After answering the agent's call, Cheng Long began to repeat some English and slang words for daily greetings as if he were reciting lines.

In fact, he now speaks English very well and has no problem coping with daily communication.

But people like humor, and Cheng Long also wants to show his side as much as possible.

The reason why Cheng Long attaches so much importance to it is mainly due to the good face of the Chinese people.

The boss of the dignified Bulls team said that he was your fan, and you were not allowed to show your face in front of foreigners?

While practicing, the phone rang suddenly.

Cheng Long grabbed the microphone and opened his mouth to say an authentic and standard American greeting.

"Hello, this is—"

"Aaron, it's me."

On the other end of the line, his wife's gentle and familiar voice came out.

Cheng Long, who was holding the microphone, was stunned, his brain was stuck when switching between the two contexts, and it took several seconds before he stumbled to say the first sentence.

The wife made this phone call to ask Cheng Long about his agreement to allow his son to take leave to return to the United States to watch the NBA.

"Yes, there is such a thing, Gillian let me tell you, the owner of the Bulls is actually my fan, and I just found out about it, and our family can go to the NBA whenever they want in the future."

As he spoke, the cell phone on the table rang.

This time it should be.

Cheng Long hurriedly explained to his wife that he had an important call to answer here, and he would contact his wife when he got back.

Before hanging up the phone, Cheng Long did not forget to tell his wife not to tell his son about it, otherwise the kid would not be at ease to stay on Hong Kong Island to study music.

Putting down the microphone, Cheng Long hurriedly ran over and picked up the phone.

Before connecting the phone, Cheng Long learned the lesson just now, and did not greet him very warmly at the beginning, but first asked politely who the other party was.

"Brother Cheng Long, my title should be fine, right?"

A Chinese sentence with a foreigner accent came from the other end of the phone.

Cheng Long was stunned on the spot.

There are two reasons for this.

One is, of course, that the other party actually spoke Chinese with him, although it sounded like Cheng Long's Hong Kong Island Mandarin with a local accent, but it was already very powerful for a foreigner.

There are also many foreigners on Hong Kong Island, but Cheng Long has never met a person who speaks Chinese so decently.

Another reason is that the other party's voice sounded very young, but the agent told Cheng Long that the Bulls owner was older than him.

That doesn't sound like that.

"Who is you?"

Cheng Long was very cautious and used English.

"My name is Jamie Dutton, John is my father, and he gave me your phone number."

Jamie on the other end of the phone reluctantly explained.

His original intention was actually to use authentic standard Chinese to surprise Cheng Long first.

This is also the first time he has spoken Chinese to someone since he crossed over.

But after getting used to the English pronunciation, Jamie found that no matter how hard he tried, his tongue was a little unobedient, and the Chinese he said always had an awkward feeling, which is the strange accent that many foreigners have when they speak Chinese.

In the end, Jamie gave up himself, as long as Cheng Long could understand.

Hearing that he was the son of the owner of the Bulls, Cheng Long's attitude immediately became enthusiastic, and he praised Jamie for speaking Mandarin more standard than him.

Foreign-style Chinese vs. Hong Kong Island Mandarin is actually half a pound and eight taels.

Fortunately, there is no communication barrier between chicken and duck.

Jamie slowly smoothed out his tongue and pronounced the words more clearly.

He explained to Cheng Long that it was John who was going to call Cheng Long in person, and it was he who volunteered to take the lead first.

Hearing this, Cheng Long has completely understood one thing, that is, Jamie not only speaks Chinese, but also has research on the culture of the Celestial Empire.

If the average foreigner doesn't use a few idioms when speaking Chinese, he is embarrassed to say that he is a crooked nut.

"It's okay, it's okay, my agent is introducing me to your father, and he also mentioned some things about you, he said that you are the most popular best-selling author in the United States, and even major Hollywood studios like Warner and Weststar Pictures have paid you a lot of money to write scripts."

"People like you are placed on Hong Kong Island, we all like to call talents, Jin Yong, you know, right?"

Cheng Long's sycophancy, even Jamie himself was a little embarrassed.

"I can't compare with a master like Mr. Cha, but I really like his martial arts."

A sentence of Mr. Cha shocked Cheng Long again.

Jin Yong is famous in the Chinese world, but except for the locals on Hong Kong Island, a large part of the readers outside don't know his real surname Cha.

Even if they do, more than half of them will mispronounce the pronunciation.

Jamie, a native of the United States, can accurately pronounce the correct syllables, which is not impressive, but shocking.

If it weren't for Jamie's foreigner-style Chinese, Cheng Long would have wondered if the other end of the phone was a foreigner.

