Entertainment 1998

Chapter 640 639, Son Ye-jin
"Ding ding ding..."

Jiang Feng was awakened by the ringing of a cell phone.

Want to get angry.

It took 6 hours to fly from Chicago to Los Angeles, and then back to the beach villa in Santa Monica. After taking a shower, Jiang Feng was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by a phone call.

However, when Jiang Feng saw clearly that it was Jiang Danian who called, he lost his temper. No matter what time it is, his biological parents are always the most important.

As long as they feel like it, it's okay for them to call and chat at 1 a.m., especially since it's already 5:30 in the morning.

"Big, what's up?"

When talking to his father on the phone, Jiang Feng spoke with his hometown accent.

"Xiao Qi, a girl from a frontier province came to our house today. Her last name is Zhu, and her name is Zhu Mei. She said she came to ask for your help.

As for what she asked you to do for me, I don’t really understand, but she said she wanted you to listen to a song first, um, don’t hang up, I’ll play a song for you right away…”

Telephone calls are expensive, and international long-distance calls are even more expensive, so whether Jiang Feng calls home or his family calls him, his family members basically talk about the matter at hand and never chat for no reason.

This time was the same. Jiang Danian started playing the song as soon as he finished speaking.

"The first snow in 2002,

Came later than usual.

The No. 2 bus parked on the eighth floor,

Took away the last falling yellow leaf.

The first snow of 2002..."

In fact, when Jiang Feng heard the prelude of this song, he knew who was coming.

Rowling's daughter-in-law.

Someone reported in the previous life that a big part of the reason why Brother Dao became famous was that he married a virtuous wife. This wife not only encouraged him and supported him spiritually in his most difficult situations, but also put it into practical action.

In April 2002, Dao Ge recorded his first album and then looked for music companies to cooperate with. However, all domestic music companies, whether in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, rejected him.

Daolang, there is no point in releasing the songs you sing. They do not conform to the mainstream of modern music. Even if they are forcibly released, they will only lose money.

The person who helped Brother Dao contact the music company was his wife Zhu Mei. Zhu Mei has been to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and even Daolang's hometown of Sichuan Province.

Unexpectedly, in this life, with my appearance, she actually came to me for help, and came all the way to Sunlaojia Town, Cao County.

"The First Snow of 2002" is the title song. It is not too long and is finished very quickly.

Just when Dad Jiang Danian wanted to continue playing the next song, Jiang Feng stopped him in time.

"Big brother, can you give the phone to that big sister?"

"it is good!"

Just as Jiang Danian agreed, a woman's voice came from the receiver.

"Hello, Teacher Jiang Feng. My name is Zhu Mei. I just think my husband is a very talented musician. Whether it's composing lyrics, arranging music, or singing, he can do it all by himself."

“Well, Sister Zhu Mei, I can hear what you said, your husband is indeed very talented.

Well, I promise you.

After I return to China in early August, I will be responsible for recommending this album to music companies for its release. If domestic music companies are unable to recognize its value, I can also recommend it to foreign music companies. If they still are unable to recognize its value, I can recommend it to foreign music companies.

Even if I have to pay out of my own pocket, I will help you produce and release this music album..."

"Okay, thank you, thank you!"

Jiang Feng's promise was full of sincerity. Before he could finish his words, he heard constant voices of thanks coming from the receiver.

"But, Sister Zhu Mei, I have a condition."

"Okay, Teacher Jiang Feng, you go ahead!"

"According to my contract with Universal Music, I am supposed to record my own music album in August or September, but I have been filming a movie recently, so I am inevitably not energetic enough to create.

So, I want to buy a song from your husband."

"Okay, okay, no problem!"

Now, Zhu Mei was even happier.

Who is Jiang Feng?

Asia's most popular pop star, his two most recent English albums have sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

In addition, Jiang Feng has never sung other people's songs since his debut. Now the first song he sang was Dao Lang's. This is not to make things difficult, but to promote his own man Luo Lin.

Just as she was thinking about it, Zhu Mei heard Jiang Feng speak again.

"Sister Zhu Mei, here's an address for you to remember: Ghost BBQ Restaurant in Heizhima Hutong, Nanluoguxiang. Yes, let's meet at dusk on August 8th. I'll treat you two to a meal there, and we can talk about your music album."

"Good good!"

