"Gan Yucheng plays Changsheng, an identity actor."

"Li Lin plays Kong Ji, an identity actor."

"Zheng Zhenrong as Yan Shanjun."

"Kang Sung-yeon plays Jang Lushui."

At the start-up ceremony of the crew, Li Junyi introduced them one by one, "This is Li Bingyu, the soundtrack teacher. ”

"Art director Jiang Seung-yong."

"Photography Ike Yoshio."

Li Lin swept over one by one, with a smile on his face, these staff members seem to be famous, but they are the most unoffended, once they are offended, they can make the artist unbearable with a little means.

For example, Shu Chang was beaten by the stylist of the crew when he starred in "Dragon Babu", and a good Tianshan boy turned into a little girl, and she was suddenly thundered.

Of course, the stylist at the end didn't end up very well.

"Please Li Lin Xi for more advice." Li Bingyu, the soundtrack teacher, said with a smile: "I have long heard that Li Linxi is a musical genius, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to see it, but now I finally see it, and I ask Li Linxi to wait for more advice." ”

"Don't dare to advise." Li Lin smiled modestly, "It's okay for you to let me create on the fly, but I can't let me create within the framework formulated, compared with Mr. Li Bingyu, I'm still far behind." ”

As soon as Li Bingyu heard Li Lin praise himself like this, a flower bloomed on his face, and he smiled and shook his hand, "Li Linxi is polite, musicians like us can also eat in the crew, like Li Linxi specializes in writing songs for singers, writing a popular song, especially the recent "Gee", which really set off a burst of excitement. Many musicians admire Li Linxi very much, saying that it would be good if Li Linxi was Korean. ”

Korean!

Li Lin shuddered when he heard this, and he remembered the habits of Koreans again.

"Alright." Li Junyi smiled and beckoned. "You two don't want to flatter each other here, turn on the machine."

After putting the pig's head away, Li Junyi did the start-up ceremony according to the established process, and then shouted violently, "It's on." ”

Suddenly, a large number of media came up, and the magnesium lights kept flashing.

"Mr. Li Lin. May I ask why you took "The King's Man"? ”

"Don't you know that "The King's Man" is a gay drama?"

"Mr. Li Lin, you have been filming in South Korea, is there not many movies in China?"

Almost all of the microphones were aimed at Li Lin. The reporters asked questions excitedly one by one.

"One by one." Li Lin frowned and said, "Please come one by one." ”

"Why did you take on "The King's Man"? Don't you know that "The King's Man" is a gay drama? A reporter from Chosun Ilbo was the first to ask questions.

"Is gay drama scary?" Li Lin asked rhetorically, "I read the script, and there is no erotic depiction in the script, I think it's just a gay drama." It shouldn't be condemned. ”

There are a lot of gay dramas. And the gay dramas are all big winners after they are filmed, such as "Farewell My Concubine" and "Brokeback Mountain", all of which are favored by major awards.

"The King's Man", known as the Korean version of "Farewell My Concubine", not only has a bumper harvest at the box office, but also a bumper harvest in Korean awards, why doesn't he act in such a movie work?

Not to mention "The King's Man", he dares to challenge the larger-scale Brokeback Mountain.

It's like what Zhang Ziyi said when filming Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha": We are art.

"Why do you always film in Korea? Doesn't Huaxia know you? Or do you think that Chinese movies are not as good as Korean movies? A reporter said maliciously.

"Security."

Li Lin did not answer the reporter's question directly, but called the security guard, "Please please invite this reporter out." ”

"Why?"

The reporter quickly shouted. Struggling under the hands of the security guards, "Why are you driving me away?" I'm a journalist and I have the right to interview. ”

"But I also have the right to refuse." Li Lin said coldly: "I won't answer any questions like yours, and other reporters ask you not to ask such controversial trap questions." ”

"It's so domineering!"

Jiang Chengyan looked at Li Lin dumbfounded, she never thought that an artist could be so domineering and drive the reporter away at the press conference, isn't he afraid of offending the reporter?

Li Junyi's mouth on the side squirmed a few times, and finally closed his mouth and let Li Lin perform.

"May I ask Mr. Li Lin, what do you think of Kong Ji in "The King's Man"?"

"Kongi is a kind man, he has a soft heart, but he is an ill-fated man, a soft heart is scarred."

Li Lin replied: "This is a tragic character, and it is a big challenge for me, but I am confident that I can play him well, and I hope to use it to challenge for Korean awards." ”

Wow!

All the reporters in the audience were excited, Li Lin openly announced that he wanted to challenge South Korea's awards, this is big news, although Li Lin is a king-level singer in China and South Korea, he is very famous and has many fans, in Asia, he has a large number of fans wherever he goes.

