Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 389
"Please ask this reporter a question."

Chen Perch chose a female reporter sitting in the front row who looked to be in her 30s and quite pretty (feng).

Generally speaking, at press conferences like this, several people are always arranged. The first person to ask questions is often the one who leads the way.There are also some who are hidden among the reporters. If the trend is not right, they will jump out in time to set the pace to prevent the topic from being biased.

The female reporter asked: "I am a reporter from Beijing Radio and Television. I just heard Mr. Yi talk about the idea of ​​the movie, but we saw exquisite pictures, high technology, Zhang Manyu and Liang Chaowei in the movie." , Li Lianjie and Chen Daoming, these stars’ wonderful performances, may I ask Mr. Zhang Yimou, what is your real intention?”

As soon as the female reporter finished speaking, a smart reporter immediately pointed the camera at Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi on the stage.Because her questions did not mention the names of these two people, and she was obviously a fan of Hong Kong and Taiwan, she deliberately put Zhang Manyu and Tony Leung Chaowei in the front, and put the bigger names Li Lianjie and Chen Daoming side by side.

Sure enough, Zhang Ziyi frowned, obviously showing a trace of displeasure.Perhaps because she realized that there were countless cameras in the audience, she immediately regained her composure and even showed an friendly smile on her face.

Li Tang looked normal, still whispering to Cheng Xiaodong, the action instructor sitting on his right hand side from time to time.

The director obviously noticed the grammatical errors in the female reporter's question and smiled: "This is a big question. To put it simply, I like martial arts novels and watch martial arts movies. This is a long-term one of mine." desire."

Then he changed the topic and said: "In this movie, I really hope to use the Li Tang people you just mentioned, as well as the Chinese elites behind our scenes, these outstanding elements that we all recognize, I hope to work with them Cooperate and make an excellent Chinese movie together, this is the basic idea, thank you."

Listen, it turns out that Jiang is very experienced. Not only did he answer the question, he also helped the female reporter cover up the grammatical errors in the question she just asked, and at the same time comforted Li Tang.As for Zhang Ziyi, she was cultivated by him and belongs to him, so there is no need.

The reporter who focused the camera on Li Tang was inevitably a little disappointed, because he didn't care at all. He only raised his head and glanced in the direction of the director when he heard the director mention his name.However, he listened intently and nodded from time to time.

The reporters who caught the change in Zhang Ziyi's expression were very excited. This shot alone was enough to write a report. They had already thought of the title - "Zhang Ziyi was ignored and had a black face throughout the whole process";
Or "Zhang Ziyi's face changed instantly when she was ignored";
Or "Same-sex repulsion, Zhang Ziyi was ignored by female reporters" and so on.

"Please ask this reporter a question."

This time Chen Perch chose a foreigner in his 40s.

The foreigner asked Li Lianjie: "I am a reporter from CNN. I would like to ask Mr. Jet Li, now that you know about the foreign film industry, do you think they will understand this movie after it is released in foreign countries? Will they like it? Do you think they will What do you like about this movie? How many Oscars do you think this movie can win?"

The other party asked questions in English, and the host Basi played the role of translator.

Li Lianjie has a high emotional intelligence. Even though he has already become an American citizen, he still answered in Mandarin when asked by his compatriots: "Hello everyone! I am not a Feng Shui forecaster who can predict the future, so it is difficult for me to answer your question. Question. From my point of view, to have such an opportunity and to have so many good friends participate in this movie together, in the six months last year, everyone worked wholeheartedly and worked hard to make this "Hero". In the future, How about it? Whether people all over the world accept it or not, whether Americans and Westerners accept it, it actually doesn’t matter anymore. What matters is that all of us in front of and behind the scenes have given our sincerity and done our best. The outcome is out of our control. Thank you!”

His answer actually received a round of applause, perhaps because of his confidence.Although Chinese people these days admire foreigners, they still have a sense of national pride.To paraphrase Brother Xun’s words: Only what belongs to the nation belongs to the world.

As a partner of the webcast of this premiere press conference, reporters from Zhalang also had the opportunity to ask questions.

"Mr. Chen Daoming, this is your first time acting in a martial arts scene in 20 years. How did you become a martial arts master in such a short period of time?"

