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After the delivery of the Taihe, Gulfstream announced on its official website that the first Gulfstream G550 in Asia had been successfully delivered, and the identity of the buyer was kept confidential.

Although Gulfstream kept Song Yi's secret, many Korean netizens saw this Gulfstream G550 at Gimpo Airport or Incheon Airport.

Because the owner of the private jet always goes through a separate security check channel, and the shuttle bus will take the passengers directly to the Taixi boarding gate, no one has photographed the identity of the mysterious owner so far. However, netizens have speculated that Song Yi is the owner of the TaeHee. The TH number is the abbreviation of TaeHee. The identity of the owner is self-evident.

Song Hye Kyo, Quan Ji Hyun and Son Ye Jin all asked Song Yi to confirm this information, and naturally their little thoughts could not be hidden from Song Yi.

The TH number was purchased by Song Yi in his own name and then leased to Xinya Media Real Estate Group for his use, with a rent of US$10 million per year.

Song Yi promised Song Hye Kyo, Jun Ji Hyun and Son Ye Jin, "If you are nominated for a Best Actress Award at a foreign film festival, TH will definitely pick you up and drop you off all the way, allowing you to experience a private jet trip."

Having said that, Song Yi flew to Los Angeles with Kim Hee-won and Jun Ji-hyun in May. Jun Ji-hyun was also the first artist under New Asia to fly on TH.

Jun Ji-hyun took photos frequently in the cabin like a curious baby. She asked Song Yi, "President, can I send the interior of the TH number to inschool?"

With the high popularity brought by "My Naughty Girlfriend", Jun Ji-hyun is very popular in China, Japan and South Korea. Her number of fans on inschool has exceeded 10 million, making her the first artist to achieve this achievement on the inschool social networking site. .

In addition to Jun Ji-hyun, Yui Aragaki is the second artist under New Asia to have more than 5 million fans. Since the launch of "Kart Racing", Yui Aragaki's popularity on social networking sites has grown at a rapid rate visible to the naked eye.

Yui Aragaki used the software Xinya Voice. She played "Kart Runner" while chatting or singing through the Xinya Voice software, which brought her many fans.

Yui Aragaki’s inschool official certification is also very interesting, “Yui Aragaki, racer of “Kart Runner”, champion of Japan’s Okinawa competition.”

As for Yui Aragaki's participation in the movie "If Love Is Provident", she didn't mention a word, completely forgetting the fact that she was also an actor or model.

The reason why Song Yi flew to Los Angeles this time was mainly for the project of the movie "Kung Fu Panda". DreamWorks, New Asia Pictures and CJ Entertainment finally reached an agreement, and the three companies jointly funded the production of the animated movie "Kung Fu Panda".

The investment ratios of the three companies are 44%, 36%, and 10%. Artisan Entertainment will reinvest the remaining 10%. DreamWorks and Artisan Entertainment will jointly be responsible for the promotion and distribution of "Kung Fu Panda". Jun Ji-hyun's trip to Los Angeles this time was also for the promotion of "Kung Fu Panda".

Before Song Yi could speak, Jin Xiyuan answered for Quan Ji-hyun first, "It doesn't matter if the interior of the aircraft is released. Anyway, the interior decoration of the TH number can also be changed. You should not take pictures of the exterior of the aircraft, especially the two letters TH. We are here this time To represent Korean filmmakers in the Hollywood market, I should try to be as low-key as possible."

When Quan Zhixian heard what Jin Xiyuan said, she smiled and said, "Thank you, president." Of course Quan Zhixian knew Jin Xiyuan's position in Song Yi's heart. Song Yi would basically give face to anything Jin Xiyuan agreed to.

In Kim Hee-won's view, Jun Ji-hyun is New Asia's first movie star with international box office appeal, so she will naturally prefer them to Song Hye-kyo and Son Ye-jin.

When the Taixi landed at Los Angeles International Airport, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, CJ Entertainment Chairman Chen Meijing, and New Asia Pictures' North American Business Leader Shen Zhe came to pick her up.

Katzenberg saw Song Yi at a glance, gave Song Yi a warm hug, and then shook hands with Kim Hee-won and Jun Ji-hyun.

