Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 388 Platform and Endorsement

"director!"

"Oh, Li Tang! Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Yi Haoshu, the consultant of the Profits Art Company. Mr. Yi is very knowledgeable about classical art. Last year, he represented the Profits Group at the Yuanmingyuan National Treasure Auction held in Hong Kong. The heads of monkeys, tigers and cows that were plundered and scattered overseas by the British and French forces were brought back. This time they are the planners of our premiere today."

"This is Li Tang, the actor who plays Changkong."

Li Tang had seen the director talking to a handsome old man with gray hair and a straight body before, so he didn't want to interrupt him rashly.But the conversation took a bit long, so Li Tang had no choice but to walk over and say hello.

After hearing the director's introduction, Li Tang hurriedly stretched out his hands to shake hands with the handsome old man and said, "Hello, Teacher Yi! I didn't expect you to bring those three national treasures back. You have done a great service to the country!"

Not long ago, the news about the return of three national treasures made a big fuss. It is said that a profiteering group paid three and a half times more than the reserve price to buy these three national treasures.After the return of the national treasure, it also went on a nationwide tour.

It was a shame for us to be snatched away by the British and French forces. Now that we are back, it means that we have begun to become stronger.

It is precisely because of the return of these three national treasures that the mysterious profiteering group has come into the sight of ordinary people across the country. There are many rumors about this state-owned enterprise, but they cannot be described in words.

In short, he has a great background, a deep background, is super rich, and does business that cannot be described in words.

Teacher Yi was obviously very satisfied with Li Tang's flattery that "the merit lies in the country". He shook hands with him with a smile and said modestly: "Thank you. I am just a representative of the company. I am mainly responsible for verifying the authenticity. Welcome back." National treasure is the responsibility of all Chinese people, and I just have this opportunity to do my part."

Then Teacher Yi changed the subject and reciprocated: "I watched the movie, and the martial arts scene between Chang Kong and Li Lianjie you played was particularly exciting. Later, when I heard Yimou's introduction, I realized that you also know real kung fu. It's amazing! "

There are many martial arts athletes who transform into actors, but actors with a professional background who know kung fu are very rare.

The old man's words are very beautiful in the scene. He is proficient in the business model of exchanging blows. At a glance, you can tell that he is an old man. Combined with his identity just introduced by the director, he is probably a master or retainer supported by a large company.

Inviting him to the platform this time is obviously to use the return of the national treasure to increase the popularity of the movie.Moreover, "Hero" as a costume movie itself is related to history and classical art.

The Six Kingdoms were completed and the Four Seas were unified, thus starting the unification of Chinese civilization.In a sense, "Hero" is also a theme movie.

As the first domestic blockbuster, "Hero" is actually not very long, only 96 minutes in total.It is probably due to the need to follow the traditional feature film length and schedule the film.After all, a 96-minute movie is easier to schedule and has more screenings every day.

The premiere starts at 01:30 pm and ends at a little after 03:30. The premiere press conference will be held at [-]:[-] in the Golden Hall of the General Assembly Hall.

The huge background wall behind the rostrum adheres to the tonal style of the movie, mainly red, blue, white, green and black.In the words of the director, red represents passion and jealousy; black represents mystery and solemnity; white represents the real world; green represents memories; and blue represents romance.

There were also a hundred Qin soldiers standing on both sides with black helmets and black armor, holding shields and holding spears.They were not extras during filming, but college students specially selected by Beijing Sports University for today's premiere press conference.They are all between 1.7 meters 1.8 and [-] meters tall, almost catching up with the standards of the honor guard.Moreover, in such a cold weather in Beijing, they trained intensively for a week, just to perfectly and accurately express the spirit of the Qin soldiers in the movie in front of the cameras of the media.

When the premiere press conference began, facing numerous cameras, the Qin warrior soldiers slapped their shields and shouted loudly: "Wind, wind, wind; gale, gale, gale!" and "The king of Qin swept Liuhe, what a heroic sight the tiger is looking at." !" slogan.

The scene was very shocking.

