At the beginning of November this year, Eminem, the king of American hiphop, released his autobiographical film "8 Mile", which slashed more than 50 million at the box office in the first week.

As the object of his public diss during the promotion of the film, Zhou Yina's possible response is enough to make the entire European and American music scene look forward to it.

Li Yinxin knew about this matter, and she had seen it in the file.

"Looks like you're confident in the song, hiphop?"

Li Yinxin, who listened to Zhou Yi's first album, is no longer the little white who doesn't know anything, at least she knows that Zhou Yi was famous for hiphop when he first debuted in China, which is very similar to Eminem, who doesn't deal with him.

It's just that since the second album, Zhou Yi has greatly reduced the output of Hiphop in his albums, like the latest "Lianshan", there is only a strange song "In the Name of the Father" that can be counted.

She has little interest in the mafia, let alone Chinese rap that she doesn't understand, just watching the five-minute version of the MV and glancing at the Korean version of the lyrics translation, that's all.

"No, it's rock + hiphop."

Zhou Yi, who walked into the bar with his back to Li Yinxin and the crowd of carnivals, raised his hand and waved without looking back: "I will still be criticized by many people for not rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll." ”

“……”

Watching the man's figure completely join the carnival party in the center of the dance floor, Li Yinxin's eyes narrowed slightly as he watched him flirt with other women's eyebrows - after a while, after seeing Zhou Yi being publicly kissed by her sister on the dance floor, causing bursts of cheers, he unconsciously shook his head.

After taking a sip from his glass, he grabbed his handbag and walked out of the bar.

"Miss."

"Go back, the greeting has already been called, I am not suitable to stay here for long."

"Yes, miss."

As the little princess of the Samsung Li family, Li Yinxin, who was escorted by her own driver, sat in the back seat of the Maybach, looked at the fast-flying street scene and her reflection outside the window after the car started, and pursed her lips.

To be honest, she envied her sisters.

It's not because of any freedom, after all, everyone is the same, sooner or later they all have to marry under the arrangement of the family.

What she envies is her sister's illegitimate daughter status who can completely ignore the influence of the family.

If she was an illegitimate daughter, I'm afraid she could live so chic......

Thinking so crankily, Li Yinxin was about to open the zipper of her handbag and take out her mobile phone, but unexpectedly found that her zipper was not closed?

Well?

It was supposed to touch the fingertips of the mobile phone but accidentally touched the texture of the business card, Li Yinxin, who felt strange, hurriedly opened the handbag, and a business card was lying quietly inside, and the lines crossed out by the signature pen on it seemed very familiar to her-

This is?

That business card of hers?

Li Yinxin frowned, and the memories in her mind came to her mind in an instant-Zhou Yi's chic posture of flying out of his business card was still vivid.

Shouldn't have flown out - wait, no, he seemed to make a gesture of handing the business card to her before flying it?

Could it be that it was stuffed in at that time?

So whose business card is he flying?

Pinching the business card that had been scratched up by the signature pen, the woman leaned on the edge of the car window and saw the contents of it clearly through the dim street lamp light passing outside the window—

In the center of the business card, the word "Zhou Yi" that replaced his name made the corners of Li Yinxin's lips squirm for a long time, and the corners of his eyes immediately climbed a few unpretentious smiles.

"Zhou Yi ......"

……………………………

“Who？”

A video store in New York, USA.

A young man with black hair heard his boss introduce the new arrival, and he heard a name that was awkward but familiar to him: "Yi Chou?" Spike？ ”

“Yes，Spike。”

The red-necked boss smiled and pressed his baseball cap, and his fat body was slightly humble when walking between the shelves: "That's his Chinese name, this is his new Chinese album "Lianshan", which is said to be very popular in Asia." ”

"Really?"

"I'll lie to you, if you don't believe it, you can buy one and go back and listen to it. However, I still recommend you to buy the deluxe version with all the music videos plus one movie, because this is the most complete experience. ”

Seeing that another business came to the door, the red-necked boss, who had not done this kind of thing for more than a month, patted his chest and packed the ticket: "Trust me Bob, I won't lie to you." I've recommended more than 30 people to buy it, and they've all raved about Spike's new album, saying that the movie on the album alone is worth the ticket price. ”

“？”

"It's called In the Name of the Father, and I assure you in my personality that it's definitely a gangster movie that's well worth watching, and Spike is clearly paying homage to The Godfather, but with his own understanding and innovation.

"I have to admit that the director named Hao Ning is really a genius, I can't believe that he is just a director who shoots music videos, is the Chinese director industry already at such a high level?"

