rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 655 "Experiment"

Author: The sea under the clouds

Chapter 655 "Experiment"

The Phantom of the Opera is said to be the longest-running musical on Broadway.

Musical theater has always felt a bit "high-end" to people.

For Chen Li, who was just an ordinary person in his previous life, he basically had no connection with this kind of thing.

To put it bluntly, at that time, he couldn’t understand this thing at all!

At that time, when he watched similar musicals and musicals, he mainly watched the stage special effects and the actors' stage performances.

The ones in China are a bit better. I can at least understand it~ I can roughly understand what it means, and I can even guess the meaning of a performance that I want to express through music.

As for foreigners, they are basically blind people trying to figure out the elephant.

Therefore, at that time, Chen Li basically would not come to see this kind of musical. He felt that it would be better to go to the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.

Speaking of which, when Chen Li saw the Moulin Rouge cabaret for the first time, he was really shocked.

There is no way~ This is a cultural difference. After all, if a song and dance performance of that level was performed in China, it would definitely not be possible.

The musical The Phantom of the Opera brought Chen Li to another extreme.

First of all, because the language problem has been solved, Chen Li must be able to understand what this story is about.

To be honest~ I really want to say that Chen Li saw it or listened to it. That would not be the case.

Although his singing skills are actually quite good, this is actually a skill that Chen Li was born with, and it was also one of his cooking skills in his previous life. But in fact, Chen Li has very few artistic bacteria in his body.

In his previous life, Chen Li never watched any literary films, unless there were scenes or actors worthy of his special viewing.

Compared with those artistic films that tend to become dull and depressing the more you watch them, Chen Li prefers those popcorn-style commercial films.

Life is already depressing enough, why should we depress ourselves again when we are relaxing?

Wouldn't it be nice to watch some comedy movies? What a good thing to make yourself happy?

There's no way~ Chen Li doesn't have that artistic talent, and with his personality that he doesn't even watch art films~ it's naturally nonsense to expect him to have any deep understanding of musicals.

But there is one thing to say: the theaters on Broadway have indeed taken advantage of stage special effects.

In addition, the actors in those musicals were an eye-opener for Chen Li.

To sum it up simply, although Chen Li didn’t understand it very well, he was very shocked!

But that’s all. In the final analysis, the main reason why I came to watch “Phantom of the Opera” is because this musical is so famous, and it’s an eye-opener.

After reading it, Chen Li’s reaction was that it was well-deserved!

At the very least, Chen Li doesn't feel that the ticket money tonight was wasted.

However, during the break of this musical, a little episode actually happened.

The interlude does not come from the theater or the musical itself, but from Monica Bellucci sitting next to Chen Li.

This eldest sister went to the restroom during a break in the musical performance. Of course, the point was not which restroom she went to, but when she was about to go. She was sitting down and pressed Chen Li's thigh when she stood up.

one time.

If you look at it from the perspective of a bystander, Monica seems to have used Chen Li's legs to support her when she stood up.

On the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this~ but in fact, it made Chen Li extremely speechless.

First of all, with the design of the seats in this theater, anyone can get up on their own without any help at all.

So, if there is a joking tone to describe Monica, she is actually deliberately taking advantage of Chen Li.

Of course~ Monica did do it on purpose, but she didn't want to take advantage of Chen Li, but she wanted to be taken advantage of by Chen Li.

Because the position of Monica's press on Chen Li's leg was a bit wrong, Chen Li, who had been watching the musical carefully before, was shocked.

After people are stimulated, they will subconsciously react defensively, so Chen Li bowed his body and clamped Monica's hand.

This is actually a bit embarrassing. But who is Monica? She can deliberately "support" Chen Li's leg, so naturally she won't care about being pinched.

Not only did she not mind, the elder sister even scratched Chen Li's leg.

There is one thing to say, and this is it. Chen Li felt as if his whole body had been electrified.

Later, Chen Li quickly let go of Monica's hand, and the eldest sister also went to the bathroom like a normal person. When she came back, she smiled at Chen Li.

