Xu Wangqiu was about to answer Polanski's question, but Truffaut smiled and said, "Okay, gentlemen. This is a film festival, not a film salon. The audience is still waiting for him, what is there to wait for him to finish. ”

Polanski realized that he was at the premiere. Now the applause of the audience is still crackling, and they are inviting the crew of "Falcon" to the stage with applause. He laughed and said to Xu Wangqiu: "You are busy with your first, we will wait for you at the café of the Martinez Hotel." When you're done, come and talk to us. ”

Xu Wangqiu also wanted to talk to Truffaut and them, said "yes", called Zhang Yimou and Zhou Lijin, and walked to the front of the stage in the applause of the scene.

When the audience saw Zhang Ran and them on stage, the applause was even more enthusiastic, the shouts and whistles were endless, and the entire movie palace kept shaking in the huge waves, as if an earthquake had occurred. Hearing the shouts of the audience, Xu Wangqiu and the others all bowed to the audience with smiles on their faces, in exchange for more enthusiastic cheers and applause.

Zhou Lijin and Zhang Yimou were visiting the film festival for the first time, and when they saw nearly 1,000 foreigners standing up and applauding themselves, including Truffaut and Polanski, their hearts surged with an indescribable excitement and pride, so that their eyes were a little moist.

The applause of the audience lasted for nearly ten minutes, and Xu Wangqiu and they bowed to the audience five times to thank them before everything calmed down. This nearly 10 percent applause is undoubtedly the most direct reaction of the audience, and it is also the highest praise.

After coming out of the cinema, Xu Wangqiu and his family came to the press center, first attended the official photo session and let the photographer take pictures, and then came to the press conference site to be interviewed by the media. When he walked into the press conference, Xu Wangqiu glanced at it and found that it was crowded with people, and there were probably 200 reporters present.

After the official start of the press conference, Xu Wangqiu briefly talked about his creative concept and what he wanted to express in the movie, and then Zhang Yimou and Zhou Lijin also talked about their views on the film and their creative concept.

When the questions were asked freely, the reporters were very active. Many of these questions are related to politics, such as what is the view of the movement. In this era, Chinese filmmakers basically can't escape this kind of problem when they go to the three major film festivals. "Nezha in the Sea" is an animated film, and it has nothing to do with politics. But when I went to Cannes last year to screen it, a foreign reporter asked if the Dragon King of the Four Seas in the movie was referring to the Gang of Four.

Before leaving, the higher authorities gave an explanation to the members of the delegation, and Zhang Yimou and Zhou Lijin knew how to answer; in addition, Xu Wangqiu had experience in dealing with reporters, and with him as a cover, Zhang Yimou did not make any trouble when answering reporters' questions.

Xu Wangqiu knew that someone would definitely ask a question about the self-defense counterattack, and this question really came: "Director Xu, hello." I'm a reporter for Le Figaro, and I think that as an artist you should have a conscience and a sense of responsibility, but unfortunately, in "Falcon" I saw you singing praises for China's invasion of Vietnam, is that okay?"

Xu Wangqiu didn't expect the other party to say it so directly, and when he came up, he said about Chinese aggression, frowned, and said: "When filming "Falcon", there was a battle not far from our filming location. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Wangqiu took out a map of China, pointed to the map and said: "On September 18, 1980, the Vietnamese army of the 247th Regiment of Ha Giang Province of Vietnam sent 9 companies to invade Luojiaping Mountain in the dark. Within nine days, the Vietnamese army built 19 large and small bunkers on the mountain, dug a ring of fortifications and trenches, formed a series of crossfire points, condescendingly and often fired at Jinchang Township, and constantly sent small groups of enemy special forces to attack and harass Chinese border posts. In the early morning of October 15, the Chinese army launched a battle to recapture the Lo Jia Ping Mountain, driving the Vietnamese army back to Vietnam. This battle took place in Jinchang Township, Maguan County, Yunnan Province, China, on Chinese soil, who invaded whom?"

The reporter didn't expect Xu Wangqiu to be so well prepared, he even took out the map, looked at Xu Wangqiu dumbfounded, and didn't know what to say. Other reporters held their cameras and shot at Xu Wangqiu.

"During the filming of "Falcon", we received help from the troops, who provided weapons and equipment. From the end of April to the beginning of May this year, we went to the southern Yunnan front to screen "Falcon" for the troops as a thank you. It happened to be the battle to recover Kuolin Mountain. ”

Xu Wangqiu pointed to the map and said: "Kuolin Mountain is here, Malipo County, Southern Yunnan Province. After the end of the self-defense counterattack in 79, the Vietnamese army occupied Kuolin Mountain, and occupied the adjacent Lao Mountain, Bali River Dong Mountain, Zheyin Mountain and some surrounding commanding heights, which are all Chinese territory. After occupying these places, the Vietnamese army often shelled border villages. The common people did not dare to live in the village, so they could only drill caves. But children like to watch the excitement, and they can't stay in the cave and run outside to play. There was a little girl named Deng Jinhua, only eight years old, when she ran outside to play, she was found by the Vietnamese army, so they shot her, she ran fast and was not hit, but when she ran to the entrance of the cave, a shell from the Vietnamese army came and blew her into three sections. There are a lot of things like this. In May this year, the Chinese army regained Kuolin Mountain, but Lao Mountain, Bali River Dongshan, and Zheyin Mountain were still occupied by the Vietnamese army.

