Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 229 Top Feedback from Professional Filmmakers
This is one of the acting skills that Liu Yifei had learned in practice before, and now she is perfectly presenting it in the Lumiere Hall in front of filmmakers from all over the world.

"Weird? You know, here!"

"It's a foreign land."

Liu Yifei responded word by word to Leonardo who questioned her, and the camera was focused on her face.

The flawless beautiful face, coupled with the mysterious and sci-fi eyes and makeup, directly broke the fourth wall in the movie and met the audience's eyes!
All the knowledgeable filmmakers present couldn’t help but applaud when they saw this “Kubrick gaze”!

First of all, it is a tribute to the master Kubrick, and secondly, the actress portrayed this shot very well, which is above standard.

Liu Yifei looked at the short-lived applause with surprise, and a joy from the bottom of her heart almost burst out of her eyes!

She recalled her tireless efforts over the past two years, recalled every time she was scolded by Lu Kuan on the set, and recalled every time she couldn't lift her thighs after a wire-lift scene!
Just do good things and don’t worry about the future, and you will eventually get the reward.

This is far more gratifying and fulfilling than how much endorsement fees she receives, how popular she is on the Internet, and how many fans she has.

Liu Yifei's calmness and warnings obviously could not convince Leonardo. He did not see the computer screen that Liu Yifei had just operated, but the audience saw it.

August 917402, 7?
What does it mean?
A suspense is set up here, guiding the audience to continue to decipher the puzzle.

Liu Yifei was still concentrating on operating the system. Travolta was a little panicked by this unknown fear and walked forward loudly, asking her to explain.

The system repair is at a critical moment and no mistakes can be made. The Chinese girl is decisive and turns around to give a hard kick.

Leonardo shouted to stop the dispute: "Calm down! We must unite!"

Liu Yifei didn't answer. She finished her work and turned to Travolta, saying, "I'm copying the data records from before the system crash so I can bring them back to the base for technical analysis."

"Leonardo and I are going to check out the area behind the computer room now. You will meet us with the disk when the copy is complete."

The latter was still shocked by her extraordinary fighting power and could only nod woodenly.

The protagonists temporarily became a two-person team. Each of them moved forward with their own thoughts. Concubine Liu Yi suddenly stopped.

"Feel it?"

Leonardo followed her gaze and saw a Reaper robot that looked identical, but much larger.

This is the "agricultural machinery" that attacked the three people before.

The audience in front of the screen were surprised to find that the robots that came along the way were getting bigger and bigger!
Like...

It's like the continuous iterative evolution of organisms!
电影镜头在几代机器人之间来回切换，6米多高的294型，20多米高的4107型，还有60多米、连它的头顶都看不清楚的27999型。

Concubine Liu Yi's voice rang out again: "If these are agricultural robots made by Ximai to hunt and kill livestock, how big would the animals be?"

These words made Leonardo break out in a cold sweat. He stared at Liu Yifei with horror, and heard Travolta's call from behind him.

"The data has been copied, let's retreat!"

He really didn't want to stay any longer.

The three of them ran wildly along the way, crossing the jungle, and heard noisy and strange noises wherever they passed.

The special forces team raised their guns and fired, but it had no effect except leaving a few big holes in the towering corn branches.

The few of them finally reached the entrance, and Leonardo suggested contacting several other teams.

While waiting for a reply, Leonardo took Liu Yifei to a secluded place, held her shoulders and looked straight at the Chinese girl.

"Tell me, what secret do you know?"

Although Liu Yifei is very smart and has extraordinary skills, it is her first time to have such close contact with a man, and her pretty face can't help but blush.

This is a foreshadowing of the love story between the male and female protagonists, and is not the core clue of the whole film.

But it cannot be absent, otherwise the scene where the two of them enter the farm together at the end of the movie will seem abrupt.

Because she was going out soon, Liu Yifei felt that she might need these two teammates to help her complete the task.

