"Ladies and gentlemen, let us applaud and welcome today's guest of honour: Lan Li-Hall!"

The audience gave a collective standing ovation, and with the official debut of Lan Li, the applause became louder and louder, climbing to new heights step by step, and finally evolved into a thunderous roar, shaking the entire venue, the roof above and the ground under the feet began to shake at the same time, and the raging and hot air whistled on the surface of the skin like a thousand horses galloping.

Mountains and tsunamis. The thunderous stirring of the whole audience struck ripples on the eardrums, and the tremors jumped from the soles of the feet to the top of the head one after another. At this moment, there was an urge to bow and worship in the depths of his heart, and all the focus of his eyes fell on Lan Li, staring intently at the handsome and tall young actor in front of him.

It's different.

Unlike Madison Square Garden, different from the red carpet of the awards ceremony, and different from the crowd of fans on the street, the applause of the audience was so pure and so focused, more enthusiastic than London's West End, more engaged than Broadway, simpler than the film festival, more frenetic than the awards ceremony, and wholeheartedly showed their respect and adoration.

Lan Li stood on the stage, quietly staring at the madness in front of him, surging under his calm expression, his eyes were slightly condensed, his heart was surging and indescribable, even if he had experienced countless winds and waves, he could still feel the surprise and admiration bubbling in his chest, moving, spontaneously.

The applause lasted for three minutes before it subsided.

Lan Li raised the microphone in his hand and let out an exclamation, "Wow." The smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but rise, "Just now at the door, Ethan told me that there might be a surprise today, I think, he may have made some mistakes in defining surprise, this is not just surprise, and now it has reached the level of fright." ”

The audience burst into laughter.

Only now did Lan Li finally understand what Ethan and Joel meant.

Today's symposium was officially held at 3 p.m., but from 8 a.m., a long queue has formed at the entrance of the venue, winding up and surrounding the entire venue, like a coiling dragon, majestically opening the first high/tide of the 30th Sundance Film Festival.

There is no admission system, and admission is completely free, and admission is arranged according to the order of first come, first served.

Considering the sheer popularity of Lan Li, Sundance officially arranged the largest venue, which can accommodate 800 people, which is already the highest standard of premiere treatment - other symposiums are generally about 300 people, even for a leading producer and actor in independent films like Katherine Keener, but even so, the venue is still packed.

The crowd that Lan Li met at the door just now was all spectators who had not been able to enter the infield. The 800 seats in the audience were all crammed to the brim, and more than 600 spectators were left in the outfield who missed the symposium, reluctantly staying in place and waiting for the arrival of Lan Li, just to see the style of Lan Li.

Such a scale, such treatment, such a sought-after, even the Robert Redford and Coen brothers had to sigh.

This is the Sundance Film Festival, not a star-studded occasion like Toronto or Cannes, or even a high-profile stage like Berlin or Venice, in the field of independent film, the so-called "star halo" actually doesn't work very well, good is good, bad is bad, likes and hates are very distinct, because most independent films are inherently like this - it's not difficult to win popularity or praise at Sundance, but it's very, very difficult to gain popularity at Sundance.

Now, Lan Li's aura is shining throughout Park City, which is really incredible.

However, the symposium has not yet officially begun, and the Robert and Coen brothers have no way to make a judgment in advance: is all this because of the brilliance of Lan Li's starry eyes, or because of Lan Li's professionalism?

Even with it, other actors and producers were also curious, and the Robert and Coen brothers even appeared at the symposium in person to witness the whole process.

Lan Li, who was standing on the stage, finally reacted after half a beat slowly, from outside the door to inside the door, the noise and noise of the two worlds overlapped in this way, which made people flattered, and at the same time felt the heavy pressure on their shoulders.

In his last life, he once read an editorial that analyzed the contrast between the power of idols in Asian culture and European and American cultures.

Idol halo was originally a positive word, but it gradually derived a negative meaning in the fast food culture of the Internet age, "appearance above the doctrine" is like money worship, destroying all the power of idols' role models, leaving only the simple and crude theory of "appearance is justice", which also makes public figures and performing arts stars gradually become cultural destroyers, especially in Asian culture.

