The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 402: Zhang Chen on the Leaderboard, Movie Rehearsal Begins

Time Magazine is not just a weekly or annual magazine.

There is also a list of the world's most influential people, also known as Time 100, or Time: The Most Influential People.

It is the annual list of people selected by the U.S. Time magazine, which selects the 100 most influential people in the world every year.

As early as 1999, Time magazine selected the 20 most influential people of the 100th century.

Since 2004, Time magazine has started an annual selection, and every year the most influential people of the moment are on the list.

The entire list consists of 100 people, divided into 5 categories, namely:
Leaders & Revolutionaries

Builders & Titans

Artists & Entertainers

Scientists & Thinkers

Heroes & Icons

20 people in each category.

There are three important criteria for selection:

1. They have great power over large amounts of public property

2. Although the public may not have heard of it, they have real influence on the major events of our time.
3. They can serve as our moral role models
According to this standard, Zhang Chen, whose wealth has not yet been exposed, ranked second among the five "Artists & Entertainers" lists in the 04 list, only behind Michael Jackson.

However, in the 05 "Top Figures" announced at one time, Zhang Chen disappeared from the "Artists" list and was directly included in the "Leaders List".

If we go by the shareholdings of shareholders of several listed companies disclosed by Zhang Chen, companies such as Facebook, M&G Music (United States), Disney, and CGT Player all have a significant impact on the entire world.

And a comprehensive review of the three selection requirements.

Zhang Chen has decision-making power over four listed companies with a total valuation of over US$100 billion and can mobilize countless financial resources.

In addition, Zhang Chen led the entire world music to take a big step forward around the millennium. He is currently recognized as the "King of Golden Songs", familiar with all types of music, and his fans are all over the world.

Finally, the "Morning Light Foundation" led by Zhang Chen and participated by Michael Jackson, Madonna and others has gradually played a vital role in many countries in the world and was also commended by the World Football Federation last year.

Based on comprehensive evaluation, it is barely acceptable for Zhang Chen to jump from the "Artist List" to the "Leader List".

But
"Ugh!"

Zhang Chen, who had just returned to his villa from the Disney audition studio, collapsed directly on the sofa.

"It's just a leader list, which means you are a leader recognized by everyone. Why are you so unhappy?" Liu Yifei pointed at the Time 100 that Zhang Chen had put aside with a smile on her face. "Do you think your ranking is too low?"

"Too low?!" Zhang Chen patted Time 100 in annoyance. "This ranking already scares me."

"What?" Liu Yifei tilted her head, not understanding what Zhang Chen was afraid of.

"Look who's under my name."

"I am healthy"

Liu Yifei opened the magazine and found the "Leaders List":
1. The head of a beautiful country

2. Parents of the second beautiful country

3. Former head of the United States
10. Zhang Chen

11.
"No?! Huh?! Is this true?!"

"It's the one you think of."

"This"

Liu Yifei was also numb, and she finally understood what was bothering Zhang Chen.

But as soon as she saw that name, her heart began to tighten.

Although that person would definitely not care about such a small matter, this magazine can be regarded as a topic of conversation for many people after dinner.

But sometimes, this impact alone is enough to make Zhang Chen suffer the consequences.

In fact, Zhang Chen should be on the "Artists and Performing Stars" list.

After all, even Zhang Ziyi is ranked 18th on this list, and Quentin is only ranked 4th.

If Zhang Chen were on this list, he would undoubtedly take first place.

Even if it is not this list, the "Heroes and Idols List" can also accommodate Zhang Chen.

For example, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, American talk show host Oprah Winfrey, and American basketball player LeBron James are all on the list.

Zhang Chen, an idol in many people's minds, is on this list, at least ranking ahead of James.

What's more, Zhang Chen, who founded several Internet companies, could also be on the list of "builders and giants" like Steve Jobs and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who ranked first and second.

Zhang Chen's Facebook, Morning Light Music, and CGT player play a pivotal role in the world. They are considered to be leading the world towards "digital art and communication" and he deserves the title of "builder and giant."

But Zhang Chen is not on the list of people who are most suitable for him.

Instead, he was included in the "Leadership List" which had nothing to do with him, and he was ranked very high!
It's okay to be in front
"Oh!" Zhang Chen sighed heavily again.

Something was wrong. He had recently been worried that the exposure of his wealth would cause a backlash. He did not expect the backlash to come so quickly and so fiercely.

Time magazine was really inhumane and forced him into a very passive situation.

This is an open conspiracy to sow discord.

Zhang Chen just didn't believe that the people who compiled the list didn't know which list he should be on, but put him there, and "coincidentally" ranked him first.
The father of the most powerful person born in the 12s in the future is only ranked th!
Zhang Chen ranked 10th!

Zhang Chen doesn’t think that his influence or power has reached this level.

This is obviously what Time did on purpose!

This beautiful country has gone to such lengths to make him their own.

Zhang Chen had no power to resist this completely open conspiracy.

This list almost made Zhang Chen's head explode, but he couldn't think of a reasonable solution.

He could only passively wait for a call from home, there was no other solution.

He couldn't ask proactively.