With a slight embarrassment, she gently broke free from her restraints and began to reveal the true background of Ximai Farm to the two people and the audience.

"32 years ago, my father, Lan Jiangshui, discovered the principle of conservation of scale. According to this principle, as long as it does not violate the principle of conservation, people can arbitrarily change the speed of time in a specified area."

"For example, one could make the time of an interval containing a certain amount of matter twice as fast as it originally was, while at the same time slowing down the time of another interval containing the same amount of matter by a factor of two."

Leonardo and Travolta were stunned. Could this be the truth behind why Ximai Farm could deliver a batch of crops to the outside world every ten minutes?
The audience was also stunned by such imagination. Theoretical exploration of time scale has always been the focus of research and concern of scientologists and amateur scientists.

In the classic "Interstellar", the protagonist, who was in his 40s, spent less than a month in the strong gravitational field of a black hole on a spaceship, and was still in his 40s when he came back.

And his daughter is already very old.

This kind of exploration and expansion of time issues is a very common and popular plot line in science fiction films.

Especially today in 2004, this principle, euphemistically called "conservation of time scale", has attracted everyone's attention. What an amazing idea!
Leonardo asked, "Dr. Lan is such a great scientist. Where did this idea come from?"

Here is a private item that Boss Lu brought with him:
Concubine Liu Yi replied: "In ancient China, there was a mathematician named Zu Chongzhi, who was also the first scientist in the world to propose the value of pi."

"In his book, Records of Strange Things, he tells the story of a miraculous experience of an ancient man named Wang Zhi..."

Every Chinese elementary school student has heard this story.

Wang Zhi went up the mountain to chop wood, watched people playing chess, and when he returned home, he found that the axe handle was rotten.

The place where I used to live is very different from before, and most of my relatives have passed away.

However, at that time, Westerners had no idea that China had such simple ideas of relativity so early, and they all whispered to each other.

Some people suspect that it was a Chinese film director's fabrication to bring glory to his own nation;
Some people also know the profound heritage of the ancient Chinese land and believe that this is true history.

Han Lu watched the discussion at the scene continue to emerge, and excitedly sketched a press release:

"Alien Land" constructs a worldview similar to the general theory of relativity, and the seeds of its principles actually originated from Zu Chongzhi of the Southern Dynasty in my country. Foreigners were talking about it at the premiere.

If you don't argue, you won't understand the truth. I don't expect all these Westerners to agree with and like Chinese culture, but at least I should have the courage to express myself.

When Bowen's Rondo tore up the pre-sale agreement, he also mocked Lu Kuan for cutting off his braids. Many Disney media mocked him as a Qing Dynasty guy.

There are also a large number of sixth-generation films that have been screened abroad for a long time, reflecting the backwardness of the country.

Western society still has deep prejudices against us.

This kind of cultural output is a long and systematic process, and the oriental elements in "Foreign Land" are just the beginning.

After the "private goods" were exported, Concubine Liu Yi continued to explain.

"The farm is an accelerated time zone. We've spent five hours here, but when we pass through the exit and return to the human world, you'll find everyone is still standing there."

"From their perspective, we only went in for a moment and then came out. Even if we spent decades here or even died of old age, to the outside world, it would only be a day."

Liu Yifei sighed heavily and turned to talk about the truth that she had just concealed from the two of them in the computer room.

"The number that surprised me in the computer room was 917402. The farm was built by humans over years ago, but it's been sowing and harvesting for over years!"

The audience was in an uproar! All the questions were explained:

Those gradually growing robot harvesters, those crops towering into the sky, and those unknown monsters.

Although the camera has not yet shown their ferocity, they are obviously a bunch of huge monsters.

Leonardo asked curiously, "I have a question. If it was your father who discovered this principle, why was it Dr. Simai who founded the farm?"

"And because of this contribution, he became the second-in-command of the Earth Federation."

Concubine Liu Yi looked at him with a burning gaze. "It's actually very simple. We humans also evolved from lower organisms over tens of millions of years."

