After returning to Hengdian after the awards ceremony, Jiang Yan came to Zhang Shuang and asked him.
"It's great, it's great."
Zhang Shuang nodded repeatedly, the smile on his face not falling for several days.
"dna4" became a hit, and Zhang Shuang's more than ten music videos independently directed in it also received a lot of praise.
In fact, such praise seems nothing special to the outside world. After all, Zhang Shuang has been famous since "Fairy Tale". The current music video only has more delicate shooting techniques, more stable use of lenses, and more skillful plot control.
But what others don't know is that this time the MV was completely controlled by Zhang Shuang from top to bottom. Jiang Yan only produced songs and acted as an actor, and didn't give any other opinions. Sometimes Zhang Shuang even had creative ideas.
Only then did Jiang Yan find the corresponding song. For example, "Onion" was a song based on a story about a spare tire written by Zhang Shuang. In other words, Zhang Shuang also influenced part of the song selection for this album.
Now that the album is a huge success and the music video has been recognized by people in the industry, it’s time to fulfill the promise.
"Have you found a book you like?" Jiang Yan asked.
"There are several, but I haven't decided which one to shoot yet."
"What subject matter?"
"Both are available. I prefer love and crime."
"Are you sure?"
"Kind of."
"Then go to South Korea with me first. Guo Zaiyong is very good at making romance movies. You can learn from him."
"OK."
"After watching Kwak Jae-yong's film, you can go to Bao Qiang's. Director Li Yang of "The Blind Shaft" is also pretty good."
"OK..."
The two of them chatted and settled the matter.
After Zhang Shuang left, Jiang Yan looked at his back and was very satisfied.
There will be more and more adapted works involved in the future, and it is obviously unrealistic to find the original cast and crew to film them. It is very important to cultivate your own famous directors.
Speaking of which, Xingchenhai is said to be the largest film and television company in China, but it still has a big shortcoming in terms of famous directors.
Liu He, Zhang Shuang and some of their current directors can make TV series quite well, but if they really want to make big-screen movies or make their works artistic, without a strong script, it is still difficult for them.
It's quite big, and even with powerful scripts, they may not be able to handle it.
Jiang Yan knew that this was related to his previous style of doing things, that is, when it came to a project, he would hire all the original directors for the project. The advantage of this was to restore the original flavor of the work, but the disadvantage was that he could not fully cultivate his own talents.
, after all, when it comes to making a movie, if you just watch it on the side without actually doing it, you will still be lacking something.
But now the situation may be different. After three years of training, Zhang Shuang, a literary young man, may really break into the world. In this case, Stars and Sea will have his own famous director.
However, Jiang Yan also understands that famous directors are not easy to train. Lao Mouzi is not a wholesaler, so while training his own people, he will also attract future famous directors from the market.
Of course, if it really fails, Jiang Yan himself is the biggest insurance. After all, he is also a famous dream guide...
By October 27, two weeks after "dna4" was released in the mainland, sales had exceeded 500,000 copies.
This result is actually not very good compared to previous years. It can only be said to maintain the standard. However, in this year's environment where the physical record market has begun to slump, this result is still outstanding.
In addition to the mainland, Xiangjiang also sold more than 250,000 copies, ranking first in the same period and setting a sales champion in the first two weeks of the year.
The sales volume in Wanwan also exceeded 150,000, surpassing Stefanie Sun and Jay Chou.
In Southeast Asia, it is difficult to make statistics because there are too many pirated copies.
The results in Neon and South Korea are also very impressive.
Especially in Neon, the album shot to No. 2 on the Oricon Chart in the first week after its release.
Although the sales in Europe and the United States are not as good as Jiang Yan's English album, it still set a sales record for a Chinese album in the first two weeks, with sales of 260,000 copies. This proves that Jiang Yan's Chinese fans and foreign fans
Still powerful.
According to Warner's statistics, Jiang Yan's Chinese album is basically locked in as the best-selling Chinese album this year.
