Chapter 445 (1/2)
The next day, Liang Kun sent a record to David Gefen. They talked for a while before he knew he was on the American news again.
Liang Kun doesn't have the habit of reading English newspapers. Here, he also likes to watch news on Chinese websites. He doesn't know the news so fast.
They had dinner together last night and were photographed by reporters. Los Angeles media know that Liang Kun is a well-known musician in China. It is speculated that he will score for the film or release new songs in Gefen, which has increased his exposure.
In the Internet age, it is very convenient to transmit information. The news quickly spread to China, and Liang fans are excited again.
Liang Kun has been in the United States for more than half a month and has had dinner with two bosses of DreamWorks. Chinese media speculate that Liang Kun will make big moves in the United States next.
Some fans guessed the truth.
”He must have made music for the film. He didn't play in” best love ”and arranged two songs in the film. He also wrote two songs in” perfect ”and” people in our village ”is still a spoof song. There's no reason to go to Hollywood to make a film. He gave the music to others.”
”The name of the film is happy death day. It doesn't sound normal. It should be a comedy. He made this kind of film on his debut. I'm curious about what the story will be.”
”Brother Kun has written several songs for Hamasaki, including English lyrics and German. They are all popular. His English is estimated to be cet-10 and CET-8. It's no problem to sing English songs. I hope he sings them himself.”
Liang Kun's achievements were admired by the ”international chapter”. There is a big gap between the evaluation of her film Memoirs of a geisha and that of Liang Kun, which puts her under great pressure.
Domestic news mentioned Zhang Ziyi's efforts, saying that although she often goes abroad to participate in film festivals, her English level is not high. In order to audition, the staff around her temporarily taught her some words. After seeing Spielberg, she only said three words ”hireme please” and translated into Chinese four words ”please hire me”.
As a result, the director didn't hire her because her English was too poor. However, producer Spielberg later felt that the Memoirs of a Geisha was a difficult story to tell, so he kept changing the script and delayed starting it until the end of 2004.
Zhang Ziyi studies English hard and her level has improved a lot. In addition, her dance foundation can learn geisha skills well, so producer Spielberg finally decided to let her play little lily.
Embarrassingly, the film failed to put Zhang Ziyi on the peak of her life. The news of three top Chinese actors performing in Japanese kimonos caused an uproar in China. The Japanese people were also very angry when the Chinese made the Japanese quintessence film and began to boycott the film.
The novel claims to be adapted from Iwasaki's personal experience, while Iwasaki says it's bullshit. He personally wrote a real memoir of geisha to correct people's prejudice against Japanese Geisha.
In July 2001, the first edition of the Memoirs of a real geisha written by Iwasaki Fengzi received a great response. It was republished in September 2002. By June 2005, it had been printed more than 10 times and sold well in Japan.
Before the film was released, it had been controversial. Zhang Ziyi was not happy. She is also a little worried that if Liang Kun's films win high box office or high reputation, 80% of China will compare them.
Liang Kun became friends with two big men, which made her envy. She didn't have such a high exposure in the United States when she sat on Cheng Long's thigh and offered a kiss.
Two days later, David Gefen listened to Liang Kun's three albums and asked him to have dinner and chat.
”I heard your album, better than I thought. Your treble is great, and the pure music is also very attractive. You should perform at the Grammy Awards,” gefenzan said.
Liang Kun was not modest and smiled, ”so my goal is to perform at the Grammy Awards in the future.”
”Well said.”
Geffen was really shocked, especially the pure music album. Liang Kun played Chinese national musical instruments in a variety of styles, including pop, rock and Chinese style. The song ”game of rights” he also heard the taste of Western Fantasy, which can be used in the film series of the Lord of the rings.
He contacted Spielberg and film producer Stewart and told them that they didn't have to find anyone else to make soundtrack. Liang Kun's songs were of amazing quality. The two also talked to Liang Kun by phone and were ready to take the time to sign the soundtrack contract again.
Gefen asked curiously, ”what is the inspiration for your main song game of Thrones? You played this style of music with national instruments?”
”Inspired by the American novel song of ice and fire, it is a medieval fantasy. This song should be played more appropriately by the symphony orchestra, but I couldn't find an orchestra to cooperate at that time. I only knew some people in the folk music circle.” Liang Kun sighed.
”How many instruments can you play now?” Geffen asked. At Liang Kun's current age, he is young and promising to play an instrument in a famous symphony orchestra, but he has made up this atmospheric music.
”There are more than ten kinds of Chinese national musical instruments, especially flute, suona and erhu. I'm also good at guitar, piano and violin,” Liang Kun replied.
Gefen said with some regret, ”you shouldn't study national musical instruments. Although your pure music album is wonderful, it's only minority music after all. With your talent, you shouldn't spend time studying those. Now you don't play folk music.”
”In fact, I didn't practice for long. I learned things very fast. The level of a musical instrument is not low after a month's practice. I learned to make movies and learned it while acting. I take my hobby as a job.”