"If we leave those creatures less advanced than humans on the farm for a while, then after a while..."

She said nothing more, and Leonardo and Travolta closed their eyes in despair.

They could almost imagine what kind of strange thing had just attacked Team 5.

Monsters evolved on the farm!
"So, Ximai stole your father's scientific achievements and profited for himself?"

Concubine Liu Yi smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, my father said Ximai is also a genius that will never be seen again."

"Just like the distance from Einstein's mass-energy equation to a nuclear fusion power station, the distance from my father's theory to practice like Ximai Farm is also extremely difficult."

"But it was accomplished by the genius Ximai. I don't know whether this is a blessing or a curse for mankind..."

During the conversation between Liu Yifei and others, the special effects screens are also doing their best to explain and interpret this principle to the audience.

Day and night alternated so quickly that the sky seemed gray, and the artificial sun quickly drew continuous bright lines in the sky;

Wind, rain, thunder and lightning, clouds and fog, and other natural phenomena appear frequently and endlessly.

Plants grew and withered like a slow-motion movie, so wildly that they looked more like animals, while those real animals came and went like fleas.

All living things grow, reproduce, and mutate genetically at a rate thousands of times greater than that of humans.

Death chases life at an unimaginable speed and is chased by new life at the same time.

In this accelerated laboratory, the Creator is tirelessly verifying the maximum possibilities of life.

The theme and core idea of ​​science fiction films are sublimated here: To what extent should humans transform the environment?
How to determine the ethical boundaries of science?
The audience couldn't help but think, if I were Ximai, would I build such a farm?

"what!"

The audience suddenly screamed!

Everyone looked at the screen, confused, and a large shadow appeared where the three people were standing...

Monsters from foreign lands are coming!
Leonardo was quick-witted and only had time to hug Liu Yifei and roll to the side, but Travolta was not so lucky.

The two men stood up and looked through the diffuse smoke and dust. Their teammate Travolta had lost both legs, his eyes were wide open and he was muttering to himself.

"What did you say? Hold on, we're getting you out of here now!"

Leonardo leaned in close to hear his last words.

"Monster...monster..."

Special forces member Travolta was executed, clutching his family photo tightly in his hand.

This plot point is called "nothing" in Hollywood screenwriting rules, and the movie's suppression of the protagonists officially begins.

Emotions begin to tug, and the longer they tug, the more they give the audience a final emotional outburst.

The remaining two people left the farm in despair and began to undergo several days of questioning and report submission.

Leonardo kept his promise to Concubine Liu Yi and did not tell anyone the truth he knew.

Liu Yifei returned home and recounted the incident to her father Liang Jiahui, who closed his eyes in despair.

He knew that another evil consequence of humanity had been born.

The time scale on the farm is irreversible; it can only be sped up, not slowed down.

And Ximai will not slow down. This is his political achievement. He wants to be the boss of the Earth Federation, and he wants to reach the top step by step!
Liang Jiahui was in great pain. He explained everything to Liu Yifei and Leonardo who came to visit him.

Before this, there was a love scene in which Leonardo secretly fell in love with Concubine Liu Yi. Like the previous one, it was also a foreshadowing of the ending.

Liang Jiahui made a decision that he would go find his student in person.

At the same time, he arranged for his daughter and Leonardo to enter the farm again, because the tampering of the computer had confirmed the advanced intelligence evolved by the monsters.

They have to bring the most advanced program plug-ins from the outside world to lock the computer for a period of time to prevent it from being tampered with by monsters, so as to buy time for the human world.

After the plot point of having nothing left, it is called the Dark Night of the Soul.

Liu Yifei and Leonardo entered the foreign land for the second time, and they risked their lives to repair the operating system.

All the harvester robots were instantly put to their use and engaged in a fierce battle with the monsters.

Here is the second piece of private goods that Boss Lu brought in:

Every monster that appears is a well-known monster in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The crew thoughtfully placed a color picture album on each seat.