"Hmm...... Actually, I also like Mr. Kim Yong very much, because I rarely shoot costumes, and I have never had the opportunity to cooperate with each other, which is also one of the things I regret about making movies for so many years. ”

Seeing that Cheng Long, such a good-faced person, did not pretend to be familiar with Jin Yong on the phone, Jamie knew that his purpose of talking to Cheng Long on the phone in Chinese had been achieved.

What Jamie wants is such an atmosphere of frank communication with Cheng Long.

"I also think that Brother Cheng Long is more suitable for filming modern dramas."

In order to prove his words, Jamie also accurately reported the names of all the movies that Cheng Long had made in the past.

Cheng Long was directly numb.

He even wanted to ask Jamie, did you stay on Hong Kong Island?

Jamie's explanation for this is that he is a fan of Cheng Long like John.

Cheng Long immediately believed it.

Because other than that, Cheng Long really can't think of any other more reasonable explanation.

"Brother Cheng Long, in fact, I called you in front of my father this time, and I also had a little personal selfishness."

As soon as he heard this, Cheng Long immediately cheered up.

As a foreigner, Jamie knows himself so well, if it is just because he likes his movies, to be honest, Cheng Long will still be a little guilty in his heart.

Well, now people have a purpose.

"I don't know if Brother Cheng Long's agent has mentioned it to you, in addition to writing, I am also a film and television animation fan."

This agent didn't mention it to Cheng Long, and Cheng Long was not surprised.

Cheng Long's son grew up in the United States, and it is too common for young people here to like animation, film and television.

"Last year, there was a cartoon that aired on Warner Animation World TV that was very popular, I think Brother Cheng Long should have guessed the name of that cartoon, right?"

Cheng Long blurted out:

"The Adventures of Cheng Long?"

"That's right, that's it. I loved the cartoon so much that I wanted to buy the rights to it, including the entire Dragon Treasure studio, from Columbia. If Brother Cheng Long can help negotiate with that side, I can give Brother Cheng Long 20% of the shares of Dragon Treasure Studio as a reward. ”

Cheng Long immediately said that there was no need to be so polite.

He doesn't attach importance to the cartoon "The Adventures of Cheng Long".

The reason for the importance is that the cartoon is as Jamie said, and the ratings are very good after it is broadcast.

Although Cheng Long and his agent both feel that this is the light of the big hits of his two "Rush Hour" movies.

Anyway, Cheng Long still agreed to appear on the scene and answer a question from anime fans at the end of each episode.

The reason why I didn't pay attention to it is, of course, because this is just a cartoon with limited influence, otherwise Cheng Long would not have agreed to cooperate with Columbia so easily and authorized the other party to set up Dragon Treasure Studio to develop this animation.

Now that he learned that Jamie liked this cartoon very much and wanted to buy it, Cheng Long agreed to it without even planning to discuss it with his agent.

John, Jamie's father and son are all their own fans, which makes Cheng Long feel very face-saving, and now he is just doing Jamie a small favor.

The two sides happily talked about it.

After the call, Cheng Long followed and reacted, did he promise too quickly?

I immediately called the agent and told the other party about it.

Knowing that Jamie wanted to buy the copyright of "The Adventures of Cheng Long" and the Dragon Treasure Studio, the agent immediately told Cheng Long in a serious tone.

The 20% stake in the Dragon Treasure Studio promised by Jamie must be obtained.

Cheng Long was a little overwhelmed on the spot.

He promised to help, and when he turned around and said that he wanted benefits, would he be a little despised by the other party?

The agent immediately explained to Cheng Long that this is the United States.

Favors are favors, and business is business.

If the other party is really sincere, the reward promised to Cheng Long will not be less.

Cheng Long didn't insist anymore.

Then he asked another question.

Why did Jamie buy Dragon Treasure?

"Jackie, remember when I told you earlier that Warner and Wesstar Pictures were asking Jamie Dutton to write the script?"

"Hmph." Cheng Long nodded.

"According to what I know, Warner asked Jamie to help write the script for Superman, and Weststar Pictures asked Jamie to help write the script for Deadpool."

"Another thing, Jamie Dutton previously used the film and television rights of his "Percy Jackson" to get Iron Man from Westar Pictures."

"You may not know much about Deadpool and Iron Man, but you definitely know Superman, and what all three have in common are superheroes in comics."

"You should understand it at this point, right?"

Cheng Long, who was holding his mobile phone, was stunned again.

What should he understand?

The agent's voice continued to come from the other end of the phone.

"Best-selling author, Hollywood's hottest screenwriter and avid anime fan, when you put all three identities on Jamie Dutton at the same time, it's not hard to come to a conclusion."

"Jamie Dutton has a huge interest in adapting anime into a live-action movie, and that's not just my opinion, it's the whole of Hollywood right now."

"Dear Chen, now you should understand why Jamie Dutton wants to buy "The Adventures of Cheng Long", right?"

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