"Chen, it's your turn! Fans can't wait to see you! ”

Just when Chen Qiming was thinking about how to negotiate with Fox, the person in charge of this event quickly ran to him and respectfully invited him to the stage.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming had to give up thinking about this issue for the time being and began to focus on today's activities.

Today's event is a fan meeting.

Nearly five or six thousand people had already gathered outside.

With so many people gathering, it's already a big event.

Because there are many people, the attention is also very large.

In addition to fans, there were also a large number of media reporters who paid attention to Chen Qiming.

Under the attention of so many reporters, Chen Qiming also does not want his performance to pull his hips, which will lead to being amplified by the media and turning it into his own negative news.

Leaving the matter of "Titanic" behind, Chen Qiming followed the person in charge to the backstage and began to change clothes.

At this time, Lincoln Park and Eminem were already here.

Everyone was very excited.

Seeing Chen Qiming come in, several people immediately surrounded him excitedly.

"BOSS, I have fans, I just went to the front to take a look, and there are fans holding my posters, and the number is not less than a dozen!"

Among them, Eminem is especially excited.

"Trust me, it won't be long before you can have your own concert! Now, this is just the beginning! ”

Chen Qiming's words are true.

Just last Wednesday, Linkin Park and Eminem's first album were released nationally at the same time.

In one week, the sales of both sides were very good, reaching 230,000 and 190,000 copies respectively.

This result may be countless times worse than Chen Qiming's single-day hundreds of thousands.

But among the newcomers, it belongs to the top.

If it weren't for the recent coverage of Chen Qiming's record news in the United States, I'm afraid Lincoln Park and Eminem would have been hailed by the media as this year's super newcomers.

Also, the so-called success is also Xiao He and defeat is also Xiao He.

Lincoln Park and Eminem are well known for their frequent appearances with Chen Qiming.

Naturally, Chen Qiming will be ignored because he is too popular.

After explaining some details about the event to Eminem and Chast, Chen Qiming went to change his clothes and makeup.

By the time Chen Qiming came out again, Eminem had already taken the stage and started performing.

In the past two weeks, the song "Lose Yourself" has exploded on the sales of Eminem's album, and with the promotion of the previous Madonna concert, the song has become popular in the United States.

Many fans hailed this song as the pinnacle of rap.

With the spread of records and radio, this song has given birth to many fans.

So when Eminem sang the song on stage.

Immediately there was a burst of screams from the audience.

The sound was earth-shattering, and even the backstage could be heard clearly.

When Eminem finished singing, Chen Qiming even heard the loud voice of "Encore, Encore......" from the fans in front of him in the background.

Obviously, Eminem's singing was very successful.

"Chester, do you hear the applause my fans give me?

What do you think? ”

After the singing returned to the backstage, Eminem immediately found Chast, who was about to take the stage, with a proud face.

"We'll get more applause and cheers than you do!"

Chester certainly heard the cheers of the fans just now.

Although he was a little worried that his performance would not be as effective as Eminem, he still let out a cruel remark before taking the rest of Linkin Park onto the stage.

And that's exactly what happened.

The performance at Linkin Park was not inferior to Eminem at all.

Even, because the rock audience has a very large fan base in the United States, the cheers and applause for the performance at Linkin Park surpassed Eminem, making Eminem's face depressed for a while.

However, his depression at Linkin Park only lasted for a minute or two, and he became stunned by Chen Qiming's appearance.

There was not the slightest depression in his eyes, but he was full of excitement.

"Jamie ......"

"Ahhh......hh

“…… Jamie Chen, ILOVE......"

……

With Chen Qiming's appearance, the fans at the entire event site were directly boiling.

Thousands of fans screamed as they burst into the sound of the shell.

As soon as a large number of fans saw Chen Qiming, they frantically squeezed forward, shouting Chen Qiming's name loudly.

Among them, some even cried.

Some people were so excited that they completely forgot that this was a public occasion, and directly took off their clothes and shouted loudly to Chen Qiming.

And as Chen Qiming began to sing "baby" on stage, some fans even began to faint at the scene.

And more than one.

A total of more than a dozen little girls who were close to the stage fainted directly on the scene because they high-fived Chen Qiming.

Good thing it's the United States.

In the United States, because the fans are so crazy that they completely lose their minds when they get high, there are often stampedes and other safety hazards.

As a result, every concert or event held in the United States is met by the organizers to contact an ambulance.

Ambulances will be stationed outside the venue, and as long as someone has a safety problem, the organizer will be able to provide medical staff for treatment as soon as possible.

Although Chen Qiming is Chinese.

But he was treated the same way in the United States.

Because he is so popular, the whole United States has been in the news about him lately.

So the organizers arranged seven ambulances at the event site in advance.

Seeing the fans being carried away by the medical staff, Eminem and Chaster glanced at each other.

"That's how being a singer should be! Let the fans go crazy for themselves, I will definitely be such a person! ”

Looking at the fans who were carried away one by one, Chast couldn't help but say firmly.

"Yes! I don't know when we'll reach the boss position and let the fans cheer for us. Eminem looked envious.

……

It's crazy!

The fans have been really crazy lately.

Every time Chen Qiming walked in front of the stage, a large number of hands would reach up from under the stage.

These fans blushed and had thick necks, screaming wildly, eager to eat Chen Qiming directly into their stomachs, so that they could be with Chen Qiming forever.

The fans are crazy, which in the eyes of Warner Records, is a good thing.

This proves that Chen Qiming is attacking Michael Jackson's position.

But in Chen Qiming's view, this is a very troublesome thing.

There is no way, anyone who is disturbed by fans 24 hours a day every day, secretly filming, or even picking up the trash can to turn over the toilet paper he threw away, I am afraid that he will also be annoyed, and even carefully avoid them, for fear of being discovered.

