Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 843: Meaningless Status

midnight.

In the house of Kwan Chi-lam in Kowloon Tong.

The sound of the piano prelude rang out in the house.

A pleasant song then began.

"I have no experience in love
First discovered today

See him from afar

... "

The person sitting on the piano stool, playing music and singing slowly is none other than Hideki Hanyu.

He walked out of the bedroom in his bathrobe, just wanting to get a glass of water.

But when I saw the piano in the living room, I suddenly became interested and sat down to play it.

After humming a few lines, Guan Zhilin, wearing silk pajamas, walked out of the bedroom.

Looking at Hanyu Hideki singing solo under the moonlight, who looked like a prince charming, Guan Meiren sat down beside him unconsciously, and her eyes slowly became blurred as she looked at Hanyu Hideki.

Wait until Hanyu Hideki finishes singing the last line of the lyrics and plays the last syllable.

Guan Zhilin immediately said in a daze, "Darling, it turns out you can also play the piano."

"I used to be an artist, so it's normal for me to be able to play a musical instrument."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he helped Guan Zhilin close the piano cover, touched the logo on the surface and said, "Baldwin piano is a good match for pop songs."

Guan Zhilin, who was still immersed in Hanyu Hideki's charm, instinctively answered, "It was a gift from my mother when I moved here last year."

"No wonder." said Hideki Hanyu.

Guan Zhilin's mother was named Zhang Bingqian, a Hong Kong actress in the 1950s and 1960s.

From her debut as a maid in the movie "Flower Street" starring the four beauties of the Republic of China, to her eventual rise to become a famous movie star, she has become a memory of the Hong Kong audience.

Later, the other party returned to the family after marriage, but when Guan Zhilin was thirteen years old, because her marriage with her husband broke down, she chose to immigrate to America.

No wonder he gave his daughter an American brand piano.

Just when Hanyu Hideki's mind was reminiscent of Guan Zhilin's words, Guan Zhilin asked curiously again.

"What song did you just sing? It was really beautiful."

Hanyu Hideki replied, "There is a Japanese singer I like very much, Murashita Kozo's First Love, but I sang the Cantonese cover by Jimmy Lin, which was released in 1984. Haven't you heard it?"

"It turned out to be her. I don't really like her songs, they're too quiet. And in 1984, all the girls listened to Leslie Cheung's Monica."

Guan Zhilin said as a matter of course.

Hanyu Hideki spread his hands and said, "Monica is also a cover of a song by Neon."

Guan Zhilin was surprised and said, "Really? I really didn't know that. At first, my friends and I were guessing which woman Monica was. Later, when I met Leslie Cheung, I almost asked him in person."

"Uh--"

Hanyu Hideki was completely speechless, thinking that even if you want to ask, you should ask Yoshikawa Koji, after all, the original title of the song is Monica.

If all else fails, you can also ask Peter Lai, the man who wrote the lyrics for the Cantonese version of "monica".

As for who Peter Lai is, he is the "master" in Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One" who holds a machete, has a green dragon on his left, a white tiger on his right, an old cow at his waist, and a dragon head on his chest.

Well, this is the actor.

I have to say that there were many talented people during the golden age of Hong Kong films.

As for this person who later joined others in scolding Stephen Chow for being mean, that is another topic.

However, when it comes to cover songs, Hideki Hanyu remembered the Beyond band, which he had approached and signed to Cloud Music in this time and space and which always insisted on original creations.

1990 was the peak year for Beyond.

After his music became popular, he began to try to develop in the film industry and participated in Wong Jing's "Happy Ghost Saves Happy Ghost".

He also composed and sang the soundtracks for the movie "A Moment of Romance", which established Andy Lau's super idol status, including "Gray Tracks", "Never Regret", and "It's Wrong but We Can't Tell".

The album "Destiny Party" achieved triple platinum sales, and the song "Glory Days" was extremely popular, winning numerous awards and almost becoming one of the representative works of Cantonese songs in later generations.

In order to cater to the rising popularity of Mandarin songs in the market, the group began to intensify its activities in Taiwan and released a Mandarin version of the album "The Earth".

However, this "busyness" also made Beyond dissatisfied with their work arrangements and the restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong music market on their creations.

After all, Beyond has always seen itself as a band and musicians, not as an artist who wants to become actors once they become famous.