"President Song, we in Los Angeles have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time. To use your idiom, it feels like every day is like a year." Katzenberg is a bald Jew who looks like the future president of the NBA, Adam Silver. Quite similar.

Song Yi shook his head, "Jeffrey, the idiom "life is like years" is not used in this way. We are usually used to use "see through the autumn water". It refers to seeing through the eyes, describing the ardent hope for relatives and friends far away. "

Katzenberg smiled and said, "Yes, I am looking through the autumn water in Los Angeles, and I am eagerly looking forward to my distant good friend, President Song."

When Song Yi and Katzenberg were chatting, Shen Zhe also met Jun Jixian again after two years.

Jun Ji-hyun greeted Shin Zhe politely, "Representative Shin, long time no see."

Shen Zhe looked at the handsome Jun Ji-hyun in a leather jacket and felt that things were different and he said, "Miss Jun Ji-hyun, long time no see."

At first, Shin Cheol was very optimistic about the movie "My Naughty Girlfriend". Shin Cine and sidusHQ decided to work together to film "My Naughty Girlfriend". The film director Kwak Jae-yong and the male and female leads Cha Tae-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun were all recommended by sidusHQ.

In the end, Shin Zhe was worried that the movie "My Naughty Girlfriend" would not be able to recover the cost, and coupled with the persuasion of his family, he finally sold Shin Cine to New Asia Entertainment, and Shin Cine Pictures officially changed its name to New Asia Pictures.

As a result, after Song Yi bought New Asia Pictures, Song Yi and Jun Ji-hyun's careers seemed to be cheating.

Jun Ji-hyun became the youngest Best Actress to win the Grand Bell Award for her role in "My Naughty Girlfriend". The box office of "My Naughty Girlfriend" also exceeded 8 million.

New Asia Media Real Estate Group, the parent company of New Asia Pictures, even went public through a backdoor listing, with a market value of more than 6 trillion won.

Not only that, New Asia Pictures also successfully entered the Hollywood market through "Kung Fu Panda". Jun Ji-hyun also became the first international movie star in South Korea to enter the Hollywood market by dubbing the cute little dragon in "Kung Fu Panda".

When "My Naughty Girlfriend" became the runner-up at the box office in 2001, Shen Zhe did regret selling Shin Cine Pictures at a low price and letting Song Yi take advantage. If Shin Cine is sold after "My Naughty Girl" is released, Song Yi's purchase price will at least double.

However, after New Asia Pictures and Blue Ocean Capital spent US$340 million to buy Artisan Entertainment, Shen Zhe's mentality completely adjusted.

Shin Cine can only be an ordinary medium-sized film company in the Korean market if it remains in the hands of Shen Zhe. After the successful acquisition of Shin Asia, it has transformed into South Korea's leading large-scale film company.

The film "League of Thieves" produced by New Asia Pictures this year cost more than 20 billion won, making it one of the few action blockbusters in the Korean film market.

"Memories of Murder" brought New Asia Pictures its first annual box office championship, and "Thieves" became the box office champion in 2003. Movie magazine "Cine 21" joked that New Asia Pictures may be preparing to capture the future box office champions in the Korean market.

Katzenberg told Song Yi: "I have also made an appointment with Jackie Chan (Cheng Long). We will meet up at his house in Beverly Hills later. He is interested in the role of the golden monkey in "Kung Fu Panda" I am very interested and very happy to take over the dubbing job of Golden Monkey."

Cheng Long spent US$3 million to buy a mansion in Beverly Hills in 1998. It is said that the previous owner of this mansion included the famous Marilyn Monroe.

Song Yi did not hide his gossip mentality, "It is said that Marilyn Monroe was the former owner of Jackie Chan's house. Is this true?"

Katzenberg was immediately happy. He didn't expect that Song Yi, a super rich man with a net worth of billions of dollars, would actually care about the scandals of celebrities.

"To be honest, there is no such thing." Katzenberg said truthfully.

"Real estate agents do use this as a gimmick to attract customers to buy. Beverly Hills itself is a place where stars gather, and now there are many wealthy people who are proud to buy luxury homes where celebrities have lived."