The above contains the habits, names, and origins of the corresponding monsters.

Once again, the audience was shocked by the mysterious oriental Chinese culture!
What kind of wild imagination must have been required to come up with these monsters with different shapes thousands of years ago?

Look at the monsters created by Westerners, such as Godzilla, great white sharks, dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park", prehistoric giant crocodiles, and Anaconda...

Look at other people's monsters:

A fire-avoiding beast, a horned horse;

A man-eating beast that looks like a bird but not a bird, a leopard but not a leopard, the Gu Diao;
It looks like a pig, but its limbs have claws and serrated claws...

Many Western reporters have started asking the crew for picture albums because they are very curious about these monsters with different shapes.

Some are disgusting, some are ethereal, some are magical, and they are full of creativity and romanticism!
Domestic filmmakers, including Hong Kong filmmakers, feel proud when they see the Westerners around them marveling at their films.

Their living habits and folk customs are even more traditional than those in the mainland. After all, we have a history of destruction before construction.

Perhaps the only one who is unhappy is Wu Yusen.

But now I seem to be a lonely person. I see that this young director is scolding his own people and pretending to be arrogant.

It seems very likely that this movie will make money.

He is now looking forward to Fang Long's "Travel Around the World" to give Lu Kuan, who is overestimating his own capabilities, a wake-up call!

Wake him up from his dream of making it to Hollywood! If he can't do it, how can you?

The movie continues and reaches its climax, presenting the audience with more than twenty minutes of action and science fiction drama.

The male and female protagonists fight against monsters in a foreign land. They cooperate with each other tacitly and take turns to save each other.

For a moment, Concubine Liu Yi lay in Leonardo's arms, and the two looked at each other affectionately.

Looking at Boss Lu who took the photo himself, I felt like there was something on his head!
He didn't know that at this moment, Concubine Liu Yi was putting herself in his shoes in order to portray her admiring look.

Liu Yifei and Leonardo, who entered the foreign land for the second time, managed to suppress the rampage of the monsters and returned to the human world.

When she returned to her home in Chinatown, she was heartbroken to see her father and Dr. Simi lying on the ground.

The movie cuts to a flashback, which is the rivalry between Liang Jiahui and Xi Mai, which was filmed at the Chedun Film and Television City in Shanghai.

Liu Yifei cried bitterly while holding her father's body, then said goodbye to her senior sister Fan Bingbing, and resolutely set foot in a foreign land with Leonardo for the third time.

If they go in again this time, they won't come back.

The two will enter a foreign land and live in this time zone forever, keeping the same evolutionary rhythm as all living things.

Including their descendants, as well as a group of selected men and women of marriageable age.

At the end of the film, Liu Yifei looked towards the entrance of the password door with tears in her eyes.

The entrance collapsed quietly, completely isolating the alien world from the human world.

The screen flashes back, switching between the father's last words, two trips to foreign lands with Leonardo, and the rampant monsters on this land.

A letter from Concubine Liu Yi was opened by Fan Bingbing, who was responsible for guarding the password door from the outside world.

She read the letter while crying, and subtitles in multiple languages ​​appeared on the screen.

"Looking out through the still-closed code door, our troubled human home is so lovely."

"Sister, the thought of parting with them brings tears to my eyes. Why did all this have to happen? Will humans and nature never find a harmonious balance?"

"Perhaps before long, we will evolve into a group that is very different from humans."

"There's a chance that if we meet again one day, you won't even recognize that we're still human."

"But please believe that our hearts will always beat with humanity."

"Senior Sister, every year on my father's anniversary, please sweep and lay flowers at my father's grave, as is our Chinese tradition."

Blue Moon, the last work.
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The screen gradually dimmed, and the ceiling lights in the Lumiere Room came on. I don't know who clapped first, but then there was a clapping noise like pearls falling on a jade plate, and the clamor of the crowd almost overturned the theater.

