Chapter 825 Break dancing becomes popular in the Mainland

"Michael Jackson received a warm welcome at the airport. More than 600 reporters were waiting for the arrival of the King of Pop at Tokyo Narita Airport. This is also the second time he has come to Dongying since he performed as a member of the "Jackson5" band in 1973. .

  The first concert was held at Korakuen Stadium, the home of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team. More than 40,000 tickets were sold out within 5 hours of opening. The organizer said that it is in contact with Michael Jackson to negotiate an increase in the number of sessions.

  MJ's pet, Orangutan Bubble, arrived on another flight and was welcomed by more than 300 fans.

  For this concert, there is a cargo plane dedicated to transporting more than 22 trucks of equipment, more than 700 lights, 100 speakers, and 40 laser generators, ensuring the most perfect performance for the Tokyo audience. "

   "It's really crazy, crazy."

  In the room of the Okura Hotel, after booking in advance, Ronald finally ate the complete hair-style toast carefully prepared by the chef, which was combined with black tea, bacon, sausage, etc. Ronald was very happy to eat. Dongying people are good at taking the original simple food and cooking it carefully to create a different flavor.

   Diane, who had breakfast with him, picked up the front row tickets for the concert sent by MJ's manager Frank Dirio last night, and looked left and right.

   "It is said that a ticket has been copied at a sky-high price. If you want to sell these two front row tickets, it is estimated that a girl will agree to it on the spot."

   "What are you thinking about?" Ronald put his arms around Diane and sat on his lap, "Let's leave early, otherwise we will probably be stuck in the crowd waiting for the ticket refund at the door."

He exchanged contact information with director Wu, and signed a distribution agreement for "Dirty Dancing" with the theater chain under the name of Kadokawa Bookstore. He also held the promise of two big names in the entertainment industry in Japan, and only waited for the seven major producers after returning to Hollywood. The factory came to visit and seek cooperation.

  Complacent, Ronald simply extended his trip in East Asia, and then went to Xiangjiang to see if there was any opportunity for cooperation.

  MJ came to Tokyo to start his global tour of his new album "Bad" just after the film festival ended. Ronald received two tickets from Dilio, ready to be a fan with Diane.

At six o'clock in the evening, a row of lights in the Korakuen Stadium suddenly began to light up. Ronald and Diane immediately felt the volume brought by the 40,000 spectators shouting together, like waves, scraping across the stadium like an entity .

   "Pepsi Kuola, you're good at Carmela", a friendly female voice began to announce the sponsor's name on the loudspeaker in the venue, and Ronald vaguely recognized that it was Pepsi and Coney Camera.

  The drum beat started from slow to fast, and the sound became more and more serious. Finally, at a moment, all the lights illuminated the stage, and a row of people in leather clothes loomed in the make-up smoke.

   "Ah... ah... ah..."

  Amid the deafening yells from the live audience, the lasers began to draw bright lines on the stage. A man with a top hat and hair made like instant noodles appeared in the center of the stage wearing sunglasses.

  MJ unbuttoned the shiny diamond-encrusted leather jacket, put one hand on his crotch, and began to wriggle with the fast rhythm.

  The eyes of the audience were all focused on this strange man.

  The concert started with the new song "The Way You Make Me Feel" from the new album. The lasers flickered on and off with the rhythm, and all the audience couldn't help standing up and dancing to the rhythm.

  The audience at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo was mesmerized. Those guided by MJ cried whenever they wanted, laughed whenever they wanted, and clapped whenever they wanted, as if he was the God at this moment, taking whatever they wanted.

  Ronald only felt that the charisma of this kind of superstar was stronger than the best Hollywood movies. After all, it was a live performance, and the influence on the audience was different from the careful guidance of movies.

  The one-and-a-half-hour performance ended soon. The audience in Tokyo cooperated very well and exited slowly in an orderly manner.

   "These audiences really love MJ." Ronald saw that there were many female students wearing T-shirts watching the show, and lined up at the door to express his love by calling MJ's name.

   Ronald and Diane arrived at the hotel, Diane went to take a shower first, and the concert made people sweat.

   "I'm fine," Diane came out and shouted to Ronald wearing only a towel.

"CBS News 60 Minutes came here to do a live interview with MJ, and it will be broadcast simultaneously in America tomorrow." Ronald looked at the program on TV and lamented MJ's invincible popularity. News 60 Minutes is the oldest news interview program , Many people say that to understand America, just watch this show.

   Ronald also took a shower, the hot water washed away his fatigue, Ronald wiped his hair with a towel, and came out to find Diane.