"But the real estate agent's words are not wrong. Monroe did live in that house for a while when she was filming the movie. It's okay if you say that Monroe is the original owner of this house, but most of Monroe Spending time living in her Braden apartment," Katzenberg said.

When Song Yi and the others arrived at Cheng Long's residence, Cheng Long also finished his work and returned to his residence. He welcomed Song Yi's visit at the door of his home.

Today, Cheng Long still has a very good box office appeal in Hollywood. In 2001, the comedy action film "Rush Hour 2" starring Cheng Long won the North American box office championship with a first-week box office of 66.8 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office reached 329 million U.S. dollars, setting a record Box office records for Hollywood movies starring Chinese actors and box office records for comedy films in North America.

Although Hong Kong filmmakers have always said that there is only one Best Actor in every decade and Chow Sing-chi in a century. In fact, Cheng Long and Jet Li are the only two Chinese actors who can play leading roles in Hollywood movies and have box office appeal. And Cheng Long's "Rush Hour" series of movies even pushed Jet Li away by half a step.

In addition to Cheng Long, the mainland movie stars Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing, Jing Tian and other actresses who later appeared in Hollywood movies were reduced to pure vase roles. They only played a few minutes in total and had very few lines. Compared with Cheng Long, Li Lianjie is not the same person at all.

Katzenberg first introduced Song Yi's identity to Cheng Long, "This is Chairman Song of New Asia Pictures. You already know Chairman Chen Meijing of CJ Entertainment, so I won't introduce you further."

Cheng Long saw that Katzenberg vaguely meant that Song Yi was the leader, and he immediately understood Song Yi's identity, "Welcome, welcome, I heard that Jeffrey was planning to make a kung fu animated film, and I was very interested. , I heard that this script was conceived by President Song. How did you come up with the idea of ​​combining kung fu and pandas to make the Kung Fu Panda movie?"

The reason why he raised this question was to test Song Yi. Cheng Long successfully entered the Hollywood market through kung fu movies. Now two Korean film companies and two Hollywood film companies are preparing to produce a kung fu animated film, but it uses a lot of Chinese elements. Naturally, he feels a little uncomfortable.

Katzenberg and Chen Meijing looked at Song Yi, and they also wanted to know Song Yi's answer.

Song Yi smiled and said, "I have lived in the mainland for twenty years and grew up watching Kung Fu movies. For example, Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" and "The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai", "Rush Hour" and "Police Story" starring Brother Cheng Long "I also revisit it often."

"South Korea introduced two giant pandas from the mainland last year, and my wife adopted one of them, Yabao. When I saw the round Yabao, I had an idea in my mind. Since Kung Fu and pandas are both representatives of Chinese culture, , then why don’t I make a movie about a panda learning kung fu and becoming a peerless master?”

"After all, the impression given to the world by pandas is that they are round and their movements are relatively slow, which gives people a sense of contrast. Because I have watched many kung fu comedy movies by Brother Long in the past, such as "Drunken Master", some clips of Po doing kung fu are actually It comes from the scene where Brother Cheng Long was doing Drunken Boxing." Song Yi praised Cheng Long.

Cheng Long felt much more comfortable when he heard what Song Yi said. The movie "Kung Fu Panda" is produced by Meili Shakob, and Song Yi and Chen Meijing serve as co-producers. Song Yi also Served as the screenwriter of "Kung Fu Panda".

New Asia Pictures is the main producer of "Kung Fu Panda", and Song Yi is the co-producer and screenwriter of "Kung Fu Panda". His voice in this film has exceeded that of DreamWorks.

Now Song Yi personally admits that the inspiration for the movie "Kung Fu Panda" actually comes from the giant panda Yabao adopted by his wife and Cheng Long's Kung Fu movie. Then Cheng Long can release this gimmick in an interview with the Hollywood media to strengthen his status in kung fu movies. Whether it's a Kung Fu comedy movie or a Kung Fu cartoon, you can't do without me, Cheng Long.

This is Cheng Long's special ability to establish himself in the Hollywood market, and New Asia Pictures cannot break the inherent impression of Hollywood film companies.

