Chapter 51: Press Conference

The venue for the launch of "Cinderella's Glass Phone" was chosen in the small hall of Moss Middle School, without any decorative embellishments, no huge plot posters, and a few chairs were placed alone on the front desk. The names on the back of the chair, except for Felix Lin, none of them were familiar to the reporters in the audience. As Ex said, in fact, the biggest interest of reporters this time comes from Lin Mingyang's parkour "performance" on the street, and as for Lin Mingyang's new film, many reporters didn't pay attention to it. Movies have become a mass-produced culture in Hollywood, and no one expects a 16-year-old boy to make anything amazing, despite the fact that the boy is now famous.

Principal Matthew was invited to the scene by Lin Mingyang as a special guest, except for the two leading actors, the other characters in the film are from the drama performance club of Moss Middle School. This arrangement has led many reporters to directly position the film as a "farce of high school students". Many of the actors had never faced such reporters and cameras before, so they looked a little nervous when they went on stage.

Kate Beckinsale wore a tight gown of a black Lena Ricci today, with a wavy gold seemingly casual roll leaning on her right shoulder, and the whole person looked elegant and fresh. Although it does not have the upside-down elegance in Lin Mingyang's memory, the aura of a big star has begun to take shape. Because it was her first time on stage, in order to relieve the other party's tension, Lin Mingyang took her little hand affectionately when she walked up to the front desk.

Kate Beckinsale originally wanted to break away, but the boy in front of her, who was obviously two years younger than herself, had a kind of arrogance that people couldn't refuse. She hesitated for a moment, but finally obeyed and let Lin Mingyang lead her. And Lin Mingyang didn't get an inch at this time, he held the first half of the other party's finger very measuredly, so that he was not overly ambiguous, but also maintained an intimate relationship.

Reporters who had just recovered from Kate Beckinsale's stunning appearance keenly captured this detail, and they pressed the strong urge to know the identity of the beautiful actress and focused their cameras on the clasped hands of the two. It is not difficult to imagine that the scandal about Lin Mingyang and Kate Beckinsale will appear in a prominent position in some newspapers tomorrow.

Like an elegant prince holding his own princess, Lin Mingyang waited until Kate Beckinsale sat down elegantly, and he was the last to sit in his place. Lin Mingyang's position is on the left is the principal Matthew who attended the event as a special guest, and on the right is the heroine Kate Beckinsale, his ass has not yet sat firmly, and some reporters in the audience stand up impatiently.

"Felix, I'm curious, what is the relationship between this beautiful lady next to you and you? She's your 'mystery girlfriend'? ”

"I think so!" Lin Mingyang's unexpected answer immediately caused a brief confusion in the audience, but his subsequent addition disappointed everyone, "But that's in the movie!" ”

In fact, when she heard Lin Mingyang's answer at the beginning, Kate Beckinsale's heart still skipped a little, although Lin Mingyang later clarified the relationship between the two, a faint blush still appeared on her face, fortunately, the delicate makeup covered this up.

Instead of getting the headlines of the imaginary explosion, the reporters in the audience were not discouraged, they changed the direction of their questioning and began to talk about the video circulating on the Internet.

"Felix, what is your explanation for the recent parkour video about you circulating on the Internet?"

"Is there anything else I need to explain?" Lin Mingyang looked at the reporter who asked the question with an innocent face, "Except for my nude photos, what else can't be found on the Internet?" ”

"If I take your answer as a tacit acquiescence, then what is your purpose in doing so?"

"If I say I'm in a hurry, do you believe it?" Lin Mingyang's tone was a little self-deprecating, "But whether you believe it or not, I was really in a hurry, an important appointment was delayed because I overslept, and then there was a traffic jam on the road, in that situation, I couldn't have called a helicopter, so I had to do that!" ”

"And that includes that ride through the car?"

"It was definitely an accident, the only difference was that the car could brake hard, but I didn't have the brakes to press!"

"Can anyone testify to your explanation?"

"I think you'd rather ask, who am I busy dating?" The entanglement of reporters on this issue made Lin Mingyang a little impatient, so he unceremoniously broke the other party's intentions. "Then I'll be honest with you, she's sitting next to me."

There was another uproar in the audience, and everyone's eyes once again converged on Kate Beckinsale.

"Miss Kate Beckinsale, I heard you are from England. If you haven't been exposed to acting before, according to your age on the profile, you should be in college at this time? Finally, a reporter turned the question to the heroine of the film, "I'm curious why you chose Hollywood?" I take the liberty of asking, is it because you didn't get into college? ”

"I just dropped out of Oxford." Kate Beckinsale's answer was cold because she hated the self-righteous tone of the reporter who asked the question.

