"I would like to ask this reporter a question."

Chen Perch picked a female reporter who sat in the front row and looked to be in her thirties and looked quite good-looking.

Generally speaking, there will always be several arrangements for such press conferences, and the first question to be asked is often to play a role in the direction of the wind. There is also a part hidden in the group of reporters, if the wind is not in the right direction, they will jump out in time to lead the rhythm, so as not to be biased from the topic.

The female reporter asked: "I am a reporter from Beijing Radio and Television News, I just heard Mr. Yi talk about the creativity of the movie, but we saw exquisite pictures in the movie, saw high-tech, and saw the brilliant performances of stars such as Zhang Yanyu, Liang Chaowei, Li Lianjie and Chen Daoming, may I ask Mr. Zhang Yimou, what is your true intention?" ”

As soon as the female reporter's words fell, a smart reporter immediately pointed the camera at Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi on the stage. Because her question did not mention the names of these two people, and she was obviously a Hong Kong and Taiwan fan, she deliberately put Zhang Yanyu and Liang Chaowei in front, and put the bigger Li Lian and Chen Daoming side by side.

Sure enough, I saw Zhang Ziyi frowning, obviously showing a trace of unhappiness. may have realized that there were countless shots in the audience, and she immediately regained her expression, and even immediately showed an amiable smile on her face.

Li Tang looked as usual, and from time to time he was still talking to Cheng Xiaodong, the action guide sitting on his right.

The director obviously also noticed the language problem in the female reporter's question, and smiled: "You have a big question, to put it simply, I myself like martial arts very much, I like to watch martial arts movies, this is a long-term wish of mine." ”

Then he changed his words and said: "In this movie, I really hope to use the Li Tang you just talked about, as well as our Chinese elites behind the scenes, these outstanding elements recognized by all of us, I hope to cooperate with them and make an excellent Chinese movie together, this is the basic idea, thank you." ”

Listen, sure enough, Jiang is old and spicy, not only answered the question, but also helped the female reporter cover up the language disease in the question just now, and at the same time comforted Li Tang. As for Zhang Ziyi, he is a person he cultivated single-handedly, and he belongs to his own people, so there is no need.

The reporter who pointed the camera at Li Tang was inevitably a little disappointed, because people didn't care at all, but only when they heard the director mention his name, they raised their heads and glanced in the direction of the director. However, he listened attentively and nodded from time to time.

The reporters who captured the change in Zhang Ziyi's expression were very excited, this shot alone was enough to write a report, and the title was thought of - "Zhang Ziyi was ignored and blackfaced the whole time";

or "Zhang Ziyi was ignored and changed her face in an instant";

or "Same-sex repulsion, Zhang Ziyi was ignored by female reporters".

"I would like to ask this reporter a question."

Chen Perch chose a foreigner in his forties this time.

The foreigner asked Li Lianlian: "I am a reporter from CNN, may I ask Mr. Jet Li, you know about the foreign film industry, do you think they will understand this movie after it is released in foreign countries?" Would you like it? Which ones do you think they will enjoy about this movie? How many Oscars do you think this film will win? ”

The other party asked questions in English, and the host, Perch, made a cameo as a translator.

Li Lianjie has a high emotional intelligence, and although he has long since become an American citizen, he still answers in Mandarin in response to questions from his compatriots: "Hello everyone! I'm not a Feng Shui forecaster who can predict the future, so it's hard for me to answer that question to you. In my opinion, to have such an opportunity, so many good friends to participate in this movie together, in the six months of last year, everyone worked hard and wholeheartedly to make this "Hero", what will happen in the future, whether people all over the world accept it or not, whether the United States and Westerners accept it, in fact, it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that everyone in front of and behind the scenes has paid their sincerity and done their best, and the result is not under our control. Thank you! ”

His answer was greeted with a round of applause, perhaps for his self-confidence. Although the Chinese people admire the ocean in these years, they still have a sense of national pride. To paraphrase Brother Xun'er's words: Only what is national is the world.

As the partner of the webcast of this premiere press conference, the reporters of Za Lang also had the opportunity to ask questions.

"May I ask Mr. Chen Daoming, you are acting in a martial arts scene for the first time in 20 years, how did you become a martial arts master in such a short period of time?"