The host of today's premiere is Phoenix TV's leading actress Chen Perch.

When the main creators came to the door to wait, Li Tang looked out through the crack in the door and was stunned on the spot.

Oh, what a guy!The huge golden hall was densely packed with heads. Hundreds of reporters were ready to attack with all kinds of guns and cannons. It was simply more exaggerated than the press conferences during the Two Sessions seen on TV.

At this time, Chen Perch had already appeared on stage. This woman was very thin, but had a big head and her trademark short hair.

When she walked to the stage, she didn't say much, and said directly: "Hello everyone, now we will start the press conference of "Heroes". First of all, please invite the guests to enter!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Qin terracotta soldiers who were squatting quickly stood up and lined up to greet them.There was a sudden commotion at the scene, and some impatient reporters stood up.All shots were aimed at the entrance.

As the two Qin warrior soldiers opened the door, the smiling director and Li Lianlian took the lead and walked out first.Followed by Zhang Manyu, then Liang Chaowei, then Zhang Ziyi and Uncle Dao Ming, who was wearing a black Chinese tunic suit and a red scarf, walked side by side, and Li Tang, the lowest ranking person, followed at the end.

Of course, this is the end of the starring team. He is also followed by the screenwriter, photography director, martial arts director, styling designer, art director and other behind-the-scenes creatives.

Speaking of styling design, the old lady Wada Emi is very interesting. Seeing Li Tang was like seeing an old acquaintance. The two chatted in Japanese for a while, attracting many people to look at her, such as Uncle Daoming.

After all, it might not be too surprising if you communicate in English these days. After all, English education is universal.It is rare to see people who can speak Japanese. Before, he only knew that Tony Leung Chiu-wai spoke good Japanese. It is said that the best actor Tony Leung likes Japan very much and goes to Japan when he has nothing to do during his holidays.

Li Tang saw Liang Chaowei and Zhang Ziyi both taking a pair of sunglasses from their assistant and putting them on before going out.

Pretentious?

Before he could think about it, he saw a sliver of snow in front of him, followed by a "click, click..." sound and a flash of light.It was simply more exaggerated than the red carpet scenes in Cannes and Venice he had experienced before.

The director, Li Lianjie and Zhang Manyu who were at the forefront had all seen the world and were not afraid at all. They were all smiling and waving to the camera from time to time.

Liang Chaowei looked dark and unsmiling as always.Classmate Xiao Zhang’s little face was also tense, and it looked as if the idol had a heavy burden.On the other hand, Uncle Dao Ming looked like the uncle next door, without any hint of the domineering aura he had during the reign of Emperor Kangxi on TV.

Li Tang walked beside him like a little transparent person, his mentality was very calm.After all, there are so many big names today, it doesn’t matter how many shots there are.

As everyone walked up to the podium one after another, they sat down according to their nameplates.Of course, the director and Li Lianjie were sitting in the middle. Next to the director were Zhang Manyu and Liang Chaowei. Next to Li Lianjie were Uncle Dao Ming and Zhang Ziyi.

Li Tang's seat was next to Liang Chaowei, and on the other side was martial arts instructor Cheng Xiaodong.Before he could even bother to say hello, he turned to Cheng Xiaodong and said, "Director Cheng, congratulations on the box office success!"

The movie "Agent" directed by him was just released last month and is said to be very popular at the box office.Li Tang has also seen this movie. He bought a pirated copy of it for five yuan a piece at the entrance of an alley.

To be honest, on the one hand, I was attracted by the work directed by Cheng Xiaodong, but more importantly, I was attracted by Li Meiqi's sexy and enchanting appearance on the cover.He was quite familiar with Li Meiqi in his previous life. As an American-Vietnamese mixed-race, she is one of the few Asian actresses who can make a name for herself in Hollywood.She starred in the American drama "Nikita", which Li Tang could not catch up with without finishing an episode.

When he first looked at the cover, he thought it was a "love action movie" and wondered, how could Cheng Xiaodong make such a movie?

After watching it, it turns out that it is indeed a love action movie, but that’s just what it sounds like.The plot is quite ridiculous, more like an alternative police film, full of stories of heroes and beauties.

