there is nothing wrong with spending $100,000 to buy a song.

Hearing this number, everyone at the scene was stunned. Especially these staff members in Huaxia all wondered if their ears had heard it wrong.

A high school student who wrote a song like this and earned $100,000? Even if he's talented, it's definitely not like that.

The host worked hard to recall those predecessors in the Chinese music scene, and found that absolutely no one had done this, and a song he wrote could attract the attention of Hollywood, and he spent 100,000 US dollars to buy it.

This is absolutely unprecedented, and may even be unprecedented.

"This guy, no wonder Zhao Tao and Zhang Jingning are looking for him to invite songs."

Looking at Chen Ze's figure, the host thought in his heart. He vaguely feels that the future Chinese music scene is about to usher in a new era.

When Chen Ze heard this number, he naturally agreed immediately. Originally, even if you didn't want money, you could give it to them, but now you can still get 100,000 US dollars, how can you not agree to it.

Next, Chen Ze wrote down the lyrics and music on the side, and Hollywood's actions were also quite fast, and the contract was quickly completed, and the two parties quickly signed the contract.

When Chen Ze was doing this, Wang Xin's filming also went smoothly, and finally at 7 o'clock in the evening, the filming ended with the signing of the contract. Chen Ze took Wang Xin and rushed towards the train station.

"Hurry up, let's get on the train at seven o'clock in the evening, don't be too late." Walking out of the gymnasium, Wang Xin hurriedly said.

"Don't worry, there's still an hour, don't worry."

Chen Ze shook his head, there was still an hour, and the gymnasium was only ten minutes' drive from the train station, so there was really nothing to worry about.

But what happened next was beyond his expectations, it was time to get off work, and it was very difficult to get a taxi.

It took them twenty minutes to get into a taxi, and then they were stuck in traffic jams on the way to the train station, and it seemed that there were so many people off work and watching the game that the entire traffic line was paralyzed.

It took only ten minutes to drive, but in the end it took more than half an hour. And by the time Chen Ze and Wang Xin arrived at the train station, the train they were going to take had already started.

"Are there any other trains?"

"Looks like it's gone."

"The car?"

"It doesn't seem to be anymore."

"What then?"

"I can only find a hotel and spend the night here."

Chen Ze opened his mouth, he didn't expect this to happen.