But in the film and television industry, especially in the Korean film and television industry, he is just a newcomer who has just become popular because of his appearance in "Memories of Murder".

Maybe this newcomer is very popular and popular, but the qualifications are definitely not good, otherwise he would not have won only one newcomer award last year when "Memories of Murder" received rave reviews.

Now, he is actually arrogantly challenging for South Korean awards, and he is still making such a bold statement in the absence of last year's major Korean awards, he really regards South Korea as his own backyard? Can you pick flowers if you want to?

What's he doing?

Director Lee Jun-ik almost bit his tongue off and challenged the Korean award? Can such arrogant words be spoken? Even if you think so in your heart, you must not say it on your lips, once you say it, what do you let the judges think?

Don't think that the award judges are absolutely fair and just, on the contrary, the judges are full of shady scenes, discriminating against foreign artists, paying attention to qualifications, and all kinds of unspoken rules are criss-crossed, even if the quality of your film meets their requirements, even if your movie has rave reviews, the award will not necessarily be given to you.

What's more, Li Lin is now talking wildly, and those judges are comfortable in their hearts, and the difficulty of winning the award has greatly increased.

Just when Li Junyi opened his mouth to help Li Lin talk, a sharp gaze blocked Li Junyi's words.

The owner of the gaze is Zheng Shenghui.

Zheng Shenghui is the producer of "The King's Man", and in the crew, his status is comparable to that of the director, and even slightly higher than the director.

"Director Lee Jun-ik." Zheng Shenghui lowered her voice, "Let him speak." ”

"Why?"

Li Junyi said anxiously: "Don't you know that if he does this, the judges of the major awards will be biased against our films?" ”

"Prejudice? What can those judges influence? Zheng Shenghui sneered, "Our movies want the box office, not the so-called awards." ”

"You remember, for a director, the box office is key, and awards are just the icing on the cake."

"Without the box office, no matter how many awards you get, you can only shoot small-budget movies, and with the box office, investors will give you money to make blockbusters."

Li Junyi fell silent when he heard this.

Blockbusters, every director has a blockbuster dream in his heart, and those who have never made blockbusters are embarrassed to call themselves big directors, but how can blockbusters be so easy to shoot.

As for the awards, investors never look at the awards, although the company to which the director belongs looks at the awards, it also values the honor and weight that the awards bring to themselves, as for the investment, small investment can be given, and big investment is still forgotten.

"Although Li Lin's remarks will affect the jury, his remarks will bring us publicity opportunities, and with publicity, there will be a box office, you won't understand this truth!"

Li Junyi was silent.

"What award are you going to challenge?"

"Blue Dragon Award!"

Wow!

The audience was in an uproar again, the Blue Dragon Award, the highest award for Korean films, this is different from the Golden Record, in South Korea, there are two other at the same level as the Golden Record Award, and the Blue Dragon Award is the absolute hegemon in the movie.

Now, Li Lin actually threatened to challenge the Blue Dragon Award, which is simply arrogant.

You must know that even South Korea's local actors dare not say that they want to challenge the South Korean Blue Dragon Award, let alone Li Lin, a foreigner, where do he put Korean local artists when he says this?

"Why do you think you can challenge for the Blue Dragon Award?" A reporter asked sharply.

"Why can't I think I can challenge for the Blue Dragon Award?" Li Lin asked rhetorically, "Isn't the South Korean Blue Dragon Award not allowing foreign artists to win awards?" ”

"I've already made my debut in Korea."

Li Lin said with a smile.

It is a recognized unspoken rule that foreign artists cannot win awards in their home countries, just like foreign films, no matter how good it is, it is a special award for foreign films, such as the best foreign language film and the like.

But Li Lin is different.

He made his debut in South Korea, which can be regarded as a Korean artist, and he is also shooting Korean movies, even if he wants to be selected, it is also a national film selection.

In this case, it is said that foreigners cannot win awards, and a hat that discriminates against foreigners cannot be escaped, but do they dare to shout?

Newspapers are different from other industries, the newspaper industry needs to be responsible for its own words and deeds, and this responsibility does not refer to being responsible for a certain artist, but to being responsible for the country's public opinion.

When the state does not require newspapers to promote nationalism, newspapers cannot advocate it, otherwise it is stepping on the line, and the government has a thousand ways to kill the newspapers, and even the bosses behind the newspapers will be implicated.

Those newspapers with a strong political color are better, they are either parties or consortia behind them, and they will not encounter too much trouble if they make some voices that cross the line, but entertainment newspapers like them can't step on the political line casually.

If you step on it, you just have to finish playing. (To be continued......)