Chapter 224: Let’s Make a Knot

Compared with last year's first North American tour, Deng Lijun's tour this year has obviously jumped a level, which can be seen from the choice of venues. In New York, it is Lincoln Center, and in Los Angeles, it is the Los Angeles Music Center in the city center. It is recognized as a gathering place of local culture and art.

Of course, people enjoy music in these professional concert halls, and the experience is definitely better.

Like the Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles Music Center was also built in the 1960s and is divided into three parts: the concert hall, namely the Dorothy Chandler Hall, the repertory theater, and the theater, the fourth building - the famous rthall, the walt disney concert hall, will not be completed until the next century.

The famous Dorothy Chandler Hall has more than 3,000 seats, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra is resident here. Zubin Mehta, the music director of the New York Philharmonic that Tang Huan met at Lincoln Center, Before jumping ship, he served as the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1962 to 1978.

It can be said that the current performance of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra is really mediocre. It is entirely due to the successor Ernest Martin Fleischmann's good management that it will change its position in the future.

Also, it has to be said that Dorothy Chandler Hall has been home to the Academy Awards since 1969, and the stunt will continue for a few more years. And Deng Lijun's concert will be held here.

The Los Angeles area is one of the areas with a relatively dense distribution of Chinese. Coupled with the relationship with Hollywood, there are not a few people from the entertainment industry who immigrated here.

Before the concert starts. Tang Huan then met many Chinese stars, among which Liu Jiachang and Zhen Zhen attracted the most attention. They had to rush to settle in the United States because of the uproar caused by Gu Minglun's fall from the building.

To be honest, Liu Jiachang is very talented, and even more commendable is that he is smart enough to obtain wealth and beautiful women by virtue of his talent.

Otherwise, in terms of talent alone, Xiangjiang's Gu Jiahui is not bad. But it's not just that I can only work hard for TVB.

Liu Jiachang's shrewdness was initially manifested in the fact that in 1962, as an overseas Chinese student, he went from South Korea to Baodao to study at university. Because of political needs, there were a lot of care for such students in terms of rules at that time.

In terms of career, he has a precise vision, composing popular songs and film soundtracks, acting as an actor and film director, etc., he is very busy, and finally became famous with the movie "Late Autumn" in 1972, and the movie "Plum Blossom" in 1975. It also made him famous and rich.

Especially the movie "Plum Blossom" further illustrates Liu Jiachang's talent in speculation.

The general climate at that time was the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan in 1972. Because of its colonial history, Treasure Island has close contacts with Japan. The high-level people may understand this change, but the reaction of the people can be said to be very frustrated. Although it is not to the extent that they felt abandoned by the United States last year, their attitudes have also turned cold, so in the field of literature and art , anti-Japanese themes became a trend, and it was against this background that the movie "Plum Blossom" won a lot of applause.

And the theme song of the same name "Plum Blossom", which Liu Jiachang took the lyrics and music, was performed by Deng Lijun. It was praised for a while, but because the plum blossom was designated as the so-called "national flower". Naturally, it is inevitably endowed with political meanings, which can be seen from the fact that it was unknown in the mainland decades later in the original time and space.

Like the other directors of Baodao. Liu Jiachang also filmed a lot of Qiong Yao-themed movies, and even danced the pickaxe wildly. He successfully dug Xie Xian's corner and snatched Zhen Zhen from his hands, making the two finally divorced.

Just when Liu Jiachang was enjoying the spring breeze, actor Gu Minglun, who had already talked about marriage with female singer Zhang Lu, suddenly fell to his death, and the public was in an uproar. Quietly ran to the United States.

But smart people can get along no matter where they go. Liu Jiachang started restaurants, hotels and other businesses in Los Angeles, and formed a "Odiwei Records Company" with Chen Qili, the boss of the Zhulian Gang.

In the original time and space, Liu Jiachang even had a side-by-side fight with the political arena afterwards. What's more, because he was suspected of hollowing out the capital increase of several companies in Baodao as much as NT$600 million, he and Zhen Zhen got a ten-year wanted warrant.

No matter how the wind is judged, Liu Jiachang's life is exciting enough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a big winner in life.

But these are not worth Tang Huan’s attention to Liu Jiachang. Deng Lijun's selling well, provoking a dispute between the two queens, and then frenziedly brushing up the sense of existence, this seems to be mean.

However, the scheming Tang Huan couldn't express his personal likes and dislikes on his face. He chatted with Cheng Long who came to join in the fun, "Aaron, is the filming of "Killer's Trenches" finished?"

"It's almost there. It is estimated that it will be released in the United States in September." Cheng Long's eyes flashed with excitement, "If Mr. Tang has time, please come and join us."

It is not so easy for outsiders to make a living in Hollywood. In the original time and space, "Killer's Trenches" had a mediocre response in the United States, but in Xiangjiang, the stronghold of Golden Harvest, it was even more dismal, with a box office of only more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars. .