Of course, this trend is inevitable in European and American cultures.

However, there is a difference between Europe and the United States, American culture relies on the "profit first" creed led by Hollywood and Wall Street, which also makes the power of role models gradually be eaten away by the competition for interests of entertainment to death, but the artistic environment and historical heritage of the East Coast still retain the spark, while the European continent still retains the environment of cultural inheritance and artistic edification, and the weakness and weakening of commercial interests ensure the prosperity and prosperity of artistic creation in a sense, and the power of role models has been inherited.

To put it simply, in the Asian entertainment system, which is full of traffic stars and has nothing to learn and inherit behind the glamorous faces, the entertainment system in Europe and the United States still retains the inner pursuit of art, which also allows teenagers and other amateurs to inherit more cultural heritage, which in turn affects the cultural atmosphere of the whole society.

In the past, he could only say that he knew only a little about this editorial, and he could understand the meaning of the ideology, but he could not really understand the meaning of "the power of idol example".

His words and deeds, his artistic understanding, his creative choices, and the content of his works...... All of this is quietly influencing the audience, and the afterglow and reflection left behind after the viewing of each work will play a role, allowing the audience to think more about life, themselves, society, and the future, and then light the torch like a spark to change their lives through art.

The so-called public figures, bathed in the starlight and enjoying the applause, should not be more than that.

How many people fell in love with cinema because of Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick, how many people read painting because of Van Gogh and Monet, and how many people devoted themselves to creation because of Marquez and Kafka...... The role model power of idols is far more than "appearance" and "interests", but a driving force hidden deep in the core of the social structure, which may change society and life.

From Heather Cross to Don Quixote, from Les Misérables to Drunken Folk, from the Sundance Film Festival to the current folk music festival, Lan Li has embarked on this path step by step, initially ignorant and now clear, and he finally feels the weight of this responsibility.

Involuntarily, Lan Li straightened his waist, as if he had taken on more responsibilities, but on the surface, Lan Li still continued his usual calmness and ease, and the deep-rooted aristocratic education always reflected a profound foundation at critical moments.

"Is there any misunderstanding in today's symposium? Joel and Ethan told me that this is just an occasion to discuss film productions, not lectures, or interviews, but why is the whole room a live camera? Alan? Alan, is it a little bit longer that Eren is going to sing and dance and show up?"

Allen, naturally, refers to the "Allen Show" of Ellen DeGiannis. Lan Li's half-joking, half-serious ridicule made the audience burst into laughter.

"I'm serious. Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on with these live cameras, and why didn't anyone tell me about it when I signed the contract?" Lan Li looked left and right, trying to find the Coen brothers, full of question marks and needed an explanation.

The on-site staff seemed to notice Lan Li's "seriousness", and someone rushed over at a trot right in front of the stage and explained in a low voice: This is a YouTube live broadcast.

Robert Redford hopes to further expand the influence of independent films, and this time the guest panel will all be broadcast live and online on YouTube, looking forward to the younger generation being able to participate in this independent film feast without leaving home, and sow the seeds of independent art among them.

The small details can be seen that Sundance is still slightly clumsy - the staff rushed over, and his figure appeared directly in the camera lens, presented through the live footage, not only amateurish, but also chaotic, which is obviously not what Sundance does best.

Even Lan Li himself couldn't laugh or cry.

But Lan Li still calmly took control of the situation, and sighed with a sentence of "my God", and easily resolved the situation, "I originally thought it was just an exchange meeting of two hundred people, but now you tell me that YouTube is broadcasting live? Two hundred people suddenly became two million, or even twenty million, phew, I regret it now, I was watching 'Frozen' last night, instead of preparing a speech, I can now foresee today's disaster situation." ”

"Frozen"? Princess Elsa? The audience couldn't help but chuckle again.

"Ethan, didn't you say you didn't need to prepare a speech? Lan Li shouted to the audience, and Ethan, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't help but hold his forehead, and the smile on his face also bloomed greatly.