No, Chen Qiming encountered this kind of trouble today.

After his singing ended, the fans collectively disagreed with him leaving.

Even after he sang three more songs in a row.

There was no way, he had to leave compulsorily.

But before he left, the fans showed him what the most annoying fans were for his idols.

Groups of fans blocked the backyard passage, those who wanted to sign autographs, and those who wanted to take a group photo.

There are even people who simply come to rub the oil.

Because the fans were so enthusiastic, this originally planned event that only took two hours took nearly four hours, and it took half of the time to finish.

By the time Chen Qiming walked out of the event, his white shirt was already full of lipstick.

His hand was also sore because of too many signatures.

"It's crazy, the first few times you came here, are the fans here also crazy?"

Back in the car, Liu Ciwei couldn't help but untie his tie and lay on the car seat with a tired face.

"It wasn't that good before, and it was all because of the new record." Chen Qiming glanced at the fan base in the rearview mirror who were still following his car briskly, and explained to Liu Ciwei.

"The 'baby' record is such a hit.

I knew that this record was popular, but because I knew about it from data and media, I didn't have an intuitive feeling.

Now, I get it.

It's fire, it's an explosion! Liu Ciwei said with palpitations.

Just now, because he prevented a fan from approaching Chen Qiming, he was directly hugged by an American fat girl weighing 350 pounds.

If Chen Qiming hadn't stepped in to stop it in time, he would have almost been close to the hospital because of this girl.

"You should know Sister Min's difficulties by now!

She was really tired of running with me like this.

Therefore, the matter of increasing the number of assistants cannot be delayed. ”

"I know, I've already arranged for someone to be hired.

However, you have to be mentally prepared, according to your requirements, it is difficult to find an assistant who is proficient in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean and other Chinese. ”

"I know that if I can recruit it, I can recruit it, and if it doesn't, I will lower the requirements."

"Where are we going now? That's not the way back to the hotel, is it? ”

"When I went to the Four Seasons Hotel, I made an appointment with someone from Fox to talk about a project."

……

The car drove for about half an hour and finally arrived at the destination, the Four Seasons Hotel.

In the hall, Mike had been waiting here for a while.

Seeing Chen Qiming, he immediately greeted him.

"Chen!"

"Mike!"

The two said hello, and Chen Qiming asked if the people from Fox had arrived.

"The man has arrived, and Cameron is here with Fox's production manager, Jiri Steiner.

When they heard that you were interested in their project, they went straight to the hotel. ”

Mike said as he led the way ahead.

After walking a few steps, Mike suddenly stopped and said solemnly: "Chen, have you really decided to invest in this project?"

This is no joke, Steiner told me that the project would require no less than $50 million.

With so much money invested in such a completely unreliable project, you have to be prepared to lose money.

Also, can you come up with that much money in the fastest time?

You know, Fox can't wait at all, and every day they wait, they will lose a lot of dollars. ”

"Mike, believe me, I have carefully considered the risks of this project and I am interested in investing in it.

As for funding, there are no problems on my side.

It's just that if I invest, there are some terms that need to be negotiated in detail. ”

Regarding the project "Titanic", Chen Qiming not only knows some of its plots and high box office, but also has information about this project.

That's the message.

At the end of 1996, halfway through the filming of "Titanic", the capital chain fell into shortage.

Twentieth Century Fox has invested too much money in this project, though not to the point of going bankrupt as the outside world has suggested.

But Fox executives are certainly skeptical of the project.

After all, like Mike said, this project is just a romance movie.

The investment in romance films is as high as nearly 200 million, and with such a high investment, the entire film and television industry is not optimistic about this project.

Therefore, when Fox did not plan to continue to invest money, Cameron had to persuade Fox executives to lobby other film and television companies to join the project.

Eventually, Fox executives agreed to the offer and began to contact other film and television companies.

But other studios, like Fox, don't have any faith in the project.

Most companies have refused to cooperate.

This includes film and television giants such as Warner and Disney.

Eventually, after much lobbying, Paramount decided to join the project and invest $60 million.

If that's all it takes, this incident is not enough to impress Chen Qiming.

What impressed Chen Qiming was that after Paramount Pictures joined the project, it was too hasty and the terms of the contract with Fox were not rigorous.

There is no doubt about the importance of contracts for film and television cooperation.

If there is a problem with the contract, it is easy to end up having problems when it comes to dividing the benefits.

And Titanic is like this, "Titanic" became the world's highest-grossing film in 1997, and the high box office of $2.2 billion in the world made 20th Century Fox regret it.

So 20th Century Fox said that since it made most of the cost of the film, it was natural that most of the profits should go to itself, leaving Paramount with a small part of the profits.

60 million US dollars, which basically accounts for about half of the total investment, but the profit share is only a small half.

Fox naturally disagrees with this approach, Paramount.

I came to help when Fox couldn't bear it, and he explained in advance that the profit was divided in half, but Fox now made it clear that he was crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and it was not righteous.

So Paramount took Fox to court, and finally the court declared that the American box office profits of "Titanic" belonged to Paramount, and the overseas box office went to 20th Century Fox.

There is a lesson from the past.

Chen Qiming had to make the contract as tightly as possible.

Otherwise, by virtue of his Chinese identity.

If the dream happens again, I'm afraid he won't be able to enjoy Paramount's treatment at all.

After all, Fox is one of the American giants.

And, this is an American company.

The United States will naturally favor Fox and will not have half pity for Chen Qiming.

Therefore, for the sake of future interests, Chen Qiming must definitely negotiate the distribution of benefits, contracts, etc. before investing.

(End of chapter)