"Is Golden Harvest co-published with Warner?" Tang Huan asked rhetorically.

"Yes." Cheng Long nodded.

"I'll try my best." Tang Huan rubbed his stubbled chin, "One is because there are too many things, and the other is because I am fighting to the death with Warner's game console company, and I am afraid that I will cause you trouble."

"This... is so complicated." Cheng Long scratched his hair and made a smirk.

"Even if I can't be there, I'll still be there." Tang Huan patted Cheng Long's shoulder with a smile, his eyes fell on Lin Qingxia who was talking happily with Zhen Zhen, and suddenly remembered something, so he got up and left Passed over, "Qing Xia. Come here, I have something to discuss with you."

Under the strange eyes of Zhen Zhen and others, Lin Qingxia blushed slightly. Some reluctantly came over, "What is it? Do you have to say it in front of so many people?"

"Isn't this a matter of urgency? I'm going to attend a very important banquet tomorrow. You can be my girlfriend and go with me." Before Lin Qingxia could evade, Tang Huan raised his hand to stop him, and said domineeringly, "That's it, let's go pick out dresses together tomorrow morning."

After seeing Tang Huan finished speaking, he walked away. Lin Qingxia stamped her feet in dissatisfaction, but she had no choice but to return to her place.

"Who was that person just now? It looks like a good match for you." Zhen Zhen joked.

"Just an ordinary friend." Lin Qingxia replied sullenly.

"Ordinary friends are worthy of your occasional joy and resentment." Lin Qingxia's city, as a person who has been there, Zhen Zhen, can see through it at a glance.

Lin Qingxia responded silently. When Deng Lijun came on stage in all her costumes and started singing, the look in her eyes became more complicated.

Just like when she was performing at Lincoln Center, Deng Lijun sang mainly Mandarin songs besides two English classics such as "jambalya".

The atmosphere of this concert was obviously more enthusiastic than the previous one. This also illustrates the regional differences in the distribution of Chinese in the United States.

There was also an episode during the period, the singing stage, after a little girl ordered a birthday song for her mother. A man rushed to hand in a note, but Deng Lijun smiled and showed it on the spot, "Sir, did you order a wordless book?"

Everyone in the audience looked at it one after another, and found that it was a blank sheet of paper, and immediately burst into laughter.

Seeing this scene, Tang Huan also shook his head with great interest, but he frowned quickly, because he was booed by everyone. Liu Jiachang was pushed to the stage to sing "Plum Blossom" with Deng Lijun.

He was a little upset when he heard the crowd chanting "Master and apprentice cooperate to sing a song". Don't bring such a hitchhiker.

No matter how much Tang Huan complained, this session really pushed the atmosphere of the concert to a new peak.

Because I will attend Carter's banquet tomorrow. Although Tang Huan was able to achieve peace of mind strategically, he still needed to deal with it seriously tactically, so he stopped enjoying the next night concert, wrote a note for his subordinates to give to Deng Lijun, and then went back to rest.

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No matter how troubled Lin Qingxia, who had the most trouble doing the multiple-choice questions, was obediently dragged by Tang Huan to choose a banquet dress the next day.

Seeing the serious attitude of the man beside him, Lin Qingxia couldn't help being a little curious, and joked, "It's a little strange for a big man like you to accompany a little girl like me to buy clothes together."

"No way, if I want to meet the president of the United States, I can't let the image of the Chinese be damaged." Tang Huan replied with a smile.

"Stop scaring people." Lin Qingxia snorted.

But when she walked into the Hilton Hotel with Tang Huan and saw the well-dressed celebrities, the humble reception staff, and the looming security guards, she couldn't help believing it, and immediately became nervous.

Feeling the trembling of Lin Qingxia's little hand, Tang Huan smiled, and pecked the other person's lips with his probe, "Your body proportions are really a clothes rack. Among the women at the banquet today, you must be the most beautiful."

Lin Qingxia, who was successfully attacked by Tang Huan and made the two of them so intimate for the first time, scratched the man's big hand with her fingernails in embarrassment, but after being harassed by the other party, her mood calmed down.

There is no doubt that this banquet is a show, and it is used to win connections. Those who can come to join in the fun, either have a lot of gold coins or high prestige, but no matter what, there are not many oriental faces, like Tang Huanhe A handsome man and beautiful woman like Lin Qingxia, at best, stand out from the crowd, but at worst, they are lonely.

Fortunately, Tang Huan's mouth can not only make his woman fascinated, but also his ability to communicate with strangers is at the forefront of the world.

However, it was obvious that he was exploring the map too fast. After the fog cleared, he found that his opponent was unexpectedly standing in front of him. Rose, introduced by an enthusiastic guy next to him, made his debut.

As soon as the identities were compared, the two sides immediately understood each other's origin and position, and Tang Huan's brain reacted faster. He was the first to say hello.

Steve Rose looked at Tang Huan for a while, and when shaking hands, he said, "I heard that the market scope of Xiaobawang game consoles has now expanded to the whole world. New supporting advertisements will come out soon."

