Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 367 The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling

 “She’s in there!”

 “Can I see her alone?”

In the hospital, in the dimly lit corridor, Nina Lily stopped in front of a ward door. Joseph looked at her and slowly walked into the ward. Lying on the bed was Sophia Snowflake, who had just had a miscarriage not long ago, and whom he loved. A woman who has lived.

Joseph looked at the unconscious Sophia quietly, with sadness on his handsome face, and a touch of melancholy lingering in his deep eyes. The lights in the ward poured down from the ceiling, and the profile of his face was like a piece of exquisite art. Taste.

Seeing Link's performance, Director Wang Ying nodded with satisfaction. It is indeed very good for a boxer to practice his acting skills to this extent.

 “Cut!”

 “Perfect!”

 After arriving on the set of "Snowflakes and the Secret Fan", Link continued filming. It took about six days to complete the filming of Joseph's scene in the film.

 Pap, pah, pah!

 After filming the last scene, the crew put down their work and applauded him.

During his time on the set, he also had a very good attitude towards the staff. He would not refuse even if the cast and crew wanted him to sign autographs and take photos with him. He didn’t have any pretensions to being a world star and was very kind. This made the whole crew have a good impression of him. .

Director Zhang Da is also a straightforward person. When he arrived at the teahouse, as soon as his **** touched the chair, he announced that he was here to make a movie. "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" tells the story of a group of Chinese people who were not afraid of Beijing during the Japanese invasion in 1937. A story of sacrifice and brave resistance to the invaders.

Director Zhang Da said sincerely.

Link had also seen him at the Beijing Olympics, but he had not said hello. Now that he saw Wendy Deng bringing Director Zhang Da to the set, Link was a little surprised. Why did she come to see him?

He took the initiative to step forward, shook hands with the other person, and said "Director Zhang, it's Situ Mi's oil painting." Director Zhang replied, "Situ Mi's oil painting," and Wendy Deng next to her smiled.

If you want to choose a director with the most influence and the best representation of the development of Chinese films in the world, it would be him.

Link saw everyone applauding him, so he clapped his hands, bowed to everyone, and took a group photo with everyone.

Link looked through the script with some hesitation. He had played a boxer, a writer, a diver, a student, a groom, a mercenary, a businessman, and now he was a priest. He felt a little pressure.

 First of all, he has too much work next year. In addition to boxing matches, his fourth album, and a lot of movies to be shot.

Then with Wendy Deng's help, the three of them went to the teahouse next door to chat.

There is a foreign character in the movie, an undertaker, a drunkard who regards wealth as his life, but at the critical moment he disguises himself as a priest and saves the "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" in the church. He is also a character similar to "Oscar". · Schindler's character.

"Mr. Baker, I think it's very appropriate. Although you are a foreigner, you have a modest and harmonious Chinese temperament. Standing among a group of Chinese people, you will not look out of place. This is very rare."

On the other hand, his acting skills are also great, and he is very serious about his performance. Sometimes he feels that he did not perform well and needs to make adjustments. He will find director Wang Ying to discuss it, hoping to shoot it again and try to do his best. This is also Be responsible for the film.

On the one hand, he has been very dedicated to the crew these days. He is a world-class superstar and has a busy work schedule, but he has never been late for any filming these days, and he has not missed any rehearsals.

Link looked over and recognized the other person at a glance. Director Zhang Damou, whose representative works include "Ju Dou", "Alive", "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "The Golden Armor", etc. .

“Director Zhang, is it appropriate for me to play the role of a priest?”

“Link, there is a great director who wants to meet you. Do you have time to chat?”

After taking the group photo, Wendy Deng walked over with a smile, followed by a thin director with gray hair but bright eyes.

 Director Zhang Da thought he was good and invited him to play the leading role.

 Sounds good, but Link still has some concerns.

 He is also the chief director of the 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony.

In addition, John Miller was not a priest originally. He pretended to be a priest under special circumstances. If you agree to play, we can redesign the character according to your image, for example, design it as a **** who comes to China to do business, or a **** who comes to China to do business. For wandering musicians looking for opportunities in China, these can all be discussed. "

Including "The Wallflower", "The Bureau of Time", "Captain America", "Friends", "You're Still Here", "Rust and Bone", plus this one "The Thirteen Girls", next year will probably be very busy. .

