rebirth of change

Chapter 2356 Jackson's Invitation

On this day, Chen Kangjie was watching the preparations for the filming of "Jurassic Park" in his office. Whitney knocked on the door and entered his room.

"Miss Whitney, what's the matter?" Chen Kangjie raised his head and casually glanced at Whitney who came in, and continued to look down at the documents in his hand.

This information was passed on from Miramax Company. Chen Kangjie handed over the preparation of the film to them. The information contained detailed drawings of the images of several types of dinosaurs that needed to be used.

Chen Kangjie himself is the director and producer, so all the links need to be checked by himself.

"Long, we received a call from Michael just now."

"Michael called me? Are you talking about Michael Jackson? Why did he call me?" Chen Kangjie looked a little surprised.

Although the relationship between Chen Kangjie and Michael Jackson was good, the two of them were more of a kind of spiritual friendship, and there were not so many opportunities for real contact, and the usual phone conversations were also rare.

"He didn't say anything, he just told you to call him as soon as possible."

"Okay, then I'll give him a call. Did he leave his number?" Chen Kangjie looked at Whitney and said after a short silence.

"I'm ready for you." After speaking, Whitney walked up and dialed out from the phone on Chen Kangjie's desk.

Chen Kangjie and Michael Jackson used to leave contact information with each other, but because both of them are relatively busy and fly around at the same time, a certain contact information they left is not fixed.Chen Kangjie is fine, at least he has a mobile phone, while Michael Jackson doesn't even have a mobile phone.So Michael Jackson approached Chen Kangjie through his assistant.

"Long, it's connected." After the phone started ringing, Whitney handed the phone to Chen Kangjie.

After handing the phone to Chen Kangjie, Whitney did not leave because of this, but took a step back, with his hands behind his back, and stood there quietly.

Chen Kangjie didn't resist Whitney listening to his call.On the one hand, as Chen Kangjie's assistants, they were very close people, and under normal circumstances, they didn't have many secrets to speak of.On the other hand, Chen Kangjie and Michael Jackson should not discuss any private matters, so Chen Kangjie doesn't mind too much.

There is someone there, and after the conversation is over, if there is anything to do, there is just someone to tell.

"Michael, hello."

"Long, hello, I hope I didn't disturb you by calling, I didn't expect you to call me back so soon." Michael Jackson's unique voice came from the phone.

"Haha, if it's someone else, I promise I won't call back so quickly, but it's rare for you to call me, and of course I won't keep you waiting. Michael, how are you?" Chen Kangjie said with a smile .

"Hmm...it's good, hehe, it's still the same." Although Michael Jackson tried his best to act casually, his brief pause and his forced laughter still made Chen Kangjie feel that he was helplessness and frustration.

Since 1993, Michael Jackson has been very unsatisfactory, and his career has also entered a trough in his life. From 1993 to now, Michael Jackson has never won any awards.Although thousands of people all over the world still love and admire him, it is undeniable that his image is very different from that of the 80s.

All this is due to two misunderstandings about him.

First of all, the first misunderstanding is that almost people all over the world think that he has undergone bleaching surgery or skin grafting in order to become a more "noble" white person, because his skin color is getting lighter and lighter.

In fact, Michael Jackson has vitiligo. He himself made a public explanation in 1993. He said that he suffered from skin disorders and damaged skin pigmentation. This is a genetic disease in the family.Due to the massive loss of melanin, in order to prevent sunburn, Jackson always packs himself tightly every time he goes out.However, under the hype of the media, his explanation did not seem to convince the world. On the contrary, some people felt that he was hypocritical, that he betrayed his own birth, especially those black people, who did not seem to intend to forgive him, but many white people did the opposite. Belittle and ridicule him, thinking that Michael is currying favor with white people by changing his skin color.

In fact, Michael Jackson was telling the truth, but people countered with his lyrics in the song "black or white", in which he wrote: "I don't want to, just live as a colored person My whole life." This line made him controversial for many years.

In Chen Kangjie's view, Michael's lyrics just don't want people to pay attention to his skin color. First, he is a human being with dignity, and secondly, it is the difference between white or black.But people often reverse this order.

