Chapter 449 The New Year's Eve Party, The Single Exploded
After defeating the grizzly bear, the sun took two days off, and the New Year arrived.
Chen Yan flew to Los Angeles on the 31st, and he planned to stay with Swift on New Year's Eve.
On the night of New Year's Eve, Chen Yan originally wanted to attend the countdown party to New Year's Eve in Los Angeles' famous Grand Park. This is a square that spans multiple blocks and is connected to the Los Angeles Music Center. It has a wide area, full of festive decorations and New Year's Eve celebrations.
A food, drink and entertainment booth, since the year it opened, it has been the largest New Year's Eve countdown party venue on the West Coast of the United States. When the first second of the New Year enters, more than tons of colorful paper shreds fall from the sky, and various gorgeous fireworks will rise.
The sky and people's cheers will echo throughout the square.
Chen Yan really wanted to experience this kind of New Year's Eve feeling, but after discussing with Swift, he decided to forget it. With his current popularity, when he appears in such a public event, people will see him instead of shredded paper and fireworks.
This is the trouble with being famous, you can't do whatever you want.
Later, Chen Yan and Swift were invited to attend a celebrity party.
After walking around, Chen Yan found that many people looked familiar, but most of them he didn't recognize. Although he had released a single, he had not yet entered the entertainment industry.
To be honest, Chen Yan doesn't like this kind of social party. He prefers to play games at home during this time. Chen Yan has two completely different personalities on and off the court. On the court, he is confident and steals the show.
He is very quiet off the court and prefers to be alone.
He was brought here tonight by Swift, who felt that getting to know more people in the entertainment industry would be good for her future development.
"Hey! Chen!" At this moment, a voice came from behind the two of them.
Chen Yan looked back and saw Beckham looking at him with a smile on his face while holding a glass of wine.
Beckham plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy and often comes to Staples to watch Lakers games. Chen Yan has seen him on the sidelines more than once. The two have taken photos and had a brief exchange, so they are considered acquaintances.
"Hey! David, long time no see. How are you doing?" Chen Yan asked.
"I have been busy signing contracts recently. I just completed the signing with Milan and will be returning to Europe in a few days." Beckham said with a smile.
"Congratulations, returning to the five major leagues will be a new beginning!" Chen Yan congratulated.
"Thank you, come to Italy to watch me play football." Beckham beamed. It was obvious that returning to the five major leagues made him feel very happy.
"No problem, I just have plans to go to Europe for vacation during the offseason."
The two chatted with each other, and Chen Yan felt that he had more topics to talk with sports stars than entertainment stars.
After Beckham nodded and said hello, he called his two sons, the eldest son Brooklyn and the second son Romeo.
Chen Yan touched the heads of the two boys. These two boys obviously did not inherit Xiaobei's beauty, and their genes were biased by the hot girls.
Halfway through the conversation, Xiaobei introduced his fellow British man, the famous director Christopher Nolan, to Chen Yan.
"Christopher, hello! I like your director's The Magic very much. I have watched it more than once. I also like the Batman series." Chen Yan said enthusiastically.
"Thank you, thank you very much. I also appreciate your performance on the field."
Nolan replied politely. In fact, he had never seen Chen Yan play. He had no interest in basketball. He only knew that the big man in front of him was a basketball player.
Nolan was not interested in basketball, but there was a director who was very interested in basketball. After finishing the chat with Nolan, Spike Lee approached Chen Yan.
"Chen, your recent performance is really impressive. How many points did you score in the last game? 60? 62? It's incredible. You are the second Kobe. After him, this is the first time I have seen someone like this.
Score points."
Spike Lee is Kobe's biggest fan, and it's not hard to hear it from his words.
"Hahaha, thank you, this is a very high praise." Chen Yan smiled.
Spike Lee continued: "I think you are also very artistically talented. I was just listening to the song you released recently, i-gotta-feeling~that-tonight's-gonna-be-a-good-night
~that-tonight’s-gonna-be-a-good-good-night~”
Spike Lee started singing in the middle of the song, and he didn't forget to twist his body while singing. He looked very happy.
Not only Chen Yan and Swift, but everyone around them was also amused by Spike Lee's performance.
Chen Yan joked: "I should really invite you to sing this song, it is definitely more expressive than my original singer."
Spike Lee gasped and waved his hands: "I'm not good at singing. What I'm good at is making movies. Are you interested in participating in "One Up 2"?"
"Making a movie?" Chen Yan asked.
"Yes." Spike Lee replied.
Chen Yan can't say how much he likes making movies, but he always wants to try it when he has the opportunity. Just like when he releases a single, as long as his personal performance is online, no matter whether he is releasing songs or making movies, no one will say that he is not doing his job properly. After careful calculation, O'Neal actually used
He has appeared in nearly 20 movies during his break. Chen Yan's image and temperament are better, and his acting career is wider. He thinks there should be no problem in making 40 movies in his career, right?
"Of course, I'd love to try to diversify, it would be fun."
Seeing that Chen Yan agreed, Spike Lee was overjoyed and began to envision their cooperation.
The first "One Up" was a basketball-themed movie released in 1998, starring Ray Allen, who was still a rookie at the time, and veteran actor Denzel Washington.
