After seeing Wu Jianye, Lauren Donnell immediately greeted him, still wearing his wrinkled suit. Wu Jianye even wondered if he only had this suit!
Wu Jianye laughed. He didn't expect Lauren Donnell to be so perseverant, and said: "You are quite perseverant, but I really don't know how to sign a contract with CAA. You have also seen my relationship with Phantom Entertainment. Even if
The agency I want to sign with in America will be the first to consider Hera as an agent!"
Lauren Donnell said seriously: "Director Wu, after I went back last night, I thought about your suggestion carefully. I am indeed a newcomer in the agent world and have little experience, but I have figured it out. This is also mine.
One advantage is that if you are an experienced agent, even if you sign Director Wu, you will not put all your thoughts and resources on you. But I am different. As long as you sign with me, you are my only agent.
If you are a contracted director, I will use all my resources on you when the time comes!"
"I've made some progress, but now I have to go out for an appointment. Let's talk about the rest later!" After saying that, Wu Jianye prepared to get in the car.
Lauren Donner subconsciously grabbed Wu Jianye's car door, then carefully took it back, and said awkwardly: "Then I will discuss my plan with you when Director Wu has time!
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Wu Jianye nodded noncommittally, and then said, "Let's talk about the rest later!" After saying that, he got in the car and left directly.
Watching Wu Jianye's car leaving, Lauren Donnell looked at her watch and knew that the time was almost up, so she immediately ran in one direction.
Chinatown is a gathering place for Chinese overseas. Basically, some big overseas cities will have places like Chinatown, but the consumption here is definitely much lower than outside.
Lauren Donnell got on a bus and arrived at Chinatown in Los Angeles. When she walked in, she immediately felt that it was different from the outside world. The poor cleanliness of the environment and the chaotic crowd all showed the difference between this place and the outside world.
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In fact, now that Chinatown has developed, there are not only Chinese people, but also Bangzi people, Vietnamese and other Asians. However, there are very few Japanese people here because there is a Little Tokyo not far from Chinatown, where people gather.
For people living in Los Angeles, the prosperity is even better than that of Chinatown.
After Lauren Donner got off the car here, she ran into an alley. There is a Chinese-run community kindergarten here. It is mostly prepared for Chinese children here, and the fees are cheaper than outside.
Lauren Donnell's 5-year-old son, Mac Donnell, is here.
After talking to the kindergarten teacher, Lauren Donnell took Mac Donnell and left the kindergarten.
They did not return to their homes because Lauren Donnell no longer had a home in Los Angeles. Before becoming an agent, Lauren Donnell was a medical device salesman. However, the company's collapse also changed his life.
He became embarrassed, and his wife, who once loved him deeply, left him. At the same time, he was kicked out by his landlord because he could not pay the rent.
Now he can only take Macdonald, who is only five years old, to spend the night in parks, subway restrooms, low-cost apartments and other places.
MacDonald took Lauren Donnell's hand and asked, "Where are we staying tonight?"
Lauren Donnell smiled and said: "Go to the park where you went yesterday. The bench where I slept was more comfortable yesterday!"
Macdonald nodded, obviously used to this kind of life, and asked: "How about the director you went to see today? Did he agree to let you sign him?"
Lauren Donnell said: "Would agree!"
"All right!"
However, when the Donners and his son arrived at the park, they found that the bench they slept on last night had been occupied by a homeless man. The two fathers and sons looked at each other helplessly.
I had no choice but to find another place to live.
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At this time, Wu Jianye also arrived in the suburbs of Los Angeles in a car. This is a small town. According to the driver's introduction, this town has a population of only more than 1,000 people!
A small town with only over 1,000 people cannot be very prosperous or famous, but when someone bought a 2,800-acre farm here early last year and converted it into a manor, it became famous!
The name of the manor is Neverland Ranch, and the owner of Neverland Ranch is Michael Jackson!