It's just that the plot looked very similar to the domestic film "Girls Rangers" starring Liu Wei and He Qing that he had seen before.

It's not surprising when you see that the screenwriter and producer are both Wang Jing. This guy has always learned from and paid homage to.

Cheng Xiaodong smiled and said: "The box office success has nothing to do with me. The boss is happy and I am just a part-time worker. But I heard that your films are also selling well in the mainland. Please take care of me in the future, Boss Li!"

Because of his exposure to Peking Opera since elementary school, Cheng Xiaodong has been interested in Peking films.

"Look what you said, I need more care from you."

After joking with each other for a while, Chen Perch had already begun to introduce the guests: "I must explain here that each of their names is followed by a series of outstanding works, and almost every work is familiar to us. If I want to introduce them one by one, time does not allow, so I will only introduce the roles they played and the work they performed in this film."

"First of all, I will introduce Zhang Yimou, the director of the film; Li Lianlian, who plays the nameless character in the film; Liang Chaowei, who plays Broken Sword; Zhang Manyu, who plays Feixue; Chen Daoming, who plays Qin Shi Huang; Zhang Ziyi, who plays Ru Yue; Chang Kong Li Tang, the actor; Li Feng, the screenwriter of the film; Wang Bin, the screenwriter of the film; Du Kefeng, the film's director of photography; Cheng Xiaodong, the martial arts director; Emi Wada, the costume and character designer in the film; art director..."

Every guest whose name was called stood up and greeted the hundreds of media reporters present.

Chen Perch is quite emotional. After the introduction, he started his opening remarks vividly: "Before watching this movie, everyone has different guesses. After watching the movie, everyone has different feelings. One thing is the same." Yes, there is a surge of romantic feelings and excitement in everyone's mind..."

He then quoted a guest who helped the film platform today: "After a friend watched it, he told everyone about it with great passion. When he told me, he said that you will know every place you watch. I will shed tears when I am excited, and when Feixue looked up to the sky and laughed, I did shed tears."

"Now let's ask him to share his feelings with us. For two reasons, when he takes the stage, friends from the press, especially those from Hong Kong, will think he looks familiar. He just had a big baby not long ago. With this move, he brought three national treasures from the Old Summer Palace, namely the famous ox head, monkey head and tiger head among the twelve zodiac animals, back to the capital from overseas."

"He knows a lot about classical art, and he knows a lot about this film. He is a famous connoisseur of classical art, Mr. Yi Haoshu next to me!"

"Thank you Ms. Bass!"

This handsome old man in his fifties has seen the world after all. He stood on the stage very gracefully. He took the microphone and first expressed his gratitude to Chen Persi.

Then he smiled and faced the audience and said: "Because of work, I have watched very few movies, and very few good movies. But because I want to make heroes, I need to understand that the name hero is very, very loud. After watching "Hero" "After that, I didn't expect that my blood would boil and it would make me feel angry. I haven't seen such a video for a long, long time..."

"Wow wow wow..."

Such emotional expression made the audience burst into applause involuntarily, and the guests on the stage also applauded. Li Tang could even see the sparkle flashing through the old man's eyes.I have to admit that this old man's acting skills are first-rate. Sure enough, life is a stage and everyone is a good actor.

The old man paused for a few seconds, as if to calm down his excitement, took a deep breath, and said in a calm tone: "I study history and am also engaged in archeology. There are 15 Qin soldiers, cavalry, archers, etc." , presents before us the power of Qin Shi Huang who unified the six countries. China is an ancient country and a huge country. Our ancestors created a splendid culture. Today Zhang Yimou showed it. I am really, really excited. , and I am very grateful to them, because this kind of film makes me see something that can uplift my spirit. I am proud to be a Chinese. Why are you proud? Our ancestors created a splendid culture, and everyone will agree on this."

