Chapter 414: Magic Apprentice

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The cooperation with Michael Jackson is not because of how good he is, although he is indeed so good that he is about to go against the sky, but Chen Jin wants to take this opportunity to see if he can learn some tricks from this person to break his own shackles, even if it is an accidental touch.

Michael Jackson, as the king of pop music, has a deep knowledge of various music styles including R&B, jazz, rock, country, etc., which Chen Jin does not admire, but such a comprehensive talent is likely to be of some benefit to him.

promised, Chen Jin will naturally do his best, but just like he said to Michael Jackson, he is really busy, seeing that December is approaching, his final work of the year, two consecutive movies are about to start global releases, "The New York Robbery" Chen Jin did not interfere too much, basically handed over to director Bill Collins and his team, and yesterday when Bill Collins sent him a sample film, he was very satisfied.

As for "Mr. Sweetheart", he naturally poured his heart and soul into it, from the later soundtrack to the editing, he almost did it himself, and he was very satisfied with the current effect.

"The Great New York Robbery" is a collaboration with Columbia Pictures, and the distribution is naturally done by them, like "Mr. Sweetheart", it began to warm up in mid-November, but "Mr. Sweetheart" is completely invested by Jinchen Group itself, and the distribution is handed over to Universal.

And this time, what is a little different is that Jinchen Group also participated in the distribution operation of two films, which is also the first major event after the official establishment of Jinchen Group North America. Through these, it is also possible to get people from North American companies into the state quickly.

"Mr. Sweetheart" has not yet been officially released, and once it is released, this time, Chen Jin will carry out a super promotion, which will also be the first film he has been fully promoted since he came to the United States.

In previous films, he only attended some premieres and press conferences, and all interviews with television, radio, newspapers, magazines and other media declined, that is, this will be his first exclusive interview.

Moreover, at the end of the year, because of the rapid rush of this year, Zhang Xiao also arranged more media interviews for Chen Jin, planning to have a media bombardment and completely open a golden avenue in Hollywood.

As we all know, only the little coffee who is not yet famous is in a hurry to accept all kinds of interviews, and for big names, it is a strategy to maintain mystery appropriately, and more importantly, when you are not popular, the media interviewed, especially the big media, sometimes deliberately find fault, although he may not be malicious, just for the ratings, but, this is a kind of damage to the image of the star himself, and there is that when you are not popular, your fans are not loyal enough to you, They are easily distracted by the outside world and change their attitude towards you.

However, if you become popular, the media will have scruples, and at the same time, the loyalty of fans is also very high, and they will not be tempted casually.

Add to that the arrival of Christmas and the arrival of the Chinese New Year, and it is clear that while this is a good year, it will also be a busy year.

Before this super busy period, Chen Jin rushed to finish the casting of "Harry Potter", which will start filming after Christmas.

However, at this time, "Harry Potter" has changed the name of Chen Jin, called "Magic Apprentice", this name is also the most appropriate, and the names of the protagonists in it have also been changed, although JK Rowling's "Harry Potter" will not be officially completed until November next year, and it will be published two years later, but it is too strange to use "Harry Potter" and Voldemort or something, and it is even more unnecessary.

Chen Jin sometimes thinks that after the movie is made and released worldwide, if JK Rowling watches the movie and finds that most of the stories written in her hand are actually similar to many plots in the movie, I don't know what her expression will be at that time - is it true that many storylines in this world are the same? ..., "The Magic Apprentice" is a good film for all ages, but the protagonists are a group of hairy children, the oldest is only eleven or twelve years old, when children at this age are just sensible, but a little ignorant, it is not easy to find a suitable actor.

This time, the role is still an audition, but this is a real audition, recruiting in more than a dozen countries around the world, including the United States, Hong Kong Island, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, etc., first sign up, and then Chen Jin and He will make the final selection and determination for them.

At the last point of November, Chen Jin rushed to Hong Kong Island for the final determination, in his selfish heart, he very much hopes that this time he can choose the right person from Hong Kong Island, which will also be the new blood of Hong Kong Island in the future, it is obvious that "Magic Apprentice" will be broadcast in eight episodes in seven years, and the protagonist will become a hot new star, which in another time and space, "Harry Potter" has a set, the success of Radcliffe and Emma Watson and others has said it all.