After more than a year of construction, the Neverland Manor was finally completed. It is truly a dream, with private sports fields, amusement parks, artificial lakes, cinemas, and zoos all available.
A British-style garden dotted with bronze statues of children playing.
An artificial lake covering an area of five acres, there are waterfalls and swan-shaped boats on the lake.
Inside the outhouse there is a cinema, dance studio and games room.
There is also a study room with a large collection of books. The manor also has a pavilion, gorgeous street lights, lawns, flower beds, tree houses and an Indian-style village.
The amusement park in Menghua Manor has facilities such as a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, bumper cars, and trampolines.
There is enough amusement equipment for a state carnival.
A go-kart track, two separate train tracks and two trains, the track is large enough to run an old steam train on it.
One of the trains is a small train for children that mainly runs on the tracks surrounding the main buildings, and the other is a refreshed steam locomotive. The train not only has its own dedicated track but also its own platform.
Wu Jianye's car drove slowly into the manor, and the housekeeper of Neverland Manor was already waiting there in the parking lot.
"Hello, Director Wu, Mr. Michael is already waiting for you in the living room!"
Wu Jianye followed the housekeeper of Neverland to the living room and saw Michael Jackson sitting at the piano in the living room playing music, which Wu Jianye was also very familiar with.
one summer’s day!
Wu Jianye did not disturb Michael Jackson and waited until he finished playing the music before applauding.
Michael Jackson stood up, hugged Wu Jianye and said, "Wu, welcome to Neverland!"
Michael Jackson had been busy with his bad global tour. After returning to Los Angeles, he learned about Wu Jianye's arrival in Los Angeles, so he called Wu Jianye last night and invited him to come over.
The friendship between the two started in 1985. It was a kind of mutual sympathy, and they occasionally contacted each other by phone. Especially when Michael Jackson was holding a bad global tour concert, he would often call Wu Jianye and invite him to do it.
He was a guest at his own concert, but because Wu Jianye was always very busy, he never made the trip.
"Thank you. I haven't congratulated Michael on the success of your concert tour yet!" Wu Jianye congratulated.
The bad global tour started on September 12, 1987 and ended on January 27, 1989.
The performance locations include the United States, Europe, Ireland and Australia, a total of 15 countries, 4.4 million fans attended the show, and the total revenue was as high as 125 million US dollars.
This was Michael Jackson's first and most successful tour.
Michael Jackson said dissatisfied: "Speaking of this matter, Wu, you still owe me a guest!"
Wu Jianye laughed and said, "There will be opportunities in the future!"
The two of them were sitting in the living room, and Michael Jackson asked his servants to prepare dinner, and then said: "I didn't expect you, Wu, to have such profound attainments in the piano. I heard "One Summer's Day" that has recently become popular in Europe and the United States two days ago and it was also your masterpiece.
, I like this piece very much!”
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "I just acted on a whim!"
After the two chatted for a while, the dinner at Neverland was ready, and Wu Jianye and Michael Jackson came to the table.
"Wu, I heard you're in some trouble in Hollywood this time!" Michael Jackson asked.
Wu Jianye smiled: "It's not really a trouble, it's just some minor problems that can be easily solved!"
Michael Jackson nodded. When Wu Jianye said this, he did not ask further questions. Since Wu Jianye said this, he believed that Wu Jianye could complete it.
This is different from the trust of Yan Wen, Zhou Tao, Zhao Lei and others. In the process of getting along with Wu Jianye, they understood Wu Jianye's abilities and their personal feelings, so they trusted Wu Jianye unconditionally.
But Michael Jackson believed that Wu Jianye was the same type of person as himself, and that no difficulty would be able to defeat him!
"I really don't understand why you are so passionate about movies. In my opinion, you are more talented in music!" Michael Jackson said.
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "I think my talent in movies is better, and I also like movies more. A movie is a world. Don't you feel this feeling of creating the world and controlling the world?