Asking would do harm.

The only thing he could do now was to play deaf and dumb and wait for a call from home.

Inside Disney's exclusive studio in Hollywood.

"Liu, where's Leon? We've been training here for almost a month. How long do we have to train?"

"It seems to be three months."

"But you only have a few dances, why are you training with us?"

"Katie, even if you don't say anything, I will still treat you as a good friend."

Throughout the entire scene, hundreds of actors were practicing dance in the studio under the guidance of the dance teacher, and only Liu Yifei and Katie Winslet were chatting.

Ruth, who was once the white moonlight in the hearts of countless men, is like a newcomer today. She joined the crew and started training before the filming even started.

"Will you come and see us?"

"He," Liu Yifei said with difficulty, "is busy with something very important."

"What's the matter?" Katie looked at Liu Yifei curiously.

Liu Yifei opened her mouth, but finally held it back.

In fact, although she could roughly understand what Zhang Chen was worried about, it shouldn't be to this extent, right?

After all, it’s just a ranking. There’s no need to worry about it to the point of losing sleep, right?

However, seeing that Zhang Chen was in a low mood recently, her "maternal love" began to overflow.

It’s rare, after so many years!
She had never seen Zhang Chen so vulnerable.

It turns out that holding someone in your arms is such a comfortable thing?
Well, that bastard actually dared to complain that his pillow was not soft enough? !

"Liu, what's wrong with you?" Katie looked at Liu Yifei, whose facial expressions changed rapidly, and suddenly thought of something, "By the way, can you help me get a signed copy of Leon's latest album?"

"What do you want that thing for?" Liu Yifei also came back to her senses.

"You have no idea how popular this physical album is on the market right now!" Katie said with an exaggerated expression, stretching out her hands and preparing to explain.

But at this time, a calm but somewhat shy voice came from the side: "Yes, Leon's physical album is now sold out."

Liu Yifei and Katie looked in the direction of the voice and saw a handsome blond man. Katie walked up to him, patted his muscular chest muscles, and said jokingly, "Chris, you finally spoke." "I didn't know what I was talking about with you guys before."

Chris Evans was still a little shy when facing "Rose". For him, a newbie who has just debuted for a few years, the psychological pressure of having the heroine of a big ship as his partner is really too great.

This future Captain America has only been in the industry for five years, and most of the movies he has starred in are low-budget campus movies.

This time he came to Zhang Chen's crew for an audition with the attitude of trying his luck, and he was unexpectedly selected.

Moreover, he was partnered with Katie Winslet, a female star who was known to every household name all over the world. This made him feel like he was still in a dream and was afraid to wake up during this period.

"So you're a fan of Leon too?" Katie circled around Chris and nodded in satisfaction, "Nice figure."

Chris put down his rolled-up sleeves awkwardly. He felt a little uncomfortable with Katie's aggressive look.

But he still answered the other person's question seriously: "Yes, I have been buying every album of Leon since he released his first song."

"Then let me test you. What is the first song of Leon's first album?"

"It's a Chinese album. The English translation should be "Teenager"? The first song in it should be "Those Flowers"? I don't know if my Chinese pronunciation is correct."

"Of course!" Katie was surprised. "Even Leon knows about his first album in his country. This album was not sold worldwide at the time, so many fans didn't even know about it."

"I only found out about this after I learned about Leon's past."

"Has it been reported?"

"No, but a company in their country recently launched a very useful function called Baike."

Perhaps thinking that words alone were not enough, Chris trotted over to the side and got his laptop.

When he returned to Katie and Liu Yifei, a web page was already open on the computer screen.

"Let me see." Katie leaned over to look.

Even Liu Yifei was a little curious about how Firefox Encyclopedia would describe her boss.

Zhang Chen
Born on September 1984, 9 in Jiangcheng, China.

Early experiences
Acting experience:

In 1998, he wrote his first album "Youth" and was noticed by Zhou Jianhui, the then head of Warner UFO.

In 1999, his first English album was listed on the U.S. Billboard and he won the 41st Grammy Awards for "Best Newcomer" and "Best Male Pop Singer", breaking the previous record of 15 as the youngest winner of the award.

2000.
As of the end of 05, the total sales of all Zhang Chen's albums have exceeded 8.73 million copies, ranking third in the history of the world singer album sales list, second only to Elvis Presley's 15 billion and Michael Jackson's 10 billion.

The singer has won 11 Grammy Awards for his 17 albums so far.

When his singing career reached its peak, he began to move into the film and television industry.

His debut film "The Pursuit of Happyness" opened the door to Hollywood and received many nominations including Best Actor, but for some reasons, the film did not win any Oscars in the end.

After that, Zhang Chen's second film "Love" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in Gaul and eventually won the Palme d'Or, once again setting the record for the youngest director to win the Palme d'Or.

Since then, the film has also won many honors including the China Golden Horse Award, the United States Golden Globe Award, the United States Film and Television Association Award, and the United States.

"Why is there no introduction to Lyon's wealth here?" Katie spent a long time browsing through Zhang Chen's many years of legendary experience, but in the end she didn't find the most discussed topic on the Internet during this period.

