Chapter 89: The Lazy Man's Song Exclusive to Holidays (Third Watch)

"A-Yi, didn't you say at the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards that you wanted to learn Cantonese? Perfect, A-Sa is going to film an MV with you, and you're both around the same age. Isn't she just the right person to help you learn Cantonese?"

Having brought Cai Zhuoyan to Zhou Yi, Huo Wenxi no longer bore the expression of grinding her teeth at Zhou Yi for Xie Tingfeng as before; her tone was incredibly familiar.

Because the identity arranged by the company was that of Zhou Yi's little fan, eighteen-year-old Cai Zhuoyan obediently followed behind Huo Wenxi. Hearing her mention that she could help teach Zhou Yi Cantonese, a sweet smile immediately appeared on her face: "Brother Yi."

She hadn't even reached her nineteenth birthday yet, so calling the nineteen-year-old Zhou Yi "Brother" was perfectly fine.

"Learning Cantonese just by filming an MV, Sister Wenxi is a bit overestimating my learning ability." Zhou Yi, knowing full well this was just a persona, smiled and praised: "I hope A-Sa won't think I'm stupid when the time comes."

Cai Zhuoyan hurriedly waved her hands: "How could that be? Brother Yi, you are a top student. I'm actually worried about whether I can teach, since this is my first time teaching someone to speak Cantonese."

After Huo Wenxi pretended to make an excuse and left, she privately reviewed the script the company had prepared for her while chatting casually with Zhou Yi.

Although she couldn't be counted as a fan of Zhou Yi, she had indeed sung his songs in the KTV with her good sisters.

Upon their first meeting, Zhou Yi left a very good first impression on her; the topics of conversation were quite considerate of her, mostly discussing things about Xiangjiang, so there was no awkward silence.

After chatting enough, Huo Wenxi returned at just the right moment and took Cai Zhuoyan away, who had already exchanged contact information with Zhou Yi.

"How did it feel?"

"I feel his personality should be quite good."

"As long as the feeling is good, that's fine. After all, you are going to film an MV with him, so it's good to get used to each other in advance. This is an opportunity, you know? You don't need to worry about the persona of supporting him; the company's current intention is simply to benefit from the high exposure brought by the confrontation between Xie Tingfeng and Zhou Yi."

Huo Wenxi, known by the Hong Kong media as the "Most Beautiful Agent," planned the future for Cai Zhuoyan word by word, causing the latter to nod repeatedly.

Meanwhile, after Cai Zhuoyan and Huo Wenxi left, Fan Bingbin, who had finally waited for Zhou Yi to be free, walked over. Dressed in a deep black, carved, shoulder-length dress, she looked exceptionally stunning—

"Congratulations, the first big star signed by Coca-Cola after entering the new century. A ten-million signing fee—wow, I don't even know how many movies I'd have to film to earn that back."

Fan Bingbin teased, her tone unconsciously much more intimate: "I've lived this long and never seen this much money."

"You need to learn to get used to it, because this is just the beginning."

Identifying the voice and location, Zhou Yi turned his body, smiled, and raised his hand to loosen his tie: "As time goes on, I will become more and more valuable."

"Then wouldn't I be making a huge profit?"

Fan Bingbin teased with a smile.

To be honest, regarding the aura of confidence Zhou Yi maintained at all times, this was the point that attracted her the most.

Under Qiong Yao's management, her own confidence had almost been ground away; Zhou Yi's sudden emergence made it hard for her not to notice the most valuable quality in this man worth her learning from.

"That depends on how you understand it, after all, I haven't contributed nothing."

As their eyes met, both understood what the other was saying, and they smiled at each other. Fan Bingbin took the initiative to walk forward, gave him a hug, leaned close to his ear, and whispered: "You made me take a day off."

"That just means your physical constitution is pretty good."

Fan Bingbin rolled her eyes at him. After letting go, she raised her hand slightly to straighten the tie he had just loosened. Just as she was about to speak, two figures appeared within Zhou Yi's line of sight—

"Oh, Chris, I think we might have come at the wrong time."

Jackie Chan's signature voice startled Fan Bingbin into turning around. Realizing her hands were still on Zhou Yi's tie, she hurriedly smoothed out the wrinkles on the tie, then politely nodded and greeted Jackie Chan and the foreign friend beside him.

"Big Brother Jackie Chan."