Is it great?"
Michael Jackson thought for a while and smiled: "That's true, but the resistance of the movie is also greater. I listened to the album you created for your girlfriend in Hong Kong before, and it was very good!"
Wu Jianye was slightly startled. He didn't expect Michael Jackson to know Zhou Huimin's album: "I didn't expect you would pay attention to Xiangjiang's music!"
"What I pay attention to is not Xiangjiang's music, but your music." Then Michael Jackson laughed: "Whenever we have time, the two of us must collaborate!"
Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said, "I also hope to have such an opportunity!"
Wu Jianye is naturally very willing to cooperate with Michael Jackson. As one of the few singers in the history of the world music scene that Wu Jianye can appreciate, Michael Jackson is undoubtedly the most shining star among them.
Otherwise Wu Jianye would not have become friends with Michael Jackson.
It's just that now Wu Jianye really can't think of any songs that are suitable for Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson excitedly brought Wu Jianye to his music room and said, "Let's play first, maybe some random songs will come out!"
When Wu Jianye came to Michael Jackson's music room, he realized that this place was much better than the music rooms he had built in Yanjing and Xiangjiang. It's not that the equipment here was better than the cash at Wu Jianye's place, it was mainly about the equipment.
The combination and decoration of the music room give people the feeling of wandering in the ocean of music and the warmth of music.
Unlike Wu Jianye's music room, he built a music room purely for his own fun. In addition, he is so busy every year that he hits the back of his head. In fact, he doesn't spend much time in the music room, so Wu Jianye's
The music room has more of a cold feeling.
Michael Jackson smiled and asked: "How was it?"
Wu Jianye gave a thumbs up, sat in front of the drum set, and played the drums, which made Michael Jackson shake his head repeatedly.
"Wu, I really don't know how you compose music. You're really good at playing musical instruments..."
Wu Jianye said with a sneer: "This is purely for my own entertainment!"
As for his level of playing musical instruments, Wu Jianye knows his own business. He can only be considered good at playing, but compared with top musicians like Michael Jackson, he is definitely several levels behind!
Michael Jackson picked up a guitar, straddled himself, and smiled: "When I was making the "Bad" album, Quincy Jones once told me that I should add some hip-hop elements to my songs, but which
At that time, I thought that rap music did not have lasting vitality, so I rejected his proposal. In the past few years, I have been looking for more cutting-edge music, and gradually discovered that rap music actually has its own characteristics!"
At this point, Michael Jackson plucked the strings, and a brisk rhythm came out.
After listening to it for a while, Wu Jianye felt that the melody seemed familiar, a bit like the intro to Michael Jackson's classic song "Black or White" in 1993.
But it always feels a little different from the melody I am familiar with.
Wu Jianye also played the drums along with Michael Jackson's melody.
Michael Jackson's eyes lit up while he was playing the guitar. Wu Jianye actually didn't know that the song "black or white" had actually been circulating in various versions since the earliest days when Michael Jackson was producing the album "bad".
It's just that Michael Jackson has never found the version he likes. Now he only remembered this song when he talked about rap music with Wu Jianye, and he played it smoothly.
What he didn't expect was that Wu Jianye could perfectly cooperate with him. At the same time, he could also feel that the drum music played by Wu Jianye was more impressive than the version he played.
The two slowly changed from playing together to Michael Jackson stopped his playing and listened carefully to Wu Jianye's percussion. At this time, he was even more sure that his idea was correct. The song played by Wu Jianye was consistent with
It is different from any previous version, and Michael Jackson can be sure that this version is more perfect than any previous version.
Wu Jianye was also immersed in his own memory at this time, and the drum beat of "black or white" was played bit by bit.
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"Haha, that's great, Wu, I knew you were talented in music." After Wu Jianye finished playing the drums, Michael Jackson couldn't help it anymore and said excitedly: "Wu, this song can sell