Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 247 "Dialogue"

"Dialogue" is an interview program on CCTV's financial channel. It is CCTV's longest-running interview program and has a very high-end positioning.

How high-end?

Let’s put it this way, Lee Kuan Yew, Hillary, Wu Jinglian, Liu Chuanzhi, Jack Ma, Pony Ma, Cao Dewang, Li Shufu, Dong Mingzhu, Bill Gates, Buffett, Elon Musk, Bezos, and Murdoch have all been his guests.

There are also literary and artistic ones, such as Jin Yong, Cameron, Zhang Yimou, Yao Ming, Andy Lau...

There are more news figures, Han Han...

Zhang Chen hopes that he can be counted in the genre of literature and art. At least this way the interview process will be a lot easier. If he is counted as a news figure, that would not be good.

The news figures invited by "Dialogue" are generally controversial figures. As you can imagine, the recording process will definitely not be easy.

Zhang Chen didn't know how others viewed him, but he came here today mentally prepared.

He has watched a lot of "Dialogue" and knows the nature of this program.

I really like to bring together several people with conflicting opinions and have a face-to-face competition with them.

Of course, it’s not called PK, it’s called mutual verification.

There is usually a main guest and one or two experts in the field of the day's topic.

If the situation is well controlled, everyone may argue with each other politely, but if the situation is not well controlled, there will be a strong sense of tension on the scene.

For example, Han Han's episode~
That was in 99. The 17-year-old Han Han became famous because of the publication of "Triple Door", and then his personal information was dug out:
Dropped out of school, had serious academic imbalance, questioned traditional education, and was rebellious...

Each label is bad, but Han Han collected four at once. I wonder if he can summon the dragon.

Han Han was highly sought after and became a phenomenon, and was then invited to the "Dialogue" show.

In fact, that episode was a complete failure, and the host’s own stance was wrong.

The whole interview was a bit like a bunch of people besieging Han Han, with the host fanning the flames.

One cannot help but suspect that the original intention of the program crew was to trick Han Han into getting scolded.

In fact, considering Han Han’s age at the time, his performance was already very good.

At least he was not at a disadvantage in terms of words, but he was really all alone and was being taught a lesson by a group of people one by one.

Looking back now, of course it is very funny. They are all getting older but not more experienced. A group of people relied on their seniority to teach Han Han a lesson. But at that time, I'm afraid Han Han was also holding a grudge in his heart.

By the way, that interview was later described on TikTok as “Han Han’s Debate with a Group of Scholars.”

In fact, there is no need to guess the reason for inviting him. It must be related to the currently hotly debated "The Accidental Murderer" and the film censorship system.

Zhang Chen didn't know how the "Dialogue" program team arranged him, and whether he would follow Han Han's footsteps, but no matter what, he had already arrived and was ready to fight.

This is very possible. Programs like "Dialogue" like to chase hot topics the most.

Don't think the media is so kind, the same goes for CCTV.

In the car, Dong Jianqiang gave his final warning: "Remember, be careful with your mouth, this is CCTV..."

Zhang Chen immediately raised four fingers: "I swear, I am here to express my attitude today. I will never make excessive comments, nor will I take the initiative to provoke a fight."

Dong Jianqiang was full of black lines on his forehead: "Uh, are you bullying me because I am uneducated?"

Zhang Chen immediately changed the four sticks into three.

"Forget it, I don't care anymore, just wish you the best."

Dong Jianqiang felt a little tired, but when he saw Zhang Chen getting off the car and walking away, he began to feel a little regretful.

I regret coming to today's show.

This is a CCTV interview. If Zhang Chen gets provoked and speaks nonsense on the show, then Zhang Chen is finished.

Xingchen Entertainment is also finished.

But it was too late to regret. Watching Zhang Chen enter the CCTV building, Dong Jianqiang could only pray for blessings from all the gods and Buddhas.

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The recording of the program "Dialogue" is done in the studio of CCTV. It is different from other talk shows, such as "A Date with Lu Yu" and "Yang Lan's Interview", including Phoenix TV's "Qiang Qiang San Ren Xing", where only the host and guests are present, and everyone chats like friends, with at most a few staff members such as cameramen.

But "Dialogue" is different. In addition to the host and guests, there are live audiences, about forty or fifty people.

And sometimes the audience will ask questions.

Even some very sharp questions were raised by the audience. Zhang Chen seriously suspected that those people were arranged by the program team in advance.

CCTV loves to do this, and Cui Yongyuan’s “Telling the Truth” also follows this format.

The host was Chen Weihong. In addition to Chen Weihong, there was also an older expert who was introduced as the editor-in-chief of a well-known magazine. Zhang Chen didn't know him and had never heard of him.

By the way, Chen Weihong is actually quite good. He and Sa Beining participated in the same host competition. Sa Beining came in first and he came in second...

"Dear audience, hello, welcome to "Dialogue", I am the host Chen Weihong..."

"You may have noticed that our guest this time is director Zhang Chen."

"Hello, everyone, hello audience friends~~" Zhang Chen hurriedly waved and greeted the camera and the audience around him. These were what he learned from previous videos.

"I heard that Director Zhang's "The Accidental Murderer" has once again exceeded 100 million yuan?"

"Yes, 1.47 million."

"Congratulations, Director Zhang. Is this Director Zhang's second film to have grossed over 100 million yuan?"

"Thank you, thank you, yes~"

The show's opening was mediocre, no different from any other talk show.

Zhang Chen also knew that there would be no sensitive topics discussed in the beginning, only ordinary topics, the purpose of which was to let the guests let down their guard.

Everyone chatted for a while, mostly about movies, and it was pretty standard.

Zhang Chen quickly noticed the difference between "Dialogue" and "锵锵三人行". The latter was more relaxed in comparison and almost did away with all sense of ritual. Basically, the host and the guests drank tea, smoked, and chatted like ordinary people.

The former is more formal and the topic is more lofty.

“I heard your movie is very popular among college students?”

"It's pretty popular. I won the Most Popular Director Award at the College Student Film Festival a few days ago..."

“Then why are your films so popular among college students?”

Zhang Chen thought for a moment and replied with a smile: "Maybe it's because my movies are more down-to-earth. I make movies very simply. I never consider artistry or awards. I am just a young person and I know what young people like..."

"I don't quite agree with this point. There is still quite a lot of controversy in our literary circle about director Zhang Chen." The expert suddenly said.

"Oh, so what are the main controversies about?"

"As for what the movies express, The Darkness and The Shallows are just cool movies. There is nothing deep in them. The Accidental Murderer is even more confusing. I don't know what the director wants to express."

Zhang Chen smiled. It turned out that he was waiting for me here.

He looked at the host and saw that the other party had no intention of stopping him. After thinking for a while, he suddenly asked the audience behind him: "This expert looks at movies in this way. I would like to ask everyone, do you usually look at movies in this way? Do you have to see some truth in the movie to feel that the ticket price of dozens of dollars is worth it?"

When Zhang Chen asked this question, the people below immediately laughed.

Many people shook their heads.

The host also laughed.

The expert looked a little embarrassed.

Zhang Chen asked again: "I don't know about you. Anyway, I don't think too much when I watch a movie. I don't care what the protagonist's expression means, nor do I care why the director composed the picture in this way. I just want to have fun. Most of the time, I watch a movie to relax. Is that the case with you?"

"Yes~"

This time the responses were surprisingly consistent.

Zhang Chen smiled and looked at the expert: "You see, people don't really care about the deep-seated things when they watch movies. They just want to watch a story and relax..."

(End of this chapter)