The two foreigners who came were from New Line Cinema.
The leader among them is Rick Boras, the producer and assistant director of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy".
The reason why they approached Jiang Yan was naturally not to let him star in "Lord of the Rings", but because they were interested in his music.
Rick Porras was very touched by "Epic Trilogy" and he felt that the author Jiang Yan might try the soundtrack of "The Lord of the Rings".
Of course, this is just an invitation, and making this decision is not a matter of chance.
After an in-depth conversation, Jiang Yan realized that the reason behind this was actually quite related.
First of all, we have to start with New Line Cinema. This company is not one of the eight major Hollywood companies. It is an independent production and distribution company that mainly distributes European and local low-cost horror films to American universities.
New Line has something to do with Hong Kong. In 1990, it became an independent film distribution company with widespread influence after it purchased the Hong Kong Golden Harvest movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from Fox, which it did not dare to distribute, and achieved great success.
With this connection, last year Long Ge's "Rush Hour" series was produced and distributed by them, and the results were quite good.
Rick Boras is one of the producers of "Rush Hour 1", so he has a good relationship with Jiahe and Long Ge.
In addition, New Line also has a relationship with Warner. In 1993, New Line was acquired by the television giant Warner, so New Line was immediately merged into the Time Warner Group. Although its film operations are not related to other film companies within the Warner Group, Rick
Bolas and Warner Henry also knew each other and had a good relationship.
Jiang Yan has a good relationship with Long Ge, and Long Ge has a good relationship with Rick Porras. Henry has a good relationship with Jiang Yan. In addition, Jiang Yan's music position is relatively important in Warner, so this concert also has a good relationship.
Warner is involved, and if Rick Porras, a well-known producer, happens to be in New York, he will naturally come and have a listen.
In the end, I thought it was just a formality. When the time came to meet Jiang Yan, we would have an acquaintance, and we would have something to talk about with Brother Long and Henry in the future. We might be able to develop a new business line in mainland China, but "Epic Trilogy"
As soon as it came out, Rick Bolas immediately had a deeper thought.
He felt that the song "Victory" in the trilogy seemed to fit well with "The Lord of the Rings".
When Jiang Yan heard this, he said, of course, this is the promotional song for "The Hobbit 3". It is from the Middle-earth world, and the style naturally fits.
Rick Porras then invited Jiang Yan to try his hand at scoring music.
Of course, this is just an invitation sent out in advance, which is equivalent to giving an interview spot. When the film clips are released, each interviewer will give a sample, and finally director Peter Jackson will make the final decision on who will do the soundtrack.
This is a routine process for scoring music in Hollywood and even the world's film industry.
In addition, the film "The Lord of the Rings" is a super production, so in a conventional sense, it is quite good for a musician to have this interview spot. It can be said that the industry recognizes him to a certain extent.
Regarding this, in fact, when Jiang Yan played "Trilogy" for the first time, Warner Henry asked if he wanted to develop the soundtrack.
Jiang Yan has not given a clear answer to this question before.
To be honest, Jiang Yan doesn't really want to develop the music industry, but it depends on the place. In China, not only is it tiring to do music, the returns are low, and the price-performance ratio is not high.
But in Hollywood, soundtracks are very important. If you consider it from the perspective of gaining fame, Jiang Yan is naturally willing to win the Oscar for soundtracks.
In addition to scoring, he can also compete for screenwriting, director, starring, original song and other awards.
Everything just depends on his mood.
But there was no answer at the time, and Henry didn't continue to ask. As a result, the opportunity came to him now.
He doesn't have any psychological burden at all when picking up foreigners' wool.
Of course, how to assemble "The Lord of the Rings Part 1" requires long-term planning. After all, this is a film released in 2001, and it is too recent. It would be bad if you get the songs that others already have.
In addition, investment and group performances must also be discussed.
What is the path to music collection? The path to collection is progress and skills!
So Jiang Yan naturally agreed: "Mr. Bolas, we happen to be going to have a meal, how about we chat while eating?"
"Okay, thank you very much, I happen to be hungry too." Bolas agreed.