When talking about Zhou Yi's new album "Lianshan", the redneck boss was obviously a lot excited: "If you want me to say that the movie version of "In the Name of the Father" should not be put on the album, Spike is still too honest, he should learn from Eminem to send this movie to the cinema." ”

He couldn't understand Chinese, but it didn't matter, Warner had subtitled all of Zhou Yi's Chinese MVs in English.

And because of the godfather theme, it is not inconsistent to play English subtitles - after all, when it comes to the mafia, it has to be Italian and pure, and Italy, for Americans, happens to be foreign.

Not to mention anything else, mafia culture has been physically spread to Europe and the United States, which directly leads to the fact that the theme of mafia and godfather naturally has a huge audience in the United States and Europe.

"Is that good? How much? ”

"The deluxe album with the full movie version of the MV for In the Name of the Father is $69.9, and if you're a regular customer of mine, I'll give you $5.9 cheaper."

"So expensive? Is Warner crazy? Bob, the young man who was about to pay for it, was startled.

"It's not expensive, Spike has always been known for his conscience, look at what is in Eminem's deluxe edition, which sells so expensive.

"Spike's deluxe version is really luxurious, not only all the songs have MVs, but also Chinese and English lyrics, posters, exclusive peripherals and even autographed letters, photos and other things, this movie version of "In the Name of the Father" I even think is a free gift."

“……”

Seeing that the boss recommended it so strongly, Bob, a young man who had made a little money for two months not long ago, gritted his teeth and paid for it: "Jace, this is the first time I bought a Chinese album, if it's not worth the price, don't sleep too hard when you sleep at night." ”

For Bob, whose education level is so high as that of elementary school students, if it weren't for the boss's foolishness, he would never have bought a Chinese album, even if the album was Spike's.

After returning home, out of the habit of listening to songs, Bob still started listening to songs first-

This is still a very novel experience for him, Zhou Yi's unique Chinese singing voice, accompanied by the progression of music, can always make him sway along, even if he can't understand it.

And what amazed him the most about this whole album was undoubtedly the MV of the song "In the Name of the Father" -

Although he doesn't understand Chinese, he understands picture expression.

In just five minutes, he felt like he had seen a movie trailer, and the extremely unique arrangement and melody of "In the Name of the Father" made his body can't help but swing along.

And when Bob couldn't wait to put the separate movie version of "In the Name of the Father" in the Deluxe Edition into the DVD, the 90-minute rendition was almost refreshing for him, who had been on the streets since he was a child-

It's exciting, it's so exciting!

Spike's temperament in this movie is also too good, the director really knows how to shoot!

The man is handsome, and the heroine is beautiful!

Especially the paragraphs that pay tribute to "The Godfather", it's like a dream back to the past!

Genius singer, genius director, flawless coordination!

Bob, who felt as if he had found something missing, immediately contacted his friends and informed them that the movie version of a song on Zhou Yixin's album was great.

And this scene, similar to Bob's, is not just happening in New York.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Seattle and other cities, because of the popularity of Eminem's personal autobiographical film "8 Miles", Zhou Yi's new Chinese album "Lianshan" that was compared to the United States After a month and a half of fermentation, it finally broke through the geographical restrictions of Chinese songs in the United States with the theme of "In the Name of the Father" -

Began to fire in a small area.

This is what Warner did not expect, originally they sold Chinese albums just for the sake of Chinese in the United States and Zhou Yi's die-hard fans.

No one would have thought that Zhou Yi's Chinese album would have such a strange ...... in the United States Market?

After some research, the MV director named Ning Hao immediately came into the sight of Warner and many Zhou Yi fans-

Especially for Zhou Yi fans, this Ning Hao actually arranged the MV of the entire four songs on the A side plus a movie version, this kind of genius filming these I Nima is not a violent thing?!

Imperial capital.

Ning Hao, who learned about this through his classmates who went to the United States and Europe for exchange and study, was stupid-

Am I famous?

I'm out of breath?!

- Uh, no, wait a minute......

Grass! Zhou Yi, this MV wasn't shot by me?!

Ning Hao, who knew that he had some attention in Europe and the United States, was not happy for a minute, and suddenly thought of the fact that he was a puppet.

I'm Nima......

The days in Zhou Yi's MV crew can be called the most unbearable years since he entered this industry, the director has a emperor Jiang Wen, not to mention, Zhou Yi often fights with Jiang Wen on the set, and he, the nominal director, has to be a middleman, a group of grandsons.

Money is hard to make, is hard to eat.

