Chapter 65: The Pirate Ship Raising Its Sails Again
Although he didn't win any awards, Lin Mingyang became the biggest winner at this year's Grammy Awards. Of course, the most popular is the song "baby" sung by him, although youtobe has not yet appeared at this time, but the video of the live singing is still wildly reprinted on the Internet. The song quickly topped the North American pop charts, and then held the number one single for three weeks in a row, and the familiar "ohwoooah!" can often be heard on the streets of the United States. The sound sounded, and then everyone involuntarily began to twist their bodies to the rhythm.
Lin Mingyang's popularity also exploded with the popularity of the song "Baby", and with this popular craze, MGM took advantage of the trend to launch the action blockbuster "Sister and Brother Agent" starring him and Angelina Jolie.
This movie, which has been "lively" since the start of filming, has attracted much attention because of the escalating scandal between the two protagonists. The director of the film, Doug Liman, also revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that in his eyes, Lin Mingyang is a genius-like mature boy with an elegant surname and full of wisdom. And although Angelina's surname is beautiful, she is a bit of a man, playing with knives and guns is unambiguous, and the props expert will immediately open up her mind with a little pull.
Doug Liman also broke the news on himself, claiming that he has always been Angelina's favorite object in the crew, so during the filming there were rumors that he and Angelina were at odds, and sometimes Lin Mingyang had to come forward to reconcile the quarrel between the two, which also instigated the scandal that Lin Mingyang and Angelina had a not simple relationship.
Scandals are scandals, for the release of this film, other film companies are coldly watching whether MGM can "turn over" with this film; And ordinary audiences are looking forward to Lin Mingyang bringing them another surprise on the screen.
The results after the release of the film did not disappoint everyone, whether it is the sister Jane with a sense of surname, or the sunny and handsome younger brother John, the two protagonists in the film have firmly attracted the audience's attention from the first appearance, with grand scenes and realistic special effects of exotic assassinations; thrilling, exciting sibling secret battles; The ultimate rescue of hand in hand resistance and tacit understanding, the whole film is as stated in the promotion, there are no cold scenes, and the audience is addicted after watching it.
The box office of the premiere exceeded 40 million, and MGM held a grand celebration for the crew the next day, and a week after the film's release, the North American box office successfully exceeded 200 million. Such box office results greatly increased investors' confidence in MGM, the company's stock price stopped falling and rose, and MGM finally "came back to life" from the brink, although the crisis has not been completely eliminated, but it is finally relieved.
Of course, after the release of the film, the biggest beneficiary is Lin Mingyang, in addition to successfully creating a handsome and handsome agent in the film, laughing and sunny with a little evil agent image, he also received a dividend of $10 million from the proceeds of this film, plus a salary of $3 million, Lin Mingyang's total assets in the bank have exceeded $50 million, according to this development rate, he is likely to be able to join the ranks of American billionaires before the age of 18.
This series of events has raised Lin Mingyang's prestige and fame to unprecedented heights, and he is now a leading figure in the new generation of Hollywood movie stars. Of course, Disney will not miss this golden opportunity, they extended an olive branch to Lin Mingyang in a timely manner, in order to further show favor to attract this future popular star in Hollywood, Disney in addition to Lin Mingyang's salary in the next film "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" increased by $1 million, but also took the initiative to relax the artist contract signed with Lin Mingyang.
A film that tells the story of a fantastical and monster pirate adventure, under the hands of gold producer Jerry Brooksheimer, became the biggest dark horse in last year's box office battle. The dilapidated pirate film unexpectedly brightened, the "greased and whitewashed" Hollywood outlier Johnny Depp mutated box office superstar and national favorite, and the film lazily won many Oscar nominations. The point is that this maritime adventure movie was originally nothing more than a tool for Disney to promote theme parks, but it received unexpected results.
Just as Johnny Depp, who is not confused, ushered in the moment of his career. The role of Jack in "Pirates of the Caribbean" turned the famously alternative man into a box office superstar, a long-forgotten acting genius for whom he was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. However, much of his luck can be attributed to running into the equally crazy Verbinski. The enthusiastic response afterwards proved that the two madmen were extremely wise.