With this beginning, the atmosphere of the conversation between Cheng Long and Song Yi instantly became more pleasant. Cheng Long even tentatively asked if he could introduce a Hong Kong film company to participate in the production of "Kung Fu Panda". However, before Song Yi could say anything, Katzenberg found a reason to refuse.

Just kidding, Katzenberg is so optimistic about the movie "Kung Fu Panda" and will produce a series of animated movies in the future. How can he let Cheng Long get a piece of the pie? If Cheng Long continues to be so ignorant of current affairs, then maybe there will be another role for Cheng Long in the future of "Kung Fu Panda".

Chen Meijing also felt that Cheng Long was a bit whimsical. The reason why CJ Entertainment was able to participate in the production of the movie "Kung Fu Panda" was because CJ Entertainment is a shareholder of DreamWorks.

The reason why New Asia Pictures was able to obtain such a high share is because Song Yi acquired Artisan Entertainment and there is no shortage of promotion channels in North America.

If DreamWorks does not cooperate with New Asia Pictures, then New Asia Pictures will use "Kung Fu Panda" to cooperate with Pixar and Disney.

Song Yi now has both publicity channels and money. The project is owned by New Asia Pictures. If DreamWorks does not agree to cooperate, Song Yi can turn around and find other Hollywood film giants to cooperate. You Cheng Long wants to come in and share the money just because you are a leading actor. I can only say that you are thinking too much.

In Chen Meijing's view, Cheng Long is very good, but animated movies are not live-action movies. People like Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Run-fat, and Lucy Liu can all replace Cheng Long's golden monkey role.

Seeing that Song Yi and the others would not let go, Cheng Long gave up this idea and began to show Song Yi around his mansion.

The area of ​​Cheng Long's mansion is not particularly large. The previous owner was Harold Lloyd, a comedian as famous as Chaplin.

There is an open-air swimming pool and a private tennis court in the villa. It can be seen that Cheng Long has renovated it. The courtyard has a rockery courtyard and a mountain spring. People in Hong Kong believe in Feng Shui. It was rare for Cheng Long to meet Song Yi, who knew something about Feng Shui. Naturally, he had to introduce the design of the courtyard to him.

In addition to this, all the doors to the living room of Cheng Long's house can be opened. California has good weather all year round. Looking at the tall palm trees and lawns in the courtyard, you can hold a party for dozens of people in the courtyard at any time. There are a total of seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms in the villa, which is similar to the homes of other celebrities in Beverly Hills.

Song Yi remembers that Cheng Long sold this mansion around 2005 because Cheng Long had fallen out of favor in the Hollywood market and had no box office appeal. He returned to the Chinese film industry and starred in "New Police Story".

"Rush Hour 2" is the pinnacle of Cheng Long's career. His subsequent appearances in "The Secret Service" and "The Magic Tuxedo" all received mediocre responses. This year's "Royal Dragon" was looked down upon by film critics even before it was released.

In the fiercely competitive Hollywood market, no matter how big a movie star you are, as long as two consecutive movies fail at the box office, you can only start over with small-budget movies, and then step back to A-level blockbusters. Come.

For North American movie fans, they are already a little tired of Cheng Long, and Cheng Long's movies are not that interesting. In addition, Cheng Long is about to turn fifty, and the fight scenes in the movie are naturally not as exciting as when he was young. Coupled with the rise of Hollywood special effects movies, the decline of Cheng Long and Jet Li has become inevitable. Although Cheng Long received a star on the Avenue of Stars last year, he has no regrets in his acting career.

At this time, Jin Xiyuan and Quan Zhixian also walked from the courtyard to the living room. Jin Xiyuan said to Song Yi: "Compared to PV Island, this house is a bit quiet in the bustle. The privacy of the villa is also very good, and the green belt around it will Every residence in Beverly Hills is divided into wheat fields and is well organized."

Cheng Long saw Quan Zhixian at this time and couldn't help but said to Quan Zhixian: "After learning that Miss Quan Zhixian played the role of Qiao Xiaolong, I took the time to watch the movie "My Naughty Girlfriend". Quan Zhixian's performance was very brilliant, and she wore The uniforms are like those of high school girls, without any trace of performance.”