From this moment on, Chen Li's attention was divided into two halves, half on the stage and half on Monica beside him.

The main reason is that he is worried that the eldest sister will suddenly come to him again. Although the light in the theater is relatively dark, it is still a public place. If he makes a fool of himself later, it will be very embarrassing.

Fortunately~ it lasted until the end of the musical, and Monica did not do anything out of the ordinary against Chen Li.

This made Chen Li let out a sigh of relief, but he still felt a little disappointed in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Li realized that his mentality was not right, and his reaction was also wrong.

In the online literary circle, the reaction he had at this moment should usually be a psychological emotion that the heroine would have when facing the male protagonist.

As a result, Chen Li is now in such a mood for no reason. I have to say that the charm of this future Earth Ball Flower is really too great.

Although Chen Li was considered a "well-informed" person in his previous life, when faced with a beauty like Monica, he really couldn't stand it.

To be honest, since his rebirth, especially after Chen Fa made a fortune and became a rich man, he has experienced similar temptations many times.

But those previous temptations were nothing to Chen Li.

Even in the island country, Chen Li felt a little itchy when faced with Yu Yamamoto, who had a somewhat foul figure, but in the end he happily rejected him.

Although temptation is attractive, Chen Li's reason is enough to keep him awake.

But this time, to be honest, Chen Li really couldn't bear it.

Let's put it this way~ If this Monica wasn't married, Chen Li would have done something outrageous tonight.

Yes~ Under Monica's temptation, Chen Li really couldn't hold on any longer.

The only thing that kept him awake was that the eldest sister was now married.

And even so, Chen Li said goodbye to Monica as quickly as possible after the musical ended, and then left the theater almost in an "escape" manner.

After returning to the hotel room, Chen Li immediately called his girlfriend Liu Qingqing.

At this time, only Miss Liu could soothe Chen Li's restless heart.

Of course, he still had to do what he promised Monica. After all, it was just to introduce Monica and Thomas to each other, which was not a big deal.

And to be fair, although this eldest sister is infinitely charming, her acting skills are also very good.

I can’t say that her acting skills are at the level of a movie queen, but at least Monica’s acting skills are definitely not worse than those of some Hollywood female stars.

So, it doesn't seem to be a problem to help pull the strings.

But in fact, Chen Li knew very well that even if he helped connect Monica, it is estimated that the possibility of the two parties finally reaching a cooperation is not high.

To be honest, Chen Li has no memory of Monica cooperating with Legendary Pictures.

This is not to say that there is no cooperation between the two parties, but that Chen Li in his previous life could not pay attention to such things.

Because he didn't pay attention, it's normal that Chen Li has no relevant impressions in his memory.

But even so, Chen Li still didn't think there would be any chance of cooperation between the two parties.

The reason is also very simple. Don't look at Thomas's previous talk of building a new production company that can compete with established production companies.

But in fact, today's Legendary Pictures simply does not have the ability to independently produce major movies.

Rather than saying that Legendary Pictures is now a production company, it is better to say that they are a film and television investment company.

That’s right ~ it’s film and television investment.

Today's Legendary Pictures does not yet have the capital to become a giant in the production industry.

However, Thomas is not an incompetent person anyway, so although he cannot produce big movies independently, he still has the ability to barely get a share of the pie.

In today's film and television industry, as production costs continue to rise, the risk of having a company independently produce a film and television work as in the past has become increasingly risky.

After all, the investment in a good film and television production these days can range from tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. If the box office is not good, the production company will definitely lose a lot of money.

In fact, this kind of thing happens often. Once it happens a few times, the investors of the production company will probably have to drink the northwest wind.

Therefore, working together is the greatest opportunity!

It should be noted that the purpose of joint cooperation here is not actually to make money together.

Because if a certain film and television work is sure to make money, I believe no production company is willing to share its own interests with others.

But the fact is that this kind of thing is almost difficult to predict, so the so-called joint cooperation is actually for everyone to bear risks together.