Quentin Tarantino, Chang Yimou, Luc Besson, Film Festival President Jacob, South Korean director Park Chan-wook, and American "Fahrenheit 911/" director Moore...

There were also countless Chinese actors, reporters, and people from the film industry of various countries who stood up to pay their respects and gave cheers and applause to the "Alien Land" crew who came back to the stage to pay their respects.

Boss Lu was relatively calm, but Liu Yifei, who had been very excited while watching the movie, was already in tears.

She was under tremendous pressure after Zhang Ziyi was injured and had to retire. She actually wanted to refuse to perform because she was afraid of messing up Lu Kuan's careful plan.

Fortunately, the ending is so happy.

At film festival premieres, the audience's applause often reflects how much they like the film.

Apparently, the applause that had lasted for six minutes showed no sign of stopping.

The movie is really too shocking.

From the car races and fights at the beginning, to the special forces team operations in the middle;

From the high-tech mechanical jungle to the mysterious and romantic monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

This is the ultimate combination of Eastern culture, which has always been full of mystery in the eyes of Westerners, and the special effects of the Hollywood marketing world!

What kind of director can produce a work of this caliber?

His imagination, his ability to control the camera, his audio-visual language and narrative ability, his ability to arrange scenes, his level of special effects design, and his aesthetic appreciation.

Without any of these points, there would not be such a landmark work.

Many big-budget movies have great scenes but no substance, and the audience becomes bored after having the fun.

But a truly excellent big-budget movie must not only look great on the outside, but also be flawless on the inside.

It must leave the audience with memorable moments for them to think about, savor and chew on.

Just like "The Matrix" left fans with thoughts about reality and virtuality;
Why are "Interstellar" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" so highly regarded that many movie fans are still obsessed with them after watching them countless times?

This is because behind these science fiction films are the directors' explorations of the world, human nature, and social ethics.

I believe that the audience who have watched "Alien Land" will not only be shocked by the wonderful special effects scenes, but will also feel sad about the heroic death of Lan Jiangshui, played by Liang Jiahui.

You will be moved by the heroism of Liu Yifei and Leonardo who resolutely bid farewell to the human world;
There will be countless discussions and reflections on Lan Jiangshui's last words in the film that have triggered people's thinking:
Death from famine and death from monsters are two equally bitter pills, and humans must swallow one of them.

Reporters from across the Taiwan Strait, Hong Kong, Macau, and even Asia were extremely excited, and their applause was louder than anyone else's!
These are senior film journalists who often have interview assignments at foreign film festivals, and they are also senior movie fans. They also hope that Chinese films can get out of the predicament as soon as possible.

Seeing Lu Kuan's "Alien Land" being recognized by the world's best filmmakers, our compatriots all feel a sense of honor from the bottom of their hearts!

Wu Yusen watched the interview on the stage getting wider and wider, walked out of the cinema with an expressionless face, and let out a long breath.

With such a figure in the mainland film industry, his plan to use northern funds to support Hong Kong and Taiwan actors may encounter setbacks.

Zhang Manyu left the stage calmly. She wanted to go back and take a closer look at the script that Lu Kuan had sent her last night.

Movie stars such as Andy Lau, Danny Leung, and Takeshi Kaneshiro all left with different thoughts.

Andy felt it necessary to invite his younger brother, Anita Mui, to dinner through Anita Mui so that they could have a good chat about movies and the development of Chinese-language films.

The main creators on the stage hugged each other excitedly.

Liu Yifei held Boss Lu's arm and asked Han Lu to take a photo of her, but her eyes were still red from crying.

After finally dealing with the reporter friends, Quentin came over with Jacob, Park Chan-wook and others to congratulate him.

It was a hug between wolf friends!
"Lu, I think Harvey, who rushed back to North America first, must be so happy. Now he doesn't have to worry about you and Fang Long clashing anymore!"

Boss Lu laughed out loud. He had never worried before.

