At the end of the red carpet show, there was an infield press conference, and after the reporters outside the venue were invited into the press room, John was the first to stand up as an investor and producer.

Clearing his throat, John picked up the microphone and looked at the reporters in the audience. "The purpose of convening this opening ceremony is to officially inform everyone present of some relevant information about Forrest Gump.

"Forrest Gump" will officially start filming on the 30th of this month, with a production amount of 60 million US dollars, produced by Crown Film Studios, and distributed by New Line Film Company, and the release time has not yet been determined.

I am the producer, director, and screenwriter of the film, Martin Scorsese as the assistant director, and Francis Ford Coppola as the producer. ”

John also gestured to Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, who were sitting next to him.

The reporters in the audience were a little surprised when they heard his words, they always thought that Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola were just coming to the platform, but they didn't expect that one of them was an assistant director and the other was a producer.

John on the stage ignored the reactions of the reporters in the audience and continued to introduce. The main cast of the film is led by Tom Hanks and Winona Ryder. The main supporting roles are played by Audrey Hepburn, Nicolas Cage, and Will Smith, while Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, James Stewart, and Gregory Peck are the stars. ”

After John's words, the reporters in the audience immediately turned their heads to each other, if Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola escorted "Forrest Gump" surprised them, then Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, James Stewart, Gregory Peck and other national treasure actors starred in a movie at the same time It was a little shocking for them.

Because throughout the history of Hollywood films, there has never been a movie that has had so many national treasure actors participate together, and "Forrest Gump" is the first time.

Just as the reporters were basking in great shock, John immediately followed up with another big move.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to announce one thing at the end, after the release of "Forrest Gump", I will set up a public welfare foundation and public welfare society, and all the box office proceeds of "Forrest Gump" will be donated to this public welfare foundation, and all profits will be used for public welfare. ”

When the reporters in the audience heard the news, they couldn't sit still anymore, and they got up and looked at John on the stage and kept asking.

"Mr. Chris Deng, what is the name of this public welfare foundation?"

"Director Chris Deng, when will this foundation be able to operate?"

"Mr. Chris Deng, what kind of public welfare projects will this foundation target?"

John looked at the tumultuous hall and pressed his hand. "Please be quiet, return to your seats, and raise your hand if you have a question, otherwise I won't be able to answer the fuss. ”

When the reporters in a crowd heard John's words, they could only temporarily suppress the excitement in their hearts and reluctantly returned to their seats.

When John announced that he could ask questions, the reporters quickly raised their hands one by one and looked at John expectantly.

John looked at the crowd and pointed to one of the young black men.

"Hello Mr. Chris Deng!" said the black man, standing up excitedly and looking at John. "I'm a reporter for USA Today. I would like to ask you, what prompted you to donate all the box office proceeds of Forrest Gump to a good cause?"

Although the United States is a country that is keen to donate, no one in Hollywood has ever used the box office proceeds of a movie to donate, so this seems quite new to everyone.

John thought for a moment. "Some time ago, I went to China, when China was suffering from a rare flood disaster, I was very worried to see the affected people, after I came back, I have been thinking about what I can do to make the world a better place, after thinking about it, I decided to set up a public welfare foundation, so that I can help those in need. ”

After John answered, the reporters in the audience all raised their hands at the same time. John picked a blonde woman from the crowd this time.

"Hello Mr. Chris Deng!" said the blonde woman as she stood up. "I'm a reporter for The New York Times, and I'd like to ask you, what kind of philanthropic projects will your charity foundation focus on?"

John looked at the blonde woman and replied. "This public welfare foundation will focus on disaster relief, poverty relief, and assistance to the disabled...... Wait a minute. ”

There are many public welfare projects, such as environment, health, medical care, education, climate, animal ...... Wait a minute. But John's foundation focused on only a small part of them, or rather only on more pressing issues, such as helping people affected by natural disasters, poverty and disease caused by war...... Wait a minute.

After John answered, he then looked at the reporters in the audience and said. If you want to know more, you can wait until the day of the establishment of the public welfare foundation, today is the press conference of the opening ceremony of "Forrest Gump", so I hope that the next questions are all about movies. ”

The purpose of holding a press conference is naturally to promote the film, but John doesn't want to finish the topic at one time, the propaganda is gradual, just like the rain is silent but can moisturize all things, if you finish the topic at one time, what else can be used to attract attention, so you can break some information at a time, which can arouse everyone's curiosity, and also make "Forrest Gump" always appear in everyone's sight.

After hearing John's words, the reporters in the audience were not less enthusiastic at all, and they still raised their hands high and waited for questions, for them it didn't matter if they didn't ask about the Foundation, because there were too many topics to dig into at this press conference.

For example: John's identity.

For example: Audrey Hepburn's surgery.

For example: the new works of two great directors...... Wait a minute.

John chose a middle-aged white man from the crowd of raised hands this time.

As soon as the middle-aged man stood up, he took the microphone and asked. "I would like to ask director Martin Scorsese, what made you willing to be a green leaf and become an assistant director?"

The reason why the middle-aged man asked like this was actually to dig out John's identity from the side, which is also something that all the reporters present wanted to know, to invite two top directors to escort him, and to invite five national treasure-level actors to help, how can ordinary people do such a trick, so they want to dig out John's identity and see if it is the wealthy son who came to Hollywood to play the world.

Martin Scorsese heard the reporter's question, took the microphone from John's hand and said with a smile. "The reason why I am willing to join Forrest Gump is because director Chris Deng is a very good young man, and I like him very much. And more importantly, the box office proceeds of "Forrest Gump" will be used for public welfare, and it is a joy for me to be able to help others and contribute to society. ”

As a battle-hardened veteran, Martin Scorsese naturally won't be taken to the ditch by reporters, and besides, he doesn't know John's identity, so he can't talk about it. The reason why he agreed to be John's assistant director was entirely for the sake of Katharine Hepburn's face.

After seeing that Martin Scorsese could not get anything useful, the reporters in the audience immediately turned their hopes to Francis Ford Coppola on the other side.

But they were destined to be disappointed once again, because Francis Ford Coppola's answer was even better than that of Martin Scorsese, so to speak.

After two failures, the reporters finally came to the conclusion that it was impossible to get John out of the two old foxes, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, so they reluctantly gave up on the issue.