Entertainment 1998

Chapter 647 Chapter 646, the key is that there is no way to ask for money.

Liang Chaowei quits "Infernal Affairs"!
Jiang Feng, who was wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt, had just finished putting on makeup and was about to go upstairs when he heard the news. Downstairs, director Liu Weiqiang, who had just held a start-up ceremony with a group of actors, stopped him.

"Jiang Feng, I'm sorry, something has happened on the set, you may have to wait a little longer!
Well, let me put it this way, Tony Leung called me just now and said that he would officially quit "Infernal Affairs", but he didn't tell me the reason.

"Mr. Lin Jianyue, the investor of this film, and Andy Lau, the producer, are currently communicating with Tony Leung over the phone to find out why he changed his mind at the last minute."

"So, I'm sorry."

Leung Chiu Wai quits "Infernal Affairs"...

When Jiang Feng heard the news, he was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he almost guessed why.

If nothing unexpected happens, there must be a problem in the negotiations between Liu Jialing and Liang Chaowei and East Weekly. Perhaps the other party asked for a high price and the two of them did not accept it; or perhaps the other party did not even ask for a price and wanted to expose the things in their hands.

Under such circumstances, Liang Chaowei probably won't be able to continue making movies.

Thinking of this, he said to Liu Weiqiang, "It's okay, you guys go ahead and do your work, I can wait a little longer." Then Jiang Feng randomly found a cold drink shop on Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po, ordered a cold drink, and sat down.

This incident happened suddenly, and the crew members and actors of Infernal Affairs were discussing it on the street. Everyone was wondering, what happened to Liang Chaowei? !
Jiang Feng found a secluded place to sit down, wanting to ask via text message what had happened.

[A Fei, are you up yet?]

Wang Fei and Liu Jialing are close friends. If you want to get to know Liu Jialing, Wang Fei is the closest channel.

[I just got up. Now, I'm busy arranging the music for the Kazakh song you prepared. By the way, Afeng, how come you know so many songs?

Nominally, this is your third English album!
But in fact, the 14 songs in this album that is being prepared will be in eleven languages, including Thai, Japanese, Korean, Kazakh, Arabic, Spanish, German, Portuguese, English, Russian, and Chinese.

what's going on?

Are you trying to show off your language talent to me? 】

"Ha ha…"

Seeing his girlfriend's complaints, Jiang Feng smiled brightly.

[Wang Fei, if a music album wants to sell well, it must not only be of high quality, but also have something to talk about, just like my first two English albums, one of which was a copycat of Michael Jackson;
While paying tribute to Queen and the Beatles, the album also used the cartoon image of General Kim from the North to hype up the Korean song "Gangnam Style" in the album. In this way, the two albums were able to create sales of more than 1000 million copies each.

[A Fei, just imagine, if my next album incorporates languages ​​from all over the world, would it immediately become the focus of media attention around the world?

Because of this, no one has ever done this since ancient times. ]

[That’s true.]

But you don’t know so many languages, how did you write these songs? 】

〔Isn't this simple?〕

[First, the music score is written, then the general meaning of the lyrics is written, and then musicians who are proficient in Portuguese, Spanish, German, Arabic, and Kazakh are found to translate the lyrics into various languages.]

[A Feng, you were doing this in Chicago at that time? ]

[I do this whenever I have free time during the two or three months of filming, but it’s okay because I know some Korean, Japanese, and Thai, and I’m fluent in English and Chinese.]

After chatting about this with his girlfriend, Jiang Feng looked outside the door and found that the crew members of "Infernal Affairs" were all sitting on the side of the road waiting, so he quickly changed the subject.

[A Fei, you know about Liu Jialing's situation, right?]

【knew!

Jialing said that it was you who told her that Eastweek had obtained her videos and photos. 】

[So, where are they now?]

【you do not know? 】

〔I have no idea!
Originally, I was supposed to come to the crew of "Infernal Affairs" to play a cameo role, but now, after my makeup is done, the director Liu Weiqiang told me that Liang Chaowei quit the film.

【oh…】

[Well, in this sense, Wei Zai is also a man. ]

[A Feng, this is what happened. You told Jia Ling the news, and she immediately contacted Mr. Yang, the boss behind East Weekly, through a friend.

Mr. Yang said that this was not the case. He said that he had repeatedly asked his subordinates and they were sure that this was not the case.

[However, Jialing asked a reporter from Eastweek about this matter, and the reporter said that it was true and there were photos and videos. ]

〔So now?〕

[It’s very difficult.]