Jacob shook hands with Lu Kuan solemnly and said, "Lu, you are a true genius. I have never seen many young people in their twenties with such imagination."

"You know, this is the difference between genius and mediocrity."

"I hope your next work can be submitted to Cannes. I am looking forward to it!"

Park Chan-wook was just about to ask Quentin to introduce himself when Xu Ke and Zhang Yimou came over.

"Director Lu, you are the pride of Chinese-language filmmakers. This is the first time in the Lumiere Hall that an audience has given a Chinese-language film a 15-minute standing ovation!"

"Thank you Director Xu Ke, this is the joint effort of us Chinese-language filmmakers!"

Zhang Yimou just patted him on the shoulder without saying anything. There was no need to say anything.

It should be said that among all the people present, he was the first to recognize the directorial talent of Lu Kuan Xiao He.

In just two short years, this budding genius, like a super-evolved creature from another world, pushed him to the center of the world stage.

Lu Kuan once asked him for advice on the scheduling of large-scale scenes, which was his specialty.

But judging from this movie alone, Lu Kuan did no worse than himself. The only thing he lacked was experience.

Park Chan-wook waited patiently for Lu Kuan to accept each friend and greeting before he humbly introduced himself.

"Hello, Director Lu, I'm Park Chan-wook from South Korea."

Park Chan-wook is a Korean director who is actively integrating into Hollywood. He speaks English, so there is no communication barrier between the two.

Boss Lu really wanted to tell the Korean director in front of him that he liked his "Old Boy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" very much.

It's just a possibility that I haven't seen yet.

Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Kim Ki-duk and others are the flagship figures of Korean genre films.

They led the Korean film industry through 20 years of localization transformation, actively embraced the Hollywood model, and finally took the lead in Asia after entering the 21st century.

Lu Kuan also wanted to discuss movies in depth with him and draw inspiration from directors of different styles.

But now I still have to accept interviews with reporters, which is an important part of marketing promotion.

"Director Park, I really like your film style. I like the love and struggle, murder and destruction in your films."

"I think after today's interview, we can sit down and talk."

Park Chan-wook was a little flattered. After all, compared to Lu Kuan, he had not yet proven himself either in the Big Three Europe or in Hollywood.

Especially after learning and observing the other party's wonderful work on the spot, this Chinese director can still treat himself so humbly.

It truly is a country of etiquette!

"No problem, Guide. I'm looking forward to it!"

During the film festival, a press conference after the premiere is a natural part of the event.

Reporters actively participated in compiling articles, and the crew also needed the support of multiple media outlets to build momentum for themselves.

Especially for a film like "Alien Land", which is promoted by participating in the non-competitive unit.

The press conference hall on the third floor of the Film Palace was packed with people. Those who had seats sat down, and those who didn't stood.

Even the corridor outside the door was crowded.

Today's scene was so exciting that the whole audience stood up and applauded for 15 minutes, which has not been heard of in Cannes for a long time.

Several main creators described their psychological journey during the filming process.

When Liu Yifei spoke, many reporters who were blind to Asian faces finally recognized that the beautiful girl with unique oriental charm on the red carpet was actually the decisive Lan Yue on the camera screen!

The contrast is too great!

When it came to the question-and-answer session, it was surprising that most of the questions were not directed at the crew's top star Leonardo, but at Boss Lu.

The questions asked are varied:
Is that Chinatown scene from your Shanghai? Do you have such tall buildings?
Are the monsters in the movie your original creations, or are they elements from Japanese animation?

Boss Lu patiently answered all the questions one by one.

The main reason is that everyone is too curious about how the mysterious oriental elements and top special effects scenes in the movie were created by a young Chinese director.

During this period in 2004, there was still a lot of prejudice against China among Westerners.

In their eyes, China seems to be a vast and desolate rural area, and the people are ignorant and of low quality.

But what did you see today?
It is a masterpiece by a talented director and a wonderful performance by a beautiful Chinese actress.

