Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

It's five in the evening.

On the second floor of Capital Bishuixuan Hotel.

On the terrace, the outdoor seats are surrounded by green plants. The sun shines through the gaps between the green bamboos and sprinkles on the terrace floor.

At the end of the terrace, a door connects to a medium-sized banquet hall.

In the hall, a celebration party for "The Truman Show" is being held, and more than 30 people are drinking and laughing.

After a short gathering and greetings.

It's half past six, and everyone is still chatting.

Chen Xiao glanced at his watch, "We should go down."

"Yes, let's go." Others echoed.

The group stood up, said goodbye to other people, and came to the first floor accompanied by hotel staff and security personnel.

After the celebration party, they were going to attend an exchange meeting.

As soon as they walked down the stairs to the first floor, they heard a bustling voice.

"Everyone, please follow me."

Under the guidance of the hotel staff, the group went directly to the multi-purpose hall.

The crimson wooden door slowly opened, and the hotel staff made a gesture of invitation.

Chen Xiao led the others into the bright hall.

In an instant, seventy or eighty eyes focused on them, flashes kept flashing, and shutters clicked.

"Director Chen, please look here!"

"Teacher Jin Rui, this way!"

"Ming Yue Ming Yue, please look here."

"Director Chen! I am your fan!"

Today is an exchange meeting, so in addition to reporters, there are 10 local lucky fans randomly selected from the Internet.

The reason why it is called local is that when Oriental Media was drawing, it restricted netizens with IP addresses in the capital to prevent young fans from other places from coming and causing controversy.

But other fans were also taken into consideration, so this meeting was also live-broadcasted, and questions would be randomly selected and answered.

Most of the 10 fans present were fans of Chen Xiao, and a few were fans of the actors.

The 10 fans excitedly rushed forward and waved excitedly to the security personnel across the isolation belt.

Seeing them like this, some reporters also wanted to get up and squeeze to the front of the media area as usual.

But after seeing the five words "The Truman Show" on the big screen in front, they shut up and took back the foot they were about to take.

For a while, many reporters smiled bitterly.

When have they ever suffered such a dumb loss?

Do you dare to ask random questions?

I dare not.

This crew scolded the media.

Let alone whether to provoke Chen Xiao, the colleagues present have now become supervisory agencies.

Now if any media makes a mistake, it may be pulled out by another media to whip the corpse when it returns.

Alas... In the past, celebrities had to be very careful at press conferences and meet-and-greet events.

But now, even if the crew scolds them, they still have to be interviewed, fearing that the camera of their colleagues will be pointed at them, so they have to be submissive.

However, because of this, almost all reporters have reached a consensus - avoid the topic of the media.

Otherwise, it is simply asking: What is the source of your inspiration for criticizing me? In addition to the existing analysis on the Internet, do you have other criticisms? How do you feel about playing the victim bullied by us...

This is simply smiling and stretching your neck to ask for a beating.

In the eyes of reporters who wanted to ask but did not dare to ask, the nine members of the crew sat in front of the row of sofas in the front.

In addition to Chen Xiao, Fang Rong, Huang Peng, and the costume designer, there were five actors present, including Jin Rui who played Truman, as well as the actors who played his first love, wife, friend, and director.

The assistant director who served as the host stood on the side holding the topic, opened his speech, and briefly explained the rules.

Soon, the question-and-answer session officially began.

Unlike in the past, only two or three reporters raised their hands in the media area.

The assistant director selected a foreign reporter based on the speed of raising hands.

The reporter said in a slightly awkward Chinese:

"Hello, Director Chen, I am a reporter from Entertainment Weekly in the United States. The Truman Show was released in North America on Friday, which was yesterday, and the first-day box office reached 19.4 million US dollars."

"So far, this data ranks sixth among the films released in North America this year."

"According to expert analysis, this film will perform strongly in the future, and the total box office is likely to enter the top ten in the North American box office."

"For an art film, this is a miraculous result. What do you think of this ranking? How do you balance art and business?"

Chen Xiao listened to his speech with a calm expression.

This data is expected.

After all, "Truman" is a war film in art films.

Fighter, in the previous world, the North American box office also ranked 12th that year.

The distribution channels this time are still normal.

He encountered suppression from his peers, but with the reputation of him and Chazelle, these two factors can almost offset it.

The works of his peers are worse than the original world, and it is natural to move up a few places and enter the top 10 in North America.

However, you can't say it out loud even if you think so in your heart.

Chen Xiao thought for a moment and started to talk nonsense:

"Thank you for the question. Thank you for the expert's appreciation. I hope to receive his good words."

"For this ranking, we should thank the crew for their support, as well as our partner New Era Pictures, and the producers and distributors for their cooperation. And the audience who support us."

Hearing this, the reporter of "Entertainment Weekly" in the audience was a little depressed.

As expected of the Chinese, a country of etiquette...

If you are asked to talk about the ranking, you thank a lot, but you don't talk about the business.

Just when he was about to become a fake-smile boy, Chen Xiao changed the subject.

"You also asked how to balance art and business, right?"

The reporter nodded quickly.

Chen Xiao continued:

"I don't know if you have heard that some successful art films are commercial films."

"Art films have profound themes and ideas. When the audience accepts these ideas and pays for them to open up new ideas, they become more commercial."

"So, art films and commercial films are not in opposition."

"However, back to "The Truman Show", in addition to everyone accepting the theme, we also deliberately added some funny elements to the movie."

"Some friends live in a simpler or cleaner environment, and it is difficult for them to resonate with the theme of the movie. Some friends just want to relax their brains and have fun watching it."

"We hope that these friends can also accept this movie, so we added some funny elements."

"It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to watch it as a moral film. It's also good to watch it as a comedy plus science fiction, or even a horror film, right?"

Hearing this, the netizens in front of the screen laughed.

Is this the art of language?

There has been a small wave of quarrels on the Internet in the past two days.

Some netizens think that this is just an ordinary funny horror movie. Netizens who like the theme of the movie quarreled with them.

But now look at Director Chen's awareness.

Otherwise, how can he make money?

I want all kinds of audiences!

The main point is that everyone is conditionally correct.

"The clear stupidity in the eyes is described as a clean and simple living environment. The laziness of thinking is described as wanting to relax the brain and have fun. Awesome!"

"This is the same as the workplace. When there is a problem, help the leader find the cause of others."

"Oh, I envy you. If I had this mouth, I would not use it to report work, but to eat free meals."