The pleasant meeting between Liu Weiqiang and Li He made the project proceed smoothly.
But in the next few days, news came out that there was some resistance. Communication with the local government was not smooth, and the filming permit was not issued. Bona Pictures was in the process of communicating.
The "Initial D" project has been suspended and cannot be advanced.
When Da Mi Mi called Li Hyuk, he also mentioned this and felt speechless. Before Li Hyuk's electric movie journey even started, it was cast a shadow.
Li Hyuk also smiled bitterly, it seems that "Secrets That Cannot Be Tellable" will have to take action.
But at this moment, Lee Hyuk had no time to pay attention to "Initial D". After New Year's Day, the 60th Grammy Awards announced the nominations. Lee Hyuk won Best Single of the Year, Best Newcomer of the Year, and Best Rock Song of the Year.
, nominated for four awards for Best Collaboration Single of the Year.
As soon as the nomination was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the Asian media.
For many years, many musicians have been proud of the Grammy, the highest honor in the music industry. However, due to language barriers and cultural reasons, Asian music has not achieved a breakthrough in the Grammy.
The last person to achieve success in the European and American music scene was Lee Hyuk, who won the Best Pop Single of the Year award for the first time at last year's American Music Awards.
The media congratulated, netizens wished, and fans rejoiced, celebrating the dazzling achievements of Li Hyuk, the first Chinese singer to go global after the new century.
Although these achievements were all achieved because of Lee Hyuk's English songs, and because of the good results of his English songs, the Grammys cannot ignore that Lee Hyuk is already a singer with four No. 1 songs.
As long as he wins another Grammy, the eager Asian media will give Lee the title of King of Pop.
At this time, the debate among China, Japan and South Korea about who should belong to Li Hyuk started again.
Li Hyuk has announced his relationship, everyone knows this, but Reba is just a traffic flower, how can she be worthy of Li Hyuk?
Therefore, the media in Japan and South Korea strongly opposed this marriage and suggested that Li Hyuk break up and choose a Japanese and Korean actress who has a more international style.
Of course, the Chinese media and netizens disagreed, so the three parties launched a big melee on the Internet, newspapers, and TV media.
While netizens were intrigued, they were also curious as to why Lee Hyuk's influence was so great that all three countries competed with each other, especially the Korean media, which directly changed Lee Hyuk's nationality.
In response to this point, the UP owner of Station B published a video, and his views were recognized by many people.
For a long time, Asian culture has been excluded from the mainstream of the world. Island countries may be better off, and their animations and games can be widely accepted.
Various male and female groups in South Korea are also very popular due to their efforts in promoting them.
But China was in dire straits. Although the market was huge, most of its works could not go abroad and could only be sold domestically. At the turn of the millennium, as Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film,
It's an opportunity.
Afterwards, domestic directors turned to costume blockbusters one after another, and "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers" and "The Banquet" are all such representatives.
As costume movies failed overseas, the music industry became even worse. Needless to say, Korean dramas, Japanese dramas and American dramas even became mainstream in China at one time.
This highlights why Li Hyuk is important. When the tide recedes, he is the only one who is soaring forward.
Last year, he became the China Cultural Promotional Ambassador. The main station endorsed Li Hyuk in a series of reports, all in recognition of Li Hyuk's contribution to the field of popular culture.
Therefore, when Japan and South Korea shamelessly snatched Li Hyuk, the Chinese media and netizens shared the same hatred and vowed to protect Li Hyuk.
However, there are also conspiracy theories. For example, some people poured cold water on him, saying that because Li Hyuk was so active in participating in major overseas music awards, he was afraid that he would immigrate to the United States.
This kind of argument is not uncommon, and it is not clear who these people are, whether they are jealous and have no other good intentions, or have ulterior motives.
After Wu Jing's success in "Wolf Warrior 2", some people also came out and said that Wu Jing had immigrated and was an American. Wu Jing was so angry that he posted his ID card on Weibo, but he still couldn't stop such arguments.
Fan Nuoxuan was very worried when she saw such public opinions appearing on the Internet. She asked Li He if he wanted to criticize the comment, but Li He thought it was not necessary.
"Let them say that accusations make us feel guilty. I am an upright Chinese, a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, but these people, on the other hand, don't know whether they are Chinese or not," Li He said.
Today he was interviewed by Time Magazine and is on the cover of January.
"A superstar from the ancient Eastern Empire." This was the proposed title.
After reading it, Li He felt it was inappropriate and said to the representative of Time Magazine: "This is not good. We are a peace-loving and development-loving civilization, not an empire. Please change it."
The person leading the interview was a Chinese-American with no Chinese name. She introduced herself as Evelyn Lin. In fact, after three generations of immigrants, her skin is yellow, but she is already white on the inside.
Considering the recent black lives matter in North America, it may still be black.
Evelin can speak Chinese very fluently, but insists on doing the interview in English. Considering that this is her freedom, Li He just goes with her.
"Hello Jay, first of all, congratulations on getting four Grammy nominations. How do you feel about this?" Evelyn started an interview with Li Hyuk in a recording studio.
Various photo shoots had been taken before, and the interview session began in the recording studio where Li Hyuk usually works. It was originally arranged to be in a living room, but Li Hyuk felt that the interview atmosphere in the recording studio was better.
"I'm very happy to win the award. It's a recognition of my English songwriting." Li Hyuk replied in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"Then the next question is, have you ever considered making an all-English album?"
Li He replied without hesitation: "There are no plans in this regard for the time being. If there are relevant plans, we will announce them on the official website."
"For a long time, you have mainly composed Chinese songs, supplemented by English songs. Which one do you think is better and worse?" Evelyn's question was very pointed.
Li Hyuk handled it effortlessly: "I think the most important thing about music is that it makes the audience feel good. There is no distinction between good and bad. If I have to compare, I think Chinese songs are the best."
"Why?"
"Because of language, Chinese is the most beautiful language and the most beautiful language in the world. If you learn such a language, your artistic talent is unparalleled." Li He gave this reason.
Evelin's interview was very rude and had a bit of a sleazy feel to her, so Li Hyuk naturally wasn't polite either.
Although Chinese people value humility, courtesy and other qualities, but if they don't give you any face and start to make things difficult, there is no need to be polite anymore.
Li He is a Chinese and a young musician who has achieved great success. He is qualified to be crazy.