Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 102 Dad, you’re going a little too far
Chuck and Nate both expressed strong curiosity about John actually chasing stars.

Jamie said on the spot that if the two of them could guess who the male star John liked, he would give them a season ticket for the Bulls game this season, and it would be the one with the best location.

"Every time you mention your father, you always say he is a tough guy. I guess the star he likes is Stallone!"

Chuck spoke first and said confidently.

Jamie shook his head directly, rejecting the answer.

He hoped it would be Stallone, so that he could establish a good relationship with the other party in advance, and maybe he could get a father-in-law for nothing in the future.

Unfortunately not.

"That must be Schwarzenegger! It can't be wrong!"

Chuck added reluctantly.

Jamie didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Nate, who had a hesitant look on his face.

"Are you going to adopt this answer?"

Chuck persuaded Nate to believe him, but Nate still had doubts in his heart.

Stallone and Schwarzenegger are indeed the two representatives of Hollywood tough guys, but people like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Willis also meet the requirements.

The correct answer is not necessarily the most famous.

In the end, Nate decided to change his mind and find the answer from John's identity.

After some careful consideration, Nate said:
“When it comes to Montana, many people’s first thoughts are the West and cowboys, and Hollywood happens to have the best spokesperson for cowboys.”

Nate said the answer while watching Jamie's reaction.

"Clint Eastwood, is that him?"

Jamie shrugged ruefully.

Nate was immediately ecstatic.

He guessed it right!

Chuck looked annoyed. He actually thought of guessing from the cowboy side, but in the end he felt that tough guys were more reliable.

Jamie didn't immediately deny Nate's answer.

Because in a sense, Nate was right.

If John hadn't changed a soul inside his body, his favorite Hollywood star would indeed be the old cowboy Mr. Tomu.

Nate was happy that he won season tickets to the Bulls, but he immediately began to feel distressed.

NBA teams play 82 games in the regular season, split equally between home and away games.

The problem is that Nate simply doesn't have that much free time to fly to Chicago and watch all 41 games.

He couldn't help complaining to Chuck that he wished the Bulls were in New York.

Chuck responded unceremoniously to Nate.

If you don’t have time to watch, just transfer your tickets to me.

Nate really needs to think about it seriously.

Just as he was about to reply to Chuck, Jamie's voice suddenly rang out.

"Isn't it too early for you to discuss the tickets now? I didn't say, you just answered it correctly."

Nate and Chuck froze at the same time.

So the star John likes isn't Clint Eastwood?
Chuck immediately named all the tough guy stars in Hollywood, and Nate named the actors and directors in Hollywood who were good at making Westerns.

What they really care about is no longer Bulls season tickets, but sheer curiosity about what the answer is.

After rejecting all the names Chuck and Nate mentioned, Jamie finally said a name that surprised both friends.

Jackie Chan!
Cheng Long!

If this answer had been told to Chuck and Nate a few years ago, neither of them would have believed it at all, and might even have asked a question in return.

Who is this guy?
But now they will definitely not ask such stupid questions again.

Because just this year, "Rush Hour 2" was released, with a North American box office of 2.26 million, currently ranking second on the 2001 North American box office list.

Ranked first is the box office dark horse "Shrek" released in April, but it is an animated film.

In other words, among live-action movies, "Rush Hour 2" ranks No. 1.

As the leading actor in this movie, Cheng Long can be said to be undisputedly at the top of Hollywood this year.

Although Jamie knows that there will be two heavyweight movies released in the upcoming November and December.

A cartoon similar to "Shrek", "Monsters, Inc."

There is also a fantasy epic "Lord of the Rings".

When these two movies are released, the ranking of "Rush Hour 2" will drop to No. 4.

In fact, it should be No. 5, because the previous North American box office champion in 01 was "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

Even so, the previous conclusion remains unchanged.

Whether it is "Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter" which does not exist in this world, it can be classified as a movie adapted from a novel, and the movie's box office has the added influence of the novel.

Although the high box office of the two movies is inseparable from the wonderful performances of the actors, the most important reason is the reflection of IP value.