They also don't want to change their ambitions and pursuits for music in order to compromise with the market.

This led to their choice to cooperate with Japanese firms and enter the Japanese market after their work became more "multi-faceted" in 1991, which ultimately led to the tragedy.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu wondered whether the Beyond band in this time and space had followed the same path as the one in the other time and space.

Although under his influence, the Beyond band signed with Yunshang Music, and its agency is also controlled by Yunshang Entertainment.

However, the daily business management of the agency and the work arrangements of the Beyond band are the responsibility of their agent Chen Jiantian.

It’s not that Hideki Hanyu doesn’t want to take care of it, but because this is the development and business strategy of Yunshang Entertainment overseas.

Yunshang Entertainment is only responsible for building the platform, investing resources, controlling investment, supervising, sharing profits, and then handing over professional matters to people who are familiar with the local market. It is determined not to let laymen lead experts.

This strategy certainly has pros and cons.

But then again, there is nothing perfect in this world.

Judging from the development of overseas markets, this strategy is currently relatively successful.

As for Chen Jiantian, Hanyu Hideki admires him quite a bit.

But thinking back to the relationship between Chen Jiantian and the Beyond band in his previous life, from being acquainted as mentors in obscurity to later becoming enemies in court, a lot of things actually happened in between.

After all, when the Beyond band was interviewed later, they also said that Chen Jiantian was profit-driven, that he exploited them to the extreme, forced them to do things they didn't like, and flattered the market, etc.

Of course, you can’t just listen to one side when you are obedient.

But from the subsequent breakup between the two parties, it can be seen that after the initial honeymoon period, the relationship between the Beyond band and Chen Jiantian may have begun to become rigid.

"It seems that after returning to Bai Jianshi Road tomorrow, I will have to go to No. 81 to take a look."

Hanyu Hideki whispered softly.

No. 81 Bai Jianshi Road is the house that he gave to the Beyond band as their "base".

However, at this time, Guan Meiren, who was standing next to him with her head resting on the piano cover with her arms and staring at Hanyu Hideki, asked in confusion because she did not hear Hanyu Hideki's words clearly.

"Darling, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "Nothing, I was just thinking about going back to Bai Jianshidao tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Guan Zhilin immediately said in a sour tone, "Humph, you're leaving after just one day with me? I won't allow that!"

Hanyu Hideki seemed to be possessed by the Sigma man, and said without any hesitation, "If you don't want to, I can leave now."

"do not do it……"

Seeing that being jealous and tough was useless, Lady Guan immediately started to act coquettishly again.

Finally, she grabbed Hanyu Hideki's arm and pointed at the piano and pleaded.

"I'm leaving tomorrow, how about playing another song for me?" "We've already talked about that, I'm not interested anymore."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he stood up and gave up the piano stool, and said to Guan Zhilin, "Actually, I really want to hear you play a song."

Guan Zhilin continued to say in a delicate voice, "My piano playing is not good. If you continue to criticize my piano playing, what are you doing, Darling?"

Hideki Hanyu raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a wicked smile.

"If you play the piano, of course I will play you."

As soon as the scumbag said this, Guan Zhilin immediately understood what he meant.

Although she did not answer, her rosy face, seductive eyes, and the action of opening the piano cover and bending over to play the piano proved her answer.

Rather than listening to Hideki Hanyu playing the piano, she wanted Hideki Hanyu to play her.

The next moment, the sound of piano playing was heard in the room.

But before long, the piano sound, which was not very good to begin with, began to become chaotic.

The strange thing is that in the gradually becoming chaotic piano sound, there is still a fixed rhythm.

……

February 23rd.

After sending Guan Zhilin to Asian theaters, Hanyu Hideki's Bentley turned back to Bai Jianshidao.

He had just returned home, greeted by Zhou Huimin and his son, when he received a call from America.

The person who called was Kathryn Bigelow, whom he wanted to contact yesterday.

According to the staff of Yunshang Pictures, Kathryn Bigelow is now busy with the post-production of a new movie. She has been so busy that she has forgotten to eat and sleep and has moved directly into the editing room.

As for why you are so busy?

This is because the new movie starring Sherilyn Fenn and Jennifer Connelly, which has been confirmed to be named "Anne & Alina", has been officially scheduled to be released in the summer vacation in July this year.