To Fan Bingbin's surprised gaze, Zhou Yi smiled and walked up to greet them: "Long time no see."

"Let me introduce you. This is another lead actor from my film crew: Chris Tucker. Chris, this is the treasure of our Chinese music scene, Zhou Yi."

Under Jackie Chan's introduction, Chris Tucker, whose speech came with its own rhythm, friendly extended his hand to Zhou Yi, offering a greeting in slightly unpolished English: "Hello."

"Just speak English, Mr. Chris, you can also call my English name Spike."

Zhou Yi introduced himself naturally with fluent spoken English: "Spike Zhou, my English name."

"Hey, I like this guy, Jack."

Chris Tucker, the Black man named Chris Tucker, was full of surprise in his tone. Jackie Chan beside him smiled helplessly: "Chris and I came to deliver the script to you, and to explain the plot from the protagonist's perspective to help you find inspiration."

"It just looks like you aren't convenient right now? Should we talk later?"

Jackie Chan, who had also walked through the era of youthful recklessness, could clearly see the little bit of something between Zhou Yi and Fan Bingbin, so his tone was full of teasing when he said this.

"There's no inconvenience; Bingbin won't leak the plot to the outside world."

Zhou Yi smiled: "However, having the plot explained to me by the two leads is somewhat flattering."

"Just consider it a special lesson I'm giving you, hoping it helps you write a more fitting song."

At Jackie Chan's current age, mentoring juniors was something he practiced personally; he still had great appreciation for Zhou Yi, especially for an opportunity that could go international.

In this "Rush Hour 2," he had stuffed in a lot of personal touches, such as Chinese characters.

Putting several Chinese people into a Western film to play major roles, with even more than half the plot filmed on location in Xiangjiang, currently only Jackie Chan in the entire domestic entertainment circle had the capital and confidence to do this.

Soon, the plot of "Rush Hour 2" was narrated in detail by Jackie Chan.

Continuing the plot from the previous part, the police officer Li played by Jackie Chan invites the police officer Carter played by Chris Tucker to vacation in Xiangjiang, but unexpectedly encounters a case where an embassy is bombed.

The police suspect the mastermind is the boss of the Triad gang, so they ask Officer Li to investigate. Officer Carter, who originally came for a vacation, thus engages in a series of laughable anti-gang plots with Jackie Chan.

To be honest, the plot design of this movie, in Zhou Yi's opinion, really had no fresh points; its huge success was truly entirely due to Jackie Chan's action design being too outstanding, truly unique in the whole world.

"In the script, after the police officer Li I play thinks the police officer Carter played by Chris has been killed by a bomb, there is a scene where he gets in the car and happens to hear the car radio playing music."

"I think this is very suitable for you to insert a song."

"Since the tone of this movie is action comedy, focusing on being relaxed, this song needs to have some rhythm and coordinate with the plot; it's not suitable for those sad and grievous songs, after all, no one died."

As a lead actor, Jackie Chan was sincerely analyzing and helping: "In the plot, Officer Carter wants to relax, wants to vacation, wants to spend the holiday lazily and happily."

"And actually, the police officer Li I play also wants to relax, wants a holiday, so that's why he ends up going to play with Officer Carter at the end."

"If you want to reflect the characters' inner feelings, I think you could write a song that fits these two deep desires: wanting a holiday, wanting to be lazy."

"In the script, the emotion I have after getting in the car and hearing the radio song was originally sadness, but after hearing the song, I unconsciously showed a smile on my face, and my head nodded and swayed along with the rhythm of the song."

"This doesn't make sense in terms of plot logic, but to be honest, this is actually just a choice to create a joke and dilute the sad atmosphere..."

Jackie Chan analyzed everything in detail, and Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly while listening.

Wanting a holiday, wanting to rest, and needing rhythm.

A song also floated up in his memory—

Bruno Mars' famous holiday anthem for the lazy: "The Lazy Song."

Besides the theme of laziness, the lyrics also contain the line: "I might need some time to get my college degree, I'm sure my dad will be proud of me when I do."

This also perfectly fits his current status as a soon-to-be graduate.

PS: Sorry, editing the video took some time, and I didn't notice time passing.

I edited this song together with the corresponding scene from Jackie Chan's movie and posted it as an Easter egg chapter; it is currently under review.

I estimate this Easter egg chapter will pass review and be available to read tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)