The most intuitive evidence is that the actors who became famous through these two movies have no particularly commendable works after leaving these two series.

Typical movie-making actor.

The "Rush Hour" series is different. This is a real box office success supported by starring Cheng Long.

Although the movie has two protagonists, how many viewers went to see the movie for the black male protagonist who only knows how to talk?
Probably not even [-]%.

As for the North American box office of "Rush Hour 2," both Chuck and Nate contributed a movie ticket.

So when Jamie revealed that his father John’s star-chasing partner was Cheng Long.

Although Chuck and Nate were extremely shocked, they did not doubt the authenticity of this incident.

They were just a little dissatisfied with Jamie's deliberate efforts to induce associations in the wrong direction.

Who would have thought that the object of John's pursuit of stars turned out to be a foreign movie star.

In fact even Jamie didn't expect it.

However, he can understand his father's pursuit of star Cheng Long.

After all, when my father was young in his previous life, it was the most prosperous era of Hong Kong movies, and Cheng Long was a representative figure of that golden era.

In addition, most of the characters played by Cheng Long in his movies are policemen, which makes him even more appetizing to his father, who was a criminal policeman in his previous life.

Basketball and Cheng Long, these two John's biggest hobbies in his previous life came together, and Jamie, his son, couldn't help but stand aside.

That night, back at the penthouse of Hampshire Tower, Jamie called John again, originally wanting to talk about Cheng Long's movie.

This should be regarded as one of the few points of intersection of interest between father and son in their past and present lives.

Cheng Long's movies are still not outdated even in the era of Jamie in his previous life, and of course those bad movies made by Cheng Long in the later period are not counted.

Not to mention the various hot memes about Cheng Long’s movies on the Internet.

Things like Furniture City God of War and Cheng Long Happy Lamp are definitely familiar to UP owners like Jamie, and they are easy to pick up.

However, Jamie still underestimated his father's love for Cheng Long.After chatting with John for a while about Cheng Long’s previous movies, John suddenly said:
"Do you think that if Cheng Long had a better vision for accepting films, would his achievements in Hollywood be higher?"

After hesitating for a moment, Jamie asked tentatively.

"Like?"

In his previous life, Cheng Long won the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award. Although it was only an honorary award, it was basically the highest honor an action actor could receive.

Even Stallone, who presented the award to Cheng Long, had never received this honor himself.

Isn't this top enough?

John on the other end of the phone said something.

"Yang Ziqiong also won the Oscar for Best Actress!"

Jamie didn't know what to say on the spot.

That was more than 20 years later. Is it comparable to the current situation?
John was still unwilling to give in and added another sentence on the phone.

"I heard that in the beginning of Yang Ziqiong's movie, Cheng Long was wanted to play the male lead. Cheng Long himself didn't want to play the role and recommended it to Yang Ziqiong."

The implication is that if Cheng Long acted in that movie, he might also win an Oscar.

Jamie thought of something on the spot.

I'm afraid you're not thinking about ass!
Although Jamie admires the fact that Yang Ziqiong won the Best Actress Oscar, upon closer inspection, he found that the key words behind Yang Ziqiong's award were actually "minority" and "female."

In an era when the Oscars had not yet fallen into the obsession of "ZZ is right", Yang Ziqiong's "The Multiverse of Damn" didn't even win the award, and it didn't even have the possibility of being nominated.

Not to mention the various stereotypes in the movie, to put it bluntly, it is an Oscar special film.

If Cheng Long had been in this movie, it would have been another bad movie with a bad reputation.

This was the first time since John traveled through time that he was speechless by Jamie in such a retort, so he just said something in anger.

"Okay, since you speak so eloquently, and you have so many European and American movies in your mind, come and help Cheng Long choose a few movies. I won't express any opinions. I just invest with my eyes closed. I don't ask too much. As long as it’s more popular than Rush Hour 2, that’s fine.”