Jialing guessed that the man surnamed Yang wanted to use this incident to divert attention from his artist, Xie, who was also Yehenara Ying's boyfriend.

Afeng, you saw it too.

Although Xiao Xie had a wonderful performance in your movie "The Departed", his role was too small after all, less than 5 minutes in total.

Therefore, as the Hong Kong Island court opened the trial of the scapegoat case, Yang had to use another incident to divert attention. 】

〔oh…〕

[A Feng, then, will you come back this afternoon? You should know that your friend named Luo has already rushed to the capital from the border province. At this moment, he is in the Baihua Shenshen recording studio.]

〔go back!
The plane tickets have been bought, I must go back.

You know, I miss you so much that I can't sleep at night. ]

[Ah, get lost, bah…]

[You guys only know how to coax me. Okay, let’s stop talking. The song “zhurek” is in Kazakh, and I’m a little unfamiliar with arranging it.

It just so happens that your friend named Luo said that he has been collecting folk songs in the border provinces for many years and knows some Kazakh language, so he is willing to compose the music for your song. It just so happens that I can discuss it with him. 】

Wang Fei’s style of doing things is very direct and straightforward. If he says he doesn’t want to talk anymore, then he doesn’t want to talk anymore.

Even though Jiang Feng sent her a text message asking "Do you want a child?", she was unable to reply.

Jiang Feng had time but couldn't contact his girlfriend and kill time chatting, which made him feel very bored. So he drank a cold drink, got up and walked out of the cold drink shop.

Brother Edison is a handsome guy. At this moment, he was chatting enthusiastically with Elva Hsiao. They were so affectionate that they even held hands.

When Jiang Feng saw them, he wanted to go over.

When it comes to picking up girls, in the entire Chinese entertainment industry, if Mr. Chen dares to say he is second, I'm afraid no other male star would dare to say he is first, not even Jiang Feng himself.

So, Jiang Feng wanted to go over and learn a little, but before he could get over there, director Liu Weiqiang came down from the stairs with his cell phone in his hand.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Director, I have something to say. Please speak."

"Well, Jiang Feng, this is it." Liu Weiqiang walked quickly to Jiang Feng's side and said, "Mr. Lin Jianyue and Hua Zi just communicated with Wei Zi. The matter is a bit tricky and I'm afraid it can't be solved in a short time."

"So what?" Jiang Feng asked.

"So, Mr. Lin, Andy and I mean that the HK$5 salary for inviting you to come and make a cameo appearance will still be given to you.

However, when the film is officially shot, whether you have time to come and make a cameo appearance is entirely up to you." Liu Weiqiang felt a little embarrassed when he said this.

At present, Jiang Feng is already the most successful film director in Hollywood. Well, it can be said that there is no other director like him, because including all the famous directors such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, and Peter Jackson, the revenue ratio of the films shot by Jiang Feng is the highest.

Just like "The Man from Earth", the production cost of the film was 5000 US dollars, and the publicity and promotion costs were 1000 million US dollars, but it brought in more than 4 million US dollars at the box office.

What is the profit ratio?
1: 40!

Let’s not talk about 1:40. Even if the revenue ratio of a film director’s work can reach 1:10, those Hollywood film companies will also wave checks and clamor for him to make movies.

But even though the crew had finally invited such a great director to make a cameo appearance, he stood him up. No matter how you look at it, it was his fault.

Well, thinking of this, Liu Weiqiang apologized sincerely again.

"Jiang Feng, I'm sorry."

"No no!"

In front of Liu Weiqiang, Jiang Feng behaved magnanimously.

"Director Liu, you are exaggerating, because no one wants this to happen.

As for the money, you don't have to give it to me. I came here to make a cameo appearance, and I didn't intend to receive any salary from our crew. Well, how about this, you take out the 5 Hong Kong dollars and give a few extra meals to the crew and actors."

"Is this appropriate?"

Liu Weiqiang seemed to feel even more guilty.

"It's suitable, why not?" Jiang Feng smiled, turned around and went to the van. He had just put on makeup in the van, and now he was going to remove it, which could be considered a complete journey.

.........

The movie was not filmed. After removing his makeup and having lunch at a restaurant on the streets of Sham Shui Po, Jiang Feng drove back home.

Less than ten minutes after arriving home, he turned around and headed for the airport. He had a lot of things to do in Beijing, so Jiang Feng had to rush back as soon as possible.

