The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 588: Unexpectedly High-Priced Chinese Song
"cheers!"

"Cheers~"

"Congratulations on the completion. Congratulations on the completion."

"..."

That night, at the Victoria Hotel in Hong Kong, Cheng Long, who had booked the entire venue, happily held a wrap-up party for Zhou Yi and Jiang Wen.

To be precise, it was organized by Yinghuang.

Yinghuang CEO Yang Shoucheng even attended the event in person, allowing many people to recognize Zhou Yi's connections.

This guy has been very busy this year.

"I'm just a guest star, at best a special appearance. There's no need to go to such great lengths to hold a wrap-up party, Mr. Yang."

"That's right, Ayi, you are the king of the world, I will definitely not treat you unfairly in terms of treatment."

After clinking glasses, Yang Shoucheng didn't mind at all: "Besides, this is your first time on the big screen, we must take it seriously and leave you with a good memory. If you fall in love with this feeling, you will think of us first in the future."

As the largest investor in "New Police Story" and the person who pushed Cheng Long to return to China to shoot this film, there is nothing wrong with Yang Shoucheng saying this.

Anyway, after his additional investment, there has been no news of budget overruns in this film.

Zhou Yi smiled noncommittally and glanced at Jiang Wen who was talking to Chen Musheng and others not far away: "Is it possible that Mr. Yang's real intention is not to stay at the bar this time?"

He is preparing a new movie.

Yang Shoucheng, who had always wanted to get closer to the mainland, naturally would not miss this rare opportunity. It was normal to give Jiang Wen face by taking advantage of the wrap-up banquet to promote him.

Many people thought that Jiang Wen, a Beijing native, should have nothing to do with the Hong Kong circle, but in fact, his relationship with the Hong Kong circle is not shallow.

He initially went to the Hong Kong circle to seek investment for his directorial debut "Sunny Days".

However, the huge losses made several investment tycoons in the Hong Kong circle at that time give up on this genius from the mainland.

They think this person is simply crazy, making movies not for the money but to satisfy his own literary and artistic concerns.

In the second film, Devils on the Doorstep, the targets of the scam became mainland companies such as Zhongbo Film and Huayi. As expected, Jiang Wen was blacklisted again after the filming of this film.

Although Jiang Wen is still in Schrodinger's ban on directing, as time goes by and it is almost 04, Jiang Wen has begun to prepare for his first movie after the ban is lifted. However, this time, the new movie is still in the embarrassing stage of "no money".

Many investment companies are afraid of Jiang Wen's slow and meticulous work style and his tendency to lose money.

Yang Shoucheng can clearly see the difference between helping someone in need and adding icing on the cake.

He wants to invest in Jiang Wen's new movie.

It doesn’t matter whether a movie loses money or not, what matters most is the talent.

Besides, tens of millions is money? If it's thrown away, it's nothing compared to your future.

But, he doesn’t know Jiang Wen.

"Haha, Ayi, your vision is still as sharp as ever. To be honest, in addition to releasing several Cantonese albums next year, Asa and her friends also have another goal of polishing out a fine Mandarin album to facilitate their entry into the mainland market in 05.

"I know Florence Hui has talked to your agent, but, you know, I always treat them as my daughters."

Yang Shoucheng smiled very kindly, as if he really treated the Twins as his own daughters: "Since my daughters are preparing to venture into the huge pressure of the mainland market, then as a father, I naturally can't just stand by and watch, right?
"I know you're very busy, Ayi. Warner prepares a lot of work for you every year. So, I'm risking my reputation to ask you to write a song for Asa and the others when you have time. Don't worry, I'll definitely pay you enough."

He didn't mention anything like buying out the copyright of the song or purchasing the song, he only mentioned the writing fee.

The raised finger made Zhou Yi narrow his eyes slightly, and he looked at him with a smile: "Boss Yang, aren't you afraid that the song I wrote won't live up to your expectations?"

"Ayi, you are joking. I absolutely, 100% believe in your talent."

Yang Shoucheng laughed out loud, as if he had really heard a joke, and sighed sincerely: "The progress of this circle is ultimately driven by talented geniuses like you. People like us are only qualified to provide you with funds."

"Since Mr. Yang thinks so highly of me, I can only bite the bullet and give it a try."

Zhou Yi's words brought a more genuine smile to Yang Shoucheng's eyes.

Since it was a guest appearance in the movie, the next topic between the two naturally turned to the issue of roles, and then - naturally, they talked about Jiang Wen, who was bumped into by him six times.

With Zhou Yi's introduction as an intermediary, Jiang Wen also met Yang Shoucheng, the elusive tycoon in the Hong Kong circle.

