I become a big star after I sleep

Chapter 219 Interview with "Six Princesses"
"Well, I don't accept interviews, all of them are rejected. The movie channel...you just tell them that I am in the United States, huh? They are also in the United States? Hiss...OK, then you can make an appointment with them."

Putting the phone aside, Qin Muchu leaned on the sofa, looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling of the hotel, closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little tired.

What was the impact of being nominated for an Oscar?
The domestic media promoted "When Happiness Comes Knocking" like crazy, advocating this movie in various ways, as if he had bought the entire media world.

"You can score an Oscar without relying on kung fu movies!"

"Nominate five awards and capture the Oscars!"

"After Li An's "Lust, Caution" was rejected, Tianchao still has "When Happiness Comes Knocking"!"

"..."

When the film was shortlisted for the main competition in Berlin, the media simply mentioned it as "shabby", and the little golden bear fainted in the toilet.

In addition to news reports, the media also looked for Qin Muchu everywhere, wanting to pick him up.

But only a few people know that Qin Muchu has slipped to the United States.

One is to go through the process of the Oscars, the nominees take a group photo and so on; the other is to avoid the limelight and hide from the media.

And the movie channel, commonly known as "Six Princesses", somehow knew that Qin Muchu was in the United States, and came here for an interview.

Other media don't need to dump it, but the "six princesses"...

Instead of looking at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, it's better to pick it up.

……

After a while, the call came back.

"Director Qin, they said that the time is convenient for you, and they also said that they are in Hollywood right now."

When Qin Muchu heard this, he understood.

Looking at the time, it is four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Okay, then at seven o'clock tonight, you tell them my hotel room and phone number."

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

"That's it, contact me if you have any questions."

He hung up the phone and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was one of the crew photographers of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

Rubbing his hands together, he asked:

"Director Qin, do you have any plans for the evening? I heard that there is a show on the Avenue of Stars tonight, do you want to go shopping?"

"Well, the show..."

Qin Muchu really wanted to go.

The shows in Hollywood are very interesting, some are similar to the acrobatic performances of the Celestial Dynasty, and some are in the form of operas. They have seen a few shows in Hollywood these days.

But there is an interview tonight, so I can only refuse:
"There is an interview on the movie channel tonight, so I can't go."

"Movie channel? Which movie channel?" the photographer asked puzzled.

"CCTV Six."

"They came to the United States for interviews? Tsk tsk."

The photographer clicked his tongue and said to Qin Mu:

"Then let's go. If it's interesting, we'll take a picture and show it to you."

After speaking, he waved his hand and wanted to leave.

But was stopped by Qin Muchu:
"Aren't you going to stay? Maybe I'll take a few words from you."

"Hey, people must be here for you, why are you picking me? Besides, tonight is a model show..."

The photographer raised his eyebrows, and his face in his 40s showed the obscenity that can only be seen with at least 80 years of skill.

……

At 06:30, the hotel doorbell rang, and Qin Muchu opened the door.

"Director Qin, hello, I am the host of this interview, Li Mi."

A young girl, followed by a master who carried a camera, and several others with lights and visors.

Qin Muchu was stunned for a moment, is this here to make a movie?How come the equipment is so complete?

Gently shook the hand that the girl stretched out:

"Hello, please come in."

Qin Muchu led a few people to the living room of the hotel, where the space is large enough to place those props.

"Just do the interview here, and see how it can be arranged conveniently."

He didn't see the camera, the lighting board and other things before he had an occupational disease and directed others.

The photographer looked around, discussed with each other for a while, talked to the host Li Mi, pointed to a pair of adjacent sofas, and said to Qin Muchu:

"You sit here, Xiao Mi sits there, do you think it's okay?"

"Row."

Qin Muchu readily agreed, but did not sit on the sofa immediately, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a kettle and a few empty glasses, put them on the tea table, and poured five glasses of water.

Exactly the sum of the number of people in the room.

Noticing Qin Muchu's actions, a trace of surprise flashed in Li Mi's eyes:
"Thank you."

"It's nothing."

Qin Muchu sat on the sofa, glanced at the girl opposite, and then noticed that the girl was a little too young, about the same age as him.

Some curious questions:

"What show are you guys doing?"

"Forehead……"

The girl hesitated,
"Because you were nominated for an Oscar this year, we were sent here by Taili to film the scene.

This interview is a temporary decision, because it is not sure whether you will be interviewed before, so the name of the program has not yet been decided. "

"Oh, I see……"

Qin Muchu has already felt the waywardness of the "six princesses".