 It would be a pity to turn it down.

 First of all, this is a patriotic-themed movie. I have become a foreigner in this life and cannot do anything for the country. It is also very meaningful to take on such a movie and use my own fame to help Chinese movies go global.

 Secondly, this movie seems to have a good reputation and is the box office champion of the year.

In addition, director Zhang Da is an internationally renowned director with good directing skills. Working with him will also help my acting skills to a certain extent.

Link asked Director Zhang Da when the film was shot.

Director Zhang Da said that he only has a few scenes in February and March and can finish them in about half a month.

Link thought for a while and said that the movie script is very good, but he has too much work next year. Whether he has time to take over the filming of this movie depends on the specific work arrangements. He will give him an answer next week.

 Director Zhang Da expressed his understanding.

 After seeing off Director Zhang Da, he called Mandy and Anna and told them about being invited by Director Zhang Da to star in a new movie, and asked them if he had time in February or March?

Ms. Mandy told him that the filming dates for "Captain America" ​​are between October and February, and "Friends" and "Time Administration" will be filmed in February and March.

He will release a new album at the beginning of the year, and February and March are the awards season. If he takes over the filming of "The Thirteen Hairpins", he probably won't even have a day off.

Link felt numb after hearing this. After thinking for a while, he could discuss with Director Will Gulle whether the filming of the film could be postponed for a month or two. If not, he could also find a new male protagonist.

  Palm Beach Pictures is one of the producers of this film. As a boss, it is not a problem for him to ask the crew to postpone the filming for a month or two.

If the crew is ready and it would be more expensive to postpone the shooting, you can also change to a male lead.

This kind of commercial film does not have high requirements for the protagonist. He must be handsome and popular. There are many people in Hollywood who can do the job.

Ms. Mandy said yes, as long as he is not tired. He is the core of the entire team. If he works harder, everyone will get more bonuses and shares. Ms. Anna told him on the phone that the publicity work for the world tour in South Korea has begun. According to negotiations between Universal Music and South Korea, the originally planned five concerts in South Korea will be increased to eight.

Link heard helplessly. He already had a lot of work, and Universal Music Group kept adding more workload. This was a rhythm that would make him die of overwork.

Anna continued to say that Universal Music also promised to give him and the performance team an additional US$500,000 in appearance fees for each additional show as originally planned, and also guaranteed that the audience at each show would not be less than 30,000, and all the performances would be less than 30,000. Each session will be divided into tickets based on 30,000 people.

Link closed his mouth again when he heard this.

 One more concert, and you can get an extra 1.5 million in performance fees, and the ticket share is more than 300,000 US dollars per show. Three more concerts will be more than 5 million, which is higher than the salary for a movie.

In addition, the more concerts held in a region and the more tickets sold, the more it indicates that the singer is well-known and popular in the local area.

Handling more concerts is actually what singers want to see most.

　　Many singers said they would play a hundred shows before they held a concert, but when it came time to actually hold the concert, no fans came to support them, and the concert ended hastily after just a few concerts.

Concerts are also a way to promote singers and albums. Before and after the concert, the singer's fame and album sales in the region will also increase.

Just like when Link came to China to hold a concert, not counting Hong Kong and Taiwan, but only in mainland China, the total sales of his three albums reached 620,000 copies, more than 30 times higher than in July, and the effect was very significant.

It is said that the pirated tape CDs of his three albums have sold more than 8 million copies and were bought by many middle school students as English listening tapes.

Link doesn't care much about this matter. When these pirated fans have a certain financial ability, they may be converted into genuine fans. In the future, they may be able to shout like Star Master that everyone owes Link a genuine album.

  He was about to go to South Korea to hold a concert. Link first visited two Japanese teachers and studied Japanese in the apartment for a day.

At the same time, he also arranged for the company's staff in Japan to buy an apartment in a relatively luxurious area of ​​Tokyo in advance.