Also because Zhou Yi appeared as the middleman, Jiang Wen looked at Yang Shoucheng's appearance with a different eye.

Finding Jiang Wen on your own and getting to know Jiang Wen through Zhou Yi's introduction are two different concepts.

"How much did you sell me for?"

Yang Shoucheng, who was not too far from the point, chose to leave after exchanging contact information with Jiang Wen, leaving the space for the two of them. Jiang Wen grabbed Zhou Yi and asked in a low voice. Zhou Yi chuckled and took a sip of champagne: "Not much, 10 million."

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"How much?! Ten million?!"

Ying Huang Building.

After finishing a day's work, A Jiao returned to the company to remove her makeup and rest while waiting for her boyfriend Chen Guanxi to come back. When she heard this, her eyes widened: "Ten million Hong Kong dollars for writing a pop song?! Is Zhou Yi's pen inlaid with gold???"

Oh, no, this is not just a pen inlaid with gold, each word is worth a thousand gold.

In 2003, the Hong Kong dollar was still slightly more valuable than the RMB, with a ratio of about 1:1.0612.

Even if Zhou Yi is popular in the international market, what they want to buy are not English songs that can be sold globally.

The market for Chinese songs is so small, and we're not inviting him to customize the theme song based on the content of the movie, so why is it so expensive?

Jay Chou writes 15 Chinese songs but they still don’t make as much as Zhou Yi does with just one song. When did inflation in the music industry become so severe?

When Zhou Yi wrote songs for Sun Yanzi and Xiao Yaxuan, didn't he always follow the market price? Why did it change for them?
"Just be content with this. There are so many people who want to pay him to write but can't get him to do so."

Florence Hui shook her head: "It's definitely a premium, and this price also includes the intention of asking Zhou Yi to help endorse it. But no matter what, this will also be a publicity point at that time."

"Help me stand on the platform?"

"Chenglong wants to give his son a glimpse of talent. He has done well enough with Li Zongsheng now. It's time to arrange for him to join Emperor Entertainment Group next year."

When talking about the Dragon Prince, Florence Hui seemed to have a hint of disappointment in her heart.

Chenglong doesn't just ignore his son as he says.

When his son wanted to learn music, he used his past relationship with the Rolling Stones to get his son to become a student under the semi-retired Lee Jong-seong.

It's a pity that this person's learning is really not very good.

If he wanted to act in a movie, this year he was directly stuffed into the sequel of "The Matrix 2", which was quite mediocre.

"The boss is very optimistic about the talented director Jiang Wen from the mainland and plans to invest in him. Cheng Long is very smart and also wants to send his son to play a role to gild his reputation.

"In order to be safe, I plan to ask Zhou Yi to help express his opinion at that time, because Zhou Yi will be fully involved in the soundtrack of Jiang Wen's new movie and will have a long communication with Jiang Wen."

Chenglong is very familiar with his son's acting skills.

Normally, other people would praise him a lot for his sake, but if you really meet a director like Jiang Wen who focuses on polishing your acting skills, that would be really difficult.

However, Jiang Wen, who takes his time to produce fine results, is obviously very good at patiently working on things. This can be seen from the musical film "In the Name of the Father", in which Zhou Yi's acting skills and atmosphere were refined.

If I can figure out Zhouyi, then figuring out Dragon Prince shouldn't be a problem.

"My son is not doing well. I can't just ignore him. He is my son after all."

Hotel, private kitchen.

After the banquet, Chenglong took Zhou Yi to complain about his son sincerely: "When I didn't care about him when he was young, he already had a lot of complaints about me. Now that he has grown up and wants to enter the entertainment industry, I will definitely help him if I can.

"Ayi, I don't mean to make things difficult for you by asking you to do me this favor. Lao Yang will talk to Director Jiang Wen when the time comes. If he asks for your opinion, please say a word for me. If he doesn't ask, then you don't have to say anything."

Zhou Yi drank the specially prepared hangover soup and agreed immediately: "Uncle Long, what you said is true. I will definitely help you."

"I owe you a favor, Yi. Thanks."

Chenglong was very happy.

The fact that Zhou Yi could give him face showed that he really had the face and did not ignore him, a "former" superstar whose reputation had declined, just because he had become an international superstar.

He thinks so.

As for Zhou Yi...

He almost laughed.

In fact, after Yinghuang invested in "The Sun Also Rises", Prince Long joined the crew not long after.

It’s not that Jiang Wen doesn’t understand the ways of the entertainment industry. On the contrary, he understands it very well. It’s just that Cheng Long and Yang Shoucheng think he doesn’t understand it because of his “glorious performance” in his first two films.

This is equivalent to picking up a favor for free and making 10 million.

"It's so cool to turn on the God's perspective."

(End of this chapter)