Chapter 123: It's more comfortable to be the boss

is different from the hot situation of the song, the news of the poor preparation of the movie "Chinatown Detective" has spread in the circle.

There is no way, there are only a few movies that apply for the project every year; As an insider, if you can't even collect this bit of information, what else is there to do?

And this is still a work with a production budget of 120 million, and no film and television company will not pay attention to it.

In fact, when Li Jingkun announced the name of the movie around the neck before, no one thought that its investment would be so large; Not to mention other people, Gao Meiyuan didn't know about it when she agreed to play the heroine.

She also called to confirm; Li Jingkun told her that the villa could not be bought for the time being, and she would look at it after a while.

I have no money to make movies, and I definitely can't buy a villa. During this time, the third song "Opposition to Ineffectiveness" has been recorded, and the album can be started at any time later.

The MV will also be filmed, including the songs from the album "22". However, at this time, he no longer plans to shoot the MV by himself, three of which are in charge of Wang Yang, and the others are outsourced.

It's just that the songs can only enhance his personal fame, and even if the album is released later, he won't make much money.

"Director Li's recent song is very popular, and I have often cycled singles recently, and I sing really well."

"Boss Wang has won the award, and he has just hobbies."

"Then you're more hobby than many professionals." A few days after the news of the movie spread in the circle, the people on the Zhongyi brothers' side took the initiative to contact Longqi Film and Television; Then their vice chairman and CEO, Wang Zhongshi, came out to meet with Li Jingkun.

A few people made an appointment to meet in a restaurant and chatted while eating. At the beginning, other people were stirring up the atmosphere, and then Wang Zhongshi and Li Jingkun were mainly chatting.

"Now the record industry is sluggish, so it can only be regarded as a side hustle. In addition, I still like to be a director a little more. ”

"Yes, but it's better to be the boss, haha." Of course, being the boss is very comfortable, and Wang Zhongshi must have a deep understanding.

Especially after the listing of Zhongyi Brothers, especially after the soaring value, Zhongyi Brothers is equivalent to the position of the king of domestic entertainment.

If you want money, you want money, you want people; There are countless banknotes in his hand and countless artists under his umbrella. What's not to be satisfied with?

However, some bosses are just the opposite, and many of the reasons why they devote themselves to the film and television industry are also because they like this industry; For example, the more famous one in the back, Wang Jiaer's boss of the stick country, he likes to perform on stage by himself.

After the greetings, they began to get into the theme, and today they are also here to talk about the movie "Chinatown Detective".

They have also been reading the project plan for a while, so at this time Wang Zhongshi said: "In fact, the entire plan is very complete and mature, and the production budget of 120 million is also very reasonable, in fact, it is not expensive, why did Huaying and Perfect Planet think about it for so long before?" Li Jingkun said: "I may also have my own concerns, after all, it is not easy to get a box office of four or five billion yuan in today's market." Wang Zhongshi nodded, in fact, many words were tacitly said by each other, and everyone knew why Huaying and Perfect Planet hesitated; However, this situation is different for Zhongyi Brothers.

Of course, they are also worried about the box office, but now they are more concerned about the rise and fall of their stock price.

It is obvious that Li Jingkun's fame is now in full swing, his talent is obvious to everyone, and the success of "Introduction to Architecture" is still in front of him, so it is good for them to catch up with Li Jingkun and his big production.

Isn't it just 120 million production funds, and it's not that they can't afford it; besides, if they join, I'm afraid they won't be able to attract other companies to invest together?

Not to mention whether this movie can make money, at least with his previous achievements and current fame, it is not difficult to save his capital, right?

And Li Jingkun and them, they were also surprised to hear Zhongyi say that they could invest 120 million yuan, he didn't expect a company he had never cooperated with to believe in him so much.

But when I listened to the conditions they listed, I was a little dumbfounded. Sure enough, no capitalist would be so good to you for no reason.

The condition of the Zhongyi brothers is that Li Jingkun will sign a 5-year directing contract with them, or change it to a 3-film contract; Another is that "Chinatown Adventure" must have at least 4 main roles for their artists.

Maybe this condition is nothing in Zhongyi's view, after all, they are backed by their big tree, and they can also help with the investment in the later movies, so they don't have to work as hard as they do to find funds now, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

Moreover, they have increased their careers, directors who are bigger than Li Jingkun, and companies that are bigger than Longqi Film and Television can be acquired and acquired, so they don't think these conditions will be very harsh at all.

On the contrary, I feel that it gives the other party a broader space for growth. But in Li Jingkun's opinion, of course this is not the case, he naturally feels that the other party is a bit of a lion.

He's not at the point of desperation again, and the first two movies have made a lot of money; He just can't make a big investment for a while.

Besides, he still has a movie that hasn't been released, so how can "Hummingbird" make some money, right?

Didn't you come here when you didn't have anything before, and you can't have some business now, but you have to sell yourself to others, right?

So there is still little progress in tonight's conversation; However, Wang Zhongshi was not in a hurry, after all, this was a big deal, and they didn't expect Li Jingkun to agree to these conditions when they met for the first time.