   "No, Ronaldson doesn't need this kind of service."

   Diane happened to be answering the phone.

   "What service?" Ronald asked.

   "I don't know, someone called and asked if you want a woman, and he still speaks English."

   "Huh?" Ronald was puzzled. He had never received such an unsolicited call from Hotel Okura in Tokyo for several days.

   Diane hung up the phone with a snap.

   Ronald dried his hair, went to close the curtains, and came back to see Diane answering the phone again.

   "No, what? The prime minister's secret lover, then no. We don't need it, OK, please don't call."

   "What secret lover? That one again?" Ronald asked.

   "Yes, he said that their service is very good, they are the prime minister's secret lover, and it doesn't matter if there are women."

   Diane laughed as he spoke, the hobby of this Tokyo native is just weird.

  Ronald seemed to sense a little familiarity. He took the phone with a smile, "Hello? Michael, don't you take a break? I see you worked hard tonight."

  Diane opened his mouth beside him, what, is this a call from MJ?

   "He likes to call his friends, jokingly, and I have received it several times." Ronald explained to Diane while covering the microphone.

   "Hahaha, how did you recognize me?" MJ laughed loudly on the other end of the phone. He doesn't have many friends, so he likes to make pranks in hotels like this.

   "More than an hour is just a warm-up for me. Every time I finish singing, I feel better and can still sing for a while."

"Why, have you decided to sing a few more shows in Dongying?" Ronald understands that the concert is a great mobilization of the singer's body, just like a sports car with a warm-up engine. This kind of short concert of more than one hour, singing After finishing, the singer just reached the best state.

   "Yeah, yes, the fans here are the best, they are so enthusiastic, I decided to play five extra shows here, Yokohama, Osaka..."

   "Yes, they are really nice. I saw a lot of female students on the sidelines, calling out I love you MJ very enthusiastically."

   "Hahaha..." Michael Jackson, who was in good spirits, chatted with Ronald on the phone.

   "Where are you going next?"

   "Me, I will go to Xiangjiang to see the film market there. You know, besides coming to see your first world tour concert, I am also here to sell movie copies."

   "Hey, I'll see it if I have a chance." MJ was silent for a while, and then asked suddenly, "Do you know any officials from Mainland China?"

   "I'm not very familiar with it, I just met the mayor once. The factory I invested there has won an advanced award."

"I was in Tokyo and saw their documentary, 'Yangtze River', which was filmed by Dongying people in Huaguo. I like the scenery there very much, and I also want to go there for a concert. But my manager Dirio contacted However, no suitable person was found."

   "It is more difficult to get a visa there. When I went on a trip, I was able to get a visa because they were invited by the women's volleyball team that won the championship in the Olympics." Ronald recalled that he almost didn't get a visa back then.

   "I saw your news. You were at the film festival and seemed to be speaking Chinese with the director of Huaguo. Are you familiar with Huaguo? I really want to see it."

   "Well, I can make a few calls, but I can't guarantee anything.

   "It's really a mysterious country. If I can go there, I can do it as a tourist."

   "Then I will ask someone for help, and do you want to go to Xiangjiang? It is also in Huaguo, so travel is much more convenient."

   "Really? That's fine, I'm counting on you. I'll ask Dirio to contact you."

  …

  Leaving Tokyo, Ronald and Diane went to Xiangjiang together. Received a warm welcome from JackieChan.

   At the Fook Lam Moon Restaurant on Johnston Road in Wanchai, Jackie Chan called all his team members. The two who went to Los Angeles to help Ronald shoot commercials last time were also there. They are helping Jackie film a series of police stories.

"Michael Kisson is coming? That's a great thing. I'll call Amei right away. She really likes his new song. But is Michelle in Xiangjiang coming to the concert? Our place is worse than Dongying There are not many, there are no big venues, and there are not many fans who can listen to English songs."

"He probably has no plans. In Tokyo, they are held in baseball stadiums with 40,000 people. At most, he will come to Xiangjiang for a tour. His concert will continue in two weeks, but he has time to play around." Ronald While talking to JackieChan, he used chopsticks to pick up vegetables for Diane.

   "However, he really wants to hold a concert in the mainland, and he asked me to ask you, is there any way for you to contact him?"

"Hey, how can we have this ability?" Jackie Chan seemed to be jealous of this matter, he shook his head, "But Xiangjiang can arrange with Mr. Zou and Mr. Shao. Their relationship with the Governor of Hong Kong is just to say hello. .”

