Entertainment Reborn Rhapsody

Chapter 163 Chapter 160 Three: Oprah

Oprah has done countless programs. From the initial focus on weight loss and child abuse to various social topics later, she has interviewed celebrities from various industries.

The largest number of them are Hollywood stars and book writers, and the people interviewed this time happen to be related to these two industries.

For Oprah, Shanhe was a very suitable interview subject, but also made her somewhat uncomfortable.

A miraculous boy writer in China, all the information Oprah has about Shanhe can only prove this fact. Oprah knows nothing about his childhood experience, which makes her a little headache. The interviewee had an in-depth conversation, allowing him to tell his own story.

Oprah originally planned to focus on the creation of the book "Parasite" to expand the topic and explore Shanhe's inner views and evaluation of Country M.

But a few hours before the recording, she got a piece of news that changed her mind. Starting from the differences between the people of Hua and M, it would be more attractive to the audience. After all, Hua is more mysterious in the eyes of M.

After Shanhe arrived at the recording hall of Chicago TV, he was taken into the backstage dressing room. While waiting in the chair, he could clearly hear the director and Oprah's communication from the front desk, and he could also feel the audience entering the venue one after another. .

He didn't feel nervous at all. He had done too much publicity, which made Shanhe a little numb. Besides, this was in country M, so Shanhe didn't have much psychological pressure.

Oprah at the front desk started to say the opening remarks. She probably said some humorous memes from country M, which caused bursts of laughter.

The theater director next to him said to Shanhe: "Qiu, you can go on stage now."

Shanhe walked out of the backstage with steady steps. As soon as Shanhe appeared in front of the stage, the audience gave applause and some whistles. Shanhe smiled and waved to the audience. He roughly looked around, and there were more than half of the audience All black.

Shanhe looked at the scene a few times, and it looked familiar. It was exactly the same as the scene layout of a future show in China. No wonder she was copying Oprah!
"Qiu, this is your position, don't stare at my position, maybe you can also be a talk show host in the future, but not now!" Oprah said serious nonsense.

There was another burst of laughter from the audience, and Shan He was speechless. What's so funny about this!
No matter what he thought in his heart, on the surface Shanhe sat opposite Oprah with a smile.

"Hello, Oprah, it's my honor to be invited by you. Hello everyone, I'm Qiu Shanhe!"

"So Qiu is actually your last name, and Shanhe is your first name?" Oprah asked casually.

"Yes, according to you M country people, my name is Shanhe Qiu."

"It seems that the country of Hua and the country of M are too different, and the names are opposite!" Oprah said, spreading her hands and shrugging, "But I still have to call you Qiu, your name is too awkward, and the audience here are all Understand, most people in country M have no language talent!"

"I have no objection. In Huaguo, calling someone with a single character represents kindness." Shanhe responded.

"Qiu, let me tell you some good news first. In return, you will exchange your growth experience, okay?" Oprah said mysteriously.

"Okay! Hope your news is good enough!"

Oprah smiled proudly, "Qiu, how about you won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Literary Novel in Country M? Is this good news?"

After Shanhe heard the news, he was actually not very happy. After all, in his opinion, the Book Critics Award is just like that.

Of course, on stage, Shanhe still showed a surprised expression in cooperation, "Wow! Is this news accurate? Shouldn't I be the first to know!"

Accompanied by the applause of the audience, Oprah said with certainty: "100% accurate. If I were you, I would jump up with excitement. Qiu, you are really not a teenager!"

Shanhe felt a little tired, I'm all pretending, my acting skills are so exaggerated, you still can't say enough!

"Oprah, the Chinese literati pay attention to the realm. They don't feel happy about the fame they get, and they don't feel sad about the glory they lose. This is the highest pursuit of the Chinese literati! Do not take pleasure in things or do things in Chinese. Sad." Shanhe gave Huaguo's view of literati.

"Wow! China's values ​​are so special. Why do I feel an inexplicable sadness? Is it a romantic poet's feelings?" Oprah responded quickly.

Shanhe looked at Oprah with some surprise. This woman was indeed perceptive. "The author of this article is indeed a poet. He is a benchmark for Chinese literati. If you are interested, you can learn more about it!"

"I will, Qiu, should you fulfill our agreement?" Oprah brought the topic back.

Shanhe nodded and began to introduce his writing process, "My hometown is in a small county in Huaguo. My literary hobby comes from my father. He is a middle school Chinese teacher. I wrote my first book when I was 13 years old. , very lucky, published and won an award, others are no different from ordinary people, even the grades are not good, high school and university are specially recruited by the school, so I don't feel like a genius, hard work plus good luck. Let me go today!"

"Finished? It's so short! You Chinese people are too reserved. It seems I still have to ask, in your extraordinary experience, what is the most impressive thing?" Oprah asked, looking at the mountains and rivers.