...

After the call, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Feng couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to.

So he got up, washed, changed into sportswear, and went out for a run.

Santa monica beach
It still looks the same, in the early morning, with the breeze blowing and the waves sparkling.

Perhaps because it was summer, there were many tourists visiting the beach. Even in the early morning, many young men and women drove over and began to set up camp on the beach.

Huge parasols, portable beach chairs, exquisite barbecue grills, portable refrigerators... Of course, some sophisticated tourists even bring beach tents.

Regarding the beach tent, it is okay to hide in it and rest in the morning and evening, but if it is noon, it will probably be very hot.

Ha ha…

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng chuckled. These people were not afraid of getting prickly heat from covering themselves.

In fact, when Jiang Feng ran out of the house, he was looking forward to a tall and beautiful woman with a height of 1 meters, wearing a red sportswear, waiting for him not far ahead.

Well, it's still the same as before.

When she saw me from afar, she deliberately stood in front of me and asked me to run behind her.

But today, on the boardwalk of Santa Monica Beach, Jiang Feng ran back and forth, but did not see Charlize Theron suddenly appear here.

After returning home, taking a shower, and having breakfast prepared by the nanny from China hired by Li Xing, Jiang Feng drove to the Lionsgate headquarters by himself, because starting this year, the movie "The Departed" will officially enter the post-production stage.

In the words of Lionsgate CEO Jon Fillmore and Miramax founder Harvey Weinstein, we have to release this movie in time for the summer.

One is for the movie box office, and the other is to be able to successfully apply for the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars.

With this kind of pressure, Jiang Feng naturally did not dare to neglect it. As soon as the staff of Lionsgate Films came to work, he drove here. "Hello, Director!"

"Good director!"

"Good morning, Brother Feng!"

Jiang Feng is now the most profitable cash cow of Lionsgate Films, so when he parked his car in the parking lot and just entered the office building, more than a dozen Lionsgate Films staff members kept greeting him.

"Oh, hello!"

The previous movies "Paranormal Activity" and "Seeing the Ghost" were edited and produced here, so Jiang Feng was very familiar with Lionsgate. He walked towards the editing room without the guidance of the receptionist.

But at this moment, a greeting in Korean interrupted his steps.

"Good morning, Director Jiang Feng!"

"Oh, Hello!"

To be honest, Jiang Feng was quite surprised to see Sun Xian at the Lionsgate headquarters, because according to the historical development trajectory, she should be honing her skills in the TV drama industry at this time.

I don’t know why, but at this moment, I appeared at the Lionsgate headquarters.

"Director Jiang Feng, I am here with Director Li from Samsung Electronics to discuss cooperation with Lionsgate. Director Li is currently discussing matters with President Jon Fillmore."

Son Ye-jin is worthy of being Son Ye-jin!
Even though she is only 20 years old this year, her face is still a little childish, and she even has a little baby fat, but her signature smile is revealed as soon as she speaks.

However, when Jiang Feng heard the three words "Director Li", he was immediately disappointed.

In her previous life, there has always been a legend that Sun Xian had few scandals and was basically not harassed by chaebols in Korea because she was spotted by Lee Zairong as soon as she debuted.

It seems that this should be true.

Because last year, Jiang Feng had worked with Samsung Electronics on the movie "Nobody". At that time, the person who negotiated business with him was Lee Zairong, whose position was the executive assistant of Samsung Electronics. Of course, he could also be called a director.

"Oh…"

Seeing Son Ye-jin pointing to the president's office of Lionsgate Entertainment, Jiang Feng agreed and said nothing more, but went straight to the editing room.

In the movie "The Departed", some shots do require the use of mobile phones, and the brand of this mobile phone is Samsung. I think today, Lee Zairong should come here to pay the balance of the product placement fee.

When we entered the editing room, five editors from Lionsgate were already sitting there on standby.

During the filming of "The Departed", up to six cameras were used, and the total length of footage shot by the six cameras exceeded 6 hours.

With so much shooting material, it is impossible for Jiang Feng to edit it all from beginning to end. The current arrangement is that the five editors who have already studied the film script in depth and Jiang Feng will each be responsible for more than five hours of shooting material for rough editing.

After the rough cut is completed, 6 people will start the fine cutting at the same time. Well, 6 people will do the fine cutting at the same time. After the 6 versions edited by the 6 people are completed, Jiang Feng, the film director, will be responsible for the final review.