A Hollywood outlier, two underage "children", stunned to push an old-fashioned pirate movie that no one is optimistic about to the top three in the annual box office list. If the first part of the film was still a curiosity, now the audience's enthusiasm for this sequel, the goal has become very clear. Everyone cares about nothing more than the beautiful girl named Elizabeth, the handsome and handsome thief Will, and the weird and charming Captain Jack.
It's only been less than half a year, and Lin Mingyang, as one of the leading actors in the film, is no longer worth what it used to be, and Keira Knightley, who quickly "increased in value" because of the Oscar nomination, has also become the new treasure of the film. While the two leading actors have not yet grown into Hollywood first-line movie stars, and the performance schedule is still under control, Disney Company did not hesitate to announce the start of filming of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".
Immediately following the plot of the previous episode, Captain Jack's beloved "Black Pearl" finally lifted the curse, Captain Barbossa, who turned into a skeleton in the moonlight, finally disappeared, and Captain Jack, who was in the wind, brave and avant-garde, also lived a free life riding the wind and waves.
But Captain Jack's memory is obviously not good, and he almost forgot that he had made a "deal" with the legendary immortal David Jones in order to recover the Black Pearl and its crew, and Captain Jack owed the fearsome devil Jones the fate of being enslaved and cursed for the rest of his life.
In the sequel, Jones is about to drive his "Flying Dutchman" to pay off the blood debt, and Jack learns that the only weakness of the sea devil Jones is a soul coffin that has sunk to the bottom of the sea, which contains Jones's heart, and with the help of the mysterious man, he begins to search for it at sea.
The Skeleton Pirates have been replaced with the more eye-catching half-human, half-monster undead; Captain Jack continued to hang his golden sign, dressed in an oily and smooth manner, and was willing to be hunted down all the way, on the barbecue stand, and even paid for the fate of slavery and curse; Lin Mingyang's Rogue Will not only continued to be handsome, but also got to meet his legendary father; The British Rose Keira Knightley, who has already been crowned with the Oscar halo, will add more fights to her performance in addition to playing the role of a vase, to prove that beauty is not a vegetarian either.
The plot of the sequel adds more mythology, fantasy, supernatural and even love elements, and the budget is 50 million more than the first one, with more bizarre sea backgrounds and panoramic conceptions of fantasy scenes, which absolutely guarantees the visual dazzle and joy of this shooting. Director Wibinski is gearing up and ready to do a big job.
Captain Jack Johnny Depp and the heroine Elizabeth's actor Keira Knightley have both appeared on the set, but Lin Mingyang, who has been in the limelight recently, has not appeared for a long time. The reporters inquired in many ways to no avail, and the producer did not give any clear answer, and then the rumors of Lin Mingyang's feud with director Wibinski caused a stir because of a photo taken by a reporter on the street of a cafΓ© in New York half a month ago.
In that photo, Lin Mingyang and director Wibinski seem to be arguing fiercely about something, and both sides seem to be a little excited, and under the deliberate interpretation of the media, reports of the breakdown of cooperation between the two due to disagreement began to appear in the entertainment pages of major newspapers and magazines. In order not to affect the filming of the film, director Verbinski had to stand up and refute the rumors.
"Felix and I were really talking about the film, but we didn't have the kind of argument that everyone thought we would have, and in fact the discussion gave us a very important consensus about the film." In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Verbinski revealed a secret, "Felix will definitely be back, and he will surprise everyone." β
Just when the American media were looking for Lin Mingyang all over the world, he himself was on the flight to Paris, France, leisurely reading the newspaper. Only a few people know about his trip this time, and of course he is not here to travel, which can be seen from the identity of the person who picked up the airport.
On the way to Yamakasi's new training base, he told Lin Mingyang about the development of Yamakasi during this time.