Uncle Daoming smiled and said half-jokingly: "Actually, I didn't fight at all. As for those scenes in the movie, thank you to our great stuntmen."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, but the Zhalang reporter was not embarrassed at all, because he had already got his answer: Director Chen used a stand-in.

Immediately afterwards, he asked Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhang Manyu: "Now let me ask Miss Zhang Manyu and Mr. Leung Chiu-wai, you two also had very wonderful performances in the similar martial arts film "Ashes of Time" directed by Wang Jiawei, what do you think? What are the differences between the styles of director Zhang Yimou and director Wong Kar-Wai?"

Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu looked at each other on the stage, and Zhang Manyu smiled and made an invitation gesture.

Liang Chaowei pondered into the microphone and said: "Well, Wang Jiawei's movie is more painful because there is no complete script, and there is no good equipment like our "Hero", and then it was shot in the desert for a long time. For a long time, I have been trying to figure out the role, and I have been running to the director every night to ask him what he wants to shoot. In fact, he has nothing but listening to some music for me. He said the essence is It’s all in this music, we’re just listening to music tonight, there’s no script at all… Well, these are all different ways of creating.”

Apparently the pain of filming "Ashes of Time" is still fresh in his memory.And although he is usually taciturn, he still answers reporters' questions very seriously.

Then he raised his brows and said with a shy smile: "Working with Director Zhang this time opened my eyes, and it really made me...well, I felt it because I went to Dunhuang and some places. The feeling of ancient people is different from that of being in a studio. Also, I found that Director Zhang is very direct and uses some very simple expressions to express some very complex martial arts blockbusters, which I find rare. Also I think this movie should be expressed in this way. Because I also hope that it can be made for everyone, especially I also loved reading martial arts novels when I was a child. I believe that every Chinese has his own martial arts world. , so when I was filming the movie "Hero", I hope that every Chinese person can understand it and have his or her own picture when watching it."

Although his words are a bit difficult to pronounce, as long as the actor listens to them, he will understand them. He is really concentrating on shaping the character, and the surprise at the director's working method is sincere.

Even Li Lianjie, who was separated by two people, cast an envious look. They were opposite each other in the movie. Li Lianjie admired his acting skills, and at the same time he envied his immersive performance.

To be honest, this state of being immersed in a character is difficult for most people to achieve, unless you have talent, or you have to make enough preparations and be focused enough.

Zhang Manyu was obviously a thief, and said with a bright smile: "Actually, what I want to talk about Liang Chaowei has already been talked about. I don't think there is any comparison. I think everyone has their own personality and style. So I can't Compare director Wang Jiawei with director Zhang Yimou. I can only say that working with director Zhang Yimou gave me a very good experience, so I am very grateful to him."

The reporters on the scene were very enthusiastic in asking questions, and most of the questions were asked to the director.Questions were also asked to Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Manyu, Chen Daoming and Zhang Ziyi. A friend from Beijing Jinghua Times even asked the host Chen Baibai: "Excuse me, Ms. Baibai, many international blockbusters adopt the producer system. Why? At such a grand meeting today, where is the producer of this film?"

Chen Perch didn't dare to overshadow the guest and said hurriedly: "Please ask Director Zhang Yimou to introduce this point."

The director smiled, pointed to Zhang Weiping and Jiang Ershao sitting in the front row and said: "Without these two producers, the film would not be what it is today. We also hope that they can also sit on the rostrum, but they gave up the opportunity It was given to us, so it’s been sitting down there.”

Li Tang never found a single problem, and he was very calm. Except for the occasional small meeting with Cheng Xiaodong, he just quietly became a listener.

Listening all the way, everyone's answers were relatively pertinent and realistic, with very few specious remarks.

In contrast, the reporters’ questioning skills were not high.As members of the intellectual community, they are often obsessed with so-called art, or they compare "Hero" with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Li Tang scoffed at this, and he agreed with the director's answer.

For example, a reporter from Nandu Daily asked a question. This reporter is also an old acquaintance of Li Tang, Yuan Lei, who once conducted an exclusive interview with him.This little girl looks a lot more lively after not seeing her for two years, but her questions are quite sharp.