Shanhe thought for a while, "It should be the success of the Beijing Olympic bid. I am very proud of the honor my participation has brought to my hometown!"

"Can you tell us something about it? What do people in Huaguo think of this honor?"

"You M country people may not understand that Hua country is a country that has lasted for thousands of years. What we believe in is not Mantian gods and Buddhas, but our ancestors. Because of my successful Olympic bid, people in my hometown wrote me The records of ancestors that have been passed down for more than 1000 years, we in China are called genealogy, which is a supreme honor in China. Only those who have won honor for the family, worked hard for the nation, and even paid their blood and lives are eligible to be recorded. I am very proud of what I can do!" Shanhe said with some enthusiasm.

"Wow, is this the power of an ancient civilization? It's unbelievable, that is to say, each of your surnames has its own history, and there are records of ancestors. It's unbelievable. I seem to understand your beliefs Alright!" Following Oprah's exclamation, the audience in the audience also exclaimed.

They were indeed shocked by Shanhe's description. Country M is an immigrant country. In the short history of more than 200 years, rebellious spirit has been the mainstream. Not to mention the idea of ​​ancestors, even the ideas of their parents are mainly negative. What they advocate is Self is freedom!
People in country M are very surprised and curious about this difference.

"Qiu, the country of Hua has such a long family history, is this the reason why you understood the crux of country M and wrote "Parasite" in only one month?" Oprah continued to ask.

"Oprah, the family history of Hua Country is different from that of M Country. The family history of M Country is about family history, such as the Rockefeller family, Morgan family, and family history in Hua Country is now just a bond of blood. As for the idea of ​​"Parasite", it mainly benefited from my experience in the black community, and my host family gave me a lot of help!" Shanhe replied.

"Okay! It seems that the idea of ​​​​understanding China in a short time is unrealistic. Let's go back to "Parasite". You know my experience. This book gave me a lot of sighs. I lived in the environment in the book when I was a child. , I believe many people in the audience are familiar with this kind of environment. As a Chinese, how did you stay in a black community for a full month? To be honest, I think you have to rely on the police to get out of there in three days. !" Oprah turned to "Parasite."

Shanhe rubbed the tip of his nose, "I was indeed frightened. On the first day, I saw people with pistols in their waists passing by on the street. You could even see scenes of blatant drug use on the street. To be honest, I still can't understand why there is such a place in the wealthy M Congress. Fortunately, I have a reliable host family who has the ability to keep me from being violated. During a month of getting along, I realized that black people have nothing to do with me. What’s the difference? I’ve made a lot of black friends. They are not born to be violent. The environment is the main cause of the tragedy!”

"Is there a place like this in Huaguo? I heard that many places in Huaguo can't afford food and clothing!" Oprah asked.

Shanhe frowned, "Oprah, the poverty in Hua Country is very different from that in M ​​Country. The main reason for the poverty in Hua Country is geographical conditions. The large population leads to insufficient arable land. Areas far away from cities have inconvenient transportation and no industrial facilities. Support, farmers can only rely on meager land income to support themselves, some parts of Huaguo are still very backward and need to be developed, but Huaguo does not have similar low-level communities, after all, Huaguo does not allow private guns to be owned, and Huaguo’s urban management is relatively poor. The ones from country M are also more detailed, and there are slums, but they will not be so chaotic!"

"I heard that "Parasite" is also very popular in China. What do the ordinary people in China think of the situation in country M?"

"Country M is mostly developed and wealthy in the impression of Chinese people. They also don't understand country M. To be honest, they don't understand my novel very well. They probably don't understand the state of mind of the Bjork family. It is more of a story. Come and read. After all, the gap between the two countries is too great!"

"Qiu, it is said that Martin Scorsese came to China specifically to find you in order to direct "Parasite", hoping to get your support. Is this true?" Oprah finally turned the topic to movies.

"It's true, Martin is very sincere. I was very surprised by his arrival. He even prepared a storyboard script. I was moved by his sincerity and talent, and I am full of expectations for the movie "Parasite"!" Shanhe Start promoting the movie.

The two began gossiping about the film's starring role and box office awards.

An hour later, the recording of Oprah's talk show was finally finished. Shanhe said goodbye to Oprah and walked out of the Chicago TV station.

"Xiaohe, Oprah is right. You won the award. Bruckheimer also called me just now. Time Magazine may come back to interview you. You are the first Chinese to win the award and the first to win the award. Asians!" Qu Ling said excitedly.

"This award seems to be much more important than we thought!" Shanhe said with some surprise.

York also congratulated Shanhe on the side, "Qiu, this is an authoritative award in the literary world of country M, and the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award of country M are also known as the three major awards in the literary world. It is a big deal for you to win the best novel award." news!"

(End of this chapter)