And the Chinatown in the movie, with its developed street scenes shot in Shanghai, is that really China?
Zhang Yimou has the most say on this point, as he brought "If You Are the One" to Venice that year.

During the interview session, the question most often asked by foreign reporters was: Why is your prison so advanced? Was it filmed in Japan or South Korea?
The direct reason why most foreigners are prejudiced is their lack of understanding, and for many people, the most direct channel of understanding is domestic films.

This was taken by your own people, so it must be real, right?
Over the years, most of the films that have been able to go abroad are from the sixth generation of art films.

Most of them reflect the poor and backward social landscape and the extremely low weaknesses of human nature. Do we still blame foreigners for seeing the whole picture through a limited lens and deepening their prejudice?

Therefore, in this movie "Foreign Land", Lu Kuan smuggled in some personal opinions without destroying the overall plot.

In the subsequent publicity and promotion of the film, these Chinese elements will also be promoted as one of the selling points.

A reporter from "Le Figaro", the most authoritative film media in France, took the microphone.

"Director Lu Kuan, first of all, on behalf of Figaro, I would like to congratulate you on your film being loved by so many people. However, there are many Chinese elements in the film. Are those real or just artistic fabrications?"

Lu Kuan guessed that foreign journalists would ask these questions, which would actually help him promote Chinese culture.

"Of course it's true."

"The monsters in the movie come from the ancient Chinese book, The Classic of Mountains and Seas. It was written during the Warring States Period in my country, before the Roman Empire in Europe was even established."

"As for Zu Chongzhi, who recorded the earliest story of relativity and his book 'Records of Strange Things', he is a figure who is well-known in historical records. He proposed the value of pi over 1000 years before the West did!"

The reporters in the interview room exclaimed in surprise.

Before the founding of Rome? They didn't even know what period of history came before that.

The figure of 1000 years is even more shocking, as the United States has only been established for more than 200 years.

A reporter from the Los Angeles Times asked: "Director Lu Kuan, I've previously interviewed you on set in Vancouver. You're a director who's well versed in Hollywood's screenwriting rules and filming philosophies. Why don't you consider pursuing a career in Hollywood?"

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Thank you for your recognition. Film is the seventh art of mankind, and every director is an artist."

"An artist's creation must be rooted in their own national and cultural soil, just like the Chinese elements in the film just now. This is our most precious treasure."

He paused, then changed the subject: "As for Hollywood, I'm also looking forward to learning and improving myself there, because it's currently the center of the world's film industry."

The American reporter seemed unsatisfied with his answer and pressed on, "You also said that Hollywood is now the center of global film. So why are you still developing in a backward country? Don't you think it's a waste of your talent?"

Liu Yifei felt a little displeased when she heard the arrogant tone of the American devils, but she knew that Lu Kuan would slap her in the face.

"The world is developing. Just like us, China once occupied a leading position in the world for thousands of years, but now it plays the role of a follower."

"Similarly, the domestic film market is also experiencing rapid development, especially after Zhang Yimou's 'Hero' in 2002, the potential of the film market has been recognized and released."

"Based on the current domestic development speed and the increase in the number of screens, in 15 years at most, China will definitely surpass North America and become the world's largest box office market!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only the American reporter with a look of disdain on his face, but also Leonardo and others in the crew shook their heads with a wry smile.

They admired Lu Kuan's talent, but could not agree with such exaggerated predictions.

Perhaps the only person at the scene who had complete faith in him was the silly Liu Yifei.

If Boss Lu's previous promotion of Chinese culture was barely accepted by the reporters present, then such "big talk" was obviously a bit inappropriate.

Are you kidding me?
The current size of China's film market has just exceeded 100 million US dollars. How much is it in the United States?
Nearly 100 billion!
This is even greater than the gap when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China!

Boss Lu said unconcernedly, "Maybe some people think I'm bragging, but this is just my simple wish."

"That's why I'm calling on directors in China to make commercial films and genre films together, and learn from the strengths of the Hollywood system, just like the film I made, 'Alien Land'."