Another misunderstanding was bigger and affected him more deeply.

In 1993, a 12-year-old boy named Chandler publicly accused Jackson of sexually assaulting him. Jackson always denied this, but the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement in January 1994. For this, Michael also paid two $1 million in damages.

Although in the settlement agreement, Michael Jackson did not admit all the charges against him, but the out-of-court settlement between them caused great harm and shock to him.

It is easy for people to interpret this behavior as Michael spending money to avoid disaster.One reason is very accepted, that is, if he really did not hurt that Chandler, why did he settle out of court, and why did he have to pay more than 2000 million U.S. dollars in high compensation?Only people with ghosts in their hearts would do that.As soon as this reason was established, whether Michael refused or not, he was regarded as a hateful and dirty bastard.

In fact, Michael Jackson is willing to do this. On the one hand, this protracted lawsuit has had a huge impact on his life. For example, every report in the media every day has damaged his reputation. Even the police not only entered Neverland and His home was searched, and dozens of his close friends were summoned over the matter.And so on, everything made Michael, a superstar, miserable.

On the other hand, when Chen Kangjie did that, he had a kind heart that was difficult to understand.That is, Chen Kangjie didn't want to cause irreparable damage to Chandler.Chandler is only 12 years old, and his life has just begun. If the lawsuit continues for a long time, once it is proved that the Chandler family is lying, then Chandler's life can be said to be ruined. Not only will he cause Michael Jackson billions Ten thousand fans' verbal criticism, and even his safety will be greatly threatened.Not to mention the self-condemnation and distortion of a young mind.

It was to protect Chandler that Michael Jackson would rather pay exorbitant damages and settle out of court.In his opinion, a child's future is far more important than that little money.

Before the Chandler incident happened, the whole world knew one thing, that is, Michael Jackson liked children very, very much, and he was a truly infinitely caring musician.The Dream Farm, which cost a lot of money to build, is precisely to entertain children from all over the world.

How could such a person do such a thing that is inferior to a beast?Perhaps it was because his previous image was so good that it was even more unacceptable in the end.As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the harder you fall.

It was under the influence of these two misunderstandings that Michael Jackson not only released unsatisfactory follow-up albums, but also abandoned movies and music specially created for the Adams family.Marketing plans for a new Michael Jackson fragrance have been shelved, a 10-year partnership with beverage maker PepsiCo has been disbanded, even a tenth album has been canceled and a third world tour has been halted midway.

If there was a series of blows, Michael Jackson would still say "very good" to Chen Kangjie. I don't know whether to compliment his open-mindedness or sympathize with his self-deprecation.

"I'm glad to know you're fine. How about it? Call me this time. Is there something wrong?" Chen Kangjie didn't believe that Michael Jackson called him just to chat.

"Yes, there is indeed something. I am calling a concert in Washington DC. I would like to invite you to attend. The purpose of this concert is to mourn the victims of the 9.11 incident and raise funds for the families who were injured. At least $5000 million in charitable donations. As a person who personally experienced the 9.11 incident, I think it will be more meaningful if you participate. How about it? Are you interested?" Michael Jackson said solemnly.

"Did you even compose a song for this?" Chen Kangjie didn't answer, but asked unexpectedly.

"How do you know? Could it be leaked? I created a song "what more can i give" as a commemoration and inspiration. I also want to use this song as the theme name for this concert."

"Hehe, I didn't leak it. I guessed it, because judging from your consistent performance, I think you will definitely do that." Chen Kangjie touched the back of his head and said.

What kind of guesswork is this? It actually happened in the original history.It's just that Chen Kangjie couldn't say that.

"Thank you for your understanding. I thought it was leaked. Since you know, I hope you can participate in the recording of this song. Meiya, Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Super Boys, Maria and other friends have already agreed Let’s perform this song together, would you like to?”

"Of course, of course I am willing. You are one of the very few people in this world that I can't refuse, and this in itself is an extremely meaningful thing. You tell me the time and place, and I will come on time ..." Chen Kangjie readily accepted the invitation.