Chapter 36 Interview
Leonardo DiCaprio is definitely a global idol.
Hollywood is the most superstitious place where the market determines everything. The pay they offer represents the industry's recognition of celebrities and artists.
As of now, Little Lizi, the world's most market-oriented star, can definitely rank among the top!
Otherwise, the movie "The Revenant" that doesn't sound very interesting can sell 500 million US dollars worldwide?
Xu Hui wanted to cooperate with Li Zi, and what he valued most was his appeal.
Otherwise, he could have looked for Nicholas Cage, who is Italian at least!
Little Little Little Little Li is Russian...
However, since Li Zi is not very interested, then look for someone else.
Chris Evans is a good candidate. "Captain America" has always dreamed of winning awards. In addition to "Captain America", most of the movies he participated in are independent movies...
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The next day, at noon.
Xu Hui arrived at the agreed cafe, and Jenny in a black suit was already sitting in her seat.
"Hi, Xu!"
Seeing Paohui, Jenny waved.
"Jenny..."
Paohui was a little embarrassed, after all, Jenny was the first to sow seeds abroad...
However, the latter didn't seem to care at all, but he was much more enthusiastic in his attitude. It seemed that he should be very satisfied with him!
Woman, haha!
After a few simple greetings, Jenny immediately entered the working mode.
Needless to say, she wouldn't have been successfully promoted to editor in just five years.
Paohui was a little uncomfortable.
Usually he is the one who doesn't recognize people when wearing pants!
But it's good, work is work, and personal affairs are just personal affairs...
"Director Xu, after I talked to you last time, I went back to read a lot of martial arts action movies you mentioned, including your first work "Embroidered Chun Dao". The feeling I gave me is a bit different. I always feel that the image of "yellow" is very different from the characters in other movies..."
"…In fact, we Chinese directors are very good at shaping chivalrous spirits. Usually chivalrous people have extraordinary martial arts and traditional virtues of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, forgiveness and tolerance. Of course, Huang Feihong is also such a person. The difference is that the environment it faces, the Qing Dynasty and the continuous influx of Western civilizations, makes him very contradictory..."
"So, what do you mean by giving the character a sense of history?"
"Yes, this is a gradual process. In the first part, Huang Feihong was confused. By the second part, he had already agreed..."
"What does 'men should be self-improvement' mean?"
"Well, the sentence 'Men should be self-improvement' is taken from the Song Dynasty's "Poem of Prodigy": When you are a farmer in the morning, you will be a son of the emperor's hall in the evening. If you have no generals and ministers, you should be self-improvement. It means that good men should work hard to improve themselves!"
After talking about this, Xu Hui was interested. To be honest, he didn't expect Jenny to ask a question from this perspective. He continued: "In the second "Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing", Huang Feihong has participated in the revolutionary movement against the feudal monarchy - the attempted Guangzhou Uprising led by Sun Yat-sen, Lu Haodong, and has a preliminary understanding of advanced Western culture - medical skills and education, but in the torrent of history, he is still just a supporting role or witness."
"So, the third part, will Huang wake up?"
"Yes! In the third part, Huang Feihong finally awakened in the pain of Eastern and Western cultures, and became the embodiment of countless pioneers in that era who sought national prosperity and strength!"
Jenny applauded and smiled: "No wonder it is called 'Chinese Past', it's really appropriate!"
"Thanks!"
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"I noticed that the second part is only 95 minutes long. Is this what you deliberately pursue?"
"…Yes, the pace of the first part is actually a bit slow, so when we were editing and shooting the second part, we made adjustments in this regard."
"I mean you did it deliberately? To pursue commercial success?"
"I really don't have this. What I consider most about making movies is rationality and viewing. As for the box office, just leave it to the audience!"
Ding, show off successfully, +666 points of show off value...
"Many American audiences are very interested in the 'White Lotus Sect'. Can you give a brief introduction?"
"...That was the result of extreme rejection of Western civilization. From a historical perspective, Wanqing was a period of Western learning spreading to the east. At that time, many people in China were reluctant to believe in science. The "White Lotus Cult" was actually the Boxer Rebellion! Do you know the Boxer Rebellion?"
"I know, I have read "The Record of the Boxer Embassy's Surroundedness", which is recorded on it."
Jenny nodded.
Paohui was a little confused. This woman had even read such books, but she was still willing to be a peripheral girl!
Forget it, this is someone else’s pursuit!
"The White Lotus Sect is the Boxer Regiment."
Xu Hui picked up the coffee and took a sip: "In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion entered the capital and killed people when they saw them, but did not distinguish them. They set fire to the church when they saw them.' This is a very real historical record. I want to reflect that in that era, the Boxer Rebellion was inevitably written into it. In fact, I am already very restrained in the movie. The "White Lotus Sect" in the movie is at least willing to obey the command of the officers and soldiers!"
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"Talk about the Golden Globes. You don't seem to have a high desire to win awards? Do you don't care about awards?"
"Of course not, no director would dislike the award! It's just that in order to win the award, I don't think it's worth it, a director..."
Jenny interrupted him: "…you have already said these in Times!"
"You watched that interview, too..."
Paohui smiled embarrassedly. He was also preparing to plagiarize his previous remarks openly and make the number of words unconsciously...
"Why do I always feel like you don't care about the award?"
"To be honest, I didn't expect "Huang Feihong" to be nominated for the best foreign language film. I myself define it as a commercial film. Generally, foreign language films that are popular among the Oscars or the Golden Globes are those with slow pace and life philosophy, which have nothing to do with my movies!"
Paohui tells the truth.
"So you think your movie is not worthy of the Golden Globe honor?"
"Aren't you kidding? The honor of the Golden Globe?"
Paohui looked at Jenny with a little surprise: "Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp were nominated for Golden Globes Best Actress and Best Actress with "The Fatal Companion"? Do you think the honor of the Golden Globes is very important?"
"The Deadly Companion" starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, known as the American version of "The Promise", is very bad and difficult to see.
The box office is also very poor, with a cost of over 100 million, and the box office in North America is more than 60 million...
The male and female protagonists of such a movie were both selected as the best actor and nominated for the best actor?
The Americans feel embarrassed.
At this time, Xu Hui brought it out in person, and Jenny smiled a little embarrassedly...
Chapter completed!