Uncle Daoming smiled and said half-jokingly: "I actually don't fight at all, as for those scenes in the movie, thank you to our great stuntman." ”

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, but the reporter of the scumbag wave was not embarrassed at all, because he had already obtained his own answer: Chen Daoming used a stand-in.

Immediately afterwards, he asked Liang Chaowei and Zhang Yanyu: "Next, I would like to ask Miss Zhang Yanyu and Mr. Liang Chaowei, the two of you also have very wonderful performances in the similar martial arts film "East Evil and West Poison" directed by Wang Jiawei, so what do you think is the difference between the styles of director Zhang Yimou and director Wong Kar-wai? ”

Liang Chaowei and Zhang Yanyu on the stage glanced at each other, and Zhang Yanyu smiled and made a gesture of please.

Liang Chaowei muttered slightly into the microphone: "Well, Wang Jiawei's movie is more painful, because there is no complete script, plus there is no good equipment like our "Hero", and then I have been filming in the desert for a long time, I have been figuring out the role, and I have been running to the director every night to ask him what he wants to shoot, he actually has nothing but to listen to some music for me, he said that the essence is in these music, we will listen to music tonight, There is no script at all...... Uh, these are all different ways of creating. ”

Obviously, the pain when filming "East Evil and West Poison" is still fresh in his memory. And although he is usually silent, he is still very serious in answering reporters' questions.

Then he raised his eyebrows and said with a shy smile: "This time I worked with Director Zhang, which opened my eyes, and it made me really ...... Well, because I went to Dunhuang and some places, I felt the feeling of the ancients, which was different from being in a shed. In addition, I found that Director Zhang is very direct, and uses some very simple expressions to express some very complex martial arts masterpieces, which makes me feel rare. And I think this movie should be expressed in such a way. Because I also hope to shoot for all, especially when I was a child, I liked to watch martial arts, I believe that every Chinese has his own martial arts world, so when filming the drama "Hero", I hope that every Chinese can understand and have his own picture when watching. ”

Although his words are a bit awkward, as long as the actor understands it as soon as he hears it, people are really sinking down to create the role, and the surprise of the director's way of working is heartfelt.

Even Li Lianlian, who was separated by two people, cast envious eyes, they had rivalry in the movie, Li Lianlian admired his acting skills, and at the same time envied the immersive performance state of others.

Truth be told, this kind of immersion in the characters is very difficult for the average person to do, unless you have talent, or you have to do enough preparation and focus enough.

Zhang Yanyu was obviously a chicken thief, and said with a bright smile: "Actually, the Liang Chaowei I want to talk about has already been spoken. I don't think there's a comparison with this. I think everyone has their own personality and style. So I can't compare director Wang Jiawei with director Zhang Yimou. All I can say is that I had a good experience working with director Zhang Yimou, so I'm very grateful to him. ”

The reporters on the scene asked questions very enthusiastically, and most of the questions were asked to the director. There are also questions to Liang Chaowei, Zhang Yanyu, Chen Daoming and Zhang Ziyi, and even a buddy from the Beijing Beijing Times asked the host Chen Perch: "May I ask Miss Perch, many international blockbusters adopt the producer system, why can't the producer of this film be seen at such a grand meeting today?" ”

Chen Perch didn't dare to take the lead and hurriedly said: "Please ask Director Zhang Yimou to introduce this point." ”

The director smiled, pointed to Zhang Weiping and Jiang Ershao, who were sitting in the front row, and said: "Without them, the two producers would not have today's movie, and we also hope that they can also sit on the rostrum, but they gave us the opportunity, so we have been sitting below." ”

Li Tang didn't get a single problem from beginning to end, and he was also very calm, except for occasionally having a small meeting with Cheng Xiaodong, he was just quietly an audience.

After listening to it all the way, everyone's answers are more pertinent and realistic, and there are few such specious scenes.

In contrast, the level of questions asked by journalists is not high. As members of the intellectual community, they tend to dwell on so-called art, or compare "Hero" with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Li Tang scoffed at this, and he agreed with the director's answer.

For example, a reporter from Nandu Daily asked a question, this reporter is still an old acquaintance of Li Tang, Yuan Lei, who once interviewed him. This little girl hasn't seen her for two years and looks a lot richer, but her questions are quite sharp.

