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Chapter 835 Why are tyrants portrayed as heroes?

This thing is rare in the United States.

"Come, try my cooking," Liu Xiaoli said, picking up a piece of potato and putting it in Fang Minghua's bowl.

Fang Minghua tasted it.

"Mm, it tastes good,"

"Then eat more. You can rarely eat this in the United States." Liu Xiaoli greeted enthusiastically.

Indeed, nannies in San Francisco wouldn't do this, and Li Li certainly wouldn't.

After dinner, they chatted for a while and Fang Minghua was about to say goodbye. Liu Xiaoli politely asked him to stay and then drove him to the hotel to rest, this time in an ordinary Buick.

After dinner in the evening, someone came to pick him up to attend the premiere.

This time it was not Liu Xiaoli, but a man named Alex, who was the office director of Shengshi Film and Television's North American branch and was specifically responsible for the reception of guests for the "Hero" tour in the United States.

The young man was less than 30 years old, had an MBA from George Washington University, and was very talkative. Along the way, he told Fang Minghua in detail about the entire tour arrangement process and explained the procedures for the premiere.

The premiere of "Hero" was held at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. When Fang Minghua arrived, the film's main creative staff and invited guests arrived one after another.

Zhang Yimou, Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, the creative team of "Hero" and several main actors all attended, but Zhang Ziyi was absent, replaced by Shu Qi.

Without "My Father and Mother", Zhang Ziyi would still be an unknown student at Yandian University.

Among the guests invited were director Pierce Berg and James Cameron, as well as three young actors from "Harry Potter".

At this time, Liu Yifei is no longer the girl next door wearing a T-shirt and shorts seen at home at noon, but has changed into a white bubble skirt, looking youthful and beautiful.

Liu Xiaoli naturally came along, and when she saw Fang Minghua she just said hello and didn't chat much.

However, when Liu Yifei saw Fang Minghua, she immediately followed him closely, calling him "godfather" non-stop, and Liu Xiaoli retreated to a corner where no one was.

Now all employees of the North American branch, including the "Harry Potter" crew, know that Fang Minghua and his wife have adopted Liu Yifei as their goddaughter, so there is no fuss about it.

Famous movie stars Marlon Brando, Angelina Jolie, singer Britney Spears and others came to support the event.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Shengshi Film and Television, and are mainly operated by Warner Bros. behind the scenes.

Why didn't I see Chen Kaige? !

After Fang Minghua shook hands and exchanged greetings with everyone, he felt surprised. Finally, he asked Wu Tianmin, who smiled bitterly and said that Chen Kaige had just called and said he was not feeling well and would not be coming.

Fang Minghua naturally didn't want to ask further.

Liu Yifei had been following Fang Minghua and heard their conversation. When no one else was paying attention, she quietly said to Fang Minghua, "Godfather, Director Chen lost his temper in the room yesterday."

"loose the temper?"

"Well, I heard something vaguely when I passed by. Didn't Zhang Yimou also make a movie called "The Assassination of Qin"? It's such a big deal."

envy?

Fang Minghua also guessed it.

Now, both domestically and internationally, Zhang Yimou has a clear lead over Chen Kaige, so it is understandable that he feels uncomfortable.

But there's no need to be so obvious.

For example, pretending to be sick today also seems to be too petty.

But in front of Liu Yifei, Fang Minghua couldn't say these things, so he just whispered: "Xixi, don't tell others what you saw."

"Yeah, I only told my godfather, I didn't even tell my mother."

"That's good."

Of course, this was just a small episode and no one noticed.

According to the arrangement, the first thing to do was to watch a movie. Everyone entered the screening room and Liu Yifei sat next to Fang Minghua.

Soon, the movie began and Fang Minghua watched it seriously.

Before traveling through time, he had watched this movie more than once, and now he was watching it while noting the similarities and differences.

The change is not big. It's just that the original Ruyue played by Zhang Ziyi was replaced by Shu Qi.

Think about it, the director hasn't changed, the production team hasn't changed, the actors haven't changed much, even the script hasn't changed much, so naturally the result is basically the same.

Wuming and the King of Qin each told a story, and the last story was the truth. The narrative structure is similar to Rashomon, showing multiple versions of the event through the narration of different characters.

But as the film was about to end, Fang Minghua suddenly realized that what was being filmed now seemed to be different from what happened in history.

In the original movie version, Wuming surrendered without a fight, and hundreds of ministers in the palace shouted in unison: "King, kill him! King, kill him!"

Wuming eventually died in the Qin soldiers' rain of arrows that was like locusts flying around.

But the current movie scenes have changed, and there seem to be dozens of seconds more shots.

Thousands of arrows shot at him, and Wuming died at the palace gate, and the King of Qin burst into tears.

Suddenly, many ministers below burst into laughter and bowed to the King of Qin: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have escaped another disaster!"

The King of Qin smiled but did not answer, but with tears in his eyes, he only said: "Give him a good burial!"

This lens is interesting.

Fang Minghua sighed secretly.

The King of Qin is still a hero after all.

"Congratulations, my king, you have escaped another disaster!" This sentence tells the audience: all of this may be a trap!
The King of Qin knew that he could not dodge the sword, so how could he dodge it? He could only use his nameless chivalry to hit him!

Use heroes to control heroes.

Politics is politics, people are people, and the King of Qin is always the hero!

The purpose and quality of this movie have all come to the fore.

Um.
Not bad.

It seems that Zhang Yimou has gained a lot from studying abroad over the past few years.

When the lights in the theater came on, there was a burst of warm applause.

"Does it look good?" Fang Minghua asked Liu Yifei with a smile.

"It's so great, godfather, I also want to make a martial arts film in the future!" Liu Yifei said.

It's so beautiful?!

But you can't ask a 13-year-old girl to explain anything profound.

"Okay, when you finish filming the Harry Potter series and you've grown up, you can also make a martial arts film!" Fang Minghua said.

"Thank you godfather."

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly.

After the movie, the main creative staff talked about their feelings and some gossips during the filming. After living and working in the United States for several years, Zhang Yimou's English has become very fluent.

Of course, I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to the film and television company, the staff, the crew, the actors, and the screenwriter Fang Minghua.

The last item was to answer questions from reporters. After Zhang Yimou finished answering the reporters' questions, the host handed the microphone to Fang Minghua.

Reporters immediately swarmed over to ask Fang Minghua about his mental journey when he was writing the script "Hero".

At this time, a middle-aged reporter spoke loudly and gibberish. It seemed that the host did not call on him to ask questions, and he was a little anxious.

But it wasn't English, so Fang Minghua couldn't understand it.

"Reporter, go ahead." The host was understanding and called on the person immediately.

The middle-aged reporter squeezed to the front and switched to English: "Mr. Fang, I'm a reporter from AFP. As far as I know, the Qin Shi Huang described in the movie was a tyrant in your country's history books. Why was he portrayed as a hero in the movie?!"

This question again!

(End of this chapter)