Chapter 507 Scene 507 A Clash of Cultures
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At this time, Li Xiaole was pulling down the zipper, just brewing the energy of the bladder, in the process of "taking it out and not taking it out", he was suddenly startled by this shout, and almost urinated out directly, who rushed in at this time~! Damn it! The toilet deadbolt is still broken, half-open and half-hidden, and it is completely visible...... He turned his head to glare, only to see Scarlett looking at him with a sad face.
In this embarrassing and absurd scene, Li Xiaole's mind instantly sprung up with countless thoughts, what is the situation? Could it be that she became famous overnight, and this violent woman is ready to throw herself into her arms and uncover herself? Hollywood also has this set, no, the current scene doesn't seem to be suitable for such a romantic plot? This is not a Japanese action movie ......!
I saw this usually sexy blonde beauty, holding the toilet door with one hand at the moment, her eyes were extremely melancholy and sad, looking at Li Xiaole's back and saying in a pleading tone:
Li ...... I can't help it...... I want to ask you, if you have the chance, can you let me continue to be the heroine of your future films......? ”
"This..."Li Xiaole said in his heart, "Hey, Miss!! That's not the point at the moment! "As a director who is sincerely requested by the actors, how should I react like this?" The thought was entangled, and he instinctively wanted to pull the chain first...... But for fear of being made by the sound of metal zippers make the atmosphere even more embarrassing, Zuihou can only maintain this posture, and said in a low tone with the kindness of a successful director:
"Hmm...... I also have this plan, you will also use more snacks in the future......" Although I am different from the "romantic scene" I imagined, although I have become famous in one fell swoop, but Scarlett is such a haode actor after all, and she came to beg herself so sincerely, as a director, we can't chill the hearts of actors...... It is really rare to find such an actor who focuses on performing arts.
"Whew~~ That's good~~" After Scarlett listened, the whole person seemed to be relieved, touched her chest, looked at Li Xiaole, and said hatefully:
"Remember~! Did you promise me? In the next movie, I must ask Oprah to invite me as the main character, and let you attend as an incidental character, so that you can also feel the feeling of being someone else's supporting role, fortunately you promised me, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well at night in the future......" After saying that, she left with a relaxed face, muttering "It's too painful" as she walked...... It's so painful to be someone else's supporting role......"
Li Xiaole looked at her back and was stunned for a while...... Only then did he curse three words from his mouth: "Neuropathy!! ”
Half an hour later, Oprah Winfrey, dressed in a yellow sweater, was already sitting on the iconic couch at the studio, and at least 50 people from the audience were sitting in the audience. At the signal of the cameraman, the program began to be recorded, and Oprah Winfrey looked in the direction of the camera and smiled:
"This is Oprah, and I want to talk to you today, is there such a big gap between Chinese and American culture in a comedy film that has caused a huge controversy? How did the controversial Chinese director express his Chinese culture in the United States? After talking about today's topic, Oprah smiled and waved at the camera:
"Let's take a look at the guests invited today."
Oprah's talk show generally revolves around a topic and discusses with the audience, and today is an interview with Li Xiaole to discuss the topic of "cultural differences between China and the United States".
On the big screen in the back that displayed the logo of "Oprah Talk Show", some images were suddenly played, including the picture of San Francisco's Chinatown and the dazzling night view of Los Angeles.
"He is a legendary director in China, he dropped out of college, when his life fell to a low point, he picked up the camera, from South Korea to China, each of his works has become a masterpiece of Asian culture, he is a young liliang of Asian cinema, known as the leader of the seventh generation of Chinese film directors, and now he has come to the United States, to Hollywood ......"
"Let's welcome, Li Xiaole!" Oprah shouted with a laugh.
Li Xiaole walked out of the backstage passage with a smile on his face, and the scene suddenly resounded with bursts of applause and boos, most of the audience were young people, some of them applauded, and some of them booed with disdain.
Li Xiaole smiled and nodded to the camera and the audience, walked to the sofa in the middle of the stage and sat down, shook hands with Oprah, and said with a smile: "Hello, Oprah." Then he looked under his ass:
"Hello, Lee." Oprah laughed heartily and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?" ”
"Tom told me before I came that there's a couch here that has magic and makes people jump on their feet." Li Xiaole said with a smile: "He said that he jumped once, and he changed from a handsome guy to a perverted maniac......"