This is under the premise that Jiang Yan has not done any book signings, road shows or other publicity.
This also made many netizens shout: The first Chinese speaker is really scary.
However, this kind of power also has disadvantages.
For example, Jaylen was greatly impacted.
It was at this time that the fan groups of Jiang Yan and Jay Chou began to confront each other.
Fans of Jiang Yan said: Little Jay Chou dares to bark like a dog?
Jay’s fans said: You are bullying others, remember, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi!
Some people in the critics also have a bad opinion of Jaylen, saying that he is unclear in speech and has talent, but not much, so let him be more humble.
The people from Wanwan are definitely not convinced and say that my Jaylen’s musicality is also very good.
Then for a while, even though many people knew that the two actually had a good relationship, they couldn't help but start to wonder, would the two really turn against each other?
So Jay Cun and Jiang Yanzhen became antagonistic to a certain extent, and needless to say, the result of the confrontation was that Jay Cun must have suffered a loss, after all, Jiang Yan's fans are too huge.
This is what Jiang Yan doesn't want to see. It's not that he doesn't want to see Jay suffer a loss, but he doesn't want to see the Chinese music world fall into such boring internal strife.
The Chinese music scene should be a healthy competition, and doing this will not benefit anyone in the end.
Fortunately, the teams on both sides knew what was going on. Jay called Jiang Yan immediately to explain the misunderstanding and then complained, saying that the public opinion environment was very bad.
Jiang Yan was not surprised by Jay's reaction. The emotional line is no joke.
Therefore, in order to take care of this future mainstay of the Chinese music scene, Jiang Yan directly called Sohu and his own media to ask them to pay attention to controlling public opinion. At the same time, Xingchenhai would also clarify when necessary and do a good job of popularizing the two people's "
Brotherly love” and “Master-disciple love”.
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Present the award to Jay in person.
The Chinese music scene does not need bits and pieces, what it needs is good stories.
Jiang Yan is willing to contribute to writing a good story.
My eyes returned to the crew of "Sassy Girlfriend".
The content of today's shooting is "Song Mingxi played "Canon" in the large classroom, and A Niu gave her flowers at Song Mingxi's request."
In this scene, Jiang Yan's acting skills are not tested very much, or in other words, all scenes are not difficult for him.
But this scene was a greater test for Jun Ji-hyun.
She needs to perform the feeling of "the combination of the ex-boyfriend and the current A Niu figure, and then being moved and sad at the same time". In short, it is a scene that requires a lot of emotion.
Fortunately, Jun Ji-hyun still performed perfectly.
As for the reason, it is naturally because for more than half a month, Quan Ji-hyun had to deal with Zheng Xuntuo's nose, which resulted in a feeling of being unable to love Jiang Yan.
As soon as this emotion came out, Song Mingxi's expression and eyes looking at A Niu in the camera were spot on.
Guo Zaiyong immediately shouted "nice" in his heart, and then the camera rotated around the two people on the stage, and the lights gradually dimmed. In the background of the music of "Canon", the two people stared at each other affectionately, and a touching love sublimated.
"Ka! Nice, passed!"
Wow wow wow!!!
At the end of the filming, hundreds of South Korean female students at the scene immediately applauded excitedly.
Jiang Yan and Jun Jixian also bowed to express their thanks.
This scene took half a day to shoot. The crew had said in advance that if the shooting went well and could be completed in advance, the remaining time would be Jiang Yan’s fan meeting.
So at this time, the filming was over. After discussion with Jiang Yan, Guo Zaiyong and others, they fulfilled their promise, so the hundreds of South Korean female students who were lucky enough to participate in the filming were extremely excited.
At the same time, hundreds of students waiting outside also entered in an orderly manner under the arrangements of the student union and related personnel. Soon the number of people in the small auditorium exceeded a thousand, while those who could not enter outside were
It's more.
Faced with such high popularity, the Chinese staff of the crew felt proud, but they were not too surprised.
Because Jiang Yan is really popular in South Korea these days.