However, there is also a problem, although Hong Kong Island has been taught in English since childhood, there are still very few children who are truly fluent in English, and in this movie, one of the necessary conditions for children is to be fluent in English, which is why auditions are only conducted in Canada, Australia and other places.

Fa Ge and his brother also took his hitchhiker back to Hong Kong Island, they have not come back for almost a whole year, this year's work has come to an end for the time being, come back first to rest, Chen Jin has come back not long ago, take advantage of this opportunity, everyone calls friends, gather in the country club in Shenshui Bay to have fun.

In a word, all those who should have come are here, but there are not many, less than a hundred, all of them are some super big names, and some are old acquaintances of Chen Jin, this kind of party naturally has no ceremony, as soon as it came up, Jacky Cheung coaxed, "Ah King, you left without even seeing us last time you came back, this time you have to punish yourself with three cups first, otherwise the big guy will not be happy." ”

Sister Fang pouted on the side, "I see that the more you sell records, the more confused people are, isn't punishing him for drinking is similar to drinking water?" Then he glanced at his brother, "If you want to drink, my brother should drink three glasses first, he is now the most beautiful thing we have here, not only is next year's Oscar very sure, even if the record is a big hit now, the Grammys are also hopeful." ”

Jacky Cheung's two Chinese albums this year, one Cantonese, and three Japanese singles are all personally handled by Chen Jin, and his strength has made great progress under Chen Jin's carving, two Chinese albums easily exceeded seven million copies, and three Japanese single discs also sold five million.

This guy laughed, picked up the whiskey and poured a glass for his brother, "Sister Fang is right, brother, you are the most popular now, and you haven't been back for so long, so you have to be interesting." ”

That big glass of whiskey is more than two taels, forty-two degrees, if you really want three glasses, my brother is afraid that it will be quite good, but he is very cunning, he reached out to take it, but handed it to Chen Jin, "Ah King, you help me drink." ”

Fa Ge screamed strangely and glanced at Mr. Tang beside him, "What's the matter, if you don't drink it, you have to drink it to Mr. Tang, why did you give it to Ah King." ”

The elder brother smiled and patted Chen Jin's arm, "He's my little guy, his own family, why can't he help my brother drink," Fa Ge's expression on his face froze, and he pouted, "Your family is doing something so scoundrel." ”

Brother Qiang coaxed on the side, "It's okay to drink on your behalf, Wang Meinu and Li Meinu are here today, Ah King, you have to have a glass of wine to pass the test." ”

Chen Jin smiled, glanced at Wang Zuxian and Li Jiaxin beside him, these two girls had joy in their eyes, and said happily: "Okay, this is a must." He brought two glasses of wine and handed them to both of them.

Wang Zuxian was always a little shy, and whispered, "Don't mess around!" However, in the face of Li Jiaxin, who had a refreshing glass of wine with Chen Jin, she naturally drank the wine honestly and happily. ..., everyone applauded, and after such a fuss at the beginning, it was temporarily dispersed, and everyone found their own circles to chat, and it was definitely impossible for so many people to be crowded together all the time.

A few of the best people walked to the corridor by the sea outside, the sea breeze blew, with a fishy smell, and a little cold, Andy Lau shrunk his neck and glanced at Chen Jin, "Young Master, the film market on Hong Kong Island is the same as this outside, it's cold, if you don't save everyone, many people really can't even afford to eat." ”

The real recession of the Hong Kong Island film market is coming, and it is in the next few years that many filmmakers have lost their jobs, and those who have a little money have changed careers, the most famous of which is the wireless five tigers of the year, leaving Andy Lau and Tony Leung in the circle, and the other three have temporarily withdrawn. And Andy Lau was also miserable in another time and space, losing tens of millions.

However, it only started in ninety-four years, that is to say, you can still eat mixed rice, and in ninety-six-ninety-seven, it was really called a person's life, and it was really not easy to survive at that time.

Turning his head to look at him, Chen Jin chuckled, "Help, have I saved so much alone, have you ever heard of the saying that it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself!" ”

Andy Lau smiled awkwardly, "I'm not you, I can't play with the script," Chen Jin shook his head, "You haven't understood what I mean, I mean, we should calm down now, since you said the script, we said that the script is good, although the script is not decisive, but now it is definitely important to everyone, then, can we really attach importance to this work, for example, a script selection competition, in order to get better scripts and discover good screenwriting talents." ”

"Other work can also be carried out in the same way, such as what kind of cutting-edge director plan, I heard that you have lost almost 20 million yuan this year, since you have lost so much, then can we calm down and do some delicate work with dim sum, if you want to talk about money, you should not be short now."

