Chapter 582 The American version of the distinction between elegance and customs (4300+ chapters~)
People who can come to the Johnson family party are people with a certain degree of appreciation, so when everyone hears Penny's piano, they immediately understand that this is a new song, and it is also a very comfortable and perfect song.
The simpler the tune, the more classic it is.
What's more, this song can directly touch people's hearts and find that warm place.
The noisy party became very quiet at this time, with only the moving music playing melodiously in the air.
Until the end, everyone still seemed to be unfinished.
After Penny stood up, she held her chest and bowed to everyone. Then there was applause, and Penny smiled and said: "This is a piece I just learned. It comes from Europe. I admire this composer very much. It's a pity.
The thing is, I don’t know him, but in my heart, the person who can write such a song must be an elegant nobleman!”
"What's the name of the song?" someone asked.
Penny said proudly: "one summer's day!"
After leaving a proud figure for everyone, Penny walked next to Wu Jianye and Johnson, looked at Wu Jianye proudly, and said: "See, this is the real art, only you rude people
Only people like rock music."
"Yes, yes, the author of this song is indeed an elegant person, and I think he is also a very handsome person!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Humph, you still know some art!" Penny didn't dislike Wu Jianye at this time, but why was this smile a bit annoying? Johnson, who was standing next to Wu Jianye, did the same, showing a complicated expression.
Smiles, sympathy, schadenfreude, and most obviously disgust.
"What's your expression? Isn't this piece a classic?" Penny couldn't see Johnson's expression and said dissatisfied.
At this time, Weinstein came over again, holding a wine glass, and tried his best to show an elegant smile. Unfortunately, the expression on his face was not elegant at all.
"Miss Penny's piano sound is so beautiful. I think the owner of this piece would be very honored if he heard his piece played by Miss Penny!"
"Giggle!" At this time, the fat look on Weinstein's face was no longer so annoying in Penny's eyes, and she said with a smile: "Mr. Weinstein still has a level of appreciation, unlike some people!"
In fact, Penny was talking about Johnson, but Weinstein misunderstood that she was Wu Jianye.
"There is nothing we can do about it. China has just begun to develop, and there is no soil for cultivating elegant art. I think it is understandable that Director Wu does not understand!"
Johnson patted his sister on the shoulder, causing Penny to give Johnson a dissatisfied look, then threw Johnson's shoulder away, "What are you doing?"
Johnson held back his laughter and said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly saw you like this and I was very happy!"
Johnson was indeed very happy at this time, because someone was finally like him. He could now imagine how Penny felt when he told her the truth.
"Since you know the name of this song, don't you know who the author is?" Johnson said.
Penny was slightly stunned and said: "I really don't know, I only know that this piece of music first appeared in Berlin, Germany." Then she showed a yearning expression, "I heard that this piece of music has a story, it's a
A man created it specifically for his girlfriend, I really envy this kind of love."
"Huh, why am I telling you this? You are an animal that only knows how to make piston movements!" Penny did not forget to attack Johnson in the end.
But at this time, Johnson was not angry at all. He just looked at Wu Jianye curiously: "Did you compose this song because of a woman?"
Wu Jianye shook his head and said calmly: "Of course not, I composed this song just because I was pretending to be cool!"
"Let me tell you, does this fit your personality?" Johnson nodded matter-of-factly.
Penny: "..."
Johnson: "..."
"Impossible, you said you are the author of this song?" Penny looked at Wu Jianye with wide eyes in disbelief.
Wu Jianye touched his nose and said, "Is there any problem?"
"I do not believe!"
"Forget it if you don't believe it!" Wu Jianye still had an indifferent attitude.
Johnson on the side smiled and said: "This piece was composed by Wu Jianye in the revolving restaurant on the TV Tower in East Berlin when he was at the Berlin Film Festival. This matter has long been spread throughout East and West Berlin. I
It was in West Berlin!”
In fact, Penny can't blame her. After she accidentally heard this song a few days ago, Penny immediately returned home and studied it seriously. After she learned it, she was ready to go to Berlin to meet her idol, so she didn't ask who the author was.
