Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

The 1997 NBA All-Star Game was held in Cleveland, a small city in the United States.

When Chen Qiming arrived here, the whole city was filled with the atmosphere of the NBA All-Star Game.

The streets and alleys are full of posters of NBA stars.

Among them, Jordan's posters were the most numerous, almost filling the entire city.

The day before the All-Star game started, Chen Qiming took a tour of Cleveland under the guidance of the staff and also went to a nearby basketball court to experience it.

In the court, Chen Qiming also met an NBA star.

Kobe Bryant, the 13th overall pick last year, was first selected by the Hornets and then traded by the Los Angeles Lakers.

This Black Mamba, who in the dream will become the number one star in the NBA in the future, still has an afro, and his figure is much thinner than in the dream.

What Chen Qiming didn't expect was that Kobe Bryant was still his fan.

The two chatted for a while, and according to him, he liked to play music during training.

Among them, he has several English albums by Chen Qiming in recent years.

Not only English records, but also his Chinese records, Kobe treasured several of them.

Chen Qiming was influenced by the dream and quite liked Kobe Bryant.

He gave Kobe a signed vinyl copy of the front page of "Baby" and took a photo with him.

Before leaving, he also asked Kobe to give him something as a souvenir.

Kobe signed the first jersey he wore after entering the NBA and gave it to Chen Qiming. He smiled and joked that if he became an All-Star in the future, he would definitely let Chen Qiming compose a BGM song for him.

On February 1997th, the NBA All-Star Game was officially held.

This year's All-Star Weekend will be held over three days.

The first day is the press conference of the top 50 NBA stars and the rookie game.

After the press conference of the top 50 players, there will be a rookie game.

Although Chen Qiming had no singing duties on this day, he still attended the event that day.

He put on the jersey given to him by Kobe Bryant and sat in the front row, cheering for Kobe.

In this rookie game, last year, that is, in 1996, the golden generation all appeared. Iverson, the top pick of the Eastern Team, scored 19 points and 9 assists. He sent 8 assists in the first half, giving the Eastern Team a 15-point advantage. , and finally won 96-91.

The Eastern team's top scorer was Anthony Walker, who scored 20 points, and Camby had 18 points and 12 rebounds.

For the Western Conference team, Kobe Bryant scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 7 turnovers, while top prospect Sharif Abdul-Rahim scored 17 points.

Needless to say, the Blacksmith King is beginning his evolutionary journey.

That afternoon, some news about the NBA rookie game appeared in many American basketball newspapers.

Chen Qiming has also been described at considerable length.

The image of him wearing Kobe Bryant's No. 8 Lakers jersey and cheering for Kobe in the stands was quoted by many newspapers.

The first day of competition ended and the competition continued on the second day.

The next day was the three-point contest and dunk contest.

In the three-point contest, the Bulls' Steve Kerr scored 21 points in the semifinals and 22 points in the final, defeating defending champion Tim Legere to win the three-point title.

Kobe continued to participate in the slam dunk contest and defeated Chris Carr and Michael Finley with a crotch-switching dunk to win the 1997 Dunk King.

All-Star day three.

It’s also the day of the race.

Chen Qiming will perform as a guest performer before the half-time break, and the top 50 superstars will appear on the stage.

Chen Qiming plans to sing "My Heart Will Go On".

This song is not only popular in the United States, but also has a huge reputation.

It was one of the top 1994 songs of selected by Rolling Stone magazine, and it is also Chen Qiming's longest-lasting song on the list (Billboard).

It stayed at the top of the Billboard chart for eleven weeks and stayed on the chart for fifty-eight weeks, making it the longest-running song on the Billboard chart in recent years.

Not only that, even this year, it will enter the list again from time to time. Although it is not at the top, it is enough to show its popularity.

It is said that Rolling Stone magazine has listed this song among the 90 most influential songs of the s, and is just waiting for the arrival of the new century.

At midfield, the players from the East and West returned to the locker room, and the 50th began to prepare to take the field.

The staff led the microphone cord into the center of the field.

"Chen, come on!"

In the aisle, as soon as Chen Qiming came out, he saw Kobe Bryant waving to him.

Chen Qiming smiled and clapped his hands with him.