The journalist shouted: "China is so strong, how can Vietnam encroach on China's territory, you are lying." ”

Xu Wangqiu said coldly: "According to your logic, Dongying's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor must be fake, the United States is the most powerful country in the world, how dare the people of Dongying sneak attack Pearl Harbor." Of course you can doubt me and think I'm lying, but I can also doubt your integrity as a journalist, and maybe you have a wife of Vietnamese origin. ”

The reporters at the scene laughed when they heard this, and felt that Xu Wangqiu was very interesting. In recent days, they have interviewed many Chinese filmmakers, some from the mainland, some from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but most of them give them the impression of being modest and cautious, polite, and Xu Wangqiu is completely different from them, very direct, if you are not polite to me, then I will not give you a good face. They like straightforward people, and they like Xu Wangqiu, who speaks bluntly.

Zhang Yimou and Zhou Lijin quietly gave Xu Wangqiu a thumbs up, Wangqiu, you're still awesome!

Hu Jian smiled and nodded at the same time, when encountering this kind of problem, the general director must be concerned about it, and he doesn't know what to say, so it seems that we are in a loss. You should be like Wangqiu, you should be tough when you should be tough, otherwise others will think you are a bully.

At this time, another reporter stood up: "Francis Coppola believes that the best war film must be anti-war, I think his point of view is very reasonable, what do you think?"

Xu Wangqiu said directly: "I don't quite agree with this point of view, and I don't think it's absolutely right to oppose the war. The most typical example is the outbreak of World War II. Many people died in the First World War, and pacifism emerged in England and France after the war. They declare that all wars are wrong, call for the refusal to support or serve any government that resorts to force, and even declare that it is not enough to renounce aggression but also to give up defence.

Driven by this concept, when the Dongying people launched the 918 Incident and invaded China's territory, the international community ignored it. When the Germans tore up the Treaty of Versailles and openly expanded their armaments, the international community ignored them. When Italy did not declare war on Ethiopia, the international community ignored it equally. With the connivance of the international community, Germany, Dongying, and Italy became more and more crazy, and invaded more and more countries, which eventually led to the full-scale outbreak of World War II. If the international community had stopped the aggression of Germany, Japan and Italy against other countries just before they could, would the situation be different?

The Vietnamese have occupied Cambodian land and have not withdrawn their troops to this day, and they have occupied some hills in our border areas, which is a naked aggression. We are the victims, and now you are making us oppose the war, that is, to make us give up resistance, and in this sense, you are an accomplice of the aggressor. War is not a good thing, and if it can be avoided, if it can not happen, it is undoubtedly very good. But war is not absolutely wrong, there is justice and injustice in war. Was it wrong for the Allies to liberate Paris? Was it wrong for the Allies to liberate Auschwitz?"

The reporters who asked the questions were speechless, while the other reporters applauded. How World War II happened, the reporters present basically knew that appeasement did play a role in fueling the flames, and Xu Wangqiu's words were not wrong at all.

At this time, another reporter stood up: "Hello, Director Xu, I am a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. There are two huge iron shelves on the other side of the beach, and I've heard people say, you built them, can I ask what they're for?"

Hearing this question, the reporters on the scene were interested. Someone erected two huge iron frames on the seashore, more than 20 meters high, with a distance of 500 or 600 meters apart, and ropes were erected on the iron frames. Everyone was very curious about this, and they didn't know what it was for. The Chinese delegation was specifically inquired about, but the answer was that it would be kept confidential for the time being.

Xu Wangqiu immediately smiled when he heard the reporter's question: "That thing is called the cableway photography system, which is a kind of film shooting equipment. In the movie "Falcon", there is a long shot of the Chinese army charging at the Vietnamese position, and that shot was shot with this equipment. As for how to use that device, I can't say a word or two. We'll do a brief presentation tomorrow afternoon, so if you're interested, you can check it out. ”

The reporters present suddenly realized that it was film shooting equipment, and then they raised their hands again, hoping that the press officer would let them ask questions. European auteur cinema is now the mainstream, and even more so at the three major film festivals. As the master controller of the film, the director is often treated more favorably than the actor at the three major film festivals. Most of the reporters' questions were thrown at the director Xu Wangqiu, and Zhang Yimou received very few questions. But they were also happy and relaxed, sitting on the sidelines to watch how Xu Wangqiu dealt with reporters.

The sixty-minute press conference ended quickly, and Xu Wangqiu and Zhang Yimou came out of the movie palace laughing. Xu Wangqiu raised his eyes and saw hundreds of people gathered in the open space in front of the movie palace, many of whom were holding notebooks in their hands, looking like fans waiting for autographs. He suddenly remembered that there were two films starring Adjani in Cannes this year shortlisted for the main competition unit, and today's screening is "Quartet", which should be fans waiting for Adjani to sign autographs.

At that moment, someone in the waiting group of fans saw Xu Wangqiu and shouted "They came out". Immediately, the group of fans was like wolves that saw a lamb, howling and calling, and rushed towards Xu Wangqiu and them. In the blink of an eye, Xu Wangqiu and the others were stabilized by these fan groups, and the fans excitedly shouted "yes, yes". Xu Wangqiu was a little surprised, why did he call us grandpa? But he reacted immediately, these people were not called "grandpa," but "Yan!"