"Without science fiction films like these to guide the development and progress of the film industry, art films alone will not be able to resist the dumping of Hollywood films."

After the tedious interview, Boss Lu did not forget his agreement with Park Chan-wook, and the two met at Carlton's restaurant.

"Congratulations again, Director Lu Kuan."

"By the way, this is the Korean actor, my leading man Choi Min-sik. He also saw your movie today and came to visit me specially."

Park Chan-wook greeted the two of them and then sat down to eat together.

"Director Lu Kuan, today I not only watched your movie, but also listened to your interview."

"I completely agree with your point that artists should be rooted in their own culture and learn from the Hollywood industrial system!"

"You are truly my confidant!"

Boss Lu smiled and said a few polite words. This old Pu speaks very nicely!

Just as the detective Song Kang-ho said in Bong Joon-ho's "Memories of Murder" in 2003.

"The United States is so big, so they use their brains to solve cases. We in Korea are only a little bigger, so we can just use our feet."

This line is a joke to highlight the character's personality.

But to a certain extent, it also reflects the small geographical area of ​​Korea, which brings troubles to filmmakers' creation.

South Korea's land area is only a pitiful 10 square kilometers, but this tiny place is home to 5000 million people.

Coupled with the country's distorted political and economic structure, film directors like Park Chan-wook are very eager to break out of the shackles of their narrow country and gain recognition from the mainstream in Europe and the United States.

Therefore, Boss Lu was not at all surprised by Park Chan-wook's evaluation and opinions of him.

He is the most radical representative of the Korean film industry, who has greatly integrated the three major film languages ​​and creative themes of Hollywood, French and Spanish. At the same time, he was the first and furthest along in international film production.

"Director Park is so polite. We are both East Asian filmmakers, influenced by Confucian culture. We should have something in common."

Of course they have a common language. How can a grandfather and a grandson not have a common language?
"Yes! I also like Chinese culture very much, but unfortunately, as a foreigner, I know very little about it!"

This is not bragging. In 2022, Park Chan-wook filmed a movie called "Decision to Break Up" starring Tang Wei, in which "Classic of Mountains and Seas" appeared.

Among them, Haijun told Haidong's grandmother the story of the hand-painted book "Classic of Mountains and Seas". "Classic of Mountains and Seas" once again showed its supernatural powers, and Haijun took this opportunity to solve the truth of the murder case of Qiduxiu.

In other words, this is the symbolic carrier in which he expresses his Eastern philosophy.

It’s just that the Koreans themselves lack these cultural treasures, so they can only show off ours.

Just show it off, but don't fucking claim it's yours.

"Director Park, I might be in South Korea in the next two months to promote 'Alien Land'. Could you please introduce me to some outstanding directors from your country so we can discuss and learn from each other?"

Park Chan-wook was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling: "Great, great! I couldn't ask for more! I couldn't ask for more! Bong Joon-ho and the others will definitely be very happy!"

To argue over trivial matters, Boss Lu mainly tried to trick them into bringing more famous actors to promote "Alien Land"!

Does my boss Lu know you for nothing?

Don’t you know that I never leave empty-handed?
Park Chan-wook and Lu Kuan were chatting enthusiastically, while Choi Min-sik kept nagging his fellow director under the table as if he was demanding his life.

The former only then realized it and spoke.

"Director Lu, I heard that you're the owner of China's largest private film company. I have a favor to ask. Please forgive me for any intrusion!"

Lu Kuan was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Choi Min-sik beside him.

Park Chan-wook is a movie fanatic. This must be the idea of ​​his favorite actor, right?
"please say."

"It's like this. The daughter of a good friend of mine is also a film and television artist and wants to develop in mainland China."

"He found out that your Wenjie Company is now one of the largest companies in the country, so..."

Boss Lu was actually a little curious: "What's his daughter's name?"

"Jang Nara."

(End of this chapter)