219. Interview with Time Magazine
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In a business room at a hotel, Ye Sumang sits across from a woman.
This woman is dressed as OL, there is no too much decoration on her body, only a mechanical watch on her wrist, her hair is short, she looks very capable, although her appearance is ordinary, but her temperament is good, she looks like this woman is very capable.
And this person is also the reporter sent by Time Magazine to interview.
"Hello, Mr. Ye Sumang, my name is Su Mei, and I am glad that you are able to be interviewed by us." The woman named Su Mei took the lead in enthusiastically stretching out her hand and shaking it with Ye Sumang, and her words were full of Hong Kong-style Mandarin.
"Hello, Miss Sue Mei." Ye Sumang smiled slightly, and also responded: "I am also honored to accept your interview. β
After the politeness, everything also entered the main topic, and I saw that Su Mei also opened the recorder at the same time and took out a small notebook.
"We all know that when you debuted, you were not yet 18 years old, what prompted you to take the helm and become a director?"
"I've answered this question many times." Ye Sumang said with a smile: "There is no special reason, an accidental thing caused by chance. β
"So can you tell us what kind of chance it was?"
"A haode script, a reason not to shoot, the combination of the two created my debut experience." Facing Su Mei's question, Ye Sumang replied calmly.
"Hehe, your debut is absolutely miraculous. With an investment of 1 million and a box office income of 30 million and a box office of 30 million, this data also made you the most eye-catching rookie director of the year, do you think anything has changed in your life before and after? β
"It really hasn't changed much."
Ye Sumang smiled and continued: "At the beginning, I was all enthusiastic about making movies, but I didn't expect to achieve such good results. Besides, I am a director, not an actor, and after the filming is completed, at most, insiders know, but others don't know, if you want to say change, that is, I met a few like-minded good brothers, and then established a small company with less than ten people, and life is still busy. β
"Your 'busyness' is the envy of many people." After hearing this, Su Mei couldn't help but compliment Ye Sumang a little.
After all, a director has to be busy to prove that he is a good director, if not busy. If you don't shoot it, then it's a big problem.
"When it comes to good friends, we all know Huang Bo and Ning Hao, and they are the people you have the most relationship with, except for these? Is there anyone else in your mind that you can call a true friend? β
"It's hard for me to answer your question." Ye Sumang pondered for a while and said, "No matter whose name I mention, I will offend a large group of other people. But I am a person who makes friends, and it is important to know each other. If you can talk to each other, you will be good friends. β
"It's important to know your heart...... Very good understanding. Su Mei smiled and didn't ask any further, but moved on to the next topic.
"You've been legendary since your debut, and you've done so well with each film that you have broken records. And this year's Chinese New Year's file "If? "Love" has exceeded 300 million at the box office in the mainland, what do you think of this movie being able to achieve such results? β
"To be honest, I never thought it would reach such heights." Ye Sumang thought for a long time before he slowly spoke. replied.
"This is a song and dance film full of sadness and gloomy style, and the release date is close to the Chinese New Year, which really doesn't match each other, and this is the first time I have made such a pure tragedy."
"What about the previous "No Thieves in the World"?" Su Mei couldn't help but interrupt Ye Sumang's answer and asked, because "There Are No Thieves in the World" is also a tragedy in her opinion.
"At least I made the audience laugh for 110 minutes in that film, and only 5 minutes of zuihou gave the audience tears." Ye Sumang shrugged his shoulders, he would not admit that "No Thieves in the World" is a tragedy, that is, a complete comedy, and Zuihou's tragedy is only to sublimate the theme, not deliberately.
"Maybe you're right." Su Mei pursed her lips and motioned for Ye Sumang to continue the topic just now.
"Where did I go?"
"Pure tragedy ......"
"Oh, I remember." Ye Sumang thought for a moment, and then continued: "You understand, I made a song and dance film "Song and Dance Youth" before, which is a song and dance film full of sunshine, youth, and xiangshang. β
"Yes, I also watched that movie, and I like Leehom Wang's performance in it very much." Su Mei's eyes lit up and agreed.
Ye Sumang smiled and continued: "That film also attracted a lot of fans who like song and dance films for me, just like you, so I started filming "What If?" Love", I didn't know if they could accept this kind of song and dance film full of gloom, sadness, and confusion, and it turned out that they really couldn't accept it at first. β
"I'm very receptive." Su Mei smiled, she had also watched "What If? Love", and I like it very much, and I have entered the cinema no less than three times.
"That's because you're a mature and charming woman who has gone through society and has her own story, and What If? The film "Love" is full of irony of reality, and it is really difficult for teenagers who have not experienced society to understand it for a while. Speaking of this, Ye Sumang smiled helplessly, this smile was full of self-deprecation.