On the one hand, it can be used as a place to stay in Tokyo in the future, and on the other hand, it can also take care of Sasaki Nozomi-chan.

　　Sasaki Nozomi-chan is beautiful, has a **** figure, her skin looks like it has been soaked in milk, and her voice is very sweet when she speaks. She also has the gentle temperament of a Japanese woman, which gives people a great sense of psychological and physical satisfaction.

Link felt that it would be nice to have a Japanese lover.

In addition, in order to thank Yui-chan for her help, he wrote a piece of music based on his impressions and gave it to musicians under Link Music to perfect it. He created an English song "Good Time" suitable for male and female duets, and prepared to sing it with Yui-chan in Tokyo. Sing at the meeting.

There are also several English songs in the two albums under Yui-chan's name. The sounds are sweet and warm, and they are more suitable for songs like "Good Time".

Yui-chan was very happy after receiving the invitation. Every time she saw him, she would show her eight white teeth. She also took the initiative to apologize to him, saying that she was learning Japanese on the low table because she wanted to prank him and asked for his forgiveness.

Link smiled and said he didn’t care.

Yui-chan felt so sorry that she made a large table of Japanese food to apologize. She also said that she would treat him to dinner again after coming to Tokyo.

Link asked her if she was not worried that she was a **** and would be misunderstood by the media and fans if she made friends with him.

Yui-chan said she didn’t care and praised him as a very good person, not a **** as the outside world said.

  He also said that he was honored to be friends with him.

There were a few times that Yui-chan almost couldn't help but tell her the purpose of coming here, but every time she was about to say it, Sasaki Nozomi-chan would interrupt her.

Seeing how innocent and cute Yui-chan is, Link sometimes has the illusion that he is a bit bad.

Before flying to South Korea, he also took a trip to Beijing and stayed at Chris Liu's house for two days. He accompanied Chris and Jennifer to visit a courtyard house that was being renovated, as well as a high-end apartment in Chaoyang District. Slept in the apartment for two nights.

But because they were not strict, the paparazzi took photos of the three of them walking hand in hand and watching a movie.

 After the photo was exposed, a lot of negative public opinions about him appeared on the domestic Internet. Many netizens were filled with indignation and called him a "scumbag" and "a philanderer", and asked him to leave China and never come back.

 I think that when he came to China, netizens welcomed his arrival in unison and called him Brother Wenming and Brother Boxing.

But now, everyone is clamoring for him to leave early.

This is really thirty years to the east of the river and thirty years to the west of the river.

Despite this, before leaving Huaxia, he and Link Music donated 50 million Huaxia coins to the China Charity Federation, China Youth Development Foundation, and Link Charity Foundation China branch respectively to support China's charity and public welfare undertakings, almost All the money earned from this trip will be kept on this land.

This incident was immediately reported by many domestic official media, praising him as an enthusiastic philanthropist and welcoming him to come to China for exchange activities again.

 Netizens' attitude towards him has also changed slightly, and they feel that except for some flaws in his private life, he is almost a perfect idol in other aspects.

So when he posted a message on Weibo to say goodbye to his Chinese fans before leaving, there was a commotion in the comment section. Within three days, there were more than 120,000 comments. Some welcomed his return, some did not, and some He said that as long as he didn't pick up girls, he was welcome to come again.

 He became a half-red, half-black, very controversial foreign star.

Because of this controversy, he gained extremely high popularity and popularity among the Chinese people. In the subsequent foreign celebrity popularity voting event held by Weibo, he beat Leonardo, Lady Gaga, Kobe, Jordan, Avril Lavigne and other cultural and sports giants. Star, be number one.

Even the endorsement quotations given by domestic advertisers have increased from US$7 to 8 million to more than US$12 million after tax.

  Many Chinese companies saw that he was famous and profitable, so they actively contacted Dynasty Promotions, hoping to get the right to host his next boxing match.

The appearance fee is also over 20 million US dollars.

 This is the highest appearance fee a foreign boxer can receive for a domestic competition.

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Hum buzz!

As the plane took off, Link looked at the land of China outside the window and said softly, I will come back again.

 (End of this chapter)