   "Well, I'll ask someone else." Ronald remembered the Chinese actor Chao Li he knew. He seemed to have an older brother who was in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.

  Ronald let go of his worries and began to eat Cantonese cuisine, all kinds of siu mei and seafood, his mouth was full of oil. He suddenly remembered something, "That's right, I heard that the movie 'Breakdance' I made a few years ago is very popular in China now, have you heard of it?"

   "No", Jackie Chan has no research on dance films, "Have you heard of it? You? You? You? Your Brother Luo's matter is my matter. If you hear it, just ask me."

  The martial artists shook their heads one by one, only the last thin martial artist remembered something, "I really want to hear it, isn't it called Thunderbolt Love? My girlfriend likes it."

   "What are you talking about, Thunderbolt Love? Brother Luo is talking about Breakdance, what's its original name? Go and find out."

   "Okay, brother, I'll go right away." The man immediately stood up and went to make a phone call.

After a while, the man came back in a hurry, "I asked La, after Luo Sheng's movie was released here, because it was a ghost movie, many people couldn't understand it. But Mr. Shao filmed a movie with him." A follow-up movie, the box office is not bad, it's called Thunderbolt Love."

  Then he took out two videotapes from a bag beside him, "My girlfriend is a dancer, and I happen to have the videotapes of these two movies, and I brought them to Luo Sheng."

   "Okay, you have merit, I'll give you an abalone, here..." Jackie Chan was very happy, and turned the abalone to him to eat.

   Then he handed two video tapes to Ronald, "This is your movie and our follow-up..."

   "Okay, I heard it." Ronald put down two videotapes. By the way, give a toast to the martial artist who helped.

  …

   "This seems to be the Chinese-dubbed version of breakdance I dreamed back then." Ronald returned to the suite of the Oriental Mandarin Hotel at night, found a VCR and started watching two video tapes.

   "Did you authorize them to publish the videotape for your break dance?" Diane also found it interesting watching the people in the movie directed by Ronald speak Chinese, and they all lip-synced.

   "No, this is dubbed by the mainland. They speak Mandarin, not Cantonese of Xiangjiang." Ronald fast forwarded for a while, and several scenes that were too intimate were deleted.

  “However, the price they offered was very low. There is also a buyout price of 20,000 US dollars for a movie. I can’t share the money.”

   As he spoke, Ronald stuffed the "Thunderbolt Love" filmed here in Xiangjiang into the video recorder.

   "Hahaha, what is this dance, it's not break dancing."

  Diane couldn't stop laughing. This "Thunderbolt Love" is obviously because of the trend of "Breakdancing", Shaw's rush to shoot follow-up works

   What's more interesting is that none of the people in it danced break dances, and they didn't have any charm and style of break dances. They were purely for a name and followed suit to make money.

  Ronald quickly flipped through it. The plot is very localized and has something to do with martial arts.

   "Shake Shake...Shake Shake..."

   Ronald watched a part of it patiently. There was nothing commendable in terms of technique and content.

   "Ring ring ring ring" the phone rings Ronald picks up the phone.

   "Mr. Ronald, it's your international call."

   "Hello..." Ronald asked the operator to pick it up, and a person was talking in the noise.

"Ronald, I'm Zhaoli. I've told you about Mr. Jackson's idea of ​​going to the mainland to hold a concert. After research there, it is not suitable for rock stars to hold concerts. As for travel, there Very welcome, visa is not a problem."

   "Can't hold a concert? I remember that John Denver went to a concert tour a few years ago?"

  “He is different. He is a country singer, and he sings songs praising the people. There are still many controversies about rock stars. If MJ travels, it is best to compare the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi.”

   "Okay, I'll pass it on. Thank you, Asari."

Ronald felt that he called MJ. He was very happy when he heard that he was allowed to travel in the mainland. He immediately called Dirio and planned to come to China for two days. concert.

  …

   "Ooh, crowned!"

  Zou Sheng and Shao Sheng, the two people who are in charge of the Xiangjiang film industry, jointly organized the party to welcome MJ. Both parties showed their skills to make the American superstar happy.

Zou Sheng asked the lion dance team to come to cheer for MJ and manager Dilio. This kind of vivid lion dance has dance and meaning, which made MJ very interested. He went down and lifted the lion's headgear to see how they danced. .

  Shao Sheng took out the heirloom costumes of the film company, and asked MJ to wear the emperor's costume and hat to take pictures. Let the interested MJ have a great time playing.

  “It’s very interesting. When I travel all over the world, I like to see how the local people dance. Many dances are very interesting.”