Speaking of film editing, in fact, in Hollywood, there are no more than 30 directors who have the final editing rights of a film. Even Li An, a highly respected director in China, does not have the final editing rights of a film.

The reason for this is that in the eyes of Hollywood professionals, no matter how bad the editing is, when you see it for the fifth time, the editing points will be much smoother than when you first saw it. At this time, your brain is in a state of being deceived.

Suppose you are the director, and every scene and image for each day of shooting is already planned; you know every performance of the actors; you know that there is a row of lights to the right of that wall; you know that the director of photography annoyed you that day, and you thought the lighting was annoying in the background where these two extras were; you know everything outside the frame, including the movement and performance of the camera...

Then you carry all that baggage with you into the editing room, and you can imagine the consequences!
Therefore, in order to ensure that the film he edited was correct, Jiang Feng edited the film together with five other editors. This way, he could avoid his own subjective thinking that misleading the film as much as possible.

Someone might say, Jiang Feng, you are a reborn person and you have seen the original film. Can't you edit it according to the original film?
But in fact, even if Jiang Feng had seen the original film, he had long forgotten many details and only knew the general story. The details in the movie were completely filled in and changed based on his own ideas.

……

【Exterior view of South City

Multiple Locations
Residential area

It's the 1980s. This isn't where Costello is headed, but where he started, one of the many taverns with shamrock signs.

There were people fishing near Castle Island, and children from the Catholic school played on the asphalt playground on the campus.

Costello (voiceover): 20 years ago, when the Irish couldn't even find a job, we gradually built our own team. This was something those niggers could never have imagined...】

Film editing is tiring work.

They sat there for hours and even forgot to eat lunch. Even when the staff from Lionsgate brought lunch to the editing room, Jiang Feng and several editors were unable to eat.

After all, this job requires inspiration and uninterrupted thinking. If you waste time on eating, some ideas need to be sorted out again. It's like writing a novel. It was originally good, with 4000 words per chapter, but when you have written 3500 words, someone comes to the author for a drink.

Then the author would finish drinking and start writing again, and he would have to sort out the content of this chapter from the beginning.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, Jiang Feng's rough cut finally had some shape, so he put down his work and walked out of the editing room, planning to come back tomorrow to do the remaining work.

But Jiang Feng, who hadn't even had lunch yet, saw Son Ye-jin again when he came out of the editing room.

"Hello Director Jiang Feng, I'm Son Ye-jin!

Because I didn't report to Director Li when I met you in the morning, Director Li criticized me and told me to wait for you here. He will invite you and Mr. Jon Felmer to have dinner together tonight."

"Oh, you're welcome, Mr. Li.

No need to bother!" Jiang Feng waved his hand and wanted to leave.

"No trouble, no trouble. I have already told Mr. Jon Felmey that we are going to sit together tonight." Seeing Jiang Feng was about to leave, Sun Yi was about to cry and reached out to grab his sleeve.

Then, the beauty switched her speaking style from English to Korean.

"Director Jiang Feng, please, please have dinner with Director Li Zairong, otherwise, he might beat me to death."

"Um…"

Jiang Feng was silent.

If a star from another country said something like this, Jiang Feng would definitely not believe it, because no matter how powerful a business owner is, he cannot have the power of life and death over others.

But when a Korean star said this, Jiang Feng absolutely believed it. The chaebols in their country are simply too awesome.

Abuse of women.

Well, to be precise, they have used all kinds of methods to torture female stars. If you don't believe me, just take a look and see how Lee Eun-joo died.

Standing in the corridor of Lionsgate Films, Jiang Feng thought quietly for a while, then smiled and said to Son Ye-jin: "Then, you should call Director Li and tell him that I accept his invitation. Let's meet for dinner tonight."

"Okay, thank you, thank you."

Seeing Jiang Feng agreed, Son Ye-jin quickly bowed to express her gratitude, then took out her cell phone and walked out into the corridor to make a call.

At this moment, the door of the office of the president of Lionsgate Entertainment opened and Jon Fillmore walked out.

"Why, did you accept her invitation as well?"

Eh…

Jiang Feng sighed.

Can you not agree?
If you don't agree, someone might really die!

(End of this chapter)