"During the screening of "Hero" in Shenzhen, many fans had very good comments about "Hero", but there were also many different voices. Director Zhang Yimou, what do you think of this?"

One more thing, because one of the conditions for applying for the Oscars is that the film must have a public premiere in a theater before applying.For this reason, "Hero" was screened in Shenzhen for two days.

Although there were not many screenings, the response from the audience was very enthusiastic, and there were many review articles online, with both praise and criticism.Maybe many people have too high expectations, or simply want to increase their presence, so these review articles tend to be more disparaging than praiseful.What's more, from the perspective of art, a large number of "Heroes" were specially criticized.Regarding this question, the director first smiled and said: "I have read some articles written, but not many. I think it is very normal for a work to have all kinds of comments after it is released, so my creative habits over the years, Let me have a normal mind to view everyone's various opinions. I won't feel great about those who praise me. I am very ugly. It doesn't matter who hits me or scolds me. The movie is just for everyone to watch. Which one you say is the best, it’s hard for me to say because I haven’t read many of them.”

After ridiculing himself, the director said sincerely: "My personal wish is, first of all, it is a movie that can attract audiences, especially now that China's film and television industry is in a slump. We all hope to attract audiences back to movie theaters to watch movies, and hope to revitalize China's film industry. , this actually has to start from the most basic, we have to try to make a good-looking movie. Only in this way can we attract everyone to enter the cinema, and then discuss more issues about the movie, so my ideal is not lofty or great, I just want to make a good-looking and attractive movie for everyone to watch, thank you."

To put it bluntly, don’t talk about art or not. Movies should be beautiful and make the audience like to watch them. Only in this way can the audience be attracted back to the cinema and the film industry can be revitalized.

The director's heartfelt words drew applause from the audience.

Of course, the director did not dare to mention one of the biggest stubborn problems that hinders the development of the film industry - piracy. Hundreds of media reporters at the scene also very knowingly asked no questions about it.

The press conference for the premiere was only one hour long, but the media reporters on the scene were very enthusiastic about asking questions. As the time was approaching, when the director and Zhang Ziyi finished answering Wanwan reporters’ questions about which one is better between "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" After asking the bad question, Chen Perch walked onto the stage, looked at Ru Lin's arms still raised in the audience, and said with a wry smile: "There are many friends from the press here today, and there are also many friends from the press at home and abroad. Due to time constraints, , in the end only two reporters could ask questions."

The first lucky person to be selected was unique and did not chase stars, asking technical questions about photography and martial arts instruction.

Director of photography Du Kefeng and martial arts director Cheng Xiaodong both gave serious answers.

Well, even Cheng Xiaodong has successfully refreshed his sense of presence, and only Li Tang has been sitting there from beginning to end.

"I know that after watching this movie, everyone has a lot of feelings to share with others and a lot of questions to ask, but due to time constraints, there is only one last question left. There were many mainland reporters and Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters just now I asked reporters and foreign reporters, but in the end I just invited one at random. I’m very sorry.”

As soon as Chen Perch finished speaking, countless hands were raised in the audience. It was the last question. Everyone wanted to seize the opportunity, especially many people in the back row stood up and raised their hands, and even put their feet up, for fear that the host would not watch. arrive.

Chen Perch also intentionally looked towards the back row. After all, the people sitting in the front row were all big media. Out of the principle of fairness and justice, at least some superficial work had to be done.

She happened to see a man wearing glasses, and perhaps the elegant temperament exuding from him attracted her, so she pointed at him and said: "This gentleman, yes, this is the gentleman wearing glasses, please ask a question. "

This guy wearing glasses suddenly became the focus of the audience, especially the reporters who didn't get to ask questions. They all cast jealous looks.

Everyone knows that in such a large-scale press conference, the media who choose to ask questions must be well-aimed.As Chen Perch just said, the big media in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and foreigners must take care of it. Asking anyone for the last question is just a chance to try your luck.

The guy with glasses took the microphone and first expressed his gratitude to the host: "Thank you, Ms. Bass!"

Then he started to ask questions: "I am a reporter from "Daily News". I would like to ask Teacher Li Tang..."

Hey, many people looked at him as soon as he said this. Unexpectedly, the last question was actually asked to Li Tang. Many people then remembered that no one had ever asked Li Tang a question.