"Maybe." Liu Yifei hesitated for a moment and explained, "He thinks people should pay more attention to his artistic achievements rather than money."

"Oh, my little cutie~" Katie held Liu Yifei's little face and teased, "You have to know that in our industry, money and power are everything, not the so-called art."

"This"

"Leon is on the list of the world's most influential people, and considering his billions of dollars in assets," Katie exclaimed in amazement. "It's hard to imagine that he can be so powerful at such a young age."

"Hehe." Liu Yifei laughed awkwardly. This should be the last thing Zhang Chen wanted to hear recently. "Katie, I advise you not to mention this in front of him."

"Why?" Katie blinked, but after seeing Liu Yifei's serious expression, she shrugged and changed the subject, "So is he good in bed?!"

"Ah?!" Liu Yifei was caught off guard by Katie's jumping thoughts.

"You're getting shy." Katie chuckled and whispered in Liu Yifei's ear, "How about adding me in?"

"You're dreaming!" Liu Yifei retorted loudly with a red face, "Don't even think about it!"

“Sure enough!” Katie sighed with emotion, “There have been rumors in the outside world that Leon is too pure to be a normal wealthy star in our circle. Seeing your performance, I understand.”

"Okay, okay, stop joking." Liu Yifei rubbed her face and changed the subject, "Don't you want an album? I'll get it for you."

"Really?!" Katie and Chris exclaimed in surprise.

"We have a lot of that stuff at home. I don't know why you want it so much."

"You really are..." Katie looked at Liu Yifei speechlessly, "That's your family, of course there are more, but now even if nearly 2000 million copies have been sold on the market, there are still countless people queuing up."

"So many?" Liu Yifei was surprised. "Don't we have digital music for you to download? Why do you have to buy a physical album?"

"You don't understand. In fact, it's not just this album. Everyone wants all of Leon's previous albums. Now a copy of 'Leon' has been sold for $500 on the black market. Someone even offered $8000 to buy 'Youth' from a Chinese fan."

So exaggerated?

Liu Yifei couldn't help but gasp in amazement, and at the same time a question popped up in her mind: "Why is her album suddenly so popular?"

"First, this is his hit album after two years. The quality of Leon's albums is recognized by all fans around the world!" Katie raised one finger, then raised the second finger and said, "This is the second one."

Katie thought about it and said with a hint of speculation: "Maybe everyone thinks that Leon is already so rich and may not write songs in the future, so they want to buy his albums quickly to collect."

"Third, don't you think the work of a billionaire is worth collecting?"

"I think it's okay?" Liu Yifei felt indifferent.

She has a lot of Zhang Chen's albums at home.

The fact that the billionaire himself had to "bow" to her every night made her feel that there was something special about Zhang Chen.

Perhaps the only special thing is his unusually high energy?
Thinking of this, someone's face turned red.

"what's the topic?"

"Ah?" This sudden voice almost made Liu Yifei scream, but when she turned around and saw that it was Zhang Chen, she said unhappily, "Talking about animals."

"Animal?" Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei in confusion. "What are the ingredients for tonight's barbecue?"

"you"

At this time, Liu Yifei finally reacted and looked at Zhang Chen who was smiling happily.

Are you in the mood to joke?
"It's okay." Zhang Chen knew what Liu Yifei was going to ask and patted her head. "It's all solved!"

After saying that, he pulled Liu Yifei towards the actors.

After nearly a month, Zhang Chen finally received a call from home today.

As expected, the caller was his aunt.

The two chatted about family matters for half an hour.

The key is the last sentence: "Relax, no one will think badly of you because of such an obvious alienation. The more influence you have in the world, the happier we will be."

These words finally put Zhang Chen's heart at ease.

It also made him start to think, which he had not wanted to think about before, and he produced the movie interludes that had been delayed for a long time.

"Okay, everyone, hand in your electronic devices." Zhang Chen took a plastic basket from Xue Yining, "I hope that what happens next can be kept confidential."

Liu Yifei, Katie and Chris were all curious about what Zhang Chen was going to do.

However, due to Zhang Chen's growing power recently, no one dared to speak out against it, and no one even dared to ask.

After everyone obediently handed in their cell phones and other electronic items, Zhang Chen picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Next we will have the first dance rehearsal for the movie."

After saying that, Zhang Chen took out a CD, put it into the computer and started reading.

After he made some adjustments, a brisk and rhythmic song began to play from the speakers that had been set up on the scene:
“I think about that day
I left him at a Greyhound station
West of Sante Fe
We were seventeen,

but he was sweet and it was true
"

resounded throughout the audience.

There were hundreds of actors, many of whom were nodding their heads and keeping the beat to the music, while others were beginning to dance unconsciously.

After a month of training and rehearsing, many people have already perfectly matched the dance moves to this song.

This is Zhang Chen’s new movie - LA LA LAND
The music is the classic song "Another Day of Sun" from the opening scene of the movie.

　Well, you can search for the ranking, but please don’t type in the name, I’m afraid I’ll be locked up in a dark room!

　　On the last day of the month, please vote for me! Please give me a reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)