There are many versions of the song "Rooftop", in Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean... Earlier, in order to promote the TV series "Love Song of Stars and Moon", Deep Space Company found singers to sing a version in most Asian countries. Later, this
The song became a hit because Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu came out to sing it once. Singers from various countries began to spontaneously cover it, and then there were more and more versions.
There are many covers by well-known singers. Mariah Carey once sang a duet with a male host on a show. Carey performed very well in that part, and many listeners were calling for her to find a male singer.
Together they will produce a complete version of "Rooftop".
Unexpectedly, Mariah Carey directly found the original singer Jay Chou.
This version of "Rooftop" is very different from the original version, especially the female vocal part. It should be that in order to make the song more suitable for Kelly to sing, a lot of adaptations were made, and even the tempo was changed.
At first glance, it seemed that the female voice was emphasized, but after the male voice came in, the audience realized that it really couldn't work without the male voice.
If Mariah Carey's singing is a chemical reaction, then Jay Chou's voice is the catalyst. It may not seem special, but it is indispensable.
I have to say that this version of the adaptation is very successful and gives the song a new flavor.
The original version of "Rooftop" tells the story of a man who couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and sang on the rooftop to attract the attention of a woman. The two fell in love through the exchange of songs.
But the duet between Jay Chou and Kelly was like two bored friends meeting on the rooftop and chatting excitedly.
This playful sense of rhythm made the audience unable to help but dance along with it.
The reason why Mariah Carey and Jay Chou sang together was mainly to promote Jay Chou.
Jay Chou has gained some fame in the European and American music circles with his two albums "Jay Chou" and "Fantasy", but he still cannot be called a first-line singer. In other words, he is famous in a short period of time, but his status in the music world is not.
Didn't keep up, so Deep Space thought of striking while the iron was hot and quickly arranged for Mariah Carey to sing a duet.
Mariah Carey is now an absolutely top-notch female singer in the United States, with her own traffic.
Moreover, Jay Chou has already written a song for Mariah Carey. If nothing happens, the audience will be able to hear this song in a month or two.
The most important thing is that this is not an English song, but entirely in Chinese, which means that Mariah Carey needs to contact Chinese in the next period of time in order to better complete the song that Jay Chou wrote for her.
Song.
Yu Dong also heard the demo of the song written by Jay Chou. It is very similar to "If You Also Heard" written by Jay Chou for Zhang Huimei in his previous life. The chorus is basically the same, but the verse is slightly different.
In fact, Yu Dong is also very curious about what it would be like for Mariah Carey to sing "If You Heard Too".
When Mariah Carey's new song comes out, Deep Space Company will definitely promote the song. The next step is to let more European and American singers sing songs written by Jay Chou, preferably in Chinese.
On the stage, after singing "Rooftop", Mariah Carey ran to give Jay Chou a big hug amidst the cheers of the audience, and then said in Chinese with a microphone: "Hello everyone, I am Kelly.
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The self-introduction was belated, but the effect was amazing, and the Chinese audience at the scene increased their cheers.
But her Chinese proficiency stopped there. She then said a few words in English, to the effect that she was very happy to come here to sing for everyone. She hoped to come and meet more Chinese fans in the future, and also hoped that Deep Space Company
It can be done better and better.
After the chorus ended, Kelly sang another song "Hero", and finally Jay Chou performed two solo songs, namely "Nunchaku" and "Lovely Woman".
By the time "Lovely Woman" ended, all the performances were over, but the audience was unwilling to leave and was still waiting for the next show.
"One more, one more."
Some audience members took the lead, and soon the whole place was filled with the sound of encore. During the encore, many names were shouted. Basically, all the guests who sang tonight were called out. Of course, among them was Kelly.
The names of singers like Jay Chou and Sting are louder.
However, what disappointed the audience was that their encore did not receive a response, and the stage remained empty.
The encore lasted for six or seven minutes before the audience reluctantly began to leave.
Cheng Yanqiu pursed his lips and said, "Is there really no encore?"
Yu Dong rolled his eyes and said, "You are the company's general music consultant. If you don't know this, why don't you ask me?"
"Aren't I busy during this period? I don't have time... No, they haven't used the remaining time. There must be an encore."
That's right, Yuliang, Jiang Jie and other company executives were all sitting firmly with no intention of getting up. No matter how they looked at it, they should have returned.
Cheng Yanqiu was not the only one to observe this. Hu Ge, who was sitting in the middle, pointed to the front row and said to the people next to him: "Look, the top management of Deep Space has not moved. There must be a return performance."
When Qin Fen, who was not far from Hu Ge, heard this, he nodded and said to Mars and Hakoun next to him, "The top management of Deep Space has not moved. There should be an encore."
Hakoun's eyes lit up, "Really? Who will come on stage? It's best to be Jay, he'd better sing another song "Dad, I'm Back". Although "Nunchaku" and "Lovely Woman" are good, but
None of it is as good as "Dad, I'm Back"."
Qin Fen curled his lips and said: "Don't worry, if Jay Chou comes back, he won't be able to sing "Dad, I'm Back". I can guarantee you this."
Mars wondered: "Why? Is it because this song doesn't suit today's atmosphere? I think it's okay."
"I don't know if the atmosphere is good or not, the main thing is the title of the song." Qin Qin said.
"What's the name of the song..." Ma'er slapped his forehead mid-sentence, "Why didn't I think of that!"
Hakoun also reacted and couldn't help laughing, "Qin, you are so funny, I didn't think about it at all. Now that I hear what you say, I want to hear Jay sing this song even more...
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Before he finished speaking, a drum beat sounded, and everyone looked up to the stage.
I saw a huge screen falling on the stage, and five seconds later, a picture appeared on the screen.