"Your visa has been arranged. This time, you can go to the provincial capital near Xiangjiang, and you can also go to the countryside to see. Time is the first to look at these places. Huaguo is really too big. You will need it soon. Return to Japan."

  Ronald brought a travel map and gave MJ the big southern city he said he would go to.

   "Ooooh..."

   After getting out of the car, MJ and his party stayed at the White Swan Hotel in the provincial capital together with Ronald Diane. This hotel is the first five-star hotel in the mainland, and you can stay without a certificate.

  Ronald even saw a garden inside. Ronald, who was very impressed with this, took Diane to take a photo in front of the artificial waterfall.

   "Ronald, I found that you are more famous than me here."

   After walking around the hotel, MJ called Ronald.

   "Huh? Why?"

   Ronald is unknown, so why is he more famous than MJ? Even if MJ has not been introduced to the mainland, as a director, not many people will know him.

   "I found that near the hotel, there are many people imitating your breakdance."

"ah?"

  Ronald quickly made an appointment with MJ to watch the break dance in Huaguo together.

Once out of the hotel lobby, on the hardened ground next to it, there are a group of young people wearing leather gloves with fingerless fingers, denim jackets, and some wearing Ray-Ban glasses like those in "Top Gun", dancing Break dance.

  Bang, wipe...

  The dance movements of these people are not exactly the same as those in the movie "Breakdancing", but they are better than those in the movie, and many movements have been added to the localization.

  Ronald felt that the actions of cleaning the glass and pulling the rope were very similar to the kind of movement that he could jump for no reason.

   "I think they seem to have the mentality of dancing hip-hop." MJ commented on the side.

   "Indeed", Ronald felt the same way. Compared with Xiangjiang, people here have more of the spirit of breakdancing: they are not afraid of simplicity, and they start dancing on the street.

   There are also many people who are competing with each other to see who can dance better. The winner is judged by the applause and cheers of the audience.

   "Except for the difference in clothing and appearance, this place is really very similar to the hip-hop dancers on the streets of Los Angeles and New York."

  Ronald couldn't help sighing that the spiritual outlook of a big country is indeed unmatched by a small country. The ordinary citizens of Huaguo and America have a spirit that we are born to be leaders.

   "Hahaha, what is this, why is this cow in the water?"

  Living in the provincial capital for two days, Ronald wore Diane, followed MJ, and went to the countryside near the provincial capital under the arrangement of the **** sent by Zhao Li's brother.

  The farmers here are all paddy fields, and they use the buffaloes with curved horns to plow the fields. MJ likes the farmers who wear straw hats and let the buffaloes walk slowly in the fields.

   "This kind of buffalo is very docile, you can ride on it." Ronald touched the buffalo, feeling as if he and they were good friends before.

  The buffalo is regurgitating its cud and grazing, its mouth is moving against Ronald, and its dumbfounded look is very cute.

   "Really? I want to touch it, hahahaha..." It was also the first time for MJ to see this unique farming animal in Asia. It was very funny to see them eating grass.

"Come on, Xiao Liu, take some photos for us." Ronald called a young man who served as a tour guide, and he let Diane ride on the back of a buffalo, and MJ put on a straw hat like a cowherd , holding the ox rope himself, and the three of them smiled at the camera.

   "Hahahaha..." None of the people had this kind of experience in the southern countryside of Huaguo. They wandered among the villages in a wooden boat and took photos with various ancient buildings.

  "Very thirsty", Di'an finished drinking the bottled water he brought from Xiangjiang, and the three of them, led by a tour guide, went to a family's house to beg for a bowl of water to drink.

   "Young boy, why don't you drink it? It's well water. I boiled it. It's sweet." An old woman in a blue dress with a wrinkled face brought out several bowls and poured water for them to drink.

   Several people drank water. After being tired from walking, drinking a bowl of water looks delicious.

   "Thank you very much..." Ronald thanked the grandmother.

   "It doesn't matter, where did they come from? Why is that person so tanned?" the old woman secretly asked the tour guide Xiao Liu in dialect.

   "From America, he's black, not tanned."

   "Do you want money?" MJ drank a bowl, and asked the old lady to add another bowl.

   "No, no." After Xiao Liu translated it to her, she immediately raised her hand and shook it, "A bowl of water, why do you want money?"

   After drinking the water, everyone was a little tired, so they walked to the parking place.

  MJ secretly put two Hong Kong dollar bills on the table while everyone was not paying attention.

  (end of this chapter)