488 Continuous fermentation
The atmosphere at the interview scene was a little strange, all the reporters' eyes fell on Chris, and all the reporters listened with their mouths closed, but ...... The expressions of the reporters were indescribably strange. Standing in the center, Chris was dancing and foaming at the mouth telling the story between him and Lan Li in a way that he thought was humorous.
He's telling the story of a time when the two of them went to the Screen Actors Guild. Many people recognized him, and even asked for autographs and photos, but inadvertently snubbed Lan Li and squeezed Lan Li aside. He had to stand up and play a round for Lan Li, and the scene was a little awkward at one point, but both of them laughed.
Is this a funny story?
The reporters communicated with each other with their eyes, their expressions were a little crying and laughing, and their eyes were full of weirdness and question marks: Are they sure they are friends?
Thinking back carefully to the previous article of "Vanity Fair", and looking at Chris's eyebrows dancing at this time, things gradually become interesting.
Chris vaguely felt as if he was talking too much, but he wasn't quite sure if he had met Fisher's request. Taking a deep breath, he re-emphasized, "We are brothers, and this is just a contest between men, a contest between our friends. Originally, it was just a joke, but I didn't expect the reporter to misinterpret it. I should give Lan Li a call to clear up the misunderstanding. ”
After this sentence came out, Chris was still a little choked. He loved it, and it was the first time he had really stood in the spotlight after a few years of ups and downs in Hollywood, but it was so short that the reporters were leaving. But that's just the beginning.
Now, Chris is starting to think that Fisher's plan is actually not bad.
"Lan Li, Chris emphasized, this is a man-to-man contest between friends, this is a private duel between the two of you, but it was accidentally reported by the media. Is this true? What do you need to respond to about that?"
As the other side of the showdown, how could the reporters easily let go of Lan Li? Especially after Chris released an intriguing speech, the reporters were even more excited, almost after Chris finished the interview, less than 15 minutes, Lan Li was surrounded at the door of Studio 11, Los Angeles on one side and New York on the other, ranking at the opposite end of the North American continent, but successfully synchronized.
Looking at the reporters in front of him, there were about thirty or forty of them, surrounded him layer by layer, everyone's eyes flashed with schadenfreude to see a good show, and the greed, urgency, and desire/hope hidden in it, in the endless steel forest, it was like a war declaration ballad of modern society, revealing the primitive killing and ferocity.
But the interesting thing is that no one noticed the building behind Lan Li, and no one asked Lan Li about the purpose of coming here, as if Studio 11 was just an ordinary background wall.
This reminded Lan Li of Neil's ridicule yesterday, "You say, will this news storm unexpectedly become an opportunity to promote the new album? Then, a record company will take the initiative to come to the door? Then, the album will be on fire?" Now it seems that Neil is destined to be disappointed.
The reporters didn't know why, but they saw the light and freehand smile on the corner of Lan Li's mouth, it seemed that Lan Li was in a very happy mood, and then he shrugged his shoulders, "For him, this is a good thing (Good-For-Him)." ”
In English, it's just three words, but it means a lot. In a positive sense, it can be said to congratulate, or to be happy for the other person, or to think that the other person has worked hard to get the right result, but from a negative point of view, it can be understood as perfunctory or ridicule.
But, what does this phrase mean when it is used here?
The reporters frantically pursued the questions, the microphone kept slamming towards Lan Li, and the questions were one after another, endlessly, everyone was trying their best to dig out more content, but Lan Li had no intention of responding at all, and went straight into Studio Eleven, then closed the door and disappeared, leaving only the reporters standing at the door, looking at each other.
Is this dismissive? Or is it ridicule and irony? Or is it contempt, or is it-for-tat? Is it a sign of friendship?
Originally, the reporters thought that Lan Li would definitely use the topic to play and talk a bunch of things, not long ago, the Hollywood expedition team was speechless and embarrassed by Lan Li in Seattle, and the memories have only passed for less than two months, and they are still vivid; or they are stepping on the momentum, occupying the moral high ground, refuting and criticizing Chris, or they are promoting "Fast and Exciting / Emotional 5", and people's impression of Lan Li's "malicious hype" seems to remain in their heads......
But, but, three words, Lan Li actually only said three words, concise and clear three words!