There was a lone boat floating on the vast sea. At this time, there was a strangely dressed man with a mustache on the lone boat who was using a wooden basin to scoop out the water in the boat. Apparently, his boat had a hole and was about to die.
Shen, at this time, he was working hard to survive. However, the barrel in his hand looked too small, and it was hard to believe that he could escape with this small barrel.
But when he raised his head, he put down the barrel in his hand because he saw the coast, and three skeletons were hung on a horizontal pole on the shore. Next to the skeletons was a wooden sign with a sentence engraved on it.
"Pirates take a warning."
The man stood up on the boat and took off his hat to the corpse with a serious expression.
In the picture, the busy people on the horse head were attracted by a floating barrel. Then they saw a man standing on a mast with his head held high, and the sailboat to which the mast belonged had slowly become silent.
Just when the man was about to sink, the mast finally approached the pier. He gently lifted his feet and walked onto the pier, then walked forward gracefully.
At this point, the entire video ends, and two lines of Chinese and English words appear on the screen.
"Pirates of the Caribbean, stay tuned."
The audience at the scene stared blankly at the big screen, all with surprised faces.
Although they did not wait for the return of Jay Chou and others, this video was an unexpected surprise.
Everyone has always heard that Deep Space Company has cooperated with Disney to produce a movie related to pirates, but neither company has released much specific information about this movie.
They only know that the script of this movie was written by Yu Dong himself, and the protagonist is Johnny Depp.
Hacohen looked at Qin Fen and Mars next to him, "Is this really a pirate movie? Why...even though there are three drum towers in it, I always feel it's a bit...funny."
Mars nodded, "I find it funny too, especially Depp's performance, which looks very strange and has a strange sense of humor."
"Oh my God! Is he Depp?"
Only then did Hacohen realize that the man with strange clothes, flamboyant eye makeup and a mustache just now seemed to be Johnny Depp.
Qin Fen also looked surprised, "That was Depp just now?"
Mars nodded and said: "Are you all face-blind? Can't you recognize this? And Depp's makeup photos have been released before, that's it."
Qin Fen and Ha Cohen shook their heads together, indicating that they did not recognize that the man just now was played by Depp.
Disney did release the final makeup photos of Depp and others before, but the publicity was average, so many people didn't see the final makeup photos, and even if they saw the final makeup photos, they probably wouldn't remember them, after all, it's been so long.
Like Qin Fen and Hacohen, many people did not recognize Depp. When they heard the people next to them mention Depp, they were all very surprised.
At this time, another line of words appeared on the screen: Today's activities are over. Tomorrow is the movie theme day. Welcome everyone to come again.
Because they saw the video of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the audience stopped asking for encores and started talking about the movie instead.
"it's over."
Yu Dong smiled and pulled Cheng Yanqiu up, "I'll have a few words with Spielberg first, and we'll go back later."
"Well, you go find Spielberg first, and I'll go find Kelly, Jaylen and the others."
Yu Dong nodded, "That's fine, I should be finished soon and will come find you soon."
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After returning to the office, Yu Dong looked at Spielberg with a smile, "Do you want to tell me about the game studio?"
Spielberg nodded, "It seems Jimmy has told you."
"Yes, Jimmy has already told me. He said that you have taken a fancy to a game studio called 2015, and hope to hand over the game script you have to them, and hope to acquire this studio with us."
"what do you think?"
"Let's wait until we see their demo. The company needs to evaluate this studio, and then we can talk about the proportion of both of us in this studio."
"It doesn't cost much. My idea is to exchange my script for 35% of the shares."
Yu Dong narrowed his eyes and smiled: "It's too early to say this now, let's wait."
"No problem." Spielberg nodded and added, "Besides this, there is another thing that Scorsese and I have already discussed. He is willing to remake "Infernal Affairs" and is also willing to let me be the director.
Producer. When he comes to Jinling tomorrow morning, we can meet."
"Actually, we can wait until "Infernal Affairs" is released in the United States to discuss this matter."
Spielberg said with a smile: "Do you think "Infernal Affairs" can get a very good box office in the United States, and it will be more beneficial to you to wait until then to discuss it? In fact, I don't think it is necessary, because we are very interested in this film."
The movie already has enough attention, and we don’t need more box office revenue to increase our attention.”
"That's not what I meant. I am worried that if "Infernal Affairs" does well at the box office after it is released in the United States, you will lose interest."
Hearing this, Spielberg nodded slightly. Yu Dong was right. If "Infernal Affairs" receives an unexpected box office after being released in the United States, it may really reduce their interest.
After all, it is a remake. If the original film is already popular in the United States, the risk will become greater if it is remade. Will the audience be willing to go into the theater again to watch a similar story?
This issue really needs to be considered.
Spielberg thought for a while and said, "Actually, I talked to Scorsese about his thoughts on adapting the script. His story is very different from "Infernal Affairs", and the different background will definitely make the United States more attractive."
Audiences accept it.”
Yu Dong shrugged and said: "As long as you are willing, I have no problem. "Infernal Affairs" will be released in the United States in more than a month, and the results should be out soon."
"I believe it will have good results."
Although Spielberg said so, he didn't think so in his heart.
We know that "Infernal Affairs" is a good movie, but this movie has a fatal flaw. It is a Chinese police movie without dramatic scenes.
If the film had not been produced and distributed by Deep Space, Spielberg even believed that the box office would not have exceeded $10 million in the United States.
Now, Spielberg's box office forecast for this movie is around US$40 million, and the extra US$30 million is all brought by Deep Space Company.
Based on the current box office appeal of Deep Space Company, even a bad movie will only start at a box office of 20 million US dollars.
"By the way, how is your novel going? Have you been writing during the day?"
Yu Dong said helplessly, "Steven, a novel cannot be written in a few days."
Chapter completed!