"During the screening of "Hero" in Shenzhen, many fans had a good evaluation of "Hero", but there were also many different voices, may I ask Director Zhang Yimou, what do you think about this?"

One more thing, because one of the conditions for applying for the Oscars is that the film must have a public premiere in theaters before applying. For this reason, "Hero" was screened in Shenzhen for two days.

Although there were not many screenings, the response from the audience was enthusiastic, and there were many reviews on the Internet, some of which were positive and negative. It may be that many people have high expectations, or simply to brush up on their sense of existence, and these review articles have been derogatory rather than positive. What's more, standing at the height of art, a large number of special approvals for "Heroes".

Regarding this question, the director first smiled and said: "I have read some written articles, but there are not many, I think it is very normal to say anything after a work comes out, so the creative habits over the years have allowed me to have a normal heart to look at everyone's various sayings, and I won't feel great if I praise me, I am very stinky and beautiful, it doesn't matter if I beat me or scold me, the movie comes out for everyone to see, which one you say is well written, it's hard for me to say, because I haven't seen much." ”

After ridiculing himself, the director said sincerely: "My personal wish, first of all, is a film that can attract audiences, especially now that Chinese film and television are in a downturn, we all hope to attract audiences to return to the cinema to watch movies, and hope to revitalize China's film industry, which actually starts from the most basic, we want to try to make a good-looking movie, only in this way can we attract everyone to the cinema, and then adopt to discuss more issues of the film, so my ideal is not lofty nor great, I just want to make a good-looking movie, Attractive movie for everyone to watch, thank you. ”

To put it bluntly, don't talk about art or not, movies are to be made good-looking, so that the audience likes to watch and love to watch, so as to attract the audience back to the cinema and revitalize the film industry.

The director's heartfelt words attracted applause from the scene.

Of course, one of the biggest stubborn diseases hindering the development of the film industry - piracy, the director did not dare to mention it at all, and hundreds of media reporters at the scene were very interested in not asking questions about it.

The premiere press conference was only an hour away, but the on-site media reporters asked questions very enthusiastically, seeing that the time was almost up, when the director and Zhang Ziyi answered the Wanwan reporter's question about the superiority of "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Chen Perch walked up to the stage, looked at the arm that was still raised in the audience, and said with a wry smile: "There are many friends from the press here today, and there are also many friends from the press at home and abroad. ”

The first lucky winner to be picked was out of the ordinary, not chasing the stars, and asking technical questions about photography and martial arts instruction.

Director of photography Christopher Du and Wu Zhi Cheng Xiaodong both gave serious answers.

Yes, even Cheng Xiaodong has successfully brushed up on his sense of existence, and only Li Tang has been sitting alone from beginning to end.

"I know that after watching this movie, everyone has a lot of feelings to share with others, and there are a lot of questions to ask, but because of time constraints, only the last question remains, and just now there are many mainland reporters, Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters, as well as overseas reporters have asked, and finally I will invite one at random, I'm very sorry."

As soon as Chen Perch's words fell, countless hands were raised at the scene, the last question, everyone wants to seize the opportunity, especially many people in the back row stood up and raised their hands, and even padded their feet, for fear that the host would not see it.

Chen Perch also deliberately looked at the back row, after all, the people sitting in the front row are some big media, and out of the principle of fairness and justice, at least the surface work needs to be done.

She happened to see a buddy wearing glasses, maybe it was the elegant temperament exuded by the other party that attracted her, so she pointed at the other party and said, "This gentleman, yes, this gentleman with glasses, please ask questions." ”

This bespectacled buddy suddenly became the focus of the audience, especially the reporters who didn't get the questions to cast jealous eyes.

Everyone understands that in such a large press conference, the media that choose to ask questions must be targeted. As Chen Perch just said, the big media in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and foreigners must take care of it, and inviting a random last question is an opportunity to try your luck.

The glasses buddy took the microphone and first thanked the host: "Thank you, Miss Perch!" ”

Then he began to ask: "I am a reporter from the Daily News, I want to ask Mr. Li Tang......