Her answer obviously calmed the group of reporters in the audience, and many of them took notes on this point, and then finally someone asked a question related to the theme of the conference.

"Miss Kate, what do you think of your own character in the film?"

"I like it very much, Felix's grasp of character creation is very successful, he tries to use this character to show me how to face the world with my true self, so that others can accept the real you." Kate Beckinsale has a deep understanding of the character, and of course it has something to do with her own experience.

"As a kid I was a nasty, unlikable kid, but that's who I am. As I grew up, I learned to express my insecurity and anger in a restrained and silent way. I'm losing myself. I was smoothed out by the real society, and I was frustrated by the reality. This is the reality, and I also have to be careful to disguise it. ”

"I also understand that a lot of people are pretending, no matter what side of themselves they are hiding. I hope that one day, you can all meet someone. He/she can care about the real you and feel the presence of the real self in front of you. Or one day, you can be brave enough to face this masked world with your true self. I guess that's what Felix wants to tell us with this character and this story. ”

When Kate Beckinsale finished saying this in one breath, the audience was quiet, and she found that Lin Mingyang next to her was looking at her with a very strange look.

When all the eyes were focused on him, waiting for him to evaluate, Lin Mingyang had to cover his mouth and pretend to cough, "What I want to say is that even I can't give you a better explanation than this!" ”

There was a round of applause from the audience, and Kate Beckinsale's speech finally aroused everyone's interest in the film. In the ensuing questioning, the reporters began to ask about topics related to the film.

"Felix, as far as I know, this film has not received any investment, does that indicate an orientation that people are not optimistic about your film?"

"That's because no one in Hollywood wants to invest in a director who is only 16 years old and has no shooting experience, and I would say here that age and seniority don't tell the whole story. There is no growth without a chance, and no one wants to give me this opportunity, so I can only give myself a chance! ”

"Have you ever thought about failure?"

"There's no reason for me to accept success and reject failure, but in my heart, I'm always hungry for success." The corners of Lin Mingyang's slightly raised mouth revealed a calm confidence, "I will definitely suffer defeat, but definitely not this time!" ”

"My agent, Mr. Ex, described me as stubborn, and Mr. Brooksheimer, the film's producer, thought I was messing around. The heroine I used to be very optimistic about refused to cooperate with me because of this, but I still insisted in my heart that I could succeed. This has nothing to do with the quality of the script, nor with the amount of investment, the important thing is me and the group of partners around me! ”

"Because you have no fame, you don't care about them; Because you have not received professional training, you are sneering at them; Because I was born without a camera on my shoulder, you paid far more attention to me personally than you did to the film, and even seized on some very boring things to criticize me in every way. But what you don't see is a girl who is willing to give up the world's top universities and bravely pursue her dreams, and a group of ordinary high school students who are unknown but love to perform. ”

Lin Mingyang stated his thoughts in a very calm tone, and this time no one in the audience interrupted him again.

"Even if I'm not famous as a director, I can still pay for more professional actors. But I didn't do that, because I wanted to leave more truth to the audience. This is a movie about high school students, and the only thing I ask of these actors around me is to be myself in the movie. ”

"How to grasp the true self is the question that I try to explore with all the actors and the audience in this film. Such a decision may waste a lot of film from the photographer, but I believe that the film is the most realistic. Even though our story inevitably has a romantic fairy tale color, I still hope that by respecting the authenticity of the process, the audience can get some real inspiration. ”

The students sitting at the back of the auditorium and the other actors on stage applauded Lin Mingyang's speech. The reporters in the front row were much quieter, and most of them were still reminiscing about what Lin Mingyang had just said.

In this warm atmosphere, Principal Matthew took the microphone with emotion and stood up. The applause of the students gradually subsided, and the reporters who were buried in thought also raised their heads.

"Felix is a student I taught, and what he wants to do now, I didn't support it at the time, and something interesting happened between us for that!" Most of the students in the audience participated in the rally demonstration downstairs of the principal's office, so when Matthew vaguely mentioned the incident, many people in the audience burst into laughter.

"Well, you won then, but I don't admit defeat!" Matthew lifted his glasses, "Today, here, Felix and you, teach me a vivid lesson. ”

At this time, not only the students, but even the reporters sitting in the front row did not hesitate to give their applause to the humble principal.

"I've been thinking about what is the essence of education, and today I suddenly understand that real education is to guide you to complete your self-awareness. Only by knowing oneself can we talk about understanding the world. We are in the habit of telling you what the world is like as we see it, ignoring your real feelings. Because everyone has a different world in their eyes, everyone should have their own wonderful! ”

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