The old man's tone gradually became excited again: "Speaking of heroes, how do you explain heroes? A group of characters shown in the film have different personalities. Zhang Yimou's "Heroes" is a chivalrous spirit, for the world and for peace. Use our saints In other words, the benevolent are invincible. Many people were very excited after watching this movie today, and I was also very excited after watching it. To be honest, I rarely cry when watching movies. When Zhang Manyu assassinated his beloved Broken Sword, he was so excited. When she shouted, I thought she was absolutely amazing! It was absolutely amazing! She screamed and made me cry. When I watched it for the third time, my tears were still falling..."

"Wow wow wow..."

The old man's speech was interrupted by applause again. He waved to the audience excitedly. This time he did not make too many adjustments and continued in an excited tone: "I told others that it is difficult to see such a good film. People say, why is Wuming's expression so dull? I say yes, what expression can a person have when he knows he is about to die? I think Wuming acted very, very well!"

"What's more, the great hero Qin Shihuang. In the past, many historians had mixed praise and criticism for Qin Shihuang, thinking that he was a tyrant. But everyone has to admit that it is precisely because Qin Shihuang unified China that China is what it is today. Without Qin Shihuang , our writing, think about it, how many dialects are there in our country? Cantonese, Wenzhou dialect, many local dialects are incomprehensible, but what we can understand are Chinese characters. We have to thank Qin Shihuang. Without Qin Shihuang, we would not be what we are today. territory."

Hearing this, Li Tang finally realized that the old man was not only supporting the film this time, but also endorsing the character of Qin Shihuang from the perspective of a historian.

Because Qin Shihuang has always been shown as a villain before, synonymous with tyranny, cruelty, and cruelty, and the movie "Hero" is more about affirming Qin Shihuang's achievements.

In this way, even if the movie will attract some criticism after it is released, with the old man's endorsement, the pressure on the movie will obviously be much less.At the same time, preventive measures should be taken in advance to prevent some media from deliberately pacing the news in order to attract attention.

In the end, the old man finally started to praise mode and said: "One of the great things about this film is the Great Wall. I heard that the final plot was added by Li Lianjie. I think he did a good job. Many of our famous historians, I wanted to find out what was going on at the Great Wall, so I wrote one book after another. Finally, Zhang Yimou’s film contained only four words - protect the country and the people! It was explained so clearly."

"In today's situation, we have to explain to foreign friends that we Chinese, our Chinese nation is ancient and a peace-loving nation. We do not want war, and we do not create terror. I think Li Lianjie's idea is great. Many foreigners say that what they see on the moon is the Great Wall. Why did the Chinese build the Great Wall? I think it has been made clear. So everyone may have different interpretations of "Heroes", but we finally have such a film that can reflect Our Chinese nation’s excellent cultural heritage and excellent films with profound cultural connotations make me proud to be a Chinese.”

The reason why I say this is because "Hero" has already signed up to compete for the 75th "American Golden Rooster Award" - the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film before its premiere.

Of course, the first step is to compete for the nomination list announced in February next year.

The old man waved his arms and almost roared: "...I think Zhang Yimou is Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou is the pride of the Chinese nation. After watching this film, I feel proud of the Chinese. Our country is an ancient country, our country The nation has excellent cultural heritage, and I think Zhang Yimou has created a very good idea!"

After saying that, after bowing deeply to the audience, he actually turned around and bowed in the direction of the director.

The director was so frightened that he jumped up from his chair and bowed repeatedly in return.

After the old man finished speaking, he handed the microphone back to Chen Persi, clasped his hands together to express his gratitude to the media reporters who were applauding in the audience, and walked off the stage.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Yi Haoshu. I will leave the next hour or so to the reporters at the scene. All the staff in front and behind the scenes of "Hero" are very grateful to all friends from the press for their attention and support to "Hero". Everyone." Any questions? I would like to emphasize that time is limited and there are many journalist friends. Please keep it as simple as possible and have something to do with the film."

As soon as Chen Bai finished speaking, a forest of arms stretched out from the scene.

　Today’s chapter is not easy to write, it took me a long time to write.In addition, my results this month are very poor. It’s the end of the month, so I’d rather ask for a vote.

　　
　
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