Uh!
Please forgive this movie for being named after two characters. After all, American culture likes to be simple, crude and straightforward.

Just look at the name, "Annie and Elena", they are obviously the names of two women, which can greatly facilitate the work of the publicity and promotion department.

As for its overseas release in the future, it can be translated according to local culture.

Hideki Hanyu guessed that Hong Kong might be able to translate "Charlie's Angels".

Of course, the name is not important, what is important is the time.

Even though this movie is still four months away from release, post-production is not an easy task.

In addition to post-production, the publicity and promotion department has more work to do before the release.

At least before that, Kathryn Bigelow must produce a finished product that satisfies the publicity and distribution department and the cooperating theaters.

So in terms of post-production, Kathryn Bigelow had very tight time constraints.

So as soon as the call was connected and Kathryn Bigelow revealed her identity, Hideki Hanyu immediately expressed his apologies.

"Sorry, Katherine, I hope I didn't disturb you at work."

Kathryn Bigelow said, "It doesn't matter. It's time to get off work in Hollywood."

"It seems that I have disturbed your rest. This makes the problem more serious."

Hideki Hanyu made a deliberate joke.

Kathryn Bigelow laughed on the other end of the phone and deliberately said, "Dinner at the most expensive restaurant in Los Angeles, or I won't forgive you."

"no problem……"

Hideki Hanyu agreed readily, and then talked about this and that for a long time before explaining to Kathryn Bigelow that he was seeking her help.

Since it was for the copyright of "Terminator", he asked Kathryn Bigelow for help, naturally in order to contact James Cameron.

After the success of "Bullet Falls", Kathryn Bigelow met James Cameron while "collecting materials" and they both fell in love.

After the latter divorced last year, he chose to marry Kathryn Bigelow.

Although their marriage only lasted until 1991, at this stage, their marriage is still in a happy period.

Therefore, letting Kathryn Bigelow help him connect with James Cameron is undoubtedly the most convenient and quickest choice.

The copyright of "Terminator" is of course important, but for this IP, what is more important is its creator James Cameron.

It was the other party's wild creativity in "Terminator 2" that created the classic screen image of the liquid robot T-1000, which made the "Terminator" IP truly popular all over the world.

Therefore, James Cameron played a crucial role in purchasing the copyright of "Terminator".

After listening to Hanyu Hideki's words, Kathryn Bigelow asked unexpectedly, "You want to see Cameron?"

Hideki Hanyu did not hide anything from Kathryn Bigelow, who is also a member of Cloud Pictures.

He said bluntly, "Cloud Pictures is very interested in Terminator. I know that James is preparing Terminator 2 and has encountered some problems. I believe Cloud Pictures will be a good partner."

Kathryn Bigelow affirmed, “I can prove that to him.”

After the success of "One Piece", Kathryn Bigelow is still willing to continue to cooperate with Cloud Pictures on new films, which proves that she has a good impression of Cloud Pictures.

So when she said she wanted to prove it, she wasn't being polite out of consideration for Hanyu Hideki.

Hanyu Hideki said, "It seems that you agree, Catherine."

"Of course, why not? It's a good thing to help my husband meet a talented investor who also knows what respect is."

Kathryn Bigelow gave Hideki Hanyu a little praise.

Hanyu Hideki smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

Kathryn Bigelow asked, "Cameron has been in Los Angeles recently. When do you plan to meet him?"

Hanyu Hideki thought for a moment and replied, "I will go to Los Angeles in March and I will contact you then."

"Okay, see you in March, and don't forget the best dinner in Los Angeles."

"I will never forget it."

……

"In four days, it will be Ximu's first birthday. I want to invite more friends to the birthday party. What do you think?"

Hideki Hanyu had just finished a phone call with Kathryn Bigelow when he heard Zhou Huimin walk in and ask him this.

"It's up to you to decide this matter. I will fully cooperate with you."

Hanyu Hideki hugged Zhou Huimin and answered.

He never paid much attention to such trivial matters.

Of course, he could also guess why Zhou Huimin did this.

In the presence of Hanyu Hideki, Liu Ximu's birthday party was made grand, simply to help his son gain status and secure his position as the eldest son.

But unfortunately, Zhou Huimin didn't know that in Hanyu Hideki's heart, status was meaningless.

Need it, it's worth a thousand gold.

If you don't need it, it's worthless.

(End of this chapter)