"Now, let us give warm applause to invite Jamie Chen from China!"

The announcer's voice drawled.

Accompanied by the announcer's voice, a beam of light suddenly shot towards the exit channel, and Chen Qiming's figure also appeared on the big screen. In the light, Chen Qiming trotted out with his hands raised.

“Ahh… Jamie Chen!”

"Ah ah ah..."

Chen Qiming's reputation in the United States cannot be underestimated.

As soon as he appeared on the big screen, the fans in the stands cheered.

The Hollywood stars in the front row applauded enthusiastically.

The cheers from the audience exploded in the stadium, and the whole place shouted "Jamie Chen!"

""My Heart Will Go On" is for everyone." Chen Qiming took the microphone from the staff and blew a kiss to the audience.

The melody of "My Heart Will Go On" sounded.

The audience's cheers gradually died down during the melody.

Chen Qiming put the microphone to his mouth and sang softly.

"Every night in my dreams"

"I see you I feel you see you, feel you"

"That is how I know you go on"

"Far across the distance and spaces between us across the space and distance of our hearts"

……

"My Heart Will Go On" is actually not very suitable for today's occasion.

But it's okay.

It's classic enough and enough fans like it, and that's enough.

When Chen Qiming was singing, from time to time he could hear the audience singing along from the audience.

It's incredible, to be honest. .

You know, American audiences never like to sing along.

Don't look at the American fans going crazy at the concert.

But that was purely for fun.

If you don't have the self-awareness to hand over the microphone to them at this time, you will definitely humiliate yourself.

Because when you stop, they'll look at you like you're a fool.

However, this situation has changed here with Chen Qiming.

Something has changed since his first North American concert.

When he sings, the fans in the audience always sing along.

Chen Qiming even tried not to sing.

But even so, these audiences did not stop, but continued to hum like Asian fans.

"CAM, come together!"

At the climax, Chen Qiming raised the microphone and shouted loudly.

"You're here there's nothing I fear"

“And I know that my heart will go onI know my heart is dependent on you”

"We'll stay forever this way"

The audience actually sang along, and the chorus was loud.

Chen Qiming sang and interacted with the audience in the auditorium.

He also put his NBA All-Star Game hat on the head of a little white boy, which made the boy very excited. After the song ended, the stadium's dazzling lights were turned on again, and Chen Qiming could finally see all the spectators clearly.

There was a huge crowd of people, and all the densely packed figures stood up and applauded enthusiastically.

"Thank you everybody!" After Chen Qiming thanked him, he waved and left the stage. The audience above the aisle stretched out their hands to him, and he jumped up and gave them high-fives one by one.

"Very, very good! Jamie Chen, wonderful performance! Perfect!" Stern, the president of the NBA, came up to him backstage and shook Chen Qiming's hand enthusiastically.

"Chen! Perfect performance!"

"Hi Chen!"

Behind Stern, there are big and thick men.

These are today's protagonists, the top fifty superstars in the NBA.

Jordan came up with his swarthy bald head, "I'm Michael Jordan, this is definitely a great performance!"

"Thank you, but today I am just a supporting role, and you are the protagonist.

Now, it's time to enjoy your moment! "

Chen Qiming smiled and shook hands with the NBA superstar.

The two chatted for a while, and the announcer had already begun to announce the entrance of the top 50 superstars.

Jordan is one of the top 50 superstars, and although he is only ranked at the bottom of the top 50 superstars, this is purely an attempt by the league to attract attention.

There is no doubt that he must be the most concerned person in Fifty Dali.

Therefore, there will only be more and not less work about him.

Therefore, the two of them said goodbye and left without chatting for a few words.

The NBA All-Star Game is over and there are still a few days before the Super Bowl. Chen Qiming cannot be idle.

Warner made a plan for him to continue promoting the album "Baby".

On the first day, he attended the premiere of "Unstoppable Miracle".

The release of this movie has been nothing short of bumpy.

It was originally planned to be released in December, but was postponed to February this year because the movies in the same period were too strong.

Back then, Chen Qiming visited the crew of The Unstoppable Miracle and was even popular with them.

This month "Unstoppable Miracle" is released, and Tom Cruise invited him again.