You have to give others time to think about it, after all, the other party is also the owner of a film and television company, and now he is also a famous director.

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"It's really good-looking, the speed is updated, and I can't sleep at night!"

"Good book! Although it's not a crossing text, and there is no gold finger or anything, it's really good-looking! Very IQ online historical text! The author is talented and knowledgeable! ”

"After reading a few chapters, I can't help but write an evaluation first, this is definitely a high-quality historical article!"

"Li Jingkun is so good at writing the emperor! Admire! "The new "Emperor of Ruzi" is online, and Li Jingkun only mentioned it once in the scarf, because people who like to watch the Internet will watch it without you reminding them; And for people who don't like it in the first place, no matter how good you say, he won't read it, so his book fans just know it.

But it's not bad or anything, because there is propaganda on the website, and it must be a little better to promote it in the base camp of the station, and it is the target group.

On March 12, 2012, about half a month after the single "Fire" was released, the second English song "SomethingJustLikeThis" was also released.

At the same time, Li Jingkun announced on the scarf that the mini album "Very Convergent" would be released on March 17. In foreign countries, two English songs will also be released one after another.

"Fire" also won some places on the music charts in several countries. However, because the singer is Asian, the ranking must have also been affected.

After all, no matter how good your song is, it's not someone from Omi's company, who gives you so many resources to promote, why do people from the radio station push you so much.

Don't say that they don't talk about favors and only talk about strength, this is all, they also talk about favors and interests, an unknown Asian, who is not related to them, will not get any benefits.

In the position of twenty or thirty places on the billboard, it is already very face-saving for him. This is still the result of Shenghua Xinyou's efforts to promote, if no one helps, no matter how high the online spread rate is, it will not be popular for long.

After all, there are so many good songs, who cares who you are. I'm still an Asian, so I'm just a little surprised at best.

But half a month later, another single came out, it was still an inspirational song, it was still a very burning and explosive song, and the popularity this time was much higher than the first time, after all, it was hit twice!

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"Wow! Another inspirational song from Kane Lee, a young Asian singer. He just brought us a song "Fire" last month, but I didn't expect to bring another song "SomethingJustLike This" less than half a month later, and what did I see? Both songs were written and composed by himself, including the arrangement, so this is a singer-songwriter, right? ”

"It's incredible! This is a song written and sung by an Asian singer! It's really good! The lyrics are also charming! I love the arrangement, too, and the combination of synth and rock is fantastic! "After the second song was released, it really felt like an explosion!

Because it can be said that it is good luck once, but being able to come up with such a high-quality song twice in a row has caused quite a stir both at home and abroad!

Many English-language radio and music television stations reported the news and broadcast the song, and photos of Li Jingkun himself appeared on their TV stations and online one after another.

Because the MVs of the two songs have also come out one after another, it is naturally easy to know what the singer looks like.

Then naturally, we will discuss who he is, whether he is also famous in Asia, why he is so good at English, and so on.

"Incredible! Kane Lee is not a professional singer in China! He was also a student and better known as a writer and director! ”

"Shocked! There have always been young musical geniuses Omi, and there are many of them, but it is really rare to see both musical geniuses and famous directors and writers······"

"Love this song to death! I feel even more charming than the first song! The single has been on a loop all the time, and the singer's voice is too charming! I really want to fall in love with him and let him sing to me every day! Kane Lee is Li Jingkun's casual English name, which has recently become very popular on the Internet, and has quickly received a large number of fans, many of whom also hope that he can produce and release an official album.

After the second song was launched, it naturally caused a sensation again in China, and this time it triggered more celebrity retweets and comments.

Brother Hu, Yang Zini, Da Mimi, Lin Xiaojie, Gao Meiyuan, etc. all forwarded and commented, and singers Li Jian, Zhang Liangying, Hu Yanbin, Wang Feng, and the May Band couldn't help but write a lot of praise.

Some did not open their necks, and they were also asked about Li Jingkun's two songs during an interview.

No way, although there are many popular songs every year, Li Jingkun's two songs are still more special, so they are more popular and topical.

Of course, there are also scolding, mainly that sentence, can write such a good melody, why not write it in your native language······ Li Jian said: "Two very good songs, Li Jingkun is definitely a very mature music creator!" I really hope that his album will be released soon, it will be a very collectible album. Wang Feng said: "I have always liked Li Jingkun's songs, I didn't expect to be able to write such beautiful songs in English now, I really admire it!" He is worthy of the title of "musical genius" and "genius boy". The lead singer of the band May said: "@李景坤导演, I really like the song "SomethingJust Like This", and the people in our band also like it very much, and we all agree that it is also very suitable for the band to sing, hahaha! Can I buy the copyright from the director? Otherwise, the director himself can come to our concert as a guest. Da Mimi said: "Director, when is the concert?" I'll be the first to show up! "So many people @ him and praise him, it is impossible for Li Jingkun to be cold and not make any replies and thanks, so basically everyone has made some replies.

And the lead singers of the May band, Ah Xing and Da Mimi, like to joke more, and interact with them more.

Naturally, it also triggered many netizens to watch celebrities online to ridicule and interact.