In addition, these days, everyone pays attention to international standards. Even Chen Daoming is called sir. At this time, the title "Teacher Li Tang" seems very unusual.

Li Tang, who was sitting on the podium, suddenly raised his head in surprise.Just now he was asking Cheng Xiaodong about the director's new film.

The director's new film has already begun to be assembled. It was a pleasure to work with him on "Hero". Since the new film is also a costume martial arts film, Cheng Xiaodong is definitely the best choice for the martial arts director.

In fact, in many cases, when directors choose the main actors behind the scenes, they use the familiar rather than the unfamiliar.Everyone is familiar with each other, and there is less friction, making it easier to cooperate.

As a martial arts instructor, Cheng Xiaodong must have read the script, and maybe he has already started to prepare and design it.But this guy didn't say anything clearly, so he had no choice but to sign a confidentiality agreement.However, he still let slip a few details, such as the new film is a story that took place in the Tang Dynasty, and the main weapons are knives.

Not to mention, Li Tang really didn't know how to use a knife. He used to use either a gun or a sword. When he was thinking about meeting Wu Jing to practice after the promotion, he suddenly heard his name.

He looked up and saw, oh, this guy is not Old Han. I couldn't believe that the voice sounded familiar just now.

Although the distance was a bit far away, Li Tang could still see Han Binjiang looking at him and asking: "Teacher Li Tang, when you participated in this film, you said that you were there to study. After the filming of this film was completed, Okay, what do you feel most deeply? What kind of gains have you gained?"

To be honest, Li Tang was really grateful to Lao Han at this moment. Although he always looked calm, he did not have a sense of presence at today's press conference and no one asked him questions. These are two different concepts.

If he really acted as a transparent person throughout the whole process and no reporters asked him questions, it would be a very embarrassing thing, and it might become a dark history for him in the future.

Lao Han was interested, and the question he asked was probably a response to the interview he gave himself before filming "Hero".

Li Tang pondered for a moment and said: I think it is a great honor to be able to participate in the crew of "Hero" this time, because many of the actors are my seniors, and our behind-the-scenes elites are all very outstanding.In addition to their acting skills, what I learned is their dedication to their artistic creation.If it weren’t for this spirit, they wouldn’t have achieved what they have today. It must be through years of hard work that they can achieve today’s career. I saw many scenes of their hard work in them. I think this It was a particularly unforgettable experience.I am really honored to be part of the cast of "Hero" and I am very grateful to the director for giving me this opportunity.The role of Changkong gave me a limited amount, and after filming today, it may not be available tomorrow, so I worked very hard to do a good job, and I hope everyone can see my efforts. "

Since he is a transparent person, he must also be transparent about his consciousness. His answer was very low-key.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Han Binjiang who asked the question, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Finally, I would like to thank this reporter from "Daily News" for giving me the opportunity to answer this question, thank you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were a few sparse bursts of laughter, most of which came from the back row, because many of them had no chance to ask questions, and the reporters from the big media sitting in the front row were somewhat embarrassed.

Isn't Li Tang's self-deprecation a mockery of them?
Fortunately, the host Chen Perch walked to the center of the stage in time and said: "Thank you very much to all friends from the press. Due to time constraints, today's meeting with reporters has come to an end. Thank you very much for your continued attention to "Heroes", I also hope that everyone will cheer for this movie, Chinese filmmakers, and Chinese movies! Thank you all! Now the guests are starting to leave."

Today's premiere was very tightly arranged. Immediately after the press conference, there was a meeting with various cooperative units, such as Yindu Agency, China Film Group, Columbia Company, etc., as well as leaders of the film bureau.

There will also be designated media interviews, and we will have a dinner together after the event.

During the interview with the designated media after the meeting, Li Tang got a lot of questions, but he remained as humble and low-key as ever.

When he was about to go to the Yanjing Hotel for a dinner party, Xiao Zhao handed over his cell phone after getting in the car and said: "Brother, Director Lou Ye called and asked you to go back when you have time."

　The chapter division is a bit awkward, so I simply combined them into one and posted them together.Once again, I have the audacity to ask for a vote!

　　
　
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