This is the current situation...
On the side, Weinstein showed a rare blush. Just now, he said that Wu Jianye did not understand elegant art, but now he is slapped in the face, which hurts a bit...
But looking at Weinstein who turned around and wanted to leave, Wu Jianye had no intention of letting him go.
He opened his mouth and asked: "Mr. Wayne, I wonder what is elegance and what is vulgarity in your mind?"
Weinstein stopped in his tracks and said angrily, "You can't even tell the difference between elegance and vulgarity?"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Then I can think so, Mr. Wein thinks that rock music is vulgar and piano music is elegant, but as far as I know, Mr. Wein's brother Bob Weinstein is a rock concert performer
One of the founders, do you look down on your brother? Or do you think that eating steak and drinking red wine is elegant, while eating hamburgers and drinking Coke is vulgar? It turns out that Mr. Wayne never eats burgers!"
Wu Jianye's series of words did not give Weinstein any room to interrupt, and this grab made Weinstein look a little embarrassed, even a little angry.
Because Wu Jianye's words were obviously provocative. If these words were really spread, then he would be completely ruined in the rock circle and the psychology of ordinary Americans.
What's more, some people will label themselves as discriminatory. Don't think this is a joke. In the United States, almost everyone eats hamburgers, especially those glass-hearted black people. If they find out, they will definitely rebel.
"That's not what I meant!" After thinking about this, Weinstein said quickly.
Wu Jianye smiled "haha" and said: "We have an old saying in China that you know the person, the face but not the heart. Who knows what Mr. Wayne thinks!"
After speaking, Weinstein left the place directly and walked to another corner without giving him a chance to defend himself.
The evening came in a hurry and I hadn't eaten yet, so I was a little hungry.
At this time, what happened here was also known to the entire party. They were really amazed by this song just now, but they did not expect that the owner of this song turned out to be Wu Jianye.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wu Jianye ate the cake in his hand as if no one else was watching. To be honest, if he wasn't too hungry, he didn't like cake, and would rather eat a hamburger than this stuff.
But even after eating cake, Wu Jianye did not stop eating, because at this time, Penny did not run away like Johnson after being hit by Wu Jianye one after another. Instead, she came to Wu Jianye and confirmed again.
"This song "one summer's day" was really written by you!"
"I said it was written by someone else, do you believe it?" Wu Jianye asked.
Penny stood in front of Wu Jianye and stopped talking. She didn't expect that the person she had been admiring these days would be Wu Jianye. She always felt that all this was a bit too dreamy.
But she also knew that it was impossible for Johnson to lie about this kind of thing, and as long as he was willing to investigate this matter, he would definitely be able to investigate it, which means that this matter is true...
"Can you tell me how you felt when you composed this song? Don't use your pretentious excuses to deceive children. I won't believe such a great song!"
Johnson also came over at this time. When he heard Penny say this, his face darkened. He was just saying that he was a child again.
Wu Jianye stuffed the last piece of cake into his mouth, wiped his mouth without any image, and said: "If you don't believe it, forget it, what kind of mood do you need for this thing? If you want to create, you will naturally have it!"
Penny: "..."
Seeing Wu Jianye's pretense, Penny looked at the red wine glass next to her. She wanted to put it directly on Wu Jianye's head. Is it okay to pretend like this?
As if Wu Jianye could think of what Penny wanted to do, he directly picked up the red wine glass on the table and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Huh!" Penny didn't make any move in the end. She turned around and left. This time she didn't leave Wu Jianye's side, but left the hall and the party!
Johnson looked at Wu Jianye with a smile and said: "This time our previous grudges can be considered wiped out!"
Wu Jianye retorted: "Is this the point of success?"
Johnson: "..."
Wu Jianye didn't understand Johnson's thoughts. Among the third-generation direct descendants of the Johnson family, there were only Johnson and his brother Nick Johnson. Nick Johnson was the pride of the Johnson family. Johnson and Penny had been competing with each other.
There was a win or loss, but since he went to China that year...
Johnson has become the least optimistic among the third generation, but now Penny is also suffering from Wu Jianye, how could he be unhappy about this.