He himself didn't expect that one day he would be attacked by his own fans, and in the first week, those who said "What If? Love" is not haode, most of them are fans of "Youth Musical".
It was Su Mei, who was praised a little by Ye Sumang's words, and a sweet smile hung on his face.
"But aren't you zuihou also successful, and it's not an ordinary success, the figure of 300 million has broken the record of the mainland box office, and now everyone is saying, this is a film with a perfect combination of art and commerce, do you think it is your pinnacle?"
"Far from it." Ye Sumang shook his head very dryly and said, "I can't give you any answer to this question, in my opinion. From the day a director takes the helm of the director's tube, there is no so-called 'pinnacle work', perhaps until his death, the works he shoots will be judged by the world, but for a director, every shooting is a process of transcendence. Only by constantly surpassing the previous self can we move forward step by step, step by step to the peak, and hit the top. β
"What does that top mean?" Su Mei blinked curiously and continued to ask.
"The pinnacle of the industry." Ye Sumang smiled, not hiding his ambitions, which was also the goal he had set for himself from the beginning.
"Great goal, I hope you succeed." After Su Mei heard Ye Sumang's words, her eyes couldn't help but light up. She had no doubt that the man in front of her was bragging, and her achievements in the past three years had completely proved that the man in front of her was really capable of impacting that pinnacle of existence.
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"Now everyone calls you a box office director with hundreds of millions of dollars, so far, except for the first film, the three films you have shot have a box office performance of more than 100 million yuan, will this put pressure on you to shoot movies in the future? For example, if the box office does not exceed 100 million, will it be questioned? β
"The pressure is there." Ye Sumang said frankly: "But pressure can also be transformed into motivation. Higher and higher grades also motivate me to grow faster and faster. With a better and better self, to make better and better movies, and then turn back and achieve higher and higher box office. β
"Haha, then I'm going to visit you more and more in Kyoto." Su Mei saw that what Ye Sumang said was interesting, and couldn't help but smile and learn a sentence.
"Welcome." Ye Sumang also responded with a smile.
"Zuihou has a problem." Su Mei looked at the small book in his hand. said: "We are all curious, now you are twenty years old, and you are about to be twenty-one, what do you think about love in adolescence?" Do you have a favorite? β
"Uh......" Ye Sumang, who has always been calm, was stunned when he faced this question.
aiqingοΌ He had never thought about it carefully, even if he had. It was just an idea of escaping, but he never thought of trying it, but now Su Mei's question made him a little nerve-wracked.
What do you think of aiqing?
"Mr. Ye?"
"Huh?"
Ye Sumang came back to his senses, and found that Su Mei on the other side was looking at him with a concerned face, and then he realized that he was a little distracted just now because he was thinking about the problem, so he immediately made an apologetic gesture to Su Mei.
"Aiqing, to be honest, no." Ye Sumang thought for a while and continued: "For this, I think it's better to pay attention to fate, maybe fate will come when it comes." β
"Hee-hee, it seems that Mr. Ye's aiqing view is passive." Su Mei teased Ye Sumang.
"Perhaps." Ye Sumang shrugged his shoulders and wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything, so he had to acquiesce.
"Alright, I'm done with my question, Xiexie, your cooperation." Su Mei closed the small book, stood up with a smile, and stretched out his little hand to Ye Sumang.
"Looking forward to the next collaboration." Ye Sumang also smiled and gently shook Su Mei's hand.
Just as Ye Sumang was about to leave the room, the capable Su Mei suddenly turned red, and stopped Ye Sumang with some twists
"Director Ye, can you sign for me, I'm also your fan, and I also joined your support club in HK."
"Ah......?" Ye Sumang looked at Su Mei who looked like a little daughter in front of him with some surprise, and was stunned for a moment before he understood, and said, "No problem, where is the sign?" β
"Wait a minute." Su Mei heard Ye Sumang agree, and immediately took a paper bag out from behind the chair, and then, Ye Sumang saw her take out a T-shirt from it.
The designated official support T-shirt of the Ye Su Mang Support Association!!
"This woman really didn't lie, she really was her fan." This result really surprised Ye Sumang, he thought that the other party was polite, but he didn't expect it to be true.
In the face of his fans, Ye Sumang was even more enthusiastic, not only wrote his name on the T-shirt, but also wrote a large number of words of blessing, which made Su Mei happy enough.
Later, in a professional studio, Ye Sumang completed the shooting of the cover of this issue, and when Ye Sumang returned to the company, it was already evening.
Sitting back in the office, Ye Sumang took out the envelope sent by Wang Dong before, among which the tickets for Huang Bo and Ning Hao had been given, and his grandfather and himself had also been kept, and the rest was sent to Liu Yifei's mother and daughter.
Thinking of this, Ye Sumang picked up the phone at hand and dialed the familiar number. (To be continued......)