This humorous and slightly sarcastic answer immediately caused laughter on the scene, and Obra was also very happy, but I didn't expect that this little director was not at all as stereotypical and not good at words as the Chinese in his impression, it seems that this episode of the show is easy to do.
"Okay, Lee, we all know that you made a comedy that made the audience cry, and many people said that you deceived the audience, it was too deep, what do you think? Is this Chinese film culture? Oprah brought the topic to the main axis, and this show is to put the differences between China and the United States on the table.
"That's true." Li Xiaole pouted helplessly:
"I want to tell you that in China, movies are not only entertainment, but also responsible for public values and convey some positive meanings, such as Feng Xiaogang, the most famous comedy director in China, although every comedy invests in a kind of humanistic care, but the Chinese audience still thinks that he is too spoof and irresponsible to the audience......
So I came to the United States because I sincerely wanted to bring traditional Chinese humanistic feelings to the audience, and the spirit conveyed by "Life Remote Control" is the spirit of our Confucianism, which is the so-called golden mean. ”
"What is the golden mean? Is it a way of life that chooses to be neutral and as mediocre as possible? Oprah said curiously:
"For example, I watched the protagonist Mike in the movie, zuihou Although he gained the happiness of the family, but lost his great career, this ending does not seem to be perfect, many young people understand that family emotions are more important than everything else, which also leads to many college students in the West Bank have the idea of dropping out of school and going home, is this the golden mean you want to express?"
Oprah asks the question that the audience wants to know, which is also the biggest controversy of "Life Remote Control", maybe the plot of this movie will be taken for granted in China, but in the United States, there are many people who think that the oriental ideas brought by this movie are too negative, and there is a kind of backward thinking that is willing to be mediocre, which is completely contrary to the elite culture advocated by the United States.
"No, the concept of moderation is a state of harmony." Li Xiaole smiled at the camera and explained:
"In the United States, I feel that everyone's pursuit of happiness is to keep moving forward, everyone's life is very fast-paced, everyone yearns for a higher status, more social recognition, this is an elite environment......
Of course, this is not bad, but after the success of people simply boils down to the success of social status, people will lose many things that are originally precious, such as family, their own health, and so on.
And our Chinese is to believe that success comes from harmony with all aspects, people must first achieve harmony with their own hearts, and then achieve harmony and balance with their families......
And American friends usually only care about the part of the world...... For example, in our company, Ah Gai drove me, he was just a driver who didn't graduate from high school, but he could keep chattering to me that our human rights problems in China are very serious, how can I be in dire straits...... But he even forgot about his girlfriend's birthday last week, and if he had watched "Life Remote Control", I don't think he would have been dumped by his girlfriend recently......"
Li Xiaole's humorous and witty words caused a hahadaxiao at the scene, and everyone seemed to start thinking that this Chinese was not as weird as the media portrayed.
"It's a really interesting sequence of the value of life...... We put the pursuit of personal success first, and China puts the pursuit of family harmony first, I know that many of you do not understand, and you can ask any questions now. Oprah laughed, pointing to a viewer who raised his hand and said:
"Come on~ man."
A middle-aged white man with curly hair stood up, took the microphone and said: "Okay, you said so much is indeed very reasonable, but I think that Chinese culture is inconsistent, Russian and Japanese, and very stupid, backward, for example, according to your culture, your country has given birth to thousands of years of autocracy, there is no democracy at all, and even until now, how can people be happy in this culture?" ”
Smart people can hear that this is a very trapped question, involving politics, if the answer is biased towards the United States, then Li Xiaole will become spurned by the country, if it is biased towards China, then it will offend the American audience, Oprah turned back to Li Xiaole and shook his head to signal that he could not answer, but Li Xiaole waved his hand, picked up the microphone and looked at the white man and smiled:
"Excuse me, what's so good about democracy in the United States?"
"We can have a referendum and elect people who represent the real interests of the people." The white man was rightfully authentic.
"Well, elections are a very good idea." Li Xiaole smiled:
"But I have a question, I'm curious how people can make the right judgments?"