Chapter 251: My Song Knows What You Did in the Dark
oh oh oh oh oh oh”
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"Be-Be careful making wishes in the dark, dark
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark, it's hard to guarantee that they won't cross the river and tear down the bridge
And besides in the mean,mean time I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart
I'm in the deep details with the devil
……”
In the studio, a passionate voice came from it.
Jackie Chan and Tang Jili stood outside the recording room and listened to the singing inside, and couldn't help but glance at each other.
"What do you think?" Jackie Chan asked.
"Passionate, hot-blooded!"
Tang Jili's eyes lit up, "Chen Qiming is worthy of being the most talented musician in the Chinese music scene at present, just with the first draft we gave him, he actually created a song that is very suitable for the movie!" ”
After a pause, he continued: "In the script I gave him before, I mentioned the need for a passionate song to be used for propaganda in Europe and the United States, and to reflect the song of the protagonist who is a lonely hero and breaks into the enemy's den alone.
Obviously, Chen Qiming created this work.
If you put this song in the position where Ma Hanqiang, played by you, bravely broke into the mafia and rescued the hostages, it will definitely make the lonely heroic temperament of the character of Ling to a higher level. ”
The plot of the movie "Red Fan Zone" is actually very simple.
The plot is roughly as follows:
Hong Kong policeman Ma Hanqiang (played by Jackie Chan) came to New York, USA, to attend the wedding of his uncle Ma Bi (played by Dong Bi).
Uncle Bi once opened a supermarket in New York with Ma Hanqiang's father, and now he is ready to sell it cheaply because he is not harassed by gangsters.
Ma Hanqiang, who didn't know the truth, warmly received the buyer and sold the supermarket to Ms. Yiling (Anita Mui), thus opening the door to right and wrong.
After Yiling's supermarket opened, she was often harassed by Tony and a group of unemployed vagrants in the Red Fan District of New York, who ate and bullied the clerks in the store.
One night, Han Qiang heard a girl's cry for help and rushed to help, but he fell into the trap of Tony's gang and was beaten all over his body.
Danny, a disabled child in the neighborhood, finds out and calls his sister Nancy (played by Ye Fanghua) to bandage Jackie Chan's wounds.
In fact, Nancy is the girl who pretended to call for help just now.
Ma Hanqiang and Danny became good friends, and Nancy gradually fell in love with the Chinese boy.
But in a chance encounter between the mafia and the bandits, Danny's chair became the target of the mafia and the police because it was hidden with stolen goods by Tony's gang.
Later, Tony's gang who harassed Yiling repented under the lessons of Han Qiang's fists and truth.
Han Qiang cooperates with the New York police to go deep into the mafia's lair and rescue the hostages Nancy and Danny.
This is a very standard Jackie Chan-style heroism movie.
Many people think that the kind of movies in which the protagonist overthrows the villain alone, and the protagonist's halo is so high that he can't be killed, first came out of Europe and the United States.
Actually, it's not necessarily.
Since the seventies and eighties, Hong Kong films have begun to follow this journey.
Bruce Lee's movies that have been big hits at the international box office, or the old-school martial arts action movies of Shaw Brothers, and even the protagonists of martial arts such as Jin Yong and Gu Long, actually have very serious heroism plots in them.
Throughout the history of Hong Kong films, basically every blockbuster movie is the protagonist who overturns countless villains alone, the bullets can never be finished, and he can stand up after the fight.
Among them, Jackie Chan's movies have strong heroism in them.
Especially the Police Story series.
In this entire series of movies, although some of the protagonist's aura has been weakened, the heroism of the protagonist is implemented throughout the movie.
The movie "Red Fan Zone" is naturally no exception.
The protagonist in the movie, Ma Hanqiang, fights wits and courage with American gangsters alone, saves hostages, and fights villains, all of which vividly reflect the characteristics of lonely heroes.
Therefore, after hearing Chen Qiming's enthusiastic singing in the recording studio, Tang Jili immediately made up his mind to use this song as the English theme song.
Not only him, but also Jackie Chan next to him.
He glanced at Chen Qiming, who was singing passionately with the accompaniment in the recording studio, and said:
"I also think it's very suitable, and Chen Qiming now has a lot of popularity in the American music scene, and his joining the singing will definitely bring a lot of help to our film."
As he spoke, he showed a look of pity on his face, "It's a pity, this guy is too popular and has too much work, otherwise I really want him to play an important supporting role in the movie, and even, even if he has the same role as me!" ”
Hearing this, Tang Jili couldn't help but look at Jackie Chan in surprise.
Let Jackie Chan play the role!
In Hong Kong, and even in the entire Chinese film industry, I am afraid that only Sammo Hung and Yuan Biao can take the initiative to give up the position of the absolute protagonist.
Others, Andy Lau, Liming and even Jackie Chan's brother-in-law Jacky Cheung, do not have this qualification.
Now, Jackie Chan is willing to give up the position of the absolute protagonist for Chen Qiming, which shows the importance of Chen Qiming here in Jackie Chan now.
At this time, Chen Qiming finished singing the song and walked out of the recording studio.
"How's the song, two? Satisfied? ”
Today is September 15th.
After three days of busy work, Chen Qiming finally produced the English theme song accompaniment for the movie that Golden Harvest needed yesterday.
As soon as the accompaniment of the song was made, Chen Qiming contacted Golden Harvest and asked them to come over to listen to the accompaniment and confirm whether he wanted the song.
As soon as he heard that most of the song had been produced, Golden Harvest immediately contacted Jackie Chan and Tang Jili, the director of "Red Fan District", and asked them to send someone to accept it.
As a result, after Jackie Chan and Tang Jili received the news, the two rushed back from the filming scene in Canada overnight.
After listening to the accompaniment, after knowing that Chen Qiming planned to record today, he proposed to observe the scene.
So, there was a thing where the two of them were waiting outside while listening to Chen Qiming's recording.
"Domineering side leak! I can already imagine the scene of Ma Hanqiang bravely breaking into the gangster's lair and fighting the gangsters under this music! ”
In the face of Chen Qiming's inquiry, Tang Jili directly gave a thumbs up and said.
"Very satisfied! It will definitely take our film to the next level! Jackie Chan also said with a smile.
Finally, he tilted his head and asked, "What's the name of the song?" I didn't pay much attention to the song name before! ”
"The name is a lyric in the song, "My Song Knows What You Did in the Dark"!"
Smiling, Chen Qiming responded.
He had already expected the reaction of Jackie Chan and Tang Jili.
If even this song doesn't meet the so-called enthusiasm of Golden Harvest, then Chen Qiming will definitely not come up with other songs even if he has other songs.
Because, if even this song is not qualified, then Golden Harvest is 100% deliberately making things difficult.
In this case, why should he continue to play with them, whether it is Jackie Chan's face or not, he will directly turn down this invitation to the theme song.
(End of chapter)