Seeing that Andy Lau was about to speak, he waved his hand, "It's not that you don't make money, but after you do your job well, it will be much easier to make money at that time. ”

My brother also patted Andy Lau on the shoulder, "If you lost before, you will lose, don't be in a hurry to earn it back, as for the few films that your company participated in with Ah King last year, don't be too anxious to make more after you make money, take your time, people can't spend so much money in this life, and their children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren." ”

To say that the films invested by Andy Lau himself lost more than 23 million, but the films made by Chen Jin's Jinchen Group and distributed overseas made more than 56 million, that is to say, on the whole, they still made a lot of money.

frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Chen Jin again, "Otherwise, our two companies will hold the script and director event you just talked about together." He has no bottom in his heart, and now he habitually follows Chen Jin.

Chen Jin nodded, "I have a plan for a long time, I originally planned to start after this Christmas, if you want, then join together," he just said this, and Brother Qiang on the other side continued, "Don't forget me about this matter!" ”

Chen Jin glanced at him with a smile, "I can tell the two of you, if this activity is not guaranteed, it is to keep filling in money, because no one knows whether the scripts we choose and the works of those directors are profitable." ”

Brother Qiang is smart in the end, "After the script is collected, it must be up to you to decide whether to shoot or not!" Chen Jin knew what he meant, he had seen it, and with the judgment of a genius screenwriter like him, it was difficult to lose.

Smiled and shook his head, "There are some things that are difficult to decide, but it is more up to the directors to decide, I don't have much time to put on that, and if I am in charge all the time, it will be difficult for the people below to grow up." "..., Andy Lau is refreshing, "It's okay, I can't make a mistake with you anyway, even if it's a loss, I'm more comfortable," Chen Jin laughed and patted him, "What is a loss, it's comfortable, you are happy to see that I lose, right?" ”

Everyone was happy, and Andy Lau was even more happy, but he took the opportunity to ask Chen Jin, "Da Shao, do you have a rough plan for filming next year?" He touched the back of his head embarrassedly, "I'm an honest person, so I can help everyone ask together." ”

Dawn slapped him, "you, you make a lot of money, and what do you say to help you ask, we are really honest people, hard-working, and never say anything if we don't get anything." ”

Everyone laughs, to say that except for Fa Ge and his brother who have been filming with Chen Jin in the United States, Jacky Cheung has the best record sales because of his strength, Andy Lau has a film company to follow and get a piece of the pie, and everyone else's treatment is about the same.

It's almost not bad, but it's very good, like Dawn, Guo Fucheng has won both music and movies, more and more red and purple, Sister Fang is naturally also constantly filmed, and this year she also specially released a Chinese album, and she also lived a very moist life.

Da Shao is the title that Andy Lau called out first, Ah King's title is now only Fa Ge and a few of them still call him that, and others are more and more accustomed to calling him Da Shao, and Fa Ge occasionally calls him the eldest young master jokingly.

In short, his identity is different now, his status can be said to be honorable, and everyone subconsciously changes in the title, not to be born, but to respect him more.

After thinking about it, Chen Jin turned his head, "Now we are basically four companies, my side, Brother Hua, Brother Qiang and Jiahe side, since they are all old acquaintances, I naturally will not treat everyone badly, but, as I said just now, next year we will focus more on Hong Kong Island and concentrate on making some Hong Kong films." ”

Andy Lau was obviously a little disappointed, "That's it! Chen Jin slapped him with a smile, "What do you call it like this, use dim sum, old man," and added, "Don't worry, wait for the situation here to get better, maybe whether he is good or not, when Jinchen Group has gained a firm foothold in the United States, I will take everyone to Hollywood, so that the Yankees can also see the power of our Hong Kong Island entertainment industry." ”

Everyone was excited, and it seemed that this kind of moment would not be long before that, Andy Lau was even more excited, "You mean that my film company can also go to the United States with you to invest in Hollywood movies." ”

"Why not?" Chen Jin shrugged his shoulders and teased: "Actually, I want you to go with me now, but you probably don't know the bottom of your heart, if you lose 10 million US dollars a year, you are afraid that you will have to find me desperately." ”

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