The film became a huge sensation upon its release and was nominated for five awards at the American Black Film Festival: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Soundtrack. Not only did it become the most popular film in history,
One of the great basketball movies, and also regarded as the masterpiece of the famous black director Spike Lee.
The story tells that the protagonist is a nationally famous high school basketball star, but his family is not perfect like many NBA stars. His mother was accidentally killed by his father (Denzel Washington) in a domestic violence incident, and his father Jack
As a result, he was imprisoned. The protagonist raised his sister alone for many years, and through his own efforts, he became famous in Coney Island, New York, and became the target of many universities across the country.
The protagonist's basketball career has just started, but his father suddenly received a parole order, on the condition that he must convince the protagonist to sign with the governor's alma mater, Dazhou University. However, the protagonist could not forgive his father at first, and refused to work with him
Meet or communicate. As the signing deadline approaches, everyone around the protagonist is bribed by agents from various universities or NBA, and they all want to get a piece of the protagonist's money, which makes him very troubled.
At this moment, the father proposed to challenge his son to a duel. If the father won, the son would have to sign a contract with Dashu University. The father, who was in his middle years, was no longer his son's opponent. The protagonist defeated his father cleanly 11-5.
But during the duel, the protagonist discovered that he still loved his father deep down, because it was his father who led him to the path of basketball. In the end, he chose to help his father and signed with Dazhou University.
Chen Yan had seen this movie in his previous life. In this movie about the love and hatred between a father and his son, the seemingly inexperienced Ray Allen gave a very good performance, which complemented the film's excellent reputation without any trace of a layman.
His performance is inseparable from Spike Lee's training. Chen Yan feels that if Ray Allen can do it, he can do it too.
So here comes the question...
Chen Yan looked into Spike Lee's eyes and asked: "The protagonist in the first film is a black man. If I play the role in the second film, he will become a yellow man. Isn't this inappropriate?"
Spike Lee was stunned for a moment and then smiled and said: "Chen, movies don't just have protagonists, sometimes a supporting role leaves a deeper impression on the audience."
Chen Yan thought for a while, and it seemed to make sense, so he immediately asked again: "What kind of supporting role is it?"
Spike Lee thought for a moment and then said: "We won't know until the script comes out."
Chen Yan was dumbfounded after hearing this. He said that the script has not yet been decided and there are no actors yet?
Chen Yan felt that he had been tricked by Spike Lee.
Spike Lee looked serious: "Don't worry, I will contact you as soon as the script is ready, and be sure to leave your schedule with me."
Chen Yan promised Spike Lee, but in his heart he felt that this little old man was not very reliable...
At 12:30 in the morning, after celebrating New Year's Eve, Chen Yan and Swift left the party. They did not go back home, but went to a five-star hotel near the party. A change of environment would be more refreshing. This is also
It's a kind of fun.
The new year has officially arrived. The night sky is full of flames, gorgeous fireworks can be seen everywhere, and Chen Yan and Taylor Swift are also firing in the room.
The two of them are also welcoming the new year in the way young people like most.
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"List!!!"
I don’t know how long I slept for, but Chen Yan was woken up by Swifty’s scream.
Chen Yan sat up reflexively. Swift's scream made him think there was a fire, but when he opened his eyes, he saw nothing except Swift's happy and almost crazy smiling face.
"You took the No. 1 spot on Billboard! i-gotta-feeling is now No. 1 on Billboard!"
Billboard is an American music magazine founded in 1894. It contains introductions and rankings of many music types. The most important rankings are Billboard Hot 100 (single ranking) and Billboard 200 (album ranking). Among them, singles
The music ranking is currently recognized as the most authoritative list in the world.
"Are you kidding? Today is New Year's Day, not April Fool's Day." After saying this, Chen Yan was about to fall back to sleep, but was pulled up again by Luck.
"It's not a joke, you really did it, look!" Swift took out her phone, and what was displayed on the screen was the news that Chen Yan ranked first on the Billboard.
Chen Yan suddenly woke up after watching the whole song. His singing was just for fun and he didn't have too many expectations. It was beyond his expectation that the song ranked No. 1 on the Billboard in the first week after it was released.
Chen Yan is very excited. This is a different excitement than achieving success in basketball.
"You are a genius. If you had devoted yourself to music, you could be a big star by now!" Swift took a bite, regardless of whether she brushed her teeth or not.
"Baby, you should keep your voice down. If you keep shouting like that, the neighbor next door should complain." Chen Yan said with a smile.
Swift said disapprovingly: "The sound insulation effect of this hotel is very good."
Chen Yan thought for a while and nodded: "That's right. If the sound insulation effect was not good, we should have been complained last night."
Swift raised her fist and hit Chen Yan. She thought Chen Yan was very bad.
The news that Chen Yan's single topped the Billboard spread like wildfire, and many fans listened to it with the intention of giving it a try. This doubled the popularity of "i-gotta-feeling"
.
The outside world also thinks that Chen Yan is a musical genius and the song "see-you-again" is a completely different style.
O'Neal tweeted 6 times that day, expressing his determination to collaborate with Chen Yan on a single.
The two chatted easily, and they were both players signed by Li Ning, so they often had some interactions in private.
With the presence of Chen Yan, O'Neal no longer dares to brag that he is the best singing player in the NBA.