Before Jun Ji-hyun came to Los Angeles, Song Yi reminded her that Cheng Long was more enthusiastic about the female stars in the same crew and asked her to keep her distance.

Being praised by a senior like Cheng Long, Jun Ji-hyun's expression was very calm, "Thank you Senior Cheng Long for the compliment. Maybe it's because I just left high school not long ago, so I entered the role relatively quickly."

Cheng Long's expression froze. After his observation, he knew that Jin Xiyuan and Song Yi were closely related, and they were very intimate when chatting together. He knew that Quan Zhixian was a contracted artist with New Asia Agency, and he was looking for an opportunity to collaborate with the young and beautiful Quan Zhixian. He originally thought "Kung Fu Panda" was an opportunity, but Jun Ji-hyun didn't seem to be interested in him.

Cheng Long still refused to give up and said to Jun Ji-hyun: "I think Miss Jun Ji-hyun's appearance has a kind of classical oriental beauty. I recently want to make a costume film, and I think your image is very suitable for the role of the princess of Qin in the film."

Jun Ji-hyun's expression remained calm, but her attitude was very polite, "I need to seek the opinion of our agency about borrowing films from other companies. Our President Kim happens to be here, please wait a moment, and I will seek her opinion."

"My Naughty Girl" has already been released in the mainland. Jun Ji-hyun is already well-known in the mainland film market. She does not need to work with Cheng Long to become famous in the mainland. New Asia Pictures couldn't make movies produced by its own company, so how could she be interested in starring in movies from other movie companies?

When Quan Zhixian came to Song Yi and said that Cheng Long wanted to invite her to star in a costume film and let her play a Qin princess, Song Yi burst out laughing. Isn't this the "Myth" starring Cheng Long and Kim Hee Sun?

In fact, the original male protagonist of the movie "Myth" was Kim Sung-wu, and the screenwriter actually created the movie based on Kim Sung-wu's image. As a result, after Cheng Long saw the script, he and the female lead Kim Hee Sun fell in love, so he intercepted Hu Jin Chengwu and actively recommended himself to star in the film. Could it be that Tang Jili has written the script "Myth" now?

Song Yi said to Jin Xiyuan: "Since Brother Cheng Long has spoken, you should come out and reject it. Just say that our Xinya artists are not currently considering starring in other film and television companies' works, and Jun Ji-hyun is no exception."

"By the way, I'm quite interested in his villa. I'm willing to pay $12.8 million to buy it. In the future, when you come to Los Angeles for business, it's more convenient to live in Beverly Hills than on PV Island."

Song Yi glanced at Quan Zhixian and said, "Zhixian, you can also stay here during the filming of "Kung Fu Panda". Remember not to bring back any messy crew friends."

Cheng Long was a little confused. It was not surprising that Jun Ji-hyun refused to star in "Myth". After all, Kim Hee-won made it very clear that New Asia's artists will not appear in the works of other film and television companies. The reason why Quan Ji-hyun starred in "Kung Fu Panda" was because of New Asia Pictures' investment.

But Song Yi just visited his villa for the first time, so why did he spend 12.8 million US dollars to buy his villa? It turns out that these super rich people buy houses as casually as they buy groceries?

However, Jin Xiyuan's words made Cheng Long feel uncomfortable. Jin Xiyuan explained: "Considering that Ji-hyun has been in Los Angeles for a long time to film "Kung Fu Panda", we couldn't bear to let her stay in a hotel alone, so we wanted to buy a house. It will be convenient for her to come and live in the future.”

Cheng Long was shocked. He said that he disagreed with Jun Ji-hyun to star in the movie "Myth" with him, but wanted to buy his house so that Jun Ji-hyun could live there.

You want to tell me that Jun Ji-hyun is an artist that you, Xinya, value very much, and it is not something you can decide.

Moreover, Jin Xiyuan's attitude was very indifferent, giving Cheng Long a sense of whether he wanted to sell or not. Anyway, if you don’t sell it, she can buy a mansion with a larger area and better location in Beverly Hills...

The original male protagonist of the movie Shinhwa is indeed Takeshi Kaneshiro. Don't you think handsome men and beauties like Takeshi Kaneshiro and Kim Hee Sun are more enjoyable to watch?