Thinking of this, Johnson decided not to care about Wu Jianye's attitude just now, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will go to Phantom Entertainment to discuss specific cooperation matters with Linda!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "I have to go there tomorrow. The male lead of "The Love Between Ghosts" has not been confirmed yet."
Although Phantom Entertainment has already sent out invitations to Hollywood male stars of the right age, they still have to find out if there are any suitable ones.
And he still had many things to discuss with Linda.
Johnson said happily: "Okay, I will pick you up at the hotel tomorrow!"
Wu Jianye: "..."
Wu Jianye was still a little uncomfortable with Johnson's sudden enthusiasm, "No, I'd better go there by myself."
Johnson smiled and said: "Why are you so polite? Just wait for me at the hotel!"
.......
After the party, Wu Jianye returned to the hotel. He planned to rest early today and go there early tomorrow...
The next day!
Wu Jianye arrived at Phantom Entertainment early. When he arrived at the company, Linda had just arrived.
After seeing Wu Jianye, Linda asked: "So early?"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "Yes, I am not very confident about some people's driving skills, and I was worried that they were fake enthusiasm, so I came here in advance!"
Linda didn't understand what Wu Jianye meant, but she didn't want to ask about such things. Instead, she asked about Wu Jianye's meeting with Johnson Lao yesterday.
"How was your talk with old Johnson yesterday?"
"We have already negotiated that Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas will exchange shares for shares!" Wu Jianye then told Linda the details of yesterday's discussion.
After hearing this, Linda was a little surprised: "Are you so confident in your new film?"
Linda is not surprised by this. The current box office records in North America are not as exaggerated as in later generations. Although the box office hit "The Lion King" in North America last year exceeded 300 million U.S. dollars, the overall box office in North America cannot be that exaggerated.
Yes, last year there were no more than ten movies with a box office of over 100 million US dollars in North America!
In other words, the film directed by Wu Jianye must be at least among the top ten at the box office in order to win the gambling agreement. Is this possible?
It is a bit unrealistic for a ghost-themed romance film to have a box office of over 100 million. If Wu Jianye was a director of Spielberg's level, it might still be possible.
Wu Jianye laughed and said, "I've told you many times, I'm very confident!"
Linda looked at Wu Jianye's confident look and didn't know what to say. At this time, even Linda thought Wu Jianye was a little inflated.
"Why don't we shoot "Jurassic Park" first? This novel is very famous in North America. It might be safer to shoot this movie!"
Wu Jianye shook his head and said: "No, this movie still has a lot of preliminary preparations to make. By the way, you need to contact a special effects company and start making dinosaur models from now on!"
"Jurassic Park" is a very complicated movie. It can't be shot just by having the director, actors, and funds in place. There is still a lot of preparatory work.
Seeing that Wu Jianye had already decided, Linda knew that her persuasion would be useless, but she thought that if Wu Jianye really succeeded, then the market value of Phantom Entertainment would really be worth 5 billion US dollars on paper.
, then I only invested 6 million US dollars at the beginning. Later, although part of the equity was diluted with the establishment of Athena Animation, I still have about 15% of the equity of Phantom Entertainment.
In other words, the original investment of 6 million has now been exchanged for 750 million US dollars in equity!
125 times return value!
This made Linda's mood explode immediately!
"I didn't expect you would let Johnson serve as the general manager of Oceanwide Cinemas!" In order to cover up her excitement and prevent Wu Jianye from looking down on her, Linda deliberately changed the subject.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Johnson is a nice person. Under his management, Oceanwide Cinemas has developed very well. There is no need to replace him."
"Haha, if Johnson knew that you praised him so much, he would definitely feel very complicated!" He finally found a reason to laugh!
Wu Jianye said: "Why is it complicated? Johnson and I are best friends!"
"Friend..." Linda looked at Wu Jianye strangely and said that Wu Jianye and Johnson were friends. She didn't believe it!
At this time, Johnson ran to Linda's office and looked at Wu Jianye complainingly: "Wu, didn't I tell you that I would pick you up at the hotel, do you just not trust your friend so much?"