"It's just a small game console, and the profit is not high. Compared with Atari and Warner, which have big families and businesses, they are far behind." Tang Huan replied with a smile.

In the original time and space, due to the great success of the 1982 movie "e.t. Aliens", Steve Ross began to negotiate with Steven Spielberg and Universal Pictures, planning to develop a game of the same name.

By the end of July of the same year, Warner announced that it had obtained the exclusive rights to develop arcade and home console games for the film.

While the licensing details were not disclosed in the statement, Atari is said to have paid Universal about $20 million to $25 million for the rights to develop the game. This was an unusually high price at the time.

Of course, this game became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel, and Atari completely entered the countdown to collapse.

Steve Ross's business experience is right, and his business talent is definitely one of the best, but he didn't realize the particularity of video games and even the entire high-tech industry, but it didn't help.

So Tang Huan currently has no plans to fight Steve Ross. When Atari loses enough to Warner, they will naturally sell it. Obviously, there will be no direct competition between the two parties.

But Steve Ross, a Hollywood tycoon, is not as far-sighted as Tang Huan. It can be predicted that Warner will abandon Atari in the future and withdraw from the video game industry.

You know, Warner spent more than 20 million US dollars. Bought Atari from Bushnell, and finally kicked it away under the infamy. Finally, the Atari 2600, which spent a total of 100 million US dollars in research and development expenses, began to make money.

As a result, within a year of being happy, the Xiaobawang game console jumped out and began to compete with the Atari 2600.

According to a report by Atari Casa, the total North American sales of Xiaobawang game consoles this year are very likely to exceed 1 billion US dollars, almost reaching 60% of the entire home video game market in North America. This is really enviable. .

Obviously, if there is no bully game consoles appear out of thin air. This big cake will all belong to Atari.

What made Steve Ross bleed even more was that Tang Huan actually let EA recently. With a lot of money earned from selling Xiaobawang game consoles, he bought 40% of the shares of United Artists. It is very likely that this will enter Hollywood.

Thinking of this, Steve Ross, who is 53 years old this year, feels a thorn in his heart. This little guy has such a steady and ruthless vision. It is said that he has developed and grown by himself, and has become a myth of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship. This is a new typical example, this is too evil.

Regardless of the ruthless use and cruel betrayal in the mall, Tang Huan still admires the business talent of Steve Ross, a Jew. With the help of his father-in-law who runs a funeral home, he started from building a taxi fleet and now he has entered Hollywood. In a few years, it will merge with Times to become Time Warner, which can be described as one peak after another.

It's a pity that Tang Huan's peaceful attitude made Steve Ross mistakenly think that he was pretending to be a winner, and Tang Huan had been very active before, which made the jealous Steve even more ? Ross decided that he was an opportunist, so he turned a cold face and returned the color, acting like I'm just putting it on the face to make you displeased.

You know, Tang Huan employs thousands of employees, and when he sits in the middle of a meeting, there are at least dozens of elites bowing their heads and obediently, which is completely worthy of being called a high-ranking person.

Naturally, the arrogance accumulated in Tang Huan's heart can be imagined.

I can laugh at myself and belittle myself. I can be regarded as a corporal and approachable, but you can't push your nose on your face.

Tang Huan nodded with a smile, turned and left, and sat back in his seat.

I'm sorry, we've made a rift. I want Warner to be cheated by Atari, and Time Warner will be cheated by AOL. I hope you don't live until the 1990s like in the original time and space.

Lin Qingxia accidentally saw the sharpness in Tang Huan's eyes, and couldn't help being startled. She quickly grabbed his hand and asked softly, "Why do you look a little unhappy?"

"Not to mention, I just met a competitor in business, and I didn't talk speculatively." Tang Huan replied lightly, holding Lin Qingxia's soft little hand instead, and interlocking his fingers domineeringly.

Lin Qingxia gave Tang Huan a white look, but did not resist.

At this time, a voice came from the door, "Mr. President has arrived", and the banquet hall fell silent, and the waiting people stood up to greet him.

In fact, due to the delay in resolving the Iranian hostage crisis, Carter's reputation has been seriously damaged, and even Oscar ridiculed him.

On April 14 this year at the 52nd Academy Awards Ceremony held at the Dorothy Chandler Hall in Los Angeles, the well-known comedian Johnny Carson, who served as the host, verbally thanked the President of the United States, Jimmy Carson. Carter did a lot to make this ceremony "air" smoothly.

However, in fact, it is impossible for the President of the United States to have any influence on the normal broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony.

The English word "release" for "broadcast" also means release. Obviously, Johnny is using this American humor to irony Jimmy's inaction in the Iran hostage crisis.

This kind of bad-mouthing in public opinion can cause damage to reputation, which can be said to be very fatal.

So when he saw Carter appearing, Tang Huan couldn't help muttering in his heart, do you know that you won't be able to sit on the presidency for a few months? (to be continued)

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