So Jiang Yan, mother and daughter Liu Qianqian, Kobe and two teachers from Yangyin, and Rick Porras went to a local high-end Chinese restaurant.
After a meal, Jiang Yan decided to go to New Zealand after getting his visa in a few days. In the name of finding inspiration, he would visit the crew and participate in the filming of group performances.
It will take at least two weeks to get the visa, so Jiang Yan's wish to experience the world of Middle-earth tomorrow cannot be realized. Fortunately, there is no shortage of extras in the plot of "Lord of the Rings", so there is no need to worry about not being able to perform in the show then.
As for investment, it is difficult for Rick Porras to make decisions on this kind of thing. He just passes the news on his behalf.
Jiang Yan's attitude is also very clear. Invest if you can. Firstly, to dig into the progress. Secondly, the cost of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is more than 300 million, and the global box office is 3 billion. It is really delicious.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't invest. The filming of this film does take too long, and you may not get much progress if you invest.
In addition, focusing on box office revenue is actually not as comfortable as buying Time Warner stock.
Nowadays, many people are actually not optimistic that "Lord of the Rings" will be a big hit. There are many reasons, but Jiang Yan knows the result, and Time Warner's stock has been rising continuously in the years since it was released, so buying it with your eyes closed will definitely make a profit.
After the meal, Jiang Yan sent Kobe away in reality. This guy really didn't feel comfortable anywhere without basketball. His palm was fractured and he would still make shooting movements from time to time, so Jiang Yan didn't keep him and let him join the Los Angeles and Los Angeles teams.
Let's stay together with basketball.
After seeing off Kobe, Jiang Yan went directly to Liu Xiaoli's house.
I don’t know if it’s because Jiang Yan kept talking about tens of millions of dollars at the dinner table, or because Jiang Yan is now an artist and a member of the national team, or because Liu Xiaoli was “confessed” before.
In short, Liu Xiaoli's attitude towards Jiang Yan is completely different now from before.
Jiang Yan rescued Liu Qianqian a few months ago. He gave her money and left immediately. His attitude could be described as business-like and very cold.
Later I found out that he was a pop star, but when we met, he just smiled and his attitude became a little better, but he still looked very arrogant.
Now, just invite him to her home directly.
Of course, this was not a separate invitation. He, Li Xiuxiu, Yang Yin's two teachers, and a group of Jiang Yan's bodyguards were also invited.
Jiang Yan just assumed that she was interested in the bodyguard's security capabilities.
After all, the nickname of New York is Gotham City. It was dark and windy at night, so we had to pay attention to safety, so we sent bodyguards to escort them home first, and then I went after seeing Kobe off.
In addition, Liu Xiaoli's family also has a male master now, the man who had a brief marriage with Liu Xiaoli.
So it's not easy for Jiang Yan to refuse on the grounds of inconvenience. Well, he doesn't want to refuse either.
He also wanted to see Liu Qianqian's boudoir.
When Jiang Yan arrived at Liu Xiaoli's house, Liu Qianqian opened the door happily, greeted the host, and gave her a souvenir. Liu Qianqian then pulled Jiang Yan to look at her photos, chatting about everything, as if saying no.
If it's finished.
This is really a girl with excessive social skills!
In other words, is this the normal state of American families?
Jiang Yan didn't quite understand, but he didn't feel disgusted. On the contrary, he was happy to do this. After all, this was Liu Tianxian.
So Jiang Yan took a lot of photos tonight.
Two hours later, Jiang Yan and his party said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Liu Qianqian asked Jiang Yan when he would come again.
Jiang Yan said with a smile: "I really don't know when I will come back to the United States next, but didn't I give you my address and phone number in China? You are welcome to come anytime you want."
"That will take a long, long time." Liu Qianqian said a little discouraged.
"Then why don't we see you back in New Zealand next time?" Jiang Yan joked.
"Okay!" Liu Qianqian agreed on the spot.
"Let's go through your mother's test first and then talk about it."
Jiang Yan smiled and waved, formally bidding farewell.