There was no rebuttal, no ridicule, no hype, no ridicule, and even no more exchanges! But it was these three simple words that made the reporters dumbfounded, and they inexplicably felt that their cheeks were so hot that they felt painful. Lan Li always seems to have a way to make reporters feel extremely embarrassed, as well as those netizens.
To make matters worse, the reporters are now collectively helpless and at a loss: Lan Li just said three words, so what should they do?
Reporters can freely fabricate, use their imagination, interpret to their heart's content, and even distort the meaning of Lan Li, deliberately creating the illusion of two people facing each other, but this time more than 30 reporters gathered together, and Lan Li only said one sentence, the space for interpretation is really limited, unless everyone all have a unified voice, otherwise the report is varied, that is, the reporter himself is making a joke.
This...... It's a real headache.
Since you can't over-interpret it, you can take a step back and leave unlimited space for the audience to let their imagination run wild, and almost all reporters have the same idea, so that's what happened in the next day's news.
In the face of Chris's declaration of war, Lan Li meaningfully declined to respond further. ”
"Rejecting the hype, Lan Li showed a tough stance. ”
"Give up the response and officially enter the combat mode?"
"Actions are more important than words. Two very different ways of responding. ”
"'If you want a war, then I'll give you a war, as you wish. Lan Li responded with practical actions. ”
"The big war is coming, and both sides are full of confidence?"
"A duel between friends, or is it the last fight before becoming enemies?"
……
The various titles look quite scary, but after clicking in, I found that Lan Li only has that sentence, and all the meanings need to be interpreted by the readers themselves. The most crisp and neat is undoubtedly the "Los Angeles Times", and the headline is-
“GOOD-FOR-HIM”。
The black font in capital and bold clearly marked out Lan Li's original words, even if there was no superfluous explanation, the provocation reached its peak, and Lan Li's confidence and strength were shown between the lines, in the face of Chris's explanation, whether it was provocation or goodwill, but Lan Li was disdainful, such a simple sentence instantly pushed the hot topic to the peak.
Chris's justification, Lan Li's ignorance, Chris's ridicule, Lan Li's ridicule, Chris's arrogance, Lan Li's coldness. Regardless of whether the two of them were friends or not, the smell of gunpowder was evident in the air.
A small number of netizens speculated whether it would be a double reed played by Lan Li and Chris, "after all, the two used to be roommates", and then deliberately-for-tat, hyping up the topic, and then attracting attention to their own movies, this is a win-win "war".
But this speculation was quickly overturned, because neither of them directly tore their faces in their words, and they also maintained a harmonious face. Now all the situations are actually the self-interpretation of the media and netizens, which is the most exciting part.
The biggest feature of the Internet is that everyone can express their own ideas - even those that have not been thought through the brain, so all kinds of opinions are flocking to the public. It's incredible that neither of them is a person with a fan base, and logically speaking, even if they want to, they can't tear it up, but who would have thought that fans of Marvel Comics and "Fast and Thrill/Love 5" actually quarreled.
The scene was really lively.
However, this is not the end of the story, strictly speaking, this is just the beginning.
Chris is just a fledgling newcomer, even if he has received countless attention thanks to his role as Saul, how can he compare to the new Oscar-winning actress - Natalie Portman?
As Fisher worried, the media focused on Natalie and Lan Li! Although "Thor" is a male superhero movie, Natalie is just a supporting role, although "Fast & Furious 5" stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, and Lan Li is just the third protagonist, but this is Natalie and Lan Li!
Because of the relationship between the "stand-in door" before, these two leaders of Generation Y's acting skills have already clashed once, and the sad thing is that Lan Li was absent from the Oscars, and then Natalie won the championship, which led to the news being cut off like this, but now, the opportunity has come again-
It's not just the duel between Lan Li and Chris, it's also the duel between Lan Li and Natalie! What does Lan Li think of this duel? How does Natalie view this collision of commercial films? Did the two people have a grudge before, or is it really just a coincidence, as Lan Li said?
Compared with Chris, the showdown of "Natalie VS Lanli" has definitely more than doubled!
As Lan Li said, since Chris wants a war, then let's go to war. Fueled by the major media, the showdown between "Thor" and "Speed and Excitement / Emotion 5" really detonated all the enthusiasm of the market, after all, this is a summer file, an annual summer file, and it is also a showdown that opens the curtain of the summer file.
In an instant, the entire North American market was boiling, and everyone was looking forward to it, discussing it, and talking about it. Summer, quietly coming.