Hey, as soon as this remark came out, many people looked sideways, but they didn't expect that the last question was actually asked to Li Tang, and many people remembered that it seemed that no one had ever asked Li Tang a question.

In addition, in these years, we have paid attention to international standards, and even Chen Daoming is called Mr. by everyone, and the title of "Teacher Li Tang" is very different at this time.

And Li Tang, who was sitting on the rostrum, also looked up suddenly in surprise at this time. Just now he was asking Cheng Xiaodong about the director's new film.

The director's new film has begun to accumulate the group, "Hero" is very happy to work with, since the new film is also a costume martial arts film, then Cheng Xiaodong must be the best choice for martial arts instructors.

In fact, the director's choice of the main creator behind the scenes is in many cases cooked rather than raw. Everyone is familiar with each other, less running-in, and easier to cooperate.

As a martial arts instructor, Cheng Xiaodong must have read the script, and maybe he has already started to prepare for the design. But this product is vague, there is no way, signed a confidentiality agreement. However, he still missed a little bit, for example, the new film is a story that takes place in the Tang Dynasty, and the weapon is mainly knife.

Not to mention, Li Tang really doesn't know how to use a knife, he used either a gun or a sword before, and when he was thinking about waiting for Wu Jing to practice hard after running the propaganda, he suddenly heard his name.

Look up, hey, this is not Lao Han, I can't hang up the voice just now and it sounds familiar.

Although the distance was a little far, Li Tang could still see Han Binjiang looking at him and asking: "Teacher Li Tang, when you participated in this film, you said that you went to study, and after the filming of this drama was completed, what did you feel the most?" What's the catch? ”

To be honest, Li Tang is really grateful to Lao Han at this time, although he has always been calm, but he did not brush up his presence at today's press conference and no one asked him questions These are two concepts.

If he really acts as a transparent person throughout the whole process, it is also a very embarrassing thing for no reporter to ask him questions, and maybe it will become his future black history.

Lao Han has a heart, and the question he asked is exactly a response to the interview he gave himself before filming "Hero".

Li Tang sighed slightly: I think it is a great honor to be able to participate in the crew of "Hero" this time, because many of the actors are my seniors, and our behind-the-scenes elites are very good. In addition to the acting skills, what I learned was their dedication to their own artistic creation. If it weren't for this spirit, they wouldn't have achieved what they are today, it must have been through years of hard work to have today's career achievements, I have seen a lot of scenes of their hard work in them, I think this is a particularly unforgettable experience. I am really honored to be part of the crew of "Hero", and I am very grateful to the director for giving me this opportunity. The role of Changkong is limited to me, and it may not be there tomorrow after filming today, so I work hard to do a good job, and I hope everyone can see my efforts. ”

Since he is a transparent person, he must be a transparent person's consciousness, and his answer puts his posture very low.

After speaking, he looked at Han Binjiang, who was asking questions, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Finally, thank you to this reporter from "Daily News" for giving me the opportunity to answer this question, thank you!" ”

As soon as his voice fell, there were a few laughs at the scene, most of them from the back row, because many of them didn't have a chance to ask questions, and the reporters from the big media sitting in the front row were a little embarrassed.

Li Tang's self-deprecation is not a mockery of them?

Fortunately, the host Chen Perch walked to the center of the stage in time and said: "Thank you very much to all friends in the press, because of the relationship of time, today's meeting with reporters has come to an end." Thank you very much for your continued attention to "Hero", and I hope you will cheer for this movie, Chinese filmmakers, and Chinese movies! Thank you! Now the guests are leaving. ”

Today's premiere is very tightly arranged, and immediately after the press conference, there will be a meeting with various partner units, such as Yindu Organization, China Film Group, Columbia, etc., as well as leaders of the Film Bureau.

There will also be designated media interviews, and we will have dinner together after that.

In the designated media interview after the meeting, Li Tang had a lot of problems, but he was still as modest and low-key as ever.

It wasn't until he went out to go to the Yanjing Hotel to participate in the dinner that after getting in the car, Xiao Zhao handed over his mobile phone and said, "Brother, Director Lou Ye called over and asked you to have time to go back to the past." ”

It's a little embarrassing to divide the chapters, so it's just two in one, and it's sent together. Cheeky again to ask for a ticket!

(End of chapter)