Jiang Feng boarded the plane at 1 p.m. and came out of the airport terminal at 4: p.m. He originally thought that the person who came to pick him up would be Wang Fei. This beautiful woman was quite free at the moment and was playing in the Baihua Recording Studio under the guise of arranging songs for Jiang Feng's latest album.

However, Jiang Feng was wrong.

The person who came to pick us up at the airport was Li Xing, who had just returned from South Korea.

I don’t know if this beauty is not used to Korean kimchi, she was a little fat, but now she looks a little thin.

"Brother Feng, get in the car quickly, I have something to tell you."

Li Xing's eyesight was quite sharp. When Jiang Feng came out of the terminal and put his luggage into the trunk of the Land Rover Range Rover, the beautiful woman honked the horn to signal him to get in the car quickly.

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Jiang Feng smiled and sat in the passenger seat, fastening his seat belt.

"At 2 o'clock this afternoon, Sister Hua and I suddenly received a call from Media Asia Films' boss, Peter Lam, who wanted to invite you to play Chen Yongren in the movie Infernal Affairs.

Because Liang Chaowei, who was originally going to play this role, withdrew due to other matters, Lin Jianyue, producer Liu Tianwang, and film director Liu Weiqiang all hope that you will take over the role of Chen Yongren.

Well, as for Liang Chaowei, it is said that he and his girlfriend Liu Jialing called the police because of something. The case is currently under investigation, so it is not convenient for him to appear in the movie..."

what…

Jiang Feng was surprised.

Because according to my own idea, Liang Chaowei cannot perform for the time being, so everyone might as well wait for him, because the photos and videos should be processed very quickly.

It’s nothing more than Liu Jialing raising the price.

But I never expected that Liu Jialing and Liang Chaowei would choose to confront me head-on. I won’t give you money, and I’m going to call the police. If I call the police first, and if the video and photos are leaked again, it will be a big deal.

This is equivalent to a slap in the face of the Hong Kong police.

However, Jiang Feng felt that Liu Jialing was still oversimplifying the matter. If at this time, East Weekly said that their editorial office’s computers were hacked, and the hackers posted some of the files inside on the Internet.

By then, neither the Hong Kong police nor Liu Jialing herself will probably have any good solution.

"Brother Feng..."

"Ok?"

"What are you thinking about?"

"Well, I was just thinking, should I take the role of Chen Yongren or not?"

"Well, Brother Feng, what do you think?" Li Xing asked curiously while driving.

"What do you and Sister Hua think?" Jiang Feng, who was unconventional, asked back.

"Sister Hua and I think you are too tired and need to rest. It would be best if you can get enough rest in the two full months of August and September..."

"to be frank!"

Before Li Xing could finish her words, Jiang Feng interrupted her.

"Well, let's put it this way.

Brother Feng, when we saw that your film "The Departed" was so great, we immediately wanted you to star in this "Infernal Affairs" because it is a Hong Kong film and will definitely compete for the Hong Kong Film Awards next year.

We want to see if you can win another Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor with this film, after all, you already won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.

But, although the idea is good, there is a difficulty. "

At this point, Li Xing hesitated to speak, seeming a little embarrassed.

"What's the difficulty?"

"Sister Hua and I have no idea how to determine your film pay.

Brother Feng, you have to know that when two parties discuss cooperation, the first thing everyone talks about is how much money you can give us?

HK$500 million? HK$800 million? HK$1500 million?
But these numbers are too low for you.

For example, Jet Li, who is known as the Kung Fu Emperor, currently has a market price of 1200 million US dollars for his film salary. The highest-grossing movie that Jet Li has starred in is "Romeo Must Die", which has a box office of 5570 million US dollars.

If your salary is calculated based on the movie pay of The Kung Fu Emperor, then your current movie pay should be around 3000 million US dollars, because the movie "Paranormal Activity" starring you has a global box office of 2.1 million US dollars.

Well, if Jet Li alone is not convincing enough, then let’s take a look at Brother Qinglong.

Brother Qinglong's current market value in Hollywood is 1500 million US dollars plus 5% of the global movie box office share, and the highest-grossing movie he has ever starred in is "Rush Hour 3.47", which has a global box office of million US dollars.

If we calculate your salary based on the salary of Qin Long, your salary should be 2000 million US dollars..."

Uh!
Jiang Feng was a little confused as he looked at Li Xing who was driving and reporting various data.

Man, is it so valuable now?

Someone invited me to act in a movie, and my two agents were almost crying because they couldn’t ask others for money? !
(End of this chapter)