It is also based on this foundation that Thomas gradually opened the curtain on the development of Legendary Pictures in the film and television industry by relying on the US$500 million he raised from Wall Street and his personal connections in the film and television industry.

To put it bluntly, Legendary Pictures today is still in the stage of laying the foundation.

At this stage, Legendary Pictures basically looks for someone who is willing to part with a piece of meat, and Thomas will go over and smell it to determine whether it is good meat.

If it is, then he will work with the other party to protect his rights to eat this good piece of meat.

It's just that sometimes Thomas' nose is not very good, and sometimes the piece of meat itself has some problems, so the knowledge here is very deep, and even Thomas may not be able to grasp it.

And for the same reason, because Thomas is just a person who gets a share of the pie, it is destined that his right to speak cannot be too great.

Although today's Hollywood is considered to be centered on producers, there are also people involved.

Thomas is actually not a top figure in either the capital circle or the entertainment circle, at least not now.

Therefore, the power in Thomas's hands at this time is not that great.

Of course, this is only relative. The main reason is that Legendary Pictures cannot create independently as its own company. In this way, for the time being, it can only be the person who divides the meat soup, rather than the person who divides the meat soup to others.

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If what Monica wants is just a small role, then if Thomas is willing, it probably won't be a problem.

But Monica has become popular in Europe at least now. If she came to Hollywood just to play some small supporting roles with few lines, she wouldn't have to work hard to hook up with Thomas.

Therefore, in Chen Li's opinion, the possibility of cooperation between the two is not high.

But this was not something that Chen Li needed to be concerned about. After calling Liu Qingqing, Chen Li made a call to Howard Wise.

Yes~ Chen Li did not call Thomas. Although he had Thomas' contact information, the relationship between the two was not that great at all.

So Chen Li made a call to Howard Wise, for which he was even teased by Howard Wise.

Chen Li didn't explain too much, because in the eyes of others, there was really nothing to explain about this kind of thing.

Just like in Howard Wise's eyes, that Monica must have paid some price to let Chen Li make this call to him.

But in fact, nothing really happened between Chen Li and Monica.

The simplest and most straightforward reason why Chen Li contacted her was because he was happy!

Yes~ Just as Chen Li was willing to give Matsushima~Feng a job in Tokyo before, Chen Li is also willing to help Monica be a matchmaker now.

He didn't want to get anything in return from Monica by doing this, it was just that he didn't resist doing it in his heart.

He is not a good person, he just wants to do this.

In fact, this can be regarded as a bit of evil interest from Chen Li, because he wanted to see how different Monica and even Matsushima Kaede in this life were from the previous life due to the influence of his butterfly.

In other words, these two are actually Chen Li's "experimental subjects". Of course, this may be an exaggeration.

But that's the fact. Chen Li thought it was a good idea, so he did it.

As for the reason, not everything needs a reason!

A few minutes later, Chen Li received a call from Thomas. The other party first expressed his dissatisfaction with Chen Li's "politeness" and said that Chen Li could have called him directly for such a trivial matter.

Thomas then invited Chen Li to attend a party he held tonight. It is said that most of the people present were people from the entertainment industry.

Thomas even told Chen Li in a somewhat obscene tone that this party was very fun.

Okay~ Chen Li was almost moved, but in the end he rejected the other party.

Without him~ He has business to do early tomorrow morning, so there is nothing he can do.

Finally, when he was about to hang up the phone, Thomas told Chen Li a time and asked Monica to go to the company to find him tomorrow afternoon.

It can actually be seen from here~ What seems to be extremely difficult and serious to Monica is nothing to Thomas.

But ~ this has nothing to do with Chen Li.

After hanging up the phone on Thomas, Chen Li edited a text message and sent it to Zhang Ruolan, asking her to notify the future Earth Flower.

As for the reason, Chen Li was really afraid that if he went to notify Monica, the eldest sister might come to his room tonight.

(End of chapter)