Li Mi was also a little embarrassed. The show didn't even have a name, which seemed unprofessional.

So I turned to introduce the interview process:

"Director Qin, let's briefly talk about a few of your works for a while. If you have any questions that you don't want to answer, just talk about them."

Qin Muchu nodded to express his understanding.

After a while, the staff came over and said that they were ready, so the interview officially started.

The red light of the camera was on, and Li Mi faced the camera with a standard smile:
"Hello everyone, I'm Li Mi. I'm currently in a hotel in Hollywood, interviewing Qin Muchu, an excellent young director of our Celestial Dynasty."

The camera turned to Qin Muchu's direction, and Qin Muchu also waved at the camera at the right time:
"Hi everyone, I'm Qin Muchu."

"In 2006, a movie called "The Gift of Room No. 7" was released, setting a record for the highest box office of Chinese movies in one fell swoop.

In the same year, a TV series called "You Who Came from the Star" became popular in Asia and became the champion of ratings in almost all countries in Asia at that time.

And this movie and TV series are all works of Director Qin. The audience is very curious about you, but apart from TV series, you rarely appear in the public eye.

Can you tell me what you usually do? "

I'm salting fish, Qin Muchu thought to himself.

But you can't say that with your mouth.

After pondering for a while, he said:
"Basically it's filming.

You just said that "The Gift in Room No. 7" and "You Who Came from the Star" were filmed and produced in 2006. One movie and one TV series a year already took up almost all of the time.Besides these two, I also made a short film and participated in the Spring Festival Gala. "

"Don't you even have time to participate in the promotion of movies and TV dramas? It seems that you are rarely seen."

"Eh..." Qin Muchu was speechless for a long time.

Li Mi also saw Qin Muchu's embarrassment, and said:
"If it is not convenient to answer, we will skip this question."

"No, um, I can answer, but it's actually a matter of my personality, I'm not used to sitting in front of the stage.

When I'm not filming, I want to take a break and give myself a vacation.

I only need to make movies and TV series, and then leave the rest to others, which is the most comfortable state for me. "

"You don't want to get too much attention?" Li Mi extracted the meaning from Qin Muchu's words.

"Yes, it's enough for me to shoot something, and then the audience can watch it if they want to."

Qin Muchu paused, then said:
"I can understand the audience's mood of chasing stars, because I used to chase stars too, but I still hope that everyone can clearly distinguish the difference between an actor and a role.

In fact, I don’t have much to know about myself. The audience’s impression of me may be the alien professor Qin Mingzhe in "You Star", but that is just a character I created, and there is still a big gap with me. "

Li Mi nodded.

There are not many directors and actors in the entertainment industry who don't like to be exposed, but most of them are middle-aged or elderly. There are not many young people like Qin Muchu.

This topic is considered to be over, and Li Mi raised another topic.

"Let's talk about your latest movie, "Happiness Comes Knocking."

"it is good."

"Have you heard about the box office of "When Happiness Comes Knocking" in China and North America?"

"Well, I have learned about it. In China, it was released for a week until yesterday, with a box office of 9600 million. In North America, the box office for the fourth week is 2800 million US dollars."

Although Li Mi knew this data a long time ago, when he heard it again, he still couldn't help but see a flash of shock in his eyes.

Combined at home and abroad, the box office is close to [-] million yuan a week.

What a scary number.

How can I spend so much money?

Thinking of this, she looked at Qin Muchu with complicated eyes.

But professional ethics made her adjust her mentality quickly, and asked again:

"I heard that the cost of this movie doesn't seem very high?"

"Yes, the production cost and publicity cost are added together, about 800 million, less than 1000 million." Qin Muchu nodded.

"Breathe... breathe..."

Li Mi took a deep breath and let it out again.

Qin Muchu looked at her strangely, but he didn't ask what was wrong during the recording.

But Li Mi took the initiative to speak:

"I'm sorry, I just got a little angry, let's continue. Do you think the domestic and international box office of this movie can break the box office record?"

After a pause, she explained:

"Domestic is your own highest box office record for a Chinese-language film, and overseas is the highest box office record for a Chinese-language film in North America, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Qin Muchu thought for a while, and finally shook his head:

"I don't know... I really don't know, in fact, the performance of a movie is very difficult to predict, and there are many factors that affect it.

Many movies sell well without knowing why, and lose money without knowing why.

To be honest, I never thought that the two films I made would have such a high box office. In fact, I have no pursuit of the box office of the film, as long as I don’t lose money. "

Nothing to pursue.

Just don't pay.

Li Mi could hardly control the expression on his face.