And it’s a bit of a red that’s been held up to the altar.
This has to start with the release of "dna4" in South Korea.
Chinese songs still have a relatively strong mass base in South Korea, especially Cantonese songs.
This is due to the popularity of Xiangjiang movies and culture in South Korea for more than ten years.
For example, director Guo Zaiyong, when he talks about Chinese songs, his first reaction is the song sung by Guorong from "A Chinese Ghost Story", and then he will hum "Yang Sang Lou~~" in relatively standard Cantonese.
Jiang Yan also communicated with the South Korean members of the crew and found out that Guorong was very well-known here. Many of his songs were very popular in South Korea and he was regarded as the light of the Chinese people in South Korea.
But now the light of the Chinese in South Korea has become Jiang Yan.
There is no way. After all, Jiang Yan is a person who has made great achievements in the United States. He is now the number one pop singer in Asia, and he is more handsome than Guorong. Therefore, "dna4" achieved very good results as soon as it was released in South Korea. Within a week
Within a year, it sold 180,000 copies, making it the highest-selling Mandarin album in Korea.
In addition to Jiang Yan's own popularity and the high quality of his album, this actually also has some free rides on China-South Korea relations.
Relations between the two countries gradually warmed up, and Jiang Yan became the first person to reap the benefits.
Therefore, after the album came out, many authoritative music critics and media immediately began to praise it.
And "dna4" can fully stand up to the hype.
Let’s take the topic that Jun Ji-hyun is most interested in:
"Oppa, how did you come up with the idea of writing poetry into songs?"
Writing poems into songs has become the most shocking thing for South Korean fans.
In fact, many South Korean people in this era still know Chinese characters, especially those experienced music critics.
Therefore, after Jiang Yan's Chinese-style songs, such as "Lanting Preface" came out, those music critics who knew Chinese characters and ancient poems almost blew Jiang Yan away.
"Only Chinese lyrics in the world can be so beautiful."
"When you take out the lyrics list, it can be included in the textbooks of classical Chinese."
"The beauty of Chinese characters is perfectly reflected in a song..."
Their kind words will definitely be incredible to the Chinese people 20 years from now.
How can South Koreans be so objective and lick China so hard?
Aren't they supposed to be bursting with sourness?
Jiang Yan can only say that every era has its own ethos.
Of course, this does not mean that Jiang Yan has completely changed his attitude towards South Korea.
Because he knows that in a few years, Chinese style will be called "Oriental style" by them, and then it may become Korean style or Goryeo style.
Therefore, Jiang Yan's heart was completely unmoved by these compliments.
He even said that instead of thinking about these things, it would be better to think about what to eat at night.
I pickle vegetables every day and can't maintain my weight.
Having said that, after the small meeting started, the South Korean fans at the scene discovered that Jiang Yan speaks Korean very well!
Some people still remember when Jiang Yan came to South Korea for tour a few months ago. At that time, Jiang Yan didn't know many Korean words.
Look now, good guy, not only can he do it, but his accent is almost gone.
Talented! Really talented!
And Jiang Yan's ability can indeed greatly shorten the distance with South Korean fans.
Due to cultural similarities, South Korea is even more excited than the Koreans about foreigners who can speak their own language.
So the following meeting was not unexpectedly lively and harmonious.
Similarly, for foreigners, South Korean fans are naturally most concerned about their idols' views on their country.
Jiang Yan has already had a response plan for this. Jiang Yan's team had already made sufficient preparations for some problems in South Korea.
I will never touch sensitive topics.
As for other things, those who are interested will just answer Jiang Yan. Those who are not interested will not say much even if they know Jiang Yan.
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"How do you feel about South Korea? You may not believe it when I tell you this. Although this is my second time coming to South Korea, I haven't really been there much for sightseeing. Every time I have work, work, work, and this time is the same.
I have to blame Director Kwak Jae-yong, he exploited me!"
"Where did you learn Korean? When I learn a language, I usually first read books, then watch movies and listen to songs, and then chat with native speakers. Jun Ji-hyun knows this. I have been troublesome to her these days."