"We moved after you left, and we chose a better place with better facilities. Not only do we now have a headquarters in Paris, but we have just opened a branch office in London, and we are looking at a similar office in the United States as a next. β
"We have a membership system now, and now Yamakasi has recruited close to 1,000 members, with an average age of only 19 years old, and of course the core members are still the guys you know. Next, we are going to hold a related competition in France to further expand the influence of parkour in France. β
After he finished speaking, Lin Mingyang only asked one question.
"I heard that Bell has left Yamakasi?"
"We also regret this, although we have done our best to retain him, but he has made up his mind, and we have no choice." Talking about his friend, Sabasti looked a little unnatural. In fact, after Lin Mingyang returned to the United States, he and David Bell had many fierce quarrels over ideological issues, and finally the relationship between the two broke down, and then David Bell announced his withdrawal from Yamakasi.
Although Lin Mingyang already knew David Bell's thoughts when he left Yamakasi, he could still feel the helplessness and pain in David Bell's heart when he learned that the other party had really made such a decision, and the Sabasti in front of him became more and more unfamiliar. The former spiritual leader of Yamakasi has grown from a wise philosopher to a shrewd businessman.
Feeling that the atmosphere in the car was a little oppressive, Sabasti changed the subject at the right time, "I watched your parkour video in the United States, and from the beginning we thought you were the best, and now it seems that you have left us far behind." β
Sabasti mentioned this incident, which made Lin Mingyang involuntarily think of David Bell. Because of this video, David Bell called Lin Mingyang and scolded him severely. Compared with the two, Sabasti's compliment made Lin Mingyang sound particularly uncomfortable.
Lin Mingyang was very frustrated when he left last time and found that he had not been able to change the fate of Yamakasi's future disbandment, and this time he came back, he originally wanted to prove that he was not wrong, but he found that he was even more wrong. What made him even more distressed was that he had to go on this path that might be wrong, with no turning back.
Parkour was originally a kind of sport that advocates health and challenges oneself, but now it has slowly become a cool performance, and people have not grasped the essence of the sport because of the popularity of parkour, but they have indulged in some superficial things.
Lin Mingyang now seems to understand a little, why his grandfather didn't let him declare that he learned Bajiquan to the outside world, and the decline of Chinese martial arts is because too many people have abandoned the essence of martial arts practice and chased the superficial impetuousness. Hong Kong's kung fu movies can no longer sustain after interpreting this superficial magnificence to the extreme, and their decline has become inevitable.
Lin Mingyang sadly realized that his introduction of parkour into the movie was likely to make the sport more and more impetuous, and finally sadly reduced to a gimmick in Hollywood movies to attract audiences. What happened to Chinese kung fu in Hollywood is a lesson from the past, so Lin Mingyang has become very conflicted now, because he knows that even if he gives up now, the wheel of history will still follow the original trajectory, and then parkour will eventually be introduced into the movie.
What made Lin Mingyang feel powerless was that he could guess the beginning, but he couldn't see the ending.
βfelixοΌβ Sabasti's soft call interrupted Lin Mingyang's thoughts, and he pointed to an open field under the shade of greenery outside the car, "We're here!" β
"I've changed my mind!" Lin Mingyang shook his head, "I won't visit here, you can just send me to the hotel." β
"But everyone has prepared a grand welcome ceremony for you, and we have even invited reporters......" Sabasti said in a hurry, which made Lin Mingyang suddenly understand that they were no longer pure friends, but more like they were using each other.
"You hired a reporter, is this the surprise you prepared for me?" Lin Mingyang's tone suddenly became very indifferent, "Bell told me when I left that Yamakasi is no longer the same Yamakasi as it used to be, and now I finally understand this. β
"Felix, I... I think you're mistaken! Sabasti busily explained.
"I don't need to explain, I don't mean to blame you, I should blame myself for such a result. Coming back for sure is that we'll never be able to go back to the simple friendship we used to have. Lin Mingyang said indifferently: "We are only a cooperative relationship now, and it is just a cooperative relationship, maybe we can get along with each other more sincerely." I need to find a few people from Yamakasi to work with me on the new Disney film, and that's also a promotion for Yamakasi itself, you provide a list and I'll pick someone to take away. β
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