That was the first time that Ning Hao deeply realized the deeper meaning behind this sentence.

Can ...... now

"It's out of breath, rat, when I was in the United States, I heard some people say that you are too good at filming, saying that you are definitely a talent to shoot the MV, and you should be suitable for filming."

“…… Heh, hehe. ”

Facing the envy and praise of his classmates, Ning Hao, who had mixed feelings in his heart, didn't know how to express his feelings for a while-

Humor, this is also too humorous.

As a director, I didn't even have a chance to shout Cut in the crew of Zhou Yi's "Lianshan", what kind of dick "In the Name of the Father" movie was also filmed by Jiang Wen, can it be bad?!

Someone in the circle has scolded Jiang Wen for being a drama bully, who can deny Jiang Wen's directing ability?

He is a genius who has been recognized and appreciated in the European and American master circles at a young age.

"Seriously, once your reputation spreads, I think someone will definitely ask you to try making a movie, and you will develop a mouse."

“……”

Ning Hao, who wanted to say that this thing was not directed by himself, opened his mouth, and after a few more stops, he finally swallowed the glory in the eyes of outsiders and the humiliation in his own eyes with tears.

He also wants to save face.

Moreover, this may really help him open up his popularity at home and abroad.

Didn't you see that Fan Bingbin can now market as an "international superstar".

In the face of the possible benefits, he doesn't care.

Anyway, Jiang Wen's style is so obvious, anyone who has watched his movies in China should be able to know that smell, and he doesn't have to explain too much, he really can't pretend to be aggrieved and cry and it's over.

Of course, after getting this kind of good news, Ning Hao was still very grateful and sent a text message to Zhou Yi - although he didn't know if Zhou Yi would read it.

Maybe he has forgotten about this kind of little transparent Zhou Yi a long time ago, but he still has to have the number of courtesies he should have, and when Zhou Yi comes back, he will have to carry the gift to Warner to thank him.

"Thank you Brother Yi for the opportunity?"

The Shilla Hotel, Seoul, South Korea, in the master bedroom of the suite.

Zhou Yi, who woke up, saw a message from Ning Hao in a daze, and his mind didn't react for a while-

What opportunity did I give?

I haven't met him since the MV was filmed, so why did I give him a chance?

"Hmm...... Oba ......"

Cheng Youli on the pillow was awakened by the man's movements, and shouted in confusion after seeing him wake up.

Zhou Yi, who was just about to reply, was interrupted by a sudden ringtone on his mobile phone-

Bell bell bell!

"Hello?"

"Ah Yi, have you woken up? There are important things to tell you. On the other end of the phone, Qian Jiang's eager and suppressed excitement came from the receiver of the mobile phone: "I am already on the way back to the hotel." ”

"Well, it may not be convenient in the room, so let's borrow the conference hall of the Shilla Hotel." Zhou Yi glanced at Cheng Youli, who was obviously tired last night, and opened his mouth to propose.

As an international hotel, the Shilla Hotel, which has also received a lot of dignitaries, has many meeting rooms that are convenient for guests to hold meetings and discussions, and the confidentiality is excellent.

More than twenty minutes later, after washing, Zhou Yi changed into a sweater and coat, sat in the conference room, and listened to Qian Jiang tell the outrageous fact that Jiang Wen's version of "In the Name of the Father" drove the sales of Chinese albums in the United States to rise -

"A month and a half ago, when your "Lianshan" was released in the United States, the company also tried to promote it, but the language problem was really a hindrance. Originally, the company had already given up, but I didn't expect the movie version of "In the Name of the Father" to cause discussion. ”

It felt like Qian Jiangle's eyes were about to narrow into a slit when he was hit by a pie in the sky: "Jiang Wen's directing ability is beyond doubt, and the theme of "In the Name of the Father" is a theme that has a huge audience in the West, and many Westerners can quickly substitute the movie mood created by Jiang Wen through English subtitles even if they can't understand Chinese.

"Did you know that so far, your Chinese album has sold a full 130,000 copies in North America! This is a Chinese album! The ones sold are all top-of-the-line luxury editions!

"That's the effect of the movie version of In the Name of the Father, because only the Deluxe Edition includes the movie DVD. Ah Yi, it's really amazing that you invite Jiang Wen over!

"In China, he can grasp the essence of this theme so accurately, he is a genius, and the lens language matches this theme, which directly helps your album break the language limit."

Zhou Yi: "......"

Can I say that the reason why I asked Jiang Wen to come in the first place was just so that I could pretend to be forced when I was archaeology by others in the future?

(End of chapter)