"Do you know Taekwondo? Of course, I know our country's Sydney Olympic champion Chen Zhong. I am also very interested in martial arts, so I usually practice it."
"Which South Korean actor do you like? Needless to say, of course it's our 'Song Myung Hee' Miss Jun Ji Hyun."
"Hahaha..."
The questions are generally relatively normal, and of course some people will ask about previous casting conflicts.
As the first person, Jiang Yan often does not represent an individual when he is away from home, so it is very important to reflect the magnanimity of a big country in a timely manner.
"Every country has good people and bad people, so I will not generalize because of one individual. This is why I continue to cooperate with South Korea. Director Kwak Jae-yong, Jun Ji-hyun and the South Korean employees of the crew, as well as the local South Koreans
Common people, as well as today's student cast, you have shown me the South Korea I expected, which is kind, gentle, and open. Because of this, I have more confidence in "My Sassy Girl."
Blah blah blah.
There was another round of warm applause.
Then there were some questions about the movie "My Sassy Girl". After everyone briefly answered some interesting questions, due to limited time, the last session ended with a song.
At this time, Jiang Yan also gave a wave of benefits to the enthusiastic South Korean fans:
"Someone asked me before, when will a Korean song be released, right?"
"Wow!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole place was agitated.
Jiang Yan continued:
"Director, is it okay?"
Wow!!!!
Fans at the scene have already guessed it.
This is basically the theme song of this movie.
The decibels at the scene pierced the sky, making the fans outside anxious.
After hearing this, the director also reminded the fans at the scene: Please put away the relevant recording and video equipment, otherwise you will be held legally responsible.
When these words are said by relevant people in South Korea, the deterrent effect is much greater.
Of course, this was also agreed upon in advance.
It can be regarded as a small wave of publicity in advance.
Who can count on the fans? They will have to rely on them to pull in the box office.
Without further ado, Jiang Yan sat down in front of the piano.
The prelude of the theme song "ibelieve" from "My Sassy Girl" slowly sounded.
Then, Jiang Yan's perfect performance began.
"ibelieve
Although you are not by my side
But it doesn't mean goodbye
Suddenly, the whole place fell.
The song "iblieve" was written by Jiang Yan after he found the original lyricist of the song not long ago. Now it is the first time that this song has been released.
This made screenwriter Kim Ho-sik, who had been watching with the crew, suddenly have a sore nose, burst with emotion, and almost cry.
Composer Kim Hyung-hee, who was also present, nodded repeatedly.
As a well-known songwriter, he feels extremely honored to be able to collaborate with the number one singer in Asia to compose a song that will be a hit as soon as he releases it.
At the same time, he was also extremely shocked by Jiang Yan's talent and talent. After all, Jiang Yan wrote the lyrics himself.
He is worthy of being the world’s first cross-lingual singer!
Director Guo Zaiyong, who was also watching from the side, was listening to Jiang Yan's perfect performance. He immediately decided that this song would be a hit in the future!
Jun Ji-hyun has already fallen into a state of confusion.
After all, if we really wanted to talk about it, she was the first person in the world to hear this song, even though it was on the phone.
So she decided to find a way to get under the covers tonight no matter what. She had been missing her so much these days.
Not to mention the fans.
A super high-quality song and the first Korean song by an idol. Not to mention fans, even passers-by are now turning to fans.
Then after they went out, they discussed on the Internet, and soon almost everyone in Korea knew that Jiang Yan was super powerful, extremely friendly, spoke Korean better than many native speakers, and the theme song was super nice, but it was a pity that there was no sound source, otherwise it would be full of fun.
The world is gone.
This also caused the attention of "My Sassy Girl" to skyrocket, causing more South Korean variety shows to come over and ask Jiang Yan to take the time to record the show.
Of course Jiang Yan is willing to do something like this that can expand his influence, but it will take some time before he really wants to appear on the show. After all, he is not just an actor, he is busy.