"Then will you feel pressure? Your box office has always been so high. If you say that you make a movie with a lower box office in the future, will you be a little bit unacceptable?"

Made a low-grossing movie...

Qin Muchu thought about it, and felt a little uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, it is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality.

After reaching a certain height and with honor, it is not easy to go on.

Not only is it difficult to convince myself, but the pressure of public opinion from the outside world is also huge.

"It's too fake to say it's not affected at all, and I'm sure I'll be disappointed. As for how unacceptable it is...

Cursing?Tucao audience don't know how to appreciate?

I don't know, if there is such a day, I will tell you then, haha. "

Qin Muchu's frankness made Li Mi smile a little more. At this time, she realized that the person she was interviewing in front of her was her own peers.

"Tell me about the awards. The film was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar. How do you feel?"

"Happy."

This time Qin Muchu did not hesitate.

He recalled that when he was filming "The Gift of Room Seven", the film was almost entirely "by the picture", with only a little bit of his own stuff.

So he said:

"I was a little confused when I was filming "The Gift in Room No. [-]", because it was my first film. When I was filming, I only knew that it was good to shoot this way, but I didn't know why. For the sub-shots, tell the photographers, props, and them to shoot like this.

Fortunately, the behind-the-scenes staff of that drama group are very good, and the actors are also great. My second uncle Jiang Wu, Mr. Chen Daomin, Mr. Zhang Shi... They all gave me a lot of help, otherwise the drama might not have been able to be filmed. .

That movie was the one I had the least confidence in, but it became popular and somehow broke the box office record..."

Li Mi had listened to it with great interest, and even imagined in his mind an ignorant young man who was anxious when he became a director for the first time, anxious and at a loss when facing many things he didn't understand, and felt a little sympathetic in his heart.

But she couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth when she heard the back.

The least confident?
Inexplicably broke box office records?

Is this what someone said?
What the hell was I sympathizing with just now! ?

But Qin Muchu didn't notice her expression, and continued to say:

"When I came to "Star You", I learned a lot, and I gradually knew how to shoot the pictures I wanted. I could direct lighting, photography, etc., and tell them how to do it, instead of just telling them the result and letting them do it. Make it like that.

Later, when I shot the short film "Li Qingzhao", I was able to control the crew in great detail, such as the selection and placement of props, the production of costumes, the positioning of actors, the use of lenses, the adjustment of light...these I will.

That's when I felt like I was a director.

And "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door" is my first work after "becoming a director", so I want to compete for the award and see if I really become a director.

This feeling is like... like a student who has been half-guessing and getting good grades in the exam before, and then he learns knowledge and takes the exam based on his strength.

Now that the test results are out, they are not bad, proving that he has indeed learned..."

……

"Okay, Director Qin, let's go first. The interview video will be edited later and we will show you. If there is something inappropriate, you can tell us and we will change it."

"No, no, it's too troublesome. Since I said it, there's nothing I can't post."

"Then... that's fine, I'll listen to you, stay here."

At the door of the room, Qin Muchu shook hands with the photographer, and sent away the interviewers sent by the "Six Princesses".

It wasn't until the end of the interview that he realized that the leader of this group was not the host Li Mi, but the photographer.

Normally speaking, when they come out for interviews, the host must be the main one, and they don't know what the situation is.

But "six princesses", it's normal to do things unusually.

……

On the other side, the "six princesses" who left the hotel got into their cars and were about to go back.

As soon as he got in the car, Li Mi asked the photographer:
"Brother Sun, does our station respect guests so much? Can guests still participate in program review?"

She wanted to ask just as soon as she went out, and she has been holding back until now.

During the interview, if the guests have questions they don’t want to answer and choose not to answer, the program team generally allows it. After all, this is an interview, not a police inquiry.

But after the program is completed, it is too outrageous to show it to the guests and change it according to the requirements of the guests.

"how is this possible."

The photographer replied subconsciously.

In the next second, he realized what Li Mi said.

Smiling, pinching his sore shoulders:

"Xiao Mi, let me ask you, who is in charge of our station?"

Although Li Mi only joined the movie channel this year, she still knows this common sense, and replied without thinking:
"China Film."

Although the movie channel is CCTV [-], it is not under the jurisdiction of CCTV, it just hangs a CCTV brand.

They are managed by the movie channel program production center under China Film Group, so it is correct to say that they are managed by China Film Group.

"Okay, I understand."

The photographer laughed and looked at it as if he understood something. Li Mi, who was silent, patted the driver's seat:
"Old Liu, let's go."

(End of this chapter)