Coincidentally, the sales of "Baby" have recently shown a sharp decline, so Warner took this opportunity to let Chen Qiming increase his exposure to increase record sales.

At the premiere of "The Unstoppable Miracle", Chen Qiming attended the red carpet with Charlize.

To be honest, this really added a wave of heat to Charlize.

The American media are speculating whether he is dating Charlize.

According to Charlize, in the next few days, she often found reporters following her, just to take photos with Chen Qiming.

In addition to attending the premiere of "The Unstoppable Miracle", Chen Qiming also attended the celebration party of "The Lonely Agent".

The final box office of this film in North America was more than 70 million US dollars.

The investment in the film was only 10 million US dollars. Even excluding the theater chain share and publicity budget, the North American box office share alone made Qiming Film and Warner make a lot of money.

Next, Warner will start preparing to promote the film to Europe, and is currently negotiating with theaters in various European countries.

Andy Lau and John Woo were both present at the celebration party for "The Last Man".

The two of them have been very popular recently.

Because of this movie, Andy Lau received several Hollywood film offers. Although he was not invited to be the protagonist, his Hollywood door has obviously been opened.

But John Woo's side is smoother.

Fox originally planned to have John Woo shoot a movie for them this year.

After the success of "One Man", Paramount directly came up with an A-level project and invited John Woo to be the director.

"Congratulations, I wish your drama a hit!"

At the celebration banquet, Chen Qiming raised his wine glass to congratulate John Woo.

"Thank you! I also have to thank you for letting me film "The Lonely Agent". If it weren't for this film, I wouldn't have been able to get this investment!"

John Woo seemed a little high-spirited.

Yes, he was already doing well in Hollywood.

The success of "The Lonely Agent" made him famous in Hollywood.

This movie has a box office of more than 70 million US dollars in North America alone, and the final global box office will definitely not be less than 100 million.

And how much investment did this film cost?

Ten million dollars!

The starring role is Andy Lau, who is not famous in Hollywood.

For such a movie, John Woo has achieved such great success.

Hollywood film and television companies naturally have full confidence in him.

The unexpected invitation from Paramount is proof of this.

"By the way, how about discussing something with you?"

After drinking the red wine in his hand, John Woo suddenly said.

"You tell me!" Chen Qiming motioned for him to speak directly.

“Although Paramount has given me a lot of authority, there is actually no unity internally.

Some people are still worried that my project will fail.

So, to give them a little more confidence, I'm going to ask you to be in this movie.

You are famous, and you have "Anaconda" as your background.

If you join, Paramount will definitely let go! "

After a pause, he continued: “You don’t have to worry about the script.

I have read this script and it is definitely a very good script. "

"What type?" Chen Qiming asked.

“Gunfights, agents, the project is called Face.

This is the type of two-hero movie that I'm best at.

You should trust me when it comes to me directing a two-hero movie! "Wu Yusen said with pride.

Indeed, John Woo is very good at two-hero movies.

His roles in Hong Kong's "A Better Tomorrow", "Across the World" and "The Detective" are all standard two-hero movies, and they have all achieved very good results.

"Paramount's scheduled starring roles are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

Although these two people are famous and have strong box office appeal, I feel that they are not suitable, so I plan to replace them.

I’ve offered Nicolas Cage a role.

Nicolas Cage just won the Oscar for Best Actor last year. Let him play opposite you, it should be quite impressive! "

John Woo was joking.

"Ha..." Chen Qiming smiled, this was indeed a good idea.

Playing opposite the Oscar-winning actor will be of great help in improving your status as a film and television star.

Moreover, John Woo said that his project is "Face".

Chen Qiming remembers that the film in his dream seemed to have achieved great success.

With a global box office of more than 200 million US dollars, it is John Woo's most classic movie in Hollywood.

"Would Paramount accept me? And would it increase their confidence?

You know, I have only acted in "Anaconda" in Hollywood. "

"You don't need to belittle yourself. Although you have only starred in a Hollywood movie, your acting skills have already been recognized.

Add to that your worldwide popularity, and Paramount would be happy to have you on board. "

John Woo explained.

"OK! Then you should communicate with Paramount first!

If Paramount agrees, I can star. "Chen Qiming nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)