"Chen, why did you decide to direct The Da Vinci Code?"

"Chen, what do you think of The Da Vinci Code?"

"Chen, do you have any religious beliefs?"

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As soon as Chen Hao appeared at the press conference of "The Da Vinci Code", he was surrounded by the long guns and short guns of the media, and he looked very excited.

Chen Hao knows that most of the reason why media reporters are so excited is because of the huge controversy of "The Da Vinci Code".

So why has the Da Vinci Code caused great controversy in the Western world since its inception?

This book tells the story of Robert Langdon, an expert in semiotics at Harvard University, who learns that the elderly director of the Louvre Museum has been murdered in the Louvre Museum during a business trip to Paris, France.

An elusive code is found next to his corpse, and Langdon is involved because he has an appointment with the curator.

So, together with the curator's granddaughter, Sophie Neve, he launched an investigation.

In the process of sorting through a large number of strange passwords, they are shocked to discover a series of clues hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's artwork.

These clues are clearly visible to everyone, but they are cleverly hidden by the painter.

However, in the end, they discovered this secret that shocked the world and was hidden for thousands of years.

That is, Jesus Christ in Western Christianity is only a mortal, not born of the Virgin Mary, but married and had children, and the descendants have continued to this day!

And in Western religions, Christ is God, the Son of God, the Savior of mankind, who came to atone for the sins of mankind!

His crucifixion was to take the place of human beings, and people looked at him as a god in the hope of being blessed by him, confessing their sins before him, and hoping to be washed away.

If the conclusion is that Christ is a man, a man with a wife, offspring, and "desires", then the two thousand years of faith in the West have collapsed and collapsed, and there is no spiritual comfort and sustenance.

For authoritative religions, the existence of Christ is also the fundamental guarantee of their existence.

If Christ is a man and not a god, and human beliefs are wrong, then does religion still make sense?

Therefore, "The Da Vinci Code" has attracted great attention and controversy in Western Christian countries as soon as it came out, and has become one of the most concerned cultural phenomena in the world in recent years.

Of course, attention also means money!

And this is something that has attracted attention in all Western Christian countries, so the value of its own adaptation is extremely high.

That's why Sony Colombia bought the adaptation rights and wanted to make money from the remake.

"Okay, everyone, don't be impatient, first of all, thank you for coming to the press conference of "The Da Vinci Code", because the crew is ready to start filming, so the actors are already in France, and today I invited the director of the film, Chen. Davis said.

"Hello everyone, long time no see!" Chen Hao greeted everyone with a smile.

"OK, you can ask any questions, come one by one, after all, there is only one Chen. Davis laughed, "Let's ask this one first!"

"Chen, have you seen The Da Vinci Code, how do you feel?"

Chen Hao smiled when he heard this, "Of course I have read the original book as a remake of the movie, well, it is a very good suspense reasoning." ”

Chen Hao knew that media reporters wanted to talk about religion, but it was not good for himself or the movie if he talked too much, so he could only avoid talking about it.

"Chen, don't you think it's too deviant about Jesus Christ?"

"I would like to say that this is just a book, and I assure you that the script of the film has been adapted to retain the main framework while cutting out the 'anti-Catholic' content.

What we want to shoot is just a thriller and suspenseful plot, and there is not much to do with religion, so you don't have to dwell too much. Chen Hao said.

"Chen, do you have any religious beliefs?"

"No, I'm an atheist. Chen Hao shook his head and said.

"Jesus Christ is not God, and you are also an atheist, is it because of this that you directed this film adaptation?"

"You think too much, I directed The Da Vinci Code because there was a collaboration between me and Colombia, and they came to me to prove that the film didn't deal too much with religion.

There are many controversial places, as the movie itself will not be discussed too much, or that sentence, we just want a thriller and suspenseful plot. Chen Hao reiterated again.

"Chen, do you know that the Da Vinci Code was sued for plagiarism?"

Chen Hao had a question mark on his face when he heard this, and then looked at Davis, what else is going on?

Seeing this, Davis said, "We are already dealing with this, and it will not affect the normal shooting of the film." ”

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After the press conference of "The Da Vinci Code", Chen Hao and Davis were relieved.

As soon as this group of reporters saw that they were stirring up trouble, they wanted to make a big deal about it, and they finally coped with it.

However, in fact, this point is also good for the movie itself, the bigger the controversy, the more attention everyone pays attention to, and the box office will be higher when the film is released.

In Sony Colombia's view, this is undoubtedly a deal with a high probability of success.

Chen Hao doesn't care about these, he is just a tool man, after making a movie, he will be done when he gets the money.

However, because Chen Hao enjoys 15% of the movie's North American box office, he will naturally do his best, after all, the higher the box office of the movie, the more he earns.

"By the way, the Da Vinci Code was copied by the defendant?" Chen Hao asked.

Davis nodded, it happened in England.

Michael Begent and Richard Leonar, two Englishmen, wrote a book called "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", in which the hypothesis is very similar to "The Da Vinci Code".

The two sued Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, for plagiarizing the core hypothesis of her work.

If the two win the lawsuit, it is difficult to say whether "The Da Vinci Code" can be released.

"Don't worry, the company will take care of it, you just need to make a good movie. Davis said.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard this, just be a good tool man.

It's just that when the two walked out of the press conference, they found that a group of demonstrators had gathered outside, holding a lot of banners.

For example, "Boycott the movie 'The Da Vinci Code!'" "Dan Brown is a heretic!", "Chen, get out of America!", etc.

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To be honest, this is the first time Chen Hao has seen people demonstrators, especially when he saw the words to get out of the United States, he was really touched.

But that's not all, there's still a lot of trouble ahead!