Jamie went straight into EMO

Is this not too demanding?
Until the time when the two of them traveled together, Cheng Long's "Rush Hour 2" still maintained the highest box office record for a Chinese-starred Hollywood movie.

But since John has left all his words here, Jamie has to do it.

At the same time John and Jamie were talking on the phone.

Los Angeles, inside a mansion in Beverly Hills.

Cheng Long was also making an overseas phone call with his son.

The son on the other end of the phone complained that Cheng Long had not come back to see him for a long time, so now he could only see Cheng Long in newspapers and on TV.

Cheng Long's reason was as always that he was very busy in the United States.

Although the release period of "Rush Hour 2" has ended, Cheng Long received another invitation to film a while ago.

He hasn't seen the movie script yet. It's said to be a science fiction action movie.

But this is not important, because it was the great director Spielberg who extended the invitation to Cheng Long.

Because the project was still under negotiation, Cheng Long specifically warned his son not to reveal the news to others.

The son took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to go back to the United States to rest for a while.

Cheng Long immediately became unhappy.

"Rest, rest all day! You were spoiled by your mother. You know how much I suffered when I was a child learning opera and practicing kung fu. Now you just studied music with Li Zongsheng for a year and you complain all day long about being tired!"

"But the NBA is about to start. Do you still remember when I was 16 years old, you asked me what I wished for, and I said my biggest wish is that you can take me to watch a Bulls Jordan game."

Cheng Long was startled.

He did promise his son that way back then, but he was filming another movie at the time. It was already the second year after the film was completed, and then Jordan retired.

Cheng Long was able to find time after that, but his son had lost interest in watching a Bulls game without Jordan.

The matter finally came to nothing.

As a result, Jordan came back again. Now that his son brought it up again, Cheng Long found it hard to refuse.

Especially since Cheng Long's agent in the United States just called him more than an hour ago. The Bulls officially gave Cheng Long a ticket for the regular season opener.

The kind that sits in the first row on the sidelines.

Because of Jordan's comeback, this opening game has attracted much attention. Now all stars in Hollywood are trying their best to get such a ticket.

If you just want to watch the game, it's easy to get a middle row ticket.

But the problem is that everyone's real purpose is not to watch the game, but to ride on the enthusiasm of Jordan's first game back.

Only those sitting in the front rows will be photographed by live TV cameras and media reporters.

Cheng Long was able to receive first-row tickets from the Bulls officials. According to his agent, this is simply unbelievable.

This also proves from the side that Cheng Long is really popular now.

But there was only one ticket for the game. Cheng Long would definitely not give up this opportunity to show his face in front of the national audience, and instead gave the ticket to his son.

Cheng Long did love his son, but not to the point where he couldn't tell who was the father.

On the phone, Cheng Long just promised his son that if Li Zongsheng agreed to his son's request for leave, he could take time out to accompany his son to watch a Bulls Jordan game.

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Long was planning to call his agent and ask about the Bulls sending him tickets.

As soon as I picked up the phone, my agent called me first.

As soon as the call was connected, the manager's exaggerated shouting came from the other end of the phone.

"Jackie, I just got some news and it's unbelievable."

Cheng Long was a little confused.

What's wrong?

"I have found out the reason why the Bulls gave you tickets. This is an answer you would never expect."

"Is it because of Jordan?" Cheng Long asked expectantly.

"No, but it's even more amazing than that!"

The agent said excitedly on the other end of the phone:

"It's the owner of the Bulls, John Dutton. He is your fan! Do you know what this means? In the future, you can easily get tickets for Bulls home games. This is what many Hollywood stars dream of. matter."

Cheng Long was stunned for several seconds before coming back to his senses.

Until now, he still couldn't believe it.

Is the Bulls owner a fan of his?
The agent told Cheng Long that the news was absolutely true.

The reason was that the Bulls' general manager had just called him and asked for Cheng Long's mobile phone number in the United States.

It was Bulls owner John Dutton who asked the team's general manager to do this.

The agent called just to give Cheng Long a heads up.

Maybe tonight, Cheng Long will receive a call from John Dutton himself.

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